vdare--2020-12-16--Jason Kessler Scores Major Win In Charlottesville Unite The Right Case

Earlier , November 2017 : Sam Dickson ’ s Statement To Charlottesville Inquiry : “ The Police Were Acting Under Orders .
WHO GAVE THOSE ORDERS ?
” Jason Kessler , original organizer of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville VA , has just scored a major win against the City of Charlottesville : he was awarded court costs after proving that the city had withheld key evidence .
Kessler has followed up with a new law suit seeking the city to recover the evidence , possibly decisive in ongoing litigation .
All of which is part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Collapse.
” But Joe Biden ’ s handlers don ’ t seem to have told him yet .
For the record : VDARE.com had nothing whatever to do with UTR ( although it was anyway deplatformed by the Tech Totalitarians at PayPal ) .
But it nevertheless took the lead in exposing what , contrary to the Fake News , was obviously an attack by vigilante , uniformed , elected , useful idiot , media and robed Democrats on a lawful assembly .
Of course , in 2020 this combination of Antifa violence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Media cover-up has become all too familiar nationwide .
The first undeniable sign of Charlottesville Narrative Collapse : the November 24 , 2017 Charlottesville Independent Review ( aka the Heaphy Report ) revealed that , instead of protecting the speech and assembly rights of protesters , black Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas ordered his police to “ Let them fight.
” After the event ended in disaster , “ Chief Thomas and other CPD command staff deleted text messages that were relevant to [ the Independent Review ] .
” On the publication @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forced to resign .
Kessler is suing the city for failing to defend his rally .
Citing language from the Heaphy Report , Kessler used the Freedom of Information Act to request Charlottesville City Manager Maurice Jones ’ text messages and emails from August 11-12 , 2017 .
At the time ( April 2019 ) , the city claimed that they didn ’ t have any responsive documents .
That turned out to be false .
Hilariously , in March 2020 , former Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer [ Tweet him ] published a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American Democracy under Siege , detailing his experiences during the rally .
In it , he described with unfortunate specificity the date , time and content of previously undisclosed text messages and emails he exchanged with City Manager Jones ( these have been attached as exhibits to the Kessler lawsuits ) .
[ PDF ] See below , or see Chapter 21 of Cry Havoc .
This formed the basis of the first Kessler Freedom of Information [ FOIA ] lawsuit , which was decided in his favor November 30 .
Prior to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Writ of Mandamus ( an order compelling government action ) , Charlottesville Communication Director Brian Wheeler sent Kessler 1,121 pages of previously unreleased e-mails and 38 pages of texts recovered from archives .
However , it turned out to be only a partial production , excluding many of the texts most likely relevant to the police stand-down orders .
Shockingly , Wheeler admitted that the full production was impossible because “ the cell phone issued to [ City Manager Maurice Jones , pictured right ] had been wiped upon his departure in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ November 24 , 2020 ] ( Jones [ Email him ] is now the Town Manager of Chapel Hill , NC ) .
On November 30 , Judge Bobby Downer of the Charlottesville General District Court ordered the City to pay Kessler ’ s court costs for violating his FOIA rights .
But Judge Downer demurred on delving into the destruction of documents issue , which he said had to be decided by the Circuit Court .
Accordingly , the new Kessler lawsuit renews his request for a Writ of Mandamus , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recover the destroyed documents by any means necessary , including hiring a forensics and eDiscovery firm to recover the data .
The new Kessler lawsuit [ Kessler v Jones , Thomas , et al ( PDF ) ] filed December 11 in Charlottesville Circuit Court , seeks an admission that Charlottesville officials violated the law , specifically the Public Records Act and Freedom of Information Act , by destroying public records that were relevant to ongoing litigation involving Unite the Right .
Also at issue are text messages from the City Manager Jones @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Command Center ” with Police Chief Thomas on August 12 , 2017 and has also been sued by Kessler for the stand-down order .
At the very least , Kessler argues , he should be entitled to all peripheral information which would have been subject to FOIA , including which “ CPD command staff ” were on duty , which cell phone service provider they were using , etc .
The possibility that the text messages may still exist somewhere is suggested by the fact that an eDiscovery firm called Cognicion , LLC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Review .
According to Heaphy , Cognicion Cognicion LLC was owned by Hutton & Williams , the law firm conducting the Independent Review ( they ’ ve since gone through a merger ) .
The communications between public officials—such as the city manager and the Police Chief—should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) , as communications between public officials make them public documents .
This means these communications should be obtainable for citizens to review , as a matter of transparency and open government .
Not only are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Right important because of the historical implications surrounding them , but they are especially important because there are several legal cases that hinge on the production of these documents .
The Virginia FOIA requires that “ the custodian of such records shall take all necessary precaution for their preservation and safekeeping.
” The Virginia Public Records Act mandates that all correspondence between city official be retained for a two-year minimum , that City Manager communications be kept “ permanent ( ly ) , in agency ” and that all records destruction be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Virginia using an RM-3 ( Certificate of Records destruction forms which the Library claims they did not file ) .
Virginia code § 42.1-86.1 makes it illegal to destroy public documents while litigation is ongoing .
Of course , litigation on the Charlottesville Atrocity has been ongoing since August of 2017 until the present day .
Upholding the Civil Rights of thousands of Americans is dependent on those messages .
They are crucial for Kessler and others to defend themselves in other court cases seeking to blame them for rally violence .
Significantly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ P. 10 , PDF ] City Manager Jones was previously admonished by the Library of Virginia for violating the Virginia Public Records Act : Given the unwillingness by the Charlottesville city government to hand over its communications during the Unite the Right rally , it ’ s very well possible that there are far more—and far worse—comments that the city officials made that could shine a light on the government ’ s role in stoking the violence during the rally .
Virginia FOIA mandates that the initial hearing on the new lawsuit be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ initial filing .
Jolene McCarthy [ Email her ] is a veteran political reporter in exile .

Earlier, November 2017: Sam Dickson’s Statement To Charlottesville Inquiry: “The Police Were Acting Under Orders. WHO GAVE THOSE ORDERS?”
Jason Kessler, original organizer of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville VA, has just scored a major win against the City of Charlottesville: he was awarded court costs after proving that the city had withheld key evidence. Kessler has followed up with a new law suit seeking the city to recover the evidence, possibly decisive in ongoing litigation. All of which is part of what VDARE.com has termed “Charlottesville Narrative Collapse.” But Joe Biden’s handlers don’t seem to have told him yet.
For the record: VDARE.com had nothing whatever to do with UTR (although it was anyway deplatformed by the Tech Totalitarians at PayPal). But it nevertheless took the lead in exposing what, contrary to the Fake News, was obviously an attack by vigilante, uniformed, elected, useful idiot, media and robed Democrats on a lawful assembly. Of course, in 2020 this combination of Antifa violence, Democrat official complaisance and Main Stream Media cover-up has become all too familiar nationwide.
The first undeniable sign of Charlottesville Narrative Collapse: the November 24, 2017 Charlottesville Independent Review (aka the Heaphy Report) revealed that, instead of protecting the speech and assembly rights of protesters, black Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas ordered his police to “Let them fight.”
After the event ended in disaster, “Chief Thomas and other CPD command staff deleted text messages that were relevant to [the Independent Review].”
On the publication of the report, Chief Thomas was forced to resign.
Kessler is suing the city for failing to defend his rally. Citing language from the Heaphy Report, Kessler used the Freedom of Information Act to request Charlottesville City Manager Maurice Jones’ text messages and emails from August 11-12, 2017. At the time (April 2019), the city claimed that they didn’t have any responsive documents.
That turned out to be false. Hilariously, in March 2020, former Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer [Tweet him] published a book, Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy under Siege, detailing his experiences during the rally. In it, he described with unfortunate specificity the date, time and content of previously undisclosed text messages and emails he exchanged with City Manager Jones (these have been attached as exhibits to the Kessler lawsuits).[PDF]
See below, or see Chapter 21 of Cry Havoc.
This formed the basis of the first Kessler Freedom of Information [FOIA] lawsuit, which was decided in his favor November 30.
Prior to trial, and in order to avoid a Writ of Mandamus (an order compelling government action), Charlottesville Communication Director Brian Wheeler sent Kessler 1,121 pages of previously unreleased e-mails and 38 pages of texts recovered from archives.
However, it turned out to be only a partial production, excluding many of the texts most likely relevant to the police stand-down orders.
Shockingly, Wheeler admitted that the full production was impossible because “the cell phone issued to [City Manager Maurice Jones, pictured right] had been wiped upon his departure in 2018.” [Letter from Wheeler, November 24, 2020]
(Jones [Email him] is now the Town Manager of Chapel Hill, NC.)
On November 30, Judge Bobby Downer of the Charlottesville General District Court ordered the City to pay Kessler’s court costs for violating his FOIA rights. But Judge Downer demurred on delving into the destruction of documents issue, which he said had to be decided by the Circuit Court.
Accordingly, the new Kessler lawsuit renews his request for a Writ of Mandamus, this time seeking to compel the City to recover the destroyed documents by any means necessary, including hiring a forensics and eDiscovery firm to recover the data.
The new Kessler lawsuit [Kessler v Jones, Thomas, et al (PDF)] filed December 11 in Charlottesville Circuit Court, seeks an admission that Charlottesville officials violated the law, specifically the Public Records Act and Freedom of Information Act, by destroying public records that were relevant to ongoing litigation involving Unite the Right.
Also at issue are text messages from the City Manager Jones, who was in the “Unified Command Center” with Police Chief Thomas on August 12, 2017 and has also been sued by Kessler for the stand-down order.
At the very least, Kessler argues, he should be entitled to all peripheral information which would have been subject to FOIA, including which “CPD command staff” were on duty, which cell phone service provider they were using, etc.
The possibility that the text messages may still exist somewhere is suggested by the fact that an eDiscovery firm called Cognicion, LLC was hired by Charlottesville during the Heaphy Review. According to Heaphy, Cognicion
…coordinated with the City’s Department of Information Technology to directly obtain e-mails and electronically stored information for sixty-two City custodians. In obtaining these documents, [they] followed best practices in electronic document collection and maintained an appropriate chain of custody.
Cognicion LLC was owned by Hunton & Williams, the law firm conducting the Independent Review (they’ve since gone through a merger).
The communications between public officials—such as the city manager and the Police Chief—should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as communications between public officials make them public documents. This means these communications should be obtainable for citizens to review, as a matter of transparency and open government.
Not only are these communications around the time of Unite the Right important because of the historical implications surrounding them, but they are especially important because there are several legal cases that hinge on the production of these documents.
The Virginia FOIA requires that “the custodian of such records shall take all necessary precaution for their preservation and safekeeping.”
The Virginia Public Records Act mandates that all correspondence between city official be retained for a two-year minimum, that City Manager communications be kept “permanent(ly), in agency” and that all records destruction be approved and documented with the Library of Virginia using an RM-3 (Certificate of Records destruction forms which the Library claims they did not file).
Virginia code § 42.1-86.1 makes it illegal to destroy public documents while litigation is ongoing.
Of course, litigation on the Charlottesville Atrocity has been ongoing since August of 2017 until the present day. Upholding the Civil Rights of thousands of Americans is dependent on those messages. They are crucial for Kessler and others to defend themselves in other court cases seeking to blame them for rally violence.
Significantly, Kessler’s lawsuit shows [P. 10, PDF] City Manager Jones was previously admonished by the Library of Virginia for violating the Virginia Public Records Act:
It has been brought to my attention that…City of Charlottesville may not be properly following the General Schedules established by the Library of Virginia. The specific concern raised is that email pertaining to contact negotiations has been improperly managed and destroyed. [Bad MoJo: Library of Virginia slaps Maurice Jones over Barrick cover-up scandal, by Rob Schilling, SchillingShow.com, April 30, 2012]
Given the unwillingness by the Charlottesville city government to hand over its communications during the Unite the Right rally, it’s very well possible that there are far more—and far worse—comments that the city officials made that could shine a light on the government’s role in stoking the violence during the rally.
Virginia FOIA mandates that the initial hearing on the new lawsuit be set for within one week of the initial filing.
That’s Friday, December 18.
We’ll see.
Jolene McCarthy [Email her] is a political reporter in exile.


