vdare--2020-10-22--USAF Recruiting Service Commander Declares Reducing The Number of White Male Pilots A "War-Fighting

USAF Recruiting Service Commander Declares Reducing The Number of White Male Pilots A "War-Fighting Imperative"

Previously by Paul Kersey : The United States Air Force “ Worries About the Lack of Diversity ” Among Pilots ( 93 % White ) Being ‘ Very White and Very Male ’ … Russia and China deploying next generation technology in their armed forces ( hypersonic flight and fighter jets flown via artificial intelligence ) is of no concern to our top brass in the U.S. Air Force , because we have a secret ingredient we ’ ve barely begun to tap into and utilize for undeniably advantageous military superiority .
Do you know what it is ?
Maj. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commander of Air Force Recruiting Service , will now tell you .
But , spoiler alert , it ’ s diversity and embracing the goal of replacing white men—who constitute nearly 9 of every 10 of our Air Force Pilots—with non-whites .
All in the name of George Floyd .
The tragic death of George Floyd and recent events have fueled widespread protests and a renewed call for racial equality nationwide .
Amid this , our country has been compelled to reflect on issues that are often uncomfortable , and leaders have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like never before .
The Air Force , in many ways , is no different .
But as a war-fighting organization we can not afford to squander this moment , because our future — and national security — depends on it .
Pursuing equality means we must be sure that we are attracting the most capable members of our society , from all races and walks of life , as we prepare for the next fight .
This fighting force should be highly capable while reflecting the diversity of the country we serve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my service ’ s recruiting efforts this spring , Air Force leadership made it clear to me that improving diversity would be on the top of my to-do list .
And recent national events only serve as an accelerant as we take aim and tackle this vexing issue .
Pentagon leaders didn ’ t need to explain the why , although Gen. David Goldfein , our former chief of staff , did that in calling diversity “ a war-fighting imperative.
” It ’ s been clear for some time that our progress in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been too slow .
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q .
Brown Jr. [ Right ] , the first African-American to lead any branch of the military , has called on us to accelerate change or risk losing ground to Russia and China , both of which are integrating potential game-changing technologies like artificial intelligence and hypersonic flight .
We need both the best technologies and the best people to win .
Improving our diversity falls squarely in Brown ’ s mandate .
The competition to attract the best and brightest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and our connection with society grows more fragile every day .
Survey data shows that only one-quarter of American youth between the ages of 17 and 24 are qualified for military service for a variety of reasons , which include aptitude , chronic health conditions , obesity or drug use .
The pool is ever shrinking : In 1995 , 40 percent of Americans ages 16 to 24 had a parent who served in the armed forces .
Today that number is 15 percent .
The result is that only about 1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interested in serving in the military .
We simply can no longer afford for significant segments of our society to be underrepresented in our U.S. Air Force or our newest branch , the U.S. Space Force .
To be clear , the Air and Space Forces are not setting quotas based on race or gender .
We will , however , focus intensely and concentrate our efforts in traditionally underserved communities .
It wouldn ’ t be legal or productive to hold recruiters accountable for bringing in a certain number of recruits from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see that we ’ re not hitting recruiting targets that mirror the qualified population in those categories , we will adjust to concentrate on areas where we can get a more representative balance in our applicant pool .
To use a fishing analogy , recruiters must not only cast a wide net but ensure we are spending time in the right fishing holes .
And by measuring those targets , we ’ ll employ the old management axiom that what gets measured gets done .
And we ’ ll get it done .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ all demographic targets in our enlisted ranks , inside our cockpits is where we have the greatest disparities and opportunities for improvement .
In all , 86 percent of our aviators are white males .
Less than 3 percent of our fighter pilots are females .
This is why we established a detachment within Air Force recruiting two years ago charged with improving diversity for those who wear flight suits .
The mission of Detachment 1 is to bring a singular focus to recruiting qualified women and minorities who have not always felt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get in front of every demographic group in America and show them someone who wears a flight suit every day they can look up to and say , “ That could be me.
” There is evidence to suggest we can do significantly better in diversifying our aviator ranks .
Fifty years ago , just before the advent of the all-volunteer military , there was a paucity of women doctors and lawyers in the U.S. Only 4 percent of attorneys were female .
Today that number is 37 percent .
The same was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ ve gone from 8 percent to 36 percent , and last year women outnumbered men in medical schools for the first time .
The time is now to make similar progress .
Our research data is clear on something else — the importance of exposure to aircraft and flight .
We ’ ve set up programs like Aim High Outreach and the Aim High Flight Academy to get young people into aircraft .
We ’ ve set up educational programs that allow both youth and their influencers to ask aircrew members @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Force , how to qualify for a flying position and what it ’ s like to have a career in military aviation .
It is the same kind of dedicated outreach that the legal and medical professions began decades ago .
I am amazed to still hear about young men and women who meet a pilot who , for the first time , looks like them .
Too often the teen will say , “ I didn ’ t know you could do that.
” Well , they can .
And we ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the next generation of young Americans .
Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas is the commander of Air Force Recruiting Service .

Previously by Paul Kersey: The United States Air Force “Worries About the Lack of Diversity” Among Pilots (93% White) Being ‘Very White and Very Male’…
Russia and China deploying next generation technology in their armed forces (hypersonic flight and fighter jets flown via artificial intelligence) is of no concern to our top brass in the U.S. Air Force, because we have a secret ingredient we’ve barely begun to tap into and utilize for undeniably advantageous military superiority.
Do you know what it is? Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, right, the commander of Air Force Recruiting Service, will now tell you. But, spoiler alert, it’s diversity and embracing the goal of replacing white men—who constitute nearly 9 of every 10 of our Air Force Pilots—with non-whites.
All in the name of George Floyd.
The tragic death of George Floyd and recent events have fueled widespread protests and a renewed call for racial equality nationwide. Amid this, our country has been compelled to reflect on issues that are often uncomfortable, and leaders have been driven to examine their organizations in ways like never before. The Air Force, in many ways, is no different. But as a war-fighting organization we cannot afford to squander this moment, because our future — and national security — depends on it.
Pursuing equality means we must be sure that we are attracting the most capable members of our society, from all races and walks of life, as we prepare for the next fight. This fighting force should be highly capable while reflecting the diversity of the country we serve.
Before I even took command of my service’s recruiting efforts this spring, Air Force leadership made it clear to me that improving diversity would be on the top of my to-do list. And recent national events only serve as an accelerant as we take aim and tackle this vexing issue.
Pentagon leaders didn’t need to explain the why, although Gen. David Goldfein, our former chief of staff, did that in calling diversity “a war-fighting imperative.” It’s been clear for some time that our progress in better reflecting the society we serve has been too slow.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. [Right], the first African-American to lead any branch of the military, has called on us to accelerate change or risk losing ground to Russia and China, both of which are integrating potential game-changing technologies like artificial intelligence and hypersonic flight. We need both the best technologies and the best people to win. Improving our diversity falls squarely in Brown’s mandate.
The competition to attract the best and brightest recruits is getting tougher all the time, and our connection with society grows more fragile every day. Survey data shows that only one-quarter of American youth between the ages of 17 and 24 are qualified for military service for a variety of reasons, which include aptitude, chronic health conditions, obesity or drug use. The pool is ever shrinking: In 1995, 40 percent of Americans ages 16 to 24 had a parent who served in the armed forces. Today that number is 15 percent. The result is that only about 1 in 10 young Americans say they are interested in serving in the military.
We simply can no longer afford for significant segments of our society to be underrepresented in our U.S. Air Force or our newest branch, the U.S. Space Force.
To be clear, the Air and Space Forces are not setting quotas based on race or gender. We will, however, focus intensely and concentrate our efforts in traditionally underserved communities. It wouldn’t be legal or productive to hold recruiters accountable for bringing in a certain number of recruits from various demographic groups. But if we see that we’re not hitting recruiting targets that mirror the qualified population in those categories, we will adjust to concentrate on areas where we can get a more representative balance in our applicant pool. To use a fishing analogy, recruiters must not only cast a wide net but ensure we are spending time in the right fishing holes.
And by measuring those targets, we’ll employ the old management axiom that what gets measured gets done. And we’ll get it done.
While we are meeting or exceeding nearly all demographic targets in our enlisted ranks, inside our cockpits is where we have the greatest disparities and opportunities for improvement. In all, 86 percent of our aviators are white males. Less than 3 percent of our fighter pilots are females. This is why we established a detachment within Air Force recruiting two years ago charged with improving diversity for those who wear flight suits. The mission of Detachment 1 is to bring a singular focus to recruiting qualified women and minorities who have not always felt they belonged.
Our goal is to get in front of every demographic group in America and show them someone who wears a flight suit every day they can look up to and say, “That could be me.”
There is evidence to suggest we can do significantly better in diversifying our aviator ranks. Fifty years ago, just before the advent of the all-volunteer military, there was a paucity of women doctors and lawyers in the U.S. Only 4 percent of attorneys were female. Today that number is 37 percent. The same was true for doctors: In five decades we’ve gone from 8 percent to 36 percent, and last year women outnumbered men in medical schools for the first time. The time is now to make similar progress.
Our research data is clear on something else — the importance of exposure to aircraft and flight. We’ve set up programs like Aim High Outreach and the Aim High Flight Academy to get young people into aircraft. We’ve set up educational programs that allow both youth and their influencers to ask aircrew members and experts how to join the Air Force, how to qualify for a flying position and what it’s like to have a career in military aviation. It is the same kind of dedicated outreach that the legal and medical professions began decades ago.
I am amazed to still hear about young men and women who meet a pilot who, for the first time, looks like them. Too often the teen will say, “I didn’t know you could do that.” Well, they can. And we’re going to make that clear to the next generation of young Americans.
Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas is the commander of Air Force Recruiting Service.


