vdare--2020-03-18--Trump Administration Finally Turning Back Illegals At The Border, As Kritarchs Stage Sick-Out

`` Never let a crisis go to waste . ''
Wise words from Rahm Emanuel .
The Trump Administration is being offered that chance on the Border and the Deep State .
The Administration appears to be moving to closing the borders , a closure with Canada has already been announced , and we will soon find out how many employers in the northern United States , Michigan especially , rely on illegal alien labor from Canada .
And it looks like a Mexican border closure is going to happen as well , including push-back of illegals crossing the border @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , an opportunity to strike at the Deep State .
The saboteurs in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) Office of the Principal Legal Advisor ( OPLA ) , the ICE attorneys who are supposed to prosecute immigration cases , but seem more interested in throwing cases for the alien , are illegally talking to the press and the kritarchs in the Executive Office for Immigration Review ( EOIR ) are conducting an illegal strike .
Time for President Trump to treat kritarchs Ashley Tabaddor and Dana Leigh Marks like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to strike in the Federal government , including an organized sick-out , and participants can be fired , but ICE OPLA attorneys are looking to set up a strike because of the China virus .
The Department of Justice “ has made it clear in recent days that they do not value the health and safety of their own employees , much less the health and safety of DHS counsel , respondents , and respondents attorneys , ” said one ICE prosecutor , who spoke on condition of anonymity because they could not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pretty shocking to see .
I hope they do the right thing and shut down the courts immediately for the welfare of all involved.
” [ Immigration Judges Across The US Are Staying Home After The Coronavirus Hit Courtrooms , by Melissa Segura , BuzzFeed , March 18 , 2010 ] Happily though , for the Trump Administration , the union for the EOIR kritarchs has apparently organized a sick-out .
Immigration judges in New York and San Francisco stayed home from work Tuesday , and their union announced a judge in Denver @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tested positive .
In immigration courtrooms in New York and San Francisco Tuesday , large numbers of judges stayed home from work as their union announced that a judge in Denver had symptoms of COVID-19 , the disease caused by the new coronavirus , and in Atlanta an attorney tested positive for the virus — just one day after he appeared in a crowded courtroom .
The move comes as many parties on opposite sides in the nation ’ s sprawling immigration court system have come together to demand that the Department of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global pandemic — something the agency has thus far refused to do .
This is an opportunity to fire each and everyone of the kritarchs that participated in this illegal sick-out .
And an old saboteur is back in the news again , Dana Leigh Marks .
Dana Marks , a 65-year-old judge in San Francisco and former president of the union , said she stayed out Tuesday after California Gov .
Gavin Newsom ordered that those 65 and older should stay in their homes .
She said she and everyone else in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ placed in a quandary : do we come to work as is expected , ” she asked , “ or do we follow the local guidance from health department officials ?
” She added : “ We are very much between a rock and a hard place because DOJ has not closed the courts as we have repeatedly demanded.
” I hope she was one of the kritarchs who falsely called in sick .
It is illegal to use leave , especially sick leave , as a cover for an illegal strike .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ use sick leave in general .
Kritarchs who do this can be prosecuted for theft of government monies , Title 18 United States Code Section 641 , Theft of Public Money , and making a false statement on a sick leave request form , Standard Form SF-71 , Request For Leave Or Approved Absence , a violation of Title 18 USC 1001 , False Statements .
The Chinese Virus is further an opportunity as the Trump Administration is looking at a southern border closure of some sort , including push-back of illegal entrants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is reportedly planning to turn back all asylum-seekers at both the northern and southern borders over concerns regarding the coronavirus outbreak .
Four administration officials told The New York Times on Tuesday that the policy would apply to asylum-seekers and any other migrant seeking to cross the border illegally .
Ports of entry would remain open to American citizens , green card holders and some foreigners with proper documentation as well as commercial traffic , according to the report .
Under the new policy , which the officials said would be announced within @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between the points of entry would be shuttled back to Mexico if they are crossing the southern border and would not be held for any amount of time in the U.S .
The officials said the policy is intended to prevent a coronavirus outbreak inside detention facilities , which they feared could infect large numbers of Border Patrol agents , thus softening border defenses .
[ Trump Admin To Begin Turning Back All Undocumented Immigrants , Asylum-Seekers At Borders : Report , by Tal Axelrod , The Hill , March 18 , 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waste .
President Trump has an opportunity to both strike at the Deep State that is sabotaging immigration enforcement and shut down the border to illegal aliens and bypass the deportation process by pushing back all illegal entrants .
As Nike says , Just Do It !

"Never let a crisis go to waste." Wise words from Rahm Emanuel. The Trump Administration is being offered that chance on the Border and the Deep State. The Administration appears to be moving to closing the borders, a closure with Canada has already been announced, and we will soon find out how many employers in the northern United States, Michigan especially, rely on illegal alien labor from Canada. And it looks like a Mexican border closure is going to happen as well, including push-back of illegals crossing the border.
But another opportunity is presenting itself, an opportunity to strike at the Deep State. The saboteurs in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), the ICE attorneys who are supposed to prosecute immigration cases, but seem more interested in throwing cases for the alien, are illegally talking to the press and the kritarchs in the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) are conducting an illegal strike. Time for President Trump to treat kritarchs Ashley Tabaddor and Dana Leigh Marks like a PATCO striker.
It is illegal to strike in the Federal government, including an organized sick-out, and participants can be fired, but ICE OPLA attorneys are looking to set up a strike because of the China virus.
The Department of Justice “has made it clear in recent days that they do not value the health and safety of their own employees, much less the health and safety of DHS counsel, respondents, and respondents attorneys,” said one ICE prosecutor, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they could not comment publicly. “It’s pretty shocking to see. I hope they do the right thing and shut down the courts immediately for the welfare of all involved.” [Immigration Judges Across The US Are Staying Home After The Coronavirus Hit Courtrooms, by Melissa Segura, BuzzFeed, March 18, 2010]
Happily though, for the Trump Administration, the union for the EOIR kritarchs has apparently organized a sick-out.
Immigration judges in New York and San Francisco stayed home from work Tuesday, and their union announced a judge in Denver had COVID-19 symptoms and an Atlanta attorney tested positive. In immigration courtrooms in New York and San Francisco Tuesday, large numbers of judges stayed home from work as their union announced that a judge in Denver had symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, and in Atlanta an attorney tested positive for the virus — just one day after he appeared in a crowded courtroom. The move comes as many parties on opposite sides in the nation’s sprawling immigration court system have come together to demand that the Department of Justice temporarily halt court proceedings amidst the global pandemic — something the agency has thus far refused to do.
This is an opportunity to fire each and every one of the kritarchs that participated in this illegal sick-out. And an old saboteur is back in the news again, Dana Leigh Marks.
Kritarch Dana Leigh Marks
Dana Marks, a 65-year-old judge in San Francisco and former president of the union, said she stayed out Tuesday after California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered that those 65 and older should stay in their homes. She said she and everyone else in the court system had “been unnecessarily placed in a quandary: do we come to work as is expected,” she asked, “or do we follow the local guidance from health department officials?” She added: “We are very much between a rock and a hard place because DOJ has not closed the courts as we have repeatedly demanded.”
I hope she was one of the kritarchs who falsely called in sick. It is illegal to use leave, especially sick leave, as a cover for an illegal strike. It is also a crime to falsely use sick leave in general. Kritarchs who do this can be prosecuted for theft of government monies, Title 18 United States Code Section 641, Theft of Public Money, and making a false statement on a sick leave request form, Standard Form SF-71, Request For Leave Or Approved Absence, a violation of Title 18 USC 1001, False Statements.
The Chinese Virus is further an opportunity as the Trump Administration is looking at a southern border closure of some sort, including push-back of illegal entrants without any proceedings.
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to turn back all asylum-seekers at both the northern and southern borders over concerns regarding the coronavirus outbreak. Four administration officials told The New York Times on Tuesday that the policy would apply to asylum-seekers and any other migrant seeking to cross the border illegally. Ports of entry would remain open to American citizens, green card holders and some foreigners with proper documentation as well as commercial traffic, according to the report. Under the new policy, which the officials said would be announced within 48 hours, migrants crossing the border between the points of entry would be shuttled back to Mexico if they are crossing the southern border and would not be held for any amount of time in the U.S. The officials said the policy is intended to prevent a coronavirus outbreak inside detention facilities, which they feared could infect large numbers of Border Patrol agents, thus softening border defenses. [Trump Admin To Begin Turning Back All Undocumented Immigrants, Asylum-Seekers At Borders: Report, by Tal Axelrod, The Hill, March 18, 2020]
Never let a crisis go to waste. President Trump has an opportunity to both strike at the Deep State that is sabotaging immigration enforcement and shut down the border to illegal aliens and bypass the deportation process by pushing back all illegal entrants. As Nike says, Just Do It!


