The Stark Truth does another interview with jewamongyou

Posted on October 20, 2011 by jewamongyou

The Stark Truth Radio network recently interviewed me again, this time specifically about the book I translated, “The Ashkenazi Revolution”.  Here’s the link:
http://reasonradionetwork.com/20111014/the-stark-truth-the-ashkenazi-revolution
Thinking back, there were some things I could have been more clear about.  Then again, anybody who has questions is welcome to pose them here.

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Oregonian editorial almost gets it right

Posted on October 19, 2011 by jewamongyou

An editorial by Ross Douthat (Oregonian via New York Times Oct. 18th, 2011) comes much closer to the truth about “diversity” than we normally see in the MSM.  Speaking of the fate of Christian communities in the Middle East, Douthat explains the latest hardships in the context of an ongoing ethnic alignment along national borders, which has been going on for a long time.

Peace comes at a terrible price for diverse groups

… This is a familiar story in the Middle East, where any sort of popular sovereignty has tended to unleash the furies and drive minorities into exile.  From Lebanon to North Africa, the Arab world’s Christian enclaves have been shrinking steadily since decolonization…
More important, though, this is a familiar story for the modern world as a whole – a case of what National Review’s John Derbyshire calls “modernity versus diversity.”  For all the bright talk about multicultural mosaics, the age of globalization has also been an age of unprecedented religious and racial sorting – sometimes by choice, more often at gunpoint.  Indeed, the causes of democracy and international peace have often been intimately tied to ethnic cleansing:  Both have gained ground not in spite of mass migrations and mass murders, but because of them.
This is a point worth keeping in mind when reading the Big Idea book of the moment, Steven Pinker’s “Better Angels of Our Nature:  Why Violence Has Declined.”  Pinker marshals an impressive amount of data to demonstrate that human civilization has become steadily less violent, that the years since 1945 have been particularly pacific, and that contemporary Europe has achieved an unprecedented level of tranquility.
What Pinker glosses over, though, is the price that’s been paid for these advances.  With the partial exception of immigrant societies like the U.S., mass democracy seems to depend on ethno-religious solidarity in a way that older forms of government did not.  The most successful modern nation-states have often gained stability at the expense of diversity, driving out or even murdering their minorities on the road to peaceful coexistence with their neighbors.
Europe’s era of unexpected harmony, in particular, may have been made possible by the decades of expulsions and genocide that preceded it.  As Jerry Z. Muller pointed out in a 2008 essay for Foreign Affairs, the horrors of the two world wars effectively rationalized the Continent’s borders, replacing the old multi-ethnic states, and eliminating – often all too literally – minority populations and polyglot regions.  A decade of civil war and ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia completed the process…
Along the same lines, the developing world’s worst outbreaks of ethno-religious violence… are often associated with transitions from dictatorships or monarchies to some sort of popular rule.  And from Kashmir to the West Bank, Kurdistan to Congo, the globe’s enduring trouble spots are usually places where ethno-religious communities and political borders can’t be made to line up.
Whether we root for this process to take its course depends on how we weigh the hope of a better future against the peoples who are likely to suffer, flee and disappear along the way.  Europe’s long peace is an extraordinary achievement – but was it worth the wars and genocides and forced migrations that made it possible?

In short, Douthat interprets the existence of many ethnic groups within the same borders as “diversity”, which he sees as a good thing.  He carefully avoids telling us why this “diversity” is a good thing – such that its loss should be called a “price”.  As a matter of fact, he has noticed the same patterns that Jared Taylor notes in his recent book, “White Identity“. But, while Taylor reaches the logical conclusion – that ethnic diversity is the source of conflict – Douthat tries to cling to his worship of diversity while, at the same time, admitting that millions have suffered and died because of it.
I would love to ask Douthat what his opinion is regarding the borders of Africa, which were drawn by European colonial powers – reportedly in order to throw diverse tribes together within the same nations.  According to Douthat, this would be a good thing – because it brought the Africans the blessing of “diversity”.  Or was it a good thing for Europe but not for Africa?
His assertion that the U.S. is an (partial) exception to the rule is, at best, premature.  Perhaps he is unaware of the countless Americans who have been murdered, robbed or raped as a consequence of diversity.  If so, then his ignorance is by choice; the information is readily available on the internet.  For those of us who do not choose ignorance, it is obvious that the U.S. is not an exception.  Fluoridated water and Big Macs cannot change human nature, nor can Congress legislate it away.  Americans will pay the bitter price of ethnic diversity just as have others.
I wonder if, decades from now, another columnist will ask if the Great Ethnic War of 2030, which killed millions and left Europe and America in ruins, was too great a price to pay for the relative tranquility that followed.  In the meantime, the diversicrats are frantically busy importing multitudes of foreigners and mixing up the borders even more – in order to set the stage for just such a war.  If Douthat is among them, then he weeps for the suffering that he, himself, encourages.
Ross Douthat appears to be a confused man – or perhaps he is trying to provide a hint, to his readers, that diversity is not all it’s cracked up to be.

