Tim's Bits and Pieces: Politics

Cartoonish Chivalry and Daughters

TimP — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 06:19:00 +0200

American Dad and Dalrock have some posts up on the sort of cartoonish "chivalry" that some fathers at least joke that they'll use with any guy trying to date their daughters. (eg: "Toss him a shotgun shell, and tell him it moves a lot faster after 11.")

Which got me thinking:

As a bachelor I know if I went home to meet a girl's parents and her father treated me with anything too far to either side of of cautiously optimistic politeness (a sort of "I hope my daughter's found a good guy, but I'm not sure yet, so I should get to know him so I can steer her away or towards as required" attitude) I'd see it as a red flag.

If he responded with the sort of fawning automatic approval you sometimes see in Hollywood, I'd worry that he'd been spoiling and fawning on "his little princess" her whole life and as a result she was likely an emotional cripple. (And he would likely cause any marital strife to escalate by encouraging her to take any of my failings, real or imagined, out of proportion)

On the other hand if he responded with the sort of cartoonish authoritarianism that these guys at least joke about, then I'd be worried that if the man who knows her better than any other automatically assumes that she's going to have freaky sex with any random arsehole who turns on the charm, perhaps I should take him at his word.

Linkage

TimP — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 03:51:29 +0200

Just sharing some more links:

First up, we've got Mike Cernovich's guide to winning the current propaganda war:

We are everywhere, and that's why the media is losing its mind.

The media is on the defensive. They simultaneously can't look away from what we do, and yet they don't want to wake people up.

Cernovich again with the Jim Ghomeshi Rape Hoax:

[Jim] Ghomeshi, a former CBC radio host, bragged about being a women's study major and male feminist.

Then his life changed. Several women came forward to claim he sexually assaulted them. He lost his job, he was put on house arrest, and he was called a rapist by international news.

The problem is that Ghomeshi is innocent.

Vox Day's transcript of Roosh's press conference (there's a video for those who prefer):

All right, so the world has gone insane in the past week. Why? Number one, I had organized meet ups around the world for men to enjoy a social happy hour to meet in private and talk about anything. Work, politics, girls, just to meet. Okay? Number two, a year ago I wrote an article How to Stop Rape. This article, to a 10-year-old, was obvious that I didn't intend to legalize rape or cause harm against women. But starting on Sunday, a lot of you have lied by saying that I am a pro-rape advocate. He wants women to get hurt! And then the third thing, you said the meet ups are about rapists. They want to gather to learn how to rape. They are going to exchange tips. Some of you have called it a rape rally! What the hell is that? A rape rally? So because of that I've been all over the world in terms of the news. Over 100 articles have been written.

And finally a Sci-fi author get's blackballed:

I launched a book this week and I went Indie with it.

I had to. My Publisher, HarperVoyager, refused to publish it because of some of the ideas I wrote about in it.

Semi-regular Linkage

TimP — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 08:08:03 +0200

First up with have Tom Kratman's story of a hypothetical [hopefully] politically correct military (part 1, part 2, and part 3). Here's how it starts (hint: it doesn't get any better, or any less funny):

Top, got a minute? Can you tell us about the company? I mean the real inside scoop.

"Oh, it's not so bad, I suppose. Could be worse anyway. I mean, I think maybe it could be worse. It used to be worse, actually, back when the XO - Lieutenant Dainty, our lipstick lesbian - was still pining over the fact that Staff Sergeant Levee wouldn't return her affections. God, she was the distilled and concentrated essence of PMS for months. But Levee wasn't attracted to lipstick lesbians, and was too much of a pro to cross the officer-enlisted divide."

Mike Cernovich on why so much effort is being put into censoring social media:

Why is there a huge effort from governments and social activists to censor social media? Why do I fight like hell on social media? Isn't social media a waste of time and a place to share cat pics?

Once upon a time if you wanted your story to get out, you had to call up your friends in the media. ... Today you don't need the media to get your message out. If you have something to say, you take your message directly to the people.

Ross Douthat's Ten Theses on Immigration in the New York Times:

1. The nation-state is real, and (thus far) irreplaceable.

2. Immigration is a perilous solution to demographic decline.

(There's eight more over there obviously, and arguments in favour of each of his theses)

Finally we have a Change.org petition of interest:

In order to show how safe current migration is to Europe, particularly regarding the cause of feminism (I reject wholeheartedly the notion that North African and Middle Eastern migrants are unsafe, and rapists), Emma Watson should spend a week's holiday in a Calais migrant camp, without guards of course, to show how safe, and how pro feminism these migrants are.

Linkage

TimP — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 01:45:36 +0200

Some links that I thought where worth sharing.

