What a Great Time to be Alive!

It was purely by chance that I stumbled upon a copy of Atlas Shrugged at a thrift store while visiting family in the US a while back. Since I’d always wanted to read it, and it was only $2.50, I snatched it up.

I’ve been reading it little by little ever since. The words of the novel rang true in my mind, and they seemed to parallel world events to an extent that was almost disturbing. The villains of the novel seemed to match the persons of Keir Starmer, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, John Kerry and others. It’s almost as if these people had modeled their personalities, mannerisms and policies after the worst elements of the “looters” in Atlas Shrugged.

The past couple of months have been a dual existence for me; what I read in Atlas Shrugged is invariably parallelled by world events.

Atlas Shrugged does have flaws. In some ways, it comes across as grossly unrealistic or even childish. The characters don’t seem human. The villains are caricatures of evil. The heroes are like gods; each one of them the embodiment of physical perfection and superhuman abilities. Industrialists, who dedicated their lives to manufacturing, somehow know how to fly planes, are experts in war tactics and martial arts. Their personality traits, at least in the first half of the book, seem absolute, as if they’re more robots than people…

… but it dawned on me that this is by design. They are meant to personify these traits, not necessarily to be convincing human beings. Yet, after a while, I felt emotionally attached to the heroes, and I truly hoped for a happy ending.

Yesterday, I was almost finished with the book, and I realized that there would be a happy ending.

“Alas,” I thought, “if only this election also had a happy ending.” I’m a pessimist, so I was expecting disappointment. I was expecting America to fall to the Communists. It was the same in 2016; I lacked faith in working-class Americans. I didn’t think they had the power to challenge the juggernaut of One-World-Government power. I was wrong then, and I was wrong today.

How appropriate that the happy ending of Atlas Shrugged coincided, at least for me, with the happy ending of the election. Will there be frustrations? Of course there will be, but right now, we should celebrate.

 a time to mourn and a time to dance (Ecclesiastes 3:4)

And I’ll conclude with the words of John Galt:

The road is cleared… we are going back to the world

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A Mental Exercise

Today, a young woman joined us at our breakfast group. She is Haitian, and (as far as I could tell), as pure a negress as one could find.

She speaks English as her second language, rather than Spanish. She is very soft-spoken and refined. Also, she is well-educated. She commented that I look more Jewish than my Jewish friend. I took that as a compliment, and told her it’s unusual for anybody from her part of the world to even know what “looking Jewish” means. She’s a devout Christian and she doesn’t date.

It’s easy to get a good impression of a young lady if she’s attractive. This lady isn’t particularly attractive, at least not by my standards. She is well-dressed, coming from one of the wealthier Haitian families.

I got to thinking; would I have been just as impressed with her had she been White? The answer is, of course, NO.

It’s in our nature to judge things, and people, by context. We don’t expect as much from black people, so we’re more impressed when they turn out to be intelligent, ethical or refined.

I think that pro-Whites will tend to belittle the positive traits of such black people, while leftists will go to the opposite extreme, falling head over heels for them. I try to find the middle ground; I won’t dismiss the good qualities of a person because of his race, but I won’t put him on a pedestal either.

I would challenge readers to conduct the same mental exercise when confronted with a similar situation.

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LA Times: IQ Tests are no Longer Racist

Good news! Not only have I started posting again (after a bout of business and laziness), but it turns out that IQ tests are no longer racist:

From the LA Times:

Much has been made of COVID’s consequences for overall healthproductivity and the economy. But recent research suggests a compelling new basis for vaccine advocacy: COVID’s capacity to reduce intelligence.

Using data from more than 100,000 people who completed online tests in England, the authors of a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine found that those recovering from COVID, including those with only mild symptoms, had measurable cognitive deficits. Even participants who had “mild COVID-19 with resolved symptoms” exhibited deficits “commensurate with a 3-point loss in IQ” compared with uninfected participants.

The cognitive loss was more pronounced in those who experienced more severe infections. Participants who had long COVID — that is, with symptoms that lasted more than 12 weeks — had the equivalent of a 6-point IQ loss on average, and those who had been “admitted to the intensive care unit had the equivalent of a 9-point loss.”

Yes, IQ tests are now reliable – to such an extent that we can attach significance to a 3-point decrease.

