vdare--2020-08-12--Establishment Loser McSally' Tries Silly "Sexism" Smear. (But Won't Campaign On Immigration)

Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally launched the lamest attack imaginable against her Democratic opponent Mark Kelly this week .
She ’ s claiming Kelly is a sexist who objectifies women because he appeared in watch ads with attractive models [ Mark Kelly Took Part In A Sexist Watch Marketing Campaign , by Kevin Robillard , HuffPost , August 11 , 2020 ] .
Here is the horrifying ad in question .
Reader beware !
This may be too much for your own eyes .
It ’ s unclear how this offends anyone besides feminist harpies .
But McSally and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harmless ads .
“ Mark Kelly ’ s willing participation in this type of blatantly sexist marketing campaign is gross , and his refusal to apologize further proves he hasn ’ t learned his lesson , ” McSally communications director Caroline Anderegg told HuffPost .
“ Arizonans deserve a leader like Martha McSally who has been a pioneer for women and girls , not a sleezy salesman who enables the objectification of women and will do anything to make a quick buck.
” Male RNC staffers also shared the story as proof of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attack makes no sense when McSally and the GOP all allegedly support Donald Trump , a man who loved to be seen with scantily-clad models throughout his public career .
Kelly , for his part , apologized for the inoffensive ads .
Kelly leads McSally by over seven points in the current RealClearPolitics polling average .
Kelly will likely cruise to victory if the worst dirt on him is that he was photographed with models .
Normal Americans aren ’ t gon na buy the sexism charges -- it just makes the GOP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Left .

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Earlier: McSally Debacle Discrediting GOP’s Women Strategy—Just Campaign On Immigration Moratorium!
Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally launched the lamest attack imaginable against her Democratic opponent Mark Kelly this week. She’s claiming Kelly is a sexist who objectifies women because he appeared in watch ads with attractive models [Mark Kelly Took Part In A Sexist Watch Marketing Campaign, by Kevin Robillard, HuffPost, August 11, 2020].
Here is the horrifying ad in question. Reader beware! This may be too much for your own eyes.
The Arizona Democratic Senate candidate says he’s happy watchmaker Breitling has abandoned its marketing strategy, which centered around scantily clad women. https://t.co/gvku7CtRbq — HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) August 12, 2020
It’s unclear how this offends anyone besides feminist harpies. But McSally and the Republican establishment are feigning outrage over the harmless ads. “Mark Kelly’s willing participation in this type of blatantly sexist marketing campaign is gross, and his refusal to apologize further proves he hasn’t learned his lesson,” McSally communications director Caroline Anderegg told HuffPost. “Arizonans deserve a leader like Martha McSally who has been a pioneer for women and girls, not a sleezy salesman who enables the objectification of women and will do anything to make a quick buck.”
Male RNC staffers also shared the story as proof of Kelly’s horrifying sexism.
Mark Kelly Took Part In A Sexist Watch Marketing Campaignhttps://t.co/FFex0FzLvy — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 11, 2020
The Huffington Post reported that Mark Kelly participated in a sexist watch marketing campaign, where he offers no apology.
Instead of saying Mark Kelly participated in a sexist marketing campaign and doesn't apologize, this AZ reporter tweets out this. https://t.co/rmnHKLWTgi — Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) August 11, 2020
This attack makes no sense when McSally and the GOP all allegedly support Donald Trump, a man who loved to be seen with scantily-clad models throughout his public career. Kelly, for his part, apologized for the inoffensive ads.
Kelly leads McSally by over seven points in the current RealClearPolitics polling average. Kelly will likely cruise to victory if the worst dirt on him is that he was photographed with models. Normal Americans aren’t gonna buy the sexism charges—it just makes the GOP look desperate and no better than the Left.


vdare--2020-08-12--A New York Reader Reader Wonders If Anyone Will Ask Kamala About Her High-Caste Indian Privilege

Re : VDARE.com Roundup : Indian Caste Discrimination , Indian IQ , And Indian Affirmative Action and Brahmins Discriminate Against @ @ @ @ @ : A New York Legal Professional [ Email him ] Kamala Harris is a high @ @ @ @ @ class of a nation of 1.38 billion , through her mother 's family .
How @ @ @ @ @ privilege far worse than that of white people ?
India retains , despite nominal opposition @ @ @ @ @ identifies Indians by skin color at long range , and regulates their relationships to those @ @ @ @ @ harshly .
Are n't Brahmins responsible for some of the worst racism , slavery , @ @ @ @ @ , and for the last 2,600 years ?
What makes that date significant ?
That @ @ @ @ @ out against it .
A bit earlier than 1619 , yes ?
Does n't she @ @ @ @ @ few hundred million Dalits ( aka Untouchables ) living in dire poverty a humble and @ @ @ @ @ the money in the world ?
Who will ask Harris this question ?

Re: VDARE.com Roundup: Indian Caste Discrimination, Indian IQ, And Indian Affirmative Action and Brahmins Discriminate Against Untouchables in Silicon Valley
From: A New York Legal Professional [Email him]
Kamala Harris is a high caste Brahmin, the ruling class of a nation of 1.38 billion, through her mother's family. How does she not enjoy hereditary privilege far worse than that of white people?
India retains, despite nominal opposition, a social hierarchy that identifies Indians by skin color at long range, and regulates their relationships to those above and below them very harshly.
Aren't Brahmins responsible for some of the worst racism, slavery, and repression on the planet—now, and for the last 2,600 years? What makes that date significant? That's when Gautama Buddha spoke out against it. A bit earlier than 1619, yes?
Doesn't she and her family owe a few hundred million Dalits (aka Untouchables) living in dire poverty a humble and contrite apology, and all the money in the world?
Who will ask Harris this question?


vdare--2020-08-12--Non-Citizen Voting, Primary Edition

Non-Citizen Voting, Primary Edition

The GSS suggests it occurs .
So does the Cooperative Congressional Election Study of 2016 , which surveyed 38,465 people who reported voting in a presidential primary during the last election cycle .
Of those , 259 were classified as non-citizen immigrants .
That comes to 0.7 % of the active primary electorate .
The party distribution of their primary/caucus party participation : This isn ’ t enough to materially affect the outcomes of the vast majority of state elections .
Assuming a similar general election preference distribution , using this data we can reasonably estimate that non-citizen voting potentially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over the Republican candidate .
In 2016 , the only state that would ’ ve flipped was New Hampshire .
Hillary Clinton won the state by 0.37 % of the vote .
New Hampshire is less foreign-born than the country as a whole , though , so it may not have even amounted to enough to change the outcome in the Free State .
On the other hand , it ’ s not nothing , and any individual citizen has the right to be upset by the idea that someone who shouldn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cancelling out his constitutionally legitimate vote .
Parenthetically , American Samoans are legally American nationals .
They are not citizens like the native born residents of the other American territories are .
The population of American Samoa comprises less than 0.002 % of the empire ’ s total , however , so unless they are oversampled by a factor of 350 here , they don ’ t account for the non-citizen vote !

The GSS suggests it occurs. So does the Cooperative Congressional Election Study of 2016, which surveyed 38,465 people who reported voting in a presidential primary during the last election cycle. Of those, 259 were classified as non-citizen immigrants. That comes to 0.7% of the active primary electorate. The party distribution of their primary/caucus party participation:
This isn’t enough to materially affect the outcomes of the vast majority of state elections. Assuming a similar general election preference distribution, using this data we can reasonably estimate that non-citizen voting potentially nets the Democrat candidate about 0.5 points over the Republican candidate. In 2016, the only state that would’ve flipped was New Hampshire. Hillary Clinton won the state by 0.37% of the vote. New Hampshire is less foreign-born than the country as a whole, though, so it may not have even amounted to enough to change the outcome in the Free State.
On the other hand, it’s not nothing, and any individual citizen has the right to be upset by the idea that someone who shouldn’t be casting a ballot could be cancelling out his constitutionally legitimate vote.
Parenthetically, American Samoans are legally American nationals. They are not citizens like the native-born residents of the other American territories are. The population of American Samoa comprises less than 0.002% of the empire’s total, however, so unless they are oversampled by a factor of 350 here, they don’t account for the non-citizen vote!
CCES variables used: IMMSTAT, CC16_328
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vdare--2020-08-12--The Ones Who Brought Trump: Immigration

The Ones Who Brought Trump: Immigration

From the 2016 Cooperative Congressional Election Study , positions of primary voters on five immigration issues : Note that primary @ @ @ @ @ ” ( whatever became of Jim Webb ? )
were more hawkish on every question @ @ @ @ @ primary voters .
Several of those endangered Blue Dogs crossed over to Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ has a speaking spot at next week ’ s Democratic National Convention .
The realignment @ @ @ @ @ idea that many Sanders supporters were “ based ” on immigration is a restrictionist fantasy @ @ @ @ @ true in 2016 and it ’ s even less true now .