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The cult of childhood

Posted on October 18, 2011 by jewamongyou

The following are some preliminary thoughts of mine concerning the development of the cult of childhood in the West and its ramifications.
I recently came across the “To Catch a Predator” videos on YouTube and I must admit, they are very entertaining – in a sad sort of way.  I watched several of them and then I got to thinking:  There sure are a lot of these guys – and they certainly represent only the tip of the iceberg of men who would take advantage of an underage girl; most such men are smart enough (one would presume) to avoid getting caught in such a predicament.  Moreover, men who would take advantage of an underage girl are certainly only the tip of the iceberg of men who would have sex with the same girl if only it were socially acceptable to do so.  I would add that the very fact that underage girls are forbidden fruit probably makes them that much more alluring to some men.
Other bloggers, such as Human Stupidity and Robert Lindsay, have already pointed out that it is perfectly normal for men to be attracted to underage girls.  Prepubescent girls, on the other hand, are a different matter.  I am reasonably certain that the vast majority of men, if they found themselves stranded on an island with a well-developed 14 year old girl, would eventually break down and consummate this relationship.
Coincidentally, I’ve been reading “Selections from Protagoras, Republic, Phaedrus & Gorgias” by Plato.  At the very beginning we read:

Companion:  … I saw him the day before yesterday; and he had got a beard like a man – and he is a man, as I may tell you in your ear.  But I thought that he was still very charming.
Socrates:  What of his beard?  Are you not of Homer’s opinion, who says, ‘Youth is most charming when the beard first appears’?  And that is now the charm of Alcibiades.

We may, or may not, interpret the above as homoerotic or ephebophilic in nature.  Either way, it is well documented that both homosexuality and ephebophilia were widely practiced in Greece during that era.  As for the latter, it was certainly the norm in practically every society on Earth until very recently.  If Chris Hanson’s ancestors were held to his standards, he would never have been born.
Granted, there is a huge difference between a middle aged man seeking thrills by having sex with a 14 year old girl who he almost certainly has no intention (or possibility) of ever marrying, and a courtship whose main goal is marriage and the founding of a family.  The union between my own father and mother would be highly illegal today.  Even back then people murmured that my father must be some sort of pervert – and maybe he was – but they’ve been together for about 55 years now.  As a result, I sit hear and maintain this blog.
Like so many other things in life, it all comes back to unity versus “diversity”.  It used to be acceptable for 25 year old men to court 14 year old women (or whatever you want to call them) because there was an intact culture in place.  That culture demanded that they marry and start a family.  Marriage was a commitment to be taken seriously.  Today, there is no intact culture; only a mishmash of confusion held together by ever more numerous laws.  In this environment, there is no expectation of marriage/commitment.  Therefore, a middle-aged man having a fling with a 14 year old girl is most likely abusive.  Their “relationship” can be reduced to its rawest component:  Sex.  And it’s a shame because, in other circumstances, that man might have turned out to be a great husband and father – just like my own father.
The cult of childhood in the West, and its extension, has gradually reduced even adults to children.  An adult takes responsibility for his own actions and mistakes.  A child is rarely held accountable.  When a woman spills hot coffee in her lap and then sues the restaurant that sold her the coffee, is she truly a “woman”?  Perhaps it would be more accurate to describe her as a child.  Childhood has become so cherished and fortified that it has escaped its own boundaries and its tendrils reach out across what used to be “adulthood” all the way to the “second childhood”.
The Left, by and large, does not recognize the biological concept of race.  One of the reasons it rejects this concept is that there are no clear boundaries between one race and another.  This is, of course, a flawed argument but perhaps it is this same mentality that forces leftists (and conservatives) to insist on rigid age-of-consent laws.  After all, if there is no clear boundary between childhood and adulthood (and there isn’t) then neither concept has any validity according to them.  If so, there would be no basis for “statutory rape” laws.  Even leftists will admit that ages of consent are arbitrary but “we have to draw the line somewhere” they say.  I would agree that a line must be drawn in individual cases, but there can be no single line that makes sense for everybody – even within the same city or town.  We all mature at different rates* and we all have different family situations.  We also have different cultures (see “diversity” above).
*I remember visiting a family of Hassidim in Jerusalem who were good friends of mine.  One of their daughters was around 13 or 14 years old and her older sister mentioned that perhaps it is time for her to start dating.  The mother looked at her skinny frame and said, “No, she’s not ready yet; she needs more time” or something to that effect.

