vdare--2020-09-09--Ann Coulter: Extra! Trump, a Fascist, Hates the Troops

Of all the lies to tell about Trump , at least this one gets a “ 10 ” for difficulty .
f anything , Trump is too smitten with the military .
He was so impressed with himself for loading up his Cabinet with generals !
He bragged about it constantly as if no president had ever done anything so macho .
One lonely voice warned him during the transition that he wasn ’ t getting any Pattons , but the president is more inclined to believe what he saw in a movie than blindingly obvious truths .
And the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have manly generals anymore because generals are confirmed by the U.S. Senate , which includes Democrats .
While Republican senators want to know if the nominee is respected by the troops , whether he ’ s shown tactical brilliance in battle and so on , the Democrats just want to know things like : What steps has the nominee taken to promote women and transgenders in the military ?
Trump was tickled pink about “ my generals , ” until they all began behaving the way any sane , sentient person knew they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exchange for fawning media coverage and rushed to the press to denounce any suggestion of the possibility that America not be in as many wars as possible , at all times .
“ In that moment , I also thought of all the attacks we ’ d already suffered as a family , and about all the sacrifices we ’ d have to make to help my father succeed — voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were ‘ profiting off @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emphasis . )
But no , journalists would rather show off to one another with histrionic accusations than come up with a plausible story .
• None “ It smacks of something you see in a totalitarian country .
” — Douglas Brinkley , Rice University , quoted in The Washington Post , Feb. 6 , 2018 • None think of North Korea ’ s Kim Jong Un — are usually the purview of isolated autocratic leaders and dictatorships.
” — Slate , Feb. 7 , 2018 • “ Trump ’ s military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ playbook ” — Salon , Feb. 8 , 2018 If I were trying to defeat Trump , my argument would be something like : “ He betrayed his voters.
” “ He turned the United States presidency over to his pea-brained son-in-law.
” But our constitutionally protected guardians of democracy are going with : Trump is either a fascist who loves the military , or he hates the military .
Whichever .
Your choice .
Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here .
Her book , ¡Adios @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .

Just before New Year’s Eve 2017, President Trump told The New York Times ’ Michael Schmidt:
“Another reason that I’m going to win another four years is because newspapers, television, all forms of media will tank if I’m not there because without me, their ratings are going down the tubes. Without me, The New York Times will indeed be not the failing New York Times, but the failed New York Times. So they basically have to let me win.”
Whether or not that’s the case, the media do seem to be intentionally attacking Trump in an ineffective way. The latest fusillade —that Trump disparaged fallen troops —is believed exclusively by people who already detest Trump, but by no one else.
Their proof: THREE SEPARATE MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CONFIRMED THE STORY! Yes, all with anonymous sources. Why shouldn’t we assume it’s the same guy who talked to The Atlantic , then “confirmed” his own story to the other news outlets? We were looking for something more along the lines of an actual person stepping forward and saying, I was there. I heard the president call dead troops “losers.”
Of all the lies to tell about Trump, at least this one gets a “10” for difficulty.
I f anything, Trump is too smitten with the military. He was so impressed with himself for loading up his Cabinet with generals! He bragged about it constantly as if no president had ever done anything so macho. One lonely voice warned him during the transition that he wasn’t getting any Pattons, but the president is more inclined to believe what he saw in a movie than blindingly obvious truths.
And the truth is, we can’t have manly generals anymore because generals are confirmed by the U.S. Senate, which includes Democrats. While Republican senators want to know if the nominee is respected by the troops, whether he’s shown tactical brilliance in battle and so on, the Democrats just want to know things like: What steps has the nominee taken to promote women and transgenders in the military?
That’s how we ended up with coxcombs like Gen. Jim Mattis , who required his troops to take “cultural sensitivity training” before deploying. Known to himself as “Mad Dog” and to others as “Chihuahua,” Mattis desperately wants all reporters to know that he carries a copy of Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations” with him into war zones.
Trump was tickled pink about “my generals,” until they all began behaving the way any sane, sentient person knew they would. They attacked the president in exchange for fawning media coverage and rushed to the press to denounce any suggestion of the possibility that America not be in as many wars as possible, at all times.
Trump’s National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster actually invoked the Holocaust in opposing Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Syria, where we’d already bombed innocents based on (it later turned out) false reports of the Assad regime using nerve gas.
If journalists cared to showcase some Trump-adjacent callousness toward the troops, they’d quote Don Jr.’s book “Triggered.” Junior described If journalists cared to showcase some Trump-adjacent callousness toward the troops, they’d quote Don Jr.’s book “Triggered.” Junior described driving through Arlington National Cemetery the day before the inauguration. Seeing the graves and thinking of all that these men sacrificed, he was reminded of the sacrifices made by his own family:
“In that moment, I also thought of all the attacks we’d already suffered as a family, and about all the sacrifices we’d have to make to help my father succeed — voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were ‘profiting off the office.'” (My emphasis.)
But no, journalists would rather show off to one another with histrionic accusations than come up with a plausible story.
Remember the last time “Trump” and “military” were used in the same sentence? In 2018, Trump said he’d like to throw a big military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, and the media responded with their usual cool reasonableness.
“It smacks of something you see in a totalitarian country .” — Douglas Brinkley, Rice University, quoted in The Washington Post, Feb. 6, 2018
“(L)arge-scale military spectacles — think of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un — are usually the purview of isolated autocratic leaders and dictatorships.” — Slate, Feb. 7, 2018
“Trump’s military parade: Straight out of the fascist playbook” — Salon, Feb. 8, 2018
If I were trying to defeat Trump, my argument would be something like: “He betrayed his voters.” “He turned the United States presidency over to his pea-brained son-in-law.” But our constitutionally protected guardians of democracy are going with: Trump is either a fascist who loves the military, or he hates the military. Whichever. Your choice.
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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--2020-09-09--Establishment Republican Senators Announce Bill To Tackle Tech Censorship

Previously : GOP Finally Recognizing Tech Censorship Problem—But Still Far From Acting Three establishment Republican senators introduced a bill this week that takes aim at Big Tech ’ s political censorship .
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham , Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn , and Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker joined together to support the “ Online Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act.
” [ Republicans pressure platforms with new 230 bill , by Makena Kelly , The Verge , September 8 , 2020 ] The Act would revise Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to better safeguard political speech .
Section @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liabilities under the assumption they act as neutral political forums .
However , the law gives these platforms wiggle room to censor all kinds of speech by allowing for the removal of “ otherwise objectionable ” content .
The new bill would eliminate the ambiguity and specify that platforms can only remove content that promotes terrorism , unlawful behavior , or self-harm .
This would give much better protection to political speech that liberals find “ otherwise objectionable.
” “ For too long , social media platforms have hidden behind Section 230 protections @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beliefs , ” Sen. Wicker said in a statement .
“ These practices should not receive special protections in our society where freedom of speech is at the core of our nation ’ s values .
Our legislation would restore power to consumers by promoting full and fair discourse online.
” There are other GOP bills that target Section 230 .
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley introduced legislation last year that would create a review process , conducted under the auspices of the Federal Trade Commission , to determine if large tech platforms follow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are found to fail in this regard , their Section 230 protections would be revoked .
The new bill is not as expansive nor does it create an oversight board to review if Big Tech violates Section 230 .
It just revises the law .
This is not a bad thing , as it would give the censored a far better chance in court to prove the tech giants violated the law .
It also warns Big Tech to back off political censorship if they want to avoid messy litigation .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Paul Gosar ’ s “ Stop the Censorship Act.
” That legislation , which was reintroduced in July , would revise Section 230 ’ s language and replace “ otherwise objectionable ” with “ unlawful , or that promotes violence or terrorism . ''
The bill earned the support of 10 other congressmen .
The only noticeable difference between the Senate bill and House bill is that the Senate bill is backed by establishment Republicans while the House bill is touted by more conservative lawmakers .
It ’ s a very good sign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem and want to do something about it .
It ’ s now up to Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy to put these bills before Congress .

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Previously: GOP Finally Recognizing Tech Censorship Problem—But Still Far From Acting
Three establishment Republican senators introduced a bill this week that takes aim at Big Tech’s political censorship. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, and Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker joined together to support the “Online Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Act” [Republicans pressure platforms with new 230 bill, by Makena Kelly, The Verge, September 8, 2020].
The Act would revise Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to better safeguard political speech. Section 230 protects tech platforms from normal publisher liabilities under the assumption they act as neutral political forums. However, the law gives these platforms wiggle room to censor all kinds of speech by allowing for the removal of “otherwise objectionable” content. The new bill would eliminate the ambiguity and specify that platforms can only remove content that promotes terrorism, unlawful behavior, or self-harm. This would give much better protection to political speech that liberals find “otherwise objectionable.”
“For too long, social media platforms have hidden behind Section 230 protections to censor content that deviates from their beliefs,” Sen. Wicker said in a statement. “These practices should not receive special protections in our society where freedom of speech is at the core of our nation’s values. Our legislation would restore power to consumers by promoting full and fair discourse online.”
There are other GOP bills that target Section 230. Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley introduced legislation last year that would create a review process, conducted under the auspices of the Federal Trade Commission, to determine if large tech platforms follow the spirit of the law. If they are found to fail in this regard, their Section 230 protections would be revoked. The new bill is not as expansive nor does it create an oversight board to review if Big Tech violates Section 230. It just revises the law.
This is not a bad thing, as it would give the censored a far better chance in court to prove the tech giants violated the law. It also warns Big Tech to back off political censorship if they want to avoid messy litigation.
The new bill is similar to Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar’s “Stop the Censorship Act.” That legislation, which was reintroduced in July, would revise Section 230’s language and replace “otherwise objectionable” with “unlawful, or that promotes violence or terrorism." The bill earned the support of 10 other congressmen.
The only noticeable difference between the Senate bill and House bill is that the Senate bill is backed by establishment Republicans while the House bill is touted by more conservative lawmakers. It’s a very good sign that both sides consider tech censorship a problem and want to do something about it.
It’s now up to Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy to put these bills before Congress.


