vdare--2020-03-24--Michelle Malkin: Chutzpah—ADL Wants A Federal Bailout

When I think of `` essential '' workers in America , the smear merchants of the Anti-Defamation League are at the bottom of the barrel .
For decades , they 've demonized conservatives and Christians as agents of `` hate '' and treated our very existence as incitements to violence .
The ADL 's manufactured outrage machine has broadened its target list to anyone remotely critical of Israel for any reason , President Donald Trump , Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents , `` America First '' college students , innocuous hand gestures , cartoon frogs and anyone who dares to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ OK to be white . ''
Now , in the wake of the `` Chinese flu '' pandemic , ADL is lining up with all the other federal bailout vultures clamoring for free money .
This week , the group issued a statement calling on Congress to include `` relief for charities '' in any COVID-19 legislation .
`` In times of crisis , '' ADL self-righteously urged , `` nonprofits are on the front lines , ready to respond and serve communities across the nation—but funds are needed to continue doing so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pushed by ADL and several hundred other groups demands $ 60 billion in `` emergency stimulus funding to support our work ... during this time of crisis and need . ''
What a crock .
The primary `` front lines '' ADL occupies are on the battlefields against American sovereignty and free speech .
By my count , the open borders zealots of ADL have filed 17 amicus briefs in our courts supporting obstruction of Trump 's immigration enforcement and national security measures .
The group is particularly proud of its brief in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` led a coalition of six Jewish organizations using our unique moral voice to passionately argue against the so-called Muslim ban , citing three historical examples when our nation later recognized that we were wrong to turn our back , including denying refuge to Jews fleeing the Nazis . ''
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the travel restrictions and affirmed the broad plenary powers of the executive branch over immigration .
On top of the $ 60 billion ADL wants for itself and its ideological fellow travelers ( including tax-funded refugee resettlement contractors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lutheran Services ) , the group called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week to include Medicaid coverage and tax rebates for illegal immigrants in her Chinese flu rescue package .
ADL 's full-throated promotion of America 's demographic transformation through mass migration stands in stark contrast to its unapologetic defense of Israel 's restrictionist immigration policies and militarized borders .
But heaven forbid you point out the hypocrisy .
Instead of fighting defamation , the ADL traffics in false accusations of anti-Semitism under the guise of `` Never Again '' repeating the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thousands of Third World and Muslim refugees is `` xenophobic , '' the ADL decries , and would lead to a repeat of World War II Nazism .
Hanging banners from highway overpasses calling for our government to `` secure borders '' or `` defend American workers '' is a `` white supremacist tactic . ''
And pointing out the obvious nexus between open borders and disease will put you on the dreaded ADL `` extremism '' radar .
Yes , the ADL prides itself on `` monitor ( ing ) and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of anti-immigration activists and their supporters ... ( who ) have long promoted the notion of immigrants as bringing disease , crime and environmental problems into the United States . ''
Instead of refuting the facts , they just point , sputter and smear .
In 2009 , during the swine flu outbreak traced to Mexico , I wrote on my blog that `` the spread of contagious diseases from around the world into the U.S. '' was the `` result of uncontrolled immigration . ''
ADL swooped in with a raging condemnation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mexicans and immigrants , blaming them for the spread of the virus . ''
ADL 's virtue-signalers went on to warn that `` ( a ) nti-immigrant groups and some mainstream media commentators are using the outbreak to advance their prejudiced views and agendas , warning that the virus in the U.S. is the result of illegal immigration . ''
It 's not `` prejudice . ''
It 's reality .
Every sovereign nation on every continent , including Israel , has now closed its borders to foreign travelers and trespassers to head @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had learned from swine flu history 11 years ago , perhaps the current outbreak would not have resulted in such a delayed and addled response mired in deadly political correctness .
But the ADL is still conducting business as usual during this latest open borders contagion , blithely attacking `` anti-Semitic , racist tropes '' as the real public health menace .
Really .
According to its most recent financial statements , ADL and the ADL Foundation raked in nearly $ 80 million in operating revenues in 2018 , with net assets at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Fear-mongering is big business .
The idea that ADL 's professional character assassins serve any vital role in assisting vulnerable American citizens in need of food , shelter or medical assistance is pure chutzpah .
The notion that they should be entitled to a single penny of taxpayer subsidies from American workers being laid off in droves is an affront to decency .
Crying `` racism '' and `` diversity '' to fill coffers and silence political opponents exacerbated the current catastrophe .
ADL 's treachery should be reviled , not rewarded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the author of Invasion : How America Still Welcomes Terrorists , Criminals , and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores .
Click here for Peter Brimelow ’ s review .
Click here for Michelle Malkin 's website .
Michelle Malkin is also the author of Unhinged : Exposing Liberals Gone Wild , Culture of Corruption : Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats , Crooks & Cronies , , Who Built That : Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs , and Sold Out : How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Malkin is author of the book , `` Open Borders , Inc. : Who 's Funding America 's Destruction , '' available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover .
To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists , visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com .

Earlier, by Michelle Malkin: ADL, Antifa and Koch—Toxic Anti-Trump League
When I think of "essential" workers in America, the smear merchants of the Anti-Defamation League are at the bottom of the barrel. For decades, they've demonized conservatives and Christians as agents of "hate" and treated our very existence as incitements to violence. The ADL's manufactured outrage machine has broadened its target list to anyone remotely critical of Israel for any reason, President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, "America First" college students, innocuous hand gestures, cartoon frogs and anyone who dares to think or write that "It's OK to be white."
Now, in the wake of the "Chinese flu" pandemic, ADL is lining up with all the other federal bailout vultures clamoring for free money. This week, the group issued a statement calling on Congress to include "relief for charities" in any COVID-19 legislation. "In times of crisis," ADL self-righteously urged, "nonprofits are on the front lines, ready to respond and serve communities across the nation—but funds are needed to continue doing so." The "relief package" pushed by ADL and several hundred other groups demands $60 billion in "emergency stimulus funding to support our work... during this time of crisis and need."
What a crock. The primary "front lines" ADL occupies are on the battlefields against American sovereignty and free speech. By my count, the open borders zealots of ADL have filed 17 amicus briefs in our courts supporting obstruction of Trump's immigration enforcement and national security measures. The group is particularly proud of its brief in Trump v. Hawaii, in which it "led a coalition of six Jewish organizations using our unique moral voice to passionately argue against the so-called Muslim ban, citing three historical examples when our nation later recognized that we were wrong to turn our back, including denying refuge to Jews fleeing the Nazis." The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the travel restrictions and affirmed the broad plenary powers of the executive branch over immigration.
On top of the $60 billion ADL wants for itself and its ideological fellow travelers (including tax-funded refugee resettlement contractors Catholic Charities, Church World Service and Lutheran Services), the group called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week to include Medicaid coverage and tax rebates for illegal immigrants in her Chinese flu rescue package. ADL's full-throated promotion of America's demographic transformation through mass migration stands in stark contrast to its unapologetic defense of Israel's restrictionist immigration policies and militarized borders.
But heaven forbid you point out the hypocrisy.
Instead of fighting defamation, the ADL traffics in false accusations of anti-Semitism under the guise of "Never Again" repeating the Holocaust. Putting American citizens over hundreds of thousands of Third World and Muslim refugees is "xenophobic," the ADL decries, and would lead to a repeat of World War II Nazism. Hanging banners from highway overpasses calling for our government to "secure borders" or "defend American workers" is a "white supremacist tactic." And pointing out the obvious nexus between open borders and disease will put you on the dreaded ADL "extremism" radar.
Yes, the ADL prides itself on "monitor(ing) and report(ing) on the rhetoric of anti-immigration activists and their supporters... (who) have long promoted the notion of immigrants as bringing disease, crime and environmental problems into the United States." Instead of refuting the facts, they just point, sputter and smear. In 2009, during the swine flu outbreak traced to Mexico, I wrote on my blog that "the spread of contagious diseases from around the world into the U.S." was the "result of uncontrolled immigration." ADL swooped in with a raging condemnation of me and others who "demonize Mexicans and immigrants, blaming them for the spread of the virus."
ADL's virtue-signalers went on to warn that "(a)nti-immigrant groups and some mainstream media commentators are using the outbreak to advance their prejudiced views and agendas, warning that the virus in the U.S. is the result of illegal immigration."
It's not "prejudice." It's reality. Every sovereign nation on every continent, including Israel, has now closed its borders to foreign travelers and trespassers to head off this global pandemic. If we had learned from swine flu history 11 years ago, perhaps the current outbreak would not have resulted in such a delayed and addled response mired in deadly political correctness. But the ADL is still conducting business as usual during this latest open borders contagion, blithely attacking "anti-Semitic, racist tropes" as the real public health menace. Really.
According to its most recent financial statements, ADL and the ADL Foundation raked in nearly $80 million in operating revenues in 2018, with net assets worth more than $92 million. Fear-mongering is big business. The idea that ADL's professional character assassins serve any vital role in assisting vulnerable American citizens in need of food, shelter or medical assistance is pure chutzpah. The notion that they should be entitled to a single penny of taxpayer subsidies from American workers being laid off in droves is an affront to decency. Crying "racism" and "diversity" to fill coffers and silence political opponents exacerbated the current catastrophe. ADL's treachery should be reviled, not rewarded.
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Michelle Malkin [Email her] is the author of Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores. Click here for Peter Brimelow’s review. Click here for Michelle Malkin's website. Michelle Malkin is also the author of Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies, ,Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs, and Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers.
Malkin is author of the book, "Open Borders, Inc.: Who's Funding America's Destruction," available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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vdare--2020-03-24--Black Ski Group Hit Hard by Virus

Black Ski Group Hit Hard by Virus

Earlier : The Skier Menace : International Travelers Who Ski Italy , Etc .
Brought Coronavirus To Aspen and Coronavirus Transmission : Once Again , The Skier Menace There hasn ’ t been much in the news about blacks with coronavirus , other than celebrities like NBA players and movie stars .
But now , here ’ s a story : From The Root : Exclusive : A Black Organization Held One of America ’ s Biggest Ski Conventions .
This Year ’ s Attendees Are Testing Positive for Coronavirus … Weeks after National Brotherhood of Skiers ( NBS ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to supporting and developing winter athletes of color , hosted its popular national summit , black skiers and snowboarders are still reliving the weeklong convention , which according to the group ’ website , is “ the largest gathering of skiers and riders , more than any other ski convention in the United States.
” Aside from the memories of camaraderie and revelry ( and , in all likelihood , a few spades games ) at an Idaho resort , many of this year ’ s older , more seasoned attendees brought home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by two black ski enthusiasts in 1973 , NBS first held its National Ski Summit in Sun Valley , Idaho in 1975 .
Since then , the organization has expanded to more than 60 local ski clubs across the country with more than 3,000 members .
… This year ’ s festivities , held Feb 29-March 7 , brought more than 600 members from 51 different clubs back to Sun Valley to honor 81-year-old Ben Finley and 83-year-old Arthur Clay , the organization ’ s founders , as they were inducted into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Root has learned that dozens of winter sports enthusiasts who were in attendance at the NBS Black Ski Summit have also tested positive for coronavirus .

