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Memo From Middle America: Merry Christmas (And Travel Warnings) From Mexico

Allan Wall — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 04:33:24 +0000

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Some Americans are afraid to visit Mexico, given the ongoing and well-publicized drug cartel violence, but millions do still visit and aren’t victims of crime. What’s going on?

I’ve written about this issue before. It’s is not a merely academic issue for me: I take my family to visit Mexico twice a year. (For my most recent trip, click here.) We’re planning our next visit at Christmastime.

I neither encourage nor discourage Americans from visiting Mexico. But for those who go, I recommend they be well aware of where exactly they are going and what they plan to do there. The U.S. State Department website’s Mexico Travel Warning is quite informative:

Millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year for study, tourism, and business, including more than 150,000 who cross the border every day. More than 20 million U.S. citizens visited Mexico in 2012. …Resort areas and tourist destinations in Mexico generally do not see the levels of drug-related violence and crime that is reported in the border region and in areas along major trafficking routes.

On the other hand….

Nevertheless, U.S. travelers should be aware that the Mexican government has been engaged in an extensive effort to counter TCOs [Transnational Criminal Organizations] which engage in narcotics trafficking and other unlawful activities throughout Mexico. …Crime and violence are serious problems and can occur

Is Putin A Paleo?

Patrick J. Buchanan — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 02:20:45 +0000

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Is Putin a paleoconservative?

In the culture war for mankind's future, is he one of us?

While such a question may be blasphemous in Western circles, consider the content of the Russian president's state of the nation address.

With America clearly in mind, Putin declared, "In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered."

"They're now requiring not only the proper acknowledgment of freedom of conscience, political views and private life, but also the mandatory acknowledgment of the equality of good and evil."

Translation: While privacy and freedom of thought, religion and speech are cherished rights, to equate traditional marriage and same-sex marriage is to equate good with evil.

No moral confusion here, this is moral clarity, agree or disagree.

President Reagan once called the old Soviet Empire "the focus of evil in the modern world." President Putin is implying that Barack Obama's America may deserve the title in the 21st century.

Nor is he without an argument when we reflect on America's embrace of abortion on demand, homosexual marriage, pornography, promiscuity, and the whole panoply of Hollywood values.

Our grandparents would not recognize the America in which we live.

Moreover, Putin asserts, the new immorality has been imposed undemocratically.

The "destruction of traditional values" in these countries, he said, comes "from the top" and is "inherently undemocratic because it is based on abstract ideas and runs counter to the will of the majority of people."

Does he not have a point?

Unelected justices declared abortion and homosexual acts to be constitutionally protected rights. Judges have been the driving force behind the imposition of same-sex marriage. Attorney General Eric Holder refused to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act.

America was de-Christianized in the second half of the 20th century by court orders, over the vehement objections of a huge majority of a country that was overwhelmingly Christian.

And

Announcing VDARE.com’s War Against Christmas 2013 Competition!

Peter Brimelow — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:56:39 +0000

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See also: War Against Christmas 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 All Posts

It really is the most wonderful time of the year—when I get to write about the War On/ Against Christmas, a subject hated by Left and quisling Establishment Right alike , which has earned me

A Reader Reports That The PRIORITY At LA County GOP “Holiday” Party Was Crushing Opposition To Amnesty

James Fulford — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 06:09:50 +0000

From: Greg Aprahamian [Email him]

Hotbed Of Racists Uncovered: Minnesota Schoolteachers

Steve Sailer — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:14:17 +0000

One of the weirder aspects of our never-ending War to Sniff Out Racists is that many of the accused witches are nice liberal anti-racists themselves. For example, what percentage of Minneapolis-St. Paul public schoolteachers voted for Obama? Maybe 75%, right?

Well, they still smell racist. Just look at 'em. And we can prove they're evil because Data.

Is The Headline “Ex-Dayton Priest Faces Prosecution” (Referring To A HINDU Priest) Anti-Catholic?

James Fulford — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 04:36:06 +0000

Bill Donahue of the Catholic League included this in a media roundup of anti-Catholic bias

Bomb Brothers: The Full(er) Story Including "Why Were They Here?"

Steve Sailer — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:55:42 +0000

The <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/Pag

Army Football Coach Fired For Not Recruiting Enough Accused Rapists

Steve Sailer — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:51:29 +0000

From the NYT:

Army Coach, Winless Against Navy, Is Fired After Rout

By JOE DRAPE

Texas Coach Out After Failing To Recruit Accused Rapist

Steve Sailer — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:49:51 +0000

U. of Texas football coach Mack Brown has resigned. Manny M. Escam writes:

Apple CEO Regards Amnesty for Lawbreakers as Morally Correct

Brenda Walker — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:44:26 +0000

One might think that the top executive of one of the world’s premier companies would appreciate the rule of law as necessary to conducting business, but not so much for Tim Cook (pictured), the successor to Steve Jobs.

