tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post5019523936872521647..comments2024-03-29T05:14:33.223-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Supreme Court Death WatchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3277524947393585832012-11-11T11:39:29.958-08:002012-11-11T11:39:29.958-08:00Steve Sailer said...
"Who did you vote f...Steve Sailer said...<br /><br /> "Who did you vote for, Steve?"<br /><br /> Romney<br /><br />I was just curious, Steve, thanks for responding. I've noticed that a lot of people who are very smart and very knowledgeable of history, and I can consider you one of these, often have a clever reason for an odd-ball vote. <br />JInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82476921924774342732012-11-11T08:25:56.430-08:002012-11-11T08:25:56.430-08:00Barack Obama's first two nominees were single,...Barack Obama's first two nominees were single, female, ethnic minorities. They were each three-fers: belonging to three distinct left-leaning demos that ensure they will never turn conservative.<br /><br />But what does Obama do for his next nominee? Obama probably wants to nominate a black guy, or perhaps the COurt's first Asian. Pressure from many of his financial backers will be to nominate another Jew. <br /><br />If Ginsburg retires next year, can Obama nominate another Jew, another ethnic minority, another non-Protestant before white America - male and female - catches on that <i>he doesn't like us</i>?Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57867210440373613902012-11-11T01:27:29.166-08:002012-11-11T01:27:29.166-08:00But the court can be expanded, right? That was the...But the court can be expanded, right? That was the big liberal brainstorm way, way back during the early Obamian epoch around March 2009 (also a bright idea in the '30s I seem to recall)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1659021566912623552012-11-10T11:30:47.853-08:002012-11-10T11:30:47.853-08:00Funny how Jews are less then 2% of the U.S. popula...Funny how Jews are less then 2% of the U.S. population but 33% of the Supreme court judges. That's a more then 1650% over-representation by my math. Here in Canada, Quebec,which has 23% of the Canadian population is guaranted 33% of the S.C. justices. This is now being called into question for over-representation of Francophones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90750618922370006392012-11-10T10:56:07.765-08:002012-11-10T10:56:07.765-08:00In light of the recent election coverage, I'm ...<i>In light of the recent election coverage, I'm now wanting to see Nate Silver's model aggregating the last several doctors' visits, age, weight, and astrological sign of the justices to give an expected number of justices that will drop dead or have to resign in the next four years. Then we can contrast this with the Intrade odds..</i> <br /><br /><br /><br />I'm not sure if you're parodying yourself or not ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-12834935667022936992012-11-10T09:55:58.383-08:002012-11-10T09:55:58.383-08:00You voted for Romney?
After documenting that Obam...<i>You voted for Romney?<br /><br />After documenting that Obama is the best president on immigration issues in the past thirty years and generally a competent intellectual you still voted for Romney.</i> <br /><br /><br />Have you ever read this website before? You think that Steve documented that Obama is the best president on immigration issues in the past thirty years? That he's a competent intellectual? <br /><br />Maybe you're thinking of some guy named Steve who works for TAP or TNR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-60820197605394409442012-11-10T09:55:00.941-08:002012-11-10T09:55:00.941-08:00"Romney beat Obama by 7 points in the white y..."Romney beat Obama by 7 points in the white youth vote (!)"<br /><br />Our posterity has been screwed by the Democrats in 1965. Surprise!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16857176590488356702012-11-10T09:52:41.653-08:002012-11-10T09:52:41.653-08:00We can only hope that something drives Kennedy and...<i>We can only hope that something drives Kennedy and Alito to retire so they can be replaced by smarter justices that examine and think over the law instead of just sniffing their own feelings</i> <br /><br /><br />You meant to say "We <i>leftists</i> can only hope that something drives Kennedy and Alito to retire so that they can be replaced by leftist justices"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65922610674576899172012-11-10T09:33:04.473-08:002012-11-10T09:33:04.473-08:00Every chance that the conservatives on the court w...Every chance that the conservatives on the court will live/keep their wits for a further four years. And the knowledge of what they will be replaced with in a second Obama term may spur them to postpone retirement awhile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89772491952439632372012-11-10T09:32:10.529-08:002012-11-10T09:32:10.529-08:00Historically some justices have cared about this, ...Historically some justices have cared about this, some haven't, but I would expect the Clinton appointees (Breyer and Ginsburg) to retire next year when the Democrats still hold the White House and the Senate. The Reagan appointees (Scalia and Kennedy) will try to hold on until 2015, if not 2017.<br /><br />The biggest theatrics will be over the Kennedy seat. Even a Republican appointment for one of the "Democratic" seat is not really a big deal since Republican appointees have made up a majority of the Court since 1971, something medium-information voters on both sides keep forgetting.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75190629270226115112012-11-10T08:39:32.189-08:002012-11-10T08:39:32.189-08:00Fifteen years should be added to Sonia Sotomayor&#...Fifteen years should be added to Sonia Sotomayor's age because she has Type I diabetes. You can type the last names of the other justices into www.ancestry.com to figure out other age adjustments relative to an average lifespan in the US.<br /><br />Just what is the standard deviation on average lifespan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-15523995958005575332012-11-10T07:15:00.799-08:002012-11-10T07:15:00.799-08:00Two useful additions to the list:
