vdare--2020-11-12--Latest NFL Front-Office Affirmative Action: Just Make It Illegal To Hire White Coaches!

Earlier : NFL Bribing Teams To Hire Black Coaches With Better Draft Picks—Why Not Just Make It Illegal to Hire Whites ?
We all know where this is headed… The majority-white owners of the National Football League have approved a proposal to incentivize teams to develop nonwhite coaches and executives .
“ That just complements part of the overall collection of the things that we ’ re doing , ” NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent told ESPN .
“ To try to increase mobility among in particular black coaches and females as well in the coach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m looking forward to seeing what the offseason has to bring in the hiring cycle.
” If approved by the NFL Players Association , the change would reward teams with third-round draft picks if minority assistants and executives below the General Manager position get hired by other teams for higher roles , reported NBC Sports , with some stipulations .
Entering this season , there were just three Black head coaches among the NFL ’ s 32 teams ( and four nonwhite coaches ) and 14 Black head coaches in college ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while some coaches claim the NFL is a “ meritocracy , ” that does not account for the exclusion of nonwhite players and coaches in the early years of the NFL as well as the unique systemic challenges Black coaches face .
The NFL has made some changes this year , including expanding the ” Rooney Rule ” by requiring clubs to interview at least two external minority candidates for head coaching openings and at least one minority candidate for any coordinator job .
But the lack of diversity among final hires is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nonwhite candidates “ in the pipeline.
” In response , Michael Locksley , head coach of the University of Maryland football team , established the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches this year to help elevate nonwhite coaches in the sport .

Earlier: NFL Bribing Teams To Hire Black Coaches With Better Draft Picks—Why Not Just Make It Illegal to Hire Whites?
We all know where this is headed…
The majority-white owners of the National Football League have approved a proposal to incentivize teams to develop nonwhite coaches and executives.
“That just complements part of the overall collection of the things that we’re doing,” NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent told ESPN. “To try to increase mobility among in particular black coaches and females as well in the coach and the GM front. I’m looking forward to seeing what the offseason has to bring in the hiring cycle.”
If approved by the NFL Players Association, the change would reward teams with third-round draft picks if minority assistants and executives below the General Manager position get hired by other teams for higher roles, reported NBC Sports, with some stipulations.
Entering this season, there were just three Black head coaches among the NFL’s 32 teams (and four nonwhite coaches) and 14 Black head coaches in college’s 130 Football Bowl Subdivision squads. And while some coaches claim the NFL is a “meritocracy,” that does not account for the exclusion of nonwhite players and coaches in the early years of the NFL as well as the unique systemic challenges Black coaches face.
The NFL has made some changes this year, including expanding the ”Rooney Rule” by requiring clubs to interview at least two external minority candidates for head coaching openings and at least one minority candidate for any coordinator job. But the lack of diversity among final hires is often attributed to a lack of qualified nonwhite candidates “in the pipeline.” In response, Michael Locksley, head coach of the University of Maryland football team, established the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches this year to help elevate nonwhite coaches in the sport.


vdare--2020-11-12--Biden Chief-Of-Staff Ron Klain Tried To Steal 2000 Election From Bush, Played By Kevin Spacey In REC

Biden Chief-Of-Staff Ron Klain Tried To Steal 2000 Election From Bush, Played By Kevin Spacey In RECOUNT

Earlier , by Ann Coulter : The Democrats ’ Guide to Losing Gracefully New Biden chief-of-staff Ron Klain was played @ @ @ @ @ by Kevin Spacey , so you just know Klain ’ s a trustworthy kind of @ @ @ @ @ Gore ’ s chief of staff in 1995-1999 ( iirc ) and he still appears @ @ @ @ @ Gore ’ s 35 days of trying to overthrow the results of the 2000 election @ @ @ @ @ 's because they are .
— Ronald Klain ( @ RonaldKlain ) July 15 , @ @ @ @ @ refusal 14 years later to admit his guy lost is not “ undermining democracy ” @ @ @ @ @ democracy is to elect Democrats .
If democracy fails to elect a Democrat then it @ @ @ @ @ QED .

Earlier, by Ann Coulter: The Democrats’ Guide to Losing Gracefully
Ron Klain's resume: From recounts to stimulus to Ebola https://t.co/nozP2UPBUV via @usatoday — Steve Sailer (@Steve_Sailer) November 12, 2020
New Biden chief-of-staff Ron Klain was played in the 2008 movie Recount by Kevin Spacey, so you just know Klain’s a trustworthy kind of guy.
Klain was Al Gore’s chief of staff in 1995-1999 (iirc) and he still appears sore about the failure of Gore’s 35 days of trying to overthrow the results of the 2000 election:
.@voxdotcom That's because they are. — Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) July 15, 2014
But Klain’s refusal 14 years later to admit his guy lost is not “undermining democracy” because the whole point of democracy is to elect Democrats. If democracy fails to elect a Democrat then it’s not democracy. QED.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-12--Cancel Culture Conference Canceled In Australia: It Might Have "Upset Some Viewers"

‘ Unbelievable ’ : Livestream of cancel culture debate ‘ cancelled ’ during State Library of WA ’ s Disrupted Festival A high-profile legal academic has accused the State Library of WA of “ censoring ” a panel on cancel culture after a livestream of the discussion was canned amid fears it would upset some viewers .
Augusto Zimmermann took aim at festival organisers in a social media post , accusing “ the new left-wing elites ” of suppressing dissenting ideas and prohibiting opposing voices .
Dr Zimmermann , a law professor and president of the WA Legal Theory Association @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for his views on freedom of speech .
The panel was organised to discuss the notion of ‘ cancel culture ’ – where people are ostracised , largely online , over controversial views or actions – as part of the library ’ s Disrupted Festival of Ideas , and was moderated by Murdoch University lecturer Catherine Archer .
“ What is cancel culture ?
Does cancel culture actually exist ?
Is it just a term utilised by the alt-right and boomer power brokers to crush dissent by militant millennials ?
” the program @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a real thing and a threat to nuanced debate and the safe exchange of ideas ?
This panel explores what cancel culture actually means – if anything .
”

From Western Australia Today:
‘Unbelievable’: Livestream of cancel culture debate ‘cancelled’ during State Library of WA’s Disrupted Festival
By Marta Pascual Juanola
November 12, 2020 — 6.01am
A high-profile legal academic has accused the State Library of WA of “censoring” a panel on cancel culture after a livestream of the discussion was canned amid fears it would upset some viewers.
Augusto Zimmermann took aim at festival organisers in a social media post, accusing “the new left-wing elites” of suppressing dissenting ideas and prohibiting opposing voices.
Dr Zimmermann, a law professor and president of the WA Legal Theory Association, is a self-confessed libertarian best known for his views on freedom of speech.
The panel was organised to discuss the notion of ‘cancel culture’ – where people are ostracised, largely online, over controversial views or actions – as part of the library’s Disrupted Festival of Ideas, and was moderated by Murdoch University lecturer Catherine Archer.
“What is cancel culture? Does cancel culture actually exist? Is it just a term utilised by the alt-right and boomer power brokers to crush dissent by militant millennials?” the program read.
“Or is cancel culture a real thing and a threat to nuanced debate and the safe exchange of ideas? This panel explores what cancel culture actually means – if anything.”
Panellists included Dr Zimmermann, SLWA chief executive Margaret Allen, Murdoch University post-graduate research student Graeme Paton, and sexologist and LGBTQ specialist Kai Schweizer.


vdare--2020-11-12--How Much Money Did Some Investors Lose Because Pfizer Didn't Report Its Vaccine's Success Until Afte

How Much Money Did Some Investors Lose Because Pfizer Didn't Report Its Vaccine's Success Until After The Election?

