vdare--2020-05-17--Iraqi Asylum Seeker Faked Own Death In Iraq After Deportation From Finland

A story in four acts , via one of Steve Sailer 's commenters , who reports that the `` poor Finns are starting to understand third-world honesty '' : • November 2018 : Asylum seeker killed in Iraq weeks after repatriation from Finland • April 2020 : Finnish police believe asylum seeker staged his own death after returning to Iraq • May 2020 : Asylum seeker who allegedly faked death suspected of fraud , forgery ... the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Finland violated Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights , which states that everyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decision marks the first time Finland has been found guilty of breaching Article 2 .
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The complaint to the court was made by Ali 's daughter Noor , who also received a negative asylum decision from Finland in 2016 .
Finland 's Immigration Service , Migri , justified the decision to return Noor to Iraq on the grounds that both her mother and father would form a safety net for Noor and her daughters in their native country .
The court ordered Finland to pay 20,000 euros to Noor in compensation for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bet that in spite of Acts 3 and 4 , Finland does n't get its 20K euros back , and wo n't be able to deport the daughter , either .
I 've decided to tag this as a Hate Hoax , below , but it differs from other such hoaxes because he did n't say he 'd been killed by white people , he claimed to have been murdered by other Iraqis , for ordinary Iraqi reasons .
That 's a copy of his death certificate in the image above .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certificates like that from foreign governments in Third World countries , because not only do they keep bad records , they 're easily bribed .
I see that the official stamp on the death certificate bears , in addition to an Islamic Crescent , an image of the Scales of Justice .
I suspect that goes back to British rule in Iraq .

A story in four acts, via one of Steve Sailer's commenters,
who reports that the "poor Finns are starting to understand third-world honesty":
In Act 2, above,
...the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Finland violated Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which states that everyone has the right to life. This decision marks the first time Finland has been found guilty of breaching Article 2. ...The complaint to the court was made by Ali's daughter Noor, who also received a negative asylum decision from Finland in 2016. Finland's Immigration Service, Migri, justified the decision to return Noor to Iraq on the grounds that both her mother and father would form a safety net for Noor and her daughters in their native country. The court ordered Finland to pay 20,000 euros to Noor in compensation for the treatment of her father.
I bet that in spite of Acts 3 and 4, Finland doesn't get its 20K euros back, and won't be able to deport the daughter, either.
I've decided to tag this as a Hate Hoax, below, but it differs from other such hoaxes because he didn't say he'd been killed by white people, he claimed to have been murdered by other Iraqis, for ordinary Iraqi reasons.
That's a copy of his death certificate in the image above. In general, Western governments shouldn't believe certificates like that from foreign governments in Third World countries, because not only do they keep bad records, they're easily bribed.
I see that the official stamp on the death certificate bears, in addition to an Islamic Crescent, an image of the Scales of Justice. I suspect that goes back to British rule in Iraq.


vdare--2020-05-17--Stacey Abrams, Superstar ("Like A Runway Supermodel"—WASHINGTON POST)

The Power of Stacey Abrams Despite losing the Georgia governor ’ s race in 2018 , she has moved quickly to political prominence .
Will she be the vice presidential pick for Democrats ?
Three hundred registered participants have journeyed from across the country to discuss the many challenges and possibilities facing black women and girls .
The second day ’ s morning keynote was delivered by radical activist and professor Angela Davis .
The hype has been building exponentially for lunchtime guest speaker Stacey Abrams .
When she is finally introduced the women shout and leap to their feet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ camera phones flash .
Abrams , who appears both amused and slightly disturbed by the fuss over her , takes control of the chaotic scene .
I ’ ve witnessed this level of affection for very few political leaders in the Democratic circles I ’ ve been in since the 1980s .
They have the last names Clinton ( both Hillary and Bill ) , Sanders , Warren , Jackson and Obama ( both Michelle and Barack ) .
“ I ’ m going to make sure there is peace in this room @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ all are about to annoy each other with these cameras , so I ’ m going to stand up and I ’ m going to stand in front of each group of you .
Take pictures so you can put your camera down.
” Pandemonium ensues as she walks to the far left of the stage , like a runway supermodel , stops on a dime , poses , tilts her head slightly and smiles .
Camera flashes explode .
She next pivots and walks slowly to the center of the stage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Again , the flashes explode .
Abrams is summoning her inner actress , and she is both enjoying the moment and getting through it to get to the conversation .
She then pivots and walks to the far right of the stage , same .
You wonder whether she has done this before , because it is not necessarily what one would expect from a 46-year-old politician who was nearly elected the first black female governor in U.S. history .
She lost by fewer than 2 percentage points in the 2018 Georgia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Before that , she was a state legislator who had served as a leader in the Georgia General Assembly for a decade .
Now her name is on political pundits ’ shortlists of potential running mates for Joe Biden .
She also happens to have predicted that she ’ ll be elected president by 2040 .
Just as quickly Abrams leaves the runway and returns to politics .
Taking her seat with the moderator , she dives into why she is here and why she believes the leadership of women matters .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have purported leaders who claim to speak for us but do not know us , and in that ignorance , they make decisions that are designed not for our success but for our demise , ” she says .
“ So my deep suspicion is that some people are lying when they say they care about us.
” The balloon of silence in the meeting room is punctured , time and again , by “ Amen ” and “ Preach ” and “ You go , girl.
” … She ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hair , short dangling earrings , a solid colored jacket and dark blouse and slacks .
… Abrams portraits : Styling by Cheri Scurry-Burns .
Makeup by Shaune Hayes .
Hair by Sharron Brooks-Bullock .
Prop styling by Giulietta Pinna .
Wardrobe by ELOQUII .

From the Washington Post:
The Power of Stacey Abrams Despite losing the Georgia governor’s race in 2018, she has moved quickly to political prominence. Will she be the vice presidential pick for Democrats?
Damn, I missed it.
gets underway.
Three hundred registered participants have journeyed from across the country to discuss the many challenges and possibilities facing black women and girls. The second day’s morning keynote was delivered by radical activist and professor Angela Davis. The hype has been building exponentially for lunchtime guest speaker Stacey Abrams.
When she is finally introduced the women shout and leap to their feet. Young women stand on chairs, camera phones flash. Abrams, who appears both amused and slightly disturbed by the fuss over her, takes control of the chaotic scene. I’ve witnessed this level of affection for very few political leaders in the Democratic circles I’ve been in since the 1980s. They have the last names Clinton (both Hillary and Bill), Sanders, Warren, Jackson and Obama (both Michelle and Barack).
“I’m going to make sure there is peace in this room,” Abrams says. “Y’all are about to annoy each other with these cameras, so I’m going to stand up and I’m going to stand in front of each group of you. Take pictures so you can put your camera down.”
Pandemonium ensues as she walks to the far left of the stage, like a runway supermodel, stops on a dime, poses, tilts her head slightly and smiles. Camera flashes explode. She next pivots and walks slowly to the center of the stage, freezes there and repeats the pose. Again, the flashes explode. Abrams is summoning her inner actress, and she is both enjoying the moment and getting through it to get to the conversation. She then pivots and walks to the far right of the stage, same. You wonder whether she has done this before, because it is not necessarily what one would expect from a 46-year-old politician who was nearly elected the first black female governor in U.S. history. She lost by fewer than 2 percentage points in the 2018 Georgia race riddled with allegations of voter suppression. Before that, she was a state legislator who had served as a leader in the Georgia General Assembly for a decade. Now her name is on political pundits’ shortlists of potential running mates for Joe Biden. She also happens to have predicted that she’ll be elected president by 2040.
Just as quickly Abrams leaves the runway and returns to politics. Taking her seat with the moderator, she dives into why she is here and why she believes the leadership of women matters. “We live in a time where we have purported leaders who claim to speak for us but do not know us, and in that ignorance, they make decisions that are designed not for our success but for our demise,” she says. “So my deep suspicion is that some people are lying when they say they care about us.”
The balloon of silence in the meeting room is punctured, time and again, by “Amen” and “Preach” and “You go, girl.”
… She’s wearing her now-familiar look of twisted natural hair, short dangling earrings, a solid colored jacket and dark blouse and slacks.
… Abrams portraits: Styling by Cheri Scurry-Burns. Makeup by Shaune Hayes. Hair by Sharron Brooks-Bullock. Prop styling by Giulietta Pinna. Wardrobe by ELOQUII.


vdare--2020-05-17--Well-Organized Nigerian Unemployment Fraud: A Job Americans Just Won't Do

From the New York Times news section : Investigators uncover an effort to defraud U.S. unemployment systems .
With states @ @ @ @ @ claims to tens of millions of Americans , a vast attack flooding unemployment agencies with @ @ @ @ @ already siphoned millions of dollars in payments .
Investigators from the Secret Service said they @ @ @ @ @ Nigerian fraud ring , and that stolen information such as social security numbers had allowed @ @ @ @ @ on behalf of people who in many cases had not lost their jobs .
Most @ @ @ @ @ so far been concentrated in Washington State , but evidence also pointed to similar attacks @ @ @ @ @ North Carolina , Oklahoma , Rhode Island and Wyoming .

