Posted On: Friday - August 30th 2024 8:29PM MST
In Topics:   General Stupidity  Music  Movies  Pundits  The Future  Bible/Religion
After our post SO WHAT, if you're right! and this one, we'll lay off one of favorite writer/pundits, Mr. Steve Sailer. We do think a whole lot of him, and yes, he has been right on the many topics in his wheelhouse.
Mr. Sailer likes the movies. IMHO, he thinks too much of the Hollywood people (everyone is a good person, right?) and the "industry", but then he does live in Los Angeles. Peak Stupidity readers will know that we have disdain for most of that, but then... why do we quote so many movie lines in posts, often to the point of being inside jokes? The reason is that we like OLD movies. I think of a thick band, maybe as wide as from the late 1980s to the late '90s, that separates the ones we appreciate from the ones we detest.
On this side of that line are movies almost all of which have PC, now woke, aspects, often entire agendas of the plot, whether intentional or just part of "the business" nowadays.*. I've turned them off 2 minutes into them to as long as an hour in. Enough is enough. On the other side of that line are movies that can be enjoyed with no worries about blood-pressure-raising agendas. I think of funny John Hughes movies - man, you could do whatever you wanted!
Going back way, way on the other side of that line, we'd get to The Godfather and its sequels. I liked these a lot more long after I saw them on TV when I was young. I imagine Mr. Sailer likes these ones too.
The guy on the right up top is the Godfather movie character Tom Hayden. He's not Italian, having been adopted by the Corleone family, and has been the family lawyer and consigliere, Italian for a close advisor, through the 1st movie or so. He's a calm, reasonable, rational, civil guy like the guy on the left up top. However, in the movie things get rough for the Corleones. At one point, Sonny tells him that he is just not a good wartime consigliere, before Sonny gets shot by about 100 rounds of Tommy gun fire at a New Jersey toll booth. (There's something to say for those e-passes, I suppose...) Later on, Michael, who has taken over for his Dad Vito, also tells Mr. Hayden that he's been a good peacetime consigliere. At this point, they need a wartime consigliere.
This is the analogy I am making with Steve Sailer. He's been not the only, by any means, but a great consigliere to American Conservatives who have been losing a mostly non-violent fight to the ctrl-left, Globalist, Commies for half a century. Mr. Sailer has advised us how we got here, what coalition is arrayed against us, how to argue our case, and even how to think about it all.
The problem is, unfortunately, this fight will not stay peaceful, as in non-violent. The other side will not let us make a bit of headway peacefully. If it hasn't dawned on everyone yet, a thousand Political Prisoners being held for years in Washington dungeons for a protest against obvious election fraud, the complete negation of the rule of law regarding the selection of the Regime candidate, while the anti-Regime candidate has been persecuted with lawfare, and an on-going major onslaught against free speech ought to clue the rest in. President John Kennedy said:
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable."I can't see where he was wrong in that.
Very soon, patriotic Conservatives will need to heed more advice from the Alex Joneses, the Tommy Robinsons (of America), and others who've already been put through the ringer by the Regime. People like Kyle Rittenhouse, a true hero, must be emulated. We need more Dwight Schrutes and fewer Jim Halperts. A peacetime consigliere cannot understand the fire in the belly of the Marjorie Taylor Greenes, the Matt Gaetzes**, or, as an example for now, those British rioters.
At the end of Mr. Sailer's interview by Tucker Carlson interview Tucker praised him for not being one of those obvious "haters". Indeed, Mr. Sailer does not come across that way. He sees the good in everyone, whether it's there or not. I'm sure he feels good about that. That's a Christian attitude, though Mr. Sailer is not one. However, "Hate the sin, not the sinner" cannot be found within the Bible, as much as it is a well-worn phrase out of modern preachers. There IS evil in the world, and the hating of the evil ones is correct at the top level, at least, Beelzebubba and his minions. A wartime consigliere must see the evil out there and advise accordingly. It's time to listen to those who have their eyes wide open and understand that the ctrl-left who completely own the Establishment and the Regime really want us all dead in ditches.
If nothing else we should listen more to the off-the-grid homeschooling (or non-government-schooling) crowd and the preppers of all sorts. If we're not going to be in the midst of the coming fight, we don't want to be caught in the maelstrom.
Though I've thought about it for 10-15 years, I don't relish what's coming. We've got to be honest with ourselves though. Americans have had it so good for so long, most can't imagine that things that have happened in the rest of the world in recent history could happen here. We need a wartime consigliere.
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
this ain't no fooling around.
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey.
I ain't got time for that now.
* I'm not even mentioning here another "feature", no pun intended, of the newer movies, which is the lack of creativity and novelty. From the titles I hear about, I mean, c'mon guys, whaddya' need a refresher film course - It's all sequels and prequels nowadays! (See?)
** I can't be sure, but I don't think Mr. Sailer thinks much of these types. Are they too lowbrow? They do tend to get into more conspiracy theories than are factual on occasion, is a slight criticism of mine.
