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Category Archives: America
How a Seattle Synagogue Made News by Hiring a New Custodian
When Christianity ruled Europe, it made sense for European Jews to side with anti-clerical factions. You don’t find many Jews in any diaspora movement to increase the rights of the majority as against minorities. You do find many Jews in … Continue reading
Would Trump’s Defeat Be Blamed On Jews?
Comments at Unz.com: * There’s quite a lot of dumb stuff in MacDonald’s writing as usual. His prediction that the old GOP establishment will fall from power if Trump loses makes no sense. Paul Ryan will continue to be Speaker … Continue reading
WP: Armed, Confederate flag-waving White Lives Matter protesters rally outside Houston NAACP
Washington Post: One sign simply read “14 words,” a reference to the white supremacist motto: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.” What exactly is supremacist about securing the existence of your people … Continue reading
NYT: America Needs More Racially Superior Foreign Genes
Steve Sailer writes: “During the Olympics you suddenly hear Human Biodiversity arguments in favor of More Immigration. After all, Americans are too genetically pathetic to medal in distance running, so we should just hire East African mercenaries to run for … Continue reading
Will the Mormon Church’s Support for Muslim Immigration Block Trump’s Victory?
Tom Tancredo writes: The media is suddenly full of stories on Trump’s “Mormon problem.” According to the mainstream media, Trump’s call for “extreme vetting” of Muslim immigrants in his foreign policy speech kicked open a hornets’ nest of Mormon concerns … Continue reading
Bad! ‘Yesterday we published a review of Seth Rogen’s new animated film, Sausage Party’
LINK: After we published the review, we heard from Latinx readers who believe the portrayal of Salma Hayek’s taco was racist and that it reinforced harmful stereotypes. We heard from readers who were upset that we labeled the taco a … Continue reading
Public transport
More people would use public transportation in America if they didn’t have to share it with groups they feared. Amanda Hess writes July 10, 2012: In 2009, Jacqueline Carr’s public transit experience was limited to bus lines of the “party” … Continue reading
Khizr Khan Family AKA “Kinky Lick” On Ashley Madison, Using Dead Son’s Foundation Building As Fetish Sex Club?
Charles Johnson writes: The family of Khizr Khan, the anti-Trump Muslim who spoke at the DNC, was found using cheating site Ashley Madison, as well as found apparently using the building for Khan’s deceased son’s foundation as a private fetish … Continue reading
Dilbert’s Scott Adams: Robert Cialdini Likely Advising Hillary Clinton
Joel Pollak writes: Cartoonist-turned-pundit Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, told Breitbart News in an interview on Sunday that the mysterious “Godzilla” of persuasion, to whom he ascribes Hillary Clinton’s polling success, is behavioral psychologist Robert Cialdini. Cialdini, who refers to … Continue reading