Good news from Common Dreams

Posted on February 19, 2020 by jewamongyou

Here are a couple of recent emails I got from the far-left loony group Common Dreams:

Friend,

Last week, McClatchy Company, one of the biggest local newspaper publishers in the country, filed for bankruptcy.

It’s just the latest blow to a journalism industry already in a death spiral—and that should worry everyone.

Since 2004, 1 in 5 newspapers has gone out of business. Newsrooms have been gutted. Pittsburgh, a city of 302,000, has no daily newspaper at all.

What does it mean for democracy when journalism fails? It means more corruption in government and less accountability for corporate polluters and Wall Street fraudsters. It means a less informed electorate and an even easier pathway to power for aspiring autocrats, like Donald Trump.

This was part of a fundraising effort. No, I did not donate. Maybe I’m being unfair, but it seems to me that there are NO major newspapers in the US that provide objective news anymore. The entire industry is blighted and malignant. The downfall of such an industry does not mean that the public is “less informed;” it means that the public is less MIS-informed.

It’s a little off topic, but I’m frequently reminded of the damage a dishonest newspaper industry can cause to the human mind. I’ve been debating a woman on Quora. She based her “point” entirely upon newspaper reports – mostly of the events in Charlottesville. I wasn’t there, but I’ve spoken to people who were, and the newspaper accounts are completely wrong. Years of exposure to such lies will damage a person’s mind, to the point where one cannot conduct any sort of rational discussion with him. I don’t see much of a difference between extremist neo-Nazis and extremist Antifa-sympathizers. They suffer from the same mental disorder.

Here’s another email from Common Dreams:

Friend,

Since November, billionaire Michael Bloomberg has spent more than $360 million on campaign ads.

That money went directly into the pockets of the corporate media, and now, those same corporate media outlets are treating Bloomberg as a top contender.

That’s not journalism. That’s bribery.

Let’s face it, American democracy is in crisis, and the corporate media is a huge part of the problem.

CNN and NBC are motivated by profit, just like Dow Chemical or General Motors, and they’ll never bite the hand that feeds them.

Funny we don’t see Common Dreams complaining about the SPLC, which treats “hate” as an industry, and soaks up many millions of dollars. Its current assets amount to almost half a billion dollars. Corporate America provides much of the SPLC’s funding.

Where’s the outcry over corporate support for La Raza? Read this 2007 Amren report for the long list of La Raza’s sponsors. There is not a single corporation, educational institution, government agency or NGO that supports white advocacy…

… and yet groups such as Common Dreams have the nerve to cry foul when a political rival tries to buy his way into office.

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Duolingo

Posted on February 18, 2020 by jewamongyou

I’ve been brushing up on my Arabic using the mobile Duolingo application. I highly recommend this program. It’s effective, addictive, and includes a large variety of languages, including endangered ones.

I did notice that the Arabic program uses same-sex couples in its narratives. How progressive of them. However, it doesn’t seem to recognize the State of Israel, instead referring only to “Palestine.”

 

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Baltimore’s mayor problems

Posted on February 14, 2020 by jewamongyou

Former Baltimore mayor Catherine E. Pugh may end up in prison on corruption charges. From the Washington Post:

Federal prosecutors laid out an array of new details from their investigation into former Baltimore mayor Catherine E. Pugh in documents filed Thursday as they argued she should receive nearly five years in prison for conspiracy and tax evasion.

The 37-page sentencing memorandum, accompanied by financial records and copies of checks, for the first time pinpointed the number of “Healthy Holly” children’s books Pugh sold — and resold. It outlined her efforts to conceal her dealings, including lying to FBI agents who came to her house to seize her cellphone.

 

It also raised further questions regarding the roles of Baltimore City Comptroller Joan Pratt, who co-owned a business with Pugh that prosecutors say was used to launder an illegal campaign contribution and which filed a false tax return, and of a major city contractor who wrote out a check to that business in addition to buying Pugh’s books…

Prosecutors told the judge that Pugh knowingly sought to defraud purchasers of her “Healthy Holly” books, reap financial and political benefits, and pay little or no taxes. They accused her of compounding an array of problems already facing the city and of feigning an interest in addressing childhood obesity with the books on healthy lifestyles for kids.

If you actually believe that she’ll serve nearly five years in prison for her crimes, then you’re being naive. If she serves any time at all, it will be minimal. Perhaps she’ll even get reelected, as mayor, after she gets out – like Washington DC mayor Marion Barry.

You can be forgiven if you’re confusing her with the Baltimore mayor who infamously said, regarding the most recent Baltimore riots:

It’s a very delicate balancing act. Because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well.

