vdare--2020-01-16--MSM Fixates On Finland’s Woke Millennial Gynocracy, But Nationalist Right Emerging Across Scandinavi

MSM Fixates On Finland’s Woke Millennial Gynocracy, But Nationalist Right Emerging Across Scandinavia

The ethnonationalist YouTuber Way of the World posted a New Year ’ s video , The Unstoppable Rise of Nationalism , with a stark warning to the radical Left and its Antifa goon squads : “ Nationalism is rising , and there ’ s nothing they can do to stop it.
” The video is generic and doesn ’ t mention Scandinavia .
But nationalism is indeed rising there—despite the fact that the international Main Stream Media prefers to focus the appointment of woke millennial female Sanna Marin , 34 , ( rated by John Derbyshire as contender for `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ century '' ) raised by two lesbians , as prime minister of Finland [ How will millennial leaders change the world ?
Finland will give us a clue , By Tulikukka de Fresnes , Guardian , December 11 , 2019 ] .
Finland ’ s December leadership election in the coalition-leading Social Democrats not only put Marin , right , in charge but also resulted in a gynocracy—a majority woman cabinet .
Four are younger than 35 , including Marin [ Finland ’ s Sanna Marin becomes the world 's youngest serving prime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a new , female-majority cabinet , By Chris Dyer , Mail Online , December 10 , 2019 ] .
But the MSM excitement overlooks some important facts .
In the Finnish parliamentary elections on April 14 , the winning Social Democrats took 40 seats and 17.7 percent of the vote in the 200-seat Eduskunta—but the nationalist Finns Party , led by Dr. Jussi Halla-Aho , a certified WrongThinker [ Supreme Court orders Halla-aho to pay for hate speech , YLE , June 8 , 2012 ] , achieved 39 seats and 17.48 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party came very close to winning another seat in the northern city of Oulu , which sits on the Gulf of Bothnia about 378 miles north of Helsinki .
Revelations about Muslim grooming gangs shook the city in December 2018 , as explored in a recent book The Silent Rape Epidemic : How the Finns Were Groomed to Love Their Abusers .
If Junes Lokka , the independent nationalist councillor who uncovered this scandal , hadn ’ t stood for election there , then the Finns Party might have taken an extra seat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ words , notwithstanding Marin , support for the Finns Party is growing—a big turnaround after it lost support four years ago because during a brief period in office it compromised on immigration .
The party assented to the importation of 32,000 “ refugees , ” despite having campaigned to heavily reduce the numbers .
The party fired its leader and replaced him with hardliner Halla-Aho .
But the Centre Party-led coalition refused to work with him , which led to an outbreak of RINO-ism as the Finns Party government ministers , and some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ group , Blue Reform .
In December 2018 , the Finns Party were polling just 8 percent , but then came the Oulu Muslim grooming scandal .
Support skyrocketed and Blue Reform won zero seats at the 2019 election .
Indeed , Marin was appointed precisely to avoid further success by the Finns Party .
The five-party coalition that ran the government lost confidence in Marin ’ s predecessor , essentially forcing him to resign to avoid bringing down the government and trigger fresh parliamentary elections [ Finnish PM Rinne resigns , YLE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ An opinion poll published on December 5 put support for the Finns Party at 24 percent , the opposition conservative National Coalition at 18 and Marin ’ s SDP at 13 [ Ylen mittaus : Perussuomalaiset jyristelivät taas eteenpäin , keskustalle kaikkien aikojen murskaluvut , YLE , December 5 , 2019 ] .
Rinne ’ s resignation thus forestalled an SDP bloodbath and a Finns Party victory .
Swedes are fed up with “ diversity ” as well .
Thanks to its fanatically pro-multicult governments and the huge intake of young Muslim men @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suffered wracking violence more than any other Nordic country .
Bombings are now a way of life .
Sweden Democrats , the immigration patriot party , came in a disappointing third in the country ’ s 2018 parliamentary elections , for reasons I explained here .
But sunny skies are visible through the acrid smoke from cars set alight by Muslim gangs .
In an “ historic shift , ” as the Establishment newspaper Local put it , Sweden Democrats are now topping the polls in what is supposed to be the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sweden Democrats top opinion poll in historic shift , November 15 , 2019 ] .
The most recent survey suggests they will prevail in the next parliamentary election , due in 2022 , with 24 percent , ahead of the Social Democrats , who have dominated the country for almost a century ( 22 percent ) .
Lena Rådström Baastad , Party Secretary of the Social Democrats , was quoted as lamenting : Bastaad forgot to mention that it is her party ’ s virtue-signalling anti-Swedish policies through the last half century that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hellholes .
That leaves Norway and Denmark , which have been much less friendly to immigration for decades .
In both countries , “ far right ” parties have taken part in the government .
Both support relatively stringent immigration policies .
Polls in Norway shows that , as in Finland , immigration patriotism is ticking up .
The Social Democrats and Conservatives have declined in support during the last year , while support for the “ far right ” Progress Party has risen to 11 percent [ Norway—National parliament voting intention , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats pulled a fast one .
The party won parliamentary elections in 2019 by campaigning on immigration , which syphoned votes away from nationalist parties .
But within a few months , having cobbled together a coalition with extreme left parties , the Social Democrats reneged and betrayed their naïve , mainly working-class voters .
The main beneficiary of the betrayal : the mainstream right Liberal Party , which is polling at 23 percent support [ Denmark — National parliament voting intention , Politico ] .
The nationalist Danish People ’ s Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 15 this time last year , at which point a number of more radical nationalists broke away and created their own party [ Danish far-right party calling for Muslim deportation to stand in election , By Daniel Boffey , Guardian , May 5 , 2019 ] .
The SDP are at 26 percent , a slight decline since the election .
Both the Danish People ’ s and the Norwegian Progress parties have been involved in government for decades and , as junior partners in coalitions , have been forced to compromise on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them accordingly .
They have lost the benefits of being perceived as anti-Establishment , yet they are also victims of their own successes : Strict immigration policies in Norway and Denmark are mainstream compared to Sweden and especially Finland , which is newest to the enrichment experience .
Norway and Denmark appear to understand that Open Borders will destroy them , too , while ruling-class elites in Sweden and Finland remain in denial about their treason .
So immigration patriot parties continue to emerge as the rock beneath the water of Scandinavian politics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationalists ’ attitudes to the Left : Harri Honkanen [ Email him ] is a student of Scandinavia .