vdare--2020-10-22--Australia Continues to CRUSH Its Former Problem With Racial Gaps

Many countries suffer the problem of one or more racial groups underperforming , such as blacks in the U.S. , First Nations in Canada , and Muslims in France .
But Australia is well on its way to CRUSHING its former problem of Aborigines not being high achievers on average .
Okay , I know I ’ ve run with this joke before , but the sheer details in this article are a hoot : Meet the man vying to be the City of Melbourne ’ s first Indigenous councillor Professor Mark McMillan , who hopes to serve as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ councillor , says his “ big desire ” is to see Aboriginal participation rather than tokenism in Australian politics .
The Wiradjuri man and public law academic is running as the third of nine candidates on lord mayor Sally Capp ’ s ticket for Melbourne Town Hall .
Team Capp will need 30 per cent of the vote for him to win a place on the council .
If elected , Professor Mark McMillan would be the City of Melbourne ’ s first Aboriginal councillor .
“ I was interested when Sally approached @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because it wasn ’ t just , ‘ I want diversity ’ … it ’ s not about white virtue signalling , ” he said .
“ She actually wants people ’ s diverse lived experiences to be part of how we govern over the next four years .
None of us feel like we ’ re token.
” … If Professor McMillan , a gay man who lives in Seddon with his partner and son , achieves his goal of serving on the council , it will follow a long list of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives in Seddon , which is in the City of Maribyrnong , as a director of a company in Carlton that tackles climate change issues , he is eligible to run for the City of Melbourne .
Professor McMillan was born in 1969 in Trangie , a small town west of Dubbo in NSW , and his grandmother was one of 16 siblings .
“ Nan made us go to school because she wasn ’ t allowed to , ” he said .
“ She understood as an Aboriginal woman that education … @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Between them , her grandchildren have 26 bachelor ’ s degrees , six master ’ s degrees and two doctorates .
Professor McMillan ’ s late eldest sister was the first in the family to attend university , his youngest sister was the first Aboriginal pharmacist in Australia and he was the first Indigenous academic to be appointed full-time to Melbourne Law School .
He used his time at the University of Melbourne to research Indigenous human rights .
Professor McMillan , who sued columnist Andrew Bolt over racial discrimination in 2009 That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Australia ’ s racial gap : a judge ruled you aren ’ t allowed to make fun of Professor McMillan .
So please don ’ t .
Sure , you may think that Professor McMillan looks like a relief pitcher from Scottsdale , AZ , but Professor McMillan ’ s indigenousness is sacred to Australia ’ s legal system .
, served as a director of the former National Congress of Australia ’ s First Peoples and is a board member of the Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council .
Before this , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yaqui Court of Appeals , a Native American tribal court in Tucson , Arizona .
And two years ago , Professor McMillan became RMIT University ’ s inaugural deputy pro vice-chancellor for Indigenous education and engagement .
“ I can ’ t disassociate … what I know about public law and Indigenous nation building and not bring that into the governing [ of Melbourne City Council ] , ” he said .
… He has taken leave from RMIT amid an employment dispute .
… “ And now , hopefully , rather than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we ’ ll have an Aboriginal man who is steeped in understanding of social law , ” he said .
… Cr Capp said it was also important that the city realise its ambition to put its Aboriginal heritage at its centre .
Gunnai and Gunditjmara woman Lidia Thorpe was sworn in as the first Aboriginal senator for Victoria last week .
Sheena Watt was also last week sworn in as Victorian Labor ’ s first female Indigenous MP .
Professor McMillan said the appointments , and his candidacy , were exciting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where else but Victoria , and where else but Melbourne , would we be getting that opportunity ?
” What percentage of these high-achieving “ Aborigines ” ( or in Professor McMillan ’ s case , “ high-achieving ” Aborigines ) are descended from the Stolen Generations of mixed-race children who were given boarding school educations a century ago ?
As we all know , the Australian government taking the children of white men and Indigenous women away from their alcoholic , abusive , illiterate , and/or tubercular homes and educating them in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the general population and live kick-ass lives in the 21st Century as Professional Quota-Fillers was the Worst Thing Ever .
Still , it sort of seems from all the articles in 2020 about the First Indigenous This and the First Indigenous That that the Stolen Generations was one of the rare government programs that worked as hoped .
Keep in mind that the genes for Aboriginal Australian appearance have long been noted to be rather recessive , so that it ’ s usually harder to tell if a 1/8th or even 1/4th @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say , sub-Saharan ancestry .
Here ’ s an old anthropology illustration of this :

Victoria council elections: The man vying to become Melbourne’s first Indigenous councillor @Steve_Sailer @CityBureaucrat
https://t.co/zAhqczlNlQ — Austopian (@austopian) October 22, 2020
Many countries suffer the problem of one or more racial groups underperforming, such as blacks in the U.S., First Nations in Canada, and Muslims in France.
But Australia is well on its way to CRUSHING its former problem of Aborigines not being high achievers on average.
Okay, I know I’ve run with this joke before, but the sheer details in this article are a hoot:
From Melbourne Age:
Meet the man vying to be the City of Melbourne’s first Indigenous councillor By Chloe Booker
October 22, 2020 — 7.30pm Professor Mark McMillan, who hopes to serve as the City of Melbourne’s first Indigenous councillor, says his “big desire” is to see Aboriginal participation rather than tokenism in Australian politics. The Wiradjuri man and public law academic is running as the third of nine candidates on lord mayor Sally Capp’s ticket for Melbourne Town Hall. Team Capp will need 30 per cent of the vote for him to win a place on the council. If elected, Professor Mark McMillan would be the City of Melbourne’s first Aboriginal councillor. “I was interested when Sally approached me to be on her ticket, because it wasn’t just, ‘I want diversity’ … it’s not about white virtue signalling,” he said. “She actually wants people’s diverse lived experiences to be part of how we govern over the next four years. None of us feel like we’re token.” … If Professor McMillan, a gay man who lives in Seddon with his partner and son, achieves his goal of serving on the council, it will follow a long list of personal and family firsts. Although he lives in Seddon, which is in the City of Maribyrnong, as a director of a company in Carlton that tackles climate change issues, he is eligible to run for the City of Melbourne. Professor McMillan was born in 1969 in Trangie, a small town west of Dubbo in NSW, and his grandmother was one of 16 siblings. “Nan made us go to school because she wasn’t allowed to,” he said. “She understood as an Aboriginal woman that education … has the capacity to transform lives.” Between them, her grandchildren have 26 bachelor’s degrees, six master’s degrees and two doctorates. Professor McMillan’s late eldest sister was the first in the family to attend university, his youngest sister was the first Aboriginal pharmacist in Australia and he was the first Indigenous academic to be appointed full-time to Melbourne Law School. He used his time at the University of Melbourne to research Indigenous human rights. Professor McMillan, who sued columnist Andrew Bolt over racial discrimination in 2009
That was a key step forward in solving Australia’s racial gap: a judge ruled you aren’t allowed to make fun of Professor McMillan. So please don’t. Sure, you may think that Professor McMillan looks like a relief pitcher from Scottsdale, AZ, but Professor McMillan’s indigenousness is sacred to Australia’s legal system.
, served as a director of the former National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples and is a board member of the Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council. Before this, he served as an appellate judge in the Yaqui Court of Appeals, a Native American tribal court in Tucson, Arizona. And two years ago, Professor McMillan became RMIT University’s inaugural deputy pro vice-chancellor for Indigenous education and engagement. “I can’t disassociate … what I know about public law and Indigenous nation building and not bring that into the governing [of Melbourne City Council],” he said. … He has taken leave from RMIT amid an employment dispute. … “And now, hopefully, rather than a white guy who wants that engagement, we’ll have an Aboriginal man who is steeped in understanding of social law,” he said. … Cr Capp said it was also important that the city realise its ambition to put its Aboriginal heritage at its centre. Gunnai and Gunditjmara woman Lidia Thorpe was sworn in as the first Aboriginal senator for Victoria last week. Sheena Watt was also last week sworn in as Victorian Labor’s first female Indigenous MP. Professor McMillan said the appointments, and his candidacy, were exciting milestones for Aboriginal leadership. “And where else but Victoria, and where else but Melbourne, would we be getting that opportunity?”
What percentage of these high-achieving “Aborigines” (or in Professor McMillan’s case, “high-achieving” Aborigines) are descended from the Stolen Generations of mixed-race children who were given boarding school educations a century ago? As we all know, the Australian government taking the children of white men and Indigenous women away from their alcoholic, abusive, illiterate, and/or tubercular homes and educating them in the hope that their descendants could blend into the general population and live kick-ass lives in the 21st Century as Professional Quota-Fillers was the Worst Thing Ever.
Still, it sort of seems from all the articles in 2020 about the First Indigenous This and the First Indigenous That that the Stolen Generations was one of the rare government programs that worked as hoped.
Here’s another such tweet:
"Lachlan McDaniel believes his arts degree was 'probably the best thing that ever happened' to him, but the Wiradjuri man fears new laws passed this week will make it much tougher for other Indigenous students to get the same opportunities."https://t.co/nnXf6dXxom — Steve Sailer (@Steve_Sailer) October 22, 2020
Keep in mind that the genes for Aboriginal Australian appearance have long been noted to be rather recessive, so that it’s usually harder to tell if a 1/8th or even 1/4th Indigenous person is Aboriginal than with, say, sub-Saharan ancestry. Here’s an old anthropology illustration of this:
As I wrote in 2011:
Before the development of antibiotics, full-blooded Australian Aborigines were dying off at a rapid rate from tuberculosis and other Afro-Eurasian diseases. The half-white children of Aboriginal mothers tended to be more resistant to diseases, but they tended to be neglected and abused by their often alcoholic Aboriginal relatives. So, reasoned the social workers, why not raise them in white ways in boarding schools, allowing them to find a place in white society and marry whites? Because Aboriginal looks tend to be relatively recessive when mixed with European looks, as compared to Sub-Saharan African looks, within a couple of generations you get a kid who looks like a cross between Prince Charles and Bing Crosby, so their descendants would be largely indistinguishable from the general population. Problem solved.
Of course, as we all know now, those reformers were The Worst People of All Time.
And yet, antibiotics aside, sensitive 21st Century Australians are better at feeling superior to their ancestors than at actually solving the problems that their ancestors confronted. For example, when Australian director Philip Noyce made the movie Rabbit-Proof Fence a decade ago condemning Evil Old Social Workers by showing girls who run away from their boarding school to return to their Aboriginal mothers, his adolescent star ran away from the set and had to be rounded up. Then when filming was over, Noyce saw what a disaster her Aboriginal home life was, so he ... paid to put her in a boarding school.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-27--Manchester Muslim Mass Murder NOT Prevented: At Least the Security Guard Wasn't a Karen!

