Monthly Archives: March 2015

The Genocide: Russia Prepares for Nuclear War

Posted on 31 March, 2015 by alfin2101

Most Americans don’t realize this, but the Russians have never stopped making preparations for nuclear war. …Russians have a massive underground complex in the Ural mountains that has been estimated to be approximately 400 square miles in size? In other … Continue reading →

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Ukraine and Russia: Marriage Made in Purgatory; Divorce Forged in Hell

Posted on 27 March, 2015 by alfin2101

First Came Ukraine … both nations trace their roots back to the first East Slavic state, Kievan Rus, which stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea from the 9th century to the mid-13th century. This medieval empire was founded, … Continue reading →

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Are All Blacks Unqualified for College and the Professions?

Posted on 26 March, 2015 by alfin2101

No. Roughly 4% of US blacks are qualified for a rigorous 4 year college curriculum and training in the professions, according to their IQ scores. If we assume that an IQ of 115 or higher is required for success in … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, IQ, Racial Myths, University | Tagged | 6 Comments

It’s Alive: Convert Empty Shells into Livable Houses, Quickly

Posted on 25 March, 2015 by alfin2101

To convert any weather-resistant shell into a modern functioning, versatile house, you need to give the shell a modern heart: Plumbing, HVAC, Electricity, water heating, bathroom, kitchen with appliances, plus gas and data services as required. All of those functions … Continue reading →

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College Graduates . . . Unprepared for Reality . . . Prepared to Lead

Posted on 24 March, 2015 by alfin2101

…overprogrammed children engineered to the specifications of college admissions offices no longer experience the risks and challenges that breed maturity… Eric Posner Anyone who has been paying attention will not be surprised to discover that university students and graduates lack … Continue reading →

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Russia, Living With a Secret Corpse, Pretends Not to Notice

Posted on 22 March, 2015 by alfin2101

… for the 11.5 million people in its capital city of Moscow, life in Russia is forging on in a curious way, bordering on theater of the absurd. Absurdity is part of daily life. And the higher its concentration, the … Continue reading →

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The Art of Peacefully Overthrowing Governments

Posted on 21 March, 2015 by alfin2101

Peaceful overthrow of an established government is an art, not a science. If you want to bring about a kindly revolution, you must know the nation and its people intimately, and act accordingly. When the government of Iceland was peacefully … Continue reading →

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You, My Fine Sucker, Have Been Hacked and Trolled by the Best

Posted on 20 March, 2015 by alfin2101

After responding to an advertisement in the popular HeadHunter job-search website, [Tatiana] became a Kremlin-paid Internet troll. Tatiana — who, like others interviewed for this story, asked that her last name not be used — worked out of a 2,500-square-meter … Continue reading →

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Brain Tweaking Without Drugs

Posted on 19 March, 2015 by alfin2101

Today we’ll look at a few methods of tweaking brain function without using pharmaceuticals. These and similar methods offer the promise of improving cognition, emotional levels (depression), attention and memory, and other aspects of brain function and behaviour. A recent … Continue reading →

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The Land of Unwanted Babies and Nuclear Proliferation

Posted on 18 March, 2015 by alfin2101

Baby Disposal Boxes to be Provided to Mothers of Unwanted Babies Child abuse in Russia is routine. Russian streets are overflowing with unwanted “street children,” and the Russian orphanage system is a global disgrace. The “official” number of abortions performed … Continue reading →

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Breaking the Chokehold: Opening the Job Market to Competence

Posted on 17 March, 2015 by alfin2101

Higher Education is Broken …the traditional credential is rapidly losing relevance. The value of paper degrees lies in a common agreement to accept them as a proxy for competence and status, and that agreement is less rock solid than the … Continue reading →

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Universities are Doomed, College is Revolting

Posted on 16 March, 2015 by alfin2101

… most schools just don’t do a very good job anymore. They are four year summer camps for kids who got trophies for showing up. Now, they get degrees for showing up. Gone are most course requirements and core curricula, … Continue reading →

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Tough Love Private Law Enforcement in Texas Gets Results

Posted on 15 March, 2015 by alfin2101

Murray Rothbard and other anarchocapitalists claimed that private contractors could work better than public monopolies. Sharpstown, Texas — a town of 66,000 near Houston — decided to find out. In 2012 Sharpstown fired the constable service and hired the private … Continue reading →

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Growing the Master Race

Posted on 15 March, 2015 by alfin2101

The fear is that germ-line engineering is a path toward a dystopia of superpeople and designer babies for those who can afford it… _MIT Technology Review If germ-line engineering becomes part of medical practice, it could lead to transformative changes … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Development, Dangerous Child, Future, Genetics and Gene Expression, Next Level, Superbabies, Utopia | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

What If Putin Were Suddenly to Really Drop Dead?