vdare--2020-12-15--Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Kansas Voter ID—Proof of Citizenship Not Necessary to Register to Vote

Once again , the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear an important case .
This time it 's about voter @ @ @ @ @ you have to do to prove your citizenship in Kansas in order to register to @ @ @ @ @ article , applicants for Voter ID must only `` attest to their citizenship status with @ @ @ @ @ wow .
In Mexico , meanwhile , in order to obtain a voter ID card @ @ @ @ @ a nationality document , either birth certificate or naturalization certificate .
The U.S. voter registration @ @ @ @ @ And the Supreme Court would n't even hear this case .
Our country is becoming @ @ @

Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear an important case. This time it's about voter registration.
From the Kansas City Star:
So what do you have to do to prove your citizenship in Kansas in order to register to vote? According to the article, applicants for Voter ID must only "attest to their citizenship status with their signatures." Oh wow.
In Mexico, meanwhile, in order to obtain a voter ID card, an applicant must present a nationality document, either birth certificate or naturalization certificate.
The U.S. voter registration system is a joke. And the Supreme Court wouldn't even hear this case.
Our country is becoming a joke.


vdare--2020-12-16--Michelle Malkin: Some Church Lives Matter More Than Others

Earlier , by Steve Sailer : Church Burnings Are Happening : Is The Press `` Triggering '' Violent Lunatics ?
Here is a textbook illustration of how the corporate media 's sins of omission can be far more damning than the corrupted industry 's sins of commission .
Over the weekend , thousands of patriotic citizens descended on Washington , D.C. , to protest election fraud and defend President Donald Trump .
Left-wing `` black bloc '' mobs threw water bottles , bricks and fireworks at cops and Trump supporters .
Eight law enforcement personnel were injured by antifa and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ received multiple severe lacerations to his face .
At least 33 were arrested at the close of the weekend for assaults and mayhem , but countless victims received zero help from cops who stood down and did nothing .
So , what did national news outlets choose to focus on ?
• NBC News : `` Black Lives Matter signs burned at D.C. churches ; police investigate as possible hate crimes . ''
• CNN : `` Protesters ripped and set fire to BLM signs at two D.C .
churches . ''
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out late Saturday night , some members of the Proud Boys stole and set fire to several Black Lives Matter signs that were on display at two D.C.-area churches .
This isolated mischief was nowhere near on the scale of the wanton looting , shooting , terrorizing and burning down of entire downtowns and neighborhoods across the country by Black Lives Matter and antifa in the name of `` social justice . ''
But the media propagandists who have labeled violent left-wing riots as `` peaceful protests '' all year long seized the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supporters are the real threat to civil order .
The populist movement to `` stop the steal '' of election 2020 is rooted in hate .
It 's `` Jim Crow '' all over again , `` reminiscent of cross burnings , '' and the `` rise of white supremacy , '' according to one of the fragile black church pastors making the rounds .
Except that it 's not .
The idea that this was an `` intentional targeting of houses of worship , '' as another black pastor claimed , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the incident proves it .
The Proud Boys , a largely Christian men 's group led by Afro-Cuban activist Enrique Tarrio , chanted `` F -- - Antifa ! ''
as they roasted a couple of the BLM signs .
They were `` targeting '' symbols of those twin domestic terrorist groups , whom the Proud Boys have stood against when no one else would , not black church congregations .
Make no mistake .
There has been a concerted campaign of terror against people of faith and their houses of worship this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the anti-Trump narratives of the propaganda media .
Since the George Floyd incident in May ushered in the age of anarchotyranny , scores of Catholic churches have come under attack across the United States .
You probably have n't forgotten about it because you probably did n't know about it in the first place .
Black Lives Matter leader and propagandist Shaun King instigated the anti-white , anti-Christian , anti-Catholic mob by tweeting during the first outbreak of post-Floyd riots .
`` Yes , I think the statues of the white European they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They are a form of white supremacy .
Always have been , '' he fumed .
King 's call to violence was explicit : `` In the Bible , when the family of Jesus wanted to hide , and blend in , guess where they went ?
EGYPT !
Not Denmark .
Tear them down . ''
King is still spreading his venom on Twitter .
Catholic officials have tallied at least 39 incidents of `` arson , statues beheaded , limbs cut , smashed , and painted , gravestones defaced with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ next to them burned , and other destruction and vandalism '' at Catholic churches across 19 states since June .
Complicit Clergy , a Catholic watchdog group , tracked nearly 70 such attacks through the summer .
• In May , Our Lady of Mt .
Lebanon-St. Peter in Los Angeles was spraypainted with `` ACAB '' ( All Cops Are Bastards ) `` Kill All Cops , '' `` FTP '' ( `` f- the police '' ) , and `` Make America Pay For Its Crimes Against Black People '' slogans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decapitated at St. Patrick Cathedral in El Paso , Texas , after the bishop of the local diocese knelt before a BLM sign .
• Rioters tore down a statue of St. Junipero Serra , an 18th-century Franciscan priest and missionary , at San Francisco 's Golden Gate Park .
A Serra statue at Mission San Rafael Arcangel was defaced and toppled .
The mission church in San Gabriel , California , which Serra founded , was destroyed in July by a massive arson fire .
• `` Statues of Jesus and Mary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Miami , Tenn. , and Colorado Springs , Colo. , were set alight , beheaded , and defaced , '' Carina Benton reported for The Federalist in October .
• Catholics praying the rosary to guard the King Louis IX statue in St. Louis were threatened and beaten by BLM and antifa sympathizers .
A BLM leader unleashes a year-long , race-based `` Tear them down '' ragefest against followers of Christ .
The anti-Trump , anti-white journalists are as quiet as church mice .
Silence is not just complicity .
It 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her ] is the author of Invasion : How America Still Welcomes Terrorists , Criminals , and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores .
Click here for Peter Brimelow ’ s review .
Click here for Michelle Malkin 's website .
Michelle Malkin is also the author of Unhinged : Exposing Liberals Gone Wild , Culture of Corruption : Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats , Crooks & Cronies , , Who Built That : Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs , and Sold Out : How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Workers .
Malkin is author of the book , `` Open Borders , Inc. : Who 's Funding America 's Destruction , '' available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover .
To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists , visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com .
COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM

Earlier, by Steve Sailer: Church Burnings Are Happening: Is The Press "Triggering" Violent Lunatics?
Here is a textbook illustration of how the corporate media's sins of omission can be far more damning than the corrupted industry's sins of commission.
Over the weekend, thousands of patriotic citizens descended on Washington, D.C., to protest election fraud and defend President Donald Trump. Left-wing "black bloc" mobs threw water bottles, bricks and fireworks at cops and Trump supporters. Eight law enforcement personnel were injured by antifa and Black Lives Matter anarchists; one officer received multiple severe lacerations to his face. At least 33 were arrested at the close of the weekend for assaults and mayhem, but countless victims received zero help from cops who stood down and did nothing.
So, what did national news outlets choose to focus on?
This much is true: As chaos broke out late Saturday night, some members of the Proud Boys stole and set fire to several Black Lives Matter signs that were on display at two D.C.-area churches. This isolated mischief was nowhere near on the scale of the wanton looting, shooting, terrorizing and burning down of entire downtowns and neighborhoods across the country by Black Lives Matter and antifa in the name of "social justice."
But the media propagandists who have labeled violent left-wing riots as "peaceful protests" all year long seized the opportunity to stoke false narratives: Trump supporters are the real threat to civil order. The populist movement to "stop the steal" of election 2020 is rooted in hate. It's "Jim Crow" all over again, "reminiscent of cross burnings," and the "rise of white supremacy," according to one of the fragile black church pastors making the rounds.
Except that it's not.
The idea that this was an "intentional targeting of houses of worship," as another black pastor claimed, is nonsense on stilts—and a viral video of the incident proves it. The Proud Boys, a largely Christian men's group led by Afro-Cuban activist Enrique Tarrio, chanted "F--- Antifa!" as they roasted a couple of the BLM signs. They were "targeting" symbols of those twin domestic terrorist groups, whom the Proud Boys have stood against when no one else would, not black church congregations.
Make no mistake. There has been a concerted campaign of terror against people of faith and their houses of worship this year, but it doesn't fit the anti-Trump narratives of the propaganda media. Since the George Floyd incident in May ushered in the age of anarchotyranny, scores of Catholic churches have come under attack across the United States. You probably haven't forgotten about it because you probably didn't know about it in the first place.
Black Lives Matter leader and propagandist Shaun King instigated the anti-white, anti-Christian, anti-Catholic mob by tweeting during the first outbreak of post-Floyd riots. "Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down. They are a form of white supremacy. Always have been," he fumed. King's call to violence was explicit: "In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went? EGYPT! Not Denmark. Tear them down." King is still spreading his venom on Twitter.
Catholic officials have tallied at least 39 incidents of "arson, statues beheaded, limbs cut, smashed, and painted, gravestones defaced with swastikas and anti-Catholic language and American flags next to them burned, and other destruction and vandalism" at Catholic churches across 19 states since June. Complicit Clergy, a Catholic watchdog group, tracked nearly 70 such attacks through the summer.
A BLM leader unleashes a year-long, race-based "Tear them down" ragefest against followers of Christ. The anti-Trump, anti-white journalists are as quiet as church mice. Silence is not just complicity. It's media malpractice.
COPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM
Michelle Malkin [Email her] is the author of Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores. Click here for Peter Brimelow’s review. Click here for Michelle Malkin's website. Michelle Malkin is also the author of Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies, ,Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs, and Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers.
Malkin is author of the book, "Open Borders, Inc.: Who's Funding America's Destruction," available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM


vdare--2020-12-15--Border Patrol Arrest Numbers: Get Ready For The Biden Rush!

We 've been predicting a `` Biden Rush '' for the border , in the event , now practically certain @ @ @ @ @ .
These are the latest crossing numbers from the Border Patrol website : The Biden @ @ @ @ @ yet—Trump is still President , after all—but it 's clearly on its way .
The @ @ @ @ @ and according to BorderReport.com :

Earlier: NATIONAL DATA: November Jobs—The Immigrant “Biden Rush” Begins?
We've been predicting a "Biden Rush" for the border, in the event, now practically certain, of Biden taking office.
These are the latest crossing numbers from the Border Patrol website:
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The Biden Rush isn't quite happening yet—Trump is still President, after all—but it's clearly on its way.
The DHS certainly knows this, and according to BorderReport.com:


vdare--2020-12-15--War On Christmas: Christmas Fights Back!

We noticed the War On Christmas started early this year at the post office .
But we also noticed , that Christmas is puttinp an unusually plucky fight back .
Maybe it ’ s one of the side effects of COVID , but it seem people are really into Christmas this year .
Whether it ’ s starting early ( the VDARE staff is sharply divided on when precisely it is appropriate to put up décorations—before Thanksgiving ?
Or the day after ? )
or ramping up the intensity of our celebrating , one thing is clear : in 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , here ’ s a gem out of Pennsylvania : How does Williamsport beat the pandemic ?
Make Christmas bigger .
That ’ s the spirit !
Here at VDARE , our bookkeeper would like to inspire you with her city hall scene .
She says , “ I have more Christmas decorations than can fit in my house.
” And over at the castle , the VDARE Christmas tree is 15 ’ tall .
Or approximately 3 Felicity Brimelows .
Here we have the Christmas security detail reporting for duty .
Piano @ @ @ @ @ @ @ share your Christmas decorations with us too by sending pics of your favorite displays to us at assistant @ vdare.com .
We ’ ll pick staff favorites to share on social media !
Merry Christmas to all of you !

We noticed the War On Christmas started early this year at the post office. But we also noticed, that Christmas is picking an unusually plucky fight back.
Maybe it’s one of the side effects of COVID, but it seem people are really into Christmas this year. Whether it’s starting early (the VDARE staff is sharply divided on when precisely it is appropriate to put up decorations—before Thanksgiving? Or the day after?) or ramping up the intensity of our celebrating, one thing is clear: in 2020, Christmas fights back!
For example, here’s a gem out of Pennsylvania: How does Williamsport beat the pandemic? Make Christmas bigger. That’s the spirit!
Here at VDARE, our bookkeeper would like to inspire you with her city hall scene. She says, “I have more Christmas decorations than can fit in my house.”
(Stay tuned for pictures of her two nativity scenes.)
And over at the castle, the VDARE Christmas tree is 15’ tall. Or approximately 3 Felicity Brimelows.
Here we have the Christmas security detail reporting for duty. Piano for size.
We invite you to share your Christmas decorations with us too by sending pics of your favorite displays to us at assistant@vdare.com. We’ll pick staff favorites to share on social media!
Merry Christmas to all of you!


vdare--2020-12-16--Ann Coulter: Breonna Taylor—The True Story of a BLM Hero

Earlier : NYT : Bad People Are Skeptical Of The Sainthood Of Breonna Taylor And Michael Brown , and Two Whites Murdered in Louisville by Black Lives Matter Activist Wearing 'Justice for Breonna Taylor ’ Shirt Hey , guys , I found out the true facts in the Breonna Taylor case !
Remember the “ botched raid ” ( New York Times ) on Breonna ’ s apartment in Louisville , Kentucky , last March , when police officers killed this innocent black woman as she slept peacefully in her bed ?
Yes , apparently , without announcing themselves , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the WRONG APARTMENT .
Their warrant was for a man Breonna had dated eons ago and barely knew anymore , and whom they already had in custody !
Assuming the police were home invaders , Breonna ’ s boyfriend pulled out a gun—again , police were at the WRONG APARTMENT—whereupon the officers opened fire , killing Breonna and wounding one of their own in friendly fire .
You probably won ’ t believe this , but it turns out , none of that is true .
Contrary to the repeated claim that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the wrong person and the person was in custody ” —as the Rev .
Al Sharpton put it—the police were not at the wrong house at all .
It seems that Breonna Taylor was knee-deep in the criminal enterprise of her sometime-boyfriend , Jamarcus Glover , who was running a massive drug operation , selling crack cocaine and fentanyl to the citizens of Louisville .
The morning after Breonna was killed , for example , Jamarcus told his baby mama ( on a police-recorded phone call ) : “ This is what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t take it wrong , but Bre been handling all my money , she been handling my money … She been handling sh*t for me and Cuz , it ain ’ t just me.
” He detailed the amounts when an unidentified male got on the line , saying , “ Tell Cuz , Bre got down like $ 15 ( grand ) , she had the $ 8 ( grand ) I gave her the other day and she picked up another $ 6 ( grand ) .
” And yet , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knew Jamarcus , based on the family ’ s lawyer , Sam Aguiar , saying that they had broken up two years earlier and had only a “ passive friendship.
” In addition to “ handling sh*t ” for Jamarcus , Breonna had bailed Jamarcus out of jail , driven with him to a “ trap house ” ( where the drugs were sold ) , and allowed him to use her address—the site of the raid—for his mail , phone bills , a bank account and jail bookings .
All this in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jamarcus had been to Breonna ’ s apartment six times in January alone , and had called her from jail dozens of times since they had allegedly broken up .
More significantly , police had photos of Jamarcus picking up USPS packages at Breonna ’ s apartment as recently as Jan. 16 , 2020 , then taking them directly to a trap house .
The photos are available online .
( If only our media had access to the internet ! )
And of course , back in 2016 , after Breonna had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ showed up at her door because … a dead body was found in the trunk .
The murdered man turned out to be the brother of one of Jamarcus ’ co-conspirators .
Surely that gave Breonna an inkling that Jamarcus was not walking on the right side of the law .
These are a few of the reasons why , on March 13 , Louisville police planned to execute four simultaneous no-knock search warrants on homes associated with Jamarcus ’ drug operation : 2424 Elliott Avenue ( the trap house , where vast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and guns were found ) , 2425 Elliott Avenue , 2426 Elliott Avenue ( the houses next door , used to hide guns and drugs ) , and 3003 Springfield Drive No .
4 ( Breonna ’ s apartment ) .
Although all the warrants were written as “ no-knock ” to protect the officers and prevent the destruction of evidence , the police did knock and announce themselves at Breonna ’ s apartment .
The officers say so , and at least one brave neighbor broke with “ the community ” to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The media make the inane point that a dozen neighbors didn ’ t hear the police announce themselves .
Even assuming they ’ re telling the truth , that proves : A dozen neighbors didn ’ t hear the police announce themselves .
It doesn ’ t prove that the officers didn ’ t announce themselves .
( This is why there are LSATs to get into law school . )
Even Breonna ’ s boyfriend says they knocked .
You ’ re the bagwoman for a major crack cocaine operation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ door after midnight , and your reaction is : The last thing I imagined was that it could be the police !
Team Breonna makes a big point of the fact that the police found no drugs or money at her apartment .
Yeah , that ’ s because they didn ’ t look .
The first officer through the door was shot by Breonna ’ s boyfriend—who eventually admitted he shot first—and the officers returned fire , hitting Breonna five times , one fatally .
( All proved by federal ballistics reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shootout , the officers never executed the search warrant .
That was confirmed by a police investigator to the grand jury—and also by Jamarcus , who said in jailhouse recordings that his money was still at Breonna ’ s house : But how on earth did the officers hit Breonna , when she was sound asleep in the next room ?
She wasn ’ t .
She was standing in the hallway right next to her boyfriend … who , again , was shooting at the police .
He ducked , she didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happened to Breonna in a jailhouse phone call : “ that n @ gga did this shit .
At the end of the day , if I would have been at that house , Bre would be alive , bruh .
I don ’ t shoot at no police.
” For this , Breonna ’ s family got $ 12 million from the city and the rest of us got endless nights of violent riots .
Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here .
Her book , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .

Earlier: NYT: Bad People Are Skeptical Of The Sainthood Of Breonna Taylor And Michael Brown, and Two Whites Murdered in Louisville by Black Lives Matter Activist Wearing 'Justice for Breonna Taylor’ Shirt
Hey, guys, I found out the true facts in the Breonna Taylor case!
Remember the “botched raid” (New York Times) on Breonna’s apartment in Louisville, Kentucky, last March, when police officers killed this innocent black woman as she slept peacefully in her bed?
Yes, apparently, without announcing themselves, the police smashed in the front door of the WRONG APARTMENT. Their warrant was for a man Breonna had dated eons ago and barely knew anymore, and whom they already had in custody! Assuming the police were home invaders, Breonna’s boyfriend pulled out a gun—again, police were at the WRONG APARTMENT—whereupon the officers opened fire, killing Breonna and wounding one of their own in friendly fire.
You probably won’t believe this, but it turns out, none of that is true.
Contrary to the repeated claim that the police “had the wrong address and the wrong person and the person was in custody”—as the Rev. Al Sharpton put it—the police were not at the wrong house at all.
It seems that Breonna Taylor was knee-deep in the criminal enterprise of her sometime-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover, who was running a massive drug operation, selling crack cocaine and fentanyl to the citizens of Louisville.
The morning after Breonna was killed, for example, Jamarcus told his baby mama (on a police-recorded phone call): “This is what you got to understand, don’t take it wrong, but Bre been handling all my money, she been handling my money … She been handling sh*t for me and Cuz, it ain’t just me.”
He detailed the amounts when an unidentified male got on the line, saying, “Tell Cuz, Bre got down like $15 (grand), she had the $8 (grand) I gave her the other day and she picked up another $6 (grand).”
And yet, the media credulously repeated that Breonna barely knew Jamarcus, based on the family’s lawyer, Sam Aguiar, saying that they had broken up two years earlier and had only a “passive friendship.”
In addition to “handling sh*t” for Jamarcus, Breonna had bailed Jamarcus out of jail, driven with him to a “trap house” (where the drugs were sold), and allowed him to use her address—the site of the raid—for his mail, phone bills, a bank account and jail bookings. All this in 2020.
Police GPS tracking showed that Jamarcus had been to Breonna’s apartment six times in January alone, and had called her from jail dozens of times since they had allegedly broken up.
Jan. 3, 2020: Jamarcus: “Just be on standby so you can come get me. Love you.” Breonna: “Love you, too.”
More significantly, police had photos of Jamarcus picking up USPS packages at Breonna’s apartment as recently as Jan. 16, 2020, then taking them directly to a trap house.
The photos are available online. (If only our media had access to the internet!)
And of course, back in 2016, after Breonna had rented a car for Jamarcus, police showed up at her door because … a dead body was found in the trunk. The murdered man turned out to be the brother of one of Jamarcus’ co-conspirators. Surely that gave Breonna an inkling that Jamarcus was not walking on the right side of the law.
These are a few of the reasons why, on March 13, Louisville police planned to execute four simultaneous no-knock search warrants on homes associated with Jamarcus’ drug operation: 2424 Elliott Avenue (the trap house, where vast amounts of crack cocaine, fentanyl pills and guns were found), 2425 Elliott Avenue, 2426 Elliott Avenue (the houses next door, used to hide guns and drugs), and 3003 Springfield Drive No. 4 (Breonna’s apartment).
Although all the warrants were written as “no-knock” to protect the officers and prevent the destruction of evidence, the police did knock and announce themselves at Breonna’s apartment. The officers say so, and at least one brave neighbor broke with “the community” to admit he heard the police announce themselves.
The media make the inane point that a dozen neighbors didn’t hear the police announce themselves. Even assuming they’re telling the truth, that proves: A dozen neighbors didn’t hear the police announce themselves. It doesn’t prove that the officers didn’t announce themselves. (This is why there are LSATs to get into law school.)
Even Breonna’s boyfriend says they knocked. You’re the bagwoman for a major crack cocaine operation, there’s loud banging on your door after midnight, and your reaction is:The last thing I imagined was that it could be the police!
Team Breonna makes a big point of the fact that the police found no drugs or money at her apartment. Yeah, that’s because they didn’t look.
The first officer through the door was shot by Breonna’s boyfriend—who eventually admitted he shot first—and the officers returned fire, hitting Breonna five times, one fatally. (All proved by federal ballistics reports.) In the commotion after the shootout, the officers never executed the search warrant.
That was confirmed by a police investigator to the grand jury—and also by Jamarcus, who said in jailhouse recordings that his money was still at Breonna’s house:
Jamarcus: “It was there, it was there, it was there … They didn’t do nothing though that’s the problem … [Breonna’s boyfriend] said ain’t none of that go on.” [Unidentified man] to Jamarcus: “So they didn’t take none of the money?” Jamarcus: “[Breonna’s boyfriend] said that none of that go on. He said Homicide came straight on the scene and they went to packaging Bre and they left.”
But how on earth did the officers hit Breonna, when she was sound asleep in the next room? She wasn’t. She was standing in the hallway right next to her boyfriend … who, again, was shooting at the police. He ducked, she didn’t.
As Jamarcus summarized what happened to Breonna in a jailhouse phone call: “that n@gga did this shit. At the end of the day, if I would have been at that house, Bre would be alive, bruh. I don’t shoot at no police.”
For this, Breonna’s family got $12 million from the city and the rest of us got endless nights of violent riots.
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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--2020-12-16--Radio Derb Transcript Up For December 11: Decline Of Politics, 2021, Race Denialists Dig In, And End

Radio Derb Transcript Up For December 11: Decline Of Politics, 2021, Race Denialists Dig In, And Ending Academic Testing, Etc.

The Radio Derb transcript is up for December 11 .
Go here to read or listen .
01m54s The decline @ @ @ @ @ ( Comedy , tragedy . )
09m52s 2021 : a first look .
( Two @ @ @ @ @ . )
14m57s Race denialists dig in .
( The point they 've arrived at @ @ @ @ @ the cosmos ?
( Seems like a waste . )

The Radio Derb transcript is up for December 11. Go here to read or listen.
Playlist
01m54s The decline of our political culture. (Comedy, tragedy.)
09m52s 2021: a first look. (Two things that will certainly happen.)
14m57s Race denialists dig in. (The point they've arrived at.)
20m48s Ending law enforcement. (Mug 'em again!)
29m21s Ending academic testing. ("Holistic" = completely subjective.)
34m00s Chuck Yeager, RIP. (A great West Virginian.)
36m13s Alone in the cosmos? (Seems like a waste.)
40m30s Miss BumBum lives! (At Cambridge University.)
42m48s Signoff. (With a gifted violinist.)


vdare--2020-12-16--Sailer In TAKIMAG: Let’s Be Over And Done With COVID In ’21

From my new column in Taki ’ s Magazine : Let ’ s Be Over and Done in ’ 21 Steve Sailer It ’ s only natural to be frightened of getting a needle stuck in your arm loaded with a novel vaccine developed at such a pace that few besides the optimistic President Trump believed it could be rolled out this year .
Likewise , it ’ s common to be either hypochondriacal about a new infectious disease or dismissive of its dangers .
A huge number of Americans assume COVID poses an apocalyptic menace , while others try @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be virtually invulnerable .
My view , though , is that it ’ s time to get the damn pandemic over and done with .
It ’ s important to note that COVID is a crisis of moderate magnitude , neither “ Just the flu , bro ” nor the end of the world ( as I will demonstrate below ) .
The problem is that it ’ s been very hard to come up with a measured , moderate response proportionate to the dangers of an infection that spreads exponentially and thus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As Tyler Cowen has pointed out , it ’ s very hard to fight coronavirus to a draw .
It ’ s probably beyond our skill set .
Instead , at any point in time , the place where you live is either winning over it or losing to it .
Fortunately , with the delivery of the first of several vaccines , we are now finally at the point where victory is in sight , assuming Americans don ’ t botch the opportunity to put this whole awful experience in our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of us must choose to win .
The two quite similar vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna have proved themselves highly effective .
From FDA analyses of their clinical trials : Moderna vaccine : Only eleven COVID cases were seen in the vaccine group versus 185 in the equal-size placebo group .
Pfizer vaccine : Eight cases in the vaccine group , 162 cases in the placebo group .