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Adam Smith
Sunday - September 1st 2024 8:29AM MST
PS: When Ann met Donald
https://i.postimg.cc/L5NTzfCG/When-Ann-Met-Donald.jpg
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Moderator
Saturday - August 31st 2024 8:29PM MST
PS: Thanks for the interesting comment, J1234. In his book and TC interview (at least I recall in both), Mr. Sailer did say that people simply needed to not be afraid and come out and say "anti-White" and call out anti-White policies and wording where it occurs. Now, I'd written something like this on his UR blog a couple of years back.
He may have backed off some on this one, but iSteve also wrote a few times that the D.I.E. stuff is winding down. Well, sure, some companies have ditched it due to customer pressure and then good guys like Ron DeSantis have leaned hard on the U's of Florida, etc. However, a big however, is that the HR departments have not let up, and people will be screwed out of careers and what-have-you just the same. Yes, Mr. Sailer did yeoman's work in calling it out what it is, though.
That was a tangent too. I think, if Pat Buchanan didn't have the mindset of 1985, as in, well, we just have to get a majority on the House Ways & Means Committee and make some deals in the Senate... I don't think he understands that the civil government and rule of law of 40 years ago is not around anymore. Where was I, if he was more up to date, I think he'd be a good wartime consigliere. (Hey, I finally spelled that on my own!)
As you wrote though, if he were 50 y/o. He'd have more energy, and he'd also, per my paragraph, be more hip to the times. I think a lot of him.
I assume you saw the Tucker interview, J1234. Steve told a story about how good a guy PB is. Tucker agreed.
He may have backed off some on this one, but iSteve also wrote a few times that the D.I.E. stuff is winding down. Well, sure, some companies have ditched it due to customer pressure and then good guys like Ron DeSantis have leaned hard on the U's of Florida, etc. However, a big however, is that the HR departments have not let up, and people will be screwed out of careers and what-have-you just the same. Yes, Mr. Sailer did yeoman's work in calling it out what it is, though.
That was a tangent too. I think, if Pat Buchanan didn't have the mindset of 1985, as in, well, we just have to get a majority on the House Ways & Means Committee and make some deals in the Senate... I don't think he understands that the civil government and rule of law of 40 years ago is not around anymore. Where was I, if he was more up to date, I think he'd be a good wartime consigliere. (Hey, I finally spelled that on my own!)
As you wrote though, if he were 50 y/o. He'd have more energy, and he'd also, per my paragraph, be more hip to the times. I think a lot of him.
I assume you saw the Tucker interview, J1234. Steve told a story about how good a guy PB is. Tucker agreed.
Moderator
Saturday - August 31st 2024 8:20PM MST
PS: OK, I was way, way off, Mr. Blanc. Sorry. ;-}
Moderator
Saturday - August 31st 2024 8:20PM MST
PS: I don't see that happening, Ann Coulter as an advisor, that is, Mr. Anon. You may not know this, but a couple of years after the fact I learned that she had been at the White House to talk to President Trump multiple times.
See "When Ann met Donald"
https://www.peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=2198
They got into a shouting match the last time, as, Miss Coulter's correct assessment of Trump's distraction from the border issue aside, he really hated it when she compared Trump to ยกJeb!
I agree with you that he should keep his family out of it. That Javanka thing was one of the worst influences on his presidency. Now, he's got this Lara Trump raising money. I dunno, maybe getting family to raise money is OK, but get good people like Steven Miller.
See "When Ann met Donald"
https://www.peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=2198
They got into a shouting match the last time, as, Miss Coulter's correct assessment of Trump's distraction from the border issue aside, he really hated it when she compared Trump to ยกJeb!
I agree with you that he should keep his family out of it. That Javanka thing was one of the worst influences on his presidency. Now, he's got this Lara Trump raising money. I dunno, maybe getting family to raise money is OK, but get good people like Steven Miller.
Mr. Anon
Saturday - August 31st 2024 6:02PM MST
PS
Ann Coulter, like Carlson, has renounced her old neo-con sympathies, or rather biases. Today she sounds a lot more like Pat Buchanan or Samuel Francis or Joseph Sobran. To her credit, she never got on board with the effort to read the paleocons out of conservatism. She mostly took a "no enemies to the right" point of view. If Trump had any brains (he doesn't) he'd bring her on as a campaign advisor.
I have no idea who is advising Trump these days. Mostly his family, I guess. He seems to have turned the RNC into a Trump family operation - not what I'd call a good development.
Ann Coulter, like Carlson, has renounced her old neo-con sympathies, or rather biases. Today she sounds a lot more like Pat Buchanan or Samuel Francis or Joseph Sobran. To her credit, she never got on board with the effort to read the paleocons out of conservatism. She mostly took a "no enemies to the right" point of view. If Trump had any brains (he doesn't) he'd bring her on as a campaign advisor.
