Is this the longest article in the history of magazine pieces? I tried to read but fell asleep repeatedly. Must be brilliant stuff. I will never know.

So the Russians completely conquered the Ukranians in three days? All that remains is mopping up, so it is said. Why haven’t they occupied the capital, and started executions of so-called Nazis? The Russians claim to have lost 500 soldiers. Others claim 8,000 to 15,000. If these higher estimates are accurate it has not been a walkover at all. Some Russian vehicles and aircraft have been destroyed. The exact numbers are somewhere between trifling and shocking. News sources are utterly unreliable, even the Russian reports if one could ever doubt Russia Today.

It does not look like the Ukranians are giving up. Funny, they don’t seem to trust the Russians/Soviets/Stalinists. I wonder why.

“…the vast majority of human beings are better off with real socialism and fraternal unity.”

Really simple mind? How about one example of “real socialism”? So far socialism has failed everywhere. It just seems people put their best foot forward when striving for profits and general well-being. Almost no one works to the best of their abilities without expecting to profit from their efforts. Almost everyone would like to receive in accordance with their perceived needs. Personally I need a private jet, mansion and a trophy wife. I don’t want to work very hard for these things. Other selfless people can work to support my lifestyle. Unfortunately it seems no one wants to work in order to support my reasonable needs.

Thanks to Renoman for making his point about the superiority of the written word to videos. It takes ten times longer to watch a video. Writing was a great invention. Some people like to watch themselves talk on a screen. It bores most other watchers, your immediate family members might enjoy the spectacle. I use a lot of time deleting videos, almost never watch these.

By the way, most turn off podcasts after 15 seconds.

Annamaria, are you a Nazi?

When will that term, Nazi, fade away? Ukranians have no similarity to German National Socialists of the 1930s. Jews may be many things but “Nazis” doesn’t compute. Some American motor cycle gangs have been known to wear swastikas and other Nazi regalia. They also have no similarity to 1930s National Socialists. The swastikas are just a symbol of bad ass intimidation to them. Maybe I’m just jealous because no one calls me a Nazi, so far.

There is a reason why NATO was formed in the first place. The Soviets occupied large parts of Europe and built an iron curtain to keep their citizens inside this workers’ paradise. Those who were occupied are not grateful for the experience and will do what they can to eliminate future Russian occupations. The Soviets ruled with an iron fist. Basic liberties were crushed. The world rejoiced when the iron curtain fell except for a few Russian supporters like Cuba, North Korea and China. Russians and their allies represent what is worst in humanity.

There has been no NATO attack on Russia. Mr. Putin would like to threaten nations with defensive weapons. Should Russia be disarmed because their weapons potentially threaten neighbors? A great Russian empire is not in the forseeable future. It is a middle power with declining populations and an underperforming economy. Threatening nuclear attacks is an empty threat.

Overrunning a neighboring nation was sordid. They are shooting missiles and artillery into cities. Europe can live without Russian fuel and Russian goods. Let Russia become a Chinese client state, until China decides to take the land and resources of Russia.

According to a CDC spokeswoman (Walensky) there is no record of deaths by Covid. There is a record of people who died WITH Covid. That is an important distinction. 78% of those who died with Covid had four or more “risk factors”, she said. Another equivalent word is “co-morbidities”. These include age over 70, Type 1 diabetes, heart conditions, cancer, obesity and other risk factors. Essentially this 78% consists of older sickly people. One can be older but in pretty good health and the chances of death with Covid are remote. No one knows how many have been killed by the Covid viruses. Some of those who died with Covid had three, two or one risk factor(s). Some people just die of old age. Actual deaths caused by Covid might be a few per cent of 900,000, if any at all. Just about every person in America would have tested positive at some time in the last few years. About those dubious PCR tests…well a subject for another time.

I appreciate the death statistics Ron quoted. Starting in 2014 deaths increased a few tens of thousands each year until 2020 when the increase was more than half a million. In 2021 hundreds of millions were vaccinated but deaths continued to increase. Does this suggest the vaccines had no ameliorating effect whatsoever? Is it possible some other—yet unknown—factors explain these death numbers?

Our military industrial organizations may be wicked enough to try to inflict a pandemic on China. Odd that they had no plan to isolate the pandemic in China. I find myself equally skeptical that the Chinese manufactured a world wide pandemic and chose to inflict it on their own population first. Maybe there was some lab accident? Maybe the virus came from nature? The dozen deceased senior Iranian officials might have contacted some Iranian who happened to visit China. That explanation is simple and requires no elaborate conspiracy involving Jews, globalists or Free Masons. I think it is entirely plausible that one or more Iranians could have visited China and caught the virus. There are probably 100 other reasonable explanations.

Thanks for the unz.com treasure. There’s nothing like it. Apologies for not reading everything you wrote. That’s a lot to read and I’m not ready to retire.

The half million excess deaths in 2020, just in the US, as reported by Ron Unz, is a statistic that makes me want to agree with Mr. Unz, that is it seems there could have been a pandemic in 2020. In 2021 there was a massive rollout of mRNA vaccines. In some parts of the world up to 90% of the citizens were vaccinated. Despite these efforts another half million died (and then some) in 2021. Darn, it seems there was yet another pandemic in 2021.

Perhaps these vaccines were utterly ineffective. Wouldn’t there be some reduction of the half million deaths even if the vaccine rollout was gradual and uneven? Apparently there were even more excess deaths in 2021.

More likely, these death statistics are suspicious in the first place. No one knows if the half million excess deaths in 2020 were related to Covid. And no one knows what caused the 2021 excess deaths. Could it be the number of deaths per year is not necessarily predictable?

“Again, Jan. 6 was a riot, involving assaults on Washington and Capitol cops and the disruption of a formal congressional procedure to validate the electoral vote victory of Joe Biden.”