From my new column in Taki’s Magazine:
Let’s Be Over and Done in ’21
Steve Sailer
December 16, 2020
It’s only natural to be frightened of getting a needle stuck in your arm loaded with a novel vaccine developed at such a pace that few besides the optimistic President Trump believed it could be rolled out this year.
Likewise, it’s common to be either hypochondriacal about a new infectious disease or dismissive of its dangers. A huge number of Americans assume COVID poses an apocalyptic menace, while others try to loudly reassure themselves that they must be virtually invulnerable.
My view, though, is that it’s time to get the damn pandemic over and done with.
It’s important to note that COVID is a crisis of moderate magnitude, neither “Just the flu, bro” nor the end of the world (as I will demonstrate below). The problem is that it’s been very hard to come up with a measured, moderate response proportionate to the dangers of an infection that spreads exponentially and thus tends to be either growing or shrinking.
As Tyler Cowen has pointed out, it’s very hard to fight coronavirus to a draw. It’s probably beyond our skill set. Instead, at any point in time, the place where you live is either winning over it or losing to it.
Fortunately, with the delivery of the first of several vaccines, we are now finally at the point where victory is in sight, assuming Americans don’t botch the opportunity to put this whole awful experience in our past. But a large enough number of us must choose to win.
The two quite similar vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna have proved themselves highly effective. From FDA analyses of their clinical trials:
Moderna vaccine: Only eleven COVID cases were seen in the vaccine group versus 185 in the equal-size placebo group.
Pfizer vaccine: Eight cases in the vaccine group, 162 cases in the placebo group.


vdare--2020-12-16--Diversity = No White People: NFL Celebrates Diversity With First ALL-BLACK Officiating Crew

Finally , the NFL reaches Peak Diversity .
Only when all white people have been replaced has true diverse nirvana been attained .
The Monday Night Football matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Rams made history , but it had nothing to do with the two teams vying for playoff seeding .
For the first time , the league assembled an all-Black officiating crew , led by Jerome Boger , a 17-year NFL official .
Rounding out the seven-member crew : umpire Barry Anderson , side judge Anthony Jeffries , line judge Carl Johnson , down judge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and back judge Greg Steed .
“ This historic Week 11 crew is a testament to the countless and immeasurable contributions of Black officials to the game , their exemplary performance , and to the power of inclusion that is the hallmark of this great game , ” Troy Vincent , a former NFL player who is now the league ’ s executive vice president of football operations , said in a statement .
Boger became the third Black referee in the history of the league when he was promoted from line judge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am proud of my heritage and excited about my participation in this historic game , ” Boger said in a statement .
“ The opportunity to work with a great group of Black officials and exhibit our proficiency in executing our assignment is something I am really looking forward to.
” The all-black officiating crew took the field during a season where the NFL vowed to do more to elevate issues of diversity and racial equity .
Prior to the 2020 season kickoff in September , the league announced it will play “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ known as the Black national anthem , before every week 1 NFL game .
It also allowed teams to stencil “ End Racism ” and “ It Takes All of Us ” in home team end zone early on in the season , as The Washington Post noted .
In June , several NFL players took to social media to criticize the league for not doing more to call out racial inequities , including system racism and police brutality , following the police killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on Memorial Day @

Finally, the NFL reaches Peak Diversity. Only when all white people have been replaced has true diverse nirvana been attained.
NFL’s First All-Black Crew Officiated ‘Monday Night Football’ Game, NPR, November 23, 2020
The Monday Night Football matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Rams made history, but it had nothing to do with the two teams vying for playoff seeding.
For the first time, the league assembled an all-Black officiating crew, led by Jerome Boger, a 17-year NFL official.
Rounding out the seven-member crew: umpire Barry Anderson, side judge Anthony Jeffries, line judge Carl Johnson, down judge Julian Mapp, field judge Dale Shaw and back judge Greg Steed.
“This historic Week 11 crew is a testament to the countless and immeasurable contributions of Black officials to the game, their exemplary performance, and to the power of inclusion that is the hallmark of this great game,” Troy Vincent, a former NFL player who is now the league’s executive vice president of football operations, said in a statement.
Boger became the third Black referee in the history of the league when he was promoted from line judge during the 2006 season.
“I am proud of my heritage and excited about my participation in this historic game,” Boger said in a statement. “The opportunity to work with a great group of Black officials and exhibit our proficiency in executing our assignment is something I am really looking forward to.”
The all-black officiating crew took the field during a season where the NFL vowed to do more to elevate issues of diversity and racial equity.
Prior to the 2020 season kickoff in September, the league announced it will play “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the Black national anthem, before every week 1 NFL game.
It also allowed teams to stencil “End Racism” and “It Takes All of Us” in home team end zone early on in the season, as The Washington Post noted.
In June, several NFL players took to social media to criticize the league for not doing more to call out racial inequities, including system racism and police brutality, following the police killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on Memorial Day.


vdare--2020-12-16--Battle Flag Banned In New York...But Not At VDARE.com!

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo 's latest virtue-signaling move on Tuesday was to ban sale and display of the Confederate Battle Flag .
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by Peter Brimelow , November 4 , 2020 • Oregon Secession Movement A White Pill For Americans In Democrat-Controlled States , by Jack Dalton , November 20 , 2020 • Whites Have Rights : It 's Time to Get Serious About Secession , by Faith Goldy , March 2 , 2020 • Rush Limbaugh Joins VDARE.com In Warning About The Possibility Of Secession , by Jack Dalton , December 11 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our many , many pieces on the site about the Confederate Battle Flag : • US Flag No Different From Confederate Flag As Far As Schools And Colleges Are Concerned , by James Fulford on March 10 , 2015 • Time To Hang My Confederate Flag , by Bryanna Bevins on February 15 , 2006 • Lawrence Auster On The Confederate Flag , Etc .
: “ Liberals Will Only Be Satisfied When Historic America Has Been Eliminated , '' by James Fulford on October 15 , 2017 • The Confederate Flag @ @ @ @ @ @ @ An OBJECT Of Hatred , by Patrick J. Buchanan on June 25 , 2015

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's latest virtue-signaling move on Tuesday was to ban sale and display of the Confederate Battle Flag.
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vdare--2020-12-16--Koch Demands Republicans Pass Amnesty

Koch Demands Republicans Pass Amnesty

Previously : The Kochtopus Moves Left .
And It ’ s Coming For The Historic American Nation Conservative mega-donor Charles Koch issued a fresh plea for amnesty and more immigration last week .
In an op-ed for CNN ( of all places ) , the libertarian billionaire and co-author Brian Hooks make the case for why Republicans and Democrats need to sell out the American people .
( Hooks is the president of the Koch Foundation . )
The title of the op-ed : “ One thing we should all agree on.
” Koch must mean “ billionaires ” when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing we should all agree on , by Charles Koch and Brian Hooks , CNN , December 10 , 2020 ] “ Whether it 's a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants , including Dreamers who were brought to America as children , improving the visa system or improving border security , lasting progress will require congressional action by both political parties , ” Koch writes .
Koch is optimistic amnesty can pass this time around : He points to shared agreement on this issue between cucked conservative groups like Americans for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a positive sign .
Koch also cites passage of criminal justice reform as a good augury for immigration treachery .
He concludes his op-ed with a subtle call for more immigration .
Koch ’ s op-ed is a sign the donor class will push for amnesty in the coming months .
It will be up to the base , and maybe Donald Trump , to stop it .

washingtonwatcherii@protonmail.com (Washington  Watcher II)

Previously: The Kochtopus Moves Left. And It’s Coming For The Historic American Nation
Conservative mega-donor Charles Koch issued a fresh plea for amnesty and more immigration last week.
In an op-ed for CNN (of all places), the libertarian billionaire and co-author Brian Hooks make the case for why Republicans and Democrats need to sell out the American people. (Hooks is the president of the Koch Foundation.) The title of the op-ed: “One thing we should all agree on.” Koch must mean “billionaires” when he says “we.” [One thing we should all agree on, by Charles Koch and Brian Hooks, CNN, December 10, 2020]
“Whether it's a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants, including Dreamers who were brought to America as children, improving the visa system or improving border security, lasting progress will require congressional action by both political parties,” Koch writes.
Koch is optimistic amnesty can pass this time around:
We're increasingly optimistic about the chances for success. It's telling that American support for immigration grew even amid the constant anti-immigrant rhetoric of the past four years. While media headlines focused on the extremes of the immigration debate, people of all backgrounds and organizations of all kinds have been taking steps to celebrate immigration and show society that despite differences on other issues, this is an area where people can come together.
He points to shared agreement on this issue between cucked conservative groups like Americans for Prosperity and Hispanic racial advocates like UnidosUS as a positive sign. Koch also cites passage of criminal justice reform as a good augury for immigration treachery. He concludes his op-ed with a subtle call for more immigration.
A similar victory can happen with immigration. Public sentiment is already there. Efforts to amplify and unleash that sentiment are gaining steam. With more support and action from people across the country, Congress will find its way to enact the immigration policies that reflect the best of America and enable more people to contribute to our country's future.
Koch’s op-ed is a sign the donor class will push for amnesty in the coming months. It will be up to the base, and maybe Donald Trump, to stop it.


vdare--2020-12-16--The War On Christmas Goes On, With COVID-19 Piling On. And Christophobia Is Getting Worse

