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  1. I read the separate text box before the graphic loaded and assumed it was about the legacy media crackdown on dissidents. My guess (as to why they’re not doing that already) is that a NYT defamatory profile campaign would result in increased readership for our side.
    Steve, do you try to avoid MSM attention and/or Zuckerberg-type profiling? You don’t have one of those laughing demonic Orwellian Bezos spy boxes?

    • Replies: @Anonymous
    @J.Ross

    My suspicion is that most MSM sorts who have actually ever read this realize that it is not at all what they expected, and realize that part of them likes it. Actually, let me step back. Maybe there are two sorts of MSM people who might find there way here. Some are just intellectually dim, or are operating in some sort of low-intellect mode, just looking for things to exploit. They realize that this isn't what they are looking for. Richard Spencer is the guy for them. But others, even some who believe they are personally and intellectually on the side of SJWism, realize that there is a part of them that dissents. It is a real part. They don't actually HATE the people they see here. At least that's how it was for me.... (I was never MSM, but I have been in academia...) I was a reader for one or two years before I accepted that I am actually one of these people, and internally endorse that fact.

    Replies: @BB753, @Digital Samizdat

  2. Wow Steve Sailer, you have to be sitting on Cloud 9, seeing the beautiful phenomenon named for you.

    • Replies: @Jeff Albertson
    @Charles Erwin Wilson

    I could see the name "Steve" become the male equivalent of "Becky". Not quite Chad not quite Dexter; Steve!

    Replies: @Charles Erwin Wilson

  3. What is plasma? When did it happen? Watching old movies?

    • Replies: @Tim Howells
    @newrouter


    What is plasma?
     
    Great Question. It is (some say) the fundamental substance of the universe. If you need a break from our cultural disintegration, here are some links:
    http://www.plasmauniverse.info/
    https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2011/10/25/essential-guide-to-the-eu-chapter-3/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFFl9S39CTM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_EWnXCu2w

    Replies: @El Dato

    , @Bernardista
    @newrouter

    https://youtu.be/sLkGSV9WDMA

  4. OT: Steve, any thoughts on UVA about to become the first #1 seed ever in the NCAA tournament to lose to a #16 seed in the first round?

    • Replies: @Steve Sailer
    @Yan Shen

    Back when they had a 64 team field, the #16 seeds in the 4 regions tended to be bad teams that the NCAA had to take for some reason: e.g., a team that went 11-16 but got lucky and won their crummy conference's tournament. (The NCAA often has a contract obligating it to take at least one team from each conference, and there are some very obscure conferences out there.) So there was a big fall off in quality from #15 to #16 seeds. The #15s were teams the NCAA thought had a little something on the ball, but the #16s were in the tournament for fluke reasons. So it wasn't too rare for a #15 to beat a #2, but #16s only came close to beating #1s a few times. (E.g., Princeton played a slow-down game to give itself better odds of getting lucky.)

    But then they expanded the tournament to 68 teams and now have the 8 lowest seeded teams playoff for the 4 #16 spots, so #16s are probably better these days than, say, in the 1980s. Now the #16s are all teams that managed to win a game earlier this week, so they are likely healthier and playing better than #16s in the past.

  5. @Yan Shen
    OT: Steve, any thoughts on UVA about to become the first #1 seed ever in the NCAA tournament to lose to a #16 seed in the first round?

    Replies: @Steve Sailer

    Back when they had a 64 team field, the #16 seeds in the 4 regions tended to be bad teams that the NCAA had to take for some reason: e.g., a team that went 11-16 but got lucky and won their crummy conference’s tournament. (The NCAA often has a contract obligating it to take at least one team from each conference, and there are some very obscure conferences out there.) So there was a big fall off in quality from #15 to #16 seeds. The #15s were teams the NCAA thought had a little something on the ball, but the #16s were in the tournament for fluke reasons. So it wasn’t too rare for a #15 to beat a #2, but #16s only came close to beating #1s a few times. (E.g., Princeton played a slow-down game to give itself better odds of getting lucky.)

    But then they expanded the tournament to 68 teams and now have the 8 lowest seeded teams playoff for the 4 #16 spots, so #16s are probably better these days than, say, in the 1980s. Now the #16s are all teams that managed to win a game earlier this week, so they are likely healthier and playing better than #16s in the past.

  6. @newrouter
    What is plasma? When did it happen? Watching old movies?

    Replies: @Tim Howells, @Bernardista

    What is plasma?