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The Ruins of Detroit Google Earth style

Posted on October 17, 2011 by jewamongyou

I’ve always thought it would be interesting to travel to Detroit and document the destruction of that city – as many others have done before me.  But, for various reasons, I find it much more convenient to simply use Google Earth for my tour.  Here are four images I captured from Google Earth, showing the decay of that once great city.  Feel free to add your own.

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The 2012 American Renaissance conference

Posted on October 16, 2011 by jewamongyou

It appears we are having a conference near Nashville this coming year.  So far, we do not know exactly when or where.   All we know is:

The conference will be at a beautiful, government-owned facility that is about a 45 minute drive from Nashville, TN. We have no fear of cancellation, and will be announcing the exact location soon.

If the conference is near an urban area, I plan on bringing a bunch of flyers and distributing them.  If it’s in a rural area, then it might not be a good idea to bring attention to ourselves.  If conditions do favor the distribution of flyers, then I shall do so whether others join me or not.  Here is your chance to suggest which flyers should be distributed.  I am inclined to use one that recounts our trials at the last Amren conference, as an illustration of how whites are discriminated against in this country.  The flyer would also point out the peacefulness of our gatherings and that our stance toward race is backed up by solid science.

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When being "at-risk" doesn't count

Posted on October 15, 2011 by jewamongyou

It is difficult to open a magazine or newspaper these days without encountering an article telling us how “African Americans are more at risk for this or that disease or misfortune”.  It has gotten to the point where it is almost a cliche’.  But if it is whites who are disproportionately at risk, then those same magazines and newspapers will maintain total silence regarding this fact.
A recent front page Oregonian headline (October 13, 2011) reads:

Taking a stand to prevent suicide

… So far this year, Portland police and firefighters have responded to 55 suicides or attempts – and those are just the cases that play out in public – up from 39 such calls in all of 2010.  Portland police have been called to a total of 70 suicides and 144 attempts, up from 69 suicides and 129 attempts last year.

The pace has shaken the city’s public safety responders…

The number of suicides in Oregon, which has a suicide rate 35 percent higher than the national average, keeps climbing.  The number of calls to Oregon Partnership’s Suicide Lifeline has risen from 11,303 in 2008 to 19,016 in 2010…

The state has issued grants to counties to train adults and youths in suicide intervention skills and to support public awareness campaigns and outreach to at-risk populations, such as elderly and youth…

The article is a fairly long one and it deals with various risk factors – but not once is race or ethnicity mentioned.  In fact, gender is also not specifically mentioned; we must read between the lines, from the context and examples, that males are more at risk than females.

A government website gives us a clearer understanding of who these “at-risk populations” actually are:

Men were 3.7 times more likely to die by suicide than women. The highest suicide rate
occurred among men ages 85 and over (78.4 per 100,000). White males had the highest
suicide rate among all races / ethnicity (25.6 per 100,000). Firearms were the dominant
mechanism of suicide among men (62%)…
Sex, Race / Ethnicity
Men have a greater risk of dying by suicide than women. In each age group, suicide rates
are higher among males than among women (figure 3). Overall men were 3.7 times more
likely to die by suicide than women (figure 4). Among all suicide victims, 97 percent of
the suicides were white. The age-adjusted suicide rate among whites was 15.8 per
100,000, which was almost double the rates observed among populations of other races.
Overall white men had the highest suicide rate. This is mainly due to extremely high
suicide rates among elder white men aged 60 and over. There were not significant
differences in rates between white women and women of other races (Figure 4).