vdare--2020-03-18--In Coronavirus Crisis, Trump Should Tax Remittances To China By Executive Order

Earlier ( January 20 , 2020 ) : Oklahoma Is Already Taxing Remittances , Why Ca n't President Trump ?
The current financial crisis is caused by the China Virus , a disease that comes from overseas .
Who 's going to pay for it ?
Well , one suggestion is to try to make the Chinese help pay for it , with a tax on remittances .
The Pew Research Center has an estimate of how much money flows out of the country in remittances : Worldwide , an estimated $ 625 billion ( USD ) was sent by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2017 , a 7 % increase from 2016 , when the amount was $ 586 billion , according to economists at the World Bank .
This increase follows two consecutive years of decline .
$ 148,489,000,000 in remittances was sent from United States to other countries in 2017 .
Mexico is tops in remittances , with $ 30 billion , much of it from illegals , but China is number two , with $ 16 billion .
This is a screenshot from Pew 's interactive map .
If the US Government can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wall ( it has n't , yet , but it can ) it can tax Chinese remittances to pay for the Coronavirus crisis .
The money will be a drop in the bucket of the trillion dollars they 're spending , of course , but it 's a symbol .
As Tom Cotton says , China has to pay for this .
The actual payment will come when Congress enacts tariffs and various kinds of protection for US industry .

Earlier (January 20, 2020): Oklahoma Is Already Taxing Remittances, Why Can't President Trump?
The current financial crisis is caused by the China Virus, a disease that comes from overseas. Who's going to pay for it? Well, one suggestion is to try to make the Chinese help pay for it, with a tax on remittances.
The Pew Research Center has an estimate of how much money flows out of the country in remittances:
Worldwide, an estimated $625 billion (USD) was sent by migrants to individuals in their home countries in 2017, a 7% increase from 2016, when the amount was $586 billion, according to economists at the World Bank. This increase follows two consecutive years of decline. Remittance flows worldwide in 2017 $148,489,000,000 in remittances was sent from United States to other countries in 2017. April 3, 2019
Mexico is tops in remittances, with $30 billion, much of it from illegals, but China is number two, with $16 billion. This is a screenshot from Pew's interactive map.
If the US Government can tax Mexican remittances to pay for the Wall (it hasn't, yet, but it can) it can tax Chinese remittances to pay for the Coronavirus crisis. The money will be a drop in the bucket of the trillion dollars they're spending, of course, but it's a symbol. As Tom Cotton says, China has to pay for this.
The actual payment will come when Congress enacts tariffs and various kinds of protection for US industry.


vdare--2020-03-17--Rich White Lady Marries DC Sniper in Prison Ceremony

Earlier by Sam Francis : Truth Leaking Out : Hatred Of Whites Drove Washington Snipers ( 2003 ) Women who marry imprisoned murderers are a remarkable phenomenon .
( Comedienne Tracey Ullman has been getting mileage out of them for decades . )
Here ’ s the latest : Lee Boyd Malvo , half of the two-man D.C. sniper team that killed 10 people in 2002 , has found his “ soul mate ” in a wealthy political activist who spent a short amount of time in jail herself following a Black Lives Matter protest .
“ Red Onion ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a prison .
It sounds like the name of a restaurant chain .
on March 6 , according to a marriage certificate filed in the Wise County Circuit Court .
Knapp , part of a prominent Iowa family of property developers and power brokers , has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to political causes .
However , the self-described “ trust fund baby ” has spent her adult years passionately advocating for social equality , wealth redistribution , and racial justice .
“ She ’ s really committed to social activism , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was always looking for ways to make changes , ” lawyer Julian Richter , who represented Knapp in 2016 when she was arrested at a Black Lives Matter protest in Maine , told The Daily Beast on Thursday .
… He said she started writing to Malvo about two years ago and began visiting him soon after that .

Earlier by Sam Francis: Truth Leaking Out: Hatred Of Whites Drove Washington Snipers (2003)
Women who marry imprisoned murderers are a remarkable phenomenon. (Comedienne Tracey Ullman has been getting mileage out of them for decades.) Here’s the latest:
D.C. Sniper’s Jailhouse Bride Is a ‘Trust Fund Baby’ Turned Activist
The Daily Beast
Rachel Olding, William Bredderman
The Daily Beast•March 13, 2020 Lee Boyd Malvo, half of the two-man D.C. sniper team that killed 10 people in 2002, has found his “soul mate” in a wealthy political activist who spent a short amount of time in jail herself following a Black Lives Matter protest. Malvo, 35, married Sable Noel Knapp, 30, in a low-key civil ceremony in Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison
“Red Onion” is not a particularly intimidating name for a prison. It sounds like the name of a restaurant chain.


vdare--2020-03-17--A Talk-Radio Listener Says Coronavirus Or No Coronavirus The Composition Of The Supreme Court Is Goi

A Talk-Radio Listener Says Coronavirus Or No Coronavirus The Composition Of The Supreme Court Is Going To Change

Re : Peter Brimelow 's post The Scalia Succession : Since When Have Supreme Court Justices Been Priest-Kings ?
The Washington Free Beacon says that the the Supreme Court is suspending arguments because of the age of the Justices .
[ Supreme Court Suspends Arguments Amid Coronavirus Fears—Six justices considered 'at risk ' given age , by Kevin Daley , March 16 , 2020 ] With or without coronavirus , the Supreme Court iis going to look vastly different in ten years .
Of the six members over 65 , Roberts has epilepsy , Ginsburg has cancer and Sotomayor has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Beyer simply have old age .
Kagan is n't far behind at 60 .
See earlier letters from the same reader .
Back when an affluent lifestyle featured plenty of steaks , smokes , and Scotch , Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court [ SCOTUS ] tended to do us the favor of dropping dead of heart attacks or lung cancer before reaching the age of severe mental decline .
Sadly , the clean living fad has taken its toll on the Court .
But Judges ca n't live forever .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treating Judges as Priest-KIngs with a veto power over democracy .

Re: Peter Brimelow's post The Scalia Succession: Since When Have Supreme Court Justices Been Priest-Kings?
From: A Talk Radio Listener [Email him]
The Washington Free Beacon says that the Supreme Court is suspending arguments because of the age of the Justices. [Supreme Court Suspends Arguments Amid Coronavirus Fears—Six justices considered 'at risk' given age, by Kevin Daley, March 16, 2020]
With or without coronavirus, the Supreme Court is going to look vastly different in ten years. Of the six members over 65, Roberts has epilepsy, Ginsburg has cancer and Sotomayor has type 1 diabetes. Thomas, Alioto and Beyer simply have old age. Kagan isn't far behind at 60.
See earlier letters from the same reader.
James Fulford writes: In 2005, Steve Sailer wrote
Back when an affluent lifestyle featured plenty of steaks, smokes, and Scotch, Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court [SCOTUS] tended to do us the favor of dropping dead of heart attacks or lung cancer before reaching the age of severe mental decline. Sadly, the clean living fad has taken its toll on the Court.
But Judges can't live forever. The thing America needs to do is stop treating Judges as Priest-Kings with a veto power over democracy.


vdare--2020-03-18--Senator Tom Cotton: America Must Re-evaluate Its Relationship with China