Earlier : Why Did Pfizer And FDA Agree To Not Release The News Of The Vaccine 's Success In October As The Original Protocol Would Have Required ?
Here ’ s some more interesting background on Pfizer-BioNTech ’ s October decision to shut down processing of nasal swabs in its vaccine trial until , in effect , after the election , which I wrote about in my new Taki ’ s Magazine column .
Wall Street stock analysts who had closely read Pfizer ’ s clinical protocol gameplan and had been conversing with Pfizer ’ s executives were expecting at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for whenever volunteers had suffered 32 cases of COVID ) and perhaps the second ( at the 62 case point ) in October .
When those interim analyses were not released by late October , two analysts issued warnings that the vaccine was evidently in trouble and the stocks dropped .
BioNTech SE ( BNTX ) , Pfizer ( PFE ) Lower as Bernstein Says Delay in COVID Vaccine Trial Read-Out ‘ Raises Concern ’ BioNTech SE ( NASDAQ : BNTX ) , Pfizer ( NYSE : PFE ) shares are on watch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on CNBC that the delay in the COVID-19 vaccine trial results from the partners could suggest poor results .
Chen noted that Pfizer management said in the past that they would expect to know in October if their Covid vaccine works .
Chen highlights that we are now in the last week of October , with still no data announced .
In an earlier note to clients , Chen said they estimate Pfizer / BioNTech likely have two interim analyses in October , one likely mid-October , another likely late-October .
“ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would have expected the first analysis to occur , ” Chen said .
“ This raises concern that maybe the 1st interim missed .
If true , this would be an incremental datapoint pointing to lower vaccine efficacy.
” PFE is down 1.5 % , while BNTX is down 7 % .
Today ’ s Overall Ratings : Up : 3 | Down : 9 | New : 8 Another biotech analyst is sending out an SOS about the timing delay of Pfizer ’ s ( NYSE : PFE ) /BioNTech ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for its leading COVID-19 vaccine .
Yesterday , Bernstein ’ s Vincent Chen MD broached the subject .
Morgan Stanley ’ s David Risinger believes the first interim analysis passed ( expected between Oct .8-15 ) with no announcement and the second interim analysis was expected Oct. 17–27 , which is today .
Pfizer didn ’ t announce an update with earnings this morning , so it is possible they will miss these dates .
Risinger notes there may be a few days between the occurrence of the trigger and a press release @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not completely off the table .
The analyst highlights that Pfizer management has repeatedly expressed optimism about potential vaccine efficacy success in October , and they think management may have been assuming > 68 % efficacy by the second interim analysis .
Risinger said vaccine efficacy will likely be lower if this week passes without a conclusive positive result .
“ If the trial continues at the 2 IA , in the best case scenario ( i.e.
, miss by one case ) we estimate that at the 3 IA the odds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ > 70 % would be < 18 % and VE > 75 % would be < 1 % .
The odds drop precipitously if the 2 IA were to miss success by larger margins .
For example , if the trial misses the 2 IA by two cases , the odds to observe VE > 70 % would be < 6 % .
and VE > 75 % would be 0.1 % .
” Well , as it turned out , the Wall Street analysts were too pessimistic because they weren ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ playing .
Instead , Pfizer stock went up sharply on Monday when the stunning news ( over 90 % effectiveness ) was finally released and the Pfizer CEO sold $ 5.6 million worth of his shares in his firm at a nice $ 41.94 .
But the details of what Pfizer did to not have to follow their protocol , which apparently would have required them to report the success of their vaccine before the election , are pretty amusing .
Science magazine has a long article Wednesday attempting to refute suggestions by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pfizer likely would have publicly reported the success of its vaccine if it had followed its own published plan .
But if you read the Science article carefully , you might come to a different conclusion .
Fact check : No evidence supports Trump ’ s claim that COVID-19 vaccine result was suppressed to sway election Unsupported political accusations have tainted the apparent good news about the development of an effective COVID-19 vaccine by two companies .
In the wake of the dramatic news of a potentially effective COVID-19 vaccine , President Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claimed its makers , the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) , and Democrats had conspired to suppress the announcement until after the 3 November presidential election .
The U.S. company involved , Pfizer , “ didn ’ t have the courage to do it before , ” Trump asserted on 9 November .
And FDA and Democrats , he wrote , “ didn ’ t want to have me get a Vaccine WIN , prior to the election , so instead it came out five days later.
” Initially , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they might have preliminary trial results by late October—a timetable Pfizer ’ s CEO , Albert Bourla , projected as recently as 29 September .
The timeline was based on a plan that called for an outside panel to take a first look at the efficacy data for the vaccine when a total of 32 cases of COVID-19 had accumulated in the vaccine and placebo groups .
But the companies and FDA later agreed on a protocol change that nearly doubled that number and delayed that review .
There is no evidence , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do with presidential politics .
After all , it ’ s not like presidential politics were much in the news in October 2020 or that many interested and influential parties were up in arms over anything that might help the re-election campaign of Donald Trump ( a.k.a.
, Literally Hitler ) .
But if you read on , it turns out that after Pfizer decided to not fulfill its protocol , it wasn ’ t at this 24/7 anymore In fact , it put the nasal swabs that were coming in from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in storage until the presidential campaign was over .
Science goes on : Pfizer no doubt has the best legal advice that money can buy .
So even though anybody can see through this transparent ploy , which seems like something out of a 1980s Chicago election count , they will probably get away with it because their lawyers likely found precedents of other firms doing something similar and getting away with it .
And when they made this decision to ( literally ) put the evidence on ice , the polls showed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So how much trouble were they going to get into with the Biden Administration SEC over not reporting to investors that they had come up with a dodgy reason not to report to investors until after the election ?
Biden was going to win by a lot , so after January 20 , 2021 nobody would care about a minor thumb on the election interference scale like this .
My hunch from what little I know about Bourla , a Greek Jew from Thessaloniki , is that he wasn ’ t out to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like the type of buccaneering Easterner who tends to like Trump .
In fact , his aggressive clinical trial protocol was Trump ’ s best hope for an October Surprise on the vaccine front .
But he was clearly under enormous pressure from Respectable Society to not announce good news before the election .
While Pfizer likely could have announced before Election Day at the planned 32 case first interim analysis point , could it also have announced by November 2nd the results of the planned 62 case second interim analysis ?
( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ past even the third interim analysis point of 92 cases and reported on 94 cases on Monday . )
Science asserts : In contrast , StatNews writes that the analysis of results wasn ’ t revivified from the deep freeze it was put into in October until November 4 , at which point there were 94 cases : As it turned out , the vaccine blew the doors off , coming in well over 90 % efficacy .
From an interview with Bourlas in Axios : DP : The FDA obviously had this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its baseline .
Obviously everyone would like 100 % efficacy because why wouldn ’ t you in a vaccine ?
What was Pfizer ’ s target ?
Or at least where did you think this was going to come in ?
AB : We were hoping for the best .
I have to admit that I never hoped that it would be — because it ’ s not 90 , I said it is more than 90 — so I never hoped that we ’ d be more than 90 % .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strong , overwhelming indication of efficacy .
DP : Can I ask about that ?
You guys keep saying over 90 % .
Do we take that to mean like 90.02 % ?
Or are you able to give us a more specific number ?
AB : The reason why we ’ re not giving a specific number is first of all , we are not even telling our teams what the specific number is .
And also the number would change .
So for example , if it is 91 , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 94 , it could become 95 , or vice versa by 1 point .
So we don ’ t want to confuse people with different numbers , but it is more than 90 and I believe will remain more than 90 .
In other words , after 94 of the planned 164 cases in the trial , the vaccine is so far above 90 % efficacy that it will almost certainly turn out to be over 90 % effective when all 164 cases are collected .
In other words , this is great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ column , It ’ s reasonable to say that on scientific and ethical grounds , if not political and financial grounds , this good news should have been released to voters at the latest of Monday , November 2nd .

