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WSJ: To Fight Poverty, Raise IQ Scores
Nicholas Wade writes in the WSJ Dec. 17, 2015: Smarter people, on average, are more patient and interested in saving. And indeed national savings rates correlate with IQ scores… He argues that IQ is correlated with several other virtues that … Continue reading
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WSJ: Can the Holocaust Be Explained?
From the WSJ in 2017: A new batch of books by Laurence Rees, Peter Hayes and David Cesarani tries to crack the puzzle: Why the Jews? And why the Germans? Josef Joffe reviews… Why did the Germans invest ever more … Continue reading
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The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do by Judith Rich Harris
Here are some highlights: * Generalization 1: Parents who do a good job of managing their lives, and who get along well with others, tend to have children who are also good at managing their lives and getting along with … Continue reading
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Valley Girls
Monsieur writes: Mr. Ford, I went to a French restaurant to get dinner. Incredibly dense scene to unpack. You had this young white woman, blonde and kinda pudgy, with a Valley Girl accent. I was immediately bothered by that because … Continue reading
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#159 1-23-19 Will The Bryan Singer Controversy Bring Down Hollywood?
00:00 Bitcoin Bull: John Mcafee Is Running for President While Running from the Law 03:00 What is Bitcoin? 50:00 Your rights on a boat 52:00 David Reich 1:14:00 KMG arrives: The Atlantic: The Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been … Continue reading
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Google Suffers A Thousand Intersectional Cuts
00:00 Google manipulates search results to fit its leftist agenda 37:00 Sacklers Directed Efforts to Mislead Public About OxyContin 58:00 Luke’s experiences w psych meds 1:23:00 Kevin Mallory: The churchgoing patriot who spied for China 1:33:00 YouTube clarifies rules on … Continue reading
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The Happiest Time Of My Life
Claire Khaw wrote under the following video: “Tell us about the happiest time of your life, Luke.” I like that question. This was the happiest time of my life. It was in October of 1977, I believe, I was a … Continue reading
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Paul Nehlen Doxxed Ricky Vaughn (Douglass Mackey) Yesterday
From 4Chan’s Pol: * Paul Nehlen has gone from challenging Paul Ryan for a seat in congress to being a Gab-tier white nationalist mud slinger engaged in the doxing of his political opponents. TRS realizing they created an idiot by … Continue reading
WP: A speech code for lawyers, banning viewpoints that express ‘bias,’ including in law-related social activities
During our Sunday interview, Frame Game Radio, a Jewish New York corporate lawyer, suggested that the following is why Kyle Bristow cucked so badly over the weekend. A lawyer friend says: “Lawyers like to think of themselves as potential Atticus … Continue reading
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First They Came For The Daily Stormer
Whatever you think of Anglin, The Daily Stormer was a canary in a coal mine. "Edgy" conservative sites are getting shut down now. — Richard ☝🏻Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) August 21, 2017 .@ezralevant The taking down of The Rebel is BS, and … Continue reading
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