How Jessica Assaf Serves as a Warning for All Aspiring SJW's

In my latest podcast I did a segment on Hallie Turner, an unsupervised 13 year old who at the age of 12 filed a lawsuit against the State of North Carolina over global warming.  The over arching point was not

that a 12 year old shouldn't be filing lawsuits, or
how it was proof the schools brainwash children in socialism, or
another lesson in crusaderism

It was how a 13 year old egomaniac does not form in a vacuum and how society (namely, her teachers, media, and parents) failed her, effectively ruining her childhood and bringing up a future megalomaniac who is practically guaranteed to be miserable her entire life.

However, while tirading in a stream of consciousness sort of manner, I remembered that a very similar situation occurred several year ago when I put together my speech on Crusaderism.  Specifically, one Jessica Assaf.

At the time she was a mere 15 year old girl, but like Hallie lacked the parental oversight to check her ego.  Naturally, she found a "crusade" just like Hallie, and decided she was going to lobby the California legislature about "safe cosmetics."  Articles were written about her.  How she was so brave and "smart" for fighting what "she thought was right."  Look at what a "courageous" girl she was fighting "big cosmetics."  etc.  But this was now approaching 10 years ago, and so I was curious:

What ever happened to Jessica Assaf?

So while podcasting I looked into her and her fate was exactly what I feared.

Despite hailing from Marin County (the richest county in all of San Francisco) and despite pursuing her MBA from Harvard, in all honesty, Jessica is a failure.

Yes her bio is chock full of "achievements" and "accomplishments," and yes her resume has her heading up all these "beauty activist" organizations, but behind all these (largely) self-created "organizations" and "movements" she has done nothing of genuine significance these past ten years.  She has a worthless undergrad degree in "Public Health, Documentary Film and Activism Studies," has no real world working experience, and unless she has a full scholarship or rich parents, she is GREATLY indebting herself (or her parents) for a very pricey MBA from Harvard which, sadly, won't pay dividends because her protesting and litigious background makes her a risk to hire for employers.

But the real reason Jessica is a failure (not necessarily by any fault of her own) is because of what she has lost in heading down the "Social Justice Warrior" path at such a young age.  A lost life.  A wasted childhood.  And an impaired future.

First, imagine what you were doing when you were 12, 13, 14 or 15.  I sure as hell wasn't going on political crusades.  I was living and enjoying my childhood.  Wasting lazy summer days away going fishing, playing video games.  Sleeping in class, chasing after girls that wouldn't let me catch them.  Everything that every young boy and girl does that makes their precious and all-too-short childhood the magical time in their lives that it is.  And to have that ruined and tarnished with the unwelcomed and vile adult disease known as "politics" is a tragedy.

I'll say it again.  I will never have children, but if I did, they would NOT ever hear a word of politics or economics out of me until they were 16.  That's the LEAST parents owe their children.

Second, in pursuing crusaderism or Social Justice Warrioring as a career, Jessica, Hallie, and any other aspiring SJW fundamentally undermine and destroy their lifetime earnings potential.  Naturally, and predictably, they will retort "IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY!" until it is about the money because they incurred $150,000 in student loan debt for worthless, unemployable degrees.   Hopefully, they have rich parents to bail them out, but if my generation is any kind of proxy, you can expect to be in your 40's, even 50's, still saddled with student loans, a worthless degree, and a torturous debate about whether you let your ego take the hit, admit you goofed up, and make decisions to salvage what's left of your life, or double down and insist it's the "evil republicans" and "white males" that are oppressing you and your "Masters in Social Activism" degree.

Finally, in going down the Social Justice Warrior path, Jessica and Hallie severely limit their ability to have a family.  Not just because they are financial liabilities (as young women are now saddled with student loans and worthless degrees), but because they're not marriage material.  Their careers and egos obviously come first, which is antithetical to love, marriage, and children.  And they also won't be ready for marriage until they fulfill their career goals and aspirations.  This not only means they need masters degrees and years working at some low-paying non-profit or government job, but that they'll be 33, 34, 35, 40, by the time they're ready to settle down.  And the sad truth is any man with any quality and any options is just not going to marry a woman that old.  Alas, going down the SJW path severely increases the risk you'll trade in the most important thing in life (other humans, typically your family) for a career that in all honesty is pointless, useless, meaningless and unfulfilling.

