Bitcoin Keeps Falling as Stocks Surge: Right Again

Bitcoin keeps sucking. Now the financial media is realizing what I knew and predicted all along: Bitcoin is severely lagging big tech and is inferior as an investment overall. Some recent headlines about the failure of Bitcoin to particulate in the tech surge (gee…I wonder whose blog said this would happen?): First Mover: Bitcoin Struggles… Continue reading Bitcoin Keeps Falling as Stocks Surge: Right Again

Freddie deBoer on Ibram Kendi

This is an especially well-written profile of Ibram Kendi, by Freddie deBoer. Freddie’s prose is among the top 3 or so, followed by Adam Mastroianni of Experimental History. Here are some passages that stood out that showcase his style: The thing is… this is kind of how the ideas industry functions in general, these days.… Continue reading Freddie deBoer on Ibram Kendi

Why is Costco so Popular?

I saw this going viral: One reason why Costco is so popular among working and lower middle class, especially families and the elderly. The membership program turns the store into a sanctuary from miscreants: pic.twitter.com/nrEztyPWI3 — Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) June 13, 2024 Or maybe it’s popular because it’s a good value, provided you don’t mind… Continue reading Why is Costco so Popular?

Blaming Obesity on Low IQs

I don’t understand how someone who believes in HBD in so far as educational attainment or crime are concerned, it does not apply to obesity too. What is possibly more biological than how the body processes or partitions nutrients (e.g. into energy or fat?), or individual preferences for food: The least obese states are where… Continue reading Blaming Obesity on Low IQs

Skepticism that high-ranking colleges are more woke

From Rob K. Henderson: Why Young Women Are Becoming More Liberal Than Young Men: The Gender-Equality Paradox. Students are more liberal at higher ranked schools (vs. lower ranked schools) The higher up the college rankings you go, the larger the political gender divide gets I keep seeing this repeated as if it’s a truism. I… Continue reading Skepticism that high-ranking colleges are more woke

Why Jews are Overrepresented in Politics and Intellectual Movements

Apparently there are a lot of Jews in the alt/dissident-right (e.g. Steve Sailer, Moldbug, Lomez). The possibility of Sailer being Jewish does not factor into my opinion of him. This comes off as purity-testing by those who have made it an issue. This does not mean I agree with everything he says, but directionally he… Continue reading Why Jews are Overrepresented in Politics and Intellectual Movements

The Daily View: GameStop Falls, Bitcoin Falls (again), Test-Optional Struck Down

Item 1: Closed out GME at profit. It could have been more, but profits are better than losses. It began to crash this morning as the luster faded. We see the mainstream financial media and social media (as if there is a distinction between the two anymore) working in concert to create as much hype… Continue reading The Daily View: GameStop Falls, Bitcoin Falls (again), Test-Optional Struck Down

The justification for buying GME, and how GME is manipulated

Added to some GameStop (ticker: GME) a month ago when Keith Gill (aka Roaring Kitty) first returned, at around $26/share. So far I’m up considerably on the position. It was a small allocation relative to my overall portfolio, but it did contribute probably a few percentage points to my overall year-over-year return, so it was… Continue reading The justification for buying GME, and how GME is manipulated