tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post2794842435419359017..comments2024-03-15T20:52:26.967-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Want to get into UC Berkeley? LieUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78852493033586163972013-08-05T08:46:43.782-07:002013-08-05T08:46:43.782-07:00I keep wondering what is going to happen when this...I keep wondering what is going to happen when this massive effort at believing so hard we make reality go away (about race, ethnicity, culture, crime, IQ, behavior, etc.) stops. It will stop sooner or later. Cracks are beginning to show around the edges--this article is not unique among mainstream media articles beginning to call the energetically-maintained consensus reality into question. Look at the poll numbers on the Zimmerman verdict and the role the press played in the case for a bit more evidence in this direction. <br /><br />We need to think about this--what happens when this goes away, when nobody fears losing his job for saying what he thinks about affirmative action hires, or black teenagers walking through the neighborhood after dark in hoodies, or whatever. The massive MSM persuasion machinery is losing power, and is also losing the unanimity of message on this issue. <br /><br />I don't think we will see a widespread return to the kind of gut level racism you got in the US 50 years ago. That's not intellectual, it's visceral, and the public shaming and propaganda campaign has broken most of that spell, I think. (This strikes me as a *wonderful* example of good ends being reached by evil means, like the electrification and modernization of Russia under Lenin and Stalin.) Very few people now react with shocked outrage and indcandescent anger to the sight of a white woman kissing a black man--something that could and did provoke a riot or a beating or worse in the past. <br /><br />But at some point, more and more people are going to be able to be open about what is widely said quietly at work--that diversity training is a silly waste of time, that affirmative action hires are a waste of office space, etc. Support for AA in education and hiring will lose most of its ideological cover, and become more and more like other small special-interests that try to fly under the radar rather than make a big splash--just let's keep the Director of Diversity Programs a few more years, till I reach retirement age, OK? Let's just quietly keep that special carve-out for black women applying to Harvard, because some pretty influential people have black daughters they'd really rather see at Harvard than at Columbia. <br /><br />What happens after that? NOTAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33784524223445627012013-08-04T14:57:11.576-07:002013-08-04T14:57:11.576-07:00re: entering vs graduating in stem fields
I remem...re: entering vs graduating in stem fields<br /><br />I remember well my freshman year how many fresh faces started and how few got the degree. The only number I actually recall was that for the pre-meds as the school was proud of its record in getting their graduates in to med schools but I think all of the STEM fields were as bad if not worse.<br /><br />The year was 1959 only a few years into the space race. 81 students declared to be pre-meds so as to be assured that they would get guidance in taking the required courses to get into med school no matter what actual major they wanted to take. Of those 81 only 11 got into med school eventually which translates to an eighty sixth percent failure rate.<br /><br />Dan KurtDan Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252444956956894276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4455303006840504162013-08-04T12:32:00.848-07:002013-08-04T12:32:00.848-07:00The thing that jumps out at me is that if they are...The thing that jumps out at me is that if they are really taking some unqualified students, then they are in fact increasing the rarity of degrees in STEM. 31% of white and Asian students enrolled that want STEM degrees manage to get one from Berkeley? Really? So, 69% head out the door without the STEM degree they planned on? Well, that seems to bode well for the graduates, doncha think? If employers really do ooh and aah over a Berkeley engineering degree, then those who graduate certainly are getting the real deal.<br /><br />Also, Steve, do they publish the racial gender background of the graduating class v. the incoming freshman class? That would be interesting. If the class is 40% Asian going in but 70% Asian on graduation day, then in effect, Berkeley is a much smaller school than its size indicates. It is educating some and failing out many others, right?