tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post3023302728432685206..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Am I going deaf?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13321891252467833652010-01-02T12:02:40.949-08:002010-01-02T12:02:40.949-08:00If anything it just proves Anonymous' point (&...<i>If anything it just proves Anonymous' point ("At best one can have the white male antihero") even more than he thought it did, because apparently one can't even have a "white male antihero".</i><br /><br />And of course White-looking Eurasian Keanu Reaves's "Neo" character from <i>The Matrix</i> was originally supposed to be played by Will Smith, before that august thespian turned down the role to play the non-White anti-hero in <i>Wild Wild West</i>...Templarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52683990531049934332009-12-31T09:34:49.883-08:002009-12-31T09:34:49.883-08:00I would say Laurie is doing an impression of Dr Jo...I would say Laurie is doing an impression of Dr Joseph Bell who was the real life physician Conan Doyle based Holmes on. <br />http://www.diogenes-club.com/joebell.htmneil craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157898238945726349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9821315531212989332009-12-30T22:00:21.408-08:002009-12-30T22:00:21.408-08:00Saw the flick last night. I also had trouble under...Saw the flick last night. I also had trouble understanding some of Downey's lines, but not Law's. The soundtrack in general is indeedsomewhat muddy; I don't know if this is a Ritchie trait or not as I haven't seen enough of his films. The most striking thing about <i>Sherlock Holmes</i> occurred to me as I was siting through the end credits waiting for the crowd to disperse and I realized that the film has no sex, no nudity, no profanity, no homosexual characters or allusions, no diatribes against imperialism-colonialism-capitalism, no church-bashing, no military-bashing, and no white-people-bad. Wasn't expecting that from Madonna's ex.<br /><br />[Ray Sawhill] <i> Although the new sound tech enables people to do amazingly artistic and super-subtle things with sound, it's generally being used to crank up the noise.</i><br /><br />Absolutely right. There's a great example of that in <i>Sherlock Holmes</i> when the unseen villain Blackwood speaks to Holmes from the darkness of the slaughterhouse. His voice booms from the surround speakers of the theater while Holmes's voice is heard only from the front speakers. Unfortunately it's the only example of such sonic inventiveness in the film.<br /><br />So, did I like it? Actually I did, although I wouldn't call it great. I'll probably go to see the sequel, alluded to with comic heavy-handedness in the subplot involving Professor Moriarty (since Prof. M.'s face is never shown, the casting for the next villain is still open).CJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3823005053323334582009-12-30T21:51:02.983-08:002009-12-30T21:51:02.983-08:00I think the popular image of Sherlock Holmes is ba...<i>I think the popular image of Sherlock Holmes is based on the TV series starring Basil Rathbone, rather than the books. Who reads books anymore?</i><br /><br />Trouble is, even if you've read the book, TV & movie images tend to colonize your imagination.<br /><br />Its hard to stop images of Basil Rathbone or whoever creeping into your imagination.<br /><br />I read Dune (well before the movie appeared) but that doesnt stop elements of that popping up if I reflect on the book.<br /><br />Ditto Starship Troopers.<br /><br />I beleive Ian Fleming visualized Bond as someone like David Niven. After the first movie he too began to think of Bond as being like Sean Connery. Its all recorded somewhere...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63852866106856541952009-12-30T15:42:33.223-08:002009-12-30T15:42:33.223-08:00I'm surprised no one's mentioned Closed Ca...I'm surprised no one's mentioned Closed Captions. You'll never miss another word of dialog if you use the CC feature on your DVD.<br />For me it's just another reason to rent films, rather than go to theaters. <br />We leave the CCs on our television set all the time. Extremely noisy <br />action scenes, we just mute them altogether. Why listen to that crap if you don't have to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-15608471309674159462009-12-30T05:23:19.400-08:002009-12-30T05:23:19.400-08:00People who say that Conan Doyle's Holmes didn&...<i>People who say that Conan Doyle's Holmes didn't get in fights and win them against improbably odds can't have actually read any of Conan Doyle's stories.