The ethnonationalist YouTuber Way of the World posted a New Year’s video, The Unstoppable Rise of Nationalism, with a stark warning to the radical Left and its Antifa goon squads: “Nationalism is rising, and there’s nothing they can do to stop it.” The video is generic and doesn’t mention Scandinavia. But nationalism is indeed rising there—despite the fact that the international Main Stream Media prefers to focus the appointment of woke millennial female Sanna Marin, 34, (rated by John Derbyshire as contender for "hottest female national leader so far this century" ) raised by two lesbians, as prime minister of Finland [How will millennial leaders change the world? Finland will give us a clue, By Tulikukka de Fresnes, Guardian, December 11, 2019].
Finland’s December leadership election in the coalition-leading Social Democrats not only put Marin, right, in charge but also resulted in a gynocracy—a majority woman cabinet. Four are younger than 35, including Marin [Finland’s Sanna Marin becomes the world's youngest serving prime minister and prepares to lead the country with a new, female-majority cabinet, By Chris Dyer, Mail Online, December 10, 2019].
But the MSM excitement overlooks some important facts. In the Finnish parliamentary elections on April 14, the winning Social Democrats took 40 seats and 17.7 percent of the vote in the 200-seat Eduskunta—but the nationalist Finns Party, led by Dr. Jussi Halla-Aho, a certified WrongThinker [Supreme Court orders Halla-aho to pay for hate speech, YLE, June 8, 2012], achieved 39 seats and 17.48 percent of the vote.
And Finns Party came very close to winning another seat in the northern city of Oulu, which sits on the Gulf of Bothnia about 378 miles north of Helsinki. Revelations about Muslim grooming gangs shook the city in December 2018, as explored in a recent book The Silent Rape Epidemic: How the Finns Were Groomed to Love Their Abusers. If Junes Lokka, the independent nationalist councillor who uncovered this scandal, hadn’t stood for election there, then the Finns Party might have taken an extra seat and the entire election.
In other words, notwithstanding Marin, support for the Finns Party is growing—a big turnaround after it lost support four years ago because during a brief period in office it compromised on immigration. The party assented to the importation of 32,000 “refugees,” despite having campaigned to heavily reduce the numbers.
The party fired its leader and replaced him with hardliner Halla-Aho. But the Centre Party-led coalition refused to work with him, which led to an outbreak of RINO-ism as the Finns Party government ministers, and some back-bench legislators, to join a new group, Blue Reform. In December 2018, the Finns Party were polling just 8 percent, but then came the Oulu Muslim grooming scandal. Support skyrocketed and Blue Reform won zero seats at the 2019 election.
Indeed, Marin was appointed precisely to avoid further success by the Finns Party. The five-party coalition that ran the government lost confidence in Marin’s predecessor, essentially forcing him to resign to avoid bringing down the government and trigger fresh parliamentary elections [Finnish PM Rinne resigns, YLE, December 3, 2019].
An opinion poll published on December 5 put support for the Finns Party at 24 percent, the opposition conservative National Coalition at 18 and Marin’s SDP at 13 [Ylen mittaus: Perussuomalaiset jyristelivät taas eteenpäin, keskustalle kaikkien aikojen murskaluvut, YLE, December 5, 2019]. Rinne’s resignation thus forestalled an SDP bloodbath and a Finns Party victory.
Swedes are fed up with “diversity” as well. Thanks to its fanatically pro-multicult governments and the huge intake of young Muslim men claiming to be refugees, Sweden has suffered wracking violence more than any other Nordic country. Bombings are now a way of life.
Sweden Democrats, the immigration patriot party, came in a disappointing third in the country’s 2018 parliamentary elections, for reasons I explained here. But sunny skies are visible through the acrid smoke from cars set alight by Muslim gangs.
In an “historic shift,” as the Establishment newspaper Local put it, Sweden Democrats are now topping the polls in what is supposed to be the most Woke country in the world [Far-right Sweden Democrats top opinion poll in historic shift, November 15, 2019]. The most recent survey suggests they will prevail in the next parliamentary election, due in 2022, with 24 percent, ahead of the Social Democrats, who have dominated the country for almost a century (22 percent).
Lena Rådström Baastad, Party Secretary of the Social Democrats, was quoted as lamenting:
it’s a damned tough situation right now, so I’m not surprised when you consider what we’ve got against us, with gang murders, shootings and explosions. It’s us, as the ruling party, who has to pay the price.
Bastaad forgot to mention that it is her party’s virtue-signalling anti-Swedish policies through the last half century that have turned many Swedish cities into multicult Hellholes.
That leaves Norway and Denmark, which have been much less friendly to immigration for decades. In both countries, “far right” parties have taken part in the government. Both support relatively stringent immigration policies.
Polls in Norway shows that, as in Finland, immigration patriotism is ticking up. The Social Democrats and Conservatives have declined in support during the last year, while support for the “far right” Progress Party has risen to 11 percent [Norway—National parliament voting intention, Politico].
In Denmark, Social Democrats pulled a fast one. The party won parliamentary elections in 2019 by campaigning on immigration, which syphoned votes away from nationalist parties. But within a few months, having cobbled together a coalition with extreme left parties, the Social Democrats reneged and betrayed their naïve, mainly working-class voters.
The main beneficiary of the betrayal: the mainstream right Liberal Party, which is polling at 23 percent support [Denmark — National parliament voting intention, Politico]. The nationalist Danish People’s Party is at 8 percent, down from 15 this time last year, at which point a number of more radical nationalists broke away and created their own party [Danish far-right party calling for Muslim deportation to stand in election, By Daniel Boffey, Guardian, May 5, 2019]. The SDP are at 26 percent, a slight decline since the election.
Both the Danish People’s and the Norwegian Progress parties have been involved in government for decades and, as junior partners in coalitions, have been forced to compromise on their hard-line policies. Voters have punished them accordingly. They have lost the benefits of being perceived as anti-Establishment, yet they are also victims of their own successes: Strict immigration policies in Norway and Denmark are mainstream compared to Sweden and especially Finland, which is newest to the enrichment experience.
Norway and Denmark appear to understand that Open Borders will destroy them, too, while ruling-class elites in Sweden and Finland remain in denial about their treason.
So immigration patriot parties continue to emerge as the rock beneath the water of Scandinavian politics. As Way of the World summarizes nationalists’ attitudes to the Left:
We resist their hatred. We resist their violence. We stand in defense of our nations.
Harri Honkanen [Email him] is a student of Scandinavia.


vdare--2020-01-16--Patrick J. Buchanan On Impeachment: A Malicious Indictment Mitch Should Toss Out