Earlier: The Skier Menace: International Travelers Who Ski Italy, Etc. Brought Coronavirus To Aspen and Coronavirus Transmission: Once Again, The Skier Menace
There hasn’t been much in the news about blacks with coronavirus, other than celebrities like NBA players and movie stars. But now, here’s a story:
From The Root:
Exclusive: A Black Organization Held One of America’s Biggest Ski Conventions. This Year’s Attendees Are Testing Positive for Coronavirus
Michael Harriot
Today 2:31PM
… Weeks after National Brotherhood of Skiers (NBS), America’s largest organization dedicated to supporting and developing winter athletes of color, hosted its popular national summit, black skiers and snowboarders are still reliving the weeklong convention, which according to the group’ website, is “the largest gathering of skiers and riders, more than any other ski convention in the United States.” Aside from the memories of camaraderie and revelry (and, in all likelihood, a few spades games) at an Idaho resort, many of this year’s older, more seasoned attendees brought home a more substantial parting gift:
Coronavirus.
Founded by two black ski enthusiasts in 1973, NBS first held its National Ski Summit in Sun Valley, Idaho in 1975. Since then, the organization has expanded to more than 60 local ski clubs across the country with more than 3,000 members. …
This year’s festivities, held Feb 29-March 7, brought more than 600 members from 51 different clubs back to Sun Valley to honor 81-year-old Ben Finley and 83-year-old Arthur Clay, the organization’s founders, as they were inducted into the National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.
Then people started getting sick.
The Root has learned that dozens of winter sports enthusiasts who were in attendance at the NBS Black Ski Summit have also tested positive for coronavirus.


vdare--2020-03-24--NYT: You Have to Pull Sick People Out of Their Homes

From the New York Times news section , an article by their epidemics reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr. As soon as possible , experts said , the United States must develop an alternative to the practice of isolating infected people at home , as it endangers families .
In China , 75 to 80 percent of all transmission occurred in family clusters .
That pattern has already repeated itself here .
Seven members of a large family in New Jersey were infected ; four have already died .
After a lawyer in New Rochelle , N.Y. , fell ill , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tested positive .
Instead of a policy that advises the infected to remain at home , as the Centers for Disease and Prevention now does , experts said cities should establish facilities where the mildly and moderately ill can recuperate under the care and observation of nurses .
Wuhan created many such centers , called “ temporary hospitals , ” each a cross between a dormitory and a first-aid clinic .
They had cots and oxygen tanks , but not the advanced machines used in intensive care units .
American cities now have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wards .
Already New York is considering turning the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center into a temporary hospital , along with the Westchester Convention Center and two university campuses .
Gov .
Ron DeSantis of Florida said on Saturday that state officials were also considering opening isolation wards .
In China , said Dr. Bruce Aylward , leader of the World Health Organization ’ s observer team there , people originally resisted leaving home or seeing their children go into isolation centers with no visiting rights — just as Americans no doubt would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accept it .
“ They realized they were keeping their families safe , ” he said .
“ Also , isolation is really lonely .
It ’ s psychologically difficult .
Here , they were all together with other people in the same boat .
They supported each other .
”

From the New York Times news section, an article by their epidemics reporter, Donald G. McNeil Jr.
… Isolate the infected
As soon as possible, experts said, the United States must develop an alternative to the practice of isolating infected people at home, as it endangers families. In China, 75 to 80 percent of all transmission occurred in family clusters.
That pattern has already repeated itself here. Seven members of a large family in New Jersey were infected; four have already died. After a lawyer in New Rochelle, N.Y., fell ill, his wife, son and daughter all tested positive.
Instead of a policy that advises the infected to remain at home, as the Centers for Disease and Prevention now does, experts said cities should establish facilities where the mildly and moderately ill can recuperate under the care and observation of nurses.
Wuhan created many such centers, called “temporary hospitals,” each a cross between a dormitory and a first-aid clinic. They had cots and oxygen tanks, but not the advanced machines used in intensive care units.
American cities now have many spaces that could serve as isolation wards. Already New York is considering turning the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center into a temporary hospital, along with the Westchester Convention Center and two university campuses.
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida said on Saturday that state officials were also considering opening isolation wards.
In China, said Dr. Bruce Aylward, leader of the World Health Organization’s observer team there, people originally resisted leaving home or seeing their children go into isolation centers with no visiting rights — just as Americans no doubt would.
In China, they came to accept it.
“They realized they were keeping their families safe,” he said. “Also, isolation is really lonely. It’s psychologically difficult. Here, they were all together with other people in the same boat. They supported each other.”


vdare--2020-03-24--One Good Thing About WuFlu Panic: Immigration Patriot Jeff Sessions May Now Beat RINO Tuberville In

One Good Thing About WuFlu Panic: Immigration Patriot Jeff Sessions May Now Beat RINO Tuberville In Alabama Senate Primary

See also As Alabama Goes , So Could Go The Nation—If DC GOP Elite Had Guts Alabama Governor Kay Ivey ’ s postponement of the GOP U.S. Senate run-off because of the China virus might well mean former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will overcome President Trump ’ s dismaying endorsement of Establishment cipher Tommy Tuberville [ Sessions or Tuberville ; who benefits most from Alabama runoff reset ?
by John Sharp , AL.com , March 22 , 2020 ] ?
Sessions now has time to regroup .
His job : expose Tuberville as a pro-immigration candidate fundamentally opposed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ border—and play up Sessions ’ own much deeper roots in the Yellowhammer State .
A disclaimer : Jeff Sessions and I have been friends since we campaigned together in 1994 .
He ran for Alabama Attorney General ; I ran for Congress .
He won ; I lost…by 23 votes out of 50,000 cast !
I know him well .
He hails from Alabama ’ s Black Belt—named for the region ’ s rich black soil not its demographics .
He has lived an unblemished moral life .
Indeed , Sessions ’ Boy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into hot water with Trump and provoked Trump ’ s otherwise-inexplicable endorsement of Tuberville .
A second disclaimer : while I also know and like Rep. Bradley Byrne , who also ran in the March 3 primary , the man of my heart in the race was Judge Roy Moore .
I know him well .
He is , far and away , the most courageous of the lot .
But he has been overwhelmed by lies and propaganda .
Moore is no child molester .
He has a lovely , lovely wife @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Hitler 's infamous `` big lie '' theory here—say it often enough and they ’ ll believe any lie .
And here it ’ s the GOP Establishment doing a lot of the lying It was an awful thing for Trump to endorse Tuberville after the primary .
Remember , Sessions courageously endorsed Trump before any other senator dared , and he did so in the uncertain days when the fledgling candidate needed it most .
But then Sessions made a mistake after Trump pulled him out of the Senate to become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of concern with legal propriety and public perception , Sessions recused himself from the sizzling Russia “ collusion ” case that turned out to be a hoax .
Perhaps he should have told Trump before accepting the appointment that he would be duty bound to do this , although it was surely not clear how far the Russia Hoax would be hyped .
But he didn ’ t—and perhaps that was his mistake .
Acting as though Sessions betrayed him , Trump threw a temper tantrum and fired him the day after the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apparently developed a bitter animus toward a man who had always supported him .
After the Super Tuesday GOP Senate primary ended in no clear winner and a mandate run-off set for March 31 , Trump tweeted gleefully that Sessions got what he deserved : Then he did something worse .
He breached Alabama ’ s border , insinuated himself more deeply in our election , and endorsed Tuberville : Problems abound in that tweet , not least Tuberville ’ s win-loss record .
You could say he was successful .
But he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Auburn.
” He had no skills as an offensive coach and egotistically disregarded his assistants who were skilled , which made a mess of the team ’ s offense .
He regularly and publicly demeaned myriad individuals , including his own players !
“ Terrific coaches ” don ’ t do that .
Additionally , significantly , he was stereotypically biased against whites .
Auburn officials , who just grimaced for a while , became increasingly concerned that Tuberville ’ s deficiencies were not confined to his coaching ability but equally apparent in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ troubling , by the way , in a senator .
In 2008 , Auburn forced their “ terrific coach ” to resign [ Tommy Tuberville Earned His Fate At Auburn , , by Gerald Ball , BleacherReport.com , December 4 , 2008 ] .
Tuberville fled the state in ignominy and moved to Florida , where he bought a house , voted , and in all respects became a Floridian .
Now he ’ s back in Alabama .
More importantly , though , is what Tuberville isn ’ t , regardless of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he endorsed is good on the hot-button issues such as crime , the Second Amendment , and the military and veterans .
How does Trump know all this , given that Tuberville has no record—he ’ s literally a cipher ?
On immigration , though , Tuberville ’ s record is clear .
He ’ s for more of it .
In August , before he recognized the importance that thinking voters place on immigration , he uttered this call for Open Borders in a speech to the Shoals Republican Club : Tuberville @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And recently he said Trump “ stands for a lot of things , some things I don ’ t believe in , ” not least tariffs and a tough-on-China policy .
Now , of course , Tuberville trying to reverse course and tell us he wants to build the wall and keep the illegals out .
But it ’ s too late .
Alabamians like me know how he really thinks .
On the other hand , Sessions built a stalwart record when he was in the Senate that earned a career A+ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leader on border control and illegal immigration and will be again if we re-elect him .
That record is why Sessions can overcome Trump ’ s endorsement of Tuberville .
The effects of that endorsement will decay exponentially ; endorsement half-lives are short .
One voter poll after that endorsement gave Tuberville a 12-point lead , but yet another showed the two tied [ Sessions , Tuberville tied in Alabama runoff : poll , by Rebecca Klar , The Hill , March 10 , 2020 ] .
Three or four months is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time the heat of mid-July arrives , Tuberville ’ s nod from Trump will have cooled considerably .
Sessions has another 90 days to remind voters why they sent him to the Senate to begin with , and hammer home the point that Tuberville is a weak sister on immigration and those America First issues that matter to Alabamians .
Indeed , by July , Tuberville might just be another boring—and unemployed—ex-sports figure .
My suggestion : Sessions can ensure the election is held on a new battleground if he not only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also calls for a total moratorium on immigration .
The time is ripe for it , and it would get popular support .
And Tuberville will have to respond .
As for Trump , the attack on Sessions and endorsement of Tuberville were puerile acts of vengeance—self-defeating if he actually wants to enact an immigration patriot agenda .
Of course , we shouldn ’ t turn away from the only president willing , if only implicitly , to defend the Historic American Nation .
As politics goes , Donald Trump is a brilliant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or two .
Funny thing is , Sessions has a better chance of beating freak Democrat Senator Doug Jones than Tuberville .
And Trump , if re-elected , would be better off with the first senator to endorse him in 2016 .
My message to Alabamians : Ignore Trump and pull the lever for Sessions on July 14 .

