vdare--2020-09-21--Michelle Malkin: Sunrise Movement—The Riotous Left's Pot-Banging Brats

Wake up .
The `` community organizers '' of the left are in full wildebeest mode .
Now is not the time for bending down , rolling over or playing nice .
From now until Election Day ( and likely until the end of the year ) , you can expect screaming banshees carrying identical , preprinted signs to turn up in the middle of the night at the private homes of elected politicians , Donald Trump campaign and administration officials , law enforcement officers , judges and conservative leaders .
This is not conjecture .
A nationwide agitation force @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to create the current anarchotyranny .
Now , in keeping with her dying wish , the mob will use the fresh corpse of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to try to bully Republicans into submission over President Donald Trump 's rightful Supreme Court nomination .
The ultimate goal : obstruction and delegitimization of Trump 's reelection .
On cue , a bunch of demonstrators all in matching yellow-and-black T-shirts from the Sunrise Movement turned out in front of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham 's house in Washington , D.C. , this weekend , banging pots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also blasted airhorns , pointed strobe lights at the windows and crashed cymbals to punctuate their collective fit over Ginsburg 's passing .
Not a single one was arrested for disturbing the peace .
One organizer shrieked at Graham ( who was not at home at the time ) : `` You are an old white man desperately clinging to power that you ca n't hold onto much longer because we 're coming for it .
And in the meantime , you are not filling that Supreme Court seat .
Not on our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fills that seat .
No justice , no sleep ! ''
Another threatened : `` Anyone who is seeing this can do the same thing to your representative , can do the same thing learning about how to hold them accountable .
Make sure they know if they do some evil ( expletives ) , they know there will be consequences for it . ''
Shrieker Number One concluded : `` We will vote , we will organize , we will strike , and we will keep showing up in your goddamned driveway @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you know that WE ARE WIDE AWAKE ! ''
Who is the Sunrise Movement ?
It 's as organic as Spam and as genuine as AstroTurf .
This full-time rent-a-mob is an adjunct of the Sierra Club ( annual budget : $ 100 million ; top donors : Michael Bloomberg , George Soros ) .
The Sierra Club provided five-figure initial seed grants to Sunrise 's educational arm , as well as Beltway office space .
Other original funders of Sunrise : The Rockefeller Foundation and Wallace Global Fund ( which has also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Color of Change cancel culture guerilla warriors , and far-left legal policy groups Alliance for Justice and the Brennan Center for Justice ) .
The Sunrise Movement 's co-founder , Evan Weber , is a former Occupy Wall Street organizer .
Two others , Sara Blazevic and Varshini Prakash , are Green New Deal zealots and Bernie Sanders activists who teamed with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to push the Democrats even further left .
Prakash serves as an advisory board member of Climate Power 2020 along with Soros-funded Center for American Progress head @ @ @ @ @ @ @ czar Carol Browner , former Obama administration science czar John Holdren , former Obama administration Secretary of State John Kerry , former Obama administration EPA head Gina McCarthy , and former Obama administration U.S .
Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power .
According to Forbes magazine , Sunrise has 50 full-time staff and $ 6.5 million in funding .
The Sunrise Movement 's political arm `` promotes social justice ideals '' through sit-ins and neighborhood invasions .
`` Sunrise School '' is recruiting students online on how to plan attacks on private @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a glowing CNN report Monday that celebrated its `` youth organizers '' ) .
The goal : `` mass civil disobedience . ''
For the past three years , the group has established `` Sunrise Movement Houses '' where `` fellows '' ages 18-25 move into training centers in key electoral states .
The Sunrise website boasts more than 400 `` hubs '' across the country , from Kodiak , Alaska , to Portland and Seattle , to Santa Fe , El Paso , Milwaukee , Detroit , Des Moines , Boston , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Most recently , Sunrise has trained its street performers for `` defund the police '' actions with illegal immigrant rabble-rousers from Soros-funded Mijente and Dream Defenders , as well as the Democratic Socialists of America 's Afrosocialists .
In July , Sunrise trainees descended on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell 's house in Louisville , Kentucky .
This weekend , the drum-pounders targeted Graham as well as Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina .
Republican Senators Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania , Cory Gardner of Colorado and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin are their next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ list candidate Barbara Lagoa .
They may look and sound like pesky , snot-nosed toddlers having harmless temper tantrums in black pajamas .
But these professionally organized punks provide obstructionist boots on the ground for globalist Democratic billionaires and strategic cover for their violent antifa and Black Lives Matter comrades .
Wake up , smell the manufactured chaos , and vote to put these pot-banging brats and their donors in time out .
Four more years .
Michelle Malkin [ Email her ] is the author of Invasion : How America Still Welcomes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '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: Democrat-Permitted Mobs As Modern-Day Turbas: Agents Of A Repressive Anarcho-Tyranny
Wake up. The "community organizers" of the left are in full wildebeest mode. Now is not the time for bending down, rolling over or playing nice. From now until Election Day (and likely until the end of the year), you can expect screaming banshees carrying identical, preprinted signs to turn up in the middle of the night at the private homes of elected politicians, Donald Trump campaign and administration officials, law enforcement officers, judges and conservative leaders.
This is not conjecture. A nationwide agitation force milked the dead body of George Floyd to create the current anarchotyranny. Now, in keeping with her dying wish, the mob will use the fresh corpse of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to try to bully Republicans into submission over President Donald Trump's rightful Supreme Court nomination. The ultimate goal: obstruction and delegitimization of Trump's reelection.
On cue, a bunch of demonstrators all in matching yellow-and-black T-shirts from the Sunrise Movement turned out in front of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham's house in Washington, D.C., this weekend, banging pots, pans and buckets. The disrupters also blasted airhorns, pointed strobe lights at the windows and crashed cymbals to punctuate their collective fit over Ginsburg's passing. Not a single one was arrested for disturbing the peace.
One organizer shrieked at Graham (who was not at home at the time): "You are an old white man desperately clinging to power that you can't hold onto much longer because we're coming for it. And in the meantime, you are not filling that Supreme Court seat. Not on our watch. The people will decide who fills that seat. No justice, no sleep!"
Another threatened: "Anyone who is seeing this can do the same thing to your representative, can do the same thing learning about how to hold them accountable. Make sure they know if they do some evil [expletives], they know there will be consequences for it."
Shrieker Number One concluded: "We will vote, we will organize, we will strike, and we will keep showing up in your goddamned driveway at the crack of dawn to let you know that WE ARE WIDE AWAKE!"
Who is the Sunrise Movement? It's as organic as Spam and as genuine as AstroTurf. This full-time rent-a-mob is an adjunct of the Sierra Club (annual budget: $100 million; top donors: Michael Bloomberg, George Soros). The Sierra Club provided five-figure initial seed grants to Sunrise's educational arm, as well as Beltway office space. Other original funders of Sunrise: The Rockefeller Foundation and Wallace Global Fund (which has also contributed to the George Soros-subsidized Tides Center, Color of Change cancel culture guerilla warriors, and far-left legal policy groups Alliance for Justice and the Brennan Center for Justice).
The Sunrise Movement's co-founder, Evan Weber, is a former Occupy Wall Street organizer. Two others, Sara Blazevic and Varshini Prakash, are Green New Deal zealots and Bernie Sanders activists who teamed with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to push the Democrats even further left. Prakash serves as an advisory board member of Climate Power 2020 along with Soros-funded Center for American Progress head John Podesta, former Obama administration environmental czar Carol Browner, former Obama administration science czar John Holdren, former Obama administration Secretary of State John Kerry, former Obama administration EPA head Gina McCarthy, and former Obama administration U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power.
According to Forbes magazine, Sunrise has 50 full-time staff and $6.5 million in funding. The Sunrise Movement's political arm "promotes social justice ideals" through sit-ins and neighborhood invasions. "Sunrise School" is recruiting students online on how to plan attacks on private property and get press coverage (like a glowing CNN report Monday that celebrated its "youth organizers"). The goal: "mass civil disobedience."
For the past three years, the group has established "Sunrise Movement Houses" where "fellows" ages 18-25 move into training centers in key electoral states. The Sunrise website boasts more than 400 "hubs" across the country, from Kodiak, Alaska, to Portland and Seattle, to Santa Fe, El Paso, Milwaukee, Detroit, Des Moines, Boston, Tampa and all points in between.
Most recently, Sunrise has trained its street performers for "defund the police" actions with illegal immigrant rabble-rousers from Soros-funded Mijente and Dream Defenders, as well as the Democratic Socialists of America's Afrosocialists. In July, Sunrise trainees descended on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's house in Louisville, Kentucky. This weekend, the drum-pounders targeted Graham as well as Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina. Republican Senators Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Cory Gardner of Colorado and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin are their next targets, as well Supreme Court short list candidate Barbara Lagoa.
They may look and sound like pesky, snot-nosed toddlers having harmless temper tantrums in black pajamas. But these professionally organized punks provide obstructionist boots on the ground for globalist Democratic billionaires and strategic cover for their violent antifa and Black Lives Matter comrades.
Wake up, smell the manufactured chaos, and vote to put these pot-banging brats and their donors in time out. Four more years.
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--2020-09-21--St. Louis Murder Rate Has Doubled Since Ferguson/BLM