Now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s do extensive IQ tests all around the world – in order to dispel racist notions that there are racial differences in average IQ. This would go a long way toward equity…

Yeah, it ain’t gonna happen!

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Just Got Back from the US…

I just returned to my adoptive country of Dominican Republic after spending a month in (what used to be) the United States.

Generally speaking, I avoided political discussions with relatives; it’s not productive. However, politics did come up a few times with one relative in particular. She claims to be well-informed, and to get her news from a wide variety of sources, including right-wing sources…

However, the depth of her ignorance became apparent to me when I mentioned “cancel culture.” She had no idea what I was talking about, and had never even heard of it. This was shocking to me. Not only does she not read “right-wing” sources, but she doesn’t even read Conservatism.inc sources.

Not surprisingly, when I tried to bring up the numerous incidents of rape and murder, in Europe, by migrants, she cut me off. She “didn’t want to hear it,” and “it’s all exaggeration.” Yes, leftists have built very robust walls around their minds to protect them from inconvenient truths. It’s so sad.

Back in DR, I visited my bank today, and had to wait for a while; it was a busy day there. I noticed something interesting:

Dominican employees and customers touch each other a lot. They hold each other’s (across both genders), pat each other’s back and rub each other’s backs. They nudge each other playfully and with affection.

I think this is true across much of the world, and it’s something we’ve lost in the US. Touching another employee, or a customer, is a big NO-NO in the US. It can get you fired, even if it seems innocuous – if it can possibly be interpreted in an inappropriate way. People live in fear in the US. In DR, they have far fewer hangups. This is one reason I like it here.

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Somebody Experimented with AI…

… and found out that it’s biased against White people. Surprise!

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I’m Still Alive…

But I’ve been extremely occupied with construction. I’ll be happy when it’s all done, and then I can focus on other things – such as blogging.

In the meantime, I thought I’d share this:

Naomi Seibt@SeibtNaomi

Today I was approached by two black tall migrants. They spoke incoherently and I told them to back off. Eventually one of them grabbed my ass. I punched him in the guts immediately and splashed energy drink on the other one. I was alone, but fortunately that startled them enough to fvck off instead of chasing after me. This could have ended very badly. I no longer feel safe in Europe and the reason are not straight white men.

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An Excellent Review of Jason Kessler’s Book

Read about the inside story of the Charlottesville rally here:

The Inside Story of Unite the Right – American Renaissance (amren.com)

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Reposting From Frank DeScushin’s Tweet

Frank DeScushin

I support Juneteenth.

I understand black Americans celebrating their ancestors’ freedom from slavery. That makes sense, and I don’t begrudge them their day.

I, however, do begrudge that history being used to explain today’s outcome differences it has nothing to do with. Therein lies the problem with trying to integrate the descendants of formerly enslaved people into your populace. Many will always harbor resentment, and many will always use that history as an excuse. There’s no indication either is significantly letting up as time passes.

The man most associated with freeing America’s slaves, Abraham Lincoln, recognized the strained history between Blacks and Whites would cause conflict, and thus it would be best for the parties to be separated. Lincoln, however, recognized that the natural differences between the two groups would also lead to conflict and outcome differences.

Addressing a black audience Lincoln said:

“You and we are different races. We have between us a broader difference than exists between almost any other two races. Whether it is right or wrong I need not discuss, but this physical difference is a great disadvantage to us both, as I think your race suffer very greatly, many of them living among us, while ours suffer from your presence. In a word we suffer on each side. If this is admitted, it affords a reason at least why we should be separated.”

Today, many won’t make the admission Lincoln called for, even if they recognize there’s truth to it. On the contrary, many denounce any suggestion of that truth as racism and a desire to return to slavery. In reality, nobody wants slavery to return, but some, both black and white, do want the separation Lincoln suggested was best for both parties.

Therein lies the irony of Juneteenth. We celebrate people being freed from a system that enslaved them as we entrap people in a system today some wish they were free from. Woke folk yearn for a multi-racial Utopia void of racists. They could have that today if they merely let “the racists”, both black and white separatists, have respective lands where they control their own destiny. Globalists won’t allow that, however, because their ideology is a supremacist one which seeks to conquer all people under it.