But the real tragedy of going down the SJW path is that it doesn't deliver what it promises or aspiring-SJW's hope for:

Attention, fame, and glory with little-to-no real work.

Let's be very clear and honest about what motivates young 13, 14, and 15 year olds to go on political crusades and 17,18, and 19 year olds to major in the liberal arts.

Fame, attention, and a shot at riches without having to do math and real work,

Their goal, even though they will vehemently deny it, is to get through life working a cake job,

BUT

secretly pining for fame and attention

BECAUSE

why the hell else would you file lawsuits and protest at the age of 12 unless you are an attention whore (male or female)?

And it is here 10 years down the SJW path that Jessica Assaf serves as a horrendous warning to all others thinking of doing the same.

Despite hailing from the elite Marin County and getting into Harvard and having all the media attention in the world, Jessica's fame just isn't materializing.

First, her YouTube channel has 11 whole subscribers.  1/2000th the amount your lowly non-SJW Captain has.  Naturally, she may not be actively pursuing a YouTube channel, but for a "Beauty Activist" ESPECIALLY IT BEING HER CAREER, you'd think she could beat this lower-middle income boy from Milwaukee County.

Second, her flagship website, "Beauty Lies Truth," boasts having "rock star" Alexis Krauss on board, who (though I'm sure a fine musician) is not a "star."  More literally, however, since we are aiming for ego, attention, and fame, the Alexa rating of Beauty Lies Truth is 850,000th, while you're humble Captain's blog ranks much higher at 95,000th (and that's without a Harvard MBA).

Third, she was mentioned in a book!  She didn't write the book.  She wasn't necessarily even the subject of the book.  She merely got mentioned in the book.  And sadly that book has a paltry 4 reviews putting it on par with my SPOOF book "Boris the Shitting Buffalo. (which makes a great Christmas book BTW)"

Fourth, if you read through her bio you'll note her most notable achievements are HELPING getting some legislation passed and being A participant in a study about cosmetics.  Not to be an asshole, but...

Whipdy freaking ding.

So what?  THAT'S your life's accomplishments in your SPECIALTY???  10 years, with an early start to boot and that's your life's work?  That's what you're going to point to?  That is what you take pride in?  It is neither influential nor memorable nor notable to society.

And finally, yet sadly, me merely writing this piece is going to get her more fame, traffic, and attention than she's had since the original article was written about her nearly 10 years ago.  It wasn't her protesting, lobbying legislatures, or setting up a ton of fabricated "organizations" or "non-profits."  It was some guy still in his boxer shorts, banging away at his laptop who has yet to shower today that saw the risk (and the lesson) Ms. Assaf epitomizes in the SJW crowd.

The sad truth I'm trying to point out is the ironic tragedy that the attention, fame, ego, etc., you seek when going down the SJW path never materializes.  The reason is because ever since Gen X millions upon millions of like-minded youngsters came up with the same "diabolical plan" to attention whore on the backs of political crusades they did not fully understand, nor cared to understand, because it was an easier route than becoming an engineer, an accountant, a doctor, a tradesmen or any other productive member of society.  And with this many people all trying to be Social Justice Warriors, only a few will stand out, while the vast majority will relegated to unmentionable roles like Ms. Assaf.  So while this path may be tempting at the naive and clueless age of 16, 17, or 18, it is one that is JUST NOT WORTH IT, will simply ruin your life, and waste what precious time you have on this planet.

It is not too late for Ms. Assaf to be honest with herself, take inventory of her life, ask herself what she really wants out of it, and GET IT.  She can become a wife, a mother, a doctor, an engineer, anything, and I mean ANYTHING would be more productive, meaningful and rewarding than what she is doing now.

And it is certainly not too late for 13 year old Ms. Turner to stop right now, abandon her little SJW-ing, crusader ego trip and got back to being a child.