Earlier : Homicides In St. Louis : From the Ferguson Effect to the Floyd Effect and Well , There 's Your Problem Right There , Baltimore : `` The Freddie Gray Effect '' ST. LOUIS — The same scenes play out time and again for police Lt. Scott Aubuchon ’ s homicide detectives when they arrive to investigate another death in the city : yellow police tape , the wails of family and evidence technicians scouring for bullet casings .
Aubuchon ’ s team is struggling to keep up as the city contends with a homicide rate that , by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the worst in at least a half-century .
The number of killings soared over the summer as detectives were called to 114 homicides in June , July and August .
There were 53 people killed in the city in July alone .
“ Since June 1 , our numbers began to rise at the alarming rate , ” said Aubuchon , the homicide unit ’ s commander since 2018 .
“ We ’ ve never seen anything like the last three months .
These are indescribable times.
” What happened on Memorial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off the murder spree by June 1 ?
Oh , yeah , George Floyd died .
The same can be said for the year .
The shooting death last Monday of a 15-year-old girl in the Riverview neighborhood was the 194th homicide of the year , matching the city ’ s total for all of 2019 .
That number has since been surpassed .
If the pace of killings continues , St. Louis will reach an ignoble milestone .
Over the past decade , the city has averaged 50 homicides in the last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to police statistics .
If that holds true , St. Louis will see about 240 homicides in 2020 , the highest in 25 years .
The murder rate in St. Louis in 2013 , before the beginning of Black Lives Matter , was 37.7 .
Then in 2014 , with Ferguson and BLM happening in August , it jumped to 49.9 .
Since 2015 , the murder rate in St. Louis has never been below 59 .
This year it appears to be headed for 79 , more than double the murder rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Ferguson/BLM effect .
Baltimore had a similar Ferguson Effect jump from 2014 to 2015 ( with the Freddie Gray riot on April 25 , 2015 ) .
The Ferguson/BLM Effect is one of the most obvious in the history of the social sciences , which is why you almost never hear about it .
The highest number of killings in a single year in St. Louis was 267 in 1993 , when the city had some 387,000 residents .
That means the homicide rate — homicides per 100,000 people — was 69 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ St. Louis has continued to dwindle over the decades , settling now at just over 300,000 .
The result this year is a homicide rate that ’ s projected to be 79 , a startling number that appears to exceed the rate for any other large U.S. city .
… Most of the deaths in St. Louis are not solved , making it difficult for detectives to pinpoint motives , but Aubuchon said the motive in the killings that have been solved are “ all over the place.
” “ Random fights that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Some folks under the influence of drugs .
Arguments over stolen money.
” One key difference detectives have noticed is the relationship between killer and victim .
They seem to be closer : family members and close friends .
In the past it was more likely to be an acquaintance or , rarely , a stranger , Aubuchon said .
… Finding witnesses willing to cooperate with investigators has always been a challenge for St. Louis police , and Aubuchon said the pandemic is making it even harder .
… A majority of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been Black men and boys .
As of last week , police said they have suspects in just 69 cases , and most were Black males .
But now that we have started capitalizing Black males , they will no doubt , real soon now , stop shooting other Black males so often .
More than half of the killings are in the northern part of St. Louis and nearly all of the killings are carried out with a firearm .
The motive is elusive .
For the cases in which a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argument , six involved a burglary and fewer than 10 victims were thought to be killed for drugs or in retaliation .
Police have identified suspects in 47 killings this year , but about three-fourths of the murders remain unsolved .
… And this July , Chief Hayden said in the midst of the particularly violent summer that people seemed to have “ shorter fuses.
” It ’ s almost as if the media lecturing black people daily on how they ought to angry isn ’ t good for black people .

Earlier:Homicides In St. Louis: From the Ferguson Effect to the Floyd Effect and Well, There's Your Problem Right There, Baltimore: "The Freddie Gray Effect"
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Amid ‘indescribable times,’ St. Louis homicide rate reaches historic levels
Kim Bell 7 hrs ago 150 ST. LOUIS — The same scenes play out time and again for police Lt. Scott Aubuchon’s homicide detectives when they arrive to investigate another death in the city: yellow police tape, the wails of family and evidence technicians scouring for bullet casings. Aubuchon’s team is struggling to keep up as the city contends with a homicide rate that, by year’s end, likely will be the worst in at least a half-century. The number of killings soared over the summer as detectives were called to 114 homicides in June, July and August. There were 53 people killed in the city in July alone. “Since June 1, our numbers began to rise at the alarming rate,” said Aubuchon, the homicide unit’s commander since 2018. “We’ve never seen anything like the last three months. These are indescribable times.”
What happened on Memorial Day this year that might have set off the murder spree by June 1? Oh, yeah, George Floyd died.
The same can be said for the year. The shooting death last Monday of a 15-year-old girl in the Riverview neighborhood was the 194th homicide of the year, matching the city’s total for all of 2019. That number has since been surpassed. If the pace of killings continues, St. Louis will reach an ignoble milestone. Over the past decade, the city has averaged 50 homicides in the last four months of the year, according to police statistics. If that holds true, St. Louis will see about 240 homicides in 2020, the highest in 25 years.
The murder rate in St. Louis in 2013, before the beginning of Black Lives Matter, was 37.7. Then in 2014, with Ferguson and BLM happening in August, it jumped to 49.9. Since 2015, the murder rate in St. Louis has never been below 59. This year it appears to be headed for 79, more than double the murder rate in 2013, the last year before the Ferguson/BLM effect.
Year Pittsburgh St. Louis Memphis Cincinnati Baltimore
2019-01-01 12.3 64.5 29.3 24 58.6
2018-01-01 18.8 61.4 2 8.5 18.9 51
2017-01-01 18 66.4 27.7 23.4 55.8
2016-01-01 18.8 59.8 29.8 19.1 51.4
2015-01-01 18.6 59.3 20.5 22.1 55.4
2014-01-01 22.4 49.9 21.4 20.1 33.8
2013-01-01 14.6 37.7 18.8 23.6 37.4
2012-01-01 13.1 35.5 20.2 15.5 34.8
2011-01-01 14.2 35.3 17.9 20.5 31.2
2010-01-01 17.6 40.5 13.2 20.4 34.8
Baltimore had a similar Ferguson Effect jump from 2014 to 2015 (with the Freddie Gray riot on April 25, 2015). The Ferguson/BLM Effect is one of the most obvious in the history of the social sciences, which is why you almost never hear about it.
The highest number of killings in a single year in St. Louis was 267 in 1993, when the city had some 387,000 residents. That means the homicide rate — homicides per 100,000 people — was 69 that year. But the population of St. Louis has continued to dwindle over the decades, settling now at just over 300,000. The result this year is a homicide rate that’s projected to be 79, a startling number that appears to exceed the rate for any other large U.S. city. … Most of the deaths in St. Louis are not solved, making it difficult for detectives to pinpoint motives, but Aubuchon said the motive in the killings that have been solved are “all over the place.” “Random fights that escalate,” Aubuchon said. “Some folks under the influence of drugs. Arguments over stolen money.” One key difference detectives have noticed is the relationship between killer and victim. They seem to be closer: family members and close friends. In the past it was more likely to be an acquaintance or, rarely, a stranger, Aubuchon said. … Finding witnesses willing to cooperate with investigators has always been a challenge for St. Louis police, and Aubuchon said the pandemic is making it even harder. … A majority of the victims this year (156) have been Black men and boys. As of last week, police said they have suspects in just 69 cases, and most were Black males.
But now that we have started capitalizing Black males, they will no doubt, real soon now, stop shooting other Black males so often.
More than half of the killings are in the northern part of St. Louis and nearly all of the killings are carried out with a firearm. The motive is elusive. For the cases in which a reason is listed, 18 involved an argument, six involved a burglary and fewer than 10 victims were thought to be killed for drugs or in retaliation. Police have identified suspects in 47 killings this year, but about three-fourths of the murders remain unsolved. … And this July, Chief Hayden said in the midst of the particularly violent summer that people seemed to have “shorter fuses.”
It’s almost as if the media lecturing black people daily on how they ought to angry isn’t good for black people.


vdare--2020-09-22--Quebec Woman Who Mailed Ricin, Tried To Cross Border With Gun, Was Illegal Alien Deported By Trump!

Pascale Ferrier , the Canadian woman who tried to assassinate Trump by mailing ricin to him , and who was arrested crossing the Canadian border into the US with a gun , turns out to be an illegal immigrant deported by Trump .
The Canadian woman charged with sending a ricin-laced letter to President Trump apparently tweeted a hashtag supportive of killing the commander-in-chief less than two weeks ago .
Pascale Ferrier , of Quebec , was arrested Sunday at the border crossing between Fort Erie , Ontario , and Buffalo , New York , after allegedly mailing a letter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ substance , according to CBC News .
She was carrying a gun at the time of her arrest at the Peace Bridge crossing , CNN said .
An account appearing to belong to Ferrier , 53 , tweeted in response to a since-deleted post on Sept. 9 : “ I just read this tweet .
I agree… Nobody did anything… It ’ s time to change !
# killtrump.
” She also allegedly tweeted the same day to someone , “ I have a new name for Trump : ‘ the ugly tyrant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the name Pascale Ferrier and lists Laval , Quebec , as the location .
In her bio , Ferrier describes herself as a “ techno-creative Nomad.
” Ferrier , who had been living in the US last year , was deported to Canada after authorities found she overstayed her six-month visa and had committed a crime while in America , the New York Times reported , citing a senior intelligence official .
Court records show that in March 2019 , she was arrested in Texas on tampering with a government record charges .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ busted for possession of an unlicensed weapon and resisting arrest .
She was found to be carrying a fake driver ’ s license , the official told the outlet .
The tampering with a government record charge was dismissed that May after she spent 20 days in jail — which is when officials uncovered her visa issue .
Who is Pascale Ferrier , the woman accused of sending ricin to Trump ?
by Lia Eustachewich , NY Post , September 22 , 2020