vdare--2020-09-09--Projection: MIT Technology Journal Thinks The Problem Is "Riot Porn"

How an overload of riot porn is driving conflict in the streets Weak organization forced right-wing agitators to rely on video and social media .
Now they have a machine to spread a narrative of lawless rioting .
… This past summer , the recorded murder of George Floyd—just one in a seemingly endless line of merciless and vicious events perpetrated by police against Black people , from Selma to Mike Brown , from Rodney King to Sandra Bland and Jacob Blake—motivated millions of people worldwide to protest against police brutality .
… And visuals can be just as motivating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more so .
Because right-wing reactionaries do not have the same kind of experience in organizing street protests as the left , they instead rely heavily on social media—particularly Facebook , YouTube , and Twitter—to mobilize crowds .
Their efforts to counter the wave of public support for Black Lives Matter protests have made extensive use of this tactic .
… Since the George Floyd protests , conservative media outlets including Fox News ( particularly Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity ) , One America News , Glenn Beck ’ s BlazeTV , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Matter and other left-wing protests daily , specifically highlighting instances of violence , fighting , and property damage .
This coverage has come to dominate the right-wing narrative in a new way , flipping the script to suggest that Black protesters—demonstrating because they fear police violence—are themselves a threat to white people .
Mainstream media bias toward covering violence in protests is well studied , best encapsulated by the saying “ If it bleeds , it leads.
” Most protests are largely peaceful , but “ Citizens gather , grieve , and leave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This directs a disproportionate amount of attention across the entire media ecosystem to violent protesters .
Now , with social media as a broadcast system , the right-wing media has upped the ante .
According to analysis I conducted using MediaCloud , a research tool from MIT and Harvard , right-wing media outlets wrote five to six times more articles about Seattle ’ s “ Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone ” than did center or left media .
What has been a minor storyline among left-wing audiences has been dramatically overemphasized by right-wing media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ content for online content creators .
… These narratives have been intensified and supplemented by the work of right-wing adversarial media-makers like Elijah Schaffer and Andy Ngo , who collect videos of conflict at public protests and recirculate them to their online audiences .
Both have even gone “ undercover ” by posing as protesters to capture footage for their channels , seeking to name and shame those marching .
Their videos are edited , decontextualized , and shared among audiences hungry for a new fix of “ riot porn , ” which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ecosystem with the aid of influential pundits and politicians , including President Donald Trump .
The footage has a hypnotic , almost balletic quality , designed to influence and overwhelm the sense-making capacity of watchers consuming it from a safe distance online .
Riot porn is different from videos of abuse and violence carried out by police , and we should not confuse one for the other .

From the always woke MIT Technology Review:
How an overload of riot porn is driving conflict in the streets
Weak organization forced right-wing agitators to rely on video and social media. Now they have a machine to spread a narrative of lawless rioting.
by Joan Donovan
—Joan Donovan is research director at Harvard Kennedy’s Shorenstein Center.
September 3, 2020
… This past summer, the recorded murder of George Floyd—just one in a seemingly endless line of merciless and vicious events perpetrated by police against Black people, from Selma to Mike Brown, from Rodney King to Sandra Bland and Jacob Blake—motivated millions of people worldwide to protest against police brutality. …
And visuals can be just as motivating for the right wing—recently, perhaps even more so.
Because right-wing reactionaries do not have the same kind of experience in organizing street protests as the left, they instead rely heavily on social media—particularly Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter—to mobilize crowds. Their efforts to counter the wave of public support for Black Lives Matter protests have made extensive use of this tactic. …
Since the George Floyd protests, conservative media outlets including Fox News (particularly Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity), One America News, Glenn Beck’s BlazeTV, and right-wing YouTubers have been covering Black Lives Matter and other left-wing protests daily, specifically highlighting instances of violence, fighting, and property damage. This coverage has come to dominate the right-wing narrative in a new way, flipping the script to suggest that Black protesters—demonstrating because they fear police violence—are themselves a threat to white people.
Mainstream media bias toward covering violence in protests is well studied, best encapsulated by the saying “If it bleeds, it leads.” Most protests are largely peaceful, but “Citizens gather, grieve, and leave” is no story at all. This directs a disproportionate amount of attention across the entire media ecosystem to violent protesters. Now, with social media as a broadcast system, the right-wing media has upped the ante.
According to analysis I conducted using MediaCloud, a research tool from MIT and Harvard, right-wing media outlets wrote five to six times more articles about Seattle’s “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” than did center or left media. What has been a minor storyline among left-wing audiences has been dramatically overemphasized by right-wing media because these protests provided plenty of visceral content for online content creators.
… These narratives have been intensified and supplemented by the work of right-wing adversarial media-makers like Elijah Schaffer and Andy Ngo, who collect videos of conflict at public protests and recirculate them to their online audiences. Both have even gone “undercover” by posing as protesters to capture footage for their channels, seeking to name and shame those marching. Their videos are edited, decontextualized, and shared among audiences hungry for a new fix of “riot porn,” which instantly goes viral across the right-wing media ecosystem with the aid of influential pundits and politicians, including President Donald Trump. The footage has a hypnotic, almost balletic quality, designed to influence and overwhelm the sense-making capacity of watchers consuming it from a safe distance online.
Riot porn is different from videos of abuse and violence carried out by police, and we should not confuse one for the other.


Rep. Omar's Dad, RIP

I ’ d always read that Rep. Ilhan Omar ( D-MN ) was the daughter of a “ teacher , ” but from obituaries it appears her father was a Soviet-educated colonel in the army of genocidal Somali dictator Siad Barre .
From Sahan Journal : ‘ He was loved by everyone ’ : Somali community remembers Nur Omar Mohamed , who died of COVID-19 Best known in the U.S. as Ilhan Omar ’ s father , Nur was a prominent Somali military officer who encouraged his children to succeed Nur Omar Mohamed was an esteemed senior officer in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plunged into anarchy following the fall of the Siad Barre regime in the early 1990s .
A few years after that , he ended up in Minnesota with his family .
Most Americans knew nothing about his prestigious career as a colonel who led a successful regiment in the Somali-Ethiopian war during the late 1970s .
To them , he was just another faceless Somali refugee .
He picked up jobs as a cab driver and postal worker to make ends meet .
But more than two decades later , he regained some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ilhan Omar , who became the first Muslim lawmaker to wear a hijab in the United States Congress , and Sahra Noor , a health care executive .
Nur died Monday from COVID-19 complications at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis .
He was 67 .
Nur was born in Bandarbeyla , a coastal town in northeastern Somalia , and grew up in Mogadishu , where he completed his middle and high school education , relatives said .
He joined the Somali National Army after obtaining a military education in Russia , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in that decade received scholarships from the Soviet Union to train as medical doctors , technicians and military specialists .
When he returned to Somalia , Nur began his climb in the military hierarchy , eventually becoming a colonel .
During the 1977-1978 Somali-Ethiopian war , he led a regiment , Faraton said .
But if he was 67 at his death in June , he would have been about 25 in 1977-78 .
Do they let you lead a regiment at 25 ?
Somalia was a Soviet client at the time , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Moscow said , “ Hey , wait a minute , Ethiopia has a much bigger population than Somalia and it rains in Ethiopia.
” So the Soviets switched sides to backing Ethiopia and Somalia was defeated .
Somalia became a minor US ally .
Was Rep. Omar ’ s dad involved in the Isaaq Genocide of the late 1980s ?
If he was 67 in 2020 , it seems more likely he was a high-ranking officer in the late 1980s , the time of internal massacres , than in the late 1970s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Four years later , in 1995 , Nur and his family arrived in the U.S. as refugees .
The family spent the first two years in Arlington , Virginia , before moving to Minneapolis and establishing a permanent home in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood .
Here , Nur was no longer the affluent colonel he was in Mogadishu .
… But this loss of status wasn ’ t unique .
In The New Immigration : An Interdisciplinary Reader , Carola Suárez-Orozco wrote that new immigrants and refugees from middle-class backgrounds “ frequently find @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and qualifications because of language difficulties , lack of connections , or lack of certification in certain professions.
” How many refugees get mad at America because they were big shots back home but here they are only qualified to drive cabs and sort mail ?

I’d always read that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was the daughter of a “teacher,” but from obituaries it appears her father was a Soviet-educated colonel in the army of genocidal Somali dictator Siad Barre. From Sahan Journal:
‘He was loved by everyone’: Somali community remembers Nur Omar Mohamed, who died of COVID-19 Best known in the U.S. as Ilhan Omar’s father, Nur was a prominent Somali military officer who encouraged his children to succeed By IBRAHIM HIRSI
JUNE 20, 2020 Nur Omar Mohamed was an esteemed senior officer in the Somali National Army well before the country plunged into anarchy following the fall of the Siad Barre regime in the early 1990s. A few years after that, he ended up in Minnesota with his family. Most Americans knew nothing about his prestigious career as a colonel who led a successful regiment in the Somali-Ethiopian war during the late 1970s. To them, he was just another faceless Somali refugee. He picked up jobs as a cab driver and postal worker to make ends meet. But more than two decades later, he regained some of his lost status through his daughters Ilhan Omar, who became the first Muslim lawmaker to wear a hijab in the United States Congress, and Sahra Noor, a health care executive. Nur died Monday from COVID-19 complications at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was 67. Nur was born in Bandarbeyla, a coastal town in northeastern Somalia, and grew up in Mogadishu, where he completed his middle and high school education, relatives said. He joined the Somali National Army after obtaining a military education in Russia, Faraton said. Thousands of Somali students in that decade received scholarships from the Soviet Union to train as medical doctors, technicians and military specialists. When he returned to Somalia, Nur began his climb in the military hierarchy, eventually becoming a colonel. During the 1977-1978 Somali-Ethiopian war, he led a regiment, Faraton said.
But if he was 67 at his death in June, he would have been about 25 in 1977-78. Do they let you lead a regiment at 25?
Somalia was a Soviet client at the time, but when they attacked newly Communist Ethiopia, Moscow said, “Hey, wait a minute, Ethiopia has a much bigger population than Somalia and it rains in Ethiopia.” So the Soviets switched sides to backing Ethiopia and Somalia was defeated. Somalia became a minor US ally.
“Nur played a significant role in the war,” he added. “He was one of the officers who were recognized for their work.” …
Nur’s prestigious career in the military ended in 1991 after the Barre regime was ousted, and the country sank into civil war. The family escaped to Utange refugee camp in Kenya.
Was Rep. Omar’s dad involved in the Isaaq Genocide of the late 1980s? If he was 67 in 2020, it seems more likely he was a high-ranking officer in the late 1980s, the time of internal massacres, than in the late 1970s, the time of external aggression.
Four years later, in 1995, Nur and his family arrived in the U.S. as refugees. The family spent the first two years in Arlington, Virginia, before moving to Minneapolis and establishing a permanent home in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood. Here, Nur was no longer the affluent colonel he was in Mogadishu. … But this loss of status wasn’t unique. In The New Immigration: An Interdisciplinary Reader, Carola Suárez-Orozco wrote that new immigrants and refugees from middle-class backgrounds “frequently find employment in positions far below their training and qualifications because of language difficulties, lack of connections, or lack of certification in certain professions.”
How many refugees get mad at America because they were big shots back home but here they are only qualified to drive cabs and sort mail?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-09--Sailer in TakiMag: Riots? What Riots?

