PSU Protesters Want to Ban THESE From Campus; They AREN'T Joking... . . . but watching the failure parade does make one feel better about one's own children. It's "Portland" State University, what can you expect? Here at the home of kaleidoscope eye progressivism, this rates as Monday. This level of ignorance permeates the entire community from the clown college they employ as City Council right on down to the PSU students. "It’s hard to even comprehend college students such as these Portland State University students can get even MORE stupid but they sure do try hard. From Campus Reform: Students at Portland State University (PSU) shut down a Board of Trustees meeting with accusations that the school perpetuates a “corrupt decadent white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy hetero-patriarchy.” [emphasis added]" Wait for it! You know it gets better, it's Portland! "'I’m a transwoman of color and for me to just walk across campus, like, that’s, I mean—I see you [points to a police officer standing in the room] and I think that’s great, like, that you’re, you know, um, like, you’re here, but, like, you know, like, what you represent to people like me is that, like, is violence, the threat of violence, and I hope you know that, and just, like, basically, I do not feel safe here. I’m pretty sure all of you do not feel safe here with, like, men with guns here, and mind you, Oregon was founded on white supremacist capitalist ideology,” she said to a round of applause from her fellow protesters." The sound of his, er, her, er, um, it's voice is so enjoyed by it, that it can't stop talking even when it has nothing to say, but jabberwocky. Sorry sweetie, I, like, don't, you know, like, um, er, like, um, you know, guns, you're, you know, like, threat, um, er, violence. Sweetie, perhaps you could hire someone who can string an entire sentence together to speak for you, because you are an idiot. Perhaps it was the ozone. The levels in the room must have been EPA ThreatCon I what with all those "well-educated" brains, smoking, sparking, and farting. The tragedy is these incoherent, mindless, fools believe they are educated. But a 5 minute conversation with one will prove otherwise. They speak only in platitudes, linked occasionally by "thinking words." Or, on really good days, you only get the platitudes sans conjunctions, or "thinking words." These conversations play like a wildly inappropriate platitude association game. You say a word, they list all the platitudes which can be used in response to that word. Brilliant. You ignorant troll, the only racists here are you, and your fellow travelers. If you are worried about armed white men in Portland, not cops mind you, your worries are completely misplaced. Whitey with a Concealed Handgun License is the least criminal cohort in the population, they are about as criminal as quadriplegic monks.
crimeresearch.org: Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States On the other hand, blacks and muslims are dangerous folks. "Black on white crime is higher and more prevalent than white on black crime. Apparently this chick hasn’t taken a stats class or bothered to look at Black Criminals, White Victims, and White Guilt." Portland Christmas tree bomber gets 30 years as questions about arrest linger. Notice how "white" he looks? Me neither. In fact, he looks amazingly like the chick here, well, thinner. As Pogo said, "We have met the enemy, and he is us." What you should be concerned about is female genital mutilation. Female Genital Mutilation Is A U.S. Problem, Too. It is time to simply cut the cord completely on state funding of higher education. This is no longer a productive enterprise. Until a more reasonable alternative exists, I would be very careful about hiring one of these "educated" idiots.
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Unite to Defeat Radical Jihadism
. . . this is mostly because our allies in Europe cannot integrate a muslim to save their soul's. Peggy lays this out in simple easy to understand terms, "These things are obvious after the Brussels bombings: In striking at the political heart of Europe, home of the European Union, the ISIS jihadists were delivering a message: They will not be stopped. What we are seeing now is not radical jihadist Islam versus the West but, increasingly, radical jihadist Islam versus the world. They are on the move in Africa, parts of Asia and of course throughout the Mideast. Radical jihadism is not going to go away, not for a long time, probably decades. For 15 years it has in significant ways shaped our lives, and it will shape our children’s too. They will have to win the war. It will not be effectively fought with guilt, ambivalence or double-mindedness. That, in the West, will have to change." She notes that President Golf Pants had something to say, "The usual glib talk of politicians—calls for unity, vows that we will not give in to fear—will produce in the future what they’ve produced in the past: nothing. “The thoughts and the prayers of the American people are with the people of Belgium,” said the president, vigorously refusing to dodge clichés. “We must unite and be together, regardless of nationality, race or faith, in fighting against the scourge of terrorism.” It is not an “existential threat,” he noted, as he does. But if you were at San Bernardino or Fort Hood, the Paris concert hall or the Brussels subway, it would feel pretty existential to you." True. He cannot pass a cliche without stopping to make its acquaintance. So, if we are to unify to stop this threat, how? First we must understand what causes all mass movements. "There are many books, magazine long-reads and online symposia on the subject of violent Islam. I have written of my admiration for “What ISIS Really Wants” by Graeme Wood, published a year ago in the Atlantic. ISIS supporters have tried hard to make their project knowable and understood, Mr. Wood reported: “We can gather that their state rejects peace as a matter of principle; that it hungers for genocide; that its religious