    Great Question. It is (some say) the fundamental substance of the universe. If you need a break from our cultural disintegration, here are some links:
    http://www.plasmauniverse.info/
    https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2011/10/25/essential-guide-to-the-eu-chapter-3/

    • Replies: @El Dato
    @Tim Howells

    It is (some say) the fundamental substance of the universe.

    Not that again.

    One cannot find anything more pedestrian than plasma. Seriously stuff for anime morning.

  7. Wow. I saw that movie when it first came out… and I already knew of the comic strip it was based on.

  8. “Steve News”

    You’re finally sharing your 23andme?

  9. Anonymous • Disclaimer says:
    @J.Ross
    I read the separate text box before the graphic loaded and assumed it was about the legacy media crackdown on dissidents. My guess (as to why they're not doing that already) is that a NYT defamatory profile campaign would result in increased readership for our side.
    Steve, do you try to avoid MSM attention and/or Zuckerberg-type profiling? You don't have one of those laughing demonic Orwellian Bezos spy boxes?

    Replies: @Anonymous

    My suspicion is that most MSM sorts who have actually ever read this realize that it is not at all what they expected, and realize that part of them likes it. Actually, let me step back. Maybe there are two sorts of MSM people who might find there way here. Some are just intellectually dim, or are operating in some sort of low-intellect mode, just looking for things to exploit. They realize that this isn’t what they are looking for. Richard Spencer is the guy for them. But others, even some who believe they are personally and intellectually on the side of SJWism, realize that there is a part of them that dissents. It is a real part. They don’t actually HATE the people they see here. At least that’s how it was for me…. (I was never MSM, but I have been in academia…) I was a reader for one or two years before I accepted that I am actually one of these people, and internally endorse that fact.

    • Replies: @BB753
    @Anonymous

    Many people "transition" The harsh realities of life do it to you. from broadly Left to Right around age 20-25. But transitioning from Liberalism to Hard-right usually takes longer. My personal voyage from Liberalism to Reaction took about 15 years, from 19 to my mid-thirties. Lots of readings and real-life experiences brought about the change. Before I discovered Isteve. (IMHO, Steve Sailer is still deep - down a Reagan Democrat).
    In an intellectual sense, the trick is to read tons of pre-Enlightment books. In real life, coming to terms with the feeble-minded, the deviants and the permanent criminal/ dependent class.

    Replies: @Anonymous

    , @Digital Samizdat
    @Anonymous

    I suspect a lot of us here followed a very similar path. I first began entertaining real doubts (i.e., more than just your ordinary or typical complaints) about the system in the run-up to the Iraq War. But it still took me more than 10 years of researching and lurking before I was ready to go all in and become a 'conspiracy theorist'. There's such a heavy social taboo attached to anyone who does not accept the official narratives we're allowed to pick from, so we tend to internalize these taboos (shame), causing us to self-police our own thoughts and emotions. Very hard to let go of.

    Replies: @Anonymous

  10. Steve News

    Got a hecka cardio bump out of that headline.

    Glad it was just the Bear’s Muffler.

  11. Anonymous [AKA "ToddSmith"] says: • Website

    are any one annoyed that no one can post comments on this web site? wut?… hm

  12. Steve is one of our lights!

    Sorry to be corny.

  13. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a….bell curve?

    Charles Murray must so proud of you!

  14. I have absolutely no idea what any of you are talking about.

  15. @newrouter
    What is plasma? When did it happen? Watching old movies?

    Replies: @Tim Howells, @Bernardista

  16. @Tim Howells
    @newrouter


    What is plasma?
     
    Great Question. It is (some say) the fundamental substance of the universe. If you need a break from our cultural disintegration, here are some links:
    http://www.plasmauniverse.info/
    https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2011/10/25/essential-guide-to-the-eu-chapter-3/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFFl9S39CTM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_EWnXCu2w

    Replies: @El Dato

    It is (some say) the fundamental substance of the universe.

    Not that again.

    One cannot find anything more pedestrian than plasma. Seriously stuff for anime morning.

  17. @Anonymous
    @J.Ross

    My suspicion is that most MSM sorts who have actually ever read this realize that it is not at all what they expected, and realize that part of them likes it. Actually, let me step back. Maybe there are two sorts of MSM people who might find there way here. Some are just intellectually dim, or are operating in some sort of low-intellect mode, just looking for things to exploit. They realize that this isn't what they are looking for. Richard Spencer is the guy for them. But others, even some who believe they are personally and intellectually on the side of SJWism, realize that there is a part of them that dissents. It is a real part. They don't actually HATE the people they see here. At least that's how it was for me.... (I was never MSM, but I have been in academia...) I was a reader for one or two years before I accepted that I am actually one of these people, and internally endorse that fact.