Unlike Russia , Red China actually represents a long term threat to America .
It ’ s bad enough that the Chinese have been stealing American technology for years , but now we are learning of their malfeasance in the current coronavirus event .
Curiously , the disease first showed up near China ’ s leading bioresearch lab which is located in Wuhan , followed quickly by directions from President Xi to increase biosecurity at similar facilities .
Red China hasn ’ t really changed that much from the bad old Mao days .
So it ’ s nice to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leader , calling on America “ to re-evaluate our relationship with China ” because of its irresponsibility in reporting the illness and then trying to blame the coronavirus on the United States .
Plus , he ’ s calling for “ consequences ” — like bringing home the manufacturing of America ’ s pharmaceuticals which the Beijing communists have threatened to withhold from us .
The senator appeared recently with Jesse Watters on Fox News .
JESSE WATTERS : Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton — so senator , you said something very interesting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that China will pay a price for coronavirus .
What did you mean by that ?
SENATOR TOM COTTON : Jesse , thanks for having me on , and thanks for those very sensible words about what all Americans should do — remain vigilant , and take prudent precautions in their daily lives while we ’ re working in the government trying to get this crisis under control .
In the long term though , we have to re-evaluate our relationship with China .
If China had been transparent with its own people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in early December , we might not have seen this virus spread so widely and so quickly all around the world .
There have to be consequences for that .
For instance , China now makes much of our basic pharmaceutical products .
That has to change , and it has to change fast .
There going to be other consequences as we look ahead towards our relationship in China in the long term as well .
WATTERS : Yeah , China actually threatened to withhold some pharmaceutical ingredients and they said it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sea of coronavirus.
” When you hear that type of talk from people in China , how does that make you feel as a US senator ?
COTTON : Well it makes me outraged at the Chinese Communist Party that they are threatening the lives of the American people by withholding basic pharmaceutical products like antibiotics .
It also makes me a little angry at our leadership classes over the last 30 years that stood by while we outsourced so many of these critical industries to China .
But that ’ s water @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ahead , and we can make a change .
We can say that if you ’ re making these kind of critical products — whether it ’ s pharmaceuticals or medical devices in China — it ’ s time to pack up and get out .
And if you don ’ t do it on your terms , then you will do it on our terms .
WATTERS : I would agree with that wholeheartedly .
we also have something coming out from the foreign ministry of China , you know they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US Army that put the virus in China.
” They ’ re not taking responsibility for it originating in the Wuhan province .
You know that just looks like propaganda to me , but obviously everybody in the world knows where it started from , and we know the truth .
We ’ re now seeing people on MSNBC , one guy said it ’ s it ’ s gross to call it the Wuhan virus — I don ’ t even know what that means .
His colleagues in the mainstream @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Wuhan virus .
Let ’ s roll some of that tape : WATTERS : So now do you think that the message has gotten out maybe from the Chinese government to the American media , say hey let ’ s not call it that , and the American media are just kind of following orders from the Chinese Communists ?
COTTON : Yeah Jesse , anyone who complains that it ’ s racist or xenophobic to call this virus the “ Chinese coronavirus ” or the “ Wuhan virus ” is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not to be listened to about anything especially when it comes to how to stop the spread of this virus .
In fact , as you say , the Chinese Communist Party right now is trying to blame this on America .
In their Chinese language media at this very moment they are telling their own people this did not come from Wuhan : it came from outside of China , perhaps the United States .
That ’ s why it ’ s so important that we not let it let them get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and we put the fault exactly where it lies which is on the communist leaders in Beijing .
WATTERS : Yeah well we want to work with the Chinese to make sure everybody ’ s healthy but at the same time we have to tell the truth .
Senator , thank you very much .

Unlike Russia, Red China actually represents a long term threat to America. It’s bad enough that the Chinese have been stealing American technology for years, but now we are learning of their malfeasance in the current coronavirus event.
Curiously, the disease first showed up near China’s leading bioresearch lab which is located in Wuhan, followed quickly by directions from President Xi to increase biosecurity at similar facilities.
Red China hasn’t really changed that much from the bad old Mao days.
So it’s nice to see Senator Tom Cotton being a stand-up leader, calling on America “to re-evaluate our relationship with China” because of its irresponsibility in reporting the illness and then trying to blame the coronavirus on the United States.
Plus, he’s calling for “consequences” — like bringing home the manufacturing of America’s pharmaceuticals, which the Beijing communists have threatened to withhold from us.
The senator appeared recently with Jesse Watters on Fox News.
(Spare video)
JESSE WATTERS: Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton — so senator, you said something very interesting the other day on Twitter, you said that China will pay a price for coronavirus. What did you mean by that?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: Jesse, thanks for having me on, and thanks for those very sensible words about what all Americans should do — remain vigilant, and take prudent precautions in their daily lives while we’re working in the government trying to get this crisis under control.
In the long term though, we have to re-evaluate our relationship with China. If China had been transparent with its own people in the world from the very beginning in early December, we might not have seen this virus spread so widely and so quickly all around the world.
There have to be consequences for that. For instance, China now makes much of our basic pharmaceutical products. That has to change, and it has to change fast. There going to be other consequences as we look ahead towards our relationship in China in the long term as well.
WATTERS: Yeah, China actually threatened to withhold some pharmaceutical ingredients and they said it would plunge America into a “mighty sea of coronavirus.” When you hear that type of talk from people in China, how does that make you feel as a US senator?
COTTON: Well it makes me outraged at the Chinese Communist Party that they are threatening the lives of the American people by withholding basic pharmaceutical products like antibiotics. It also makes me a little angry at our leadership classes over the last 30 years that stood by while we outsourced so many of these critical industries to China.
But that’s water under the bridge: we can look ahead, and we can make a change. We can say that if you’re making these kind of critical products — whether it’s pharmaceuticals or medical devices in China — it’s time to pack up and get out. And if you don’t do it on your terms, then you will do it on our terms.
WATTERS: I would agree with that wholeheartedly. we also have something coming out from the foreign ministry of China, you know they’re saying that “It might be the US Army that put the virus in China.”
They’re not taking responsibility for it originating in the Wuhan province. You know that just looks like propaganda to me, but obviously everybody in the world knows where it started from, and we know the truth.
We’re now seeing people on MSNBC, one guy said it’s it’s gross to call it the Wuhan virus — I don’t even know what that means. His colleagues in the mainstream media all throughout January were calling it the Wuhan virus. Let’s roll some of that tape:
(Various talking heads chatter about the “Wuhan virus” and the “Wuhan coronavirus”)
WATTERS: So now do you think that the message has gotten out maybe from the Chinese government to the American media, say hey let’s not call it that, and the American media are just kind of following orders from the Chinese Communists?
COTTON: Yeah Jesse, anyone who complains that it’s racist or xenophobic to call this virus the “Chinese coronavirus” or the “Wuhan virus” is a politically correct fool, and they ought not to be listened to about anything especially when it comes to how to stop the spread of this virus.
In fact, as you say, the Chinese Communist Party right now is trying to blame this on America. In their Chinese language media at this very moment they are telling their own people this did not come from Wuhan: it came from outside of China, perhaps the United States.
That’s why it’s so important that we not let it let them get away with that kind of propaganda, and we put the fault exactly where it lies which is on the communist leaders in Beijing.
WATTERS: Yeah well we want to work with the Chinese to make sure everybody’s healthy but at the same time we have to tell the truth. Senator, thank you very much.


vdare--2020-03-18--Airline Bailout, YangBux, Etc.: Airlines Have Gone Bankrupt Before!

Trump went big with a stimulus plan today , calling for over a trillion in spending , including a $ 1,000 for everybody .
It would not be bad for the economy if airline companies go bankrupt .
This would just mean that airline creditors and stock holders lose a lot of money .
It would n't cause the planes to be destroyed , they would just go to another owner who would operate them again .
— James Miller ( @ JimDMiller ) March 18 , 2020 My vague recollection is that most famous old airlines have gone bankrupt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my life , but life goes on enough that I can barely remember it other than the lesson I learned is not to worry much about it .
Lots of other glamorous old airlines went out of business , such as Pan-Am and TWA .
I can recall thinking as a kid that Harvard and Yale were the Pan-Am and TWA of colleges .
But they ’ re still here and Pan-Am and TWA are not .
Other airlines have vanished almost completely from memory .
I can recall going to O ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ d gotten a good deal on the month before .
But I couldn ’ t find the fairly new airline ’ s ticket counter .
Finally somebody told me they ’ d gone out of business the week before .
I can ’ t remember the name of the airline .
This is , I realize , an extremely boring anecdote , but that my point : Somehow , the Earth kept spinning on its axis .

Trump went big with a stimulus plan today, calling for over a trillion in spending, including $1,000 for everybody.
Economist Jim Miller says:
It would not be bad for the economy if airline companies go bankrupt. This would just mean that airline creditors and stock holders lose a lot of money. It wouldn't cause the planes to be destroyed, they would just go to another owner who would operate them again. — James Miller (@JimDMiller) March 18, 2020
My vague recollection is that most famous old airlines have gone bankrupt at least once over the course of my life, but life goes on enough that I can barely remember it other than the lesson I learned is not to worry much about it.
Lots of other glamorous old airlines went out of business, such as Pan-Am and TWA. I can recall thinking as a kid that Harvard and Yale were the Pan-Am and TWA of colleges. But they’re still here and Pan-Am and TWA are not.
Other airlines have vanished almost completely from memory. I can recall going to O’Hare in the 1980s for a flight I’d gotten a good deal on the month before. But I couldn’t find the fairly new airline’s ticket counter. Finally somebody told me they’d gone out of business the week before. I can’t remember the name of the airline. This is, I realize, an extremely boring anecdote, but that my point: Somehow, the Earth kept spinning on its axis.
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vdare--2020-03-18--Sailer In TakiMag: Reasons For Hope

Sailer In TakiMag: Reasons For Hope

From my new column in Taki ’ s Magazine : … Nothing is ever certain about viral epidemics , but this one appears to be likely to spread down from the top to the masses unless stringent action is taken very quickly .
As I argued last week , the pandemic is extremely serious , but the situation is not hopeless .
We are at a point where it ’ s not quite too late to take action .
The dire state of northern Italy shows what can happen as hospital capacity gets overwhelmed , threatening not just victims of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who needs a hospital bed for run-of-the-mill reasons .
… On the other hand , several East Asian countries have found different strategies that all seem to work at depressing new infections below the rate at which the virus dies out .
… We will have data from many different strategies arriving in upcoming days , which can help us fine-tune our own approaches .
We have to learn the best ways to lock down and the best ways to open back up again because shutting down for long is ruinously expensive .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ without a lockdown , stepping up surgical face-mask production to 10 million per day .
So far , their tactics seem to be working , with only 75 cases and one death .

