tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post3442569950794163858..comments2024-03-19T02:31:02.140-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: WTF is causing rising disabilityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61273215671287454942011-05-15T13:06:55.517-07:002011-05-15T13:06:55.517-07:00"Since 'racism', 'homophobia'..."Since 'racism', 'homophobia', 'xenophobia', and 'antisemitism' are now considered to be mental diseases..."<br /><br />"Thanks for the laugh."<br /><br />Make an appointment with a doctor, psychologist, or social worker, and just say you've been having funny ideas lately:<br /><br />1. That the notion that anal sex invovling a non-sexual but excretory organs among men is not the biological or moral equivalent of healthy normal sex involving proper sexual organs, and therefore, 'gay marriage' is a ludicrous idea. <br /><br />Diagnosis: homophobia. <br /><br />2. That races do seem to exist and racial differences account for certain facets of social reality, such as higher success among Jews and greater social maladies among blacks. <br /><br />Diagnosis: racism. <br /><br />3. That, at tail ends, men seem to do better in science and math than women while women seem to have greater verbal aptitude and can have babies, which men cannot. <br /><br />Diagnosis: Sexism. <br /><br />4. That in a nation defined by rule of law, illegal immigration is a subversive and damaging idea, especially if most illegals are of lower IQ. Also, the so-called DREAM ACT should really be called the ILLEGAL ACT. <br /><br />Diagnosis: Xenophobia and maybe racism too. <br /><br />5. That Jews have disproportionate power and influence over us, and that most policies favored by most Jews are not good for white Americans. Also, Jewish dominated foreign policy isn't good for Amerian interests. <br /><br />Diagnosis: antisemitism. <br /><br />Given these are mental illnesses, people afflicted with them should be considered as victims deserving of pity than as villains deserving of condemnation. They shouldn't be dragged off to sensitivity classes but be showered with sensitivity, hugs, support, and compassion. <br /><br />In other words, I want my disability check right now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69782088317607427212011-05-13T11:58:42.877-07:002011-05-13T11:58:42.877-07:00The blow to Singapore's government is in line ...The blow to Singapore's government is in line with the move in Europe and the pushback in the USA against mass immigration. Nothing new, really. An extra problem with Singapore, though, is that their birth rate is so low they are in a quasi-Children of Men situation, worse even than Europe.<br /><br />As for Hispanics... given that Sharron Angle got one-third of the Hispanic vote (I think IIRC she did better among Hispanics than Asians!), it seems to me that pandering to Hispanics isn't really about pandering to Hispanics, but rather to powerful SWPL liberals. The right half of the Hispanic IQ bell curve sees themselves, and votes, as white.<br /><br />In other news, Germany reported recently they got 30,000 immigrants from the USA in 2009 -- the same number as from Turkey -- while sending the usual 10,000 here. Canada is also reporting increased American immigration; until recently, about 3x as many Canadians would move south as Americans moving north. And not just to other industrialized countries; several young people I know are talking about moving to various parts of the Third World (Costa Rica, even Ghana). The job market is getting so bad here that we're starting to become an immigrant-sending country like Britain. People would rather hold their noses and move to Orwellian police states like Canada or Germany because there are jobs there (for the moment).corvinusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49023338831095959112011-05-13T10:00:46.671-07:002011-05-13T10:00:46.671-07:00Immigration+women working+outsourcing+ADD (3-5% of...Immigration+women working+outsourcing+ADD (3-5% of boys)+autism (1 in 58 boys)+incarceration (millions)=<br />not employedDutch Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687679491743923216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8088382790845345042011-05-12T04:58:43.825-07:002011-05-12T04:58:43.825-07:00Disability is relative. Many of these men who are ...Disability is relative. Many of these men who are out of the workforce probably occupy the low end of the bell curve, and are losing their only means of employment as low and semi-skilled labor is outsourced to foreign countries, and they simply can't hack other, more intellectual, lines of work. If we didn't have massive outsourcing, my guess is that many of these men could lead productive working lives. But that would, of course, require the government to act in the interests of its own citizens.<br />And, of course, as the government imports more low-skilled, low-IQ immigrant labor, this unemployment problem will only get worse.Georgia Residentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40714744452062415182011-05-12T01:06:39.278-07:002011-05-12T01:06:39.278-07:00Pidgin, not "pigeon."