I was in front of the Capitol building for about 2.5 hours, until about 3:20 PM. The “riot” or “assaults” were not evident to me, or others around me. No one talked about occupying the Capitol. People held Trump signs and American flags but there was no violence whatsoever. Some sang God Bless America. It was a quiet protest gathering and the median age was probably mid fifties. Along Constitution Ave. not a single window was broken. None had been boarded over. There was no trash in the streets. It was kind of dull so I decided to leave in order to get on a Metro train before a rush hour mob.

The crowd was immense on Constitution Ave., shoulder to shoulder and completely covering the avenue. No violence or agitation had developed by that time. I had to walk north a few blocks so I could move westward. I happened to pass an ambulance and about ten cop vehicles racing to the Capitol. I later guessed these were responding to the Ashli Babbit killing. A man I met on the street told me the Capitol had been breached.

The word “riot” is an exaggeration. I have seen lively demonstrations in the past. When a group of guys decide to throw rocks or bricks at cops it is unmistakable and loud. A person 100 yards away is aware. None of this happened while I was there January 6.

I was amazed to later see on media reports of a violent coup or insurrection. How could I have missed that? There was a collection of thousands of smart phone videos inside and around the Capitol building posted on YouTube. They quickly took it down but others, such as Rumble, still have it. For a couple hours I watched hundreds of these videos which ranged from 10 seconds to about a minute. There was no violence in the ones I watched. It appeared more or less like what I saw in person. At the very worst it was like an average Black Friday shopping mob.

A single witness can miss a lot but at least he or she is an actual witness. If someone who wasn’t present describes the events of the day they should be ignored.

Jews don’t control anything. They are a tiny percentage of the western world and a vanishing tiny part of the rest of the world. Please forget these world dominating Jews. They don’t exist.

Give credit to the Quakers for outlawing slavery in Pennsylvania. The Negroes were allowed to vote but were subject to poll tests. The Negro voter would be presented a sheet of paper with two long paragraphs, one in ancient Greek, the other in Latin. The voter was expected to translate these on the spot and almost all failed. Whites also would have failed if they were subjected to the test. There was much segregation in that state. There were Negro sections in theaters and other limitations. Still, it was freer than most states.

Sage advice:

Don’t step on Superman’s cape.
Don’t spit into the wind.
Don’t mess around with experimental drugs.

One of your best, Pat. An instant classic. Thank you.

They have mostly Teutonic names because Wisconsin has a large percentage of people from Germanic backgrounds. There is also a sizable percentage of Scandinavians. I suppose those Europeans liked cool climates.

We did have a small federal government, and also small state governments, until Herbert Hoover’s administration. He doubled the federal government’s take then FDR quadrupled it. We never again managed to shrink the federal government’s take below 18%. Before Hoover the federal government took about 3% of GDP. Exceptions occured during the Civil War and World War I but the government quickly shrank back to 3% when these wars ended. During these years of small government America’s economy grew at extraordinary rates. By 1930 the country became the wealthiest in the world and by a long way. Ordinary people had household incomes nearly twice that of Britain’s population (the number two large nation),.

Better government is a pipe dream. It was corrupt when small and just as corrupt when large, maybe worse. When the government is small the damage done to peoples’ lives by government can never be very significant. That’s the most compelling argument for libertarians. Their beliefs in things like open borders and free trade are devastated by reality.

Wisconsin has a high percentage of people with German background. Many Jews have German last names. Whether pedophile Rosenbaum was German, Jewish or some combination is irrelevant to the case against Rittenhouse, and the same goes for the other attackers.

What I can’t understand is why these rioters attacked a guy who had an AR-15 in his hands. They must have thought they were immortals. Personally I never attack people but I would be especially wary of assaulting armed men.

I’m guessing, from Linh Dinh’s article, that he hasn’t chosen to be jabbed. As a non-scientist and non-epidemiologist I have nevertheless carefully followed this so-called Covid-19 disease. When the “vaccine” became available I considered the risks and benefits. At my age and physical condition the chances of death or significant injury from Covid are a small fraction of 1%. There are some nasty short term effects from the vaccine. Medium and long term effects are unknown. What sane person would take an experimental drug to protect against remote risks? Aren’t experimental treatments for those at death’s door? I have not seen or heard a compelling debunk of my simple logic from vax promoters. In any case I probably had Covid-19 in March 2020– three days of flu symptoms.

They argued that the unvaxed are irresponsible Typhoid Marys recklessly spreading disease in communities. It is now evident that vaxed and unvaxed carry equal viral loads and both can spread or contract the virus equally. The unvaxed who had Covid and recovered are apparently the safest people one could hope to meet. We were promised protection from the severest symptoms of Covid if we were vaccinated. It now appears the most vaccinated populations are experiencing elevated hospitalizations and deaths. Time will tell on this last point.

Some years from now we might read obscure articles on the Covid Hoax of 2021.

Why would anyone receive the vaccine? I suppose the elderly or those with serious underlying medical conditions might justify these shots. Why would anyone else? It amazes me how rare are the skeptics among us.

A nice feature of over roasted coffee is that one can’t discriminate between a high quality and low quality brew. Char overwhelms the flavor of both. If you have only low quality beans roast these dark.

White people learned long ago that products from General Motors and Ford are poorly designed and manufactured. A Japanese equivalent is no more expensive but solidly reliable. Perhaps this is why they market to blacks. Few whites want Cadillacs or Lincolns. Too bad for American manufacturers who will fade away.

The day McCauliffe announced parents have no business with the curriculum of their children he was finished. I live in the state and saw no white supremacy or racism manifested at all. Those are pathetic accusations from the left which are worn out by now.

“Dump Trump” won’t win many voters. Youngkin didn’t repudiate Trump voters. No doubt they pushed Youngkin over the top. It is fair to say Youngkin didn’t rub Trump into voters’ noses. He walked the line thoughtfully.

Why have Virginians distrusted Trump? The state is full of defense contractors and government defense workers, and plenty of military people who are inevitably future defense workers. Trump didn’t start any wars to keep the good times rolling. Of course the base of civilian federal government workers are outright owned by the Democratic party.

