REX MURPHY: THE CONTEMPTIBLE CONCEPT OF ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE’ IS JUST UGLY, ANGRY RACISM. Justin Tr…

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"REX MURPHY: THE CONTEMPTIBLE CONCEPT OF ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE’ IS JUST UGLY, ANGRY RACISM.

Justin Trudeau’s white privilege halo has collateral benefits. Under his privileged-plumed wing, a lot of candidates sailed to election victory, possibly even Caesar-Chavannes herself. Does she deplore its advantages when they play to her benefit? Does she chide the prime minister that he so represents what she so deplores? Hold your bets.

To wind things up, I think I’m with Bernier. Individuals are not robots, identical instances of the skin colour they are born with, the sexuality they practice, the religion they hold, or even — I admit this is stretching things when you consider the current Liberal caucus — the party they belong to.

Identity politics atomizes society, dissolves community, reduces a country to subsets of clans, one-dimensional interests, group thinking, and obscures the immense diversity of individual, specific lives and the people who live them."

"But those who deploy such tactics view those results as a feature, not a bug. 
Or as Steve J. Allen wrote at the American Greatness Website on Friday, “Welcome to the New Class Warfare.”

Last year, Brendan O’Neil of Spiked wrote, It’s becoming so clear now why the war of words between SJWs and the new white nationalists is so intense. 
It isn’t because they have huge ideological differences — it’s because they have so much in common.”

Speaking of which, on Twitter today, PJM’s Charlie Martin resurrects this Washington Post column from last year by Marc Thiessen: “Yes, antifa is the moral equivalent of neo-Nazis.”

You ought to know!

George Soros, liberal megadonor, is bankrolling Fusion GPS, claims Russian billionaire - Washington Times

George Soros, liberal megadonor, is bankrolling Fusion GPS, claims Russian billionaire - Washington Times:

"A Russian billionaire writes that George Soros, a major financier of liberal causes, is funding Fusion GPS, the firm that orchestrated the Christopher Steele dossier.
If true, it is possible that Fusion GPS’s ongoing anti-Trump investigations have not only been funded by the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton campaign, but also by currency trader Soros. He recently pledged $18 billion to a cast of liberal groups and causes.
The Soros connection was asserted by Oleg Deripaska, a Russian aluminum magnate whose name pops up from time to time in the Trump-Russia collusion investigation."

The return of the euro crisis foretold - AEI

The return of the euro crisis foretold - AEI:
"Anyone who thought that the Eurozone debt crisis was resolved has not been paying attention to economic and political developments in Italy, the Eurozone’s third-largest member country.
They have certainly not been focusing on how very vulnerable the Italian economy remains to a less favorable international economic environment and to more challenging global liquidity conditions than those that have prevailed over the past few years.
Nor have they been drawing the implications for economic policy from the recent Italian parliamentary election. 
That election saw a surge in support for populist political parties not known for their commitment to economic orthodoxy or to real economic reform.
At a minimum, this is likely to usher in a prolonged period of Italian political uncertainty.
To say that the Italian economy is in a very poor state would be a gross understatement..."
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Illinois is officially a ‘sanctuary state’ for immigrants - Hoy Chicago

Illinois is officially a ‘sanctuary state’ for immigrants - Hoy Chicago: "
"With mariachis performing in the background, Governor Bruce Rauner signed the TRUST Act on Monday, at a Mexican restaurant in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, officially barring cooperation between Illinois police departments and

immigration officials.
The TRUST Act, valid in all cases except where a federal judge has issued a warrant for arrest, will make Illinois more welcoming to immigrants and refugees, according to its supporters.
...The law denies local law enforcement the ability to detain people on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency charged with identifying and investigating immigrants present in the country illegally. 
It also prohibits local officials from inquiring about a person’s immigration status, something Ruiz-Velasco called a “very important protection,” that will make immigrants more comfortable reporting crimes to local police..."
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AM Fruitcake

History for March 12

History for March 12 - On-This-Day.com:
Clement Studebaker 1831, Jack Kerouac 1922, Barbara Feldon 1933 - Actress ("Get Smart")


Johnny Rutherford 1938, Mitt Romney 1947 - Politician, James Taylor 1948 - Singer, songwriter


1894 - Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time.

1911 - Dr. Fletcher of Rockefeller Institute discovered the cause of infantile paralysis.


1912 - The Girl Scout organization was founded. The original name was Girl Guides.


1933 - President Paul von Hindenburg dropped the flag of the German Republic and ordered that the swastika and empire banner be flown side by side.


1947 - U.S. President Truman established the "Truman Doctrine" to help Greece and Turkey resist Communism.


1974 - "Wonder Woman" debuted on ABC-TV. The show later went to CBS-TV.


1989 - About 2,500 veterans and supporters marched at the Art Institute of Chicago to demand that officials remove an American flag placed on the floor as part of an exhibit.


2003 - In Utah, Elizabeth Smart was reunited with her family nine months after she was abducted from her home. She had been taken on June 5, 2002, by a drifter that had previously worked at the Smart home.