<br /><br />Hey maybe the dear ethics professor would like to tell us what happens to all those who flunk out of Berkeley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86938827075628173122013-08-04T12:30:50.632-07:002013-08-04T12:30:50.632-07:00The thing that jumps out at me is that if they are...The thing that jumps out at me is that if they are really taking some unqualified students, then they are in fact increasing the rarity of degrees in STEM. 31% of white and Asian students enrolled that want STEM degrees manage to get one from Berkeley? Really? So, 69% head out the door without the STEM degree they planned on? Well, that seems to bode well for the graduates, doncha think? If employers really do ooh and aah over a Berkeley engineering degree, then those who graduate certainly are getting the real deal.<br /><br />Also, Steve, do they publish the racial gender background of the graduating class v. the incoming freshman class? That would be interesting. If the class is 40% Asian going in but 70% Asian on graduation day, then in effect, Berkeley is a much smaller school than its size indicates. It is educating some and failing out many others, right?<br /><br />Hey maybe the dear ethics professor would like to tell us what happens to all those who flunk out of Berkeley. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81360743876763720752013-08-04T10:53:50.057-07:002013-08-04T10:53:50.057-07:00"Brown bag" has no racial history. It..."Brown bag" has no racial history. It's always been the "paper bag" test."<br /><br />Maybe the problem is it sounds too much like 'brown fag'. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-18762592798078547462013-08-04T10:52:43.738-07:002013-08-04T10:52:43.738-07:00Therapeutic speak or theraspeak, the mode of the O...Therapeutic speak or theraspeak, the mode of the Obama age. <br /><br />Do nothing but make soothing pronouncements and speeches that give the impression that something is being done about the problem, as if the best minds are mulling over how to solve them. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-42535527958083678652013-08-04T08:11:29.143-07:002013-08-04T08:11:29.143-07:00http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2013/07...http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2013/07/30/detroit-is-that-you-chicago-in-big-trouble/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-71973254349225641602013-08-03T22:56:36.663-07:002013-08-03T22:56:36.663-07:00"Can you say that you identify as Hispanic (f..."Can you say that you identify as Hispanic (for example)?"<br /><br />According to the government, any person who feels that he or she has any ethnic or cultural connection, presently or historically to a Spanish speaking country or culture can be considered Hispanic. <br /><br />You probably are Hispanic. Can anyone prove that no ancestor of yours ever lived in Spain or Latin America? If you are any type of a Caucasian, you could very well be part Sephardic Jew. They count as Hispanic, and a bunch of them were exiled to the Netherlands and throughout Europe as well as back to the Middle East. If you are, say, of English or German or Polish origin, you can always claim that part of your family moved there from Spain. As long as the tradition survived within your family.<br /><br />I've met people on Hispanic scholarships with some pretty out there stories behind their supposed ethnicities. In my experience, people either won't question your claim to Hispanic roots at all, or they'll nod and smile encouragingly as you tell them about your Spanish great grandma who was sold to your family by the gypsies, in Scotland.<br /><br />However, I'm not sure if it would be wise to claim yourself black. The only blonde white girl I've met who claimed to be black in college and lived on the African American Collegiate floor in our dorm had a few high yeller looking extended family members in her pictures. Mayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83431565566304075812013-08-03T20:52:28.796-07:002013-08-03T20:52:28.796-07:00"Government workers in the city of Seattle ha...<i>"Government workers in the city of Seattle have been advised that the terms "citizen" and "brown bag" are potentially offensive and may no longer be used in official documents and discussions."</i><br /><br />If you ever wanted a textbook case of a Jew pretending to act on behalf of Black people without caring or knowing anything about them at all, this is it.<br /><br />"Brown bag" has no racial history. It's always been the "paper bag" test.ben tillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73244784632742711852013-08-03T20:32:55.076-07:002013-08-03T20:32:55.076-07:001. If graduation rates are lower for NAMs than for...<i>1. If graduation rates are lower for NAMs than for whites and Asians, that would suggest that too many minorities are being admitted already at the margin.</i><br /><br />Whites and Asians are minorities. Please pay attention. The fact that Whites are a minority is extremely important.ben tillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11743275191839373012013-08-03T19:48:48.252-07:002013-08-03T19:48:48.252-07:00"...even to the point where Israel was about ...<i>"...even to the point where Israel was about to supply SA with nukes."</i><br /><br /><br />Or it may have been the other way around or a lot more mutual.