tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post2008571093689964959..comments2024-03-19T02:31:02.140-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Nothing ever changes, reduxUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2156066261593160592009-03-21T16:20:00.000-07:002009-03-21T16:20:00.000-07:00Black Woman said...The biggest beneficiaries of af...Black Woman said...<BR/><BR/><I>The biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action have been white women.</I><BR/><BR/>If you are a White man and you get passed over by a woman for a job there is a marginal chance that sh is qualified. If a White man gets passed over for a job in favor of a Black then in all likelihood the Black is in no way qualified for the job he received. Second, a White woman who gets AA uses it to help her husband and kids, who is often White so a White man knows it is going to his own kind. A Black man who receives AA uses it to support another races kids with an income he is not qualified to receive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11825224104090439152009-03-21T06:21:00.000-07:002009-03-21T06:21:00.000-07:00What you forget in your analysis is that white peo...What you forget in your analysis is that white people had affirmative action in this country for more than 200 years, due to constraints placed on blacks with slavery and Jim Crow. <BR/><BR/>As my grandmother said about vice president Dan Quayle: "He's so dumb. If that were a black man, he'd be shining shoes." <BR/><BR/>Also, if you are white in this society and you aren't wealthy, I would say there's something wrong with you, given all the preferential treatment you've enjoyed for hundreds of years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-71227720266428493092009-03-21T06:17:00.000-07:002009-03-21T06:17:00.000-07:00Why is affirmative action mostly talked about in t...Why is affirmative action mostly talked about in terms of race? The biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action have been white women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-42305337794765140402009-02-19T17:12:00.000-08:002009-02-19T17:12:00.000-08:00Study: Fed contracts increase but average value de...Study: Fed contracts increase but average value declines<BR/><BR/> * By David Hubler<BR/> * Feb 13, 2009<BR/><BR/>As federal contract awards continue to increase, the contracting industry is facing a decrease in the average value of those contracts, according to a new study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.<BR/><BR/>The CSIS study, unveiled Feb. 12, examined federal contracting between 1995 and 2007. It assessed federal contracting in 2007 as a $233 billion market.<BR/><BR/>The study found that although federal services contract actions have increased on average 7.8 percent in the past four years, the average contract value has decreased about 60 percent to $403,000 in 2007, the last year for which data was available.<BR/><BR/>The contracting market will continues to grow during the next few years, said David Berteau, director of CSIS’ Defense Industrial Initiatives Group.<BR/><BR/>But he said 2008 will be slightly down as expected. “We’re seeing roughly a five to six percent increase in ’08. Depending on what you think is going to happen in FY ’09, with recovery act funds, etc., we may see a very dramatic change in FY ’09 data.”<BR/><BR/>The Defense Department remains the largest buyer of contract services, followed by the Energy Department and NASA, he said. “We think that will continue as well.”<BR/><BR/>The report said so-called fully competed contracts account for the greatest dollar amounts and the largest average awards. The study also refuted the notion held by some lawmakers and other industry experts that no-bid contracts have “run amok.”<BR/><BR/>The data did confirm another popular notion of concern. The report said that midtier contractors are steadily being squeezed out of awards by the consolidation of industry and requirements from above, and by small businesses with federal set-aside awards from below.<BR/><BR/>Part of that squeeze is due especially to the large increase in the number of small businesses, Berteau said.<BR/><BR/>“Small contract actions represent the vast majority of the contract actions,” he said. Awards “under $250,000 [represent] 92 percent of all contract actions. The remaining 8 percent has about 95 percent of the dollars.”<BR/><BR/>About the Author<BR/><BR/>David Hubler is the associate editor of Washington Technology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76459863245371323692009-02-18T21:18:00.000-08:002009-02-18T21:18:00.000-08:00Show up late for your shift at McDonalds once or t...<I>Show up late for your shift at McDonalds once or twice you get fired. Give bad advice as a consultant that costs 1000 people their jobs, people may not even notice.</I><BR/><BR/>Very true.<BR/><BR/>In this last week in Britain, the big guns at one of the banks bailed out by the government were caught trying to pay themselves <A HREF="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article5663873.ece" REL="nofollow">pretty hefty bonuses</A>.