tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4652096627743560306..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Villaraigosa to edify HarvardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-42350602556792622042013-08-16T11:57:25.947-07:002013-08-16T11:57:25.947-07:00Thanks to the large Polish population in Chicago, ...Thanks to the large Polish population in Chicago, most Illinois schools take a day off for Casimir Pulaski, a general who was a big deal in the American cavalry, saved Washington's life once, and was fatally wounded fighting the British.Cail Corishevhttp://cailcorishev.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81187609368994512892013-08-15T20:53:58.424-07:002013-08-15T20:53:58.424-07:00Ed Muskie was a Polish American. For those who do...Ed Muskie was a Polish American. For those who don't remember, he was a Senator from Maine, Hubert Humphrey's running mate in the 1968presidential election, and secretary of state at the tail-end of the Carter administration (after Cyrus Vance resigned over the military effort to free the hostages in Iran, which failed).<br /><br />There have been a number of prominent Polish-American politicians (probably mostly from the upper Midwest - e.g., Dan Rostenkowski), but they were not what you would call national household names.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69245762092956804842013-08-14T11:19:48.880-07:002013-08-14T11:19:48.880-07:00steve wozniak is polish.steve wozniak is polish.jodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48404272648148797442013-08-14T07:44:52.791-07:002013-08-14T07:44:52.791-07:00People like Degrasse Tyson are promoted mainly for...<i>People like Degrasse Tyson are promoted mainly for white audiences, not to serve as role models for blacks. Blacks generally don't consume pop science stuff.</i><br /><br />Exactly right!<br /><br />Officially the line is "He's black? I hadn't noticed. You think there is something unusual about black people in science?"<br /><br />Unofficially, behind closed doors the rationale is justified as "He's a good role model for blacks."<br /><br />But in reality his prominence is to silence those whites who wonder why there arent many blacks in science.<br /><br />Much of the depiction of non-whites in the media is not for consumption by non-whites, its much more about influencing whites.<br /><br />TV especially aims to convince one that what your lying eyes tells you about normal life, indeed what statistics tells you, is atypical, what happens on TV is typical - you racist!<br /><br />Remember that survey where Americans estimated that 25% of the population were gay? Absurd, they can have only got that idea from TV/movies. Most gays can't look around and say 25% of the people they know are gay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4167361920607857282013-08-14T04:25:11.085-07:002013-08-14T04:25:11.085-07:00Anonymous said (8/13/13, 10:44 p.m.)...
“Polish p...Anonymous said (8/13/13, 10:44 p.m.)...<br /><br />“Polish people are similar to Finnish people. They are sort of the black sheep of core white people (Central and Northern Europeans). They can be fine citizens but just don't produce much in the way of genius.”<br /><br />Seriously????? Go here to inform yourself:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Polish_people<br /><br />Just off the top of my own head: Lech Walesa and John Paul II (in my lifetime); not to mention Chopin, Copernicus, Marie Curie (yes, she was Polish). Sometimes the amount of ignorance one encounters is staggering…Captain Trippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303143412847947308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36629824799297185432013-08-13T23:03:59.525-07:002013-08-13T23:03:59.525-07:00Less than three months since he moved to my hood M...Less than three months since he moved to my hood Mr. Mayor has his house up for sale. He's flippin' outta here! <br /><br />I wonder who the angel will be that takes it off his hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-31655321089442686522013-08-13T22:44:58.450-07:002013-08-13T22:44:58.450-07:00Polish people are similar to Finnish people. They...Polish people are similar to Finnish people. They are sort of the black sheep of core white people (Central and Northern Europeans). They can be fine citizens but just don't produce much in the way of genius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11416441726704789902013-08-13T17:11:48.750-07:002013-08-13T17:11:48.750-07:00"Polish people have been in this country for ..."Polish people have been in this country for 4+ generations now but really really haven't produced many celebrities."