Thanks for that -...<i>Pidgin, not "pigeon."</i><br /><br />Thanks for that -- you are absolutely correct.ehnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-22348094270569590022011-05-11T21:38:18.108-07:002011-05-11T21:38:18.108-07:00K(yle): So everyone who doesn't have tens of t...K(yle): <i>So everyone who doesn't have tens of thousands of dollars can indenture themselves to the bank by borrowing it, except that the new master doesn't gaurantee you with the labor and associated wage with which to earn your freedom.</i><br /><br />The whole student-loan system in America really is totally crazy. Combine it with the huge growth of worthless and corrupt "for-profit" colleges, and the result is double-crazy.<br /><br />With the job market so bad and student loans exempt from bankruptcy discharge, I think the result will be to shift the bulk of the entire population into permanent "debt-peonage," basically the sort of thing that caused so many European peasants to flee to America back in the 19th century, and not too different from what caused the Southern slaves to follow the Underground Railroad to the North.<br /><br />Maybe the next generation of young Americans will attempt to flee oversees to escape their unpayable debts, and the Washington Post (i.e. Kaplan Schools) will hire ruthless slave-catchers, er, "student-loan servicers" to track them down wherever they hide and return them back to bondage...RKUnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73378164296063503362011-05-11T21:02:22.054-07:002011-05-11T21:02:22.054-07:00Oh yes they do, only now the exploitation is calle...<i>Oh yes they do, only now the exploitation is called "college loans."<br /></i><br /><br />Wow, I rarely agree with Truth but I took note of this supposed book-learning system as well.<br /><br />'Apprentices' can learn their trade from a book, but they'll need to pay tens of thousands of dollars to get a piece of paper with a stamp on it saying that they have done so.<br /><br />So everyone who doesn't have tens of thousands of dollars can indenture themselves to the bank by borrowing it, except that the new master doesn't gaurantee you with the labor and associated wage with which to earn your freedom.<br /><br />Or you can simply fail at life. We do have on-the-job learning apprenticeship programs usually via trade unions. They aren't reall super easy to get into, and I'm sure no one is asked to sleep under a bench.K(yle)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39438497892350884252011-05-11T20:17:50.900-07:002011-05-11T20:17:50.900-07:00"Since 'racism', 'homophobia'..."<i>Since 'racism', 'homophobia', 'xenophobia', and 'antisemitism' are now considered to be mental diseases...</i>"<br /><br />Thanks for the laugh.<br /><br />Unfortunately these mental diseases are special. Ordinary mental diseases serve to excuse the afflicted. These justify demonization. This isn't funny at all, just like most of what comes up around here.Tanstaaflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10809764986911255031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1481066102470334112011-05-11T19:22:19.683-07:002011-05-11T19:22:19.683-07:00"No longer did boys have to endure years of e..."No longer did boys have to endure years of exploitation so as to learn a trade."<br /><br />Oh yes they do, only now the exploitation is called "college loans."Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53070695293957722822011-05-11T17:56:40.414-07:002011-05-11T17:56:40.414-07:00The problem isn't just welfare programs and go...The problem isn't just welfare programs and government policies which encourage dependency mentality among too many Americans but changes in the medical community which labels EVERYTHING as a mental or physical disease or disability. <br /><br />Hmm, this gives me ideas. Since 'racism', 'homophobia', 'xenophobia', and 'antisemitism' are now considered to be mental diseases, maybe we should all quit out jobs and apply for disability(on the basis of mental illness)and live on the government dole. <br /><br />Maybe I should walk into welfare office and scream, 'Ahhhh, Jews, gays, illegal aliens, and Negroes, they are everywhere and freaking me out. I can't function anymore!! I need help. I need free food. I need free drugs. I need free medical care to be rid of this illness.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84994745857736556902011-05-11T16:47:14.448-07:002011-05-11T16:47:14.448-07:00"Check out this video for a good analogy (be ..."Check out this video for a good analogy (be sure to watch to the end). That caterpillar is like (White) America. I'll leave it up to you figure out which group the parasitic wasp larvae are analogous to.'<br /><br />Wow, I haven't seen that one. It even protects it. I have seen one that involves ant.<br /><br />The below involves humans and culture.<br />http://notexactlyrocketscience.wordpress.com/2007/01/14/brain-parasite-drives-human-culture/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39983667663651994732011-05-11T16:09:43.769-07:002011-05-11T16:09:43.769-07:00A bit OT but I was watching Morning Joe this morni...A bit OT but I was watching Morning Joe this morning before work and Mika Canteventrytospellherlastname and Mike Barnicle were discussing Barry O's immigration speech in El Paso. They were lamenting tution rates for illegals, lack of health care blah blah blah. Immigration's effect on the native workforce wasn't even discussed. I about tossed my breakfast.Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11367931848239039342011-05-11T15:49:28.342-07:002011-05-11T15:49:28.342-07:00This follows from one of the Iron Laws:
