vdare--2020-09-10--A Reader Asks If It's Time To Abandon Ship And Leave The US, John Derbyshire Replies

Re : Radio Derb : White Folks Shooting White Folks , GOP Goodwhites Supporting Riots , And The Spreading Plague Of Race Denialism , Etc .
From : A Reader In The Former City Of Minneapolis [ Email him ] John Derbyshire 's discussion of the various factions in our current Civil War was clarifying , and predictably depressing .
Depending on the outcome of the coming elections , I am seriously thinking about leaving the U.S.A. for somewhere else .
I don ’ t know what or where , but it will be a place where people know who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enemies are .
It would be a place where there still exists something like a national community of interests , values and beliefs .
The U.S. is no longer such a place .
I ’ m thinking of Israel for example , or Japan .
I haven ’ t thought this through , and I suspect that the question isn ’ t quite as simple as I have put it , but I don ’ t want to live out the rest of my days during a period of revolutionary struggle in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or two at most remaining , and I would prefer to not spend that time bearing witness to the steady erosion of `` the traditional American way of life . ''
Do you consider it traitorous to abandon the fray ?
I ’ ve never been a `` go down with the ship '' kind of guy .
John Derbyshire writes : I got the preceding from a reader in Minneapolis , although he identifies the city as `` ( What used to be ) Minneapolis . ''
I reproduce it here with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opened with some kind words about my various writings , which I would blush to include .
Thank you , Sir .
The answer to your closing question is : not necessarily .
It depends on your family circumstances and your age : less traitorous if you have small kids ; less traitorous if you are older .
As to a suitable bolt-hole : Have you considered Uruguay ?

Re: Radio Derb: White Folks Shooting White Folks, GOP Goodwhites Supporting Riots, And The Spreading Plague Of Race Denialism, Etc.
From: A Reader In The Former City Of Minneapolis [Email him]
John Derbyshire's discussion of the various factions in our current Civil War was clarifying, and predictably depressing.
Depending on the outcome of the coming elections, I am seriously thinking about leaving the U.S.A. for somewhere else. I don’t know what or where, but it will be a place where people know who they are and who their friends and enemies are. It would be a place where there still exists something like a national community of interests, values and beliefs. The U.S. is no longer such a place.
I’m thinking of Israel for example, or Japan. I haven’t thought this through, and I suspect that the question isn’t quite as simple as I have put it, but I don’t want to live out the rest of my days during a period of revolutionary struggle in this country. I only have a decade or two at most remaining, and I would prefer to not spend that time bearing witness to the steady erosion of "the traditional American way of life."
Do you consider it traitorous to abandon the fray? I’ve never been a "go down with the ship" kind of guy.
John Derbyshire writes: I got the preceding from a reader in Minneapolis, although he identifies the city as "(What used to be) Minneapolis." I reproduce it here with his permission, slightly edited. He opened with some kind words about my various writings, which I would blush to include.
My reply:
Thank you, Sir. The answer to your closing question is: not necessarily. It depends on your family circumstances and your age: less traitorous if you have small kids; less traitorous if you are older. As to a suitable bolt-hole: have you considered Uruguay?


vdare--2020-09-10--Only 7 COVID Deaths In Entire US Military

Facts First : This is wrong — and not just by a little .
Biden overstated the number of military @ @ @ @ @ infections by nearly 79,000 .
There have been seven deaths in the military due to @ @ @ @ @ of September 9 , according to the Defense Department .
Wow , I did not @ @ @ @ @ .
So the Case Fatality Rate among US military personnel has been about 1 out @ @ @ @ @ has mandatory retirement ages and rules against being too fat , so personnel are much @ @ @ @ @ , fat , or sickly .
CFR is Case Fatality Rate or deaths per officially @ @ @ @ @ Case Hospitalization Rate .
The CHR for Military isn ’ t super low ( 1.48 @ @ @ @ @ CFR rate is almost negligible ( 0.02 % ) .

From CNN:
… the former vice president said there had been 6,114 “military Covid deaths” and 118,984 “military Covid [infections].”
Facts First: This is wrong — and not just by a little. Biden overstated the number of military Covid deaths by 6,107 and infections by nearly 79,000. There have been seven deaths in the military due to Covid-19 and 40,026 cases as of September 9, according to the Defense Department.
Wow, I did not know that: only 7.
So the Case Fatality Rate among US military personnel has been about 1 out of 6000.
The military has mandatory retirement ages and rules against being too fat, so personnel are much less likely to be old, fat, or sickly.
From the DoD:
DOD COVID-19 Cumulative Totals Cases Hospitalized Recovered Deaths CFR CHR Military 40,026 592 24,913 7 0.02% 1.48% Civilian 8,882 357 5,394 55 0.62% 4.02% Dependent 5,339 124 3,439 7 0.13% 2.32% Contractor 3,811 170 2,334 21 0.55% 4.46% Total 58,058 1,243 36,080 90 0.16% 2.14% As of 0600, Sept. 9, 2020
CFR is Case Fatality Rate or deaths per officially recorded cases. CHR is Case Hospitalization Rate.
[Comment at Unz.com]
The CHR for Military isn’t super low (1.48%), but the CFR rate is almost negligible (0.02%).


vdare--2020-09-10--Left’s Outrage Over Biden’s Pick Of Treason Lobbyist Cecilia Munoz Show It’s Against ALL Border Enfo

Left’s Outrage Over Biden’s Pick Of Treason Lobbyist Cecilia Munoz Show It’s Against ALL Border Enforcement—And Biden Will Cave

Previously : Convention Conundrum : Democrats Want To Dodge Immigration Bullet .
But Why Is GOP Helping Them ?
Immigration boosters and ethnic lobbyists are outraged that Biden selected Cecilia Munoz , the former head of Barack Obama ’ s White House Domestic Policy Council and a long-time professional Treason Lobbyist , as a senior transition adviser this week [ Biden pick creates furor , underscoring bitterness over Obama immigration policy , by Rafael Bernal , The Hill , September 9 , 2020 ] .
These Leftists claim Munoz helped the deportation of illegal immigrants and did little to advance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , no one from the Obama administration should be allowed to touch the immigration policy portfolio , ” Pablo Manríquez , a former Democratic National Committee spokesman , is quoted telling The Hill .
“ Cecilia Muñoz is the one person besides [ Trump White House aide ] Stephen Miller who has spent years of her public service dedicated to the smooth execution of mass deportation policy at the West Wing level.
” ( Links added ) Needless to say , Obama ’ s reputation as the “ Deporter-in-Chief ” is nonsense .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , significantly less than the 12 million and 10 million deported under the two previous administrations .
His administration did have a slightly higher number of court-ordered removals than the two previous admins .
Obama ’ s deportations were a ruse to give cover to RINOs who wanted to back his Amnesty scheme .
Deportations significantly declined after the Gang of Eight Amnesty failed in 2013 [ Obama deported more people than Trump but context is everything , by Zachary B. Wolf , CNN , July 13 , 2019 ] .
The anger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats have moved on immigration ( and how emotional they have become ) .
In fact , of course , Barack Obama wanted to give Amnesty to all illegal aliens and tried to legalize many of them through Executive Orders .
Yet his administration deporting some criminal aliens is too much for ethnic boosters to stomach .
Significantly , and ominously , Biden has tried to distance himself from Obama on immigration , saying the former president ’ s deportations were a “ big mistake ” and that he would be kinder to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a simple immigration message : I ’ m not Trump or Obama , by Jenna Johnson , The Washington Post , May 19 , 2020 ] .
But the Left ’ s anger at Munoz reveals its continuing and complete opposition to basic immigration enforcement .
America should expect no deportations under a Biden administration .

washingtonwatcherii@protonmail.com (Washington  Watcher II)