Earlier: Why Did Pfizer And FDA Agree To Not Release The News Of The Vaccine's Success In October As The Original Protocol Would Have Required?
Here’s some more interesting background on Pfizer-BioNTech’s October decision to shut down processing of nasal swabs in its vaccine trial until, in effect, after the election, which I wrote about in my new Taki’s Magazine column.
Wall Street stock analysts who had closely read Pfizer’s clinical protocol game plan and had been conversing with Pfizer’s executives were expecting at least the first interim analysis (planned for whenever volunteers had suffered 32 cases of COVID) and perhaps the second (at the 62 case point) in October. When those interim analyses were not released by late October, two analysts issued warnings that the vaccine was evidently in trouble and the stocks dropped.
From StreetInsider.com:
BioNTech SE (BNTX), Pfizer (PFE) Lower as Bernstein Says Delay in COVID Vaccine Trial Read-Out ‘Raises Concern’ October 26, 2020 1:24 PM EDT BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX), Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) shares are on watch as Bernstein analyst Vincent Chen MD discussed on CNBC that the delay in the COVID-19 vaccine trial results from the partners could suggest poor results. Chen noted that Pfizer management said in the past that they would expect to know in October if their Covid vaccine works. Chen highlights that we are now in the last week of October, with still no data announced. In an earlier note to clients, Chen said they estimate Pfizer / BioNTech likely have two interim analyses in October, one likely mid-October, another likely late-October. “We’re now well past when we would have expected the first analysis to occur,” Chen said. “This raises concern that maybe the 1st interim missed. If true, this would be an incremental datapoint pointing to lower vaccine efficacy.” PFE is down 1.5%, while BNTX is down 7%.
Also from StreetInsider.com:
Another Analyst Issue a Warning About Pfizer (PFE)/BioNTech (BNTX) COVID Vaccine Interim Analysis Delay October 27, 2020 10:13 AM EDT [Pfizer] Price: $38.22 -0.73% Rating Summary:
15 Buy, 17 Hold, 0 Sell Rating Trend: Down Today’s Overall Ratings:
Up: 3 | Down: 9 | New: 8 Another biotech analyst is sending out an SOS about the timing delay of Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE)/BioNTech’s (NASDAQ: BNTX) trial readout for its leading COVID-19 vaccine. Yesterday, Bernstein’s Vincent Chen MD broached the subject. Morgan Stanley’s David Risinger believes the first interim analysis passed (expected between Oct .8-15) with no announcement and the second interim analysis was expected Oct. 17–27, which is today. Pfizer didn’t announce an update with earnings this morning, so it is possible they will miss these dates. Risinger notes there may be a few days between the occurrence of the trigger and a press release of positive results, so an announcement is not completely off the table. The analyst highlights that Pfizer management has repeatedly expressed optimism about potential vaccine efficacy success in October, and they think management may have been assuming >68% efficacy by the second interim analysis. Risinger said vaccine efficacy will likely be lower if this week passes without a conclusive positive result. “If the trial continues at the 2 IA, in the best case scenario (i.e., miss by one case) we estimate that at the 3 IA the odds to observe vaccine efficacy (VE) >70% would be < 18% and VE > 75% would be < 1%. The odds drop precipitously if the 2 IA were to miss success by larger margins. For example, if the trial misses the 2 IA by two cases, the odds to observe VE > 70% would be < 6%. and VE > 75% would be 0.1%.”
Well, as it turned out, the Wall Street analysts were too pessimistic because they weren’t cynical enough about the games Pfizer was playing. Instead, Pfizer stock went up sharply on Monday when the stunning news (over 90% effectiveness) was finally released and the Pfizer CEO sold $5.6 million worth of his shares in his firm at a nice $41.94.
(And good for him. While huge Pfizer didn’t invent this vaccine, they made a smart deal with its inventor, the smaller German firm BioNTech, to provide the muscle to get this trial done fast and to market perhaps this year. Pfizer has already manufactured a few million doses.)
But the details of what Pfizer did to not have to follow their protocol, which apparently would have required them to report the success of their vaccine before the election, are pretty amusing. Science magazine has a long article Wednesday attempting to refute suggestions by Matthew Herper of StatNews and myself that Pfizer likely would have publicly reported the success of its vaccine if it had followed its own published plan. But if you read the Science article carefully, you might come to a different conclusion.
Fact check: No evidence supports Trump’s claim that COVID-19 vaccine result was suppressed to sway election Unsupported political accusations have tainted the apparent good news about the development of an effective COVID-19 vaccine by two companies. By Jon Cohen Nov. 11, 2020 , 3:25 PM In the wake of the dramatic news of a potentially effective COVID-19 vaccine, President Donald Trump posted a flurry of tweets that claimed its makers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Democrats had conspired to suppress the announcement until after the 3 November presidential election. The U.S. company involved, Pfizer, “didn’t have the courage to do it before,” Trump asserted on 9 November. And FDA and Democrats, he wrote, “didn’t want to have me get a Vaccine WIN, prior to the election, so instead it came out five days later.” Initially, Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech suggested they might have preliminary trial results by late October—a timetable Pfizer’s CEO, Albert Bourla, projected as recently as 29 September. The timeline was based on a plan that called for an outside panel to take a first look at the efficacy data for the vaccine when a total of 32 cases of COVID-19 had accumulated in the vaccine and placebo groups. But the companies and FDA later agreed on a protocol change that nearly doubled that number and delayed that review. There is no evidence, however, that the decision had anything to do with presidential politics.
After all, it’s not like presidential politics were much in the news in October 2020 or that many interested and influential parties were up in arms over anything that might help the re-election campaign of Donald Trump (a.k.a., Literally Hitler).
And the companies flat out reject at Trump’s claims. “What people believe is their business,” Kathrin Jansen, who heads vaccine R&D at Pfizer, told ScienceInsider. “Quite frankly, we had no time and still have no time to deal with politics. We are at this 24/7, thousands of people working diligently to make this work. And for us, it was never about politics, it was always about just the disaster that we were in the middle of, all of us globally, seeing the devastation and the deaths.”
But if you read on, it turns out that after Pfizer decided to not fulfill its protocol, it wasn’t at this 24/7 anymore. In fact, it put the nasal swabs that were coming in from test volunteers for confirmation of coronavirus infection in storage until the presidential campaign was over. Science goes on:
When the companies submitted their request for a protocol change, they had yet to accumulate 32 cases. If they had 32 cases before the change was approved, the protocol would have required them to report the results to FDA. In addition, if the results could impact the way investors traded company stock, they may also have been required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to make the results public. They decided to store the nasal swabs taken from participants who had suspected SARS-CoV-2 infections: If they didn’t test the swabs, they couldn’t confirm cases and therefore would avoid a protocol violation.
LOL.
They stopped the count.
In StatNews, Matthew Herper reasonably concluded:
It also means that if Pfizer had held to the original plan, the data would likely have been available in October, as its CEO, Albert Bourla, had initially predicted.
Pfizer no doubt has the best legal advice that money can buy. So even though anybody can see through this transparent ploy, which seems like something out of a 1980s Chicago election count, they will probably get away with it because their lawyers likely found precedents of other firms doing something similar and getting away with it.
And when they made this decision to (literally) put the evidence on ice, the polls showed Joe Biden up by a mile. So how much trouble were they going to get into with the Biden Administration SEC over not reporting to investors that they had come up with a dodgy reason not to report to investors until after the election? Biden was going to win by a lot, so after January 20, 2021 nobody would care about a minor thumb on the election interference scale like this.
My hunch from what little I know about Bourla, a Greek Jew from Thessaloniki, is that he wasn’t out to get Trump. He kind of seems like the type of buccaneering Easterner who tends to like Trump. In fact, his aggressive clinical trial protocol was Trump’s best hope for an October Surprise on the vaccine front.
But he was clearly under enormous pressure from Respectable Society to not announce good news before the election.
While Pfizer likely could have announced before Election Day at the planned 32 case first interim analysis point, could it also have announced by November 2nd the results of the planned 62 case second interim analysis? (As it turned out, they blew past even the third interim analysis point of 92 cases and reported on 94 cases on Monday.) Science asserts:
On 3 November, they hit the 62 mark and FDA approved the protocol changes. It then took several days to check the stored samples—and they also had new ones coming in that they could test, too. Combined, these samples led to the 94 cases presented to the DMC on 8 November. (The results were publicly announced the next day.)
In contrast, StatNews writes that the analysis of results wasn’t revivified from the deep freeze it was put into in October until November 4, at which point there were 94 cases:
Gruber said that Pfizer and BioNTech had decided in late October that they wanted to drop the 32-case interim analysis. At that time, the companies decided to stop having their lab confirm cases of Covid-19 in the study, instead leaving samples in storage. The FDA was aware of this decision. Discussions between the agency and the companies concluded, and testing began this past Wednesday. When the samples were tested, there were 94 cases of Covid in the trial. The DSMB met on Sunday.
As it turned out, the vaccine blew the doors off, coming in well over 90% efficacy. From an interview with Bourlas in Axios:
DP: The FDA obviously had this 50% threshold for efficacy kind of its baseline. Obviously everyone would like 100% efficacy because why wouldn’t you in a vaccine? What was Pfizer’s target? Or at least where did you think this was going to come in? AB: We were hoping for the best. I have to admit that I never hoped that it would be — because it’s not 90, I said it is more than 90 — so I never hoped that we’d be more than 90%. And that’s a very, very strong, overwhelming indication of efficacy. DP: Can I ask about that? You guys keep saying over 90%. Do we take that to mean like 90.02%? Or are you able to give us a more specific number? AB: The reason why we’re not giving a specific number is first of all, we are not even telling our teams what the specific number is. And also the number would change. So for example, if it is 91, it could become 92. If it is 94, it could become 95, or vice versa by 1 point. So we don’t want to confuse people with different numbers, but it is more than 90 and I believe will remain more than 90.
In other words, after 94 of the planned 164 cases in the trial, the vaccine is so far above 90% efficacy that it will almost certainly turn out to be over 90% effective when all 164 cases are collected.
In other words, this is great news.
As I wrote in my column,
The best coronavirus strategy that any president could come up with has always been to be president when vaccines start rolling out. Thus Trump long claimed that a vaccine would succeed real soon now, while Democrats downplayed that idea and spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt about vaccines.
It’s reasonable to say that on scientific and ethical grounds, if not political and financial grounds, this good news should have been released to voters at the latest of Monday, November 2nd.


vdare--2020-11-13--In Defense of Pfizer: The Growing Democratic Anti-Vaxxer Movement