<BR/><BR/>The arrogance (or stupidity) of their actions is hard to fathom. If nothing else from a public relations point of view.<BR/><BR/>They actually believe that its vital to reward and retain these key, creative people. Are they joking? They just helped to destroy the bank itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69141959195464938282009-02-18T19:02:00.000-08:002009-02-18T19:02:00.000-08:00I appreciate the perspective offered in your comme...I appreciate the perspective offered in your comments, Peter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67874895856676776892009-02-18T15:20:00.000-08:002009-02-18T15:20:00.000-08:00The elites are most competent at looting. Ask the ...The elites are most competent at looting. Ask the Russian oligarchs, Obama, et al.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17929815817214423802009-02-18T14:58:00.000-08:002009-02-18T14:58:00.000-08:00Anonymous - Are the elites running the country mor...Anonymous - Are the elites running the country more competent than other groups? Maybe, I'm not disputing that. I was saying that when they are incompetent (and high IQ people can also be incompetent, in the wrong profession, tired that day, depressed, whatever) they don't suffer serious consequences. Show up late for your shift at McDonalds once or twice you get fired. Give bad advice as a consultant that costs 1000 people their jobs, people may not even notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89119672788299931082009-02-18T08:46:00.000-08:002009-02-18T08:46:00.000-08:00Fact is that American industry learned to live wit...<I>Fact is that American industry learned to live with the racial legislation and is doing little harm. </I><BR/><BR/>Right, J, you live in Israel, so obviously you know what you're talking about.<BR/><BR/>Since diversity, despite appearances to the contrary, actually causes so little trouble, why not let the Palestinians back in (instead of bombing them)? I'm sure Israeli industry could learn to live with whatever legislation is required.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90879480622695889502009-02-18T03:16:00.001-08:002009-02-18T03:16:00.001-08:00Seems the [Negro] coworker tried to use electron b...<B>Seems the [Negro] coworker tried to use electron beam welding on aluminum sheet. You can't do this as this type of welding allegedly weakens aluminum. The cost? About $50,000</B><BR/><BR/>The point being that you never make a mistake.<BR/><BR/>"Allegedly"? So what was the fuss about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49686189668458202062009-02-18T03:16:00.000-08:002009-02-18T03:16:00.000-08:00Concerning the downed plane. I study aeronautical ...Concerning the downed plane. I study aeronautical engineering and know only a little. But it seems the plane's wings got iced up. That radically changes the airflow and can lead to separation on the upper side, which kills lift. The only way to deal with that is heating. Normally they use glycol. Maybe the technicians switched off some sensors (like what happened in Spain recently), or the glycol tank was empty. It could also be that the plane flew into condensing air so ice would form instantaneously. It takes a while to get the heating going. Just some thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1215908856471154582009-02-18T03:11:00.001-08:002009-02-18T03:11:00.001-08:00Peter said:"it's the concentration of wealth and p...Peter said:<BR/>"it's the concentration of wealth and power in a small oligarchical elite that has no accountability to anyone but themselves, and suffers no consequences for incompetence."<BR/><BR/>The media tells us all the time that said groupt are way above normal intelligence and competence. Are you suggesting otherwise? If so, why? (just curious, I have no axe to grind)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80433124370222662822009-02-18T03:11:00.000-08:002009-02-18T03:11:00.000-08:00Life is stronger than any quotas. Fact is that Ame...<I>Life is stronger than any quotas. Fact is that American industry learned to live with the racial legislation and [it's] doing little harm.</I><BR/><BR/>Read Steve's article(s) on the <A HREF="http://isteve.blogspot.com/2009/02/cra-commitments-in-2003-04.html" REL="nofollow">CRA</A>. The CRA is a form of racial quota. That's doing little harm to American industry?<BR/><BR/>You're bullshitting. For another thing, racial legislation is doing harm to many white families who are below management level. (Whites should be high-IQ or extinct, according to biz-pig apostles of racial justice.)<BR/><BR/>If racial legislation is doing little harm to American industry, then that means it's having little effect on American industry. Why, then, is it continued in regard to American industry - if it has little or no effect? In order to allow the rich elite to type pious nonsense like "life is stronger than quotas" and to deplore the lack of moral fiber among the plebs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19619124151978449922009-02-17T19:33:00.000-08:002009-02-17T19:33:00.000-08:00And if you are familiar with psychometric research...