If you ...This follows from one of the Iron Laws: <br /><br /><i>If you subsidize something, you will get more of it.</i>Formerly.JP98https://www.blogger.com/profile/13106631196827299736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80159313356999584252011-05-11T14:51:15.045-07:002011-05-11T14:51:15.045-07:00"That caterpillar is like (White) America. I&..."That caterpillar is like (White) America. I'll leave it up to you figure out which group the parasitic wasp larvae are analogous to."<br /><br />White bankers?Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80281109780644166422011-05-11T14:44:41.327-07:002011-05-11T14:44:41.327-07:00"He's the only candidate who's talkin..."He's the only candidate who's talking about fixing our trade deficit, which is a much bigger deal than the budget. The budget deficit is always huge when unemployment is high and shrinks as the economy improves, but the trade deficit never changes."<br /><br />It does. It shrinks as the economy worsens. Kinda like immigration.Has to benoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26449018898061912302011-05-11T13:41:18.761-07:002011-05-11T13:41:18.761-07:00"While immigration certainly has not helped t..."While immigration certainly has not helped this percentage of prime age men in the workforce, the biggest reason for the huge drop over time for this particular statistic is undoubtedly the enormously increased incarceration rate."<br /><br /><br />How do you figure?<br /><br />The incarceration rate is only like 2%. And while that is high it doesn't explain the other 15%.<br /><br />Also, labor participation rates are always for the non-institutionalized population. So, the criminals and mentally affected are not included anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40207101626875206962011-05-11T13:41:18.235-07:002011-05-11T13:41:18.235-07:00Anonymous: "The Median wage for American work...Anonymous: "The Median wage for American workers has fallen 28 percent since the 1968-1973 era, but housing prices have risen by 25 percent. . .<br /><br />I blame immigration, but I think the outsourcing of our manufacturing base is an important factor too."<br /><br />Don't forget automation. There are three factors all pushing in the same direction: (1) mass low-skill immigration, mostly from Mexico; (2) mass imports from low-wage countries like China; (3) labor saving technologies in the workplace and the home (don't forget home appliances which released women into the workforce).<br /><br />When a problem has three causes, the pundit class plays three-card monte: it's not trade, it's changing technology; or it's not immigration it's changing technology. It's trade, immigration, AND labor-saving technology.<br /><br />Answer: higher tariffs, an immigration moratorium, and a shorter working day with time-and-a-half for overtime.Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9357395566707680622011-05-11T12:42:55.910-07:002011-05-11T12:42:55.910-07:00adopting German-style labor market practices like ...<i>adopting German-style labor market practices like apprenticeship programs</i><br /><br />Another example of how people go astray by not knowing enough opera.<br /><br />In the first act of <i>Die Meistersinger</i> the second tenor David sings a difficult aria in praise of his master Hans Sachs the cobbler. Sachs, David says, is so good he hardly ever beats him.<br /><br />Apprenticeships were a form of indentured servitude. Not as severe as chattel slavery or serfdom, bur bad enough. When I was in Ireland the silversmith explained to me that a boy was an apprentice for seven years during which time he slept on the floor under his bench. The same sleeping arrangements were common for apprentice chefs - they ate, slept and lived in the kitchen.<br /><br />The modern world began in 1453 with Gutenberg. The printing press made men free. No longer did boys have to endure years of exploitation so as to learn a trade. They could just read up on it in a book. <br /><br />The apprentice system is dead. Good.<br /><br />AlbertosaurusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63304099904494455652011-05-11T12:37:07.542-07:002011-05-11T12:37:07.542-07:00So my question is this: if "immigration"...<i>So my question is this: if "immigration" is obviously such a terrible thing, why have the Lees and their leadership group been so strongly for it? Obviously, they might just be mistaken. But when an elite leadership as intelligent, competent, far-planning, and "benevolent" as that of Singapore supports a public policy I think you should think long and hard before just dismissing it out of hand...