vdare--2020-10-14--As A Venezuelan Immigrant, I’m Fed Up With Jorge Ramos’s Race Hustling

Earlier by Pedro de Alvarado : Hispanic Immigrant Says 1964 Civil Rights Act Enabled BLM War Against Historic American Nation And It Should Be Repealed As a Hispanic immigrant ( I ’ m from Venezuela ) , I ’ m always amazed to watch professional ethnic grievance peddlers like Univision 's Jorge Ramos .
Despite openly attacking the country that accepted him , he has carved out a respectable niche in America .
Like Ramos , I came to the U.S. legally—unlike most of his compatriots , who routinely Zerg Rush the border or overstay visas .
And like millions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ watching him on Univision .
I dropped the habit once I became assimilated and stopped caring about Spanish-speaking news and entertainment , like any responsible immigrant would .
Yet I ’ m still amazed at the length to which Ramos goes to push his ethnic agenda at the expense of the Historic American Nation .
Ramos views himself as a “ conquistador ” of sorts , and perhaps rightly so given his looks and European background .
For his ascendant conquistador class that largely rules Mexico and Latin America , the U.S. is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the perfect tool to stick it to foundational Americans and turn the country into a Third World hellscape .
Ramos ’ latest hobby horse : A false narrative about oppressed black Hispanics—yet another justification for Open Borders .
Ramos has constantly attacked President Donald Trump since Election Day 2016 , and rarely fails to remind us that Americans skeptical about Open Borders are insufferable bigots [ Jorge Ramos : ‘ Stop Lying ’ About Undocumented Immigrants , JorgeRamos.com , April 20 , 2017 ] .
But the death of St. George Floyd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him relevant in the era of outrage politics : the cosmic injustices against Hispanics of African descent .
It helps Ramos that every minority in the country is distancing itself from America ’ s founding core , what Steve Sailer calls the “ flight from white ” But that aside , Ramos recently stressed the importance of weeping about Afro-Latinos and their struggles [ A Hard Conversation for the Latino Community , The New York Times , July 3 , 2020 ] .
He lamented the obstacles that black co-anchor Ilia Calderón “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chair ” at Telemundo .
Calderón was born in the Chocó department of Colombia , which is known for its sizable Afro-Colombian population .
According to figures from the Colombian government , slightly more than 9 percent of Colombia ’ s population ( 4.7 million ) is Afro-Colombian .
Then came the connection to the Floyd hoax .
Ramos said : The recent killing in Minneapolis of George Floyd , an African-American man , after a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes , has sparked an urgent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In order to find solutions to the systemic problems highlighted by Mr. Floyd ’ s killing we must have uncomfortable conversations ; we must confront the existence of racism within the Latino community and within our own homes .
“ We have a lot of racism within our communities , and a lot of it is self-hate , ” Aida Rodriguez , an Afro-Latina writer and comedian , told me in an interview .
“ What we need to start doing is having this conversation with our parents and our grandparents , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far more glorious than they told us.
” [ Links in original . ]
Before going on , permit me to digress briefly about Afro-Latinos , ethnicity in Latin America , and offer some numbers .
For the uninitiated , Hispanic is an ethnolinguistic category .
Hispanics come in all shapes and sizes—white , black , Amerindian , mestizo ( a mix of European and Indigenous ) , mulatto ( European and Black ) , zambo ( African and Amerindians ) , as well as Asians , Jews , and Arabs .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ important due to the region ’ s history .
From the 16th century through 19th centuries , more than 10 million Africans were imported as slaves to the New World ; 10 percent landed in Spanish-speaking colonies .
The Portuguese were the most active in the slave trade and imported nearly 6 million .
Thanks to the 1965 Immigration Act , Latin America ’ s Afro-Latino problems are moving across our frontier with Mexico .
That should alarm Historic Americans given their long-lasting problems with foundational black Americans [ Four Hundred Years Together @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” by Peter Bradley , Counter-Currents , October 16 , 2019 ] .
The non-white Hispanic migration rolling into the U.S. will create an indigestible underclass who could make ongoing Black Lives Matter riots seem like a casual appetizer once the full course meal is force-fed to Americans .
• The Afro-Latino cohort of Hispanics in the U.S. is quite large .
A 2014 survey from Pew Research , 24 percent of the 54 million Hispanics living in the U.S. identified as Afro-Latino , Afro-Caribbean , and other permutations [ The Many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Parker , Juliana Menasce Horowitz , Rich Morin , and Hugo Lopez , June 11 , 2015 ] .
• 34 percent of the Hispanics surveyed identified as “ mestizo , mulatto or some other mixed race.
” • Proportions are similar across Latin America .
A 2018 report from the World Bank confirmed that one in four Latin Americans cite having African ancestry .
Slightly more than 645 million people live in Latin America and the Caribbean , but the World Bank reports that African descendants are “ underrepresented in decision-making positions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public sector , ” and they “ are 2.5 times more likely to live in chronic poverty than whites or mestizos.
” In his New York Times op-ed , he went out of his way to assert that “ racism ” explains Afro-Latino poverty in the U.S. , and why black Hispanics are at a constant disadvantage as far as educational and economic opportunities are concerned : Racism is deeply rooted in America ’ s social system , putting Afro-Latinos at a constant disadvantage .
Compared with other Latinos , Afro-Latinos are less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ education .
They ’ re also more likely to have smaller family incomes : In the same 2014 Pew survey , roughly six in 10 Afro-Latino families reported incomes below $ 30,000 .
As uncomfortable as it may be , we Latinos must have a serious conversation about these issues .
It ’ s no secret that Latin American societies are among the most stratified in the world .
But it ’ s rather curious that inequality between races remains whether Afro-Latinos live in Los Angeles or Mexico City .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ play that explain these differences , not environmental factors nor “ systemic racism.
” That said , in his 2005 book Latino Wave , Ramos openly boasted about the coming demographic changes in America , that Hispanics will have trouble assimilating , but that Historic Americans will simply have to shut up about them : Hispanics are projected to number roughly 100 million by 2050 per United States Census Bureau data .
Imagine what a Third World population that large could do to the social fabric of a First World country .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out .
To make matters worse , quisling European-Americans are assimilating the pathological hatred of the multicultural mob to cleanse themselves white guilt and expiate the sin of “ racism.
” It ’ s open season on whites and most are frantically scurrying to the globhomo legion , which many view as the future .
Although Ramos is of predominantly European extraction , he ’ s what Steve Sailer calls a “ Conquistador-American ” and would like nothing more than to commandeer Latin America ’ s dark-hued hordes to wage war against America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely the desire of many predatory Hispanics who would cosplay as Simón Bolivar or Fidel Castro—two demagogues who gained fame for mobilizing colored Hispanics against inhabitants of European descent .
But Latin America ’ s 500-plus years of multi-racialism has already given us a glimpse of extreme diversity .
It ’ s not pretty .
Corruption , failed states , and constant economic instability are the regional order of the day .
Without an immigration moratorium , Latin America ’ s dysfunction will inevitably make its way north .
It ’ s time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the cold , hard , and unbearable truth : anti-white attitudes will only intensify as the country loses its European character and the demographics start irreversibly tipping .
Mass migration will put this on hyperdrive and provide race hustlers like Ramos with an endless supply of potential ethnic radicals to commandeer .
Ramos isn ’ t just another Leftist immigrant .
He ’ s colonizer who is exploiting Open Borders .
He ’ s a rational actor taking advantage of a country ’ s institutional weakness and its unabashed Treason Lobby .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Class is so enamored will be a lumpenproletariat army to wage a full-fledged war against the Historic American Nation .

pedrodealvarado@protonmail.com (Pedro  de Alvarado)

Earlier by Pedro de Alvarado: Hispanic Immigrant Says 1964 Civil Rights Act Enabled BLM War Against Historic American Nation And It Should Be Repealed
As a Hispanic immigrant (I’m from Venezuela), I’m always amazed to watch professional ethnic grievance peddlers like Univision's Jorge Ramos. Despite openly attacking the country that accepted him, he has carved out a respectable niche in America. Like Ramos, I came to the U.S. legally—unlike most of his compatriots, who routinely Zerg Rush the border or overstay visas. And like millions of American Hispanics, I grew up watching him on Univision. I dropped the habit once I became assimilated and stopped caring about Spanish-speaking news and entertainment, like any responsible immigrant would. Yet I’m still amazed at the length to which Ramos goes to push his ethnic agenda at the expense of the Historic American Nation.
Ramos views himself as a “conquistador” of sorts, and perhaps rightly so given his looks and European background. For his ascendant conquistador class that largely rules Mexico and Latin America, the U.S. is up for grabs, and mass migration is the perfect tool to stick it to foundational Americans and turn the country into a Third World hellscape.
Ramos’ latest hobby horse: A false narrative about oppressed black Hispanics—yet another justification for Open Borders.
Ramos has constantly attacked President Donald Trump since Election Day 2016, and rarely fails to remind us that Americans skeptical about Open Borders are insufferable bigots [Jorge Ramos: ‘Stop Lying’ About Undocumented Immigrants, JorgeRamos.com, April 20, 2017].
But the death of St. George Floyd has provided a new narrative to keep him relevant in the era of outrage politics: the cosmic injustices against Hispanics of African descent.
It helps Ramos that every minority in the country is distancing itself from America’s founding core, what Steve Sailer calls the “flight from white.” But that aside, Ramos recently stressed the importance of weeping about Afro-Latinos and their struggles [A Hard Conversation for the Latino Community, the New York Times, July 3, 2020].
He lamented the obstacles that black co-anchor Ilia Calderón “had to overcome to sit in that chair” at Telemundo.
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Calderón was born in the Chocó department of Colombia, which is known for its sizable Afro-Colombian population. According to figures from the Colombian government, slightly more than 9 percent of Colombia’s population (4.7 million) is Afro-Colombian.
Then came the connection to the Floyd hoax. Ramos said:
The recent killing in Minneapolis of George Floyd, an African-American man, after a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes, has sparked an urgent debate on the mistreatment of Afro-descendants. In order to find solutions to the systemic problems highlighted by Mr. Floyd’s killing we must have uncomfortable conversations; we must confront the existence of racism within the Latino community and within our own homes. “We have a lot of racism within our communities, and a lot of it is self-hate,” Aida Rodriguez, an Afro-Latina writer and comedian, told me in an interview. “What we need to start doing is having this conversation with our parents and our grandparents, and understanding that where we come from is far more glorious than they told us.” [Links in original.]
Before going on, permit me to digress briefly about Afro-Latinos, ethnicity in Latin America, and offer some numbers.
For the uninitiated, Hispanic is an ethnolinguistic category. Hispanics come in all shapes and sizes—white, black, Amerindian, mestizo (a mix of European and Indigenous), mulatto (European and Black), zambo (African and Amerindians), as well as Asians, Jews, and Arabs.
The African element of Hispanic migration is particularly important due to the region’s history. From the 16th century through 19th centuries, more than 10 million Africans were imported as slaves to the New World; 10 percent landed in Spanish-speaking colonies. The Portuguese were the most active in the slave trade and imported nearly 6 million.
Thanks to the 1965 Immigration Act, Latin America’s Afro-Latino problems are moving across our frontier with Mexico. That should alarm Historic Americans given their long-lasting problems with foundational black Americans [Four Hundred Years Together: Wilmot Robertson on “The Negroes,” by Peter Bradley, Counter-Currents, October 16, 2019]. The non-white Hispanic migration rolling into the U.S. will create an indigestible underclass who could make ongoing Black Lives Matter riots seem like a casual appetizer once the full course meal is force-fed to Americans.
Consider these data:
The Afro-Latino cohort of Hispanics in the U.S. is quite large. A 2014 survey from Pew Research, 24 percent of the 54 million Hispanics living in the U.S. identified as Afro-Latino, Afro-Caribbean, and other permutations [The Many Dimensions of Hispanic Racial Identity, Kim Parker, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Rich Morin, and Hugo Lopez, June 11, 2015].
34 percent of the Hispanics surveyed identified as “mestizo, mulatto or some other mixed race.”
Proportions are similar across Latin America. A 2018 report from the World Bank confirmed that one in four Latin Americans cite having African ancestry. Slightly more than 645 million people live in Latin America and the Caribbean, but the World Bank reports that African descendants are “underrepresented in decision-making positions, both in the private and the public sector,” and they “are 2.5 times more likely to live in chronic poverty than whites or mestizos.”
Now, back to Jorge.
In his New York Times op-ed, he went out of his way to assert that “racism” explains Afro-Latino poverty in the U.S., and why black Hispanics are at a constant disadvantage as far as educational and economic opportunities are concerned:
Racism is deeply rooted in America’s social system, putting Afro-Latinos at a constant disadvantage. Compared with other Latinos, Afro-Latinos are less likely to have some level of college education. They’re also more likely to have smaller family incomes: In the same 2014 Pew survey, roughly six in 10 Afro-Latino families reported incomes below $30,000. As uncomfortable as it may be, we Latinos must have a serious conversation about these issues.
It’s no secret that Latin American societies are among the most stratified in the world. But it’s rather curious that inequality between races remains whether Afro-Latinos live in Los Angeles or Mexico City. It’s as if stronger biological forces are at play that explain these differences, not environmental factors nor “systemic racism.”
That said, in his 2005 book Latino Wave, Ramos openly boasted about the coming demographic changes in America, that Hispanics will have trouble assimilating, but that Historic Americans will simply have to shut up about them:
The Hispanic community has grown so much that it now seems impossible that it could ever fully assimilate into the Anglo-Saxon culture at large. Hispanic culture is unique—and reinvigorated by each new immigrant, each new Spanish-language television show, every long-distance phone call, every package sent to Latin America, and every book written in or translated into Spanish.
That was 15 years ago!
Hispanics are projected to number roughly 100 million by 2050 per United States Census Bureau data. Imagine what a Third World population that large could do to the social fabric of a First World country.
I don’t want Americans to find out.
To make matters worse, quisling European-Americans are assimilating the pathological hatred of the multicultural mob to cleanse themselves white guilt and expiate the sin of “racism.” It’s open season on whites and most are frantically scurrying to the globhomo legion, which many view as the future.
Although Ramos is of predominantly European extraction, he’s what Steve Sailer calls a “Conquistador-American” and would like nothing more than to commandeer Latin America’s dark-hued hordes to wage war against America’s white population.
This is likely the desire of many predatory Hispanics who would cosplay as Simón Bolivar or Fidel Castro—two demagogues who gained fame for mobilizing colored Hispanics against inhabitants of European descent.
But Latin America’s 500-plus years of multi-racialism has already given us a glimpse of extreme diversity. It’s not pretty. Corruption, failed states, and constant economic instability are the regional order of the day. Without an immigration moratorium, Latin America’s dysfunction will inevitably make its way north.
It’s time for people on the Right to face the cold, hard, and unbearable truth: anti-white attitudes will only intensify as the country loses its European character and the demographics start irreversibly tipping. Mass migration will put this on hyperdrive and provide race hustlers like Ramos with an endless supply of potential ethnic radicals to commandeer.
Ramos isn’t just another Leftist immigrant. He’s colonizer who is exploiting Open Borders. He’s a rational actor taking advantage of a country’s institutional weakness and its unabashed Treason Lobby.
The “migrants” with which the Ruling Class is so enamored will be a lumpenproletariat army to wage a full-fledged war against the Historic American Nation.
Ramos is sending a message. Americans better listen.


vdare--2020-10-14--Trump To The  Economic Club: Dems Will Abolish Immigration Enforcement, Safe Suburbs—"Millions Of Pe

Trump To The  Economic Club: Dems Will Abolish Immigration Enforcement, Safe Suburbs—"Millions Of People Would Flood Into Our Country."

Earlier : Trump 's Defense Of The Suburbs Against Obama-Legacy Social Engineering Is TERRIFYING To Democrat-MSM Complex and Biden Vows To Rip Out Roots Of Systemic Racism , i.e .
Seize The Equity In Your Home Trump spoke via video to the Economic Club of New York .
Here 's he 's hiting the Dems immigration plans ... and their plans to ruin the mostly white suburbs with AFFH .
The Democrat platform would suspend all immigration enforcement and give free healthcare and mass amnesty to illegal aliens .
The problem is our country ca n't afford it , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ millions and millions of people , despite the wall , which is almost finished and by the way , paid for by Mexico , despite all of these things that we 've done , millions of people would flood into our country .
This would obliterate Medicare and would totally demolish your social security .
Democrats in Washington are also pushing a plan to abolish the suburbs by eliminating single-family zoning and linking federal highway grants to a federal takeover of local zoning .
Your suburbs will be gone .
The American dream @ @ @ @ @ @ @ devastate the property values of millions of middle-class homeowners , including the majority of African-American Hispanic , American , and Asian American households who live in the suburbs .
The policies of the left would unleash a lasting economic catastrophe of unimaginable proportions , and I know I 'm speaking to some Democrats , and some of you are friends of mine , you will see things happen that will not make you happy .
Remarks : Donald Trump Delivers Remarks Via Video to The Economic Club of New York - October 14 @ @

Earlier: Trump's Defense Of The Suburbs Against Obama-Legacy Social Engineering Is TERRIFYING To Democrat-MSM Complex and Biden Vows To Rip Out Roots Of Systemic Racism, i.e. Seize The Equity In Your Home
Trump spoke via video to the Economic Club of New York. Here's he's hitting the Dems immigration plans...and their plans to ruin the mostly white suburbs with AFFH.
The Democrat platform would suspend all immigration enforcement and give free healthcare and mass amnesty to illegal aliens. The problem is our country can't afford it, and as soon as you announce that, millions and millions of people, despite the wall, which is almost finished and by the way, paid for by Mexico, despite all of these things that we've done, millions of people would flood into our country.
This would obliterate Medicare and would totally demolish your social security. Democrats in Washington are also pushing a plan to abolish the suburbs by eliminating single-family zoning and linking federal highway grants to a federal takeover of local zoning. Your suburbs will be gone. The American dream will be gone.
This plan will devastate the property values of millions of middle-class homeowners, including the majority of African-American Hispanic, American, and Asian American households who live in the suburbs. The policies of the left would unleash a lasting economic catastrophe of unimaginable proportions, and I know I'm speaking to some Democrats, and some of you are friends of mine, you will see things happen that will not make you happy.
Remarks: Donald Trump Delivers Remarks Via Video to The Economic Club of New York - October 14, 2020


vdare--2020-10-14--Radio Derb Transcript Up For October 9: No Debate On Immigration, Portland Votes Antifa, Nobel Prize

Radio Derb Transcript Up For October 9: No Debate On Immigration, Portland Votes Antifa, Nobel Prize For NoPoetry, Etc.

The Radio Derb Transcript is up for October 9 , go here to read or listen .
00m52s You ca @ @ @ @ @ Biden , Harris , and unmentionables . )
08m21s Portland votes Antifa .
( They @ @ @ @ @ Yorkers . )
14m27s A poetry Nobel for America .
( She does n't want @ @ @ @ @ 20m03s Crapping on the altar of math .
( Girls take over . )
29m05s @ @ @ @ @ .
( But drifting into dreamland . )
37m21s Strict governess saved from kidnap .
@ @ @ @ @ `` militia '' ? )
39m01s A new cohort of governesses .
( Mary Poppins @ @ @ @

The Radio Derb Transcript is up for October 9, go here to read or listen.
00m52s You can't debate that! (Biden, Harris, and unmentionables.)
08m21s Portland votes Antifa. (They're even stupider than New Yorkers.)
14m27s A poetry Nobel for America. (She doesn't want to be Longfellow.)
20m03s Crapping on the altar of math. (Girls take over.)
29m05s Living in the material world. (But drifting into dreamland.)
35m20s Dolly's two Playboy covers. (42 years apart.)
37m21s Strict governess saved from kidnap. (But was it a "militia"?)
39m01s A new cohort of governesses. (Mary Poppins is back.)
40m42s Signoff. (Remembering John Lennon.)


vdare--2020-10-14--Twitter Blocks NEW YORK POST Scoop On Hunter Biden

My brain is too old and tired to follow all the ins-and-outs of Eastern European spy-vs-spy action , but the New York Post is headlining a scoop about apparent nefarious activities First Son ( Presumptive ) Hunter Biden has been up to in Ukraine .
Here ’ s what Twitter replies each time I try to tweet out the current cover story in the New York Post : Twitter is refusing to let users tweet out the Post ’ s cover story .
Facebook is said to be blocking as well .
You can still ( as of right now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by clicking this link : Isn ’ t visiting websites directly how the Internet used to work back in say , 2000 ?
There were a lot of different websites and you clicked on the one you wanted to go to .
Why was it a good idea to set up a handful of zillionaire monopolists as the intermediaries between individuals and web content they want to access ?
By the way , you are currently still allowed to tweet out a samizdat link to an archived version of the NY Post article @

My brain is too old and tired to follow all the ins-and-outs of Eastern European spy-vs-spy action, but the New York Post is headlining a scoop about apparent nefarious activities First Son (Presumptive) Hunter Biden has been up to in Ukraine.
Here’s what Twitter replies each time I try to tweet out the current cover story in the New York Post:
Twitter is refusing to let users tweet out the Post’s cover story. Facebook is said to be blocking as well.
You can still (as of right now) go to the article on NYPost.com by clicking this link:
https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/
Isn’t visiting websites directly how the Internet used to work back in say, 2000? There were a lot of different websites and you clicked on the one you wanted to go to.
Why was it a good idea to set up a handful of zillionaire monopolists as the intermediaries between individuals and web content they want to access?
By the way, you are currently still allowed to tweet out a samizdat link to an archived version of the NY Post article:
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-14--Ann Coulter: Ask Ann Anything! ACB Edition

With the Amy Coney Barrett hearings in full swing this week , my mailbox has been overflowing with questions from absolutely no readers !
Here , I will deliver the answers that no one asked for .
Q : How can you say it ’ s fair to fill the seat of a constitutional giant like Ruth Bader Ginsburg with this far-right , anti-choice , conservative woman ?
A : You ’ re right , RBG had patience , will—and almost no black law clerks .
One ( 1 ) black law clerk out of 160 , to be precise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ Are you a white supremacist ?
” Q : So you think it ’ s OK to just ignore her dying wish ?
A : Touché !
But you ’ ve forgotten that the Dying Wish clause of the Constitution is trumped by the Retire When a Democrat Is President clause .
RBG was fully entitled to have a Democrat choose her replacement by retiring in 2014 when Obama was president and she was 81 years old , had already survived two bouts of cancer , two falls that broke her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chose not to .
Q : You ’ re seriously going to claim that ACB is the most qualified Supreme Court nominee ?
A : Of course !
Much like being a police chief in modern America , apparently the No .
1 qualification for this job is : being a woman .
I don ’ t know when my party signed onto identity politics , but I ’ m not happy about it either .
At least we didn ’ t end up with America ’ s leading “ Karen , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think women shouldn ’ t run for president or sit on the Supreme Court ?
A : Of course they should .
But the way we should find them is not to decide Hey , let ’ s get a woman for this job !
Anybody know one ?
Margaret Thatcher and Golda Meir didn ’ t become the leaders of their nations because someone said , Let ’ s find a woman !
Ironically , the Democrats ’ best candidate for president this year actually was a woman , but unfortunately , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of color .
So now the Democrats are saddled with the smirking insufferableness of Kamala as their backup candidate to a guy with senile dementia .
Q : What are you talking about , Ann ?
Kamala is the best !
She ’ s hip , she ’ s cool , she ’ s brilliant .
A : Yes , and she called Joe Biden a racist .
Q : She ’ s explained that !
On Stephen Colbert ’ s show , she laughed it off , saying : “ It was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to get this on the record .
So the official position of the Democratic Party is that it ’ s fine to falsely accuse a person of racism as long as it ’ s done to score political points .
At least you guys don ’ t take racism accusations lightly .
Q : I ’ m a conservative , and I thought ACB was terrific at the hearings !
A : If there were an Olympic sport called “ Keeping a Straight Face While Being Lectured by Morons , ” ACB would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recommend that after repeatedly refusing to answer absurd hypotheticals by claiming , “ I would need to hear arguments from the litigants and read briefs and consult with my law clerks and talk to my colleagues and go through the opinion-writing process , ” maybe Barrett should not have prejudged a pending case by saying she cried when she saw the George Floyd video and citing it as an example of “ hatred ” and “ racism.
” Instead of the George Washington and the Cherry Tree myth , I guess our new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Killed by a Racist Cop myth .
Q : My grandpa is in a relationship with a California hipster , and no one in the family knows what to do about it .
A : This isn ’ t really that kind of advice column , but at least we ’ re back to Kamala Harris .
Q : You Republicans are just terrified by a strong woman of color .
Mike Pence constantly interrupted her at the vice presidential debate and Harris ’ Republican colleagues in the Senate interrupt her all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of press about it , including an article in The New York Times , “ The Universal Phenomenon of Men Interrupting Women.
” A : My imaginary interlocutors are really obnoxious today .
1 ) According to ABC News ’ Rick Klein , Harris had slightly more speaking time than Pence at the debate .
2 ) But I loved how the Biden-Harris campaign had “ I ’ m still speaking !
” T-shirts available for sale immediately following the debate .
That didn ’ t look at all pre-planned .
3 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looking at the videos that are longer than one minute .
Invariably , the reason she ’ s being interrupted is that she is rudely badgering a witness and not allowing him to answer .
Yes or no !
Yes or no !
Please allow me to paint you into a corner by accepting all the ridiculous constraints of my question without further comment or explanation .
See the slightly longer videos here and here .
Q : But if ACB is confirmed , women will be forced into back-alley abortions !
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if Roe v. Wade is ever overturned , in California , New York and other liberal states , you will still enjoy a right to abortion right up to birth ( at least ) , and if the baby somehow still survives , you ’ ll be allowed to bash in his head in with an oxygen tank .
I don ’ t know what Democrats are so worried about , anyway .
According to them , Americans LOVE Roe !
Amy Klobuchar said at one of the Democratic debates this year , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Over 70 % of the people support Roe v. Wade.
” Oddly , when I tried to locate this statistic on Google , I found endless polls claiming 70 % of Americans support every left-wing policy—the entire Democratic agenda : legalizing pot ; Medicare for all ; amnesty for illegals , Black Lives Matter and on and on .
All have 70 % support !
So I ’ ve got good news for liberals : If these polls are accurate , you don ’ t need left-wing judicial activists concocting imaginary “ constitutional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Just pass laws , like in a democracy .
On the other hand , the hysteria over RBG ’ s death and ACB ’ s nomination tells me that liberals don ’ t believe their own polls .
Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here .
Her book , ¡Adios America !
The Left ’ s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole , was released on June 1 , 2015 .
Her latest book , Resistance Is Futile !
: How the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was released on August 21 , 2018 .

With the Amy Coney Barrett hearings in full swing this week, my mailbox has been overflowing with questions from absolutely no readers! Here, I will deliver the answers that no one asked for.
Q: How can you say it’s fair to fill the seat of a constitutional giant like Ruth Bader Ginsburg with this far-right, anti-choice, conservative woman?
A: You’re right, RBG had patience, will—and almost no black law clerks. One (1) black law clerk out of 160, to be precise. To borrow from my journalist colleagues, “Are you a white supremacist?”
Q: So you think it’s OK to just ignore her dying wish?
A: Touché! But you’ve forgotten that the Dying Wish clause of the Constitution is trumped by the Retire When a Democrat Is President clause. RBG was fully entitled to have a Democrat choose her replacement by retiring in 2014 when Obama was president and she was 81 years old, had already survived two bouts of cancer, two falls that broke her ribs and a heart operation. She chose not to.
Q: You’re seriously going to claim that ACB is the most qualified Supreme Court nominee?
A: Of course! Much like being a police chief in modern America, apparently the No. 1 qualification for this job is: being a woman. I don’t know when my party signed onto identity politics, but I’m not happy about it either. At least we didn’t end up with America’s leading “Karen,” Kamala Harris.
Q: So you think women shouldn’t run for president or sit on the Supreme Court?
A: Of course they should. But the way we should find them is not to decide Hey, let’s get a woman for this job! Anybody know one? Margaret Thatcher and Golda Meir didn’t become the leaders of their nations because someone said, Let’s find a woman!
Ironically, the Democrats’ best candidate for president this year actually was a woman, but unfortunately, Sen. Amy Klobuchar was not a woman of color. So now the Democrats are saddled with the smirking insufferableness of Kamala as their backup candidate to a guy with senile dementia.
Q: What are you talking about, Ann? Kamala is the best! She’s hip, she’s cool, she’s brilliant.
A: Yes, and she called Joe Biden a racist.
Q: She’s explained that! On Stephen Colbert’s show, she laughed it off, saying: “It was a debate!”
A: Glad to get this on the record. So the official position of the Democratic Party is that it’s fine to falsely accuse a person of racism as long as it’s done to score political points. At least you guys don’t take racism accusations lightly.
Q: I’m a conservative, and I thought ACB was terrific at the hearings!
A: If there were an Olympic sport called “Keeping a Straight Face While Being Lectured by Morons,” ACB would take the gold. Though I might recommend that after repeatedly refusing to answer absurd hypotheticals by claiming, “I would need to hear arguments from the litigants and read briefs and consult with my law clerks and talk to my colleagues and go through the opinion-writing process,” maybe Barrett should not have prejudged a pending case by saying she cried when she saw the George Floyd video and citing it as an example of “hatred” and “racism.”
Instead of the George Washington and the Cherry Tree myth, I guess our new patriotic fable is the George Floyd Was Killed by a Racist Cop myth.
Q: My grandpa is in a relationship with a California hipster, and no one in the family knows what to do about it.
A: This isn’t really that kind of advice column, but at least we’re back to Kamala Harris.
Q: You Republicans are just terrified by a strong woman of color. Mike Pence constantly interrupted her at the vice presidential debate and Harris’ Republican colleagues in the Senate interrupt her all the time. There’s been gobs of press about it, including an article in the New York Times, “The Universal Phenomenon of Men Interrupting Women.”
A: My imaginary interlocutors are really obnoxious today.
1) According to ABC News’ Rick Klein, Harris had slightly more speaking time than Pence at the debate.
2) But I loved how the Biden-Harris campaign had “I’m still speaking!” T-shirts available for sale immediately following the debate. That didn’t look at all pre-planned.
3) As for senators interrupting Harris, try looking at the videos that are longer than one minute. Invariably, the reason she’s being interrupted is that she is rudely badgering a witness and not allowing him to answer. Yes or no! Yes or no! Please allow me to paint you into a corner by accepting all the ridiculous constraints of my question without further comment or explanation.
See the slightly longer videos here and here.
Q: But if ACB is confirmed, women will be forced into back-alley abortions!
A: Let me assure you that even if Roe v. Wade is ever overturned, in California, New York and other liberal states, you will still enjoy a right to abortion right up to birth (at least), and if the baby somehow still survives, you’ll be allowed to bash in his head with an oxygen tank.
I don’t know what Democrats are so worried about, anyway. According to them, Americans LOVE Roe! Amy Klobuchar said at one of the Democratic debates this year, “The people are with us. Over 70% of the people support Roe v. Wade.”
Oddly, when I tried to locate this statistic on Google, I found endless polls claiming 70% of Americans support every left-wing policy—the entire Democratic agenda: legalizing pot; Medicare for all; amnesty for illegals, Black Lives Matter and on and on. All have 70% support!
So I’ve got good news for liberals: if these polls are accurate, you don’t need left-wing judicial activists concocting imaginary “constitutional rights” to get your way. Just pass laws, like in a democracy. On the other hand, the hysteria over RBG’s death and ACB’s nomination tells me that liberals don’t believe their own polls.
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vdare--2020-10-14--Trump Is Up 11% from 2016 Among Nonwhites; But ...

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

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


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

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

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

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


vdare--2020-10-14--Steve Sailer: Send in Questions for My Book Club Podcast

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Who Is The Real Obama ?
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vdare--2020-10-14--Trump Dumps the Sailer Strategy

Trump Dumps the Sailer Strategy

The following graph shows the change in Donald Trump ’ s advantage or disadvantage against his Democrat opponent by various demographics from 2016 to 2020 .
In 2016 , Hillary Clinton had a one-point edge among those aged 45-64 .
In 2020 , Trump has a one-point lead over Joe Biden among that age group .
The change is thus represented in the graph as +2 : It should be noted these polls weren ’ t taken at the exact same point in the election cycle .
YouGov switched to the current cross-tab format for its last round of polling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before then .
The 2020 poll employed here is from the beginning of October 2020 , a month earlier in the cycle than the 2016 poll .
These results are striking .
They show Trump improving by a net of 11 points among non-whites but declining by a net of 10 points among whites from 2016 to 2020 .
Because whites still comprise nearly three-quarters of the voting electorate , this is not a wash for the president .
It represents an apparent decline in total support , albeit arrived at in exactly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would have us believe .
Trump is not doubling down on white men at the expense of everyone else .
To the contrary , he ’ s making inroads with everyone else as he concedes support among white men .
The sex shift is probably at least partly attributable to his having run against Hillary last time and Biden this time .
But the racial dynamic isn ’ t as easily accounted for .
I suspect there is a Boy-Who-Cried-Wolf aspect to this .
In the lead up to 2016 , people were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ put black people in chains , deport brown people on cattle cars , and throw gays in concentration camps .
When none of these things happened , hysteria gave way to something more like moderate disapproval or even begrudging respect .
As for conjecture on the white shift , some must be laid at the feet of the president .
He promised a wall , a renaissance in American manufacturing , and an end to foreign wars–and all we got were these lousy tax cuts .
Another aspect , though , is one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The reason we keep bringing it up is because it ’ s a part of the story that has gone largely unremarked upon in coverage and analysis of the election , even among dissidents .
That is just how much better a candidate Biden is than Clinton was .
In 2016 , when it was one-v-one , Clinton beat Sanders 55 % -45 % .
When it was one-v-one in 2020–after four years of the Vermont senator ’ s star rising–Biden beat Sanders 65 % -35 % .
While Clinton had to claw @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Democrat primaries , Biden blew him out of the water once the other boats had docked .
And Biden managed to do so while still maintaining a greater appeal to independents than Clinton could manage .
Beyond the big question marks over how mail-in voting , Covid , and civil unrest will influence things , Trump ’ s one unambiguous improvement from 2016 is found among traditional Republicans .
Many 2016 Never Trumpers have since climbed aboard the Trump train .
The rock-ribbed conservatives who defended Ted Cruz ’ s shanking Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ago are now the president ’ s most ardent supporters .
Are they enough to make up for the politically disaffected whites who took a chance on the outsider in 2016 but won ’ t be reupping this time around ?

The following graph shows the change in Donald Trump’s advantage or disadvantage against his Democrat opponent by various demographics from 2016 to 2020. In 2016, Hillary Clinton had a one-point edge among those aged 45–64. In 2020, Trump has a one-point lead over Joe Biden among that age group. The change is thus represented in the graph as +2:
It should be noted these polls weren’t taken at the exact same point in the election cycle. YouGov switched to the current cross-tab format for its last round of polling in early November of 2016 but not before then. The 2020 poll employed here is from the beginning of October 2020, a month earlier in the cycle than the 2016 poll.
These results are striking. They show Trump improving by a net of 11 points among non-whites but declining by a net of 10 points among whites from 2016 to 2020. Because whites still comprise nearly three-quarters of the voting electorate, this is not a wash for the president. It represents an apparent decline in total support, albeit arrived at in exactly the opposite way the major media Narrative would have us believe. Trump is not doubling down on white men at the expense of everyone else. To the contrary, he’s making inroads with everyone else as he concedes support among white men.
The sex shift is probably at least partly attributable to his having run against Hillary last time and Biden this time.
But the racial dynamic isn’t as easily accounted for. I suspect there is a Boy-Who-Cried-Wolf aspect to this. In the lead up to 2016, people were screaming about how Trump was going to put black people in chains, deport brown people on cattle cars, and throw gays in concentration camps. When none of these things happened, hysteria gave way to something more like moderate disapproval or even begrudging respect.
As for conjecture on the white shift, some must be laid at the feet of the president. He promised a wall, a renaissance in American manufacturing, and an end to foreign wars—and all we got were these lousy tax cuts.
Another aspect, though, is one we’ve emphasized repeatedly here. The reason we keep bringing it up is because it’s a part of the story that has gone largely unremarked upon in coverage and analysis of the election, even among dissidents. That is just how much better a candidate Biden is than Clinton was.
In 2016, when it was one-v-one, Clinton beat Sanders 55%–45%. When it was one-v-one in 2020—after four years of the Vermont senator’s star rising—Biden beat Sanders 65%–35%. While Clinton had to claw and scrape to triumph over Sanders in the Democrat primaries, Biden blew him out of the water once the other boats had docked. And Biden managed to do so while still maintaining a greater appeal to independents than Clinton could manage.
Beyond the big question marks over how mail-in voting, Covid, and civil unrest will influence things, Trump’s one unambiguous improvement from 2016 is found among traditional Republicans. Many 2016 Never Trumpers have since climbed aboard the Trump train. The rock-ribbed conservatives who defended Ted Cruz’s shanking Trump at the Republican National Convention four years ago are now the president’s most ardent supporters. Are they enough to make up for the politically disaffected whites who took a chance on the outsider in 2016 but won’t be reupping this time around?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-13--Amy Coney Barrett: Why Is No One Asking About Her Haitian Adopted Children?

The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court has provoked huge controversy .
She ’ s a Christian who might replace an aggressive Jewish legislating Leftist , meaning she ’ ll probably tip the court in a more conservative direction .
But the fact that she has two adopted black immigrant children ( in addition to five of her own ) has , needless to say , not surfaced in the hearings—although Ibram X. Kendi 's response to it , below , did .
It 's not the kind of thing you 're allowed to ask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What kind of white people adopt black children ?
Of course , in doing so , Barrett has unintentionally “ gaslighted ” liberals and minority activists .
Conservatives are supposed to be evil racists , yet this committed Roman Catholic has adopted two black children from Haiti .
This has led to cognitive dissonance—when where the way the world is contradicts the way your ideology tells you it should be .
People deal with the confusion this causes either by accepting that their ideology is empirically wrong or by coming up with some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They will express this with great emotion , because they know , deep down , that it ’ s wrong and they want to dissuade people from criticizing it .
So it turns out that Barrett has adopted two black children because she ’ s a racist .
According to “ anti-racism ” activist and academic Ibram X. Kendi ; Thus “ cognitive consonance ” has been achieved !
The nasty racist conservative who adopted black children did so as an act of “ colonialism ” —because she is a “ racist ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ N. Kennedy , ( R-LA ) condemned Kendi , although he referred to him as `` some butthead professor '' rather than `` some black professor . ''
Perhaps someone should dispassionately look at the kind of people who in engage in adoption and specifically in interracial adoption .
Fortunately , this has been done by Edward Dutton , of the Ulster Institute for Social Research in London , and Guy Madison , a psychologist from Umeå University in Sweden [ Why do middle-class couples of European descent adopt children from Africa and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2018 ] .
According to the researchers , the key issue is differences in so-called “ Life History Strategy ” ( LHS ) .
We are all on spectrum from a fast LHS to a slow LHS .
Those with a fast LHS are adapted to an ecology which is easy but unstable , full of unpredictable dangers such as wild animals and outbreaks of disease , which means you could be wiped out any minute .
Thus , they “ live fast , die young ” and invest most of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sex with as many people as possible , hoping that some of their numerous offspring will survive .
They are aggressive , to respond to sudden dangers , and create weak social bonds , as anyone could be suddenly killed .
In contrast , Slow LH strategists are evolved to an ecology which is harsh but predictable .
This starts to develop once the ecology reaches the carrying capacity for the species , meaning that members start to compete with each other .
They are more likely to succeed in this competition if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ environment : they will meet people again ; they can plan for the future .
Also , as the environment is harsh , if they simply have lots of children , and don ’ t look after them , they could all be wiped out .
So they start to invest less energy in copulation and more energy in nurture .
In such a harsh world , Slow LH strategists are also more likely to survive as part of a group .
Life also slows down so you can learn about the more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for example .
So a slow LHS is associated with a desire to nurture in general and thus low negative ethnocentrism , high altruism , empathy , Conscientiousness ( impulse control and following group rules ) and intelligence , because this allows you to plan for the future , be future-oriented and make correct predictions .
According to researchers Dutton and Madison , who draw upon various large-scale surveys , socioeconomic status is associated with a slow LHS .
People with high socioeconomic status tend to have high IQ and they also tend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a lesser extent , Altruism and Empathy ( though there are always individual exceptions ) .
As such , you would expect middle class people who were infertile to be more likely to adopt : they report 23 % of US high school graduates would potentially adopt compared to 48 % of “ college graduates or higher.
” The latter are also less likely to believe that it would be “ harder to love an adopted child.
” Among Whites who adopt Blacks , 53 % were at least university graduates .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The researchers report that Blacks—on numerous measures such as personality traits , sexual promiscuity , negative ethnocentrism and puberty age—are faster LH strategists than Whites .
This means they should be less pro-nurturing and more ethnocentric .
Consistent with this , Dutton and Madison find that 50 % of White women would adopt if they were infertile , but this was so for only 35 % of Black women .
Blacks were more likely to feel that you would be less able to love an adopted child , and more likely to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 95 % of Black adopters had adopted a child of their own race compared to 81 % of White adopters .
Dutton and Madison note that Asians have a slower LHS than Whites , but are less likely to adopt .
However , they suggest that this may be because , as the ecology becomes extremely harsh , ever narrower niches must be found to survive , meaning that the components of a slow LHS start to break-up .
Hence , Asians are slower overall but faster on certain traits—their generalized nurture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to even own pets .
But they are extremely nurturing to their own children , more so than Whites .
Dutton and Madison also argue that women typically follow a slower LHS than men .
As their involvement with the child is inescapable , they invest more energy than do men in nurture than in sex .
Thus they are far more in favor of adoption , with only 17 % of them saying it is harder to love an adopted child compared to 28 % of men .
So , the big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ educated , white women—such as Judge Barrett—who pursue interracial adoption is slow LHS : in other words , they are kind , nurturing , non-racist people .
Although Dutton and Madison did not look at this , it has also been found that religiosity is associated with a slow LHS [ The Measurement of Human Life History Strategy , by A.J .
Figueredo et al.
, Personality and Individual Differences , 2013 ] .
So this might also predict , in extreme cases , generalized altruism and thus interracial adoption .
That said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Dutton and Madison do look at potential mercenary aspects to transracial adoption .
They note that home adoptees in Western countries are likely to be the children of drug-addicts who will be damaged and will inherit criminal traits , such as low IQ and poor impulse control .
So a foreign adoption , of children who presumably lack these traits , may actually lead to an easier life for the adoptive parents .
The researchers also observe that parents may feel a sense of disgust towards the White child of low status @ @ @ @ @ @ @ towards a foreign child of a different race , who is not being part of their group .
Also it is clearly true , they note , that adopting a Black child is a means of virtue-signalling and we might expect White people , being more intelligent , to better understand the benefits of doing this .
But overall , the study seems to imply that transracial adoption is higher among middle class White people not because these people are “ racist ” —but because they are simply extremely high in generalized altruism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and be kind .
But there ’ s another issue .
Amy Coney Barrett ’ s interracial adoptions do suggest that she may have no awareness of race realism—not impossible in her intellectual milieu .
The plain fact is that interracial adoptions regularly don ’ t work out well , for example in the case of Colin Kaepernick and born-again Never Trumper David Frum ’ s family [ The Prodigal Frum , The Nation , July 11 , 2012 ] .
How could she not be aware of this before inflicting it on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the Disparate Impact of objective employment tests may actually be the result of systematic IQ differences has never been frankly presented to a U.S court .
How will Amy Coney Barrett respond when it is ?

The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court has provoked huge controversy. She’s a Christian who might replace an aggressive Jewish legislating Leftist, meaning she’ll probably tip the court in a more conservative direction. But the fact that she has two adopted black immigrant children (in addition to five of her own) has, needless to say, not surfaced in the hearings—although Ibram X. Kendi's response to it, below, did. It's not the kind of thing you're allowed to ask about. Which is too bad. What kind of white people adopt black children?
Of course, in doing so, Barrett has unintentionally “gaslighted” liberals and minority activists. Conservatives are supposed to be evil racists, yet this committed Roman Catholic has adopted two black children from Haiti. This has led to cognitive dissonance—when where the way the world is contradicts the way your ideology tells you it should be.
People deal with the confusion this causes either by accepting that their ideology is empirically wrong or by coming up with some desperate way of justifying their worldview. They will express this with great emotion, because they know, deep down, that it’s wrong and they want to dissuade people from criticizing it.
So it turns out that Barrett has adopted two black children because she’s a racist. According to “anti-racism” activist and academic Ibram X. Kendi;
Some White colonizers “adopted” Black children. They “civilized” these “savage” children in the “superior” ways of White people, while using them as props in their lifelong pictures of denial, while cutting the biological parents of these children out of the picture of humanity [Boston University professor is urged to resign for calling Amy Coney Barrett a 'white colonizer' who is using her two adopted Haitian children as 'props,'by Ariel Zilber et al., Mail Online, September 28, 2020].
Thus “cognitive consonance” has been achieved! The nasty racist conservative who adopted black children did so as an act of “colonialism”—because she is a “racist” and a Bad Person.
Senator John N. Kennedy, (R-LA) condemned Kendi, although he referred to him as "some butthead professor" rather than "some black professor."
Sen. John Kennedy asks ACB about Boston University's @DrIbram saying that she is a "white colonist" for adopting two Haitian children:
"They are my children who we love and who we brought home and made part of our family and accusations like that are cruel." pic.twitter.com/tgrhUe2zM4 — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 13, 2020
Perhaps someone should dispassionately look at the kind of people who in engage in adoption and specifically in interracial adoption.
Fortunately, this has been done by Edward Dutton, of the Ulster Institute for Social Research in London, and Guy Madison, a psychologist from Umeå University in Sweden [Why do middle-class couples of European descent adopt children from Africa and Asia?, Personality and Individual Differences, 2018].
According to the researchers, the key issue is differences in so-called “Life History Strategy” (LHS). We are all on spectrum from a fast LHS to a slow LHS.
Those with a fast LHS are adapted to an ecology which is easy but unstable, full of unpredictable dangers such as wild animals and outbreaks of disease, which means you could be wiped out any minute. Thus, they “live fast, die young” and invest most of their energy in sex, having as much sex with as many people as possible, hoping that some of their numerous offspring will survive. They are aggressive, to respond to sudden dangers, and create weak social bonds, as anyone could be suddenly killed.
In contrast, Slow LH strategists are evolved to an ecology which is harsh but predictable. This starts to develop once the ecology reaches the carrying capacity for the species, meaning that members start to compete with each other. They are more likely to succeed in this competition if they adapt to the predictability of the environment: they will meet people again; they can plan for the future. Also, as the environment is harsh, if they simply have lots of children, and don’t look after them, they could all be wiped out. So they start to invest less energy in copulation and more energy in nurture.
In such a harsh world, Slow LH strategists are also more likely to survive as part of a group. Life also slows down so you can learn about the more complex environment, meaning later puberty, for example. So a slow LHS is associated with a desire to nurture in general and thus low negative ethnocentrism, high altruism, empathy, Conscientiousness (impulse control and following group rules) and intelligence, because this allows you to plan for the future, be future-oriented and make correct predictions.
According to researchers Dutton and Madison, who draw upon various large-scale surveys, socioeconomic status is associated with a slow LHS. People with high socioeconomic status tend to have high IQ and they also tend to be high in Conscientiousness and, to a lesser extent, Altruism and Empathy (though there are always individual exceptions).
As such, you would expect middle class people who were infertile to be more likely to adopt: they report 23% of US high school graduates would potentially adopt compared to 48% of “college graduates or higher.” The latter are also less likely to believe that it would be “harder to love an adopted child.”
Among Whites who adopt Blacks, 53% were at least university graduates.
Then there is the issue of race. The researchers report that Blacks—on numerous measures such as personality traits, sexual promiscuity, negative ethnocentrism and puberty age—are faster LH strategists than Whites. This means they should be less pro-nurturing and more ethnocentric.
Consistent with this, Dutton and Madison find that 50% of White women would adopt if they were infertile, but this was so for only 35% of Black women.
Blacks were more likely to feel that you would be less able to love an adopted child, and more likely to adopt relatives than were Whites. Also, 95% of Black adopters had adopted a child of their own race compared to 81% of White adopters.
Dutton and Madison note that Asians have a slower LHS than Whites, but are less likely to adopt. However, they suggest that this may be because, as the ecology becomes extremely harsh, ever narrower niches must be found to survive, meaning that the components of a slow LHS start to break-up.
Hence, Asians are slower overall but faster on certain traits—their generalized nurture being so low than they tend not to even own pets. But they are extremely nurturing to their own children, more so than Whites.
Dutton and Madison also argue that women typically follow a slower LHS than men. As their involvement with the child is inescapable, they invest more energy than do men in nurture than in sex.
Thus they are far more in favor of adoption, with only 17% of them saying it is harder to love an adopted child compared to 28% of men.
So, the big issue in understanding why it is that educated, white women—such as Judge Barrett—who pursue interracial adoption is slow LHS: in other words, they are kind, nurturing, non-racist people.
Although Dutton and Madison did not look at this, it has also been found that religiosity is associated with a slow LHS [The Measurement of Human Life History Strategy, by A.J. Figueredo et al., Personality and Individual Differences, 2013].
So this might also predict, in extreme cases, generalized altruism and thus interracial adoption.
That said, and to be fair to Kendi, Dutton and Madison do look at potential mercenary aspects to transracial adoption.
They note that home adoptees in Western countries are likely to be the children of drug-addicts who will be damaged and will inherit criminal traits, such as low IQ and poor impulse control. So a foreign adoption, of children who presumably lack these traits, may actually lead to an easier life for the adoptive parents.
The researchers also observe that parents may feel a sense of disgust towards the White child of low status in a way that they will not towards a foreign child of a different race, who is not being part of their group.
Also it is clearly true, they note, that adopting a Black child is a means of virtue-signalling and we might expect White people, being more intelligent, to better understand the benefits of doing this.
But overall, the study seems to imply that transracial adoption is higher among middle class White people not because these people are “racist”—but because they are simply extremely high in generalized altruism and they are strongly evolved to nurture and be kind.
Which is great.
But there’s another issue. Amy Coney Barrett’s interracial adoptions do suggest that she may have no awareness of race realism—not impossible in her intellectual milieu. The plain fact is that interracial adoptions regularly don’t work out well, for example in the case of Colin Kaepernick and born-again Never Trumper David Frum’s family [The Prodigal Frum, The Nation, July 11, 2012]. How could she not be aware of this before inflicting it on her family?
Importantly, the possibility that the Disparate Impact of objective employment tests may actually be the result of systematic IQ differences has never been frankly presented to a U.S court.
How will Amy Coney Barrett respond when it is?


vdare--2020-10-15--Will Democratic Officials be Held Hostage by Their Own Junior Staffers?

The Democrats have an attractive candidate for US Senate in Arizona , Mark Kelly , a Gulf War combat aviator who then became an astronaut .
His wife , then Democratic Congresswoman Gabby Giffords , was shot in the head by a crazy man in 2011 ( she somehow survived ) .
But the question that is growing all the time is whether sane senior figures like Kelly can withstand the the craziness of their junior staffers .
From the Washington Free Beacon : Comments came as Arizona Dem tried to portray himself as moderate on policing issues The campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kelly referred to police as “ worthless f—ing pigs ” on Twitter in August , a comment that could complicate Kelly ’ s effort to distance himself from radical anti-police sentiment from the left flank of his party .
T.J. L ’ Heureux , Kelly ’ s deputy press secretary , posted the message in response to a video that showed Chicago police clashing with protesters over the summer .
“ You worthless f—ing pigs , ” wrote L ’ Heureux on Aug. 17 , directing the message to the Chicago Police Department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ Heureux officially joined Kelly ’ s campaign as a spokesperson one week later , on Aug. 24 .
The post came as the Kelly campaign has sought to portray itself as moderate on policing issues .
Kelly , whose parents were police officers , has said he opposes defunding law enforcement agencies , a policy supported by some Democratic lawmakers and leaders of the anti-police protests erupting across the country .
My guess is that this attitude toward the police is pretty run-of-the among Kelly ’ s staffer ’ s under 35 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concern because young staffers , especially women , have a growing ability demonstrated over the last few years to have their bosses canceled by insinuating sexual misbehavior or mere interest in sexual misbehavior even if not acted upon , political incorrectness , or just being mean to them on the job ( notice the near cancelation of giant money-maker Ellen Degeneres ) .
How much are the Kellys , and Bidens , going to be held hostage by their junior staffers ?

The Democrats have an attractive candidate for US Senate in Arizona, Mark Kelly, a Gulf War combat aviator who then became an astronaut. His wife, then Democratic Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, was shot in the head by a crazy man in 2011 (she somehow survived).
But the question that is growing all the time is whether sane senior figures like Kelly can withstand the craziness of their junior staffers. From the Washington Free Beacon:
Kelly Campaign Spox Calls Police ‘Worthless F—ing Pigs’ Comments came as Arizona Dem tried to portray himself as moderate on policing issues Alana Goodman – OCTOBER 15, 2020 4:59 AM The campaign spokesman for Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly referred to police as “worthless f—ing pigs” on Twitter in August, a comment that could complicate Kelly’s effort to distance himself from radical anti-police sentiment from the left flank of his party. T.J. L’Heureux, Kelly’s deputy press secretary, posted the message in response to a video that showed Chicago police clashing with protesters over the summer. “You worthless f—ing pigs,” wrote L’Heureux on Aug. 17, directing the message to the Chicago Police Department’s official Twitter account. L’Heureux officially joined Kelly’s campaign as a spokesperson one week later, on Aug. 24. The post came as the Kelly campaign has sought to portray itself as moderate on policing issues. Kelly, whose parents were police officers, has said he opposes defunding law enforcement agencies, a policy supported by some Democratic lawmakers and leaders of the anti-police protests erupting across the country.
My guess is that this attitude toward the police is pretty run-of-the among Kelly’s staffer’s under 35 or so.
That’s a concern because young staffers, especially women, have a growing ability demonstrated over the last few years to have their bosses canceled by insinuating sexual misbehavior or mere interest in sexual misbehavior even if not acted upon, political incorrectness, or just being mean to them on the job (notice the near cancelation of giant money-maker Ellen Degeneres).
How much are the Kellys, and Bidens, going to be held hostage by their junior staffers?


vdare--2020-10-15--Patrick J. Buchanan: Can Trump Pull a Second Rabbit Out of the Hat?

`` Apres moi , la deluge , '' predicted Louis XV after his army 's stunning defeat by Prussia 's Frederick the Great at the Battle of Rossbach in 1757 .
`` La deluge , '' the Revolution , came , three decades later , to wash the Bourbon monarchy away in blood and to send Louis XV 's grandson , Louis XVI , and his queen , Marie Antoinette , to the guillotine .
Donald Trump is issuing similar warnings for the republic if Joe Biden wins the presidency and Democrats capture the Senate .
And the stakes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ divides us , are indeed high .
The Democrats are out to remake America , and , 17 days from the election , a Democratic sweep remains a real possibility .
Early turnout is already at record numbers .
According to most polls , Biden is ahead in almost all of the major battleground states—Pennsylvania , Michigan , Wisconsin , Ohio , North Carolina , Georgia , Florida and Arizona .
To win , Trump must carry six or seven of those states .
In national polls , Trump is further behind , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mammoth Democratic majorities in populous and deep-blue California , New York and Illinois .
Still , this thing is not over .
For , at this stage of the 2016 campaign , Hillary Clinton was showing equally impressive poll numbers , and she would go on to lose all eight of those battleground states in the greatest upset since Harry Truman defeated Tom Dewey in 1948 .
Can Trump repeat the miracle of 2016 ?
Perhaps .
When it comes to energy , excitement , enthusiasm and a capacity to bring out crowds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worst of pandemics , Trump is unrivaled .
When Trump calls , his followers come .
Not in living memory has there been a president who could bring out such vast crowds with such consistency as Donald J. Trump .
By contrast , Biden 's meager gatherings seem to evoke as much excitement as a seniors bocce ball tournament .
His appearances , reading from teleprompters and spewing canned attacks written by others , produce polite applause .
Rarely does a day goes by that Biden does not mumble and misremember something or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ essence of the Biden campaign is the avoidance of actual campaigning .
And it has worked .
On some days , the campaign `` puts the lid on '' —has no more news events today—by 9 a.m .
The question this has raised is no longer whether Joe has `` lost a step '' —few deny that—but whether he retains sufficient mental acuity to be a decisive leader of the free world for the next four years .
Two weeks out , however , voters seem not to care , or rather not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ticket .
The issue has been Trump .
And the imperative for the president and his campaign remains to persuade the nation of several truths : Biden is not physically or mentally up to the job .
He will not be able to stand up to the radicals in his party who have extensive plan to enact in the next two years and a real possibility of doing so .
If Biden wins , they will insist that the Senate do what Barack Obama told them to do : Abolish the `` Jim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and use 50 Senate Democrats to enact an agenda more sweeping than FDR 's New Deal .
Of what does that agenda consist ?
To shift the goal from equality of opportunity in race relations to equality of results—in income , wealth , power .
Reparations for slavery .
Pursue the Black Lives Matter demand to `` reimagine policing '' and to `` defund the police . ''
On immigration , open an immediate path to citizenship and the ballot box for DACA `` Dreamers . ''
End deportations .
Grant amnesty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illegal immigrants in the U.S. Abolish ICE .
Open America 's borders to new and higher waves of immigration to make America the most racially , ethnically , socially and culturally diverse society in the history of man .
Pack the Senate by extending statehood to Puerto Rico and D.C. , adding four new Democratic senators and making us a bilingual nation .
Pack the Supreme Court by adding two new justices .
Raise taxes on payrolls , personal incomes , corporations , capital gains and estates .
Accelerate an end to carbon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ending any reliance for energy , on coal , oil , gas or fracking .
Free education for all from prekindergarten through college .
On and on the agenda runs .
But again , without the abolition of the filibuster , a GOP Senate minority could block this agenda that is designed to create a new American nation unlike the one we have known .
No , this is not the French Revolution .
But nor is it the country that evolved over two centuries out of the American Revolution .
The antifa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as they go about smashing icons and statues of the men who brought the Christian faith and Western civilization to these shores and founded the republic that may now be fading away .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : Will America Survive to 2025 ?
are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

"Après moi, la déluge," predicted Louis XV after his army's stunning defeat by Prussia's Frederick the Great at the Battle of Rossbach in 1757.
"La deluge," the Revolution, came, three decades later, to wash the Bourbon monarchy away in blood and to send Louis XV's grandson, Louis XVI, and his queen, Marie Antoinette, to the guillotine.
Donald Trump is issuing similar warnings for the republic if Joe Biden wins the presidency and Democrats capture the Senate. And the stakes, given the magnitude of the chasm that divides us, are indeed high.
The Democrats are out to remake America, and, 17 days from the election, a Democratic sweep remains a real possibility.
Early turnout is already at record numbers. According to most polls, Biden is ahead in almost all of the major battleground states—Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Arizona. To win, Trump must carry six or seven of those states.
In national polls, Trump is further behind, in some by double-digits, reflecting the mammoth Democratic majorities in populous and deep-blue California, New York and Illinois.
Still, this thing is not over.
For, at this stage of the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton was showing equally impressive poll numbers, and she would go on to lose all eight of those battleground states in the greatest upset since Harry Truman defeated Tom Dewey in 1948.
Can Trump repeat the miracle of 2016?
Perhaps. When it comes to energy, excitement, enthusiasm and a capacity to bring out crowds of loyalists, even in this the worst of pandemics, Trump is unrivaled.
When Trump calls, his followers come. Not in living memory has there been a president who could bring out such vast crowds with such consistency as Donald J. Trump.
By contrast, Biden's meager gatherings seem to evoke as much excitement as a seniors bocce ball tournament.
His appearances, reading from teleprompters and spewing canned attacks written by others, produce polite applause. Rarely does a day goes by that Biden does not mumble and misremember something or lose his train of thought.
The essence of the Biden campaign is the avoidance of actual campaigning. And it has worked. On some days, the campaign "puts the lid on"—has no more news events today—by 9 a.m.
The question this has raised is no longer whether Joe has "lost a step"—few deny that—but whether he retains sufficient mental acuity to be a decisive leader of the free world for the next four years.
Two weeks out, however, voters seem not to care, or rather not to care enough to reject the Biden-Harris ticket.
The issue has been Trump. And the imperative for the president and his campaign remains to persuade the nation of several truths:
Biden is not physically or mentally up to the job. He will not be able to stand up to the radicals in his party who have extensive plans to enact in the next two years and a real possibility of doing so.
If Biden wins, they will insist that the Senate do what Barack Obama told them to do: abolish the "Jim Crow relic" known as the filibuster, and use 50 Senate Democrats to enact an agenda more sweeping than FDR's New Deal.
Of what does that agenda consist?
To shift the goal from equality of opportunity in race relations to equality of results—in income, wealth, power. Reparations for slavery. Pursue the Black Lives Matter demand to "reimagine policing" and to "defund the police."
On immigration, open an immediate path to citizenship and the ballot box for DACA "Dreamers." End deportations. Grant amnesty to all 11 million to 22 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. Abolish ICE. Open America's borders to new and higher waves of immigration to make America the most racially, ethnically, socially and culturally diverse society in the history of man.
Pack the Senate by extending statehood to Puerto Rico and D.C., adding four new Democratic senators and making us a bilingual nation.
Pack the Supreme Court by adding two new justices. Raise taxes on payrolls, personal incomes, corporations, capital gains and estates.
Accelerate an end to carbon emissions by halting all offshore drilling and ending any reliance for energy on coal, oil, gas or fracking.
Free education for all from prekindergarten through college.
On and on the agenda runs. But again, without the abolition of the filibuster, a GOP Senate minority could block this agenda that is designed to create a new American nation unlike the one we have known.
No, this is not the French Revolution.
But neither is it the country that evolved over two centuries out of the American Revolution. The antifa and BLM radicals remind us of this as they go about smashing icons and statues of the men who brought the Christian faith and Western civilization to these shores and founded the republic that may now be fading away.
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Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.


vdare--2020-10-15--NYT Delivers Unintentional Endorsement Of Trump's Immigration Triumph

The New York Times Editorial Board condemned President Trump ’ s immigration policies last weekend .
According to the Times , Trump has made terrific strides in this area and his actions will shape our immigration system to come .
“ This transformation of the American immigration system has been perhaps the administration ’ s boldest accomplishment , ” the editorial board writes [ Trump ’ s Overhaul of Immigration Is Worse Than You Think , by The Editorial Board , NYT , October 10 , 2020 ] .
That ’ s a terrible thing to the paper of record @ @ @ @ @ @ @ welcome news .
Without the hysteric attacks , the column reads more like a list of accomplishments than misdeeds .
The editorial board notes that immigration has plummeted under Trump : Between 2016 and 2019 , annual net immigration into the United States fell by almost half , to about 600,000 people per year — a level not seen since the 1980s — according to an analysis by William H. Frey of the Brookings Institution .
( Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic , that number has certainly decreased even more .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a result of Trump ’ s restrictive immigration measures , ” Mr. Frey told the editorial board , “ including immigrant bans from selected countries , greater limits on refugees , and generating fear among other potential immigrant groups over this administration ’ s unwelcoming policies.
” [ LInks in original throughought . ]
The Times complains that Trump amped up immigration enforcement and beefed up border security .
In the spring of 2018 , as thousands of Central American families crossed the southern U.S. border to seek asylum , the Justice Department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country without authorization .
This forced the separation of hundreds of families , even the removal of infants from nursing mothers .
Border control officials said they would accept asylum applications only from people who arrived at approved border crossings , even though the law says anyone can apply for asylum once in the United States .
At those crossings , asylum seekers were forced to wait for days , even weeks , in long lines just for a chance to approach the border to ask for protection .
The White House packed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with predictable results : Rejections increased .
Mr. Trump also used the threat of tariffs to get Mexico to crack down on undocumented Central American immigrants and to allow frustrated asylum seekers to wait on the Mexican side of the border while their cases meandered through U.S. immigration courts .
After Mr. Trump suspended aid to El Salvador , Guatemala and Honduras in March , Guatemala and Honduras agreed to accept asylum seekers who had passed through those countries on their way north , so they could either apply for asylum there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to crack down on criminal aliens in the 2016 campaign , but the Times complains his focus “ has been far broader.
” “ He has also eagerly pursued reductions in authorized immigration , ” the editorial says .
Mr. Trump eventually achieved a version of his Muslim ban when the Supreme Court approved of severe restrictions on entry for residents of 13 countries , the majority of them with mostly Muslim populations .
While the White House said one reason the ban was needed was lax security in those countries , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ program , which involves stringent vetting by American and United Nations officials .
In Barack Obama ’ s last year as president , the ceiling for refugee admissions was 110,000 .
For the current fiscal year , it ’ s 15,000 .
Despite Mr. Trump ’ s promises to protect Americans from killer immigrants , Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now more than twice as likely to pick up immigrants with no criminal record beyond immigration violations , compared with the number before he took office .
After being labeled the “ deporter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ICE to concentrate enforcement on unauthorized immigrants who had committed crimes .
Within weeks of his own inauguration , Mr. Trump eliminated any deportation priorities and made all undocumented immigrants fair game for ICE .
With many cities resisting ICE ’ s more stringent demands for cooperation , the agency has also found it easier to just pick up anyone with an existing deportation warrant .
At the same time , applications for permanent residency have declined since the administration announced it would adopt a rule that would prevent those considered likely to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Among recent green-card recipients , 69 percent had at least one of the characteristics that would be weighed , according to the Migration Policy Institute .
Ken Cuccinelli , the acting deputy secretary of homeland security , recently announced that the number of H-1B visas for skilled workers would be cut by one-third because of tighter criteria for who can get them .
Critics said this would make American companies shift more work abroad .
Mr. Trump also has ended “ temporary protected status ” for 400,000 people from El Salvador , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legally lived and worked in the United States for decades after being provided a haven from war or natural disaster .
What may be the best endorsement of all is the editorial board ’ s gripe that these changes may be permanent .
The New York Times surprisingly published one of the strongest endorsements of President Trump in 2020 .
The Editorial Board makes it clear : despite his inability to pass new legislation on , for example , Birthright Citizenship , Trump is delivering on immigration .

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The New York Times Editorial Board condemned President Trump’s immigration policies last weekend. According to the Times, Trump has made terrific strides in this area and his actions will shape our immigration system to come. “This transformation of the American immigration system has been perhaps the administration’s boldest accomplishment,” the editorial board writes [Trump’s Overhaul of Immigration Is Worse Than You Think, by The Editorial Board, NYT, October 10, 2020].
That’s a terrible thing to the paper of record, but immigration patriots will find it welcome news. Without the hysteric attacks, the column reads more like a list of accomplishments than misdeeds.
The editorial board notes that immigration has plummeted under Trump:
Between 2016 and 2019, annual net immigration into the United States fell by almost half, to about 600,000 people per year — a level not seen since the 1980s — according to an analysis by William H. Frey of the Brookings Institution. (Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, that number has certainly decreased even more.) The 2016-19 drop “is clearly a result of Trump’s restrictive immigration measures,” Mr. Frey told the editorial board, “including immigrant bans from selected countries, greater limits on refugees, and generating fear among other potential immigrant groups over this administration’s unwelcoming policies.” [LInks in original throughought]
The Times complains that Trump amped up immigration enforcement and beefed up border security.
In the spring of 2018, as thousands of Central American families crossed the southern U.S. border to seek asylum, the Justice Department ordered the arrest of anyone entering the country without authorization. This forced the separation of hundreds of families, even the removal of infants from nursing mothers. …. Border control officials said they would accept asylum applications only from people who arrived at approved border crossings, even though the law says anyone can apply for asylum once in the United States. At those crossings, asylum seekers were forced to wait for days, even weeks, in long lines just for a chance to approach the border to ask for protection. The White House packed the immigration appeals board with Trump appointees, with predictable results: Rejections increased. Mr. Trump also used the threat of tariffs to get Mexico to crack down on undocumented Central American immigrants and to allow frustrated asylum seekers to wait on the Mexican side of the border while their cases meandered through U.S. immigration courts. After Mr. Trump suspended aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras in March, Guatemala and Honduras agreed to accept asylum seekers who had passed through those countries on their way north, so they could either apply for asylum there or go home.
Trump famously promised to crack down on criminal aliens in the 2016 campaign, but the Times complains his focus “has been far broader.” “He has also eagerly pursued reductions in authorized immigration,” the editorial says.
Mr. Trump eventually achieved a version of his Muslim ban when the Supreme Court approved of severe restrictions on entry for residents of 13 countries, the majority of them with mostly Muslim populations. While the White House said one reason the ban was needed was lax security in those countries, it also has drastically scaled back the refugee program, which involves stringent vetting by American and United Nations officials. In Barack Obama’s last year as president, the ceiling for refugee admissions was 110,000. For the current fiscal year, it’s 15,000. Despite Mr. Trump’s promises to protect Americans from killer immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now more than twice as likely to pick up immigrants with no criminal record beyond immigration violations, compared with the number before he took office. After being labeled the “deporter in chief,” Mr. Obama ordered ICE to concentrate enforcement on unauthorized immigrants who had committed crimes. Within weeks of his own inauguration, Mr. Trump eliminated any deportation priorities and made all undocumented immigrants fair game for ICE. With many cities resisting ICE’s more stringent demands for cooperation, the agency has also found it easier to just pick up anyone with an existing deportation warrant. … At the same time, applications for permanent residency have declined since the administration announced it would adopt a rule that would prevent those considered likely to receive public benefits from becoming permanent residents. Among recent green-card recipients, 69 percent had at least one of the characteristics that would be weighed, according to the Migration Policy Institute. Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of homeland security, recently announced that the number of H-1B visas for skilled workers would be cut by one-third because of tighter criteria for who can get them. Critics said this would make American companies shift more work abroad. Mr. Trump also has ended “temporary protected status” for 400,000 people from El Salvador, Haiti, Sudan and elsewhere who have legally lived and worked in the United States for decades after being provided a haven from war or natural disaster. What may be the best endorsement of all is the editorial board’s gripe that these changes may be permanent.
“There’s so much change that has happened in the last four years, there’s no way a new administration could reverse things in four or even eight years,” said Sarah Pierce, a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute who was a co-author of the group’s July report.
The New York Times surprisingly published one of the strongest endorsements of President Trump in 2020. The Editorial Board makes it clear: despite his inability to pass new legislation on, for example, Birthright Citizenship, Trump is delivering on immigration.