Earlier , by Peter Brimelow : Democrats Huff And Puff—YAWN !
Wake Up When Senate Trial Begins .
Then Lock And Load .
About the impeachment of President Donald Trump she engineered with her Democratic majority , Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday : `` It 's not personal .
It 's not political .
It 's not partisan .
It 's patriotic . ''
Seriously , Madam Speaker ?
Not political ?
Not partisan ?
Why then were all eight House members chosen as managers to prosecute the case against Trump , who ceremoniously escorted the articles across the Capitol , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of impeachment receive not a single Republican vote on the House floor ?
The truth : The impeachment of Donald Trump is the fruit of a malicious prosecution whose roots go back to the 2016 election , in the aftermath of which stunned liberals and Democrats began to plot the removal of the new president .
This coup has been in the works for three years .
First came the crazed charges of Trump 's criminal collusion with Vladimir Putin to hack the emails of the DNC and the Clinton campaign and funnel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we heard the cries of `` Treason ! ''
from Pelosi 's caucus .
And despite the Mueller investigation 's exoneration of Trump of all charges of conspiracy with Russia , we still hear the echoes : Trump is Putin 's poodle .
Trump is an asset of the Kremlin .
All we want , and what the American people deserve , is a `` fair trial , '' Democrats and their media collaborators now insist .
But can a fair trial proceed from a manifestly deficient and malicious prosecution ?
Consider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told , the House serves as the grand jury , and Adam Schiff 's Intelligence Committee and Jerry Nadler 's Judiciary Committee serve as the investigators and prosecutors .
But the articles of impeachment on which the Judiciary Committee and the House voted do not contain a single crime required by the Constitution for impeachment and removal .
There is no charge of treason , no charge of bribery or `` other high crimes and misdemeanors . ''
So weak is the case for impeachment that the elite in this city is demanding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House failed to do .
The Senate must subpoena the documents and witnesses the House failed to produce , to make the case for impeachment more persuasive than it is now .
Not our job , rightly answers Mitch McConnell .
The Senate is supposed to be an `` impartial jury . ''
But while there is a debate over whether Republicans will vote to call witnesses , there is no debate on how the Senate Democrats intend to vote—100 % for removal of a president they fear they may not be able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ offense : pressing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Burisma Holdings and Hunter Biden .
Assume Zelenskiy , without prodding , sent to the U.S. , as a friendly act to ingratiate himself with Trump , the Burisma file on Hunter Biden .
Would that have been a crime ?
Why is it then a crime if Trump asked for the file ?
The military aid Trump held up for 10 weeks—lethal aid Barack Obama denied to Kyiv—was sent .
And Zelenskiy never held the press conference requested , never investigated Burisma , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a reason why no crime was charged in the impeachment of Donald Trump .
There was no crime committed .
Not political , said Pelosi.Why then did she hold up sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a month , after she said it was so urgent that Trump be impeached that Schiff and Nadler could not wait for their subpoenas to be ruled upon by the Supreme Court ?
Pelosi is demanding that the Senate get the documents , subpoena and hear the witnesses , and do the investigative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Does that not constitute an admission that a convincing case was not made ?
Are not the articles voted by the House inherently deficient if the Senate has to have more evidence than the House prosecutors could produce to convict the president of `` abuse of power '' ?
Can we really have a fair trial in the Senate , when half of the jury , the Democratic caucus , is as reliably expected to vote to remove the president as Republicans are to acquit him ?
What kind of fair trial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ final vote before the court hears the evidence ?
It is ridiculous to deny that this impeachment is partisan , political and personal .
It reeks of politics , partisanship and Trump-hatred .
As for patriotic , that depends on where you stand—or sit .
But the forum to be entrusted with the decision of `` should Trump go ? ''
is not a deeply polarized Senate , but with those the Founding Fathers entrusted with such decisions—the American people .
In most U.S. courts , a prosecution case this inadequate , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more documents and call more witnesses , and so visibly contaminated with malice toward the accused , would be dismissed outright .
Mitch McConnell should let the House managers make their case , and then call for a vote to dismiss , and treat this indictment with the contempt it so richly deserves .
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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 Peter Brimelow: Democrats Huff And Puff—YAWN! Wake Up When Senate Trial Begins. Then Lock And Load.
About the impeachment of President Donald Trump she engineered with her Democratic majority, Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday: "It's not personal. It's not political. It's not partisan. It's patriotic."
Seriously, Madam Speaker? Not political? Not partisan?
Why then were all eight House members chosen as managers to prosecute the case against Trump, who ceremoniously escorted the articles across the Capitol, all Democrats? Why did the articles of impeachment receive not a single Republican vote on the House floor?
The truth: The impeachment of Donald Trump is the fruit of a malicious prosecution whose roots go back to the 2016 election, in the aftermath of which stunned liberals and Democrats began to plot the removal of the new president.
This coup has been in the works for three years.
First came the crazed charges of Trump's criminal collusion with Vladimir Putin to hack the emails of the DNC and the Clinton campaign and funnel them to WikiLeaks.
For two years, we heard the cries of "Treason!" from Pelosi's caucus. And despite the Mueller investigation's exoneration of Trump of all charges of conspiracy with Russia, we still hear the echoes:
Trump is Putin's poodle. Trump is an asset of the Kremlin.
All we want, and what the American people deserve, is a "fair trial," Democrats and their media collaborators now insist. But can a fair trial proceed from a manifestly deficient and malicious prosecution?
Consider. In this impeachment, we are told, the House serves as the grand jury, and Adam Schiff's Intelligence Committee and Jerry Nadler's Judiciary Committee serve as the investigators and prosecutors.
But the articles of impeachment on which the Judiciary Committee and the House voted do not contain a single crime required by the Constitution for impeachment and removal. There is no charge of treason, no charge of bribery or "other high crimes and misdemeanors."
So weak is the case for impeachment that the elite in this city is demanding that the Senate do the work the House failed to do.
The Senate must subpoena the documents and witnesses the House failed to produce, to make the case for impeachment more persuasive than it is now.
Not our job, rightly answers Mitch McConnell. The Senate is supposed to be an "impartial jury." But while there is a debate over whether Republicans will vote to call witnesses, there is no debate on how the Senate Democrats intend to vote—100% for removal of a president they fear they may not be able to defeat.
Consider Trump's alleged offense: pressing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Burisma Holdings and Hunter Biden.
Assume Zelenskiy, without prodding, sent to the U.S., as a friendly act to ingratiate himself with Trump, the Burisma file on Hunter Biden.
Would that have been a crime?
Why is it then a crime if Trump asked for the file? The military aid Trump held up for 10 weeks—lethal aid Barack Obama denied to Kyiv—was sent.
And Zelenskiy never held the press conference requested, never investigated Burisma, never sent the Biden file. There is a reason why no crime was charged in the impeachment of Donald Trump. There was no crime committed.
Not political, said Pelosi.Why then did she hold up sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a month, after she said it was so urgent that Trump be impeached that Schiff and Nadler could not wait for their subpoenas to be ruled upon by the Supreme Court?
Pelosi is demanding that the Senate get the documents, subpoena and hear the witnesses, and do the investigative work Schiff and Nadler failed to do.
Does that not constitute an admission that a convincing case was not made? Are not the articles voted by the House inherently deficient if the Senate has to have more evidence than the House prosecutors could produce to convict the president of "abuse of power"?
Can we really have a fair trial in the Senate, when half of the jury, the Democratic caucus, is as reliably expected to vote to remove the president as Republicans are to acquit him?
What kind of fair trial is it when we can predict the final vote before the court hears the evidence? It is ridiculous to deny that this impeachment is partisan, political and personal. It reeks of politics, partisanship and Trump-hatred.
As for patriotic, that depends on where you stand—or sit. But the forum to be entrusted with the decision of "should Trump go?" is not a deeply polarized Senate, but with those the Founding Fathers entrusted with such decisions—the American people.
In most U.S. courts, a prosecution case this inadequate, with prosecutors asking the court itself to get more documents and call more witnesses, and so visibly contaminated with malice toward the accused, would be dismissed outright.
Mitch McConnell should let the House managers make their case, and then call for a vote to dismiss, and treat this indictment with the contempt it so richly deserves.
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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.


vdare--2020-01-16--A Reader Remembers John Crosbie, An Anglo-Canadian Who Couldn’t Be PM Because He Didn’t Dare Throw Q

A Reader Remembers John Crosbie, An Anglo-Canadian Who Couldn’t Be PM Because He Didn’t Dare Throw Quebec Out Of Canada

Canadian Conservative politician John Crosbie died recently .
He ’ s being remembered as “ lively , brave , smart , funny and lovely ” by people who knew him .
People old enough to remember his career in the 80 's remember that he could n't become PM because he could n't learn French at the age of 50 .
Two representative quotes from him at the time : • `` It is better to be honest and sincere in one language than a twister , a trickster and a twit in two . ''
( He was talking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) Of course , this was like refusing to nominate a Republican who could n't speak Spanish .
I remember a Peter Brimelow anecdote that suggests that John Crosbie ’ s courage may have failed him at a really vital moment .
In 1988 I attended a talk by Peter Brimelow where he signed copies of his ( then ) new book , The Patriot Game .
During the talk Brimelow told a personal anecdote about a Progressive Conservative leadership contender who told him at a function that the PCs could never win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So why don ’ t you say so ?
” Leadership contender : “ But the CBC and Maclean 's Magazine would crucify me !
” Brimelow : “ So , he remained silent , and the CBC and Maclean 's crucified him anyway ... .
Then Brimelow went on to say : '' That exchange took place at a party at my wife ’ s parents ’ place ... and my wife is from Newfoundland . ''
Of course , he could only be referring to John Crosbie .
Imagine if John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his knowledge of French by saying something like : Such an exchange could have been the equivalent of the Donald ’ s escalator speech which changed the dynamics of the US Presidential race .
All sorts of interesting stuff could have come open for discussion .
Maybe , though , the “ lack of courage ” stuff is harsh .
Maybe Crosbie just ... er ... didn ’ t think of it at the time .
When you ’ re on the defensive you often forget vital stuff .
That explanation for events @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to admit .
And with hindsight , since the fall of the Berlin Wall it ’ s clear that independence for countries far smaller than Quebec CAN work—the Baltics , Slovakia , Slovenia , et cetera .
And look at the way the Czechs and Slovaks cooperate .
A model for Canada/Quebec ... .

Re: Peter Brimelow’s artic Beware Bilingualism! The Catastrophic Canadian Case
From: A Older Canadian Reader [Email him]
Canadian Conservative politician John Crosbie died recently. He’s being remembered as “lively, brave, smart, funny and lovely” by people who knew him. People old enough to remember his career in the 80's remember that he couldn't become PM because he couldn't learn French at the age of 50.
Two representative quotes from him at the time:
"It is better to be honest and sincere in one language than a twister, a trickster and a twit in two." (He was talking about Trudeau the Elder, there.)
"No, I don't speak Mandarin Chinese either."
Of course, this was like refusing to nominate a Republican who couldn't speak Spanish.
I remember a Peter Brimelow anecdote that suggests that John Crosbie’s courage may have failed him at a really vital moment.
In 1988 I attended a talk by Peter Brimelow where he signed copies of his (then) new book, The Patriot Game.
During the talk Brimelow told a personal anecdote about a Progressive Conservative leadership contender who told him at a function that the PCs could never win unless Quebec separated.
Brimelow: “So why don’t you say so?”
Leadership contender: “But the CBC and Maclean's Magazine would crucify me!”
Brimelow: “So, he remained silent, and the CBC and Maclean's crucified him anyway ....
Then Brimelow went on to say:
"That exchange took place at a party at my wife’s parents’ place...and my wife is from Newfoundland."
Of course, he could only be referring to John Crosbie.
Imagine if John Crosbie had responded to the question about his knowledge of French by saying something like:
“Quebec should really be a separate country… we should certainly not put any obstacles in their path, indeed we should facilitate their departure.”
Such an exchange could have been the equivalent of the Donald’s escalator speech which changed the dynamics of the US Presidential race. All sorts of interesting stuff could have come open for discussion.
Maybe, though, the “lack of courage” stuff is harsh. Maybe Crosbie just ... er ... didn’t think of it at the time. When you’re on the defensive you often forget vital stuff. That explanation for events may be more common than we like to admit.
And with hindsight, since the fall of the Berlin Wall it’s clear that independence for countries far smaller than Quebec CAN work—the Baltics, Slovakia, Slovenia, et cetera.
And look at the way the Czechs and Slovaks cooperate. A model for Canada/Quebec....


vdare--2020-01-16--Right Versus Left Movie Stars: Does Being Taller And Stronger Make You More More Conservative?

