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Category Archives: California
Why Can’t We Have Nice Things?
Comment: But of course, we’re not allowed to notice why we can’t have nice things like civilization and tolerance. From today’s paper: Father accused of fatally shooting son because he was gay Jim Key, spokesman for the Los Angeles LGBT … Continue reading
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The Point Of Charter Schools
Comments to Steve Sailer: * The whole point of charter schools is to allow well-connected insiders to steal from American taxpayers. It would be racist to deny, to the Turks only, a boon given freely to any Saudi prince, Nigerian … Continue reading
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Working The System
REPORT: A common program to compensate public safety workers for job-related disabilities is to grant them a tax exemption, whereby 50% of their retirement pension is exempt from state and federal taxes. While it is virtually impossible to collect data … Continue reading
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Ron Unz Running For US Senate
Steve Sailer writes: Ron was motivated by both parties of the Sacramento legislature voting quietly to put on the ballot in 2016 a ballot measure in effect repealing his signature Proposition 227. This 1998 measure switched the default in California … Continue reading
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Does California Need High Speed Rail?
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Besides the staggering building costs, the problem here is density. California lacks it. We are not Japan. Therefore, high speed rain in California is a nice idea only; since once you reach your destination (unless … Continue reading
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Welcome to Arcadia – The California Suburb Where Wealthy Chinese Criminals are Building Mansions to Stash Cash
Michael Krieger writes: The city, population 57,600, projects that about 150 older homes—53 percent more than normal—will be torn down this year and replaced with mansions. The deals happen fast and are rarely listed publicly. Often, the first indication that … Continue reading
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Anatomy Of The LA Riots
Comments to Steve Sailer: * How does O.J’s fugitive run relate to Bruce/Caitlyn? Reading your insight about racially charged female intra-sexual competion on the jury, I wonder if there is also a connection to how most of the Kardashian/Jenner sisters … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, California, Crime, Los Angeles
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LAT: Her pink Taser, poisoned hamburger patties and an iPhone: the story of a wife who lured an Orange County fugitive out of Iran
How is this woman allowed to practice law in California? Los Angeles Times: When three men escaped from the Orange County jail, officials quickly decided only one of the escapees possessed the cunning and resourcefulness to mastermind it: Hossein Nayeri, … Continue reading
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First They Came For The Almond Growers…
I need a catchy put-down like “anti-Semitism” for when California parcels out water in a way I don’t like. If California sides with cities over almond farmers, for example, what horrible bigotry has it committed? First they came for the … Continue reading
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The Blessings Of Chinese Birth Tourism
Comments to Steve Sailer: * The brightest kids in California high schools are assured admission to the best schools in California’s public university system. That’s why: UC Berkley is 40% Asian (32% white) UC Davis is 39% Asian (29% white) … Continue reading
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