Posted on 14 March, 2015 by alfin2101

Update 16 March 15: After 10 days in seclusion, President Putin emerged today, laughing off the speculation that he may have been indisposed — or deposed. One might suspect that Putin had actually died and been revived as a zombie. … Continue reading →

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Green Energy Poisons the Future of Germany

Posted on 14 March, 2015 by alfin2101

Germany says it wants to generate 80% of its energy from intermittent unreliable “green” sources, by 2050. Policy-makers have leapt blindly into a set of energy policies that threaten the very future of Germany. Ominous consequences of Germany’s Energiewende plan … Continue reading →

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What of Love?

Posted on 13 March, 2015 by alfin2101

The road to the next level is also the road to financial success. Time, intelligence, wisdom, financial savvy, a profound understanding of. Life. will be busy, prosperous, and full. But what of love? Love is like an ice cream flavor. … Continue reading →

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Death is Optional and Humans are Superfluous

Posted on 12 March, 2015 by alfin2101

If a country, if a people, today are left behind, they will never get a second chance, especially because cheap labor will count for nothing. Once you know how to produce bodies and brains and minds, cheap labor in Africa … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Dysgenics, Folly of Prediction, Future, Next Level, Superfluous Humans | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Hopeful News for Russia and Africa

Posted on 11 March, 2015 by alfin2101

Unless the more advanced world can devise solutions, the people of Africa, Russia, and other “falling behind” nations are doomed to suffer untold hardship and decline from infectious diseases such as HIV. Africa was the source of HIV, but Russia … Continue reading →

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Manly Skills and the Art of Manliness

Posted on 10 March, 2015 by alfin2101

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, … Continue reading →

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All Empires Die

Posted on 10 March, 2015 by alfin2101

“HISTORY TEACHES THREE pretty clear messages. One is that all empires die. Second, empires take a long time to die. Finally, the citizens of the empire rarely recognize the warning signs for what they are.” San Francisco Chronicle Had Sir … Continue reading →

Posted in Empire, Russia, Siberia | Tagged | 6 Comments

Radical Abundance vs. Decline and Collapse

Posted on 8 March, 2015 by alfin2101

You Are Not Likely to Starve Unless you live under a corrupt and incompetent government in Africa or a cruel dictatorship in North Korea, you are unlikely to starve to death. An abundant global excess of food is produced every … Continue reading →

Posted in Competence, Dysgenics, Future, Idiocracy, IQ, Maintenance, Optimism, Technology | Tagged , | 9 Comments

The Re-Conquista of Crimea: Time Favours the Tatars

Posted on 6 March, 2015 by alfin2101

Existence is bleak under Putin since the forced annexation of Crimea. The Russians of Crimea, the initial beneficiaries of Moscow’s humanitarian intervention, have seen the collapse of tourism and agriculture, soaring prices, physical isolation, and massive disruption… __ A Pyrrhic … Continue reading →

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Planet Earth “Stuck” in Long Glacial Period and Other Random Observations

Posted on 4 March, 2015 by alfin2101

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory have produced a geological record of global temperatures going all the way back to the Cambrian Era. The left-hand portion of the graph is high truncated and represents millions of years … Continue reading →

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You Are Deluded

Posted on 3 March, 2015 by alfin2101

Commentary on excerpts from Dr. Bruce Charlton’s online e-book “Addicted to Distraction” Mass Media is a system like no other – it has no function of its own, so it can just keep growing. It has no positive aim for … Continue reading →

Posted in Cognition, Competence, Everything You Think You Know Just Ain't So, Knowledge, Philosophy, Propaganda | Tagged , | 2 Comments