If attitudes about warfare are causally tied to a man ’ s own sense of fighting ability , we would expect professions , industries , and coalitions of strong , powerful men to be more likely to endorse attitudes about the utility of political aggression as a means of resolving conflicts of interest .
More interestingly , even among professions that are typically left-leaning with respect to attitudes about war,1 we should expect to find exceptions among those who are physically formidable .
We tested for this pattern among a small group of ( Where the terms “ left ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the present manuscript they are intended to refer to their commonly understood meanings in the contemporary United States , where “ left-leaning ” refers to beliefs typically associated with the Democratic Party , including a more “ dovish ” approach to war , whereas “ rightleaning ” refers to beliefs associated with the Republican Party , including a more “ hawkish ” approach to war.
” physically strong men , Hollywood action stars , who work and reside in a culture that is left-leaning compared with contemporary America , particularly when it comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If physical strength in men leads to more positive views of the utility of war , then even in a population with predominately leftist attitudes , such as Hollywood actors , those actors known for their physical strength and formidability should be more likely to be supportive of military action .
Each actor was then put into one of two political categories regarding the utility of warfare : left-wing ( i.e.
, warfare leads to more problems ) or right-wing ( i.e.
, warfare solves problems ) .
Because the actors were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the late twentieth century , the “ antiwar ” position was indicated by support of the Democratic Party , which , to a large extent , opposed the Vietnam and Iraq wars , America ’ s most significant foreign military actions in the latter part of the century .
The complications of history make this a simplification , but for the purposes of this study what matters is the public perception of the parties ’ platforms .
The Democratic Party has been the party supported by those who wish to end foreign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the party supported by those who wish to use the U.S. military to attack America ’ s enemies ( Aldrich et al .
2006 ) .
The actor ’ s political affiliation was assessed using a five-step ordered procedure : • if the actor had run for office as a member of a political party , he was classified as a supporter of that party .
One actor was classified by this criterion .
& if the actor ’ s political donations to one party were more than double those to another , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that party .
Thirty-eight actors were classified by this criterion .
& if the actor made direct statements regarding a military action by the United States he was categorized accordingly .
Eight actors were classified by this criterion .
• if the actor made direct statements of support for a party or a politician , or if they spoke at a party fund raiser or convention , they were categorized accordingly .
Eleven actors were classified by this criterion .
• finally , if not classified by any previous criteria , actors were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for left-wing or right-wing causes .
Only three actors were classified according to this criterion based on support of these left-wing causes : desire for more regulation of free market capitalism , support for Che Guevera , and preference for government-provided universal health care .
… As expected , Hollywood actors are generally more supportive of left-wing politics and politicians , with 47 [ of 61 ] of the actors ( 77.0 % ) being categorized as left-wing and 14 ( 23.0 % ) as right-wing .
Despite that general pattern , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distribution of political attitudes between different categories of actors ( χ2 015.0 ; df02 ; p < 0.001 ) .
As shown in Fig .
2 , actors known for their physical strength and formidability—action stars—were the exception .
More than half of Hollywood action stars in our sample ( 56.3 % ) were right-wing according to our categorization process .
These included such imposing figures as Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Chuck Norris , Clint Eastwood , Sylvester Stallone , Dwayne Johnson ( “ the Rock ” ) , and Charlton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ categorizations were significantly more common ( χ2 013.9 ; df01 ; p < 0.001 ) among action actors ( 56.3 % ) than dramatic actors ( 4.2 % ) .
Similarly , right-wing categorizations were more common ( χ2 05.5 ; df01 ; p < 0.05 ) among action actors than comedic actors ( 19.0 % ) .
Consistent with the hypothesis that physical strength is linked to positive views of the utility of warfare , many of the action stars categorized as left-wing were indeed physically less imposing than their right-wing counterparts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tom Cruise , Pierce Brosnan , and Keanu Reeves are prominent left-wing action stars but do not appear to have the same physiques as Schwarzenegger , Stallone , or Chuck Norris .
Furthermore , several of the right-wing comedic and dramatic stars were also physically formidable , such as Matthew McConaughey and Vince Vaughn .
Though they were not mentioned repeatedly by our subjects , and thus did not contribute to our analysis , many other physically formidable actors contributed to or supported right-wing political causes , including James Earl Jones , Tom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lamas , Dean Cain , Mickey Rourke , Clint Walker , Clancy Brown , Chuck Conners , Ronald Reagan , “ Hulk Hogan , ” and Kurt Russell.2 … A simple independent t-test compared the height of right-wing actors ( mean 72.7 inches ) with the height of left-wing actors ( mean 70.3 inches ) on our list and showed that the right-wing actors were significantly taller …

From Human Nature in 2012:
The Importance of Physical Strength to Human Males
Aaron Sell & Liana S. E. Hone & Nicholas Pound
… Warfare and the Hollywood Action Star
If attitudes about warfare are causally tied to a man’s own sense of fighting ability, we would expect professions, industries, and coalitions of strong, powerful men to be more likely to endorse attitudes about the utility of political aggression as a means of resolving conflicts of interest. More interestingly, even among professions that are typically left-leaning with respect to attitudes about war,1 we should expect to find exceptions among those who are physically formidable. We tested for this pattern among a small group of
(Where the terms “left” and “right” are used in the present manuscript they are intended to refer to their commonly understood meanings in the contemporary United States, where “left-leaning” refers to beliefs typically associated with the Democratic Party, including a more “dovish” approach to war, whereas “rightleaning” refers to beliefs associated with the Republican Party, including a more “hawkish” approach to war.”
physically strong men, Hollywood action stars, who work and reside in a culture that is left-leaning compared with contemporary America, particularly when it comes to views on the utility of warfare. If physical strength in men leads to more positive views of the utility of war, then even in a population with predominately leftist attitudes, such as Hollywood actors, those actors known for their physical strength and formidability should be more likely to be supportive of military action.
Each actor was then put into one of two political categories regarding the utility of warfare: left-wing (i.e., warfare leads to more problems) or right-wing (i.e., warfare solves problems). Because the actors were largely American citizens and working in America during the late twentieth century, the “antiwar” position was indicated by support of the Democratic Party, which, to a large extent, opposed the Vietnam and Iraq wars, America’s most significant foreign military actions in the latter part of the century. The complications of history make this a simplification, but for the purposes of this study what matters is the public perception of the parties’ platforms. The Democratic Party has been the party supported by those who wish to end foreign incursions and the Republican Party has been the party supported by those who wish to use the U.S. military to attack America’s enemies (Aldrich et al. 2006). The actor’s political affiliation was assessed using a five-step ordered procedure:
if the actor had run for office as a member of a political party, he was classified as a supporter of that party. One actor was classified by this criterion. & if the actor’s political donations to one party were more than double those to another, he was classified as a supporter of that party. Thirty-eight actors were classified by this criterion. & if the actor made direct statements regarding a military action by the United States he was categorized accordingly. Eight actors were classified by this criterion.
if the actor made direct statements of support for a party or a politician, or if they
spoke at a party fund raiser or convention, they were categorized accordingly.
Eleven actors were classified by this criterion.
spoke at a party fund raiser or convention, they were categorized accordingly. Eleven actors were classified by this criterion. finally, if not classified by any previous criteria, actors were classified by any
stated support they had for left-wing or right-wing causes. Only three actors were
classified according to this criterion based on support of these left-wing causes:
desire for more regulation of free market capitalism, support for Che Guevera, and preference for government-provided universal health care. …
As expected, Hollywood actors are generally more supportive of left-wing politics and politicians, with 47 [of 61] of the actors (77.0%) being categorized as left-wing and 14 (23.0%) as right-wing. Despite that general pattern, a chi-square test indicated significant differences in the distribution of political attitudes between different categories of actors (χ2 015.0; df02; p<0.001). As shown in Fig. 2, actors known for their physical strength and formidability—action stars—were the exception. More than half of Hollywood action stars in our sample (56.3%) were right-wing according to our categorization process. These included such imposing figures as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Dwayne Johnson (“the Rock”), and Charlton Heston. Post-hoc comparisons indicated that right-wing categorizations were significantly more common (χ2 013.9; df01; p<0.001) among action actors (56.3%) than dramatic actors (4.2%). Similarly, right-wing categorizations were more common (χ2 05.5; df01; p<0.05) among action actors than comedic actors (19.0%).
Consistent with the hypothesis that physical strength is linked to positive views of the utility of warfare, many of the action stars categorized as left-wing were indeed physically less imposing than their right-wing counterparts. For example, Nicholas Cage, Tom Cruise, Pierce Brosnan, and Keanu Reeves are prominent left-wing action stars but do not appear to have the same physiques as Schwarzenegger, Stallone, or Chuck Norris. Furthermore, several of the right-wing comedic and dramatic stars were also physically formidable, such as Matthew McConaughey and Vince Vaughn. Though they were not mentioned repeatedly by our subjects, and thus did not contribute to our analysis, many other physically formidable actors contributed to or supported right-wing political causes, including James Earl Jones, Tom Selleck, LL Cool J, Lorenzo Lamas, Dean Cain, Mickey Rourke, Clint Walker, Clancy Brown, Chuck Conners, Ronald Reagan, “Hulk Hogan,” and Kurt Russell.2 …
A simple independent t-test compared the height of right-wing actors (mean 72.7 inches) with the height of left-wing actors (mean 70.3 inches) on our list and showed that the right-wing actors were significantly taller …


