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Category Archives: California
Steve Sailer: What Apple Has Been Up to Since Steve Jobs Died
Comments at Steve Sailer: * It would be instructive to know what it was about California that so appealed to Steve Jobs. * Well in his absence his widow has certainly been working overtime to turn it into Mexico. * … Continue reading
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Very Racist, Very Anti-Semitic Article In Los Angeles Times Pretending To Mourn Loss Of Tree Privilege
Just substitute “Jews” for everything bad in this article and you can see how this essay is an invite for a Holocaust. It is stoking the flames of hate. This is not who we are. It’s the current year. My … Continue reading
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Driving California
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Weren’t liberals arguing that the crime rates for illegals are relatively low because they want to keep a low profile? According to that logic, their accident rates should go up if you grant them driver’s … Continue reading
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What Type Of Bedrock Supports The Oroville Dam?
Comments at Steve Sailer: * Former geologist here. What I’ve gleaned from Steve’s commentariat (but emphatically not from following the mainstream news) is that the multiple failures at Oroville are not uncorrelated, because they trace back to a fundamental issue: … Continue reading
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The Lazy River Has Never Been Lazier
Comments at Steve Sailer: * South Park did an episode with the boys going to a water park and it being swamped with minorities, to Cartman’s horror. The B-plot consisted of Kyle’s disgust with with the percentage of pee in … Continue reading
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Will Trump Be Overthrown By A Revolution?
Steve Sailer: “Sometimes I think that the only thing holding back the American Color Revolution is that the Coalition of the Fringes can’t agree over what color it should be.” Comments at Steve Sailer: * The right is largely suppressed … Continue reading
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Banc of California chief resigns amid SEC inquiry
Remind me to never bank at any bank spelled “Banc.” It’s un-American. Los Angeles Times: Steven Sugarman, the chief executive of fast-growing Irvine lender Banc of California, resigned on Monday, the same day the bank announced it is under investigation … Continue reading
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“California’s Birthrate Falls to Its Lowest Level on Record”
Comments at Steve Sailer: * I have relatives in an affluent West Los Angeles neighborhood. Twenty-five years ago, Halloween was a significant neighborhood event, with regular trick-or-treating, Halloween parties, and the like. According to my relatives, this year, they had … Continue reading
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LAT: Banc of California to review alleged ties to fraudster after investor’s demand
When a Bank is called Banc, it is usually a division of the original Bank, and often the persons in control want it for their own sketchy investments, but it is a weird business and it is always amazing how … Continue reading
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L.A.’s Dirty Little Brown Secret
David Cole writes: Outright racism by Latinos against blacks gets little coverage in the liberal press and no outrage from SJWs, and black “civil rights leaders” are scared shitless to confront it with the same merciless, take-no-prisoners attitude they reserve … Continue reading
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