Earlier : Why Did Pfizer And FDA Agree To Not Release The News Of The Vaccine 's Success In October As The Original Protocol Would Have Required ?
With Democrats promoting anti-vaxxer tropes in the fall to counter the Trump Administration ’ s ( now successful ) strategy of removing roadblocks to ultra-fast vaccine development , Pfizer was in a delicate position .
OCTOBER 12 , 2020 Americans ’ Readiness to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Falls to 50 % BY LYDIA SAAD The decline in Americans ’ readiness to be vaccinated obscures divergent trends among party groups , with Republicans showing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and independents showing decreased comfort levels .
After two months of Democrats being more likely than Republicans to say they would be vaccinated , about half of all political party groups now say they would get the vaccine .
This marks a new low among Democrats and independents , while Republicans ’ interest in getting the vaccine has returned to the levels recorded in July , up from their low point in late August .
Americans ’ willingness to be vaccinated right away if an FDA-approved vaccine to prevent COVID-19 was available among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of Democrats , 49 % of Republicans and 47 % of independents would get the vaccine .
Democrats and independents have become less willing but Republicans have become more willing .
Democrats ’ reduced confidence follows President Donald Trump ’ s Labor Day announcement that a coronavirus vaccine could be ready in October , as well as subsequent news reports stating that Trump is eager to see a vaccine delivered before the election .
Trump ’ s accelerated timeline does not align with that of many government health experts , and this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vaccine distributed that soon would be effective and safe .
Democrats may be answering Gallup ’ s question about getting an FDA-approved vaccine “ right now ” in the context of Trump ’ s position , not as a hypothetical scenario .
However , a recent CNN poll also found a decline in public willingness to get the vaccine , from 56 % in August to 51 % in early October , without mentioning a timeframe .
That question reads , “ If a vaccine to prevent coronavirus infection were widely available @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , personally , try to get that vaccine , or not ?
” Taking the two results together , it appears some Americans have lost confidence in the safety of the approval process for the vaccine , and are not merely answering as if a vaccine were literally available “ right now.
” Pfizer couldn ’ t apply for FDA approval of its vaccine until the second half of November because the FDA had mandated two months of safety data .
But Pfizer had published its clinical protocol , which included this table @ @ @ @ @ @ @ analyses of the efficacy ( rather than the safety ) of the vaccine : If I recall correctly , the Pfizer CEO had led investors to believe that they would announce results of the interim analyses if the results proved either so good ( according to the numbers above ) that the trial was a success or was a futile failure , but not necessarily if the results were in the Keep Going middle range .
New virus cases among volunteers came in a little slower than expected because the vaccine was so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became clear that the case count would soon trigger the first interim analysis and perhaps even the second Before the Election .
But if Pfizer announced the efficacy of its vaccine by November 2 , The Establishment would come down on it and its fledgling vaccine like a landslide .
The announcement would probably give Trump a tiny boost , but he was so far behind in the polls that it looked like Pfizer would be dealing with the Biden Administration for the next four years in any case .
Not surprisingly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a knee and run out the clock by shutting down processing of nasal swabs so it could claim to the SEC that it didn ’ t know it had reached enough cases to trigger the called-for interim analyses .

Earlier: Why Did Pfizer And FDA Agree To Not Release The News Of The Vaccine's Success In October As The Original Protocol Would Have Required?
With Democrats promoting anti-vaxxer tropes in the fall to counter the Trump Administration’s (now successful) strategy of removing roadblocks to ultra-fast vaccine development, Pfizer was in a delicate position.
From Gallup:
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Americans’ Readiness to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Falls to 50%
BY LYDIA SAAD The decline in Americans’ readiness to be vaccinated obscures divergent trends among party groups, with Republicans showing increased willingness to be vaccinated but Democrats and independents showing decreased comfort levels. After two months of Democrats being more likely than Republicans to say they would be vaccinated, about half of all political party groups now say they would get the vaccine. This marks a new low among Democrats and independents, while Republicans’ interest in getting the vaccine has returned to the levels recorded in July, up from their low point in late August.
Americans’ willingness to be vaccinated right away if an FDA-approved vaccine to prevent COVID-19 was available among partisans since July. Currently, 53% of Democrats, 49% of Republicans and 47% of independents would get the vaccine. Democrats and independents have become less willing but Republicans have become more willing. Democrats’ reduced confidence follows President Donald Trump’s Labor Day announcement that a coronavirus vaccine could be ready in October, as well as subsequent news reports stating that Trump is eager to see a vaccine delivered before the election. Trump’s accelerated timeline does not align with that of many government health experts, and this disagreement has raised concerns as to whether a vaccine distributed that soon would be effective and safe. Democrats may be answering Gallup’s question about getting an FDA-approved vaccine “right now” in the context of Trump’s position, not as a hypothetical scenario. However, a recent CNN poll also found a decline in public willingness to get the vaccine, from 56% in August to 51% in early October, without mentioning a timeframe. That question reads, “If a vaccine to prevent coronavirus infection were widely available at a low cost, would you, personally, try to get that vaccine, or not?” Taking the two results together, it appears some Americans have lost confidence in the safety of the approval process for the vaccine, and are not merely answering as if a vaccine were literally available “right now.”
Pfizer couldn’t apply for FDA approval of its vaccine until the second half of November because the FDA had mandated two months of safety data. But Pfizer had published its clinical protocol, which included this table on p. 103 laying out four interim analyses of the efficacy (rather than the safety) of the vaccine:
If I recall correctly, the Pfizer CEO had led investors to believe that they would announce results of the interim analyses if the results proved either so good (according to the numbers above) that the trial was a success or was a futile failure, but not necessarily if the results were in the Keep Going middle range.
New virus cases among volunteers came in a little slower than expected because the vaccine was so effective, but at some point it became clear that the case count would soon trigger the first interim analysis and perhaps even the second Before the Election.
But if Pfizer announced the efficacy of its vaccine by November 2, The Establishment would come down on it and its fledgling vaccine like a landslide. The announcement would probably give Trump a tiny boost, but he was so far behind in the polls that it looked like Pfizer would be dealing with the Biden Administration for the next four years in any case.
Not surprisingly, Pfizer appears to have decided to take a knee and run out the clock by shutting down processing of nasal swabs so it could claim to the SEC that it didn’t know it had reached enough cases to trigger the called-for interim analyses.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-13--Well, That's Big Of Him ...Obama "Not Ready To Abandon The Possibility Of America"

Reportedly , the Obamas got a combined $ 65 million advance for a memoir from each .
`` I 'm @ @ @ @ @ the possibility of America—not just for the sake of future generations of Americans but for @ @ @ @ @ writes @ BarackObama : https : //t.co/4TM8MmVYRS — The Atlantic ( @ TheAtlantic ) November @ @ @

From Twitter:
Reportedly, the Obamas got a combined $65 million advance for a memoir from each.
"I'm not yet ready to abandon the possibility of America—not just for the sake of future generations of Americans but for all of humankind," writes @BarackObama: https://t.co/4TM8MmVYRS — The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 13, 2020
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-13--Republican Rapper Young Kim Leads with Only 3 Weeks of California Vote-Counting Left

In California vote-counting , you can never tell when a fishing boat out of Easter Island might dock with a @ @ @ @ @ ballots , so rumors can get started about how slow it is going .
But @ @ @ @ @ help the State of California dispel these pernicious myths .
In other news , with @ @ @ @ @ the California vote-counting process , Republican rapper Young Kim leads Democratic Congressman Gil Cisneros in @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Orange County by over 4,000 votes .
In 2018 , Young Kim , @ @ @ @ @ was also leading Cisneros for much of the month of November , but fell behind @ @ @ @ @ annual Turkey Day football game and ultimately lost in the depths of December .

In California vote-counting, you can never tell when a fishing boat out of Easter Island might dock with a sack full of valid vote-by-mail ballots, so rumors can get started about how slow it is going. But I’m here to help the State of California dispel these pernicious myths.
The State of California has debunked baseless rumors that it won't be done counting votes until after Christmas.
Instead, it won't be done counting votes until after Thanksgiving. pic.twitter.com/j7Axtv96Ro — Steve Sailer (@Steve_Sailer) November 13, 2020
In other news, with only three weeks left in the California vote-counting process, Republican rapper Young Kim leads Democratic Congressman Gil Cisneros in a House race in California’s Orange County by over 4,000 votes.
In 2018, Young Kim, the K-Pop breakdancing sensation, was also leading Cisneros for much of the month of November, but fell behind during the Detroit Lions’ annual Turkey Day football game and ultimately lost in the depths of December.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-12--Cornell English Department: Calling the English Dept. the English Dept. Is Racist

Cornell University ’ s English department voted to change its name to the “ department of literatures in English ” to challenge “ structural forms of racism.
” In their first faculty meeting of the semester , Cornell faculty introduced the proposal in order to combat the “ conflation of English as a language and English as a nationality , ” Director of Undergraduate Studies professor Kate McCullough told the Cornell Daily Sun .
… The term “ English Department ” might give students the idea that English literature was invented by the English , which would mean that some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other people ’ s ancestors did not , which can not be true .
The term “ Department of Literatures in English ” demonstrates that African-American literature owes no debts to English literature .
They just are literatures that happen to be in English .
It ’ s not like African-American writers have been influenced by , say , the King James Bible .
Carole Boyce-Davies [ right ] one of the professors who wrote the original name change proposal , says she was motivated by the increasing popularity of the Black Lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Floyd .
… Levine said that the name change “ is in keeping with the University ’ s call to have us really rethink our everyday practices around racism.
” “ Around ” is Preposition of the Year .