vdare--2020-01-16--Stephen King's Critics Exhausted By Their Emotional Labor

Stephen King faces backlash over comments on Oscars diversity Ava DuVernay and Roxane Gay criticized author after he said he ‘ would never consider diversity in matters of art ’ In yet another year of Oscar nominations that saw a paucity of recognition for women and artists of colour , the response has been almost exhausted – after all , hasn ’ t it all already been said ?
All this emotional labor is exhausting !
Stephen King took a different stance .
Early on Tuesday morning , he spoke about the three Oscars categories in which he is able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ screenplay and original screenplay .
He said that diversity is not a consideration for him when he votes as a member of the Academy .
“ I would never consider diversity in matters of art .
Only quality .
It seems to me that to do otherwise would be wrong , ” he said on Twitter .
He has since been criticized by leading Hollywood names and authors saying his argument centers on the idea that quality and diversity are mutually exclusive .
No , his argument centers on the idea that quality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DuVernay @ ava When you wake up , meditate , stretch , reach for your phone to check on the world and see a tweet from someone you admire that is so backward and ignorant you want to go back to bed .
The writer Roxane Gay tweeted that she was disappointed that King only believed in “ quality from one demographic ” .
Getting out of bed is indeed exhausting for Roxane Gay .
From the New York Times in 2017 : Roxane Gay , an internationally known feminist writer and professor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ focused , in part , on what it is like to move through the world as an overweight woman .
So it was both annoying and somewhat fitting , she said , that she had gotten attention this week not only for her work but also for a podcast that provoked a backlash for suggesting that it was difficult to arrange an interview with Ms .
Gay last month because of her weight .
“ Will she fit into the office lift ?
” asked a description of the podcast , which was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Freedman , creative director of an Australian website called Mamamia .
“ How many steps will she have to take to get to the interview ?
” … In the edited version of the podcast that was online on Tuesday , Ms. Freedman can be heard introducing Ms .
Gay before the interview : “ You see , Roxane Gay , well , I ’ m searching for the right word to use here .
I don ’ t want to say fat , so — even though she uses the word fat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to use the official medical term , super morbidly obese .
There ’ s obese , then there ’ s morbidly obese , and then there is super morbidly obese .
I don ’ t think the scale goes beyond that , quite literally .
But it ’ s not just that Roxane ’ s overweight ; she ’ s 6-foot-3 , or about two meters tall .
Her size is incredibly imposing .
And this is a logistical nightmare for her .
There ’ s no other way to put it @ @

From The Guardian:
Stephen King faces backlash over comments on Oscars diversity
Ava DuVernay and Roxane Gay criticized author after he said he ‘would never consider diversity in matters of art’ Poppy Noor Tue 14 Jan 2020 In yet another year of Oscar nominations that saw a paucity of recognition for women and artists of colour, the response has been almost exhausted – after all, hasn’t it all already been said?
All this emotional labor is exhausting!
Stephen King took a different stance. Early on Tuesday morning, he spoke about the three Oscars categories in which he is able to nominate: best picture, adapted screenplay and original screenplay. He said that diversity is not a consideration for him when he votes as a member of the Academy. “I would never consider diversity in matters of art. Only quality. It seems to me that to do otherwise would be wrong,” he said on Twitter. He has since been criticized by leading Hollywood names and authors saying his argument centers on the idea that quality and diversity are mutually exclusive.
No, his argument centers on the idea that quality and diversity are different concepts.
The director Ava DuVernay called King’s comments “so backward and ignorant you want to go back to bed”.
Ava DuVernay
@ava
When you wake up, meditate, stretch, reach for your phone to check on the world and see a tweet from someone you admire that is so backward and ignorant you want to go back to bed. The writer Roxane Gay tweeted that she was disappointed that King only believed in “quality from one demographic”.
Getting out of bed is indeed exhausting for Roxane Gay. From the New York Times in 2017:


vdare--2020-01-16--Tucker Carlson: New York State Ends Bail For Many Offenses, And Criminals Go Wild