</i> <br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />I think the popular image of Sherlock Holmes is based on the TV series starring Basil Rathbone, rather than the books. Who reads books anymore?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33221384660905436042009-12-29T16:25:04.287-08:002009-12-29T16:25:04.287-08:00>"Miller" and "Reeves" are ...>"Miller" and "Reeves" are exotic surnames, eh Champ?<<br /><br />The powers that be at Twoof's "alma matter" never should have eliminated that Irony Lab, I tell you.kudzu bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865247508134005274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-12079300194548296962009-12-29T15:18:45.550-08:002009-12-29T15:18:45.550-08:00"Messrs. Miller and Reeves (despite their exo..."Messrs. Miller and Reeves (despite their exotic surnames) are white...<br />I be on the green stoically removing my ball from the cup after draining a 70 foot putt on a rolling fast green..."<br /><br />"Miller" and "Reeves" are exotic surnames, eh Champ? <br /><br />I think you just shanked a Tee shot off your left testicle there, Mo Norman.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49965912900044991182009-12-29T11:19:51.844-08:002009-12-29T11:19:51.844-08:00Not to worry anony-mouse, its mutual, I never tak...Not to worry anony-mouse, its mutual, I never take anything you say seriously!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56062111349965487782009-12-29T09:27:27.249-08:002009-12-29T09:27:27.249-08:00Downey's accent was excellent - I would easily...Downey's accent was excellent - I would easily have believed he was English if I didn't know otherwise. Jude Law's was nearly as good, but then I believe he is English.<br /><br />People who say that Conan Doyle's Holmes didn't get in fights and win them against improbably odds can't have actually read any of Conan Doyle's stories. The contrast is that Doyle wrote his wild action scenes with very reserved language, so if you're paying more attention to the style than the content, you don't realise just how violent Holmes and his enemies generally are.<br /><br />The only truly outrageous part of the film was the running around Parliament and mysteriously ending up on top of Tower Bridge. I always allow an hour for that journey, and that's not counting climbing up however many flights of stairs.Anomaly UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664826295127502774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16020754853076056682009-12-29T08:32:01.911-08:002009-12-29T08:32:01.911-08:00Not for nothing the volume gets louder during the ...<i>Not for nothing the volume gets louder during the commercial "breaks"</i><br /><br />Has this gotten more blatant in recent years? I actually have to turn the volume down during the commercials, otherwise it's positively jarring.<br /><br /><i>your White Nationalist-HBD Nerd Rulebook</i><br /><br />I actually thought this was one of truth's more amusing comments.green mambanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-45880370877665855452009-12-29T07:47:55.474-08:002009-12-29T07:47:55.474-08:00Anonymous said...
According to Wikipedia:
...<i>Anonymous said...<br /><br /> According to Wikipedia:<br /><br /> "[Wentworth] Miller is of multiracial origins; his ...</i><br><br>Look I've lived amongst white folks for years and I can spot you people a mile off. Messrs. Miller and Reeves (despite their exotic surnames) are white.<br><br><b>And for Truth, here's the picture: I be on the green stoically removing my ball from the cup after draining a 70 foot putt on a rolling fast green. I look at my shoes studying the laces as the opposing caddy says "nice one".</b>Sportnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54317764078373077502009-12-29T07:40:58.962-08:002009-12-29T07:40:58.962-08:00The second half of the nineteenth century saw a ra...The second half of the nineteenth century saw a rapid development of sewage treatment systems so London in 1900 was likely quite cleaner than London in 1840.Dutch Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687679491743923216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65693352076257482632009-12-29T07:38:54.829-08:002009-12-29T07:38:54.829-08:00Bradley is the guy who so compliantly helped with ...Bradley is the guy who so compliantly helped with my visual aid, and it great you chose a really cool nickname!Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-41357695198504347462009-12-29T06:19:32.488-08:002009-12-29T06:19:32.488-08:00Some Americans can pull it off. Exhibit A: Spinal ...<i>Some Americans can pull it off. Exhibit A: Spinal Tap. Of course Christopher Guest has quite a British background.</i><br /><br />That's putting it mildly. He's an effin' <b>peer</b>, for crying out loud. As Baron Haden-Guest he regularly sat in the House of Lords until 1999, when Tony Blair changed it from being a chamber of hereditary idiots to one of political cronies. Progress...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37898571228280640372009-12-28T22:01:35.666-08:002009-12-28T22:01:35.666-08:00your White Nationalist-HBD Nerd Rulebook