From the New York Times news section:
Investigators uncover an effort to defraud U.S. unemployment systems.
With states scrambling to pay out unemployment claims to tens of millions of Americans, a vast attack flooding unemployment agencies with fraudulent claims appears to have already siphoned millions of dollars in payments.
Investigators from the Secret Service said they had information implicating a well-organized Nigerian fraud ring, and that stolen information such as social security numbers had allowed the network to file claims on behalf of people who in many cases had not lost their jobs.
Most of the fraudulent claims have so far been concentrated in Washington State, but evidence also pointed to similar attacks in Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and Wyoming.


vdare--2020-05-17--Magic Dirt and Tragic Dirt: A Black Lady Professor On "What Black America Knows About Quarantine"

From the New York Times opinion page ’ s series on how Raj Chetty has discovered exactly which Zip Codes are hoarding the Magic Dirt and which are stuck with the Tragic Dirt , a black lady writer responds to the growing menace of woke Asian lady writers by laying down just about All the race cards other than ( unaccountably ) Emmett Till : What Black America Knows About Quarantine White people are protesting against being trapped at home .
Black people know what it feels like to really be trapped .
Brandi T. Summers , an assistant professor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the University of California , Berkeley , is the author of “ Black in Place : The Spatial Aesthetics of Race in a Post-Chocolate City.
” On Feb. 23 , a 25-year-old black man named Ahmaud Arbery left his home in Brunswick , Ga. , to go for a Sunday afternoon run .
As he entered a nearby subdivision , he was followed and later shot dead by a father and son while their neighbor recorded the incident on his phone .
Mr. Arbery ’ s crime of running while black speaks to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enforced by the American state and supported by white people with the means and opportunity to cause great harm .
Lately , the coronavirus has got me thinking a lot about the racial dynamics of containment .
Under the quarantine , much has been made of Americans ’ regulated lack of mobility .
But our cities have long kept their black residents contained and at the margins .
As we all know , blacks were traditionally marginalized to the distant exurbs of big cities , such as Staten Island , while whites got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Park North .
Similarly , in Southern California blacks were relegated to remote Simi Valley while whites luxuriated in the short commutes of South-Central .
That ’ s why the term “ inner city whites ” is so common , and nobody ever talks about “ inner city blacks.
” Lots and lots of big money to be made off blacks .
That ’ s why places that have been losing their black population , such as San Francisco , are notorious for their dying economies .
The American state has restricted black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time of slavery .
These regulations included convict leasing , Black Codes , loitering laws , redlining , racial zoning , redistricting ( legal and illegal ) , the prison-industrial complex and increased surveillance .
This history has given us entire cities built to shepherd black labor and presence .
One might even consider the black experience as a kind of never-ending quarantine — and indeed Jim Crow laws that grew partly out of concerns that black people spread “ contagion , ” like tuberculosis and malaria , affirmed as much .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ early 20th century , led many doctors and scientists to attribute the precarious state of black health to physiological , biological and moral inferiority , instead of structural causes like poverty and racism .
Nearly a century ago , my grandparents fled the Jim Crow South , joining the millions of black families that moved north and west as part of the Great Migration .
No matter how many thousands of miles they crossed , they met the same thing : not freedom , but constraint .
Even in some of America ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ San Francisco , where my family ended up , black people were relegated to parts of town with limited housing , overcrowded schools and low-paying jobs .
The police were everywhere .
So black folks have been educated in a kind of quarantine since Day 1 .
Yet mobility remains a big part of America ’ s narrative about freedom .
The tone and complexion of the anti-quarantine protests shouldn ’ t surprise us when white people have been accustomed to boundless freedom of movement .
Consider the glaring contrasts between the architecture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ units and suburban bedroom communities of the 1950s .
Two very different outcomes — one black , one white — from one ostensibly shared aim of creating affordable housing .
Black people were trapped in poorly maintained towers , like the notorious Pruitt-Igoe homes in St. Louis , that kept them far away from the city ’ s arteries and public transportation .
Like Cabrini-Green , which was a 20 minute walk from Chicago ’ s Miracle Mile .
The 33 buildings of the complex were so uninhabitable that they had to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , all-white suburbs like Levittown , N.Y. , which also received government subsidies , were designed expansively with front lawns , public parks and wide sidewalks .
The same freeways and boulevards that made it easy for suburbanites like those from Levittown to zoom in and out of cities destroyed black neighborhoods , either by cutting them off or by bulldozing them entirely .
Now many of these roads are being retooled in the spirit of “ new urbanism ” to make way for more bike lanes and wider sidewalks .
But who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wealthier and whiter population that wants better access to a walkable , gentrified city .
When black people can move freely about the city , that movement is often controlled by housing location , surveilled by the police and private security measures and allowed only in the service of providing cheap labor .
Today cities are asking , demanding and even coercing black people to shoulder the burden of work that is fundamental to their functioning , but without protecting those people in return .
Whatever mobility people have is largely for executing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as “ essential ” because they directly benefit white infrastructures .
This , in addition to the crowding in black neighborhoods , is one reason we see an overrepresentation of black people among the Covid-19 dead in places like Detroit ; Chicago ; St. Louis ; Richmond , Va. ; and Washington , D.C. Another reason is racial disparities in testing and treatment .
In Illinois , just under 10 percent of those tested for the coronavirus are black .
But among those who test positive , 18 percent are black .
Maybe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quarantine thing all that well ?

From the New York Times opinion page’s series on how Raj Chetty has discovered exactly which Zip Codes are hoarding the Magic Dirt and which are stuck with the Tragic Dirt, a black lady writer responds to the growing menace of woke Asian lady writers by laying down just about All the race cards other than (unaccountably) Emmett Till:
What Black America Knows About Quarantine White people are protesting against being trapped at home. Black people know what it feels like to really be trapped. By Brandi T. Summers Brandi T. Summers, an assistant professor of geography and global metropolitan studies at the University of California, Berkeley, is the author of “Black in Place: The Spatial Aesthetics of Race in a Post-Chocolate City.” May 15, 2020 On Feb. 23, a 25-year-old black man named Ahmaud Arbery left his home in Brunswick, Ga., to go for a Sunday afternoon run. As he entered a nearby subdivision, he was followed and later shot dead by a father and son while their neighbor recorded the incident on his phone. Mr. Arbery’s crime of running while black speaks to a history of racial surveillance and containment enforced by the American state and supported by white people with the means and opportunity to cause great harm. Lately, the coronavirus has got me thinking a lot about the racial dynamics of containment. Under the quarantine, much has been made of Americans’ regulated lack of mobility. But our cities have long kept their black residents contained and at the margins.
As we all know, blacks were traditionally marginalized to the distant exurbs of big cities, such as Staten Island, while whites got to live in desirable locations like Central Park North. Similarly, in Southern California blacks were relegated to remote Simi Valley while whites luxuriated in the short commutes of South-Central. That’s why the term “inner city whites” is so common, and nobody ever talks about “inner city blacks.”
Populations trapped in place are easier to price-gouge and police. Capitalism and immobility work hand in hand.
Lots and lots of big money to be made off blacks. That’s why places that have been losing their black population, such as San Francisco, are notorious for their dying economies.
The American state has restricted black people’s mobility at least since the time of slavery. These regulations included convict leasing, Black Codes, loitering laws, redlining, racial zoning, redistricting (legal and illegal), the prison-industrial complex and increased surveillance. This history has given us entire cities built to shepherd black labor and presence. One might even consider the black experience as a kind of never-ending quarantine — and indeed Jim Crow laws that grew partly out of concerns that black people spread “contagion,” like tuberculosis and malaria, affirmed as much. The eugenics movement, popular in the early 20th century, led many doctors and scientists to attribute the precarious state of black health to physiological, biological and moral inferiority, instead of structural causes like poverty and racism. Nearly a century ago, my grandparents fled the Jim Crow South, joining the millions of black families that moved north and west as part of the Great Migration. No matter how many thousands of miles they crossed, they met the same thing: not freedom, but constraint. Even in some of America’s most “progressive” cities like San Francisco, where my family ended up, black people were relegated to parts of town with limited housing, overcrowded schools and low-paying jobs. The police were everywhere. So black folks have been educated in a kind of quarantine since Day 1. Yet mobility remains a big part of America’s narrative about freedom. The tone and complexion of the anti-quarantine protests shouldn’t surprise us when white people have been accustomed to boundless freedom of movement. Consider the glaring contrasts between the architecture and development of the large-scale public housing units and suburban bedroom communities of the 1950s. Two very different outcomes — one black, one white — from one ostensibly shared aim of creating affordable housing. Black people were trapped in poorly maintained towers, like the notorious Pruitt-Igoe homes in St. Louis, that kept them far away from the city’s arteries and public transportation.
Like Cabrini-Green, which was a 20 minute walk from Chicago’s Miracle Mile.
The 33 buildings of the complex were so uninhabitable that they had to be destroyed after only two decades. Meanwhile, all-white suburbs like Levittown, N.Y., which also received government subsidies, were designed expansively with front lawns, public parks and wide sidewalks. The same freeways and boulevards that made it easy for suburbanites like those from Levittown to zoom in and out of cities destroyed black neighborhoods, either by cutting them off or by bulldozing them entirely. Now many of these roads are being retooled in the spirit of “new urbanism” to make way for more bike lanes and wider sidewalks. But who will these benefit the most? A wealthier and whiter population that wants better access to a walkable, gentrified city. When black people can move freely about the city, that movement is often controlled by housing location, surveilled by the police and private security measures and allowed only in the service of providing cheap labor. Today cities are asking, demanding and even coercing black people to shoulder the burden of work that is fundamental to their functioning, but without protecting those people in return. Whatever mobility people have is largely for executing low-wage jobs, which are now recognized as “essential” because they directly benefit white infrastructures. This, in addition to the crowding in black neighborhoods, is one reason we see an overrepresentation of black people among the Covid-19 dead in places like Detroit; Chicago; St. Louis; Richmond, Va.; and Washington, D.C. Another reason is racial disparities in testing and treatment. In Illinois, just under 10 percent of those tested for the coronavirus are black. But among those who test positive, 18 percent are black.
Maybe blacks aren’t doing the whole quarantine thing all that well?


