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Monthly Archives: October 2018
Weekend Linkage
Paleo Retiree writes: The Old Left is very long gone. Are white women really the problem? More. Steve Sailer has been asking an important question: Why exactly, starting in 2013, did the Dems start to go kinda nuts? Angelo Codevilla … Continue reading
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“We desperately need our own version of the First Amendment”
Fenster writes: You may have read about the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision a few days ago which “upheld a conviction against an Austrian woman who called the Islamic prophet Muhammed a ‘pedophile.’”
Blank-Slate Progressivism Under Siege
Paleo Retiree writes: A question I’ve been wondering about for years: As more and more discoveries emerge from the worlds of evo-bio and genetics, how is the PC-opinion class going to contend? When the “blank slate” part of “blank slate … Continue reading
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Tagged Evolutionary Biology, genetics, Razib Khan, Steve Sailer
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Montaigne Again
Fenster writes: Montaigne shows up here on UR quite a bit. I won’t do links this time. Look ’em up if you want. So permit me to just start in digressing. In her bio of Montaigne Sarah Bakewell describes the … Continue reading
The Truth Shall Make You Free?
Fenster writes: A blog post by the physicist Stephen Hsu on the need to own up to group differences driven by genes. Hsu writes: We are scientists, seeking truth. We are not slaves to ideological conformity. True. But I always … Continue reading
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Weekend Linkage
Paleo Retiree writes: In praise of 360 degree cameras. I’m tempted to get one myself … but would I use it more than once? Traffic circles, yay or nay? Dutch doors are awesome. Speaking of which, why isn’t more of … Continue reading
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“Killer Women”
Paleo Retiree writes: Netflix rec: My wife and I have been enjoying the documentary series “Killer Women with Piers Morgan.” In it, Morgan (a well-known British journalist) talks to convicted and imprisoned American women murderers, while cutting away to the … Continue reading
An Engineer Leaves Facebook
Paleo Retiree writes: “There is a vocal minority [on Facebook’s staff] that is belligerent beyond belief in a quest to implement social justice policies … The concerning thing that’s happening here is, I’m not sure Facebook’s leaderhip knows how to … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook
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Naked Lady of the Week: Alisa Amore
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: One website advertises Alisa with the tagline: “Nature gave to Alisa, so now she’s giving back…” I love that. It sounds like something from an exploitation movie poster of the 1960s. Nature did indeed give to … Continue reading
Weekend Linkage
Paleo Retiree writes: If diversity is so great, why do old-timers do better when living among people who are ethnically like themselves? If multiculturalism is so great, how well has it in practice ever worked? A good talk by (and … Continue reading
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