Kid, are you asking me or telling me?

Here's a link to a podcast?: Polygenic risk scores and diversity.

It's a fascinating topic?… And the level of biology they're discussing is precisely the right level-over-my head? But with every sentence they speak —and through all of their wordy, heavily-mannered, theatrically-accomdating, despicably condescending reiterations for listerners who might not QUITE understand what they're talking about(?), reiterations which chew through your wristwatch like a tornado through Kansas(?), as does this emm-dash parenthetical(?)— it's their endless habit of "uptalk" vocal pitches that makes their podcast fucking unlistenable?

I think kids like these, and the educational systems which have rewarded them so presumptively, are the reason Trump won? There are generations of taxpayers who are tired of being talked down to by people of no appreciable achievement(?), ninnies who've had every venture of their lives from their own schooling to their p-hacking research greased by federal money and sanctimonious rhetoric? For all the grace that society has presented to them, someone along the line should have taught them to communicate without giving the impression that every syllable from their mouths might be misconstrued such that they need to vocally inquire whether their listeners(?), or perhaps conversationalists(?), are keeping up?

Berry Gordy used to send his inner-city pop singers to finishing school? It wouldn't hurt for modern academe(?), as it sheds the rest of its left presumptions(?), to emulate his pattern? If the quintessence of modern intellectual life is academe(?), the stakes are somewhat higher than the those of the Top Ten?

Wouldn't you say?

"Toddlin'," they call it:

30 shot over 3-hour span in Chicago, including 11-year-old and at least 11 teens
According to police, at least five people were killed and nearly 50 others wounded in shootings in during a 24-hour period from Saturday into Sunday.

Well, fish is off the menu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=327-bwMQI-Y

I think kids like these, and the educational systems which have rewarded them so presumptively, are the reason Trump won?

A reason? yes, I think so.

As more than a few of my links have pointed out, our so-called elites aren't. Yet they presume they're due deference to their superior skills and knowledge. But unlike their predecessors in that rarefied they have no achievements of their own to boast. Where is their moonshot, their rebuilding a war-torn continent, fighting an existential threat?

Enjoy your inevitable lawsuit, Notre Dame.

Muffet McGraw Says She Won’t Hire a Man on Her Coaching Staff. Let Her Tell You Why.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/sports/womens-final-four-muffet-mcgraw.html

But unlike their predecessors in that rarefied they have no

But unlike their predecessors in that rarefied space they have no

Damnit, I need an editor.

Speaking of lawsuits.

Underneath the "rehearsal" heading, the call stated that white actors who were cast in the show would participate in a mandatory "anti-racism training" session. That training session would not be mandatory for actors of other races.

Under the "compensation" heading, the call stated that actors of color would be paid more than white actors.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/45648/nyc-casting-call-says-white-artists-will-be-paid-frank-camp

They told me that if I voted for Trump, I'd see rampant discrimination. And they were right!

Wow, you might think. That’s impressive! We keep hearing about long delays and antiquated care in the National Health Service, and here Jagger is able to get cutting-edge surgery in a matter of days!

Oops, never mind. Jagger flew to New York for the operation, a fact that his press representatives don’t seem eager to emphasize.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/04/annals-of-government-medicine-27.php

"Toddlin'," they call it ~ Crid at April 8, 2019 1:41 AM

Chicago's toddlin' days may be over. Mismanagement has knocked the toddle out of the Windy City.

What they don't say in these reports is that the violence is not Chicago-wide. It's happening in certain areas. The Near North Side is still relatively safe.

The South and West sides, however, are degenerating into Third World slums. I remember riding the Metra BNSF commuter rail to and from Chicago; in the '90s when I was living in the Western Suburbs. Drinking was allowed on the train. Conductors had the authority to eject unruly passengers at the next stop, so drinkers knew to keep their wits about them until we reached Berwyn. There were western Chicago stops where everyone just knew you didn't want to be ejected while drunk; scary neighborhoods where you would not be able to get a cab to pick you up and your friends would not come to get you.

As more than a few of my links have pointed out, our so-called elites aren't. Yet they presume they're due deference to their superior skills and knowledge. But unlike their predecessors in that rarefied they have no achievements of their own to boast. Where is their moonshot, their rebuilding a war-torn continent, fighting an existential threat? ~ I R A Darth Aggie at April 8, 2019 6:46 AM

We have created an elite cast out of inheritance.

The Economist once opined that Americans process failure better than any people in the world. That is, we adapt, adjust, and overcome where other sit and wallow, pursuing the same strategies that led to the failure in the first place.

In World War II, Erwin Rommel, expressed an opinion that only the Americans used their time in Tunisia well; that the American army knew less but learned faster than any army on earth.

When World War II began, the British Army valued pedigree over battlefield skill; a priority which made the British Army very nearly inept and cost thousands of lives needlessly.

I fear we are becoming that people, valuing pedigree over competence; no longer able to process failure, but content to wallow in it.

Russian gets the chair for attempted robbery

Bent the legs, too.

