February 18, 2009

Anyone want to talk to NPR about blueservo.net?

By Peter Brimelow on February 18, 2009 at 3:47pm

John Burnett, an enterprising NPR reporter in San Antonio TX has just asked me if any VDARE.COM readers are involved with and would like to talk about the new wiki border parol service BlueServo, which allows volunteers to watch the border online. Looks really interesting, although of course opposed by the usual suspects. If you want to talk, email him.

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The Bush-Obama Era In Action--The Uselessness Of A Virtual Fence

By Steve Sailer on February 18, 2009 at 2:23pm

From the WSJ, we can infer that the "virtual fence" along the border is actually failing:

Obamanomics

By Steve Sailer on February 18, 2009 at 2:23pm

David Leonhardt writes in the NY Times:

Fewer Jobs; More Immigrants; Progress by Pesach: Enjoy

By Patrick Cleburne on February 18, 2009 at 7:05am

It is bad out there. As Ed Rubenstein just reported, the worst payroll slump in 34 years is even precipitating an substantial Hispanic exodus. Even worse, from the point of view intellectual vitality and dynamism (as all VDARE.com readers will agree) the Israelis are leaving:

Exodus to Israel Israelis Flood Back to Homeland Amid U.S. Economic Crisis By Dikla Kadosh The Jewish Journal February 12 2009

I'm Shocked, SHOCKED ...

By Steve Sailer on February 18, 2009 at 2:42am

A NYT headline:

Signing Stimulus, Obama Doesn’t Rule Out More
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG 3:50 PM ET
As President Obama signed his recovery bill, an aide said that he had not ruled out a second stimulus package.

Are Basketball Centers Smarter Than Forwards And Guards?

By Steve Sailer on February 18, 2009 at 2:40am

You would think, all else being equal, that IQ would be the lowest at the center position in basketball, since there's such a premium on height there that everything else is at a discount.

And yet, a surprising number of the top ten centers in NBA history (here's Sports Illustrated's list of the top 10 and here's ESPN's list) have seemed like pretty bright guys.

A CT Soccer Mom Reader Confronts Daily News Columnist Prida

February 18, 2009

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02/17/09 - A Minnesota Reader Finds More "Second Generation Assimilation Failures"

Canary In the Coal Mine: The Status Of Women vs. "Diversity"

By Brenda Walker on February 18, 2009 at 2:00am