Pascale Ferrier, the Canadian woman who tried to assassinate Trump by mailing ricin to him, and who was arrested crossing the Canadian border into the US with a gun, turns out to be an illegal immigrant deported by Trump.
The Canadian woman charged with sending a ricin-laced letter to President Trump apparently tweeted a hashtag supportive of killing the commander-in-chief less than two weeks ago.
Pascale Ferrier, of Quebec, was arrested Sunday at the border crossing between Fort Erie, Ontario, and Buffalo, New York, after allegedly mailing a letter addressed to Trump containing the highly toxic substance, according to CBC News.
She was carrying a gun at the time of her arrest at the Peace Bridge crossing, CNN said.
An account appearing to belong to Ferrier, 53, tweeted in response to a since-deleted post on Sept. 9: “I just read this tweet. I agree… Nobody did anything… It’s time to change! #killtrump.”
She also allegedly tweeted the same day to someone, “I have a new name for Trump: ‘the ugly tyrant clown.'”
The account bears the name Pascale Ferrier and lists Laval, Quebec, as the location. In her bio, Ferrier describes herself as a “techno-creative Nomad.”
Ferrier, who had been living in the US last year, was deported to Canada after authorities found she overstayed her six-month visa and had committed a crime while in America, the New York Times reported, citing a senior intelligence official.
Court records show that in March 2019, she was arrested in Texas on tampering with a government record charges. But the Times said she was also busted for possession of an unlicensed weapon and resisting arrest. She was found to be carrying a fake driver’s license, the official told the outlet.
The tampering with a government record charge was dismissed that May after she spent 20 days in jail — which is when officials uncovered her visa issue.
Who is Pascale Ferrier, the woman accused of sending ricin to Trump? by Lia Eustachewich, NY Post, September 22, 2020


The Bubbe Amendment

Earlier : Justice Ginsburg Dies : `` My Most Fervent Wish Is That I Will Not Be Replaced Until A @ @ @ @ @ '' How dare Trump have no respect for the plain mandates of the Constitution that @ @ @ @ @ Ginsburg ’ s Dying Wish and let in Emma Lazarus ’ s Huddled Masses .
@ @ @ @ @ in the Constitution : “ The President must do whatever Jewish ladies tell him to @ @ @

Earlier: Justice Ginsburg Dies: "My Most Fervent Wish Is That I Will Not Be Replaced Until A New President Is Installed."
I’m sure it won’t upset Ginsburg’s grieving family at all that her dying wish as dictated to her granddaughter is now being called a Democratic hoax by the president of the United States. https://t.co/YsfSpXgRJL — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 21, 2020
How dare Trump have no respect for the plain mandates of the Constitution that he must grant Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Dying Wish and let in Emma Lazarus’s Huddled Masses.
It’s right there in the Constitution: “The President must do whatever Jewish ladies tell him to do.”
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-22--NYT: RBG Liked Blacks So Long as They Preferred Glenn Gould's Version of Bach's Goldberg Variations

NYT: RBG Liked Blacks So Long as They Preferred Glenn Gould's Version of Bach's Goldberg Variations Rather Than Inferior Renditions

Earlier : As of 2018 , the Late Ruth Bader Ginsburg Had Hired Only One Black Clerk in 38 Years on the Bench My Unlikely Friendship With Ruth Bader Ginsburg I was a young , African-American Southerner , working in a Republican administration .
But I loved Bach ’ s Goldberg Variations , and that was enough for her .
By Eric L. Motley Mr. Motley is the executive vice president of the Aspen Institute .
Our improbable friendship began in 2002 at a Georgetown dinner party , and it began with music .
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a Jewish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by a Democratic president .
I was a 30-year-old African-American from the rural South who had recently arrived in Washington to serve as a special assistant to George W. Bush .
Aware of my status as the new kid on the block , I soon was put at ease at the dinner by the friendly man seated next to me , Marty Ginsburg .
I ’ ll always remember our conversation .
So what do you do when you ’ re not working at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ replied that listening to music and reading were my chief interests .
He turned and said , my wife and I love music ; what are you listening to now ?
When he learned that I was researching different renditions of Bach ’ s Goldberg Variations , he asked for my favorite .
Without hesitation , I replied , “ Glenn Gould , 1955.
” Addressing his wife on the other side of the table , he said , “ Ruth , you have to meet Eric.
” We continued to discuss music @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 17 years .
She sent me CDs and articles and sometimes over dinner would explain complicated legal cases .
… She also shared her own recollections that helped me understand the roots of her lifelong passion for equal opportunity for every person .
Once we talked about people who had made lasting impressions on us when we were young .
She recalled being mesmerized by the conductor of a children ’ s concert she attended in Brooklyn in 1944 , when she was 11 years old .
She was both sad and incredulous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the African-American conductor , Dean Dixon , and his inability to land a conductor ’ s job at a major symphony orchestra simply because of his race .
“ Sit down , ” she said , as I recall .
“ We can not end the evening until you know his story .
Can you imagine someone with so much skill and genius , conducting all over the world , and yet unable to find a job in his own country just because of the color of his skin ?
” …

Earlier: As of 2018, the Late Ruth Bader Ginsburg Had Hired Only One Black Clerk in 38 Years on the Bench
My Unlikely Friendship With Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I was a young, African-American Southerner, working in a Republican administration. But I loved Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and that was enough for her.
By Eric L. Motley
Mr. Motley is the executive vice president of the Aspen Institute.
Sept. 21, 2020
Our improbable friendship began in 2002 at a Georgetown dinner party, and it began with music. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a Jewish urbanite who had just turned 70 and had been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by a Democratic president. I was a 30-year-old African-American from the rural South who had recently arrived in Washington to serve as a special assistant to George W. Bush.
Aware of my status as the new kid on the block, I soon was put at ease at the dinner by the friendly man seated next to me, Marty Ginsburg. I’ll always remember our conversation.
So what do you do when you’re not working at the White House? he asked. I replied that listening to music and reading were my chief interests.
He turned and said, my wife and I love music; what are you listening to now?
When he learned that I was researching different renditions of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, he asked for my favorite. Without hesitation, I replied, “Glenn Gould, 1955.” Addressing his wife on the other side of the table, he said, “Ruth, you have to meet Eric.”
We continued to discuss music and many other interests for the next 17 years. She sent me CDs and articles and sometimes over dinner would explain complicated legal cases. …
She also shared her own recollections that helped me understand the roots of her lifelong passion for equal opportunity for every person. Once we talked about people who had made lasting impressions on us when we were young. She recalled being mesmerized by the conductor of a children’s concert she attended in Brooklyn in 1944, when she was 11 years old. She was both sad and incredulous to learn I had not heard of the African-American conductor, Dean Dixon, and his inability to land a conductor’s job at a major symphony orchestra simply because of his race.
“Sit down,” she said, as I recall. “We cannot end the evening until you know his story. Can you imagine someone with so much skill and genius, conducting all over the world, and yet unable to find a job in his own country just because of the color of his skin?” …


vdare--2020-09-22--What if RBG Had Her Fingers Crossed While Making Her Dying Wish?

Earlier : Justice Ginsburg Dies : `` My Most Fervent Wish Is That I Will Not Be Replaced Until A @ @ @ @ @ '' It ’ s a tragedy Justice Ginsburg is no longer with us to help @ @ @ @ @ the many fascinating legal issues raised by her Dying Wish , such as : What @ @ @ @ @ fingers crossed while making her Dying Wish ?
Does it still count , legally speaking @ @ @ @ @ exactly , did the United States of America adopt the Dying Wish form of government @ @ @ @ @ which Emperor Richard Harris is going to adopt General Russell Crowe and make him his @ @ @ @ @ but then Prince Joaquin Phoenix kills the elder and steals the crown ?
Ginsburg ’ @ @ @ @ @ that when the Supreme Court rules on the Constitutionality of her Dying Wish , as @ @ @ @ @ will split 4-4 .

Earlier: Justice Ginsburg Dies: "My Most Fervent Wish Is That I Will Not Be Replaced Until A New President Is Installed."
It’s a tragedy Justice Ginsburg is no longer with us to help the Supreme Court deliberate over the many fascinating legal issues raised by her Dying Wish, such as: What if Justice Ginsburg had her fingers crossed while making her Dying Wish? Does it still count, legally speaking?
Also, when, exactly, did the United States of America adopt the Dying Wish form of government in the movie Gladiator, in which Emperor Richard Harris is going to adopt General Russell Crowe and make him his heir to the throne, but then Prince Joaquin Phoenix kills the elder and steals the crown?
Ginsburg’s death of course means that when the Supreme Court rules on the Constitutionality of her Dying Wish, as it inevitably must, they will split 4-4.
So civil war is inevitable.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-20--An Engineer in Alabama Says Blacks Aren't Victims Of "Systemic Racism," But Just "Hardest Hit" By Ma

An Engineer in Alabama Says Blacks Aren't Victims Of "Systemic Racism," But Just "Hardest Hit" By Mass Mexican Immigration

From : An Engineer in Alabama [ Email him ] No , blacks are not being held down by “ systemic racism.
” But yes , they are being screwed .
One black man was ( possibly ) unjustly killed by a white police officer—out of a country of 340+ million people—and this single cherry-picked event has resulted in a massive top-down hysterical propaganda campaign that all the problems that black people face are due to white “ systemic racism.
” We see people rioting like animals and trashing the cities , and it ’ s easy to dismiss American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ failure to rise more than 60 years since civil rights is because they are inherently low-class scum .
Let me give you a brief lesson on the untold story of “ civil rights.
” Up through the 1950s blacks were held down and discriminated against , yes they were .
But unlike all the rubbish you learned in school , it was not primarily about symbolic issues like segregated water fountains or voting , it was about money .
And the Civil Rights movement was also primarily about money , specifically , to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and negotiate for higher pay .
Because American blacks had been paid below-market wages for so long , they were an important source of profit for many of the rich .
So just as blacks started to get decent wages , they were specifically fired en masse and replaced with ( at the time mostly ) Mexican nationals .
That wasn ’ t racism , that was class war .
Yes really .
Check out the numbers in “ Immigration and the Economic Status of African-American Men , ” in Economica ( 2010 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] .
Black unemployment and “ Hispanic ” employment went up together in near-perfect lockstep .
As individuals , Mexicans are , on average , as decent as anyone .
It wasn ’ t the fault of the Mexican people that their government had deliberately started a population explosion ( “ to make Mexico bigger and better ” —see “ The Mexicans : A Personal Portrait Of A People , by Patrick Oster ) and crushed them into such dire poverty that they had no better options than to steal jobs from American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effect on black employment that they had .
And no , Mexicans don ’ t do jobs that Americans won ’ t .
I was alive back before then , and I can tell you that absolutely every job that needed doing , was being done .
Every Mexican that came here during that time specifically replaced an American—typically , a black American—and threw them on the trash heap .
Also , Mexicans do n't work for cheap because they have a better work ethic than Americans—if you offered them higher pay and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Third-World refugees work for low pay because the grinding poverty of their overpopulated homelands means they have no better alternatives ( and also because they can profit from price arbitrage between their native and US economies ) .
There is nothing admirable about working for low wages if you are under duress .
To make things even worse , the special Affirmative Action programs designed to help boost blacks were then extended to most of these Third World refugees , diluting the value of these programs to near zero ( and making it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Mexicans ! )
.
For decades now most of the beneficiaries of Affirmative Action and other racial spoils systems have NOT been the “ American Descendants Of Black Slaves.
” And then we had “ free ” trade , shipping blue collar manufacturing jobs—often held by American blacks—off to even lower-wage Third World countries .
See earlier letters from the same reader .