So celebrate Juneteenth, Freedom Day, but recognize that many people today don’t have the level of freedom they yearn for. They’re enslaved in a system that treats Whites as tax slaves to fund a multiracial Utopia that’ll always be fraught with tension.

And what do Whites get out of that?

Nothing.

While other groups are uplifted via white tax money and by virtue of living in a majority white society there’s no actual benefit for Whites. Instead, their neighborhoods become less safe, their schools worse, and their opportunities reduced in the name of diversity. They’re vilified if they object to any of that. Hell, they’re vilified just for existing. How can one expect people to happily exist like that?

Source

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Let’s Talk about Nudity

My personal history with nudity is a complex one. When I encountered nudity as a teenager, it bothered me. I wasn’t used to it. Had I been used to it from an early age, it wouldn’t have bothered me. If adults make an issue out of nudity, then it becomes an issue for kids. There are places in the world where nudity is the norm. I saw it in Africa, and there are nudist colonies in the Western world. I’ve been to clothing-optional beaches – and kids are allowed. This may be shocking to some of y’all, but nothing bad happens to those kids as a result of being exposed to nudity. Nudity doesn’t hurt kids – unless it’s done in a malicious way.

A child, raised with casual nudity, or whose parents don’t make it into an issue, will not have problems as a result…

One man in Oregon disagrees:

Trespassing is illegal if posted. Trespassing while naked is problematic; it’s a crazy and inconsiderate thing to do – but it doesn’t break any laws in Oregon (at least, not in Portland). I wasn’t there. I could be that the naked man did expose himself in a sexual way, which would make it illegal. More likely, he’s got mental issues, and he’s simply wandering about naked. I’ve seen this happen in Portland. People pretty much ignore it. Some will shake their heads.

Confession time. I’ve been casually nude in Portland. The weather was hot, and I didn’t have a bathing suit. I did what millions of OUR ANCESTORS did for thousands of years: I stripped down and jumped in the water. This was normal for most of human history. It’s normal now in many places.

Were there people around? Yes, there were. Were some of them children? Not in my immediate vicinity; I definitely would not have stripped down if there was a child nearby, because I would have no way of knowing what that child is accustomed to, or the attitudes of its parents. I didn’t want a confrontation, just a swim.

What if I was not so sensitive, and didn’t care if there were children around? It still wouldn’t be illegal. Inappropriate? Maybe. It would have been a good idea to at least ask the parents if they cared.

The father in the video is probably a good man; he thinks he is protecting his child. In reality, his hysteria is causing more harm to his child than the nudity itself. The child would be a lot better off if the father simply turned to him, chuckled, and said, “I think that naked man has some issues. I’d better tell him to leave our property. How about a game of ball?”

If you scroll through the comments on Twitter, you’ll see a lot of, “I’m a conservative, and conservatives are supposed to hate this sort of thing DAMMIT!!” You’ll see a lot of, “Those damn LEFTIES are at it again!! I hate lefties, and I hate public nudity!!” Some comments even equate casual nudity with grooming, as if it’s the same thing. It’s not.

If God hated nudity, He wouldn’t have us be born naked.

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Happy Dragon Fruit Day!

I wasn’t expecting it to happen so soon; it’s not even officially summer, and yet this is what greeted me at my local supermarket this morning:

Yes, those are Dragon Fruits, known as “Pitahaya” here in Dominican Republic. Here’s my first one of the year:

Tradition says that if your first Pitahaya is red, you will have a prosperous and healthy year…

Okay, I just made that up. It was tasty, and considering how early it is in the year, I did have my apprehensions.

They are costly, so I’m considering cutting costs to fit them into my budget. My religion requires it. The ancient Jewish sages said, “He who passes up a good fruit will have to answer to God.” I didn’t make that one up.

Years ago, I established that Dragon Fruit is the best fruit in the world. This fact has not changed; it will ALWAYS be the best fruit in the world.

I have decided to make this day, June 4th, official Dragon Fruit Day (Dia de Pitahaya). If you can acquire Dragon Fruit in your area, I recommend you do so, and make sure to consume some on this auspicious day. If you don’t live in the tropics, then I pity you – because you’ll probably get an inferior Dragon Fruit.

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