tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post8182367008804518464..comments2024-03-15T20:52:26.967-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Palin's husband: 1/8th "Inuit" or "Eskimo"?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29994887546323687742008-08-31T01:25:00.000-07:002008-08-31T01:25:00.000-07:00Uh, you left out totally hot sportscaster babe wit...<I>Uh, you left out totally hot sportscaster babe with big, puffy 1980's hairdo & cute-as-hell Alaskan accent plus the strangest inflections of sarcasm in her voice.</I><BR/><BR/>Didn't we have a president who was a sportscaster?<BR/><BR/>What I really love is that the first part of her report she's talking about...sled races. Name another state where that ever happens.<BR/><BR/>So this totally smoking hot governor babe from Alaska was a beauty pageant contestant, TV newscaster, and is a long-time NRA member with 5 kids (including <A HREF="http://gov.state.ak.us/photos/PalinFamily_Outside_v01.jpg" REL="nofollow">2 daughters</A> well on their way to smoking hotness)? Damn! I mean just...damn!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63401464806745947932008-08-30T22:33:00.000-07:002008-08-30T22:33:00.000-07:00I would not have kept that child, but I have nothi...I would not have kept that child, but I have nothing but respect for Sarah Palin for sticking to her convictions in the face of such adversity. <BR/><BR/>More power to her.EricFowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682596898595547401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52309020717967011252008-08-30T21:55:00.000-07:002008-08-30T21:55:00.000-07:00Man, I just can't get over the number [and the agg...<I>Man, I just can't get over the number [and the aggressiveness] of the child murderers on this thread. Well, like I always said: Scratch an Ayn-Randian, get a Stalinist.</I> - Lucius.<BR/><BR/>Bullshit: scratch a troll, get an angry troll.<BR/><BR/>So far as I can tell, none of the people suggesting Palin should've murdered her kid is a regular 'round these parts.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for the history lesson, Lucius. But that wasn't really the point. My point is that whatever their origins, the Scottish people are British, and have been British for at least the last 1500 years - and perhaps since the end of the Ice Age. Just because they last came to northern Britain 1500 years ago doesn't mean they hadn't been moving back and forth between the 2 islands for a long, long time.<BR/><BR/>You can call me "American," though the vast (98.4375%) majority of my ancestors have "only" been here 388 years or less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55732477765264701702008-08-30T21:29:00.000-07:002008-08-30T21:29:00.000-07:00miss marple: I think you should look carefully at ...<B>miss marple:</B> <I>I think you should look carefully at how many extracurriculars SP had during high school and college then she went on to run a business, lead the national guard and become active in politics.</I><BR/><BR/>Uh, you left out <A HREF="http://web.me.com/dnksr/vpilf.com/SARAH_PALIN__Vice_President_Nominee/Entries/2008/8/30_Sarah_Palin:_From_TV_Sports_Anchor_To_Vice_Presidential_Candidate.html" REL="nofollow">totally hot sportscaster babe with big, puffy 1980's hairdo & cute-as-hell Alaskan accent plus the strangest inflections of sarcasm in her voice</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78955374220439759882008-08-30T21:22:00.000-07:002008-08-30T21:22:00.000-07:00Once again, you guys who think that Obambi has som...Once again, you guys who think that Obambi has some stratospheric IQ well in excess of 130 are simply deluding yourselves: The poor guy can't think his way out of a paper bag.<BR/><BR/>And, while it's early yet to be making these kinds of prognostications [I certainly haven't studied her nearly as long & as hard as I've been studying Obambi], I think that a lot of you are seriously misunderestimating Mrs. Palin - I've got a nagging feeling that she might just be the real deal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-45817679461608085062008-08-30T19:42:00.000-07:002008-08-30T19:42:00.000-07:00Albertosaurus I think you are a bit naive about no...Albertosaurus I think you are a bit naive about no eugenics going on these days - what do you think amniocentesis and other prenatal "screening" tests are all about?LuluAddicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15318393465984291725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66385801902947073392008-08-30T17:08:00.000-07:002008-08-30T17:08:00.000-07:00Wongba said:i'm surprised that this site has so ma...Wongba said:<BR/><BR/><I>i'm surprised that this site has so many ppl who couldn't care less that palin decided to conceive a kid w/ a genetic defect that affects cognitive function.<BR/><BR/>i mean, seriously, isn't that why most of u pay attention to steve... b/c he's a modern eugenicist?</I> <BR/><BR/>I doubt if anyone "decides to conceive a kid w/a genetic defect". I think we can be sure that when they discovered that she was bearinfg a Down's child she was very unhappy. It may have been an accidental pregnancy or they may have been trying for a last child. They certainly weren't trying for a aneuploidy child.<BR/><BR/>I for one don't "pay attention to steve" because he's a modern eugenicist. There is little or no eugenics going on these days except perhaps in China with Olympic athletes. As I remember Steve did not advocate that we start breeding our own super tall basketball players.