From: An Engineer in Alabama [Email him]
No, blacks are not being held down by “systemic racism.” But yes, they are being screwed.
One black man was (possibly) unjustly killed by a white police officer—out of a country of 340+ million people—and this single cherry-picked event has resulted in a massive top-down hysterical propaganda campaign that all the problems that black people face are due to white “systemic racism.” We see people rioting like animals and trashing the cities, and it’s easy to dismiss American blacks as childish animals, that their failure to rise more than 60 years since civil rights is because they are inherently low-class scum.
Let me give you a brief lesson on the untold story of “civil rights.”
Up through the 1950s blacks were held down and discriminated against, yes they were. But unlike all the rubbish you learned in school, it was not primarily about symbolic issues like segregated water fountains or voting, it was about money. And the Civil Rights movement was also primarily about money, specifically, to give American blacks the right to unionize and negotiate for higher pay.
Because American blacks had been paid below-market wages for so long, they were an important source of profit for many of the rich. So just as blacks started to get decent wages, they were specifically fired en masse and replaced with (at the time mostly) Mexican nationals. That wasn’t racism, that was class war.
Yes really. Check out the numbers in “Immigration and the Economic Status of African-American Men,” in Economica (2010) 77, 255-282. [PDF]. Black unemployment and “Hispanic” employment went up together in near-perfect lockstep.
As individuals, Mexicans are, on average, as decent as anyone. It wasn’t the fault of the Mexican people that their government had deliberately started a population explosion (“to make Mexico bigger and better”—see “The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait Of A People, by Patrick Oster) and crushed them into such dire poverty that they had no better options than to steal jobs from American blacks. But they still had the effect on black employment that they had.
And no, Mexicans don’t do jobs that Americans won’t. I was alive back before then, and I can tell you that absolutely every job that needed doing, was being done. Every Mexican that came here during that time specifically replaced an American—typically, a black American—and threw them on the trash heap. Also, Mexicans don't work for cheap because they have a better work ethic than Americans—if you offered them higher pay and decent benefits, would they refuse? Third-World refugees work for low pay because the grinding poverty of their overpopulated homelands means they have no better alternatives (and also because they can profit from price arbitrage between their native and US economies). There is nothing admirable about working for low wages if you are under duress.
To make things even worse, the special Affirmative Action programs designed to help boost blacks were then extended to most of these Third World refugees, diluting the value of these programs to near zero (and making it easier for the rich to replace blacks with Mexicans!). For decades now most of the beneficiaries of Affirmative Action and other racial spoils systems have NOT been the “American Descendants Of Black Slaves.” And then we had “free” trade, shipping blue collar manufacturing jobs—often held by American blacks—off to even lower-wage Third World countries.
See earlier letters from the same reader.


vdare--2020-09-23--666,666,666 Immigrants: Sailer Review of Matthew Yglesias's One Billion Americans

From my new book review in Taki ’ s Magazine : Center-left Vox pundit Matthew Yglesias ’ new book One Billion Americans : The Case for Thinking Bigger is actually two contradictory polemics .
The book is both a sensible call for making family formation more affordable for younger Americans , and a demented demand for tripling the population of the United States ( currently one-third of a billion ) via immigration , thus ruining the chances of tens of millions of actual Americans to afford marriage and children .
There ’ s really no way to reconcile Yglesias ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ smart ways to make life a little less stressful for Americans so they can have children as well as careers ; and —We should also encourage the rest of the world to crowd into the U.S. and horn in on the birthrights of American citizens .
Yglesias ’ main argument for adding 666,666,666 immigrants is that this would help us compete with populous China .
In short , Yglesias seems to imply , America must invite the world in order to invade the world .
Just think of the possibilities !
Such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s one : If we had two-thirds of a billion more immigrants , we could conscript a humongous army and militarily conquer the world…which would finally give us some place to dump all the teeming masses of immigrants .

From my new book review in Taki’s Magazine:
666,666,666 Immigrants
Steve Sailer
September 23, 2020
Center-left Vox pundit Matthew Yglesias’ new book One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger is actually two contradictory polemics. The book is both a sensible call for making family formation more affordable for younger Americans, and a demented demand for tripling the population of the United States (currently one-third of a billion) via immigration, thus ruining the chances of tens of millions of actual Americans to afford marriage and children.
There’s really no way to reconcile Yglesias’ two requests:
—We should figure out smart ways to make life a little less stressful for Americans so they can have children as well as careers; and
—We should also encourage the rest of the world to crowd into the U.S. and horn in on the birthrights of American citizens.
Yglesias’ main argument for adding 666,666,666 immigrants is that this would help us compete with populous China.
In short, Yglesias seems to imply, America must invite the world in order to invade the world.
Just think of the possibilities! Such as … well … okay, here’s one: If we had two-thirds of a billion more immigrants, we could conscript a humongous army and militarily conquer the world…which would finally give us some place to dump all the teeming masses of immigrants.


vdare--2020-09-23--Finally, a CEO Points Out: There Is a Very Limited Pool of Black Talent

“ While it might sound like an excuse , the unfortunate reality is that there is a very limited pool of black talent to recruit from , ” Scharf said in the memo .
Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive Charles Scharf exasperated some Black employees in a Zoom meeting this summer when he reiterated that the bank had trouble reaching diversity goals because there was not enough qualified minority talent , two participants told Reuters .
He also made the assertion in a company-wide memo June 18 that announced diversity initiatives as nationwide protests broke out following the death @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man , in police custody .
“ While it might sound like an excuse , the unfortunate reality is that there is a very limited pool of black talent to recruit from , ” Scharf said in the memo , seen by Reuters .
… But several Black senior executives across corporate America said they are frustrated by claims of a talent shortage , and called the refrain a major reason that companies have struggled to add enough racial and ethnic diversity to leadership ranks , despite stated intentions to do so .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black talent out there , ” said Ken Bacon , a former mortgage industry executive who is on the boards of Comcast Corp , Ally Financial Inc and Welltower Inc. “ If people say they can ’ t find the talent , they either aren ’ t looking hard enough or don ’ t want to find it.
” After all , nobody has been looking for black talent since 1969 , at least so far as I ’ m informed .
Let me think back on my knowledge of the history of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There was redlining … and then Emmett Till … and that ’ s about it .
I ’ m drawing a blank on anything happening since Emmett Till .
If there had been over the last 50+ years a vast national push to find , advance , hire , and promote black talent , why was I never informed of this ?
So I don ’ t think it ever happened .
… The CEO of the largest U.S. bank employer has pledged to double the number of Black leaders over five years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goals .
He is also requiring hiring managers to consider diverse candidates for high-paying roles that are vacant , and ensure diversity on interview teams .
Wells Fargo ’ s latest proxy disclosed more diversity data than those of many other companies , including that two of 12 directors at the time were Black and 1 was “ Latino/Hispanic ” .
… Introspection across corporate America during the Black Lives Matter movement has cast a harsh light on the lack of diversity .
In boardrooms , African Americans made up 10 percent of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last year compared with their 13 percent of the U.S. population , according to a 2020 report from executive recruiting firm Heidrick & Struggles .
New Hispanic directors were even more scarce , the study found .
Only 7.3 percent of the five highest-paid executives at financial companies in the Russell 3000 were racial or ethnic minorities , according to data from ISS ESG , an arm of the proxy-advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services .
That number has risen in recent years , yet remains far below the percentage of minority groups in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ executives and recruiters said the notion of a shallow minority talent pool is frequently cited as a hurdle to improving diversity but probably reflects insular professional and social networks .
… Experts said one reason board rooms and C-suites lack diversity is that such jobs are often filled by people who have managed businesses , while many people of color have tended to be stuck in roles that lack a direct connection to profits .
“ As women and minorities started to gain traction in corporate America , they were trapped in certain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , like human resources , administrative-support type functions , ” said Teri McClure , former general counsel and chief human resources officer at United Parcel Service Inc , who now sits on several boards , including JetBlue Airways Corp. … It ’ s almost as if companies provide pleasant sinecures for affirmative action hires who can ’ t really cut it in the crucial jobs .
Winston , adding that she is often the only person of color in board rooms , also disagreed with the notion of a talent shortage .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simply was no lack of talent : “ I can get them 10 to 15 resumes today.
” ( Reporting by Imani Moise , Jessica DiNapoli and Ross Kerber ; Editing by Lauren Tara LaCapra , Paritosh Bansal and David Gregorio ) Seriously , if you are black and would make an excellent Wells Fargo line manager , you can probably get a job at Goldman Sachs for a lot more money .
And since people who go into finance are not ascetic saints indifferent to money , smart blacks who can get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a job there .
But that leaves Goldman ’ s discards for Wells Fargo and so forth down the line .
It ’ s like when The Bell Curve printed the leaked data on the SAT gap among freshmen at 26 top colleges .
At Harvard , the gap wasn ’ t too bad , 91 points out of a 400-1600scale , or a little under a half standard deviation .
But that was because Harvard was getting a large fraction of the best blacks .
At the other 25 famous colleges , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In an era like this when everybody is desperate to hire more blacks , your chances of getting really solid ones are dire .