Sailer in TakiMag: Riots? What Riots?

Earlier : `` Protest '' or `` Riot '' ?
Establishment Appears Increasingly Demented as It Tries to Mold the @ @ @ @ @ 2020 From my new column in Taki ’ s Magazine : In my three decades @ @ @ @ @ this summer ’ s huge effort by the press to cover up the endless rioting @ @ @ @ @ mourners has been its most shameless and shameful episode yet .
Until very recently , @ @ @ @ @ Americans had fallen for the mainstream media ’ s repetitions that the Peaceful Protesters were @ @ @ @ @ .
The MSM has been in such flat-out denial mode that it hasn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ euphemisms for the riots , such as Retail Mourning , Do-It-Yourself Reparations , or Arson @ @ @ @ @ whole thing there .

Earlier: "Protest" or "Riot"? Establishment Appears Increasingly Demented as It Tries to Mold the Narrative, May 30, 2020
From my new column in Taki’s Magazine:
Riots? What Riots? In my three decades as a media critic, this summer’s huge effort by the press to cover up the endless rioting by George Floyd’s mourners has been its most shameless and shameful episode yet. Until very recently, a remarkable number of naive Americans had fallen for the mainstream media’s repetitions that the Peaceful Protesters were not—repeat, not—looting and burning. The MSM has been in such flat-out denial mode that it hasn’t even bothered to concoct exculpatory euphemisms for the riots, such as Retail Mourning, Do-It-Yourself Reparations, or Arson for Equity.
Read the whole thing there.


vdare--2020-09-09--Radio Derb Transcript Up For September 4: White Folks Shooting White Folks, GOP Goodwhites Supportin

Radio Derb Transcript Up For September 4: White Folks Shooting White Folks, GOP Goodwhites Supporting Riots, And The Spreading Plague Of Race Denialism, Etc.

The Radio Derb transcript is up for September 4 .
Go here to read or listen .
05m23s Revolution or @ @ @ @ @ in play . )
27m44s The spreading plague .
( Not COVID-19 , the other @ @ @ @ @ the torch in Massachusetts .
( It 's not 1968 anymore . )
44m47s The @ @ @ @ @ ( Speaking of revolutionaries . )

The Radio Derb transcript is up for September 4. Go here to read or listen.
Playlist:
01m07s White folks shoot white folks. (The Cold Civil War gets warmer.)
05m23s Revolution or counter-revolution? (Three factions in play.)
13m42s Do Goodwhite Republicans support the riots? (Cui bono?)
21m35s March of the Misfits. (True revolutionary spirit.)
27m44s The spreading plague. (Not COVID-19, the other one.)
38m00s A tremor in spacetime. (Just a reminder.)
39m31s What's the matter with America's mayors? (Remembering Richard Daley.)
41m55s Dropping the torch in Massachusetts. (It's not 1968 anymore.)
43m08s Making book on homicide. (Labor Day weekend betting.)
44m47s The passing of Comrade Duch. (Speaking of revolutionaries.)
46m39s Signoff. (With homage to Bill Evans.)


vdare--2020-09-09--Oscar Diversity Mandates Imposed

Oscar Diversity Mandates Imposed

Earlier : Plaques for Blacks at the Golden Globe Awards and Awards Show Cancelled Because No Blacks Won New Oscars standards say best picture contenders must be inclusive to compete And the Oscar goes to … inclusion .
In the latest step in its ongoing effort to boost diversity both within its own ranks and across the film industry , on Tuesday the film academy announced new representation standards for films to be eligible to compete for best picture .
Developed over the past few months by a special task force as part of the organization ’ s Academy Aperture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ representation onscreen — in the types of stories being told and the actors involved — as well as behind the scenes in the makeup of the crew and in the inclusivity of the companies involved .
To be eligible for best picture , a film must meet at least two standards across four categories : “ Onscreen Representation , Themes and Narratives , ” “ Creative Leadership and Project Team , ” “ Industry Access and Opportunities ” and “ Audience Development.
” Within each category are a variety of criteria involving the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including women , people of color , LGBTQ+ people and those with cognitive or physical disabilities .
( Other Oscar categories will not be held to these same standards , but the contenders for best picture typically filter down to other feature-length categories . )
Previously , the only standards to qualify for best picture involved a film ’ s running time ( over 40 minutes ) and specifics about how , where and when it ’ s screened in a public venue .
It ’ s hard enough to make good movies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bureaucratic obstacles to the process like these new Diversity guidelines going to help more good movies get made ?
Most of the best movies of 2019 were close to all white : • None Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , 1917 , Ford v Ferrari , • None had some nonwhite placeholder characters , but it was carried by a white man .
Joker had some nonwhite placeholder characters , but it was carried by a white man .
Good movies tend to be period pieces that are fairly honest in their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to wedge Diversity into times and places where it didn ’ t exist ?
“ Diversity ” used to mean , well , diversity .
But now it means Not Whiteness .
That ’ s what “ diversity ” used to mean : being diverse .
Now , Diversity means : Black is best and white is worst .
A 100 % Korean movie like “ Parasite ” represents Diversity .
The only way “ Parasite ” could be more Diverse is if the cast were all black .
Under upcoming Oscar rules @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that makes them better than whites .
Of course , Koreans are not as good as Blacks , who are the best , but at least they are better than whites .
In Tom Wolfe ’ s “ Bonfire of the Vanities , ” the NYC mayor asks his chief of staff what ’ s on the agenda : “ Whadda we got this morning , Sheldon ?
” “ Mainly plaques for blacks , ” said Sheldon… .
Mexican-Americans are definitely under-represented : they aren ’ t even in Fast & Furious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often cast as Mexicans ( e.g.
, Jennifer Lopez as Selena , Benicio del Toro ’ s Oscar-winning Mexican detective in Traffic ) .
But nobody cares .
Oscar movies are mostly a luxury product subsidized by the huge revenue on comic book movies and the like .
You could argue that the nonwhite masses are unfairly paying for talented whites to make high quality movies that , lacking in capes and explosions , bore them .
The problem of the moment in culture is that most of the great things of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s most hated minority , white men .
Wouldn ’ t it be simpler just to hand out an Oscar every year to “ Best Black ” ?

Earlier: Plaques for Blacks at the Golden Globe Awards and Awards Show Cancelled Because No Blacks Won
From the Los Angeles Times:
New Oscars standards say best picture contenders must be inclusive to compete By JOSH ROTTENBERG STAFF WRITER
SEP. 8, 2020 5:30 PM And the Oscar goes to … inclusion. In the latest step in its ongoing effort to boost diversity both within its own ranks and across the film industry, on Tuesday the film academy announced new representation standards for films to be eligible to compete for best picture. Developed over the past few months by a special task force as part of the organization’s Academy Aperture 2025 initiative, the standards encompass both representation onscreen — in the types of stories being told and the actors involved — as well as behind the scenes in the makeup of the crew and in the inclusivity of the companies involved. To be eligible for best picture, a film must meet at least two standards across four categories: “Onscreen Representation, Themes and Narratives,” “Creative Leadership and Project Team,” “Industry Access and Opportunities” and “Audience Development.” Within each category are a variety of criteria involving the inclusion of people in underrepresented groups, including women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people and those with cognitive or physical disabilities. (Other Oscar categories will not be held to these same standards, but the contenders for best picture typically filter down to other feature-length categories.) Previously, the only standards to qualify for best picture involved a film’s running time (over 40 minutes) and specifics about how, where and when it’s screened in a public venue.
It’s hard enough to make good movies as it is. Is adding more bureaucratic obstacles to the process like these new Diversity guidelines going to help more good movies get made?
Most of the best movies of 2019 were close to all white:
Good movies tend to be period pieces that are fairly honest in their depictions. How exactly are you supposed to wedge Diversity into times and places where it didn’t exist?
“Diversity” used to mean, well, diversity. But now it means Not Whiteness.
That’s what “diversity” used to mean: being diverse. Now, Diversity means: black is best and white is worst.
A 100% Korean movie like “Parasite” represents Diversity. The only way “Parasite” could be more Diverse is if the cast were all black.
Under upcoming Oscar rules, Koreans are not white, so that makes them better than whites. Of course, Koreans are not as good as Blacks, who are the best, but at least they are better than whites.
In Tom Wolfe’s “Bonfire of the Vanities,” the NYC mayor asks his chief of staff what’s on the agenda: “Whadda we got this morning, Sheldon?” “Mainly plaques for blacks,” said Sheldon….
Mexican-Americans are definitely under-represented: they aren’t even in Fast & Furious movies. Puerto Ricans and Cubans are often cast as Mexicans (e.g., Jennifer Lopez as Selena, Benicio del Toro’s Oscar-winning Mexican detective in Traffic). But nobody cares.
Oscar movies are mostly a luxury product subsidized by the huge revenue on comic book movies and the like. You could argue that the nonwhite masses are unfairly paying for talented whites to make high quality movies that, lacking in capes and explosions, bore them.
The problem of the moment in culture is that most of the great things of the last 600 years were accomplished by today’s most hated minority, white men.
Wouldn’t it be simpler just to hand out an Oscar every year to “Best Black”?


