tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post4197906604450677910..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Civilizations normally fight for the preservation of their cultures, unite to expel invaders, revere their identities and the fundamental elements of their heritage. But no longer in the West?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54853044187898870922018-01-08T01:15:39.773-05:002018-01-08T01:15:39.773-05:00I could relate knowledge about all this from JOESE...I could relate knowledge about all this from JOESEPH CAMPBELL that Quirk could easily handle but with Jack "WAR CRIMINAL" HAWKINS in the house it would be profane to do so thus I shall wait to a better time.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8685472765691304252018-01-08T01:09:29.555-05:002018-01-08T01:09:29.555-05:00How long did our Jim Crow last ?
100 years ?
Gi...How long did our Jim Crow last ? <br /><br />100 years ?<br /><br />Give it some time before jumping on your Q pulpit.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34450419159758407352018-01-08T01:01:47.604-05:002018-01-08T01:01:47.604-05:00Yes yes Quirk a minor disturbance .
.The old ways ...Yes yes Quirk a minor disturbance .<br />.The old ways die hard. Look at detroit <br /><br /><br />Now read the Indian Constitution and AND about affirmative action programs for shalits something you knew nothing of before.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16104621574920197522018-01-07T23:42:33.913-05:002018-01-07T23:42:33.913-05:00Reality bites our own "Stable Genius" in...Reality bites our own "Stable Genius" in the ass.<br /><br />I had a stable genius, once.<br />Sold that jackass and bought a good dog.<br /><br />Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69820355950489081392018-01-07T23:40:24.523-05:002018-01-07T23:40:24.523-05:00What in the world are you writing about now, Rober...What in the world are you writing about now, Robert "Stable Genius" Peterson?Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88231845105932741582018-01-07T22:25:38.288-05:002018-01-07T22:25:38.288-05:00.
BobSun Jan 07, 07:50:00 PM EST
There are no cas....<br /><br /><i>BobSun Jan 07, 07:50:00 PM EST<br />There are no caste riots <br /><br />That was done away with in the Indian Constitution.</i><br /><br /><br />Try and keep up, Bob.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/world/asia/india-protests-mumbai-dalits.html?mabReward=ACTM4&recid=0yjJDVmMUeowt3KgQQtppOuR5no&recp=2" rel="nofollow">Mumbai Shuts Down as Protests Erupt Over Caste Tensions</a><br /><br /><i>MUMBAI, India — Mumbai, India’s bustling commercial hub, came to a standstill on Wednesday as protesters called for a general strike and thousands took to the streets.<br /><br />The catalyst for the strike was violence against members of the lower-caste Dalits, or so-called untouchables, that occurred when several hundred thousand gathered on New Year’s Day at a monument southeast of Mumbai to commemorate the victory 200 years ago of a British-led force against high-caste Hindus.<br /><br />But as marchers blocked train tracks and highways, they also expressed deeper frustrations with both of India’s major political parties, which they accuse of failing to improve the lot of the hundreds of millions of Indians who have traditionally been stuck at the bottom of the country’s economic and social hierarchy.<br /><br /><br />“We are here to demand justice,” said Jitender Nikalje, a Dalit protester.<br /><br />On Wednesday, both houses of Parliament were repeatedly adjourned in response to the protests. Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition Congress party, wrote on Twitter that the attacks by far-right Hindus were part of a “fascist vision” by India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party, or B.J.P., which has ties to Hindu nationalist groups, to keep Dalits “at the bottom of Indian society.”<br /><br />In the Goregaon neighborhood of Mumbai, a Dalit stronghold, nearly 1,000 people marched down closed streets on Wednesday, shouting chants denouncing both the B.J.P. and the Congress party, which ran India for most of the period since independence from Britain.<br /><br />"India has been the same for 2,000 years,” said Shobhit Ambavade, who brought his twin 11-year-old sons to the march. “People are still dominated and humiliated by the upper castes...”<br /><br />continued...</i><br /><br /><br />I don't make this up, old chap.<br /><br />When I point out your umbrage is selective, I mean it. You won't see these things if you don't bother to look.<br /><br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89814284325813951352018-01-07T19:58:14.931-05:002018-01-07T19:58:14.931-05:00DOES YOUR HEAD HURT NOW!!!!!!