Previously: Convention Conundrum: Democrats Want To Dodge Immigration Bullet. But Why Is GOP Helping Them?
Immigration boosters and ethnic lobbyists are outraged that Biden selected Cecilia Munoz, the former head of Barack Obama’s White House Domestic Policy Council and a long-time professional Treason Lobbyist, as a senior transition adviser this week [Biden pick creates furor, underscoring bitterness over Obama immigration policy, by Rafael Bernal, The Hill, September 9, 2020].
These Leftists claim Munoz helped the deportation of illegal immigrants and did little to advance immigrant interests. “If Biden wins, no one from the Obama administration should be allowed to touch the immigration policy portfolio,” Pablo Manríquez, a former Democratic National Committee spokesman, is quoted telling The Hill. “Cecilia Muñoz is the one person besides [Trump White House aide] Stephen Miller who has spent years of her public service dedicated to the smooth execution of mass deportation policy at the West Wing level.” (Links added)
Needless to say, Obama’s reputation as the “Deporter-in-Chief” is nonsense. His administration only deported 5 million non-citizens, significantly less than the 12 million and 10 million deported under the two previous administrations. His administration did have a slightly higher number of court-ordered removals than the two previous admins.
Obama’s deportations were a ruse to give cover to RINOs who wanted to back his Amnesty scheme. Deportations significantly declined after the Gang of Eight Amnesty failed in 2013 [Obama deported more people than Trump but context is everything, by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, July 13, 2019].
The anger indicates how far to the Left the Democrats have moved on immigration (and how emotional they have become). In fact, of course, Barack Obama wanted to give Amnesty to all illegal aliens and tried to legalize many of them through Executive Orders. Yet his administration deporting some criminal aliens is too much for ethnic boosters to stomach.
Significantly, and ominously, Biden has tried to distance himself from Obama on immigration, saying the former president’s deportations were a “big mistake” and that he would be kinder to illegal aliens [Joe Biden fights skepticism with a simple immigration message: I’m not Trump or Obama, by Jenna Johnson, Washington Post, May 19, 2020].
But the Left’s anger at Munoz reveals its continuing and complete opposition to basic immigration enforcement. America should expect no deportations under a Biden administration.


vdare--2020-09-10--Portland Bans Best Tool Against Rioters: Facial Recognition

( CNN Business ) The city of Portland , Oregon , on Wednesday banned the use of facial-recognition technology by @ @ @ @ @ police — as well as public-facing businesses such as stores , restaurants and hotels .
@ @ @ @ @ of places in the United States , such as San Francisco , Oakland , and @ @ @ @ @ city use of the surveillance technology , which is meant to identify a person from @ @ @ @ @ .
But its decision to prevent both local government and businesses from employing the technology @ @ @ @ @ sweeping ban yet by an individual city .
Facial recognition technology has grown in prevalence @ @ @ @ @ recent years , popping up everywhere from airport check-in lines to police departments and drugstores @ @ @ @ @ add a sense of security and convenience for businesses that roll it out , the @ @ @ @ @ by privacy advocates for built-in racial biases and potential for misuse .

From CNN Business:
Portland passes broadest facial recognition ban in the US
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business
Updated 8:06 PM ET, Wed September 9, 2020
(CNN Business) The city of Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday banned the use of facial-recognition technology by city departments — including local police — as well as public-facing businesses such as stores, restaurants and hotels.
Portland joins a growing number of places in the United States, such as San Francisco, Oakland, and Boston, that have outlawed city use of the surveillance technology, which is meant to identify a person from an image of their face. But its decision to prevent both local government and businesses from employing the technology appears to be the most sweeping ban yet by an individual city.
Facial recognition technology has grown in prevalence — and controversy — in recent years, popping up everywhere from airport check-in lines to police departments and drugstores. Yet while it could add a sense of security and convenience for businesses that roll it out, the technology has been widely criticized by privacy advocates for built-in racial biases and potential for misuse.


vdare--2020-09-10--After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness?

After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness?

I sent out an old tweet saying : The unforgivable fact of 2020 is that white men have done most @ @ @ @ @ the last 600 years .
This deeply angers many resentful nonwhite people today that their @ @ @ @ @ much .
As T.S .
Eliot asked : “ After such knowledge , what forgiveness @ @ @ @ @ my point , I hit a motherlode of irate Hindu supremacists : If only somebody @ @ @ @ @ make more than one copy of calculus so that when Matteo Ricci stole it , @ @ @ @ @ own copy .
But instead , Father Ricci evidently made off with the only copy @ @ @ @ @ Calculus '' in the whole world .
— Steve Sailer ( @ Steve_Sailer ) September @ @ @ @ @ : Why does India have an impressive history of abstraction ( e.g .
zero sounds @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s because some Indian invented it ) but a weak one of application @

I sent out an old tweet saying:
The unforgivable fact of 2020 is that white men have done most of the great things of the last 600 years. This deeply angers many resentful nonwhite people today that their ancestors didn’t accomplish much. As T.S. Eliot asked: “After such knowledge, what forgiveness?”
And, proving my point, I hit a motherlode of irate Hindu supremacists:
If only somebody in Indian had thought to make more than one copy of calculus so that when Matteo Ricci stole it, you would still have your own copy. But instead, Father Ricci evidently made off with the only copy of "How to Do Calculus" in the whole world. — Steve Sailer (@Steve_Sailer) September 10, 2020
Serious question: Why does India have an impressive history of abstraction (e.g., zero sounds simple to have invented but that’s because some Indian invented it) but a weak one of application?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-10--Did 9/11 Elect Donald Trump? Has He Noticed?

I suppose a whole generation will always remember where they were when they heard about 9/11 , just as an earlier one never forgot where they were when they heard JFK had been shot .
I was exactly where I am now , looking at a computer screen behind which , through the window , the Connecticut Berkshires roll away to the horizon , when I glanced at the TV and saw the World Trade Center in flames - just as I now see Mayor Bloomberg presiding over a remembrance ceremony .
I went upstairs and told Maggy , ill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to claim her life just 17 months later .
Together , we watched the utter destruction of an area we 'd both known so well when I worked for Alan Abelson 's Barron 's Magazine some 20 years earlier .
The same eerie feeling of complete change and no change comes over me when I contemplate the political consequences of 9/11 ... .I find I do n't feel like writing a VDARE.COM reflection on 9/11 this year .
It 's a game .
America 's elites did n't really care .
They just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s ) .
To be fair , Americans subsequently did elect Donald Trump in 2016 .
He has n't started any new wars .
And he 's making very un-neocon noises about withdrawing troops from the Middle East , meeting ( why ? )
resistence from Congress [ To Block Trump ’ s Troop Withdrawals , Congress Turns An Old Tactic Upside Down , by Katie Bo Williams , DefenseOne.com , July 14 , 2020 ] .
He even makes noises about immigration , albeit alas now mostly illegal immigration .
So there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2001 , 19 immigrants committed the worst mass murder in American history .
They used a program called Visa Express ( which let Saudis bypass normal visa applicant procedure ) to get their visas .
The main point you need to remember about the September 11 attacks is that they did n't change anything about immigration policy .
On October 16 , 2001 , Dr .
Norm Matloff wrote us to say that I found it interesting that so many of the writers were so sanguine over the prospect that the September 11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Though indeed the event did take the wind out of the pro-immigration camp 's sails , I believe that this effect will be both temporary and of limited degree .
The fact is that it has always been the case that most Americans , including most immigrant Americans , have been in the restrictionist camp .
The problem has been that the wishes of the populace have always been trumped by the special interests , such as : • the libertarians ( often funded by other lobbies ) etc.
, etc.
, etc @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not changed this picture .
True , the various lobbies have been temporarily muted in public , and this probably will prevent them in the near term from pushing their plans to liberalize immigration policy .
But they will strongly resist any attempt to impose new restrictions on immigration , and unless the restrictionist majority in the populace can be mobilized , very few meaningful restrictionist reforms will be enacted ( via legislation in Congress ) or implemented ( via changes to regulations and administrative practices by the executive branch ) .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ withdrew her earlier proposal for a six-month moratorium on issuing visas to foreign students who wish to study in the U.S. After she first made her proposal a couple of weeks ago , the educational lobby—including not only universities and small colleges , but also many specialist institutions such as those offering English lessons—immediately pounced on her .
She then withdrew the proposal .
She then told a radio interviewer , in what I perceived to be a rather bitter , cynical tone , “ These schools make lots of money from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ withdraw my proposal.
” Matloff was right , nothing changed .
See also : • `` For them… life is going to be miserable.
” by Peter Brimelow on September 23 , 2001 • Three Years After 9/11 : Is The Tragedy Just Beginning ?
by Peter Brimelow on September 10 , 2004 • The Irrelevance Of 9/11 , by Peter Brimelow on September 11 , 2007 • The Irrelevance Of 9/11 , 2017 Version , by Peter Brimelow on September 11 , 2017

