By James Fulford on 12/31/2009

Immigrant Mass Murder In Finland—Albanian Muslim On Shopping Mall Rampage

Previous mass shootings in Finland have been done by Finns:Finland shopping mall shooting: gunman kills five before commiting suicide A gunman, named by police as Ibrahim Shkupolli, killed his ex-girlf...
By James Fulford on 12/31/2009

Fifth Column Note: "Texas Grandmother" And Familia Run Massive Green Card Scam

If your mental picture of a "Texas Grandmother" is someone like 1920's Governor of Texas "Ma" Ferguson, or the grandmother in The Outlaw Josey Wales, you might be misled by this AP headline, which is t...
By Steve Sailer on 12/31/2009

Did You Have Too Much Taxable Income In 2009?

Probably not.But, in case you did, I just wanted t0 mention that I didn't.Today, New Year's Eve, you can make tax deductible credit card contributions to me here (then, under "Steve Sailer Project Opti...
By Steve Sailer on 12/30/2009

The Crypto-Counter-Steveosphere

In recent years, David Brooks of the NYT has taken up Malcolm Gladwell's rhetorical straw man device of writing as if the conventional wisdom in 21st Century American media circles consists of a cartoo...
By Steve Sailer on 12/30/2009

Media A Lagging Indicator

From the New York Times: For First Time, Minority Vote Was a Majority By SAM ROBERTSMuch of the focus on the results of last month’s New York City elections was on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s small vi...
By James Fulford on 12/30/2009

Blondes Not Liked In The Washington Post?

The Washington Post story mentioned in Steve Sailer's China Likes Blondes post is not illustrated with a picture of a blonde, but with a picture of a (rare) Western male model. The Vietnamese version o...
By Steve Sailer on 12/30/2009

China Likes Blondes

China correspondent Keith B. Richburg of the Washington Post comes up with a tough reporting assignment for himself: the influx of blonde fashion models into China: China's Next Top Model may well be a...
By Steve Sailer on 12/29/2009

Why Not Just Hit The White Kids On The Head With A Ballpeen Hammer?

From the East Bay Express, the latest news from the national drive to eliminate racial gaps in test scores; Berkeley High May Cut Out Science Labs The proposal would trade labs seen as benefiting whi...
By Steve Sailer on 12/29/2009

What % Of 7-Footers Play Basketball?

Tyler Cowen asks a question of a type that I've often wondered about: What are the odds that the best chess player in the world has never played chess?... The more general issues are how well the moder...
By James Fulford on 12/29/2009

Dr. Norm Matloff On ComputerWorld, ITGrunt, and Tunnel Rat

Dr. Norm Matloff writes on some of the issues raised in Rob Sanchez's piece, H-1B Bodyshop vs. U.S. First Amendment: The Case Of "Tunnel Rat". Computerworld has been covering H-1B and related issues ...
By Patrick Cleburne on 12/28/2009

"Avatar" - Obama's Christmas Dream?

On Wednesday I saw Avatar, the highly successful science fiction movie featuring computer-generated creatures adapted from actual actors. It deals with forces from Earth invading another planet. This ...
By Steve Sailer on 12/28/2009

Am I Going Deaf?

Or was much of Robert Downey's English-accented dialogue in Sherlock Holmes close to inaudible?I started to understand more of what the star was saying after about an hour. I think I could follow the d...
By Brenda Walker on 12/28/2009

More Than Eight Years After The 9/11 Terror Attacks, Law Enforcement Can't Keep Muslim Terrorists Off Airplanes

More than eight years after the 9/11 terror attacks, law enforcement against Islamic terrorism still has some large holes, for example allowing known jihadists access to American airplanes. An official...
By Rob Sanchez on 12/27/2009

Sanctuary Areas In Gutierrez Amnesty Bill

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced an amnesty bill called the ”Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009” (H.R. 4321). It is sponsored by Rep. Solomon Ortiz ...
By James Fulford on 12/27/2009

Immigrant Entrepreneurs—Indian Immigrant Fakes Own Death, Caught Trying To Renew US Passport

You should never try to commit insurance fraud except in a month with an "R" in it—one reason this particular fraud lacked credibility is that it's very rare these days to die from a bad oyster. Couple...
By James Fulford on 12/26/2009

Nigerian Muslim On Religious Visa Tries To Blow Himself Up On Plane—Papers Call Him A "London Student"

Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, 23, apparently attempted to blow himself up on Northwest Airlines Flight 253. He's a Nigerian Muslim. Here are some sample headlines: 'London student in jet bomb bid' The ...
By Patrick Cleburne on 12/25/2009

War Against Christmas : Why not carry it to the Mall Owners?

I am not temperamentally a shopper. On Wednesday I made my annual trip to a Mall, visiting one belonging to Taubman Centers, a company founded by one of America's more colorful entrepreneurs, Alfred A....
By Patrick Cleburne on 12/24/2009

Susan Estrich Explains War Against Christmas

In the end, it all comes down to who is more important. That is the inevitable conclusion reading Susan Estrich’s volley in the War Against Christmas: Merry Christmas INDENVERTIMES.com December 23rd 20...
By Steve Sailer on 12/23/2009

Updated: Immigrant Crime

Jason Richwine of the American Enterprise Institute had a post up recently with the above awkwardly large graph, the key of which can be seen by doubleclicking on the graph. The white bar is American-...
By Steve Sailer on 12/23/2009

Hispanic Crime Rates

A friend sends along this graph of incarceration rates for 18-29 year old males for states with sizable mestizo Hispanic populations, pointing out similar incarceration rates for young males for white...