I have no idea who is advising Trump these days. Mostly his family, I guess. He seems to have turned the RNC into a Trump family operation - not what I'd call a good development.
MBlanc46
Saturday - August 31st 2024 2:39PM MST
PS Old movies from the 1980s and 1990s? Cโmon man, old movies are from the 1930s and 1940s.
J1234
Saturday - August 31st 2024 2:21PM MST
PS
That's a good parallel between Steve Sailer and Robert Duvall's Godfather role. Even though the cancelling craze of four or five years ago seems to have subsided A LITTLE, the country is more divided now than it was then (or at any time since the mid-nineteenth century.)
Whatever insincere, insignificant and temporary concessions the institutionalized or deep state left attempts to make, the rift continues to widen from the extremism and distrust they've initiated/encouraged over the last 15 years. They've created a momentum that likely won't be stopped without extreme measures (whatever they may be.) In my opinion, the only reason we aren't in a civil war right now is because our nation's long tradition of economic prosperity and a high standard of living (even among the "poor") gives most citizens the idea that they have too much to lose personally from such a conflict. (Civil war seems to be much more common in poor countries.)
So I've gotten off on a tangent, but Steve seems somehow a bit less edgy than he was a few years ago, probably because his perspectives are now more openly expressed among the conservative talking class. Once the anti-white hatred of the MSM and universities became far too blatant to deny, those pundits had no other choice but to concur with Sailer.
When I parted ways with conventional neo-con thinking 20+ years ago (due to the Iraq war) it was Pat Buchanan that captivated me, not Steve Sailer. To me, Buchanan has been a larger heroic figure than just about anyone on the right. As much of a debt we have to Steve, we have a much greater debt to Pat. He's still with us, but has faded from public view over the last several years.
So, were Pat Buchanan a 50 year old version of himself today, would he qualify as a wartime or peacetime consigliere? Given his general anti-war stance - AND his hard ass right wing demeanor - it's hard to calculate.
That's a good parallel between Steve Sailer and Robert Duvall's Godfather role. Even though the cancelling craze of four or five years ago seems to have subsided A LITTLE, the country is more divided now than it was then (or at any time since the mid-nineteenth century.)
Whatever insincere, insignificant and temporary concessions the institutionalized or deep state left attempts to make, the rift continues to widen from the extremism and distrust they've initiated/encouraged over the last 15 years. They've created a momentum that likely won't be stopped without extreme measures (whatever they may be.) In my opinion, the only reason we aren't in a civil war right now is because our nation's long tradition of economic prosperity and a high standard of living (even among the "poor") gives most citizens the idea that they have too much to lose personally from such a conflict. (Civil war seems to be much more common in poor countries.)
So I've gotten off on a tangent, but Steve seems somehow a bit less edgy than he was a few years ago, probably because his perspectives are now more openly expressed among the conservative talking class. Once the anti-white hatred of the MSM and universities became far too blatant to deny, those pundits had no other choice but to concur with Sailer.
When I parted ways with conventional neo-con thinking 20+ years ago (due to the Iraq war) it was Pat Buchanan that captivated me, not Steve Sailer. To me, Buchanan has been a larger heroic figure than just about anyone on the right. As much of a debt we have to Steve, we have a much greater debt to Pat. He's still with us, but has faded from public view over the last several years.
So, were Pat Buchanan a 50 year old version of himself today, would he qualify as a wartime or peacetime consigliere? Given his general anti-war stance - AND his hard ass right wing demeanor - it's hard to calculate.
Moderator
Saturday - August 31st 2024 1:31PM MST
PS: Yes, that one was a favorite of mine. "30 weight ball bearings". I've joked to an airplane mechanic about the Fetzer valve. Unfortunately, he was too young to get it. "Fletch" was a 1985 movie.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089155/
As with the Godfathers, they did make some sequels then too but not so much because they couldn't think of anything else. And prequels? Never heard of them back then.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089155/
As with the Godfathers, they did make some sequels then too but not so much because they couldn't think of anything else. And prequels? Never heard of them back then.
Adam Smith
Saturday - August 31st 2024 7:33AM MST
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My money is on this being a faulty Fetzer valve. Nothing a good set of pliers and 30-weight ball bearings canโt fix.
https://www.runoffgroove.com/fetzervalve.html
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My money is on this being a faulty Fetzer valve. Nothing a good set of pliers and 30-weight ball bearings canโt fix.
https://www.runoffgroove.com/fetzervalve.html
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1) I thought it was Ann (no "e"). I wonder why google figured you meant "Anne" there. If I type in "Anne Coulter" as all into google, it goes to "Ann" Coulter blurbs right away, with no "are you sure you meant?" business.
2) I hate that these searches go to the "blogspot" url, but that's my site's fault, not the search software's.
3) Somehow, I expected an AI image from you (seeing that ".jpg" ending) of Miss Coulter and Donald Duck.