Earlier by John Derbyshire : As A Brit , I Say Don ’ t Let The Manchester Massacre Happen Here Remember the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing of an Ariana Grande concert by a UK Muslim that murdered 22 and wounded over 800 ?
From The Guardian : Kyle Lawler had a ‘ bad feeling ’ about Salman Abedi but ‘ did not have anything to justify that ’ A security guard had a “ bad feeling ” when he saw Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi but did not approach him for fear of being branded a racist , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said he was stood 10 or 15ft away from Abedi , who had been reported to security by a member of the public who thought he looked “ dodgy ” .
The Showsec security guard , aged 18 at the time of the terror attack , told police in a statement read to the inquiry sitting in Manchester : “ I felt unsure about what to do .
“ It ’ s very difficult to define a terrorist .
For all I knew he might well be an innocent Asian male .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am stereotyping him because of his race .
“ I was scared of being wrong and being branded a racist if I got it wrong and would have got into trouble .
It made me hesitant .
“ I wanted to get it right and not mess it up by overreacting or judging someone by their race.
” Abedi , 22 , dressed all in black and carrying a large , bulky rucksack , was spotted and reported to security at 10.15pm on 22 May 2017 .
… Around eight minutes before he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ali Agha alerted Lawler to the report by a member of the public and both began observing Abedi .
… In his statement to police , Lawler said : “ I just had a bad feeling about him but did not have anything to justify that.
” He said Abedi was “ fidgety and sweating ” and he said he panicked slightly and was “ conflicted ” because he thought something was wrong but could not put his finger on it , the inquiry heard .
Lawler said he attempted to use his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but claimed he could not get through due to radio traffic .
He then left the area and took up his position on a walkway bridge outside the City Room and made no further attempt to raise the alarm .
Lawler agreed he simply “ gave up ” trying to use the radio and just got on with his job .

Earlier by John Derbyshire: As A Brit, I Say Don’t Let The Manchester Massacre Happen Here
Remember the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing of an Ariana Grande concert by a UK Muslim that murdered 22 and wounded over 800? From The Guardian:
Security guard avoided Manchester Arena bomber ‘for fear of being called racist’
Kyle Lawler had a ‘bad feeling’ about Salman Abedi but ‘did not have anything to justify that’
PA Media
Tue 27 Oct 2020 18.02
A security guard had a “bad feeling” when he saw Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi but did not approach him for fear of being branded a racist, a public inquiry has heard.
Kyle Lawler said he was stood 10 or 15ft away from Abedi, who had been reported to security by a member of the public who thought he looked “dodgy”.
The Showsec security guard, aged 18 at the time of the terror attack, told police in a statement read to the inquiry sitting in Manchester: “I felt unsure about what to do.
“It’s very difficult to define a terrorist. For all I knew he might well be an innocent Asian male. I did not want people to think I am stereotyping him because of his race.
“I was scared of being wrong and being branded a racist if I got it wrong and would have got into trouble. It made me hesitant.
“I wanted to get it right and not mess it up by overreacting or judging someone by their race.”
Abedi, 22, dressed all in black and carrying a large, bulky rucksack, was spotted and reported to security at 10.15pm on 22 May 2017.
… Around eight minutes before he detonated his device, Showsec steward Mohammed Ali Agha alerted Lawler to the report by a member of the public and both began observing Abedi.
… In his statement to police, Lawler said: “I just had a bad feeling about him but did not have anything to justify that.”
He said Abedi was “fidgety and sweating” and he said he panicked slightly and was “conflicted” because he thought something was wrong but could not put his finger on it, the inquiry heard.
Lawler said he attempted to use his radio to alert the security control room but claimed he could not get through due to radio traffic.
He then left the area and took up his position on a walkway bridge outside the City Room and made no further attempt to raise the alarm.
Lawler agreed he simply “gave up” trying to use the radio and just got on with his job.


vdare--2020-10-27--Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's Gun Violence Counselor Shoots Male Prostitute

An employee of Philadelphia ’ s DA office , led by DA Larry Krasner who is a Soros funded radical , shot and killed a trans-man prostitute last week .
During work hours , like 10am .
The altercation began after their date [ in the backseat of Dodge Durango in a cemetery ] which was for an amount of $ 500 .
The shooter is a gun violence counselor and he has not been arrested .
The local news media has barely touched upon the case except for Ralph Cipriano ’ s big trial blog .
Cipriano is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is a local case but it might be of interest due to the possibility of further riots in Philadelphia just days before an election .
And it being possible ISteve material .
No one is protesting for the a truly marginalized victim , a transman .
sex worker , black etc….. With Philadelphia in the news , it ’ s worth checking out veteran crime-beat reporter Ralph Cipriano ’ s blog : Shortly before 10 a.m. yesterday , Douglass had an up close and personal experience involving a homicide in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the shooter .
But according to Douglass ’ s version of the story , he was also a crime victim .
… At a time when most employees at the D.A.
’ s office are expected to be at work , Douglass told police he shot and killed Vernon Harris , whom he had met on Instagram , and agreed “ to a sexual encounter in exchange for money , ” police said .
… After their encounter , which took place in the back seat of the vehicle , with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harris stood outside the vehicle and pointed a gun at Douglass , and demanded all his money .
Harris then placed his gun inside his waistband .
But when Harris started reaching around the vehicle , Douglass told police that he feared that Harris was going to take out his gun again and shoot him .
So Douglass drew his gun and shot Harris twice in the chest , killing him .
Then he ran across Lehigh Avenue , pleading for someone to call police .
In other Philadelphia news from Cipriano : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requisite political pandering over the fatal police shooting yesterday of Walter Wallace Jr. , a 27 year-old black man armed with a knife , to make an important announcement — the city of Philadelphia just hit 400 murders !
Barry Torrance , a 44-year-old black man , was found shot in the head yesterday by his aunt on the 4800 block of Westminster Avenue in West Philadelphia .
Ironically , the crime scene was just four blocks away from where the rioting and looting erupted on 52nd Street over the fatal police shooting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subsequently died of his wounds , became this year ’ s 400th homicide .
By comparison , as of Oct. 12th , New York City , with more than five times the population of Philadelphia , had only 362 murders .
In Philadelphia , there have been less than a dozen officer-involved shootings this year , but they sure get a lot of attention , especially when , as the case was yesterday , the victim involved is black , and the officers involved are white .
Meanwhile , the city has 400 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well as 132 suspicious deaths that may turn out to be homicides .
A conservative estimate of Philly ’ s homicides this year is that at least 90 % , of those victims , are black , as are the victims whose deaths have been classified as suspicious .
But apparently when it comes to our current racial politics , those hundreds of black lives don ’ t matter .
So the demonstrators who marched on the police station at 55th and Pine weren ’ t chanting “ Say his name ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ No .
400 .
No , instead , they were chanting about Walter Wallace Jr. , a career criminal with 18 prior arrests , including five assaults on cops , and domestic abuse cases as recent as this past March , when he stabbed his 25 year-old girlfriend .

A reader writes:
An employee of Philadelphia’s DA office, led by DA Larry Krasner, who is a Soros funded radical, shot and killed a trans-man prostitute last week. During work hours, like 10am. The altercation began after their date [in the backseat of Dodge Durango in a cemetery], which was for an amount of $500. The shooter is a gun violence counselor and he has not been arrested. The local news media has barely touched upon the case except for Ralph Cipriano’s big trial blog. Cipriano is a former longtime reporter with the Philadelphia Inquirer. This is a local case but it might be of interest due to the possibility of further riots in Philadelphia just days before an election. And it being possible ISteve material. No one is protesting for the truly marginalized victim, a transman, sex worker, black etc…..
With Philadelphia in the news, it’s worth checking out veteran crime-beat reporter Ralph Cipriano’s blog:
DA’s Gun Violence Counselor Shoots And Kills Male Prostitute WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020 By Ralph Cipriano
for BigTrial.net As a member of the District Attorney’s Immediate Response Team, DeVonte’ Douglass routinely goes out to crime scenes, hospitals, and the medical examiner’s office when there’s been a homicide, to aid victims’ families.
Shortly before 10 a.m. yesterday, Douglass had an up close and personal experience involving a homicide in a case where Douglass was identified by police as the shooter. But according to Douglass’s version of the story, he was also a crime victim. … At a time when most employees at the D.A.’s office are expected to be at work, Douglass told police he shot and killed Vernon Harris, whom he had met on Instagram, and agreed “to a sexual encounter in exchange for money,” police said. … After their encounter, which took place in the back seat of the vehicle, with the windows open, Douglass told police, Harris stood outside the vehicle and pointed a gun at Douglass, and demanded all his money. Harris then placed his gun inside his waistband. But when Harris started reaching around the vehicle, Douglass told police that he feared that Harris was going to take out his gun again and shoot him. So Douglass drew his gun and shot Harris twice in the chest, killing him. Then he ran across Lehigh Avenue, pleading for someone to call police.
In other Philadelphia news from Cipriano:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2020
Amid Riot Over Police Shooting, Philly Hits 400 Murders By Ralph Cipriano
for BigTrial.net. We interrupt the rioting, looting and requisite political pandering over the fatal police shooting yesterday of Walter Wallace Jr., a 27 year-old black man armed with a knife, to make an important announcement — the city of Philadelphia just hit 400 murders! Barry Torrance, a 44-year-old black man, was found shot in the head yesterday by his aunt on the 4800 block of Westminster Avenue in West Philadelphia. Ironically, the crime scene was just four blocks away from where the rioting and looting erupted on 52nd Street over the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. Torrance, who subsequently died of his wounds, became this year’s 400th homicide. By comparison, as of Oct. 12th, New York City, with more than five times the population of Philadelphia, had only 362 murders. In Philadelphia, there have been less than a dozen officer-involved shootings this year, but they sure get a lot of attention, especially when, as the case was yesterday, the victim involved is black, and the officers involved are white. Meanwhile, the city has 400 homicides on the books this year, as well as 132 suspicious deaths that may turn out to be homicides. A conservative estimate of Philly’s homicides this year is that at least 90%, of those victims, are black, as are the victims whose deaths have been classified as suspicious. But apparently when it comes to our current racial politics, those hundreds of black lives don’t matter. So the demonstrators who marched on the police station at 55th and Pine weren’t chanting “Say his name” about Barry Torrence, Official Homicide Victim No. 400. No, instead, they were chanting about Walter Wallace Jr., a career criminal with 18 prior arrests, including five assaults on cops, and domestic abuse cases as recent as this past March, when he stabbed his 25 year-old girlfriend.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-27--Walter Wallace, Jr. The Latest Knife-Wielding Martyr