From my new column in Taki’s Magazine:
Reasons for Hope
Steve Sailer
March 18, 2020
… Nothing is ever certain about viral epidemics, but this one appears to be likely to spread down from the top to the masses unless stringent action is taken very quickly.
As I argued last week, the pandemic is extremely serious, but the situation is not hopeless. We are at a point where it’s not quite too late to take action.
The dire state of northern Italy shows what can happen as hospital capacity gets overwhelmed, threatening not just victims of the new virus, but everybody else who needs a hospital bed for run-of-the-mill reasons. …
On the other hand, several East Asian countries have found different strategies that all seem to work at depressing new infections below the rate at which the virus dies out. …
We will have data from many different strategies arriving in upcoming days, which can help us fine-tune our own approaches. We have to learn the best ways to lock down and the best ways to open back up again because shutting down for long is ruinously expensive. …
Taiwan is trying to get by without a lockdown, stepping up surgical face-mask production to 10 million per day. So far, their tactics seem to be working, with only 75 cases and one death.


vdare--2020-03-18--Tom Hanks Disease Is (So Far) the Anti-AIDS, the Epidemic of the Wholesome

One unexpected aspect of COVID-19 is that ( so far ) it is striking society ’ s most respectable members hardest .
Instead of junkies and anonymous gay sex addicts like AIDS targeted , it ’ s hitting people like movie stars Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson , Idris Elba , and the first ladies of Canada and Spain .
It ’ s easy to make up theories about how they must have had it coming , but let ’ s be frank .
Tom Hanks is a great guy , an American patriot whom I am proud @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He ’ s a universally popular man .
It ’ s hard to imagine who ranks much higher than Tom Hanks , among all human beings for whom more people would walk across the room to be able to say that they shook his hand .
Mrs. Hanks , by the way , who also has it , is extremely nice and amiable .
At the 2002 L.A. auto show , when Tom was the biggest star in the world , Ms. Wilson initiated a charming conversation with my wife when they found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wilson , Tom Hanks ’ wife , ” my wife then told me .
“ The lady who just produced My Big Fat Greek Wedding ?
Didn ’ t she just earn many millions from it ?
” “ Yeah , I think she wants to buy her husband a nice car with all the money she has made.
” The Hanx had to take a roughly 15 hours flight to Australia .
The more hours you spend in the air , the worse , evidently .
Perhaps the higher cabin pressure and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fiber fuselage would be a better choice than conventional , easily rusted aluminum hulls .
It ’ s also hitting our most valuable scientists .
From the Guardian : Neil Ferguson is a professor of Mathematical Biology at Imperial College .
He ’ s the lead author of the crucial Imperial College report .
In case you are wondering , he ’ s not Niall Ferguson , the celebrated and genial historian .
One of the government ’ s top coronavirus experts has had to self-isolate after developing coronavirus symptoms and revealed he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Downing Street press conference on Tuesday .
Prof Neil Ferguson , from Imperial College London , tweeted that he has a persistent cough and high fever , and had been forced to self-isolate in his central London flat for seven days .
Ferguson , head of the modelling programme at Imperial ’ s MRC centre for global infectious disease analysis , who has been working round the clock with a team of experts advising the government , tweeted : “ Sigh .
Developed a slight dry but persistent cough yesterday and self-isolated even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high fever at 4am today .
There is a lot of Covid-19 in Westminster.
” Ferguson , has been advising UK officials for two months , and was one of co-authors of a scientific paper published this week which led to the government drastically changing its strategy in the face of the global pandemic .
In the paper it was predicted that 260,000 people could have died if officials hadn ’ t announced social distancing measures .
He said : “ So I got a slight cough , actually while I was being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] yesterday .
“ In the abundance of caution , I self-isolated then so I ’ m stuck in my flat on my own for seven days in central London .
Then at four o ’ clock in the morning I got a high fever , which is somewhat better now but I still feel fairly grotty .
“ I ’ ve been in so many meetings in the last few weeks , and a number of my colleagues from other universities who have been advising the government in those meetings have also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who has been in contact with the prime minister and his chief advisers , said he wasn ’ t surprised that he had potentially contracted the virus , saying London was the current UK hotspot for the virus .
“ I have to say central London is the hotspot in the UK at the moment .
There almost certainly are thousands of cases in central London , so it ’ s not that surprising .
I ’ ve been in lots of meetings and contacting lots of people , ” he added @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that there was a potential risk that he had been infectious during a press conference in Downing Street on Tuesday .
He said : “ We think there ’ s infectiousness for about a day before symptoms , and I was actually at a Downing Street press conference that day .
I mean there is a slight risk I may have infected someone but that probably is quite slight.
” In other words , there ’ s a high chance that our best and brightest in this fight are already hors de combat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Similarly , family ski vacations , a wonderfully wholesome and healthy activity most of the time , now appear to be a strong vector .

One unexpected aspect of COVID-19 is that (so far) it is striking society’s most respectable members hardest. Instead of junkies and anonymous gay sex addicts like AIDS targeted, it’s hitting people like movie stars Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, Idris Elba, and the first ladies of Canada and Spain.
It’s easy to make up theories about how they must have had it coming, but let’s be frank.
Tom Hanks is a great guy, an American patriot whom I am proud to be a fellow citizen of. He’s a universally popular man. It’s hard to imagine who ranks much higher than Tom Hanks, among all human beings for whom more people would walk across the room to be able to say that they shook his hand.
Mrs. Hanks, by the way, who also has it, is extremely nice and amiable. At the 2002 L.A. auto show, when Tom was the biggest star in the world, Ms. Wilson initiated a charming conversation with my wife when they found themselves side by side.
“That was Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks’ wife,” my wife then told me.
“The lady who just produced My Big Fat Greek Wedding? Didn’t she just earn many millions from it?”
“Yeah, I think she wants to buy her husband a nice car with all the money she has made.”
The Hanx had to take a roughly 15 hours flight to Australia. The more hours you spend in the air, the worse, evidently. Perhaps the higher cabin pressure and humidity Boeing 787 Dreamliner with the carbon fiber fuselage would be a better choice than conventional, easily rusted aluminum hulls.
It’s also hitting our most valuable scientists. From the Guardian:
Top UK Covid-19 expert self-isolates after developing symptoms
Neil Ferguson says he was probably infectious when he attended No 10 press conference
Neil Ferguson is a professor of Mathematical Biology at Imperial College. He’s the lead author of the crucial Imperial College report. In case you are wondering, he’s not Niall Ferguson, the celebrated and genial historian.
Nazia Parveen@NParveenG
Wed 18 Mar 2020 One of the government’s top coronavirus experts has had to self-isolate after developing coronavirus symptoms and revealed he was probably infectious when he attended a Downing Street press conference on Tuesday. Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, tweeted that he has a persistent cough and high fever, and had been forced to self-isolate in his central London flat for seven days. Ferguson, head of the modelling programme at Imperial’s MRC centre for global infectious disease analysis, who has been working round the clock with a team of experts advising the government, tweeted: “Sigh. Developed a slight dry but persistent cough yesterday and self-isolated even though I felt fine. Then developed high fever at 4am today. There is a lot of Covid-19 in Westminster.” Ferguson, has been advising UK officials for two months, and was one of co-authors of a scientific paper published this week which led to the government drastically changing its strategy in the face of the global pandemic. In the paper it was predicted that 260,000 people could have died if officials hadn’t announced social distancing measures. He said: “So I got a slight cough, actually while I was being interviewed by you [BBC Radio 4] yesterday. “In the abundance of caution, I self-isolated then so I’m stuck in my flat on my own for seven days in central London. Then at four o’clock in the morning I got a high fever, which is somewhat better now but I still feel fairly grotty. “I’ve been in so many meetings in the last few weeks, and a number of my colleagues from other universities who have been advising the government in those meetings have also developed symptoms.” During the interview Ferguson, who has been in contact with the prime minister and his chief advisers, said he wasn’t surprised that he had potentially contracted the virus, saying London was the current UK hotspot for the virus. “I have to say central London is the hotspot in the UK at the moment. There almost certainly are thousands of cases in central London, so it’s not that surprising. I’ve been in lots of meetings and contacting lots of people,” he added. Ferguson, went on to say that there was a potential risk that he had been infectious during a press conference in Downing Street on Tuesday. He said: “We think there’s infectiousness for about a day before symptoms, and I was actually at a Downing Street press conference that day. I mean there is a slight risk I may have infected someone but that probably is quite slight.”
In other words, there’s a high chance that our best and brightest in this fight are already hors de combat from attending so many crucial conferences.
Similarly, family ski vacations, a wonderfully wholesome and healthy activity most of the time, now appear to be a strong vector.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-19--Cato Institute In USA TODAY: "Want To Defeat Coronavirus? Protect Legal Immigration."