First up we have John C. Wright's Point Deer, Make Horse about the leftist response to the San Bernardino shooting:

[F]or the Left, their God is Caesar, that is to say, the State, that is to say, themselves.

After every crime-spree or disaster or terrorist attack by persons who never turn out to be white rightwingers, the Left says that it is the punishment rightfully delivered for not being faithful enough to Caesar, not giving him what he demanded for our good: not giving Caesar enough power, property and control over our minds and souls to solve the problem.

Also on the San Bernardino shooting Anonymous Conservative posted this:

One of the San Bernardino shooting victims was a staunch supporter of the right to bear arms.

He knew the threat, he had the skills and ability to deal with it, but he was killed ... by the political machinations of weak and pathetic rabbits who managed to use ... cops and his own respect for the law, to kill him and help the terrorists.

Next up Dalrock on the Fantasy Land that many Christians seem to live in regarding the push to get women into the military:

[T]he CBMW’s [Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood; a group of Christian complementarians] response to the generations long push by feminists to insert women into all parts of our armed forces is to pretend that something else entirely is going on. To avoid confronting the very open feminist rebellion, the CBMW pretends that men are insisting that women be forced into combat in their place. No one else believes this, and I have to believe that deep down even the complementarians themselves know this is a farce. However, confronting a generation of women demanding to usurp men’s roles is difficult, and to a complementarian downright terrifying. Changing the subject from reality to a fantasy world allows complementarians to avoid what is difficult and instead focus on posturing.

And finally, and just for fun: Cataclysm DDA; a rather addicting rogue-like about the zombie apocalypse.

Presidential Candidate with the Most American Surname

TimP — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 03:29:14 +0200

So, for anyone living under a rock, apparently the Yanks are having a Presidential election, and it's my duty as a random guy on the Internet to have an opinion on the election. I haven't really been paying much attention to the issues, but I can use help you out with by far the most important issue: Who has the most American Surname.

For a data source, Forebears has a nice system where you can find out various stats about different surnames, which we'll use for this. Using that I calculated the percentage of people with each surname who live in the US [excluding any who aren't known to Forebears.io].

Huckabee 2016!; Click for Larger Version

Huckabee is a very strong winner here, with 3,700 in America, and only 20 in the entire rest of the world, or a 99.5% America surname. No one else is even close to matching him.

You might think that I would have done better to simply pick the name that's most common in America, but calling "Smith" the most American name ever doesn't seem quite right to me.

To give an example of why, most people would say that Ainsworth is a more English name than Smith. This is reflected in the stats: 28% of Ainsworth's live in England, but only 9% of Smiths do.

Interestingly Ainsworth is actually more common in America than England, but only slightly more popular; not the six times more numerous the population differences would suggest, while Smith is pretty close to six times more numerous. The same comparison works for Australia as well; Smith is about how popular you'd expect it to be given our population differences, while Ainsworth is about half as popular in Australia as you'd expect it to be. The conclusion is obvious: Smith is a generic Anglosphere name, while Ainsworth is more of a specifically English name.

For those of you who remain unconvinced, here's total numbers instead, which gives Sanders a slight lead over Cruz, and then Graham, with everyone else much further down:

Sanders 2016!; Click for Larger Version

If you want them, you can download the original data-set and gnuplot script.

Linkage

TimP — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 07:23:04 +0200

Just a few interesting links.

First a short story: The Current Refugee Crisis by Clark over at PopeHat. (Courtesy of Vox Day)

Particularly for any European readers: A Petition regarding firearms in the EU.

Finally: Apparently Today is Poul Anderson's birthday; grab one of his books to celebrate. I haven't read heaps of his writing, but what I have read has been universally excellent.

Everything is Sexist

TimP — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 06:48:35 +0200

Everything is Sexist music video

Notes on the Paris Attacks

TimP — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 07:42:20 +0200

Various notes on the Paris Attacks.

First from Sean Sorrentino:

I've got some bad news for you guys. This Paris murder spree? Not all that complicated. The media keeps talking about [Deep stentorian announcer voice] "It was a sophisticated and coordinated attack, displaying extensive training and pre-planning."

Bull-puckey. That was about a rifle squad's worth of joes, about a week's worth of training, and about $100 worth of tranquilizer pills. ...

(Curtesy of Smallest Minority)

Next check out Tom Kratman's Open Letter to the Nation of France:

You have two sets of enemies inside your country. One set are the unassimilated, indeed, increasingly unassimilated and by now well-nigh inassimilable, Moslems. ...

The other enemies are your rulers, safe in their internationalist positions, denationalized themselves, well connected, corrupt, and not caring about you in the slightest. ...

And Mike Cernovich on the "refugee" crisis:

Over 125 innocent Parisians are dead, and yet the media is still lying about the Syrian "refugee" crisis in the European Union.