I remember after the Iron Curtin fell about 1990 the Northern Virginia economy nose dived. Rents decreased. Houses were difficult to sell. That downturn persisted until 2000. Peace is not good news in the area.

Talking with some younger people in their thirties I was surprised to note they are mostly dismissive of the Holocaust narrative. This is a generation who were periodically marched to Holocaust museums on school trips. They don’t buy it. In time the Holocaust story will be ignored and/or forgotten. How many remember the anti-German propaganda from WorldWar I? Fiendish Huns chopped off the hands of Belgian babies, or they would throw babies out of windows only to be speared on bayonets by savage Huns on the ground level. Of course the soap made from human fat came from that time. The propaganda ramped up few notches in World War II. Shrunken heads are a remarkable phenomenon for Europe. Gas chambers and bone grinding machines can not be supported by any material evidence. Pneumatic crushing machines and diesels of death show some active imagination for the time. The Soviet propaganda machine was working over time.

So some Americans created the virus then introduced it to Wuhan. They apparently never anticipated the disease would spread beyond China’s borders, or maybe they just didn’t care? Somehow some secret agents were able to breathe upon Iranian politicians, or transmit Covid somehow? Did they have Covid antidotes or did they sacrifice their own lives? Pretty diabolical plot!

Growing up in America I learned about the black race through experience. If you live in an area with significant black population expect to have your car broken into repeatedly. You need double dead bolts on every door. Bars on ground level windows are a good idea. If you leave things outside the residence, such as lawn chairs or grills, these will be stolen. Even potted plants are quickly seized. Other than that the black people are pleasant and mostly friendly. They seem to be oblivious to notions of private property.

Living in white areas there is no need to lock doors. I leave car key in the ashtrays with no locked doors. No one steals bicycles or lawn furniture. Sometimes a black family will move into a white neighborhood. These are usually responsible people, perhaps professionals from Africa, and all is well. Later there might be some more blacks with mixed results. It is important to know when to leave the neighborhood. Once there is a significant number of black occupants the neighborhood plummets.

It could be that centuries of slavery caused black people to crave potted plants and lawn furniture. I weep for their plight but I’d prefer to live where it isn’t necessary to fortify my residence.

How do we fix Central America? The people were there long before Anglos made it to North America. No noticeable developments in all those centuries. The people who move here bring the standards of their land and these are not impressive.

In the building industry it is a regular occurrence that the work of Pedro, Luis and crew has to be ripped out and redone. As laborers heavily supervised they can be fine assuming someone on hand knows some of their Mayan dialect. Independent work is almost always questionable. People with a third or fourth grade education are not very good at searching for information on the internet, for one thing. It is kind of hard for people, in any occupation, to maneuver a 21st century economy without some very basic literacy. These people can’t read the manual for a backhoe or simple work orders. Some South Americans can be very effective workers but they are pretty scarce in our area.

The children of these immigrants should be better. However if people grow up in a household where there are no books at all they are likely to lag for generations.

Building standards have declined to accommodate the low quality of workers. Designs can be made somewhat dummy proof. If you buy a house that was substantially assembled by Central Americans expect near term problems. Unfortunately our immigrant work force is not an improvement over the whites and others who did these jobs in the past. On the positive side they are cheap workers. Personally I think we would do better to pay competent people three times more. The contractors resist that. They hope the consumers will accept low standards forever. I’d prefer a house built by ‘certified’ Amish labor.

Linh Dinh certainly has writing talent but doesn’t have much to say. At first I eagerly consumed his postings but found myself skipping over these in time. Still hate to see him gone. Once in a while a posting is worth a visit. I probably will never visit Linh’s site. There is nothing there but Linh whereas the Unz site has a wide variety of entertaining kooks and nuts.

The Brits developed cotton plantations in Egypt because the supply from the American south was disrupted. As a consequence many Egyptians went hungry since wheat farms were replaced with cotton. The American cotton production in 1870 exceeded that of 1860. That without the benefit of slave labor. The prices of cotton never declined in that century.

The US Census in the nineteenth century kept an accurate tally of agricultural lands. Any cultivated land greater than three acres was recorded. Although there were massive slave plantations in the south most cotton was produced on small family farms, 50 to 100 acres. It was a small cash crop on diversified family plots, maybe 10 or 15 acres of cotton.

Interesting google search: Jewish Confederates. Many are extremely proud of their ancestors’ support for the Confederacy. They mostly deny the old trope about fighting to preserve slavery. At the beginning of the Civil war Georgia had the highest percentage of Jewish population in US. The great mass of Jewish immigrants came between 1880 and 1920. The latecomers had no skin in the American game.

My ancestors were mostly Irish. On my mother’s side 22 fought in that war, 7 died, both sides. My father’s relatives immigrated in the last decade of the nineteenth century. At weddings and funerals a group always discusses the war and often turns up copies of another few battlefield letters. We now have nearly 300 of these letters on pdf files. These folks have a nuanced view of the hostilities. My father’s family is mystified by this interest in “ancient history” although they occasionally fume over ancient Irish history. That war remains the most important event in American history and the war is not over.

Curious fact about the Civil War letters. Not a single soldier mentioned the institution of slavery. There was barely a mention of Negroes. It was a white vs white war. The participation of Negroes was minimal. I doubt they believed they were “fighting for freedom”. Few were interested in fighting at all.

The history books are mostly wrong on that conflict. One has to read 100 histories to begin to put the pieces together. My opinion is that the war was a tragic waste of lives and treasure. At numerous points it could have been avoided. We had inadequate leaders at the time. Mr. Lincoln was, in many ways, a gifted individual. Although he had traveled throughout the nation it never seemed to occur to him the southerners would resist invading armies.

If an average individual is given 100 photographs of people from around the world he or she should be able to identify which race these people belong to with pretty good accuracy. Those from Africa have a distinct appearance even though there are a lot of variations among Africans. Asians also vary but our average viewer is not likely to mistake Asians with Africans or Europeans. The indigenous Americans probably came from Eurasia 15,000 years ago. They have a recognizable appearance even though the people of Bolivia are quite different from the North Americans in Canada. Our viewer will almost certainly recognize indigenous Americans as distinct from Africans, Asians or Europeans. The Australian aborigines are distinct from Africans even though they share skin colors.

