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Category Archives: Africa
WP: Germany is trying to teach refugees the right way to have sex
Washington Post: BERLIN — The German government is rushing to integrate hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers, offering them language classes and the prospect of work. But in a country known for its matter-of-fact acceptance of public nudity and creative … Continue reading
Dear White People
John Rivers tweets: * Dear White People. At the peak of Slavery only 1.5% of Whites owned slaves. Stop apologizing. * Dear White People, Thanks for discovering & inventing pretty much all of Science & Technology. * 9 year study: … Continue reading
How To Read The New York Times
Steve Sailer writes: One of the curious aspects of New York Times articles is that they are often organized in the reverse order of how the same material would be reported in, say, the Daily Mail. NYT articles tend to … Continue reading
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NYT: Genital Cutting Cases Seen More as Immigration Rises
Do we really want this in America? I’d say that people who do this are incompatible with our civilization. New York Times in 2015: DENVER — One immigrant woman told of visiting five gynecologists in recent months, each of whom … Continue reading
Israel’s Unwanted African Migrants
Kathy Harcombe, BBC News, February 3, 2016 For nearly a year Israel has been offering African migrants cash and the chance to go and live in what is supposed to be a safe haven in a third country–but the BBC … Continue reading
African Women Do Most Of The Work, While Men Drink Beer And Tell Stories
Comments to Steve Sailer: * In her excellent African Laughter, detailing her journeys through postwar Zimbabwe in the 1980s, Doris Lessing confirms this. Zimbabwean women, she said, do literally almost all the work. I highly recommend the book for anyone … Continue reading
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North African men suspected of stoning transgender women in German city
From JPOST: “That was barbaric what they did. They are barbarians,” one of the victims said. BERLIN — Three young men from North Africa were arrested on Saturday in the western German city of Dortmund for stoning two transgender women. … Continue reading
Senegalese immigrant arrested in murder of American woman in Italy
More Sengalese immigrants please! Who could have suspected that getting drunk with an African refugee from a disco, taking drugs together, and having sex could lead to this? Tweet: “Crushed her skull, strangled her, stole her phone. But Illegal immigrants … Continue reading
What Kind Of Dolt Works In AIDS Prevention?
To avoid AIDS, don’t have unprotected bum sex with blokes and don’t share needles. From the Los Angeles Times: “Besides, Burkle said, Clinton had other things he was focused on, namely setting up his foundation and its work on AIDS … Continue reading
Unreported Horrors – Male Rape in DR Congo
I think the best solution is to invite these people to move to America and criminalize all criticism of them. KAMPALA, Nov 13 2011 (Street News Service) – They are men who have lost all pride and self-confidence and who … Continue reading