<BR/><BR/>Eugenics is in fact passe. It is nearly obsolete. For example if I wanted a faster, stronger athletes. I could selectively breed some with a eugenics program. Or I could just shoot them up with some Testosterone and/or growth hormone.<BR/><BR/>There are three types of muscle fibres in mammals: fast, slow, and mouse. Techniques currently exist to implant these fibers in an runners legs with appropriately modified stem cells.<BR/><BR/>Last decade Kenya won a lot of distance races. This decade other countries win races by importing Kenyans. Next decade advanced countries will build Kenya like runners.<BR/><BR/>The new sprinters and long distance runners will be created my manipulation of their phenotypes not their genotypes. In another decade or so there very well may be genome manipulation but there will almost certainly not be a eugenics program of selective breeding.albertosaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209465319904999278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55422886809984378282008-08-30T16:08:00.000-07:002008-08-30T16:08:00.000-07:00Truth has a point about the obsession with IQ on h...Truth has a point about the obsession with IQ on here and the attendant hypocrisy. From his writing ability and his performance at Harvard Law, Obama almost certainly has an IQ a couple standard deviations higher than 100. He probably has one of about ~130, which is more than high enough to be a competent politician. I'm sure he has a higher IQ than the knucklehead he chose as VP. <BR/><BR/>My issue with Obama isn't his intelligence but his ideology. The man has been carefully packaged as post-partisan, but he is well to the left of the mainstream. With him in the White House <I>and</I> Dems controlling both Houses of Congress, some really destructive policies could get enacted. <BR/><BR/>Whatever Palin's IQ is, it has been high enough for her to successfully run a city and a state, and rise up in her political career, seemingly without any connections to start with. That's good enough for me. <BR/><BR/>- FredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39754316937657732352008-08-30T15:27:00.000-07:002008-08-30T15:27:00.000-07:00"I think you guys should call a moratorium on..."I think you guys should call a moratorium on the 'how dumb are the black Obamas' posts. Otherwise you will look like complete noobs."<BR/><BR/>I think you should look carefully at how many extracurriculars SP had during high school and college then she went on to run a business, lead the national guard and become active in politics. <BR/><BR/>No, she's not a rocket scientist, but neither is Obama & this woman has done a lot before age 45 including having 5 children. She also has the organizational and leadership experience crucial to running a state if not a country. <BR/><BR/>Besides, SP compares more than favorably to Obama & she's only running for the VP slot not president. What's crucial is that you are jealously comparing her to Obama rather than Biden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29466389466022368822008-08-30T15:16:00.000-07:002008-08-30T15:16:00.000-07:00mark: Since when do the Scots originate in Ulster?...<B>mark:</B> <I>Since when do the Scots originate in Ulster? The Scots-Irish left Britain to settle Ulster, then many moved on to the US and elsewhere.</I><BR/><BR/>Google "Dál Riata":<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1l_Riata" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia: Dál Riata</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dalriada.png" REL="nofollow">Dalriada.png</A><BR/><BR/>The Romans built the various walls [<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian's_Wall" REL="nofollow">Hadrian's</A>, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Wall" REL="nofollow">Antonine</A>, etc - see also <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes" REL="nofollow">Limes Romanus</A>] to keep out the Pictish peoples - in the Roman era, and the early dark ages, Scotland was known as Pictland.<BR/><BR/>Gradually, over the years, the "Irish" people of Dál Riata [seem to have] bred with the Picts to become the modern-day Scots, although the exact fate of the Pictish line is not entirely certain [the Viking Danes may have had a thing or two to say about the bloodlines, as well].<BR/><BR/>In Latin, the Picts were <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonians" REL="nofollow">Caledonii</A>, and the Dál Riatans were <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoti" REL="nofollow">Scoti</A>.<BR/><BR/>As the Dál Riatans [Scots] came to be more prominent in Pictish society, gradually Pictland came to be known less as "Caledonia" and more as "Alba" [modern day Scotland].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63524627495411891822008-08-30T15:08:00.000-07:002008-08-30T15:08:00.000-07:00The Scots - in the sense of the Gaelic-speaking We...<I>The Scots - in the sense of the Gaelic-speaking West Highland Scots - did originate in Ulster. Why did they colonise Argyll in the Dark Ages? My guess is that they had eaten all the British tribes of Ireland - the "Cruithne" - and sought some more good food.</I><BR/><BR/>They're Whiter People, and they were running out of oceanfront property on the west side of the Irish Sea. And besides, the Sunday morning Londonium Times was a bitch to get that far from England.