DOES YOUR NOGGIN RI...DOES YOUR HEAD HURT NOW!!!!!!<br /><br />DOES YOUR NOGGIN RING NOW ?????Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87262159846631533262018-01-07T19:50:51.386-05:002018-01-07T19:50:51.386-05:00There are no caste riots
That was done away with...There are no caste riots <br /><br />That was done away with in the Indian Constitution.<br /><br /><br />What there are now are allhirmative action programs for the shalits I believe they are called now... .the old "UNTOUCHABLES"<br /><br /><br />CAN YOU HEAR NOW ???????????Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55462622974109114922018-01-07T19:18:55.862-05:002018-01-07T19:18:55.862-05:00.
No thanks, I don't want to get caught up in....<br /><br />No thanks, I don't want to get caught up in any caste riots.<br /><br />And stop yelling. You're giving me a headache.<br /><br />.<br /><br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53516972288656136882018-01-07T19:18:40.496-05:002018-01-07T19:18:40.496-05:00GOING TO SEE THE "THE DARKEST HOUR" SOON...GOING TO SEE THE "THE DARKEST HOUR" SOON.<br /><br />WILL GIVE REPORT.<br />Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40471863540528603432018-01-07T19:15:00.920-05:002018-01-07T19:15:00.920-05:00I shall have my daughter fix my sign too so JACK&q...I shall have my daughter fix my sign too so JACK"WAR CRIMINAL"Hawkins CAN'T MONKEY WITH IT AGAIN.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22651378829920002982018-01-07T19:01:53.791-05:002018-01-07T19:01:53.791-05:00IF YOU PAY ALL THE AIRFARES WE CAN TAKE YOU TO SEE...IF YOU PAY ALL THE AIRFARES WE CAN TAKE YOU TO SEEK HELP FROM ME NIECE IN GERMANY. SHE SPECIALIZES IN INFORMATION FLOW BLOCKAGES IN THE NOGGIN WHICH SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU MAY HAVE. AND YES YOU MAY TAKE ME-Me AS A COMFORT COMPANION.<br /><br />WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO YOUR TRUE SELF ONCE AGAIN WE WILL ALL GO TO INDIA AND MEET HER FOLKS AND TAKE OART IN DIWALI TOO !!!!Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57565306449907814842018-01-07T18:10:43.180-05:002018-01-07T18:10:43.180-05:00.
It is getting harder and harder to string toget....<br /><br /><i>It is getting harder and harder to string together my moments of stable genius.</i><br /><br />Hmmm. I'm sorry to say, I don't believe that is Google's fault.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84672873658147157162018-01-07T17:45:52.899-05:002018-01-07T17:45:52.899-05:00YET I AM CAPABLE OF SPOTTING IMMEDIATELY WHEN JACK...YET I AM CAPABLE OF SPOTTING IMMEDIATELY WHEN JACK "WAR CRIMINAL" HAWKINS HAS STOLEN MY GOOD AND NOBLE NAME AND DIRTIED IT WITH HIS FOUL EFFLUVIA.....Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81187082726884769692018-01-07T17:37:05.635-05:002018-01-07T17:37:05.635-05:00A country without an active honest advertising sec...A country without an active honest advertising sector is finished.<br /><br />Just look at VENEZUELA.<br /><br />AVERTIZING IS THE HEALTHY BEATING HEART <br /> OF WESTERN DEMOCRACY DUDE.<br /><br />YES IT IS THAT IMPORTANT !!!!Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35416319815856372412018-01-07T17:29:50.989-05:002018-01-07T17:29:50.989-05:00Q and Jack Hawkins are capable of signing into the...Q and Jack Hawkins are capable of signing into their Google accounts, which is more than I am caoable of. <br /><br />It is getting harder and harder to string together my moments of stable genius.<br /><br />Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16906863619649099712018-01-07T16:55:47.284-05:002018-01-07T16:55:47.284-05:00Quirk has now officially joined Jack Hawkins playi...Quirk has now officially joined Jack Hawkins playing on the monkey bars there in LULULULULULULLAND Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73438178197615682432018-01-07T15:45:33.210-05:002018-01-07T15:45:33.210-05:00Immigration and Crime
Assessing a Conflicted Issue...<br /><b>Immigration and Crime<br />Assessing a Conflicted Issue</b><br /><br />https://cis.org/Report/Immigration-and-CrimeDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30165461547586272942018-01-07T15:44:39.571-05:002018-01-07T15:44:39.571-05:00" And in that context, the claim is quite mis..." And in that context, the claim is quite misleading, because the “multiple studies” on crimes committed by “immigrants” — including a 2014 study by a professor from the University of Massachusetts, which is the only one cited in the article — combine the crime rates of both citizens and non-citizens, legal and illegal."<br /><br />...and the citizens of Baltimore, Chicago, and etc.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81668876624398224682018-01-07T15:32:15.410-05:002018-01-07T15:32:15.410-05:00.