<br /><br />Many of Steve's younger readers may not be aware that South Africa was/is a major supplier of uranium in the world and also developed it own atomic weapons. <br /><br />South Africa had the mines, the uranium, and a large metallurgy capability. (Mining was one of the major reasons South Africa existed; South Africa still is a <a href="http://www.miningweekly.com/article/uranium-rich-south-africa-good-environment-for-nuclear-plants-2012-04-06" rel="nofollow">major uranium producer</a>.) South Africa also had a world-class indigenous arms industry. Still does, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRAP" rel="nofollow">US adopted/adapted/evolved a lot of their stuff</a> to deal with the IED/mine threat in Iraq/Afghanistan; Rhodesia and South Africa had developed the MRAP to counter Soviet and Chinese anti-tank mines when those African wars became Cold War battlegrounds.<br /><br />About South African nuclear weapons:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" rel="nofollow">"South Africa was able to mine uranium ore domestically, and used aerodynamic nozzle enrichment techniques to produce weapons-grade material. ...<br /><br />South Africa developed a small finite deterrence arsenal of ... fission weapons in the 1980s. Six were constructed and another was under construction at the time the program ended...<br /><br />According to the Nuclear Threat Initiative, in 1977 Israel traded 30 grams of tritium for 50 tonnes of South African uranium..."</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58787630654422929032013-08-03T15:26:01.295-07:002013-08-03T15:26:01.295-07:00Obama's Sons in action. Or what Obama might ha...Obama's Sons in action. Or what Obama might have been 35 yrs ago.<br /><br />http://weaselzippers.us/2013/08/03/horrible-video-of-13-year-old-being-beaten-on-school-bus-by-3-older-teens/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77224205495357276192013-08-03T14:49:52.708-07:002013-08-03T14:49:52.708-07:00Steve must be working on something big.Steve must be working on something big.Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77939450515956512662013-08-03T13:34:37.559-07:002013-08-03T13:34:37.559-07:00http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2383855/Ho...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2383855/How-Roma-invasion-sparked-rise-Frances-racist-Right.html<br /><br />So, French people who want to save their nation are 'racist rightists'? Then, we need more 'racists' if indeed 'racism' means defending one's race and nation. <br /><br />Btw, why don't they frame this story in terms of "France's globalist left sparked the rise of massive Roma invasion that has destroyed entire regions of the nation?" <br /><br />It seems like out-of-control leftism led to the rise of the 'racist right'. bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607033974434672862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16540985146121735232013-08-03T11:11:05.177-07:002013-08-03T11:11:05.177-07:00"Benjamin - I would like to know
what you'..."Benjamin - I would like to know<br />what you're doing here."<br /><br />"Here? In Berkelely?"<br /><br />"Yes." <br /><br />"Well, I have this very pleasant room on Carter Street, and I've been getting to some classes." <br /><br />"But you're not enrolled."<br /><br />"No, I just sit in. They don't seem to mind. They've been very congenial about it."<br /><br />-------<br /><br />I say we should all attend classes at Harvard as 'unenrolled students'(like 'non-citizens'). Maybe they'll be very congenial about it. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63964126166984504862013-08-03T09:30:51.537-07:002013-08-03T09:30:51.537-07:00Podhead who viciously attacked Sailer for the comm...Podhead who viciously attacked Sailer for the comment "Let the good times roll" is full of praise for the late Rachel Abrams who wrote stuff like "Then round up his captors, the slaughtering, death-worshiping, innocent-butchering, child-sacrificing savages who dip their hands in blood and use women—those who aren’t strapping bombs to their own devils’ spawn and sending them out to meet their seventy-two virgins by taking the lives of the school-bus-riding, heart-drawing, Transformer-doodling, homework-losing children of Others—and their offspring—those who haven’t already been pimped out by their mothers to the murder god—as shields, hiding behind their burkas and cradles like the unmanned animals they are, and throw them not into your prisons, where they can bide until they’re traded by the thousands for another child of Israel, but into the sea, to float there, food for sharks, stargazers, and whatever other oceanic carnivores God has put there for the purpose."<br /><br />So, according to Podhead: <br /><br />"Let the good times roll" = Mein Kampf<br /><br />but <br /><br />calling Palestinian children "devil's spawn" is the purest poetry. <br /><br />http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/my-sister-rachel/<br /><br />http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/10/30/elliott-abrams-wife-calls-palestinian-children-devils-spawn/<br /><br />Great allies, these neocons. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30949566065832759072013-08-03T07:51:25.879-07:002013-08-03T07:51:25.879-07:00Steve Hsu writes:
"Holistic evaluation of ap...<a href="http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2013/08/working-in-dark.html" rel="nofollow">Steve Hsu writes:</a><br /><br />"Holistic evaluation of applicants = noise? (Or worse?)<br /><br />Why no evidence-based admissions?<br /><br />Is there any serious study of whether subjective criteria used to judge applicants actually predict success? In psychometrics this is referred to as test validity. In the article below, it is not even clear that the evaluation method satisfies the weaker criteria of consistency or stability: applicants passed through the system another time might generate significantly different scores. "Expert" evaluation often reduces the power of prediction relative to simple algorithms."Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69332155398854044632013-08-03T06:47:11.207-07:002013-08-03T06:47:11.207-07:00http://www.salon.com/2013/08/03/the_suburbs_are_de...http://www.salon.com/2013/08/03/the_suburbs_are_dead_and_thats_not_a_good_thing/<br /><br /><br />Joe Louis said 'you can run but you can'y hide'. And Obama is working with rich urban Jews and homos to brown-bomb the suburbs with dangerous blacks who commit crime, ransack malls, mess up schools, etc. <br /><br />Brown-bombing is the new strategy against whites... but white conservatives' main priority is serving Zionists and Israel. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74088671115010236522013-08-03T06:37:16.531-07:002013-08-03T06:37:16.531-07:00SHOCK VIDEO Shows Horrible Racial Beating on FL Sc...SHOCK VIDEO Shows Horrible Racial Beating on FL School Bus (Liberal Media Silent)<br /><br />http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/08/shock-video-shows-horrible-racial-beating-of-florida-child-on-school-bus-liberal-media-silent/<br /><br />Physically stronger blacks beat up a white boy, black bus driver does nothing, Obama doesn't care, and Liberal media silent. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-70990552486857552042013-08-03T02:57:11.561-07:002013-08-03T02:57:11.561-07:00According the the article, no only does one need t...According the the article, no only does one need to lie but one needs to be good at it. The author stated that hiring others to do the lying does not really work and the elite cannot lie about the fact of attending elite private schools or public schools in the best neighborhoods. <br />guest007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88350995401325869912013-08-03T00:16:30.973-07:002013-08-03T00:16:30.973-07:00Off-topic (apologies).
It looks as if just as &qu...Off-topic (apologies).<br /><br />It looks as if just as "teen" is jumping the shark in the USA, it is being adopted with gusto by the Ministry of Truth a.k.a. the BBC. <br /><br />Compare this BBC story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23557801<br /><br />With this one from Sky News: <br />http://news.sky.com/story/1122523/walthamstow-rape-police-hunt-three-men<br /><br />Charringtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44474401330515302042013-08-02T22:20:14.941-07:002013-08-02T22:20:14.941-07:00http://nicholasstixuncensored.blogspot.com/2013/08...http://nicholasstixuncensored.blogspot.com/2013/08/seattle-officials-ban-speech-by-white.html<br /><br />"Government workers in the city of Seattle have been advised that the terms "citizen" and "brown bag" are potentially offensive and may no longer be used in official documents and discussions."<br /><br />"Luckily, we've got options," Elliott Bronstein of the Office for Civil Rights wrote in the memo obtained by the station. "For 'citizens,' how about 'residents?'"<br /><br />Jews are now at the forefront of speech control. All their stuff about speech freedom in the past was a lie and fraud, merely a tactic. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16816409589737569482013-08-02T21:05:40.184-07:002013-08-02T21:05:40.184-07:00http://castrobiscuit.com/2013/05/07/evictions-hit-...http://castrobiscuit.com/2013/05/07/evictions-hit-twelve-year-high-in-the-castro-and-throughout-the-city/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8983633608933618962013-08-02T20:24:46.465-07:002013-08-02T20:24:46.465-07:00A while back I wrote a piece Why Most Low Income S...A while back I wrote a piece Why Most Low Income Strivers are white:<br /><br />http://educationrealist.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/why-most-of-the-low-income-strivers-are-white/<br /><br />(based on Steve's discussion of an earlier study)<br /><br />Education Realisthttp://educationrealist.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29212860203731332592013-08-02T20:15:35.857-07:002013-08-02T20:15:35.857-07:00What Bizzaro-assed day was the Editor of NYT havin...What Bizzaro-assed day was the Editor of NYT having when he let that go out from the Ministry of Propaganda?<br />Derb's Mossbergnoreply@blogger.com