Just when you think that Democrats can ’ t go any lower in disregarding the basic responsibilities of government , there ’ s this : New York state has flung open the cell doors of its jails to allow dangerous felons to walk free .
Why do Democrats think releasing dangerous prisoners was a good idea ?
?
Do criminals have a political lobby these days ?
The law is new , but the carnage is accumulating fast .
Tucker Carlson ’ s brief segment noted several examples , one of which was an illegal alien who was released from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three .
Breitbart News had details which bear consideration because they are so off the charts : After being charged with felony fleeing the scene of a deadly accident , Flores-Villalba was arraigned and then freed without bail on Christmas day — less than 24 hours after Osai was allegedly killed .
( Continues ) “ I was driving and I did strike a person , ” Flores-Villalba allegedly told law enforcement officials .
“ I didn ’ t call the police .
I was afraid because I don ’ t have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illegal alien , according to Assemblyman Colin Schmitt , was arrested after he allegedly admitted to hitting and killing mother of three Marie “ Rosie ” Osai , who was a legal immigrant from Haiti , in a Christmas Eve crash on Long Island , New York .
A New York state law that allows accused criminals to be freed from prison the same day they are arrested for violent crimes has freed an illegal alien accused of killing a mother of three on Christmas Eve .
For more examples , see Daniel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York ’ s crime laws imploding : 7 insane prison release stories .
TUCKER CARLSON : Well , a massive change in New York this year that very few anticipated , bail laws changed .
Cash bail has been abolished even for several felony crimes , and not surprisingly , criminals are taking advantage .
Case in point .
A man called Gerod Woodbury was arrested last week and charged with robbing four banks since the end of the year .
But it turned out to be his lucky day .
Thanks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out the next day , no bail .
According to police — and this is the part you could have guessed — within a day he had robbed another bank .
That would be his fifth bank robbery in just two weeks .
Nicole Malliotakis is a Republican candidate for the Congress of the United States .
She ’ s also a New York State Assemblywoman and former candidate for the Mayor of New York City .
She joins us tonight .
Nicole , you ’ ve joined us a lot to sort @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the state of New York .
This seems like a quantum leap in the wrong direction .
NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS , ( R-NY ) : Look , this is an overhaul that no state in America has seen and as a matter of fact , you named just one incident but there are so many more that we can talk about .
On Christmas Eve , you saw an illegal immigrant who was driving unlicensed who killed a mother of three , and he left the scene .
He was caught and they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We had a number of people assaulted including a police officer , Orthodox Jewish women who were assaulted in an admitted hate crime .
We saw a woman in the streets of New York City punched — had her teeth punched out , all these individuals were released , and two of the three of them were rearrested within the same week .
This is what ’ s happening in the State of New York under a very bad law that needs to be fixed and it needs to be fixed immediately .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and we ’ re pushing for that — those changes .
And you know , the governor has not really given us a straight answer .
He is saying that there ’ s something wrong with it .
But he doesn ’ t want to fix it and needs to be fixed immediately to consider , first of all , someone ’ s criminal history , to consider their danger to society , to restore judicial discretion , to protect witnesses , which this bill actually makes you release witness information to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
All these things need to be addressed , and people need to go to my petition and sign now at nicoleforny.com .
CARLSON : I guess I ’ m a little bit confused here .
I mean , who ’ s the constituency for this ?
Is it bank robbers ?
Is it people punch who women in the face and knock their teeth out ?
I mean , are they the voters that Cuomo is worried about ?
I mean , who is for this ?
MALLIOTAKIS : Well , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Democrats from all levels of government , the city , Mayor de Blasio , who wants to see Rikers Island closed is looking to release people from our jails .
We have people in the Federal level like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , my opponent for Congress ; Max Rose , both came out and supported this and supported the closure of Rikers Island and this is all part of the problem .
People are afraid .
.
.
CARLSON : Wait .
Let me stop you there .
Max Rose , the purported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this ?
MALLIOTAKIS : You know , and he is not a moderate and I think people are learning that right away .
But look , he said he supported the bail reform that Cuomo proposed .
He also supports the closure of Rikers Island , and he is joining AOC and the squad and Nancy Pelosi and voting with them regularly .
But besides that , the thing here is that the people of New York know it ’ s wrong .
The Democrats know it ’ s wrong .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be done and yet we ’ re here now , second week in session , and nobody has done anything to address it , and it ’ s been us , the Republicans that are putting forward legislation for fixes .
And I ’ ve got to tell you , if it doesn ’ t get fixed , there ’ s going to be blood on Governor Cuomo hands .
CARLSON : Yes .
And people are just going to continue to leave the state , of course , because it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Nicole , thanks so much for joining us .

Just when you think that Democrats can’t go any lower in disregarding the basic responsibilities of government, there’s this: New York state has flung open the cell doors of its jails to allow dangerous felons to walk free.
Why do Democrats think releasing dangerous prisoners was a good idea?? Do criminals have a political lobby these days?
The law is new, but the carnage is accumulating fast. Tucker Carlson’s brief segment noted several examples, one of which was an illegal alien who was released from jail after allegedly killing a mother of three. Breitbart News had details which bear consideration because they are so off the charts:
After being charged with felony fleeing the scene of a deadly accident, Flores-Villalba was arraigned and then freed without bail on Christmas day — less than 24 hours after Osai was allegedly killed. (Continues)
“I was driving and I did strike a person,” Flores-Villalba allegedly told law enforcement officials. “I didn’t call the police. I was afraid because I don’t have a license.”
Jorge Flores-Villalba, a 27-year-old illegal alien, according to Assemblyman Colin Schmitt, was arrested after he allegedly admitted to hitting and killing mother of three Marie “Rosie” Osai, who was a legal immigrant from Haiti, in a Christmas Eve crash on Long Island, New York.
A New York state law that allows accused criminals to be freed from prison the same day they are arrested for violent crimes has freed an illegal alien accused of killing a mother of three on Christmas Eve.
For more examples, see Daniel Horowitz’ article in Conservative Review: New York’s crime laws imploding: 7 insane prison release stories.
Here’s Tucker’s take:
TUCKER CARLSON: Well, a massive change in New York this year that very few anticipated, bail laws changed. Cash bail has been abolished even for several felony crimes, and not surprisingly, criminals are taking advantage. Case in point.
A man called Gerod Woodbury was arrested last week and charged with robbing four banks since the end of the year. But it turned out to be his lucky day. Thanks to new bail laws, Woodbury was out the next day, no bail.
According to police — and this is the part you could have guessed — within a day he had robbed another bank. That would be his fifth bank robbery in just two weeks.
Nicole Malliotakis is a Republican candidate for the Congress of the United States. She’s also a New York State Assemblywoman and former candidate for the Mayor of New York City. She joins us tonight.
Nicole, you’ve joined us a lot to sort of chronicle the decline of the city and the state of New York. This seems like a quantum leap in the wrong direction.
NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, (R-NY): Look, this is an overhaul that no state in America has seen and as a matter of fact, you named just one incident but there are so many more that we can talk about.
On Christmas Eve, you saw an illegal immigrant who was driving unlicensed who killed a mother of three, and he left the scene. He was caught and they released them back into the street.
We had a number of people assaulted including a police officer, Orthodox Jewish women who were assaulted in an admitted hate crime. We saw a woman in the streets of New York City punched — had her teeth punched out, all these individuals were released, and two of the three of them were rearrested within the same week.
This is what’s happening in the State of New York under a very bad law that needs to be fixed and it needs to be fixed immediately. And we’re here in Albany, and we’re pushing for that — those changes.
And you know, the governor has not really given us a straight answer. He is saying that there’s something wrong with it. But he doesn’t want to fix it and needs to be fixed immediately to consider, first of all, someone’s criminal history, to consider their danger to society, to restore judicial discretion, to protect witnesses, which this bill actually makes you release witness information to defendant within 15 days of the arrest.
All these things need to be addressed, and people need to go to my petition and sign now at nicoleforny.com.
CARLSON: I guess I’m a little bit confused here. I mean, who’s the constituency for this? Is it bank robbers? Is it people punch who women in the face and knock their teeth out? I mean, are they the voters that Cuomo is worried about? I mean, who is for this?
MALLIOTAKIS: Well, you know, interestingly enough, you have the Democrats from all levels of government, the city, Mayor de Blasio, who wants to see Rikers Island closed is looking to release people from our jails.
We have people in the Federal level like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, my opponent for Congress; Max Rose, both came out and supported this and supported the closure of Rikers Island and this is all part of the problem. People are afraid. . .
CARLSON: Wait. Let me stop you there. Max Rose, the purported moderate member of Congress is in favor of this?
MALLIOTAKIS: You know, and he is not a moderate and I think people are learning that right away. But look, he said he supported the bail reform that Cuomo proposed. He also supports the closure of Rikers Island, and he is joining AOC and the squad and Nancy Pelosi and voting with them regularly.
But besides that, the thing here is that the people of New York know it’s wrong. The Democrats know it’s wrong. The governor is saying that something needs to be done and yet we’re here now, second week in session, and nobody has done anything to address it, and it’s been us, the Republicans that are putting forward legislation for fixes.
And I’ve got to tell you, if it doesn’t get fixed, there’s going to be blood on Governor Cuomo hands.
CARLSON: Yes. And people are just going to continue to leave the state, of course, because it’s like, why would you live there? Nicole, thanks so much for joining us.


vdare--2020-01-15--Debate Shows Dem  Immigration Policies So Bad Trump Doesn't Have To DO Anything To Win 2020—Just Not

Debate Shows Dem  Immigration Policies So Bad Trump Doesn't Have To DO Anything To Win 2020—Just Not Be A Democrat

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See Read the full transcript of @ @ @ @ @ Register debate , Des Moines Register , January 14 , 2020 , Clinton Removes The @ @ @ @ @ , by Washington Watcher , June 27 , 2016 , and the latest National Data @

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Posted this way because anything can be deleted by the digital bookburners of Twitter at any time, and in 2020, we may want to say "I told you so."
See Read the full transcript of Tuesday night's CNN/Des Moines Register debate, Des Moines Register, January 14, 2020, Clinton Removes The Mask—Goes Full Merkel On Immigration, by Washington Watcher, June 27, 2016, and the latest National Data.


vdare--2020-01-17--"Kansas Researcher" (Chinese Immigrant) Turns Out To Be Spying For China.