From NBC News:
RACIAL RECKONING Wells Fargo CEO ruffles feathers with comments about diverse talent “While it might sound like an excuse, the unfortunate reality is that there is a very limited pool of black talent to recruit from,” Scharf said in the memo. Sept. 22, 2020, 12:02 PM PDT / Source: Reuters Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive Charles Scharf exasperated some Black employees in a Zoom meeting this summer when he reiterated that the bank had trouble reaching diversity goals because there was not enough qualified minority talent, two participants told Reuters. He also made the assertion in a company-wide memo June 18 that announced diversity initiatives as nationwide protests broke out following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man, in police custody. “While it might sound like an excuse, the unfortunate reality is that there is a very limited pool of black talent to recruit from,” Scharf said in the memo, seen by Reuters. … But several Black senior executives across corporate America said they are frustrated by claims of a talent shortage, and called the refrain a major reason that companies have struggled to add enough racial and ethnic diversity to leadership ranks, despite stated intentions to do so. “There is an amazing amount of Black talent out there,” said Ken Bacon, a former mortgage industry executive who is on the boards of Comcast Corp, Ally Financial Inc and Welltower Inc. “If people say they can’t find the talent, they either aren’t looking hard enough or don’t want to find it.”
After all, nobody has been looking for black talent since 1969, at least so far as I’m informed. Let me think back on my knowledge of the history of race relations in the 20th Century: there was redlining … and then Emmett Till … and that’s about it. I’m drawing a blank on anything happening since Emmett Till. If there had been over the last 50+ years a vast national push to find, advance, hire, and promote black talent, why was I never informed of this? So I don’t think it ever happened.
… The CEO of the largest U.S. bank employer has pledged to double the number of Black leaders over five years and tied executive compensation to reaching diversity goals. He is also requiring hiring managers to consider diverse candidates for high-paying roles that are vacant, and ensure diversity on interview teams. Wells Fargo’s latest proxy disclosed more diversity data than those of many other companies, including that two of 12 directors at the time were Black and 1 was “Latino/Hispanic”. … Introspection across corporate America during the Black Lives Matter movement has cast a harsh light on the lack of diversity. In boardrooms, African Americans made up 10 percent of new director appointments in the Fortune 500 last year compared with their 13 percent of the U.S. population, according to a 2020 report from executive recruiting firm Heidrick & Struggles. New Hispanic directors were even more scarce, the study found. Only 7.3 percent of the five highest-paid executives at financial companies in the Russell 3000 were racial or ethnic minorities, according to data from ISS ESG, an arm of the proxy-advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services. That number has risen in recent years, yet remains far below the percentage of minority groups in the general U.S. population. Senior corporate executives and recruiters said the notion of a shallow minority talent pool is frequently cited as a hurdle to improving diversity but probably reflects insular professional and social networks. … Experts said one reason board rooms and C-suites lack diversity is that such jobs are often filled by people who have managed businesses, while many people of color have tended to be stuck in roles that lack a direct connection to profits. “As women and minorities started to gain traction in corporate America, they were trapped in certain jobs companies felt comfortable placing them in, like human resources, administrative-support type functions,” said Teri McClure, former general counsel and chief human resources officer at United Parcel Service Inc, who now sits on several boards, including JetBlue Airways Corp. …
It’s almost as if companies provide pleasant sinecures for affirmative action hires who can’t really cut it in the crucial jobs.
Winston, adding that she is often the only person of color in board rooms, also disagreed with the notion of a talent shortage. One of the Wells Fargo employees said there simply was no lack of talent: “I can get them 10 to 15 resumes today.” (Reporting by Imani Moise, Jessica DiNapoli and Ross Kerber; Editing by Lauren Tara LaCapra, Paritosh Bansal and David Gregorio)
So there.
Seriously, if you are black and would make an excellent Wells Fargo line manager, you can probably get a job at Goldman Sachs for a lot more money. And since people who go into finance are not ascetic saints indifferent to money, smart blacks who can get a job at Goldman Sachs should get a job there. But that leaves Goldman’s discards for Wells Fargo and so forth down the line.
It’s like when The Bell Curve printed the leaked data on the SAT gap among freshmen at 26 top colleges. At Harvard, the gap wasn’t too bad, 91 points out of a 400-1600scale, or a little under a half standard deviation. But that was because Harvard was getting a large fraction of the best blacks. At the other 25 famous colleges, the gap was more like 160 points.
In an era like this when everybody is desperate to hire more blacks, your chances of getting really solid ones are dire.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-18--Trump Leads In Rasmussen Poll!—But His White Share Is Disgracefully Low

Earlier : The Race Tightens—But Trump Still Does Poorly With White Vote .
Protecting the Suburbs and The Immigration Moratorium Can Turn That Around The Main Stream Media has finally discovered that President Donald J. Trump 's real weakness is with whites [ ‘ It ’ s a big , big swing ’ : Trump loses ground with white voters , By David Siders , Politico , September 21 , 2020 ] .
Of course at VDARE.com we ’ ve been calling attention to this for months , and blaming Jared Kushner ’ s strategy of pandering to minorities .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rasmussen Reports , which recently showed Trump with his first-ever lead over Joe Biden ( 47 % -46 % ) and therefore got no MSM publicity , shows this weakness with whites .
The good news : Trump has upside potential .
The bad news : it ’ s awfully late .
Donald Trump won in 2016 because he adopted ( blundered into ? )
what VDARE.com calls the Sailer Strategy and focused on whites , especially in the Rust Belt , rather than Karl Rove-type pandering to minorities .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s triumph was among whites in 2016 .
He got about 58 % of the white vote , which is roughly about what Romney got .
But there ’ s a paradox that masks Trump ’ s true impact .
You have to consider the effect of Third Parties .
Quite often you hear people say that Reagan got 59 % of the white vote in 1980 and he won in a landslide and Romney got 59 % of the white vote and was defeated , and that this is a measure to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changed .
Well , that ’ s not exactly true—because there was a Third Party candidate in 1980 , John Anderson , who got 6.6 % of the vote , essentially all of it white .
So the Democrats were more damaged by John Anderson and by Reagan in terms of the white vote .
And that ’ s exactly what happened in 2016 .
Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson , between them , got close to 5 % , There were several states where that was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Trump ’ s task in 2020 was to drive up the GOP ’ s share of the national white vote .
Steve Sailer has calculated that , without any patriotic immigration reform at all , the GOP/ GAP ( Generic American Party ) could still win nationally as late as 2050 simply by driving its white share up to 70 % -- which it already achieves in several Southern states .
After the 2016 election , I explained in detail to Trump how he could do this .
There are enormous sectional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He simply had to break into Greater New England—the predominantly-white , historically-Democrat states from Portland ME to Portland OR .
But Trump has made no specific effort to win this section .
Indeed , his adoption of the GOP Establishment agenda included Paul Ryan ’ s tax bill , which by attacking the deductibility of state and local taxes from federal taxes ( whatever its theoretical wonkish justification ) actually damaged the very white groups in high-tax Northern states that Trump should have been trying to win .
Looked at in more detail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Service , Rasmussen reveals the peculiarity of Trump ’ s current position .
Despite beating Biden overall , he only leads the Democrat nominee by a disgraceful 50 % -45 % among white voters .
But he does have , for a Republican , relatively unusual strength among blacks ( 22 % —don ’ t laugh , that is high ) and among Rasmussen ’ s “ Other ” category , which presumably means Hispanics and Asians—an amazing 50 % .
These two groups together make up only 30 % of Rasmussen ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their relative although net negative ) Trumpishness has counter-acted Trump ’ s weakness among whites .
Of course , we ’ re delighted see Pat McCrory , the former GOP governor of North Carolina , tell POLITICO “ he has been 'very surprised ' that the Trump campaign has not leaned more heavily into immigration . ''
This confirms the point we ’ ve repeatedly made—Trump has real , if negative , achievements on immigration : above all , his anti-unemployment temporary immigration moratorium , his dramatic reduction of the immigrant workforce population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Refugee Resettlement Racket .
So why won ’ t he ( and Republicans ) campaign on them ?
We ’ ll be revisiting the white share issue frequently from now on .
Peter Brimelow [ Email him ] is the editor of VDARE.com .
His best-selling book , Alien Nation : Common Sense About America ’ s Immigration Disaster , is now available in Kindle format .