Poll: Islam Fundamentalism Is Common in Europe

Brenda Walker — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:42:10 +0000

According to the liberal pro-diversity establishment, the true Islam is a “religion of peace” which has been hijacked by a small minority of extremists to commit numerous acts of terrorist violence.

French Patriots March against Hostile Islam, Chanting "Christmas and Easter not 'Holidays'"

Brenda Walker — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:39:38 +0000

On December 8, over a thousand citizens of France demonstrated in Paris about their disgust with the millions of Muslims embedded in their nation by unwise immigration. Not everyone in Europe is accepting the invasion without response.

France Reconsiders Assimilation—and Threatens Its Own Identity

Brenda Walker — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:36:28 +0000

One step forward, two steps back. Maybe. France is thinking that the project of requiring Muslim immigrants to integrate into French society is just too hard and perhaps the authorities can just redefine the problem away.

Religion of Bullies: Immigrant Muslims Threaten London Liquor Establishments

Brenda Walker — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:34:04 +0000

On Thursday’s segment of JihadWatch on SunTV, Robert Spencer remarked about Muslim plans to harass London businesses which serve alcohol, because Mohammed says beer and similar beverages are verboten.

Boehner Repositions for Amnesty

Brenda Walker — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 03:31:15 +0000

Talk about seizing defeat from the jaws of victory — that would be John Boehner’s leadership of House Republicans.

The Case of Sergeant Blackman

John Derbyshire — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:26:31 +0000

Rapid Population Growth Returns to California

Brenda Walker — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:53:41 +0000

The failing economy of the once-Golden State has perked up enough to start drawing newbies once again, with more than 300,000 new residents in the last year. California had unemployment over 10 percent for four years, so October’s 8.7 percent joblessness indicates the uptick that is so attractive to outsiders.

In San Francisco, the tech industry is growing like gangbusters, leading to a building boom that is not welcomed in some quarters. In fact, the Manhattanization that was so long resisted in the city is now taking place, with skyscrapers popping up all over. More than a million square feet of office space is being built, with 26 high-rises going up in downtown.

However, this growth occurs at an unfortunate time, since this year has been one of the dryest on record, and 38 million residents puts a real strain on water supply. In fact, Senator Feinstein and Rep. Jim Costa voiced their concern to the governor (Lawmakers ask Brown to declare California drought emergency, Dec 11, San Francisco Chronicle). But elites decree that growth must go forward no matter what the consequences, so water supply is never mentioned.

California’s population growth highest since before recession, Associated Press, December 12, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s population grew by the highest rate in nearly a decade over the last year, swelling the state’s ranks to more than 38.2 million, new population figures released Thursday showed.

Culture of Corruption: The Dems' Dangerous DHS Pick, Alejandro Mayorkas

Michelle Malkin — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 06:16:26 +0000

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The "S" in President Obama's DHS doesn't stand for "security." It stands for "sleaze." In the wake of Dirty Harry Reid's sabotage of the filibuster, Democrats have rammed through the Senate nomination of a shady Chicago crony associated with dangerous Clinton corruption and at least two visas-for-sale schemes.

The White House wants Alejandro Mayorkas to helm the No. 2 position at the Department of Homeland Security. It speaks volumes about this ethics-challenged administration that the most qualified person it could find for this important post is a government DHS hack currently under investigation by other DHS hacks. More on that in a moment.

On Tuesday, Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security

Obama Vigilantes At MEDIA MATTERS Muscle Critics Of Treason Bar USCIS Takeover

Federale — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 03:54:14 +0000

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Immigration law enforcement is in shambles, but now the Obama Regime is using it for outright subversion. Reversing decades of policy, the Obama Administration is staffing the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) with lawyers from the Treason Lobby who specialize in helping illegals break the laws USCIS is supposed to enforce. And what’s worse the Obama Regime’s media vigilantes say the real problem is the people pointing it out—like former Justice Department lawyer J. Christian Adams (who resigned in protest over the New Black Panther cover-up) and Fox’s Elizabeth Hasselbeck.(Pictured right.)

Immigration law enforcement was already in shambles because the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was broken up in 2003. The agency once held all authority in immigration law enforcement, but the responsibility is now split between USCIS, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The unified INS developed an effective agency culture. Most positions attended the Immigration Officer Academy, which provided uniform training and standards for the entire department. More importantly, INS consciously developed its cadres by only hiring employees at the trainee level, including Deputy District Counsels, the attorneys who prosecute

The Hidden Divide In American Institutions: Old And Slow Vs. New And Fast

Steve Sailer — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 03:01:06 +0000

It's often noted that American companies and institutions tend to be divided into dynamic new ones (Twitter, Facebook, The Hunger Games) and sclerotic old ones (General Motors, government agencies). It's less often mentioned that there are policy reasons why this is so.