We can split hairs about what constitutes a race but we can’t dismiss what we can plainly see. Race might be an unscientific term but it clearly describes people pretty well. We call these winged flying creatures birds. We call the scaly land creatures lizards or reptiles. None of these are official scientific terms but it helps to have words to distinguish a bird from a lizard.

I don’t think Afghanis needed American assistance to engage in gay sex. It’s part of their culture and probably always has been.

Cuba can trade with all the world. If a Spaniard decides to build a hotel in Cuba he soon learns he has a 51% partner, the communist Cuban government. Most wages are looted by the government. Before Castro it was the wealthiest Spanish speaking nation in the Americas. Today it is vying with Haiti for the poorest place in the new world. Businesses from around the world attempted ventures in Cuba then had to abandon these, not because of American embargoes but be because of the criminal commie government.

Their health care is appalling. The simplest drugs and bandages are not available to 95% of the population. The 5% have everything they want. They rule by the ‘boot on the neck’ model. As this column was written people in Cuba have been imprisoned or worse for protesting their overlords.

It takes a special kind of stupid to sympathize with this government, or to blame the United States for their plight. Mr. Reed must really love the wonderful leaders from North Korea.

Clearly you never lived in New York or New Jersey. The people are bores.

Lee boldly invaded Pennsylvania as a desperate measure. He saw the material advantages of the north would ultimately prevail. His scheme might have worked. The South had little manufacturing, hardly any railroads. They had better men but many had no shoes. It was a sad time in America and the beginning of the end of a great people. Hopefully Lincoln burns in hell for his foolish war. As southerners we have the grim satisfaction to watch the North decline. That decline is now irreversible. Any hope for America will come from the South.

Lee did not succeed in the war against the north. It is hard to imagine any military leader who could have prevailed given the enormous differences in population and resources. He is the greatest of American generals. No one comes close. Was every battle a resounding victory? Certainly not. He was just a hell of a lot better than all the rest. No modern generals since are fit to polish his boots.

The US was well on the way to surpassing European powers well before the world wars. There was a fast growing and industrious population combined with immense natural resources.

The world wars hobbled Britain, Germany and France but these powers quickly recovered after WW II. Nevertheless the US would have been the dominant western power even without the great wars, if only because of the larger population and boundless resources. There is no western power that can surpass America. China might, or might not, equal or surpass America. India is a less likely competitor.

There is along history of foreigners dismissing Americans. We were dull, uneducated, full of lesser races. Somehow America did better than all the other nations. It might be premature to predict the end of America—not a good bet.

We are told the ‘Neo-cons’ developed the disease in Fort Detrick, MD. After killing off half a dozen Iranian leaders they exported the disease to Wuhan. These Neo-con operatives must be fearless and diabolical. There must have been some risk in transporting the virus to China. They had to be aware the disease would infect the US and possibly kill a couple of relatives. Not to mention the permanent closure of 20% of American small businesses. Is there no limit to Neo-con scheming?

Or, is it possible the disease was accidentally released? Incompetence is probably more common and more dangerous than any nefarious plan.

It probably indicates that Chinese and many Indians are more inclined to study engineering, science and math. I’ve read that some 40% of Chinese college students focus on the sciences and engineering. That’s great but it must be discouraging for them to learn that the most technically advanced economies need less than 1% of the population to be adept in these subjects. We only need so many engineers and scientists. Those who are adept should be respected but these technological professionals play a very small part in a national economy. There are countless other useful occupations. As one who studied physical sciences it mystifies me that many look to “scientists” as some kind of intellectual and moral elite. Envious non-scientists are probably not aware of the crude, childish and moronic humor in laboratories. These are simply people who put a lot of hours into physics, chemistry and math. Many are rather awkward with written words or verbal skills.

Last I read Jews are 1.71% of the US population. That percentage was nearly twice as high in 1950. They are about 8% of the New York City population. The world’s total is 14 or 15 million. It was 16 million after WW II. They are not a growing group.

It all depends on how a Jew is defined. The people have been around thousands of years. All of us might have some small fraction of Jewish blood.

The decline of America is greatly exaggerated. There were times in the past that were not so great. The Depression of the 1930s comes to mind. I was born in the early 1950s. We are far wealthier today in every way wealth can be measured. My ancestors have been in America since the 1700s. It is amusing to read the many accounts of visitors to our humble land for the past hundreds of years. Americans had poor agricultural practices. The people were dull and listless. There were three lawyers in every one horse town but ‘jurists’ were impossible to find. Manufactures were inferior in every way. We were cultural barbarians and morally bankrupt. We had exaggerated opinions of our competence and our institutions. Generations passed while Americans steadily surpassed all other civilizations. Our harshest critics inevitably come from the most degraded parts of the world. Those of African ancestry are the harshest critics of America. Asians are insufferable in their judgments. It is a blessing to be underestimated and to have such dubious critics.

Sorry envious people, America will see new prosperity over and over again. We might have a terrible land, people and culture unless these are compared to all others. We hope Chinese, Indians and Africans will develop great civilizations. So far they imitate European development but never surpass or even equal. Who would they imitate if America or Europe goes away? Albanians, Vietnamese and African Bushmen are not likely to create the future cities of light. If we stopped importing all these worthless folks from the world’s shitholes progress would accelerate rapidly in America. Asia, Africa and the Middle East had thousands of years to develop something. Not much to show for all those millennia.

America is the joke of the world. We’ve heard this before and quietly smile.

These miracle vaccines are classified as experimental drugs approved for emergency use. That’s according to the US Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has been accused of excessive caution. In fact the multi-year approval process came about as thousands died from various drugs and vaccines when there were faster approvals. No one likes these long term approvals because this adds a lot to the costs of developing medicines. On the other hand, unanticipated deaths are more unpleasant. Why would a healthy person take an experimental ‘vaccine’ when the fatalities for Covid-19 are virtually zero? People over 80, and those with immune system diseases, would be rational to take an experimental cure. It is insane for younger people to take these, sick and depraved to administer these To children.