See also As Alabama Goes, So Could Go The Nation—If DC GOP Elite Had Guts
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s postponement of the GOP U.S. Senate run-off because of the China virus might well mean former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will overcome President Trump’s dismaying endorsement of Establishment cipher Tommy Tuberville [Sessions or Tuberville; who benefits most from Alabama runoff reset? by John Sharp, AL.com, March 22, 2020]? Sessions now has time to regroup. His job: expose Tuberville as a pro-immigration candidate fundamentally opposed to Trump’s patriot position on the border—and play up Sessions’ own much deeper roots in the Yellowhammer State.
A disclaimer: Jeff Sessions and I have been friends since we campaigned together in 1994. He ran for Alabama Attorney General; I ran for Congress. He won; I lost…by 23 votes out of 50,000 cast! I know him well. He hails from Alabama’s Black Belt—named for the region’s rich black soil, not its demographics. He has lived an unblemished moral life. Indeed, Sessions’ Boy Scout rectitude is likely what got him into hot water with Trump and provoked Trump’s otherwise inexplicable endorsement of Tuberville.
A second disclaimer: while I also know and like Rep. Bradley Byrne, who also ran in the March 3 primary, the man of my heart in the race was Judge Roy Moore. I know him well. He is, far and away, the most courageous of the lot. But he has been overwhelmed by lies and propaganda. Moore is no child molester. He has a lovely, lovely wife who I also know. I think of Hitler's infamous "big lie" theory here—say it often enough and they’ll believe any lie. And here it’s the GOP Establishment doing a lot of the lying
It was an awful thing for Trump to endorse Tuberville after the primary. Remember, Sessions courageously endorsed Trump before any other senator dared, and he did so in the uncertain days when the fledgling candidate needed it most.
But then Sessions made a mistake after Trump pulled him out of the Senate to become Attorney General. Out of an abundance of concern with legal propriety and public perception, Sessions recused himself from the sizzling Russia “collusion” case that turned out to be a hoax. Perhaps he should have told Trump before accepting the appointment that he would be duty bound to do this, although it was surely not clear how far the Russia Hoax would be hyped. But he didn’t—and perhaps that was his mistake.
Acting as though Sessions betrayed him, Trump threw a temper tantrum and fired him the day after the 2018 midterm elections. The president has apparently developed a bitter animus toward a man who had always supported him. After the Super Tuesday GOP Senate primary ended in no clear winner and a mandate run-off set for March 31, Trump tweeted gleefully that Sessions got what he deserved:
This is what happens to someone who loyally gets appointed Attorney General of the United States & then doesn’t have the wisdom or courage to stare down & end the phony Russia Witch Hunt. Recuses himself on FIRST DAY in office, and the Mueller Scam begins!
Then he did something worse. He breached Alabama’s border, insinuated himself more deeply in our election, and endorsed Tuberville:
Tommy was a terrific head football coach at Auburn University. He is a REAL LEADER who will never let MAGA/KAG, or our country, down! Tommy will protect your Second Amendment (which is under siege), is strong on Crime and the Border, and truly LOVES our Military and our Vets. He will be a great Senator for the people of Alabama. Coach Tommy Tuberville, a winner, has my Complete and Total Endorsement. I love Alabama!
Problems abound in that tweet, not least Tuberville’s win-loss record. You could say he was successful. But he was hardly a “terrific coach at Auburn.” He had no skills as an offensive coach and egotistically disregarded his assistants who were skilled, which made a mess of the team’s offense. He regularly and publicly demeaned myriad individuals, including his own players! “Terrific coaches” don’t do that. Additionally, significantly, he was stereotypically biased against whites.
Auburn officials, who just grimaced for a while, became increasingly concerned that Tuberville’s deficiencies were not confined to his coaching ability but equally apparent in his lack of diplomacy—which would be most troubling, by the way, in a senator. In 2008, Auburn forced their “terrific coach” to resign [Tommy Tuberville Earned His Fate At Auburn, by Gerald Ball, BleacherReport.com, December 4, 2008].
Tuberville fled the state in ignominy and moved to Florida, where he bought a house, voted, and in all respects became a Floridian. Now he’s back in Alabama.
More importantly, though, is what Tuberville isn’t, regardless of Trump’s assurances that the man he endorsed is good on the hot-button issues such as crime, the Second Amendment, and the military and veterans. How does Trump know all this, given that Tuberville has no record—he’s literally a cipher?
On immigration, though, Tuberville’s record is clear. He’s for more of it. In August, before he recognized the importance that thinking voters place on immigration, he uttered this call for Open Borders in a speech to the Shoals Republican Club:
There are people across the border that need jobs… and we want them to come over here. Let em’ come in and become citizens like we all became citizens. [Alabama GOP Senate Candidate Wants Illegals to Fill American Jobs, Hires Zuckerberg Cheap Labor Aide, by John Binder, Breitbart, August 19, 2019]
Tuberville has also favored more legal immigration. And recently he said Trump “stands for a lot of things, some things I don’t believe in,” not least tariffs and a tough-on-China policy.
Now, of course, Tuberville is trying to reverse course and tell us he wants to build the wall and keep the illegals out. But it’s too late. Alabamians like me know how he really thinks.
On the other hand, Sessions built a stalwart record when he was in the Senate that earned a career A+ from Numbers USA. He was a leader on border control and illegal immigration and will be again if we re-elect him.
That record is why Sessions can overcome Trump’s endorsement of Tuberville. The effects of that endorsement will decay exponentially; endorsement half-lives are short. One voter poll after that endorsement gave Tuberville a 12-point lead, but yet another showed the two tied [Sessions, Tuberville tied in Alabama runoff: poll, by Rebecca Klar, The Hill, March 10, 2020]. Three or four months is a long time in politics, and by the time the heat of mid-July arrives, Tuberville’s nod from Trump will have cooled considerably.
Sessions has another 90 days to remind voters why they sent him to the Senate to begin with, and hammer home the point that Tuberville is a weak sister on immigration and those America First issues that matter to Alabamians. Indeed, by July, Tuberville might just be another boring—and unemployed—ex-sports figure.
My suggestion: Sessions can ensure the election is held on a new battleground if he not only touts his record in the Senate but also calls for a total moratorium on immigration.
The time is ripe for it, and it would get popular support. And Tuberville will have to respond.
As for Trump, the attack on Sessions and endorsement of Tuberville were puerile acts of vengeance—self-defeating if he actually wants to enact an immigration patriot agenda.
Of course, we shouldn’t turn away from the only president willing, if only implicitly, to defend the Historic American Nation. As politics goes, Donald Trump is a brilliant diamond, but with a visible flaw or two.
Funny thing is, Sessions has a better chance of beating freak Democrat Senator Doug Jones than Tuberville. And Trump, if re-elected, would be better off with the first senator to endorse him in 2016.
My message to Alabamians: Ignore Trump and pull the lever for Sessions on July 14.
Hugh McInnish [Email him] is a retired engineer, blogger, and aperiodic McInnish Newsletter writer.


vdare--2020-03-25--Ann Coulter On Coronavirus: How Do We Flatten The Curve On Panic?

