tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post5080265551287072026..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: October is the tensest monthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87423904668447166282010-11-02T21:53:48.154-07:002010-11-02T21:53:48.154-07:00"Yes but what does October say about the hier..."Yes but what does October say about the hierarchy of race in America and also in history?"<br /><br />Evidence of the evolutionary mechanism involved in having to think ahead if you leave or are pushed out of the tropics.<br /><br />If the seasons never change you don't have to think ahead or worry about surviving over winter.Wandrinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1134296134171265612010-11-01T08:21:14.081-07:002010-11-01T08:21:14.081-07:00Justthisguy said..."...if you're a Sub-Sa...Justthisguy said..."...if you're a Sub-Saharan African who still lives there, there's not much of a percentage in thinking ahead; something is probably going to eat you, anyway."<br /><br />Gives new meaning to the phrase "sub sandwich". Must be terrible to have to live in fear of becoming dinner to a springbok or secretary bird.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-14320346753890899132010-11-01T06:58:51.142-07:002010-11-01T06:58:51.142-07:00The kulaks thought their biggest problems were sto...The kulaks thought their biggest problems were storms and the seasons. They were wrong.Tanstaaflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10809764986911255031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73807875606795187052010-11-01T06:49:11.925-07:002010-11-01T06:49:11.925-07:00Another song about October (or autumn) anxiety.
h...Another song about October (or autumn) anxiety.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2NgDnX-Uwo<br /><br />For what it's worth, Autumn was my favorite season as a child (and later, adult) in Florida.<br /><br />In Poland, the identifiably autumn part (to me) is too short, a brief intermezzo between summer and winter.Michael Farrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724169255162493473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82801500072154066392010-11-01T05:10:30.124-07:002010-11-01T05:10:30.124-07:00My whole year is like that! And I am a farmer.My whole year is like that! And I am a farmer.Dahindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4902446071910143432010-11-01T04:19:36.668-07:002010-11-01T04:19:36.668-07:00Steve Wood said:
"I work in a medical school...Steve Wood said:<br /><br />"I work in a medical school, where we operate on an academic year (July,June)"<br /><br />That's funny. I had this idea that, at medical schools, you operated on cadavers! Yo!Gene Bermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30339073694006863842010-11-01T03:08:47.635-07:002010-11-01T03:08:47.635-07:00"Funny how fascists believe that those who do...<i>"Funny how fascists believe that those who don't follow orders suffer from a failure to communicate."</i><br /><br />Funny how those who don't govern themselves well are so quick to accuse others of having a desire to tyrannize.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-7033239255461098702010-11-01T02:26:34.529-07:002010-11-01T02:26:34.529-07:00Alonzo, I think I'm Scotch-Irish. There's ...Alonzo, I think I'm Scotch-Irish. There's a problem, though. I'm also small, and old, and weak. Prudence tells me that I should avoid fights, though getting crossways with people invokes a desire in me to just go for their throats. This is one of the reasons why I have avoided attemping to ride an airliner since sometime in the 1990s.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64300196122502602572010-11-01T02:13:38.756-07:002010-11-01T02:13:38.756-07:00Well, yeah, if you're a Sub-Saharan African wh...Well, yeah, if you're a Sub-Saharan African who still lives there, there's not much of a percentage in thinking ahead; something is probably going to eat you, anyway. Much better to have quick reactions and be able to run fast.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49345554317326064182010-10-31T22:05:26.910-07:002010-10-31T22:05:26.910-07:00OT.
I guess this didn't turn out too well.