Good to know the Chinese are on the verge of creating a Hydrogen infrastructure. Any word on the sources of the hydrogen? Today the most economical source is natural gas treated with super heated steam. The same treatment can be applied to coal. These are a lot more expensive than burning gas or coal. Electrolysis of water is super expensive. Are there any other sources?

Personally I find Jenner’s sex change journey to be strange and incomprehensible. Her policy opinions are pretty close to my own. Whether or not God condemns Caitlyn will be determined in the hereafter. If she can advance a conservative movement then she is useful for now.

Like the author I didn’t see how Chauvin committed any crime. Arguably he could have relaxed his subduing efforts at some point. He had no idea that Floyd had a lethal dose of fentanyl in his body, or that his heart valves were obstructed.

Twelve jurors unanimously convicted the cop. Are we to assume every single juror was biased or stupid? I watched hours of testimony and videos but didn’t see all of what the jury saw. Out of twelve jurors it is hard to believe there wasn’t a single honest and decent person who could have stopped the conviction if that was appropriate. The defense weighed in on the selection of jurors. The legal system in not perfect but what’s the alternative?

Thanks for exposing the Hillbilly Ellegy drivel. I didn’t read the book but watched the movie. It struck me that these downtrodden hillbillies all had microwaves, dishwashers, expresso machines, stone counters and 42 inch cabinets in the kitchen. There were a few jalopies but most drove late model cars. Downtrodden people—not. Sorry the young man feels inferior to east coast pansies. He’s a fat sissy.

It should be possible to support Taiwan, so long as they prefer to be free of Chinese rule. Arm them to the teeth to discourage a Chinese invasion. There can be an unacceptable high price to pay for an invasion. The Taiwanese I have met have no yearning for Chinese dominance.

Reminds me of the water vapor injector that could increase gas mileage to over 100 miles per gallon. The story goes that big oil purchased the patent then buried the dangerous technology. No one ever explained how water vapor could burn.

My personal experience: I do not know a single person who died of or with Covid. I have heard of people known to acquaintances who had a positive diagnosis. None died, some were briefly and mildly ill, a few suffered for a week or more, none were hospitalized. It happens that I am in frequent contact with people and I have also taken on trips to grocery stores or The Home Depot. In March 2020 I became ill for two days. It included chills then fever along with aching joints and fatigue. On the third day I was 100% recovered. At the time it wasn’t easy to get an immediate test. It took two weeks to get results from a test and it was negative. Later I learned of the extreme unreliability of these Covid tests. I don’t know if I had the virus. I may be one of the luckiest living people, or maybe these half million deaths are wildly exaggerated. I suspect the later. Almost all the deaths are very old people and we know old people tend to move on to the afterlife. Some happen to have a recent positive Covid diagnosis. Morbidly obese seem to die as they did long before Covid. Is it really known whether or not Covid has killed anyone at all? What happened to flu deaths and pneumonia? No one seems to die of ordinary illnesses any more. It’s all Covid.

“Ukronazis”? What do the Ukranians have to do with the 1930s German National Socialists? I’m aware many WW II Ukranians were allied with Germans because they hated Soviets more than Nazis. They had good reasons to despise the Soviets. What does modern Ukraine have in common with WWII Nazis? It’s a pretty stupid term and demonstrates the author is not capable of objectivity.

“Rioters” broke four windows. It isn’t clear if the window breakers were Trump supporters or Antifa. At least one was by the later. A shot rang out. It was a Capitol cop gunning down an unarmed, 5’2”, 110 pound woman who entered a room through a broken window. It may not be kosher to enter rooms through broken windows but she was utterly harmless. At most she was guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Words of violence. THE HORROR. These were words after all, no violence. Compared to recent dozens of destructive riots throughout the nation January 6 was the most peaceful. No Trump supporters brought any arms to this “armed insurrection”.

You must be aware that most who entered the building were waved in by the mall cops. They peacefully walked, within velvet rope lines, around the building. No damage, vandalism, burning or violence there. I was present outside the building. There was no visible violence out on the streets. No one around me knew that people had entered the Capitol building. Due to the crowds cell service was inactive for a while. There was no trash on the streets, no broken windows, no fires. Washington locals know conservative gatherings are always peaceful. No one bothered to board up shop windows. The safest place in Washington DC is among conservative demonstrators. The rest of the city is a sump of crime. The worst criminals work in the Capitol building.

Congratulation to the Chinese for the economic advances of recent decades. Not all their advances are brilliant.

Take Maglev trains. That is an extraordinary expensive technology for moving a few score people per car. Trains make sense for moving heavy loads long distances. Loads of coal, petroleum, cattle, lumber and manufactured goods are natural cargoes. It is a waste of resources to move human passengers in the massive trains. To engineer trains to travel at 300 or 500 mph is a fool’s errand. Might as well attach lasers to ox carts. Trains are 19th century technology and still useful for limited purposes. If you want to ship people at hundreds of mph use aircraft. The only profitable passenger trains were a few of the trolleys early in the 20th century.

Fusion reactors: it is said to be the next big thing. Funny, it has had that status since the 1950s. I hope some practical application is developed by someone.

Hydrogen fuel: it is a wonderful clean burning fuel. Minor problem: where does the hydrogen come from? Answer: natural gas is the cheapest source but why not save a lot of expenses and just burn natural gas? Methane fuel cells are possible although perhaps not practical. There is a endless supply in water but the separation by electrolysis requires more energy input than the energy yielded when hydrogen is burned.

Solar panels: a great source of electricity when reliable electric power isn’t desired. If Chinese rely on solar for 32% of their electricity they will face an imminent energy crisis. A coal burning plant has to be running hot 24 hours per day in case there are clouds. And there is no solar at night.