But once you hit 30, and heaven help you if you hit 40, and you never abandon the SJW path, you at MINIMUM have severely crippled and wasted a significant portion of your life.  No cause is worth that.  Please find value and meaning in your own life, not the political aims and goals of others.
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Episode #121 of The Clarey Podcast

Luke warm jacuzzi's
Cappy's footprints in Michigan
How Jessica Assaf & Hallie Turner show how society uses and abuses its youth for ego (this alone is worth tuning into)

AND MORE

in this ABSOLUTELY MUST LISTEN TO EPISODE OF THE CLAREY PODCAST!

Academian Blacks Are Racist

And until I see proof otherwise, I will be assuming, rightly or not, the average black studies professor or black college activist is a racist who hates white people.

New Sponsor Chad Elkins CPA

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Remember, the year end is just a short month away, which means tax season is upon us.   Make sure to lower your taxes by consulting Chad and asking him about 401k's, IRA's, and whatever else those CPA people do! 

You can visit Chad here and tell him "The Captain sent ya!"

Weekend Guffaw

The thing that gets me is the order of the family is too perfect from left to right.  Makes me wonder if it wasn't a spoof.

Also, if anybody knows the artist please let me know:

Better Than Any Day in Banking

I chose the wrong profession.

SoundCloud and RSS Feed Download Problems Solved

Hi All,

Noticed that the download option was not available from Sound Cloud.  Fixed that an also found my RSS feed for those of you asking.

Slowly, but surely making the transition.

Cappy

Road Trip Podcast Special - Marcus Brown

In the final installment of the Road Trip Podcast Special we interview good ole Marcus Brown, the photographer and model of the cover "The Black Man's Guide Out of Poverty."  We talk about Marcus growing up on the South side of Chicago, black community "vocabulary," girls, minimalism, and more!

Why You Should Never Attend the Carlson School of Management

Remember, the only two reasons you go to business school is :

1.  To major in accounting or
2.  Because the school is a top ranked business school like Wharton or the U of Chicago.

Road Trip Podcast Special - Isle of Man

I was interviewed by Sam at the Isle of Man podcast.  Sam is one of the best interviewers I've spoken with on account he had his questions thought out and prepared, and really did some great follow up questions.  We talked about Star Wars going diversity-crazy, philosophy, familial relations, and more!

Posts will return to somewhat normal as there are no more 10 hour stretches of driving for my east coast road trip.

I Am Changing Podcast Hosts

As some of you have noticed the Podomatic site does not have the latest podcasts OR it says it does and then there's nothing to download.

Welcome to the retards that somehow got financing to start "Podomatic."

Since then I have switched to Sound Cloud and you can find the new episodes here.

Unfortunatley, for those of you with communist devices (iPhones) you are not allowed to download MP3's directly because you are viewed as children in the eyes of Steve Jobs and are FORCED to go through iTunes.  So you will have to download and listen on your computer OR when I get home from my trip and provide a new RSS feed to my iTunes account. 

Terribly sorry for the inconvenience, but you may send your complaints to Podomatic.

Road Trip Podcast Special - Guest on Bechtloff's SNL

Chris was kind enough to host be on his Saturday Night Live Stream.  The audio is marginal on account me and Chris were sharing a microphone.  But we cover everything from SJW's beating the dead horse of multiple genders, "what if whites turned their focus towards killing people instead of making iPhones," how women are deathly afraid to ask out men, and a man who eats a jar of mayonnaise.

All that and more on The Bechtloff's Saturday Night Live Stream.

Road Trip Special - Chris Bechtloff

We visit Chris Bechtloff and discuss why America deserves what it's going to get, 20 something feminists unable to have orgasms, his snoring dog, reporting pedophiles, and more in THIS PODCAST ROAD TRIP SPECIAL!

Most American Parents Don't Deserve the 5th Commandment

However, as hellish this guaranteed-to-be-a-nightmare is going to be, it is better that living under an abusive home. You may not have food, but you will have freedom. You may be sleeping on a couch, but you have the right to come home when you see fit. You may be going into debt to pay for tuition, but you won’t have your money stolen or be forced to tithe 10% to a defunct state religion.  And you may be down and depressed, but you will find your own family either through friends or a spouse, and they will treat you better.

It’s the best life you can live, no matter what disadvantages life gave you.

Road Trip Podcast Special! - Glorious Karl Edition

Cappy visits Glorious Karl and Karl disagrees with Cappy!