US...OT.<br /><br />I guess this didn't turn out too well.<br />US had the Founding Fathers, Mexico had the Floundering ones. <br />Fascinating topic though, and wonderful backdrop to films such as The Wild Bunch and Duck You Sucker. <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Revolutiondasfdasfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17523976305127670862010-10-31T18:51:28.929-07:002010-10-31T18:51:28.929-07:00October 1 also marks the beginning of the fiscal y...October 1 also marks the beginning of the fiscal year for the U.S. Government. New federal budgets take effect then, with a ripple effect on the entire U.S. economy.<br /><br />This date has become less important in recent years, however, as Congress has increasingly been unable to pass a budget on time, relying instead on continuing resolutions that keep spending at the previous year's level until a new budget is signed into law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-41369250533812186872010-10-31T13:47:02.462-07:002010-10-31T13:47:02.462-07:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCnJdQ9iztohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCnJdQ9iztoLabanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75200585594932835632010-10-31T13:08:57.079-07:002010-10-31T13:08:57.079-07:00The S-I create here a pissed-off milieu unlike tha...<i>The S-I create here a pissed-off milieu unlike that of other white areas I have inhabited in other states. It is marked by difficulty in communicating and cooperating due to mental operations being noticeably slow among them.</i><br /><br />Funny how fascists believe that those who don't follow orders suffer from a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fuDDqU6n4o" rel="nofollow">failure to communicate</a>.kiss my scotch-irish #ssnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29122830360392886522010-10-31T11:44:30.571-07:002010-10-31T11:44:30.571-07:00lol, in keeping with the "China Threat" ...lol, in keeping with the "China Threat" media narrative: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/health/01plague.html?hpDong Wang Koon Tangnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65151508149849177402010-10-31T11:18:14.634-07:002010-10-31T11:18:14.634-07:00I work in a medical school, where we operate on th...I work in a medical school, where we operate on the academic year (July-June). So, as with the Antipodeans, your October is our April. And, yes, it is the tensest and busiest month. However, there are no really big decisions made in April - academia, like government, operates on a much slower time line than business. Instead, April is the month when the consequences of the big decisions that were made much earlier, often with vague or absurdly optimistic ideas about funding, must be accommodated in the real-world budget for the next fiscal year. It's also when the paperwork and countless small and medium decisions associated with hiring new faculty who will start on July 1 (such as determining their salaries) approaches a frenzy.<br /><br />Otherwise, I agree with the idea that October - especially late October - is when the approach of winter becomes undeniable. In the Northeast and Midwest, the weather is usually distinctly cool by late October (it's 57 degrees right now in Philadelphia, 30 degrees cooler than a typical afternoon just two months ago); the changing leaves are at or just past their peak, and the days, even with DST, are very short. <br /><br />Also, for those of us who are holiday-season-phobic, the impending arrival of that most annoying time of year becomes undeniable. <br /><br />In fact, I think late fall is a more depressing time of year than winter. By January, the days are growing every so slightly longer, and by February, at least in the mid-Atlantic area, spring is just a few weeks away (or so we can tell ourselves).Steve Woodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69480368488528548192010-10-31T09:02:14.918-07:002010-10-31T09:02:14.918-07:00FF made those comments in the "Conspicuous As...<i>FF made those comments in the "Conspicuous Assumption" entry Steve posted on Thursday.</i><br /><br />Ahh, thanks, Kylie. When I'd searched for the farmer's quotes, the only Google hits that came up were this very post (and its VDARE clone). So I couldn't figure out where they'd come from.TDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8780586250830286422010-10-31T06:10:28.807-07:002010-10-31T06:10:28.807-07:00I have been waiting for a post about Rahm and his ...I have been waiting for a post about Rahm and his run for mayor of Chicago. This topic seems ripe for discussion. Look at how he dispatched with J.J. Jr. He let news of his affair leak. The affair itself didn't matter. What was important is that it was with a white woman; blond no less. Who does this anger? Black women voters. It also lets Jesse know that even more dirt was going to be leaked if he persisted in a run. <br /><br />Now we have another potential candidate, Dart, deciding not to run. One wonders if Rahm has dirt on him. So, even though Chicagoans are not very keen on having Rahm as mayor they may get him because he scares off potential challengers.someguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65758090975825868882010-10-31T01:07:34.625-07:002010-10-31T01:07:34.625-07:00Cinco Jotas: Gaugamela, Zama, Tours, Hastings, Poi...<b> Cinco Jotas:</b> <i>Gaugamela, Zama, Tours, Hastings, Poitiers, Agincourt, Lepanto, Saratoga, Yorktown, & Balaclava were all fought in October.