From Campus Reform:
To fight racism, Cornell renames its English department Benjamin Zeisloft | Pennsylvania Senior Campus Correspondent
Thursday, November 5, 2020 10:52 AM Cornell University’s English department voted to change its name to the “department of literatures in English” to challenge “structural forms of racism.” In their first faculty meeting of the semester, Cornell faculty introduced the proposal in order to combat the “conflation of English as a language and English as a nationality,” Director of Undergraduate Studies professor Kate McCullough told the Cornell Daily Sun. …
The term “English Department” might give students the idea that English literature was invented by the English, which would mean that some people’s ancestors accomplished things that other people’s ancestors did not, which cannot be true.
The term “Department of Literatures in English” demonstrates that African-American literature owes no debts to English literature. They just are literatures that happen to be in English. It’s not like African-American writers have been influenced by, say, the King James Bible.
Carole Boyce-Davies [right] one of the professors who wrote the original name change proposal, says she was motivated by the increasing popularity of the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd. … Levine said that the name change “is in keeping with the University’s call to have us really rethink our everyday practices around racism.”
“Around” is Preposition of the Year.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-12--Biden’s Immigration Arrogance May Cost Dems Vital Georgia Senate Seats

Earlier , by Patrick J. Buchanan : Will The State Of Georgia Halt The Radicals ' Revolution ?
Since the election , Presidential-Aspirant Joe Biden has triumphantly confirmed that he intends to Elect A New People by not only undoing President Trump ’ s semi-tough immigration measures but also by flooding the country with refugees and legal immigrants plus Amnestying every illegal alien stashed away in every trailer park he can pinpoint with Google Earth .
[ Biden plans sweeping reversal of Trump 's immigration agenda , by Meg Kinnard , CBS News , November 11 , 2020 ] His @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issue in the two January 5 , 2021 U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia , which will determine whether the GOP retains a Senate majority or whether , as Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer puts it , “ Now we take Georgia , then we change America !
” [ The GOP ’ s Georgia boogeyman : Chuck Schumer , by Marc Caputo and James Arkin , November 11 , 2020 ] The GOP must win at least one of those runoffs if Biden goes to the White House .
Victory in Alaska @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but losing both seats in Georgia would mean a Vice President Kamala Harris would provide the 51st vote for the Treason Party .
Winning both , of course , would be better .
One never knows when a Stupid Party hack will defect to the enemy .
Both seats provide a margin of error in case that happens .
Now to the Peach-State political fight ... For immigration patriots , the runoffs are about the same .
In the one , GOP Sen. David Perdue nearly topped the 50 percent threshold he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but fell just short .
Perdue is one of the better GOP senators on immigration ( not a hot competition ) .
He is one of only three senators to sponsor the RAISE Act , which would halve legal immigration and was endorsed by Trump ( although he subsequently wavered ) .
NumbersUSA gives Perdue a career B+ .
He doesn ’ t have a higher grade because he supports some guest-worker programs and failed to sign the Senate letter in support of Trump extending and expanding his immigration moratorium .
Both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ letter .
Still , Perdue has been a firm Trump ally and far preferable to Democrat opponent Ossoff , a Leftist smarty-pants from Central Casting .
He was Rep. Hank Johnson ’ s national security staffer , which means we have to wonder whether he gave Johnson the idea that Guam might capsize if we sent too many U.S Marines there .
[ Meet Jon Ossoff , ElectJon.com ] .
Ossoff sounds moderate on immigration—he says our country “ must know and control who crosses our borders , ” and that he supports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ borders , puts American workers first.
” But , like all modern Democrats , as a practical matter he supports Open Borders .
He believes American identity depends on acting “ as a haven for people fleeing persecution and striving for opportunity.
” His platform endorses Amnesty , which prioritizes foreign lawbreakers , not American workers .
Granted , he ’ s not quite as crazy as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez .
But he ’ ll reliably support any plan to import more Democrat voters .
The other race offers a similar choice .
GOP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patriot Rep. Doug Collins in the first round , and she isn ’ t as sound as either Collins or Perdue .
But she ’ s certainly better than the alternative , Democrat black pastor Raphael Warnock .
Though Loeffler ’ s megadonor husband , Jeffrey Sprecher , wants more immigration , she has shown signs of seeing the light when feeling the heat .
Her website says she supports a border wall , increased deportations , and “ completely reforming America 's legal immigration system.
” That last is ambiguous , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in demanding reduced immigration .
Last summer , she co-sponsored a bill with immigration patriot Senator Tom Cotton that would increase the power of immigration courts to punish aliens who skip trial dates and clear up case backlogs [ Loeffler , Cotton introduce ICE Act immigration legislation , AlbanyHerald.com , August 6 , 2020 ] .
In contrast , Democrat Warnock openly supports Amnesty [ Beyond the Podium with US Senate candidate Reverend Raphael Warnock , by Haley Garrett , Fox24 , October 22 , 2020 ] .
He said that Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a willfully ignorant , racist , xenophobic , narcissistic con man ” [ At two of the nation ’ s most historic black churches , sermons reflect on Martin Luther King and take sharp aim at Trump , by Jaweed Kaleem , Cindy Chang and Jenny Jarvie , Los Angeles Times , January 14 , 2018 ] .
Here ’ s a rundown of Sleepy Joe ’ s plan , all of it available at his website , for the America in which your kids will grow up : • He will reinstitute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) for illegal aliens who came to the U.S. as minors and a 100-day deportation freeze • He will send a mass Amnesty bill to Congress within his first 100 days .
• He will send more tax subsidies to the so-called “ relief agencies ” that bring more refugees into the country .
• He will end Trump ’ s public-charge rule that forbids importing indigents who can ’ t support themselves .
• He will stop building the border wall .
[ The Biden Plan For Securing Our Values As A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s only the short list .
Georgia will determine who controls the Senate , and in turn , who controls immigration legislation [ On Immigration , Biden 's Biggest Promises Likely Hinge On Who Controls The Senate , by Joel Rose , NPR , November 9 , 2020 ] .
If Trump ’ s challenge to the Great Election Heist of 2020 fails , or if he gives up and concedes , the only thing standing between the Historic American Nation and complete dispossession is a Republican-controlled Senate .
Significantly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Last summer , the state party endorsed a full immigration moratorium to protect jobs after the hysterical and unnecessary response to the Flu Manchu .
Before Trump , that idea would have gone nowhere [ Georgia GOP Urges for Full Immigration Moratorium with Millions Jobless , by John Binder , Breitbart , June 16 , 2020 ] .
Immigration isn ’ t the only identity issue in play , however .
Black Lives Matter and racial issues are others .
Ossoff and Warnock support BLM and radical bills to undermine police and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his Senate runoff race , by Curtis Bunn , NBC News , November 7 , 2020 ; Jon Ossoff campaigns for Senate race despite pandemic setback , Megan Mittelhammer , The Red & Black , September 11 , 2020 ] .
In contrast , and unlike most of the GOP , Loeffler openly criticizes BLM .
“ This is a very divisive organization based on Marxist principles , ” she said in July : The WNBA team she owns protested , but she didn ’ t back down , demonstrating courage lacking in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Loeffler continues to rip Black Lives Matter , says she won ’ t sell stake in WNBA team , by Des Bieler , The Washington Post , July 10 , 2020 ] .
That aside , the obvious question : Why is Georgia turning blue ?
In 1980 , the state was nearly 72 percent white .
Now , it ’ s just 60 percent white .
In 1980 , the Asian and Hispanic shares of the population were negligible .
Today , both groups combined account for over 14 percent of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s foreign-born population stands at 10.1 % .
And not all that demographic change is immigration .
The black share of the population has also increased from 26.5 percent in 1980 to nearly 33 percent today .
Reverse black migration to Georgia is credited with the state ’ s purple status .
Once-white majority counties around Atlanta are deep blue [ Black 'reverse migration ' driving Atlanta and Georgia towards Democrats , by Khushbu Shah , The Guardian , October 22 , 2020 ] .
The state ’ s growing liberal white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s support among the white vote dropped from 75 % in 2016 to 69 % in 2020 ) likely due to this demographic .
Those numbers explain why both Senate seats are in danger , and why Georgia could easily become blue like Virginia if the GOP does nothing to curb immigration and voter fraud .
A double win for Ossoff and Warnock could spell the end of the GOP in the state , and following that , the nation .
The effects will be all the worse if Trump loses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slim with a Senate that would only be Democrat by virtue of a vice presidential tiebreaker , but that ’ s still cold comfort to immigration patriots .
A dual loss in Georgia could potentially scare the party into embracing stupid ideas and bending the knee for Biden .
Lindsey Grahamnesty is already living up to his name , perhaps anticipating a post-Trump world .
Much to conservatives ’ dismay , he wants to find “ common ground ” with Biden on immigration .
The best if unlikeliest of all possible worlds is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House , and Loeffler and Perdue in the Senate .
The senators would be reliable votes for his immigration agenda .
They ’ ll vote to fund the wall , defund sanctuary cities , and cut down chain migration .
And even if Trump loses , they will oppose Biden .
Upshot : No matter who hears Hail to the Chief in January , the GOP must , again , win one of those seats .
And we would prefer two .
Our future depends on it .
Washington Watcher II [ Email @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