Earlier : Here We Go Again : Undocumented Shoppers in Philadelphia 2020 has seen the sanctification of a sizable number of Martyrs to White Racism , such as George Floyd and his many peers .
The latest one , the knife guy in Philadelphia , was exceptionally saintly .
From NBC Philadelphia ( by the way , my new motto is : “ If there is hope , it lies in the local if-it-bleeds-it-leads newscasts ” ) : “ Depression is real .
That ’ s something that we have to look at as a society .
How we engage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How the police respond when you deal with a crisis situation.
” A day after he was shot and killed by two police officers , sparking protests and a night of civil unrest in Philadelphia , family members of Walter Wallace Jr. are speaking out , describing him as a husband , father and aspiring musician who struggled with mental health issues .
“ Mental health is real , ” Sam White , Wallace ’ s cousin , told NBC10 .
“ Depression is real .
That ’ s something that we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How we engage and we interact when those happen .
How the police respond when you deal with a crisis situation.
” On Monday Philadelphia police responded to reports of a person screaming as well as a report of a 27-year-old male assaulting an elderly female at a home on the 6100 block of Locust Street .
… Fitzhugh told NBC10 Wallace struggled with mental health issues and was taking medication .
He said his cousin was having a mental breakdown Monday when a family member called police .
... Fitzhugh told NBC10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used tasers instead of guns .
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said Monday that neither officer was equipped with a taser and not all police officers in the city carry them .
Fitzhugh stopped short of calling the shooting racially motivated but described a video he had seen of white officers dealing with a mentally ill white man who was armed with a knife that didn ’ t result in the man ’ s death .
“ I don ’ t want to say they were racist cops and they shot him because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ What I ’ m saying is if he was of a different nationality , would ya ’ ll have used that same choice ?
I don ’ t know what was going on through their heads.
” Wallace was a 27-year-old father of seven who had just gotten married this month .
“ These are all school-aged children so now his children have to grow up knowing that the police officers killed [ their ] father , ” Fitzhugh said .
White was also an aspiring rapper .
“ He ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a musician , ” White said .
“ He loved music .
That ’ s what he loved and that ’ s what his aspirations were .
So no matter what that looks like , his dreams are deferred , his dreams were cut down because he got murdered in the streets last night.
” He was arrested in March after he allegedly threatened his child ’ s mother over the phone , saying “ I ’ ll shoot you and that house up.
” In 2019 , he was charged with resisting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ door panels of a police patrol car.
” In 2016 , during a robbery , he allegedly grabbed a woman by the neck and held what she believed to be a gun to her head , according to court records .
In 2013 , Wallace ’ s mother had a protective order against him which he allegedly violated when he “ threw water in her face and punched her in the face ” and “ threatened to return and shoot ” her , according to court records .
Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Monday had ever interacted with Wallace before .
The police dispatch prior to the shooting indicated that police were familiar with the home on the 6100 block of Locust .
“ Tell the officers to use caution in responding to this , ” the dispatcher said .
“ It ’ s an ongoing domestic issue going on up there .
”

Earlier: Here We Go Again: Undocumented Shoppers in Philadelphia
2020 has seen the sanctification of a sizable number of Martyrs to White Racism, such as George Floyd and his many peers. The latest one, the knife guy in Philadelphia, was exceptionally saintly. From NBC Philadelphia (by the way, my new motto is: “If there is hope, it lies in the local if-it-bleeds-it-leads newscasts”):
Walter Wallace Jr. Struggled With Mental Health Issues, Family Says
“Depression is real. That’s something that we have to look at as a society. How we engage and we interact when those happen. How the police respond when you deal with a crisis situation.”
By NBC10 Staff • Published 3 hours ago • Updated 38 mins ago
A day after he was shot and killed by two police officers, sparking protests and a night of civil unrest in Philadelphia, family members of Walter Wallace Jr. are speaking out, describing him as a husband, father and aspiring musician who struggled with mental health issues.
“Mental health is real,” Sam White, Wallace’s cousin, told NBC10. “Depression is real. That’s something that we have to look at as a society. How we engage and we interact when those happen. How the police respond when you deal with a crisis situation.”
On Monday Philadelphia police responded to reports of a person screaming as well as a report of a 27-year-old male assaulting an elderly female at a home on the 6100 block of Locust Street. …
Fitzhugh told NBC10 Wallace struggled with mental health issues and was taking medication. He said his cousin was having a mental breakdown Monday when a family member called police.
...Fitzhugh told NBC10 he believes the officers should’ve used tasers instead of guns. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said Monday that neither officer was equipped with a taser and not all police officers in the city carry them.
Fitzhugh stopped short of calling the shooting racially motivated but described a video he had seen of white officers dealing with a mentally ill white man who was armed with a knife that didn’t result in the man’s death.
“I don’t want to say they were racist cops and they shot him because he was Black,” Fitzhugh said. “What I’m saying is if he was of a different nationality, would ya’ll have used that same choice? I don’t know what was going on through their heads.”
Wallace was a 27-year-old father of seven who had just gotten married this month.
“These are all school-aged children so now his children have to grow up knowing that the police officers killed [their] father,” Fitzhugh said.
White was also an aspiring rapper.
“He’s a kid who wanted to be a musician,” White said. “He loved music. That’s what he loved and that’s what his aspirations were. So no matter what that looks like, his dreams are deferred, his dreams were cut down because he got murdered in the streets last night.”
Court records also reveal Wallace’s extensive criminal history.
He was arrested in March after he allegedly threatened his child’s mother over the phone, saying “I’ll shoot you and that house up.”
In 2019, he was charged with resisting arrest by “kicking the windows and door panels of a police patrol car.”
In 2016, during a robbery, he allegedly grabbed a woman by the neck and held what she believed to be a gun to her head, according to court records.
In 2013, Wallace’s mother had a protective order against him which he allegedly violated when he “threw water in her face and punched her in the face” and “threatened to return and shoot” her, according to court records.
Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said she was unsure if the officers who responded Monday had ever interacted with Wallace before. The police dispatch prior to the shooting indicated that police were familiar with the home on the 6100 block of Locust.
“Tell the officers to use caution in responding to this,” the dispatcher said. “It’s an ongoing domestic issue going on up there.”


vdare--2020-10-28--Radio Derb Transcript Up For October 23: Trump Drops The Ball, Fourth Industrial Revolution, SF's CA

Radio Derb Transcript Up For October 23: Trump Drops The Ball, Fourth Industrial Revolution, SF's CAREN Law, And Defund NPR! Etc.

The Radio Derb transcript is up for October 23 .
Go here to read or listen .
19m03s Decline of @ @ @ @ @ Fans just do n't care anymore . )
27m11s Defund NPR !
( Your taxes @ @ @ @ @ Biden . )
33m17s And one for the Brits .
( Bring back the hulks @ @ @ @ @ raid California bank .
( The way we live now . )
42m11s Signoff .
@ @ @ @ @ song . )

The Radio Derb transcript is up for October 23. Go here to read or listen.
Playlist:
03m12s Trump drops the ball. (Uphill battle; poor mountaineering skills.)
11m03s The Fourth Industrial Revolution. (Launched by Covid-19.)
19m03s Decline of the World Series. (Fans just don't care anymore.)
25m22s A small break for Derek Chauvin. (One charge dropped.)
27m11s Defund NPR! (Your taxes at work … for Joe Biden.)
28m51s San Francisco's CAREN law. (The intensifying war against whites.)
31m03s A suggestion for antiracism's theologians. (Was Abe Lincoln a virtuous pagan?)
33m17s And one for the Brits. (Bring back the hulks!)
36m10s Masked figures raid California bank. (The way we live now.)
37m11s Toobin's Zoom flash. (Taking matters in hand.)
38m32s Finland's PM shows her charms. (Causing a cleavage among commentators.)
41m21s Seasonal news. (Pitching a pumpkin at partner.)
42m11s Signoff. (With an old concert song.)


vdare--2020-10-28--Leftists Worry The New Supreme Court Justice Will Deliver America First Rulings