views make it constitutionally incapable of certain types of change . . . and that it considers itself a harbinger of—and headline player in—the imminent end of the world.” ISIS is essentially “medieval” in its religious nature, and “committed to purifying the world by killing vast numbers of people.” They intend to eliminate the infidel and raise up the caliphate—one like the Ottoman empire, which peaked in the 16th century and then began its decline." This doesn't really answer the question does it? This does. The short answer here is hatred of self, of religion, and of nationality. This is a festering sore, which is worsened if the adopted nation treats the individual as second class. Here are a large number of opinion polls which show the extent of muslim extremism. Muslim Opinion Polls On the other hand, I agree with this analysis as well: Labor Market Rigidity and the Disaffection of European Muslim Youth - Marginal REVOLUTION America does a better job at integrating immigrants than Europe. That should not surprise, Europe spent the past 150 years torn between sending waves of immigrants to the US or fighting internecine wars. It has no experience with emigration. Perhaps the key reason America does so well is we allow quick and complete economic integration of individuals. This ties them to the community economically, and whatever other negative feelings they may have, are muted by the strength of the economic tie. Europe on the other hand does what Europe always does, it ghettoizes the other, and economically marginalizes them.. "In Belgium high unemployment and crime-ridden Muslim ghettos have fomented radicalism but as Jeff Jacoby writes: Muslims in the United States…have had no problem acclimating to mainstream norms. In a detailed 2011 survey, the Pew Research Center found that Muslim Americans are “highly assimilated into American society and . . . largely content with their lives.” More than 80 percent of US Muslims expressed satisfaction with life in America, and 63 percent said they felt no conflict “between being a devout Muslim and living in a modern society.” The rates at which they participate in various everyday American activities — from following local sports teams to watching entertainment TV — are similar to those of the American public generally. Half of all Muslim immigrants display the US flag at home, in the office, or on their car. Jacoby, however, doesn’t explain why these differences exist. One reason is the greater flexibility of American labor markets compared to those in Europe. Institutions that make it more difficult to hire and fire workers or adjust wages can increase unemployment and reduce employment, especially among immigrant youth. Firms will be less willing to hire if it is very costly to fire. As Tyler and I put it in Modern Principles, How many people will want to go on a date if every date requires a marriage? The hiring hurdle is especially burdensome for immigrants given the additional real or perceived uncertainty from hiring immigrants. One of the few ways that immigrants can compete in these situations is by offering to work for lower wages. But if that route is blocked by minimum wages or requirements that every worker receive significant non-wage benefits then unemployment and non-employment among immigrants will be high generating disaffection, especially among the young. Huber, for example, (see also Angrist and Kugler) finds: Countries with more centralized wage bargaining, stricter product market regulation and countries with a higher union density, have worse labour market outcomes for their immigrants relative to natives even after controlling for compositional effects. The problem of labor market rigidity is especially acute in Belgium where the differences between native and immigrant unemployment, employment and wages are among the highest in the OECD. Language difficulties and skills are one reason but labor market rigidity is another, as this OECD report makes clear: Belgian labour market settings are generally unfavourable to the employment outcomes of low-skilled workers. Reduced employment rates stem from high labour costs, which deter demand for low-productivity workers…Furthermore, labour market segmentation and rigidity weigh on the wages and progression prospects of outsiders. With immigrants over-represented among low-wage, vulnerable workers, labour market settings likely hurt the foreign-born disproportionately. …Minimum wages can create a barrier to employment of low-skilled immigrants, especially for youth. As a proportion of the median wage, the Belgian statutory minimum wage is on the high side in international comparison and sectoral agreements generally provide for even higher minima. This helps to prevent in-work poverty…but risks pricing low-skilled workers out of the labour market (Neumark and Wascher, 2006). Groups with further real or perceived productivity handicaps, such as youth or immigrants, will be among the most affected. In 2012, the overall unemployment rate in Belgium was 7.6% (15-64 age group), rising to 19.8% for those in the labour force aged under 25, and, among these, reaching 29.3% and 27.9% for immigrants and their native-born offspring, respectively. Immigration can benefit both immigrants and natives but achieving those benefits requires the appropriate institutions especially open and flexible labor markets." Young American muslims will still be potential recruits to Islamism, but the ability of the radicals to find converts will be lessened by economic opportunity. This is a key reason why continuing to follow the dying progressive system is not just folly but dangerous. The progressive belief structure will mire the employment relationship in 19th century goals and ideals. We know this will slow economic growth, and do nothing to further the needs and desires of either the workers, or the employers. This will hurt the immigrant more than the native. The best mechanism to fight Islamic terror is rapid, inclusive economic growth, not slowed growth, and stagnation. Bad ideas are myriad, but should be eschewed. The other battlefield for this fight will need to be the Middle East itself, through the Islamic Reformation. The West cannot be involved in this war. If it is, the battle will surely spill into the West. This will be difficult but necessary. Ultimately this needs to be a war for reformation fought only by the parties to the reformation. Our current political class is not up to this. ISIS supporters vote UK top target as terrorists 'warn of London attack'
