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Category Archives: Politics
How Do Police Subdue Nasty Strong Men?
Comments to Steve Sailer: * As I recall, Rodney King was Tasered twice, but still rushed one of the LAPD officers, which led to the baton strikes. He was lucky he was not shot multiple times. The problem with less-lethal … Continue reading
Bernie Sanders & Howard Dean
Steve Sailer writes: Why did the media turn against Dean so violently in early 2004? This article talks a lot about Dean’s personal volatility. Maybe … But I’d say: most of the Establishment had more or less acquiesced in the … Continue reading
Do White Lives Matter?
Comments to Steve Sailer: * I am sensing about many middle class Americans beginning to wake up to the fact that the Democratic Party is beholden to an important part of its base which does not believe that “white lives … Continue reading
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Who Won The Debate?
Comments to Steve Sailer: * I wish the questions were not so ‘inside the Beltway’ stuff but what are you going to get from media personalities who live ‘inside the Beltway’. Does anyone really think Americans are really worked up … Continue reading
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Let’s Meet Jeb!
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Jeb is running for The Ultimate Alpha Male Job On Planet Earth. The man with his finger on The Button. The man who stares down Putin. The man who can single-handedly incinerate the world. Yet … Continue reading
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How Do You Talk To Leftists?
From Chateau Heartiste: Dirty Randy wonders how to evade a typical substance-free leftoid attack. You can see the Hivemind formulating their comeback: “They must be Stormfronters.” What’s the proper way to respond? Ignore and plow? Agree and amplify? A number … Continue reading
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Sailer: If Liberals Undermine Community and Conservatives Undermine Government, Who Wins?
Georgetown history professor Carroll Quigley (1910-1977): “Conservatives now are telling us that we must curtail government, cut government spending, cut government powers, reduce government personnel for the sake of making individuals more free. “Liberals, on the other hand, are still … Continue reading
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Democratic Coalition Crack-Up
Comments to Steve Sailer: * South Asians think about politics the way Jews do because they are as clannish as Jews are. East Asians are less clannish than that. They would be more likely to enter into a coalition with … Continue reading
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My Place On The Political Spectrum
LINK: “You are a right moderate social authoritarian. Right: 4.7, Authoritarian: 2.94” Foreign Policy: On the left side are pacifists and anti-war activists. On the right side are those who want a strong military that intervenes around the world. You … Continue reading
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Can You Spot The Diversity?
Heartiste: Vox, as you may or may not know, is a seething pit of anti-badwhite “anti-racism” Judeo-Christian hatred. If there’s a Dindu Nuffin or a Gentle Giant or a make-believe rape culture victim who can be exploited to slander normal, … Continue reading
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