The clever Chinese do a lot of the dumb things Americans do. They imitate stupid things as well as practical technologies. I do not doubt the Chinese will make unique contributions eventually.

It wasn’t even a riot. There are thousands of videos from the Capitol and freely available all over the internet. Try to find violent incidents. “Insurrection” is laughable. I happened to be there although not inside the building. We were not even aware that people were entering the building. There was certainly no violent incursion. That would have produced some noise or at least yelling and screaming. Those who talk about murderous sedition are clueless if not thoroughly dishonest.

“Russia is at least on par with the US in weaponry”. Really? Certainly Russia would be a formidable foe if we were dumb enough to fight on her borders. And, they have nukes which are suicidal weapons. Beyond these they are a pretty sorry military force. A nation has to build a formidable economy in order to develop a powerful military. Russia is a long way from that achievement. In its heyday the Soviet Union was an empty suit. Yes we all know they defeated Germans but what a price they paid.

The Pearl Harbor incident directly influenced mainlanders who wanted to incarcerate Japanese Americans. How many Japanese would have worked to undermine the war effort is unknown. I would guess there would have been very few. They served with distinction in Europe. They were not put in a position to be battling Japanese.

There are thousands of videos from the Capitol building. These can be found at projects.propublica.org. These came from the Parler site (currently suspended) so make what you want out of that. There are multiple videos for every minute of the afternoon. Aside from the shooting of the lady and breaking of a few windows (Antifa?) it was difficult to find any violence in the hour plus I looked at many videos. Those who entered the building behaved like orderly tourists. They stayed within rope barriers, etc. There was no visible property destruction and there were plenty of thing to break if desired such as chandeliers, furnishings, paintings and statues. “Insurrection, riot, sedition or siege” do not describe the events of the day. I was present but never entered the building. I was about 30 or 40 yards from it. Those around me had no idea there was a “breach”. By the way, when did visiting the Capitol become a crime? About 40 years ago I walked into the building, just curious what it looked like. There were two security guards who waved me in. Nobody followed me or even watched as I walked around. There were no signs of agitation or hostility among the huge crowd on Jan. 6. They were certainly supportive of Trump.

Well Truth. There is slight corruption, ordinary corruption and extraordinary corruption. This election is the third category.

Utu, would you please get a spell checking app? Then get a personality.

It is correct to write little or no evidence was presented in courts. There certainly is plenty of evidence. The courts refused to consider alleged evidence because, as they said, “this is not our purview”. The cases were dismissed on procedural grounds. They also offered the legal doctrine of laches in the Supreme Court. That means it was too late to make a case, they should have gone to court before the election. If they sued before the election of course the court would decline to hear the case because there is no injured party before an election. Elections are supposed to be regulated by state legislatures but these largely ducked their responsibilities.

The word “rampage” is quite an exaggeration. For a few hours people walked around the Capitol building. There were no guns fired, except the two shots fired by police. If a coup was intended people would at least bring weapons of some sort. Don’t you think? There were no fires and damages were limited to a few broken windows. Things got out of hand but this was mild compared to the mayhem of Black Lives Matter and Antifa which produced many billions in damages.

It might be true that Biden received more popular votes. Our elections are decided according to the electoral college, not popular votes. It is also possible millions of votes were stolen. At this time there is no certain answer. Like Mr. Unz the various statistical miracles are not credible in my mind. It is sad to realize our elected officials are probably fraudulent. By extension every government agency is illegitimate. Biden may be inaugurated before an audience of 20,000 armed soldiers, while Lady Gaga sings the national anthem. It’s an occupying force. How can we get rid of it, short of killing all the soldiers and the fake representatives?

The Navarro Report is worth reading. He rationally lays out the compelling evidence for a stolen election.

If the building was burned down, and all representatives with it, America would be a better country.

As a visitor to the Capitol I can tell you beyond reasonable doubt that the deplorables are not abandoning Trump. Every person I met was convinced the election was stolen. These were overwhelmingly married couples, from the hinterlands, middle aged and older. They were mostly polite Midwesterners. There were no weapons, looting, broken windows or fires. There was no trash on the streets. Some chanted “USA” or “Stop the steal”. There were no angry words. I left a few minutes before the excitement at the Capitol building. I’m pretty sure there was no organized “insurrection”. Nothing was evidently organized.

There were a few Antifa visitors although I have no reason to believe these were significant numbers. I was told Antifa broadsheets were posted in and around the Capitol building. I was sent a photo of one of these. Some of the window breakers could have been Antifa actors. People with Hammer and sickle tattoos do not seem likely Trump supporters but we can’t know at this time whether or not seditious deplorables dressed up like Antifa (or if Antifa purchased MAGA hats).

The claims that Trump and associates incited violence are not credible. People have the right to assemble and protest. It struck me how difficult it is to know what actually happened. I was nearby but not in the building. Media accounts are all over the place. We might never have an accurate picture of real events.

Great article Ms. Mercer. I am going to buy your Cannibal’s Pot book if it can be ordered outside of Amazon, Barnes and Noble or other contemptible organizations.

First, we don’t yet know who breeched the Capitol. We might know in a few months if some old fashioned reporter does some digging. Don’t believe the current narrative from the media.

Second, There is no evidence that Trump encouraged the violence. What would he hope to gain from that?

I was there and it was as peaceful as a demonstration can be. There were 90% older people, all very well behaved.

It ain’t Democrats vs Republicans. It is the uniparty against American people.

She didn’t deserve to be executed.

“Not even the deplorables will have anything to do with Trump”. I was at the Capitol and can honestly tell you the support for Trump is stronger than ever. It had to be the largest crowd ever in DC. What I saw was entirely peaceful. No looting, burning or broken windows. There were no angry words. There was no trash on the streets. The visitors were from all over the country. About 90 or 95% were couples, middle aged and older. To my surprise there were many Asian Trump supporters. I decided to leave before rush hour. As I walked away hundreds of thousands continued to surge toward the Capitol. One man told me the Capitol building had been breached. I thought I heard two gunshots. Soon about 40 police cars and an ambulance raced to the Capitol building.

