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Category Archives: America
Steve Sailer: The Unanswered Question: Would Hillary Accept Defeat or Would She Blame Russian Hackers?
Steve Sailer writes: Would Hillary peacefully accept the verdict of the polls or would she demand that Obama strike back at Russia for rigging the election? COMMENTS: * Another Unanswered Quesion: Why do liberals say they’ll move to Canada, rather … Continue reading
Hillary Brings Up Alicia Machado Yet Again
Steve Sailer writes: From the Third Presidential Debate: “CLINTON: … In the 1990s, I went to Beijing and I said women’s rights are human rights. He insulted a former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, called her an eating machine.” As I … Continue reading
The Campaign to Toxify Donald Trump Among Jews
Joel Pollak wrote March 4, 2016: Say what you will about Donald Trump, but he is not an antisemite. Yet there is a malicious campaign afoot to paint him as one. Tablet Magazine, for example, has launched a “Trump Watch” … Continue reading
Chateau Heartiste Was The Trumpening Before There Was Trump
Matt King writes: Let’s take a second here during a game post to congratulate CH for the victory in the general culture we are all now experiencing. The election (win or lose) is a symptom of that victory, not its … Continue reading
Podesta Email Leak: Was Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Assassinated?
From the Chateau: I normally don’t lend much credence to conspiracy theories, especially ones involving dead bodies, but this is not a normal year in America. We now know the ruling class has it in for everyday Americans. So when … Continue reading
10%
From the Chateau: One of the most important (and under-appreciated) social science studies to have been linked at the Chateau had to do with the escape velocity of revolutionary political movements. Unfortunately, I gave up trying to find the relevant … Continue reading
The Best Political Ad Of 2016 (And Possibly Ever)
From the Chateau: Via Shrill, who writes, This is the best political ad I’ve seen in a long time. Absolutely implicit. A mother carrying a child is a rich image, one that’s imprinted not when motherhood starts but when girlhood … Continue reading
Rigging Elections
Steve Sailer writes: Ironically, the most far-reaching scheme to rig this and future American elections isn’t being plotted in the Kremlin (as Hillary Clinton and the ruling media warn). Nor is it being hammered out in K Street offices by … Continue reading
The Left Has No Idea How Naked They Are
Comment: A First World country (USA, 2017) that is rapidly turning into a Third World country might develop a penchant for a coup or two. Swiss army Chief of Staff urges citizens to arm themselves against ‘impending social disorder’: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-30/swiss-army-chief-warns-social-unrest-calls-upon-citizens-arm-themselves … Continue reading
Tabletmag on Jared Kushner: “Does he remain the type of person that others want to do business with, or socialize with, even in New York?”
Oy vey! The social consequences of supporting Donald Trump! From Tabletmag: Soon, very soon, barring some succession of events so awful as to surpass even the insanely high bar set this season for civic unpleasantness, Donald Trump will be consigned … Continue reading