I wrote this in 2007:
I suppose a whole generation will always remember where they were when they heard about 9/11, just as an earlier one never forgot where they were when they heard JFK had been shot. I was exactly where I am now, looking at a computer screen behind which, through the window, the Connecticut Berkshires roll away to the horizon, when I glanced at the TV and saw the World Trade Center in flames - just as I now see Mayor Bloomberg presiding over a remembrance ceremony. I went upstairs and told Maggy, ill in bed with the cancer that was to claim her life just 17 months later. Together, we watched the utter destruction of an area we'd both known so well when I worked for Alan Abelson's Barron's Magazine some 20 years earlier. The same eerie feeling of complete change and no change comes over me when I contemplate the political consequences of 9/11....I find I don't feel like writing a VDARE.COM reflection on 9/11 this year. It's a game. America's elites didn't really care. They just got on with their agenda(s).
To be fair, Americans subsequently did elect Donald Trump in 2016. He hasn't started any new wars. And he's making very un-neocon noises about withdrawing troops from the Middle East, meeting (why?) resistance from Congress [To Block Trump’s Troop Withdrawals, Congress Turns An Old Tactic Upside Down, by Katie Bo Williams, DefenseOne.com, July 14, 2020]. He even makes noises about immigration, albeit alas now mostly illegal immigration.
So there's that.
James Fulford wrote in 2019
On September 11, 2001, 19 immigrants committed the worst mass murder in American history. They used a program called Visa Express (which let Saudis bypass normal visa applicant procedure) to get their visas.
The main point you need to remember about the September 11 attacks is that they didn't change anything about immigration policy. On October 16, 2001, Dr. Norm Matloff wrote us to say that
I found it interesting that so many of the writers were so sanguine over the prospect that the September 11 tragedy would facilitate long-overdue immigration reform. Though indeed the event did take the wind out of the pro-immigration camp's sails, I believe that this effect will be both temporary and of limited degree. The fact is that it has always been the case that most Americans, including most immigrant Americans, have been in the restrictionist camp. The problem has been that the wishes of the populace have always been trumped by the special interests, such as: the ethnic-activist groups lobby
the educational lobby
the computer industry lobby
the manufacturing industry lobby
the farm lobby
the immigration lawyers' lobby
the libertarians (often funded by other lobbies) etc., etc., etc. The events of September 11 have not changed this picture. True, the various lobbies have been temporarily muted in public, and this probably will prevent them in the near term from pushing their plans to liberalize immigration policy. But they will strongly resist any attempt to impose new restrictions on immigration, and unless the restrictionist majority in the populace can be mobilized, very few meaningful restrictionist reforms will be enacted (via legislation in Congress) or implemented (via changes to regulations and administrative practices by the executive branch). This was illustrated this week when Senator Feinstein withdrew her earlier proposal for a six-month moratorium on issuing visas to foreign students who wish to study in the U.S. After she first made her proposal a couple of weeks ago, the educational lobby—including not only universities and small colleges, but also many specialist institutions such as those offering English lessons—immediately pounced on her. She then withdrew the proposal. She then told a radio interviewer, in what I perceived to be a rather bitter, cynical tone, “These schools make lots of money from the foreign students, so I had to withdraw my proposal.”
Matloff was right, nothing changed. See also:


vdare--2020-09-10--Leftists Want Us Dead...And Our Culture

Leftists Want Us Dead...And Our Culture

They want to kill us .
Literally .
They want us dead .
`` They '' are extreme leftists who condemn sane patriots collectively as a hate group and damn us with the double-n word , `` neo-Nazis '' .
Reports say a history professor at the University of Rhode Island sees nothing wrong with killing a fascist .
The problem is : Extreme leftists have a very broad understanding of who may be identified as a fascist .
But what did professor Erik Loomis [ Email him ] actually say ?
The `` fascist '' murdered by Michael Reinoehl @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Danielson was a member of the Patriot Prayer group that supports Donald Trump .
That , apparently , qualifies him as a fascist and worthy of death .
Danielson was gunned down on a street in Portland , Oregon where he organized a caravan to support the president .
The murder occurred August 29 , 2020 and was video recorded .
Days later Reinoehl , himself , was fatally shot by police when he resisted arrest .
Who else does Loomis consider fascists ?
“ The police is [ sic ] shot through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” he wrote .
“ They were openly working with the fascists in Portland , as they were in Kenosha which led to dead protestors.
” Seriously ?
Does Loomis consider it a capital offense to support President Trump or to be a police officer ?
So it seems .
This is not the first such rant from Loomis .
In 2012 he posted `` on Twitter that the NRA was `` a terrorist organization '' and demanded the CEO 's `` head on a stick . ''
`` Head on a stick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Michelle Malkin reported on Loomis here in 2012 : Consider the rhetoric of University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis .
He teaches “ U.S .
environmental history , the Civil War , late 19th and early 20th century America , labor history , and the American West ” in the university ’ s history department .
Online , however , Loomis is a militantly unhinged foe of all things conservative .
This week , the nutty professor took to Twitter to rail against law-abiding gun owners and the National Rifle Association @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Association has murdered some more children , ” Loomis fumed .
“ Now I want Wayne LaPierre ’ s head on a stick , ” he added .
( LaPierre is executive vice president and CEO of the NRA . )
Loomis was just warming up .
“ F*** the National Rifle Association and its policies to put crazy guns in everyone ’ s hands , ” Loomis tweeted .
“ You are g**d*mn right we should politicize this tragedy .
F*** the NRA .
Wayne LaPierre should be in prison , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NRA membership dues as contributing to a terrorist organization ?
” If all that wasn ’ t clear enough , Loomis also re-tweeted the following message from a fellow left-winger : “ First f**ker to say the solution is for elementary school teachers to carry guns needs to get beaten to death.
” Not only do some far-left extremists want us dead , they also seem to be hell-bent on killing our culture .
The University of Rhode Island , where Loomis is employed , recently removed murals depicting America in the 1940s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complaints about the murals , ” noted Kathy Collins [ Email her ] the university 's Vice President of Student Affairs , “ that portray a very homogeneous population predominately [ sic ] the persons painted and depicted on the wall are predominantly white and that does not represent who our institution is today.
” “ We ’ ve made a really difficult decision as we aim for the university ’ s future and we think about who are our students today , and who are our students going to be tomorrow , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be tomorrow if the extremists have their way ?

They want to kill us. Literally. They want us dead.
"They" are extreme leftists who condemn sane patriots collectively as a hate group and damn us with the double-n word, "neo-Nazis."
Reports say a history professor at the University of Rhode Island sees nothing wrong with killing a fascist. The problem is: Extreme leftists have a very broad understanding of who may be identified as a fascist.
But what did professor Erik Loomis [Email him ] actually say?
“[Reinoehl] killed a fascist. I see nothing wrong with it, at least from a moral perspective.” [Why Was Michael Reinoehl Killed? by Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns & Money, September 4, 2020]
The "fascist" murdered by Michael Reinoehl was Aaron “Jay” Danielson. Danielson was a member of the Patriot Prayer group, which supports Donald Trump. That, apparently, qualifies him as a fascist and worthy of death.
Danielson was gunned down on a street in Portland, Oregon, where he organized a caravan to support the president. The murder occurred August 29, 2020 and was video recorded. Days later Reinoehl, himself, was fatally shot by police when he resisted arrest.
Who else does Loomis consider fascists?
“The police is [sic] shot through with fascists from stem to stern,” he wrote. “They were openly working with the fascists in Portland, as they were in Kenosha which led to dead protestors.”
Seriously? Does Loomis consider it a capital offense to support President Trump or to be a police officer? So it seems.
This is not the first such rant from Loomis. In 2012 he posted "on Twitter that the NRA was "a terrorist organization" and demanded the CEO's "head on a stick."
"Head on a stick" seems to imply a death wish.
Michelle Malkin reported on Loomis here in 2012:
Consider the rhetoric of University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis. He teaches “U.S. environmental history, the Civil War, late 19th and early 20th century America, labor history, and the American West” in the university’s history department. Online, however, Loomis is a militantly unhinged foe of all things conservative. This week, the nutty professor took to Twitter to rail against law-abiding gun owners and the National Rifle Association. “Looks like the National Rifle Association has murdered some more children,” Loomis fumed. “Now I want Wayne LaPierre’s head on a stick,” he added. (LaPierre is executive vice president and CEO of the NRA.) Loomis was just warming up. “F*** the National Rifle Association and its policies to put crazy guns in everyone’s hands,” Loomis tweeted. “You are g**d*mn right we should politicize this tragedy. F*** the NRA. Wayne LaPierre should be in prison,” he spewed. “Can we define NRA membership dues as contributing to a terrorist organization?” If all that wasn’t clear enough, Loomis also re-tweeted the following message from a fellow left-winger: “First f**ker to say the solution is for elementary school teachers to carry guns needs to get beaten to death.”
Not only do some far-left extremists want us dead, they also seem to be hell-bent on killing our culture.
The University of Rhode Island, where Loomis is employed, recently removed murals depicting America in the 1940s and 1950s.
The reason?
“I have received complaints about the murals,” noted Kathy Collins [Email her] the university's Vice President of Student Affairs, “that portray a very homogeneous population predominately [sic] the persons painted and depicted on the wall are predominantly white and that does not represent who our institution is today.”
“We’ve made a really difficult decision as we aim for the university’s future and we think about who are our students today, and who are our students going to be tomorrow,” she added.
Who will we be tomorrow if the extremists have their way?


vdare--2020-09-11--The Wall IS Going Up, And Biden Won't Tear It Down: He'll Need It To Keep Americans In!