vdare--2020-09-09--Covid In New York’s North Country: An American Mother Has Had Enough

Earlier , by Michelle Malkin : Give Them Hugs and Let Them Play Schools are reopening , more or less , depending on where you live , as America slides farther into the Covid Twilight Zone .
There is now a hodgepodge of distance/computer/real-time/part-time scheduling that makes teachers and parents want to grind their teeth into fine sand .
I live in a small farming community in northern New York .
After a month of uncertainty about New York State rules and regulations that change nearly every day , the local elementary school finally decided to stagger classes : Monday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every other week for some students .
On the odd weeks , the other pupils attend classes Tuesdays , Thursdays and every other Saturday .
One of my neighbors is a teacher and is going out of her mind trying to figure out how to manage her own children , two of whom have differing schedules .
Her own schedule now conflicts with that of her youngest daughter , who will need childcare after she gets home from school .
Once they arrive at the school , all the children will form into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to be tagged and gagged for Covid before being led military-style into their classrooms .
Some kids , mostly the older ones , can opt out of school for home-schooling , whatever that ’ s going to be .
My teacher friend certainly is not going to be at home to manage classes or to make lunch for her own offspring .
My hairdresser ’ s daughter tells me that once she has taken a seat inside an inscribed circle that surrounds her desk , she can take the mask off .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to know what happens if a kid comes to school without a lunch , though , as many children will .
Here in the depressed North Country , a lot of low-income families depend on subsidized school lunch programs .
As for “ distance learning , ” many of these same families do not own a computer , much less have access to the internet .
What are they supposed to do ?
What this means is that a great number of these low-income kids are going to have no schooling at all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ second wave , ” the schools will probably shut down again .
Even before the current crisis , I was worried about the educational system .
Last winter , I visited a charter school with my son in Texas , back before the Covid pandemic scare .
Charter schools were supposed to be an improvement on the degraded government schools .
But this school reminded me more of a Gestapo approach to learning than a place where you would want to send your precious preschooler .
The grim building looked like a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ painted dark gray , as were the rows of lockers and pegs that lined the halls .
There was a large poster hanging in the lobby area : “ If you see something , say something.
” Students ’ artwork ( if colored-in photocopies qualify as art ) hung eight feet off the floor , “ so the kids won ’ t touch them.
” Students filed past me with one hand in the air and one behind .
When I asked our guide about their raised hands , she said : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from one another.
” The expression now sounds disturbingly familiar .
The playground was a bricked-in area with an iron railing on top .
The ground was covered with plastic grass of some sort , and the only place that was not bricked-in was the sky .
I looked up and saw one lone pigeon .
There were horizontal windows arranged bunker style in each classroom that faced into the play yard .
No windows opened on the outside world .
Many years ago , I visited Comstock Prison , where my college @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guard .
He agreed to show us around outside the place .
The charter school had a similar feel .
The tour guide ’ s voice recalled me from my flashback .
She was saying that the kids were allowed 20 minutes for recess and two opportunities to stretch for 10 minutes every day .
Unless they were being disciplined , that is , for such infractions as speaking out of turn , touching something , not paying attention , or not finishing a project .
“ Are they punished ?
” I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the guide said .
She pointed to a room with a glass wall .
I could see inside .
There was a little boy sitting on the floor with his knees hunched up to his chest .
I think he was crying .
I know I would have been .
But my point is this : what are we allowing to be done to our children ?
Are you willing to allow your children or grandchildren be treated like prisoners ?
Do you really feel all right about sending a small child into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mask , not interact with others , and be subjected to psychological torture ?
And it ’ s all very well for those of you who can afford day care or have wits enough to homeschool your kids , but what about those who don ’ t have the intellectual or financial resources to do that ?
What about those families ?
I am speaking to all of us but especially to the women who brought these precious children into the world .
We must do something to put a stop to this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ let these demonic technocrats and politicians put masks on your little ones and ram needles into your baby ’ s arm ?
To do what , protect them from what—the next engineered panic ?
So that they can to back to their prison-school , or the grocery store , and social distance from one another , never to be able to play or create or move without being watched , monitored and restricted ?
Remember the children I saw in the hall that day , the ones with their hands held in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hitler Youth parade ?
Not one of them looked directly at me when they passed by .
They looked like zombies .
What to do ?
Here ’ s a suggestion .
Start right where you are , right now .
Don ’ t wait for somebody else to do something , someone who you think is brighter , or more talented , or has more money , or is better connected .
Do you really trust the teachers ’ unions , or the World Health Organization , or the Centers for Disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gates Foundation , to act in the best interest of your sons and daughters ?
I ’ m doing what I can do in my little corner of the country .
I decided that what I could do was to teach art classes—small classes , of course , in my art studio out here in the middle of nowhere .
I am teaching children to paint and create .
We are doing all kinds of projects , painting landscapes , turning old buttons into necklaces , making paper birds out of stuffed paper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lot .
Making art is messy .
Everyone is welcome , whether they can afford materials or not .
Nobody is left out .
Just last week , the children said that I was the best art teacher they had ever had , and that they had decided to keep me .
Truth be told , I am probably the only art teacher they have ever had , but no matter .
Our children are our future .
They ’ re too important to be left in the hands of bureaucrats and clock-punchers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what I can , and so can you .
It ’ s a big world out there , though .
What will you do ?
Emma Crandall [ email her ] is an artist and an author of childrens ’ books under various noms de plume .
She lives in the North Country .

Earlier, by Michelle Malkin: Give Them Hugs and Let Them Play
Schools are reopening, more or less, depending on where you live, as America slides farther into the Covid Twilight Zone. There is now a hodgepodge of distance/computer/real-time/part-time scheduling that makes teachers and parents want to grind their teeth into fine sand.
I live in a small farming community in northern New York. After a month of uncertainty about New York State rules and regulations that change nearly every day, the local elementary school finally decided to stagger classes: Monday, Wednesday and every other Friday, every other week for some students. On the odd weeks, the other pupils attend classes Tuesdays, Thursdays and every other Saturday.
One of my neighbors is a teacher and is going out of her mind trying to figure out how to manage her own children, two of whom have differing schedules. Her own schedule now conflicts with that of her youngest daughter, who will need childcare after she gets home from school.
Once they arrive at the school, all the children will form into a long line, six feet apart, to be tagged and gagged for Covid before being led military-style into their classrooms. Some kids, mostly the older ones, can opt out of school for home-schooling, whatever that’s going to be. My teacher friend certainly is not going to be at home to manage classes or to make lunch for her own offspring.
My hairdresser’s daughter tells me that once she has taken a seat inside an inscribed circle that surrounds her desk, she can take the mask off. Boxed lunches are encouraged.
Nobody seems to know what happens if a kid comes to school without a lunch, though, as many children will. Here in the depressed North Country, a lot of low-income families depend on subsidized school lunch programs.
As for “distance learning,” many of these same families do not own a computer, much less have access to the internet. What are they supposed to do? What this means is that a great number of these low-income kids are going to have no schooling at all. When the authorities panic over a “second wave,” the schools will probably shut down again.
Even before the current crisis, I was worried about the educational system. Last winter, I visited a charter school with my son in Texas, back before the Covid pandemic scare. Charter schools were supposed to be an improvement on the degraded government schools. But this school reminded me more of a Gestapo approach to learning than a place where you would want to send your precious preschooler. The grim building looked like a prison, and the walls inside were painted dark gray, as were the rows of lockers and pegs that lined the halls. There was a large poster hanging in the lobby area: “If you see something, say something.” Students’ artwork (if colored-in photocopies qualify as art) hung eight feet off the floor, “so the kids won’t touch them.”
Students filed past me with one hand in the air and one behind. When I asked our guide about their raised hands, she said: “They are supposed to maintain social distance from one another.” The expression now sounds disturbingly familiar. The playground was a bricked-in area with an iron railing on top. The ground was covered with plastic grass of some sort, and the only place that was not bricked in was the sky.
I looked up and saw one lone pigeon. There were horizontal windows arranged bunker style in each classroom that faced into the play yard. No windows opened on the outside world. Many years ago, I visited Comstock Prison, where my college roommate’s father was a prison guard. He agreed to show us around outside the place. The charter school had a similar feel.
The tour guide’s voice recalled me from my flashback. She was saying that the kids were allowed 20 minutes for recess and two opportunities to stretch for 10 minutes every day. Unless they were being disciplined, that is, for such infractions as speaking out of turn, touching something, not paying attention, or not finishing a project.
“Are they punished?” I asked. “Time out,” the guide said. She pointed to a room with a glass wall. I could see inside. There was a little boy sitting on the floor with his knees hunched up to his chest. I think he was crying. I know I would have been.
But my point is this: what are we allowing to be done to our children? Are you willing to allow your children or grandchildren be treated like prisoners? Do you really feel all right about sending a small child into a classroom where he must wear a mask, not interact with others, and be subjected to psychological torture?
And it’s all very well for those of you who can afford day care or have wits enough to homeschool your kids, but what about those who don’t have the intellectual or financial resources to do that? What about those families?
I am speaking to all of us but especially to the women who brought these precious children into the world. We must do something to put a stop to this madness.
Are you really willing to let these demonic technocrats and politicians put masks on your little ones and ram needles into your baby’s arm? To do what, protect them from what—the next engineered panic? So that they can to back to their prison-school, or the grocery store, and social distance from one another, never to be able to play or create or move without being watched, monitored and restricted?
Remember the children I saw in the hall that day, the ones with their hands held in the air as if they were in a Hitler Youth parade? Not one of them looked directly at me when they passed by. They looked like zombies.
What to do?
Here’s a suggestion. Start right where you are, right now. Don’t wait for somebody else to do something, someone who you think is brighter, or more talented, or has more money, or is better connected. Do you really trust the teachers’ unions, or the World Health Organization, or the Centers for Disease Control, or the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to act in the best interest of your sons and daughters?
I’m doing what I can do in my little corner of the country. I decided that what I could do was to teach art classes—small classes, of course, in my art studio out here in the middle of nowhere.
I am teaching children to paint and create. We are doing all kinds of projects, painting landscapes, turning old buttons into necklaces, making paper birds out of stuffed paper bags, and washing our hands a lot.
Making art is messy. Everyone is welcome, whether they can afford materials or not. Nobody is left out. Just last week, the children said that I was the best art teacher they had ever had, and that they had decided to keep me.
Truth be told, I am probably the only art teacher they have ever had, but no matter. Our children are our future. They’re too important to be left in the hands of bureaucrats and clock-punchers and worse. I’m doing what I can, and so can you.
It’s a big world out there, though. What will you do?
Emma Crandall [email her] is an artist and an author of children's books under various noms de plume. She lives in the North Country.