How...<i>your White Nationalist-HBD Nerd Rulebook</i> <br /> <br /> <br /><br />How stupid is Trooth if he thinks that HBD-ers are "White Nationalsts"?<br /><br />Although considering that "white nationalist" seems to be as elastic a term as "racist", it may be that lots of people are "it" without even knowing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39278486429004366652009-12-28T21:05:39.485-08:002009-12-28T21:05:39.485-08:00I must already be deaf. I can't hear anyone h...I must already be deaf. I can't hear anyone here.anony-mousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77936216189880136822009-12-28T19:35:05.583-08:002009-12-28T19:35:05.583-08:00You mean Nowitzki and Bradley, right?You forget to...<i>You mean Nowitzki and Bradley, right?</i><br>You forget to throw in the ever-clever <b>sport</b> at the end? <br>Off topic: who Bradley?Sportnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66728793666632592102009-12-28T19:00:14.689-08:002009-12-28T19:00:14.689-08:00There was a huge decline in the crime rate in Lond...There was a huge decline in the crime rate in London over the course of the 19th Century.<br /><br />Some of the reasons were technical: introduction of gas street lighting from the 1820s, introduction of a regularized police force, the Bobbies, from the same era, introduction of the telephone for reporting crime, fingerprints (which Galton made usable), mug shots, etc.<br /><br />But there was a huge change in morals, too, from the Regency to the end of the Victorian era.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84073183159263633882009-12-28T18:59:17.313-08:002009-12-28T18:59:17.313-08:00Hollywood understands very well that SOUND is more...<i>Hollywood understands very well that SOUND is more crucial than the image to audience attention. Thus, every sound is amplified many times over.</i><br /><br />Madison Avenue, too. Not for nothing the volume gets louder during the commercial "breaks" (scare-quoted because ad broadcasting makes more sense once you understand that the "programs" are actually the "breaks.").Svigorhttp://majorityrights.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66877003672184614292009-12-28T18:48:57.259-08:002009-12-28T18:48:57.259-08:00Glossy said... According to this wiki the murder ...Glossy said... According to this wiki the murder rate in England and Wales was 0.96 per 100,000 living per year in 1901, the next to last year of Queen Victoria's reign. <br /><br />Point taken; my assertion was not statistically rooted but based on the perceptions of people at the time, such as Dickens. Similarly, historians such as Roger McGrath claim that murder rates in Western mining towns were not as bad as we imagine, but contemporary writers claimed someone was killed almost on a daily basis. <br /><br />Also, robbery and assault were tremendous concerns in London.<br /><br />This is from victorianweb.org:<br /><br />>><br />In The Night Side of London (1858) J. Ewing Ritchie gives the following figures for 1856:<br /><br />It appears that in all 73,240 persons were taken into custody, of whom 45,941 were males, and 27,209 females; 18,000 of the apprehensions were on account of drunkenness, 8160 for unlawful possession of goods, 7021 for simple larceny, 6763 for common assaults, 2194 for assaults on the police; 4303 women were taken into custody as prostitutes. (qtd. in Jackson 63)<br /><br />But there much to suggest that this was only the tip of the iceberg. The problem was that crimes often went unrecorded, let alone solved. In the early years, people had little confidence in their new police force. . . Victims of thefts, muggings and so on knew it was useless to complain to them. . . Moreover, some were intimidated by their assailants, or embarrassed by the circumstances of the crime — their own drunkenness at that time, for example, or involvement with prostitutes. For their part, the police, all too aware of their own deficiencies, kept a separate tally for suspected crimes, which did not need to be