A dear friend of mine who is much more of a Trump supporter than I am has taken it upon @ @ @ @ @ of missionary endeavor , to lift me up from the darkness of my Trump Disappointment @ @ @ @ @ , for example , he emailed me to tell me that the official border wall @ @ @ @ @ , with double wall in some places .
He includes a link to supporting information @ @ @ @ @ Border Patrol .
My friend does this quite often , and I would n't mention @ @ @ @ @ email included a signoff that made me laugh .
Thus , quote from him :

A dear friend of mine who is much more of a Trump supporter than I am has taken it upon himself, in a spirit of missionary endeavor, to lift me up from the darkness of my Trump Disappointment Syndrome.
The other day, for example, he emailed me to tell me that the official border wall tally has passed 300 miles, with double wall in some places. He includes a link to supporting information from CBP, Customs and Border Patrol.
My friend does this quite often, and I wouldn't mention it but that this particular email included a signoff that made me laugh. Thus, quote from him:
And don't worry, the wall will never be torn down. When the next Democrat is elected president, the wall will be fortified to keep people from escaping.


vdare--2020-09-11--Biden May Have Been On And Off In SUPPORTING Integration But He's Always PRACTICED Segregation For H

Biden May Have Been On And Off In SUPPORTING Integration But He's Always PRACTICED Segregation For Himself And His Family

Back in his saner day , Joe Biden worried that schools would become `` racial jungle [ s ] '' if integration was not orderly imposed .
`` Unless we do something about this , my children are going to grow up in a jungle , the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point , '' he said .
The remark was made in 1977 and `` appears to come from a congressional hearing related to anti-busing legislation , Biden emphasized wanting to 'insure we do have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he was 'not just talking about education but all of society , ' '' according to businessinsider.com .
[ Joe Biden worried in 1977 that certain de-segregation policies would cause his children to grow up 'in a racial jungle ' , by GracePanetta , July 15 , 2019 ] The far-left `` mainstream '' media came to Senator Biden 's defense after the remark was made public by the NYT 's Stolberg , above in July , 2019 .
[ How Joe Biden Became the Democrats ’ Anti-Busing Crusader , by Astead W. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 15 , 2019Biden , the media assured us , was advocating for racial integration .
He just wanted it done in an orderly fashion .
Nonetheless , the choice of words reveals a long history of `` insensitive '' comments made by Biden .
Those words , in turn , expose Biden 's racially `` insensitive '' thinking .
Perhaps the former vice president requires a sensitivity training class ; the type that wasrecently banned by President Donald Trump .
Biden 's mansion in McLean , Va. , according to guestofaguest.com Biden has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ integration .
He also has a long history of practicing racial segregation .
He reportedly resides at 1209 Barley Mill Rd .
in the Greenville neighborhood of Wilmington , Delaware , 19807 , according to zillow.com .
Greenville is a predominantly white upscale neighborhood with a black population of 0.47 percent , according to datausa.com .
He also rents a $ 4.7-million mansion in the Washington , D.C. suburb of McLean , Virginia .
McLean , is a city of nearly 50,000 of whom about 1.8 percent are black , according to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nation 's black population is about 13 percent .

Back in his saner day, Joe Biden worried that schools would become "racial jungle[s]" if integration was not orderly imposed.
"Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point," he said.
The remark was made in 1977 and "appears to come from a congressional hearing related to anti-busing legislation, Biden emphasized wanting to 'insure we do have orderly integration of society,' adding he was 'not just talking about education but all of society,'" according to businessinsider.com [Joe Biden worried in 1977 that certain de-segregation policies would cause his children to grow up 'in a racial jungle', by Grace Panetta, July 15, 2019].
The far-left "mainstream" media came to Senator Biden's defense after the remark was made public by the NYT's Stolberg, above in July, 2019 [How Joe Biden Became the Democrats’ Anti-Busing Crusader, by Astead W. Herndon and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, July 15, 2019]. Biden, the media assured us, was advocating for racial integration. He just wanted it done in an orderly fashion.
Nonetheless, the choice of words reveals a long history of "insensitive" comments made by Biden. Those words, in turn, expose Biden's racially "insensitive" thinking.
Perhaps the former vice president requires a sensitivity training class; the type that was recently banned by President Donald Trump.
Biden's mansion in McLean, Va., according to guestofaguest.com
Biden has a long history of advocating for racial integration. He also has a long history of practicing racial segregation.
He reportedly resides at 1209 Barley Mill Rd. in the Greenville neighborhood of Wilmington, Delaware, 19807, according to zillow.com. Greenville is a predominantly white upscale neighborhood with a black population of 0.47 percent, according to datausa.com. He also rents a $4.7-million mansion in the Washington, D.C. suburb of McLean, Virginia. McLean, is a city of nearly 50,000 of whom about 1.8 percent are black, according to the 2010 census.
For comparison, the nation's black population is about 13 percent.


vdare--2020-09-11--100 Days of Riotous Arson in Portland Attracted Firebugs. Now, Oregon Is on Fire. Is There a Link? N

100 Days of Riotous Arson in Portland Attracted Firebugs. Now, Oregon Is on Fire. Is There a Link? Not If You Believe The NYT!

Some tiny percentage of the population are hardcore arsonists who like to start fires , the bigger the better .
The 100+ days of Antifa riots in Portland has no doubt attracted arsonists from across the country who enjoy practicing their fetish with impunity .
Is there any connection between the countless examples of arson in downtown Portland and the wildfires in Oregon ?
ABSOLUTELY NOT says The Establishment .
From the New York Times : In Oregon , a Year of Political Tumult Extends to Devastating Wildfires A tumultuous summer of protests has become a complication in the wildfires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — Ralph Mitchell ’ s neighbors were fleeing .
Ash rained from the sky .
And outside Mr. Mitchell ’ s natural-medicine business , a police cruiser announced on loudspeaker : “ This has been declared a life-threatening fire emergency .
You need to evacuate the city.
” Mr. Mitchell was having none of it .
He was staying .
“ There ’ s already reports that antifa ’ s in town , going down the streets looting , ” he said , echoing widely discredited rumors on Twitter and Facebook that left-wing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I ’ m getting texts.
” Every natural disaster has its holdouts .
But the political fear-stoking that accompanied a tumultuous summer of racial-justice protests in Oregon has become a volatile new complication in the catastrophic wildfires that pushed closer to Portland on Friday , as authorities try to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people .
Law enforcement officials across the state said they had been swamped with calls about social media misinformation and begged people to “ STOP .
SPREADING .
RUMORS !
” In the line of fire , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people into defying evacuation orders so they could stay and guard their homes .
… The other was the imagined invasion of left-wing mobs and arsonists that multiple law-enforcement agencies have sought to refute… .
The rumors played into some conservative residents ’ fears and anger over months of protests in Portland , where left-wing and right-wing groups have occasionally clashed .
What has been happening in Portland since May is protests , “ where left-wing and right-wing groups have occasionally clashed.
” Not nighly recreational arson by Antifa .
Here in Southern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not a majority of brushfires , although it ’ s often hard to tell arson from incompetence , which Southern California has no shortage of : I started a campfire in 100 degree heat to roast marshmallows .
But SoCal doesn ’ t have much lightning .
If it gets hot , dry , and/or windy , you get fires .
I ’ d be suspicious of arson in the case of fires breaking out near Portland , but less so about fires breaking out in more remote parts of the state .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Floyd seems to have unleashed a lot of anti-social urges , so perhaps small-town arsonists , inspired by the anarchy in Portland are acting out on the their worse impulses during the current heatwave .
On the other hand , there is little evidence of Antifa being much driven to risk their lives by looting small towns during giant fires .
They don ’ t really loot downtown Portland much , preferring to vandalize Starbucks to loot Forever 21 .
So , don ’ t worry about looters and clear out if @ @ @ @ @ @