vdare--2020-09-10--"More White Lies": With Vaguely PoC Academic Females, What's More Alarming: Hoop Ear Rings or a Nose

"More White Lies": With Vaguely PoC Academic Females, What's More Alarming: Hoop Ear Rings or a Nose Ring?

This time it ’ s a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison — where Krug got her own Ph.D. … The graduate student in question is CV Vitolo-Haddad , a Ph.D. candidate in journalism and mass communication .
They ( Vitolo-Haddad ’ s preferred pronoun ) were outed last week via an anonymous post on Medium and subsequently wrote two posts of their own on the platform .
Vitolo-Haddad described their own actions as letting “ guesses about my ancestry become answers I wanted but couldn ’ t prove ” and allowing people to “ make assumptions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … In the second , edited apology , Vitolo-Haddad described themself as `` Southern Italian/Sicilian . ''
In trying to make sense of their experiences with race , `` I grossly misstepped and placed myself in positions to be trusted on false premises .
I went along with however people saw me . ''
On social media , spanning years , however , Vitolo-Haddad has described themself as other than white — in various ways .
This summer , for instance , Vitolo-Haddad described themself as “ italo habesha , ” meaning of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and “ lightskin , ” according to screenshots included in the anonymous post outing them .
Several posts are also in Spanish , and allude to Latinx and/or Afro-Latinx ancestry .
Tweeting about Krug just last week , they said that their mother described them as Cuban and that the “ colorism we uphold and lean into to distance ourselves is actually why no one trusts.
” Ironically , in retrospect , they called Krug a “ Kansas cracker ” who got a Ph.D. in “ performing blackface.
” They also described “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another 2017 post , Vitolo-Haddad wrote that their mother faulted them for not having enough burning sage to keep their dog “ safe from los espíritus malignos , ” or evil spirits .
The post also seems to say that their mother is a “ bruja , ” or witch .
Other posts refer to their family ’ s history of being “ colonized.
” The anonymous author of the Medium post says that Vitolo-Haddad is from a white , affluent Italian American family that lives in Florida .
Haddad , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kept from their past marriage .
The author — described only as an affiliate of Madison — notes that Krug also described herself as having different nonwhite backgrounds , including North African and Afro-Latinx .
… What about Vitolo-Haddad ?
They said Wednesday via email that while they benefited “ socially ” in certain ways from the situation , they never applied for scholarships , fellowships or awards for people of color or identified as Black on any forms asking about their identification .
They also said they ’ d never represented themself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which includes work on the rhetorical strategies of far-right groups .

From Inside Higher Education:
This time it’s a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison — where Krug got her own Ph.D.
… The graduate student in question is CV Vitolo-Haddad, a Ph.D. candidate in journalism and mass communication. They (Vitolo-Haddad’s preferred pronoun) were outed last week via an anonymous post on Medium and subsequently wrote two posts of their own on the platform.
Vitolo-Haddad described their own actions as letting “guesses about my ancestry become answers I wanted but couldn’t prove” and allowing people to “make assumptions when I should have corrected them.” …
In the second, edited apology, Vitolo-Haddad described themself as "Southern Italian/Sicilian." In trying to make sense of their experiences with race, "I grossly misstepped and placed myself in positions to be trusted on false premises. I went along with however people saw me."
On social media, spanning years, however, Vitolo-Haddad has described themself as other than white — in various ways.
This summer, for instance, Vitolo-Haddad described themself as “italo habesha,” meaning of Italian and Eritrean or Ethiopian descent, and “lightskin,” according to screenshots included in the anonymous post outing them.
Several posts are also in Spanish, and allude to Latinx and/or Afro-Latinx ancestry. Tweeting about Krug just last week, they said that their mother described them as Cuban and that the “colorism we uphold and lean into to distance ourselves is actually why no one trusts.” Ironically, in retrospect, they called Krug a “Kansas cracker” who got a Ph.D. in “performing blackface.” They also described “transraciality” as “violence.”
In another 2017 post, Vitolo-Haddad wrote that their mother faulted them for not having enough burning sage to keep their dog “safe from los espíritus malignos,” or evil spirits. The post also seems to say that their mother is a “bruja,” or witch.
Other posts refer to their family’s history of being “colonized.”
The anonymous author of the Medium post says that Vitolo-Haddad is from a white, affluent Italian American family that lives in Florida. Haddad, according to the post, is a name Vitolo-Haddad kept from their past marriage. The author — described only as an affiliate of Madison — notes that Krug also described herself as having different nonwhite backgrounds, including North African and Afro-Latinx. …
What about Vitolo-Haddad? They said Wednesday via email that while they benefited “socially” in certain ways from the situation, they never applied for scholarships, fellowships or awards for people of color or identified as Black on any forms asking about their identification. They also said they’d never represented themself as Black in their published scholarship, which includes work on the rhetorical strategies of far-right groups.


vdare--2020-09-10--Race-Faker Jessica Krug Nominated for Worst Tinder Date Ever

Earlier : White Jewish Professor Pretends for Years to be Puerto Rican : Did She Do It for the Affirmative Action or for the Giant Hoop Earrings ?
George Washington U. tenured history professor Jessica Krug , a white Jewish lady who pretended to be a black Puerto Rican from the barrio , has resigned after outing herself to get out ahead of being exposed by rival colleagues who were about to pounce .
No word yet on the make-up of her buyout package .
Jessica Krug ran away from being Jewish because being a Boricua was good for her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who — I ’ m guessing — is not a first-rate scholar , she would have been a dime a dozen on the history job market , and likely would be teaching on a series of one-year contracts at Multidirectional State Universities , with little or no hope of tenure .
As a Puerto Rican woman of color , though , she was a star .
Different grading curve and all that .
But of course , she couldn ’ t just enjoy her ill-gotten gains , and published her books that few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who were probably required to buy them for her classes ) .
No , she had to be a public figure , too : thus the “ Jess Bombalera ” video , calling the NYPD a “ colonialist occupying force , ” and now this Columbia University panel in which she defends the machete killing of a 15-year-old boy as a “ collaborator.
” How long before George Washington University does the smart thing , and buys out her tenure ?
When I mentioned this in an earlier thread , another commenter made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep her , but gradually shrink both her role and her office accommodations ( perhaps thinking that eventually , she ’ ll leave of her own accord ? )
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The public airing of the Columbia panel video makes clear the problem with keeping Juanita Epstein on formally , but marginalizing her : every new disclosure , every newly-discovered rabble-rousing , identifies her as “ an associate professor at George Washington University.
” Bad for the brand , no ?
And the longer she stays , the more people will ask how GW @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first place .
And , as Steve notes , that is one can of worms no one — least of all GW — wants opened .
Very very few commentators have mentioned the Double AA term : affirmative action .
But in NY Post : The editorial director who helped bogus-black college professor Jessica Krug publish a book said she is “ sickened , angered , and saddened ” by the years of being lied to — and is donating proceeds from the book to cheated non-white scholars .
Gisela Fosado , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , said Thursday she now feels guilty about helping the disgraced former African history professor publish her book , “ Fugitive Modernities : Kisama and the Politics of Freedom.
” … “ I have been sickened , angered , and saddened by the many years that she deployed gross racial stereotypes to build her fake identity Or maybe she just loved giant hoop ear rings and salsa dancing ?
, and the way that she coupled her lies with a self-righteous policing of racial politics within the Black and Latinx circles that she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a post on her company ’ s website .
From the beginning of their relationship , Krug told Fosado that her surname was pronounced “ Cruz ” — claiming it was a “ transcription mistake ” when her “ grandparents came to this country from the Caribbean , ” the editorial director wrote .
… “ There ’ s also the shameful sense that , as someone who labored to support her work as her acquisition editor , I helped publish the work of someone who , early in her career , took @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for non-white scholars , ” she said .
“ Krug ’ s scholarship may not have ever existed without the funding that was inseparable from her two decades of lies.
” In other words , it was an affirmative action book .
EXCLUSIVE : ' I have never met anyone more racist than her ! '
Musician reveals he went on a 'Tinder date from hell ' with race faker Jessica Krug who spewed her hatred for white people and attacked him for being 'passive ' in the 'war ' on gentrification A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ professor Jessica Krug spewed anti-white hate and lectured him for hours about systemic racism on a ‘ date from hell ’ .
Musician Ken Pazn , 30 , was expecting an afternoon of flirty fun after he swiped right on Krug ’ s profile and suggested a romantic stroll in Manhattan .
But he was soon regretting the February 2018 hook-up after Krug began boasting of her hatred of white people and attacked him for being too ‘ passive ’ in the ‘ war ’ on gentrification .
‘ I have never met @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pazn , who is Afro-Latino , told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview .
‘ It was all F whites , F the police , F capitalism , all of that stuff .
You could not believe the look on her face when I revealed I had friends of all races .
‘ I feared she was ready to fistfight me if challenged any of her views .
I would have liked some physical action – but not that kind .
’