See also: Trump Still In Statistical Dead Heat With Biden, But His White Share Weakens
The Main Stream Media has finally discovered that President Donald J. Trump's real weakness is with whites [‘It’s a big, big swing’: Trump loses ground with white voters, by David Siders, Politico, September 21, 2020]. Of course at VDARE.com we’ve been calling attention to this for months, and blaming Jared Kushner’s strategy of pandering to minorities. What’s really disturbing: even Rasmussen Reports, which recently showed Trump with his first-ever lead over Joe Biden (47%-46%) and therefore got no MSM publicity, shows this weakness with whites. The good news: Trump has upside potential. The bad news: it’s awfully late.
Donald Trump won in 2016 because he adopted (blundered into?) what VDARE.com calls the Sailer Strategy and focused on whites, especially in the Rust Belt, rather than Karl Rove–type pandering to minorities.
It’s easy to miss how extraordinary Trump’s triumph was among whites in 2016. He got about 58% of the white vote, which is roughly about what Romney got. But there’s a paradox that masks Trump’s true impact.
You have to consider the effect of Third Parties. Quite often you hear people say that Reagan got 59% of the white vote in 1980 and he won in a landslide and Romney got 59% of the white vote and was defeated, and that this is a measure to the extent to which the country has changed.
Well, that’s not exactly true—because there was a Third Party candidate in 1980, John Anderson, who got 6.6% of the vote, essentially all of it white. So the Democrats were more damaged by John Anderson and by Reagan in terms of the white vote.
And that’s exactly what happened in 2016. Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson, between them, got close to 5%. There were several states where that would have tipped the balance.
Nevertheless, Trump’s task in 2020 was to drive up the GOP’s share of the national white vote. Steve Sailer has calculated that, without any patriotic immigration reform at all, the GOP/GAP (Generic American Party) could still win nationally as late as 2050 simply by driving its white share up to 70%—which it already achieves in several Southern states.
After the 2016 election, I explained in detail to Trump how he could do this. There are enormous sectional variations in the U.S. white vote. He simply had to break into Greater New England—the predominantly white, historically Democrat states from Portland ME to Portland OR.
But Trump has made no specific effort to win this section. Indeed, his adoption of the GOP Establishment agenda included Paul Ryan’s tax bill, which by attacking the deductibility of state and local taxes from federal taxes (whatever its theoretical wonkish justification) actually damaged the very white groups in high-tax Northern states that Trump should have been trying to win.
Looked at in more detail, available to subscribers to its Platinum Service, Rasmussen reveals the peculiarity of Trump’s current position. Despite beating Biden overall, he only leads the Democrat nominee by a disgraceful 50%-45% among white voters.
But he does have, for a Republican, relatively unusual strength among blacks (22%—don’t laugh, that is high) and among Rasmussen’s “Other” category, which presumably means Hispanics and Asians—an amazing 50%. These two groups together make up only 30% of Rasmussen’s sample. But it seems that their relative although net negative) Trumpishness has counter-acted Trump’s weakness among whites.
Of course, we’re delighted to see Pat McCrory, the former GOP governor of North Carolina, tell POLITICO “he has been 'very surprised' that the Trump campaign has not leaned more heavily into immigration."
This confirms the point we’ve repeatedly made—Trump has real, if negative, achievements on immigration: above all, his anti-unemployment temporary immigration moratorium, his dramatic reduction of the immigrant workforce population, and his effective evisceration of the Refugee Resettlement Racket.
So why won’t he (and Republicans) campaign on them?
We’ll be revisiting the white share issue frequently from now on.
Peter Brimelow [Email him] is the editor of VDARE.com. His best-selling book, Alien Nation: Common Sense About America’s Immigration Disaster, is now available in Kindle format.


vdare--2020-09-22--Immigrant NYPD Officer Charged With Spying For China

The Left must have been excited to use this article to bash cops but then read it and yelled out obscenities in frustration !
A New York City police officer has been charged with being an intelligence asset for the Chinese government who agreed to spy on US supporters of the Tibetan independence movement .
Baimadajie Angwang , a naturalized US citizen from Tibet , worked since 2018 as an agent for the Peoples Republic of China in its effort to suppress the movement , according to a criminal complaint filed in Brooklyn federal court .
It says he secretly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consulate in New York.. NYPD officer charged with spying on Tibetan immigrants for China , I guess our “ magic dirt ” wasn ’ t enough for this chap ?
The story gets better the more you read .
Along with being an NYPD officer , Angwang is a staff sergeant in the US army reserve who was given security clearance by the Department of Defense , according to court papers that accuse him of lying during a background check that got him that status .
“ As alleged in this federal complaint @ @ @ @ @ @ @ took in this country .
One to the United States , another to the US army and a third to this police department , ” said the NYPD commissioner , Dermot Shea .
He must have been shocked at how gullible Americans were .
“ Wait ...
They just take you at your word ?
” At one point , Angwang suggested that issuing 10-year visas to Tibetans in the US would help recruit other spies , the papers say .
Angwang has worked at a NYPD precinct in Queens as a community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a citizen , he sought asylum by claiming he had been arrested and tortured in China partly because of his Tibetan ethnicity , they said .
Shocking that this “ refugee ” repeatedly lied to first immigrate here and then to get jobs in the Army and law enforcement .
I ’ m sure it ’ s an isolated incident and we don ’ t have numerous cases of immigrants like this who retain their loyalty to their native governments .

The Left must have been excited to use this article to bash cops but then read it and yelled out obscenities in frustration!
A New York City police officer has been charged with being an intelligence asset for the Chinese government who agreed to spy on US supporters of the Tibetan independence movement. Baimadajie Angwang, a naturalized US citizen from Tibet, worked since 2018 as an agent for the People's Republic of China in its effort to suppress the movement, according to a criminal complaint filed in Brooklyn federal court. It says he secretly worked for unnamed handlers from the Chinese consulate in New York.. NYPD officer charged with spying on Tibetan immigrants for China, Guardian, September 22, 2020
I guess our “magic dirt” wasn’t enough for this chap? The story gets better the more you read.
Along with being an NYPD officer, Angwang is a staff sergeant in the US army reserve who was given security clearance by the Department of Defense, according to court papers that accuse him of lying during a background check that got him that status. “As alleged in this federal complaint, Baimadajie Angwang violated every oath he took in this country. One to the United States, another to the US army and a third to this police department,” said the NYPD commissioner, Dermot Shea.
He must have been shocked at how gullible Americans were. “Wait... They just take you at your word?”
At one point, Angwang suggested that issuing 10-year visas to Tibetans in the US would help recruit other spies, the papers say. Angwang has worked at a NYPD precinct in Queens as a community liaison, authorities said. Before becoming a citizen, he sought asylum by claiming he had been arrested and tortured in China partly because of his Tibetan ethnicity, they said.
Shocking that this “refugee” repeatedly lied to first immigrate here and then to get jobs in the Army and law enforcement. I’m sure it’s an isolated incident and we don’t have numerous cases of immigrants like this who retain their loyalty to their native governments.


vdare--2020-09-22--A Reader Says Mychal Denzel Smith Claims "Anti-Blackness" Is Everywhere, Doesn't Ask Why

From : A New Jersey Reader [ Email him ] I stumbled across an Playboy interview of a black author named Mychal Denzel Smith [ Tweet him ] that includes the following exchange : Playboy : In the book you talk about the idea of escape .
After the 2016 election , people were declaring they would move to Canada , but you talk about how black people don ’ t have that choice .
We face racism or colorism or the ill effects of colonialism wherever we go .
I keep fantasizing that if Trump wins again , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and hop on a plane to Mexico City , but it ’ s not that simple .
When it comes to black Americans and this idea of fight or flight , there really is no flight option .
Smith : There is no flight option .
Anti-blackness pervades the entire globe .
We can ’ t escape it .
If it ’ s fight or flight , we only have fight , and it ’ s going to be fight no matter where we go .
Stakes Is High : A Conversation with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public intellectuals of the millennial generation speaks to Playboy about his highly anticipated book September 10 , 2020 In considering why anti-blackness might pervade the entire globe , I immediately think of something `` Paul K. '' wrote at View From the Right in the context of the `` Un-Fair '' anti-white propaganda campaign in Duluth in 2012 .
Here it is , with Larry Auster 's intro : In the discussion on Duluth ’ s “ You can ’ t see racism when you ’ re white ” campaign , which began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the first reader ’ s response was by Paul K. His comment should be spread all across this country .
If whites weren ’ t three quarters brain-dead , it—and statements like it—would be spread all across this country : Whites have turned our society upside down trying to deal with racism for the past 60 years , so it ’ s hardly novel to urge them to “ have a role.
” One wonders , though , when blacks will play a role beyond voicing complaints and demanding concessions .
Much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understandable reaction by whites to the unacceptable behavior of blacks .
For example , whites tend to avoid situations where blacks congregate , out of fear of black violence .
Which group can do more to resolve this problem ?
Would Mayor Ness recommend that blacks be less violent or that whites be less fearful of their violence ?
A great many social problems are attributed to the fatherless homes in which black children are raised ; according to Mayor Ness , is this a problem that it is up to blacks or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their children from public school because the poor performance of black students lowers the academic quality and their disruptive behavior creates a chaotic environment ; would Mayor Ness recommend that whites get over these concerns ?
Examples could continue .
Blacks are responsible for the behavior out of which most racial friction grows .
Whites can only choose their reaction to it—resistance , acceptance , or avoidance .
Yet to Mayor Ness and his ilk , it is only whites who have the power to change the situation .
It is remarkable how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I recall an instance when then mayor Ed Koch was being shown around a dilapidated housing project .
Local activists pointed out its many unacceptable deficiencies , among them stairwells reeking of urine .

From: A New Jersey Reader [Email him]
I stumbled across an Playboy interview of a black author named Mychal Denzel Smith [Tweet him] that includes the following exchange:
Playboy: In the book you talk about the idea of escape. After the 2016 election, people were declaring they would move to Canada, but you talk about how black people don’t have that choice. We face racism or colorism or the ill effects of colonialism wherever we go. I keep fantasizing that if Trump wins again, I’m just going to download Duolingo and hop on a plane to Mexico City, but it’s not that simple. When it comes to black Americans and this idea of fight or flight, there really is no flight option. Smith: There is no flight option. Anti-blackness pervades the entire globe. We can’t escape it. If it’s fight or flight, we only have fight, and it’s going to be fight no matter where we go. Stakes Is High: A Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith One of the foremost public intellectuals of the millennial generation speaks to Playboy about his highly anticipated book September 10, 2020
In considering why anti-blackness might pervade the entire globe, I immediately think of something "Paul K." wrote at View From the Right in the context of the "Un-Fair" anti-white propaganda campaign in Duluth in 2012. Here it is, with Larry Auster's intro:


vdare--2020-09-23--Ann Coulter On Jake Gardner: Innocent Until Proven Trump Supporter