1. Age at death...Two useful additions to the list:<br /><br />1. Age at death for both parents for each justice. If death was due to a violent and not medical reason, note that.<br /><br />2. Estimated remaining lifespan for a person of their age, gender, known medical status according to good actuarial tables.Swordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88591736983037412802012-11-10T06:25:31.684-08:002012-11-10T06:25:31.684-08:00In light of the recent election coverage, I'm ...In light of the recent election coverage, I'm now wanting to see Nate Silver's model aggregating the last several doctors' visits, age, weight, and astrological sign of the justices to give an expected number of justices that will drop dead or have to resign in the next four years. Then we can contrast this with the Intrade odds....NOTAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33522581464966967222012-11-10T06:03:56.237-08:002012-11-10T06:03:56.237-08:00"2. Sotomayor has childhood-onset diabetes wh...<br />"2. Sotomayor has childhood-onset diabetes which typically shortens lifespans 10-25 years."<br /><br />Don't worry, she's a wise latina. So, she will be the one who, like Ali G is just gonna keep on kicking it forever...Bud's floaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86445211119181995462012-11-10T05:58:18.701-08:002012-11-10T05:58:18.701-08:00This is really shaping up to be a nasty 4 years. I...This is really shaping up to be a nasty 4 years. If he appoints 4 more members of the supreme court, then fully 2/3 of the court (6/9), enough to easily give a majority to any vote, will be Obama tools.Nailornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49612304398258520862012-11-10T02:58:12.321-08:002012-11-10T02:58:12.321-08:00Do remember that among the codgers it's the ov...Do remember that among the codgers it's the overweight and mildly obese who live longest. The scrawny die earlier.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-27242715325352797882012-11-10T00:43:41.013-08:002012-11-10T00:43:41.013-08:00"After documenting that Obama is the best pre..."After documenting that Obama is the best president on immigration issues in the past thirty years and generally a competent intellectual you still voted for Romney. I'll admit Romney is possibly the only many in America whiter than Obama, but he'd be worse on all the issues you write about."<br /><br />There are any number reasons to vote for a WN/race realist/HBDer, etc. to vote for Obama (I would have myself if I were American), not the least of which is strategy for 2016 and beyond (Rand Paul has a chance now instead of Hillary) but you must admit, nothing would have woken people up like the riots and mayhem that would ensued from a Romney victory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37803895821943421372012-11-10T00:35:44.382-08:002012-11-10T00:35:44.382-08:00Watch for a complete flip on gun rights.Watch for a complete flip on gun rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34899516182351706122012-11-10T00:15:34.557-08:002012-11-10T00:15:34.557-08:00Obama will be chomping at the bit to get Diane Woo...Obama will be chomping at the bit to get Diane Wood and/or Kamala Harris into SCOTUS during his term. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-7918251527705437802012-11-09T23:12:19.867-08:002012-11-09T23:12:19.867-08:00"Wait, why is Roberts listed as an 'R'...<i>"Wait, why is Roberts listed as an 'R'?"</i><br /><br />R for Renegade.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55096090598096338052012-11-09T23:01:39.586-08:002012-11-09T23:01:39.586-08:00This flashes me back to when Roberts was nominated...This flashes me back to when Roberts was nominated... All the people cooing over him (basically complete overlap with the people who praised the Paul Ryan selection)... Essentially the full identical crowd predicting a Romney landslide post-September, you know, after all the kinks got worked outPotomac Pilgrimsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-62166078531425740722012-11-09T22:47:31.871-08:002012-11-09T22:47:31.871-08:003. Thomas and Scalia and Kagan are obese but not m...<i>3. Thomas and Scalia and Kagan are obese but not morbidly obese.</i><br /><br />You're probably right there... I always thought of Thomas and Kagan as portly but Scalia has gotta be heavier than either. This may be due to Italo-American stereotype threatAlcalde Jaime Miguel Curleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11801154986193443160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52706415792223388092012-11-09T21:58:46.032-08:002012-11-09T21:58:46.032-08:00Off topic--
Romney beat Obama by 7 points in the ...Off topic--<br /><br />Romney beat Obama by 7 points in the white youth vote (!)<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president#exit-polls<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#USP00p1<br /><br />Vote by Age and Race<br />White 18-29 (11%)[same in both polls]<br /><br />Obama: 54% – MCain: 44%<br />Obama: 44% – Romney: 51%<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81064920935923247042012-11-09T21:40:46.849-08:002012-11-09T21:40:46.849-08:00Steve:
You voted for Romney?
After documenting ...Steve: <br /><br />You voted for Romney?<br /><br />After documenting that Obama is the best president on immigration issues in the past thirty years and generally a competent intellectual you still voted for Romney. I'll admit Romney is possibly the only many in America whiter than Obama, but he'd be worse on all the issues you write about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-18633418689634177972012-11-09T21:37:21.131-08:002012-11-09T21:37:21.131-08:00Wait, why is Roberts listed as an "R"?Wait, why is Roberts listed as an "R"?Simon Greyhttp://www.cygne-gris.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com