vdare--2020-05-16--John Derbyshire: Why Hasn’t The NEW YORK TIMES Reported The Murder Of Paul And Lidia Marino?

[ Excerpted from the latest Radio Derb , now available exclusively through VDARE.com ] Pretty much every morning , weather permitting , Paul and Lidia Marino , an elderly Italian-American couple from Elkton , Maryland , would drive the five miles to Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery , just across the border in , of course , Delaware .
They would visit the grave of their son Anthony , who died three years ago at age 54 .
Anthony was not himself a veteran .
His Dad Paul was , though , and the cemetery rules allow disabled adult children of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had been born with cerebral palsy and suffered wretched health all his life .
Paul and Lidia , both in their mid-eighties , married more than sixty years , had cared for Anthony until he died in 2017 .
They were helped by their older twin sons , Paul Junior and Ray .
Paul Senior worked in the printing industry for decades before retiring in 1994 .
Lidia was what we used to call a home-maker : cooking , shopping , minding the kids , keeping the house clean .
She and Paul @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my own Mum , loved needlework , Paul painted and played guitar .
It 's a touching little bit of Americana : a close , busy , loving family , like a dozen you and I know , minding their business and facing life 's misfortunes with courage , humanity , and grit .
So there was this couple , he 86 and she 85 , crossing the cemetery on their way to Anthony 's grave on the morning of May 8th as they had done hundreds of times before .
Twenty-nine-year-old Sheldon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in black , with a black face mask , came up behind them and shot them both with a handgun .
[ For couple slain in veterans cemetery , visiting son ’ s grave was a daily ritual , Carl Hamilton , Newark ( Maryland ) Post , May 14 , 2020 ] Lidia was shot first , and died at the scene .
Paul was shot in the head , presumably after just seeing his wife shot ; he died later in hospital .
The killer , Sheldon Francis , ran off @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a good-quality rifle with him and plenty of ammo , which suggests some planning beforehand .
There was a standoff with police and a firefight .
When Francis had been silent for a while , cops went into the woods and found him dead of a gunshot wound .
Whether the wound was self-inflicted or the result of police shooting , we do n't know .
A horrible end to two lives well lived , and a third that would have been better not lived at all .
Plainly a homicide , though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know the motive .
Let 's see : Italian Americans— is there a mob connection ?
Given what we know about the couple 's life , and about the killer , it seems highly improbable .
Was Sheldon Francis a disgruntled employee or contractor ?
Again , that 's a bit of a stretch , given what we know .
We do n't know much , though .
About Sheldon Francis , we know almost nothing .
I have been doggedly googling all week and still ca n't find out anything about him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rap sheet ; the news pictures of him ( right ) are obvious law-enforcement mugshots .
What does the rap sheet say ?
Was he married or single ?
How did he make a living ?
Google … Google … Google … nothing .
I just tried again , putting a filter on the Google search for `` past week . ''
There 's a flurry of `` Gunman Identified '' items from four or five days ago , no new details .
I changed the filter to `` past 24 hours '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but still no new information .
We 're no wiser about possible motives .
( The New York Times has nothing on either Francis or the Marinos , but a search for “ Veterans ’ Cemetery ” brought up two AP stories [ May 8 , May 9 ] about the shooting , in which both victims and shooter were nameless and raceless . )
Hm .
Let 's try a different shooter : Travis McMichael , the white guy who shot a black guy in Brunswick , Georgia , news of which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Marinos were killed .
Filter to `` past week '' : hoo boy , `` about 210,000 results '' says Google .
Let 's change the filter to `` past 24 hours . ''
`` About 32,000 , '' says Google .
That Travis McMichael is some media star : nearly three thousand times bigger than Sheldon Francis .
As of 7 PM , May 16 , eight days later , there has still been no mention of the murders of Paul and Lidia Marino in the national Main Stream Media , led @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
What are they waiting for ?
email him ] writes an incredible amount on all sorts of subjects for all kinds of outlets .
( This no longer includes National Review , whose editors had some kind of tantrum and fired him . )
He is the author of We Are Doomed : Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism and several other books .
He has had two books published by VDARE.com com : FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT ( also available in Kindle ) and FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT II : ESSAYS 2013 .
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[Excerpted from the latest Radio Derb, now available exclusively through VDARE.com]
See, earlier, by Faith Goldy: Black Lies Don’t Count—And White Lives Don’t Matter
Pretty much every morning, weather permitting, Paul and Lidia Marino, an elderly Italian-American couple from Elkton, Maryland, would drive the five miles to Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, just across the border in, of course, Delaware. They would visit the grave of their son Anthony, who died three years ago at age 54.
Anthony was not himself a veteran. His Dad Paul was, though, and the cemetery rules allow disabled adult children of veterans to take a plot. Anthony had been born with cerebral palsy and suffered wretched health all his life. Paul and Lidia, both in their mid-eighties, married more than sixty years, had cared for Anthony until he died in 2017. They were helped by their older twin sons, Paul Junior and Ray.
Paul Senior worked in the printing industry for decades before retiring in 1994. Lidia was what we used to call a home-maker: cooking, shopping, minding the kids, keeping the house clean. She and Paul were both hobbyists: Lidia, like my own Mum, loved needlework, Paul painted and played guitar.
It's a touching little bit of Americana: a close, busy, loving family, like a dozen you and I know, minding their business and facing life's misfortunes with courage, humanity, and grit.
So there was this couple, he 86 and she 85, crossing the cemetery on their way to Anthony's grave on the morning of May 8th as they had done hundreds of times before.
Twenty-nine-year-old Sheldon Francis, a black man dressed entirely in black, with a black face mask, came up behind them and shot them both with a handgun. [For couple slain in veterans cemetery, visiting son’s grave was a daily ritual, Carl Hamilton, Newark (Maryland) Post, May 14, 2020] Lidia was shot first, and died at the scene. Paul was shot in the head, presumably after just seeing his wife shot; he died later in hospital.
The killer, Sheldon Francis, ran off into some nearby woods. He had a good-quality rifle with him and plenty of ammo, which suggests some planning beforehand. There was a standoff with police and a firefight. When Francis had been silent for a while, cops went into the woods and found him dead of a gunshot wound. Whether the wound was self-inflicted or the result of police shooting, we don't know.
A horrible end to two lives well lived, and a third that would have been better not lived at all. Plainly a homicide, though, so we're naturally curious to know the motive.
Let's see: Italian Americans— is there a mob connection? Given what we know about the couple's life, and about the killer, it seems highly improbable. Was Sheldon Francis a disgruntled employee or contractor? Again, that's a bit of a stretch, given what we know.
We don't know much, though. About Sheldon Francis, we know almost nothing. I have been doggedly googling all week and still can't find out anything about him. He must have some kind of rap sheet; the news pictures of him (right) are obvious law-enforcement mugshots. What does the rap sheet say? Was he married or single? How did he make a living?
Google … Google … Google … nothing. I just tried again, putting a filter on the Google search for "past week." There's a flurry of "Gunman Identified" items from four or five days ago, no new details. I changed the filter to "past 24 hours": twelve hits on Sheldon Francis, but still no new information. We're no wiser about possible motives. (The New York Times has nothing on either Francis or the Marinos, but a search for “Veterans’ Cemetery” brought up two AP stories [May 8, May 9] about the shooting, in which both victims and shooter were nameless and raceless. )
Hm. Let's try a different shooter: Travis McMichael, the white guy who shot a black guy in Brunswick, Georgia, news of which came out just the day before the Marinos were killed. Filter to "past week": hoo boy, "about 210,000 results" says Google. Let's change the filter to "past 24 hours." "About 32,000," says Google.
That Travis McMichael is some media star: nearly three thousand times bigger than Sheldon Francis.
As of 7 PM, May 16, eight days later, there has still been no mention of the murders of Paul and Lidia Marino in the national Main Stream Media, led of course by the New York Times.
What are they waiting for?
John Derbyshire [ email him] writes an incredible amount on all sorts of subjects for all kinds of outlets. (This no longer includes National Review, whose editors had some kind of tantrum and fired him.) He is the author of We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism and several other books. He has had two books published by VDARE.com com: FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT (also available in Kindle) and FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT II: ESSAYS 2013.
For years he’s been podcasting at Radio Derb, now available at VDARE.com for no charge. His writings are archived at JohnDerbyshire.com.
Readers who wish to donate (tax deductible) funds specifically earmarked for John Derbyshire's writings at VDARE.com can do so here.