<I>And if you are familiar with psychometric research, this overrepresentation is to be expected. Similarly, the underrepersentation of Africans in those areas.</I><BR/><BR/>Absolutely true!<BR/><BR/>However, it's also true that an absolutely astonishing fraction of America's biggest financial criminals seem to hail from the particular very small slice of the population.<BR/><BR/>I wonder what that might indicate about another psychometric parameter.<BR/><BR/>After all, "IQ" isn't the *only* human psychological trait, nor even the only highly heritable one...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3203638664019153812009-02-17T18:32:00.000-08:002009-02-17T18:32:00.000-08:00Why is American business in this posture?Because l...<I>Why is American business in this posture?</I><BR/><BR/>Because lawsuits and regulations raise the barrier to entry in most industries. Whereas Super Giant Company can afford to keep "diversity" lawyers on retainer to minimize legal exposure for a tiny fraction of overall expenditures, Super Fast & Agile now has the big company drawbacks without the big company advantages.<BR/><BR/>From the vantage point of GE or GM, what's not to like? Well, except for those damn foreigners. But when you own Congress you can get yourself some "Buy American" legislation.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330712047609650184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2535394121915898342009-02-17T18:22:00.000-08:002009-02-17T18:22:00.000-08:00" I can't even count how many Jewish exec..." I can't even count how many Jewish executives, lawyers, investment bankers and private equity guys I've met over the years - must be in the hundreds." <BR/><BR/>And if you are familiar with psychometric research, this overrepresentation is to be expected. Similarly, the underrepersentation of Africans in those areas.<BR/><BR/>Kanazawa, Satoshi. 2005. "The Myth of Racial Discrimination in Pay in the United States" Managerial and Decision Economics. 26: 285-294. <BR/><BR/>http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/MES/pdf/MDE2005.pdf<BR/><BR/>Gottfredson, L. S. (2006). Social consequences of group differences in cognitive ability (Consequencias sociais das diferencas de grupo em habilidade cognitiva). In C. E. Flores-Mendoza & R. Colom (Eds.), Introducau a psicologia das diferencas individuais (pp. 433-456). Porto Allegre, Brazil: ArtMed Publishers. <BR/><BR/>http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/2004socialconsequences.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64196961022588697252009-02-17T17:53:00.000-08:002009-02-17T17:53:00.000-08:00"Diversity" is not what's sapping our country of c...<I>"Diversity" is not what's sapping our country of competitiveness - it's the concentration of wealth and power in a small oligarchical elite that has no accountability to anyone but themselves, and suffers no consequences for incompetence.</I><BR/><BR/>Yup, what he said. Although "diversity" is part of how that elite keeps power in its own hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-41292202802802002242009-02-17T16:36:00.000-08:002009-02-17T16:36:00.000-08:00In fact, thinking on what I just posted, it seems ...<I>In fact, thinking on what I just posted, it seems obvious that the point of "diversity" is not to hand more power or wealth to blacks and Mexicans - it's a way of keeping white working and middle class upset at the wrong people, so they don't notice who's really pulling the strings.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, indeedee! And poor Steve Sailer fails into the trap...<BR/><BR/>I read somewhere that the *average* selling price for a *house* in Detroit peaked at $20,000 (!) before the Meltdown, but has now collapsed to $10,000.<BR/><BR/>It's obviously all those $20,000 home mortgages to black Detroiters that have wrecked the American financial system. Affirmative Action strikes again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78718740678628508222009-02-17T15:21:00.000-08:002009-02-17T15:21:00.000-08:00I don't buy this theory that big business only pra...I don't buy this theory that big business only practices AA because the mean old government is making them. If that were true, big business could fund the movement to end AA. But they don't do this. From what I can tell, most high level executives in corporate America have drunk the diversity kool-aid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-25084440584660365482009-02-17T10:34:00.000-08:002009-02-17T10:34:00.000-08:00These egalitarian ideas were promoted by a great n...<I>These egalitarian ideas were promoted by a great number of academic writers and activists who were funded by nonprofit organizations. This started back in the 50s and even the 40s.