Daily Archives: May 24, 2017

Hamilton – The Musical

Comment: There are songs on youtube but basically it’s unlistenable unless you like rap music. And the Venn diagram overlap of people who like rap and people who like American history is very small. It’s not like the tunes are … Continue reading

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‘The Siege’

Comment: “The Siege was a good movie, and was prescient in terms of future Islamophobia concerns, but not in terms of how the U.S. and other Western societies would react to terrorism. IIRC, the triggering terrorism in The Siege caused … Continue reading

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USC’s Polygenic Prediction and its Application in Social Science Conference

Comment: “Last week’s USC polygenetic social science seminar. I have only got through the first two sessions. Pure iSteve candy. Watch the tapdancing during the comments when a woman started to discuss the implications of the data for genes and … Continue reading

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Guardian: “”Alt-Right’ Have Stormed Mainstream Consciousness by Using ‘Humor'”

Comments at Steve Sailer: * There’s quite a cottage industry in deconstructing 4chan threads and Pepe twitter memes for shock horror presentation to the masses. A few people perhaps hoping to find it a way to tenure, following Matthew Goodwin … Continue reading

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How some Southern California drug rehab centers exploit addiction

How would you like to live next to a drug addiction center? This is a horrifying series from the Orange County Register: Chronic drug users like Solomon are commodities, exploited by a growing world of drug and alcohol rehab operators … Continue reading

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