included in the figures of known crimes (White 343). . . <br />Leaving aside drunkenness, theft was rampant. While children might pickpocket and steal from barrows on the streets, women might engage in shoplifting, and, as for London's sly con men, cheats, "magsmen" or "sharpers," they were notorious. So were the housebreakers working in teams, and slipping into homes and shops and warehouses. Mugging, with its associated violence, was rife. A hanky dipped in chloroform might be used to subdue someone before robbing him, or a man's hat might be tipped over his face to facilitate the crime (this was called "bonneting"). Another ruse was to lure men down to the riverside by using prostitutes as decoys. The dupes would then be beaten up and robbed out of sight of passers-by. Violence could, of course, easily extend to murder. Prostitutes themselves ran huge risks. No one knows how many of them were strangled or stabbed or butchered (Jack the Ripper was far from the only villain, and Dickens's Nancy must be mourned for many a pitiful "lost woman"). No respectable woman would have ventured forth after dark at all, if she had any choice in the matter. Even if a policeman appeared on the crime scene, he might be driven off by having nitric acid thrown in his face. The helpless were at special risk. Well-turned-out children might be waylaid, dragged down an alley, and stripped of their finery, or pet dogs kidnapped for ransom or simply filched for their skins. Around mid-century, and again in 1862, "garrotting" or half-strangling unwary pedestrians from behind while accomplices stripped them of their valuables, caused great waves of panic (White 337). <br /><<Harry Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53723883443462171372009-12-28T18:24:06.703-08:002009-12-28T18:24:06.703-08:00"All very amusing, but they're white.&quo..."All very amusing, but they're white."<br /><br />You mean Nowitzki and Bradley, right?Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79950694981510402912009-12-28T17:46:41.414-08:002009-12-28T17:46:41.414-08:00"You don't *have* to accept the one drop ..."You don't *have* to accept the one drop rule, you know, guys."<br /><br />You know technically there is validity there; If you'll all open your White Nationalist-HBD Nerd Rulebook to page 177 article 7 section 3 you will see where it states the following:<br /><br />"The one drop rule may be waived at anytime by any white male who takes amorous interest in a woman, upon the fourth occurance of said event, two photographs the woman in question must be brought to the board for verification of whiteness.<br /><br />"White females may only waive the one drop rule in case of accepting the relationship of a white male with an Asian, black, or Hispanic woman. White females are strictly prohibited from cavorting with anyone with more than 1% Asian or Meztizo heritage or .000000001% Negro heritage.*<br /><br />"The one-drop rule must be strictly observed in the case of any specious looking male with any female scoring a minimum of 23 on the 1-100 blondness scale."<br /><br />*Native American Heritage is the exception, NA admixture of up to 25% is not only acceptable, but favorable.<br /><br />I'm hoping I don't have to recite the rules to you slackers again.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24328848122434029112009-12-28T17:40:32.224-08:002009-12-28T17:40:32.224-08:00Matra - The British (and Antipodeans) are better a...Matra - <i>The British (and Antipodeans) are better at accents than Americans - though they tend to put too much twang in their fake American accents.</i><br /><br />Some Americans can pull it off. Exhibit A: Spinal Tap. Of course Christopher Guest has quite a British background. (See also Mike Myers).<br /><br />I think good 'ole cultural imperialism is the culprit. A British actor, in fact anyone in the English speaking non-American world, will have grown up watching American TV and movies. Listening to American singers and voices on the radio.<br /><br />My daughter (age 9) can do a pretty passable American accent already but cannot manage any other English language accent.<br /><br />Americans otoh I suspect can go all day and not hear 'other' versions of English.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73270327460539225122009-12-28T17:37:10.032-08:002009-12-28T17:37:10.032-08:00Truth said...
I don't know if you gents unders...<i>Truth said...<br /><br>I don't know if you gents understand ...</i>[insert dated slang here]<i> ... I wouldn't take that if I was you kid.</i><br><br>All very amusing, but they're white.Sportnoreply@blogger.com