That was actually Stephanie Rawlings-Blake – who is also black, and also female.

On that note, I would suggest that the voters of Baltimore take a break from any concerns they may have about Diversity, and instead focus on electing mayors who actually care about the city. Being black, or being female, shouldn’t be a qualification; being an upstanding citizen is more important.

 

 

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Note to self: Never move to Hillsborough County, Florida

Posted on February 11, 2020 by jewamongyou

It seems the police department of Hillsborough County, Florida has nothing better to do than to entrap hard-working handymen, and then prosecute them for working without a license.

From Reason.com:

The residents of Hillsborough County, Florida, can sleep safely tonight following the arrest of 118 people for performing unlicensed contracting work as part of a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office sting known as “Operation House Hunters.”

The sting, according to Patch, saw sheriff’s deputies pose as homeowners seeking handymen on social media to do jobs that required licensure. These unsuspecting handymen would be lured to one of five homes, where undercover deputies filmed them performing or agreeing to perform prohibited tasks like painting or installing recess lighting…

“These 118 con men and women were posing as contractors & preying on innocent homeowners in Hillsborough County, who were just looking to repair or improve their home,” said Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister at a Tuesday press conference. The mug shots of those picked up in the sweeps were displayed behind him on big posters.

handymen

The Sheriff’s Office also released a compilation video of some of the handymen caught up in the sting operation, including several who had past criminal convictions, or who had been caught previously performing unlicensed contract work.

There are some interesting comments on Twitter – all of them condemning that police department for the sting operation. I hope somebody in power sees the light, ends this insanity, and releases all of the victims without charges.

Of course, somebody pointed out that “51 of them were people of color. Keep them colored folk oppressed, right?,” to which I replied that the vast majority of them are men. Stop oppressing men!

 

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Criminalizing white-advocacy incrementally

Posted on February 8, 2020 by jewamongyou

We should take Vice headlines with a grain of salt. But We’re told that:

A New Bill Would Require US to Track Foreign White Supremacists

DHS unveiled a new counterterrorism strategy last September that included formal recognition, for the first time, of the threat posed by white nationalism and white supremacy. But it’s not clear whether they’ve identified any particular groups or organizations as especially dangerous, or whether they consider the threat to be an international one, as well as domestic.

“White Nationalism and White Supremacy” implies, correctly, that these are two different things. Yet, aside from this one sentence, the article makes no effort to distinguish between the two – and every example it cites, of violent right-wing groups, comes from neo-Nazis:

Rose’s bill would apply specifically to groups that are based outside the U.S., such as the Feuerkrieg Division (FKD), a small neo-Nazi organization that embraces the violent philosophy of acclerationism and is affiliated with the group Atomwaffen, a similarly violent American neo-Nazi group that’s been linked to at least five murders. FKD’s leader is based in Estonia and membership is primarily European, but it has increasingly drawn American members. Last summer, a neo-Nazi in Las Vegas who was allegedly in communication with FKD members was arrested for plotting to bomb Jewish and LGBTQ communities. Fliers for the group have been found scattered across the University of California’s Santa Barbara campus and the University of North Florida, as well as near a black church in Spokane, Washington…

The bill could also apply to the Misanthropic Division, an international group that was founded in 2014 in Ukraine and has close ties to the Azov Battalion, a neo-Nazi-aligned regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard. A white supremacist radio host from Indiana can often be seen in videos with the banner of “Misanthropic Division” behind him, according to Bellingcat. The group also has close ties to Atomwaffen…

Last October, Rose and dozens of House Democrats wrote a letter to the State Department calling on them to designate several international far-right groups as foreign terrorist organizations, including Nordic Resistance Movement (a neo-Nazi network from Scandinavia), National Action (a neo-Nazi group based in the U.K.) and Azov Battalion.

This raises the obvious question: If the main concern is neo-Nazis, then why not simply mention them by name, instead of using the far more inclusive term “white-supremacists” or “white-nationalists?”

In my opinion, just about any pro-white person who uses unprovoked violence these days is, by definition, a neo-Nazi. He is not simply a “white-nationalist,” or a “white-advocate.” I’m fairly certain that the people at Vice would be upset if we lumped all Muslims into the same category as “Islamic terrorists.” Except that with Muslims, it’s much worse; a very large minority (or even majority) of Muslims support violent extremism to one extent or another. This is probably not the case with white-nationalists – but it’s hard to tell, since few white-nationalists are open about their beliefs, due to pervasive persecution.