Some tiny percentage of the population are hardcore arsonists who like to start fires, the bigger the better. The 100+ days of Antifa riots in Portland has no doubt attracted arsonists from across the country who enjoy practicing their fetish with impunity.
Is there any connection between the countless examples of arson in downtown Portland and the wildfires in Oregon? ABSOLUTELY NOT says The Establishment. From the New York Times:
In Oregon, a Year of Political Tumult Extends to Devastating Wildfires
A tumultuous summer of protests has become a complication in the wildfires raging around Portland. By Jack Healy and Mike Baker
Sept. 11, 2020 MOLALLA, Ore. — Ralph Mitchell’s neighbors were fleeing. Ash rained from the sky. And outside Mr. Mitchell’s natural-medicine business, a police cruiser announced on loudspeaker: “This has been declared a life-threatening fire emergency. You need to evacuate the city.” Mr. Mitchell was having none of it. He was staying. “There’s already reports that antifa’s in town, going down the streets looting,” he said, echoing widely discredited rumors on Twitter and Facebook that left-wing activists had been systematically setting blazes. “I’m getting texts.” Every natural disaster has its holdouts. But the political fear-stoking that accompanied a tumultuous summer of racial-justice protests in Oregon has become a volatile new complication in the catastrophic wildfires that pushed closer to Portland on Friday, as authorities try to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people. Law enforcement officials across the state said they had been swamped with calls about social media misinformation and begged people to “STOP. SPREADING. RUMORS!” In the line of fire, the swirl of rumors actually helped goad some people into defying evacuation orders so they could stay and guard their homes. … The other was the imagined invasion of left-wing mobs and arsonists that multiple law-enforcement agencies have sought to refute…. The rumors played into some conservative residents’ fears and anger over months of protests in Portland, where left-wing and right-wing groups have occasionally clashed.
What has been happening in Portland since May is protests, “where left-wing and right-wing groups have occasionally clashed.” Not nightly recreational arson by Antifa.
Are Antifa arsonists setting wildfires?
Who knows?
Here in Southern California, arsonists set a substantial but not a majority of brushfires, although it’s often hard to tell arson from incompetence, which Southern California has no shortage of: I started a campfire in 100 degree heat to roast marshmallows. But SoCal doesn’t have much lightning. If it gets hot, dry, and/or windy, you get fires.
I’d be suspicious of arson in the case of fires breaking out near Portland, but less so about fires breaking out in more remote parts of the state. In general, though, the Summer of Floyd seems to have unleashed a lot of anti-social urges, so perhaps small-town arsonists, inspired by the anarchy in Portland, are acting out on the their worse impulses during the current heatwave.
On the other hand, there is little evidence of Antifa being much driven to risk their lives by looting small towns during giant fires. They don’t really loot downtown Portland much, preferring to vandalize Starbucks rather than loot Forever 21.
So, don’t worry about looters and clear out if necessary to save your lives.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-08--MSM Still Silent About Proud Boy Shane Moon Being Run Down By Antifa, Not Like The Hysterical  The R

MSM Still Silent About Proud Boy Shane Moon Being Run Down By Antifa, Not Like The Hysterical  The Reaction To The Death At Charlottesville

On September 7 , Proud Boy Shane Moon was run down—at a memorial service for a previous Antifa murder victim—by @ @ @ @ @ Robbie Smith .
This was reported by Cassandra Fairbanks at Gateway Pundit and some local @ @ @ @ @ still no national news about it .
Compare that with the worldwide hysteria after one @ @ @ @ @ which may not even have been deliberate .
Or compare the deaths of Cannon Hinnant @ @ @ @ @ were definitely black-on-white murders with the nationwide media storm ( with black and white rioters @ @ @ @ @ death of George Floyd .
Three Twitter threads , screenshotted to protect them from Twitter @ @ @ @ @ See Police investigating hit-and-run after confrontation at Vancouver bar , Fox12 , September 7 , @ @ @ @ @ BREAKING EXCLUSIVE : Black Lives Matter Activist Who Attempted to Kill Trump Supporter After Memorial @ @ @ @ @ HAS BEEN ARRESTED By Cassandra Fairbanks , GateWayPundit , September 7 , 2020 at 9:44pm

On September 7, Proud Boy Shane Moon was run down—at a memorial service for a previous Antifa murder victim—by a truck driven by Antifa Robbie Smith. This was reported by Cassandra Fairbanks at Gateway Pundit and some local papers, but there is still no national news about it.
Compare that with the worldwide hysteria after one automobile death at Charlottesville, which may not even have been deliberate. Or compare the deaths of Cannon Hinnant and the murders, which were definitely black-on-white murders, with the nationwide media storm (with black and white rioters) about the apparently self-inflicted death of George Floyd.
Three Twitter threads, screenshotted to protect them from Twitter deletion.
Thread One:
Thread Two: See Police investigating hit-and-run after confrontation at Vancouver bar, Fox12, September 7, 2020
Thread Three: See BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Black Lives Matter Activist Who Attempted to Kill Trump Supporter After Memorial for Man Murdered By Antifa HAS BEEN ARRESTED By Cassandra Fairbanks, GateWayPundit, September 7, 2020 at 9:44pm


vdare--2020-09-11--His Name Is Joshua Ungersma: White Male, Working Two Jobs to Support His Family, Murdered by Black F

His Name Is Joshua Ungersma: White Male, Working Two Jobs to Support His Family, Murdered by Black Female Teenager as He Delivered Pizzas

It Takes All of Us .
These buzzwords are nothing more than fuel for the anti-white fire burning across America , an accelerant turning an already volatile situation into a conflagration .
Try lecturing Joshua Ungersma about white privilege .
He worked two minimum wage jobs to support his young family .
He was a white male , murdered by a black female teenager .
His Name is Joshua Ungersma .
17-year-old charged with murder in killing of Lafayette pizza delivery driver : Joshua Ungersma , 37 , was shot and killed while making a pizza delivery Aug. 31 in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2011 LAFAYETTE , Ind .
— Jaelynn Billups , 17 , is facing multiple felony charges including murder , armed robbery and theft in the killing of a Lafayette pizza delivery driver .
Joshua Ungersma , 37 , was shot and killed while making a pizza delivery Aug. 31 in the 1900 block of N. 16th Street in Lafayette .
A witness , Patrick Gibson , told 13News and police that he had heard gunshots and went outside .
He said he saw Billups with 19-year-old Alberto Vanmeter , and Vanmeter had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Vanmeter had tried to rob him and to call police .
Gibson said he then saw Billups walk up and shoot Ungersma .
Another witness also said they saw Ungersma ask for someone to call police and then Billups shot him , according to court documents .
Officers said Billups was hovering over one of the victims when they arrived .
When she was ordered to show her hands , they say she threw a 9mm handgun onto the sidewalk and was then detained .
Court documents show Vanmeter was Billups ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revolver in his pocket with the rounds fired .
He did have a permit to carry .
Billups told the judge during an initial hearing Sept. 8 that her family was planning on hiring an attorney .
She is being held without bond , and her trial date was set for Feb. 23 , 2021 .
The Domino ’ s where Ungersma worked is donating 75 percent of sales through Friday to his family .
The restaurant is located on Greenbush Street in Lafayette .
The response was so overwhelming on Monday the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ running out of food .
The owners hope to raise about $ 15,000 for the Ungersma family but think they might beat that .
“ We want to be able to do whatever we can for the family , ” said Domino ’ s store owner Jimmy Ruedlinger .
“ They ’ re going through a lot right now , obviously , with the loss of their father , the husband , a son in the mom ’ s case .
We ’ re a family here , and we ’ re a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to take care of whatever we can take care of at this point.
” Delivering pizzas was a second job for Ungersma .
His primary job was working as a meat cutter for Payless Supermarket for more than a decade .
Coworkers said Ungersma was working two jobs to support his family , including his infant son .
“ He usually worked the late shift , ” said Ruedlinger .
“ He ’ d get off work at Payless and come over here .
He had a wife , a stepkid and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so much about those kids .
He was always willing to pick up extra shifts , always wanting to work extra hours just so he could take care of his family.
” A GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $ 16,000 for the family .