From the 2016 Cooperative Congressional Election Study, positions of primary voters on five immigration issues:
Note that primary supporters of “Another Democrat” (whatever became of Jim Webb?) were more hawkish on every question than John Kasich’s primary voters. Several of those endangered Blue Dogs crossed over to Trump’s GOP. The Ohio governor has a speaking spot at next week’s Democratic National Convention. The realignment continues.
Parenthetically, the idea that many Sanders supporters were “based” on immigration is a restrictionist fantasy. It wasn’t true in 2016 and it’s even less true now.
CCES variables used: CC16_328, CC16_331_(3-7)
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vdare--2020-08-12--Sailer in TakiMag: Murderball—The Essential Stats on Race and Crime

From my new column in Taki ’ s Magazine : Why do blacks get hassled by the police so much @ @ @ @ @ Razor explanation is the one you are never supposed to mention in public : because @ @ @ @ @ disproportionately many crimes , especially murders .
I will therefore summarize some important crime statistics @ @ @ @ @ The most striking fact is that blacks , who have typically made up about one-eighth @ @ @ @ @ comprised the majority of the country ’ s homicide offenders over the past four decades @ @ @ @ @ among 2018 murderers : When the race of the offender was known , 54.9 percent @ @ @ @ @ .
That ’ s up slightly from the average during the past decade .
I @ @ @ @ @ s Uniform Crime Reporting publications that blacks made up 53.3 percent of murder and nonnegligent @ @ @ @ @ 2009–2018 .

From my new column in Taki’s Magazine:
Why do blacks get hassled by the police so much? The Occam’s Razor explanation is the one you are never supposed to mention in public: Because on average African-Americans commit so disproportionately many crimes, especially murders.
I will therefore summarize some important crime statistics from federal government documents.
The most striking fact is that blacks, who have typically made up about one-eighth of the population, have comprised the majority of the country’s homicide offenders over the past four decades.
The FBI states that among 2018 murderers:
When the race of the offender was known, 54.9 percent were Black or African American….
That’s up slightly from the average during the past decade. I calculate from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting publications that blacks made up 53.3 percent of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter offenders over the decade 2009–2018.


vdare--2020-08-12--Transgender Travesty In Australia: The Crossbow And The Real Girl

We live in a victimocracy in which state and society side with the presumed victims .
But at least some classes of official victims , such as many transgenders , are nasty bullies .
From the Melbourne Age : Woman overturns will to force parents to pay for reassignment surgery A trans woman who waged a decades-long battle with her conservative Jewish Orthodox parents to compel them to pay for her gender reassignment surgery has won a multimillion-dollar payout from her deceased father ’ s estate .
Jessica Joss was awarded $ 3.225 million by Victorian Supreme Court judge Elizabeth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in her father ’ s will and a foiled plot by Ms Joss to kill her father with a crossbow during a bar mitzvah celebration at her parents ’ synagogue .
What kind of real girl isn ’ t obsessed with crossbows ?
Her father , Peter Solly Joss , a Czechoslovakian Holocaust survivor and prominent Melbourne industrialist and property developer who died in 2017 , had financially supported Ms Joss for most of her life but refused to pay for her gender reassignment surgery .
After a series of disputes that took @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continents , their relationship finally deteriorated in August 1999 , when Ms Joss devised a plan to kill her father with a crossbow at a bar mitzvah .
It came after Ms Joss ’ return from Tajikistan , where she had failed in an attempt to join the Northern Alliance in the fight against the Taliban What kind of real girl doesn ’ t want to enlist in some random Central Asian war ?
and a purported offer to work for the Iranian government ’ s foreign affairs department .
In her judgment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ father ’ s ongoing financial support of Ms Joss , 60 , that meant he had a “ moral obligation ” to make allowances for her under his estate even though she was not a named beneficiary in his will .
“ Notwithstanding Jessica ’ s behaviour , including her plans to kill him , Peter continued to support her financially .
The weekly allowance that he provided from 1999 onwards was generous enough that she did not need to go and look for work , ” Justice Hollingworth said .
“ By @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , Peter allowed her to become financially dependent on him , and to lose much , if not all , of her capacity for employment , ” she said .
Justice Hollingworth also made specific provision in her judgment that the estate will provide $ 100,000 for Ms Joss ’ gender reassignment surgery , the procedure her father had refused to fund his entire life .
She also pointed out that some of Ms Joss ’ behaviour seemed to be motivated by , or at least indifferent to , the hurt it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to embarrass her family , publicly and privately , to punish them for not accepting that she was transgender , ” Justice Hollingworth said .
“ She said in evidence that it was not her obligation to pay for her own surgery .
This belief that her parents must pay for her surgery has become the obsession of her life for the past two decades , ” she said .
… So the law will force the estate to pay because Joss is an official Victim .
What kind of Australian real girl @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Marines ?
She married and subsequently divorced a woman who was not Jewish .
On both occasions her parents paid for many of her expenses and flew her home .
By 1999 , aged 40 , Ms Joss had grown unhappy with her life .
The court heard that on one occasion , Ms Joss went to her parent ’ s Orthodox synagogue on a Saturday morning , stood up , and told the congregation that she was transgender .
… On August 13 , 1999 , Ms Joss ’ s neighbour called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her that Jessica was planning on killing Peter with a crossbow the next day .
Peter and Judith contacted a lawyer friend , and their family doctor , before calling the police .
The police went to Jessica ’ s flat , where they arrested her and seized a crossbow .
No charges were laid , because Peter asked the police not to .
… In Nature Communications , Simon Baron Cohen , inventor of the “ extreme male brain ” theory of autism , has a study out claiming high correlation between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ autism , other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses , and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals Abstract It is unclear whether transgender and gender-diverse individuals have elevated rates of autism diagnosis or traits related to autism compared to cisgender individuals in large non-clinic-based cohorts .
To investigate this , we use five independently recruited cross-sectional datasets consisting of 641,860 individuals who completed information on gender , neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses including autism , and measures of traits related to autism ( self-report measures of autistic traits , empathy , systemizing , and sensory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , transgender and gender-diverse individuals have , on average , higher rates of autism , other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses .
For both autistic and non-autistic individuals , transgender and gender-diverse individuals score , on average , higher on self-report measures of autistic traits , systemizing , and sensory sensitivity , and , on average , lower on self-report measures of empathy .
The results may have clinical implications for improving access to mental health care and tailoring adequate support for transgender and gender-diverse individuals .
Unfortunately , the article is fairly incomprehensible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ll get canceled if they explain whether they are talking about men or women .
Also , the word “ autism ” has such a broad meaning these days , from retarded to billionaire tech mogul .

We live in a victimocracy in which state and society side with the presumed victims. But at least some classes of official victims, such as many transgenders, are nasty bullies. From the Melbourne Age:
Woman overturns will to force parents to pay for reassignment surgery By David Estcourt
August 8, 2020 — 11.30pm A trans woman who waged a decades-long battle with her conservative Jewish Orthodox parents to compel them to pay for her gender reassignment surgery has won a multimillion-dollar payout from her deceased father’s estate. Jessica Joss was awarded $3.225 million by Victorian Supreme Court judge Elizabeth Hollingworth despite not being a named beneficiary in her father’s will and a foiled plot by Ms Joss to kill her father with a crossbow during a bar mitzvah celebration at her parents’ synagogue.
What kind of real girl isn’t obsessed with crossbows?
Her father, Peter Solly Joss, a Czechoslovakian Holocaust survivor and prominent Melbourne industrialist and property developer who died in 2017, had financially supported Ms Joss for most of her life but refused to pay for her gender reassignment surgery. After a series of disputes that took place over several decades and spanned several continents, their relationship finally deteriorated in August 1999, when Ms Joss devised a plan to kill her father with a crossbow at a bar mitzvah. It came after Ms Joss’ return from Tajikistan, where she had failed in an attempt to join the Northern Alliance in the fight against the Taliban
What kind of real girl doesn’t want to enlist in some random Central Asian war?
and a purported offer to work for the Iranian government’s foreign affairs department. In her judgment, Justice Hollingworth found it was her father’s ongoing financial support of Ms Joss, 60, that meant he had a “moral obligation” to make allowances for her under his estate even though she was not a named beneficiary in his will. “Notwithstanding Jessica’s behaviour, including her plans to kill him, Peter continued to support her financially. The weekly allowance that he provided from 1999 onwards was generous enough that she did not need to go and look for work,” Justice Hollingworth said. “By continuing to support Jessica for all those years, Peter allowed her to become financially dependent on him, and to lose much, if not all, of her capacity for employment,” she said. Justice Hollingworth also made specific provision in her judgment that the estate will provide $100,000 for Ms Joss’ gender reassignment surgery, the procedure her father had refused to fund his entire life. She also pointed out that some of Ms Joss’ behaviour seemed to be motivated by, or at least indifferent to, the hurt it caused her parents. “She wanted to embarrass her family, publicly and privately, to punish them for not accepting that she was transgender,” Justice Hollingworth said. “She said in evidence that it was not her obligation to pay for her own surgery. This belief that her parents must pay for her surgery has become the obsession of her life for the past two decades,” she said. …
So the law will force the estate to pay because Joss is an official Victim.
At 30, she moved to the US and attempted to join the marines, but was unable to complete basic training due to a back injury.
What kind of Australian real girl doesn’t want to join the Marines?
She married and subsequently divorced a woman who was not Jewish. On both occasions her parents paid for many of her expenses and flew her home. By 1999, aged 40, Ms Joss had grown unhappy with her life. The court heard that on one occasion, Ms Joss went to her parent’s Orthodox synagogue on a Saturday morning, stood up, and told the congregation that she was transgender. … On August 13, 1999, Ms Joss’s neighbour called her mother, Judith, to warn her that Jessica was planning on killing Peter with a crossbow the next day. Peter and Judith contacted a lawyer friend, and their family doctor, before calling the police. The police went to Jessica’s flat, where they arrested her and seized a crossbow. No charges were laid, because Peter asked the police not to. …
In Nature Communications, Simon Baron Cohen, inventor of the “extreme male brain” theory of autism, has a study out claiming high correlation between autism and transgenderism:
Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals Published: 07 August 2020 Varun Warrier, David M. Greenberg, Elizabeth Weir, Clara Buckingham, Paula Smith, Meng-Chuan Lai, Carrie Allison & Simon Baron-Cohen Abstract
It is unclear whether transgender and gender-diverse individuals have elevated rates of autism diagnosis or traits related to autism compared to cisgender individuals in large non-clinic-based cohorts. To investigate this, we use five independently recruited cross-sectional datasets consisting of 641,860 individuals who completed information on gender, neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses including autism, and measures of traits related to autism (self-report measures of autistic traits, empathy, systemizing, and sensory sensitivity). Compared to cisgender individuals, transgender and gender-diverse individuals have, on average, higher rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses. For both autistic and non-autistic individuals, transgender and gender-diverse individuals score, on average, higher on self-report measures of autistic traits, systemizing, and sensory sensitivity, and, on average, lower on self-report measures of empathy. The results may have clinical implications for improving access to mental health care and tailoring adequate support for transgender and gender-diverse individuals.
Unfortunately, the article is fairly incomprehensible. The authors appear worried they’ll get canceled if they explain whether they are talking about men or women. Also, the word “autism” has such a broad meaning these days, from retarded to billionaire tech mogul.