I'll chime in with the crowd in agreement. The claimed elites aren't and that has become increasingly obvious for quite some time. Entire scientific fields aren't scientific. And they've begun to run out of respect generated by other fields.

Not really why Trump got elected. But it is why he will get reelected quite easily. Quite frankly Trump got the Republican nomination because he was one of two candidates who was honest about our border problems and said he was going to do something about them. The other one while more accomplished was also quite an asshole. (Less so these days. Trump oddly appears to have mellowed Cruz.) After that Hillary was a horrible candidate. As much of a joke as Trump looked like a clown was vastly better than Hillary. Since then Trump has been one of our better presidents. Not perfect but very much above average.

Speaking of violent death....

> I'll chime in with the crowd
> in agreement.

We know.

Look, do I have to paint a picture for you???

They're learning your secrets without even listening.

My credit rating is pristine (true). My smartphone battery presently shows 95% (true).

The psychedelically beautiful natural world.

I like wolf spiders.

https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1114715401378598913

Attention fellow olds!

Instapundit has a roundup of toxic masculinity.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/326970/

"Not really why Trump got elected."

I think it is why Trump got elected: it's the first step in the process of attacking the points of failure. As such, it's far more a shot in the dark than a polished battle plan. But sometimes you have to do something random to throw the opposition off of their game. The other side is confused, and they're leaving doors open and high ground undefended. The outcome remains to be seen, but as a first step, electing Trump has broken a lot of the old rules and created a few new ones.

(Uniformed speculation on my part: At some subconscious level, I think maybe Trump gets this. A lot of his wild-hair behavior is having the effect of keeping the establishment off balance. In a way, it's what the establishment used to do back when they were the anti-establishment. Trump is old enough that he would have seen the tactic at work when he was a teenager.)

Well that's rather anti-climactic.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/08/us/felicity-huffman-guilty-admissions/index.html

A lot of his wild-hair behavior is having the effect of keeping the establishment off balance.

Yes. And he throws a lot of chaff[1] out there to attract the attention of his detractors. And they consistently fall for it.

Like his posting the doctored clip of Creepy Uncle Joe creepin' on Creepy Uncle Joe. And some people thought that was too much from a president and so very unpresidential. Most of the rest of the Normals just chuckled at the Trump's retweet, and rolled their eyes at the pearl clutchers.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaff_(countermeasure)

Lately, they've rolled back to the talking point of Trump being mentally unstable, even rehashing their arm-chair diagnoses. I think that those the gods mean to destroy, the first drive mad. And the proggies and NeverTrumpers (BIRM) are quite, quite mad. The form of the destructor has been chosen.

> the first step in the process

> the form of the destructor

Youse guys are far too smug. You sholdn't pretend you have a path forward. Mere disruption is not a worthwhile (or coherent) mandate. It's a child throwing mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving dinner— It's not like he has plans for what people will eat afterwards, or a cooler full of fresh sandwiches up in the treehouse, neatly seasoned and ready to serve.

Trump at his heart is an entertainer. Far more so than a businessman. He follows the long standing Democrat practice of making fun of his opponents. The people who claim he isn't presidential really mean he isn't Republican presidential. The Democrats has been doing this for pretty much my whole life. Having to deal with their own tactics is driving them nuts.

I still say the lost reputation of the false elite had minimal effect on his election. The main difference was when various 'elite psychologists' claimed he was insane everyone said to them 'That's nice dear. Now sit down and be quiet. The adults are talking.' No one listens to them. They've lied too often and consequently become powerless.

> Youse guys are far too smug.

Projecting much?

If anyone's interested, this is quite a different angle from where this columnist usually writes when writing about Trump:

"Trumpism Extols Its Folk Hero"

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/opinion/donald-trump-trumpism.html

There are well over 1300 comments.

First third:

"My mother is a devout Democrat, but also one of the most socially conservative people I know. This is typical of our home state of Louisiana among black citizens — they can be as conservative as any Republican, but are also completely convinced, by dint of history and experience, that the Republican Party not only abides racists, it courts them, and therefore they would die rather than vote red.

"My mother is so austere that she never drank or partied in any way, except for the one time she told me that she went to a nightclub and tried a drink. She didn’t much like the dingy space or the bitter beverage, so she swore them both off.

"She abhorred the showy, deeming it vulgar, so every single article of clothing in her closet was white, black, brown or navy blue. Red? Yellow? Green? God forbid.

"And she was unshakable in her sense of moral rectitude, viewing sins like lying, gambling and philandering as absolute corruptions of character.

"And yet, through my time growing up there and going to college there, she took a devilish pride in enthusiastically supporting and voting for the four-term Democratic governor, Edwin Edwards, a cocksure, gambling womanizer who would end up in federal prison in 2002 for bribery and extortion.

"On the surface, it doesn’t make sense that my mother, who thought herself a moralist, would find a champion in a flaunting immoralist, but she did as did many other Louisiana voters..."

(snip)

> the lost reputation
> of the false elite

Rhetorical layers, right? Right! Lost! False! I'm totally right.

Yes Crid you are definitely lost.