David Bier [ Tweet him ] of the `` libertarian '' Cato Institute is in saying that Trump banning China travel to protect Americans is just doing something he wanted to do already : protect Americans from foreigners : President Trump initially kept reasonable travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus , but with the virus spreading inside the United States , he is already shifting from minimizing its threat — his first instinct — to use it to justify restrictive immigration policies that he wanted anyway .
A broader move to general nativism at this time would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are leading the U.S. response to the virus .
A new analysis of government data from the Cato Institute shows that eight of the major companies developing treatments and vaccines for the virus are heavily reliant on foreign workers .
From 2010 to 2019 , we found that the Department of Labor approved the companies developing treatments or vaccines for coronavirus to hire more than 11,000 immigrants and H-1B high skilled foreign workers .
Want to defeat coronavirus ?
Protect legal immigration .
During a global pandemic , the world gets suspicious of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into this trap .
David Bier , USA Today , March 15 , 2020 Of course , the Cato Institute is doing exactly what they say Trump is doing : using this crisis to push their preexisting postion .
The study they ginned up shows that a lot of foreigners are working in the pharmaceutical industry : From 2010 to 2019 , we found that the Department of Labor approved the companies developing treatments or vaccines for coronavirus to hire more than 11,000 immigrants and H-1B high skilled foreign workers .
Among these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , chemists , and other scientists on H-1B visas .
They had brought in thousands of statisticians to analyze data and software , database , and computer engineers to support them .
Without these workers , America ’ s hope of treating and saving thousands of lives at risk from the coronavirus would greatly diminish .
On the other hand , some of these people are the people Americans will have caught the virus from , so there 's that .
The real story here is that Big Pharma likes cheap labor .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ America needs either .
We also need doctors , nurses , and home health aides—all occupations where immigrants are disproportionately represented .
In New York City where the coronavirus outbreak is shutting down schools , 45 percent of doctors and 58 percent of registered nurses were foreign-born in 2016 .
Among home health care aids who are particularly important for the elderly population most at risk from the virus , the share was 76 % .
Yes , in New York City , for example , foreign-born doctor Henry Bello , of Nigeria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gun in the Bronx Hospital .
And the immigrant home care health aids ?
It turns out that they spend a lot of their time raping elderly or disabled patients , and impregnating disabled or comatose ones .
See here , here , and here .
But really , if health care or Big Pharma want cheap labor from China , specifically , then Cato doing the work of not just Big Business , but of the Chinese Communists .
How `` libertarian '' is that ?

David Bier [Tweet him] of the "libertarian" Cato Institute is in saying that Trump banning China travel to protect Americans is just doing something he wanted to do already: protect Americans from foreigners:
President Trump initially kept reasonable travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but with the virus spreading inside the United States, he is already shifting from minimizing its threat — his first instinct — to use it to justify restrictive immigration policies that he wanted anyway. A broader move to general nativism at this time would be disastrous, as so many immigrants are leading the U.S. response to the virus. A new analysis of government data from the Cato Institute shows that eight of the major companies developing treatments and vaccines for the virus are heavily reliant on foreign workers. From 2010 to 2019, we found that the Department of Labor approved the companies developing treatments or vaccines for coronavirus to hire more than 11,000 immigrants and H-1B high skilled foreign workers. Want to defeat coronavirus? Protect legal immigration.
During a global pandemic, the world gets suspicious of outsiders. We must guard against falling into this trap.
David Bier, USA Today, March 15, 2020
Of course, the Cato Institute is doing exactly what they say Trump is doing: using this crisis to push their preexisting position. The study they ginned up shows that a lot of foreigners are working in the pharmaceutical industry:
From 2010 to 2019, we found that the Department of Labor approved the companies developing treatments or vaccines for coronavirus to hire more than 11,000 immigrants and H-1B high skilled foreign workers. Among these hires were 3,310 foreign biochemists, biophysicists, chemists, and other scientists on H-1B visas. They had brought in thousands of statisticians to analyze data and software, database, and computer engineers to support them. Without these workers, America’s hope of treating and saving thousands of lives at risk from the coronavirus would greatly diminish.
On the other hand, some of these people are the people Americans will have caught the virus from, so there's that. The real story here is that Big Pharma likes cheap labor.
It’s not just the researchers America needs either. We also need doctors, nurses, and home health aides—all occupations where immigrants are disproportionately represented. In New York City where the coronavirus outbreak is shutting down schools, 45 percent of doctors and 58 percent of registered nurses were foreign-born in 2016. Among home health care aids who are particularly important for the elderly population most at risk from the virus, the share was 76%.
Yes, in New York City, for example, foreign-born doctor Henry Bello, of Nigeria, went on a rampage with a gun in the Bronx Hospital. And the immigrant home care health aids?
It turns out that they spend a lot of their time raping elderly or disabled patients, and impregnating disabled or comatose ones.
See here, here, and here.
But really, if health care or Big Pharma want cheap labor from China, specifically, then Cato is doing the work of not just Big Business, but of the Chinese Communists. How "libertarian" is that?
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vdare--2020-03-19--Patrick J. Buchanan: Are Americans All-In for a Long Coronavirus War?

`` It 's a war , '' says President Donald Trump of his efforts [ PDF ] to contain the coronavirus pandemic , and likening his role to that of `` wartime president . ''
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo welcomed the president 's claim to his commander in chief role in the crisis and his resolve : `` The president and I agreed yesterday ... we 're fighting the same war—and this is a war . ''
Some measures already taken do call to mind actions in wartime .
Commercial airline flights have been reduced or canceled .
Schools @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their doors .
Where Ford , Chrysler , GM and other great auto companies shifted production to jeeps , tanks and bombers in 1942 , U.S. auto factories have today been shut down to prevent the spread of the virus .
Bars and restaurants are being closed .
This month , millions of Americans will be added to unemployment rolls , and millions of senior citizens and elderly have already followed government directives to `` self-isolate '' or `` shelter in place . ''
There is talk of quarantines lasting not days or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days of measles , mumps , chickenpox , scarlet fever and polio , but months .
While a new social solidarity and spirit of self-sacrifice seem to be manifesting themselves in this pandemic , can it endure ?
Is the country prepared for months , or years , of social isolation , if that is what is required to win this war ?
It is a question that needs to be addressed .
Consider .
The Chinese government , whose word is admittedly suspect , claims to have achieved a deceleration in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The South Koreans say they , too , have broken and reversed the momentum of the spread of the virus .
On March 3 , the number of new cases of the coronavirus reported across South Korea was 852 .
On St. Patrick 's Day , March 17 , exactly two weeks later , the count was 85 new cases , a plunge of 90 % .
South Korea appears to have `` flattened the curve . ''
We Americans , however , are far from that .
Exactly how far behind South @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until more tens of thousands of Americans are tested , and we learn how many cases of the disease are out there undiscovered and unreported .
But whatever the success of Asian nations in containing the virus , are we politically and socially able to impose the same draconian measures ?
Ordering people to `` shelter in place '' in their own homes , not just for days or weeks but months—can this be done in a free society , as it can be done in the surveillance state of Communist China ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ along the East Coast from Maine to Miami , and the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas , keep tens of millions from gathering on beaches this summer ?
Last week , we saw college kids cavorting on Florida 's beaches , despite warnings that any one among them infected with COVID-19 could transmit it to the rest , leading to grave illness and , in some cases , death .
Moreover , they could become carriers of the disease to parents and siblings .
They did not seem to care .
Scores @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and thousands killed each year from driving under the influence of alcohol , despite tough laws against drunk driving .
Since the 1960s , laws against the use of marijuana , cocaine , heroin , fentanyl , have not halted the rampant ingestion of illegal narcotics and dangerous drugs .
We are endlessly admonished that climate change poses an existential threat to the planet .
But have the elites who profess to believe this given up flying in private jets ?
Have Americans given up their SUVs or ceased to heat their homes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to be able to confine to their homes children whose lives are built around friends on playgrounds ?
Is the crowd on Martha 's Vineyard going to give up socializing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus ?
In the '60s , we were told that the correlation between cigarette smoking and lung cancer , emphysema and heart disease , is absolute .
Yet 34 million Americans continue to risk shortening their lives by smoking .
Seniors and elderly , among whom the mortality rate from the coronavirus is the highest—15 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shelter in place for months .
But if , in diverse cities , minority communities come out for block parties in summer , are we going to have the police march them back into their homes ?
Do we have enough cops for that ?
A prediction : The longer the orders to shelter in place and self-isolate remain in force , the greater the probability they will begin to be ignored and people will take the risks to end their isolation and be with friends .
Will Americans suffer in social isolation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while a state-induced Great Depression washes over the land ?
My guess is that many will rebel .
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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .

"It's a war," says President Donald Trump of his efforts [PDF] to contain the coronavirus pandemic, and likening his role to that of "wartime president."
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo welcomed the president's claim to his commander in chief role in the crisis and his resolve: "The president and I agreed yesterday... we're fighting the same war—and this is a war."
Some measures already taken do call to mind actions in wartime.
Commercial airline flights have been reduced or canceled. Schools have been closed. Universities have shut their doors.
Where Ford, Chrysler, GM and other great auto companies shifted production to jeeps, tanks and bombers in 1942, U.S. auto factories have today been shut down to prevent the spread of the virus.
Bars and restaurants are being closed.
This month, millions of Americans will be added to unemployment rolls, and millions of senior citizens and elderly have already followed government directives to "self-isolate" or "shelter in place."
There is talk of quarantines lasting not days or weeks, as Americans knew in the days of measles, mumps, chickenpox, scarlet fever and polio, but months.
While a new social solidarity and spirit of self-sacrifice seem to be manifesting themselves in this pandemic, can it endure?
Is the country prepared for months, or years, of social isolation, if that is what is required to win this war?
It is a question that needs to be addressed.
Consider. The Chinese government, whose word is admittedly suspect, claims to have achieved a deceleration in the daily number of new coronavirus infections. The South Koreans say they, too, have broken and reversed the momentum of the spread of the virus.
On March 3, the number of new cases of the coronavirus reported across South Korea was 852. On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, exactly two weeks later, the count was 85 new cases, a plunge of 90%.
South Korea appears to have "flattened the curve."
We Americans, however, are far from that.
Exactly how far behind South Korea we are cannot be known until more tens of thousands of Americans are tested, and we learn how many cases of the disease are out there undiscovered and unreported.
But whatever the success of Asian nations in containing the virus, are we politically and socially able to impose the same draconian measures?
Ordering people to "shelter in place" in their own homes, not just for days or weeks but months—can this be done in a free society, as it can be done in the surveillance state of Communist China?
Can mayors and governors of beach towns along the East Coast from Maine to Miami, and the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, keep tens of millions from gathering on beaches this summer?
Last week, we saw college kids cavorting on Florida's beaches, despite warnings that any one among them infected with COVID-19 could transmit it to the rest, leading to grave illness and, in some cases, death.
Moreover, they could become carriers of the disease to parents and siblings. They did not seem to care.
As Prohibition proved, Americans are a rule-breaking people.
Scores of thousands are injured in auto accidents and thousands killed each year from driving under the influence of alcohol, despite tough laws against drunk driving.
Since the 1960s, laws against the use of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, have not halted the rampant ingestion of illegal narcotics and dangerous drugs.
We are endlessly admonished that climate change poses an existential threat to the planet. But have the elites who profess to believe this given up flying in private jets? Have Americans given up their SUVs or ceased to heat their homes with oil and gas?
Are parents going to be able to confine to their homes children whose lives are built around friends on playgrounds? Is the crowd on Martha's Vineyard going to give up socializing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus?
In the '60s, we were told that the correlation between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, emphysema and heart disease, is absolute. Yet 34 million Americans continue to risk shortening their lives by smoking.
Seniors and elderly, among whom the mortality rate from the coronavirus is the highest—15% of those over 80 in one estimate—may shelter in place for months.
But if, in diverse cities, minority communities come out for block parties in summer, are we going to have the police march them back into their homes? Do we have enough cops for that?
A prediction: The longer the orders to shelter in place and self-isolate remain in force, the greater the probability they will begin to be ignored and people will take the risks to end their isolation and be with friends.
Will Americans suffer in social isolation, inside their own homes for months, while a state-induced Great Depression washes over the land?
My guess is that many will rebel.
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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--2020-03-19--Italian Virologist: Italy THOUGHT Of Isolating People Coming From China, But "It Became Seen As Raci

Italian Virologist: Italy THOUGHT Of Isolating People Coming From China, But "It Became Seen As Racist"—Killing Thousands

The webpage Voice of Europe has this headline : Italy : Virologist says fears of racism slowed Italy ’ s coronavirus response ; Florence Mayor urged Italians to “ hug a Chinese ” .
They 're getting that from a CNN report which is headlined Italian doctors hope for a sign the coronavirus lockdown is working , because there 's no plan B .
You can see that CNN ( `` Voice of Globalism '' ) does n't want any interesting facts to get as far as the headline , but what this says is shocking : it says that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thousands in Italy .
An interview with Italian virologist Dr. Giorgio Palù , former president of the European and Italian Society for Virology , quotes Palù as saying '' the Italian government lagged at first .
It was ‘ lazy in the beginning ... too much politics in Italy.
’ ‘ There was a proposal to isolate people coming from the epicenter , coming from China , ’ he said .
‘ Then it became seen as racist , but they were people coming from the outbreak.
’ That , he said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” That 's more than the ban on racial profiling killed on 9/11 .
Tuohey was working the U.S. Airways first-class check-in desk when two men , Atta and his companion Abdul Azziz-Alomari , approached his counter .
From all outward appearances , the men seemed to be normal businessmen , but Tuohey felt something was wrong .
“ I got an instant chill when I looked at [ Atta ] .
I got this grip in my stomach and then , of course , I gave myself a political correct slap…I thought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these are just a couple of Arab businessmen.
’ ” [ Oprah Winfrey , I Was The One , September 12 , 2005 ] When I wrote “ Civil Rights Law Does n't Care If You Die ” in 2008 , about the many ways that anti-discrimination laws make people unsafe ( taxi drivers , store owners , home buyers , etc . )
9/11 was the largest individual death toll .
This will dwarf it .

The webpage Voice of Europe has this headline: Italy: Virologist says fears of racism slowed Italy’s coronavirus response; Florence Mayor urged Italians to “Hug a Chinese.”
They're getting that from a CNN report which is headlined Italian doctors hope for a sign the coronavirus lockdown is working, because there's no plan B.
You can see that CNN ("Voice of Globalism") doesn't want any interesting facts to get as far as the headline, but what this says is shocking: It says that fear of racism led to the deaths of thousands in Italy.
An interview with Italian virologist Dr. Giorgio Palù, former president of the European and Italian Society for Virology, quotes Palù as saying
"the Italian government lagged at first. It was ‘lazy in the beginning... too much politics in Italy.’ ‘There was a proposal to isolate people coming from the epicenter, coming from China,’ he said. ‘Then it became seen as racist, but they were people coming from the outbreak.’ That, he said, led to the current devastating situation.”
That's more than the ban on racial profiling killed on 9/11.
Tuohey was working the U.S. Airways first-class check-in desk when two men, Atta and his companion Abdul Azziz-Alomari, approached his counter. From all outward appearances, the men seemed to be normal businessmen, but Tuohey felt something was wrong. “I got an instant chill when I looked at [Atta]. I got this grip in my stomach and then, of course, I gave myself a political correct slap…I thought, ‘My God, Michael, these are just a couple of Arab businessmen” [Oprah Winfrey, I Was The One, September 12, 2005].
When I wrote“Civil Rights Law Doesn't Care If You Die” in 2008, about the many ways that anti-discrimination laws make people unsafe (taxi drivers, store owners, home buyers, etc.) 9/11 was the largest individual death toll. This will dwarf it.


vdare--2020-03-19--Massive Support Across the Board for Trump's Latest Travel Ban

The percentages who approve and disapprove of “ the travel ban between the U.S. and Europe ” , with residuals @ @ @ @ @ responses : Maybe not better dead than ‘ racist ’ after all .
On the @ @ @ @ @ applies to Europe , so even though they ’ re more cultured etc than we @ @ @ @ @ still white and therefore okay to discriminate against .
Politics is about power .
If @ @ @ @ @ to accrete a leader ’ s own power , it will be used to augment @ @ @ @ @ .
Corporate tax cuts , the raging bull market , and low unemployment have transformed @ @ @ @ @ liabilities .
Fortunately for Trump , the girl he brought to the dance may still @ @ @ @ @ ditched for three years in the thrall of globalism ’ s siren song .
The @ @ @ @ @ borders , domestic production , and prioritizing the well-being of American citizens over hostile foreign @ @ @ @ @ four more years if he has one .