It is interesting that the Oregonian article copies, almost verbatim, a paragraph from the above source that deals with mental disorders, drugs and alcohol use – but completely omits all of the information from previous paragraphs that deal with gender disparities.  As for the government’s explanation of the racial disparity in suicide rates, it must be tempered by the fact that the median age for whites, nationwide, is about 10 years older than the median age for blacks (though I’m not sure what it is in Oregon specifically).  Be it as it may, the suicide rate for whites is over twice that of blacks and Hispanics and three times that of Asians.  If the reverse were true, it would be impossible to imagine that the Oregonian would omit this fact in their story; we would be reminded, over and over again, that “people of color” are more at risk.
When we are told that non-whites are at higher risk for various diseases, it is because the media considers non-whites to be important.  Obviously, whites (as a group) are not important in their eyes.  But normal people feel otherwise.  Aside from the obvious fact that whites suffer more from depression and low self-esteem (for obvious reasons), non self-hating whites deserve answers so that steps can be taken to reduce the risk of suicide*.
*I speak of the “risk of suicide” even though it’s a conscious decision one makes, because the instinct of self-preservation is our strongest instinct and, in my view, something must be wrong with a person if he chooses to take his own life (with certain exceptions of course).

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Forbidden Archeology

Posted on October 14, 2011 by jewamongyou

Most of us have been led to believe that modern humans came into being only a hundred thousand years ago more or less.  Some of us have been taught that we were created far more recently.  But a very interesting book claims that modern humans have been around for millions of years.  In Forbidden Archeology, Michael Cremo and Dr. Richard Thompson present hundreds of pieces of evidence to back up this claim.  Much of it dates from the 19th century and has been collecting dust in the back rooms of museums throughout the world.
It has been several years since I read the book but it left a powerful impression upon me to this day.  In the following video, the authors give a brief overview of their case:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nLdeKCTgwo&w=420&h=315]
The scientific establishment has repeatedly dismissed evidence of the presence of modern humans in the distant past.  While I cannot claim that Forbidden Archeology presents a bullet-proof case, it does highlight the need for serious consideration of this evidence.  It also illustrates the fact that the scientific establishment is strongly opposed to the idea of modern humans having existed for millions of years.
Why is this so?  Could it be that such an admission would lead to further questions – questions about the antiquity of the various races of humanity?  Aside from its supporting evidence, the Out of Africa/ Mitochondrial Eve theory is popular because it allows the establishment to claim (not very effectively) that the races of Man are a recent phenomenon and, therefore, of little significance.  The discovery that Mankind is millions of years old would throw a monkey wrench into this schema.
The authors of Forbidden Archeology give no hint of race-realism (not that I can remember) and they seem to believe that the opposition, by the scientific establishment, to their theories is simply a matter of defending the status qu0.  That there is no underlying foundation to this opposition other than that they don’t want to be proven wrong.  But if we look at it from a racial science perspective, then this opposition makes a lot more sense; it has an ideological element that is grounded in politics.

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A nice YouTube series

Posted on October 13, 2011 by jewamongyou

Rather crude and the spelling is atrocious.  Nevertheless, there’s a lot of truth in them and the concept is a good one:
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Playing favorites with kids

Posted on October 12, 2011 by jewamongyou

Time Magazine recently had an article about a study dealing with the favoritism many parents display toward one of their children:

One oft-cited study showed that about 70% of fathers and 65% of mothers exhibit a preference for one child or another. For fathers, it’s most often the youngest girl; for mothers, it’s typically the oldest boy. And remember, the key here is the exhibited preference. Since parents do such a good job of concealing any bias — especially when a scientist is watching — the numbers are almost certainly a good deal higher.
If it’s any consolation for Mom and Dad — to say nothing of the unfavored kids — favoritism is hardwired into our species. Since families, at their evolutionary essence, exist principally as a way to get as many genes as possible into the next generation, we’re programmed to place our bets on the kids who stand the greatest chance of being reproductively successful.