White privilege.
Systemic racism.
Ending hate.
Erasing hate.
Social Justice.
Black Lives Matter.
End Racism.
It Takes All of Us.
These buzzwords are nothing more than fuel for the anti-white fire burning across America, an accelerant turning an already volatile situation into a conflagration.
Try lecturing Joshua Ungersma about white privilege. He worked two minimum wage jobs to support his young family.
He was a white male, murdered by a black female teenager.
His Name is Joshua Ungersma.
17-year-old charged with murder in killing of Lafayette pizza delivery driver: Joshua Ungersma, 37, was shot and killed while making a pizza delivery Aug. 31 in Lafayette, WTHR.com, September 9, 2011
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Jaelynn Billups, 17, is facing multiple felony charges including murder, armed robbery and theft in the killing of a Lafayette pizza delivery driver.
Joshua Ungersma, 37, was shot and killed while making a pizza delivery Aug. 31 in the 1900 block of N. 16th Street in Lafayette.
A witness, Patrick Gibson, told 13News and police that he had heard gunshots and went outside. He said he saw Billups with 19-year-old Alberto Vanmeter, and Vanmeter had been shot. Ungersma told Gibson that Billups and Vanmeter had tried to rob him and to call police. Gibson said he then saw Billups walk up and shoot Ungersma.
Another witness also said they saw Ungersma ask for someone to call police and then Billups shot him, according to court documents.
Officers said Billups was hovering over one of the victims when they arrived. When she was ordered to show her hands, they say she threw a 9mm handgun onto the sidewalk and was then detained. Court documents show Vanmeter was Billups’ boyfriend.
Police said Ungersma had a revolver in his pocket with the rounds fired. He did have a permit to carry.
Billups told the judge during an initial hearing Sept. 8 that her family was planning on hiring an attorney. She is being held without bond, and her trial date was set for Feb. 23, 2021.
The Domino’s where Ungersma worked is donating 75 percent of sales through Friday to his family. The restaurant is located on Greenbush Street in Lafayette. The response was so overwhelming on Monday the restaurant had to close early after temporarily running out of food.
The owners hope to raise about $15,000 for the Ungersma family but think they might beat that.
“We want to be able to do whatever we can for the family,” said Domino’s store owner Jimmy Ruedlinger. “They’re going through a lot right now, obviously, with the loss of their father, the husband, a son in the mom’s case. We’re a family here, and we’re a team, and we’re going to take care of whatever we can take care of at this point.”
Delivering pizzas was a second job for Ungersma. His primary job was working as a meat cutter for Payless Supermarket for more than a decade. Coworkers said Ungersma was working two jobs to support his family, including his infant son.
“He usually worked the late shift,” said Ruedlinger. “He’d get off work at Payless and come over here. He had a wife, a stepkid and a 6-month old baby, and he cared so much about those kids. He was always willing to pick up extra shifts, always wanting to work extra hours just so he could take care of his family.”
A GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $16,000 for the family.


vdare--2020-09-11--In 2019, George Floyd Swallowed His Drugs Upon Arrest

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN DISTRICT COURT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT State of Minnesota , Plaintiff , vs. Derek Michael Chauvin , Defendant .
Court File No .
27-CR-20-12646 DEFENDANT ’ S NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE TO : THE HONORABLE PETER A. CAHILL , JUDGE OF HENNEPIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT ; AND MATTHEW G. FRANK , ASSISTANT MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL .
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE the Defendant , Derek Michael Chauvin , may offer at trial evidence and circumstance of the following : 1 .
The facts and circumstances of MP 2019-127538 from May 6 , 2019 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ engaged in the sale and possession of large quantities of controlled substances .
When approached by police he placed drugs in his mouth in an attempt to avoid arrest , and swallowed them .
When interacting with police he engaged in diversionary behavior such as crying and acted irrationally .
An ambulance was called to transport Mr. Floyd to the hospital .
So it sounds like Floyd had a modus operandi that he survived on May 6 , 2019 but that killed him when he tried it again on May 25 , 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Floyd stuck his fentanyl in his mouth .
He might have survived this time too , only the ambulance got lost .
In any case , the incident doesn ’ t seem to have anything to do with White Racism ( unless you blame Floyd ’ s repulsive character on white people ) , and little to do with Police Brutality .

This sounds relevant.
An August 28, 2020 legal filing:
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
DISTRICT COURT
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
State of Minnesota, Plaintiff,
vs.
Derek Michael Chauvin, Defendant.
Court File No. 27-CR-20-12646
DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE
TO: THE HONORABLE PETER A. CAHILL, JUDGE OF HENNEPIN COUNTY
DISTRICT COURT; AND MATTHEW G. FRANK, ASSISTANT MINNESOTA
ATTORNEY GENERAL. NOTICE OF MOTIONS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE the Defendant, Derek Michael Chauvin, may offer at trial
evidence and circumstance of the following: 1. The facts and circumstances of MP 2019-127538 from May 6, 2019. At that time Mr.
George Floyd was engaged in the sale and possession of large quantities of controlled
substances. When approached by police he placed drugs in his mouth in an attempt to avoid
arrest, and swallowed them. When interacting with police he engaged in diversionary
behavior such as crying and acted irrationally. An ambulance was called to transport Mr.
Floyd to the hospital.
So it sounds like Floyd had a modus operandi that he survived on May 6, 2019 but that killed him when he tried it again on May 25, 2020.
So, it’s likely Floyd stuck his fentanyl in his mouth. He might have survived this time too, only the ambulance got lost.
In any case, the incident doesn’t seem to have anything to do with White Racism (unless you blame Floyd’s repulsive character on white people), and little to do with Police Brutality.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-11--NYT: America's 180 Most Powerful Persons of Color Include A Lot Of White Spaniards