</i><br /><br />Singapore's situation is unique. The Han TFR is 1.08, whereas the Malay (Muslim) TFR is 1.82. Bottom line, they need foreign immigration to keep the Malay (Muslim) contingent from becoming a bigger demographic presence in the country. We have a similar problem stateside - we need foreign immigration to keep this country from becoming a supersized version of Jamaica.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52207836829659570812011-05-11T10:46:50.787-07:002011-05-11T10:46:50.787-07:00I'm with It's Obvious. Though I hadn'...I'm with It's Obvious. Though I hadn't seen him say it before, with this piece Steve seems to believe that immigration has taken heavy lifting-type jobs away from white males. But those jobs mostly went away in the '80's. These days, the replacement troops are women.not a hackernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79640636255723261712011-05-11T09:57:41.740-07:002011-05-11T09:57:41.740-07:00I finally have have a comment about regular honest...I finally have have a comment about regular honest-to-god americans and disability. From what i constantly observe, a lot of things are disabling nowadays. People receive public assistance for obesity, ADHD and school yard induced PTSD. A classmate in college was on disability for infertility! I'm not sure how it works because I know a lot of people with extra chunk, learning disabilities, PCOS and bad childhood experiences who earn a living just fine. In fact, a very close friend of mine comes from a horrible family environment, is an orphan on both sides, put herself through college working full time, earned a BS in chemistry with a 4.0 and now is in process of having her ovaries removed due to large cysts. She is having a hell of a time trying to secure several weeks off work to recover from surgery without losing her job.Mayanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58594689406405368312011-05-11T09:34:17.483-07:002011-05-11T09:34:17.483-07:00Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding father and stil...<b>Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founding father and still its "minister mentor" has maintained that ambitious migrants help to keep citizens on their toes...he said that if native Singaporeans lag behind “hungry” foreigners because “the spurs are not stuck on [their] hinds”, that is not the state’s problem to solve."</b><br /><br />That's it, you see - it's the state's job to ensure the spurs are planted deeply into your hind side. That's the American dream. You wouldn't believe how many so-called "conservatives" would concur. Certainly Grover Norquist and the Chamber of Commerce do.<br /><br />That, of course, excludes the hind sides of billionaire heirs and heiresses, who deserve to have every penny of their daddys' fortunes passed down to them unmolested by the IRS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75621205493173958852011-05-11T08:42:18.551-07:002011-05-11T08:42:18.551-07:00Agree with two of the anonymous clan. Disability r...Agree with two of the anonymous clan. Disability recipipiemts winning because<br /><br />1) lawyers keep winning cases, many of which are not one-shot deals but rather expand the range of acceptable claims;<br /><br />2) larger range of mental illness claims being accepted.<br /><br />If trend 2 continues, watch out. 20% of people have a serious depression sometime in their life (it is said) amd the length of time time that depression will last cannot be predicted at that time, which can be written up in a way that would constitue an eligible claim. As people start catching on to this, claims will increase.<br /><br />Of course people in white collar or decent-paying blue collar jobs will prefer to go back to work if they can rather than live at a can-I-afford cable? level.No Workeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49676679257447461912011-05-11T08:41:55.144-07:002011-05-11T08:41:55.144-07:00"America, you're getting SCREWED by by pa...<i>"America, you're getting SCREWED by by parasitic foreigners through the permanent disability system."</i><br /><br />And it's not just the foreigners who are parasitic. I was an anomaly in my old neighborhood because I earned my own living wasn't receiving any form of welfare, SSI, etc. In fact, my neighbors thought I was kind of dumb to pass on all that free money.<br /><br />You wouldn't believe how easy it is to game the system.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65473208872083901362011-05-11T08:05:18.895-07:002011-05-11T08:05:18.895-07:00Large swaths of American men are disabled resulti...Large swaths of American men are disabled resulting from their morbid obesity. They wear out their knees, their hips, and their pancreas. They have sleep apnea and use CPAP machines at night. They are genuinely medically disabled.jzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084202605927988903noreply@blogger.com