IMO, arguing that there is a single cause for t....<br /><br />IMO, arguing that there is a single cause for the changes in our economy or our culture over the last 70 years is absurd. Even arguing that immigration is the primary reason is based on emotions not rational thought. It ignores all the major transformative changes that have occurred in our society during that time span.<br /><br /><i>You really think everyone else is too stupid to get the big picture?</i><br /><br />No, I don't. I don't believe the majority of people in this country buy that. If I'm wrong on that then you might be right about it being 'elitist' disparagement. That said, it doesn't change my views.<br /><br /><i>Elitist disparagement is no more insight into a problem that the gut reaction of a working man who paid his way and objects to it being taken from him by some new uninvited arrival with no skin in the game.</i><br /><br />I don't argue that the gut reaction of a working man is very important to him. I don't argue that there are many out there who buy the argument that they are suffering because of immigration. I don't deny that there are people out there, perhaps many people out there, that have suffered from immigration. What I do argue with is the apparent primacy you or they give to immigration as the cause for the changes we have experienced in this country since you and I were young.<br /><br />A gut feeling is visceral but not necessarily fact based.<br /><br />.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>There is an argument for cultural integrity whether it is based on religion, tradition, geography or history. There is a right to defend</i><br /><br />I don't disagree. I merely disagree with your cause/effect arguments on root cause.<br /><br /><br /><br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3999956964337102402018-01-07T12:42:01.475-05:002018-01-07T12:42:01.475-05:00Nice academic deflection. Other than that nonsense...Nice academic deflection. Other than that nonsense and elitist sanctimony:<br /><br /><i>Simple solutions for simple minds.<br /><br />If you want to sell something to the uneducated, the worried, the unemployed; if you want to gain their support, come up with a simple populist message, blame it on the 'other'. Anything more complicated simply confuses and muddies the message.<br /></i><br /><br />You really think everyone else is too stupid to get the big picture? There is an argument for cultural integrity whether it is based on religion, tradition, geography or history. There is a right to defend. Elitist disparagement is no more insight into a problem that the gut reaction of a working man who paid his way and objects to it being taken from him by some new uninvited arrival with no skin in the game.<br />Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48497409143684892962018-01-07T11:20:37.986-05:002018-01-07T11:20:37.986-05:00The Deep State continues to demonize both Russia a...The Deep State continues to demonize both Russia and Iran.<br /><br />The Imperium needs an "Other".<br /><br />Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12506031307885626062018-01-07T11:16:48.076-05:002018-01-07T11:16:48.076-05:00Glancing over the responses from White House proxi...<br />Glancing over the responses from White House proxies concerning Mr Bannon's remarks about the Trump Campaign meeting with Russians and the issues of patriotism and treason ...<br /><br />Lot's of ad hominem against Mr Bannon, but no denials as to the substance of his quote.<br /><br />The meeting at Trump Tower and the subsequent stonewalling of the FBI ...<br /><br /><b>TREASON</b><br /><br />Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25006595435947598712018-01-07T09:32:08.260-05:002018-01-07T09:32:08.260-05:00.