From the New York Times : Faces of Power : 80 % Are White , Even as U.S. Becomes More Diverse By Denise Lu , Jon Huang , Ashwin Seshagiri , Haeyoun Park and Troy Griggs Sept. 9 , 2020 The most powerful people in the United States pass our laws , control Hollywood ’ s studios and head the most prestigious universities .
They own pro sports teams and determine who goes to jail and who goes to war .
A review by The New York Times of more than 900 officials and executives in prominent positions found that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hispanic , Asian , Native American , multiracial or otherwise a person of color .
More than 40 percent of Americans identify with one of those groups .
Even where there have been signs of progress , greater diversity has not always translated to more equal treatment .
25 people command the largest police forces .
14 are Black or Hispanic .
What ?
I thought the police were Systemically Racist ?
One might almost think that the problem stems more from the behavior of criminals .
By the way , the NYT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LAPD , as a Person of Color because he ’ s part Basque .
But aren ’ t Basques ultra-European ?
Similarly , Mayor Garcetti claims to be Mexican through his paternal grandmother , but at least he ’ s not claiming to be Basque… 29 prosecutors charge people with crimes in those jurisdictions .
12 are Asian , Black or Hispanic .
Almost half of the district attorneys in the cities with the largest police forces are people of color .
Jackie Lacey , Los Angeles ’ s first female and first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Black Lives Matter movement for resisting efforts to reduce prison populations , which often have disproportionately high numbers of Black and Hispanic people .
The group has endorsed Ms. Lacey ’ s challenger in a closely watched race for November .
Ms. Lacey ’ s opponent , Soros-funded pro-criminal George Gascon , looks white , but he was born in Havana so presumably that makes him PoC .
24 people lead the Trump administration .
3 are Asian , Black or Hispanic .
… 9 justices sit on the U.S. Supreme @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
… Of the people at the top of the 25 highest-valued companies , 6 are Asian or Black .
Fewer than a quarter of the most valuable public companies are run by people of color , and Black leaders are becoming less represented in these roles .
There are now four Black chief executives running Fortune 500 companies , down from six in 2012 .
Four of the CEOs of top 25 publicly traded firms are South Asians , one East Asian , and one ( Merck ) is black .
Leo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1950 ) is a Venezuelan-American electrical engineer , writer and academic administrator .
He is the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , succeeding Susan Hockfield on July 2 , 2012 .
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] Reif previously served as the Institute ’ s provost , as the head of MIT ’ s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and as the director of the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories .
[ 3 ] Leo Rafael Reif was born in Maracaibo , Venezuela , to Eastern European Jewish parents who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through Ecuador and Colombia .
His father was a photographer , and the family spoke Yiddish and Spanish at home .
[ 4 ] Back to the NYT list of Powerful PoCs : The 5 people who have the most influence over book publishing are all white .
… The people who edit the 10 most-read magazines are all white .
14 people oversee most of the music that is produced and played .
2 are Black or Hispanic .
25 people run the top TV networks and Hollywood studios .
3 are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in charge of the 25 highest-valued fashion companies , 3 are Asian or Hispanic .
The Hispanic is Pablo Isla , the Spanish CEO of a the giant Spanish firm Inditex ( Zara , et al ) .
It ’ s good to know that if Pablo moved to America he ’ d be eligible for affirmative action for our sins .
It ’ s almost as if the 1982 Voting Rights Act that mandates gerrymandering House districts to make sure to elect lots of blacks and Hispanics to the House means that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Race Man/Woman types in the House but fewer Barack Obama types who would have a better chance at later winning statewide office .
By the way , one of the Powerful People of Color on the NYT ’ s list is Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart ( R-FL ) , a Conquistador-American , who looks like me .
Rep. John Garamendi [ D-CA ] is another official PoC who is included for being half-Basque .
Jim Costa [ D-CA ] gets to be a PoC for being Portuguese from the Azores .
Rep. Devin Nunes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being 3/4th Azorean .
A couple of Republican Congressmen from Oklahoma are whites with traces of American Indian ancestry .
There are also a growing number of white Congressmen with unnoticeable Latino ancestry on their mother ’ s side , like Mike Levin ( D-CA ) and Alex X. Mooney ( R-WV ) .
On the other hand , while being obsessive about tracking down Hispanic ethnicity among the 922 Most Powerful Americans , the Times has no interest — zero , nada — in counting Jewish ethnicity among the most powerful .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the concept of White Privilege , but since Jewish Privilege is not a concept , why would anyone want to look for or against evidence for a concept that doesn ’ t exist ?
For some reason neither the Forbes 400 nor the Bloomberg Rich list are included , perhaps to avoid giving competitors a leg up or to avoid the issues of double-counting .

From the New York Times:
Faces of Power: 80% Are White, Even as U.S. Becomes More Diverse
By Denise Lu, Jon Huang, Ashwin Seshagiri, Haeyoun Park and Troy Griggs Sept. 9, 2020 The most powerful people in the United States pass our laws, control Hollywood’s studios and head the most prestigious universities. They own pro sports teams and determine who goes to jail and who goes to war. A review by The New York Times of more than 900 officials and executives in prominent positions found that about 20 percent identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, multiracial or otherwise a person of color. More than 40 percent of Americans identify with one of those groups. Even where there have been signs of progress, greater diversity has not always translated to more equal treatment. 25 people command the largest police forces. 14 are Black or Hispanic.
What? I thought the police were Systemically Racist?
While half of the 25 largest police forces are run by people of color, the shootings and killings of Black people by white officers this year are a painful reminder of systemic bias. The rise of people of color to positions of leadership has not been a guarantee against the targeting of marginalized groups.
One might almost think that the problem stems more from the behavior of criminals.
By the way, the NYT lists Michel Moore, chief of the LAPD, as a Person of Color because he’s part Basque. But aren’t Basques ultra-European? Similarly, Mayor Garcetti claims to be Mexican through his paternal grandmother, but at least he’s not claiming to be Basque…
29 prosecutors charge people with crimes in those jurisdictions. 12 are Asian, Black or Hispanic. Almost half of the district attorneys in the cities with the largest police forces are people of color. Jackie Lacey, Los Angeles’s first female and first Black district attorney, has been criticized by the Black Lives Matter movement for resisting efforts to reduce prison populations, which often have disproportionately high numbers of Black and Hispanic people. The group has endorsed Ms. Lacey’s challenger in a closely watched race for November.
Ms. Lacey’s opponent, Soros-funded pro-criminal George Gascon, looks white, but he was born in Havana so presumably that makes him PoC.
24 people lead the Trump administration. 3 are Asian, Black or Hispanic. … 9 justices sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. 2 are Black or Hispanic. … 8 men are military chiefs. 1 is Black. Of the people at the top of the 25 highest-valued companies, 6 are Asian or Black.
Fewer than a quarter of the most valuable public companies are run by people of color, and Black leaders are becoming less represented in these roles. There are now four Black chief executives running Fortune 500 companies, down from six in 2012.
Four of the CEOs of top 25 publicly traded firms are South Asians, one East Asian, and one (Merck) is black.
Of the people who head universities ranked in the top 25, 1 is Hispanic.
And, surprise, surprise, from Wikipedia:
Leo Rafael Reif (born August 21, 1950) is a Venezuelan-American electrical engineer, writer and academic administrator. He is the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, succeeding Susan Hockfield on July 2, 2012.[1][2] Reif previously served as the Institute’s provost, as the head of MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and as the director of the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories.[3] Leo Rafael Reif was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, to Eastern European Jewish parents who immigrated to Venezuela in the late 1930s through Ecuador and Colombia. His father was a photographer, and the family spoke Yiddish and Spanish at home.[4]
Back to the NYT list of Powerful PoCs:
15 people direct major news organizations. 3 are Black or Hispanic. … The 5 people who have the most influence over book publishing are all white. … The people who edit the 10 most-read magazines are all white. 14 people oversee most of the music that is produced and played. 2 are Black or Hispanic. 25 people run the top TV networks and Hollywood studios. 3 are Black or Hispanic. Of the people in charge of the 25 highest-valued fashion companies, 3 are Asian or Hispanic.
The Hispanic is Pablo Isla, the Spanish CEO of a the giant Spanish firm Inditex (Zara, et al.). It’s good to know that if Pablo moved to America he’d be eligible for affirmative action for our sins.
99 people own professional baseball, basketball and football teams. 6 are Asian, Black or Hispanic. 100 people write laws in the Senate. 9 are Asian, Black or Hispanic.
This includes Senators Cruz, Rubio, and Menendez.
50 people are state governors. 3 are Asian, Hispanic or Native American. There are currently no Black governors, and only two Black governors have been elected in American history. 431 people currently write laws in the House. 112 are Asian, Black, Hispanic or Native American, or otherwise identify as a person of color.
It’s almost as if the 1982 Voting Rights Act that mandates gerrymandering House districts to make sure to elect lots of blacks and Hispanics to the House means that there are a lot of Maxine Waters Race Man/Woman types in the House but fewer Barack Obama types who would have a better chance at later winning statewide office.
By the way, one of the Powerful People of Color on the NYT’s list is Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), a Conquistador-American, who looks like me.
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA] is another official PoC who is included for being half-Basque. Jim Costa [D-CA] gets to be a PoC for being Portuguese from the Azores. Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA] is a PoC for being 3/4th Azorean. A couple of Republican Congressmen from Oklahoma are whites with traces of American Indian ancestry. There is also a growing number of white Congressmen with unnoticeable Latino ancestry on their mother’s side, like Mike Levin (D-CA) and Alex X. Mooney (R-WV).
Note: People who are Hispanic are defined as those from Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin regardless of race.
On the other hand, while being obsessive about tracking down Hispanic ethnicity among the 922 Most Powerful Americans, the Times has no interest — zero, nada — in counting Jewish ethnicity among the most powerful. Counting powerful white people is proof of the concept of White Privilege, but since Jewish Privilege is not a concept, why would anyone want to look for or against evidence for a concept that doesn’t exist?
For some reason neither the Forbes 400 nor the Bloomberg Rich list are included, perhaps to avoid giving competitors a leg up or to avoid the issues of double-counting.