During a BLM “ peaceful protest ” in Omaha , Nebraska , on May 30 ( over George Floyd ’ s dying of a heart attack while in police custody in Minneapolis ) , James Scurlock was peacefully protesting by breaking into an architecture firm—hoisting an office chair and hurling it into two computer monitors , then ripping a phone from a desk and throwing it against the wall , as his friend shattered another monitor—all of which was captured on video .
Nearby , Jake Gardner , an Iraq War veteran and Trump supporter , was keeping watch over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hive and The Gatsby , aided by his 68-year-old father and a security guard .
The peaceful protesters soon made their way to Jake ’ s bar , where they hurled a street sign through The Hive ’ s plate-glass window .
He and his father rushed outside to prevent the peaceful protesters from storming his bar .
Scurlock ’ s friend , catching his wind after smashing computer monitors , knocked Gardner ’ s father to the ground .
( It ’ s on tape . )
Or as CNN ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unidentified man can be seen pushing Gardner ’ s father.
” Gardner rushed to help his father , then backed away toward the bar , lifting his shirt to show the protesters he was armed , and telling them to move along .
Again , it ’ s all on tape .
Murmurings can be heard from the crowd : “ That ( expletive ) got a gun ” and “ It ’ s not worth it ( expletive ) you stu– , ” At that point , peaceful protester Alayna Melendez leapt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Marquess of Queensberry rules , these peaceful protesters ) , knocking him down and into the street , whereupon yet another peaceful protester jumped on top of Gardner , who fired two warning shots in the air , scattering his first two assailants .
Again : all on tape .
Three seconds later , as Gardner was trying to get up , Scurlock jumped on him from behind and put him in a chokehold—which I believe is considered definitive proof of intentional murder when performed by a police officer .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ Get off me !
Get off me !
” With his right arm pinned , and Scurlock choking him , Gardner moved the gun to his left hand and shot over his shoulder , hitting Scurlock in the collarbone , killing him .
Or as The New York Times ’ Azi Paybarah [ Tweet him ] explained it : “ Mr .
Gardner got into a fight with one man , James Scurlock , 22 .
The two scuffled before Mr. Gardner fired a shot that killed him.
” They “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Times headline from Nov. 23 , 1963 : “ President Kennedy Dies in Dallas After Scuffle—Albeit at Great Distance—With Lee Harvey Oswald.
” Let ’ s be fair , though .
Maybe Scurlock jumped Gardner , or maybe Gardner jumped Scurlock .
Who knows ?
It ’ s not like there are 4 million videos of the incident .
Gardner was immediately taken into police custody for questioning and held until 11 p.m. the next night .
The Democratic district attorney , Don Kleine , his chief deputy Brenda Beadle , and all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weekend reconstructing the incident with multiple videos .
Their unanimous conclusion ?
That Gardner shot Scurlock in self-defense .
Despite the delusional claims posted on “ social media ” that Gardner used the N-word—which , as we all know , is grounds for immediate execution by any black person—none of the videos substantiate that .
To the contrary , Scurlock ’ s own friend denied that Gardner said anything racial at all .
( Apparently , you can ’ t believe everything you read on the internet . )
At 22 , Scurlock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long , including home invasion , assault and battery , domestic violence—and , of course , he was in the middle of a crime spree that very night .
Methamphetamine and cocaine were found in his urine .
But “ the community ” erupted like COVID in April .
Nebraska state Sen. Megan Hunt ( bisexual , graduate of a now-defunct college ) repeatedly called Gardner a “ white supremacist.
” Another Nebraska state senator , Kara Eastman ( bisexual ) , called Gardner ’ s shooting of Spurlock a “ cold-blooded murder.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ claiming that Gardner was a “ white supremacist , ” which were dutifully reprinted in local media , such as this one from @ nostudavab ( Twitter banner : “ F*CK TRUMP ” ) : Kleine responded to the mob ’ s demand for “ justice ” by calling in a black prosecutor , Fred Franklin , to make damn sure the grand jury indicted Gardner—whom Kleine ( the elected D.A . )
had found to be innocent .
As he was expected to do , Franklin produced a series of fanciful indictments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ terroristic threat.
” ( The “ terroristic threat ” was Gardner lifting his shirt to show the peaceful protesters that he was armed . )
The special prosecutor ’ s ALL NEW EVIDENCE THAT BLEW THE OTHER FACTS AWAY was this : The night of the BLM protest , Gardner had posted on Facebook : “ Just when you think ‘ what else could 2020 throw at me ?
’ Then you have to pull 48 hours of military style firewatch.
” WHY WAS THIS MAN NOT IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED ?
Gardner ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evicted The Hive and The Gatsby , and sent an anguished apology letter to Scurlock ’ s family ( “ deepest sympathy … the pain and suffering … losing a child to unnecessary violence … apologize for this horrible incident … time to heal … very deepest condolences ” ) .
Gardner was facing 95 years in prison for shooting a career criminal who was choking him , and now he had lost his source of income .
So naturally his friends tried to set up a GoFundMe account to help pay for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ response ?
They immediately and repeatedly took down the page , based on their clearly stated policy : We don ’ t like you .
Here ’ s a thought , GoFundMe : Guaranteeing a fair trial for an individual accused of a crime isn ’ t the same as defending the thing he ’ s accused of .
That ’ s the whole point : Gardner wanted to prove that he was innocent .
Nope !
No fair trial , no fair press , no livelihood , no GoFundMe .
No chance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ convicted criminal who jumped Gardner has already raised more than a quarter-million dollars on GoFundMe .
( Funeral expenses can be costly ! )
Poor Jake Gardner didn ’ t stand a chance against the raging , hate-filled multitude .
Even those sworn to uphold the law , like Kleine and Franklin , leapt in with the mob .
And a corporation whose business it is to enable people to raise money for just causes such as getting a fair trial refused to do business with him , not unlike the Memphis Woolworth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1960 .
Sadly , President Trump never said a word about his polite , cheerful supporter being railroaded in Omaha .
Gardner had attended Trump ’ s inauguration with such high hopes .
He had well wishes even for the ( can we say “ insane ” ? )
protesters he encountered there .
Last weekend , facing death threats and a kangaroo court , and with no means to mount a defense , Gardner killed himself , rather than be killed by the mob waiting for him back in Omaha .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I make a clarion call for action .
How about civil suits against the monsters in the prosecutor ’ s office , against the criminal-supporting GoFundMe and the Facebook and Twitter defamation mobs !
Maybe a department of justice investigation or FCC action against biased social media companies .
Antitrust suits .
Boycotts !
I ’ ve got nothing .
The country has gone mad .
I always figured the first armed civilian who ever fought back would put an end to the violence exploding all over the country—the violence that police and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t stop .
“ We have the guns , ” conservatives like to say .
In fact , it ’ s even worse now .
It ’ s official : You can ’ t protect yourself .
Not even a blameless ex-Marine could defend himself from being choked to death .
The D.A .
will call in a “ special ” prosecutor to throw you to the wolves , and they ’ ll both be praised for railroading an innocent man in the Omaha World Herald , while the “ elite ” media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .

During a BLM “peaceful protest” in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 30 (over George Floyd’s dying of a heart attack while in police custody in Minneapolis), James Scurlock was peacefully protesting by breaking into an architecture firm—hoisting an office chair and hurling it into two computer monitors, then ripping a phone from a desk and throwing it against the wall, as his friend shattered another monitor—all of which was captured on video.
Nearby, Jake Gardner, an Iraq War veteran and Trump supporter, was keeping watch over the two bars he owned, The Hive and The Gatsby, aided by his 68-year-old father and a security guard. The peaceful protesters soon made their way to Jake’s bar, where they hurled a street sign through The Hive’s plate-glass window. He and his father rushed outside to prevent the peaceful protesters from storming his bar.
Scurlock’s friend, catching his wind after smashing computer monitors, knocked Gardner’s father to the ground. (It’s on tape.) Or as CNN’s Madeline Holcombe put it: “An unidentified man can be seen pushing Gardner’s father.” Gardner rushed to help his father, then backed away toward the bar, lifting his shirt to show the protesters he was armed, and telling them to move along. Again, it’s all on tape. Murmurings can be heard from the crowd: “That (expletive) got a gun” and “It’s not worth it (expletive) you stu–,”
At that point, peaceful protester Alayna Melendez leapt on Gardner from behind (not subscribers to the Marquess of Queensberry rules, these peaceful protesters), knocking him down and into the street, whereupon yet another peaceful protester jumped on top of Gardner, who fired two warning shots in the air, scattering his first two assailants. Again: all on tape.
Three seconds later, as Gardner was trying to get up, Scurlock jumped on him from behind and put him in a chokehold—which I believe is considered definitive proof of intentional murder when performed by a police officer. In videos, Gardner can be heard yelling, “Get off me! Get off me!”
With his right arm pinned, and Scurlock choking him, Gardner moved the gun to his left hand and shot over his shoulder, hitting Scurlock in the collarbone, killing him.
Or as the New York Times’ Azi Paybarah [Tweet him] explained it: “Mr. Gardner got into a fight with one man, James Scurlock, 22. The two scuffled before Mr. Gardner fired a shot that killed him.” They “scuffled.” It brings to mind the Times headline from Nov. 23, 1963: “President Kennedy Dies in Dallas After Scuffle—Albeit at Great Distance—With Lee Harvey Oswald.”
Let’s be fair, though. Maybe Scurlock jumped Gardner, or maybe Gardner jumped Scurlock. Who knows? It’s not like there are 4 million videos of the incident.
Gardner was immediately taken into police custody for questioning and held until 11 p.m. the next night.
The Democratic district attorney, Don Kleine, his chief deputy Brenda Beadle, and all the homicide detectives spent 12 hours that weekend reconstructing the incident with multiple videos. Their unanimous conclusion? That Gardner shot Scurlock in self-defense.
Despite the delusional claims posted on “social media” that Gardner used the N-word—which, as we all know, is grounds for immediate execution by any black person—none of the videos substantiate that. To the contrary, Scurlock’s own friend denied that Gardner said anything racial at all. (Apparently, you can’t believe everything you read on the internet.)
At 22, Scurlock already had a rap sheet a mile long, including home invasion, assault and battery, domestic violence—and, of course, he was in the middle of a crime spree that very night. Methamphetamine and cocaine were found in his urine.
But “the community” erupted like COVID in April. Nebraska state Sen. Megan Hunt (bisexual, graduate of a now-defunct college) repeatedly called Gardner a “white supremacist.” Another Nebraska state senator, Kara Eastman (bisexual), called Gardner’s shooting of Spurlock a “cold-blooded murder.”
(Why do I mention their sexual orientations? A lot of the hate toward Gardner seems to come from the transgender community for saying on Facebook that transgenders would be restricted to the unisex bathrooms after a man in a dress attacked a female customer in the ladies’ room.)
Twitter was full of unattractive humans claiming that Gardner was a “white supremacist,” which were dutifully reprinted in local media, such as this one from @nostudavab (Twitter banner: “F*CK TRUMP”):
“Club owner Jake Gardner shot and killed a protestor in Omaha on video, yelling racial slurs. he is openly racist and homophobic. he murdered James Scurlock, he’s proud of it, and he’s not in jail.” [Archive link]
Protesters besieged Kleine’s neighborhood.
Kleine responded to the mob’s demand for “justice” by calling in a black prosecutor, Fred Franklin, to make damn sure the grand jury indicted Gardner—whom Kleine (the elected D.A.) had found to be innocent. As he was expected to do, Franklin produced a series of fanciful indictments, including for manslaughter and making a “terroristic threat.” (The “terroristic threat” was Gardner lifting his shirt to show the peaceful protesters that he was armed.)
The special prosecutor’s ALL NEW EVIDENCE THAT BLEW THE OTHER FACTS AWAY was this: The night of the BLM protest, Gardner had posted on Facebook: “Just when you think ‘what else could 2020 throw at me?’ Then you have to pull 48 hours of military style firewatch.”
WHY WAS THIS MAN NOT IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED?
Gardner’s landlord, Frank Vance, immediately evicted The Hive and The Gatsby, and sent an anguished apology letter to Scurlock’s family (“deepest sympathy … the pain and suffering … losing a child to unnecessary violence … apologize for this horrible incident … time to heal … very deepest condolences”).
Gardner was facing 95 years in prison for shooting a career criminal who was choking him, and now he had lost his source of income. So naturally his friends tried to set up a GoFundMe account to help pay for his legal defense.
GoFundMe’s response? They immediately and repeatedly took down the page, based on their clearly stated policy: We don’t like you.
Here’s a thought, GoFundMe: Guaranteeing a fair trial for an individual accused of a crime isn’t the same as defending the thing he’s accused of. That’s the whole point: Gardner wanted to prove that he was innocent. Nope! No fair trial, no fair press, no livelihood, no GoFundMe. No chance.
Meanwhile, the family of the convicted criminal who jumped Gardner has already raised more than a quarter-million dollars on GoFundMe. (Funeral expenses can be costly!)
Poor Jake Gardner didn’t stand a chance against the raging, hate-filled multitude. Even those sworn to uphold the law, like Kleine and Franklin, leapt in with the mob. And a corporation whose business it is to enable people to raise money for just causes such as getting a fair trial refused to do business with him, not unlike the Memphis Woolworth’s treatment of black people in 1960.
Sadly, President Trump never said a word about his polite, cheerful supporter being railroaded in Omaha. Gardner had attended Trump’s inauguration with such high hopes. He had well wishes even for the (can we say “insane”?) protesters he encountered there.
Last weekend, facing death threats and a kangaroo court, and with no means to mount a defense, Gardner killed himself, rather than be killed by the mob waiting for him back in Omaha.
This is the part of the column where I make a clarion call for action. How about civil suits against the monsters in the prosecutor’s office, against the criminal-supporting GoFundMe and the Facebook and Twitter defamation mobs! Maybe a Department of Justice investigation or FCC action against biased social media companies. Antitrust suits. Boycotts!
I’ve got nothing. The country has gone mad. I always figured the first armed civilian who ever fought back would put an end to the violence exploding all over the country—the violence that police and prosecutors can’t or won’t stop. “We have the guns,” conservatives like to say. In fact, it’s even worse now.
It’s official: You can’t protect yourself. Not even a blameless ex-Marine could defend himself from being choked to death. The D.A. will call in a “special” prosecutor to throw you to the wolves, and they’ll both be praised for railroading an innocent man in the Omaha World Herald, while the “elite” media defame you.
COPYRIGHT 2020 ANN COULTER
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Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here.
Her book, ¡Adios America! The Left’s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole, was released on June 1, 2015.
Her latest book, Resistance Is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind, was released on August 21, 2018.