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6254408648718228072008-08-30T14:41:00.000-07:002008-08-30T14:41:00.000-07:00Man, I just can't get over the number [and the agg...Man, I just can't get over the number [and the aggressiveness] of the child murderers on this thread.<BR/><BR/>Well, like I always said: Scratch an Ayn-Randian, get a Stalinist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-72241136706453435982008-08-30T11:27:00.000-07:002008-08-30T11:27:00.000-07:00In American English it's Down syndrome not Down's ...In American English it's Down syndrome not Down's syndrome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-12729815787004007022008-08-30T11:23:00.000-07:002008-08-30T11:23:00.000-07:00Many of you are still missing the point. Most peo...Many of you are still missing the point. Most people with Down syndrome work! The food service and janitorial at our JUVENILE HALL is staffed with people with “special needs” many of whom have Down syndrome. Many restaurants and supermarkets employ people with Down syndrome who work without social-service supervision. <BR/>My 85 year old neighbor down the street has TWO able-bodied, unemployed adult sons living with her, living off of her SS checks and dealing weed. And some of you trolls think you’re wise enough to know whom to abort?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-70758288974726077312008-08-30T09:59:00.000-07:002008-08-30T09:59:00.000-07:00The Scots - in the sense of the Gaelic-speaking We...<I>The Scots - in the sense of the Gaelic-speaking West Highland Scots - did originate in Ulster. Why did they colonise Argyll in the Dark Ages?</I><BR/><BR/>So because some of their ancestors came from Ireland 1500+ years ago, you wonder why they don't mind being called British?<BR/><BR/>Jeez, I can't even be sure where my ancestors lived <B>500 years</B> ago.<BR/><BR/>By your definition you wonder why I don't want to be called a Vermonter but think it's fine to call me an American.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-22118472614474250962008-08-30T05:29:00.000-07:002008-08-30T05:29:00.000-07:00Truth, >>>>Yeah, I'm sure the hono...Truth, <BR/><BR/>>>>>Yeah, I'm sure the honors list at Harvard Law School is perenially chock-full of people with 100 IQ's.<BR/><BR/>It just seems that way.<BR/><BR/>>>>>A lower primate would probably be accepeted if he could...<BR/><BR/>Many are accepted, but *a lot* don't graduate. The wash out rate is high. Those who graduate deserve some credit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32823287303880048192008-08-30T04:07:00.000-07:002008-08-30T04:07:00.000-07:00Can anyone seriously imagine a woman aborting a ch...Can anyone seriously imagine a woman aborting a child with Down's and not erupting a scandal that would end her political career, much less prevent her from running for VP? It has nothing to do with her views. Even a leftist Democrat in Massachusetts wouldn't be able to get away with that. <BR/><BR/>It's important that the would-be abortion was [i]because[/i] the baby had Down's. To people with Down's Syndrome and those who know them, that's as great an insult as can ever be made: it's basically saying "Hey, I don't know [i]anything[/i] about you, but if you had been my kid, I would have killed you before you were born!" No, believe me, no public figure would ever be able to get away with that even if they truly did want to abort the child for the child's own benefit. However, I believe that Palin was speaking the truth when she said she loved her baby too much to kill it, and was not just making a PR move.<BR/><BR/>Also, Down's people don't reproduce, with extremely rare exceptions, so no, it's not really dysgenic. It does cost the government money to take care of Down's people, yes, so you could make an economic argument that Down's babies should be aborted to save money, but I think that at least 95% of people would be willing to pay out of their own pockets at least a few bucks to keep the DS people alive and in good shape.Stopped Clockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18155709284859187212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38549592398943237432008-08-30T03:58:00.000-07:002008-08-30T03:58:00.000-07:00The Scots - in the sense of the Gaelic-speaking We...The Scots - in the sense of the Gaelic-speaking West Highland Scots - did originate in Ulster. Why did they colonise Argyll in the Dark Ages? My guess is that they had eaten all the British tribes of Ireland - the "Cruithne" - and sought some more good food.<BR/><BR/>It does us all good to remember that our ancestors were cannibal slave-owners. Or slaves. Now, back to the walrus-eaters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88629352776207326362008-08-30T02:14:00.000-07:002008-08-30T02:14:00.000-07:00anon:"Given her stance on abortion, it was utterly...anon:<BR/>"Given her stance on abortion, it was utterly irresponsible of her to have a fifth child at the age of 44. The fifth child has Down syndrome. <BR/><BR/>How could she do such a terrible thing? And conservatives on sites like "View from the Right" are applauding her *courage* for keeping the baby! She is stupid, stupid, stupid."