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Earlier, by Patrick J. Buchanan: Will The State Of Georgia Halt The Radicals' Revolution?
Since the election, Presidential Aspirant Joe Biden has triumphantly confirmed that he intends to Elect A New People by not only undoing President Trump’s semi-tough immigration measures but also by flooding the country with refugees and legal immigrants plus Amnestying every illegal alien stashed away in every trailer park he can pinpoint with Google Earth [Biden plans sweeping reversal of Trump's immigration agenda, by Meg Kinnard, CBS News, November 11, 2020].
His arrogance should make immigration patriotism a key issue in the two January 5, 2021 U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia, which will determine whether the GOP retains a Senate majority or whether, as Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer puts it, “Now we take Georgia, then we change America!” [The GOP’s Georgia boogeyman: Chuck Schumer, by Marc Caputo and James Arkin, November 11, 2020]
The GOP must win at least one of those runoffs if Biden goes to the White House. Victory in Alaska has given the GOP a 50-48 margin, but losing both seats in Georgia would mean a Vice President Kamala Harris would provide the 51st vote for the Treason Party.
Winning both, of course, would be better. One never knows when a Stupid Party hack will defect to the enemy. Both seats provide a margin of error in case that happens.
Now to the Peach State political fight ...
For immigration patriots, the runoffs are about the same. In the one, GOP Sen. David Perdue nearly topped the 50 percent threshold he needed to beat hard-Left Democrat Jon Ossoff, but fell just short.
Perdue is one of the better GOP senators on immigration (not a hot competition). He is one of only three senators to sponsor the RAISE Act, which would halve legal immigration and was endorsed by Trump (although he subsequently wavered). NumbersUSA gives Perdue a career B+. He doesn’t have a higher grade because he supports some guest-worker programs and failed to sign the Senate letter in support of Trump extending and expanding his immigration moratorium. Both of his RAISE Act co-sponsors signed the letter.
Still, Perdue has been a firm Trump ally and far preferable to Democrat opponent Ossoff, a Leftist smarty-pants from Central Casting. He was Rep. Hank Johnson’s national security staffer, which means we have to wonder whether he gave Johnson the idea that Guam might capsize if we sent too many U.S Marines there. [Meet Jon Ossoff, ElectJon.com].
Ossoff sounds moderate on immigration—he says our country “must know and control who crosses our borders,” and that he supports “an immigration policy that strengthens our borders, puts American workers first.” But, like all modern Democrats, as a practical matter he supports Open Borders. He believes American identity depends on acting “as a haven for people fleeing persecution and striving for opportunity.” His platform endorses Amnesty, which prioritizes foreign lawbreakers, not American workers.
Granted, he’s not quite as crazy as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But he’ll reliably support any plan to import more Democrat voters.
The other race offers a similar choice. GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler edged much stronger immigration patriot Rep. Doug Collins in the first round, and she isn’t as sound as either Collins or Perdue. But she’s certainly better than the alternative, Democrat black pastor Raphael Warnock.
Though Loeffler’s megadonor husband, Jeffrey Sprecher, wants more immigration, she has shown signs of seeing the light when feeling the heat. Her website says she supports a border wall, increased deportations, and “completely reforming America's legal immigration system.” That last is ambiguous, but similar to what congressional immigration patriots say in demanding reduced immigration. Last summer, she co-sponsored a bill with immigration patriot Senator Tom Cotton that would increase the power of immigration courts to punish aliens who skip trial dates and clear up case backlogs [Loeffler, Cotton introduce ICE Act immigration legislation, AlbanyHerald.com, August 6, 2020].
In contrast, Democrat Warnock openly supports Amnesty [Beyond the Podium with US Senate candidate Reverend Raphael Warnock, by Haley Garrett, Fox24, October 22, 2020]. He said that Trump’s immigration policies make the president “a willfully ignorant, racist, xenophobic, narcissistic con man” [At two of the nation’s most historic black churches, sermons reflect on Martin Luther King and take sharp aim at Trump, by Jaweed Kaleem, Cindy Chang and Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, January 14, 2018].
Here’s a rundown of Sleepy Joe’s plan, all of it available at his website, for the America in which your kids will grow up:
He will reinstitute DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) for illegal aliens who came to the U.S. as minors and a 100-day deportation freeze.
He will send a mass Amnesty bill to Congress within his first 100 days.
He will send more tax subsidies to the so-called “relief agencies” that bring more refugees into the country.
He will end Trump’s public-charge rule that forbids importing indigents who can’t support themselves.
He will stop building the border wall.
[The Biden Plan For Securing Our Values As A Nation Of Immigrants, JoeBiden.com]
And that’s only the short list.
Georgia will determine who controls the Senate, and in turn, who controls immigration legislation [On Immigration, Biden's Biggest Promises Likely Hinge On Who Controls The Senate, by Joel Rose, NPR, November 9, 2020].
If Trump’s challenge to the Great Election Heist of 2020 fails, or if he gives up and concedes, the only thing standing between the Historic American Nation and complete dispossession is a Republican-controlled Senate.
Significantly, the Georgia GOP appears to get it. Last summer, the state party endorsed a full immigration moratorium to protect jobs after the hysterical and unnecessary response to the Flu Manchu. Before Trump, that idea would have gone nowhere [Georgia GOP Urges for Full Immigration Moratorium with Millions Jobless, by John Binder, Breitbart, June 16, 2020].
Immigration isn’t the only identity issue in play, however.
Black Lives Matter and racial issues are others. Ossoff and Warnock support BLM and radical bills to undermine police and proper voting laws [Raphael Warnock on his Senate runoff race, by Curtis Bunn, NBC News, November 7, 2020; Jon Ossoff campaigns for Senate race despite pandemic setback, by Megan Mittelhammer, The Red & Black, September 11, 2020].
In contrast, and unlike most of the GOP, Loeffler openly criticizes BLM. “This is a very divisive organization based on Marxist principles,” she said in July:
This week, they threatened to burn the system down, literally and figuratively, if they don’t get what they want. This is an organization that seeks to destroy American principles, and I had to draw the line.
The WNBA team she owns protested, but she didn’t back down, demonstrating courage lacking in other Establishment GOP figures [Sen. Kelly Loeffler continues to rip Black Lives Matter, says she won’t sell stake in WNBA team, by Des Bieler, Washington Post, July 10, 2020].
That aside, the obvious question: Why is Georgia turning blue?
Answer: Demography is destiny.
In 1980, the state was nearly 72 percent white. Now, it’s just 60 percent white. In 1980, the Asian and Hispanic shares of the population were negligible. Today, both groups combined account for over 14 percent of the state’s population. The state’s foreign-born population stands at 10.1%.
And not all that demographic change is immigration. The black share of the population has also increased from 26.5 percent in 1980 to nearly 33 percent today. Reverse black migration to Georgia is credited with the state’s purple status. Once-white majority counties around Atlanta are deep blue [Black 'reverse migration' driving Atlanta and Georgia towards Democrats, by Khushbu Shah, The Guardian, October 22, 2020].
The state’s growing liberal white transplants are wrecking it, too. Trump’s support among the white vote dropped from 75% in 2016 to 69% in 2020) likely due to this demographic.
Those numbers explain why both Senate seats are in danger, and why Georgia could easily become blue like Virginia if the GOP does nothing to curb immigration and voter fraud. A double win for Ossoff and Warnock could spell the end of the GOP in the state, and following that, the nation. The effects will be all the worse if Trump loses.
The chances for Amnesty still look slim with a Senate that would only be Democrat by virtue of a vice presidential tiebreaker, but that’s still cold comfort to immigration patriots. A dual loss in Georgia could potentially scare the party into embracing stupid ideas and bending the knee for Biden. Lindsey Grahamnesty is already living up to his name, perhaps anticipating a post-Trump world. Much to conservatives’ dismay, he wants to find “common ground” with Biden on immigration.
The best if unlikeliest of all possible worlds is a sweep: Trump in the White House, and Loeffler and Perdue in the Senate. The senators would be reliable votes for his immigration agenda. They’ll vote to fund the wall, defund sanctuary cities, and cut down chain migration. And even if Trump loses, they will oppose Biden.
Upshot: No matter who hears Hail to the Chief in January, an immigration patriot must, again, win one of those seats.
America's future depends on it.
Washington Watcher II [Email him] is an anonymous DC insider.


vdare--2020-11-13--McCain Wouldn't Fight Black Voter Fraud In PA,  2008, For Fear Of "Domestic Violence" By Obama Fans