<br /><br />You need to get out more. How about Eddie Blazonczyk, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9c7llJy9t8/" rel="nofollow">The Polka King</a>!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44259762380926119662013-08-13T15:48:27.795-07:002013-08-13T15:48:27.795-07:00well there is ric ocasek and john krasinski. also ...well there is ric ocasek and john krasinski. also justin long is half polish. i don't really have time to do a full polish check on every field.<br /><br />there's a bunch of well known polish athletes though. probably the most well known active one is rob gronkowski. ron jaworski seems to prefer his ESPN gig rather than going for a head coaching job in the NFL, which probably makes sense, as it's less stress with good job security.<br /><br />wayne gretzky is the most famous. he's pretty much been an american for over 20 years now, but he's originally a canadian and will always be considered canadian.jodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67482477236309838042013-08-13T15:25:58.389-07:002013-08-13T15:25:58.389-07:00did anybody actually watch one of the press confer...did anybody actually watch one of the press conferences hilda solis gave when she was labor secretary?<br /><br />"I don't know" seemed like her most common answer to questions. the vague, blank stare, the lack of a glint of anything going on in her eyes, the total absence of any gears turning in her head, was obvious. is this person actually just a sophisticated robot that immitates a human?<br /><br />it seemed like IBM watson could give better answers.jodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87080734418672131342013-08-13T11:43:03.012-07:002013-08-13T11:43:03.012-07:00>Polish people have been in this country for 4+...>Polish people have been in this country for 4+ generations now but really really haven't produced many celebrities. Despite being 6% of the country, I can only think of Martha Stewart as the only famous Polish American.<br /><br />John Kobylt has had a successful career in L.A. radio. He has talked about his Polish immigrant father on numerous occasions, and for years he has mercilessly mocked Tony Villar for his incompetence and dereliction of duty as L.A.'s mayor.Mark Plushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03859046131830902921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69631594640638831652013-08-13T10:21:46.700-07:002013-08-13T10:21:46.700-07:00Ah hell. He just moved in down the block and I wa...Ah hell. He just moved in down the block and I was looking forward to his parties.<br /><br />Disappointed on Venezia AvenueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38762623602213641862013-08-13T10:13:58.551-07:002013-08-13T10:13:58.551-07:00In that list of Polish American scientists, looks ...In that list of Polish American scientists, looks like there is only one noteworthy gentleman, a Nobel prize winner.<br /><br />Albert Abraham Michelson<br /><br />But...uh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77466365025254193522013-08-13T06:52:51.294-07:002013-08-13T06:52:51.294-07:00Polish Americans who have actually done things wor...Polish Americans who have actually done things worthy of fame in less banal culture.<br /><br />http://www.apea.us/tributes.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37005803135593297442013-08-13T05:48:31.872-07:002013-08-13T05:48:31.872-07:00AMac, Cowan, as the token's token, perfectly f...AMac, Cowan, as the token's token, perfectly fits the description as being from the "area". 99.8% of the people in the Commonwealth had never heard of him when Gov. Squeaky Toy appointed him to serve out the Senate term. He was chosen, as he was for a partnership at Mintz Levin, the big dog of Scots-Irish law firms in Boston, strictly due to melanin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4360041029326806882013-08-13T05:08:47.559-07:002013-08-13T05:08:47.559-07:00Mexicans are similar to Polish people.
