A Popularity Offensive
7th March 2008
A useful discussion of why the Democrats are wrong on foreign policy.
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7th March 2008
A useful discussion of why the Democrats are wrong on foreign policy.
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7th March 2008
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7th March 2008
It is not a pretty sight.
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7th March 2008
And the sooner they realize it, the sooner they’ll get better at it, and we’ll all beneift.
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7th March 2008
I wonder whether we could combine this with the paint-ball firing robot.
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7th March 2008
Apparently their politicians are as pig-ignorant as our politicians. Who knew?
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7th March 2008
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7th March 2008
I’d want one with rapid-fire capability.
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7th March 2008
Global Warming, if it exists, will bring economic benefits to many. And that’s probably why all of the eco-fascists are agin it.
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7th March 2008
What do perfumes and wine have in common, other than an ability to attract the pretentious?
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7th March 2008
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7th March 2008
Many people and cultures view t-shirts as a simple piece of apparel that can be acquired cheaply and worn in casual situations. For white people, it’s never that easy. The t-shirt is one of the most complex and expressive items in their entire wardrobe.
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7th March 2008
Mickey Kaus has a good point.
The meters measure the voter’s visceral reaction to whatever the candidate is saying. If the voter hates abortion, and Candidate A attacks abortion, the meter goes up. If the voter is pro-choice, the meter goes down. What the meter doesn’t capture is actual rumination–even fleeting doubts or flashes of confidence. The reaction loop’s too short for that. So if something Candidate B says, in the course of defending a right to abortion, actually makes a pro-life voter think twice about the issue, that will happen later, after the meter has moved on (and probably after the meters are locked up and everyone’s gone home). Indeed, the voter’s immediate reaction to a candidate who prompts reconsideration of a long-held position may be more negative than usual, reflecting the voter’s annoyance at being challenged and forced to think. ….
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7th March 2008
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7th March 2008
Democrats are corrupt. No surprises here.
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6th March 2008
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6th March 2008
I, for one, think it a fine idea. For one thing, it eliminates the tip surcharge on the top of your meal price.
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6th March 2008
Though professional graduate schools like law and medicine are desirable, the true ivory tower of academia is most coveted as it imparts true, useless knowledge. The best subjects are English, History, Art History, Film, Gender Studies, <insert nation> Studies, Classics, Philosophy, Political Science, <insert European nation> Literature, and the ultimate: Comp Lit. MFA’s are also acceptable.
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6th March 2008
Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.
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6th March 2008
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6th March 2008
If it works, this will be huge.
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6th March 2008
Most “problems” that government purports to solve will solve themselves, if left alone to do so.
Many “solutions” provided by government will eventually fail, because they are (like government) essentially static, and can’t cope with a world that changes.
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6th March 2008
Yaacov ben Moshe looks at the modern world. It is not a pretty sight.
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6th March 2008
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6th March 2008
Mencius Moldbug, in the course of announcing a hiatus, generates an afflatus.
Unfortunately for nonprogressives, progressives run the world, so there has to be some way to get a message to them. Unfortunately for progressives, they are quite unaware that they run the world. They believe it is run by their enemies, who oppress them or are at least trying to, and must be resisted with all their energy. If we could convince them that this was a misperception, we could convince them to stop being progressives. The matter is not without delicacy.
And that’s the truest thing you’ll read today.
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6th March 2008
Ohio’s most crippling handicap may be that its politicians — and thus its employers — are still in the grip of such industrial unions as the United Auto Workers. Ohio is a “closed shop” state, which means workers can be forced to join a union whether they wish to or not. Many companies — especially foreign-owned — say they will not even consider such locations for new sites. States with “right to work” laws that make union organizing more difficult had twice the job growth of Ohio…
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6th March 2008
When engaging in a conversation about corporate evils it is important to NEVER, EVER mention Apple Computers, Target or Ikea in the same breath as the companies mentioned earlier. White people prefer to hate corporations that don’t make stuff that they like.
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6th March 2008
A civil disturbance would result in the complete shutdown of the financial system in the capital. Watch for any preliminary signs of organised violence, closure of shops and businesses, and attacks upon civilians.
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6th March 2008
“Public” (i.e. government ownership) causes more problems than it solves. But you knew that.
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6th March 2008
This is the same Scott Nearing who was a regressive icon for his and his wife’s Good Life books.
Adolf, call your office.
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6th March 2008
Well, I thought it was interesting.
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6th March 2008
A reminder that these people aren’t our friends, they just suck up to us as long as we are willing to protect them from their enemies.
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6th March 2008
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6th March 2008
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5th March 2008
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5th March 2008
Regressives want more centralized control of schooling. Adolf, call your office.
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5th March 2008
Hey, life is full of choices.
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4th March 2008
Don’t use Windows. Just sayin’….
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4th March 2008
In fact, the main reason white people like soccer is so they can buy a new scarf. As you may or may not know, many soccer teams issue special scarves, and white people cannot get enough of them!
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3rd March 2008
I want one of these so badly it makes my teeth hurt.
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3rd March 2008
The “youths” in question, of course, are Muslim.
It would appear that the French are about to have demonstrated to them that eternal truth, “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.”
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3rd March 2008
An excellent and useful addition to the language.
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3rd March 2008
No wonder Rush Limbaugh refers to Reuters as “al-Reuters”.
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3rd March 2008
More inconvenient truth.
One of the great truths about the Left is that they have no abiding principles (such as respect for the individual or a skepticism about human wisdom). All the Left have is a lust for power. And because of that they can turn on a dime when it suits them. And history is a good tool for showing that. But with their command of the educational system, the Left have ensured that only selected bits of history get taught in the schools or mentioned elsewhere. So the lessons of history are usually well-hidden from most people.
I wonder what the reaction would be to reproducing that classic poster today?
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3rd March 2008
The Washington Post, of course.
It’s obvious what advantage accrues to the MSM like the Washington Post by having a “shield law” that excuses their reporters from the obligation that every citizen has to assist the police and courts in preventing and solving crimes, but what advantage accrues to the public? The opportunity to read all about it — after it happens, when it could have been prevented?
The fact that a “source” gave information to a reporter under a promise of confidentiality doesn’t trump a citizen’s obligations under the law, media mythology to the contrary notwithstanding. If reporters feel that strongly about it, they’re free to accept the consequences of breaking the law; they just want to skate free without consequence, privileged snoopers above the fray who don’t have the same duty to prevent crime that the rest of us do.
Do the public a service and slap the next “journalist” you see. You’ll feel better for it.
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3rd March 2008
It’s just a sham … which reinforces the notion that Russia is just a Third Worl country with nuclear weapons.
The answer, I think, can lie only in the ruling clique’s fundamental insecurity, odd as that sounds. Though the denizens of the Kremlin do not, cannot, seriously fear Western military attack, they do still seem to fear Western-inspired popular discontent: public questioning of their personal wealth, public opposition to their power, political demonstrations of the sort that created the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. To stave off these things, they maintain the democratic rituals that give them a semblance of legitimacy.
This also gives us a good look at what Germany would be like if National Socialism had fallen from power “naturally” rather than through the country being pounded into rubble in war. Imagine Heydrich as Chancellor of a “democratic” Germany.
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3rd March 2008
Well, in tribal cultures, that’s what happens when one of your guys gets elected to public office: He gets spaces at the public trough for as many of his tribe as possible.
Remind me why the British decided to allow these people to govern themselves.
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3rd March 2008
Guess what? There’s a connection.
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3rd March 2008
Sign that kid up.
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