Earlier : GOP Always Surrenders To Voter Fraud—Example : Carter Vs. Ford , New York State , 1976 In his post-mortem on the McCain Vs. Obama election of 2008 , Steve Sailer wrote GOP Can Play By `` McCain Rules '' And Lose , Or `` Sailer Rules '' And Win .
McCain 's campaign was extremely lame , and then he made what we 're now being told was a wonderful concession speech saying nice things about Obama .
In 2011 , when Obama was having some difficulties , I quoted Ann Althouse : I commented that Obama was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2008 election , once he had the nomination—John McCain threw it , out of white guilt , and political correctness .
I do n't see how they could both throw the election .
But neither Sailer or I knew what kind of surrender McCain had engaged in just before his graceful concession speech .
That only came out with Wikileaks in 2012 .
Paul Kersey wrote a piece called GOP Would n't Challenge Black Voter Fraud in 2008—Why Would It Challenge Trayvon Martin Lynch Mob Now ?
One of the most important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come out of Wikileaks : the news that black Democrats in Philadelphia and Ohio engaged in voter fraud during the 2008 President of the United States election .
Andrea Shea King of WND.com reported that “ 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain decided not to pursue legal action against the Democrats for engaging in voter fraud , believing that to do so would have thrown the country into civil unrest… ” [ Wikileaks reveals Democrat 2008 election crimes , March 5 , 2012 ] According to one leaked email on Wikileaks.org : After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explains the delay in his speech , McCain decided not to pursue the voter fraud in PA and Ohio , despite his staff 's desire to make it an issue .
He said no .
Staff felt they could get a federal injunction to stop the process .
McCain felt the crowds assembled in support of Obama and such would be detrimental to our country and it would do our nation no good for this to drag out like last go around , coupled with the possibility of domestic violence .
[ Insight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only - Pls do not forward ** , 2008-11-05 14:40:28 ] But since Obama ’ s election , we ’ ve had nothing but “ domestic violence ” in communities across the country—with the rights of law-abiding citizens restricted due to the actions of , primarily , black males .
Looking at the landscape of the America in 2012 , seeing how many cities require curfews to keep the peace , it is easy to discern the type of “ civil unrest ” McCain feared .
[ More , emphases added . ]
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ under Obama was supported by the White House , with Obama and Attorney General Holder siding with both the Ferguson and Baltimore rioters against the police .
McCain was n't wrong to think blacks might riot if Obama lost , but he was wrong to surrender preemptively .
After all , as we pointed out before the election , blacks were going to riot either way : The Riots Next Time ?
Racial Violence Looms If Barack Obama Loses—Or Wins , By Matthew Richer on October 24 , 2008 .

Earlier: GOP Always Surrenders To Voter Fraud—Example: Carter Vs. Ford, New York State, 1976
In his post-mortem on the McCain Vs. Obama election of 2008, Steve Sailer wrote GOP Can Play By "McCain Rules" And Lose, Or "Sailer Rules" And Win. McCain's campaign was extremely lame, and then he made what we're now being told was a wonderful concession speech saying nice things about Obama.
In 2011, when Obama was having some difficulties, I quoted Ann Althouse:
I commented that Obama wasn't really in a position to throw the 2008 election, once he had the nomination—John McCain threw it, out of white guilt, and political correctness. I don't see how they could both throw the election.
But neither Sailer or I knew what kind of surrender McCain had engaged in just before his graceful concession speech. That only came out with Wikileaks in 2012.
Paul Kersey wrote a piece called GOP Wouldn't Challenge Black Voter Fraud in 2008—Why Would It Challenge Trayvon Martin Lynch Mob Now?
One of the most important, and overlooked, news items to come out of Wikileaks: the news that black Democrats in Philadelphia and Ohio engaged in voter fraud during the 2008 President of the United States election. Andrea Shea King of WND.com reported that “2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain decided not to pursue legal action against the Democrats for engaging in voter fraud, believing that to do so would have thrown the country into civil unrest…” [Wikileaks reveals Democrat 2008 election crimes, March 5, 2012] According to one leaked email on Wikileaks.org: After discussions with his inner circle, which explains the delay in his speech, McCain decided not to pursue the voter fraud in PA and Ohio, despite his staff's desire to make it an issue. He said no. Staff felt they could get a federal injunction to stop the process. McCain felt the crowds assembled in support of Obama and such would be detrimental to our country and it would do our nation no good for this to drag out like last go around, coupled with the possibility of domestic violence. [Insight - McCain #5 ** internal use only - Pls do not forward ** , 2008-11-05 14:40:28] But since Obama’s election, we’ve had nothing but “domestic violence” in communities across the country—with the rights of law-abiding citizens restricted due to the actions of, primarily, black males. Looking at the landscape of the America in 2012, seeing how many cities require curfews to keep the peace, it is easy to discern the type of “civil unrest” McCain feared. [More, emphases added.]
And of course, that's right—rioting under Obama was supported by the White House, with Obama and Attorney General Holder siding with both the Ferguson and Baltimore rioters against the police.
McCain wasn't wrong to think blacks might riot if Obama lost, but he was wrong to surrender preemptively. After all, as we pointed out before the election, blacks were going to riot either way: The Riots Next Time? Racial Violence Looms If Barack Obama Loses—Or Wins, By Matthew Richer on October 24, 2008.


Is Carjacking Back?

Earlier : His Name Is Nelson Vega : A White Male Carjacked And Murdered By Two Black Teens From New Orleans ( in this one minute video , you can skip from 0:20 to 0:40 because the truck owner is getting pistol-whipped off camera ) : Has carjacking returned as a common crime during this year ’ s George Floyd Mourning Process ?
Here in L.A. , carjacking was a plague during the 1990s crack years .
But it seemed like it had been mostly stamped out in this century .
But lately I ’ ve been hearing about carjackings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ definitely back in New Orleans .
From Fox8 : NEW ORLEANS ( WVUE ) – On Tuesday afternoon at around 2:30 p.m. , someone carjacked an 84-year-old woman in a parking lot off of Crowder Boulevard .
Police say the gunman threatened to shoot her and then pushed her to the ground before taking off in her vehicle .
A few hours later , someone carjacked another woman in the 2100 block of Florida Avenue .
It ’ s the latest incidents in a spike of carjackings .
According to city data , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compared to last .
Monday afternoon , a mother was carjacked in a busy Mid-City neighborhood while she was trying to put her young son in his booster seat .
The victim says they were carjacked at gunpoint in the parking lot of an office where her son goes to therapy on Bienville near Carrollton .
… “ There were 32 reported carjackings versus 3 in the month of October the year before , so that ’ s more than a 960 percent increase , ” Goyeneche said .
Goyeneche believes the alarming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changing crime trends .
“ Last summer , it was primarily auto burglaries , but now it ’ s evolving into carjackings , ” Goyeneche said .
He says police attacked the auto burglary problem , but he believes the criminals have changed strategies .
Carjackings , though , are much more serious .
Normalizing masked men walking down the street hasn ’ t helped in the fight against crime .
Carjacking is also way up in Minneapolis , the home of the George Floyd Mourning Process .
From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … Police say suspects tend to approach victims on the street , sidewalk or parking lot — often while they ’ re distracted with routine tasks .
A significant number of armed stickups have targeted seniors and unaccompanied women at their vehicles on Minneapolis ’ South Side .
“ You should be able to unload groceries out of your car without fear , ” said Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder , noting that the department responded to the increase in carjackings by adding investigators to the team handling auto thefts .
Over the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than 63 carjackings in the city .
MPD didn ’ t specifically track this type of crime until Sept. 22 because they were so infrequent .
Previous cases fell under the larger umbrella of aggravated robberies and auto theft .
The agency created a new coding system after the summer months yielded an unusually high number of attacks .
“ These suspects have been known to ask for directions , then rob the victim of a purse , phone or car , ” read an MPD crime alert issued last week in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be aware of their surroundings and carry only essentials .
Another recent alert , in the neighboring Fifth Precinct , noted that the encounters involve suspects wearing masks and happen so quickly that it ’ s often challenging for witnesses to describe the assailants .
In a persistent wave of robberies since mid-July , a taxi driver was shot and killed after confronting two men breaking into his cab .
A father of two was dragged a short distance when he tried to stop a man from stealing his vehicle with his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incapacitated motorists with chemical irritants in back-to-back Labor Day carjackings .
Thieves stole the running car of a Domino ’ s driver — along with two handguns stashed inside — as he approached a St. Paul residence to deliver pizza Tuesday night .
And Wednesday , teenagers followed a St. Paul woman into her open garage and ripped her from the driver ’ s seat by her hair as she talked on the phone with her mother .
The spree comes amid a nearly unprecedented spike in violent crime , particularly shootings , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Floyd in police custody and the civil unrest that followed .
Fed up , citizens are flooding social media to warn their neighbors , encouraging one another to arm themselves or , at the very least , to buy security cameras and small GPS trackers for their keys .
Some lamented that their pleas for help have been largely drowned out by news of the day , including calls for police reform and the raging COVID-19 pandemic .
Steve Taylor , facilitator of the popular Uptown Crime Facebook page , is working to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many who say they feel abandoned by elected leaders and fear an officer shortage has emboldened criminals .
“ [ The City ] Council wants to blame the police .
Police want to blame the council , ” Taylor said .
“ No one wants to take responsibility.
” Meanwhile , victims are left to deal with the trauma of the assaults on their own .
By the time the 72-year-old woman sought medical treatment for her injuries last month , the robbers had racked up more than $ 1,000 in charges on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , three teenage boys riding in her car struck a tree while trying to elude police through the North Side .
They all died at the scene .
“ It ’ s sad that this is what kids are resorting to , ” she told the Star Tribune .
“ Somewhere along the line , someone failed them.
” As a Minneapolis man approached his Uptown apartment late one Saturday night in August , three teenagers swarmed him outside the door .
They pressed a handgun into the back of his head and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wallet and car keys before speeding off in his Mercedes .
They led police on an early morning chase from St. Paul to north Minneapolis , where they were later arrested .
The attackers were just 12 and 13 years old .
One of the boys ’ mothers apologized for his behavior and told KARE 11 that she ’ s struggled to find resources for her son , who ’ s had repeated run-ins with law enforcement .
“ I raised my son good , ” she said , “ but when he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ households … my son wants to kick it with the misfits.
” Authorities attribute some of the behavior to increased poverty brought on by the coronavirus and a lack of stability at home .
Without in-person schooling and organized sports — which provide regular meals and exposure to positive role models — teens are more likely to succumb to the allure of street life , police say .
Ramsey County Undersheriff Mike Martin criticized juvenile detention alternatives that are reluctant to keep teens jailed overnight , noting that investigators occasionally chase the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ There ’ s no disincentive , ” Martin said .
“ They would be out before [ officers ] got done writing the reports.
” Susie Passons had just thrown the car in park , made an appointment on her phone and stepped out of the vehicle in the Linden Hills neighborhood , when four teenagers surrounded her .
The group shoved Passons to the ground , then pilfered her cellphone , bag and car — all in under a minute , before a bystander chased them off .
Ten minutes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Audi less than 2 miles away , at a reported robbery outside a nail salon .
The car has yet to be recovered .
Since the Oct. 23 attack , Passons has struggled to sleep and suffered flashbacks .
For the first time in her life , she contemplated buying a gun .
“ Today , women do not feel safe in Minneapolis , ” she said .
“ Our once thriving city has become an utterly frightening place to live .
”