vdare--2020-05-18--Does Conservative Inc. Golden Boy Rep. Crenshaw REALLY Not Know About 1965 Immigration Act?

Years ago , when I was still a Candidate-Member of the Beltway Right , I attended a dinner where President George W. Bush spoke .
Bush stumbled through his speech in a mostly deadpan voice until he reached the part about spreading “ democratic values ” in Iraq .
I was near enough to then-president to watch his body language change in tune with the sudden passion of his voice .
“ We ’ re doomed , ” I said to my companion .
“ He really believes this stuff.
” I think the same is true of Rep. Dan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 36 and elected only in 2018 , he ’ s a grab bag of Dubya-Era clichés , half-truths , and banalities , personifying the braindead state of “ conservatism ” before Trump .
Hence Crenshaw got into trouble in a recent interview by revealing , incredibly , that he didn ’ t know what the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act was—and also that he believes “ people who speak English ” won ’ t go to work at construction jobs .
[ Rep. Crenshaw Unfamiliar With 1965 Immigration Act , Says English-Speaking Workers Won @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , May 13 , 2020 ] Crenshaw is not an idiot , exactly .
He ’ s a former Navy SEAL , which requires physical courage , dedication , and raw intelligence ( hence the Obama Administration ’ s attempts to “ diversify ” the SEALs by lowering standards ) .
We ’ ve also seen Crenshaw capably debate serious issues .
For example , he frankly embarrassed Bill Maher when discussing the Trump Administration ’ s response to the coronavirus .
He confidently discussed details and policy nuances , including the Administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flailed without his audience of NPC ’ s to mindlessly shriek and applaud .
( I say this as someone who thinks the Administration ’ s response has been pitifully weak . )
However , Dan Crenshaw doesn ’ t know anything about the most important law in postwar history .
It happened at a recent online townhall with Campus Reform , a project of the Conservatism , Inc .
Leadership Institute .
He was asked a question ( at 61m5s ) about how he would Rep. Crenshaw said it was an This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he were discussing a piece of legislation that is currently before Congress .
However , we ’ re talking about something that ’ s been the law for 55 years and is transforming America—very notably his own city of Houston .
Let ’ s be charitable .
Rep. Crenshaw correctly said that there has been some progress on illegal entry because of current DHS policies the “ remain in Mexico ” initiative .
He ’ s right .
However , he also said This is staggering .
“ Border control ” means very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t closed off .
Rep. Crenshaw even admits this incentive exists , but apparently doesn ’ t think we can do anything about it .
Crenshaw says the priority should be transforming our current immigration system into a “ merit-based ” system .
However , seconds later , he says American companies “ just can ’ t ” hire Americans to do certain jobs : Of course , the issue is not that Americans won ’ t do certain jobs , it ’ s that they won ’ t do jobs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they would , employers would rather hire illegals and dodge regulations .
It ’ s unclear what “ studies ” Crenshaw referring to ; he may mean the “ crops rotting in the field ” narratives pushed by supposedly progressive publications like Mother Jones when that Alabama attempted to stop illegals working in agriculture [ “ It ’ s Just Not Right ” : The Failures of Alabama ’ s Self-Deportation Experiment , by Paul Reyes , Mother Jones , March/April 2012 ] .
In any event , why is construction suddenly a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do ?
Perhaps some companies would go out of business if they could no longer recruit illegals and dump the costs on the taxpayer .
Perhaps they ’ d be forced to raise wages .
Why is this bad ?
And what kind of “ merit-based ” immigration system does Rep. Crenshaw have in mind if Americans are cut out of jobs like construction ?
Last year , Rep. Crenshaw supported H.R .
1044 , which would have given a structural advantage for Indians seeking H1-B visas [ Fact Check : Dan Crenshaw @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Giveaway Amid Backlash , by John Binder , Breitbart , July 15 , 2019 ] .
If Americans are cut out of jobs that require a college degree and jobs that don ’ t , what are they supposed to do ?
Rep. Crenshaw is also saying all this when the unemployment rate in the United States is projected to reach 25 % , matching the level of the Great Depression [ Goldman Sachs issues warnings about US unemployment , by Matt Egan , CNN , May 13 , 2020 ] .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bravery , Crenshaw is unwilling to confront the Left ’ s hegemonic ideology on race , immigration , and nationalism , There are three possible explanations behind Crenshaw ’ s conduct .
Obviously , the Open Borders insanity pushed by the likes of Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez means that has room Crenshaw to triangulate against them on immigration while not having to upset donors by threatening the flow of cheap labor .
He can thus keep his reputation as an upcoming Republican presidential contender while avoiding serious accusations of racism .
John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that many candidates genuinely had never considered immigration .
It ’ s apparently not a big topic in the country clubs .
Never ascribe to conspiracy what can be explained by stupidity .
Crenshaw doesn ’ t know what the Hart-Celler Act is and will actively avoid learning about it .
Successful conservative careerists know there are certain things it is better not to know .
Why would Crenshaw research the Hart-Celler Act ?
Suppose he did research it and found that America was changed beyond recognition , either through stupidity or malice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knowledge ?
Crenshaw clearly doesn ’ t think anything is politically possible .
In this same Leadership Institute interview , he dismisses the idea anything can realistically be done about Birthright Citizenship , even though that would be far easier than repealing the 1965 Act .
Conservatives also hold a self-defeating moral code .
In my time in Conservatism Inc. , I found that few denizens would actually dispute the truth about demographic change or its dire political implications for the GOP .
Everyone knows demographics are destiny at some level .
Every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to turn out or suppress certain demographics—for both parties .
Yet there was a curious fatalism about the way Conservative Incers interpreted this truth .
They seemed to feel it would be morally illegitimate ( “ Identity Politics !
” ) to preserve a white majority , even when the other side openly used “ identity politics ” for its own ends .
It was better to lose than to stand morally condemned -- even if the moral code was one crafted by your avowed enemies .
For example , I recall how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a proposed panel on the effects of demographic change and its challenges to the GOP suddenly transformed into a panel on how to win more Hispanic votes .
It ’ s not that people were afraid of what the hostile media would say , or thought the initial suggestion was racist .
They simply could not comprehend that preventing immigration could done .
It was literally unthinkable , politically as well as morally .
Beltway Conservatives discuss immigration as if it is a natural , inevitable process , like soil erosion .
Admitting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demographics -- not “ ideas ” —would undercut the movement .
It would require acknowledging racial realities , although to most repudiating racial egalitarianism would be far more blasphemous than denying the Resurrection of Christ .
Their outrage would also be rooted in something closer to religious fanaticism than rational disagreement .
Crenshaw seems to operate in this way .
Consider : • He ’ s opposed to Affirmative Action , not because it hurts whites and Asians , but because somehow it hurts blacks .
• When asked about the consequences of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says “ I know where you guys are going with this ” and avoids the question .
• He warned college students asking Politically Incorrect questions that they ’ d “ regret asking about Israeli foreign aid on camera.
” Not surprisingly , Dan Crenshaw was a special target of the “ Groyper Wars , ” a figure akin to John McCain in symbolizing the cuckservative spirit .
However , I don ’ t think Crenshaw is a shill .
I think he really believes what he is saying , as do other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who think like him .
He genuinely doesn ’ t see the contradiction between saying we need a “ merit-based ” immigration system and immigrants to do the jobs Americans won ’ t .
He truly thinks convincing those who benefit from Identity Politics to give it up is more realistic than stopping or reversing demographic change .
Crenshaw and most other conservative staffers and politicians can ’ t even imagine a moral framework other than the anti-white one they operate under .
If they lose , they believe they deserve it because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough nonwhites .
And they would rather lose if it means they can keep their illusions .
Regardless of whether Crenshaw can see the truth or not , it ’ s going to catch up with his ambitions .
Texas is a battleground state in 2020 , almost entirely because mass immigration has transformed the state population .
As one expert quoted in NPR observed , the “ Latino vote is driving much of the urban shift from red to blue , ” with more and more “ children of immigrants ” reaching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Texas Becomes A Battleground State ?
By Andrew Schneider , NPR , May 11 , 2020 ] .
While Crenshaw thinks Birthright Citizenship is almost the “ least ” of our immigration problems , it ’ s actually the Number One threat to his political survival .
If Dan Crenshaw runs for President in 2028 or later , he may well find Texas has gone the way of California .
Crenshaw will be another “ B-1 ” Bob Dornan , a military hero who championed black Civil Rights and smirked about whites losing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when psychologically healthier foreigners naturally replaced him with one of their own .
Just as the Democrats gave up on trying to convince the American people and just decided to replace them , American nationalists are going to have to do the same with politicians like Crenshaw .
They can not be convinced .
They must be replaced .
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 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ here .