And yet, the day is not far off when our government will officially consider white-advocacy a thought-crime. In some ways, this has already happened. A white-advocate cannot hold any government job, cannot use most financial services for his organization, cannot post leaflets without harassment, can be denied entry into the US, and cannot hold a position at any institution of higher learning.

By slyly equating white-advocacy with white-supremacy, and white-supremacy with neo-Nazism, the corporate media, and their lapdogs in the government (Mediagov) is expanding the definition of “terrorist organizations.” We’re not far off from the day when our rulers will see no difference between an ISIS sympathizer and a white-advocate.

Trump is, or was, close to recognizing the difference between white-advocacy and neo-Nazism. But even if he wins another term, at some point, Democrats will regain control of the White House. It’s only a matter of time, after that, that they gain control of the Supreme Court. Sooner or later, we will run out of political options. When that happens, maybe there won’t be as much of a distinction between neo-Nazis and white-advocates.

On a positive note, I just had my birthday, and now I’m officially old. I’ll probably be gone by the time the SHTF.

 

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Community Health Center application

Posted on February 6, 2020 by jewamongyou

I had this form laying around, and remembered I wanted to share it with y’all. It drives home some of the costs of Diversity, at least in Portland:

div application1

The other side of the application deals mostly with “migrant farm workers” AKA illegal immigrants. It would be funny, if it weren’t so sad. Look how they pander to the extreme left – and yet, they make a distinction between “race” and “ethnicity.” It’s an arbitrary distinction, but one that raises the question: Do they consider “race” to be genetic/biological, as opposed to “ethnicity,” which is cultural? Apparently, the only ethnic distinctions, in America, are “Hispanic” and “non-Hispanic.” This is in line with another question: “What language do you speak at home?” The options are “English,” “Spanish” or “other.”

It also raises the question: What does sexual orientation have to do with health? We’d probably get more squirming than answers if we posed that question.

“Sex at birth?” If somebody from a hundred years ago saw that question, he might interpret it as inappropriate and perverted; usually, we wait a few years for sex.

Some day, Mount Hood will blow up and destroy Portland. Generations later, it will be told how God destroyed it because of its wicked ways. If the entire country ends up like Portland? That’s why we have the Yellowstone Caldera.

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What went wrong in Iowa: Affirmative Action

Posted on February 4, 2020 by jewamongyou

The Democratic Caucus in Iowa were an embarrassment. As The Guardian reports:

So what went wrong? It’s still not quite clear, though there were reports that a special app used to transmit vote totals had malfunctioned. Questions were immediately raised about who built the app and how it had been deployed. Ironically, it was introduced in order to “get results out to the public quicker” and had been “hastily put together” over the last two months. There had been security concerns from the start, and when NPR questioned the state party chairman, he “declined to provide more details about which company or companies designed the app, or about what specific measures have been put in place to guarantee the system’s security”. Ironically, it was apparently developed by a firm literally called “Shadow”, partly funded by the Pete Buttigieg campaign…

The Shadow is not primarily a technology firm, nor is IT its main strength. Rather, it is composed of:

…campaign and technology veterans who have built and implemented technology at Hillary for America, Obama for America, Google, Kiva, Apple, the AFL-CIO, and the DNC.

Our passion is to create a permanent advantage for progressive campaigns and causes through technology.

In other words, they’re first and foremost “campaign veterans.” Being “technology veterans” comes second. The requirements for getting being a front-end engineer at Shadow?

Requirements

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Passion for the progressive movement and a mission-oriented attitude
  • Strong javascript, html and css skills
  • Experience integrating REST APIs
  • Time management skills

Nice To Have

  • Experience working on political campaigns or with progressive organizations
  • Mobile development experience

I don’t know what their Affirmative Action policies are; as a “progressive” organization, it’s safe to assume that they have “Diversity goals.”

But that’s not my main point. My main point is that any time you introduce goals other than “Quality,” the result will inevitably be reduced quality. You cannot focus exclusively on IT skill sets if you’re also focusing on other things – such as “strong communication skills,” or “passion for the progressive movement.” The moment you introduce such requirements, you will necessarily sacrifice quality.

This is a principle that is largely lost on the “progressive” community. It’s a major reason Affirmative Action policies are tolerated, even in essential services such as medicine or law enforcement. “Progressives” live under the illusion that they can have their cake and eat it too.

I seriously doubt that “progressives” will learn this from their debacle in Iowa.