It’s an interesting article, but far more interesting are the comments.  Most of the comments take the “liberal” stance that humans have transcended nature, that only fairness can prevail, that there can be no hierarchy among children because we are all equal.  Here is one example of such a comment:

As a scientist and a mother and whatever we humans are – I can tell you with whatever guarantee you would ask of me – that that is not true, not in terms of love anyway.
Parents love all children equally.  The parents themselves might not even know or think they do but at the deepest level where it counts the most, love is equal.
Now, emotional energy and attention might be unequal.  Families are a mix of personalities and parents can identify with one child more than another or behavioural or medical issues can interfere with relationship dynamics.
I was the “difficult child” in my family.  In my adolescence I did feel less favoured and loved less.  I wasn’t, they loved me so much they were worried about me and it put anxiety into our relationship.
We can talk about relationship and emotional dynamics.  Love is unmeasurable, it is endless, and it is always there.

In typical leftist fashion, and probably unaware she is even doing it, “Red Bess Road” (above) sets up a straw man (love) and then denies the validity of the study based on that.  It never occurred to her that the study had nothing to do with love.  It was about “exhibited favoritism” – as it clearly stated.
There are a few comments that take the “conservative” stance, that humans are part of nature, that we should strive to be fair and just but, at the same time, maintain harmony with the greater natural world.  Here is a comment that represents the “conservative” minority view:

I find the responses just as interesting as the article. Most people want to deny that they have a favorite, even when it is measurable. What many studies find is that we act in ways that we are not really conscious of – and want to not believe that we do. The article also pointed out that favoritism is found in about 70% of cases – which means it is not an absolute for everyone, so just because it may not exist in some people doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Unfortunately, the denial of scientific evidence runs rampant in the population these days – and manifests itself in politics, too.

I’ll point out here that the article does contradict itself, stating at the beginning that favoritism is an “iron-clad” rule of parenting – but then citing a study that found it in only 65%-70% of cases.  But this is just sloppy journalism; it does not undermine the study.  Is Paul McDonald (comment above) a race-realist?  If not, he should be.
The “liberal” position holds that humans (at least white humans) are above nature, that we are akin to gods.  We can significantly alter our planet’s climate, we have the power, and responsibility, to oversee the fate of other species – from lowly snails to whales and elephants.  We can overcome old-age and our destiny is to live for centuries or even forever.  Our own capabilities and proclivities (such as I.Q. and crime) are determined by the choices made by humans (nurture) rather than our own genetic codes (nature).
“Liberals” tend to reject the notion of a traditional god – because they want the position for themselves.  Conservatives tend to have a more humble approach, considering themselves subservient to a higher being – whose will is manifested in nature.  Even if Mankind was given dominion over nature, we do not have the power to replace, or reject, it because we are part of it.
I have already written about this theme elsewhere.  If we pay attention, we can see it played out over and over again in the media.

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Four murdered in crime spree

Posted on October 11, 2011 by jewamongyou

David Pederson and Holly Grisby are not the type of people most of us admire; they went on a crime spree that claimed the lives of four people.  Pederson started by murdering his own father.  The couple was already wanted in connection with the death of Pederson’s stepmother and 19 year old Cody Myers.
But it so happens that one of the four victims is “African-American”, so The Oregonian tells us:

 Investigators think Clark, who is African American, met the two randomly, O’Neill said. Although both Grigsby and Pedersen have past ties to white supremacist groups, O’Neill said Clark’s death has not been categorized as a hate crime.
“However, we obviously aren’t going to rule out any motives,” he said.

White murderers beware!  If even one out of four of your victims happen to be black, you will be suspected of a hate-crime (assuming you have “past ties to a white supremacist group”).  This is just one more example of how the hostile elite, and the media, inject race into any situation if it helps them portray non-whites as victims.  meanwhile, it seems to me that the “mainstream media” has taken notice of the growing racial awareness on the internet and they are more careful than ever to omit racial details if they portray “people of color” (particularly blacks) negatively.
The odds are fairly high that at least one of the two U.S. soldiers, accused of recent rapes in Korea, is black.  So far, their identities are a closely guarded secret.  A recent Oregonian article, about Oregon school test scores, had no mention of race whatsoever – in contrast to its historical habit of mentioning “the gap” in such articles.  In short, I believe that the “mainstream media” reaction to increased racial consciousness will be increased censorship.  I also predict that the Federal government will cease keeping track of race in crime statistics.  Spokesmen for the FBI, for example, will announce that our nation “needs to move beyond race” – or something to that effect.  The real intention will be to hide the inordinate amount of black on white, and black on Asian, crime.

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