vdare--2020-08-12--NYT:  Mexico's High Coronavirus Death Tally and Public Distrust of Hospitals

Mexico now has the third-highest ] COVID-19 death count .
Its death rate per million is 418 ( 506 in the United States ) .
The New York Times reports that there 's a mistrust of hospitals in Mexico that increases the death rate .
Mexico is battling one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world , with more than 52,000 confirmed deaths , the third-highest toll of the pandemic .
And its struggle has been made even harder by a pervasive phenomenon : a deeply rooted fear of hospitals .
The problem has long plagued nations overwhelmed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2014 , many in Sierra Leone believed that hospitals had become hopeless death traps , leading sick people to stay home and inadvertently spread the disease to their families and neighbors .
Here in Mexico , a similar vicious cycle is taking place .
As the pandemic crushes an already weak health care system , with bodies piling up in refrigerated trucks , many Mexicans see the Covid ward as a place where only death awaits — to be avoided at all cost .
The consequences , doctors , nurses and health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are waiting to seek medical care until their cases are so bad that doctors can do little to help them .
Thousands are dying before ever seeing the inside of a hospital , government data show , succumbing to the virus in taxis on the way there or in sickbeds at home .
[ ' I 'd rather stay home and die ' by Natalie Kitroeff and Paulina Villegas , New York Times , August 10 , 2020 ] In Mexico , the COVID-19 rate may be higher than reported .
The coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Many Mexicans say they have good reason to be wary of hospitals : Nearly 40 percent of people hospitalized with confirmed cases of the virus in Mexico City , the epicenter of the nation ’ s outbreak , end up dying , government data show , a high mortality rate even when compared with some of the worst coronavirus hot spots worldwide .
During the peak of the pandemic in New York City , less than 25 percent of coronavirus patients died in hospitals , studies have estimated .
While the statistic may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doctors and researchers confirmed that a startling number of people are dying in Mexico ’ s hospitals .
During a surge of cases in May , almost half of all Covid-19 deaths in Mexico City hospitals occurred within 12 hours of the patient ’ s being admitted , said Dr. Oliva López Arellano , Mexico City ’ s health minister .
In the United States , people who died typically made it five days in the hospital .
Doctors say more patients would survive if they sought help earlier .
Delaying treatment , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths in hospitals — which then generates even more fear of hospitals .
As I 've reported before ( here and here ) there 've been attacks on medical personnel in Mexico .
The distrust is so pronounced that relatives of patients in Ecatepec , a municipality outside Mexico City , stormed a hospital in May , attacking its employees , filming themselves next to bags of corpses and telling reporters that the institution was killing their loved ones .
“ After seeing videos of what happens to people inside hospitals , screw @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s brother , José Eduardo , who had recently spent 60 days at home recovering from his own bout with what he believes was the coronavirus .
“ I ’ d rather stay home and die there.
” [ `` Mr. Bailon '' is referring to a person who died of coronavirus , mentioned earlier in the article . ]
But many people who die at home in Mexico — or even on the way to the hospital — are never tested for the virus , so they are not counted as coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a statistical black hole of fatalities that are not officially tied to the pandemic .
Even by the official count , Mexico has already suffered more coronavirus deaths than any other nation but the United States and Brazil .
And the government said recently that during a period of over three months this spring , there were 71,000 more deaths than expected , compared with previous years — an indication that the virus has claimed many more lives than the official tally suggests .
Once again , the mystery about the official tally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feel that way .
Lopez-Gatell , of whom I 've written before , earned his Ph.D in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University .

Mexico now has the third-highest COVID-19 death count. Its death rate per million is 423 (511 in the United States).
The New York Times reports that there's a mistrust of hospitals in Mexico that increases the death rate.
Mexico is battling one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world, with more than 52,000 confirmed deaths, the third-highest toll of the pandemic. And its struggle has been made even harder by a pervasive phenomenon: a deeply rooted fear of hospitals. The problem has long plagued nations overwhelmed by unfamiliar diseases. During the Ebola epidemic in 2014, many in Sierra Leone believed that hospitals had become hopeless death traps, leading sick people to stay home and inadvertently spread the disease to their families and neighbors. Here in Mexico, a similar vicious cycle is taking place. As the pandemic crushes an already weak health care system, with bodies piling up in refrigerated trucks, many Mexicans see the Covid ward as a place where only death awaits — to be avoided at all cost. The consequences, doctors, nurses and health ministers say, are severe. Mexicans are waiting to seek medical care until their cases are so bad that doctors can do little to help them. Thousands are dying before ever seeing the inside of a hospital, government data show, succumbing to the virus in taxis on the way there or in sickbeds at home. ['I'd rather stay home and die' by Natalie Kitroeff and Paulina Villegas, New York Times, August 10, 2020]
In Mexico, the COVID-19 rate may be higher than reported.
Fighting infections at home may not only spread the disease more widely, epidemiologists say, but it also hides the true toll of the epidemic because an untold number of people die without ever being tested — and officially counted — as coronavirus victims.
The coronavirus death rate in hospitals is high.
Many Mexicans say they have good reason to be wary of hospitals: Nearly 40 percent of people hospitalized with confirmed cases of the virus in Mexico City, the epicenter of the nation’s outbreak, end up dying, government data show, a high mortality rate even when compared with some of the worst coronavirus hot spots worldwide. During the peak of the pandemic in New York City, less than 25 percent of coronavirus patients died in hospitals, studies have estimated. While the statistic may be imprecise because of limited testing, doctors and researchers confirmed that a startling number of people are dying in Mexico’s hospitals. During a surge of cases in May, almost half of all Covid-19 deaths in Mexico City hospitals occurred within 12 hours of the patient’s being admitted, said Dr. Oliva López Arellano, Mexico City’s health minister. In the United States, people who died typically made it five days in the hospital. Doctors say more patients would survive if they sought help earlier. Delaying treatment, they argue, simply leads to more deaths in hospitals — which then generates even more fear of hospitals.
As I've reported before (here and here) there've been attacks on medical personnel in Mexico.
The distrust is so pronounced that relatives of patients in Ecatepec, a municipality outside Mexico City, stormed a hospital in May, attacking its employees, filming themselves next to bags of corpses and telling reporters that the institution was killing their loved ones. “After seeing videos of what happens to people inside hospitals, screw that,” said Mr. Bailón’s brother, José Eduardo, who had recently spent 60 days at home recovering from his own bout with what he believes was the coronavirus. “I’d rather stay home and die there.” ["Mr. Bailon" is referring to a person who died of coronavirus, mentioned earlier in the article.] But many people who die at home in Mexico — or even on the way to the hospital — are never tested for the virus, so they are not counted as coronavirus victims. Instead, they fall into a statistical black hole of fatalities that are not officially tied to the pandemic. Even by the official count, Mexico has already suffered more coronavirus deaths than any other nation but the United States and Brazil. And the government said recently that during a period of over three months this spring, there were 71,000 more deaths than expected, compared with previous years — an indication that the virus has claimed many more lives than the official tally suggests.
Once again, the mystery about the official tally.
Nearly 70 percent of Mexicans said they would feel “unsafe” taking their loved ones to the hospital during the pandemic, in a survey published last month. A third said they would prefer to care for their relatives themselves.
That's a big percentage who feel that way.
Now the nation’s top health officials have begun pleading with Mexicans to stop resisting medical care. “It’s very important that late care doesn’t contribute to death,” Hugo López-Gatell, the health official leading the country’s response to the virus, said at a news conference last month. “Please, go to hospitals early, especially people who are most at risk.”
Lopez-Gatell, of whom I've written before, earned his Ph.D in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University.
Many are wary of the costs that come with a hospital stay. And in a country plagued by rampant government corruption, the fundamental distrust of the authorities often extends to doctors and nurses in public hospitals.