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Cashless restaurants are “racist”

Posted on February 2, 2020 by jewamongyou

Aaron Coleman has one of the easiest jobs on the planet. Of all the topics one could choose to write about, “race and economics” must require the least effort – considering the fact that race is highly correlated with IQ, and IQ is highly correlated with almost everything else. One could pick just about any aspect of modern living, and claim that it’s afflicted with “racism” based upon racial disparities.

Here’s Aaron Coleman writing for GQ:

How Cashless Restaurants Reinforce Systemic Racism

Amid the rise of cashless vendors, legislators scramble to fight the “discriminatory effects” on the underbanked

… Financial technology⁠—debit cards, credit cards, Apple Pay, mobile payments, and so on⁠—were supposed to expand who could shop and broaden how we pay. Yet, some retailers’ switching entirely to electronic payments has constricted shopping accessibility like a digital python. With millions of Americans unbanked and underbanked, the advent of cashless commerce and its support from big brands like Amazon has meant communities traditionally marginalized by banks can’t shop in an increasing number of retailers.

To stave off this trend, last week, New York City council became the third major city, behind Philadelphia and San Francisco, to pass a measure banning cashless restaurants. More than an effort to increase convenience, council member Ritchie Torres, the bill’s lead sponsor, says the measure addresses racial equity. “I see a cashless business model is an expression of institutionalized racism insofar as it disproportionately excludes people of color,” says Torres. “People of color tend to have less access to credit and debit and therefore would have a diminished ability to purchase goods and services in an increasingly cashless marketplace.”

Historically, banks have avoided minority communities across the country. Despite being home to Wall Street, Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, New York City still fails to provide black and Latino communities with adequate banking services. According to a 2016 Urban Affairs Review study on New York, for every single bank located in the city’s majority white census tracts, black tracts had only 0.18 banks and Latinos tracts held 0.35 banks. Beyond avoiding minority neighborhoods, banks employ a set of tools that shun people of color, including strict identification requirements that rival discriminatory voter ID laws and hefty overdraft fees that function like a regressive tax. For folks living with this neglect and disdain, often, the only option remains to turn to check cashers and rely on cash transactions.

There are a couple of points I agree with here:

The increased complexity of modern life, often embodied by the financial sector, has indeed, left many Americans behind. Low-IQ individuals, and people with mental health issues can easily find themselves struggling to survive. Sometimes, this struggle can translate into trouble with the law, homelessness, unemployment or substance abuse. As our society becomes increasingly complex, we must find solutions for those on the left side of the Bell Curve.

I also believe that businesses should be encouraged to accept cash – not because of “racism,” but to protect our privacy and anonymity. Many of us simply don’t want the banks, and the government, knowing about all of our transactions.

But Mr. Coleman appears to be ignorant (I’m being charitable) of the fact that in the US, blacks are grotesquely over-represented among bank robbers. According to the FBI’s most recent statistics (2018), blacks were responsible for 1361 bank robberies, while whites committed 1286 – despite the fact that whites outnumber blacks 6 to 1.

Might this have something to do with the dearth of banks in black areas?

As for Hispanics, it’s true that they’re not especially known for robbing banks, but they ARE known for being disproportionately illegal immigrants. They tend to work for cash, and strive to live under the radar. Obviously, there will be less of a demand for banks in such areas.

What does Mr. Coleman have to say about illegal immigrants? He quotes New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres:

“My concern,” says Torres “is that a cashless business model, however well-intentioned, could have a discriminatory effect on the underbanked and unbanked, on immigrants who have no documentation…”

“Immigrants who have no documentation.” What a delicate way of putting it. Let’s send both Coleman and Torres to Mexico; I’m sure they’ll feel much more at home there.

 

 

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Crime and inadequate punishment in UK

Posted on January 31, 2020 by jewamongyou

A Pakistani will probably spend about 6 years in prison for a vicious hammer attack that left a young Native British woman nearly blind in one eye. From Yahoo News:

hammer attack

A carjacker who left his victim partially blind after hitting her across the head with a hammer has been jailed for nine years.

Majid Ali, 18, repeatedly struck Blythe Mason-Boyle across the head before taking her Audi A1 from Coventry Road, Sheldon, Birmingham, in March last year.

The 24-year-old was left with permanent sight damage in an attack described by police as “ferocious”.

She suffered cuts to her face and a fractured eye socket shortly after leaving a gym.

West Midlands Police released an image of her injuries following the sentencing of Ali, who officers said had shown no remorse.

Miss Mason-Boyle now struggles to see clearly through one eye and has also received counselling to overcome the trauma of her ordeal.