This is another feature of late stage capitalism with a variant of `` brain drain '' which used to mean educated people moving away but now means educated immigrants coming here to transfer your nation 's secrets and know-how to their home countries .
Feng “ Franklin ” Tao , 47 , of Lawrence , Kansas , is an associate professor of engineering at the University of Kansas , was born in China and moved to the United States in 2002 .
`` Moved to the United States '' is a way of not using the words `` Chinese immigrant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ August 2014 at the Kansas university ’ s Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis in Lawrence .
The center conducts research on sustainable technology to conserve natural resources and energy .
An extensively detailed superseding indictment charges Feng “ Franklin ” Tao , 47 , of Lawrence , Kansas , with two counts of wire fraud and one count of program fraud for failing to disclose on conflict-of-interest forms the work he was doing for China while employed as a full-time associate professor at the University of Kansas ' Center for Environmental Beneficial Catalysis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's research at the Kansas university was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy .
The 16-page indictment describes how China spurred its rapid economic growth by offering scholarships or funding to foreign students or visiting professors who were studying or working at U.S. universities .
It also used “ talent plans ” designed to encourage the transfer of original ideas and intellectual property from U.S. universities to Chinese government institutions to enhance Chinese “ scientific development , economic prosperity , and national security . ''
So U.S. tax dollars are literally funding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because of our open borders college system .

This is another feature of late-stage capitalism with a variant of "brain drain," which used to mean educated people moving away but now means educated immigrants coming here to transfer your nation's secrets and know-how to their home countries.
Feng “Franklin” Tao, 47, of Lawrence, Kansas, is an associate professor of engineering at the University of Kansas, was born in China and moved to the United States in 2002.
"Moved to the United States" is a way of not using the words "Chinese immigrant."
He has been employed since August 2014 at the Kansas university’s Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis in Lawrence. The center conducts research on sustainable technology to conserve natural resources and energy. An extensively detailed superseding indictment charges Feng “Franklin” Tao, 47, of Lawrence, Kansas, with two counts of wire fraud and one count of program fraud for failing to disclose on conflict-of-interest forms the work he was doing for China while employed as a full-time associate professor at the University of Kansas' Center for Environmental Beneficial Catalysis. Prosecutors said some of the Tao's research at the Kansas university was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The 16-page indictment describes how China spurred its rapid economic growth by offering scholarships or funding to foreign students or visiting professors who were studying or working at U.S. universities. It also used “talent plans” designed to encourage the transfer of original ideas and intellectual property from U.S. universities to Chinese government institutions to enhance Chinese “scientific development, economic prosperity, and national security." Indictment: Kansas researcher secretly worked for China, by Roxana Hegeman, AP, January 15, 2020
So U.S. tax dollars are literally funding research and development for our foreign adversaries because of our open borders college system.


vdare--2020-01-17--Baseball Analytics: Winning the New-Fangled Old-Fashioned Way (By Cheating)

The first wave of advanced baseball statistics analytics coincided with the Steroids Era , which the ambitious sabermetricians were curiously unable to detect despite their statistical sophistication .
The second wave of analytics , as exemplified by the Houston Astros , seems to be coinciding with a bunch of old fashioned ways to cheat like stealing signals and using pine tar .
Back before the World Series , I pointed out in a review of the recent baseball book The MVP Machine that the Houston Astro ’ s superstar pitcher Gerritt Cole had been credibly accused by his arch-enemy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Houston ’ s ex-McKinsey Brain Trust to use pine tar to cheat : With his Asperger-y personality , Bauer makes for an interesting if insufferable hero for The MVP Machine , as if Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory had honed himself into a pitcher who can throw 95 miles per hour through sheer know-it-allness .
The MVP Machine points out that the new ability to measure spin on pitches may be encouraging a novel form of cheating by pitchers to increase their spin rate .
Some pitchers long applied spit , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one side of the ball to make it dip unpredictably .
But if you use something sticky on your fingers , such as pine tar , you can put more spin on the ball .
Increasing backspin on your fastball makes it sails higher than the batter expects .
Increasing topspin on your curveball makes it dive down out of the strike zone .
Do both and you ’ re Sandy Koufax in 1963 .
While umpires try to police spitballs , they don ’ t care about sticky substances , agreeing with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ technically illegal , makes hurlers less likely to lose control of a pitch and hit a batter in the face .
Last season Bauer of the Cleveland Indians more or less implied on Twitter that his old teammate from UCLA , Gerrit Cole of the Houston Astros , must have been putting stickum on the ball to boost his spin rate .
Bauer and Cole had hated each other while on the Bruins , carrying out a classic nerd vs. jock feud .
Statistics on spin rate on every pitch thrown in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the last few years .
Bauer argues that there is no known way other than using a pine tar like sticky substance to add about 10 % more spin the way Cole did after he arrived in Houston from Pittsburgh .
To make his point , in the first inning of one game , Bauer demonstrated that he could achieve Cole like spin rates , presumably using stickum .
So far , nothing new has turned up on this Spingate question , other than free agent Cole signing a $ 324 million nine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But lots of other allegations have been leaking about Houston , and now other clubs .
Houston ’ s sabermetrician general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J .
Hinch have been fired for a sign-stealing conspiracy during Houston ’ s world championship year of 2017 .
Two other clubs , the 2018 champion Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets , have fired their managers , Alex Cora and Carlos Beltran , respectively , who were with the Astros in 2017 .
The catcher needs to know what pitch the pitcher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where to catch it .
So the squatting catcher puts his bare hand between his legs where the batter can ’ t see it and flashes signals with his fingers : e.g .
one finger might mean fastball , etc .
The pitcher can shake his head no if he disagrees until the catcher calls for the pitch the pitcher wants to throw .
If the batting team gets a baserunner to second base , he is legally entitled to look over the pitcher ’ s shoulder at the signs the catcher is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Teams have systems to make signs not quite as simple as One Is Fastball , but these aren ’ t Claude Shannon and Alan Turing out there communicating , so the complications can ’ t get too complicated .
Presumably , many sabermetricians of the kind Houston employs in great numbers could crack each day ’ s code pretty quickly .
But what about when there isn ’ t a runner on second ?
The batting team could put a staffer out in central field with binoculars and some kind of electronic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It has been alleged that Giant Bobby Thomson ’ s 1951 Shot Heard Round the World off Dodger Ralph Branca to win the 1951 National League pennant was part of a cheating system set up by Giant manager Leo Durocher .
Since the early 1970s , baseball has largely been televised mainly using a telephoto camera in centerfield that allows anybody watching to see the catchers ’ signs .
Baseball ’ s rules say that while batting teams can spy on signals by getting a runner on second base , they can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ signals .
Houston , in 2017 put a staffer in the dugout to clubhouse hallway with a computer to watch the catcher ’ s signs .
He signaled them to the batter by the simple expedient of pounding on a bucket : no bang = fastball , one bang = changeup , two bangs equal breaking ball .
Did Houston have this system in place on the road or just at home ?
For example , in the 2017 World Series , the L.A. Dodgers great pitcher Clayton Kershaw gave up one run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But in the famous 5th game Kershaw couldn ’ t hold a 4-0 lead in Houston , with the Astros ultimately winning 13-12 in 10 innings .
Lots more rumors are flying today , such as that Houston ’ s 5 ’ 6″ slugger Jose Altuve was wearing a buzzer under his jersey on a crucial postseason homer .
Here ’ s the clip of Altuve screaming at his teammates not to rip his jersey off including audio from the interview with @ Ken_Rosenthal .
pic.twitter.com/y7Lv76QFpX — ً ( @ NYYDJ2 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alleging that the California Angels superstar Mike Trout has a secret loophole that allows him to legally take Human Growth Hormone for a thyroid condition .
( This would be a little like how Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi was given HGH as a child for extreme shortness . )