Earlier: White Jewish Professor Pretends for Years to be Puerto Rican: Did She Do It for the Affirmative Action or for the Giant Hoop Earrings?
George Washington U. tenured history professor Jessica Krug, a white Jewish lady who pretended to be a black Puerto Rican from the barrio, has resigned after outing herself to get out ahead of being exposed by rival colleagues who were about to pounce. No word yet on the make-up of her buyout package.
iSteve commenter Gary in Gramercy explains the issues:
Jessica Krug ran away from being Jewish because being a Boricua was good for her academic career. As a Jewish woman who — I’m guessing — is not a first-rate scholar, she would have been a dime a dozen on the history job market, and likely would be teaching on a series of one-year contracts at Multidirectional State Universities, with little or no hope of tenure. As a Puerto Rican woman of color, though, she was a star. Different grading curve and all that. But of course, she couldn’t just enjoy her ill-gotten gains, and published her books that few read (other than her students, who were probably required to buy them for her classes). No, she had to be a public figure, too: thus the “Jess Bombalera” video, calling the NYPD a “colonialist occupying force,” and now this Columbia University panel in which she defends the machete killing of a 15-year-old boy as a “collaborator.” How long before George Washington University does the smart thing, and buys out her tenure? When I mentioned this in an earlier thread, another commenter made the eminently sane suggestion that the school keep her, but gradually shrink both her role and her office accommodations (perhaps thinking that eventually, she’ll leave of her own accord?). The public airing of the Columbia panel video makes clear the problem with keeping Juanita Epstein on formally, but marginalizing her: every new disclosure, every newly-discovered rabble-rousing, identifies her as “an associate professor at George Washington University.” Bad for the brand, no? And the longer she stays, the more people will ask how GW came to hire someone like that in the first place. And, as Steve notes, that is one can of worms no one — least of all GW — wants opened.
Very very few commentators have mentioned the Double AA term: affirmative action. But in NY Post:
Jessica Krug’s lies ‘sickened’ editor who published her book
By Lee Brown September 10, 2020 The editorial director who helped bogus-black college professor Jessica Krug publish a book said she is “sickened, angered, and saddened” by the years of being lied to — and is donating proceeds from the book to cheated non-white scholars. Gisela Fosado, the editorial director at Duke University Press, said Thursday she now feels guilty about helping the disgraced former African history professor publish her book, “Fugitive Modernities: Kisama and the Politics of Freedom.” … “I have been sickened, angered, and saddened by the many years that she deployed gross racial stereotypes to build her fake identity
Or maybe she just loved giant hoop ear rings and salsa dancing?
, and the way that she coupled her lies with a self-righteous policing of racial politics within the Black and Latinx circles that she intruded upon,” Fosado wrote in a post on her company’s website. From the beginning of their relationship, Krug told Fosado that her surname was pronounced “Cruz” — claiming it was a “transcription mistake” when her “grandparents came to this country from the Caribbean,” the editorial director wrote. … “There’s also the shameful sense that, as someone who labored to support her work as her acquisition editor, I helped publish the work of someone who, early in her career, took funding and other opportunities that were earmarked for non-white scholars,” she said. “Krug’s scholarship may not have ever existed without the funding that was inseparable from her two decades of lies.”
In other words, it was an affirmative action book.
Krug’s book “did not generate a profit” and its “expenses were more than its revenues,” Fosado said. “Despite that, Duke University Press is committed to moving all proceeds from the book to a fund that will support the work of Black and Latinx scholars,” the editorial director announced.
More affirmative action.
From the Daily Mail:


vdare--2020-09-10--Michelle Obama's Fashion Line Drops

Michelle Obama's Fashion Line Drops

Michelle Obama ’ s ‘ When We All Vote ’ Drops First ‘ Vote 4Ever Merch ’ Collection … Looking @ @ @ @ @ , Michelle Obama ’ s organization When We All Vote is releasing its first-ever voting @ @ @ @ @ , the curated collection of items dubbed Vote 4EVER Merch , is “ designed to @ @ @ @ @ cherished well past this current election cycle , ” When We All Vote said in @ @ @ @ @ Featuring gender-neutral and sustainable products from Black-owned and women-owned businesses , the first When We @ @ @ @ @ a tie-dye tank and shorts set from Danzy ; necklace from ByChari ( who designed @ @ @ @ @ ” necklace ) ; a candle from Bright Black ; a mug by Franca NYC @ @ @ @ @ Bar , and more .

From Elle, a fashion magazine:
Michelle Obama’s ‘When We All Vote’ Drops First ‘Vote 4Ever Merch’ Collection
BY NERISHA PENROSE
SEP 9, 2020
… Looking to reach more young people, Michelle Obama’s organization When We All Vote is releasing its first-ever voting merch collection.
Launching today, the curated collection of items dubbed Vote 4EVER Merch, is “designed to be wearable, functional and cherished well past this current election cycle,” When We All Vote said in a press release. … Featuring gender-neutral and sustainable products from Black-owned and women-owned businesses, the first When We All Vote merch drop includes a tie-dye tank and shorts set from Danzy; necklace from ByChari (who designed Obama’s “VOTE” necklace); a candle from Bright Black; a mug by Franca NYC; lipstick from The Lip Bar, and more.


vdare--2020-09-10--Camelot is Dead, And So Are The White Democrats

Earlier : The Democratic Party Has Tipped—Great News For The GOP ( Which Doesn ’ t Deserve It ) “ At night before we ’ d go to sleep , Jack liked to play some records ; and the song he loved most came at the very end of this record .
The lines he loved to hear were : Don ’ t let it be forgot , that once there was a spot , for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot.
” [ For President Kennedy An Epilogue , by Theodore H. White , Life , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Magazine interview , given just weeks after President Kennedy ’ s assassination , gave birth to the myth of the Kennedys as “ American royalty ” , which has always provoked an eye roll on the political Right .
However , I consider the Camelot myth highly appropriate because the Kennedys very much resemble the British Royals—spoiled rich , entitled , oversexed , and never under any pressure to get a real job .
The Kennedys , like the Windsors , live far removed from the experiences of everyday people , and they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expense of their countrymen .
Needless to say , this includes support for mass Third World immigration .
Think about it : Don ’ t the stories of Prince Andrew carousing with teenage girls on Jeffrey Epstein ’ s island remind one of Michael Kennedy ’ s affair with his babysitter ?
[ RFK 's Son & Baby-Sitter ?
Accused Of 5-Year Affair With Teen ; He Hires A Lawyer , NY Daily News , April 26 , 1997 ] Or Ted Kennedy famously sandwiching a waitress with Chris Dodd at La Brasserie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Windsors , however , the Kennedys have had the advantage of the so-called “ Kennedy Curse ” , which they ( along with a compliant corporate media ) periodically invoke in order to bump their poll numbers .
Of course , it would be traumatic for any family to suffer two public assassinations within five years .
But it is preposterous to claim that every Kennedy tragedy , even it ’ s caused by drug overdose ( David Anthony Kennedy , 1984 , Saoirse Kennedy Hill , 2019 ) is due to some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are just the consequences of reckless behavior : Chappaquiddick , JFK Jr ’ s plane crash , Michael L. Kennedy ’ s ski slope death .
[ Legacy of Untimely Death Continues , by Dan Balz Washington Post , January 2 , 1998 ] There is , however , a real Kennedy Curse , one that the family does not like to admit : the curse of demographic transformation that Ted publicly championed through his vocal support of the Hart-Celler Immigration Act of 1965 .
Back then the Kennedys enjoyed an extraordinary amount @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public sympathy they enjoyed .
The fact that two Kennedys ( Ted and Bobby ) supported Hart-Celler in the Senate helped give the legislation a moral force that it never deserved .
In fact , Ted specifically promised that Hart-Celler would not transform the ethnic core of the country : All lies , but Ted may have actually believed them because he was less an architect of our demographic revolution than a tool of it .
Kennedy was a full-time drunken playboy during the 1960s ( and beyond ) and never thought too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bobby ’ s death , Ted ’ s main responsibility was to keep the family legacy “ alive ” publicly , while leading a life of debauchery privately .
That legacy is now in shreds because the Open Borders policies the Kennedys long supported have now made them unelectable , even in Massachusetts .
In fact , two years ago I wrote about how John F. Kennedy ’ s former congressional district has now become majority-minority , which enabled the election of former Kennedy staffer Ayanna Pressley .
Ayanna Pressley ( NumbersUSA F- @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white America while becoming arguably the scariest-looking member of “ The Squad.
” [ Dem Rep. Pressley says it 's 'not good enough ' for white people to not be racist : 'Come on , Becky ' , by Douglas Ernst , Washington Times , June 15 , 2020 ] At any rate , after Jack ’ s death Ted became a [ In Kennedy , the Last Roar of the New Deal Liberal , By Sam Tanenhaus , NYT , August 28 , 2009 ] .
He almost never expressed an original @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is some evidence that even Ted may have grasped the magnitude of the social havoc he helped inflict on the country .
In his 2006 memoir , the late Christopher Kennedy Lawford , nephew of JFK , tells a story about a family gathering where Ted admitted to the coming chaos .
This sounds as much an admission of guilt as an act of prophecy .
You would think , knowing this , that Ted might have advised the family to shift their politics .
But he didn ’ t .
Consider the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Congress over the last 50 years .
Still , while Rep. Joseph Kennedy III ’ s may emulate his family politically , he reportedly does not do so privately .
Young Joe is faithfully married , doesn ’ t drink alcohol , and unlike Ted , who got busted having a classmate take his Spanish test at Harvard , Joe actually speaks Spanish fluently , and often spoke it on the campaign trail .
Nevertheless , Ed Markey crushed Joseph Kennedy ( 55.4 to 44.5 % ) in the Democrat Senate primary on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ giant ego bruise for the family .
A former ice cream truck driver , Markey has been in Congress since 1976 and accomplished nothing except get continually reelected by keeping his head down and voting the party line .
In fact , Markey has long used his childhood bedroom in his parents ’ house in Malden MA as his voting residence while living full-time in Chevy Chase , MD .
[ For Markey , A Tale of Two Homes , by Noah Bierman & Frank Phillips , Boston Globe , February 14 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ open Senate Seat in 2013 ( against a pathetic Open Borders Republican ) , most voters had barely heard of him .
Joe Kennedy largely campaigned on the family “ legacy ” and actually tried to out Open-Border his opponent ( in English and Spanish ) with strange moves like boasting of his effort to win the previously undiscovered “ Cambodian vote ” [ Congressman Joe Kennedy III visited Cambodia Town in Lowell , by Soben Pin , KhmerPost USA , July 27 , 2020 ] .
Kennedy also repeatedly bent the knee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ notoriously corrupt black appointee of Deval Patrick ( Sheriff Steven Tompkins , right ) to “ advise ” him .
[ Joe Kennedy III Hired a Cop to Advise Him on Race and Justice , by Maia Hibbet , The Nation , July 10 , 2020 ] It was painful to watch .
Which is precisely why so many people didn ’ t , especially given that both candidates had virtually identical platforms ( Ed Markey , NumbersUSA F- ) .
So why did Markey win ?
It ’ s simple .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white-loathing POC Left that is rising to power could not tolerate the prospect of a 39 year old straight white male Democrat with star power arriving in the U.S. Senate—which is why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other Squad members preferred the elderly Markey , who will be 80 when his term expires [ Doug Schoen : Markey 's Mass .
primary victory proves AOC is most powerful Democrat in America , by Doug Shoen , FoxNews , September 2 , 2020 ] These minority Democrats are planning for a future in which they have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need not apply .
Indeed , Boston ’ s BLM District Attorney , Rachael Rollins , has already warned Kennedy that he should not run again in 2017 if Elizabeth Warren retires because the Squad is eying her seat .
[ Rachael Rollins would be ‘ shocked ’ if Ayanna Pressley doesn ’ t someday run for Senate : Pressley is not ruling it out , by Nik Decosta-Klipa , The Boston Globe , September 1 , 2020 ] .
Like Dr. Frankenstein and his monster , White Democrats created this minority voting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have that power usurped by those very minorities that inevitably turned on them .
In the waning days of the campaign , Joseph Kennedy tacitly invoked the Kennedy Curse by claiming that he had been receiving death threats [ Joe Kennedy , facing death threats , gets beefed up security on campaign trail , by Joe Battenfield , Boston Herald , August 24 , 2020 ] Maybe he did .
But it didn ’ t matter—not simply because the well of public sympathy has run dry for America ’ s Royal Family , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Let it be known from this moment forward that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Kennedys—and that the torch was snatched from them by the very mob of white-loathing politicians they put into power in the first place .
No Kennedy will ever be able to pick it up again ; not in Massachusetts , not anywhere .
Camelot is dead , and the only Kennedy Curse that remains is the demographic curse they inflicted on the country that once treated them like royalty .
This is what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said that the whole thing is going to fall apart .
Matthew Richer ( email him ) is a writer living in Massachusetts .
He is the former American Editor of Right NOW magazine .