Earlier : VDARE.com 's War On Christmas Archive : 323 Items—And More To Come !
When I started looking around for recent stories about the War On Christmas—something I ’ ve been doing for twenty years , and which got me my job here at VDARE.com—one of Google ’ s search suggestions was “ War on Christmas meme ” .
This is a typical War on Christmas meme : It ’ s War On Christmas Denial—no matter how much your state , local , and national government are suppressing Christmas , no matter how many employers and school administrations ban @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Merry Christmas ” , then there can ’ t be any War On Christmas if you ’ re allowed to put Christmas lights on your own house .
Well , it turns out this year , you ’ re not supposed to do that either .
Jonathan Kay has a story in Canada ’ s National Post that details it : For connoisseurs of the war-on-Christmas genre , here ’ s a doozy out of Minnesota : a woman who ’ d festooned her house with holiday decorations got a note from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a reminder of systemic biases against our neighbours who don ’ t celebrate Christmas or who can ’ t afford to put up lights.
” And the COVID kicker that really made this story go viral : she ’ s a hospital nurse who staffs the local coronavirus ward .
“ The idea of twinkling , colourful lights are a reminder of divisions that continue to run through our society , ” wrote the neighbours .
“ We must do the work of educating ourselves about the harmful impact an outward facing display @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m not Christian , and I have my own Grinch-like issues with boozy , high-carb yuletide goyishkeit .
But reading this kind of thing makes me want to put antler ears on my dog and build a crèche out of Salvation Army candy canes .
Jonathan Kay : How humourless progressive puritans take offence at just about anything , December 12 , 2020 Although Kay doesn ’ t mention it , this is a story from PowerLine ’ s Minnesota blog : A Christmas Diversity Grinch , December 8 , 2020 , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have indeed internalized the idea that Christmas is wrong and somehow harmful to the non-Christians in our midst—and that they have the right , and duty , to do something about it .
This letter was originally posted by a Minneapolis Twitter Account , which provides this picture of one actual house that received this letter : Compare that with the WOC Denial image at the top .
I expect most of our readers don ’ t suffer from War On Christmas Denial .
Myself , I react like the Alliance Defending Freedom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who ’ s been fighting against the War On Christmas since the Reagan Administration , who said that when he heard people saying there was no War On Christmas , he felt like “ like Neil Armstrong listening to someone argue that NASA faked my Apollo moon landing !
” This year , of course , there ’ s a COVID War On Christmas—since they cancelled Easter and Thanksgiving , you ’ re not allowed to go see your family at Christmas , either .
When Tucker Carlson objected to this , Aaron @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the side of the virus ” .
Jennifer Weiner , in the New York Times , maintains the New York Times ’ traditional War On Christmas Denial , and maintains that Christians should trust the science and stay home : • There is , of course , no actual war against Christmas , although over the years it ’ s been an extremely useful fiction .
Fox News personalities and conservative politicians tell believers that they are a persecuted minority and that they need to give their votes , their support and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
This year that fake war , with nary a single true victim , is running straight into another culture war , one with fatal potential .
Some of the very people who see anti-Christian bigotry in the words “ happy holidays ” have now located the same dark intent in Covid-19-related restrictions .
“ Our federal overlords say ‘ no singing ’ and ‘ no shouting ’ on Thanksgiving , ” Representative Paul Gosar , Republican of Arizona , wrote as he retweeted a Centers for Disease Control list of Thanksgiving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ No singing or shouting , ” “ One person serves the food , ” “ Increase ventilation indoors , ” “ Eat outside if you can ” and — the only tip that felt like an attack to me — “ Keep pets away from guests.
” Representative Jim Jordan , an Ohio Republican , warned : “ They tried to cancel Thanksgiving .
Didn ’ t work !
They ’ re coming for Christmas next.
” This is a toxic brew of science skepticism mixed with religious paranoia poured on top of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truly are missing out this holiday season , as we have been for most of this year .
For Easter , Ramadan , Passover , Diwali , true believers , and the people who show up just for the food , have been separated from loved ones who don ’ t live under our roofs.. A Fake ‘ War on Christmas ’ and the Real Battle Against Covid There are two culture wars , but only one with deadly consequences .
By Jennifer Weiner , NYT , December 7 , 2020 By the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think that the culture war against Christianity doesn ’ t have deadly consequences : The San Bernardino Immigrant Mass Murder was definitely a real War On Christmas , as were attacks on Christmas Markets in Europe , and there are mass shootings in churches on a regular basis [ Priest killed : How often does violence enter churches ?
By Noelle Swan , CSMonitor.com , June 12 , 2014 ] , as well as the looting , burning , and vandalism Michelle Malkin detailed in her last column .
We still don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at St John The Divine this year , although after the usual delay news trickled out that he was an illegal immigrant .
Two more examples of this kind of thinking , specifically focusing on Fox and Tucker Carlson ’ s video/article The Christmas lockdowns are here—but not for those who ordered them , December 3 , 2020 , attacked by Aaron Rupar , above .
• Fox News Seizes on COVID Guidelines to Escalate This Year ’ s “ War on Christmas ” With a Trump-less future on the horizon , Fox @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hits—with Thanksgiving thrown in for good measure .
By Caleb Ecarma , Vanity Fair , November 18 , 2020 • ” The so-called War on Christmasis a narrative that Fox News , President Donald Trump and others on the right have long peddled .
The network has claimed for years that the Christian holiday and its customs are somehow under siege.
” It 's That Time Of Year : Fox News ' 'War On Christmas ' Gets A Pandemic Twist Tucker Carlson claims public health experts and the politicians who listen to them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Josephine Harvey , HuffPost , December 4 , 2020 [ Links in original ] Leftist Paul Waldman ( formerly of the CultMarx vigilante group Media Matters ) denies the War on Christmas in the Washington Post , capitalizes Black and White , says that Tucker Carlson is trying to get people killed , says Trump “ praises and encourages white supremacists ” , and finally , says that many things conservative complain of are “ broad cultural forces you can barely do anything about ” .
On one hand , Carlson is encouraging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and he seems fine with that ( since “ death is inevitable ” after all ) .
But I actually find comfort in the fact that he ’ s doing it in a way that seems so trivial , with the preposterous claim that the powers that be are trying to “ cancel Christmas.
” After spending so long listening to people on the right tell us that Democrats are satanic pedophile cannibals , after four years of a president who praises and encourages white supremacists , after watching one of our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a hand ) while that president wages war on American democracy , wouldn ’ t it be great if we could go back to arguing about whether Starbucks is offending Christians by not having Christmas trees on their holiday cups ?
So let me urge Carlson to revive an issue he confronted two years ago : The dire threat presented by people calling gingerbread men “ gingerbread people.
” The lesson of this abomination , he said at the time , is that “ the rest of us shouldn ’ t participate in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tucker — spend more time on that .
That kind of thing used to be one of Fox ’ s core themes : the tragic loss of the cultural hegemony White Christians used to enjoy , seen through the little things guaranteed to stoke the ire of its elderly audience .
A de-Christianized coffee cup , too many gay couples on TV , people speaking Spanish down at the Piggly Wiggly , teenagers with their rippity-rap music and Black boys who won ’ t pull up their pants — all of it just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you were young but now America is going down the toilet .
It ’ s not that the outrage they fomented was harmless — it certainly helped lead to the rise of Trump ( who , among other things , promised that once he was elected you would once again be allowed to say , “ Merry Christmas ” ) .
But the fact that it was so focused on broad cultural forces you can barely do anything about helped to keep it contained .
Tucker Carlson brings back the War on Christmas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing .
by Paul Waldman , Washington Post , December 4 , 2020 Well , of course , his idea is that white Christians are deluded about being targeted and helpless under the juggernaut of Cultural Marxism .
The “ broad cultural forces ” he refers to , responsible for the de-Christianizing of the Public Square , lack of Official English , mass immigration , gay propaganda on TV , and so on are mostly caused by our immigration enthusiast Cultural Marxist elites—and the Kritarchs who block any law restricting these forces .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t pull up their pants up ” aren ’ t Cultural Marxists , nor are they any kind of elite , they ’ re gangsters , frequently killers .
And Cultural Marxism , Inc , doesn ’ t want us to do anything about it [ Why It Matters That a City Council in Louisiana Repealed a Ban on Saggy Pants , by Laura Thompson , Mother Jones , June 13 , 2019 ] And they don ’ t want us to do anything about the War on Christmas , either , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Email him ] pointed out , outrage at this kind of thing ( and a promise he kept about “ Merry Christmas ” ) helped get Trump elected President at least once .
Christmas is very powerful .
When I won the Christmas Competition in the year 2000 , one of the things I submitted was G. K. Chesterton ’ s 1909 short story The Shop Of Ghosts .
In it , Chesterton dreams that he goes into a shop , and meets Father Christmas , which is what the English tend to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very old and , he says , dying .
The ghosts that come in to the shop to see if the old man is well include Charles Dickens , who when the old man says he ’ s dying says “ `` But , dash it all , you were dying in my time , and you do n't look a day older . ''
Author Richard Steele , from the 18th century , Ben Jonson from the 17th , and Robin Hood from God knows how far back all say `` But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Expect both Christmas and VDARE.com to survive not only this year , but the next and many more .
James Fulford [ Email him ] has been a writer and editor for VDARE.com for almost 20 years .