People told me every US airport was full of Trump supporters. Of the dozen or so I talked with more than half were Midwesterners who drove to Washington. These were calm and polite people but all were convinced the election was stolen. It is unfortunate the election was never really investigated. Now half the country believes the government is fraudulent.

Thanks to Israelis for taking so much vaccine. In a few years we can learn about the longer term side effects.

Jews were persecuted by Germans, Poles, Soviets and many others. They were used as slave laborers at Auschwitz/Birkenau and elsewhere. That in itself is a war crime. There is no material evidence that they were gassed or murdered by the Einsatzgrupen. Documentary “evidence” requires bizarre interpretations of German words and phrases. Eye witness accounts have been thoroughly debunked. The soap factories, lamp shades, shrunken heads and other nonsense are comedic fantasies. Most killings of Jews occurred in the Soviet Union, either deaths in Gulags or freezing in Siberia. The revisionist literature is impressive and it began as soon as the holocaust story arose. The standard holocaust story is poorly stitched together. Read ten of the revisionist accounts and then dismiss all of these. Bet you can’t.

The Canadian judge utilized a legal concept from the Nuremburg trials called “judicial notice”. It means the crimes by the accused are what any of the allies claimed these to be. The crimes were stipulated and the accused were not allowed to dispute these crimes. Zundel’s legal team attacked the existence of these crimes and they provided extensive evidence that no gassings or other gruesome killings ever occurred. The judge instructed the jury to disregard the evidence by the defense. Zundel was found guilty but the conviction was overturned on appeal. He was retried for the same holocaust denial and once again convicted utilizing judicial notice. This was appealed to the Canadian Supreme Court where he was exonerated and the doctrine of judicial notice was ended in Canada.

The above is a brief summary of the Zundel trials. There are extensive transcripts and books on these trials and well worth the reading if one has the time. These trials were the beginning of the end of the holocaust story, the gas chambers, the diesels of death, soap factories, lamp shades and other fictions. We still see holocaust museums in every other city but many of the younger generations aren’t buying the narrative.

Total vote count doesn’t matter, at least according to the Constitution. There is an electoral college. Google US Constitution.

He can also win through the courts. It is a real possibility although probably less than half a chance. Ain’t over yet.

Dumbest article I’ve seen on the Unz site.

How do you know it was a “totally legitimate election”?

Thanks for assuring us that the sun will probably continue to rise everyday. It is odd that Trump drew tens of thousands at every rally. Biden drew dozens. Despite a lack of interest in Biden there were record turnouts at polls, mail-ins or simple frauds. We know Trump was despised by the deep state and media but there wasn’t much visible popular dislike. How to make sense of all this?

Thanks Ron Unz for maintaining this site. The relatively unfiltered comments contain many “gems”. It’s the best site I know for that reason.

Sorry the President doesn’t meet Fred’s expectations. Despising the country of one’s birth is a sad way to close a life. Trump is a flawed individual until he is compared to his political opponents. Evangelicals tend to support Trump but not because of his theological expertise. He is not hostile to Christianity. He is an elected president, not a dictator, so he can’t unilaterally end the deficit with China, he can’t single-handedly build a wall or deport illegal residents, he can’t unilaterally shut down the deep state. He tries to influence these issues, and there have been minor successes. With another term there could be increased success.

It is surprising Fred overlooks Trump’s greatest flaw, running up the debt. Eventually the debt will sink the USA if something dramatic is not done soon. Bad as Trump’s fiscal policy may be his opponents want to borrow tens of trillions for a green new deal and other boondoggles.

There have been no perfect leaders as long as I have voted (Carter-Ford was my first). Perhaps a monarch with absolute powers could accomplish the things desired by Fred. There are good reasons to be wary of absolute powers even if the leader is Named Jesus.

It is most unfair to blame Trump for the Covid virus or even to criticize his responses with hindsight. Remember no one knew how to deal with the virus, including the “scientists”. We don’t know much more today. Epidemiology is not like materials’ sciences. Whatever Trump’s flaws he has certainly shown impressive energy. No doubt more sophisticated nations, like Mexico, operate far above the capabilities of mere Americans.

I have a conspiracy theory. It was just a virus from a bat that managed to infect humans. There is plenty of precedent. Diseases have come from birds and swine and other creatures. This theory doesn’t require the CIA, Mossad, Chinese scientists or American biowarfare demons. Masters of the universe were as surprised as the rest of us.

Can you name one or more of these “well run black majority cities”?

Russia has many nukes but it won’t do them any good. All the forces in WW II had extensive supplies for gas warfare. All had masks and elaborate tactics ready. No one used gas attacks because they knew about the gas horrors from WW I. Even facing destruction of an army or city no one wanted to release that genie from the bottle. Russia could let loose a nuclear barrage then quickly witness the end of Russia. The Chinese are sensible as they refrain from wasting money for a massive nuclear arsenal.

You can find predominantly black cities northward such as Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and many more. All have prosperous white enclaves surrounded by degradation. New Haven,CT (home of Yale University) may be the worst city in the nation.

Good take on the debate Llana. I also watched the debate and Trump was clearly the one with energy. Biden didn’t drool on his podium but he was conspicuously tired and old. Trump managed to inject ‘law and order’ into the debate and that might have won him re-election. Why he didn’t focus more on the looting and rioting I don’t understand. Biden was undignified when he called Trump a clown. The insult won’t phase Trump but it demonstrates disdain for the American electorate. Biden makes the same dumb mistakes that Hillary made. Citizens clearly understand they are despised by Biden, Hillary and their supporters. They get it and they are preparing to vote Trump.

On a web site a commenter noted that one can type antifa.com in a search engine and it goes directly to the Biden donations page. I doubted that could be true so I repeated the search. Sure enough I instantly opened the JoeBiden.com site. If only Trump could have pointed that out during the debate. The next morning there would be no link between antifa.com/joebiden.com. Unless I am way out of touch I doubt there is much popular support for Antifa and Black Lives Matter.