Earlier by Patrick J. Buchanan : Must We Kill the Economy to Kill the Virus ?
If , as the evidence suggests , the Chinese virus is enormously dangerous to people with certain medical conditions and those over 70 years old , but a much smaller danger to those under 70 , then shutting down the entire country indefinitely is probably a bad idea .
But even when the time is right—by Easter , June or the fall—there will be no one to stop the quarantine because the media will continue to hype every coronavirus death , as if these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the only deaths that were preventable .
What mayor , governor or president will be willing to take the blame for causing a coronavirus death ?
We ’ ll get no BREAKING NEWS alerts for the regular flu deaths ( so far this season , more than 23,000 , compared to 533 from the coronavirus ) .
Nor for the more than 3,000 people who die every day of heart disease or cancer .
No alerts for the hundreds who die each day from car accidents , illegal aliens and suicide .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Everybody ” crowd : Listen to the scientists !
Unfortunately , most of the “ scientists ” they present to us are lawyers .
( How did Robert Reich , Donna Shalala and Ron Klain become medical professionals ? )
Just as , I assume , they did in 1976 , when epidemiologists warned of another 1918 Spanish flu pandemic after a few young Army recruits died of swine flu at Fort Dix in New Jersey .
Eight months later , the federal government launched a mandatory swine flu vaccination program .
About @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before the program was abruptly shut down .
No pandemic had materialized .
The virus infected a few people , then vanished .
But directly as a result of receiving the vaccine , dozens of Americans died and several hundred acquired Guillain-Barre syndrome .
The scientists also disagreed in the 1980s , when the media and government went into overdrive to scare us all about AIDS .
( 1985 Life magazine cover : `` NOW , NO ONE IS SAFE FROM AIDS.
” ) Surgeon General C. Everett Koop—as revered by the media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the disease , insisting that “ [ h ] eterosexual persons are increasingly at risk.
” Speaking of which , here ’ s liberal sex symbol Fauci on AIDS back in 1983 , when he was with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , but not yet its director : `` As the months go by , we see more and more groups .
AIDS is creeping out of well-defined epidemiological confines.
” ( It didn ’ t . )
In 1987 , Fauci warned that French kissing might transmit the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officials have to presume that it is possible to transmit the virus by exchange of saliva in deep kissing .
That presumption is made to be extra safe . ''
By 1992 , after a decade-long epidemic with more than a million infections , the Centers for Disease Control could find only 2,391 cases of AIDS transmission by white heterosexuals—and that included hemophiliacs and blood transfusion patients .
( “ White ” because AIDS cases among Haitian and African immigrants had a variety of causes . )
But teenagers and sorority girls had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lest they catch the AIDS virus , just as today they ’ re afraid of leaving their homes to avoid a virus that , in Italy , has killed no one under 30 years old and precious few under 50 .
We have to be “ extra safe.
” Both the No French Kissing rule and Quarantine Everybody rule are perfectly rational positions for an epidemiologist to take .
That ’ s why we need to listen to people other than epidemiologists .
How about the doctors who keep pointing out that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over 70 and those with specific health problems ?
( See here , here , and here .
The president should listen to experts in other fields , too .
A country is more than an economy , but it ’ s also more than a virus .
If we listened only to emergency room doctors , we might come away convinced that we have to completely ban cars , alcohol and gummy bears .
( Don ’ t ask . )
While taking a torts class in law school , I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order a flaming dessert or stand at a train stop .
Playwright Arthur Miller once told a story about a geologist who remarked that life was possible even in the vast American desert .
All you needed was water , he said , and the largest reservoir on the globe was located right under the Rockies .
But how would he get it ?
But what about the fallout ?
`` Oh , '' said the geologist , `` that 's not my field . ''
Today , the epidemiologists are prepared to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a virus .
What about the jobs , the suicides , the heart attacks , the lost careers , the destruction of America ’ s wealth ?
Oh , that 's not my field .
Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here .
Her book , ¡Adios America !
The Left ’ s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole , was released on June 1 , 2015 .
Her latest book , Resistance Is Futile !
: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ August 21 , 2018 .

Earlier by Patrick J. Buchanan: Must We Kill the Economy to Kill the Virus?
If, as the evidence suggests, the Chinese virus is enormously dangerous to people with certain medical conditions and those over 70 years old, but a much smaller danger to those under 70, then shutting down the entire country indefinitely is probably a bad idea.
But even when the time is right—by Easter, June or the fall—there will be no one to stop the quarantine because the media will continue to hype every coronavirus death, as if these are the only deaths that count and the only deaths that were preventable.
What mayor, governor or president will be willing to take the blame for causing a coronavirus death?
We’ll get no BREAKING NEWS alerts for the regular flu deaths (so far this season, more than 23,000, compared to 533 from the coronavirus).
Nor for the more than 3,000 people who die every day of heart disease or cancer. No alerts for the hundreds who die each day from car accidents, illegal aliens and suicide.
Only coronavirus deaths are considered newsworthy.
We’re told by the “Quarantine Everybody” crowd: Listen to the scientists! Unfortunately, most of the “scientists” they present to us are lawyers. (How did Robert Reich, Donna Shalala and Ron Klain become medical professionals?)
Also, the scientists disagree.
Just as, I assume, they did in 1976, when epidemiologists warned of another 1918 Spanish flu pandemic after a few young Army recruits died of swine flu at Fort Dix in New Jersey. Eight months later, the federal government launched a mandatory swine flu vaccination program.
About a quarter of the country was vaccinated before the program was abruptly shut down. No pandemic had materialized. The virus infected a few people, then vanished. But directly as a result of receiving the vaccine, dozens of Americans died and several hundred acquired Guillain-Barre syndrome.
The scientists also disagreed in the 1980s, when the media and government went into overdrive to scare us all about AIDS. (1985 Life magazine cover: "NOW, NO ONE IS SAFE FROM AIDS.”)
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop—as revered by the media then as Anthony Fauci is today—lied about the disease, insisting that “[h]eterosexual persons are increasingly at risk.”
Speaking of which, here’s liberal sex symbol Fauci on AIDS back in 1983, when he was with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, but not yet its director: "As the months go by, we see more and more groups. AIDS is creeping out of well-defined epidemiological confines.” (It didn’t.)
In 1987, Fauci warned that French kissing might transmit the AIDS virus, saying, “Health officials have to presume that it is possible to transmit the virus by exchange of saliva in deep kissing. That presumption is made to be extra safe."
By 1992, after a decade-long epidemic with more than a million infections, the Centers for Disease Control could find only 2,391 cases of AIDS transmission by white heterosexuals—and that included hemophiliacs and blood transfusion patients. (“White” because AIDS cases among Haitian and African immigrants had a variety of causes.)
But teenagers and sorority girls had to spend years being frightened of kissing lest they catch the AIDS virus, just as today they’re afraid of leaving their homes to avoid a virus that, in Italy, has killed no one under 30 years old and precious few under 50.
We have to be “extra safe.”
Both the No French Kissing rule and Quarantine Everybody rule are perfectly rational positions for an epidemiologist to take. That’s why we need to listen to people other than epidemiologists.
How about the doctors who keep pointing out that the coronavirus is mainly a problem for people over 70 and those with specific health problems? (See here, here, and here.)
The president should listen to experts in other fields, too. A country is more than an economy, but it’s also more than a virus.
If we listened only to emergency room doctors, we might come away convinced that we have to completely ban cars, alcohol and gummy bears. (Don’t ask.) While taking a torts class in law school, I was afraid to sit under a chandelier, order a flaming dessert or stand at a train stop.
Playwright Arthur Miller once told a story about a geologist who remarked that life was possible even in the vast American desert. All you needed was water, he said, and the largest reservoir on the globe was located right under the Rockies.
But how would he get it?
Simple—drop a couple of atomic bombs.
But what about the fallout?
"Oh," said the geologist, "that's not my field."
Today, the epidemiologists are prepared to nuke the entire American economy to kill a virus.
What about the jobs, the suicides, the heart attacks, the lost careers, the destruction of America’s wealth?
Oh, that's not my field.
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Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here.
Her book, ¡Adios America! The Left’s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole, was released on June 1, 2015.
Her latest book, Resistance Is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind, was released on August 21, 2018.


vdare--2020-03-25--Charlottesville Narrative Collapse Seen In Jason Kessler Lawsuit

We have a tag called `` Charlottesville Narrative Collapse '' , a special case of what 's called Narrative Collapse , in which the media 's Narrative of what happened some case like Trayvon Martin 's failed assault on George Zimmerman will collapse when presented to , in Zimmerman 's case , a jury .
In the case of the Charlottesville Unite The Right Rally of August 11–12 , 2017 , the Narrative is about horrible Nazis gathering and killing people .
What actually happened , as VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow wrote , was that Three things show that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paying attention : • The independent Heaphy Report blamed the police for their deliberate failure to separate the `` lawful assembly '' from antifa rioters .
• The fact that the black Charlottesville police chief ( Chief Al S. Thomas Jr. ) has resigned , more or less in disgrace .
• Finally , the Southern Heritage supporters who objected to the desecration of the Lee Memorial were vindicated by a decision upholding the law protecting the monument .
Jason Kessler , who organized what was meant to be a peaceful rally , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the collapse of the Narrative , which a judge decided to dismiss .
Kessler is appealing that , and also asking for some biased law clerks to recused themselves .
See Motions to Recuse Filed Against Biased Charlottesville Rally Clerks ( Read Here ) Jason Kessler.us , March 24 , 2020 , in which he writes : Plaintiffs in a free speech case stemming from the 2017 Unite the Right rally have filed a Motion to Recuse two law clerks writing the opinions of Judge Norman K Moon citing unacceptable bias within his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s opinions in multiple cases stemming from the rally have been written by close personal friends of Elizabeth Sines , a woman suing rally organisers .
Further evidence shows that Judge Moon ’ s clerks going back to 2018 are 1 .
Material fact witnesses in the cases 2 .
Friends of an opposing litigant and 3 .
Have made several prejudicial statements about rally organisers before being hired to decide matters in these cases .
The point is that most Judges ' decisions are largely written by their clerks , and not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so is bias in a clerk , and the case for recusal here seems pretty clear : You can donate to Kessler here .