vdare--2020-08-11--NOT The Replication Crisis—The PC CRISIS: American Heart Association Withdraws Paper "Concluding INC

NOT The Replication Crisis—The PC CRISIS: American Heart Association Withdraws Paper "Concluding INCORRECTLY That Black And Hispanic Trainees In Medicine Are Less Qualified." But They Are.

According to the NYT story featured by Steve Sailer below And here 's the full story of the retraction : DALLAS – Aug. 5 , 2020 – A March 2020 paper published in the Journal of the American Heart Association ( JAHA ) has recently become the subject of significant discourse and warranted concern .
The paper , by Norman C. Wang , MD , MS ( Diversity , Inclusion , and Equity : Evolution of Race and Ethnicity Considerations for the Cardiology Workforce in the United States of America From 1969 to 2019 ” - J Am Heart Assoc @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DOI : 10.1161/JAHA.120.015959 ) , advocates for ending racial and ethnic preferences for undergraduate and medical school admissions and against affirmative action initiatives , concluding incorrectly that Black and Hispanic trainees in medicine are less qualified than White and Asian trainees .
Wang paper is wrong : Diversity , equity and inclusiveness in medicine and cardiology are important and necessary : UPDATED statement from the American Heart Association , August 6 , 2020 This retraction is not due to the replication crisis .
A paper showing blacks and Hispanics are less qualified than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Affirmative action acts for blacks and Hispanics , against Asians and whites .
Anti-affirmative action activist Vijay Chokal-Ingam proved this : when he was Asian , he was n't good enough to get into med school .
But as a dark-skinned native-born American , he could pass for an African-American , and bingo !
The medical school doors opened , and the trumpets sounded on the other side .
And here he is in medical school : So of course blacks and Hispanics are less qualified than whites and Asians—the affirmative action @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white or Asian and working side by side with an affirmative action-eligible trainee , he 's not as qualified as you are , because if he were , he 'd be training at a better hospital or school .
Only if you 're at Harvard is the affirmative action-eligible guy next to you as qualified as you are .
Why do cases like Chokal-Ingam and similar transracialists ( Elizabeth Warren , Rachel Dolezal , the guy in the movie Soul Man ) make people angry ?
Because they 're members of groups who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people who ca n't pass tests .
But no one wants to say that .

According to the NYT story featured by Steve Sailer below
Discussions about lack of diversity in medicine resurfaced in early August, when the Journal of the American Heart Association retracted a paper that argued against affirmative action initiatives in the field and said that Black and Hispanic trainees were less qualified than their white and Asian counterparts.
And here's the full story of the retraction:
DALLAS – Aug. 5, 2020 – A March 2020 paper published in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) has recently become the subject of significant discourse and warranted concern. The paper, by Norman C. Wang, MD, MS ("Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity: Evolution of Race and Ethnicity Considerations for the Cardiology Workforce in the United States of America From 1969 to 2019” - J Am Heart Assoc. 2020;9:e015959. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.015959), advocates for ending racial and ethnic preferences for undergraduate and medical school admissions and against affirmative action initiatives, concluding incorrectly that Black and Hispanic trainees in medicine are less qualified than White and Asian trainees. Wang paper is wrong: Diversity, equity and inclusiveness in medicine and cardiology are important and necessary: UPDATED statement from the American Heart Association, August 6, 2020
This retraction is not due to the replication crisis. A paper showing blacks and Hispanics are less qualified than Asians and whites would replicate pretty good. Affirmative action acts for blacks and Hispanics, against Asians and whites.
Anti-affirmative action activist Vijay Chokal-Ingam proved this: When he was Asian, he wasn't good enough to get into med school. But as a dark-skinned native-born American, he could pass for an African-American, and bingo! The medical school doors opened, and the trumpets sounded on the other side.
From his website:
And here he is in medical school:
So of course blacks and Hispanics are less qualified than whites and Asians—the affirmative action system requires it. If you're white or Asian and working side by side with an affirmative action-eligible trainee, he's not as qualified as you are, because if he were, he'd be training at a better hospital or school.
Only if you're at Harvard is the affirmative action-eligible guy next to you as qualified as you are.
Why do cases like Chokal-Ingam and similar transracialists (Elizabeth Warren, Rachel Dolezal, the guy in the movie Soul Man) make people angry? Because they're members of groups who can pass tests taking preferences meant for people who can't pass tests. But no one wants to say that.


vdare--2020-08-10--23-Year-Old White Woman Boasted of Black Baby Daddy on Facebook.  Then He Shot Her in the Head

Sydney Parmelee , a young white woman living in Cumberland County , Pennsylvania , wanted to let the world know @ @ @ @ @ proud she was to be the mother of a bi-racial child .
The 2014 graduate @ @ @ @ @ three hearts to a post featuring a biracial girl holding a sign that read : @ @ @ @ @ `` daddy '' , for Sydney Parmelee , was one Davon Unique Anderson .
You @ @ @ @ @ Jan. 11 profile picture update .
Other posts : black daddies are great , `` @ @ @ @ @ dumb , and black males are loyal to their women .

Sydney Parmelee, a young white woman living in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, wanted to let the world know, via Facebook , how proud she was to be the mother of a bi-racial child.
The 2014 graduate of Carlisle High School awarded three hearts to a post featuring a biracial girl holding a sign that read:
My daddy is black
My mommy is white
You mess with him
She gone fight
The "daddy", for Sydney Parmelee, was one Davon Unique Anderson. You can see him in the Jan. 11 profile picture update.
Other posts: black daddies are great, "white lives matter" is dumb , and black males are loyal to their women.


vdare--2020-08-13--Radio Derb Transcript Up For Aug 8: Our Last Election?, Kris Kobach, Remembering The Bomb, Etc.

The Radio Derb transcript is up for August 8 .
Go here to read or listen .
03m16s Our last @ @ @ @ @ defeat , or chaos ? )
26m51s The rudest you can be about suburbia .
@ @ @ @ @ fly . )
32m02s Signoff .
( With an old favorite . )

The Radio Derb transcript is up for August 8. Go here to read or listen.
Playlist
03m16s Our last election? (Victory, defeat, or chaos?)
10m53s What's the matter with Kansas? (Kris Kobach falls.)
15m37s Immigration follies. (Public charge rule no, foreign doctors yes.)
22m21s Remembering the Bomb. (A reading recommendation.)
25m06s New frontiers in space exploration. (A poop scoop.)
26m51s The rudest you can be about suburbia. (Old Brit lefty lets fly.)
29m15s A win for the Boston Bomber. (Kritarchs strike.)
32m02s Signoff. (With an old favorite.)


vdare--2020-08-13--Late-Breaking Althea Bernstein News: No Leads On Alleged Hate Crime

Police still mum on investigation in alleged hate crime , 7 weeks later Seven weeks after a biracial woman told @ @ @ @ @ with lighter fluid by a group of white men and then set on fire , @ @ @ @ @ s family say the investigation into the incident continues .
But little information about the @ @ @ @ @ released as the Madison police and the FBI continue to investigate .
Madison police spokesman @ @ @ @ @ he regularly checks with the lead detective on the case , along with the department @ @ @ @ @ , and said it is still an active investigation .