It sure is fun ridiculing rural people and those from hollers. Everyone wants to feel superior to someone. Some of us have a limited number of inferiors.

Maybe one can be immune from the ravages of Silicon Valley. I never visit Facebook or Twitter. If someone writes an article containing copies of “tweets” I stop reading. Any comments posted on Facebook are ignored by me. If Google is avoided one can dry out the e-mail flood.

Can’t really understand how this artificial intelligence controls our minds.

8 to 10% Jews in the US is impossible. If Wikipedia can be relied upon (for this question anyway) there are 1.7% Jewish individuals in the US and 2.6% if partial Jews are included.

Jews were an early group to stop reproducing and their population steadily declined since the early 20th century. Curiously Jews had Europe’s fastest rate of natural population increase in the 19th century.

In my life I have met several Jews who were the last of their family line. If married parents have a single child who has no children, that’s the end. Other groups are following the population path of the Jews.

That 8% might be accurate in New York and Rockland counties (both in NY state), nowhere else in America.

If you are not from America why do you bother to comment? Obviously you know nothing of American politics. Do you hope to influence American voters? I can’t imagine wasting my time analyzing an election in Belgium or Switzerland. I don’t live in either place and can’t possibly make informed comments.

Disparaging religion is akin to disparaging humanity. Like it or not a large percentage of people are religious. The Jewish religion appears ridiculous largely because it is ancient and primitive. Not many ancient religions stand up well to rational scrutiny. Even more recent ones are curious at a minimum. There are the Mormons with their sacred underwear, and the new age nature worshippers.

Why would a non-Jew squander their time investigating Judaism? It isn’t one of the large influential faiths like Islam or Christianity. Jews are a small fraction of 1% of the world’s population. Over millenia the Jewish people have swerved from obscure poverty to flashes of brilliance and back again.

Take a look at Hindu texts. Talk about weird and judgmental of strangers. There is plenty of craziness in the many Christian sects. But the weirdest are the atheists.

Is there a single invention, such as the printing press, that single handedly advanced science, engineering and general civilizational advance? There were an avalanche of developments in the west. Not so much elsewhere. That doesn’t make westerners superior humans. They went through centuries of dark ages when they were among the planet’s dummies. At one point fewer than 1% had any literacy at all. There were many reasons why the west developed. Some was simple serendipity. Those of us westerners would love to claim Gallileo, Kepler, Newton, etc. unfortunately we should also own the barbaric westerners who ate one another.

The Arabs did not invent algebra. Ancient Greeks had pretty much everything we learned in high school. There was an Arab mathematician named Al Gebron who made some additions to the ancient algebra of the Greeks. Thanks to the Arabs for preserving many Greek works which were later transferred back to Europeans after their centuries of dark ages. Arabic numerals were actually Indian numbers. The Muslim civilization was never particularly innovative. The vast areas they controlled served to spread knowledge from various parts of the world.

Congratulations to the Chinese for gun powder and paper. Explosives were not unique to the Chinese and these have a long history in many cultures. Same goes for paper.

The most astonishing innovators were the white Europeans from the 16th through 20th centuries. All other civilizations were left in the dust. It continues this way. Hopefully some impressive developments will come from Chinese or Indians. So far this Chinese/Indian innovation is not evident although they are good immitators. Let’s hope for the best. After our dark ages Europeans were primitive copiers for a long time. Maybe future Africans will send space ships across universes. Don’t hold your breath.

Thanks for the link to Tucker Carlson and Darren Beattie.

Came across a blog where a commenter wrote one could type antifa.com in a search engine and it immediately goes to the Biden election web site. I didn’t believe it and I typed antifa.com in a search engine. The Biden for president site appeared. I didn’t make a donation.

“Actually US made Great leap forward when after ww2 they did appropriate a[[ technological progress from National Socialistic Germany. All US did was made things faster and cheaper.”

America was quite an industrial power in the 1920s through 1940s. Germany excelled in some things, where they still excel, such as chemical engineering and general engineering. In fact the so called European scientific enlightenment of the 18th and 19th centuries could fairly be called the German scientific enlightenment.

Germany never matched America in general prosperity. Nevertheless, under Hitler’s leadership they made incredible progress. “Socialist” is not a good description of the Third Reich even though they include that word. Hitler was quite determined to keep corporations privately owned. Some say he would be remembered as the greatest of all German leaders if not for World War II solely because of his economic policies in the 1930s.

I question a “coming desperation”. In the past 70 years tremendous progress has been made dealing with world hunger and there have been technological breakthroughs well beyond nuclear weapons and space boondoggles. What has changed that will now drive us into the dark ages? Barring some destructive world war I suspect my grandchildren will live far better than I have. Poverty in the world could become rare. Hunger could be eliminated for all.

Sorry if I come across as excessively patriotic. Must say I am grateful to have been born in America. There are worse places I might have landed. We all recognize faults in our country just as we lament the failings of our local sports teams. I support the home team.

The USA is not most advanced in all things. We lag in places. Americans are innovative and that is substantially due to capitalism. If the Bernie Sanders followers take charge innovation dies and America will be like the faded nations of Europe.

Multiculturalism was admittedly misguided but America is hardly the “destroyer of Western civilization”. That “civilization ” reached its pinnacle in America.

America has been on the verge of collapse, so it was said, all of my life. Somehow innovations continued. We had a computer revolution made in America and everyone’s life changed mostly for the better. There have been medical advances, agricultural innovations and fracking. None of these were developed by the many brilliant Europeans, Russians, Chinese, Indians or Africans. They all copied America as best they could. If America falls down what happens to all the rest–a new dark ages?

Sorry to disappoint end of times pessimists but America will continue to be among the leading lights, if not the only one. There will probably be much greater times in the future. America has plenty of flaws. We need to lose this world policeman role and act more as a nation than world hegemon. We need to scale back our overly centralized government. We meed to stop being the dumping ground for all the worlds’ failed cultures. We are headed in the right direction. Two steps forward, one step back.

God Bless America!