Years ago, when I was still a Candidate-Member of the Beltway Right, I attended a dinner where President George W. Bush spoke. Bush stumbled through his speech in a mostly deadpan voice until he reached the part about spreading “democratic values” in Iraq. I was near enough to the then-president to watch his body language change in tune with the sudden passion of his voice.
“We’re doomed,” I said to my companion. “He really believes this stuff.”
I think the same is true of Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX). Although just 36 and elected only in 2018, he’s a grab bag of Dubya-Era clichés, half-truths, and banalities, personifying the braindead state of “conservatism” before Trump. Hence Crenshaw got into trouble in a recent interview by revealing, incredibly, that he didn’t know what the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act was—and also that he believes “people who speak English” won’t go to work at construction jobs [Rep. Crenshaw Unfamiliar With 1965 Immigration Act, Says English-Speaking Workers Won’t Do Construction, District Herald, May 13, 2020].
Crenshaw is not an idiot, exactly. He’s a former Navy SEAL, which requires physical courage, dedication, and raw intelligence (hence the Obama Administration’s attempts to “diversify” the SEALs by lowering standards).
We’ve also seen Crenshaw capably debate serious issues. For example, he frankly embarrassed Bill Maher when discussing the Trump Administration’s response to the coronavirus. He confidently discussed details and policy nuances, including the Administration’s travel bans, while Maher flailed without his audience of NPC’s to mindlessly shriek and applaud. (I say this as someone who thinks the Administration’s response has been pitifully weak.)
However, Dan Crenshaw doesn’t know anything about the most important law in postwar history.
It happened at a recent online townhall with Campus Reform, a project of the Conservatism, Inc. Leadership Institute. He was asked a question (at 61m5s) about how he would
like to amend the Hart-Celler Act and to what extent would you make birthright citizenship, as detailed in the Fourteenth Amendment, retroactive to include the children and grandchildren of illegal immigrants.
(Retroactively stripping citizenship from the children and grandchildren of illegals is precisely what I’ve advocated myself, taking inspiration from India’s nationalist government.)
Rep. Crenshaw said it was an
interesting question, it’s a detailed question, I didn’t even get a chance to look into the act that you’re talking about.
This would be a politically safe answer if he were discussing a piece of legislation that is currently before Congress. However, we’re talking about something that’s been the law for 55 years and is transforming America—very notably his own city of Houston.
Let’s be charitable. Rep. Crenshaw correctly said that there has been some progress on illegal entry because of current DHS policies, above all the “remain in Mexico” initiative. He’s right.
However, he also said
we have many, many other priorities before we get to the Birthright Citizenship issue, when it comes to immigration, it’s the least of our, it’s not the least of our problems, but it’s close.
This is staggering. “Border control” means very little if the incentive for mass immigration isn’t closed off. Rep. Crenshaw even admits this incentive exists, but apparently doesn’t think we can do anything about it.
Crenshaw says the priority should be transforming our current immigration system into a “merit-based” system. However, seconds later, he says American companies “just can’t” hire Americans to do certain jobs:
These construction companies, they have tried, there’ve been studies, I think in Alabama, if you get rid of all the immigrants, nobody will work there….“That’s an American cultural problem I wish we could fix, I wish our teenagers would actually go to work, but they don’t.
Of course, the issue is not that Americans won’t do certain jobs, it’s that they won’t do jobs for low wages.
But even if they would, employers would rather hire illegals and dodge regulations.
It’s unclear what “studies” Crenshaw referring to; he may mean the “crops rotting in the field” narratives pushed by supposedly progressive publications like Mother Jones when Alabama attempted to stop illegals working in agriculture [“It’s Just Not Right”: The Failures of Alabama’s Self-Deportation Experiment, by Paul Reyes, Mother Jones, March/April 2012].
In any event, why is construction suddenly a job Americans “won’t” do? Perhaps some companies would go out of business if they could no longer recruit illegals and dump the costs on the taxpayer. Perhaps they’d be forced to raise wages. Why is this bad?
And what kind of “merit-based” immigration system does Rep. Crenshaw have in mind if Americans are cut out of jobs like construction?
Last year, Rep. Crenshaw supported H.R. 1044, which would have given a structural advantage for Indians seeking H1-B visas [Fact Check: Dan Crenshaw Big Business Talking Points on Green Card Giveaway Amid Backlash, by John Binder, Breitbart, July 15, 2019]. If Americans are cut out of jobs that require a college degree and jobs that don’t, what are they supposed to do?
Rep. Crenshaw is also saying all this when the unemployment rate in the United States is projected to reach 25%, matching the level of the Great Depression [Goldman Sachs issues warnings about US unemployment, by Matt Egan, CNN, May 13, 2020].
The fact is that despite his undoubted physical bravery, Crenshaw is unwilling to confront the Left’s hegemonic ideology on race, immigration, and nationalism,
There are three possible explanations behind Crenshaw’s conduct.
First: cynicism.
Obviously, the Open Borders insanity pushed by the likes of Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez means that Crenshaw has room to triangulate against them on immigration while not having to upset donors by threatening the flow of cheap labor. He can thus keep his reputation as an upcoming Republican presidential contender while avoiding serious accusations of racism.
Second: Ignorance.
John Derbyshire recalls from his National Review days that many candidates genuinely had never considered immigration. It’s apparently not a big topic in the country clubs. Never ascribe to conspiracy what can be explained by stupidity.
Third (my favorite): Self-censorship
Crenshaw doesn’t know what the Hart-Celler Act is and will actively avoid learning about it. Successful conservative careerists know there are certain things it is better not to know. Why would Crenshaw research the Hart-Celler Act?
Suppose he did research it and found that America was changed beyond recognition, either through stupidity or malice. What would he do with such knowledge?
Crenshaw clearly doesn’t think anything is politically possible. In this same Leadership Institute interview, he dismisses the idea anything can realistically be done about Birthright Citizenship, even though that would be far easier than repealing the 1965 Act.
Conservatives also hold a self-defeating moral code. In my time in Conservatism Inc., I found that few denizens would actually dispute the truth about demographic change or its dire political implications for the GOP. Everyone knows demographics are destiny at some level. Every Election Day boils down to crude efforts to turn out or suppress certain demographics—for both parties.
Yet there was a curious fatalism about the way Conservative Incers interpreted this truth. They seemed to feel it would be morally illegitimate (“Identity Politics!”) to preserve a white majority, even when the other side openly used “identity politics” for its own ends. It was better to lose than to stand morally condemned—even if the moral code was one crafted by your avowed enemies.
For example, I recall how, in one CPAC planning meeting, a proposed panel on the effects of demographic change and its challenges to the GOP suddenly transformed into a panel on how to win more Hispanic votes. It’s not that people were afraid of what the hostile media would say, or thought the initial suggestion was racist. They simply could not comprehend that preventing immigration could done. It was literally unthinkable, politically as well as morally.
Beltway Conservatives discuss immigration as if it is a natural, inevitable process, like soil erosion. Admitting the truth that politics is downstream from demographics—not “ideas”—would undercut the movement. It would require acknowledging racial realities, although to most repudiating racial egalitarianism would be far more blasphemous than denying the Resurrection of Christ. Their outrage would also be rooted in something closer to religious fanaticism than rational disagreement.
Crenshaw seems to operate in this way. Consider:
He’s opposed to Affirmative Action, not because it hurts whites and Asians, but because somehow it hurts blacks.
(Why must the argument be framed in this way?)
When asked about the consequences of nonwhite immigration and future politics, Crenshaw says “I know where you guys are going with this” and avoids the question.
(Yet if the questioners are right, what is Crenshaw going to do when his base is demographically swamped?)
He warned college students asking Politically Incorrect questions that they’d “regret asking about Israeli foreign aid on camera.”
(Can he truly not imagine an alternative to operating within—and supporting—the bounds of Main Stream Media-approved opinion?)
Not surprisingly, Dan Crenshaw was a special target of the “Groyper Wars,” a figure akin to John McCain in symbolizing the cuckservative spirit.
However, I don’t think Crenshaw is a shill. I think he really believes what he is saying, as do other Republican politicians and “conservative” staffers who think like him. He genuinely doesn’t see the contradiction between saying we need a “merit-based” immigration system and immigrants to do the jobs Americans won’t. He truly thinks convincing those who benefit from Identity Politics to give it up is more realistic than stopping or reversing demographic change.
Crenshaw and most other conservative staffers and politicians can’t even imagine a moral framework other than the anti-white one they operate under. If they lose, they believe they deserve it because they weren’t able to convince enough nonwhites.
And they would rather lose if it means they can keep their illusions.
Regardless of whether Crenshaw can see the truth or not, it’s going to catch up with his ambitions. Texas is a battleground state in 2020, almost entirely because mass immigration has transformed the state population. As one expert quoted in NPR observed, the “Latino vote is driving much of the urban shift from red to blue,” with more and more “children of immigrants” reaching voting age [Is 2020 The Year Texas Becomes A Battleground State?, by Andrew Schneider, NPR, May 11, 2020].
While Crenshaw thinks Birthright Citizenship is almost the “least” of our immigration problems, it’s actually the Number One threat to his political survival.
If Dan Crenshaw runs for President in 2028 or later, he may well find Texas has gone the way of California. Crenshaw will be another “B-1” Bob Dornan, a military hero who championed black Civil Rights and smirked about whites losing their majority, but who was shocked when psychologically healthier foreigners naturally replaced him with one of their own.
Just as the Democrats gave up on trying to convince the American people and just decided to replace them, American nationalists are going to have to do the same with politicians like Crenshaw.
They cannot be convinced. They must be replaced.
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--2020-05-19--A Big Question: Do Children Transmit The Virus?