Earlier: The Democratic Party Has Tipped—Great News For The GOP (Which Doesn’t Deserve It)
“At night before we’d go to sleep, Jack liked to play some records; and the song he loved most came at the very end of this record. The lines he loved to hear were: Don’t let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot.” [For President Kennedy An Epilogue, by Theodore H. White, Life, December 6, 1963]
This Life magazine interview, given just weeks after President Kennedy’s assassination, gave birth to the myth of the Kennedys as “American royalty,” which has always provoked an eye roll on the political Right. However, I consider the Camelot myth highly appropriate because the Kennedys very much resemble the British Royals—spoiled rich, entitled, oversexed, and never under any pressure to get a real job. The Kennedys, like the Windsors, live far removed from the experiences of everyday people, and they habitually engage in vapid virtue-signaling at the expense of their countrymen. Needless to say, this includes support for mass Third World immigration.
Think about it: Don’t the stories of Prince Andrew carousing with teenage girls on Jeffrey Epstein’s island remind one of Michael Kennedy’s affair with his babysitter? [RFK's Son & Baby-Sitter? Accused Of 5-Year Affair With Teen; He Hires A Lawyer, NY Daily News, April 26, 1997]. Or Ted Kennedy famously sandwiching a waitress with Chris Dodd at La Brasserie in Washington, D.C.?
Unlike the Windsors, however, the Kennedys have had the advantage of the so-called “Kennedy Curse”, which they (along with a compliant corporate media) periodically invoke in order to bump their poll numbers. Of course, it would be traumatic for any family to suffer two public assassinations within five years. But it is preposterous to claim that every Kennedy tragedy, even it’s caused by drug overdose (David Anthony Kennedy, 1984, Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 2019), is due to some mysterious “curse.” Most Kennedy tragedies are just the consequences of reckless behavior: Chappaquiddick, JFK Jr’s plane crash, Michael L. Kennedy’s ski slope death [Legacy of Untimely Death Continues, by Dan Balz Washington Post, January 2, 1998].
There is, however, a real Kennedy Curse, one that the family does not like to admit: the curse of demographic transformation that Ted publicly championed through his vocal support of the Hart-Celler Immigration Act of 1965.
Back then the Kennedys enjoyed an extraordinary amount of political capital due to the broad public sympathy they enjoyed. The fact that two Kennedys (Ted and Bobby) supported Hart-Celler in the Senate helped give the legislation a moral force that it never deserved. In fact, Ted specifically promised that Hart-Celler would not transform the ethnic core of the country:
"First, our cities will not be flooded with a million immigrants annually. Under the proposed bill, the present level of immigration remains substantially the same.” “Secondly, the ethnic mix of this country will not be upset.” “Thirdly, the bill will not permit the entry of subversive persons, criminals, illiterates, or those with contagious disease or serious mental illness.”
All lies, but Ted may have actually believed them because he was less an architect of our demographic revolution than a tool of it. Kennedy was a full-time drunken playboy during the 1960s (and beyond) and never thought too deeply on policy matters. Especially after Bobby’s death, Ted’s main responsibility was to keep the family legacy “alive” publicly, while leading a life of debauchery privately.
That legacy is now in shreds because the Open Borders policies the Kennedys long supported have now made them unelectable, even in Massachusetts. In fact, two years ago I wrote about how John F. Kennedy’s former congressional district has now become majority-minority, which enabled the election of former Kennedy staffer Ayanna Pressley.
Ayanna Pressley (NumbersUSA F-) has since declared open war on white America while becoming arguably the scariest-looking member of “The Squad” [Dem Rep. Pressley says it's 'not good enough' for white people to not be racist: 'Come on, Becky,' by Douglas Ernst, Washington Times, June 15, 2020].
At any rate, after Jack’s death Ted became a rubber stamp for the Great Society [In Kennedy, the Last Roar of the New Deal Liberal, by Sam Tanenhaus, NYT, August 28, 2009]. He almost never expressed an original thought on anything. However, there is some evidence that even Ted may have grasped the magnitude of the social havoc he helped inflict on the country.
In his 2006 memoir, the late Christopher Kennedy Lawford, nephew of JFK, tells a story about a family gathering where Ted admitted to the coming chaos.
[Ted] took a long, slow gulp of his vodka and tonic, thought for a moment, and changed tack. “I’m glad I’m not going to be around when you guys are my age.” I asked him why, and he said, “Because when you guys are my age, the whole thing is going to fall apart.” The statement hung there, suspended in the realm of “maybe we shouldn’t go there.” Nobody wanted to touch it. After a few moments of heavy silence, my uncle moved on. [Symptoms of Withdrawal, by Christopher Kennedy Lawford]
This sounds as much an admission of guilt as an act of prophecy.
You would think, knowing this, that Ted might have advised the family to shift their politics. But he didn’t. Consider the immigration voting record of every Kennedy in Congress over the last 50 years.
Still, while Rep. Joseph Kennedy III’s may emulate his family politically, he reportedly does not do so privately. Young Joe is faithfully married, doesn’t drink alcohol, and unlike Ted, who got busted having a classmate take his Spanish test at Harvard, Joe actually speaks Spanish fluently, and often spoke it on the campaign trail.
Nevertheless, Ed Markey crushed Joseph Kennedy (55.4 to 44.5%) in the Democrat Senate primary on September 1. This must be a giant ego bruise for the family. A former ice cream truck driver, Markey has been in Congress since 1976 and accomplished nothing except get continually reelected by keeping his head down and voting the party line. In fact, Markey has long used his childhood bedroom in his parents’ house in Malden MA as his voting residence while living full-time in Chevy Chase, MD [For Markey, A Tale of Two Homes, by Noah Bierman & Frank Phillips, Boston Globe, February 14, 2013]. Until Markey ran for an open Senate Seat in 2013 (against a pathetic Open Borders Republican), most voters had barely heard of him.
Joe Kennedy largely campaigned on the family “legacy” and actually tried to out Open-Border his opponent (in English and Spanish) with strange moves like boasting of his effort to win the previously undiscovered “Cambodian vote” [Congressman Joe Kennedy III visited Cambodia Town in Lowell, by Soben Pin, KhmerPost USA, July 27, 2020]. Kennedy also repeatedly bent the knee to Black Lives Matter, hiring a notoriously corrupt black appointee of Deval Patrick (Sheriff Steven Tompkins, right) to “advise” him [Joe Kennedy III Hired a Cop to Advise Him on Race and Justice, by Maia Hibbet, The Nation, July 10, 2020].
It was painful to watch. Which is precisely why so many people didn’t, especially given that both candidates had virtually identical platforms (Ed Markey, NumbersUSA F-).
So why did Markey win?
It’s simple. The Democratic Party has tipped demographically. The white-loathing POC Left that is rising to power could not tolerate the prospect of a 39-year-old straight white male Democrat with star power arriving in the U.S. Senate—which is why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other Squad members preferred the elderly Markey, who will be 80 when his term expires [Doug Schoen: Markey's Mass. primary victory proves AOC is most powerful Democrat in America, by Doug Shoen, FoxNews, September 2, 2020]
These minority Democrats are planning for a future in which they have exclusive control over a party where whites need not apply. Indeed, Boston’s BLM District Attorney, Rachael Rollins, has already warned Kennedy that he should not run again in 2017 if Elizabeth Warren retires because the Squad is eying her seat [Rachael Rollins would be ‘shocked’ if Ayanna Pressley doesn’t someday run for Senate: Pressley is not ruling it out, by Nik Decosta-Klipa, Boston Globe, September 1, 2020].
Yup, it’s their party now.
Like Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, White Democrats created this minority voting bloc in order to acquire power—only to have that power usurped by those very minorities that inevitably turned on them.
In the waning days of the campaign, Joseph Kennedy tacitly invoked the Kennedy Curse by claiming that he had been receiving death threats [Joe Kennedy, facing death threats, gets beefed up security on campaign trail, by Joe Battenfield, Boston Herald, August 24, 2020].
Maybe he did. But it didn’t matter—not simply because the well of public sympathy has run dry for America’s Royal Family, but because Kennedy is the wrong color.
Let it be known from this moment forward that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Kennedys—and that the torch was snatched from them by the very mob of white-loathing politicians they put into power in the first place.
No Kennedy will ever be able to pick it up again; not in Massachusetts, not anywhere. Camelot is dead, and the only Kennedy Curse that remains is the demographic curse they inflicted on the country that once treated them like royalty.
This is what Ted Kennedy was obviously anticipating when he said that the whole thing is going to fall apart.
Matthew Richer (email him) is a writer living in Massachusetts. He is the former American Editor of Right NOW magazine.