From Madison.com:
Police still mum on investigation in alleged hate crime, 7 weeks later
Ed Treleven | Wisconsin State Journal 6 hrs ago
Seven weeks after a biracial woman told police she had been sprayed with lighter fluid by a group of white men and then set on fire, police and the woman’s family say the investigation into the incident continues.
But little information about the June 24 incident has been released as the Madison police and the FBI continue to investigate. Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain said Wednesday that he regularly checks with the lead detective on the case, along with the department’s Violent Crimes Unit, and said it is still an active investigation.


vdare--2020-08-12--Charlottesville After 3 Years: Relentless Leftist Lawfare—But First Amendment  May Still Be Vindicat

Charlottesville After 3 Years: Relentless Leftist Lawfare—But First Amendment  May Still Be Vindicated

On August 13 , 2017 , Jason Kessler , above , attempted to hold a press conference on the subject of the rally .
He was physically attacked at that conference , and local authorities neither defended him , nor punished the attackers .
“ The Unite The Right rally was such a disaster because both organizers and attendees failed to anticipate that state and local officials wouldn ’ t protect the demonstration , ” VDARE.com ’ s “ Charlottesville Survivor ” wrote last night on the third anniversary of the opening evening torchlight procession .
As an organizer , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unlike Antifa , we had no lawyer allies lined up .
Three years to the day after the August 12 , 2017 mugging of the actual UTR demonstration by Democrat officials and their Antifa goons , the legal entrapment of patriots continues to play out and will come to a head this year in a major courtroom battle this fall .
Post-UTR litigation has taken three forms : ( 1 ) state prosecution of individuals accused of violence .
In a now-familiar anarcho-tyrannical pattern , this has generally resulted in savage punishments for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the Left ; ( 2 ) civil actions by Leftists against various UTR participants ( and non-participants ) , the sort of lawfare that the U.S. legal system makes available to the well=financed ; ( 3 ) my own suit against the city of Charlottesville for infringing the First Amendment rights of Unite the Right participants by allowing Antifa to conduct a violent Heckler ’ s Veto .
This civil case is a bit of an oddity since it was filed in Ohio by an attorney from Skokie , Illinois , home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , although none of the incidents related to Unite the Right occurring there .
Many defendants , including myself , were dropped from the lawsuit after the attorney failed to serve us with the lawsuit .
The case has already met with some limited success after negotiating a $ 5,000 settlement with former Louisiana state representative David Duke , possibly to avoid the costs of further litigation [ David Duke agrees to pay $ 5K to man hurt at Virginia rally , by Andrew Welsh-Huggins , WAFB9 , January 23 , 2020 ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become a big problem for Richard Spencer and his National Policy Institute .
Spencer apparently failed to file any response to the allegations within the required time and his organization is now liable for a potentially multi-million dollar default judgment .
The most high-profile Unite the Right lawsuit is going to court at the end of October .
Staffed by some of the most politically connected law firms in the country and funded to the tune of $ 9 million by the likes of the ADL and Jeffrey Epstein confidant ( and LinkedIn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apologizes for his role in rehabbing Jeffrey Epstein ’ s public image , by Megan Hernbroth , Business Insider , September 12 , 2019 ] The money is funneled through a 501c3 nonprofit called Integrity First for America .
This organization has several fulltime six-figure salaried positions plus expenses for personal security , investigative services , and professional fundraising .
[ Read Integrity First ’ s 2018 IRS financial disclosures here ] The executive director , Amy Spitalnick is a former communications director for the New York attorney general and press secretary for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It is through her connections that the case and its outrageous allegations have received fawning treatment in the press , many outlets based in New York .
The director of research ( another six-figure salaried full-time position ) is Mary Mapes , a former Peabody Award-winning journalist who uncovered human rights abuses in Abu Ghraib [ '60 Minutes II ' Wins a Peabody Award , Raising Eyebrows , by David Carr , New York Times , April 8 , 2005 ] .
However , she was ultimately fired for producing another 60 Minutes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the service record of George W Bush , in what is colloquially known as “ Rathergate.
” [ Four CBS Execs Fired Over Bush Memo Report , Forbes , January 10 , 2005 ] Some defendants , like League of the South , are hoping to knock out the claims in the lawsuit ahead of trial using a Motion for Summary Judgment to argue that there are no issues left in dispute and therefore no need for a trial .
At the heart of this claim ( which you can read here ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ long discovery process there is still absolutely no evidence that James Fields , convicted in the death of Heather Heyer , conspired with any of the other defendants in the case .
In fact , investigations by both the Charlottesville Police Department and the FBI have found the opposite .
This lawsuit I filed against the Charlottesville government was dismissed by Judge Norman Moon , a Clinton appointee , under controversial circumstances and is currently docketed for an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals to the Fourth Circuit .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ City of Charlottesville and others infringed First Amendment rights of Unite the Right participants by allowing Antifa to conduct a violent Heckler ’ s Veto as a pretext to declare and unlawful assembly and disperse the rally before it could even begin .
[ You can read the complaint here ] Judge Moon ruled that there is no Heckler ’ s Veto cause of action and that police have no duty to protect speakers from a violent reaction by protesters .
The decision was so astounding that I became curious about the agendas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ research , I found that Moon ’ s clerks , Joshua Lefebvre and Hutton Marshall , are “ best of friends ” with Elizabeth Sines , the lead plaintiff in the megasuit against UTR attendees .
Upon motion from my attorneys , the judge recused the two law clerks from case .
You can read his order here .
Further research has revealed that Moon ’ s other clerks have unacceptable conflicts of interest in the form of their relationship with the government of Israel .
This is significant because the Unite the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high-profile American critics of the Israeli government .
Dascher Pasco , one of Moon ’ s clerks in 2018 , made prejudicial statements about the Unite the Right while in Israel working for an Israeli “ BirthRight ” propaganda tour , iTrek .
Moon ’ s law clerk Robert DeRise has been legal counsel for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense Minister .
In fact , he represented both parties in a high profile incident in 2010 where Israeli soldiers raided a flotilla carrying aid to the Gaza Strip and killed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dies Of Wounds Sustained During Israel ’ s Attack On Solidarity Ship , IMEMC News , May 24 , 2014 ] Those who ’ ve followed my journalism for a while may remember my discovery of anti-white and pro-rape tweets by the former Vice-Mayor of Charlottesville Wes Bellamy .
It was Bellamy who initially made removing the Charlottesville Robert E Lee statue a contentious public issue .
Previous to his arrival in Virginia , it was a non-issue within both the black and white communities .
Although served for a federal subpoena to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the court and refused to show up to testify at deposition .
Therefore , my attorney James Kolenich has asked the court to sanction Bellamy by ordering him to appear for testimony and to pay attorney ’ s fees for the wasted time and expense he has caused our legal team .
[ Read the Motion here ] What shape are the defendants in to defend themselves ?
The wealthy and politically connected interests behind the Sines litigation have exploited the power advantage the wealthy have in civil courts to beat up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , opponents .
Out of 24 defendants only 10 have legal representation .
Kline , Richard Spencer ’ s former lieutenant , has perhaps fared the worst in the litigation .
As a former president of Identity Europa , his former organization was contractually mandated to pay for his legal defense .
Nevertheless , he threw it all away by refusing to communicate with his attorney or cooperate in the litigation .
Text messages released in the discovery process show Richard Spencer and Kline agreeing to a scheme to “ seize operational control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They speculated that I might be a “ beady eye ( d ) ” Jew because of my resistance to Neo-Nazi influences at the rally .
[ Texts between white nationalist “ Unite the Right ” organizers show distrust , strife , by Tyler Hammel , The Daily Progress , October 17 , 2018 ] [ Note : Please do not bother the Goldberg family mentioned in the following texts between Kline and Richard Spencer .
They are not actually my relatives .
In fact , for the record , I am not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since been severely sanctioned to the tune of $ 12 , 528.33 and jail time for failing to comply with discovery or show up to testify under oath for depositions .
He has also been chastised by the judge for repeatedly lying , a problem uncovered earlier by the New York Times .
[ Elliott Kline , 'Unite the Right ' organizer ordered jailed in civil suit brought by Charlottesville residents , by Andrew Blake , Washington Times , January 4 , 2020 ] Besides the default judgment against his National Policy Institute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ messy public divorce where he was accused of domestic violence against his then-pregnant wife [ Richard Spencer ’ s wife details years of alleged domestic violence against her , by Maya Oppenheim , Independent , January 15 , 2019 ] In June 2020 , a Montana judge threatened Spencer with jail time if he didn ’ t pay nearly $ 60,000 in fees owed to a guardian ad litem representing Spencer ’ s children in the divorce case .
[ White Nationalist Leader Richard Spencer Faces Jail In Montana In Legal Fees Dispute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ June 17 , 2020 ] Finally , in Sines v Kessler , Spencer ’ s attorney John DiNucci dropped him as a client for failure to pay legal fees and lack of cooperation [ White nationalist Richard Spencer loses lawyer in lawsuit , by Michael Kunzelman , Associated Press , June 22 , 2020 ] .
The former Traditionalist Workers Party ( TWP ) leader lost legal counsel back in 2019 after failing to pay his legal bills .
He has now renounced his former beliefs regarding White people and works with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has also been sanctioned $ 12 , 528.33 by the court for noncompliance with discovery matters .
[ Federal judge issues thousands of dollars in penalties for Unite the Right rally participants , by Amanda Williams , NBC29 , May 26 , 2020 ] Cantwell lost legal representation after money problems made it impossible to pay his legal bills .
However , Cantwell has larger problems : he is currently an inmate of the New Hampshire penal system after the FBI charged him with multiple felony counts related to allegedly threatening to rape @ @ @ @ @ @ @ personality known as “ Cheddar Mane ” .
[ Keene white nationalist indicted on new federal charges , by Paul Cuno-Booth , Sentinel Source , July 13 , 2020 ] Invictus , who is a lawyer , denies that he has ever been lawfully served in the litigation .
But to the extent that he has to defend himself , he is also hampered by being incarcerated in April 2020 after police accused him of kidnapping his wife at gunpoint .
The most serious kidnapping charge was dropped for lack of probable cause @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawyer calls kidnap charge absurd .
Here ’ s what judge said , by Andew Dys , The Herald , February 19 , 2020 ] .
But he remains in jail on charges of domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature and possession of a gun during a violent crime .
In echoes of the Cantwell case , Daily Stormer podcast host Ray was indicted on charges of Malicious Use of Gas for allegedly releasing pepper spray at the August 11 torch march at the UVA rotunda .
However he has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ handed down in June 2018 .
His lack of participation in the lawsuit has led the judge to threaten issuing a bench warrant for his arrest and sending U.S .
Marshals to transport him to Charlottesville .
[ Rally suit plaintiffs seek arrest of another defendant , by Tyler Hammel , The Daily Progress , July 24 , 2020 ] All the Leftist heavy hitters are lining up behind the $ 9 million dollar Sines juggernaut .
When multi-billion-dollar propaganda empires like the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center put their thumbs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what really happened in Charlottesville doesn ’ t matter a hill of beans .
No matter how screwed up , indigent , offensive and frankly weird some of the Unite The Right leaders have turned out to be , they did not conspire with James Fields .
They still have free speech rights ( at least on paper ) .
And they have a right to defend themselves when an army of Antifa goons comes to take that away from them by force .
The legal world and the Main Stream Media believe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s my job , and the job of my attorneys and my fellow bill-paying co-defendants , to make sure it isn ’ t .
And maybe , just maybe , our small plucky crew can strike a devastating blow against the evil empire in the process .
See you on the other side… Jason Kessler [ Email him |Tweet him ] is a freelance journalist and activist who has written for VDARE.com , Daily Caller and GotNews as well as his own site JasonKessler.us .
He ’ s also the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Unity and Security for America .