There ought to be enough variation around the First World to figure this out statistically .
As I pointed out more than two months ago : The Japanese , in their own way , are evidently doing something right .
In Japan a few school districts even decided to reopen on Monday after a couple of weeks of shutdown .
I don ’ t know whether that is wise or not , but this variation within Japan will prove useful in seeing what works .
I was a big fan of school shutdowns back in February , but who knows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you have an epidemic , you shut the schools .
But this is a weirdly age-related disease so the usual response to an epidemic of shutting schools may or may not have been the right decision in this particular case .
Anyway , the important question is : What to do in the future ?
The question of when to reopen the schools is , due to the shift over the last 40 years toward an August to May school year , is one on which , for once , we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ try to get it right .
A huge question that needs to be studied very quickly is how many people have died and or are going to die due to not going to the emergency room or other side-effects ( e.g.
, lockdown-induced suicides or drug overdoses ) that are because of the social-political response to the disease rather than to the disease itself ?
Nobody has much of a clue , although lots of folks have a strong opinion about what the answer ought to be due to their opinion of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But I ’ d like to know the answer .

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There ought to be enough variation around the First World to figure this out statistically. As I pointed out more than two months ago:
The Japanese, in their own way, are evidently doing something right. In Japan a few school districts even decided to reopen on Monday after a couple of weeks of shutdown. I don’t know whether that is wise or not, but this variation within Japan will prove useful in seeing what works.
I was a big fan of school shutdowns back in February, but who knows whether that was necessary? Normally, if you have an epidemic, you shut the schools. But this is a weirdly age-related disease so the usual response to an epidemic of shutting schools may or may not have been the right decision in this particular case.
Anyway, the important question is: What to do in the future?
The question of when to reopen the schools is, due to the shift over the last 40 years toward an August to May school year, is one on which, for once, we have some time, so let’s try to get it right.
A huge question that needs to be studied very quickly is how many people have died and or are going to die due to not going to the emergency room or other side-effects (e.g., lockdown-induced suicides or drug overdoses) that are because of the social-political response to the disease rather than to the disease itself?
Nobody has much of a clue, although lots of folks have a strong opinion about what the answer ought to be due to their opinion of the policy implications of whatever the answer is. But I’d like to know the answer.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-05-18--A Talk Radio Listener  Notes That Conservatism, Inc Is Making National Right to Life Attack Steve Ki

A Talk Radio Listener  Notes That Conservatism, Inc Is Making National Right to Life Attack Steve King (Arguably The MOST Pro-Life Congressman)

Disgracefully , the U.S. Chamber of Commerce , and the Republican Jewish Coalition and National Right to Life ( ? )
support Feenstra and have helped him out-fundraise King by more than $ 500,000 [ GOP rallies behind effort to defeat Steve King , by Jonathan Easley , The Hill , May 17 , 2020 ] .
The only issue that matters to National Right to Life , a one-issue lobby , is ...
This is the tip of the iceberg .
Conservatism , Inc. controls a myriad of fronts that suck in money from deplorables who actually believe the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ learn that the money they donate to promote specific issues they care about actually is used in intra-party battles to defeat the handful of anti-immigration Republicans .
See earlier letters from the same reader .
Washington Watcher II writes : The National Right to Life is following the Beltway Right party line .
They 've been told that King is a racist who does n't deserve another term .
It does n't matter that King is arguably the most pro-life congressman—they prize respectability more than loyalty .
All of Conservative Inc. is behind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said King was the most conservative guy he knew .
It 's sad but typical of Conservative Inc. groups .
They have no honor and no loyalty .

Re: Washington Watcher II's article Swamp Strikes Back—Corruptocrats McCarthy, Stivers Desperate To Defeat Immigration Patriot Steve King
From: A Talk Radio Listener [Email him]
Washington Watcher II writes that
Disgracefully, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Republican Jewish Coalition and National Right to Life (?) support Feenstra and have helped him out-fundraise King by more than $500,000 [GOP rallies behind effort to defeat Steve King, by Jonathan Easley, The Hill, May 17, 2020].
The only issue that matters to National Right to Life, [Email them] a one-issue lobby, is ...
Immigration!
This is the tip of the iceberg. Conservatism, Inc. controls a myriad of fronts that suck in money from deplorables who actually believe the fund-raising propaganda. The small donors never learn that the money they donate to promote specific issues they care about actually is used in intra-party battles to defeat the handful of anti-immigration Republicans.
See earlier letters from the same reader.
Washington Watcher II writes: The National Right to Life is following the Beltway Right party line. They've been told that King is a racist who doesn't deserve another term. It doesn't matter that King is arguably the most pro-life congressman—they prize respectability more than loyalty. All of Conservative Inc. is behind Feenstra, even though President Trump once said King was the most conservative guy he knew.
It's sad but typical of Conservative Inc. groups. They have no honor and no loyalty.


vdare--2020-05-19--This Day In VDARE.com History, 2008: Bicycles And Crime In The Cities