vdare--2020-09-10--Patrick J. Buchanan: A Focused Trump Can Still Pull It Out

Earlier by Patrick J. Buchanan : Is Biden-Harris on Tom Dewey 's Path To Defeat ?
If Donald Trump loses the election , history will attribute his defeat to a pandemic that killed 200,000 Americans during his reelection campaign , and a historic depression deliberately induced to put the economy in a coma as the nation suffered through that pandemic .
But despite the worst hand dealt a sitting president since Herbert Hoover in 1932 , Trump is by no means cooked .
Since the conventions of the DNC and RNC , Trump has narrowed the gap in several battleground @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Electoral College .
One Florida poll found that Trump had erased Joe Biden 's margin and pulled even .
Trump 's denunciations of the riots that have gripped U.S. cities since the Memorial Day death of George Floyd have already forced Biden to come out of his basement to deplore the violence .
And the contrast in their appearances has been dramatic .
Trump speaks out in the open , before huge crowds , in arenas and airport hangers .
Biden , a socially distancing septuagenarian who is sheltering in place , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retirement home residency .
This may explain why Trump has made marginal gains among African American voters and more impressive gains among Hispanic voters .
Biden is also hurt by the mental and verbal lapses he seems to experience with every set of remarks , reinforcing the impression that he has lost more than a step to Father Time .
But Trump has had his problems as well since the GOP convention , beginning with book-length attacks on his character by his niece , Mary Trump , and his personal lawyer Michael Cohen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by editor Jeffrey Goldberg alleging that Trump had disparaged the sacrifices of dead and wounded U.S. soldiers from World War I , Vietnam and the Middle East wars .
Though Goldberg relied on anonymous sources to carry out his takedown of Trump , more than a dozen Trump staffers and advisers present at the meetings where Trump allegedly demeaned America 's warriors denied Goldberg 's allegations .
The Atlantic article was a kill shot aimed at the president by a hostile media .
While it did not succeed , it drew blood , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that .
Comes now `` Rage , '' the latest book by Bob Woodward , to which Trump contributed 18 interviews .
The book is damaging because , at the least , a national debate about the issues raised by Woodward distracts massively from Trump 's campaign imperative—taking down Biden so that he is seen as an unacceptable alternative to Trump .
Biden 's strategy remains what it has been : Turn the election into a referendum on whether the American electorate wants four more years of Donald Trump .
As Trump 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the oath on Jan. 20 , 2017 , such a referendum should result in a rejection of Trump and , de facto , a victory for Biden .
Trump must instead present this election as a binary choice : Which of the two , Biden or Trump , has the leadership capacity , the superior ideas on the critical issues , and the ability to carry out his agenda ?
Trump needs to convert a Mr. Congeniality contest into a decision of whom you want to lead the nation in this perilous hour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Oval Office dealing with the current crises : Mr. Nice Guy or the guy who showed he could get the job done before the pandemic came ashore ?
With seven weeks left in the campaign , Trump 's agenda of issues appears more appealing than Biden 's .
Trump wants to secure the border against any new flood of illegal migrants from the global south while Biden 's party is pro-amnesty and open borders , and favors sanctuary cities and abolishing ICE .
Trump wants to extricate America from the forever wars of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans .
Where Biden is going to raise taxes by trillions , Trump is a proven low-tax and less-regulations leader .
Trump has appointed 200 federal judges and two Supreme Court justices and sought to elevate constitutionalists to the federal courts .
Biden has thus far declined to engage on the issue .
On putting down urban anarchy , Biden is playing catch-up .
His convention did not even address the issues raised by the Portland , Seattle and Minneapolis riots and the soaring murder rates in Chicago and New York .
On @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while Biden wants all taxpayers , including fellow Catholics , to subsidize what his Church teaches is the cold-blooded killing of the innocent unborn .
Trump needs to stay focused on the issues where the divisions are clear and compelling .
The debates will show whether Joe has lost it and can not be entrusted with the destiny of the republic .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority .
His latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

Earlier by Patrick J. Buchanan: Is Biden-Harris on Tom Dewey's Path To Defeat?
If Donald Trump loses the election, history will attribute his defeat to a pandemic that killed 200,000 Americans during his reelection campaign, and a historic depression deliberately induced to put the economy in a coma as the nation suffered through that pandemic.
But despite the worst hand dealt a sitting president since Herbert Hoover in 1932, Trump is by no means cooked.
Since the conventions of the DNC and RNC, Trump has narrowed the gap in several battleground states that will decide the winner of the Electoral College. One Florida poll found that Trump had erased Joe Biden's margin and pulled even.
Trump's denunciations of the riots that have gripped U.S. cities since the Memorial Day death of George Floyd have already forced Biden to come out of his basement to deplore the violence. And the contrast in their appearances has been dramatic.
Trump speaks out in the open, before huge crowds, in arenas and airport hangers. Biden, a socially distancing septuagenarian who is sheltering in place, looks more like an applicant for a retirement home residency. This may explain why Trump has made marginal gains among African American voters and more impressive gains among Hispanic voters.
Biden is also hurt by the mental and verbal lapses he seems to experience with every set of remarks, reinforcing the impression that he has lost more than a step to Father Time.
But Trump has had his problems as well since the GOP convention, beginning with book-length attacks on his character by his niece, Mary Trump, and his personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
This month brought an Atlantic article by editor Jeffrey Goldberg alleging that Trump had disparaged the sacrifices of dead and wounded U.S. soldiers from World War I, Vietnam and the Middle East wars.
Though Goldberg relied on anonymous sources to carry out his takedown of Trump, more than a dozen Trump staffers and advisers present at the meetings where Trump allegedly demeaned America's warriors denied Goldberg's allegations.
The Atlantic article was a kill shot aimed at the president by a hostile media. While it did not succeed, it drew blood, and the White House recoil testified to that.
Comes now Rage, the latest book by Bob Woodward, to which Trump contributed 18 interviews. The book is damaging because, at the least, a national debate about the issues raised by Woodward distracts massively from Trump's campaign imperative—taking down Biden so that he is seen as an unacceptable alternative to Trump.
Biden's strategy remains what it has been: turn the election into a referendum on whether the American electorate wants four more years of Donald Trump. As Trump's approval rating has been underwater since taking the oath on Jan. 20, 2017, such a referendum should result in a rejection of Trump and, de facto, a victory for Biden.
Trump must instead present this election as a binary choice: which of the two, Biden or Trump, has the leadership capacity, the superior ideas on the critical issues, and the ability to carry out his agenda?
Trump needs to convert a Mr. Congeniality contest into a decision of whom you want to lead the nation in this perilous hour. Whom do you want in the Oval Office dealing with the current crises: Mr. Nice Guy or the guy who showed he could get the job done before the pandemic came ashore?
With seven weeks left in the campaign, Trump's agenda of issues appears more appealing than Biden's.
Trump wants to secure the border against any new flood of illegal migrants from the global south while Biden's party is pro-amnesty and open borders, and favors sanctuary cities and abolishing ICE.
Trump wants to extricate America from the forever wars of the Middle East, as do most Americans. Where Biden is going to raise taxes by trillions, Trump is a proven low-tax and less-regulations leader.
Trump has appointed 200 federal judges and two Supreme Court justices and sought to elevate constitutionalists to the federal courts. Biden has thus far declined to engage on the issue.
On putting down urban anarchy, Biden is playing catch-up. His convention did not even address the issues raised by the Portland, Seattle and Minneapolis riots and the soaring murder rates in Chicago and New York.
On abortion, Trump has proven solidly pro-life, while Biden wants all taxpayers, including fellow Catholics, to subsidize what his Church teaches is the cold-blooded killing of the innocent unborn.
Trump needs to stay focused on the issues where the divisions are clear and compelling. The debates will show whether Joe has lost it and cannot be entrusted with the destiny of the republic.
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Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.