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!

Cappy and Karl discuss abortion, secularism, religion, law, communism, single parents, adoption, the "blogger profession," Laci Green, Jenna Marbles, IQ, and how the masses are too busy watching sports ball or Oprah that their sites will NEVER achieve mainstream status.

Tune in here!

UPDATE - I've switched from that shitbag service known as Podomatic to Soundcloud.  This means for all of you with communist devices iPhones will NOT get the new episodes through iTunes until I update the RSS feed.  In the meantime, consider buying a device that let's you download directly to your phone without forcing you to join the "Apple Commune."  It's what us adults do.

Glorious Karl and Glorious Hat

Consider buying one.  The redhead DOES come with the hat!  I swear!

On the Road

These pictures make me look better than I am in real life.  Seriously.  Glorious Karl is an amazing man with a camera.

Out East Road Tripping

Posts will be infrequent.  But if you want me to pass along a message to Chris Bechtloff let me know.

President Hollande Apologizes to Concerned Students 1950

Episode #120 11-16-15

Cappy likes Jamaica
Wedding loans and wedding whores
How success will destroy novelty and why that is a huge problem

AND MORE!

In THIS EPISODE of The Clarey Podcast!

What Would College Be Without Football?

An institution of learning.

STEM > STEAM

A particular ranty rant that you may want to share with your "STEAM" colleagues:

Lazy Sunday Linkage

Aurini writes another "boring, frivolous, light read."

Why Millennial college students need the shit kicked out of them.

DT and The Man have a podcast (with behind the scenes info on how enraged I was at the Tea Party meeting)

PBS has professor on to explain "Micro-Aggressions" and the video gets a torrent of well-deserved hate and downvotes.  Please feel free to downvote it.

Just discovered a new Podcast Treasure Trove - The History of Russia.  168 episodes so far and they are VERY well done.

France Brought It Upon Themselves

And we will too:



Also, if you want to see how perfectly brainwashed the left is, look at the immediate knee jerk reactions in the comments section where spineless and brainless leftists scramble to blame everything but radical Islam.  It is amazing to see them so desperately try to defend a group of people who want to destroy them.  Enjoy that decline people, enjoy that freaking decline.

My Speech to the Minnesota Tea Party

Both in video

and

audio.

The topic is how to get young men (under 40) interested and involved in conservatism.  I sat down and thought long and hard about it and came up with a brilliant strategy that would work.

Only problem is, you're relying on political parties to implement these strategies.  Still, some great ideas and insight that will prove useful to all.

"The Black Storm Trooper Guy"

The KKK and Concerned Students 1950 - A Match Made in Heaven

Batman vs. Terminator

And you guys wonder why I geek out sometimes:

Viewing the Liberal Arts from Another Perspective

A client sent me an e-mail wondering if he should instead major in engineering rather than his current major, construction management.  Knowing engineering was the obviously superior major, I was already predispositioned to recommend it until he told me his IQ.

128.

Now, it almost was mandatory he became an engineer.

I remembered vaguely a rule of thumb you needed an IQ of about 115 to be an engineer, but I checked first before consulting and found I was wrong.  It was more like 120, with some of the higher level engineers having an average IQ of around 128 (Economics, ahem, ahem, also came in at 128).  Regardless, he had more than the raw potential to become any kind of engineer he wanted.

But as I looked down the list I noticed the dramatic drop in IQ as you went from STEM to the liberal arts.  Matter of fact if you took the average of the top STEM fields and compared it to the bottom of the humanities your average roughly dropped form 128 to 106, a full 22 point or 1.5 standard deviation drop.

This was interesting to me because I remember when I used to teach statistics I (in a brilliant stroke of retaliatory genius) had my students take IQ tests online and then calculate their percentile rank.  The results were predictable, but I recall one of my smarter students all depressed because he scored a 79.  I looked at him and said, "79?  That's borderline retarded!"  He sheepishly said, "Yeah, I guess I'm retarded."  I then yelled at him, "John!!!  You're not retarded!!!!  You just didn't try your best!  Matter of fact you purposely had to try to be this bad!  Now take it again and try this time!"