The percentages who approve and disapprove of “the travel ban between the U.S. and Europe,” with residuals representing “not sure” responses:
Maybe not better dead than "racist" after all. On the other hand, the ban applies to Europe, so even though they’re more cultured etc. than we are, they’re still white and therefore okay to discriminate against.
Politics is about power. If a crisis is not leveraged to accrete a leader’s own power, it will be used to augment the power of his opponents. Corporate tax cuts, the raging bull market, and low unemployment have transformed from campaign assets into devastating liabilities.
Fortunately for Trump, the girl he brought to the dance may still take him back after being ditched for three years in the thrall of globalism’s siren song. The America First agenda of strong borders, domestic production, and prioritizing the well-being of American citizens over hostile foreign nations is his way to four more years if he has one.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-19--It’s Complicated: Chinese Scientists Find Coronavirus Discriminates By Race AND Sex

Even the Main Stream Media concedes the fact that there are sex differences in susceptibility to Coronavirus a.k.a .
Covid-19 , with males more likely to die of it than females [ COVID-19 : the gendered impacts of the outbreak , By Clare Wenham et al.
, The Lancet , 2020 ] .
And , although our race-denying Ruling Class refuses to release the data , it seems increasingly clear that there are also race and ethnic differences .
But could there be race and ethnic differences in the size of the sex differences ?
Could women from one ethnic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covid-19 compared to their male co-ethnics , while women of another race are just marginally less likely ?
A new study from China , admittedly not yet peer-reviewed , suggests that this may , indeed , be the case [ Individual Variation of the SARS-CoV2 Receptor ACE2 Gene Expression and Regulation , By Jiawei Chen et al.
, Preprints , 2020 ] .
When the Coronavirus epidemic started , I hypothesized—that is , I formulated a theory based on the available scientific evidence—that it might be substantially limited to East Asians .
Indeed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wanted to tempt fate ” then I ’ d predict that , like the 2003 SARS outbreak , it would be more or less exclusive to East Asians ( although this fact about SARS is apparently still not widely known ) .
But now more evidence has come in , and it turns out that Covid-19 is more akin to Spanish Flu than SARS .
People of all races and ethnicities can catch it and die of it , even some from races that are generally strongly resistant .
But Covid-19 certainly impact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with evidence of genetic differences between them and their adaptation to different environments .
This makes sense , of course , because , as Richard Lynn has repeatedly argued , for example in his 2015 book Race Differences in Intelligence , “ races ” are defined as “ breeding populations ” separated by geography for sufficient time to display average differences in gene frequencies .
Race differences can be extremely complex .
One of them is race differences in the size of sex differences .
The term “ sexual dimorphism ” refers to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for example being bigger than them .
This is found in all races , but there are race differences it its extent .
For example , Sub-Saharan Africans are less sexually dimorphic than East Asians [ Sexual Dimorphism in Body Composition Across Human Populations , by Jonathan Wells , American Journal of Human Biology , July-August 2012 ] .
There is some evidence that there are race differences in personality sexual dimorphism .
Females are more altruistic that males , but the differences in bigger in Western populations [ Enduring dispositions in adult @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arenberg , Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 1980 ] .
So it ’ s entirely possible for there to be race differences in the magnitude of sex differences in susceptibility to diseases , including Covid-19 .
According to the new Chinese study , Covid-19 uses “ angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 ACE2 as its host cell receptor , ” as did SARS .
The authors explain that Using a database with “ thousands ” of samples in it , the Chinese scientists found So this Chinese study demonstrates , yet again , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in their susceptibility to Covid-19—and that “ East Asians ” ( the Politically Correct term for Orientals ) are likely to be particularly susceptible .
However , it also implies that , among East Asians , ACE2 is more common in women and , specifically , in women who are not elderly , because the expression of ACE2 decreases with age .
This finding would potentially help to make sense of some very strange observations about race differences in the prevalence and seriousness of the virus .
Thus an opinion piece on CNN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus deaths while Italy has so many , by Kent Sepkowitz , CNN , March 17 , 2020 ] summarizes , perhaps unwittingly , this crucial race difference in the starkest terms .
South Korea , Sepkowitz explains , has a Covid-19 mortality rate of 0.6 % .
Italy has a mortality rate of about 6 % .
However , and this is the key difference , in Italy , 90 % of deaths from Covid-19 have been people over the age of 70 .
In South Korea , the mortality distribution is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the elderly .
Based on reported cases , rather than mortality , the biggest-impacted group are Koreans in their 20s , who constitute 30 % of diagnosed cases .
And in South Korea , 62 % of diagnosed cases have been found in women .
The disease also seems to disproportionately impact men in Western countries , as Clare Wenham et al .
reported in their recent piece in The Lancet cited above .
These fascinating observations are in line with the findings of the research article by the Chinese .
We can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a way we that can not really compare Italy and China .
South Korea and Italy , after all , are both fully developed countries with developed health services and relatively honest governments .
The Chinese research would predict that , compared to Italy , Covid-19 in Korea should disproportionately impact females .
And this is what we find .
It should also , specifically , be a problem for younger females .
This is , again , what appears to be the case .
By contrast , in Italy , where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where there is no evidence of a large sex difference in its expression , then we would expect other factors to be far more relevant , including age and the fact that men have worse immune systems [ Why Women Have Stronger Immune Systems than Men , Live Science , September 28 , 2011 ] .
• If Covid-19 is not an Equal Opportunity disease , that means our race-denying Ruling Classis frightening most people too much—and not warning some people enough .
This will not merely cause unnecessary chaos—it will cost lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the pen name of a freelance journalist living in New York .