vdare--2020-09-23--Radio Derb Transcript Up For Sept 18: Woke Capital, Bring The Troops Home, Gingrich Vs. Soros, And J

Radio Derb Transcript Up For Sept 18: Woke Capital, Bring The Troops Home, Gingrich Vs. Soros, And J. K. Rowling Offends, Etc.

The Radio Derb transcript is up for September 18 .
Go here to read or listen .
01m09s A peek @ @ @ @ @ Bend the knee and bow the head . )
16m49s Newt steps on third rail @ @ @ @ @ Fox News . )
33m48s J.K. Rowling gives offense .
( Too much imagination .
@ @ @ @ @ ( His defenders have plenty of practice . )
38m48s Where the legacy of slavery @ @ @ @ @ ( Not the U.S.A. ) 42m46s Kim 's new rocket .
( Can he nuke @ @ @ @

The Radio Derb transcript is up for September 18. Go here to read or listen.
Playlist:
01m09s A peek into woke capitalism. (Bend the knee and bow the head.)
10m44s Defund the military! (Continued, with a Gedankenexperiment.)
16m49s Newt steps on third rail. (Long pauses at Fox News.)
22m39s Solipsism Lit. (Winning a prize for fiction.)
33m48s J.K. Rowling gives offense. (Too much imagination.)
36m25s Canceling Darwin. (His defenders have plenty of practice.)
38m48s Where the legacy of slavery is a real issue. (Not the U.S.A.)
41m28s Health advice from a politician. (Don't listen!)
42m46s Kim's new rocket. (Can he nuke De Blasio?)
44m44s Signoff. (With Kipling.)


vdare--2020-09-23--Enter to Win October's Pick! America's Half-Blood Prince: Barack Obama's 'Story of Race and Inherita

Enter to Win October's Pick! America's Half-Blood Prince: Barack Obama's 'Story of Race and Inheritance'

This October , the VDARE.com Book Club presents : America ’ s Half-Blood Prince : Barack Obama ’ s ‘ Story of Race and Inheritance ’ by our very own Steve Sailer .
But wait – you won ’ t have to buy a copy if you win one in our raffle !
Enter by joining the VDARE.com Book Club here .
The winner will get a signed copy of America ’ s Half-Blood Prince—raffle winner to be announced this Friday at noon !
Why a book about Obama ?
Why now ?
At this point , it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Harris Administration together with Joe Biden ” this November .
So , the VDARE.com book club wants to know : Who is Kamala Harris ?
Who does Kamala Harris think Kamala Harris is ?
( See earlier : Ann Coulter On Kamala Harris : How Do I Tell My Friend She ’ s Not ‘ African-American ’ ?
and Kamala Harris—A Barely-Black ” Immigrant American ” ? )
Well , we know what Barack Obama thinks about Kamala Harris .
Obama sees Harris as a continuation of his legacy , rearranging the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ pass the torch ” to Harris .
But what was that “ legacy ” and what did it do to race relations in America ?
Can we expect anything different from Kamala Harris ?
For insight , we ’ ll find out what Obama thinks about who Obama is by reading America ’ s Half-Blood Prince : Barack Obama ’ s ‘ Story of Race and Inheritance , ’ in which Steve Sailer unpacks Obama ’ s autobiography Dreams From My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance .
Obviously a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Obama ’ s introspection : “ Obama , like one of those questing orphan-heroes elucidated by Joseph Campbell , goes on a semi-metaphorical journey in which he learns how to be ‘ a black American.
’ ” Not to reconcile the races like Obama the campaigner , but to find , in Obama ’ s own words , “ a workable meaning for his life as a black American.
” - AHBP p.10 A master of pattern-recognition and blunt observation , Steve Sailer reveals , through Obama ’ s own prose , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ half-blood prince ” politician in Sailer ’ s delightfully deadpan style .
So let Steve Sailer be your guide through Obama ’ s journey of self-discovery , and sign up for the discussion here !

This October, the VDARE.com Book Club presents: America’s Half-Blood Prince: Barack Obama’s ‘Story of Race and Inheritance’ by our very own Steve Sailer.
“This book is excellent. Everyone should buy a copy.” – Glaivester review
But wait – you won’t have to buy a copy if you win one in our raffle! Enter by joining the VDARE.com Book Club here. The winner will get a signed copy of America’s Half-Blood Prince—raffle winner to be announced this Friday at noon!
Why a book about Obama? Why now?
At this point, it’s universally accepted that the Democrats are presenting “Harris Administration together with Joe Biden” this November.
So, the VDARE.com book club wants to know: who is Kamala Harris?
Who does Kamala Harris think Kamala Harris is? (See earlier: Ann Coulter On Kamala Harris: How Do I Tell My Friend She’s Not ‘African-American’? and Kamala Harris—A Barely-Black ”Immigrant American”?)
Well, we know what Barack Obama thinks about Kamala Harris. Obama sees Harris as a continuation of his legacy, rearranging the DNC speaker lineup so he could symbolically “pass the torch” to Harris. But what was that “legacy” and what did it do to race relations in America? Can we expect anything different from Kamala Harris?
For insight, we’ll find out what Obama thinks about who Obama is by reading America’s Half-Blood Prince: Barack Obama’s ‘Story of Race and Inheritance,’ in which Steve Sailer unpacks Obama’s autobiography Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
Obviously referencing Harry Potter, Steve Sailer comments on Obama’s introspection:
“Obama, like one of those questing orphan-heroes elucidated by Joseph Campbell, goes on a semi-metaphorical journey in which he learns how to be ‘a black American.’” Not to reconcile the races like Obama the campaigner, but to find, in Obama’s own words, “a workable meaning for his life as a black American.” - AHBP p.10
According to John Derbyshire, "Steve Sailer gives us the real Barack Obama, who turns out to be very, very different – and much more interesting – than the bland healer/uniter image stitched together out of whole cloth this past six years by Obama’s packager, David Axelrod."
A master of pattern-recognition and blunt observation, Steve Sailer reveals, through Obama’s own prose, the fascinating psychology of the self-styled “half-blood prince” politician in Sailer’s delightfully deadpan style.
So let Steve Sailer be your guide through Obama’s journey of self-discovery, and sign up for the discussion here!