The Joys Of Being Wrong

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Luke Ford

Nick Short writes:

When I first got clean, the catalyst beyond threat of discontinued financial support was certainty that I would finally be recognized for the meteoric talent that I was – that all of the reasons for which I thought I used substances would be reinterpreted and rightly understood as unappreciated genius and, once so affirmed, I would no longer indulge that self-destructive tendency born of being “misunderstood” – no wait sorry – not just misunderstood like you are – distinctively misunderstood. Quitting drugs for me, however, has actually shown its primary benefit to be that I now get to participate in life just as other people do – like a person looking to what actually is instead of constant consumption with what is not, with how they’ve been wronged, with how they are somehow simultaneously better and worse than ____, all at the same time.

Even now, despite years of practiced right-sizing and spiritual dependence, there is a part of me that continues to sustain the myth that I am somehow so special as to be immune to the conditions that dog other people, despite a consistent undercurrent of fraudulence: that I can put in a little less effort, that I am somehow shrouded in a halo sufficient to enchant those so blessed to gaze upon my angel face.

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Will Maxine Waters Chair The Committee On Financial Affairs?

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Luke Ford

Comments at Steve Sailer:

* …when I was younger and worked for a House Democrat, Maxine Waters was considered a total joke by most of her own caucus – at Financial Services hearings, she repeatedly demonstrated that she didn’t have even the most rudimentary understanding of most of the issues under the committee’s jurisdiction.

Should she become chairwoman, not only should the opposition highlight her lack of knowledge repeatedly, it should also flog the fact that she lives a life (and district) completely different from her constituents and how little her influence in Congress has meant for them.

* Is there some reason why the average ISteve reader should give a damn about the Republican Party?

* The average iStever reader is probably a white American who is deeply concerned about the future of this nation. Yes, most definitely yes, they should give a damn about the Republican party. And before anyone writes “they’re just both sides of the same party”, or “the Republicans are just as bad as the Democrats”, consider the following:

1) It should be abundantly clear to anyone reading this blog that the Republican party has been for some time the white party and will become even more the white party in the future. If you are a white American you really have no other choice. It’s like a homesteader who doesn’t get the choicest piece of land. You make do with what you have and try to make it as good as possible. So whatever you think of the Republicans, it’s your party now and you should get involved and try to make it better.

2) The Democrats and the media have finally shown what many have suspected. They are anti-white. Steve’s tweeting and selection of blog posts over the weekend is testament to how out in the open they are about their anti-white animus. So iSteve readers know their choice has been made for them. There is no option to iStevers for the Democrat party.

3) We have guys like Speaker Paul “Cuck” Ryan and Senators Corker and Flake quitting. These are some of the people who justify the saying that Republicans are “just as bad as the Democrats”. They are quitting because the Republican party is finally changing. It is changing into something more of us on this blog can accept. And it’s only the beginning.

4) Many neocons and nevertrumpers have left the Republican party. The cleaning continues.

5) Even big donors like the Cuck Brothers have been publicly attacked by Trump and the Republicans. So the party is changing.

The list goes on and I won’t bore you. I am sure others can add items similar to the above. The point to take is that if you are an iSteve reader you have no choice. And despite your past opinions of the GOP, there are signs that the Republican party is changing to our view. Is it there yet? No. But we have seen more movement in the past 18 months than anything I’ve seen in my lifetime. Now is not the time to stop or pause and complain. Now is the time to keep your foot on the pedal and continue with this transformation.

But here is the kicker. All of this progress we’ve seen over the past 18 months can and will be stopped if the Republicans lose the House in November. Not only must iSteve readers accept that the GOP is their party, they must actively support it this election cycle or risk having our momentum stalled or completely stopped by a Democrat House.

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‘I remember thinking his waning vitality could be used to my advantage’

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Luke Ford

From The Guardian: “As a 17-year-old student about to go to college, Ottessa Moshfegh approached a famous male writer for advice. He was willing to give it – in exchange for veneration… and sex.”

I first became aware during the physical act of love… Yes, a profound sense of fatigue, a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I — I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence. I can assure you it has not recurred. Women, er, women sense my power, and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, but I do deny them my essence.

Comments at Steve Sailer:

* Sounds like the creepy old male writer was Philip Roth. The dates and ages match up, not to mention character. The real Roth’s wife had divorced him rather than died, as in Moshfegh’s description, but she may have changed that detail to something functionally similar to disguise Roth a little more. Roth’s ex’s memoir about leaving Roth was titled Leaving the Doll House, and Moshdegh described how beautifully decorated Roth’s wife had left his apartment.

“Rupert Dicks” scans the same as Philip Roth.

* Moshfegh is brilliant at self-marketing, she knows intuitively the female victim space is full and the supply demand mismatch is on the side of fem-fatal. I am positive she has been victimized in one way or another in her action packed 37 years, but why waste valuable time writing about stuff that at best might get you a middling pay job on the Times editorial board when you can spend your time writing serious books or for Conde Nast.

Moshfegh has an Iranian Jewish father and Croatian mother. This raised a question in my mind about NY Times editorial board diversity. There isn’t any Jewish diversity at the Times. Friedman, David Brooks, Bari Weiss, why no Middle Eastern Jews? Or Persian Jews like Moshfegh? Moshfegh might have something to say about the most important topic this minute, Iran, but either no one is asking, or she’s not telling.

Pro tip for aspiring writers: If am searching the net correctly, Moshfegh does not seem to use or need social media. I don’t see any Tweets and her Face Book page is not viewable by people without a facebook profile like me. She apparently does not get woman of letters career advice from tech journals or the NY Times.

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BPD & Sarah Jeong

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Luke Ford

Comments at Steve Sailer:

* I think that in general more attention needs to be paid to Borderline Personality Disorder and its role in a lot of these scandals and fiascos.

Approximately 1 in 40 women have BPD. The sort of lying, manipulation, and promiscuity you see from people like mattress girl and (apparently) Zoe Quinn are among the signature symptoms of BPD.

* If you can’t see how big of a deal it is that the NYT hired this girl and has, along with virtually all left-wing and some “right-wing” media, continued to defend her hiring, you clearly have an enormous amount of learning to do about the basics of American politics and culture.

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The Japanese Seem To Take Moral Responsibility Rather Seriously

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Luke Ford

From Wikipedia: “In January 2016, Becky’s reputation as Japan’s most popular female personality took a negative hit after Japanese tabloid Shukan Bunshun revealed that she had an affair with musician Enon Kawatani who at the time was married. Following the scandal, Kawatani announced that he officially divorced his wife. In order to appease the public backlash and as a condition for her comeback to show business in Japan, Becky tried to officially apologize to Kawatani’s wife. However, having no direct channel to her, Becky contacted the Shukan Bunshun’s editorial department instead. Shukan Bunshun published the full contents of Becky’s letter at the end of April 2016.[10] The letter acknowledges her affair but also implies that she has not seen Kawatani since the scandal broke and that she no longer has feelings for him. As a result of her apologies, Becky was to make her comeback with an appearance on TBS. In her first appearance back on TV, she appeared on “Full Chorus – Music is Full Chorus” on the cable channel BS Skyperfect TV.[11]”

Hat tip: Steve Sailer.

The Guardian: “Her crime, it appears, was to break the steadfast rule that requires young female celebrities in Japan not only to entertain, but to remain morally unimpeachable.”

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