Previously : Will Amy Coney Barrett Vote For The Historic American Nation—Or Worry About Making Her Adopted Haitian Kids Cry ?
The Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court without a hitch this week .
Her confirmation process was the smoothest of all of Donald Trump ’ s SCOTUS picks .
The news , as expected , electrified conservatives and deflated Leftists [ Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed To Supreme Court , Takes Constitutional Oath , by Barbara Sprunt , NPR , October 26 , 2020 ] .
I wrote earlier this month about why immigration patriots shouldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ considering the large influence her adopted Haitian children have over her .
She said at her confirmation that she wept over George Floyd due to this family influence .
That casts doubt on whether she will be the strong conservative her supporters make her out to be .
But Leftist outlets make good , yet unintentional arguments for why she may be a great judge .
Slate warns Barrett will bring down “ decades of anti-discrimination law.
” During her confirmation hearing , Judge Amy Coney Barrett was asked if she agreed with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Voting Rights Act was a “ racial entitlement.
” Barrett , who has said , “ His judicial philosophy is mine too , ” declined to answer .
If she indeed shares Scalia ’ s view of the Voting Rights Act , the Supreme Court is likely to embrace an idea that would destroy much of anti-discrimination law : that race-conscious countermeasures against discrimination are themselves discriminatory .
[ Amy Coney Barrett Could Bring Down Decades of Anti-Discrimination Law , by Chiraag Bains , Slate , October 26 , 2020 ] .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strike down policies that favor non-whites over whites—a real travesty .
Two law professors sounded a similar alarm in the Washington Post .
The law professors—University of Michigan ’ s Leah Litman [ Tweet her ] and Cardozo School of Law ’ s Kate Shaw [ Email her ] —are greatly concerned that a Supreme Court with Amy Coney Barrett will now rule in favor of policies that “ discriminate ” against immigrants .
The Court is set to hear cases concerning the exclusion of illegal immigrants from the Census , border wall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Litman and Shaw argue that Barrett ’ s addition means the court will likely rule in favor of tough immigration policies that avow their intent to serve the historic American nation [ A 6-3 Supreme Court could allow the government to openly discriminate in its policies , by Leah Litman and Kate Shaw , The Washington Post , October 21 , 2020 ] .
“ For the past four years , the court has largely ruled out of bounds the anti-immigrant sentiment that underlies some of the Trump administration ’ s policies , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when it appears to lie to conceal its true motives .
That seems about to change .
And it ’ s hard to say which would be worse : a court that accepts disingenuous arguments , or one that accepts overt defenses of discrimination , ” they morosely conclude .
Those three cases will give Barrett a chance to prove herself .
Will she side with the historic American nation , or will she be swayed by her adopted children ’ s tears ?
Liberals are confident she will do the former .

washingtonwatcherii@protonmail.com (Washington  Watcher II)

Previously: Will Amy Coney Barrett Vote For The Historic American Nation—Or Worry About Making Her Adopted Haitian Kids Cry?
The Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court without a hitch this week. Her confirmation process was the smoothest of all of Donald Trump’s SCOTUS picks. The news, as expected, electrified conservatives and deflated Leftists [Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed To Supreme Court, Takes Constitutional Oath, by Barbara Sprunt, NPR, October 26, 2020].
I wrote earlier this month about why immigration patriots shouldn’t be too thrilled by Barrett, considering the large influence her adopted Haitian children have over her. She said at her confirmation that she wept over George Floyd due to this family influence. That casts doubt on whether she will be the strong conservative her supporters make her out to be.
But Leftist outlets make good, yet unintentional arguments for why she may be a great judge.
Slate warns Barrett will bring down “decades of anti-discrimination law.”
During her confirmation hearing, Judge Amy Coney Barrett was asked if she agreed with the late Justice Antonin Scalia that the Voting Rights Act was a “racial entitlement.” Barrett, who has said, “His judicial philosophy is mine too,” declined to answer. If she indeed shares Scalia’s view of the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court is likely to embrace an idea that would destroy much of anti-discrimination law: that race-conscious countermeasures against discrimination are themselves discriminatory. [Amy Coney Barrett Could Bring Down Decades of Anti-Discrimination Law, by Chiraag Bains, Slate, October 26, 2020].
The concern is that the Supreme Court will strike down policies that favor non-whites over whites—a real travesty.
Two law professors sounded a similar alarm in the Washington Post. The law professors—University of Michigan’s Leah Litman [Tweet her] and Cardozo School of Law’s Kate Shaw [Email her]—are greatly concerned that a Supreme Court with Amy Coney Barrett will now rule in favor of policies that “discriminate” against immigrants. The Court is set to hear cases concerning the exclusion of illegal immigrants from the Census, border wall funding, and strict asylum rules. Litman and Shaw argue that Barrett’s addition means the court will likely rule in favor of tough immigration policies that avow their intent to serve the historic American nation [A 6-3 Supreme Court could allow the government to openly discriminate in its policies, by Leah Litman and Kate Shaw, Washington Post, October 21, 2020].
“For the past four years, the court has largely ruled out of bounds the anti-immigrant sentiment that underlies some of the Trump administration’s policies, and it has called out the administration when it appears to lie to conceal its true motives. That seems about to change. And it’s hard to say which would be worse: a court that accepts disingenuous arguments, or one that accepts overt defenses of discrimination,” they morosely conclude.
Those three cases will give Barrett a chance to prove herself. Will she side with the historic American nation, or will she be swayed by her adopted children’s tears? Liberals are confident she will do the former.


vdare--2020-10-28--Incredulous Election Outcome: Many Americans Won't Believe The Results Of The Election

We won ’ t ever know what the actual votes were , only what those who count the votes declare @ @ @ @ @ That ’ s what a good cross section of 40 % of Americans think , @ @ @ @ @ for how long can trust in every major institution and process in the country fall @ @ @ @ @ ?
What is the hypothetical mechanism that arrests and then reverses the decline ?
Rhetorical @ @ @ @ @ maybe free college for everyone–all the way through the post-graduate level–will do the trick !

We won’t ever know what the actual votes were, only what those who count the votes declare the outcome to be. That’s what a good cross section of 40% of Americans think, anyway:
How far and for how long can trust in every major institution and process in the country fall before the country itself does? What is the hypothetical mechanism that arrests and then reverses the decline? Rhetorical, it seems. Or maybe free college for everyone—all the way through the post-graduate level—will do the trick!
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-28--One to Watch: Karen Handel vs. Rep. McBath in Georgia's Sixth

This has been a bad year for Congressional immigration patriots , largely due to President Kushner ’ s failure to back them .
One possible mitigation : the race in Georgia ’ s sixth congressional district , which requires some backstory .
Typically Republican , in 2017 , its Congressman , Tom Price , left to serve as President Trump ’ s Secretary of Health and Human Services .
In the Special Election to fill his seat , Republican Karen Handel beat Democrat Jon Ossoff by 3.57 points .
Then , in 2018 , Congresswoman Handel lost to Democrat Lucy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and proud , disclosure : In 2018 , I canvassed on behalf of the Republican Party in Georgia .
On some shifts , that meant canvassing for Rep. Handel ] .
Now , in 2020 , Karen Handel is running against Congresswoman McBath—it ’ s a rematch of the 2018 election , but with the incumbency flipped .
Mrs. Handel is nothing special .
She ’ s just another Republican doofus , not a national populist or an immigration patriot .
According to NumbersUSA , she has basically no position on immigration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is the worst of the worst : A black gun-grabber .
In 2018 , Paul Kersey informed VDARE.com readers : McBath a darling of the organizations that would love to confiscate every gun in the country , and those groups are spending to millions to keep her in Congress : “ McBath is again winning hefty financial support from Everytown for Gun Safety , with the group partly financed by Michael Bloomberg pledging $ 3 million on ads .
.
.. McBath is vastly outraising Handel for direct spending , though , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compared to Handel 's roughly $ 2 million.
” [ Georgia 's McBath seeks 2nd win in once-famed GOP district , by Jeff Amy , Associated Press , October 15 , 2020 ] As America crumbles under the weight of demographic change , constant rioting , rising homicide , and anarcho-tyranny , one of the most important things we can MUST do is protect our gun rights .
No matter what horror might be on the horizon , America ’ s historic majority will have a literal fighting chance so long as we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there ’ s no telling what America ’ s hostile elite might subject us to , should they manage to disarm us .
Laura Loomer and Lauren Witzke are challenging awful incumbents , but they need a miracle to win .
Karen Handel only needs a little luck to unseat an even more awful incumbent .