Polish peo...Mexicans are similar to Polish people.<br /><br />Polish people have been in this country for 4+ generations now but really really haven't produced many celebrities. Despite being 6% of the country, I can only think of Martha Stewart as the only famous Polish American.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-995143891402485032013-08-13T04:58:38.351-07:002013-08-13T04:58:38.351-07:00But, there's so little other Mexican-American ...<i>But, there's so little other Mexican-American talent out there that he is credibly considered a future Governor of California and was made chairman of the 2012 Democratic convention that renominated Obama</i><br /><br />During the convention, Villaraigosa also performed a special service for Israel: overruling convention delegates who refused, <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8BwqzzqcDs#t=00m49s" rel="nofollow">three separate times</a> </i>, to adopt a pro-Israel platform amendment. <a href="http://my.firedoglake.com/thecallup/2012/09/07/dnc-platform-change-vote-was-predetermined-on-teleprompter-delegate-voting-was-merely-for-show/" rel="nofollow"> Obeying the TelePrompter,</a> he announced that, whatever the delegates thought, the amendment was supported by at least 2/3 of the delegates and therefore <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/09/mayor-antonio-villaraigosa-dnc-vote.html" rel="nofollow">passed</a>. <br /><br />He would later defend his actions, stating that it was his “<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/08/news/la-pn-antonio-villaraigosa-god-jerusalem-20120907" rel="nofollow">prerogative</a>” – not the delegates' or the media's – to decide the vote count and that, as convention chairman, he had an obligation to ensure that debate over the amendment did not delay the proceedings. Stalin-- who joked that elections and party congresses are decided by those who count, not cast, the vote – would be proud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-70887408615217847222013-08-12T22:15:38.380-07:002013-08-12T22:15:38.380-07:00""Has Tyson done any real science? He se...""Has Tyson done any real science? He seems to be a media celebrity, but when I look in the Smithsonian/NASA ADS, I can find no record of scholarly work in science, except for popular books and social commentary. Is he in fact a practicing astrophysicist?" -- Andrew Delong, 15 December 2006<br /><br /><br />If Trayvon is an angelic saint child, Obama is the messiah, and Oprah is soul mother, Tyson is the greatesr brain since Newton. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84004838585379375502013-08-12T22:11:37.989-07:002013-08-12T22:11:37.989-07:00"BTW, is there even any evidence that he'..."BTW, is there even any evidence that he's actually "smart"? He's not a practicing scientist and appears to have gotten his graduate degree under unusual circumstances"<br /><br />Martian Jupiter King? <br /><br />Pluto Smash? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6185857947912472452013-08-12T21:41:29.749-07:002013-08-12T21:41:29.749-07:00People have so little interest in Mexicans that th...People have so little interest in Mexicans that there are only 15 desultory comments on this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30156481617867989272013-08-12T21:40:41.560-07:002013-08-12T21:40:41.560-07:00Are there different style standards for Republican...<i>Are there different style standards for Republicans and Democrats? Or is it because he is not Hispanic like Ms. Solis?</i><br /><br />I think it's just name recognition. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13602348117387084112013-08-12T20:58:53.337-07:002013-08-12T20:58:53.337-07:00Seems like Tony Villaraigosa has done well for him...Seems like Tony Villaraigosa has done well for himself if he is the next Governor. You don't need charisma with numbers.Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854764809682029464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-962981936998074972013-08-12T20:50:29.366-07:002013-08-12T20:50:29.366-07:00Why is Hilda Solis "former U.S. Labor Secreta...Why is Hilda Solis "former U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis" but Mitt Romney is just that, not "former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney"?<br /><br />Are there different style standards for Republicans and Democrats? Or is it because he is not Hispanic like Ms. Solis?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-70827715434860195592013-08-12T20:14:04.632-07:002013-08-12T20:14:04.632-07:00>>Putin bitchslapping 0bama is making an abs...>>Putin bitchslapping 0bama is making an absolute mockery of the US on the world stage.<br /><br />This is a good thing.Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40882210664688747872013-08-12T19:45:33.730-07:002013-08-12T19:45:33.730-07:00Blocking Villar's rise wasn't exactly diff...Blocking Villar's rise wasn't exactly difficult since he's a former leader of an extremist group (MECha). One way to do that would have been to discredit the in-it-because-it's-cool liberals at the LAT: MEChA's ideas are hardly liberal. The LAT consistently covered up Villar's past, and that coverup would have been another way to discredit them.<br /><br />Before his first election, I tried to go on a SierraClub hike with him in order to ask him about it, but his group had left before I got there.<br /><br />I also tried to get his MEChA link to stick in his WP entry, but a WP admin ("Will Beback") worked to keep it out of the entry. I didn't get any help with that, despite lots of people probably viewing that page before voting.<br /><br />There was opposition to him at the time from r/w sources, but in that case as in many others it was ineffective because it failed to oppose him correctly (such as by pointing out just how illiberal the ideas of MEChA are).24AheadDotComhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840701734063972630noreply@blogger.com