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course, there is still much work to be done. That means honestly confronting
the crisis of Islamic extremism and the Islamists and Islamic terror of all
kinds." -- President Trump in Riyadh
"Where are you headed, Europe? Rise from your knees
and from your lethargy, or you will be crying over your children every
day." -- Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo
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| | Growing Up American
There was a time when studying hard and making the most of one's intelligence was valued. Yes, intelligence is a gift, but in order to make the most of it, one has to live a right life. That was true in the USA, China (civil service exams were notoriously tough), Britain, and on and on.
Today, the Far Left wants to make intelligence and success an anti-virtue. Keep in mind that even people with equal intelligence get varied results. Hard studying Asian students often beat their lazier
peers. Should we blame Asian family values?
The left seems to disregard the hard work
of developing one’s potential. (I guess we should pay football players less,
too.) Smart
people seem to make them fell sick. “Thus the accident of having been born
smart enough to be able to be successful is a great benefit that you did
absolutely nothing to earn. Consequently, you have nothing to be proud of for
being smart.”
I disagree. It's hard work to keep at the top of one's profession, no matter one's level of intelligence. You have my permission to feel proud of your family and your accomplishments. Also, see below. Not everything we learn is strictly about intelligence.
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| | | Training Wolfo (yes really, my father named him) taught me patience & persistence. I got the better education. Thank God for dogs.
My farther snapped this photo. I got the dog to pose. Sit, Wolfo. Good boy. (I'm sorry they couldn't stay forever.)
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| | Brains in the USA
Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy interviewed me about the propaganda around hijab in the USA and female genital mutilation taking place in states such as Michigan and Maine.
Muslims need sensitivity training, not the other way around. The hijab is far better known in the USA as a symbol of massive brutal violence against women than as a religious symbol.
Democrats in Maine’s state legislature blocked a bill to recognize female genital mutilation as a crime, whereas any U.S. citizen should recognize this as a violent crime against females.
Listen here.
For more on the techniques of ideological subversion used against the West, you can find Soviet defector and former KGB spy Yuri Bezmenov’s book, Love Letter to America, on archive.org. (It’s written under his pen name, Tomas Schuman). Where is Bezmenov today? The internet says he died in the 1980’s.
Loans for the Walking Brain Dead
Did you know that students are taking out loans to attend community colleges that may drop a requirement for them to pass “college” algebra? First, there is no such thing as “college” algebra. Children in good elementary schools (kindergarten through 8th grade) learn algebra. In high school, children should learn advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry and first year calculus (plus biology, chemistry and physics).
But NPR (national public radio) reported that algebra is the most failed course at community colleges, and asked if the requirement should be dropped. What?! This isn’t a college course. We shouldn’t lower the bar, we need to raise the standard much higher.
Students are piling up debt to get a worse education than they would get in a good elementary school. How can these people function as adults to calculate mortgage payments, finance charges, compound interest, size things in their homes, basic probabilities, read a good newspaper? The teachers of these students aren’t fit to teach. No wonder our “journalists” on the web can’t interpret basic numbers.
Help your children stay smart. It’s summer. Consider buying algebra, geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus, AP calculus prep, and science Cliff notes (or similar) online so that your children can stay in top form. That way when they start the school year, they’ll sail through the first week of review and can focus on settling in. Being prepared takes a lot of the stress out of a new situation. As they say in the military, you will default to your level of training. Everyone has to train to stay fit.
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| | London Whale: USA Drops Criminal Charges
The DOJ discovered it could not build a case around the testimony of Bruno Iksil, a man who was complicit in the case. That’s right, a solid case requires evidence and analysis, not unreliable witnesses who helped cook the books. But first, one has to look for the evidence. As it is, the DOJ is quietly covering up JPMorgan’s embarrassment. Read more in this Reuters article by Jonathan Stempel.
Reader asks whether I support a hijab, burka, etc. ban
Women can’t walk down city streets topless. Ditto a bikini. We have laws in the USA about indecent (over) exposure. A woman wouldn’t wear a bikini to an office job, even though all the essentials are covered.
Is it possible to have an indecent under exposure law? Theoretically, yes. Some European countries have such laws. This Muslim woman supports the ban.
The
swastika is an ancient Egyptian religious symbol, but it is much more
famous for being a Nazi symbol. Would you walk down the street wearing a
swastika or wear one to work? (Try giving your boss the
line that it’s just a religious symbol. Let me know how your career
goes.) Of course not!
I’m loath to regulate adult apparel, but it may come to that, since the hijab is a form of political jihad. The hijab, burka et al. can be religious/modesty symbols, but that claim is secondary to the fact these garments are symbols of massive brutal violence against women.
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| | Better Than Money
If you want to help your country, instead of contributing money to politicians, why not contribute a solution to one of your country’s problems?
I sent my paper, “Importance of Data Preservation in the Application of Set Theory to Counterterrorism,” to a former instructor at the National Defense Intelligence College who subsequently forwarded to colleagues. (This paper is not available to the public.)
My method compares lists of associates of organizations to quickly identify high probability persons of interest using set theory techniques. There is no need to know in advance whether alternate spellings of targets’ names or aliases exist, as long as association records are kept as complete as possible. A subsidiary goal was to support efforts to gain inter-agency cooperation in the compilation and preservation of data, since operatives of the Obama administration actively destroyed useful records.
How to Rebut Taqiyya
JT on Twitter: “Hijabs in USA are as offensive as KKK’s sheets. In 1979 I saw Iranian women violently forced to wear hijabs.”
Troll’s taqiyya response: How is forcing women to wear a hijab any different than forcing women not to wear a hijab.
[I never once implied that women in the USA do not have a right to wear a hijab much less that they should be violently forced not to wear one. This is the USA. (Note, I’m not talking about employers’ dress codes.) In fact, in countries where the hijab is banned, I’m not aware of government physical violence to force women not to wear them.]
JT enlightens those who may have been thrown off by the troll: “USA: Women have a right to wear a hijab. Reasonable people have a right to see it as a symbol of massive brutal violence against women.”
In the USA, we also have the right to say that we find hijabs, niqabs, et al. a reminder and a symbol of brutal violence against women. |
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