Regardless, that number stuck with me, and as it just so happens it's true.  80 is considered borderline retarded.

However, it wasn't until 13 years later today did this little expedition into the world of IQ provide me some insight on the problems we have in academia, specifically as it pertains to the liberal arts.  Compared to their STEM peers, liberal arts majors ARE retarded.  The gap between a normal person with an IQ of 100 and a mental retard is 20.  So the gap between a STEM major and your average humanities major would be like an average person with an IQ of 100 and the average liberal arts major with an IQ of 78.  "Officially retarded."

Of course we don't recognize this or view it that way since we are on the "good" side of 100.  People between 90 and 110 are "normal" and it is those who are above 110 that are the statistical freaks in a good way.  But if we were to not look at absolute scores, but relative scores to your average STEM major (or, cough, cough, economist), dealing with your average "college educated liberal arts major" is indeed as painful as dealing with a mentally impaired adult.

Watching the average person get excited about sportsball to the point they get upset or happy depending on how one group of guys throws a ball against another group of guys?

Painful.

Listening to women gossip at the water cooler about what dress which slut wore to the Oscars?

Torture.

Channel surfing through TV, searching for a morsel akin to "The IT Crowd" or "Sherlock," only to have "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and "The View" show up?

Bamboo shoots under the toenails.

It's no different than if your average humanities major had to deal with Rupret the Monkey Boy for their entire waking days.

But cultural comparisons aside this may also go a long way in explaining why so many of us on the right have had absolutely ZERO success in getting people on the left, specifically those in the liberal arts, to acknowledge and accept some basic mathematical facts and realities.  To a guy with an IQ of 130 the concept of ever-increasing government debt leads to an obvious conclusion of unsustainability and collapse.  But to your average early childhood education major, she doesn't even know (or care) about the difference between a million and a trillion.  To the woman with an IQ of 140, she understands the concept that there is no such thing as money, only the goods and services it can buy.  But to your average "Child Psychology" major he can't understand why pieces of paper don't have value.  And to the guy with an IQ of 120, he knows villainizing and punishing "corporations" will simply have the effect of deterring them from investing in the place they are punished.  But to your average journalism major, their brain isn't smart enough to overcome simply envy and spouts out "it's the corporations, man!!!!"

This is not to dismiss my theories that the true motivator of leftists is the mere formula of "laziness+ego."  But it is to point out they may simply lack the intelligence to understand and comprehend "slightly advanced"

economics,
cause and effect,
math, and
advanced logic,

rendering what we think are simple, black and white facts moot and ineffective.

Ergo, it doesn't make any sense to get angry with them if they can't understand "% GDP" or "exponential growth," because expecting that out of a liberal arts major is really like expecting a mentally retarded person to be able to do long division.  And while it does not solve the country's myriad of problems, it does lower your blood pressure and provide a little bit of sanity.
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Do not procrastinate.  Get your Christmas shopping done now.

This has been a PSA from your loving Captain.

Who's Piers Morgan Again?

Har!!!!!

Alex is Hiring for Busy Season

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"Leftists Only Respond to Violence" Episode of The Clarey Podcast

Fan mail!
Christmas shopping at home while wifey is in lingerie
Black Friday is proof America needs to die
Your wife won't let you go to Vegas
No blow jobs?  Then no boyfriend for you!
The Nazi Zombies are real at the U of Missouri!
The left only responds to violence
"Horse Yoga"

and MORE

in THIS EPISODE of The Clarey Podcast!

7 Articles Later and I Still Don't Know What Missouri's President Wolfe Did

It kept coming up on my damn twitter and other social media until I finally broke down and said, "Alright, fine, I'll look into this.  What thef@ck is going on with this guy "Wolfe" at the University of Missouri?"

And seven articles and 45 finite minutes of my life later, I still don't know.

Oh, I know he resigned as well as the chancellor.
I know the student group 1950 had posted a list of tyrannical and racist demands that would make any self respecting and prospective student refuse to attend.
And I know the college sportzball team was instrumental in getting these events to transpire.

But the KEY question I was trying to answer has still gone unanswered.

Precisely what the hell did President Wolfe do that was so drastic and bad that he AND the chancellor resigned, not to mention the entire university system is now forcing "diversity training" on their students?