This has been a bad year for Congressional immigration patriots, largely due to President Kushner’s failure to back them. One possible mitigation: the race in Georgia’s sixth congressional district, which requires some backstory.
Typically Republican, in 2017, its Congressman, Tom Price, left to serve as President Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services. In the Special Election to fill his seat, Republican Karen Handel beat Democrat Jon Ossoff by 3.57 points.
Then, in 2018, Congresswoman Handel lost to Democrat Lucy McBath by 1.02 points. [Full, and proud, disclosure: in 2018, I canvassed on behalf of the Republican Party in Georgia. On some shifts, that meant canvassing for Rep. Handel]. Now, in 2020, Karen Handel is running against Congresswoman McBath—it’s a rematch of the 2018 election, but with the incumbency flipped.
Mrs. Handel is nothing special. She’s just another Republican doofus, not a national populist or an immigration patriot. According to NumbersUSA, she has basically no position on immigration.
But her opponent, Rep. McBath, is the worst of the worst: A black gun-grabber. In 2018, Paul Kersey informed VDARE.com readers:
From right to left: Rabbi Andy Bachman, Reverend Rob Schenk, Lucy McBath, Abigail Disney, and Eric Ruben. This photo is from the discussion that followed a special screening of Armor of Light, a pro-gun control documentary. Eric Ruben is a fellow at the liberal Brennan Center for Justice, where he focuses on “Second Amendment jurisprudence.” [Credit Image: New America via Flickr]
McBath, a darling of the organizations that would love to confiscate every gun in the country, and those groups are spending to millions to keep her in Congress:
“McBath is again winning hefty financial support from Everytown for Gun Safety, with the group partly financed by Michael Bloomberg pledging $3 million on ads. . .. McBath is vastly outraising Handel for direct spending, though, taking in more than $5 million compared to Handel's roughly $2 million.” [Georgia's McBath seeks 2nd win in once-famed GOP district, by Jeff Amy, Associated Press, October 15, 2020]
As America crumbles under the weight of demographic change, constant rioting, rising homicide, and anarcho-tyranny, one of the most important things we can MUST do is protect our gun rights. No matter what horror might be on the horizon, America’s historic majority will have a literal fighting chance so long as we are armed. On the other hand, there’s no telling what America’s hostile elite might subject us to, should they manage to disarm us.
Laura Loomer and Lauren Witzke are challenging awful incumbents, but they need a miracle to win. Karen Handel only needs a little luck to unseat an even more awful incumbent.


vdare--2020-10-28--Ann Coulter: "Ask Not What Your Country Is": The Biden Inaugural Address

I ’ m not at liberty to reveal my sources , but I have obtained a draft of President Joe Biden ’ s inaugural address .
( Trump , unfortunately , won ’ t be there to hear it .
He will be holding a competing rally at RFK Stadium , also starting at 12 noon on Jan .
20 . )
Ladies and gentlemen , members of the fairer sex , the unfair sex , the transgenders , queers , what have you .
I ’ ve known women—my wife , my sister—no , that ’ s my wife @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The fat one .
I mean : The fact is , they switched on me !
Anyway , standing here today on the steps of the capitol of Wilmington—I should say , standing here today on the steps of the Capitol in the state of Washington , as we do every year , we have this peaceful transfer of power—I should say , every four years .
Which is a Big F—ing Deal !
I used to say that to Barack all the time .
I see him out there !
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clean one .
As I was coming over here on this brisk June day , I started thinking , why is it that Joe Biden is the first in his family ever to go to a university ?
My ancestors , Welsh coal miners , would come up after 12 hours underground and play cricket for hours .
Were they not smart ?
Were they not strong , mate ?
And so , as I look out at this wonderful crowd—what ’ s that from the fella in the back ?
You say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ father was a Chevrolet dealer in Wilmington ?
Listen , you lying dog-faced pony soldier—I have a much higher I.Q .
than you do !
I went to law school on a full academic scholarship and ended up in the top half of my class .
I got three degrees in college and was voted the “ outstanding student ” in the political science department .
What I mean to say is that it was a financial scholarship , I wasn ’ t voted the “ outstanding student , ” and I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bottom 10 students .
No , I haven ’ t taken an I.Q .
test .
Why the hell would I take a test ?
Come on , man .
That is like saying you—did you take a test whether you ’ re taking cocaine or not ?
What do you think ?
Are you a junkie ?
Look , folks , kids today have advantages I didn ’ t have .
Their parents play the radio , make sure they have the record player on at night .
My parents couldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were in the mines .
And I remember my pop , a Chevrolet dealer in Wilmington , telling me in 1962 , as I was going off to work at an African American swimming pool—we called them “ African Americans ” back then—and we saw two guys kissing each other .
He said to me : “ Joey , they love each other.
” I shouldn ’ t say it .
I ’ m going to say something I probably shouldn ’ t say … Anyway , today , I stand before you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States !
Wait—I won !
That ’ s a Big F—ing Deal , as I used to say to Barack .
Oh look !
Here ’ s the guy from Burisma !
Good to see you , man !
Look , the Biden administration will be monitoring Kiev prosecutors like you ’ ve never seen before .
Clean government in Ukraine will be the No .
1 priority of my administration.When I ’ m president , this country won ’ t be cozying up to the totalitarian regimes of Poland and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stop with us .
I shouldn ’ t say it .
I ’ m going to say something I probably shouldn ’ t say … Anyway , on this crisp September day , I vow to you we ’ ll not only have a Green New Deal , but a Purple New Deal , a Yellow New Deal , a LBGTQXYZ New Deal—a whole rainbow of New Deals !
You have my word as a Biden , folks .
Anyway , as I stand here in the rotunda—I mean the steps of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Delano … uh , I should say , as FDR did—well , he wasn ’ t standing because he couldn ’ t stand .
And to all of you in wheelchairs , you don ’ t need to stand either !
Oh , God love you !
What am I talking about ?
I ’ ll tell you what , we ’ re making everybody else stand up , though .
Let ’ s give the wheelchair-bound a big round of applause !
Look folks , as FDR said , we hold these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and corn pop .
Pop goes the weasel !
And I ’ m your pop , as I always say to Hunter .
I ’ m your pop , but I ’ m not a weasel , pal .
As we celebrate this peaceful transition—oh , I see Adam Schiff out in the crowd !
As I always say , he reminds me of my son , Hunter .
Whoa—I almost forgot , let ’ s give a big hand to my vice president … Anita Hill !
What am I talking about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Everybody give a big hand to my vice president … Cardi B !
But I promise you , Cardi and Anita and Al and Stacey and Jesse will all have positions in my Cabinet .
That ’ s cabinet , not cabin , folks .
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote “ Uncle Tom ’ s Cabin , ” and , as she always said : “ We hold these truths to be self-evident.
” I know this because I got three degrees in college and was voted the “ outstanding student ” in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I wasn ’ t actually voted the “ outstanding student , ” but it was an honor just to be nominated .
Anyway , I never served with John F. Kennedy—but he was no Dan Quayle !
He said , “ Ask your country to do things for you .
Ask or not !
The choice is yours.
” I ’ m pro-choice , although I ’ m personally opposed .
But the important thing is , it ’ s your choice !
And so as I stand here today , asking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me your vote !
That ’ s why I ’ m here , man !
This is a Big F—ing Deal , as I used to always say to Barack .
Good night and God bless .
Wear a mask !
Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here .
Her book , ¡Adios America !
The Left ’ s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole , was released on June 1 , 2015 .
Her latest book , Resistance Is Futile !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Collective Mind , was released on August 21 , 2018 .

I’m not at liberty to reveal my sources, but I have obtained a draft of President Joe Biden’s inaugural address. (Trump, unfortunately, won’t be there to hear it. He will be holding a competing rally at RFK Stadium, also starting at 12 noon on Jan. 20.)
** ** **
*** EXCLUSIVE CONTENT! MUST CREDIT COULTER! ***
Ladies and gentlemen, members of the fairer sex, the unfair sex, the transgenders, queers, what have you.
Women and gentlemen!
I’ve known women—my wife, my sister—no, that’s my wife! I mean my wife over here. The fat one.
I mean: The fact is, they switched on me!
Anyway, standing here today on the steps of the capitol of Wilmington—I should say, standing here today on the steps of the Capitol in the state of Washington, as we do every year, we have this peaceful transfer of power—I should say, every four years.
Which is a Big F—ing Deal! I used to say that to Barack all the time.
I see him out there! He’s the articulate, bright and clean one.
As I was coming over here on this brisk June day, I started thinking, why is it that Joe Biden is the first in his family ever to go to a university? My ancestors, Welsh coal miners, would come up after 12 hours underground and play cricket for hours. Were they not smart? Were they not strong, mate?
And so, as I look out at this wonderful crowd—what’s that from the fella in the back? You say I’m not Welsh and my father was a Chevrolet dealer in Wilmington?
Listen, you lying dog-faced pony soldier—I have a much higher I.Q. than you do! I went to law school on a full academic scholarship and ended up in the top half of my class. I got three degrees in college and was voted the “outstanding student” in the political science department.
What I mean to say is that it was a financial scholarship, I wasn’t voted the “outstanding student,” and I was only in the top half of the bottom 10 students.
No, I haven’t taken an I.Q. test. Why the hell would I take a test? Come on, man. That is like saying you—did you take a test whether you’re taking cocaine or not? What do you think? Are you a junkie?
Look, folks, kids today have advantages I didn’t have. Their parents play the radio, make sure they have the record player on at night. My parents couldn’t play the record player. They were in the mines.
And I remember my pop, a Chevrolet dealer in Wilmington, telling me in 1962, as I was going off to work at an African American swimming pool—we called them “African Americans” back then—and we saw two guys kissing each other. He said to me: “Joey, they love each other.”
I shouldn’t say it. I’m going to say something I probably shouldn’t say …
Anyway, today, I stand before you to announce my candidacy for president of the United States!
Wait—I won! That’s a Big F—ing Deal, as I used to say to Barack.
Oh look! Here’s the guy from Burisma! Good to see you, man! Look, the Biden administration will be monitoring Kiev prosecutors like you’ve never seen before. Clean government in Ukraine will be the No. 1 priority of my administration. When I’m president, this country won’t be cozying up to the totalitarian regimes of Poland and Hungary. It’s gonna stop with us.
I shouldn’t say it. I’m going to say something I probably shouldn’t say …
Anyway, on this crisp September day, I vow to you we’ll not only have a Green New Deal, but a Purple New Deal, a Yellow New Deal, a LBGTQXYZ New Deal—a whole rainbow of New Deals!
You have my word as a Biden, folks.
Anyway, as I stand here in the rotunda—I mean the steps of the Capitol—just as the great Democratic president Franklin Delano … uh, I should say, as FDR did—well, he wasn’t standing because he couldn’t stand.
And to all of you in wheelchairs, you don’t need to stand either! Oh, God love you! What am I talking about? I’ll tell you what, we’re making everybody else stand up, though. Let’s give the wheelchair-bound a big round of applause!
Look folks, as FDR said, we hold these truths to be self-evident … You bet and corn pop. Pop goes the weasel! And I’m your pop, as I always say to Hunter. I’m your pop, but I’m not a weasel, pal.
As we celebrate this peaceful transition—oh, I see Adam Schiff out in the crowd! As I always say, he reminds me of my son, Hunter.
Whoa—I almost forgot, let’s give a big hand to my vice president … Anita Hill!
What am I talking about? Anita ain’t black!
Everybody give a big hand to my vice president … Cardi B!
Oh sorry, buddy—my vice president, Al Sharpton!
But I promise you, Cardi and Anita and Al and Stacey and Jesse will all have positions in my Cabinet.
That’s cabinet, not cabin, folks. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and, as she always said: “We hold these truths to be self-evident.” I know this because I got three degrees in college and was voted the “outstanding student” in the political science department.
I should say, I wasn’t actually voted the “outstanding student,” but it was an honor just to be nominated.
Anyway, I never served with John F. Kennedy—but he was no Dan Quayle! He said, “Ask your country to do things for you. Ask or not! The choice is yours.”
I’m pro-choice, although I’m personally opposed. But the important thing is, it’s your choice!
And so as I stand here today, asking for your vote—hold on!—you gave me your vote! That’s why I’m here, man!
This is a Big F—ing Deal, as I used to always say to Barack. Good night and God bless. Wear a mask!
COPYRIGHT 2020 ANN COULTER
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Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here.
Her book, ¡Adios America! The Left’s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole, was released on June 1, 2015.
Her latest book, Resistance Is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind, was released on August 21, 2018.