</I><BR/><BR/>No. I was watching Birth of a Nation and before one of the scenes showing Black state legislators in the South during Reconstruction the director inserted a disclaimer that "this is not meant to disparage any race"! PC began a looooong time before WW2. Really the moral destruction of the Northern elites dates back to the Transcendentalist movement and New England's turn from God around the same time. The rot just took a long time to sprout and grow. Those think tanks you speak of were just defending the growth until it was big enough be unleashed on society. <BR/><BR/><I>Their research in those think tanks indicated that a civil rights movement was the best way for those at the top to keep and advance their power.</I><BR/><BR/>In many Northern states the White vote is divided pretty evenly, adding another group that rabidly votes Democratic can swing those states to the left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19578861878880713492009-02-17T10:28:00.000-08:002009-02-17T10:28:00.000-08:00Wow, Tesco advertising on iSteve.And enough alread...Wow, Tesco advertising on iSteve.<BR/><BR/>And enough already with the Seligman columns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69350860633838582512009-02-17T09:44:00.000-08:002009-02-17T09:44:00.000-08:00"Best case, French and German fusion power and Jap..."Best case, French and German fusion power and Japanese nanotech will enrich the whole world, even backwaters like the 2020 US. Worst case, Iran blows up the world. Nothing we can do to change this."<BR/><BR/>Hey, a little restraint, please. A dash of wisdom about what "humanity" is really all about. Name me one piece of revolutionary technology that hasn't subverted "humanity" in equal measure to benefitting "humanity". The nanotech the Japanese devise, the fusion, the gay coupling of France and Germans bring forth. Net positive or in the end, EVIL albatross? You don't know, do ya? Do you possess that God-like knowledge?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44537962184865747102009-02-17T09:07:00.000-08:002009-02-17T09:07:00.000-08:00re 24 year old co-pilot story -There was a second ...re 24 year old co-pilot story -<BR/><BR/>There was a second pilot jumpseating on that particular flight. So theoretically there was plenty of experience in the cockpit. <BR/><BR/>And as far over 25 age requirements in various industries yes it seems there is a long list of high responsibility positions in any modern society where no 24 year olds are qualified. I thought commercial airline cockpit duty was on that list but I guess I'm wrong.<BR/><BR/>Can anyone with airline industry experience fill us in on the number of 24 yr old commercial passenger flight co-pilots? Does one have to be blonde and female in order to be fast-tracked like that? I can see young pilots in cessnas doing tour guide work. This was a passenger turbo prop jet with almost 50 people on board.<BR/><BR/>btw today Foxnews has a story about a different flight crew busted smuggling cocaine. They sure seem to like to party don't they? Obviously the airline industry will to attract cowboy types and risktakers. Chesley Sullenberger would not approve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81529883401734121562009-02-17T09:03:00.000-08:002009-02-17T09:03:00.000-08:00Excellent note and good comments. Why President af...Excellent note and good comments. Why President after President, Judge after Judge, etc. consistently decided in favour of quotas and positive racial discrimination - against their own people and against the will of White majority? I propose that no one ever thought that those rules and laws would change anything in real life. They may have thought that there was no risk to themselves in granting favourable treatment to the hereditary underclass, because they will not be able to make use of it and they will not hold for long the jobs they were hired for, and so on. And that is what is happening: you can allow thousands African Americans into Standford but they will drop out by the force of gravity, no need to push them out, and few or none will graduate. Life is stronger than any quotas. Fact is that American industry learned to live with the racial legislation and is doing little harm. It is in the public sector that most harm is being done, and the nationalization of banks and the car industry may end by their total collapse. They will operate with the same effectivity as the public educational system today. Steve has written about how wonderfully effective they are. Now he can change the subject and write about the competitiveness of the car industry, and of the large banks.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676167615981895061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37903994128783954992009-02-17T08:23:00.000-08:002009-02-17T08:23:00.000-08:00In fact, thinking on what I just posted, it seems ...In fact, thinking on what I just posted, it seems obvious that the point of "diversity" is not to hand more power or wealth to blacks and Mexicans - it's a way of keeping white working and middle class upset at the wrong people, so they don't notice who's really pulling the strings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com