Earlier: VDARE.com's War On Christmas Archive: 323 Items—And More To Come!
When I started looking around for recent stories about the War On Christmas—something I’ve been doing for twenty years, and which got me my job here at VDARE.com—one of Google’s search suggestions was “War on Christmas meme”.
This is a typical War on Christmas meme:
It’s War On Christmas Denial—no matter how much your state, local, and national government are suppressing Christmas, no matter how many employers and school administrations ban Christmas decorations, and even the words “Merry Christmas”, then there can’t be any War On Christmas if you’re allowed to put Christmas lights on your own house.
Well, it turns out this year, you’re not supposed to do that either.
Jonathan Kay has a story in Canada’s National Post that details it:
For connoisseurs of the war-on-Christmas genre, here’s a doozy out of Minnesota: a woman who’d festooned her house with holiday decorations got a note from neighbours, blasting her for erecting “a reminder of systemic biases against our neighbours who don’t celebrate Christmas or who can’t afford to put up lights.” And the COVID kicker that really made this story go viral: she’s a hospital nurse who staffs the local coronavirus ward. “The idea of twinkling, colourful lights are a reminder of divisions that continue to run through our society,” wrote the neighbours. “We must do the work of educating ourselves about the harmful impact an outward facing display like yours can have.” I’m not Christian, and I have my own Grinch-like issues with boozy, high-carb yuletide goyishkeit. But reading this kind of thing makes me want to put antler ears on my dog and build a crèche out of Salvation Army candy canes. Jonathan Kay: How humourless progressive puritans take offence at just about anything, December 12, 2020
Although Kay doesn’t mention it, this is a story from PowerLine’s Minnesota blog: A Christmas Diversity Grinch, December 8, 2020, which makes it clear that some Woke Minnesotans have indeed internalized the idea that Christmas is wrong and somehow harmful to the non-Christians in our midst—and that they have the right, and duty, to do something about it.
The idea of twinkling, colorful lights are [sic] a reminder of divisions that continue to run through our society, a reminder of systemic biases against our neighbors who don’t celebrate Christmas or who can’t afford to put up lights of their own.
This letter was originally posted by a Minneapolis Twitter Account, which provides this picture of one actual house that received this letter:
Compare that with the WOC Denial image at the top.
I expect most of our readers don’t suffer from War On Christmas Denial. Myself, I react like the Alliance Defending Freedom’s Jordan Lorence, a man who’s been fighting against the War On Christmas since the Reagan Administration, who said that when he heard people saying there was no War On Christmas, he felt like “like Neil Armstrong listening to someone argue that NASA faked my Apollo moon landing!”
This year, of course, there’s a COVID War On Christmas—since they cancelled Easter and Thanksgiving, you’re not allowed to go see your family at Christmas, either.
When Tucker Carlson objected to this, Aaron Rupar of Vox said he was “on the side of the virus”.
Jennifer Weiner, in the New York Times, maintains the New York Times’ traditional War On Christmas Denial, and maintains that Christians should trust the science and stay home:
There is, of course, no actual war against Christmas, although over the years it’s been an extremely useful fiction. Fox News personalities and conservative politicians tell believers that they are a persecuted minority and that they need to give their votes, their support and their money to those who would defend them.
This year that fake war, with nary a single true victim, is running straight into another culture war, one with fatal potential. Some of the very people who see anti-Christian bigotry in the words “happy holidays” have now located the same dark intent in Covid-19-related restrictions.
“Our federal overlords say ‘no singing’ and ‘no shouting’ on Thanksgiving,” Representative Paul Gosar, Republican of Arizona, wrote as he retweeted a Centers for Disease Control list of Thanksgiving safety tips. The recommendations included “No singing or shouting,” “One person serves the food,” “Increase ventilation indoors,” “Eat outside if you can” and — the only tip that felt like an attack to me — “Keep pets away from guests.”
Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, warned: “They tried to cancel Thanksgiving. Didn’t work! They’re coming for Christmas next.”
This is a toxic brew of science skepticism mixed with religious paranoia poured on top of a bedrock truth: We really, truly are missing out this holiday season, as we have been for most of this year. For Easter, Ramadan, Passover, Diwali, true believers, and the people who show up just for the food, have been separated from loved ones who don’t live under our roofs..
A Fake ‘War on Christmas’ and the Real Battle Against Covid
There are two culture wars, but only one with deadly consequences.
By Jennifer Weiner, NYT, December 7, 2020
By the way, it’s crazy to think that the culture war against Christianity doesn’t have deadly consequences:
The San Bernardino Immigrant Mass Murder was definitely a real War On Christmas, as were attacks on Christmas Markets in Europe, and there are mass shootings in churches on a regular basis [Priest killed: How often does violence enter churches? By Noelle Swan, CSMonitor.com, June 12, 2014], as well as the looting, burning, and vandalism Michelle Malkin detailed in her last column. We still don’t know what just motivated the shooter at St John The Divine this year, although after the usual delay news trickled out that he was an illegal immigrant.
Two more examples of this kind of thinking, specifically focusing on Fox and Tucker Carlson’s video/article The Christmas lockdowns are here—but not for those who ordered them, December 3, 2020, attacked by Aaron Rupar, above.
Leftist Paul Waldman (formerly of the CultMarx vigilante group Media Matters) denies the War on Christmas in the Washington Post, capitalizes Black and White, says that Tucker Carlson is trying to get people killed, says Trump “praises and encourages white supremacists”, and finally, says that many things conservative complain of are “broad cultural forces you can barely do anything about”.
On one hand, Carlson is encouraging behavior that could literally get people killed, and he seems fine with that (since “death is inevitable” after all). But I actually find comfort in the fact that he’s doing it in a way that seems so trivial, with the preposterous claim that the powers that be are trying to “cancel Christmas.” After spending so long listening to people on the right tell us that Democrats are satanic pedophile cannibals, after four years of a president who praises and encourages white supremacists, after watching one of our two parties stand by (or lend a hand) while that president wages war on American democracy, wouldn’t it be great if we could go back to arguing about whether Starbucks is offending Christians by not having Christmas trees on their holiday cups? So let me urge Carlson to revive an issue he confronted two years ago: The dire threat presented by people calling gingerbread men “gingerbread people.” The lesson of this abomination, he said at the time, is that “the rest of us shouldn’t participate in our own spiritual neutering.” Please, Tucker — spend more time on that. That kind of thing used to be one of Fox’s core themes: the tragic loss of the cultural hegemony White Christians used to enjoy, seen through the little things guaranteed to stoke the ire of its elderly audience. A de-Christianized coffee cup, too many gay couples on TV, people speaking Spanish down at the Piggly Wiggly, teenagers with their rippity-rap music and Black boys who won’t pull up their pants — all of it just showed how things made sense back when you were young but now America is going down the toilet. It’s not that the outrage they fomented was harmless — it certainly helped lead to the rise of Trump (who, among other things, promised that once he was elected you would once again be allowed to say, “Merry Christmas”). But the fact that it was so focused on broad cultural forces you can barely do anything about helped to keep it contained. Tucker Carlson brings back the War on Christmas. Maybe that’s a good thing.
by Paul Waldman, Washington Post, December 4, 2020
Well, of course, his idea is that white Christians are deluded about being targeted and helpless under the juggernaut of Cultural Marxism. The “broad cultural forces” he refers to, responsible for the de-Christianizing of the Public Square, lack of Official English, mass immigration, gay propaganda on TV, and so on are mostly caused by our immigration enthusiast Cultural Marxist elites—and the Kritarchs who block any law restricting these forces.
The black teens who “who won’t pull up their pants up” aren’t Cultural Marxists, nor are they any kind of elite, they’re gangsters, frequently killers. And Cultural Marxism, Inc, doesn’t want us to do anything about it [Why It Matters That a City Council in Louisiana Repealed a Ban on Saggy Pants, by Laura Thompson, Mother Jones, June 13, 2019]
And they don’t want us to do anything about the War on Christmas, either, but we will. As Waldman [Email him] pointed out, outrage at this kind of thing (and a promise he kept about “Merry Christmas”) helped get Trump elected President at least once.
Christmas is very powerful. When I won the Christmas Competition in the year 2000, one of the things I submitted was G. K. Chesterton’s 1909 short story The Shop Of Ghosts.
In it, Chesterton dreams that he goes into a shop, and meets Father Christmas, which is what the English tend to call Santa Claus, and finds him very old and, he says, dying.
The ghosts that come in to the shop to see if the old man is well include Charles Dickens, who when the old man says he’s dying says “"But, dash it all, you were dying in my time, and you don't look a day older." Author Richard Steele, from the 18th century, Ben Jonson from the 17th, and Robin Hood from God knows how far back all say "But I saw the man dying."
"I have felt like this a long time," said Father Christmas, in his feeble way again. Mr. Charles Dickens suddenly leant across to him. "Since when?" he asked. "Since you were born?" "Yes," said the old man, and sank shaking into a chair. "I have been always dying." Mr. Dickens took off his hat with a flourish like a man calling a mob to rise. "I understand it now," he cried, "you will never die."
Expect both Christmas and VDARE.com to survive not only this year, but the next and many more.
(Don’t forget to send War On Christmas atrocities to us at witan@vdare.com!)
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vdare--2020-12-17--Patrick J. Buchanan: After Lee, It's Lincoln's Turn