vdare--2020-10-28--Sailer In TakiMag: Violent Victimizations

Earlier : Feds : In 2018 , Blacks Violently Victimized Asians 275+ Times as Often As Asians Violently Victimized Blacks @ @ @ @ @ s Magazine column , I redo the arithmetic on inter-racial “ Violent Victimizations.
” The @ @ @ @ @ rather stunning .
With the conventional wisdom increasingly prejudiced and extremist on the question of @ @ @ @ @ and who are the Bad Guys , how much longer can we expect the federal @ @ @ @ @ objective crime statistics by race ?
After all , nothing undermines The Narrative more than @ @ @ @ @ the real victims .
Would a Biden administration make it harder for citizens to access @ @ @ @ @ blacks versus whites ?

Earlier: Feds: In 2018, Blacks Violently Victimized Asians 275+ Times as Often As Asians Violently Victimized Blacks
In my new Taki’s Magazine column, I redo the arithmetic on inter-racial “Violent Victimizations.” The per capita racial ratios are rather stunning.
With the conventional wisdom increasingly prejudiced and extremist on the question of who are the Good Guys and who are the Bad Guys, how much longer can we expect the federal government to collect and publish objective crime statistics by race? After all, nothing undermines The Narrative more than official numbers about who are the real victims.
Would a Biden administration make it harder for citizens to access data on crimes committed by blacks versus whites?


vdare--2020-10-27--Notes On The Trans-Antifa Connection: They're Selling Baseball Bats, Axes, And Sledgehammers In Tran

Notes On The Trans-Antifa Connection: They're Selling Baseball Bats, Axes, And Sledgehammers In Trans Colors

Earlier by Steve Sailer : What Percentage of AntiFa Are Trans ?
Steve Sailer has observed that trans people seem to be quite overrepresented in antifa groups , but that precise numbers on the subject don ’ t exist .
[ What Percentage of AntiFa Are Trans ?
, July 24 , 2020 ] While I ’ m not privy to any studies on the matter , there is a group that promotes both : The Degenderettes .
Its website describes the group as , “ A friendly international genderqueer agitprop club* ” —the asterisk at the end glibly linking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Play Two Truths , One Lie.
” In an undated interview with Mask magazine , one of its founders , “ Scout , ” said : The Degenderette website sells tons of pro-trans swag , including a wide variety of “ pronoun patches ” and “ all gender restroom ” stickers : The Degenderettes must see a tie between their “ gender queer ” ideology and antifa , because they sell pro-antifa patches as well : One of which comes in the trans tricolor : For those who don ’ t know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shown on their flag , are blue , white , and pink—the two most “ gendered ” colors and the white to symbolize the transition between them : In 2017 , the San Francisco chapter of the Degenderettes hosted an art show literally called “ Degenderettes Antifa Art Exhibition , ” largely in response to Milo Yiannopoulos ’ s speaking event at the University of Berkeley the same year .
The Degenderettes also sell “ baseball equipment.
” The plethora of baseball bats they sell are all resplendently decorated , but in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has any other baseball gear , or even athletic clothing .
And if you scroll to the bottom of the “ baseball equipment ” page , you find , well : The labrys is the double-headed ax of Greek Mythology , pictured above are American double-bitted axes and hatchets as used by lumberjacks .
Perhaps this “ messy network of folks involved in gender stuff ” knows more about baseball than I do , because I could swear that sledge hammers and axes had no role in the game .
Or maybe , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a lot of overlap between the rise of antifa and “ World War T .
”

Earlier by Steve Sailer: What Percentage of AntiFa Are Trans?
Steve Sailer has observed that trans people seem to be quite overrepresented in antifa groups, but that precise numbers on the subject don’t exist. [What Percentage of AntiFa Are Trans?, July 24, 2020]
While I’m not privy to any studies on the matter, there is a group that promotes both: The Degenderettes.
Its website describes the group as, “A friendly international genderqueer agitprop club*”—the asterisk at the end glibly linking to the WikiHow page, “How to Play Two Truths, One Lie.” In an undated interview with Mask magazine, one of its founders, “Scout,” said:
We’re a messy network of folks involved in gender stuff. Officially we’re an art collective, but that’s too broad. It’s easier to describe us by what we’re not: there are lots of beautiful feminist and LGBT 501(c)(3)s out there doing great work in gender activism, but there are certain activities they can’t touch because they don’t want to upset their funders, or jeopardize their legal status. (emphasis added) [Degenderettes, by Randon Rosenbohm]
The Degenderette website sells tons of pro-trans swag, including a wide variety of “pronoun patches” and “all gender restroom” stickers:
The Degenderettes must see a tie between their “gender queer” ideology and antifa, because they sell pro-antifa patches as well:
One of which comes in the trans tricolor:
For those who don’t know, the official trans colors, as shown on their flag, are blue, white, and pink—the two most “gendered” colors and the white to symbolize the transition between them:
In 2017, the San Francisco chapter of the Degenderettes hosted an art show literally called “Degenderettes Antifa Art Exhibition,” largely in response to Milo Yiannopoulos’s speaking event at the University of Berkeley the same year.
The Degenderettes also sell “baseball equipment.” The plethora of baseball bats they sell are all resplendently decorated, but in the promotional photos for them, no model has any other baseball gear, or even athletic clothing.
And if you scroll to the bottom of the “baseball equipment” page, you find, well:
The labrys is the double-headed ax of Greek Mythology, pictured above are American double-bitted axes and hatchets as used by lumberjacks.
Perhaps this “messy network of folks involved in gender stuff” knows more about baseball than I do, because I could swear that sledge hammers and axes had no role in the game.
Or maybe, as Steve Sailer suggested, there’s a lot of overlap between the rise of antifa and “World War T.”


vdare--2020-10-27--Here We Go Again: Undocumented Shoppers In Philadelphia

It will be interesting to see if the media goes all in on pushing this police shooting in Philadelphia like they did in Minneapolis , Atlanta , and Kenosha , or whether ever since Kenosha the word has been out to keep BLM rioting on the QT until after the election : Obviously , a nightmare scenario for Democrats ’ is—at the last moment—a blue city in the key swing state of Pennsylvania being sacked over a routine black-crazy-man-with-a-knife shooting .
At 11pm EDT in Philadelphia it ’ s a pleasant 61 degrees F and not much chance of rain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrives ) , and even through Wednesday the weather is likely to be not bad .
Then it ’ s going to pour rain on Thursday .
Joe probably feels like it ’ s his duty to America to go on national TV tomorrow and announce his One Point Plan for Ending Police Killings : “ When an unarmed person comes at him with a knife or something , shoot him in the leg instead of the heart.
” Even though Biden has at least twice in 2020 made his Shoot- ‘ Em-In-The-Leg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beat me to my joke about the idea coming from unrealistic cowboy shows .
From the New York Post in 2010 : Is the Old Biden still in there somewhere under the silly New Biden ?