Nearly every Syrian "refugee" is an able-bodied man of prime fighting age.

"Humanitarian" groups teach "refugees" how to evade fingerprinting.

Finally; why I'm against gun control:

The Australian Border Force Bill 2015

TimP — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 08:25:50 +0200

Those working in Australia's detention centres are now forbidden under threat of jail time from revealing information to anyone about anything they come across while doing their jobs.

Well, not really, but that's how everyone is reporting it.

This is a reference to Part 6 of the Australian Border Force Bill 2015

This provides for a penalty of up to two years if an "entrusted person" working for border protection discloses "protected information", unless at least one of several possible conditions are met. There's a variety of allowed conditions related to law, courts, child protection, etc., but the two most relevant to this discussion are:

If they have the consent of the person the information is related to. Section 47.
If they reasonably believe that the disclosure will prevent or lesson a "serious threat to the life or health of an individual". Section 48.

[NB: Either one of these alone is acceptable]

I'm honestly not sure that this law is more restrictive then the usual doctor-patient or lawyer-client confidentiality agreements. An argument could be (and apparently has been) made that because there is a small chance they might have to prove in a court of law that their disclosure was reasonably designed to prevent a serious threat it might discourage disclosures, but it in no way forbids it.

Actual law (with Explanatory Memorandum):

47 Disclosure with consent
     An entrusted person may disclose protected information that relates to the affairs of a person or body if:
       (a) the person or body has consented to the disclosure; and
       (b) the disclosure is in accordance with that consent.

Clause 47 - Disclosure with consent

237. This clause authorises an entrusted person to make a record or disclose protected information (including personal information) that relates to the affairs of a person or body if the person or body has consented to the disclosure, and the disclosure is in accordance with that consent.

238. The making of a record or disclosure under this clause is also an exception to subclause 42(1). Also, for the purpose of APP 6 of the Privacy Act, disclosure under this provision constitutes disclosure that is authorised by law. See also clause 51 of the Bill.

48 Disclosure to reduce threat to life or health
     An entrusted person may disclose protected information if:
        (a) the entrusted person reasonably believes that the disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious threat to the life or health of an individual; and
        (b) the disclosure is for the purposes of preventing or lessening that threat.

Clause 48 - Disclosure to reduce threat to life or health

239. This authorises an entrusted person to make a record or disclose protected information (including personal information) if the entrusted person reasonably believes that the making or a record or disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious threat to the life or health of an individual, and the making of a record or disclosure is for the purposes of preventing or lessening that threat.

240. Disclosure under this clause is also an exception to subclause 42(1). Also, for the purpose of APP 6 of the Privacy Act, use or disclosure under this provision constitutes disclosure that is authorised by law.

Planned Parenthood Baby Chop Shop Update

TimP — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:26:04 +0200

So, I sent out about a hundred emails over the past few days to various companies that are alleged to support the Baby Chop shop. Here's a summary of the replies I've received (using these contact details, based on another pastebin that's now gone):

Noteworthy replies:

AT&T:

Our company matches employee contributions to various 501(c)3 organizations. Under this program, some of our employees selected Planned Parenthood for these contributions. That matching option is no longer available.

Nike:

 From: Media Relations 
 To: Timothy Pollard 
 Subject: Not read: Planned Parenthood
 Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:37:30 +0000
 
 Your message
 
    To: Media Relations
    Subject: Planned Parenthood
    Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 6:59:56 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
 
  was deleted without being read on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 5:37:30 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada).

Companies that have an employee donation match program of some sort:

Avon (may donate to PP through the Avon Foundation for Women though; they didn't specifically state), Ben & Jerrys, Energizer, ExxonMobil, Intuit, Macy's, Pfizer, Progressive (Also provided a link to this pdf, which, from page 19, shows a lot of donations to churches, and, on page 43, about $300 for Planned Parenthood), Starbucks, and Verizon Wireless.

Companies who have funded or currently fund "education programs only" with the Baby chop shop:

American Cancer Society [past only], L Brands (La Senza and Bath & Body Works) [current], and March of Dimes [current].

-- EDIT 2015-07-30 --

Adding Pfizer to the donation match list.

-- EDIT 2015-08-20 --

I got three more replies while I was away over the last few weeks, specifically Ben & Jerrys and Energizer, who both have employee donation matching programs (and have been added to the list), and Johnson & Johnson who sent the following:

 From: "Knewitz, Ernie [JRDUS]" 
 To: Timothy Pollard 
 Subject: Not read: Planned Parenthood
 Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 19:59:30 +0000
 
 Your message
 
    To: Knewitz, Ernie [JRDUS]
    Subject: Planned Parenthood
    Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 9:46:32 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
 
  was deleted without being read on Monday, August 03, 2015 3:58:32 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).