First, they came for the Confederates. And that purge is far from over.
Jefferson Davis Highway in Arlington, named for the president of the Confederacy, has been re-christened Richmond Highway.
An Arlington group is calling for the removal of Robert E. Lee's name from Lee Highway to be replaced by "Mildred & Richard Loving Avenue." The Lovings were an interracial couple who challenged and helped overturn Virginia's anti-miscegenation law in the Warren Court.
This month, the statue of Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was removed from the campus of Virginia Military Institute, where Jackson taught before leading Confederate troops at the First Battle of Bull Run.
Jackson would die of friendly fire after his victory at Chancellorsville in 1863. Had he been with Lee at Gettysburg, two months later, that most decisive battle of the Civil War might have had a different outcome.
But the Cultural Marxist revolution has moved far beyond Davis, Lee and Jackson. Out west, it is Abraham Lincoln's turn.
A renaming committee of the San Francisco school district wants the Great Emancipator's name removed from Lincoln High School for crimes against Native Americans.
Our 16th president ordered the Navajo tribe off their Arizona lands into New Mexico, resulting in a forced march of 450 miles. He approved the hanging of 38 Dakota Indians who had fought in the Dakota War in Minnesota in 1862, the largest mass execution in U.S. history.
Lincoln's Homestead and Pacific Railway acts led to the loss of large swaths of tribal lands.
Other names to be removed from San Francisco schools include those of George Washington, Herbert Hoover and Sen. Dianne Feinstein. In 1984, Mayor Feinstein allowed a Confederate Battle Flag to be flown at City Hall.
As one looks down the list of greats whose statues are to be pulled down and names removed from public buildings, there seems to be a single common great sin for which none can be forgiven.
The unpardonable heresy? Columbus, Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Polk, Lee, Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson and Lincoln disbelieved in the equality of all races, peoples, cultures and civilizations. And these men lived and acted in conformity with this disbelief.
Lincoln detested slavery but did not believe in social and political equality between the races. As he conceded to Stephen Douglas in one of their 1858 debates, "We cannot, then, make them equals."
Still, between 1789 and 1960, a republic led by those men, who preached but did not practice equality, built the greatest nation in history.
Ever victorious in war, with the mightiest manufacturing base and the highest standard of living on earth, America was by the day of JFK the envy of mankind.
Yet, since Jamestown in 1607, we had been governed by men who disbelieved in equality and disregarded the suggestion that, "All men are created equal."
That proposition first appeared in a Declaration of Independence written by a member of Virginia's landed aristocracy who owned scores of slaves and described the Indians against whom we fought as "merciless savages" in that same document signed on July 4, 1776.
For Lee, the dishonors do not stop. A Virginia history commission just voted to replace the general's statue in the U.S. Capitol with a statue of Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who, in 1951, led a strike at her high school to demand the same benefits white kids were receiving.
Was Lee really the racist and traitor of his haters' depiction, deserving of the gallows rather than being honored for how he sought to sever the Union? Perhaps the last word should go to a president who still revered Lee as late as 1960, Dwight Eisenhower:
"General Robert E. Lee was... one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America; he was a poised and inspiring leader, true to the high trust reposed in him by millions of his fellow citizens; he was thoughtful yet demanding of his officers and men, forbearing with captured enemies but ingenious, unrelenting and personally courageous in battle, and never disheartened by a reverse or obstacle. Through all his many trials, he remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his faith in God. Taken altogether, he was noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history. "From deep conviction, I simply say this: a nation of men of Lee's calibre would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the Nation's wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we, in our own time of danger in a divided world, will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained. "Such are the reasons that I proudly display the picture of this great American on my office wall."
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His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.


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vdare--2020-12-17--Sailer: Address Jill Biden As "Dr. Biden" And Address Me As "Maestro Of Business Administration Stev

Sailer: Address Jill Biden As "Dr. Biden" And Address Me As "Maestro Of Business Administration Steve"

From National Review:
Jill Biden’s Doctorate Is Garbage Because Her Dissertation Is Garbage Kyle Smith
Wed, December 16, 2020, 1:22 PM PST Consider “Dr.” Jill Biden, who doesn’t even hold a Ph.D. but rather a lesser Ed.D., something of a joke in the academic world. President-elect Joe Biden once explained that his wife sought the degree purely for status reasons: “She said, ‘I was so sick of the mail coming to Sen. and Mrs. Biden. I wanted to get mail addressed to Dr. and Sen. Biden.’ That’s the real reason she got her doctorate,” Joe Biden has said.
Lots and lots of universities offer Ed.D. degrees in their education schools, and thus have something on their website explaining the difference between their ed school’s Ed.D. and its Ph.D. For example, from Northeastern U.:
A Doctor of Education (EdD) is a professional degree designed for practitioners pursuing educational leadership roles. A PhD in education, on the other hand, is designed to prepare graduates for research and teaching roles.
Keep in mind that even a Ph.D. in Education isn’t much. I looked up the Wikipedia page of the most famous graduate school of education, Harvard’s, and its three professors down through history whose names I recognize — Howard Gardner, Carol Gilligan, and Lawrence Kohlberg — all have doctorates in Psychology, not in Education.
So an Ed.D. is more like an MBA than a Ph.D. It’s not like a Ph.D. and it’s not really even like a J.D. or an M.D. which lead up a professional qualification exam. It’s like an MBA degree, which is a nice thing to have, but not exactly a status.
So if Jill is to be addressed as “Doctor Biden,” then I am to be henceforth addressed as “Maestro of Business Administration Steve.”
… Jill Biden’s dissertation is not an addition to the sum total of human knowledge.
An interesting question is why making fun of Doctor Jill’s claim to be a Doctor was broadly denounced as misogynistic. Presumably because women have more of these junk Ed.D. degrees than men do, although I couldn’t find any stats. I did find a 2016 Survey of Earned Doctorates from the National Science Foundation which mentions in a methodological aside that the SED had recently thrown out 143 Ed.D. programs from their data sources, presumably for not being real doctoral degrees:


vdare--2020-12-17--VA to Give Nonwhites Higher Priority Access to Vaccine

Earlier: Department of Veterans Affairs Puts White Vets At Back Of Line For Vaccines. Hate Or Science?
From CNS:
Veterans Affairs will limit access to COVID vaccine based on race By Hans Bader December 10, 2020 The Department of Veterans Affairs is going to give priority to black and Hispanic veterans over white and Asian veterans when administering the vaccine for COVID-19. This racial preference is unconstitutional. The VA is doing this because it thinks blacks and Hispanics are at greater risk. But these minorities are not inherently at greater risk of contracting the virus. There is nothing special about their genes that puts them in danger.
Maybe, maybe not. We won’t know for some time. It could be that some races are naturally more gregarious than others — Darwin alluded to this.
It is just that their jobs, neighborhoods, and backgrounds tend to put them in more frequent contact with people who already carry COVID-19. So it is those characteristics — not race — that the VA can legally consider in handing out the vaccine to veterans. As the Supreme Court explained in Bartlett v. Strickland (2009), the government is supposed to use race only as a “last resort.” That’s true even when it has a better reason for using race than the VA has — like addressing a history of past governmental discrimination against a minority group. … Also, many Blacks do not welcome the prospect of going to the head of the queue. “As a Black woman there is no way I’m lining up first for this vaccine,” wrote a New York Times reader from Clifton, Virginia, in a comment thread. “Two words: Tuskegee Study,” she added, referring to the decades-long U.S. Public Health Service study in which Black men were deprived of known treatment for syphilis to track the progress of the disease. Another reader concurred: “Black folks do NOT want the vaccine first…They do not want to be guinea pigs yet again.” Yet the Department of Veterans Affairs says it will give the vaccine to black, Hispanic, and Native American veterans before white and Asian veterans, in its information sheet on “COVID-19 Vaccine Planning“: What criteria will VA use to decide which Veterans get the COVID-19 vaccine first? While we have a limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines, we’ll offer vaccines to Veterans based on their risk. In addition to the risk of getting infection, risk of passing infection to others, and the risk to society if someone is unable to work, we’ll consider factors that may influence the risk of severe disease, including: •Age. The risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19 increases with age. •Race and ethnicity. Data shows that some groups of people have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. These include Black, Hispanic, and Native American communities.
Interestingly, virtually nobody is arguing that men should be preferred over women for getting the vaccine, even though men appear to be more vulnerable to severe consequences from infections.
From Medical Xpress, which writes up press releases:
Men with COVID-19 three times more likely to need intensive care: study DECEMBER 9, 2020 Researchers analyzed over three million confirmed coronavirus cases from 46 countries and 44 states in the US between January 1 and June 1, 2020. They found that the risk of SARS-Cov-2 infection was the same for women and men, as “exactly half” of the confirmed cases were male patients. But men are almost three times more likely than women to be hospitalized in an intensive care unit and are 39 percent more likely to die from the virus, the study said. “These data may help doctors to recognize that sex is a risk factor for severe disease when managing patients,” co-author Kate Webb told AFP. “Sex is an under reported variable in many studies and this is a reminder that it is an important factor to consider in research,” the Cape Town University researcher said. The trend is global—aside from a few exceptions—and can mostly be put down to biological differences, researchers said. “Sex differences in both the innate and adaptive immune system have been previously reported and may account for the female advantage in COVID-19,” the authors said. Women naturally produce more type I interferon proteins that limit the abnormal immune response known as a cytokine storm, believed to play a role in provoking severe forms of COVID-19. The “female” oestradiol hormone may also help women to fend off grave forms of the virus, as it boosts the response of T cells—which kill infected cells—and increases the production of antibodies, the study said. “In contrast, the male sex hormone testosterone suppresses the immune system,” the authors noted. Sex-based differences in co-morbidities associated with severe COVID-19 may put men at outsize risk, they wrote in the study, published in Nature Communications. But data to account for the role of other medical conditions is lacking, they added. In addition, the authors noted the similarity in the proportions of women and men with hypertension and diabetes globally, “the most common reported comorbidities in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.” The findings may have implications for future vaccines, the authors said. Webb noted previous vaccines to other infections have shown differences in response between women and men. “It is still to be determined whether the same will be true for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines,” Webb said. “But we hope that our paper highlights the need to include sex as a variable when considering vaccine research.”
Yeah, but nobody cares because men are the Designated Bad Guys, and all anybody uses to reason about public policy problems in 2020 is childish Good Guys vs. Bad Guys thinking.
[Comment at Unz.com]