#Philadelphia
BREAKING
A large black pick-up truck just sped through the area striking at least two police officers. Multiple officers down, requesting back up immediately.https://t.co/oEvn2Cb40o — Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) October 27, 2020
It will be interesting to see if the media goes all in on pushing this police shooting in Philadelphia like they did in Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Kenosha, or whether ever since Kenosha the word has been out to keep BLM rioting on the QT until after the election:
Philadelphia is rioting over the shooting death of a man who charged police officers with a knife.
Black Lives Matter activists are throwing bricks at police officers, at least several of whom have been reportedly injured (per the police scanner). https://t.co/aZfAz6OAUU — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) October 27, 2020
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Obviously, a nightmare scenario for Democrats’ is—at the last moment—a blue city in the key swing state of Pennsylvania being sacked over a routine black-crazy-man-with-a-knife shooting.
At 11pm EDT in Philadelphia it’s a pleasant 61 degrees F and not much chance of rain before Tuesday night (when Antifa normally arrives), and even through Wednesday the weather is likely to be not bad. Then it’s going to pour rain on Thursday.
Joe probably feels like it’s his duty to America to go on national TV tomorrow and announce his One Point Plan for Ending Police Killings: “When an unarmed person comes at him with a knife or something, shoot him in the leg instead of the heart.”
Even though Biden has at least twice in 2020 made his Shoot-‘Em-In-The-Leg suggestion, as recently as 2010 he beat me to my joke about the idea coming from unrealistic cowboy shows. From the New York Post in 2010:
Cops furious at ‘don’t-kill’ bill
May 25, 2010 | 4:00am … Paladino, whose association represents 5,100 investigators, said he showed the bill last week to Vice President Joe Biden, who scoffed and suggested it be dubbed “The John Wayne Bill” because it demands sharp-shooting skills of the kind only seen in movies.
Is the Old Biden still in there somewhere under the silly New Biden?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-27--A Civics Lesson From Mitch McConnell And Thomas Sowell

Although VDARE.com 's main focus over the years has been about what mass immigration—both illegal and legal—is doing to the American nation and its future , the underlying concern here is The National Question : Can the U.S. survive as a nation-state , the political expression of a particular people , a polity ?
Clearly , today 's mass immigration , strengthened by our regime of indifferent assimilation , mortally threatens our polity .
There are threats , too , that do n't involve immigration .
Native-born American citizens can lose the thread , so to speak , of core @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is at least part of what Ronald Reagan had in mind when making his famous statement : Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction .
We did n't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream .
The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known is if we fight for it , protect it , defend it , and then hand it to them with the well-taught lessons of how they in their lifetime must do the same .
And if you and I don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and I may well spend our sunset years telling our children and our children 's children what it once was like in America , when men were free .
[ YouTube : Encroaching Control , Speech given to Phoenix Chamber of Commerce by Ronald Reagan on March 30 , 1961 ( PDF ) ( Full audio ) ] * An example of losing the thread : A good friend of several decades ( and of similarly advanced age , and who probably knows better , if he thinks about it ) wrote to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ U ] nless she changes her previous positions on issues , this new Supreme Court Justice promises to be a disaster for the next 40 years on family planning , abortion , the environment , etc . ''
But if Associate Justice Barrett performs in her new job as she testified that she will , her `` positions '' on such issues are irrelevant—she 'll simply be interpreting the Constitution and statutes in cases that are brought before the court , not roaming the land to make public policy according to her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of basic civics , but much of the country apparently has forgotten—if they ( including many judges ! )
ever learned it in the first place—that this is the proper role for judges .
Accordingly , the Senate 's confirmation votes on Supreme Court appointments have become such cataclysmic affairs because they 've devolved into de facto clashes over policy .
Just before the vote that confirmed Barrett 's nomination , Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell [ R-KY ] orated—low key , but with panache—on these ideas for about 27 minutes , providing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Americans would benefit from viewing .
Among those millions would be all 48 of the Senate Democrats , who voted unanimously against Barrett .
But as McConnell made clear , few to none of those Democrats were in the Senate chamber to hear him speak .
He usefully recounted how the confirmation process had devolved to its current state , but for me , the highlight of McConnell'ss speech came in the middle ( ~100 seconds ) , when he laid out the Senate Democrats ' manifest goal : So what they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ panel of lawyers with elite educations to reason backwards from outcomes and enlighten all the rest of us—enlighten all the rest of us—with their moral and political judgement , whether the Constitution speaks to the issue or not .
They know best what 's for us , no matter what the Constitution or the law may say .
And , you know , for the last several decades , in many cases , that 's what they 've gotten , one activist decision after another , giving the subjective preferences of one side @ @ @ @ @ @ @ variety of social , moral , and policy matters [ that ] a healthy society would leave to democratic debate , the personal opinion of judges has superceded the will of the people .
Now they call that a success , and they want more of it .
President Obama actually was refreshingly honest about this .
He said he wanted to appoint judges who had empathy .
Well , think about that for a minute , colleagues .
What if you 're the litigant before the judge for whom the judge does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tough shape .
You 're in tough shape .
So you give [ Obama ] credit for being pretty honest about this .
That 's what they 're looking for .
The statement by Obama that McConnell was referencing comes from a 2007 speech that then-Senator Obama gave to a Planned Parenthood audience : Thomas Sowell was evidently appalled enough by Obama 's shallow philosophy that he scourged it shortly before 2008 's election : Senator Obama has stated very clearly what kinds of Supreme Court justices he wants -- those with `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like to be poor , or African-American , or gay , or disabled , or old . ''
Like so many things that Obama says , it may sound nice if you do n't stop and think -- and chilling if you do stop and think .
Do we really want judges who decide cases based on who you are , rather than on the facts and the law ?
If the case involves a white man versus a black woman , should the judge decide that case differently than if both litigants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
The kind of criteria that Barack Obama promotes could have gotten three young men at Duke University sent to prison for a crime that neither they nor anybody else committed .
Did n't we spend decades in America , and centuries in Western civilization , trying to get away from the idea that who you are determines what your legal rights are ?
Sowell was probably still ruminating on that perverse shallowness half a year later , when he wrote : When `` our greatest contemporary philosopher '' focuses on basics , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in memorable terms .
*Thanks to VDARE.com 's miracle-working editor James Fulford for unearthing the actual Reagan quote .
-- PN

Although VDARE.com's main focus over the years has been about what mass immigration—both illegal and legal—is doing to the American nation and its future, the underlying concern here is The National Question: can the U.S. survive as a nation-state, the political expression of a particular people, a polity? Clearly, today's mass immigration, strengthened by our regime of indifferent assimilation, mortally threatens our polity.
There are threats, too, that don't involve immigration. Native-born American citizens can lose the thread, so to speak, of core national ideas or institutions. I assume this is at least part of what Ronald Reagan had in mind when making his famous statement:
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known is if we fight for it, protect it, defend it, and then hand it to them with the well-taught lessons of how they in their lifetime must do the same. And if you and I don’t do this, then you and I may well spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in America, when men were free. [YouTube: Encroaching Control, Speech given to Phoenix Chamber of Commerce by Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1961 (PDF) (Full audio)] *
An example of losing the thread: A good friend of several decades (and of similarly advanced age, and who probably knows better, if he thinks about it) wrote to me a few days ago, "[U]nless she changes her previous positions on issues, this new Supreme Court Justice promises to be a disaster for the next 40 years on family planning, abortion, the environment, etc."
But if Associate Justice Barrett performs in her new job as she testified that she will, her "positions" on such issues are irrelevant—she'll simply be interpreting the Constitution and statutes in cases that are brought before the court, not roaming the land to make public policy according to her own preferences.
That's a matter of basic civics, but much of the country apparently has forgotten—if they (including many judges!) ever learned it in the first place—that this is the proper role for judges. Accordingly, the Senate's confirmation votes on Supreme Court appointments have become such cataclysmic affairs because they've devolved into de facto clashes over policy.
Just before the vote that confirmed Barrett's nomination, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell [R-KY] orated—low key, but with panache—on these ideas for about 27 minutes, providing a civics lesson that tens of millions of Americans would benefit from viewing.
Among those millions would be all 48 of the Senate Democrats, who voted unanimously against Barrett. But as McConnell made clear, few to none of those Democrats were in the Senate chamber to hear him speak.
He usefully recounted how the confirmation process had devolved to its current state, but for me, the highlight of McConnell's speech came in the middle (~100 seconds), when he laid out the Senate Democrats' manifest goal:
So what they're looking for here is a small panel of lawyers with elite educations to reason backwards from outcomes and enlighten all the rest of us—enlighten all the rest of us—with their moral and political judgement, whether the Constitution speaks to the issue or not. They know best what's for us, no matter what the Constitution or the law may say. And, you know, for the last several decades, in many cases, that's what they've gotten, one activist decision after another, giving the subjective preferences of one side the force of law. Across a variety of social, moral, and policy matters [that] a healthy society would leave to democratic debate, the personal opinion of judges has superceded the will of the people. Now they call that a success, and they want more of it. President Obama actually was refreshingly honest about this. He said he wanted to appoint judges who had empathy. Well, think about that for a minute, colleagues. What if you're the litigant before the judge for whom the judge does not have empathy. You're in tough shape. You're in tough shape. So you give [Obama] credit for being pretty honest about this. That's what they're looking for. [YouTube: McConnell Speaks Before Senate Confirms Judge Barrett, October 26, 2020]
The statement by Obama that McConnell was referencing comes from a 2007 speech that then-Senator Obama gave to a Planned Parenthood audience:
[W]e need somebody who’s got the heart—the empathy—to recognize what it’s like to be a young teenage mom. The empathy to understand what it’s like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old—and that’s the criteria by which I’ll be selecting my judges. [Barack Obama before Planned Parenthood Action Fund, July 17, 2007]
Thomas Sowell was evidently appalled enough by Obama's shallow philosophy that he scourged it shortly before 2008's election:
Senator Obama has stated very clearly what kinds of Supreme Court justices he wants-- those with "the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old." Like so many things that Obama says, it may sound nice if you don't stop and think-- and chilling if you do stop and think. Do we really want judges who decide cases based on who you are, rather than on the facts and the law? If the case involves a white man versus a black woman, should the judge decide that case differently than if both litigants are of the same race or sex? The kind of criteria that Barack Obama promotes could have gotten three young men at Duke University sent to prison for a crime that neither they nor anybody else committed. Didn't we spend decades in America, and centuries in Western civilization, trying to get away from the idea that who you are determines what your legal rights are? [Obama and the Law, Townhall.com, October 28, 2008]
Sowell was probably still ruminating on that perverse shallowness half a year later, when he wrote:
The very idea that a judge's "life experiences" should influence judicial decisions is as absurd as it is dangerous. It is dangerous because citizens are supposed to obey the law, which means they must know what the law is in advance -- and nobody can know in advance what the "life experiences" of whatever judge they might appear before will happen to be. ["Out of Context", Townhall.com, June 2, 2009]
When "our greatest contemporary philosopher" focuses on basics, his resulting conclusions tend to be couched in memorable terms.
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*Thanks to VDARE.com's miracle-working editor James Fulford for unearthing the actual Reagan quote. -- PN