October 18, 2009

IDF: 'One million refugees headed for Israel'

By Peter Brimelow on October 18, 2009 at 10:02pm

That's the headline on an October 15 story by Rebacca Stoll in the Jerusalem Post:

IDF units responsible for guarding Israel's expansive western border with Egypt said Thursday that there are one million would-be infiltrators from Africa waiting to cross the mostly barrier-less border and enter Israel illegally...

City of God and Olympics

By Steve Sailer on October 18, 2009 at 9:36pm

From the Guardian:

Two weeks after Rio de Janeiro celebrated winning the 2016 Olympic Games, the Brazilian city was tonight bracing itself for a further night of violence after an intense gun battle erupted in one of the city's favelas and a police helicopter was shot down, killing two officers.

"Hate Crime" Bill: Dirty Deal Still Not Done

By Peter Brimelow on October 18, 2009 at 5:25pm

You have to admire Rev.Ted Pike's fighting spirit: he still hasn't given up on stopping the Hate Crime bill and in an alert this morning points out that the Democrats might add DC statehood to the defense bill to which the Hate Crime monstrosity is already (disgracefully) attached.

Pandora

By Steve Sailer on October 18, 2009 at 5:06pm

few years ago, I tried out Pandora, the "Music Genome Project" for Internet radio. You tell them a song you like, and they stream over the Internet to you other songs that share similar musical elements, as rated by their staff of professional musicians for about 250 factors. It's not a recommendation system where people who share your tastes tell you what they like, it's based on the actual musical content of the songs.

Sailer Strategy (contd.): Memo To White America—Asian Voters Go With Winners.

By Steve Sailer on October 18, 2009 at 1:00am

Takuan Seiyo On San Francisco's Slide And Redwood Revisionism

By Peter Brimelow on October 18, 2009 at 12:34am

Takuan Seiyo is difficult to edit because he hates it (cf. Steve Sailer) and because because his discursive style bothers me on behalf of VDARE.COM's busy readers. Nevertheless, our Letters Editor, Joe Guzzardi, tells me that his articles get an extraordinary amount of email.