On August 13, 2017, Jason Kessler, above, attempted to hold a press conference on the subject of the rally. He was physically attacked at that conference, and local authorities neither defended him, nor punished the attackers.
“The Unite The Right rally was such a disaster because both organizers and attendees failed to anticipate that state and local officials wouldn’t protect the demonstration,” VDARE.com’s “Charlottesville Survivor” wrote last night on the third anniversary of the opening evening torchlight procession. As an organizer, I sadly agree. Above all, unlike Antifa, we had no lawyer allies lined up. Three years to the day after the August 12, 2017 mugging of the actual UTR demonstration by Democrat officials and their Antifa goons, the legal entrapment of patriots continues to play out and will come to a head in a major courtroom battle this fall.
Post-UTR litigation has taken three forms: (1) state prosecution of individuals accused of violence. In a now-familiar anarcho-tyrannical pattern, this has generally resulted in savage punishments for UTR participants and slaps on the wrist for the Left; (2) civil actions by Leftists against various UTR participants (and non-participants), the sort of lawfare that the U.S. legal system makes available to the well-financed; (3) my own suit against the city of Charlottesville for infringing the First Amendment rights of Unite the Right participants by allowing Antifa to conduct a violent Heckler’s Veto.
Here’s where things currently stand:
Burke v Fields
This civil case is a bit of an oddity since it was filed in Ohio by an attorney from Skokie, Illinois, home of the famous Nazi free speech case, although none of the incidents related to Unite the Right occurred there. Many defendants, including myself, were dropped from the lawsuit after the attorney failed to serve us with the lawsuit.
The case has already met with some limited success after negotiating a $5,000 settlement with former Louisiana state representative David Duke, possibly to avoid the costs of further litigation [David Duke agrees to pay $5K to man hurt at Virginia rally, by Andrew Welsh-Huggins, WAFB9, January 23, 2020].
More seriously, the case has become a big problem for Richard Spencer and his National Policy Institute. Spencer apparently failed to file any response to the allegations within the required time and his organization is now liable for a potentially multi-million dollar default judgment.
Sines v Kessler et al.
The most high-profile Unite the Right lawsuit is going to court at the end of October. It is staffed by some of the most politically connected law firms in the country and funded to the tune of $9 million by the likes of the ADL and Jeffrey Epstein confidant (and LinkedIn co-founder) Reid Hoffman [Reid Hoffman apologizes for his role in rehabbing Jeffrey Epstein’s public image, by Megan Hernbroth, Business Insider, September 12, 2019].
The money is funneled through a 501c3 nonprofit called Integrity First for America. This organization has several fulltime six-figure salaried positions plus expenses for personal security, investigative services, and professional fundraising. [Read Integrity First’s 2018 IRS financial disclosures here]
The executive director, Amy Spitalnick, is a former communications director for the New York attorney general and press secretary for the Israeli lobbying firm J Street. It is through her connections that the case and its outrageous allegations have received fawning treatment in the press, especially many outlets based in New York.
The director of research (another six-figure salaried full-time position) is Mary Mapes, a former Peabody Award-winning journalist who uncovered human rights abuses in Abu Ghraib ['60 Minutes II' Wins a Peabody Award, Raising Eyebrows, by David Carr, New York Times, April 8, 2005]. However, she was ultimately fired for producing another 60 Minutes item based on false information about the service record of George W Bush, in what is colloquially known as “Rathergate” [Four CBS Execs Fired Over Bush Memo Report, Forbes, January 10, 2005].
Some defendants, like League of the South, are hoping to knock out the claims in the lawsuit ahead of trial using a Motion for Summary Judgment to argue that there are no issues left in dispute and therefore no need for a trial.
At the heart of this claim (which you can read here) is that, despite an intrusive years’ long discovery process, there is still absolutely no evidence that James Fields, convicted in the death of Heather Heyer, conspired with any of the other defendants in the case. In fact, investigations by both the Charlottesville Police Department and the FBI have found the opposite.
Kessler v Charlottesville
This lawsuit I filed against the Charlottesville government was dismissed by Judge Norman Moon, a Clinton appointee, under controversial circumstances and is currently docketed for an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals to the Fourth Circuit.
The allegations in the case are that the City of Charlottesville and others infringed First Amendment rights of Unite the Right participants by allowing Antifa to conduct a violent Heckler’s Veto as a pretext to declare an unlawful assembly and disperse the rally before it could even begin. [You can read the complaint here]
Judge Moon ruled that there is no Heckler’s Veto cause of action and that police have no duty to protect speakers from a violent reaction by protesters. The decision was so astounding that I became curious about the agendas of his court staff. After some research, I found that Moon’s clerks, Joshua Lefebvre and Hutton Marshall, are “best of friends” with Elizabeth Sines, the lead plaintiff in the megasuit against UTR attendees.
Upon motion from my attorneys, the judge recused the two law clerks from case. You can read his order here.
Further research has revealed that Moon’s other clerks have unacceptable conflicts of interest in the form of their relationship with the government of Israel. This is significant because the Unite the Right defendants include some of the most high-profile American critics of the Israeli government. Dascher Pasco, one of Moon’s clerks in 2018, made prejudicial statements about the Unite the Right while in Israel working for an Israeli “BirthRight” propaganda tour, iTrek.
Moon’s law clerk Robert DeRise has been legal counsel for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministry. In fact, he represented both parties in a high profile incident in 2010 where Israeli soldiers raided a flotilla carrying aid to the Gaza Strip and killed 10 humanitarian aid workers [Turkish Man Dies Of Wounds Sustained During Israel’s Attack On Solidarity Ship, IMEMC News, May 24, 2014].
Potential Sanctions for former Vice-Mayor Wes Bellamy
Those who’ve followed my journalism for a while may remember my discovery of anti-white and pro-rape tweets by the former Vice-Mayor of Charlottesville Wes Bellamy. It was Bellamy who initially made removing the Charlottesville Robert E Lee statue a contentious public issue. Previous to his arrival in Virginia, it was a non-issue within both the black and white communities.
Although served for a federal subpoena to testify, Bellamy has flouted the authority of the court and refused to show up to testify at deposition.
Therefore, my attorney James Kolenich has asked the court to sanction Bellamy by ordering him to appear for testimony and to pay attorney’s fees for the wasted time and expense he has caused our legal team. [Read the Motion here]
What shape are the defendants in to defend themselves?
The wealthy and politically connected interests behind the Sines litigation have exploited the power advantage the wealthy have in civil courts to beat up indigent, and in some cases naïve, opponents. Out of 24 defendants only 10 have legal representation.
Elliot Kline a.k.a. Eli Mosley
Kline, Richard Spencer’s former lieutenant, has perhaps fared the worst in the litigation. As a former president of Identity Europa, his former organization was contractually mandated to pay for his legal defense. Nevertheless, he threw it all away by refusing to communicate with his attorney or cooperate in the litigation.
Text messages released in the discovery process show Richard Spencer and Kline agreeing to a scheme to “seize operational control” of the rally from me. They speculated that I might be a “beady eye(d)” Jew because of my resistance to Neo-Nazi influences at the rally [Texts between white nationalist “Unite the Right” organizers show distrust, strife, by Tyler Hammel, The Daily Progress, October 17, 2018].
[Note: Please do not bother the Goldberg family mentioned in the following texts between Kline and Richard Spencer. They are not actually my relatives. In fact, for the record, I am not Jewish.]
Kline has since been since been severely sanctioned to the tune of $12,528.33 and jail time for failing to comply with discovery or show up to testify under oath for depositions. He has also been chastised by the judge for repeatedly lying, a problem uncovered earlier by the New York Times. [Elliott Kline, 'Unite the Right' organizer ordered jailed in civil suit brought by Charlottesville residents, by Andrew Blake, Washington Times, January 4, 2020].
Richard Spencer
Besides the default judgment against his National Policy Institute, Spencer spent 2019 embroiled in a messy public divorce where he was accused of domestic violence against his then-pregnant wife [Richard Spencer’s wife details years of alleged domestic violence against her, by Maya Oppenheim, Independent, January 15, 2019].
In June 2020, a Montana judge threatened Spencer with jail time if he didn’t pay nearly $60,000 in fees owed to a guardian ad litem representing Spencer’s children in the divorce case [White Nationalist Leader Richard Spencer Faces Jail In Montana In Legal Fees Dispute, by Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press, June 17, 2020].
Finally, in Sines v Kessler, Spencer’s attorney John DiNucci dropped him as a client for failure to pay legal fees and lack of cooperation [White nationalist Richard Spencer loses lawyer in lawsuit, by Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press, June 22, 2020].
Matthew Heimbach
The former Traditionalist Workers Party (TWP) leader lost legal counsel back in 2019 after failing to pay his legal bills. He has now renounced his former beliefs regarding White people and works with a “reformed hate” group.
Heimbach has also been sanctioned $12,528.33 by the court for noncompliance with discovery matters [Federal judge issues thousands of dollars in penalties for Unite the Right rally participants, by Amanda Williams, NBC29, May 26, 2020].
Christopher Cantwell
Cantwell lost legal representation after money problems made it impossible to pay his legal bills. However, Cantwell has larger problems: he is currently an inmate of the New Hampshire penal system after the FBI charged him with multiple felony counts related to allegedly threatening to rape the wife of a rival far Right personality known as “Cheddar Mane” [Keene white nationalist indicted on new federal charges, by Paul Cuno-Booth, Sentinel Source, July 13, 2020].
Augustus Sol Invictus
Invictus, who is a lawyer, denies that he has ever been lawfully served in the litigation. But to the extent that he has to defend himself, he is also hampered by being incarcerated in April 2020 after police accused him of kidnapping his wife at gunpoint.
The most serious kidnapping charge was dropped for lack of probable cause [Fla. white nationalist’s SC lawyer calls kidnap charge absurd. Here’s what judge said, by Andew Dys, Herald, February 19, 2020]. But he remains in jail on charges of domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature and possession of a gun during a violent crime.
Robert “Azzmador” Ray
In echoes of a prior Cantwell prosecution in VA (unrelated to the New Hampshire troubles), Daily Stormer podcast host Ray was indicted on charges of Malicious Use of Gas for allegedly releasing pepper spray at the August 11 torch march at the UVA rotunda. However he appears to have been on the lam since the indictments were handed down in June 2018. His lack of participation in the lawsuit has led the judge to threaten issuing a bench warrant for his arrest and sending U.S. Marshals to transport him to Charlottesville [Rally suit plaintiffs seek arrest of another defendant, by Tyler Hammel, Daily Progress, July 24, 2020].
The Odds
All the Leftist heavy hitters are lining up behind the $9 million dollar Sines juggernaut. When multi-billion-dollar propaganda empires like the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center put their thumbs on the scale my little story about what really happened in Charlottesville doesn’t matter a hill of beans.
No matter how screwed up, indigent, offensive and frankly weird some of the Unite The Right leaders have turned out to be, they did not conspire with James Fields. They still have free speech rights (at least on paper). And they have a right to defend themselves when an army of Antifa goons comes to take that away from them by force.
The legal world and the Main Stream Media believe this case is a fait accompli. It’s my job, and the job of my attorneys and my fellow bill-paying co-defendants, to make sure it isn’t.
And maybe, just maybe, our small plucky crew can strike a devastating blow against the evil empire in the process.
See you on the other side…
Jason Kessler [Email him |Tweet him] is a freelance journalist and activist who has written for VDARE.com, Daily Caller and GotNews as well as his own site JasonKessler.us. He’s also the president and founder of the America First non-profit Unity and Security for America.