"The message translated to: "The beginning lies in Paris and Brussels... And in London, we shall form our state.'" Feral men who hate themselves beyond measure, want nothing more than to murder, injure, and destroy, if they cannot achieve their goals because of the incompetence of their beliefs, they will make sure no one can achieve their goals. These men are the same as the low life losers who when they fail, turn and murder their families "just because." They are deeply jealous of the success of others, and cannot believe their wonderful ideas never bear fruit. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics) Necessary reading to understand this mindset. "One tweeted: "The Islamic State will attack London, Washington, Rome and all the infidels' capitals." Another wrote: "The Crusaders are blundered and confused. Yesterday Paris, today Brussels, and they don't know where will be the next attack.'" So, we know the plan, widespread terror, utilizing asymmetrical paramilitary attacks. And the response? "This comes as teams of special forces troops are going undercover in London and throughout the country with more military support in case of an attack. All main airports throughout the UK have been given additional police patrols and armed response units are on high-alert for a call to tackle heavily armed terrorists. Police presence has been increased at train stations across the capital, including Waterloo and Kings Cross St Pancras, and specialist units have been deployed to Dover." So, somehow symmetrical, concentrated defense is to combat asymmetrical warfare? It cannot, it will fail, badly, unless the British are willing to hire armed men to stand on every street corner, 24 hours each day. That is a bridge too far, it cannot happen, and so the asymmetrical attacks will succeed. There is only one way to combat an asymmetrical attack, asymmetrical diffuse defense. And this can only be accomplished by allowing a significant part of the population to be armed, and to act as an unseen line of defense. The US allows this and this likely accounts for the reason why the US accounts for such a low terrorism position. If you are comfortable, obtain your Concealed Handgun License, provision an appropriate handgun, train, and become proficient, and carry, every day. Such asymmetrical defense is the only way to defend against the asymmetrical terrorist threat. "A source said: "Britain has never been at so much risk of an attack and everybody believes it’s now a case of ‘when’ it’s going to happen and not ‘if’." A crackdown on firearms has also been ordered by the National Crime Agency over concerns a similar gun assault could hit London. But despite multiple threats from terrorists in Syria, an unnamed government minister said the UK was well prepared for such an attack." This is a joke, the Brits cannot even keep their own in-house criminals from committing crimes, and murders. Why will the British anti-gun laws work any better than the French, or Belgian laws? Wishful thinking is not a policy. Disarming your law abiding population nearly ensures success for the asymmetrical attacker. Good luck Europe, you will need it. Brussels attacks: Isis claims responsibility for bombings - FT.com . . . killing perhaps 30, injuring myriad. "Isis claimed responsibility for twin bomb attacks in Brussels on Tuesday that killed at least 30 people and left scores injured in the EU capital." Graphic video from AP follow: "President Barack Obama said the “thoughts and prayers of the American people” were with the people of Belgium. “We will do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally Belgium in bringing to justice those who are responsible,” said Mr Obama, who was in Cuba. “This is yet another reminder that the world must unite, we must be together regardless of nationality or race or faith in fighting against the scourge of terrorism. We can and we will defeat those who threaten the safety and security of people all around the world.'" I am fully in accord with our President. I just hope he means what he says here.
While Trump and I stand apart on nearly every issue, this would appear to confirm that it would be prudent to look closely at muslim immigration, at least for a while. I prefer a more open immigration policy, but when under obvious threat, this might need to be temporarily set aside. It would seem Europe will also need to reassess its current immigration policy. Focusing on ISIS alone will not alleviate this problem. The problem stems from the House of Saud's close ties with Wahhabism, and Salafism, which are the foundational beliefs behind modern Islamic terrorism. We need to begin to reduce the fundamental core of Islamic terror, the House of Saud, and its in house religion, Wahhabism. This is being attacked by Iran through proxy war. We should find ways to help the Iranians, in their war of Islamic Reformation. We need to also begin to pull back from assisting the House of Saud. We can use the kingdom's human rights violations to support these changes. We will need to move on these changes post haste. The Salafist oil kingdoms are weakened by low oil prices, this is the opportunity to strike, and make lasting change. This does not mean direct US involvement in war, that would be a serious mistake. This will need to be a more subtle undermining of the House of Saud, utilizing its natural enemies, to accomplish goals which both hold dear. Prayers to all in Belgium affected by this terrible act, and Godspeed to those investigating this crime. |
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