America lags behind Europe in the magnitude of ....<br /><br /><i>America lags behind Europe in the magnitude of its immigration problem. But, with an estimated 11 million illegals in country and the same prevailing elite sensibility dominating our discourse, the United States eventually will hit a similar crisis point unless current trends are altered or reversed. It’s worth noting that the percentage of Americans born outside the country has approached a historical high of 14 percent—similar to what it was in the 1920s, the last time the country curtailed both the numbers of immigrants and the nations from which they were allowed to come. That may be what’s brewing here today with the election of Trump.</i><br /><br />Simple solutions for simple minds.<br /><br />If you want to sell something to the uneducated, the worried, the unemployed; if you want to gain their support, come up with a simple populist message, blame it on the 'other'. Anything more complicated simply confuses and muddies the message.<br /><br />Why worry about the growth of multinational companies, of automation, of robots, of transitional imperatives (the death of retail and the growth of Walmart and Amazon), the slow wage growth by design leading to women entering the workforce in mass just to try to maintain a standard of living, the death of unions, well...you get the picture...why mention all of that when it's so much easier to simply blame the other?<br /><br />A changing culture, a nostalgia for the 'golden age', the loss of the American dream, the loss of American pride, the loss of our Christian traditions, keep it simple, blame the 'other'. <br /><br />Why confuse the base? Why mention a steady stream of losses in war, a mercenary, sorry all volunteer, armed services where ordinary citizens have no stake in the game yet fail to ask simple questions on costs and competency like why are we spending so much and losing so often? Why mention the 60's or the 'me generation' and changing attitudes towards authority, identity, and individual rights? Why mention comfortable parents who read Dr. Spock, pampered their kids and turned them into snowflakes or malingers who would rather sit in their parents basements and play video games rather than have sex, whose only interaction with other individuals is through text messaging. Why mention the PC craze? Why mention the protests, the riots, the fights for individual rights? Why mention feminism? Why mention the two-wage family and the deterioration of the traditional family unit? Why mention the decline in religion? Why wonder why it is the atheists who pushed that decline in religion who are now talking about Christian traditions? Well, you get the picture. Why complicate things when you can blame it all on the other, a simple message for all the sheeple out there, one they will readily accept.<br /><br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61753460957644079732018-01-07T08:56:03.915-05:002018-01-07T08:56:03.915-05:00{...}
Wage growth continues to lag under Trump. T...<br />{...}<br /><br />Wage growth continues to lag under Trump. The 2.5% rise last year mirrors the weak wage growth we saw under Obama. So back to the tax cut's effect on wages.<br /><br />The Sinclair Group announced a $1000 bonus to its employees prior to Christmas. Naturally, it was well received by employees and touted by Trump. However, there was nothing permanent in the bonus that would affect overall wage levels. If cycles reverse, don't count on those bonuses continuing. Likewise, not only are wages not rising but benefits tied to wages such as retirement benefits will continue to lag.<br /><br />Plus, we need to look at motives. As pointed out, the Sinclair Group was one of the main beneficiaries of Trump's deregulation. The bonuses are a small price to pay for the access they gained. Likewise, other companies were touted by the administration for offering the same type bonuses. Wells Fargo that currently has lawsuits pending in federal courts will benefit from Trump's DOJ decisions limiting the ability to bring forward class action suits. Comcast will benefit from Trump's net neutrality decisions. AT&T is looking to get it's Time Warner merger approved. I could go on.<br /><br />No doubt we will also hear about companies increasing wages. Here its good to remember that labor conditions are tight with unemployment at or below the natural unemployment rate and companies are struggling to find qualified workers all of which puts upward pressure on wages. In addition, 18 states are scheduled to increase minimum wages this year with the obvious effect on wage growth. So it is probably wise to look for root causes before accepting talking points especially in light of surveys showing the vast majority of companies have no plans to boost wages strictly on the basis of the tax cuts.<br /><br />It's been that way for the past 30 years. No reason to expect it to change now.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.com