The first wave of advanced baseball statistics analytics coincided with the Steroids Era, which the ambitious sabermetricians were curiously unable to detect despite their statistical sophistication.
The second wave of analytics, as exemplified by the Houston Astros, seems to be coinciding with a bunch of old-fashioned ways to cheat, like stealing signals and using pine tar.
Back before the World Series, I pointed out in a review of the recent baseball book The MVP Machine that the Houston Astro’s superstar pitcher Gerritt Cole had been credibly accused by his arch-enemy, pitcher Trevor Bauer, of being instructed by Houston’s ex-McKinsey Brain Trust to use pine tar to cheat:
With his Asperger-y personality, Bauer makes for an interesting if insufferable hero for The MVP Machine, as if Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory had honed himself into a pitcher who can throw 95 miles per hour through sheer know-it-allness. The MVP Machine points out that the new ability to measure spin on pitches may be encouraging a novel form of cheating by pitchers to increase their spin rate. Some pitchers long applied spit, Vaseline, or other slippery substances to one side of the ball to make it dip unpredictably. But if you use something sticky on your fingers, such as pine tar, you can put more spin on the ball.
Increasing backspin on your fastball makes it sails higher than the batter expects. Increasing topspin on your curveball makes it dive down out of the strike zone. Do both and you’re Sandy Koufax in 1963.
While umpires try to police spitballs, they don’t care about sticky substances, agreeing with the pitchers that pine tar, while technically illegal, makes hurlers less likely to lose control of a pitch and hit a batter in the face. Last season Bauer of the Cleveland Indians more or less implied on Twitter that his old teammate from UCLA, Gerrit Cole of the Houston Astros, must have been putting stickum on the ball to boost his spin rate. Bauer and Cole had hated each other while on the Bruins, carrying out a classic nerd vs. jock feud.
Statistics on spin rate on every pitch thrown in the big leagues have only been available for the last few years. Bauer argues that there is no known way other than using a pine tar like sticky substance to add about 10% more spin the way Cole did after he arrived in Houston from Pittsburgh. To make his point, in the first inning of one game, Bauer demonstrated that he could achieve Cole-like spin rates, presumably using stickum.
So far, nothing new has turned up on this Spingate question, other than free agent Cole signing a $324 million nine-year deal with the New York Yankees.
But lots of other allegations have been leaking about Houston, and now other clubs. Houston’s sabermetrician general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch have been fired for a sign-stealing conspiracy during Houston’s world championship year of 2017. Two other clubs, the 2018 champion Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets, have fired their managers, Alex Cora and Carlos Beltran, respectively, who were with the Astros in 2017.
What is sign-stealing?
The catcher needs to know what pitch the pitcher is going to throw so he knows where to catch it. So the squatting catcher puts his bare hand between his legs where the batter can’t see it and flashes signals with his fingers: e.g. one finger might mean fastball, etc. The pitcher can shake his head no if he disagrees until the catcher calls for the pitch the pitcher wants to throw.
If the batting team gets a baserunner to second base, he is legally entitled to look over the pitcher’s shoulder at the signs the catcher is flashing and relay them to the batter.
Teams have systems to make signs not quite as simple as One Is Fastball, but these aren’t Claude Shannon and Alan Turing out there communicating, so the complications can’t get too complicated.
Presumably, many sabermetricians of the kind Houston employs in great numbers could crack each day’s code pretty quickly.
But what about when there isn’t a runner on second? The batting team could put a staffer out in central field with binoculars and some kind of electronic communication device to signal to the dugout. It has been alleged that Giant Bobby Thomson’s 1951 Shot Heard Round the World off Dodger Ralph Branca to win the 1951 National League pennant was part of a cheating system set up by Giant manager Leo Durocher.
Since the early 1970s, baseball has largely been televised mainly using a telephoto camera in centerfield that allows anybody watching to see the catchers’ signs. Baseball’s rules say that while batting teams can spy on signals by getting a runner on second base, they can’t use technology to spy on signals.
Houston, in 2017 put a staffer in the dugout to clubhouse hallway with a computer to watch the catcher’s signs. He signaled them to the batter by the simple expedient of pounding on a bucket: no bang = fastball, one bang = changeup, two bangs equal breaking ball.
Did Houston have this system in place on the road or just at home?
For example, in the 2017 World Series, the L.A. Dodgers great pitcher Clayton Kershaw gave up one run in 11 innings pitched in Dodger Stadium. But in the famous 5th game Kershaw couldn’t hold a 4-0 lead in Houston, with the Astros ultimately winning 13-12 in 10 innings.
Lots more rumors are flying today, such as that Houston’s 5’6″ slugger Jose Altuve was wearing a buzzer under his jersey on a crucial postseason homer.
Here’s the clip of Altuve screaming at his teammates not to rip his jersey off including audio from the interview with @Ken_Rosenthal. pic.twitter.com/y7Lv76QFpX — cole (@_coIe) January 14, 2020
And somebody is alleging that the California Angels superstar Mike Trout has a secret loophole that allows him to legally take Human Growth Hormone for a thyroid condition. (This would be a little like how Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi was given HGH as a child for extreme shortness.)
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MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS: Public Repulsed by News That an Englishman Has Abused a Muslim Female (On "Coronation Street")

Earlier : Another Rotherham-Style Report , This One from Manchester , on Muslim Pimps Abusing English Girls with Impunity With little in the way of news coming out of Manchester , England recently , the Manchester [ UK ] Evening News reports : Coronation Street fans feel ‘ physically sick ’ watching the Geoff and Yasmeen abuse storyline Some Corrie viewers have been switching off and others have praised the harrowing storyline It ’ s been a tough watch and Coronation Street fans say they ’ ve felt ‘ physically sick ’ watching the Geoff Metcalfe and Yasmeen Nazir storyline @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off-switch and are begging for the story to come to an end while others have applauded the soap ’ s decision to explore the harrowing subject of coercive control .
… Coronation Street announced in June last year that it was to explore the disturbing effects of coercive control relationships and raise awareness of this form of domestic abuse through the story of Geoff ’ s behaviour towards his partner .
Viewers have seen Geoff , the father of cabbie Tim Metcalfe , become increasingly manipulative and controlling towards Yasmeen , persuading her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and family including her granddaughter Alya , while appearing jovial to their friends and neighbours .
As his controlling behaviour escalated he even staged a robbery and followed Yasmeen so he could be seen to protect her , taking over her bank account and setting up CCTV equipment to watch her every move around the house .
In December the couple announced that they had married in Las Vegas and Geoff stepped up his plan to manipulate Yasmeen by drawing up an exhausting cleaning rota and buying her a state-of-the-art vacuum cleaner .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with him accusing his wife of being an alcoholic and taking away her credit cards .
Since 2015 this form of abuse has been classed as a criminal offence and underpins 95 per cent of all abusive relationships

Earlier: Another Rotherham-Style Report, This One from Manchester, on Muslim Pimps Abusing English Girls with Impunity
With little in the way of news coming out of Manchester, England recently, the Manchester [UK] Evening News reports:
Coronation Street fans feel ‘physically sick’ watching the Geoff and Yasmeen abuse storyline
Some Corrie viewers have been switching off and others have praised the harrowing storyline
By Katie Fitzpatrick
16:32, 16 JAN 2020
It’s been a tough watch and Coronation Street fans say they’ve felt ‘physically sick’ watching the Geoff Metcalfe and Yasmeen Nazir storyline.
Some viewers have reached for the off-switch and are begging for the story to come to an end while others have applauded the soap’s decision to explore the harrowing subject of coercive control. …
Coronation Street announced in June last year that it was to explore the disturbing effects of coercive control relationships and raise awareness of this form of domestic abuse through the story of Geoff’s behaviour towards his partner.
Viewers have seen Geoff, the father of cabbie Tim Metcalfe, become increasingly manipulative and controlling towards Yasmeen, persuading her to spend time alone away from friends and family including her granddaughter Alya, while appearing jovial to their friends and neighbours.
As his controlling behaviour escalated he even staged a robbery and followed Yasmeen so he could be seen to protect her, taking over her bank account and setting up CCTV equipment to watch her every move around the house.
In December the couple announced that they had married in Las Vegas and Geoff stepped up his plan to manipulate Yasmeen by drawing up an exhausting cleaning rota and buying her a state-of-the-art vacuum cleaner.
Things have now taken another dark turn with him accusing his wife of being an alcoholic and taking away her credit cards.
Since 2015 this form of abuse has been classed as a criminal offence and underpins 95 per cent of all abusive relationships.