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Monthly Archives: February 2019
Greco-Christianity
Bud says: I had a thought this week while I was clicking around on Wikipedia regarding Dante — I noticed more than ever how many references there are to Greek mythology in Inferno. I found myself reading about “the judgement … Continue reading
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Jussie Smollett Charged With Felony For Filing False Police Report
00:00 Betrayals: The Unpredictability of Human Relations 02:30 Kyle on IQ, previewing his JF Gariepy appearance tomorrow 25:00 JF Gariepy’s controversies 40:00 Betrayal 1:06:00 KMG arrives to discuss the National Review 1:21:00 Talk radio vs podcasts 1:40:00 Pierre Omidyar — … Continue reading
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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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Otto Pohl Vs The Cofnas Critique
Nathan Cofnas writes on NathanCofnas.com: Here I have compiled my entire exchange with Kevin MacDonald in chronological order. I believe that my first article in the Genetic Literacy Project gives the best overview of the debate. MacDonald has said that … Continue reading
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Security Guard Edduin Khaleb Zelaya Grunfeld Shoots M-F Transgender ‘Furry Potato’ Livestreaming Outside Chabad School in Los Angeles
Edduin Khaleb Zelaya Grunfeld is an Orthodox Jew GoFundMe Here is a picture of the guard in happier times with Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti. The guard is a convert to Judaism from El Salvador. NYP: “The synagogue security guard … Continue reading
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Is Economics A Science?
An academic emails me: “I didn’t read the book, but if Glaeser is describing it accurately then the authors have a very naive understanding of science–i.e., interminable disagreement means an activity isn’t science. Galeser points out that physicists disagree about … Continue reading
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WSJ: ‘The publisher pushed hard for admitting Jewish refugees and took two into her own home’
From the WSJ: But it wasn’t just party affiliation that made Alicia such a maverick in her family. She spurned its militant isolationism, becoming an early advocate of aiding beleaguered Britain as it faced up to Hitler alone. She even … 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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Tom Wolfe’s Race Realism
Ben Yagoda writes in the WSJ: “While “The Bonfire of the Vanities” (1987) was a tour de force—not coincidentally set in New York, his adoptive home town, whose streets he had pounded for so many years—I wasn’t able to get … Continue reading
Gaslighting Is How The Elites Stay In Power
00:00 Jeff Bezos vs National Enquirer 05:00 Kyle on Hitler, Julius Caesar, Dissident Right 50:00 Richard Spencer 1:09:00 Jared Taylor 1:12:00 KMG arrives 1:47:00 Gaslighting Is How The Elite Maintains Power 2:19:00 Southern Poverty Law Center sued by Proud Boys … Continue reading
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