Even the Main Stream Media concedes the fact that there are sex differences in susceptibility to coronavirus a.k.a. Covid-19, with males more likely to die of it than females [COVID-19: the gendered impacts of the outbreak, by Clare Wenham et al., The Lancet, 2020]. And, although our race-denying Ruling Class refuses to release the data, it seems increasingly clear that there are also race and ethnic differences. But could there be race and ethnic differences in the size of the sex differences? Could women from one ethnic group be extremely unlikely to die of Covid-19 compared to their male co-ethnics, while women of another race are just marginally less likely? A new study from China, admittedly not yet peer-reviewed, suggests that this may, indeed, be the case [Individual Variation of the SARS-CoV2 Receptor ACE2 Gene Expression and Regulation, by Jiawei Chen et al., Preprints, 2020].
When the coronavirus epidemic started, I hypothesized—that is, I formulated a theory based on the available scientific evidence—that it might be substantially limited to East Asians. Indeed, I wrote that “if I wanted to tempt fate” then I’d predict that, like the 2003 SARS outbreak, it would be more or less exclusive to East Asians (although this fact about SARS is apparently still not widely known).
But now more evidence has come in, and it turns out that Covid-19 is more akin to Spanish Flu than SARS. People of all races and ethnicities can catch it and die of it, even some from races that are generally strongly resistant. But Covid-19 certainly impact some groups more than others, consistent with evidence of genetic differences between them and their adaptation to different environments.
This makes sense, of course, because, as Richard Lynn has repeatedly argued, for example in his 2015 book Race Differences in Intelligence, “races” are defined as “breeding populations” separated by geography for sufficient time to display average differences in gene frequencies.
Race differences can be extremely complex. One of them is race differences in the size of sex differences. The term “sexual dimorphism” refers to males being physically different from females, for example being bigger than them. This is found in all races, but there are race differences in its extent. For example, Sub-Saharan Africans are less sexually dimorphic than East Asians [Sexual Dimorphism in Body Composition Across Human Populations, by Jonathan Wells, American Journal of Human Biology, July-August 2012].
There is some evidence that there are race differences in personality sexual dimorphism. Females are more altruistic that males, but the differences in bigger in Western populations [Enduring dispositions in adult males, by P. Costa & D. Arenberg, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1980].
So it’s entirely possible for there to be race differences in the magnitude of sex differences in susceptibility to diseases, including Covid-19.
According to the new Chinese study, Covid-19 uses “angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 ACE2 as its host cell receptor,” as did SARS. The authors explain that
Epidemiology studies found different sex and age groups have different susceptibility to infection, and very skewed severity and mortality of the virus infection, with male, old age, and comorbidity being the most inflicted.
Using a database with “thousands” of samples in it, the Chinese scientists found
…significantly higher expression [of ACE2] in Asian females compared to males and other ethnic groups, an age-dependent ACE2 expression decrease and a highly significant decrease in type II diabetic patients. Consistently, the most significant expression quantitative loci (eQTLs) contributing to high ACE2 expression are close to 100% in East Asians, >30% higher than other ethnic groups.
So this Chinese study demonstrates, yet again, that races differ, for genetic reasons, in their susceptibility to Covid-19—and that “East Asians” (the Politically Correct term for Orientals) are likely to be particularly susceptible.
However, it also implies that, among East Asians, ACE2 is more common in women and, specifically, in women who are not elderly, because the expression of ACE2 decreases with age.
This finding would potentially help to make sense of some very strange observations about race differences in the prevalence and seriousness of the virus.
Thus an opinion piece on CNN [Why South Korea has so few coronavirus deaths while Italy has so many, by Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, March 17, 2020] summarizes, perhaps unwittingly, this crucial race difference in the starkest terms. South Korea, Sepkowitz explains, has a Covid-19 mortality rate of 0.6%. Italy has a mortality rate of about 6%. However, and this is the key difference, in Italy, 90% of deaths from Covid-19 have been people over the age of 70. In South Korea, the mortality distribution is, seemingly, far less skewed towards the elderly. Based on reported cases, rather than mortality, the biggest-impacted group are Koreans in their 20s, who constitute 30% of diagnosed cases. And in South Korea, 62% of diagnosed cases have been found in women.
As Sepkowitz summarizes:
South Korea has an outbreak among youngish, non-smoking women, whereas Italy's disease is occurring among the old and the very old, many of whom are smokers.
The disease also seems to disproportionately impact men in Western countries, as Clare Wenham et al. reported in their recent piece in The Lancet cited above.
These fascinating observations are in line with the findings of the research article by the Chinese. We can reasonably compare South Korea and Italy, in a way we that cannot really compare Italy and China. South Korea and Italy, after all, are both fully developed countries with developed health services and relatively honest governments.
The Chinese research would predict that, compared to Italy, Covid-19 in Korea should disproportionately impact females. And this is what we find. It should also, specifically, be a problem for younger females. This is, again, what appears to be the case.
By contrast, in Italy, where the expression of ACE2 is low and where there is no evidence of a large sex difference in its expression, then we would expect other factors to be far more relevant, including age and the fact that men have worse immune systems [Why Women Have Stronger Immune Systems than Men, Live Science, September 28, 2011].
I conclude by drawing my now-traditional moral:
If Covid-19 is not an Equal Opportunity disease, that means our race-denying Ruling Class is frightening most people too much—and not warning some people enough. This will not merely cause unnecessary chaos—it will cost lives.
Lance Welton [email him] is the pen name of a freelance journalist living in New York.


vdare--2020-03-19--What Japan Is Doing Right: Masks, Bowing, See Your Doctor

My subjective impression in early March 2020 was that mask wearing in Japan was up significantly from the March norm — normally , I ’ d expect something like 30-40 % of people to be in masks either because they had colds/the flu or because of seasonal allergies .
It was up to something like 95 % or higher in Tokyo at the start of March , at least in Shinbashi , Ginza , Marunouchi , etc .
Unmasked people out in public were quite rare .
My impression now is that mask wearing is down , maybe 70-80 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ partly due to mask shortages .
It ’ s almost impossible to find masks .
In terms of why Japan has not experienced an Italy , I think it ’ s a combination of : 1 .
Masks — Japanese regularly mask up in this season , and it ’ s common courtesy to mask up if you ’ re experiencing symptoms .
So whether it ’ s the flu or coronavirus , the rate of infection gets reduced .
2 .
Bows , not handshakes or kisses — self explanatory .
Japanese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and there ’ s basically none of it if you aren ’ t very close to someone , or very drunk .
Limits the opportunities for person to person transmission .
3 .
Everyone goes to the doctor for everything : Up to late February , I think there were ongoing coordination issues , but at this point , the basic approach of the Japanese healthcare system is to rely on citizens to recognise when they are experiencing [ symptoms ] , and then either go speak with a doctor , or call @ @ @ @ @ @ @ picked up through that route then speak with a doctor who orders a test .
There have been reports that doctors have ordered tests and not got them , but it ’ s not clear what the timing of those problems were — whether they are ongoing today , or were an artifact of the initial ramp up in testing capacity .
All of this depends , however , on people reliably going to the doctor when they are experiencing symptoms .
And for the most part , Japanese do .
You look @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the public for newly identified coronavirus patients , and a lot of them are Day 1 : had a fever , Day 2 : saw a doctor , Day 3 : suffered at home , Day 4 : saw doctor again , got tested , Day 5 : confirmed positive , checked into hospital .
It ’ s not always that quick , but Japan seems to be doing a reasonably good job of picking up symptomatic cases not because of brilliant top-down bureaucratic coordination , but because people just visit the doctor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and doctors have been given a procedure to funnel patients into coronavirus testing when it seems warranted .
There ’ s definitely exceptions — people who have been identified now , where there was a lag of a week or two between when they first experience symptoms and when they get tested , with days when they went into work normally or commuted by public transit in between , potentially infecting others .
But they seem to be more the exception than the rule .
4 .
Luck .
If Japan had a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ congregants infecting people en masse and hiding from medical treatment , well , their methodology has a hard time picking up people who don ’ t show up at the clinic in the first place , and they probably wouldn ’ t catch it in time to prevent a mass outbreak like what Korea experienced .

iSteve commenter Gimeyio writes:
My subjective impression in early March 2020 was that mask wearing in Japan was up significantly from the March norm — normally, I’d expect something like 30-40% of people to be in masks either because they had colds/the flu or because of seasonal allergies. It was up to something like 95% or higher in Tokyo at the start of March, at least in Shinbashi, Ginza, Marunouchi, etc. Unmasked people out in public were quite rare. My impression now is that mask wearing is down, maybe 70-80%, but I suspect that’s partly due to mask shortages. It’s almost impossible to find masks.
In terms of why Japan has not experienced an Italy, I think it’s a combination of:
1. Masks — Japanese regularly mask up in this season, and it’s common courtesy to mask up if you’re experiencing symptoms. So whether it’s the flu or coronavirus, the rate of infection gets reduced.
2. Bows, not handshakes or kisses — self explanatory. Japanese are incredibly sensitive about “skinship” and there’s basically none of it if you aren’t very close to someone, or very drunk. Limits the opportunities for person to person transmission.
3. Everyone goes to the doctor for everything:
Up to late February, I think there were ongoing coordination issues, but at this point, the basic approach of the Japanese healthcare system is to rely on citizens to recognise when they are experiencing [symptoms], and then either go speak with a doctor, or call the consultation hotline. People who get picked up through that route then speak with a doctor who orders a test. There have been reports that doctors have ordered tests and not got them, but it’s not clear what the timing of those problems were — whether they are ongoing today, or were an artifact of the initial ramp up in testing capacity.
All of this depends, however, on people reliably going to the doctor when they are experiencing symptoms. And for the most part, Japanese do. You look at the brief case histories released to the public for newly identified coronavirus patients, and a lot of them are Day 1: had a fever, Day 2: saw a doctor, Day 3: suffered at home, Day 4: saw doctor again, got tested, Day 5: confirmed positive, checked into hospital. It’s not always that quick, but Japan seems to be doing a reasonably good job of picking up symptomatic cases not because of brilliant top-down bureaucratic coordination, but because people just visit the doctor whenever they feel a bit ill, and doctors have been given a procedure to funnel patients into coronavirus testing when it seems warranted.
There’s definitely exceptions — people who have been identified now, where there was a lag of a week or two between when they first experience symptoms and when they get tested, with days when they went into work normally or commuted by public transit in between, potentially infecting others. But they seem to be more the exception than the rule.
And lastly:
4. Luck. If Japan had a Christian group like Shincheonji out there with congregants infecting people en masse and hiding from medical treatment, well, their methodology has a hard time picking up people who don’t show up at the clinic in the first place, and they probably wouldn’t catch it in time to prevent a mass outbreak like what Korea experienced.