We have a tag called "Charlottesville Narrative Collapse," a special case of what's called Narrative Collapse, in which the media's Narrative of what happened some case like Trayvon Martin's failed assault on George Zimmerman will collapse when presented to, in Zimmerman's case, a jury.
In the case of the Charlottesville Unite The Right Rally of August 11–12, 2017, the Narrative is about horrible Nazis gathering and killing people.
What actually happened, as VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow wrote, was that
a lawful assembly protesting the proposed vandalism of a Robert E. Lee statue was repressed and physically attacked by elected, uniformed, civilian and paramilitary Democrats, followed by an obviously pre-planned nationwide pogrom against Dissident Right individuals and outlets that were not remotely connected with the rally (i.e. VDARE.com).
Three things show that the Narrative has collapsed, for anyone actually paying attention:
Jason Kessler, who organized what was meant to be a peaceful rally, is pursuing a lawsuit which will further the collapse of the Narrative, which a judge decided to dismiss. Kessler is appealing that, and also asking for some biased law clerks to recuse themselves.
See Motions to Recuse Filed Against Biased Charlottesville Rally Clerks [Read Here] Jason Kessler.us, March 24, 2020, in which he writes:
Plaintiffs in a free speech case stemming from the 2017 Unite the Right rally have filed a Motion to Recuse two law clerks writing the opinions of Judge Norman K Moon citing unacceptable bias within his courtroom. Incredibly, Judge Moon’s opinions in multiple cases stemming from the rally have been written by close personal friends of Elizabeth Sines, a woman suing rally organisers. Further evidence shows that Judge Moon’s clerks going back to 2018 are 1. Material fact witnesses in the cases 2. Friends of an opposing litigant and 3. Have made several prejudicial statements about rally organisers before being hired to decide matters in these cases.
The point is that most Judges' decisions are largely written by their clerks, and not only is bias in a Judge dangerous, so is bias in a clerk, and the case for recusal here seems pretty clear:
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You can donate to Kessler here.


vdare--2020-03-25--Nevada Governor Bans Prescription Chloroquine For Corona Because Media Touted Man Who Ate Pool Clean

Nevada Governor Bans Prescription Chloroquine For Corona Because Media Touted Man Who Ate Pool Cleaner

— [ Nevada Governor Steve ] Sisolak signed an emergency order earlier Tuesday barring the use of anti-malaria drugs for @ @ @ @ @ .
The order restricting chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine came after President Donald Trump touted the medication @ @ @ @ @ stated that the Food and Drug Administration had just approved the use of chloroquine to @ @ @ @ @ .
Sisolak said in a statement that there ’ s no consensus among experts or @ @ @ @ @ can treat people with COVID-19 .
Well , it would be a good idea to @ @ @ @ @ time-honored anti-malaria drugs work against this novel coronavirus .
And one way to find out @ @ @ @ @ them off-label to people less susceptible to their side effects and SEE WHAT HAPPENS .
@ @ @ @ @ ingest aquarium cleaning chemicals on your own say-so .

From USN&WR:
… In other Nevada coronavirus news: — [Nevada Governor Steve] Sisolak signed an emergency order earlier Tuesday barring the use of anti-malaria drugs for someone who has the coronavirus. The order restricting chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine came after President Donald Trump touted the medication as a treatment and falsely stated that the Food and Drug Administration had just approved the use of chloroquine to treat patients infected with coronavirus. Sisolak said in a statement that there’s no consensus among experts or Nevada doctors that the drugs can treat people with COVID-19.
Well, it would be a good idea to find out if these two time-honored anti-malaria drugs work against this novel coronavirus. And one way to find out is to let doctors prescribe them off-label to people less susceptible to their side effects and SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
Do not, however, ingest aquarium cleaning chemicals on your own say-so.
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vdare--2020-03-25--Are Gay Men Hit Harder By Coronavirus?

Are Gay Men Hit Harder By Coronavirus?

Perhaps the first American celebrity to be announced to have died of coronavirus complications is the elderly gay playwright Terrence @ @ @ @ @ ’ s nothing unexpected about an octogenarian dying of this plague .
But this reminds @ @ @ @ @ the more perceptive observers , Charles Norman and Spotted Toad , independently observed that gay @ @ @ @ @ more severe illnesses for their ages .
I haven ’ t noticed that they are @ @ @ @ @ less ) , although that ’ s certainly possible , but there might be a @ @ @ @ @ slammed harder by the illness .
This might be just a small sample size early @ @ @ @ @ might have something to do with overall average health .
Or it might have something @ @ @ @ @ City .
Or it might have something to do with some transmission mechanism that should @ @ @ @ @ .
When dealing with a novel phenomenon , any kind of recognized pattern might prove @ @

Perhaps the first American celebrity to be announced to have died of coronavirus complications is the elderly gay playwright Terrence McNally, 81:
Terrence McNally, Tony-Winning Playwright of Gay Life, Dies at 81 Mr. McNally, who died of coronavirus complications, introduced audiences to characters and situations that most mainstream theater had previously shunted into comic asides. By Jesse Green and Neil Genzlinger, March 24, 2020
There’s nothing unexpected about an octogenarian dying of this plague. But this reminds me that a couple of the more perceptive observers, Charles Norman and Spotted Toad, independently observed that gay men seem to be suffering more severe illnesses for their ages. I haven’t noticed that they are being infected more (or less), although that’s certainly possible, but there might be a trend that they are getting slammed harder by the illness.
This might be just a small sample size early days fluke. Or it might have something to do with overall average health. Or it might have something to do with New York City. Or it might have something to do with some transmission mechanism that should be avoided. Or something.
When dealing with a novel phenomenon, any kind of recognized pattern might prove useful.


vdare--2020-03-25--Sailer In TakiMag: Mother of Two Tests Herself, Her Kids, and Her Neighbor for COVID-19

From my new column in Taki ’ s Magazine : The Associated Press reported this week : In the critical month of February , as the virus began taking root in the U.S. population , CDC data shows government labs processed 352 COVID-19 tests—an average of only a dozen per day .
At a time in which the failure of the Centers for Disease Control to promptly organize mass coronavirus testing is a national disgrace , the following sounds like a boomer clickbait headline : Mother of Two Tests Herself , Her Kids , and Her Neighbor for COVID-19 Now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you or I could carry out a do-it-yourself quantitative polymerase chain reaction test .
After all , the woman who did this , who prefers to be called S in this article , is a professor of genetics at a state flagship university where she researches bacterial genetics , with a focus on CRISPR ...
The larger point that this example highlights is that the United States of America in particular , the Anglosphere in general , and the world overall have a very deep bench of talented and trained medical and scientific @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the initiative even when the official channels get bogged down .
The U.S. has invested heavily in genetics and other biomedical sciences in recent decades and is poised to reap some benefits in this crisis .
Although we have been lectured incessantly ( at least until about a week ago ) about the lack of women in computer coding and physics , for the last two generations talented women have tended to flock in large numbers instead to the life sciences , which , at the moment , seems like a very good @ @

From my new column in Taki’s Magazine:
The Associated Press reported this week:
In the critical month of February, as the virus began taking root in the U.S. population, CDC data shows government labs processed 352 COVID-19 tests—an average of only a dozen per day.
At a time in which the failure of the Centers for Disease Control to promptly organize mass coronavirus testing is a national disgrace, the following sounds like a boomer clickbait headline:
Mother of Two Tests Herself, Her Kids, and Her Neighbor for COVID-19
But it’s true.
Now, this doesn’t mean that you or I could carry out a do-it-yourself quantitative polymerase chain reaction test. After all, the woman who did this, who prefers to be called S in this article, is a professor of genetics at a state flagship university where she researches bacterial genetics, with a focus on CRISPR...
The larger point that this example highlights is that the United States of America in particular, the Anglosphere in general, and the world overall have a very deep bench of talented and trained medical and scientific personnel who can step up and take the initiative even when the official channels get bogged down. The U.S. has invested heavily in genetics and other biomedical sciences in recent decades and is poised to reap some benefits in this crisis.
Although we have been lectured incessantly (at least until about a week ago) about the lack of women in computer coding and physics, for the last two generations talented women have tended to flock in large numbers instead to the life sciences, which, at the moment, seems like a very good thing.