<BR/><BR/>The last one may have been unintended. Anyway she has 4 good ones and I'm sure she has the resources (including her older children) to ensure the 5th one is adequately looked after. Wealthy people with 4 kids having a disabled one isn't the end of the world. I say cut her some slack on that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52966886833982226312008-08-30T02:09:00.000-07:002008-08-30T02:09:00.000-07:00She's a governor, she's honest, she booted out the...She's a governor, she's honest, she booted out the corrupt GOP old boy network - so GOP insiders don't like her much. She's very conservative, and does not appear to be a loony neocon, though we can't know that for sure. She looks great so far. My left-wing Hillary Clinton supporting wife is ecstatic about this and has talked about voting Republican for the first time ever. I think this could be the sign that McCain is going to bury Obama.<BR/><BR/>Now, whether that's a good thing depends on:<BR/><BR/>1. Would Obama end the Iraq War? We know McCain won't. Obama's lazy, and it looks increasingly likely that Obama would let it drag on.<BR/><BR/>2. Will McCain start WW3? We can be fairly sure Obama won't, at least not deliberately. This VP pick certainly makes it less likely, compared to picking eg Lieberman or another neocon.<BR/><BR/>Obviously, no way are we out of the woods, we still have two terrible candidates for President. But it does seem like the first good news I've heard for a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1504838995327473512008-08-30T00:54:00.000-07:002008-08-30T00:54:00.000-07:00"i just think it's stupid she came to term w/ this..."i just think it's stupid she came to term w/ this kid."<BR/><BR/>Are you saying you would prefer a 'do as I say not as I do' politician? I guess I'm in the majority, I feel that standing for something is a good thing. <BR/><BR/>Overall, I like Miss Palin from what I know of her, She's not even nearly qualified to be the president of the US, but she seems likeable.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-51064727699080094372008-08-30T00:36:00.000-07:002008-08-30T00:36:00.000-07:00i'm surprised that this site has so many ppl who c...i'm surprised that this site has so many ppl who couldn't care less that palin decided to conceive a kid w/ a genetic defect that affects cognitive function.<BR/><BR/>i mean, seriously, isn't that why most of u pay attention to steve... b/c he's a modern eugenicist? i don't mean that in a pejorative manner either.<BR/><BR/>at least be consistent. if many of u are concerned with demographic trend in this nation towards lower iq b/c of hispanic immigration, how can u simply overlook her decision to get pregnant at 43 when the risks are so well known?<BR/><BR/>i say this as a person who is <I>more</I> likely to vote for mccain b/c of this choice. i like pretty much everything else about her except this. i just think it's stupid she came to term w/ this kid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11631694971214738632008-08-30T00:06:00.000-07:002008-08-30T00:06:00.000-07:00Well, to be fair - if Palin was a liberal careeris...<I>Well, to be fair - if Palin was a liberal careerist feminist who got pregnant at 43, we'd probably all be making snide comments about how she had brought this on herself by giving birth later in life than nature intended.</I><BR/><BR/>Maybe, possibly, perhaps - if she had given birth to her <I>first</I> child at 43. But such women don't give birth to Down Syndrome babies anyway - they weed them out prior to birth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36075356265019638712008-08-30T00:03:00.000-07:002008-08-30T00:03:00.000-07:00"truth, those aren't good ways to make IQ estimate..."truth, those aren't good ways to make IQ estimates."<BR/><BR/>One's academic record is not a good way to make an IQ estimate? Is LSD back in?<BR/><BR/>"As an affirmative-action entrant to Ivy-League schools, he could run as low as just over 100"<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I'm sure the honors list at Harvard Law School is perenially chock-full of people with 100 IQ's. As a matter of fact, I've heard that many of them only attended after being turned down by the University of Idaho.<BR/><BR/>I'm equally convinced of the world altering brainpower contained in the remedial math classes at the Naval Academy.<BR/><BR/>Let me let you good folks in on a little secret:<BR/><BR/>John McCain was an affirmative action entrant. His father was an Admiral, and if internet stories are to be believed, set a legacy of buffoonery that even Boy George would have a hard time following. <BR/><BR/>And the possible VP, well, we'll never know how intelligent she is by looking at her academic record because she attended a large state school in a state with a barely positive growth rate. A lower primate would probably be accepeted if he could put the round peg in the octagonal hole seven times out of ten.<BR/><BR/>"Palin's state borders Russia. She's at least had to do a bit more thinking that way than Obama has."<BR/><BR/>Well, when I went to Cape Cod last year, I bordered on the Atlantic and I thought about fish, maybe I should be appointed World Maritime Ambassador. <BR/><BR/>Oh, but she is cute (for a weathered 44 year old mother of 5)Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81807262712687711292008-08-29T23:25:00.000-07:002008-08-29T23:25:00.000-07:00Given her stance on abortion, she should not have ...<I> Given her stance on abortion, she should not have let herself get pregnant at the age of 43! She should have used contraception very carefully.<BR/><BR/>Troll. </I><BR/><BR/>Well, to be fair - if Palin was a liberal careerist feminist who got pregnant at 43, we'd probably all be making snide comments about how she had brought this on herself by giving birth later in life than nature intended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com