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Monthly Archives: September 2016
The Megaphone in (In)Action On Alicia Machado
Steve Sailer writes: From CBS News: Commentary: The curious case of Alicia Machado By WILL RAHN CBS NEWS September 29, 2016, 12:54 PM As a rule, reporters like to keep their stories interesting, which is why the coverage we’ve seen … Continue reading
Tabletmag: Trump Mouthpiece Breitbart News Publishes Anti-Semitic Attack on Prominent Columnist
I believe the author is right that the Overton Window is shifting so that things once impermissable to say in public are now more acceptable. I don’t find euphemisms such as “anti-Semitism” useful. When did you ever hear of anti-Gentilism? … Continue reading
DallasNews: By going AWOL for days after injury, Dez Bryant hurt the rest of the Cowboys, too
I wonder if all races and religious groups would be equally likely to be this irresponsible? My life experience suggests no. Generally speaking, the smaller the brain, the faster the runner. The smaller the brain, the lower the IQ. Rick … Continue reading
NYT: Clinton “Campaign Declined to Say Whether Ms. Machado’s Background Had Been Vetted.”
Steve Sailer writes: What’s interesting about this latest Clinton campaign set-up of Trump, however, is how much of a botch it is. The dead soldier’s parents really were the parents of a solider who is dead. This example, however, of … Continue reading
Miss Universe Alicia Machado who sparked Donald Trump Miss Piggy row had SEX on a reality show called The Farm
The Sun: In a now infamous 2005 episode of ‘La Granja,’ Alicia apparently had sex in front of the cameras with Spanish TV host Fernando Acaso. Machado was engaged to Philadelphia Phillies baseball star Bobby Abreu at the time. He … Continue reading
This May Be The Most Horrible Thing That Donald Trump Believes – And it just may be the master key to unlocking how he thinks.
From the Huffington Post: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has offered a litany of racist comments, which it turns out may be rooted in his deeper belief in the inherent superiority of some people ― and not others. The Frontline … Continue reading
Designated Survivor
The U.S. government is wiped out in the first few minutes of episode one by terrorists, and in episode two, the focus is naturally on the civil rights of American Muslims. Obviously the Jews who made Designated Survivor don’t give … Continue reading
Ari Ben Canaan: ‘Towards the Alt Flat Earth Society: The Comment that Got Me Banned from r/altright’
Just as Jews deserve safe spaces where they can avoid the presence of goyim, so too goyim deserve safe spaces where they can avoid the presence of Jews. We should all have freedom of association, in person and online. When … Continue reading
Alt Zionism – A Home for Dissident Jews
LINK: “Alt Zionism is, as its name suggests, a blog dedicated to writings on those two estranged brothers of contemporary ethnonationalism: the Alt Right, and Zionism. The author, Ari Ben Canaan, is an anonymous Israeli-American academician, dissident from and dangerously … Continue reading
Steve Sailer: Washington Post Crows Over Brilliance of HRC / MSM Rollout of Alicia Machado
Steve Sailer writes: One of the conclusions I’ve come into over the decades is that an awful lot of what is positioned as important ideological idealism is really just careerist self-promoters — Bruce Jenner, Alicia Machado, etc etc — cynically … Continue reading