</i> <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Nash" rel="nofollow">General Nash</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon" rel="nofollow">President Witherspoon</a>'s son, <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=7014578" rel="nofollow">James</a>, were killed at Germantown, in October [Major Witherspoon <a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-magazine/2008/07/meet_the_ancestors/" rel="nofollow">instantly</a>; General Nash a few days later].<br /><br />Shortly thereafter, General Washington retreated to Valley Forge, and the entire army damned near starved to death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-10649571282575032052010-10-31T00:08:40.953-07:002010-10-31T00:08:40.953-07:00From a historical perspective, until the 19th cent...From a historical perspective, until the 19th century, October was the month for decisive battles. <br /><br />Armies chased each other around all summer, and so fall was the time settle things before winter began. <br /><br />Gaugamela, Zama, Tours, Hastings, Poitiers, Agincourt, Lepanto, Saratoga, Yorktown, & Balaclava were all fought in October.Cinco Jotasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20065381016463321872010-10-30T23:20:25.124-07:002010-10-30T23:20:25.124-07:00"The S-I create here a pissed-off milieu unli...<i>"The S-I create here a pissed-off milieu unlike that of other white areas I have inhabited in other states. It is marked by difficulty in communicating and cooperating due to mental operations being noticeably slow among them. For example, correctly passing a vehicle here without experiencing some frightening attitudinal conflict is definitely not a given.<br /><br />It's like a black ghetto, only with white-complected inhabitants who are mostly on the low end of middle-middle class.<br /><br />The S-I are not as violent, but they give the impression of being rather poorly prepared for the modern or corporate or highly populated world. Everything seems harder for them."</i><br /><br />There's a good description of Scotch-Irish in David Hackett Fischer's "Albion's Seed". Basically, these are frontier people: first on the English/Scottish Borders fighting each other, then in Northern Ireland fighting the Irish, and finally on the North American frontier in Appalachia and the Alleghenies, fighting the Indians. <br /><br />That kind of a background makes for people who are quick to take offense and quick to fight; better suited for frontiers and less densely populated areas; not well suited for modern urban environments. Still, I'd rather have them on my side in a fight than not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16880078068318086092010-10-30T21:55:13.250-07:002010-10-30T21:55:13.250-07:00TD said..."In what comments did a farmer do t...TD said..."In what comments did a farmer do this describing?"<br /><br />FF made those comments in the "Conspicuous Assumption" entry Steve posted on Thursday.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-70692513049312159842010-10-30T19:56:43.116-07:002010-10-30T19:56:43.116-07:00>what do you mean re prevalence of Scots-Irish ...>what do you mean re prevalence of Scots-Irish in east Tenn? Are you talking about violence?<<br /><br />The S-I create here a pissed-off milieu unlike that of other white areas I have inhabited in other states. It is marked by difficulty in communicating and cooperating due to mental operations being noticeably slow among them. For example, correctly passing a vehicle here without experiencing some frightening attitudinal conflict is definitely not a given.<br /><br />It's like a black ghetto, only with white-complected inhabitants who are mostly on the low end of middle-middle class.<br /><br />The S-I are not as violent, but they give the impression of being rather poorly prepared for the modern or corporate or highly populated world. Everything seems harder for them.<br /><br />If I were considering bringing a manufacturing plant here, I would first hire an industrial psychologist from outside the area to ensure discipline. As someone recently remarked to me about these people, "You have to watch both sides of them."<br /><br />In the years since moving out of state for the first time, I was frequently struck by how guileless and benevolent other white people are.<br /><br />There are lots of other types of people here of course, and they all stick together. Interestingly, Jewish people run and attend many of the newer Christian churches (the warm kind of Jews who would be surprised - maybe - to learn of their ethnic heritage). The cold secular type of Jews staff almost 100% of at least the new media here. Interesting too is that the low English (I call them "English potatoes") are well-represented: on some days when in the lower-middle or lower class areas, you feel as if you are in "The Canterbury Tales" or among Falstaff's cronies. The more successful potatoes (middle-middle) are snobbish in the predictably English way.<br /><br />This is by no means intended as a full inventory, was hoping only to address and answer your question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75263133902755620812010-10-30T19:47:38.127-07:002010-10-30T19:47:38.127-07:00Bad stock market crashes do tend to occur in Octob...Bad stock market crashes do tend to occur in October.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16559078404495403652010-10-30T16:28:50.514-07:002010-10-30T16:28:50.514-07:00In other news, Christine O'Donnell accuses her...In other news, Christine O'Donnell accuses her attackers of being 'sexist.'<br /><br />WHy? because any critique of any woman is sexist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87806485019926661602010-10-30T16:26:02.882-07:002010-10-30T16:26:02.882-07:00October is also when political campaigning is at i...October is also when political campaigning is at its peak. For much of the month our mailbox is filled with campaign fliers.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com