vdare--2020-08-12--Scenes from Chicago 2020: Looter Intentionally Runs Over Women, Ronald McDonald House Looted

Driver intentionally ran over woman in River North , police say August 12 , 2020 CWBChicago Near North , River North An Albany Park man is facing murder and attempted murder charges for allegedly striking two women with his SUV in River North on Monday night — and then intentionally running over one of them again .
Police arrested Edgar Roman , age 25 , at the 17th District ( Albany Park ) police station when he tried to report his heavily damaged vehicle stolen later that night , according to a CPD report .
Zoraleigh Ryan , a 55-year-old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her 20-year-old daughter , were struck by a silver SUV as they waited to cross the intersection of State and Hubbard streets around 10:30 p.m. , according to police and the Cook County medical examiner ’ s office .
The driver got out of the SUV , saw the women on the ground , and then circled back around to run over Ryan again , police reported .
She was dragged for a half-block and was later pronounced dead at the scene , police said .
… Cops pursued the truck through River @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Merchandise Mart , causing its hood to fly off .
… A short time later , Roman walked into the Albany Park police station to report his truck stolen , according to CPD ’ s incident report .
He was arrested .
… Ald .
Brian Hopkins ( 2nd ) told the Sun-Times he believes the hit-and-run is connected to the widespread looting that decimated downtown retail corridors this week .
“ We have reason to believe that this vehicle was involved in looting , ” the paper quoted Hopkins as saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ determination yet .
But , there ’ s some witness statements that suggest it .
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Driver intentionally ran over woman in River North, police say
August 12, 2020 CWBChicago Near North, River North
An Albany Park man is facing murder and attempted murder charges for allegedly striking two women with his SUV in River North on Monday night — and then intentionally running over one of them again.
Police arrested Edgar Roman, age 25, at the 17th District (Albany Park) police station when he tried to report his heavily damaged vehicle stolen later that night, according to a CPD report.
Zoraleigh Ryan, a 55-year-old grandmother from Chandler, Arizona, and her 20-year-old daughter, were struck by a silver SUV as they waited to cross the intersection of State and Hubbard streets around 10:30 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The driver got out of the SUV, saw the women on the ground, and then circled back around to run over Ryan again, police reported. She was dragged for a half-block and was later pronounced dead at the scene, police said. …
Cops pursued the truck through River North until it rammed several barricades near the Merchandise Mart, causing its hood to fly off. …
A short time later, Roman walked into the Albany Park police station to report his truck stolen, according to CPD’s incident report. He was arrested. …
Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) told the Sun-Times he believes the hit-and-run is connected to the widespread looting that decimated downtown retail corridors this week.
“We have reason to believe that this vehicle was involved in looting,” the paper quoted Hopkins as saying. “Detectives have not made that determination yet. But, there’s some witness statements that suggest it.”


vdare--2020-08-12--How Smart Is Kamala Harris?

How Smart Is Kamala Harris?