Originally published here on VDARE.com on this day in 2008 .
Paul Krugman , writing from Berlin , blames America 's fuel crisis on the suburbs , and what he call `` issues of race and class . ''
To see what I ’ m talking about , consider where I am at the moment : in a pleasant , middle-class neighborhood consisting mainly of four- or five-story apartment buildings , with easy access to public transit and plenty of local shopping .
It ’ s the kind of neighborhood in which people don ’ t have to drive a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a kind of neighborhood that barely exists in America , even in big metropolitan areas .
Greater Atlanta has roughly the same population as Greater Berlin — but Berlin is a city of trains , buses and bikes , while Atlanta is a city of cars , cars and cars .
But it 's not `` higher-density living '' that 's the problem , it 's black crime , and liberal city governments .
A city where there 's a large criminal population , no death penalty and where you 're not allowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is no place to be riding a bike .
If you 're wondering why , check out these two stories , one from a white Anglo Saxon Protestant , ( John Derbyshire ) one from an African-American author named Nathan McCall : John Derbyshire : Late one night in 1973 , I was riding through the streets of Mount Vernon , New York , on a borrowed bicycle .
A gang of black youths saw me , howled what the newspapers call `` racial epithets , '' and started to chase me .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
My leg muscles hurt for a week .
Nathan McCall : The fellas and I were hanging out on our corner one afternoon when the strangest thing happened .
A white boy , who appeared to be about eighteen or nineteen years old , came pedaling a bicycle casually through the neighborhood .
I don ’ t know if he was lost or just confused , but he was definitely in the wrong place to be doing the tourist bit .
Somebody spotted him and pointed him out to the rest of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s that motherf—a doin ’ ridin ’ through here ?
!
Is he crraaaazy ?
!
It was automatic .
We all took off after him .
We caught him on Cavalier Boulevard [ in Portsmouth , Virginia ] and knocked him off the bike .
He fell to the ground and it was all over .
We were on him like white on rice .
Ignoring the passing cars , we stomped him and kicked him .
My stick partners kicked him in the head and face and watched the blood gush @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the stomach and nuts , where I knew it would hurt .
Every time I drove my foot into his balls , I felt better ; with each blow delivered , I gritted my teeth as I remembered some recent racial slight ...
The racial slights were things like shopkeepers following him around in stores because they suspected he might shoplift .
Actually he was much worse than that , armed robber , rapist , and several other things , including more recently.a reporter for the Washington Post and a journalism teacher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a novel about `` gentrification . ''
But that 's the problem that keeps Americans from adopting bicycles as a large scale method of transportation , the danger of being beaten and killed .
And it may not remain popular in Europe , either , with riots and such .
In Holland , where biking is still popular , Theo van Gogh was pulled off his bicycle and stabbed to death , by a crazed Muslim .
If he 'd had an SUV , he might still be alive .

Originally published here on VDARE.com on this day in 2008.
Paul Krugman, writing from Berlin, blames America's fuel crisis on the suburbs, and what he call "issues of race and class."
To see what I’m talking about, consider where I am at the moment: in a pleasant, middle-class neighborhood consisting mainly of four- or five-story apartment buildings, with easy access to public transit and plenty of local shopping. It’s the kind of neighborhood in which people don’t have to drive a lot, but it’s also a kind of neighborhood that barely exists in America, even in big metropolitan areas. Greater Atlanta has roughly the same population as Greater Berlin — but Berlin is a city of trains, buses and bikes, while Atlanta is a city of cars, cars and cars. ......
And there are, as always in America, the issues of race and class. Despite the gentrification that has taken place in some inner cities, and the plunge in national crime rates to levels not seen in decades, it will be hard to shake the longstanding American association of higher-density living with poverty and personal danger. [Stranded in Suburbia - New York Times, May 19, 2008]
But it's not "higher-density living" that's the problem, it's black crime, and liberal city governments. A city where there's a large criminal population, no death penalty and where you're not allowed to carry a gun to defend yourself is no place to be riding a bike. If you're wondering why, check out these two stories, one from a white Anglo Saxon Protestant (John Derbyshire) one from an African-American author named Nathan McCall:
John Derbyshire: Late one night in 1973, I was riding through the streets of Mount Vernon, New York, on a borrowed bicycle. A gang of black youths saw me, howled what the newspapers call "racial epithets," and started to chase me. Thank God it was a 10-speed bike. My leg muscles hurt for a week. Nathan McCall: The fellas and I were hanging out on our corner one afternoon when the strangest thing happened. A white boy, who appeared to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, came pedaling a bicycle casually through the neighborhood. I don’t know if he was lost or just confused, but he was definitely in the wrong place to be doing the tourist bit. Somebody spotted him and pointed him out to the rest of us. ”Look! What’s that motherf—a doin’ ridin’ through here?! Is he crraaaazy?! It was automatic. We all took off after him. We caught him on Cavalier Boulevard [in Portsmouth, Virginia] and knocked him off the bike. He fell to the ground and it was all over. We were on him like white on rice. Ignoring the passing cars, we stomped him and kicked him. My stick partners kicked him in the head and face and watched the blood gush from his mouth. I kicked him in the stomach and nuts, where I knew it would hurt. Every time I drove my foot into his balls, I felt better; with each blow delivered, I gritted my teeth as I remembered some recent racial slight...
The racial slights were things like shopkeepers following him around in stores because they suspected he might shoplift. Actually he was much worse than that, armed robber, rapist, and several other things, including more recently, a reporter for the Washington Post and a journalism teacher at Emory. He has just written a novel about "gentrification."
But that's the problem that keeps Americans from adopting bicycles as a large scale method of transportation, the danger of being beaten and killed. And it may not remain popular in Europe, either, with riots and such. In Holland, where biking is still popular, Theo van Gogh was pulled off his bicycle and stabbed to death, by a crazed Muslim.
If he'd had an SUV, he might still be alive.


vdare--2020-05-19--Leaded Law Shooting In Louisiana: 13 People Shot (None Killed) When Black Shooter Opens Fire At Memo

Leaded Law Shooting In Louisiana: 13 People Shot (None Killed) When Black Shooter Opens Fire At Memorial Service For Murdered Black Male

See , earlier : The “ Leaded Law ” And Mass Shootings—Poor Black Marksmanship Is Saving Lives See how many @ @ @ @ @ this one story of a mass shooting the corporate media won ’ t dare report @ @ @ @ @ gun owners and the NRA can ’ t be blamed .
On your mark , @ @ @ @ @

See, earlier: The “Leaded Law” And Mass Shootings—Poor Black Marksmanship Is Saving Lives
See how many stereotypes can be confirmed in this one story of a mass shooting the corporate media won’t dare report on, because law-abiding white gun owners and the NRA can’t be blamed.
On your mark, get set, go!
BOGALUSA, La. (WVUE) -13 people were shot in Bogalusa Saturday night while attending a memorial service for a murder victim, according to the Bogalusa Police Department.
Police say around 9 p.m., the Bogalusa Police Department began receiving calls that gunshots were heard in the area of Martin Luther King Drive near East 4th Street. The chief investigator on the case says more than 150 people were gathered in a vacant lot when someone in a car drove by and fired, causing a chaotic scene, according to the Associated Press. Those callers informed police that several subjects had been shot.


vdare--2020-05-19--Her Name Is Rosalie Cook: 80-Year-Old White Grandmother Murdered by Black Career Criminal Out on Bon

Her Name Is Rosalie Cook: 80-Year-Old White Grandmother Murdered by Black Career Criminal Out on Bond (67 Prior Arrests)

Were America a nation dominated by white privilege , systemic inequality , implicit bias and a white supremacy power structure in need of immediate dismantling ( as silly shows on HBO , like the upcoming Lovecraft Country , presuppose ) , the name Rosalie Cook would be on the lips of every white American .
Her story would be told by every newspaper in the country , and she ’ d be the no .
1 story on every cable news network , as well as being featured on the national nightly newscast on ABC/CBS/NBC .
If white privilege existed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ buying her life story and rushing a movie to be made about her for release in quarter four 2020 .
For a nation fueled on white privilege would never , ever stop telling the story of what happened Rosalie Cook ( “ the perfect grandma ” ) on a random Saturday afternoon in Houston .
80-Year-Old “ Perfect Grandma ” Stabbed To Death By Career Criminal Who Was Out On Bond : Police , Breaking 911 , May 18 , 2020 HOUSTON , Texas — An elderly woman was fatally stabbed in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criminal who was out on bond .
80-year-old Rosalie Cook , who was widowed and lived on her own independently , had just picked up a prescription when the monster approached her in the parking lot and stabbed her in the chest .
“ What makes me angry is this suspect stabbed an 80-year-old woman then goes down , rifles through her stuff and tries to steal her car , ” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said .
Randy Lewis , 38 , was reportedly menacing people and begging for money at a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A responding officer arrived shortly after the stabbing and ordered Lewis out of Cook ’ s car .
When Lewis attempted to rush the officer with the knife , he was shot twice , fatally .
“ This is tragic , but the most tragedy here is that a woman has died from a guy who attacked her for no other reason other than to steal from her and carjack her , ” Acevedo said .
KTRK reported : [ Lewis ’ bail ] was waived back on April 30 for a charge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years ago .
A charging document stated he struck someone who was transferring him to the county jail .
Court records indicate he was found temporarily incompetent after a mental exam in October 2019 and was committed to a mental facility .
In March , his stay was extended by a judge for 60 days after a request from the head of the facility .
He was subsequently released to Royal Personal Care Home on May 1 .
Lewis had been arrested more than 67 times in his life .
But America is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , systemic inequality , implicit bias , nor does it have a white supremacy power structure in need of immediate dismantling , because the name Rosalie Cook will be on the lips of virtually no white people across the country .
Her story will be told by few people , save those who dare engage in the mortal sin of pattern recognition .
Her name is Rosalie Cook .
That few people will ever read her story is a reminder of the real privilege existing in America .
Or , as it should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .

Were America a nation dominated by white privilege, systemic inequality, implicit bias and a white supremacy power structure in need of immediate dismantling (as silly shows on HBO, like the upcoming Lovecraft Country, presuppose), the name Rosalie Cook would be on the lips of every white American.
Her story would be told by every newspaper in the country, and she’d be the no. 1 story on every cable news network, as well as being featured on the national nightly newscast on ABC/CBS/NBC.
If white privilege existed, Hollywood studios would be bidding on buying her life story and rushing a movie to be made about her for release in quarter four 2020.
For a nation fueled on white privilege would never, ever stop telling the story of what happened Rosalie Cook (“the perfect grandma”) on a random Saturday afternoon in Houston.
80-Year-Old “Perfect Grandma” Stabbed To Death By Career Criminal Who Was Out On Bond: Police, Breaking 911, May 18, 2020 HOUSTON, Texas — An elderly woman was fatally stabbed in a Walgreens parking lot Saturday by a career criminal who was out on bond. 80-year-old Rosalie Cook, who was widowed and lived on her own independently, had just picked up a prescription when the monster approached her in the parking lot and stabbed her in the chest. “What makes me angry is this suspect stabbed an 80-year-old woman then goes down, rifles through her stuff and tries to steal her car,” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said. Randy Lewis, 38, was reportedly menacing people and begging for money at a nearby grocery store before the crime. A responding officer arrived shortly after the stabbing and ordered Lewis out of Cook’s car. When Lewis attempted to rush the officer with the knife, he was shot twice, fatally. “This is tragic, but the most tragedy here is that a woman has died from a guy who attacked her for no other reason other than to steal from her and carjack her,” Acevedo said. KTRK reported: [Lewis’ bail] was waived back on April 30 for a charge of assaulting a public servant from two years ago. A charging document stated he struck someone who was transferring him to the county jail. Court records indicate he was found temporarily incompetent after a mental exam in October 2019 and was committed to a mental facility. In March, his stay was extended by a judge for 60 days after a request from the head of the facility. He was subsequently released to Royal Personal Care Home on May 1. Lewis had been arrested more than 67 times in his life.
But America is not a nation dominated by white privilege, systemic inequality, implicit bias, nor does it have a white supremacy power structure in need of immediate dismantling, because the name Rosalie Cook will be on the lips of virtually no white people across the country.
Her story will be told by few people, save those who dare engage in the mortal sin of pattern recognition.
Her name is Rosalie Cook. That few people will ever read her story is a reminder of the real privilege existing in America. Or, as it should be called, Black-Run America (BRA).
Their Lives Matter Too.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-05-19--HBO: "Atlanta's Missing And Murdered: The Lost Children" Still Trying To Prove That The Killer Was A

HBO: "Atlanta's Missing And Murdered: The Lost Children" Still Trying To Prove That The Killer Was A White Guy

Thanks for the piece on Ahmaud Arbery .
The mainstream media coverage is Orwellian and maddening .
You might be @ @ @ @ @ “ Atlanta ” which is trying to re-litigate the Atlanta child murders and blame it @ @ @ @ @ Obsession with Nazis appears in at least 2 different TV shows ) .
There is @ @ @ @ @ stoked up and commenting that the killer had to be white .
The city police @ @ @ @ @ looking for a truly Great White Defendant .
It ’ s informative to notice what @ @ @ @ @ a Conspiracy Theory .
That the Atlanta child murders of 1979-1981 were committed by a @ @ @ @ @ , but he was a black Lone Wolf .
So therefore it ’ s extremely @ @ @ @ @ vast but hidden machinations of the KKK , which as the Southern Poverty Law Center @ @ @ @ @ all know a sort of Institutional Lone Wolf bravely fighting singlehandedly against Organized Hate , @ @ @

A reader writes:
Thanks for the piece on Ahmaud Arbery. The mainstream media coverage is Orwellian and maddening. You might be interested in the HBO series “Atlanta,” which is trying to re-litigate the Atlanta child murders and blame it on the KKK. (Obsession with Nazis appears in at least 2 different TV shows.) There is footage showing Atlanta locals being stoked up and commenting that the killer had to be white. The city police department is still spending cash looking for a truly Great White Defendant.
It’s informative to notice what is and isn’t a Conspiracy Theory. That the Atlanta child murders of 1979-1981 were committed by a Lone Wolf is pretty reasonable, but he was a black Lone Wolf. So therefore it’s extremely respectable to attribute the murders to the vast but hidden machinations of the KKK, which as the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is as we all know a sort of Institutional Lone Wolf bravely fighting singlehandedly against Organized Hate, informs us is everywhere.


vdare--2020-05-19--NYT Editorial Board Comes Out Against Enforcing Social Distancing Rules (For Nonwhites)

Earlier : If Blacks Are More At Risk Of Dying From Coronavirus , Should They Be Ticketed More For Not Social Distancing ?
From the New York Times : Social Distancing , Without the Police Letting members of the community enforce social distancing is the better way .
Of the 125 people arrested over offenses that law enforcement officials described as related to the coronavirus pandemic , 113 were black or Hispanic .
Of the 374 summonses from March 16 to May 5 , a vast majority — 300 — were given to black and Hispanic New Yorkers .
Videos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to watch .
In one posted to Facebook last week , a group of some six police officers are seen tackling a black woman in a subway station as her young child looks on .
“ She ’ s got a baby with her !
” a bystander shouts .
Police officials told The Daily News the woman had refused to comply when officers directed her to put the mask she was wearing over her nose and mouth .
Contrast that with photographs across social media showing crowds of sun-seekers packed into parks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city , lounging undisturbed as police officers hand out masks .
… To prove that crowds of sun-seekers packed into parks in wealthy , whiter areas , the Editorial Board posted this photo : Obviously , it has been impossible for photographs to misrepresent how packed parks and beaches are with sun-seekers ever since the disinvention of the telephoto lens in late 2019 .
Without a significant course correction , the department ’ s role in the pandemic may look more and more like stop-and-frisk , the policing tactic that led to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people , most of them black and Hispanic , while rarely touching white New Yorkers .
Mr. de Blasio has scoffed at the comparison , though it ’ s not clear why .
Aggressive police enforcement of social-distancing measures is nearly certain to harm the health and dignity of the city ’ s black and Hispanic residents .
… New York is facing a public health crisis , not a spike in crime .
Black and Hispanic New Yorkers are already suffering disproportionately from the coronavirus .
They don ’ t need more @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Earlier: If Blacks Are More At Risk Of Dying From Coronavirus, Should They Be Ticketed More For Not Social Distancing?
From the New York Times:
Social Distancing, Without the Police
Letting members of the community enforce social distancing is the better way. By The Editorial Board May 18, 2020, 6:00 p.m. ET Of the 125 people arrested over offenses that law enforcement officials described as related to the coronavirus pandemic, 113 were black or Hispanic. Of the 374 summonses from March 16 to May 5, a vast majority — 300 — were given to black and Hispanic New Yorkers. Videos of some of the arrests are hard to watch. In one posted to Facebook last week, a group of some six police officers are seen tackling a black woman in a subway station as her young child looks on. “She’s got a baby with her!” a bystander shouts. Police officials told The Daily News the woman had refused to comply when officers directed her to put the mask she was wearing over her nose and mouth. Contrast that with photographs across social media showing crowds of sun-seekers packed into parks in wealthy, whiter areas of the city, lounging undisturbed as police officers hand out masks. …
To prove that crowds of sun-seekers packed into parks in wealthy, whiter areas, the Editorial Board posted this photo:
Obviously, it has been impossible for photographers to misrepresent how packed parks and beaches are with sun-seekers ever since the disinvention of the telephoto lens in late 2019.


vdare--2020-05-18--Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow Joined By Cassandra Fairbanks, Wednesday,  3 p.m. EST

Tomorrow at 3 p.m. EST , our latest episode of “ Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow ” will livestream .
@ @ @ @ @ journalist Cassandra Fairbanks .
[ @ CassandraRules ] Be sure to tune for this important @ @ @ @ @ talking about tech censorship !
You can join the conversation here .
Cassandra Fairbanks is @ @ @ @ @ and founder of DistrictHerald.com .
She has been published in countless outlets including The Independent @ @ @ @ @ Her work is heavily focused on press freedom , freedom of speech and tech censorship @ @ @ @ @ of “ Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow ” :

Tomorrow at 3 p.m. EST, our latest episode of “Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow” will livestream. His guest will be pioneering journalist Cassandra Fairbanks. [@CassandraRules]
Be sure to tune for this important conversation!
They will be talking about tech censorship!
You can join the conversation here.
Watch the latest video at bitchute.com
Cassandra Fairbanks is a writer for Gateway Pundit and founder of DistrictHerald.com. She has been published in countless outlets including The Independent and International Business Times. Her work is heavily focused on press freedom, freedom of speech and tech censorship.
Watch our past episodes of “Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow”: