vdare--2020-11-26--Immigrant Mass Murder: Repeatedly Deported Illegal Stabs Five, Killing Two In San Jose

An illegal immigrant ran amok at a San Jose church that ministered to the homeless , stabbing five , killing two , in an incident of the kind we call Immigrant Mass Murder .
Many Immigrant Mass Murders could have been prevented by either a deportation program or an immigration moratorium .
( You 're no less dead if you 're murdered by a legal immigrant . )
This one could have been prevented by the San Jose city government obeying immigration law .
California church stabbing suspect had been deported three times , officials say Fernando De Jesus Lopez-Garcia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ domestic violence convictions and assault with a dealy weapon A homeless man accused of fatally stabbing two people inside a California church over the weekend was deported three times and never turned over to federal immigration officials before the attack , despite multiple arrests and convictions for violent crimes , authorities said Wednesday .
On Sunday , Fernando De Jesus Lopez-Garcia , 32 , allegedly stabbed five people inside the Grace Baptist Church in San Jose .
A man died at the scene and a woman later died at a hospital , San @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during a news conference .
The lack of cooperation between local police and federal immigration agents because of California 's sanctuary policies was criticized by a high ranking federal agent who said the attack could have been avoided .
`` Regrettably , politics continues to prevail over public safety , the detainers were ignored , and De Jesus Lopez-Garcia was released to the street , '' said David Jennings , San Francisco ICE Enforcement Removal Operations field office director .
Lopez-Garcia is charged with two murder counts , three counts of attempted murder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and violating a protective order .
`` On three prior occasions , Lopez had been deported and then ultimately returned to the United States , '' Garcia , the police chief , said .
[ More ] Why does n't San Jose obey immigration law ?
Well , it may have something to do with the fact that 28.2 % of the city 's population was of Mexican descent as of 2010 .
But Police Chief Edgardo ( `` Eddie '' ) Garcia is not part of the problem .
After a previous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gruesome killing of Bambi Larson ) he was quoted by NBC :

An illegal immigrant ran amok at a San Jose church that ministered to the homeless, stabbing five, killing two, in an incident of the kind we call Immigrant Mass Murder.
Many Immigrant Mass Murders could have been prevented by either a deportation program or an immigration moratorium. (You're no less dead if you're murdered by a legal immigrant.) This one could have been prevented by the San Jose city government obeying immigration law.
Fox News has the details:
California church stabbing suspect had been deported three times, officials say Fernando De Jesus Lopez-Garcia has an extensive criminal history that includes domestic violence convictions and assault with a dealy weapon By Louis Casiano, Fox News, November 25, 2020 A homeless man accused of fatally stabbing two people inside a California church over the weekend was deported three times and never turned over to federal immigration officials before the attack, despite multiple arrests and convictions for violent crimes, authorities said Wednesday. On Sunday, Fernando De Jesus Lopez-Garcia, 32, allegedly stabbed five people inside the Grace Baptist Church in San Jose. A man died at the scene and a woman later died at a hospital, San Jose Police Chief Edgardo Garcia said Wednesday during a news conference. The lack of cooperation between local police and federal immigration agents because of California's sanctuary policies was criticized by a high ranking federal agent who said the attack could have been avoided. "Regrettably, politics continues to prevail over public safety, the detainers were ignored, and De Jesus Lopez-Garcia was released to the street," said David Jennings, San Francisco ICE Enforcement Removal Operations field office director. Lopez-Garcia is charged with two murder counts, three counts of attempted murder, battery on a spouse or cohabitant and violating a protective order. "On three prior occasions, Lopez had been deported and then ultimately returned to the United States," Garcia, the police chief, said. [More]
Why doesn't San Jose obey immigration law? Well, it may have something to do with the fact that 28.2% of the city's population was of Mexican descent as of 2010. But Police Chief Edgardo ("Eddie") Garcia is not part of the problem. After a previous murder by an illegal, (the gruesome killing of Bambi Larson)he was quoted by NBC:
"We're not here to shield the gangster, the violent criminal or the serious offender," Garcia said. "And we need to get that policy changed."


vdare--2020-11-26--Can Corporate Wokeness Be Robotized?

Can Corporate Wokeness Be Robotized?

From the New York Times science section : Meet GPT-3 .
It Has Learned to Code ( and Blog and Argue ) .
The latest natural-language system generates tweets , pens poetry , summarizes emails , answers trivia questions , translates languages and even writes its own computer programs .
… One of his experiments involved a pop psychologist , Scott Barry Kaufman .
The system took in Mr. Kaufman ’ s name and a topic for discussion : creativity .
Then , when asked “ How do we become more creative ?
” GPT-3 responded instantly : I think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growing up in a diverse world .
The more diverse the world is , the more you get exposed to different people , to different opportunities , to different places and to different challenges .
And the more diverse that is , the more likely you ’ ll be to be able to put the dots together to form something new .
On the other hand , nobody yet seems to have figured out how to program into GPT-3 an Orwellian Crimestop module : OpenAI plans to sell access to GPT-3 via the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used commercial product , and this year it made the system available to a limited number of beta testers through their web browsers .
Not long after , Jerome Pesenti , who leads the Facebook A.I .
lab , called GPT-3 “ unsafe , ” pointing to sexist , racist and otherwise toxic language the system generated when asked to discuss women , Black people , Jews and the Holocaust .
With systems like GPT-3 , the problem is endemic .
Everyday language is inherently biased and often hateful , particularly on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ language , it , too , can show bias and hate .
And because it learns from internet text that associates atheism with the words “ cool ” and “ correct ” and that pairs Islam with “ terrorism , ” GPT-3 does the same thing .
This may be one reason that OpenAI has shared GPT-3 with only a small number of testers .
The lab has built filters that warn that toxic language might be coming , but they are merely Band-Aids placed over a problem that no one quite knows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing the right thing by not just publicly releasing GPT-3 , ” said Allison Koenecke , a Stanford researcher who explores unwanted bias in A.I .
systems .
“ A lot is still up in the air.
” Why has programming “ protective stupidity ” into AI been such a daunting task so far ?
It seems like the rules are pretty easy : e.g.
, here is a list of Good People who can not be criticized .
It ’ s not as if only smart people can be stupid .

From the New York Times science section:
Meet GPT-3. It Has Learned to Code (and Blog and Argue). The latest natural-language system generates tweets, pens poetry, summarizes emails, answers trivia questions, translates languages and even writes its own computer programs. By Cade Metz
Nov. 24, 2020 … One of his experiments involved a pop psychologist, Scott Barry Kaufman. The system took in Mr. Kaufman’s name and a topic for discussion: creativity. Then, when asked “How do we become more creative?” GPT-3 responded instantly: I think creative expression is a natural byproduct of growing up in a diverse world. The more diverse the world is, the more you get exposed to different people, to different opportunities, to different places and to different challenges. And the more diverse that is, the more likely you’ll be to be able to put the dots together to form something new.
On the other hand, nobody yet seems to have figured out how to program into GPT-3 an Orwellian Crimestop module:
OpenAI plans to sell access to GPT-3 via the internet, turning it into a widely used commercial product, and this year it made the system available to a limited number of beta testers through their web browsers. Not long after, Jerome Pesenti, who leads the Facebook A.I. lab, called GPT-3 “unsafe,” pointing to sexist, racist and otherwise toxic language the system generated when asked to discuss women, Black people, Jews and the Holocaust. With systems like GPT-3, the problem is endemic. Everyday language is inherently biased and often hateful, particularly on the internet. Because GPT-3 learns from such language, it, too, can show bias and hate. And because it learns from internet text that associates atheism with the words “cool” and “correct” and that pairs Islam with “terrorism,” GPT-3 does the same thing. This may be one reason that OpenAI has shared GPT-3 with only a small number of testers. The lab has built filters that warn that toxic language might be coming, but they are merely Band-Aids placed over a problem that no one quite knows how to solve. “They are doing the right thing by not just publicly releasing GPT-3,” said Allison Koenecke, a Stanford researcher who explores unwanted bias in A.I. systems. “A lot is still up in the air.”
Why has programming “protective stupidity” into AI been such a daunting task so far? It seems like the rules are pretty easy: e.g., here is a list of Good People who cannot be criticized. It’s not as if only smart people can be stupid.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-27--A Talk Radio Listener Says Trump Has A Very Strong Case In Georgia—If  SCOTUS Doesn't Cave In To Thr

A Talk Radio Listener Says Trump Has A Very Strong Case In Georgia—If  SCOTUS Doesn't Cave In To Threats

The Georgia complaint filed by Trump 's counsel is online : As a civil action , the plaintiff ’ s burden of proof is a “ preponderance of the evidence ” to show , as the Georgia Supreme Court has made clear that , “ [ i ] was not incumbent upon [ Plaintiff ] to show how the [ ] voters would have voted if their [ absentee ] ballots had been regular .
[ Plaintiff ] only had to show that there were enough irregular ballots to place in doubt the result.
” Mead v. Sheffield , 278 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 99 , 102 ( 2004 ) A core requirement of the Smartmatic software design was the software ’ s ability to hide its manipulation of votes from any audit .
As the whistleblower explains : [ Venezuelan President Hugo ] Chavez was most insistent that Smartmatic design the system in a way that the system could change the vote of each voter without being detected .
He wanted the software itself to function in such a manner that if the voter were to place their thumb print or fingerprint on a scanner , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a record of the voter ’ s name and identity as having voted , but that voter would not be tracked to the changed vote .
He made it clear that the system would have to be setup to not leave any evidence of the changed vote for a specific voter and that there would be no evidence to show and nothing to contradict that the name or the fingerprint or thumb print was going with a changed vote .
Smartmatic agreed to create such a system and produced the software and hardware @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
( See Id.
, see also Exh.3 , Aff .
Cardozo , attached hereto ) ) .
[ PDF ] This is an easier case than Bush v. Gore , in which there was no allegation of election fraud .
That case arose because the Democrats believed that vote tabulation machines in Democrat-controlled Palm Beach County had missed Gore votes that would have been counted by Democrat vote counters .
It was a Democrat complaint about a Democrat-designed ballot in a Democrat county counted by machines purchased by Democrats .
No impropriety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Trump complaints were written both for the courts and for the public and include much more detail than typically is presented in a complaint .
Indeed , they more closely resemble motions for summary judgment than complaints .
Trump has a very strong case .
The only question is whether one of his Supreme Court Justices will cave to pressure , which will include personal threats against their families and the threat of riots throughout the country .
Unfortunately , the expert reports are n't online .
Some reporter should make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and post them .

From: A Talk Radio Listener [Email him]
The Georgia complaint filed by Trump's counsel is online:
As a civil action, the plaintiff’s burden of proof is a “preponderance of the evidence” to show, as the Georgia Supreme Court has made clear that, “[i] was not incumbent upon [Plaintiff] to show how the [] voters would have voted if their [absentee] ballots had been regular. [Plaintiff] only had to show that there were enough irregular ballots to place in doubt the result.” Mead v. Sheffield, 278 Ga. 268, 272, 601 S.E.2d 99, 102 (2004) A core requirement of the Smartmatic software design was the software’s ability to hide its manipulation of votes from any audit. As the whistleblower explains: [Venezuelan President Hugo] Chavez was most insistent that Smartmatic design the system in a way that the system could change the vote of each voter without being detected. He wanted the software itself to function in such a manner that if the voter were to place their thumb print or fingerprint on a scanner, then the thumbprint would be tied to a record of the voter’s name and identity as having voted, but that voter would not be tracked to the changed vote. He made it clear that the system would have to be setup to not leave any evidence of the changed vote for a specific voter and that there would be no evidence to show and nothing to contradict that the name or the fingerprint or thumb print was going with a changed vote. Smartmatic agreed to create such a system and produced the software and hardware that accomplished that result for President Chavez. (See Id., see also Exh.3, Aff. Cardozo, attached hereto)). [PDF]
This is an easier case than Bush v. Gore, in which there was no allegation of election fraud. That case arose because the Democrats believed that vote tabulation machines in Democrat-controlled Palm Beach County had missed Gore votes that would have been counted by Democrat vote counters. It was a Democrat complaint about a Democrat-designed ballot in a Democrat county counted by machines purchased by Democrats. No impropriety was alleged in counties controlled by Republicans.
The Trump complaints were written both for the courts and for the public and include much more detail than typically is presented in a complaint. Indeed, they more closely resemble motions for summary judgment than complaints. Trump has a very strong case. The only question is whether one of his Supreme Court Justices will cave to pressure, which will include personal threats against their families and the threat of riots throughout the country.
Unfortunately, the expert reports aren't online. Some reporter should make copies at the courthouses, then scan and post them.


vdare--2020-11-27--California's Coalition Of The Fringes Makes Newsom's Senate Choice Harder

Race And Ideology Take Center Stage In Scramble To Succeed Kamala Harris California Gov .
Gavin Newsom ( D ) is under pressure to appoint either a Black woman , a Latino or a member of the LGBTQ community .
When Kamala Harris assumes her historic role as the first woman and nonwhite vice president in January , she will be vacating one of California ’ s two U.S. Senate seats .
It is now up to California Gov .
Gavin Newsom , a first-term Democrat , to decide whether to call a special election or choose a replacement to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ term , which is slated to end in 2022 .
Newsom has been tight-lipped about his plans , but the conventional wisdom among Golden State politics watchers is that Newsom will appoint a replacement rather than delay the arrival of a new Democratic senator with an expensive special election .
And Newsom ’ s allies have made clear that he does not plan to name a white man to the seat .
As a result , activists and various progressive groups began a campaign to sway Newsom months before the election , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The jockeying is intense because whoever gains control of the seat — and runs for election as an incumbent in two years — is likely to control the influential and safely Democratic post for decades to come .
Three main camps and their subgroups are trying to influence Newsom : Those advocating for a Black woman ; those advocating for a Latino ; and those advocating for a member of the LGBT community .
Black activists and progressive groups insist that Newsom name a Black woman to replace Harris , only the second @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Black Americans make up about 13 % of the population but occupy just two of 100 Senate seats .
Both of them ― New Jersey Democrat Sen. Cory Booker and South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott ― are men .

From the Huffington Post:
Race And Ideology Take Center Stage In Scramble To Succeed Kamala Harris
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is under pressure to appoint either a Black woman, a Latino or a member of the LGBTQ community.
By Daniel Marans
When Kamala Harris assumes her historic role as the first woman and nonwhite vice president in January, she will be vacating one of California’s two U.S. Senate seats.
It is now up to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a first-term Democrat, to decide whether to call a special election or choose a replacement to serve out the remainder of Harris’ term, which is slated to end in 2022.
Newsom has been tight-lipped about his plans, but the conventional wisdom among Golden State politics watchers is that Newsom will appoint a replacement rather than delay the arrival of a new Democratic senator with an expensive special election. And Newsom’s allies have made clear that he does not plan to name a white man to the seat.
As a result, activists and various progressive groups began a campaign to sway Newsom months before the election, and that has intensified in recent days. The jockeying is intense because whoever gains control of the seat — and runs for election as an incumbent in two years — is likely to control the influential and safely Democratic post for decades to come.
Three main camps and their subgroups are trying to influence Newsom: Those advocating for a Black woman; those advocating for a Latino; and those advocating for a member of the LGBT community.
Black activists and progressive groups insist that Newsom name a Black woman to replace Harris, only the second Black woman to serve in the Senate.
Black Americans make up about 13% of the population but occupy just two of 100 Senate seats. Both of them ― New Jersey Democrat Sen. Cory Booker and South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott ― are men.


vdare--2020-11-27--How Does Gentrification in Sweden Work?

How Does Gentrification in Sweden Work?

Not to mention be attacked with a hand grenade .
Is there any gentrification in Sweden ?
My main memories @ @ @ @ @ the Dragon Tattoo are large heapings of Stockholm real estate porn and Apple computer porn @ @ @ @ @ estate work in Sweden anyway ?
Are most of the shooty , stabby , and @ @ @ @ @ gritty Malmo , leaving Stockholm whitopian ?

Earlier: Swedish Flight: Legacy Swedes Fleeing Immigrant Crime, BOMBING Campaign, In Malmo. Sound Familiar?
A study found that a young man in Sweden was ten times more likely to be shot than in Germany https://t.co/5jDK41wuMU — The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 27, 2020
Not to mention be attacked with a hand grenade.
Is there any gentrification in Sweden? My main memories of reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo are large heapings of Stockholm real estate porn and Apple computer porn. How does urban real estate work in Sweden anyway? Are most of the shooty, stabby, and grenadey immigrant elements ushered to gritty Malmo, leaving Stockholm whitopian?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-27--Venezuelan Immigrant: Great Replacement In San Antonio Makes Case For Immigration Moratorium

As an immigrant ( from Venezuela ) who has lived in the U.S. for over two decades , I ’ ve witnessed many aspects of America ’ s demographic shift and what diversity looks like in the various cities I have had the pleasure and displeasure of residing in .
No major city here is now safe from the Great Replacement , what Renaud Camus has called the “ genocide by substitution ” of the American people via mass migration .
The recent elections , eagerly called by the Leftist Main Stream Media for the Black Party , really brought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off by saying that I despise “ diversity.
” Unlike most Americans , I speak Spanish—largely the product of always speaking it at home with family .
While I have respect for the language , I do not want it to be in widespread usage in the U.S. , a country that was explicitly created for English-speakers .
Countries should not cater to the ethnic grievances of foreigners they receive .
For those reasons , I diligently worked on my English at school , with friends , and other non-family related functions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ living in North Texas , I was situated in a relatively homogenous town with few foreigners and blacks .
There was no incentive for me to cluster with other minorities in the area and pick up their bad habits .
Despite hiccups here and there , my assimilation experience went rather smoothly .
Over the years , my work has taken me all over the States .
While working in Washington D.C , I got to see firsthand the state of the black community .
On any given night I would go out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sort of incident worthy of a clip on WorldStarHipHop , so I was always on my toes .
The stilted careerist attitude of many people living in the Swamp was also a major turn off .
When I found another work opportunity that brought me back to Texas , I was ecstatic .
I ended up in San Antonio doing political campaign work in 2016 .
My daily routine in San Antonio consisted of canvassing in for a local Republican candidate .
A number of the neighborhoods I canvassed were pretty rough and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all sorts of illicit activities .
Living in ghettos across the country and abroad has taught me to recognize danger .
These neighborhoods were predominately Hispanic .
But even though the San Antonio ( 64 percent Hispanic , 24 percent non-Hispanic white ) area is now a Safe Space for Democrats , there are certain pockets where GOP candidates can still be competitive .
They were generally whiter ( 80 percent of San Antonians told the Census they were white ) or at least had assimilated Hispanics , usually “ Tejanos ” whose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generations , possibly even before the foundation of the American Republic .
Political apathy and turnout problems run deep among the Hispanic community [ Why don ’ t Latinos vote ?
, The Economist , November 5 , 2018 ] .
This often saves white interests because there are more registered white voters and they have higher turnout .
It ’ s not unusual to see districts that might be 60 percent Hispanic , but whose registered voter base is majority white .
But such advantages are only temporary as more migrants move @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kids .
By the time their progeny is of voting age , these minority communities become more politically active , causing these areas to irreversibly tip .
Hence , the importance of passing an immigration moratorium to encourage assimilation and deprive Democrats of an even larger voter pipeline .
Nevertheless , my interactions with Hispanic Republican and independent-leaning voters were eye-opening .
Contrary to the conventional wisdom coming from Conservatism Inc. , many Hispanics were not repelled by talks about limiting immigration .
In fact , they often brought up the subject before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hispanics live in neighborhoods crawling with illegals , or work in places where illegals are frequently brought to displace American workers .
They see firsthand what mass migration looks like .
Some even told me how Mexican cartels have blended in with the Hispanic community , causing destabilization .
So much for diversity being a strength .
Although , I initially enjoyed living in San Antonio , the novelty soon began to wear off .
I was constantly annoyed by some of the everyday activities dealing with clerks and other workers who possessed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them in English , I would have to repeat myself constantly just to get basic points across .
This became a chore and out of frustration , I would revert to speaking in Spanish just to make my interactions go by as quickly as possible .
Those are the benefits of being bilingual .
But most Americans don ’ t possess those skills—nor should they .
This country was founded by those of English stock and while America has drawn its fair share of migrants , albeit with pauses to promote assimilation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they make an earnest effort to learn English .
As the months went by , my daily interactions made me feel like I was living in a Spanish-speaking enclave .
Even worse , were my nocturnal experiences in my predominantly Hispanic neighborhood .
On any given night , I could be kept up awake by loud ranchero music and individuals shouting in drunken Spanish for hours on end .
There was no regard for productive individuals ( such as myself ! )
who had to wake up early to make a living @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Chile while living in an apartment complex filled with Colombians and Venezuelans who blasted reggaeton music for the whole complex to hear every weekend night until dawn .
But they at least had the decency to do this only on weekend .
Alas , these are some of the many hidden costs that people must bear under diversity .
And I also started noticing a gradual rise in crime .
Every other week in my neighborhood , gunshots would ring off or there would be some incident of property crime .
Granted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in D.C. , but it still unsettled me .
While Hispanic crime is low in comparison to Black crime ( which should be considered a national emergency ) Hispanic areas still have noticeable differences in public order when compared to majority white localities .
San Antonio was pretty dangerous during the 1990s when it was labeled the “ Drive-by Shooting Capital.
” In 1993 alone , there were 1,262 recorded incidents of drive-by shootings [ “ We Get All Hyped Up .
We Do a Drive-by.
” , by Audrey Duff , Texas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other hand , Dallas , which was less than ten percent smaller than San Antonio , only had 221 drive-by shootings that same year .
Thankfully , things improved somewhat .
Texas does pride itself as being a Law-And-Order state and has invested significant resources in law enforcement over the years .
However , demographic change is starting to throw a wrench in that .
As San Antonio has become more Hispanic , crime is slowly creeping back up .
Mexican criminal syndicates such as the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel are setting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to push drugs such as cocaine , heroin , marijuana , and methamphetamine [ New report shows how Mexican cartels are infiltrating Texas , MySanAntonio.com , November 15 , 2017 ] .
In my view , criminal activities of the sort will continue if Hispanic immigration continues .
We often forget that the Italian mafia was able to maintain its prominence thanks to the large pool of Italian migrants it could constantly recruit from through the early 20th century .
That changed when the U.S. decided to clamp down on mass migration in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trouble tapping into the Italian community for fresh muscle in the subsequent decades .
There was a general sense in 2016 that San Antonio was on the verge of hitting a new crime wave after the city reported 146 homicides , the most since 1995 .
The Ferguson Effect , in which police hesitated to go after criminals following 2014 ’ s mass riots in Ferguson MO , clearly contributed .
[ Homicides spike in San Antonio , putting the city on track to have one of its deadliest years in decades , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , August 7 , 2020 ] The good news was that in 2017—the year I left the city— crime began declining again in San Antonio .
But Homicides have begun surging again in 2020 , which some criminal experts believe is set to match the homicide records set in the mid-90s .
The Black Lives Matter insanity has likely contributed to this upswing , with police less enthusiastic about doing their jobs thanks to the media and pro-criminal politicians constantly attacking them .
Even Austin , where I ’ m living now , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rates .
The situation is bad all around .
In Texas , Democrats generally hold a 60-to-40 advantage over Hispanic voters .
Sometimes it can get close to 70-30 depending on the election cycle .
During the 2020 elections , Bexar County ( where San Antonio is situated ) went 58 to 40 percent in favor of Democratic candidate Joe Biden [ How Bexar County and surrounding counties voted in the 2020 presidential election , by Mark Dunphy , MySanAntonio.com October 30 , 2020 ] .
Some analysts believe that San Antonio proper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent .
You can bet that Conservatism Inc. will still maintain its delusions about the Hispanic vote .
The GOP apparently overperformed with the demographic in South Texas , though conservative apparatchiks will ignore that border security concerns , not abstract critiques of socialism , were what propelled these Hispanics to vote Republican .
Bexar County is 61 percent Hispanic and percent 27.1 percent non-Hispanic White , so one way or the other , the area will stay Democratic based on Hispanic ’ s political views and voting patterns .
By contrast , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in previous decades when there was a larger Anglo population .
For example , the non-Hispanic white population in San Antonio was 47.7 percent in 1970 but dropped to 27.1 percent by 2019 .
According to Dave Leip 's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections , Ronald Reagan swept Bexar County 52-45 in 1980 and 60-40 in Reagan ’ s 1984 re-election bid .
As the area became less white in the past four decades , Democrats have gradually gained ground and are now in firm control of the county .
This is an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ major urban centers .
Increased Latin American migration to the area will likely accelerate its ethnic ghettoization and make it less hospitable for legacy Americans who tend to vote GOP .
Not coincidentally , San Antonio ’ s politics have become loonier as the city has become less white .
Given its solid Democrat control , its local politicians have made it a point to advance the Left ’ s agenda .
In 2019 , the San Antonio City Council blocked Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant in San Antonio airport for its alleged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ following year the City Council took its Political Correctness to another level by passing a resolution condemning the use of terms such as the “ Chinese virus ” or the “ kung fu virus ” to refer to COVID-19 [ San Antonio City Council Approves Resolution Denouncing Use Of 'Chinese Virus ' to Describe COVID-19 , by Joey Palacios , Texas Public Radio , May 9 , 2020 at 9:53 AM CDT ] .
Although this resolution has no real teeth , it ’ s just another indicator of where the city is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The city council ’ s diversity speaks for itself .
The municipal body of 11 features a Jewish mayor , 7 Hispanics , one black , and only two white Americans ( now that ’ s what I call meeting a diversity quota ! )
.
The composition of the San Antonio city council is likely a preview of what the U.S will look like under a radical diversity regime .
Buckle up !
Overall , San Antonio is a nice city with a rich history that makes it uniquely Texan .
Unfortunately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. Ruling Class ’ s mass migration fixation will likely turn this otherwise wonderful city into a Third World dumpster .
The world has plenty of those to spare .
The Texas GOP must wake up to the realities of mass migration .
Texas is no longer a blood Red state .
In 2000 , the George W. Bush decisively won the state by 21 percent .
20 years later , Donald Trump only won it by 5.5 percent .
To anyone with eyes to see , change is coming to Texas .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are salivating at the prospect of flipping Texas .
With Sun Belt states such as Arizona and Georgia falling to the Democrats ’ grasp , adding Texas to the leftist column will put America one major step closer to One-Party rule at the federal level .
From there , all bets are off .
For the sake of preserving our constitutional republic , the GOP needs to take the National Question seriously .
Nothing short of a multi-decade immigration moratorium is needed to protect America from a Third World demographic avalanche .
Pedro @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Hispanic dissident who is well aware of the realities of race from his experience living throughout Latin America and in the states .
As a native of lands conquered by brave Spaniards but later subverted by centuries of multi-racial trickery and despotic governance , Pedro offers clear warnings to Americans about the perils of multi-racialism .

pedrodealvarado@protonmail.com (Pedro  de Alvarado)

As an immigrant (from Venezuela) who has lived in the U.S. for over two decades, I’ve witnessed many aspects of America’s demographic shift and what diversity looks like in the various cities I have had the pleasure and displeasure of residing in. No major city here is now safe from the Great Replacement, what Renaud Camus has called the “genocide by substitution” of the American people via mass migration.
The recent elections, eagerly called by the Leftist Main Stream Media for the Black Party, really brought this home.
I’ll start off by saying that I despise “diversity.” Unlike most Americans, I speak Spanish—largely the product of always speaking it at home with family. While I have respect for the language, I do not want it to be in widespread usage in the U.S., a country that was explicitly created for English-speakers. Countries should not cater to the ethnic grievances of foreigners they receive. For those reasons, I diligently worked on my English at school, with friends, and other non-family related functions. It helped that in my early years living in North Texas, I was situated in a relatively homogenous town with few foreigners and blacks. There was no incentive for me to cluster with other minorities in the area and pick up their bad habits. Despite hiccups here and there, my assimilation experience went rather smoothly.
Over the years, my work has taken me all over the States. While working in Washington D.C, I got to see firsthand the state of the black community. On any given night I would go out, there was bound to be some sort of incident worthy of a clip on WorldStarHipHop, so I was always on my toes. The stilted careerist attitude of many people living in the Swamp was also a major turn off. When I found another work opportunity that brought me back to Texas, I was ecstatic. I ended up in San Antonio doing political campaign work in 2016.
My daily routine in San Antonio consisted of canvassing in for a local Republican candidate. A number of the neighborhoods I canvassed were pretty rough and I could tell they were filled with all sorts of illicit activities. Living in ghettos across the country and abroad has taught me to recognize danger.
These neighborhoods were predominately Hispanic. But even though the San Antonio (64 percent Hispanic, 24 percent non-Hispanic white) area is now a Safe Space for Democrats, there are certain pockets where GOP candidates can still be competitive. They were generally whiter (80 percent of San Antonians told the Census they were white)or at least had assimilated Hispanics, usually “Tejanos” whose ancestors who have lived in Texas for generations, possibly even before the foundation of the American Republic.
Political apathy and turnout problems run deep among the Hispanic community [Why don’t Latinos vote?, The Economist, November 5, 2018].
This often saves white interests because there are more registered white voters and they have higher turnout. It’s not unusual to see districts that might be 60 percent Hispanic, but whose registered voter base is majority white.
But such advantages are only temporary as more migrants move in, settle down, and have kids. By the time their progeny is of voting age, these minority communities become more politically active, causing these areas to irreversibly tip. Hence, the importance of passing an immigration moratorium to encourage assimilation and deprive Democrats of an even larger voter pipeline.
Nevertheless, my interactions with Hispanic Republican and independent-leaning voters were eye-opening. Contrary to the conventional wisdom coming from Conservatism Inc., many Hispanics were not repelled by talks about limiting immigration. In fact, they often brought up the subject before I did. A significant portion of Hispanics live in neighborhoods crawling with illegals, or work in places where illegals are frequently brought to displace American workers. They see firsthand what mass migration looks like. Some even told me how Mexican cartels have blended in with the Hispanic community, causing destabilization.
So much for diversity being a strength.
Although, I initially enjoyed living in San Antonio, the novelty soon began to wear off. I was constantly annoyed by some of the everyday activities dealing with clerks and other workers who possessed sub-par English skills. When I addressed them in English, I would have to repeat myself constantly just to get basic points across. This became a chore and out of frustration, I would revert to speaking in Spanish just to make my interactions go by as quickly as possible.
Those are the benefits of being bilingual. But most Americans don’t possess those skills—nor should they. This country was founded by those of English stock and while America has drawn its fair share of migrants, albeit with pauses to promote assimilation, there was always a very explicit expectation that they make an earnest effort to learn English. As the months went by, my daily interactions made me feel like I was living in a Spanish-speaking enclave.
Even worse, were my nocturnal experiences in my predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. On any given night, I could be kept up awake by loud ranchero music and individuals shouting in drunken Spanish for hours on end. There was no regard for productive individuals (such as myself!) who had to wake up early to make a living.
This reminded me of my experiences in Chile while living in an apartment complex filled with Colombians and Venezuelans who blasted reggaeton music for the whole complex to hear every weekend night until dawn. But they at least had the decency to do this only on weekend.
Alas, these are some of the many hidden costs that people must bear under diversity.
And I also started noticing a gradual rise in crime. Every other week in my neighborhood, gunshots would ring off or there would be some incident of property crime. Granted, this was not like my experience in D.C., but it still unsettled me. While Hispanic crime is low in comparison to Black crime (which should be considered a national emergency) Hispanic areas still have noticeable differences in public order when compared to majority white localities.
San Antonio was pretty dangerous during the 1990s when it was labeled the “Drive-by Shooting Capital.” In 1993 alone, there were 1,262 recorded incidents of drive-by shootings [“We Get All Hyped Up. We Do a Drive-by.”, by Audrey Duff, Texas Monthly, October 1994]. On the other hand, Dallas, which was less than ten percent smaller than San Antonio, only had 221 drive-by shootings that same year.
Thankfully, things improved somewhat. Texas does pride itself as being a Law-And-Order state and has invested significant resources in law enforcement over the years. However, demographic change is starting to throw a wrench in that. As San Antonio has become more Hispanic, crime is slowly creeping back up. Mexican criminal syndicates such as the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel are setting up shop and have used local gangs to push drugs such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine [New report shows how Mexican cartels are infiltrating Texas, MySanAntonio.com, November 15, 2017].
In my view, criminal activities of the sort will continue if Hispanic immigration continues. We often forget that the Italian mafia was able to maintain its prominence thanks to the large pool of Italian migrants it could constantly recruit from through the early 20th century. That changed when the U.S. decided to clamp down on mass migration in the 1920s, and the mob had trouble tapping into the Italian community for fresh muscle in the subsequent decades.
There was a general sense in 2016 that San Antonio was on the verge of hitting a new crime wave after the city reported 146 homicides, the most since 1995. The Ferguson Effect, in which police hesitated to go after criminals following 2014’s mass riots in Ferguson MO, clearly contributed. [Homicides spike in San Antonio, putting the city on track to have one of its deadliest years in decades, by Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, August 7, 2020]The good news was that in 2017—the year I left the city— crime began declining again in San Antonio. But Homicides have begun surging again in 2020, which some criminal experts believe is set to match the homicide records set in the mid-90s.
The Black Lives Matter insanity has likely contributed to this upswing, with police less enthusiastic about doing their jobs thanks to the media and pro-criminal politicians constantly attacking them. Even Austin, where I’m living now, is witnessing a similar rise in murder rates. The situation is bad all around.
In Texas, Democrats generally hold a 60-to-40 advantage over Hispanic voters. Sometimes it can get close to 70-30 depending on the election cycle. During the 2020 elections, Bexar County (where San Antonio is situated) went 58 to 40 percent in favor of Democratic candidate Joe Biden [How Bexar County and surrounding counties voted in the 2020 presidential election , by Mark Dunphy, MySanAntonio.com October 30, 2020]. Some analysts believe that San Antonio proper decisively went to Biden 61.8 to 36.5 percent.
You can bet that Conservatism Inc. will still maintain its delusions about the Hispanic vote. The GOP apparently overperformed with the demographic in South Texas, though conservative apparatchiks will ignore that border security concerns, not abstract critiques of socialism, were what propelled these Hispanics to vote Republican.
Bexar County is 61 percent Hispanic and percent 27.1 percent non-Hispanic White, so one way or the other, the area will stay Democratic based on Hispanic’s political views and voting patterns. By contrast, the area was a safe Republican county in previous decades when there was a larger Anglo population. For example, the non-Hispanic white population in San Antonio was 47.7 percent in 1970 but dropped to 27.1 percent by 2019. According to Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, Ronald Reagan swept Bexar County 52-45 in 1980 and 60-40 in Reagan’s 1984 re-election bid.
As the area became less white in the past four decades, Democrats have gradually gained ground and are now in firm control of the county. This is an undeniable macrotrend in all of Texas’ major urban centers. Increased Latin American migration to the area will likely accelerate its ethnic ghettoization and make it less hospitable for legacy Americans who tend to vote GOP.
Not coincidentally, San Antonio’s politics have become loonier as the city has become less white. Given its solid Democrat control, its local politicians have made it a point to advance the Left’s agenda. In 2019, the San Antonio City Council blocked Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant in San Antonio airport for its alleged “legacy of anti-LGBTQ behavior.” The following year the City Council took its Political Correctness to another level by passing a resolution condemning the use of terms such as the “Chinese virus” or the “kung fu virus” to refer to COVID-19 [ San Antonio City Council Approves Resolution Denouncing Use Of 'Chinese Virus' to Describe COVID-19, by Joey Palacios, Texas Public Radio, May 9, 2020 at 9:53 AM CDT]. Although this resolution has no real teeth, it’s just another indicator of where the city is heading towards both culturally and politically.
The city council’s diversity speaks for itself. The municipal body of 11 features a Jewish mayor, 7 Hispanics, one black, and only two white Americans (now that’s what I call meeting a diversity quota!). The composition of the San Antonio city council is likely a preview of what the U.S will look like under a radical diversity regime. Buckle up!
Overall, San Antonio is a nice city with a rich history that makes it uniquely Texan. Unfortunately, the growing Leftist advance and the U.S. Ruling Class’s mass migration fixation will likely turn this otherwise wonderful city into a Third World dumpster. The world has plenty of those to spare.
The Texas GOP must wake up to the realities of mass migration. Texas is no longer a blood Red state. In 2000, the George W. Bush decisively won the state by 21 percent. 20 years later, Donald Trump only won it by 5.5 percent. To anyone with eyes to see, change is coming to Texas. And not the good sort.
Democrats are salivating at the prospect of flipping Texas. With Sun Belt states such as Arizona and Georgia falling to the Democrats’ grasp, adding Texas to the leftist column will put America one major step closer to One-Party rule at the federal level.
From there, all bets are off.
For the sake of preserving our constitutional republic, the GOP needs to take the National Question seriously. Nothing short of a multi-decade immigration moratorium is needed to protect America from a Third World demographic avalanche.
Pedro de Alvarado [Email him] is a Hispanic dissident who is well aware of the realities of race from his experience living throughout Latin America and in the states.
As a native of lands conquered by brave Spaniards but later subverted by centuries of multi-racial trickery and despotic governance, Pedro offers clear warnings to Americans about the perils of multi-racialism.


vdare--2020-11-27--The War On White America Heats Up: The BREATHE Act Seeks To Criminalize Punishing Black People

The only way to fight perceived injustices against black and brown Americans is to basically make it illegal to punish black and brown for breaking the law .
Distilled down to the core concepts of this policy , championed by Reps. Ayanna Presley and Rashida Tlaib , it ’ s basically a perpetual get-out-of-jail free card straight from the game of Monopoly and into he hands of every black and brown would-be criminal across America .
Who knows , they might even get $ 200 without even passing Go… T Police terror and mass incarceration do not exist in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and punishment have invaded every aspect of society , and have done so with surgical racial precision .
We see it in the ways we address drug dependency and mental health crises by disproportionately putting Black and Brown people behind bars instead of providing holistic treatment .
We see it in inhumane panhandling laws and cash bail that punishes people for being poor .
We see it when we suspend Black children from school and give them detention at disproportionate rates .
At each step , our government has legitimized punishing Black and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , then , that the police commit harm and violence against Black and Brown bodies with impunity—and at alarming rates .
We need to radically reimagine our concept of justice and safety .
For too long , we have addressed harm with reciprocal harm .
Our elected and appointed officials catered to our worst retributive instincts , resulting in mandatory minimums , sentencing enhancements , and over-policing .
What did it get us ?
An unaddressed drug dependency and mental health crisis , jails overflowing with Black and Brown people , and too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What we need now is a focus on health and healing .
While some pundits and naysayers saw calls to defund the police and invest in Black communities as pipe dreams , our movement did what it always does .
We listened , we got to work , and we wrote the BREATHE Act .
While it has not been introduced into Congress just yet , we do have champions : Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib spoke at the press launch for the bill .
We want the next Presidential administration to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day civil rights legislation .
We built the roadmap to take us away from harm and towards health and healing—now , we hope they follow it .
The BREATHE Act is a legislative love letter to Black people .
When I read it for the first time , it made me emotional to finally see a law that made me and my community feel seen and our needs addressed .
That is what we have been missing for too long .
Practically speaking , the BREATHE Act is a landmark civil rights bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to build public safety systems that work for all of us , no matter what community we come from .
When we say we need to rethink harm and punishment , that can not just be personal reflection .
Our policymaking needs to follow suit .
That is what BREATHE is .
It starts by divesting federal resources from vehicles of harm and punishment like policing and incarceration .
That means slashing enormous police budgets .
That means decriminalizing drug use and repealing other federal laws that have for too long been used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and families .
BREATHE will put us on the road to police and prison abolition , letting our loved ones out of federal prison and immigration detention facilities and building nurturing reentry systems to welcome them home and put them on the path to success and citizenship .
But that is just the start .
It is a healing process .
Next , BREATHE takes steps to build healthy and thriving communities .
We know that communities know best how to keep themselves safe .
That ’ s why BREATHE will provide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ funds to create public safety systems uniquely tailored to their community ’ s needs and incentivize states to decarcerate and defund .
Abolishing prisons ?
Isn ’ t this just an advocation for making crime legal ?
For punishing those who dare notice crime and engage in pattern recognition .
Policing and incarceration aren ’ t a strong enough deterrent , if you consider how much crime takes place in America , particularly the disproportionate nature arising from the black and brown communities .
As Robert Heinlein wrote in Starship Troopers , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no purpose.
” With the BREATHE Act and those who advocate for its passing , we find the very idea of punishment for criminality being abandoned and in its place a desire to criminalize the castigation of black and brown people in America who commit crime .
Because the crimes they commit all trace back to white privilege/white supremacy/implicit bias/structural inequality/redlining/food deserts/Jim Crow .

The only way to fight perceived injustices against black and brown Americans is to basically make it illegal to punish black and brown for breaking the law.
Distilled down to the core concepts of this policy, championed by Reps. Ayanna Presley and Rashida Tlaib, it’s basically a perpetual get-out-of-jail free card straight from the game of Monopoly and into he hands of every black and brown would-be criminal across America.
Who knows, they might even get $200 without even passing Go… T
The BREATHE Act Is the Modern-Day Civil Rights Legislation We Need, Teen Vogue, November 19, 2020
Police terror and mass incarceration do not exist in a vacuum. In our country, harm and punishment have invaded every aspect of society, and have done so with surgical racial precision. We see it in the ways we address drug dependency and mental health crises by disproportionately putting Black and Brown people behind bars instead of providing holistic treatment. We see it in inhumane panhandling laws and cash bail that punishes people for being poor. We see it when we suspend Black children from school and give them detention at disproportionate rates. At each step, our government has legitimized punishing Black and Brown people. It is not surprising, then, that the police commit harm and violence against Black and Brown bodies with impunity—and at alarming rates. We need to radically reimagine our concept of justice and safety. For too long, we have addressed harm with reciprocal harm. Our elected and appointed officials catered to our worst retributive instincts, resulting in mandatory minimums, sentencing enhancements, and over-policing. What did it get us? An unaddressed drug dependency and mental health crisis, jails overflowing with Black and Brown people, and too many lost loved ones to count. What we need now is a focus on health and healing. While some pundits and naysayers saw calls to defund the police and invest in Black communities as pipe dreams, our movement did what it always does. We listened, we got to work, and we wrote the BREATHE Act. While it has not been introduced into Congress just yet, we do have champions: Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib spoke at the press launch for the bill. We want the next Presidential administration to prioritize the passing of this powerful modern day civil rights legislation. We built the roadmap to take us away from harm and towards health and healing—now, we hope they follow it. The BREATHE Act is a legislative love letter to Black people. When I read it for the first time, it made me emotional to finally see a law that made me and my community feel seen and our needs addressed. That is what we have been missing for too long. Practically speaking, the BREATHE Act is a landmark civil rights bill. It takes bold, progressive steps to build public safety systems that work for all of us, no matter what community we come from. When we say we need to rethink harm and punishment, that cannot just be personal reflection. Our policymaking needs to follow suit. That is what BREATHE is. It starts by divesting federal resources from vehicles of harm and punishment like policing and incarceration. That means slashing enormous police budgets. That means decriminalizing drug use and repealing other federal laws that have for too long been used to disproportionately criminalize Black women, children, and families. BREATHE will put us on the road to police and prison abolition, letting our loved ones out of federal prison and immigration detention facilities and building nurturing reentry systems to welcome them home and put them on the path to success and citizenship. But that is just the start. It is a healing process. Next, BREATHE takes steps to build healthy and thriving communities. We know that communities know best how to keep themselves safe. That’s why BREATHE will provide organizations rooted in their communities with the funds to create public safety systems uniquely tailored to their community’s needs and incentivize states to decarcerate and defund.
Abolishing prisons? Isn’t this just an advocation for making crime legal? For punishing those who dare notice crime and engage in pattern recognition.
Policing and incarceration aren’t a strong enough deterrent, if you consider how much crime takes place in America, particularly the disproportionate nature arising from the black and brown communities. As Robert Heinlein wrote in Starship Troopers, “Punishment must be unusual or it serves no purpose.”
With the BREATHE Act and those who advocate for its passing, we find the very idea of punishment for criminality being abandoned and in its place a desire to criminalize the castigation of black and brown people in America who commit crime.
Because the crimes they commit all trace back to white privilege/white supremacy/implicit bias/structural inequality/redlining/food deserts/Jim Crow.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-28--The Psychology of Movies

The Psychology of Movies

As an old market researcher turned movie reviewer , it has always seemed obvious to me that different kinds of people like different kinds of movies , and that that ’ s perfectly reasonable .
This is not , however , a common view among film critics , most of whom became critics because they have strong views on which movies people should like .
So , I was pleased to see this new academic study at PsyArXiv by some marketing psychologists : They ’ ve merged a vast amount of data from Facebook on which 846 popular movies were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who filled out a Big Five psychological quiz .
The OCEAN model of personality asserts that there are five main dimensions : Here is the paper ’ s table of correlations among the Facebook movie fans , with positive correlations in blue and negative correlations in red : IMDB offers a huge number of keywords for each movie .
For example , The Big Lebowski ’ s IMDB entry features 379 keywords , beginning ( not surprisingly ) with “ rug ” and “ nihilism.
” One interesting aspect of this is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contrast , I ’ m rather jumpy , so I don ’ t like loud noises , much less serial killers jumping out of the closet .
Hence , I almost never go to horror movies .
That strikes me as pretty sensible .
On the other hand , most people don ’ t seem to see it that way .
The most voted-on sports movie is The Big Lebowski , which isn ’ t exactly a sports movie , followed by a whole bunch of boxing and other fighting movies , such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a wonderful table of the most Openness keywords ( e.g.
, cigarette smoking , shaving , record player ) and the least ( helicopter , scene during end credits , singing in a car ) : Here are the Top Ten and Bottom Ten for Openness : The Top 10 for Openness are dominated by extremely white directors : Texan ballplayer/artiste Richard Linklater for his philosophical animated films Waking Life and his Philip K. Dick movie A Scanner Darkly .
Darren Aronofsky for Pi , which is a quite good early work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ built a mainframe computer to solve a math problem , and The Fountain .
Wes Anderson for The Darjeeling Limited and the Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou .
Michel Gondry – The Science of Sleep , which I found delightful .
And a documentary “ The Buddha ” featuring Richard Gere and the Dalai Lama .
Mostly these are films that appeal to fans of the director but not as much to outsiders , although Mulholland Drive is probably peak David Lynch .
For example , I don ’ t like Wes Anderson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won me over with the extremely Wes Adersony The Grand Budapest Hotel and the more Wilson Brothery Bottle Rocket .
I ’ d recommend you start with one or the other .
If you like it , move on to the ones on this list .
The low Openness movies are mostly pretty lowbrow ones , although I liked Shrek Forever After more than I liked the other Shrek movies .
The high extraversion movies are fairly heavily black , such ATL , The Wood , Love & Basketball , Baby Boy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movies are heavily East Asian .
One interesting aspect of movies is seen in the classic Taxi Driver being one of the ten least Agreeable movies .
Objectively , the message of Taxi Driver is that highly cultured individuals such as Martin Scorsese , Robert DeNiro , Jodie Foster , and Paul Schrader want you to take away from the movie is , “ Don ’ t be like Travis Bickle.
” On the other hand , the message that John Hinckley Jr. and , evidently , a lot of viewers took away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , yeah , be like Travis Bickle.
” I don ’ t know how to measure this statistically , but my guess is that most people want movies to vindicate their own personalities .
They want to see on screen people who are like them in personality , only much , much better looking .

As an old market researcher turned movie reviewer, it has always seemed obvious to me that different kinds of people like different kinds of movies, and that that’s perfectly reasonable. This is not, however, a common view among film critics, most of whom became critics because they have strong views on which movies people should like.
So, I was pleased to see this new academic study at PsyArXiv by some marketing psychologists:
We Are What We Watch: Movie Plots Predict the Personalities of Those Who “Like” Them Gideon Nave, Jason Rentfrow, Sudeep Bhatia
They’ve merged a vast amount of data from Facebook on which 846 popular movies were “liked” by several million people who filled out a Big Five psychological quiz. The OCEAN model of personality asserts that there are five main dimensions:
openness to experience (inventive/curious vs. consistent/cautious)
conscientiousness (efficient/organized vs. extravagant/careless)
extraversion (outgoing/energetic vs. solitary/reserved)
agreeableness (friendly/compassionate vs. challenging/callous)
neuroticism (sensitive/nervous vs. resilient/confident)
Here is the paper’s table of correlations among the Facebook movie fans, with positive correlations in blue and negative correlations in red:
The Metadata variables that show significant relationships with AFPP dimensions are quality ratings, popularity (i.e., box office revenue), and budget. Liking of high-quality movies is most strongly associated with Openness, consistent with higher aesthetic sensitivity that characterize high Openness individuals. High Openness movies also tended to be less popular, in line with the trait’s association with a greater need for uniqueness. On the other hand, fans of popular movies are higher on Conscientiousness and Agreeableness, reflecting these traits’ links with conformity. Box office revenue also has a positive relationship with Extraversion.
IMDB offers a huge number of keywords for each movie. For example, The Big Lebowski’s IMDB entry features 379 keywords, beginning (not surprisingly) with “rug” and “nihilism.”
Liking of movies from eight genre categories has significant relationships with AFPP dimensions, typically with medium effect sizes. Crime movies
E.g., The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, The Godfather, Se7en.
have more Extroverted and less Agreeable fans, mirroring these traits’ links to actual criminal behavior. Liking sci-fi [Inception, Matrix] and fantasy [Lord of the Rings, Star Wars] movies is related to higher Openness, lower Extraversion, and lower Conscientiousness, indicating that fans of these genres are imaginative, reflective, and spontaneous. More Agreeable fans like family movies [e.g., Pixar films], and horror movies [The Shining, Alien, Psycho] have fans that are less Agreeable and Extraverted and more Neurotic.
One interesting aspect of this is that the Neurotic like scary movies. In contrast, I’m rather jumpy, so I don’t like loud noises, much less serial killers jumping out of the closet. Hence, I almost never go to horror movies. That strikes me as pretty sensible. On the other hand, most people don’t seem to see it that way.
Surprisingly, the genre most strongly associated with all AFPP dimensions is sports, whose fans are lower on Openness and Neuroticism, and higher on Conscientiousness, Extraversion, and Agreeableness. The latter two traits were previously found to be higher among sports fans (Donavan, Carlson, and Zimmerman 2005). Of note, liking for sports movies was not assessed in any previous studies of personality and media preferences.
The most voted-on sports movie is The Big Lebowski, which isn’t exactly a sports movie, followed by a whole bunch of boxing and other fighting movies, such as #3 Rocky.
Here’s a wonderful table of the most Openness keywords (e.g., cigarette smoking, shaving, record player) and the least (helicopter, scene during end credits, singing in a car):
Table 2.The top 20 plot keywords with the strongest positive and negative associations with each dimension of the Big Five traits, controlling for demographic and metadata variables. Values represent the predicted difference between the aggregate fan personality trait of a movie that only includes the corresponding keyword and the average movie in the dataset.
Here are the Top Ten and Bottom Ten for Openness:
Supplementary Table 1. Movies with the top/bottom 10 values of the aggregate fanpersonality profile, for each of the Big Five traits.
The Top 10 for Openness are dominated by extremely white directors:
Texan ballplayer/artiste Richard Linklater for his philosophical animated films Waking Life and his Philip K. Dick movie A Scanner Darkly.
Darren Aronofsky for Pi, which is a quite good early work about a genius grad student who has built a mainframe computer to solve a math problem, and The Fountain.
Wes Anderson for The Darjeeling Limited and the Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
David Lynch – Mulholland Drive
Michel Gondry – The Science of Sleep, which I found delightful.
Spike Jonze – Charlie Kaufman’s script of Being John Malkovich.
And a documentary The Buddha featuring Richard Gere and the Dalai Lama.
Mostly these are films that appeal to fans of the director but not as much to outsiders, although Mulholland Drive is probably peak David Lynch. For example, I don’t like Wes Anderson movies as a rule, but he won me over with the extremely Wes Adersony The Grand Budapest Hotel and the more Wilson Brothery Bottle Rocket. I’d recommend you start with one or the other. If you like it, move on to the ones on this list.
The low Openness movies are mostly pretty lowbrow ones, although I liked Shrek Forever After more than I liked the other Shrek movies.
The high extraversion movies are fairly heavily black, such ATL, The Wood, Love & Basketball, Baby Boy, Friday, and Juice. The introvert movies are heavily East Asian.
High Agreeableness movies are feminine, low Agreeableness movies are masculine:
One interesting aspect of movies is seen in the classic Taxi Driver being one of the ten least Agreeable movies. Objectively, the message of Taxi Driver is that highly cultured individuals such as Martin Scorsese, Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, and Paul Schrader want you to take away from the movie is, "Don’t be like Travis Bickle.” On the other hand, the message that John Hinckley Jr. and, evidently, a lot of viewers took away from Taxi Driver is, “Hell, yeah, be like Travis Bickle.”
I don’t know how to measure this statistically, but my guess is that most people want movies to vindicate their own personalities. They want to see on screen people who are like them in personality, only much, much better looking.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-28--An American Immigrant To Ukraine Praises Its Immigration Policy

Thirteen years ago I emigrated from the U.S. to Ukraine , a country with a sensibly restrictive policy on immigration .
Though the standard of living may be low by North American and Western European standards , the quality of life remains good .
The lack of mass immigration is largely responsible .
Ukraine today is like the America that has ebbed away since my childhood .
As a member of the Silent Generation—born in 1942—I was always one step ahead of the onrushing catastrophe that is multiculturalism .
Straight , white , and male , bereft of connections , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my own merits .
Though their politics were generally liberal , Berkeley professors did not let politics color their assessment of my performance .
Bosses judged me only on the quality of my work .
But , as Bob Dylan expressed in song , change was in the wind .
Droves of students from the northern suburbs traveled to instruct Southerners on the proper way to deal with race .
Blacks in turn rioted—as a member of the National Guard I carried a gun in the Watts area of Los Angeles in 1965 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ By the late 1970s , it took no genius to observe that large employers such as mine , IBM , were favoring minorities and women in hiring and promotion .
However , talented men of my generation—a small birth cohort coming-of-age at a time when college education was at a premium—found it easy to move .
I simply started my own computer consulting business .
But the rug was pulled out from under traditional American men younger than me .
The elites—themselves often descendents of immigrants from Eastern Europe—pushed an ideology of diversity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outcomes in the lottery of life ( excluding theirs—they presumed themselves entitled by intelligence and self-assessed virtue to the best positions in society ) to racism and sexism .
White Americans following me were less able to escape the onrushing wave .
The good jobs went to everybody else .
The elite bien pensants effectively put forth the notion that America ’ s “ Magic Dirt ” would make any immigrant successful .
So they opened the floodgates in 1965 , claiming with a straight face and crossed fingers that it would not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But it has done so radically .
Immigration has been bad for those of us already there—as it has been almost everywhere , every time , every place in history .
Which leads to the story of my departure .
Just into the new millennium I divorced , as my collegiate children , steeped in Cultural Marxism , abandoned their father and showed no promise success ( or grandchildren ) .
I found in moving to Ukraine much of what was good in the America of my youth , some of which might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of which contributed to my adult children ’ s failure .
I married a Ukrainian woman in 2010 and we now have three children , nine , three and two months ( see picture below ) .
Ukrainians adore my children .
They chat them up on the bus .
To their mother ’ s horror , they lavish candy on them .
They lecture me with reproachful frowns when they believe I have underdressed them for the weather .
They take a proprietary interest , instinctively protecting the young of their tribe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who babysat my failed first family , it was just a job .
They did not—could not—socialize my kids to be Americans .
If kids left messes , told lies or mispronounced words , the nannies did not feel it their place to correct them .
In contrast , our Ukrainian babysitter is truly like a third parent , and perhaps the most conscientious of all .
These children will grow up with Ukrainian values , fortuitously similar to traditional American values .
I mentioned the bus .
Cars , from jalopies to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my American life .
We needed them because ( 1 ) we tend to live in the suburbs , where “ the schools are good , ” never mentioning that this is due to the fact that the students are like our children ; and ( 2 ) public transit is slow , unreliable , dangerous and expensive for reasons that also must not be spoken : the drivers , ridership and even management are mostly not people like us .
Here in the Ukraine , I have never driven .
Without minorities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a compact , vertical city , four million people within a 15-mile diameter , within which public transportation works fantastically well .
Non-unionized , with a middle-class ridership , the maximum fare for jitney , bus , tram or Metro is under 30¢ .
Kyiv is studded with parks filled with children from nearby high-rise apartments .
One falls easily into conversation with other parents .
Ukrainians are all one people ; they know what to expect of each other .
They are surprised and curious , but not whatsoever suspicious or apprehensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Graffiti is minimal , playground equipment not vandalized , and there are no boomboxes or drug dealers in evidence .
I am shocked when in PTA meetings parents and teachers alike talk openly about which kids need extra help and which enrichment .
They can be honest because race is not an issue .
Textbooks focus on teaching the subject at hand , not indoctrination about the virtues of Diversity or dangers of climate change .
Ukrainians do n't like the smell of indoctrination : they had enough under the Soviets .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are as interested in raising good citizens as they are in teaching subject matter .
I believe the Western press exaggerates the differences within Ukraine and between it and its neighbors .
It is arguably the world ’ s largest naturally bilingual country , with almost everybody speaking Ukrainian and Russian .
Most neighboring countries speak Slavic languages , Romania and Hungary being the exceptions .
The spectrum of religious belief is likewise not that great , from Greek Catholic to various Orthodox sects .
The ( very approximately ) 100,000 Jews and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not very visible .
The 75,000 Gypsies do stand out , but they do not enter much into community life .
Ukraine is more homogeneous than any Western country .
It is paradoxical that Westerners look for schisms in Ukraine , which has few , while steadfastly ignoring the huge chasms dividing their own countries .
As Angela Merkel said in a moment of candor : “ Multiculturalism doesn ’ t work.
” Ukraine has absolutely no need to find out .
It has no history of colonialism .
Its acquaintance with slavery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discovered first-hand how difficult it is to immigrate to Ukraine or acquire citizenship .
This is as it should be .
As there may be more immigration pressure brought on by the chaos in the West , it is time for Ukraine to re-articulate and better define the kind of immigrants it will accept .
As North America and Western Europe appear headed for social and financial collapse , I advocate that Ukraine firmly reiterate its policies .
Keep immigration limited to spouses of Ukrainian citizens , overseas Ukrainians , people ready to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people with unique and recognized skills .
If anything , the country should stiffen the requirements and close the loopholes .
Law should better specify the size and character of investments .
Given that fiat currencies are in the process of collapsing , investment amounts should be stipulated in kilograms of gold .
Law should more strictly define marriages of convenience , ejecting foreigners who commit marriage fraud and penalizing the Ukrainian parties .
Ukraine is perfectly within its rights to specify the kind of immigrants it wants .
It should be self-evident @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in better than others .
An ideal immigrant would : • have Ukrainian work ethic ( or perhaps German ) • have the ability to learn the Ukrainian language • be able to perform a job that is in demand within the Ukrainian labor market Countries of the West used to routinely structure their immigration laws to ensure that immigrants would fit in and not dilute the genetic interests of the inhabitants .
( See On Genetic Interests : Family , Ethnicity and Humanity in an Age of Mass Migration , by Frank @ @ @ @ @ @ @ White Australia ” policy remained in effect until the 1970s .
The “ National Origins ” principle in the U.S. immigration law from the 1920s until 1965 stipulated that the country would receive immigrants similar to people already in the country .
Though their laws are coyly written to mollify the UN , Japan , Korea and China today manage not allow immigrants who are not compatible with the people already there .
Paradoxically , Ukraine ’ s unfortunate history of subjugation by the tsars , Communists and now oligarchs has provided it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the countries of America and Western Europe are losing theirs to waves of immigration of very different peoples .
It is heartening to observe that Ukraine shows no tendency to conform to the demands of the European Union , Russia , or even the IMF or World Bank , any of which would be inclined to impose looser immigration policies .
Ukraine is fine the way it is .
No prospective group of immigrants would improve the economy or the gene pool .
It must refuse more immigration .
Graham Siebert ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the capital of Ukraine .
His website is here ; he blogs here .

Thirteen years ago I emigrated from the U.S. to Ukraine, a country with a sensibly restrictive policy on immigration. Though the standard of living may be low by North American and Western European standards, the quality of life remains good. The lack of mass immigration is largely responsible. Ukraine today is like the America that has ebbed away since my childhood.
As a member of the Silent Generation—born in 1942—I was always one step ahead of the onrushing catastrophe that is multiculturalism. Straight, white, and male, bereft of connections, I was nonetheless allowed to succeed on my own merits. Though their politics were generally liberal, Berkeley professors did not let politics color their assessment of my performance. Bosses judged me only on the quality of my work.
But, as Bob Dylan expressed in song, change was in the wind. Droves of students from the northern suburbs traveled to instruct Southerners on the proper way to deal with race. Blacks in turn rioted—as a member of the National Guard I carried a gun in the Watts area of Los Angeles in 1965 and in San Francisco in 1966.
By the late 1970s, it took no genius to observe that large employers such as mine, IBM, were favoring minorities and women in hiring and promotion. However, talented men of my generation—a small birth cohort coming-of-age at a time when college education was at a premium—found it easy to move. I simply started my own computer consulting business.
But the rug was pulled out from under traditional American men younger than me. The elites—themselves often descendents of immigrants from Eastern Europe—pushed an ideology of diversity and multiculturalism that ascribed any difference in outcomes in the lottery of life (excluding theirs—they presumed themselves entitled by intelligence and self-assessed virtue to the best positions in society) to racism and sexism. White Americans following me were less able to escape the onrushing wave. The good jobs went to everybody else.
The elite bien pensants effectively put forth the notion that America’s “Magic Dirt” would make any immigrant successful. So they opened the floodgates in 1965, claiming with a straight face and crossed fingers that it would not change the character of the country. But it has done so radically. Immigration has been bad for those of us already there—as it has been almost everywhere, every time, every place in history. Which leads to the story of my departure.
Just into the new millennium I divorced, as my collegiate children, steeped in Cultural Marxism, abandoned their father and showed no promise of success (or grandchildren). I found in moving to Ukraine much of what was good in the America of my youth, some of which might somehow be regained, and the lack of which contributed to my adult children’s failure.
I married a Ukrainian woman in 2010 and we now have three children, nine, three and two months (see picture below).
Ukrainians adore my children. They chat them up on the bus. To their mother’s horror, they lavish candy on them. They lecture me with reproachful frowns when they believe I have underdressed them for the weather. They take a proprietary interest, instinctively protecting the young of their tribe.
To Latina ladies in the U.S. who babysat my failed first family, it was just a job. They did not—could not—socialize my kids to be Americans. If kids left messes, told lies or mispronounced words, the nannies did not feel it their place to correct them. In contrast, our Ukrainian babysitter is truly like a third parent, and perhaps the most conscientious of all. These children will grow up with Ukrainian values, fortuitously similar to traditional American values.
I mentioned the bus. Cars, from jalopies to Mercedes, were an essential part of my American life. We needed them because (1) we tend to live in the suburbs, where “the schools are good,” never mentioning that this is due to the fact that the students are like our children; and (2) public transit is slow, unreliable, dangerous and expensive for reasons that also must not be spoken: the drivers, ridership and even management are mostly not people like us.
Here in the Ukraine, I have never driven. Without minorities to escape from, Kyiv has remained a compact, vertical city, four million people within a 15-mile diameter, within which public transportation works fantastically well. Non-unionized, with a middle-class ridership, the maximum fare for jitney, bus, tram or Metro is under 30¢.
Kyiv is studded with parks filled with children from nearby high-rise apartments. One falls easily into conversation with other parents. Ukrainians are all one people; they know what to expect of each other. They are surprised and curious, but not whatsoever suspicious or apprehensive when they discover I am an exception. Graffiti is minimal, playground equipment not vandalized, and there are no boomboxes or drug dealers in evidence.
I am shocked when in PTA meetings parents and teachers alike talk openly about which kids need extra help and which enrichment. They can be honest because race is not an issue.
Textbooks focus on teaching the subject at hand, not indoctrination about the virtues of Diversity or dangers of climate change. Ukrainians don't like the smell of indoctrination: they had enough under the Soviets. The teachers, being fellow Ukrainians, are as interested in raising good citizens as they are in teaching subject matter.
I believe the Western press exaggerates the differences within Ukraine and between it and its neighbors. It is arguably the world’s largest naturally bilingual country, with almost everybody speaking Ukrainian and Russian. Most neighboring countries speak Slavic languages, Romania and Hungary being the exceptions. The spectrum of religious belief is likewise not that great, from Greek Catholic to various Orthodox sects. The (very approximately) 100,000 Jews and the Muslims from the ‘Stans are not very visible. The 75,000 Gypsies do stand out, but they do not enter much into community life. Ukraine is more homogeneous than any Western country.
It is paradoxical that Westerners look for schisms in Ukraine, which has few, while steadfastly ignoring the huge chasms dividing their own countries. As Angela Merkel said in a moment of candor: “Multiculturalism doesn’t work.” Ukraine has absolutely no need to find out. It has no history of colonialism. Its acquaintance with slavery comes from having been enslaved.
I discovered first-hand how difficult it is to immigrate to Ukraine or acquire citizenship. This is as it should be. As there may be more immigration pressure brought on by the chaos in the West, it is time for Ukraine to re-articulate and better define the kind of immigrants it will accept.
As North America and Western Europe appear headed for social and financial collapse, I advocate that Ukraine firmly reiterate its policies. Keep immigration limited to spouses of Ukrainian citizens, overseas Ukrainians, people ready to invest in the Ukrainian economy, and people with unique and recognized skills. If anything, the country should stiffen the requirements and close the loopholes. Law should better specify the size and character of investments. Given that fiat currencies are in the process of collapsing, investment amounts should be stipulated in kilograms of gold. Law should more strictly define marriages of convenience, ejecting foreigners who commit marriage fraud and penalizing the Ukrainian parties.
Ukraine is perfectly within its rights to specify the kind of immigrants it wants. It should be self-evident that immigrants of some nationalities will fit in better than others. An ideal immigrant would:
have Ukrainian work ethic (or perhaps German)
have the ability to learn the Ukrainian language
be able to perform a job that is in demand within the Ukrainian labor market
look Ukrainian
have a Ukrainian temperament (open, peaceful, gregarious…)
Countries of the West used to routinely structure their immigration laws to ensure that immigrants would fit in and not dilute the genetic interests of the inhabitants. (See my video review of On Genetic Interests: Family, Ethnicity and Humanity in an Age of Mass Migration, by Frank Salter, 2003.) The “White Australia” policy remained in effect until the 1970s. The “National Origins” principle in the U.S. immigration law from the 1920s until 1965 stipulated that the country would receive immigrants similar to people already in the country. Though their laws are coyly written to mollify the UN, Japan, Korea and China today manage to not allow immigrants who are not compatible with the people already there.
Paradoxically, Ukraine’s unfortunate history of subjugation by the tsars, Communists and now oligarchs has provided it essential protection. It retains its character as the countries of America and Western Europe are losing theirs to waves of immigration of very different peoples. It is heartening to observe that Ukraine shows no tendency to conform to the demands of the European Union, Russia, or even the IMF or World Bank, any of which would be inclined to impose looser immigration policies. Ukraine is fine the way it is. No prospective group of immigrants would improve the economy or the gene pool. It must refuse more immigration.
Ukraine for Ukrainians!
Graham Seibert (email him) lives in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. His website is here; he blogs here.


vdare--2020-11-28--Radio Derb Transcript Up Early: An Unofficial Transition, Cat Fight Over Georgia, Late On Birthright

Radio Derb Transcript Up Early: An Unofficial Transition, Cat Fight Over Georgia, Late On Birthright Citizenship, And Anti-whiteness In Schools, Etc.

The Radio Derb transcript is being posted early , because of all the breaking news on the election .
Go @ @ @ @ @ .
01m44s An unofficial transition .
( But Trump has n't quit yet . )
@ @ @ @ @ the States .
( Rudy 's Six . )
25m05s The way we were .
@ @ @ @ @ ) 31m48s Anti-whiteness , proud and unashamed .
( But the worm is turning .
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The Radio Derb transcript is being posted early, because of all the breaking news on the election. Go here to read or listen.
01m44s An unofficial transition. (But Trump hasn't quit yet.)
05m40s State of play in the States. (Rudy's Six.)
14m19s Trump phones in. (To Gettysburg.)
19m11s Cat fight over Georgia. (The ladies don't hold back.)
25m05s The way we were. (Silly data story.)
29m29s Trump stirs on birthright citizenship. (3 years 10 months too late.)
31m48s Anti-whiteness, proud and unashamed. (But the worm is turning.)
34m52s McDonald's cultural appropriation. (What chicken?)
38m03s Signoff. (With a 1960s Liverpool group.)


vdare--2020-11-27--Why Can't The US Kill Cartel Leaders Like Israel Kills Atom Bomb Makers?

Iran ’ s top nuclear scientist [ Mohsen Fakhrizadeh ] , who American and Israeli intelligence have long charged was behind secret programs to design an atomic warhead , was shot and killed in an ambush on Friday as he was traveling in a vehicle in northern Iran .
Live Updates : Iran ’ s Top Nuclear Scientist Killed in Ambush , State Media Say , November 27 , 2020 It is understood that Israel is responsible : This is the behavior of a nation that takes itself and its own survival seriously .
Iran is hostile to Israel , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe `` negotiations '' with an enemy theocracy will go anywhere , so instead , it used its best and brightest to kill a talented enemy scientist .
The USA is not so wise .
American servicemen are often sent to conflicts that do not concern our country .
More than a generation after the disastrous `` Black Hawk Down incident , '' our country still wastes blood and treasure in Somalia : From 2007 to 2017 , the U.S. military is known to have carried out 42 [ airstrike ] attacks .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 38 strikes in 2017 , 48 in 2018 , and 63 in 2019 .
This year alone , AFRICOM has acknowledged 49 airstrikes in Somalia .
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The number of CIA strikes is unknown .
( emphasis added ) Members of our special forces die because of this foreign entanglement : Senior Chief Petty Officer Kyle Milliken in 2017 , Staff Sgt .
Alex Conrad in 2018 , and CIA-contractor Michael Goodboe earlier this week .
These sacrifices are not worth it .
Our most talented soldiers should not be in African @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mexico assassinating cartel leaders , Fentanyl pushers , and the corrupt politicians who let the latter two operate .

The New York Times reports:
Iran’s top nuclear scientist [Mohsen Fakhrizadeh], who American and Israeli intelligence have long charged was behind secret programs to design an atomic warhead, was shot and killed in an ambush on Friday as he was traveling in a vehicle in northern Iran. Live Updates: Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist Killed in Ambush, State Media Say, November 27, 2020
It is understood that Israel is responsible:
Mr. Fakhrizadeh had long been the No. 1 target of the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, which is widely believed to be behind a series of assassinations of scientists a decade ago that included some of Mr. Fakhrizadeh’s deputies.
This is the behavior of a nation that takes itself and its own survival seriously. Iran is hostile to Israel, and Israel is not naive enough to believe "negotiations" with an enemy theocracy will go anywhere, so instead, it used its best and brightest to kill a talented enemy scientist.
The USA is not so wise. American servicemen are often sent to conflicts that do not concern our country. More than a generation after the disastrous "Black Hawk Down incident," our country still wastes blood and treasure in Somalia:
From 2007 to 2017, the U.S. military is known to have carried out 42 [airstrike] attacks. Under Trump, the U.S. military conducted 38 strikes in 2017, 48 in 2018, and 63 in 2019. This year alone, AFRICOM has acknowledged 49 airstrikes in Somalia . . . The number of CIA strikes is unknown. (emphasis added)
Members of our special forces die because of this foreign entanglement: Senior Chief Petty Officer Kyle Milliken in 2017, Staff Sgt. Alex Conrad in 2018, and CIA-contractor Michael Goodboe earlier this week. These sacrifices are not worth it.
Our most talented soldiers should not be in African failed states. They should be in Mexico assassinating cartel leaders, Fentanyl pushers, and the corrupt politicians who let the latter two operate.


vdare--2020-11-27--Robert Reich Tweets On Thanksgiving Day: "No Human Being Is Illegal On Stolen Land"

Thanksgiving Day is a day to thank God for our blessings , be together with family , eat turkey , watch football .
For Robert Reich , Thanksgiving Day was a day to delegitimize the existence of the U.S.A. through an arrogant tweet .
This tweet was tweeted out at 3 p.m. , at which time Reich should have been relaxing on the couch after eating .
But for Robert Reich , tweeting this was what he wanted to do .
This ridiculous argument totally delegitimizes the existence and sovereignty of the United States .
If the U.S. is really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illegal , then the U.S. has no right to control its own immigration policy and thus its own sovereignty .
Robert Reich , you may remember , is the one who made the famous `` white construction workers '' comment before a congressional committee in 2009 .
Just two minutes later , a tweeter calling himself/herself `` obaan '' chimed in with this tweet : When I looked at that thread , most of the replies were in opposition to this ridiculous declaration .
It 's sad to think of people who hate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relax and enjoy Thanksgiving Day .
For them it has just become another opportunity to hate on the country that gave them success .
That 's who we 're dealing with .

Thanksgiving Day is a day to thank God for our blessings, be together with family, eat turkey, watch football.
For Robert Reich, Thanksgiving Day was a day to delegitimize the existence of the U.S.A. through an arrogant tweet. This tweet was tweeted out at 3 p.m., at which time Reich should have been relaxing on the couch after eating. But for Robert Reich, tweeting this was what he wanted to do.
Here's the tweet :
Just a reminder: No human being is illegal on stolen land.
This ridiculous argument totally delegitimizes the existence and sovereignty of the United States.
If the U.S. is really "stolen land" where nobody is illegal, then the U.S. has no right to control its own immigration policy and thus its own sovereignty.
Robert Reich, you may remember, is the one who made the famous "white construction workers" comment before a congressional committee in 2009.
Just two minutes later, a tweeter calling himself/herself "obaan" chimed in with this tweet:
Unless you are an Indian native American, this country doesn't belong to you. Yeah, also, you didn't build it. Slaves shipped from African did, with the resources stolen from all over the world.
When I looked at that thread, most of the replies were in opposition to this ridiculous declaration.
It's sad to think of people who hate America so much they can't even relax and enjoy Thanksgiving Day. For them it has just become another opportunity to hate on the country that gave them success.
That's who we're dealing with.


vdare--2020-11-28--Black Friday Sale - EXTENDED! All Book Club Picks

In honor of the 1620 Mayflower Compact , all past book club picks are now on sale for $ 16.20 @ @ @ @ @ 're honored by your enthusiasm !
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Now that your Christmas @ @ @ @ @ fridge is stocked with Thanksgiving leftovers ... now is the time to relax and read @ @ @ @ @ support !
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