vdare--2020-09-11--Meanwhile, in Australia, The Aborigines Are Looking Very Pale

In the U.S. , white women like Rachel Dolezal and Jessica Krug are vastly excoriated for declaring themselves black .
But in Australia , white people who look like Jim Carrey are encouraged to declare themselves Aboriginal based on the One Drop of Blood theory , and the government and media are ready to come down like a ton of bricks on skeptics .
For example , from the Daily Mail : Aboriginal cricket star Dan Christian is hit with disgusting racist abuse by vile trolls saying that ‘ indigenous people are black ’ Cricket Australia has called out a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christian Vile trolls tweeted disgusting comments at the indigenous cricket player CA shared a screenshot of the message on its own Twitter account By AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Cricket Australia has called out a ‘ blatantly racist ’ social-media attack on Dan Christian , which came in response to the Indigenous allrounder opening up about casual racism in his sport .
Christian , a proud Wiradjuri man who represented Australia in 35 limited-overs games and captained an Aboriginal XI , detailed his experiences in the first episode of CA ’ s new series Cricket @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ d been the subject of throwaway lines and jokes about ‘ the colour of my skin and the fact that I don ’ t look Aboriginal or whatever that means ’ .
Administrators at the governing body were disgusted that one user on Twitter , whose identity is now being investigated , responded to the session by questioning Christian ’ s Aboriginality .
‘ You ’ re as much indigenous as my fat white dog is a dingo , ’ the troll wrote .
This seems like a clever way to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Australia .
While actual Australian Aborigines lag on most statistical measures of achievement , if you just declare a lot of people who are , say , 15/16th white to be Aboriginal , hesto presto , The Gap is mostly Gone .
You just have to remember to get really really mad at any skeptics .
Apparently , the genes in Aboriginals for looks are fairly recessive , so even a 3/4th white person might look close to all white .
Something like this seems to be happening in the U.S. with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Times listing below of Powerful Persons of Color includes a number of people of pure Iberian descent as Hispanic-Americans .
( It even includes a Spanish CEO in Madrid ) .

In the U.S., white women like Rachel Dolezal and Jessica Krug are vastly excoriated for declaring themselves black. But in Australia, white people who look like Jim Carrey are encouraged to declare themselves Aboriginal based on the One Drop of Blood theory, and the government and media are ready to come down like a ton of bricks on skeptics.
For example, from the Daily Mail:
Aboriginal cricket star Dan Christian is hit with disgusting racist abuse by vile trolls saying that ‘indigenous people are black’ Cricket Australia has called out a ‘blatantly racist’ attack on Dan Christian
Vile trolls tweeted disgusting comments at the indigenous cricket player
CA shared a screenshot of the message on its own Twitter account
By AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS PUBLISHED: 20:07 EDT, 10 September 2020 Cricket Australia has called out a ‘blatantly racist’ social-media attack on Dan Christian, which came in response to the Indigenous allrounder opening up about casual racism in his sport. Christian, a proud Wiradjuri man who represented Australia in 35 limited-overs games and captained an Aboriginal XI, detailed his experiences in the first episode of CA’s new series Cricket Connecting Country. Christian recalled how he’d been the subject of throwaway lines and jokes about ‘the colour of my skin and the fact that I don’t look Aboriginal or whatever that means’. Administrators at the governing body were disgusted that one user on Twitter, whose identity is now being investigated, responded to the session by questioning Christian’s Aboriginality. ‘You’re as much indigenous as my fat white dog is a dingo,’ the troll wrote.
This seems like a clever way to get rid of problems of racial inequality in Australia. While actual Australian Aborigines lag on most statistical measures of achievement, if you just declare a lot of people who are, say, 15/16th white to be Aboriginal, hesto presto, The Gap is mostly Gone. You just have to remember to get really really mad at any skeptics.
Apparently, the genes in Aboriginals for looks are fairly recessive, so even a 3/4th white person might look close to all white.
Something like this seems to be happening in the U.S. with the Hispanic category. The new New York Times listing below of Powerful Persons of Color includes a number of people of pure Iberian descent as Hispanic-Americans. (It even includes a Spanish CEO in Madrid.)
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-11--In Defense of Mansplaining

In Defense of Mansplaining

Just remember , contract killers are based out of Philly , while freelance writers ( especially the kind who use “ unpack ” a lot ) are based in Berlin .
But writers who are based in some place are seldom based .
…The portmanteau describes the act of a man ’ s unsolicited explaining , generally to a woman , something he thinks he knows more about than she does — occasionally at anesthetizing length — whether he knows anything or not .
Kate Manne , an associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University , explores the issue in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Entitled : How Male Privilege Hurts Women.
” On a recent call from her home in upstate New York , where she lives with her husband , their 8-month-old and a corgi , she unpacked the problem .
How did we arrive at the idea that men are the authorities of knowledge ?
A Mansplaining may be recently named , but it ’ s most likely a phenomenon as old as time .
Inherent in patriarchy is men ’ s entitlement to all valuable human goods : things like love , care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and knowledge .
When it comes to knowledge , especially of a prestigious sort , the idea that men have a prior claim to it is as venerable as the patriarchy itself .
Sometimes it ’ s connected to the idea that women are incapable of being authority figures .
In “ Politics , ” for example , Aristotle wrote : “ The slave is wholly lacking the deliberative element ; the female has it but it lacks authority.
” But the essence of mansplaining is for a man to share his knowledge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of cultures where men are supposed to keep secret the male knowledge that can only be spoken of in the big Men ’ s Only hut .
The most technologically advanced cultures tend to be ones in which men assume that women want to know all about whatever arcane technical topic the man has mastered .
Of course , the male sex does , on the whole , know more different facts than the female sex .
Look at the huge sex disparity in volunteer Wikipedia editors .
Men tend to be more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men who mansplain at length bore a woman who would rather he be saying sweet nothings about her .
But men who aren ’ t very adept at telling women what they want to hear tend to make more faithful husbands .
Also , there is , as always , intrasexual competition .
Women who wind up with the best boyfriends tend to say to themselves , “ OK , I ’ m not interested in what he wants to explain to me … but would other men find him interesting and authoritative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ listen and figure out if he would impress men .
”

From the New York Times:
Why Are Men Still Explaining Things to Women? Mansplaining illuminates a much deeper problem than the bore of patronizing monologues. “Entitled” author Kate Manne unpacks the phenomenon. By Mary Katharine Tramontana Mary Katharine Tramontana is a writer based in Berlin, covering culture and sexual politics.
Just remember, contract killers are based out of Philly, while freelance writers (especially the kind who use “unpack” a lot) are based in Berlin. But writers who are based in some place are seldom based.
Sept. 9, 2020 …The portmanteau describes the act of a man’s unsolicited explaining, generally to a woman, something he thinks he knows more about than she does — occasionally at anesthetizing length — whether he knows anything or not. … Kate Manne, an associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University, explores the issue in a chapter of her new book, “Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women.” On a recent call from her home in upstate New York, where she lives with her husband, their 8-month-old and a corgi, she unpacked the problem. How did we arrive at the idea that men are the authorities of knowledge? A Mansplaining may be recently named, but it’s most likely a phenomenon as old as time. Inherent in patriarchy is men’s entitlement to all valuable human goods: things like love, care, adoration, sex, power — and knowledge. When it comes to knowledge, especially of a prestigious sort, the idea that men have a prior claim to it is as venerable as the patriarchy itself. Sometimes it’s connected to the idea that women are incapable of being authority figures. In “Politics,” for example, Aristotle wrote: “The slave is wholly lacking the deliberative element; the female has it but it lacks authority.”
But the essence of mansplaining is for a man to share his knowledge with a woman.
There are plenty of cultures where men are supposed to keep secret the male knowledge that can only be spoken of in the big Men’s Only hut.
The most technologically advanced cultures tend to be ones in which men assume that women want to know all about whatever arcane technical topic the man has mastered.
Of course, the male sex does, on the whole, know more different facts than the female sex. Look at the huge sex disparity in volunteer Wikipedia editors. Men tend to be more specialist, women more generalist.
Many men who mansplain at length bore a woman who would rather he be saying sweet nothings about her. But men who aren’t very adept at telling women what they want to hear tend to make more faithful husbands.
Also, there is, as always, intrasexual competition. Women who wind up with the best boyfriends tend to say to themselves, “OK, I’m not interested in what he wants to explain to me … but would other men find him interesting and authoritative on this topic? I’ll listen and figure out if he would impress men.”
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-11--Only 4 More Days to Participate In Our Podcast!

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The West insists that it is not making war on Muslims per se, but only against radical Islamist organizations. But Muslims do not see it that way and act as if they are at war with the West.
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