I was expecting him to have used a genuine racial slur.  Perhaps assaulted a minority student.  Maybe got caught banging a freshman during orientation.

Nope.

The best answer I could find was "he didn't respond to some racial issues on campus fast enough."  Seriously, that's the official reason for all this hubbub.  He didn't handle a CLAIM that a young black man was called racial slurs while on campus and a feces swastika was smeared on a door.

So now I (along with the rest of you) have to ask ourselves, what is the likely scenario?

1.  President Wolfe was SOOOO incompetent that he was unaware of the Stasi-level culture of political correctness and race-victimization in today's college campuses that he let two SERIOUS claims like that go unanswered and uninvestigated?

Or

2.  Political correctness, victimization, and crusaderism have so infected today's millennial and college campus generations that they are professional and feral victims, constantly on the search for a reason to whine and claim they're oppressed because (ultimately) they're too damn lazy to work and think majoring in real subjects is beneath them?

Any one with half a brain knows it is the later (whether they have the balls to admit that or not, however, is another matter).

Now, of course, I could be completely wrong.  Maybe it was in the 8th article I would have read that I'd find out he blackmailed the entire black sorority on campus to flunk them out if they all didn't sleep with him.  Perhaps he stalled, or refused to investigate, which I could understand would lead to his resignation.  But if all the students and left have is "he didn't handle racial tensions on campus well," FOAD.  You're not fooling me.  Try your little "woeisme victim game" on John Boehner or some other ballless republican. 

The truth is that this is simply another (and ballsy) play on the left to use false racism and victimization to provide the rationalize for further brainwashing and indoctrination of America's youth in the bottleneck of college we force them to go through.  It is secondarily a BLATANTLY CLEAR aim for the worthless tranches of academians, professors, professional activities, and worthless-major-graduate students to get more funding to create make work jobs such as "diversity counselors," "professors," "advisors," and "directors."

Again, at any point in time, prove me wrong.  I want to see what Mr. Wolfe did wrong and will certainly celebrate his resignation.  Otherwise this is nothing more than what the left always does - bitch and whine while excelling at cowardice.
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Correcting Our Own

As many of you know I am a big fan of Stefan Molyneux.  His call in shows are a bit emo, but when he does specials or particular research on a particular topic I very much enjoy them as he is usually pioneering a new vein of philosophy or thought.

However a common fact he refers to (not necessarily cite) is that the amount of money in social programs that actually reaches their intended recipients is a mere fraction of the total, implying  the majority of it merely goes into the pockets of government workers and administrators.

I had no reason to doubt him as I trust the man is intellectually honest, but it wasn't until my economic spidey senses started tingling with a great economic idea that I found out he is likely wrong.

The idea was that if there was that much government bloat, there would be an area where even the most right wing and left wing persons could get together and have a great compromise.  Recipients of welfare, TANF, WIC, EBT, etc., could get an increase in their benefits, while the producers and taxpayers of society could get their taxes lowered.  This would be possible by simply streamlining the government bloat used to manage these programs and would be a win win for everybody.

The problem is government overhead accounting for the majority of social program spending just isn't true.  Glenn Kessler did some outstanding (and rare) journalism researching the topic, finding a study that shows SNAP's overhead only accounts for 6% of total spending.  Media Matters also pulled some data for multiple social programs showing the overhead for these programs ranging from 4% to 17%.  And while I don't trust Media Matters to present this data without manipulation or spin, it is in line with Kessler's research (though, not surprisingly their links to the original sources no longer work).

Regardless, the point is that those of us on the right or libertarian side of the political spectrum cannot rely on lies or false data simply because its against our principles.  We want to base our decisions in reality since that is the best way to develop policy, theories, and philosophies that work best in the real world.  So even though it would have been nice to perhaps balance the federal budget on the backs of overpaid and overbloated numbers of government workers, sadly, it doesn't look that way.  We'll just have to find other ways.

POST POST - I spoke with Michael over at Free Domain Radio and he said Stefan already has something in the pipe on this and will present his figures.  Some of the things cited in the comments are what he will be addressing, so I'm sure we'll have a good response.