Kamala Harris is from an academic family ( father is a Stanford professor , mother a medical researcher ) but her own academic track record is less than impressive for somebody who qualifies for affirmative action as black .
She went to Howard U. in Washington DC , which is a famous Historically Black College or University , but it ’ s still an HBCU .
She majored in psychology and economics .
I don ’ t see anything about academic honors .
Then she went to the Hastings law school in San Francisco , which has some vague connection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s significantly easier to get into than the UC Berkeley law school across the bay .
She failed the difficult California bar exam on her first try and then passed on her second crack .
This is a pretty similar academic background to Mike Pence , another lawyer , or to Biden and Trump for that matter .
But only Harris was eligible for affirmative action .
In contrast , Kamala ’ s younger sister Maya graduated from UC Berkeley and then Stanford Law School despite becoming a single mother at 17 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ went to Stanford undergrad and then Harvard Law School .
So it ’ s not all that hard for the descendants of a mulatto Jamaican professor to get accepted by elite universities and law schools .
But Kamala Harris was not .
commenter Lloyd1927 points out a pretty hilarious article about Kamala ’ s niece Meena Harris , who is working the Diversity Gravy Train pretty hard , despite not looking terribly black : I like the URL ( i.e.
, original headline ) better : businessinsider.com/activist-meena-harris-building-social-justice-empire-2020-5 Meena Harris , the niece of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a social justice activist and entrepreneur .
In 2017 , she launched the clothing line Phenomenal Woman , which seeks to highlight social justice causes throughout the world .
This year , she released a children ’ s book , hoping to provide more representation for young children of color .
In existing children ’ s books , 50 % of all characters are white and 27 % are anthropomorphic .
In an interview with Business Insider , Harris talks about her entrepreneurial projects , and how she hopes to inspire the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ Kamala and Maya ’ s Big Idea , ” is available now .
Meena Harris always thought she was going to be a lawyer .
She did , after all , grow up in a family of lawyers… But Harris was also very creative .
After attending Stanford University , graduating from Harvard Law School , and embarking on a brief legal career , Harris decided a traditional career path wasn ’ t for her .
Instead , she sought to forge her own path .
Being a public servant , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mean she had to become a lawyer .
Harris turned to fashion to highlight social injustices and inequality in the world .
The project that launched Harris ’ social justice-focused entrepreneurship began shortly after the inauguration of Donald Trump , with a T-shirt that had the words “ Phenomenal Woman ” on it — a phrase borrowed from the Maya Angelou poem of the same name .
The shirt was an expression of female empowerment , a political statement in a time where women still face economic disparity and where intersectionality has yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In many ways , the shirt was simple in its political message .
But in other ways , it was quite radical .
“ I never thought Phenomenal Woman would turn into something big , you know ?
” she said .
But the shirt did become big .
And after its success , Harris decided to launch an entire clothing line that highlighted sociopolitical injustices throughout the world .
Officially , on International Women ’ s Day in 2017 , Phenomenal Woman was born .
… Harris now works at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into a cultural commentary force .
Shirts for sale now include slogans such as “ Phenomenal Mother , ” “ Phenomenally Asian , ” “ Phenomenally Latina , ” and “ Powerful Black Voter.
” How about : “ They ’ re real , and they ’ re Phenomenal ” ?
The company has launched numerous campaigns and lent its support to non-profit organizations such as the Essie Justice Group , which seeks to end mass incarceration ; the Black Futures Lab , which helps to build black political power ; Native Voices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ engagement in indigenous communities , as well as the TGI Justice , which seeks to end discrimination against transgender , intersex , and gender-variant people .
Harris decided to expand beyond clothing and write a children ’ s book to help educate the youngest generation In 2019 , Lee and Low Books surveyed 153 publishing companies and found that 85 % of people who work in editorial self-identified as white .
Meanwhile , only 1 % self-identified as being black .
The study also found that , overall , the publishing industry is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 6 % Latinx , and 5 % black .
With the publication of “ Kamala and Maya ’ s Big Idea , ” released today , Harris became one of the few black authors to have a published children ’ s book .
Based on a true story about Harris ’ mother and aunt , the book follows two sisters who turn the unused courtyard in their apartment building into an area for kids to play .
It ’ s a simple premise that could have significant impact in terms of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of color .
Only 7 % of new children ’ s books published in 2017 were written by black , Latinx , and Native authors , Lee and Low ’ s survey found .

Kamala Harris is from an academic family (father is a Stanford professor, mother was a medical researcher) but her own academic track record is less than impressive for somebody who qualifies for affirmative action as black.
She went to Howard U. in Washington DC, which is a famous Historically Black College or University, but it’s still an HBCU. She majored in psychology and economics. I don’t see anything about academic honors.
Then she went to the Hastings law school in San Francisco, which has some vague connection to the U. of California. It’s significantly easier to get into than the UC Berkeley law school across the bay.
She failed the difficult California bar exam on her first try and then passed on her second crack.
This is a pretty similar academic background to Mike Pence, another lawyer, or to Biden and Trump for that matter. But only Harris was eligible for affirmative action.
In contrast, Kamala’s younger sister Maya graduated from UC Berkeley and then Stanford Law School despite becoming a single mother at 17. Maya’s daughter Meena Harris went to Stanford undergrad and then Harvard Law School. So it’s not all that hard for the descendants of a mulatto Jamaican professor to get accepted by elite universities and law schools. But Kamala Harris was not.
iSteve commenter Lloyd1927 points out a pretty hilarious article about Kamala’s niece Meena Harris, who is working the Diversity Gravy Train pretty hard, despite not looking terribly black:
I like the URL (i.e., original headline) better: businessinsider.com/activist-meena-harris-building-social-justice-empire-2020-5
Dominic-Madori Davis Jun 2, 2020, 12:30 PM Meena Harris, the niece of former presidential candidate Kamala Harris, is a social justice activist and entrepreneur. In 2017, she launched the clothing line Phenomenal Woman, which seeks to highlight social justice causes throughout the world. This year, she released a children’s book, hoping to provide more representation for young children of color. In existing children’s books, 50% of all characters are white and 27% are anthropomorphic. In an interview with Business Insider, Harris talks about her entrepreneurial projects, and how she hopes to inspire the next generation of activists. Harris’ book, “Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea,” is available now. Meena Harris always thought she was going to be a lawyer. She did, after all, grow up in a family of lawyers… But Harris was also very creative. After attending Stanford University, graduating from Harvard Law School, and embarking on a brief legal career, Harris decided a traditional career path wasn’t for her. Instead, she sought to forge her own path. Being a public servant, she figured, didn’t necessarily mean she had to become a lawyer. Harris turned to fashion to highlight social injustices and inequality in the world. The project that launched Harris’ social justice-focused entrepreneurship began shortly after the inauguration of Donald Trump, with a T-shirt that had the words “Phenomenal Woman” on it — a phrase borrowed from the Maya Angelou poem of the same name. The shirt was an expression of female empowerment, a political statement in a time where women still face economic disparity and where intersectionality has yet to become a mainstay in modern-day feminism. In many ways, the shirt was simple in its political message. But in other ways, it was quite radical. “I never thought Phenomenal Woman would turn into something big, you know?” she said. But the shirt did become big. And after its success, Harris decided to launch an entire clothing line that highlighted sociopolitical injustices throughout the world. Officially, on International Women’s Day in 2017, Phenomenal Woman was born. … Harris now works at the company full-time and has helped expand it into a cultural commentary force. Shirts for sale now include slogans such as “Phenomenal Mother,” “Phenomenally Asian,” “Phenomenally Latina,” and “Powerful Black Voter.”
How about: “They’re real, and they’re Phenomenal”?
The company has launched numerous campaigns and lent its support to non-profit organizations such as the Essie Justice Group, which seeks to end mass incarceration; the Black Futures Lab, which helps to build black political power; Native Voices Rising, which promotes advocacy and civic engagement in indigenous communities, as well as the TGI Justice, which seeks to end discrimination against transgender, intersex, and gender-variant people. Harris decided to expand beyond clothing and write a children’s book to help educate the youngest generation In 2019, Lee and Low Books surveyed 153 publishing companies and found that 85% of people who work in editorial self-identified as white. Meanwhile, only 1% self-identified as being black. The study also found that, overall, the publishing industry is 76% white, 7% Asian, 6% Latinx, and 5% black. With the publication of “Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea,” released today, Harris became one of the few black authors to have a published children’s book. Based on a true story about Harris’ mother and aunt, the book follows two sisters who turn the unused courtyard in their apartment building into an area for kids to play. It’s a simple premise that could have significant impact in terms of the representation it will give to young children of color. Only 7% of new children’s books published in 2017 were written by black, Latinx, and Native authors, Lee and Low’s survey found.
Read the whole thing. It’s great.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-08-12--Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fandom Represents White Privilege

The Fandom Around R.B.G .
Is Out of Step With Reality By Amanda Hess Aug. 12 , 2020 , 5:00 @ @ @ @ @ the Trump era has been met by a true activist movement with the sustained protests @ @ @ @ @ the Ginsburg memes hit like relics .
In 2016 , Ginsburg was asked about Colin @ @ @ @ @ the national anthem , and she called it “ disrespectful ” and “ really dumb.
@ @ @ @ @ admitting that she had been “ barely aware of the incident or its purpose.
” @ @ @ @ @ change looks not like a justice in a chic dissent collar but a regular person @ @ @ @ @ served .
It looks like Breonna Taylor or George Floyd .
It looks like a @ @ @ @ @ halls of power but on the streets .

From the NYT criticism section:
The Fandom Around R.B.G. Is Out of Step With Reality
By Amanda Hess
Aug. 12, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET
Now that the Trump era has been met by a true activist movement with the sustained protests of Black Lives Matter, the Ginsburg memes hit like relics. In 2016, Ginsburg was asked about Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem, and she called it “disrespectful” and “really dumb.” She later apologized, admitting that she had been “barely aware of the incident or its purpose.” Today the symbol of progressive change looks not like a justice in a chic dissent collar but a regular person for whom justice was not served. It looks like Breonna Taylor or George Floyd. It looks like a movement staged not in the halls of power but on the streets.