Changes in UK law, after the stabbing deaths of two people on a London bridge, require violent criminals to actually serve at least two thirds of their sentences. Did Ali commit his crime before the new law was passed, and would that mean he’ll be out in only 4 or 5 years? I wouldn’t be surprised. Here’s a novel concept for  you Britons: How about requiring violent offenders to serve ALL of their sentences, and sentencing them to appropriate terms to begin with?

There are good people in the UK, and there are patriots among them. But I’m feeling less and less sympathy for the Britons as a people; they’ve had plenty of chances to vote in parties such as the British Nationalist Party, and they chose to continue their support for the hostile elite. At this point, I feel more pity for the North Koreans, who never had such opportunities.

 

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Why are Jews perverts?

Posted on January 30, 2020 by jewamongyou

We Jews have a reputation for being somewhat more perverted than others. Sometimes, this tendency serves as a tool that my less wholesome co-ethnics use to attack Western Civilization.

In his video “Drag Queens to Appear in SUPER BOWL While Pro Life Ad is BANNED” The Red Elephants (Vincent James) points us to his Telegram channel, so that we may learn who financed the promotion of drag queens during the Super Bowl.

I’ll save you the trouble, and include that Telegram page below:

Oh how exciting! For the first time ever, this year’s Super Bowl will feature an advertisement with drag queens! Hmmm, I wonder who could be behind this incredibly “diverse” ad? Yes indeed!

I grow weary, oh so weary, of noticing.

jews

Wisely, Mr. James did not bring this up on YouTube – though you needn’t have any strikes against you for YouTube to delete your channel. Just ask Red Ice.

Mr. James, I look forward to meeting you at this years Amren Conference.

One of the comments, on that YouTube video, links to a History Collection article called “17 reasons why Germany’s Weimar republic was a party lovers paradise.” If you read the article, you’ll notice many similarities to today’s trends; they are trends that can lead to the downfall of a civilization, as humans essentially descend to the level of animals.

One of the leading personalities of the Weimar sexual revolution was Magnus Hirschfeld. According to Wikipedia, he was…

An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities, Hirschfeld founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee. Historian Dustin Goltz characterized this group as having carried out “the first advocacy for homosexual and transgender rights“.”Hirschfeld’s radical ideas changed the way Germans thought about sexuality.” Hirschfeld was targeted by the right wing for being Jewish and gay, he was beaten up by völkisch activists in 1920,and in 1933 his Institut für Sexualwissenschaft was sacked and had its books burned by the Nationalists, forcing him into exile.

Scratch the surface of most modern famous secular Jews, and you’ll find some sort of sexual perversion – and our enemies are quick to point this out.

It’s not because we’re, by nature, evil. Sorry to disappoint y’all, but it’s not that simple. Let’s take a look back…

The ancient Jewish sages (referred to, respectfully, as Hazal – our Wise men of blessed memory) were fairly open about sexuality; they were not prudes. The Talmud contains several instances of sexual advice both to men and women.

We find one sage advising a woman to give her husband one breast at a time. Another sage, when confronted by a woman complaining that her husband made love to her with her on top, told her, “it’s like a fish; some people prefer it to be served on one side, others prefer the other side.” Yes, our ancient sages would have been considered progressive…

… to a point. Male homosexuality, and cross-dressing, are strictly forbidden in Judaism. They are both proscribed in the Torah. Authentic Judaism does not allow either of those practices. It certainly does not celebrate them. But, aside from a few specific prohibitions, Torah Judaism allows for a large degree of sexual freedom. In this regard, it was in line with the rest of the ancient world.

But as our exile wore on, the rabbis became more and more puritanical, particularly the Ashkenazic rabbis. Sexuality was dealt with only on Victorian-like terms. New rules were invented, and ever more modest clothing required. Young men were required to spend their youths, prior to marriage, studying the holy books.

I do wonder how young Jewish men would react when they happened upon sexually explicit language in those books. I know that I found them interesting when I read them. I’m fairly certain that they would be glossed over as quickly as possible.

What would happen when a Jew threw off the yoke of Torah from his shoulders? Naturally, he would explore the various aspects of sexuality that were previously off-limits to him. He might even go to extremes.

Of course, this sort of thing happens to ANYBODY who suddenly releases himself from religion – but it was only the Jews who were DEFINED by that religion. It was only religious Jews who provided long-term continuity to the Jewish people, as each generation would see a certain number peel away from the core, to join the gentile world around them.

Thus, there was a constant process of religious Jews having lots of children, some of whom would remain within the fold, while others broke away. Many of those who broke away were destined for great things – but they also found themselves free to explore sexuality that was previously forbidden to them.

This is why Jews are perverts.

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