Lazy Sunday Linkage

Stefan Molyneux and Bill Whittle have a great conversation (link corrected)about the r and k breeding strategies.  Many things were explained in this discussion that even I was unaware of.  Strongly recommend you listen to it.

Wedding loans.  For the Patron's Saint name of Frick.  Effing "Wedding Loans."

Rich liberals will need to move minorities out of the cities and into the suburbs because they need fancy downtown condos.  That and Russia, Syria, and Egypt...all in one post.

Keep exposing Academia for what it is - a depot for America's adult children who cannot work real jobs and must become professors.

Uncie Bern Bern has his latest podcast up.

Sober Saturday Linkage

An analysis of the movie "High Noon."

A good, dense piece on economics and history.

Please don't tell me you socialists care about the children.  You just don't.

Was on the Swank Life Podcast.

Chloe Luv started her podcast (and fair warning even I blushed when listening to it!  I thought it was going to be more about the industry and business...annnnnnnd....no. Just fair warning!)

New blog, Swords of the Saints.

Why I Don't Watch the "Debates"

The Fucktardery Never Ends

For the patron Saint of Frick.

The "97% Consensus" on Global Warming is Bullshit

I find global warming "cute" because it's not only something the left gets excited about, but many people on the right and in libertarian spheres get excited about it too.  Specifically, people on the right think it's all BS and libertarians think it's real and wonder how I (an otherwise rational, logical, empirical human being) don't believe in it.

Well, here (links to MP3).

The entire argument for global warming hinges on this convenient statistic that 97% of scientists believe in man-induced global warming.  Only problem is that statistic is pure bunk and made up.  Now the lesson to learn from this is one of when to ignore data and let pure, simple logic (not to mention cynicism in your fellow man) determine your position on different things. 

If you just trusted your gut and looked at this global warming thing for what it was, it would have become very apparent that it was all a scam.  It was just a racket.

You have:

1.  Leftists at all levels of government creating a problem out of thin air
2.  That the only solution is more government and taxes
3.  Wherein the people who could determine if there was a problem were all compensated on there being a problem
4.  With holes in research and methodologies, not to mention completely fabricated data
5.  With predictions and computer models failing to predict the past and future
6.  Oh, and yeah, don't forget about the "brand new religious" element that the mindless sheeple can follow where they can buy indulgences and give their meaningless lives "value" by claiming "they're going green."

The real story about the global warming hoax is just what a high percentage of the west's population is easy marks and fall for this huckster bullshit.  That they lack such basic common sense to identify a scam like this, if not race to sop it up, shows just how far gone this society is and that it is going to get what it precisely deserves.

Regardless, my point is that this one was so obvious you didn't have to waste your time pulling data, pointing to research, and highlighting shoddy methodologies.  All you had to say was "it's a scam and you're a dupe."  Because in all honesty, people who believe in global warming choose to believe in it and will never be convinced otherwise.  Alas, why waste your time or get riled up about global warming?  It's just the newest state-endorsed religion for the sheep.

Comic Books Taken Over By Marxists

Amen Rocking Mr E.

Episode #118 11-2-15

How Silicon Valley nerds ruined video games
A drunk Thee Man hits on Cappy's girlfriend!!!??
How inuring yourself to rejection, blinds you to women who actually like you.
Affirmative Action Star Wars
Cappy is for universal healthcare, BGI, and free housing??? What???

AND MORE

In THIS EPISODE of The Clarey Podcast!

You Are an Idiot

Don't be an idiot.

"But That's Not Fair!!!"

"Alas, not only because fairness is important to society, but as individuals we have the instinctual demand for self-respect, “fairness” is a concept constantly hammered and hounded upon us. At three you are told “it’s not fair to steal your brother’s candy.” From all of K-12 your teachers insist on everything be “fair.” And when you’re in college your liberal arts professors do nothing but whine and complain about how the world is so “unfair.” So when you graduate from college you think the real world should, ought to be, and is fair.

Oh, you foolish man."

More at my latest piece at ROK.

Burn Baby Burn!

Another scam college goes bankrupt and their idiot students are "enraged."

What I love is most of the people who attend these colleges are too stupid to realize it's a GREAT thing the school went under because it effectively put an end to them continuing to make a horrible and costly mistake.