vdare--2020-04-16--Re-Reading Peter Brimelow's ALIEN NATION-25 Years Later

VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow writes : 25 years ago tonight , April 16 1995 , I was holed up in a Manhattan hotel room , paid for I am happy to say by Random House , with a very pregnant wife and infant son , about to begin the publicity tour for Alien Nation , which kicked off next day with an early morning NBC Today interview by Bryant Gumbel .
It was during what John Derbyshire and I now call “ The Interglacial , ” the brief period after the collapse of the Soviet Union but before the Left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Political Correctness and Identity Politics .
Immigration had long been out of public debate and a surprising number of people were willing to discuss the issue—at first .
Alien Nation even got not one but two respectful reviews in the New York Times .
Incredible as it may seem , everyone on both sides expected some sort of patriotic immigration reform imminently .
It took a great deal of lying and lobbying to bottle the issue up again and keep it effectively out of politics for another two decades .
The spring of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I was attending a university in Washington D.C. and had an internship with a Conservative Inc. type organization .
I fell in with a circle of friends who today would be known as Dissident Right .
Back then , the closest word that described us was paleoconservative .
While I was a reader of Chronicles and Sam Francis ’ Washington Times column ( before he was fired that summer ) and a supporter of Pat Buchanan 's then-surging GOP primary challenge , I did not think much about immigration .
I certainly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against it ) but it was not an issue I knew that much about .
But when I read that Peter Brimelow was giving a talk at the Heritage Foundation ( in mid-May , if memory serves ) to promote his new book , Alien Nation : Common Sense About America ’ s Immigration Disaster , I attended .
I had enjoyed his articles in National Review and his honesty on issues of race .
I was very impressed by the lecture and a few weeks later purchased a copy of Alien Nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to take a train .
In fact , I found my Amtrak ticket stub tucked away in the pages while re-reading the book recently .
Of course , my innocence on what the author rightly called “ America ’ s immigration disaster ” ended on that train ride .
The following are what stand out to me about this ground-breaking work on its 25th anniversary .
Most Americans know almost nothing about immigration .
This includes politicians and those in the Main Stream Media .
Brimelow addressed these myths throughout the book .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that open immigration is an American value .
Yet immigration to the US was always tightly controlled—and strictly from Europe .
The 1790 Naturalization Act limited citizenship to whites .
States , rather than the federal government , controlled immigration until 1875 .
The immigration of large numbers of non-British whites only began in the 1840s with Irish and then Southern and Eastern Europeans until 1921 .
The Immigration Act of 1924 effectively ended most immigration .
What little there was after that came from Western Europe , thanks to the Quota Act @ @ @ @ @ @ @ always been a haven for refugees , ” is another common myth .
Yet the first explicit recognition of refugees by Congress came only in 1980 with the Refugee Act .
• “ We need immigrants to help the economy , ” is another one touted by immigration boosters .
But Japan has almost no immigration and enjoys a first world economy ( along with low crime and no Affirmative Action against Japanese ) .
Brimelow relates how one law student at a debate he had been invited to participate in at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happen anymore ! )
was shocked to learn that immigration is not a “ civil right.
” Alien Nation was also an excellent resource for an overview of how the US went from an almost 90 % white population in 1965 to a multiracial population today .
It didn ’ t just happen by accident .
It was entirely due to the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act .
This legislation opened up the US to mass Third World immigration for the first time .
How did a 90 % white America allow this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mainly due to simple lying from politicians and the media .
He quoted Sen. Edward Kennedy ’ s remarks about the bill at the time : Of course , this was an outright lie .
Brimelow notes : Brimelow tried to interview Senator Kennedy for the book to ask him about these statements but was denied access .
However , Kennedy ’ s immigration advisor , Jerry Tinker , claimed the change in demographics was largely due to the drying up of desire to immigrate on the part of Europeans—and an unexpected increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
Of course , the most important parts of Alien Nation had to do with race .
In Chapter Three , Brimelow made the point that , although immigration was always controlled and limited , it was almost entirely from Europe .
This meant that white America was continually being reinforced by its immigration policy , until 1965 .
But by the 1980s , immigrants from Europe were only around ten percent of all immigrants .
This was not due to lack of interest from Europeans .
Quotas were set by Congress that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigration policy .
Again , most people know very little about how immigration works .
How many people ( apart from VDARE.com readers ) realize that today ’ s policy massively favors non-whites over whites and has done so for over 50 years ?
All of which means that whites are on the road to minority status in the nation they created .
Brimelow notes that the 1960 Census shows whites comprising 88.6 percent of the US .
In 1950 , it was 89.5 percent .
It is grimly amusing to read the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They were actually a bit too optimistic .
Brimelow noted whites were projected to be 53 percent of the population by 2050 and perhaps hit minority status by 2060 .
He wrote that whites are estimated to be 64 percent in 2020 .
Well , 2020 is indeed here and we are currently at 60.4 percent of the population ( 2019 figures ) .
The most recent estimates are that whites will hit minority status by 2042 and comprise only 46 percent of the US by 2060 .
And even these stark numbers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years .
Democrats and many Republicans support Amnesties for illegals and want legal immigration increased .
Why does this matter ?
Because , as Brimelow noted , “ race and ethnicity are destiny in American politics.
” Alien Nation has a wealth of data and analysis on how changing demographics will impact things such as politics , crime , Affirmative Action , healthcare , welfare , the economy , the environment and other aspects of American life .
As whites are finding out , none of this is good for them .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predict explicitly in the book is the massive increase in anti-white hatred over the past 25 years .
But to be fair , he did discuss the failure of multiracial nations to hold together due to racial acrimony .
It may seem somewhat secondary to most , but the most memorable part of Alien Nation to me was where Brimelow describes the immigration policies of other countries -- some of whom send a great number of their people to the US .
He called embassies from various countries and asked how he himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Bemused officials—often after letting out a laugh—were blunt in their replies .
Here are just a few examples : • : “ Why do you want to emigrate to Japan ?
… There is no immigration to Japan.
” • : “ China does not accept any immigrants .
We have a large enough population.
” • : “ You need to be married to a Filipino or have capital to invest.
” • : “ You need Taiwanese relatives by blood or marriage or investment capital.
” • : “ Egypt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not permit immigrants.
” • : “ Since you are not of Indian origin , while it is not impossible for you to immigrate to India , it is a very difficult , very complex and a very , very long process.
” This part had the same effect on me 25 years ago as it does today .
For all the talk of immigration , no borders , refugees and a multiracial society being inevitable , non-whites are batting a thousand when it comes to stopping all of this .
Not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not allowing any immigration of other races , their co-racialists , once settled in white nations , are only too happy to lecture whites about “ racism.
” All while vigorously supporting and identifying with their own ethnostates , of course .
But it ’ s not as if the US is race-blind when it comes to immigration policy , Brimelow pointed out .
The US government allows its overseas territories of American Samoa , Micronesia , the Marshall Islands , the Marianas , and Palau to set their own immigration policies .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeking diversity and multiracialism through immigration .
Samoa and the Marianas don ’ t even allow US citizens to own land unless they are of islander ancestry .
“ The world is laughing at America , ” Brimelow wrote Perhaps they are right to laugh at such easy marks .
What could be done to stop America ’ s immigration disaster ?
Brimelow ’ s solutions apply just as well today as they did in 1995 .
Repeal the 1965 Immigration Act , stop illegal immigration cold and cut back on or even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course , immigrants should not be eligible for welfare handouts or Affirmative Action preferences .
Alien Nation was reviewed in a remarkably wide range of Main Stream outlets .
The Leftist reviews were pretty much what you would expect and are no different than what would appear today .
Below are just a few examples : But National Review – the voice of official conservatism at the time , but under the editorship of John O ’ Sullivan , whose deviationism on immigration was a factor in William F. Buckley ’ s abrupt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Alien Nation .
One was from the great Sam Francis who , as always , cut to the heart of the matter : The arguments that develop from these claims run counter to the conception of America as an idea , '' a proposition , '' or a creed . ''
That conception implies that the United States has almost a bottomless capacity to absorb and assimilate immigrants , since assimilation '' would consist in little more than mere assent to the credal identity of the nation .
But Mr. Brimelow performs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for example , that both the Declaration of Independence and The Federalist assumed ethnic and cultural homogeneity as a precondition of a coherent nationhood .
The point , of course , is that whatever ideas enter into the definition of America as a political order , those ideas depend for their proper functioning on a population that accepts them as habits balanced and defined by other habits rather than as newly learned precepts and abstractions .
It is unlikely that massive numbers of immigrants will doff their old cultural garments and don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigration represents a threat to the cultural homogeneity , and thus the political unity , of the nation .
One of the more confused reviews was by Center for Immigration Studies Executive Director Mark Krikorianin his Immigration Review newsletter While he agreed with most of the arguments against immigration in the book , he sounded curiously like a hysterical Leftist when the subject turned to race .
Brimelow writes that `` the massive ethnic and racial transformation that public policy is now inflicting on America is totally new — and in terms of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quite revolutionary . ''
This is the main point of the book — and is simply incorrect .
America has been ethnically transforming itself continually , and the claim that Irish and Italians were more similar to 19th century American natives than today 's immigrants are to us is unhistorical and anachronistic .
On the contrary , the changing ethnic makeup of the immigrant flow can be seen as a further unfolding of a process started long ago , as the definition of those deemed fit to be part of the nation has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Virginia , after all , originally considered Anglicans and Congregationalists , respectively , to be unfit for membership in their communities .
Later , non-British northern European Protestants , such as the Huguenots and Dutch , were accepted ( grudgingly ) as potential Americans .
Still later , Catholics , at first suspect because of the hierarchical and seemingly anti-republican nature of their church , were included .
[ A Flawed Jewel , Immigration Review , Summer 1995 ] Perhaps hoping to triangulate ( it didn ’ t work , CIS was named @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Southern Poverty Law Center CultMarx enforcers in 2017 ) Krikorian even attempted a version of “ the Irish weren ’ t considered white ” argument : Huh ?
Why were Portuguese and Sicilians allowed to come to the US at a time when only whites were allowed to immigrate and become citizens ?
Why were they not segregated in the South like blacks ?
Why were Joe DiMaggio and Lew Fonseca allowed to play and thrive in the segregated , “ whites only ” era of major league baseball ?
Perhaps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dissent at the insistance of board member Diana Hull , but that review is not online at CIS .
One of Peter Brimelow ’ s early admirers was Ann Coulter .
She has praised his work for opening her eyes to the reality of immigration .
Her 2015 bestseller , Adios America , is obviously influenced by Alien Nation .
Adios America , in turn , influenced Donald Trump ’ s views on immigration .
It was these views which separated Trump from the rest of the lackluster GOP field in 2016 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demographics have gotten worse since 1995 , there is at least now a wide recognition of the problems caused by immigration .
Even Establishment Republican types have to at least pretend to be against amnesties and for a border wall .
And while President Trump has not been perfect , he has done more for immigration control than any other president in my lifetime .
It is hard to see how this would have happened without the hard work of Peter Brimelow and people like him who labored many years in the immigration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the issues that will decide the fate of the United States .
Alien Nation helped bring America ’ s immigration disaster to the attention of many who sensed something was wrong and couldn ’ t comprehend why they felt like strangers in what was once their nation .
The fight is now much larger , and more Americans than ever are aware of the stakes .
Alien Nation was a massive source of inspiration to me and to many others who have been fighting the immigration battle for a quarter of a century @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans as we work to salvage what is left of America .

[VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow writes: 25 years ago tonight, April 16 1995, I was holed up in a Manhattan hotel room, paid for I am happy to say by Random House, with a very pregnant wife and infant son, about to begin the publicity tour for Alien Nation, which kicked off next day with an early morning NBC Today interview by Bryant Gumbel. It was during what John Derbyshire and I now call “The Interglacial,” the brief period after the collapse of the Soviet Union but before the Left reinvented itself as Cultural Marxist Enforcer of Political Correctness and Identity Politics. Immigration had long been out of public debate and a surprising number of people were willing to discuss the issue—at first. Alien Nation even got not one but two respectful reviews in the New York Times. Incredible as it may seem, everyone on both sides expected some sort of patriotic immigration reform imminently. It took a great deal of lying and lobbying to bottle the issue up again and keep it effectively out of politics for another two decades.]
The spring of 1995 was a memorable time for me. I was attending a university in Washington D.C. and had an internship with a Conservative Inc. type organization. I fell in with a circle of friends who today would be known as Dissident Right. Back then, the closest word that described us was paleoconservative.
While I was a reader of Chronicles and Sam Francis’ Washington Times column (before he was fired that summer) and a supporter of Pat Buchanan's then-surging GOP primary challenge, I did not think much about immigration. I certainly had the right views (I was against it) but it was not an issue I knew that much about. But when I read that Peter Brimelow was giving a talk at the Heritage Foundation (in mid-May, if memory serves) to promote his new book, Alien Nation: Common Sense About America’s Immigration Disaster, I attended. I had enjoyed his articles in National Review and his honesty on issues of race.
I was very impressed by the lecture and a few weeks later purchased a copy of Alien Nation in the Union Station bookstore while waiting to take a train. In fact, I found my Amtrak ticket stub tucked away in the pages while re-reading the book recently.
Of course, my innocence on what the author rightly called “America’s immigration disaster” ended on that train ride. The following are what stand out to me about this ground-breaking work on its 25th anniversary.
Myths
Most Americans know almost nothing about immigration. This includes politicians and those in the Main Stream Media. Brimelow addressed these myths throughout the book.
For example, we are told that open immigration is an American value. Yet immigration to the US was always tightly controlled—and strictly from Europe.
The 1790 Naturalization Act limited citizenship to whites. States, rather than the federal government, controlled immigration until 1875. The immigration of large numbers of non-British whites only began in the 1840s with Irish and then Southern and Eastern Europeans until 1921. The Immigration Act of 1924 effectively ended most immigration. What little there was after that came from Western Europe, thanks to the Quota Act of 1921.
“American has always been a haven for refugees,” is another common myth. Yet the first explicit recognition of refugees by Congress came only in 1980 with the Refugee Act.
“We need immigrants to help the economy,” is another one touted by immigration boosters. But Japan has almost no immigration and enjoys a first world economy (along with low crime and no Affirmative Action against Japanese).
Brimelow relates how one law student at a debate he had been invited to participate in at the University of Cincinnati (doesn’t happen anymore!) was shocked to learn that immigration is not a “civil right.”
How It Happened
Alien Nation was also an excellent resource for an overview of how the US went from an almost 90% white population in 1965 to a multiracial population today. It didn’t just happen by accident. It was entirely due to the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act. This legislation opened up the US to mass Third World immigration for the first time.
How did a 90% white America allow this? According to Brimelow, it was mainly due to simple lying from politicians and the media. He quoted Sen. Edward Kennedy’s remarks about the bill at the time:
First, our cities will not be flooded with a million immigrants annually. Under the proposed bill, the present level of immigration remains substantially the same …. Secondly, the ethnic mix of this country will not be upset…In the final analysis, the ethnic pattern of immigration under the proposed measure is not expected to change as sharply as the critics seem to think.
Of course, this was an outright lie. Brimelow notes:
Immigrants do come predominately from one area—some 85 percent of the 16.7 million legal immigrants arriving in the United States between 1968 and 1993 came from the Third World.
Brimelow tried to interview Senator Kennedy for the book to ask him about these statements but was denied access. However, Kennedy’s immigration advisor, Jerry Tinker, claimed the change in demographics was largely due to the drying up of desire to immigrate on the part of Europeans—and an unexpected increase in the number of Korean GI brides!
Race and Consequences
Of course, the most important parts of Alien Nation had to do with race. In Chapter Three, Brimelow made the point that, although immigration was always controlled and limited, it was almost entirely from Europe. This meant that white America was continually being reinforced by its immigration policy, until 1965. But by the 1980s, immigrants from Europe were only around ten percent of all immigrants.
This was not due to lack of interest from Europeans. Quotas were set by Congress that purposefully favored the Third World in US immigration policy. Again, most people know very little about how immigration works. How many people (apart from VDARE.com readers) realize that today’s policy massively favors non-whites over whites and has done so for over 50 years?
All of which means that whites are on the road to minority status in the nation they created. Brimelow notes that the 1960 Census shows whites comprising 88.6 percent of the US. In 1950, it was 89.5 percent.
It is grimly amusing to read the projections circa 1995 in Alien Nation. They were actually a bit too optimistic. Brimelow noted whites were projected to be 53 percent of the population by 2050 and perhaps hit minority status by 2060. He wrote that whites are estimated to be 64 percent in 2020.
Well, 2020 is indeed here and we are currently at 60.4 percent of the population (2019 figures). The most recent estimates are that whites will hit minority status by 2042 and comprise only 46 percent of the US by 2060.
And even these stark numbers may seem too optimistic in another 25 years. Democrats and many Republicans support Amnesties for illegals and want legal immigration increased.
Why does this matter? Because, as Brimelow noted, “race and ethnicity are destiny in American politics.”
Alien Nation has a wealth of data and analysis on how changing demographics will impact things such as politics, crime, Affirmative Action, healthcare, welfare, the economy, the environment and other aspects of American life. As whites are finding out, none of this is good for them.
One thing Brimelow didn’t seem to predict explicitly in the book is the massive increase in anti-white hatred over the past 25 years. But to be fair, he did discuss the failure of multiracial nations to hold together due to racial acrimony.
It may seem somewhat secondary to most, but the most memorable part of Alien Nation to me was where Brimelow describes the immigration policies of other countries--some of whom send a great number of their people to the US. He called embassies from various countries and asked how he himself could go about immigrating to their nations. Bemused officials—often after letting out a laugh—were blunt in their replies. Here are just a few examples:
Japan : “Why do you want to emigrate to Japan? … There is no immigration to Japan.”
: “Why do you want to emigrate to Japan? … There is no immigration to Japan.” China : “China does not accept any immigrants. We have a large enough population.”
: “China does not accept any immigrants. We have a large enough population.” Philippines : “You need to be married to a Filipino or have capital to invest.”
“You need to be married to a Filipino or have capital to invest.” Taiwan : “You need Taiwanese relatives by blood or marriage or investment capital.”
: “You need Taiwanese relatives by blood or marriage or investment capital.” Egypt : “Egypt is not an immigrant country. We do not permit immigrants.”
: “Egypt is not an immigrant country. We do not permit immigrants.” India : “Since you are not of Indian origin, while it is not impossible for you to immigrate to India, it is a very difficult, very complex and a very, very long process.”
: “Since you are not of Indian origin, while it is not impossible for you to immigrate to India, it is a very difficult, very complex and a very, very long process.” South Korea : “Korea does not accept immigrants.”
This part had the same effect on me 25 years ago as it does today. For all the talk of immigration, no borders, refugees and a multiracial society being inevitable, non-whites are batting a thousand when it comes to stopping all of this. Not only are they never called racist for not allowing any immigration of other races, their co-racialists, once settled in white nations, are only too happy to lecture whites about “racism.” All while vigorously supporting and identifying with their own ethnostates, of course.
But it’s not as if the US is race-blind when it comes to immigration policy, Brimelow pointed out. The US government allows its overseas territories of American Samoa, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, the Marianas, and Palau to set their own immigration policies. Remarkably enough, these territories are not seeking diversity and multiracialism through immigration. Samoa and the Marianas don’t even allow US citizens to own land unless they are of islander ancestry.
“The world is laughing at America,” Brimelow wrote Perhaps they are right to laugh at such easy marks.
What could be done to stop America’s immigration disaster? Brimelow’s solutions apply just as well today as they did in 1995. Repeal the 1965 Immigration Act, stop illegal immigration cold and cut back on or even cut off all legal immigration. Of course, immigrants should not be eligible for welfare handouts or Affirmative Action preferences.
Reception
Alien Nation was reviewed in a remarkably wide range of Main Stream outlets. The Leftist reviews were pretty much what you would expect and are no different than what would appear today. Below are just a few examples:
The Guardian (UK)
“Despite his blatantly racist outlook, Brimelow has actually insinuated himself into the epicenter of media attention and on to the bookshelves of mainstream Americans. Like The Bell Curve, Alien Nation is disguised as "common sense" about an issue connected to race. The author would like to have his readers believe that his book is a bluntly honest critique of US immigration policy. But it can also be seen as an attempt to make racism fit for good society again.”
Village Voice
“We might dismiss the rantings of Peter Brimelow as delusional paranoia. But the truth is, it's more of a desperate gasp. As multinational development schemes like NAFTA and GATT continue to degrade the quality of Third World life, more and more people are being displaced. We take our acts across oceans in order to survive. Our survival depends on the destruction of the privilege Brimelow is so desperate to defend. His fear is justified. We will bury him.”
Newsweek
“America has long been a pluralistic society, and it has always muddled through. Why should second-generation Pakistani-Americans be less adaptable than their Polish-American counterparts 70 years ago? Brimelow needs reminding that the melting pot still works—and that his alarmist views on race and ethnicity are exactly what country is trying to outgrow.”
But National Review – the voice of official conservatism at the time, but under the editorship of John O’Sullivan, whose deviationism on immigration was a factor in William F. Buckley’s abrupt firing of him in 1997—dedicated four reviews to Alien Nation. One was from the great Sam Francis who, as always, cut to the heart of the matter:
The arguments that develop from these claims run counter to the conception of America as an "idea," a "proposition,'" or a "creed." That conception implies that the United States has almost a bottomless capacity to absorb and assimilate immigrants, since assimilation'' would consist in little more than mere assent to the credal identity of the nation. But Mr. Brimelow performs meticulous surgery here as well, showing, for example, that both the Declaration of Independence and The Federalist assumed ethnic and cultural homogeneity as a precondition of a coherent nationhood. The point, of course, is that whatever ideas enter into the definition of America as a political order, those ideas depend for their proper functioning on a population that accepts them as habits balanced and defined by other habits rather than as newly learned precepts and abstractions. It is unlikely that massive numbers of immigrants will doff their old cultural garments and don new ones comfortably. Hence, large-scale immigration represents a threat to the cultural homogeneity, and thus the political unity, of the nation.
One of the more confused reviews was by Center for Immigration Studies Executive Director Mark Krikorian in his Immigration Review newsletter. While he agreed with most of the arguments against immigration in the book, he sounded curiously like a hysterical Leftist when the subject turned to race.
Brimelow writes that "the massive ethnic and racial transformation that public policy is now inflicting on America is totally new—and in terms of how Americans have traditionally viewed themselves, quite revolutionary." This is the main point of the book—and is simply incorrect. America has been ethnically transforming itself continually, and the claim that Irish and Italians were more similar to 19th century American natives than today's immigrants are to us is unhistorical and anachronistic. On the contrary, the changing ethnic makeup of the immigrant flow can be seen as a further unfolding of a process started long ago, as the definition of those deemed fit to be part of the nation has expanded. The people of Massachusetts and Virginia, after all, originally considered Anglicans and Congregationalists, respectively, to be unfit for membership in their communities. Later, non-British northern European Protestants, such as the Huguenots and Dutch, were accepted (grudgingly) as potential Americans. Still later, Catholics, at first suspect because of the hierarchical and seemingly anti-republican nature of their church, were included. [A Flawed Jewel, Immigration Review, Summer 1995]
Perhaps hoping to triangulate (it didn’t work, CIS was named an "SPLC Designated Hate Group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center CultMarx enforcers in 2017) Krikorian even attempted a version of “the Irish weren’t considered white” argument:
But what is white? The Portuguese, who first arrived in New England in colonial times, certainly weren't considered white; nor were the Sicilians.
Huh? Why were Portuguese and Sicilians allowed to come to the US at a time when only whites were allowed to immigrate and become citizens? Why were they not segregated in the South like blacks? Why were Joe DiMaggio and Lew Fonseca allowed to play and thrive in the segregated, “whites only” era of major league baseball?
Perhaps significantly, Immigration Review subsequently carried a dissent at the insistance of board member Diana Hull, but that review is not online at CIS.
Legacy
One of Peter Brimelow’s early admirers was Ann Coulter. She has praised his work for opening her eyes to the reality of immigration. Her 2015 bestseller, Adios America, is obviously influenced by Alien Nation. Adios America, in turn, influenced Donald Trump’s views on immigration. It was these views which separated Trump from the rest of the lackluster GOP field in 2016 and likely won him the presidency.
While demographics have gotten worse since 1995, there is at least now a wide recognition of the problems caused by immigration. Even Establishment Republican types have to at least pretend to be against amnesties and for a border wall.
And while President Trump has not been perfect, he has done more for immigration control than any other president in my lifetime. It is hard to see how this would have happened without the hard work of Peter Brimelow and people like him who labored many years in the immigration control movement.
Immigration and demography are the issues that will decide the fate of the United States. Alien Nation helped bring America’s immigration disaster to the attention of many who sensed something was wrong and couldn’t comprehend why they felt like strangers in what was once their nation. The fight is now much larger, and more Americans than ever are aware of the stakes.
Alien Nation was a massive source of inspiration to me and to many others who have been fighting the immigration battle for a quarter of a century. May it continue to influence more Americans as we work to salvage what is left of America.
Peter Bradley [Email him] writes from Washington D.C.


vdare--2020-04-16--ICE SVU Releases 700 Illegals, Some Of Whom May Be Infected With Coronavirus

ICE SVU has succumbed to a deliberate political campaign to release illegal aliens from custody .
In a mass jailbreak , ICE SVU released 700 illegal aliens , many infected with the Chinese Virus .
This despite the fact that the fake pandemic is receding rapidly and President Trump wants to reopen the nation .
More sabotage .
The real question is why did Ken The Knife Cuccinelli agree to this ?
There was no need .
He should know better—this is just the first demand from the Treason Bar and nation busters .
Several hundred immigrants have been released @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus is spreading rapidly through some facilities .
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has released nearly 700 detainees after evaluating their “ immigration history , criminal record , potential threat to public safety , flight risk , and national security concerns.
” In New Jersey , where there have been significant outbreaks among detainees and staffers , local officials and immigrant advocates say at least 245 detainees have been released from three county jails where ICE detainees are held .
Most detainees were released by ICE , often with electronic ankle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to later court dates .
Some were ordered released by federal courts after immigration attorneys filed a flurry of habeas corpus lawsuits .
The suits allege it was unconstitutional to detain immigrants on civil violations during a pandemic .
[ ICE Releases Hundreds Of Immigrants As Coronavirus Spreads in Detention Centers , by Matt Katz , NPR , April 16 , 2020 ] Getting released from custody is a primary goal of illegal aliens in deportation proceedings .
For most , they will never appear at their hearings , or if they do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if ordered to do so .
The only effective method to make certain an alien is deported is to hold that alien in custody until all legal maneuvers are concluded with a final order of removal .
An important aspect of custody is also the time involved—aliens held in custody are at the front of the line for removal hearings , those released are usually rescheduled for hearings many years in the future .
They will then claim they can not be deported because they have been here so long , or they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deported .
Here is a perfect example , an old and sick illegal alien demands release because he is sick or may become sicker , but he will immediately go on welfare because he is sick and elderly .
Also note that aliens with mental health ailments are not allowed to immigrate per the Immigration and Nationality Act ( INA ) , Section 212 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) , Health Related Grounds , as well as the now implemented Public Charge grounds , as a mentally and physically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to support himself , INA 212 ( a ) ( 4 ) , Public Charge .
Sadly , ICE SVU is relying on ankle bracelets to maintain some semblance of control over released illegal aliens .
That lasts as long as the alien wants .
A pair of wire cutters or a knife is as much as it takes to defeat an ankle monitor .
The real question is why did Ken The Knife agree to this ?
Perhaps it was to alleviate pressure from kritarchs ordering releases .
This may work , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Treason Bar and illegal alien groups to double down on lawsuits and demands for ending custody of illegal aliens .
Worse yet , overall custody levels are crashing from over 50,000 illegal aliens in custody down to 32,000 .
Time to end the jailbreak and increase those aliens in custody .

ICE SVU has succumbed to a deliberate political campaign to release illegal aliens from custody. In a mass jailbreak, ICE SVU released 700 illegal aliens, many infected with the Chinese Virus. This despite the fact that the fake pandemic is receding rapidly and President Trump wants to reopen the nation. More sabotage.
The real question is why did Ken The Knife Cuccinelli agree to this? There was no need. He should know better—this is just the first demand from the Treason Bar and nation busters.
Several hundred immigrants have been released from U.S. detention centers amid concerns that the coronavirus is spreading rapidly through some facilities. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has released nearly 700 detainees after evaluating their “immigration history, criminal record, potential threat to public safety, flight risk, and national security concerns.” In New Jersey, where there have been significant outbreaks among detainees and staffers, local officials and immigrant advocates say at least 245 detainees have been released from three county jails where ICE detainees are held. Most detainees were released by ICE, often with electronic ankle monitors to make sure they show up to later court dates. Some were ordered released by federal courts after immigration attorneys filed a flurry of habeas corpus lawsuits. The suits allege it was unconstitutional to detain immigrants on civil violations during a pandemic. [ICE Releases Hundreds Of Immigrants As Coronavirus Spreads in Detention Centers, by Matt Katz, NPR, April 16, 2020]
Getting released from custody is a primary goal of illegal aliens in deportation proceedings. For most, they will never appear at their hearings, or if they do, they will not leave the country if ordered to do so. The only effective method to make certain an alien is deported is to hold that alien in custody until all legal maneuvers are concluded with a final order of removal. An important aspect of custody is also the time involved—aliens held in custody are at the front of the line for removal hearings, those released are usually rescheduled for hearings many years in the future. They will then claim they cannot be deported because they have been here so long, or they are too old or sick to be deported.
Here is a perfect example, an old and sick illegal alien demands release because he is sick or may become sicker, but he will immediately go on welfare because he is sick and elderly.
“I was happy as hell when they came and called me — I couldn’t believe it,” said Julio Colcas, 55, a Peruvian immigrant with mental and physical ailments. He had spent nearly two years in ICE detention at the Essex County Correctional Facility until he was released by ICE earlier this month with an ankle bracelet.
Also note that aliens with mental health ailments are not allowed to immigrate per the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), Section 212(a)(1)(A), Health Related Grounds, as well as the now implemented Public Charge grounds, as a mentally and physically ill alien is unlikely to be able to support himself, INA 212(a)(4), Public Charge.
Sadly, ICE SVU is relying on ankle bracelets to maintain some semblance of control over released illegal aliens. That lasts as long as the alien wants. A pair of wire cutters or a knife is as much as it takes to defeat an ankle monitor.
The real question is why did Ken The Knife agree to this? Perhaps it was to alleviate pressure from kritarchs ordering releases. This may work, but it more likely will cause the Treason Bar and illegal alien groups to double down on lawsuits and demands for ending custody of illegal aliens.
Worse yet, overall custody levels are crashing from over 50,000 illegal aliens in custody down to 32,000.
Meanwhile, ICE says it is trying to reduce the population of all detention facilities. About 32,300 people are currently being held by ICE, the lowest number during the Trump administration.
Time to end the jailbreak and increase those aliens in custody.