    Replies: @BB753, @Digital Samizdat

    Many people “transition” The harsh realities of life do it to you. from broadly Left to Right around age 20-25. But transitioning from Liberalism to Hard-right usually takes longer. My personal voyage from Liberalism to Reaction took about 15 years, from 19 to my mid-thirties. Lots of readings and real-life experiences brought about the change. Before I discovered Isteve. (IMHO, Steve Sailer is still deep – down a Reagan Democrat).
    In an intellectual sense, the trick is to read tons of pre-Enlightment books. In real life, coming to terms with the feeble-minded, the deviants and the permanent criminal/ dependent class.

    • Replies: @Anonymous
    @BB753

    I'm the one you're replying too.
    "In an intellectual sense, the trick is to read tons of pre-Enlightment books."
    Absolutely. I have multiple degrees on this. So I was in academia for a good chunk of life: bad. But, I'm reading good stuff: good.

  18. Steve I was sorely tempted to root a slor tonight but Robert and Jimmy played for me

  19. Steve, could you do a post about the plight of White South Africans, as you know Australian government has seen fit to represent our people

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-16/persecuted-white-south-african-farmers-resettlement-gaining-mom/9556098

    Could you post sympathetically to our cause, please?

    • Replies: @Digital Samizdat
    @Pat Hannagan

    Good for Australia! I wish the US government would do something like that to help our white brothers and sisters in their hour of need. You know, back in the 80s, when supporting the anti-Apartheid cause was oh-so-fashionable in America, we were all assured up and down that S. African whites would be in no danger whatsoever should Apartheid end. Well, that was another lie ... But it's good to see that at least the Aussies are committed to doing something about this deplorable state of affairs.

  20. Digital Samizdat [AKA "Seamus Padraig"] says:
    @Anonymous
    @J.Ross

    My suspicion is that most MSM sorts who have actually ever read this realize that it is not at all what they expected, and realize that part of them likes it. Actually, let me step back. Maybe there are two sorts of MSM people who might find there way here. Some are just intellectually dim, or are operating in some sort of low-intellect mode, just looking for things to exploit. They realize that this isn't what they are looking for. Richard Spencer is the guy for them. But others, even some who believe they are personally and intellectually on the side of SJWism, realize that there is a part of them that dissents. It is a real part. They don't actually HATE the people they see here. At least that's how it was for me.... (I was never MSM, but I have been in academia...) I was a reader for one or two years before I accepted that I am actually one of these people, and internally endorse that fact.

    Replies: @BB753, @Digital Samizdat

    I suspect a lot of us here followed a very similar path. I first began entertaining real doubts (i.e., more than just your ordinary or typical complaints) about the system in the run-up to the Iraq War. But it still took me more than 10 years of researching and lurking before I was ready to go all in and become a ‘conspiracy theorist’. There’s such a heavy social taboo attached to anyone who does not accept the official narratives we’re allowed to pick from, so we tend to internalize these taboos (shame), causing us to self-police our own thoughts and emotions. Very hard to let go of.

    • Replies: @Anonymous
    @Digital Samizdat

    I'm the same Anon as above.

    An interesting take. The Iraq War actually pushed me in a more leftish direction.

    I had always considered myself a sort of "free speech" libertarian leftist, but for some time I realized that I had some undercurrent of rightish tendencies (Allan Bloomish), and I never endorsed authoritarian leftism.

    W's Iraq War was, to me, so obviously ill-conceived that I started writing emails to the White House and subscribing to every anti-war outlet I could find. I personally recognized Saddam as an utter villain, but it was clear that nobody had thought this through. There was no viable endgame.

    To me, this shows the power of social inhibition, since there is a part of me that recognized, even way back when Pat Buchanan made his "culture war" speech as an actual presidential candidate, that I actually endorsed some of it. I recognized my endorsement and viewed it somewhat ironically. I registered it as me being "astute" for realizing how "dangerous" this was. Now I look back on this and think that OF COURSE most of what he said was right.

  21. Anonymous • Disclaimer says:

    “I have absolutely no idea what any of you are talking about.”