Earlier: His Name Is Nelson Vega: A White Male Carjacked And Murdered By Two Black Teens
From New Orleans (in this one minute video, you can skip from 0:20 to 0:40 because the truck owner is getting pistol-whipped off camera):
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Has carjacking returned as a common crime during this year’s George Floyd Mourning Process?
Here in L.A., carjacking was a plague during the 1990s crack years. But it seemed like it had been mostly stamped out in this century. But lately I’ve been hearing about carjackings on genteel Ventura Blvd.
It is definitely back in New Orleans. From Fox8:
CRIMETRACKER: Carjackings spike in New Orleans 106 percent By Natasha Robin | November 11, 2020 at 5:30 PM CST NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – On Tuesday afternoon at around 2:30 p.m., someone carjacked an 84-year-old woman in a parking lot off of Crowder Boulevard. Police say the gunman threatened to shoot her and then pushed her to the ground before taking off in her vehicle. A few hours later, someone carjacked another woman in the 2100 block of Florida Avenue. It’s the latest incidents in a spike of carjackings. According to city data, carjackings are up 106 percent this year compared to last. Monday afternoon, a mother was carjacked in a busy Mid-City neighborhood while she was trying to put her young son in his booster seat. The victim says they were carjacked at gunpoint in the parking lot of an office where her son goes to therapy on Bienville near Carrollton. … “There were 32 reported carjackings versus 3 in the month of October the year before, so that’s more than a 960 percent increase,” Goyeneche said. Goyeneche believes the alarming rate of carjackings is a reflection of changing crime trends. “Last summer, it was primarily auto burglaries, but now it’s evolving into carjackings,” Goyeneche said. He says police attacked the auto burglary problem, but he believes the criminals have changed strategies. Carjackings, though, are much more serious.
Normalizing masked men walking down the street hasn’t helped in the fight against crime.
Carjacking is also way up in Minneapolis, the home of the George Floyd Mourning Process. From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, a vivid article by Liz Sawyer:
Increase in carjackings and robberies roils Twin Cities “It’s open season out there,” one victim says.
By Liz Sawyer Star Tribune NOVEMBER 2, 2020 — 4:00PM … Police say suspects tend to approach victims on the street, sidewalk or parking lot — often while they’re distracted with routine tasks. A significant number of armed stickups have targeted seniors and unaccompanied women at their vehicles on Minneapolis’ South Side. “You should be able to unload groceries out of your car without fear,” said Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder, noting that the department responded to the increase in carjackings by adding investigators to the team handling auto thefts. Over the past five weeks, police have logged more than 63 carjackings in the city. MPD didn’t specifically track this type of crime until Sept. 22 because they were so infrequent. Previous cases fell under the larger umbrella of aggravated robberies and auto theft. The agency created a new coding system after the summer months yielded an unusually high number of attacks. “These suspects have been known to ask for directions, then rob the victim of a purse, phone or car,” read an MPD crime alert issued last week in the Third Precinct. It advised residents to be aware of their surroundings and carry only essentials. Another recent alert, in the neighboring Fifth Precinct, noted that the encounters involve suspects wearing masks and happen so quickly that it’s often challenging for witnesses to describe the assailants. In a persistent wave of robberies since mid-July, a taxi driver was shot and killed after confronting two men breaking into his cab. A father of two was dragged a short distance when he tried to stop a man from stealing his vehicle with his wife and child inside. Juvenile suspects incapacitated motorists with chemical irritants in back-to-back Labor Day carjackings. Thieves stole the running car of a Domino’s driver — along with two handguns stashed inside — as he approached a St. Paul residence to deliver pizza Tuesday night. And Wednesday, teenagers followed a St. Paul woman into her open garage and ripped her from the driver’s seat by her hair as she talked on the phone with her mother. The spree comes amid a nearly unprecedented spike in violent crime, particularly shootings, since the May 25 killing of George Floyd in police custody and the civil unrest that followed. Fed up, citizens are flooding social media to warn their neighbors, encouraging one another to arm themselves or, at the very least, to buy security cameras and small GPS trackers for their keys. Some lamented that their pleas for help have been largely drowned out by news of the day, including calls for police reform and the raging COVID-19 pandemic. Steve Taylor, facilitator of the popular Uptown Crime Facebook page, is working to develop a registry of local victims, many who say they feel abandoned by elected leaders and fear an officer shortage has emboldened criminals. “[The City] Council wants to blame the police. Police want to blame the council,” Taylor said. “No one wants to take responsibility.” Meanwhile, victims are left to deal with the trauma of the assaults on their own. By the time the 72-year-old woman sought medical treatment for her injuries last month, the robbers had racked up more than $1,000 in charges on her credit cards. Twelve hours later, three teenage boys riding in her car struck a tree while trying to elude police through the North Side. They all died at the scene. “It’s sad that this is what kids are resorting to,” she told the Star Tribune. “Somewhere along the line, someone failed them.” ‘No disincentive’ As a Minneapolis man approached his Uptown apartment late one Saturday night in August, three teenagers swarmed him outside the door. They pressed a handgun into the back of his head and showered him in Mace, stripping his wallet and car keys before speeding off in his Mercedes. They led police on an early morning chase from St. Paul to north Minneapolis, where they were later arrested. The attackers were just 12 and 13 years old. One of the boys’ mothers apologized for his behavior and told KARE 11 that she’s struggled to find resources for her son, who’s had repeated run-ins with law enforcement. “I raised my son good,” she said, “but when he gets around other kids that have dysfunctional households … my son wants to kick it with the misfits.” Authorities attribute some of the behavior to increased poverty brought on by the coronavirus and a lack of stability at home. Without in-person schooling and organized sports — which provide regular meals and exposure to positive role models — teens are more likely to succumb to the allure of street life, police say. Ramsey County Undersheriff Mike Martin criticized juvenile detention alternatives that are reluctant to keep teens jailed overnight, noting that investigators occasionally chase the same suspects multiple times in the same night. “There’s no disincentive,” Martin said. “They would be out before [officers] got done writing the reports.” ‘Women do not feel safe’ Susie Passons had just thrown the car in park, made an appointment on her phone and stepped out of the vehicle in the Linden Hills neighborhood, when four teenagers surrounded her. The group shoved Passons to the ground, then pilfered her cellphone, bag and car — all in under a minute, before a bystander chased them off. Ten minutes later, officers spotted her stolen black Audi less than 2 miles away, at a reported robbery outside a nail salon. The car has yet to be recovered. Since the Oct. 23 attack, Passons has struggled to sleep and suffered flashbacks. For the first time in her life, she contemplated buying a gun. “Today, women do not feel safe in Minneapolis,” she said. “Our once thriving city has become an utterly frightening place to live.”
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