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Category Archives: America
WP: 6 million citizens, including 1 in 13 African Americans, are blocked from voting because of felonies
Washington Post: “Most of the disenfranchised, about 4.7 million, are not incarcerated, including more than 1 million African Americans. Fourteen states restore voting rights when prisoners are released. Maine and Vermont are the only two that allow incarcerated citizens to … Continue reading
Are Slide Rules Racist?
I see disparate impact. Michael: Speaking of racism, a great Twilight Zone episode would be Luke waking up one morning as black and Muslim. Everyone is aware of it except him. For example, he goes to a Trump rally where … Continue reading
NYT: ‘American Apartheid: A Georgia County Drove Out All Its Black Citizens in 1912’
Sad! Why would people who think they are white act like this to black bodies? Makes no sense. New York Times: BLOOD AT THE ROOT A Racial Cleansing in America By Patrick Phillips Illustrated. 302 pp. W.W. Norton & Company. … Continue reading
LAT: ‘More than 75 evangelical leaders call Trump out on bigotry, racism’
I doubt you would find an MSM headline about people calling out Jews for anti-Gentile prejudice or leftists for anti-white prejudice. This headline and article just take it for granted that Trump commits the gigantic moral sins of bigotry and … Continue reading
The VP Debate
Had a very prominent Dem tell me tonight that Kaine doesn't matter. How everyone knows Bill is going to be the real VP… pic.twitter.com/6WjhuZ1ilc — MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) October 5, 2016 Maybe VP debates don't matter. But we just learned … Continue reading
American Goyim Are Good To Jews, Are We Good To Them Back?
Steve Sailer writes: An op-ed in the NYT by a Brown U. student with the great name Benjamin Gladstone (referencing the arch-rival Victorian prime ministers Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone; Benjamin Gladstone is kind of like Alexander Jefferson or John … Continue reading
LA TIMES Poll Shows Trump Leading By 4.7 Points
On the date of the first debate, September 26, the Times poll gave Trump 46.3% to Clinton’s 42.4%. Today the Times poll gives Trump 46/9% to Hillary’s 42.2%.
WP: As news of Trump’s taxes breaks, he goes off script at a rally in Pennsylvania
Why do journalists want to punish politicians who go off script? You’d think journalists would appreciate candor. I read this Jenna Johnson article in full and I don’t see anything horrible that Trump said. I don’t see why his speech … Continue reading
Does Trump Realize He Lost The First Debate?
My view is that over the past 40 years, all MSM pundits (George Will, Charles Krauthammer, Rich Lowry, etc) have been revealed as useless (except Ann Coulter in the past 18 months). Steve Sailer is worth more than every MSM … Continue reading
Steve Sailer: Media Applauds Hillary’s Latest Stroke of Genius: Praising Merkel’s “Bravery” on Refugees
Steve Sailer: From Politico: In swipe at Trump, Clinton names Merkel as her favorite world leader By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 09/29/16 05:47 PM EDT Hillary Clinton trolled two White House opponents with a single response, dinging Gary Johnson and Donald … Continue reading