    Steve (atmospheric_phenomenon):

    “…Steve is an atmospheric optical phenomenon which appears as a light ribbon in the sky, formally discovered in 2017 by aurora watchers…

    … The phenomenon is not rare, but nobody had looked into it in detail prior to that…

    …One of the aurora watchers… suggested the name “Steve” from… an animated comedy movie… went viral as an example of citizen science…

    …”Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement”… backronym of STEVE…”

  22. Digital Samizdat [AKA "Seamus Padraig"] says:
    @Pat Hannagan
    Steve, could you do a post about the plight of White South Africans, as you know Australian government has seen fit to represent our people

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-16/persecuted-white-south-african-farmers-resettlement-gaining-mom/9556098

    Could you post sympathetically to our cause, please?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pZipYTm_9o

    Replies: @Digital Samizdat

    Good for Australia! I wish the US government would do something like that to help our white brothers and sisters in their hour of need. You know, back in the 80s, when supporting the anti-Apartheid cause was oh-so-fashionable in America, we were all assured up and down that S. African whites would be in no danger whatsoever should Apartheid end. Well, that was another lie … But it’s good to see that at least the Aussies are committed to doing something about this deplorable state of affairs.

  23. @Charles Erwin Wilson
    Wow Steve Sailer, you have to be sitting on Cloud 9, seeing the beautiful phenomenon named for you.

    Replies: @Jeff Albertson

    I could see the name “Steve” become the male equivalent of “Becky”. Not quite Chad not quite Dexter; Steve!

    • Replies: @Charles Erwin Wilson
    @Jeff Albertson


    I could see the name “Steve” become the male equivalent of “Becky”. Not quite Chad not quite Dexter; Steve!
     
    Chad has a country in African named for him. But if we could get Chad to change it's name to Steve, well, then we are there!
  24. @BB753
    @Anonymous

    Many people "transition" The harsh realities of life do it to you. from broadly Left to Right around age 20-25. But transitioning from Liberalism to Hard-right usually takes longer. My personal voyage from Liberalism to Reaction took about 15 years, from 19 to my mid-thirties. Lots of readings and real-life experiences brought about the change. Before I discovered Isteve. (IMHO, Steve Sailer is still deep - down a Reagan Democrat).
    In an intellectual sense, the trick is to read tons of pre-Enlightment books. In real life, coming to terms with the feeble-minded, the deviants and the permanent criminal/ dependent class.

    Replies: @Anonymous

    I’m the one you’re replying too.
    “In an intellectual sense, the trick is to read tons of pre-Enlightment books.”
    Absolutely. I have multiple degrees on this. So I was in academia for a good chunk of life: bad. But, I’m reading good stuff: good.

    • Agree: BB753
  25. Anonymous • Disclaimer says:
    @Digital Samizdat
    @Anonymous

    I suspect a lot of us here followed a very similar path. I first began entertaining real doubts (i.e., more than just your ordinary or typical complaints) about the system in the run-up to the Iraq War. But it still took me more than 10 years of researching and lurking before I was ready to go all in and become a 'conspiracy theorist'. There's such a heavy social taboo attached to anyone who does not accept the official narratives we're allowed to pick from, so we tend to internalize these taboos (shame), causing us to self-police our own thoughts and emotions. Very hard to let go of.

    Replies: @Anonymous

    I’m the same Anon as above.

    An interesting take. The Iraq War actually pushed me in a more leftish direction.

    I had always considered myself a sort of “free speech” libertarian leftist, but for some time I realized that I had some undercurrent of rightish tendencies (Allan Bloomish), and I never endorsed authoritarian leftism.

    W’s Iraq War was, to me, so obviously ill-conceived that I started writing emails to the White House and subscribing to every anti-war outlet I could find. I personally recognized Saddam as an utter villain, but it was clear that nobody had thought this through. There was no viable endgame.

    To me, this shows the power of social inhibition, since there is a part of me that recognized, even way back when Pat Buchanan made his “culture war” speech as an actual presidential candidate, that I actually endorsed some of it. I recognized my endorsement and viewed it somewhat ironically. I registered it as me being “astute” for realizing how “dangerous” this was. Now I look back on this and think that OF COURSE most of what he said was right.

  26. @Jeff Albertson
    @Charles Erwin Wilson

    I could see the name "Steve" become the male equivalent of "Becky". Not quite Chad not quite Dexter; Steve!

    Replies: @Charles Erwin Wilson

    I could see the name “Steve” become the male equivalent of “Becky”. Not quite Chad not quite Dexter; Steve!

    Chad has a country in African named for him. But if we could get Chad to change it’s name to Steve, well, then we are there!

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