Everybody has now heard of the horrific things done to thousands of British girls by Pakistani rape gangs. At this point, nobody can credibly claim they don’t know. The tragic descriptions of the rapes and the violence are all over social media. Curiously, the people who were enraptured by Gisèle Pelicot have nothing kind to say about the underage girls who fought so valiantly to denounce the rapists, to give evidence, to defend their sisters.

What I don’t get, though, is this. Why? Why was this allowed to happen? Why was this silenced for over a decade? Why were the British compliant with their own destruction?Why are so many of them still trying to make this a conversation about Elon Musk and not the victims? What is compelling them to do it? All of the social workers who returned the raped girls to their rapists. The police who charged the girls and not their torturers. The judges who imposed sentences on the journalists investigating the abuse. The MPs and the journalists who lied outrageously. Why did all of these people – and there are many, many of them – side with nasty, despicable men and not the violated girls?

No explanation anybody has given makes sense. “They wanted to avoid tarnishing the idea of multiculturalism.” OK but why? Why are they so attached to this idea and not some other?

I deeply wish I had the psychological health for this to be true for me in my twenties.

A long-time commenter on this blog, Alex the Physicist, died of an aggressive brain cancer. He was only 47 years old.

Alex was so funny, sweet, and brilliant. He despised wokeness and often commented as “Anonymous for This One” when fearing detection by his left-wing colleagues.

I hate cancer. And I also hate having a little cemetery of people I cared about who died.

For at least 20 years, every poll of public opinion demonstrated that Americans want less immigration. Americans are the most welcoming and kind people towards immigrants but at this point they overwhelmingly agree that there’s been too much immigration. Large majorities of people of all political persuasions agree. And yet this very strong wish of the electorate has been completely disregarded by politicians of every single administration.

What kind of democracy is it where people get the exact opposite of what they want, again and again and again?

I think that the wishes of the American people should finally be respected. I believe there should be a pause on immigration of all kinds. There needs to be a period of time, say, a couple of decades, where the existing new citizens get absorbed and assimilated to the culture. Not only is this reasonable, it is, I repeat, what the overwhelming majority wants. Which means that is what should happen.

Elon Musk is smart. He reoriented everybody’s attention away from his exceptionally unpopular stance on H1-B visas towards the pedo rape scandal in the UK. It’s a very real scandal, and he’s done the world a great favor by attracting attention to it. But what a smart way to emerge from his own recent troubles.

Soros should refuse. He doesn’t believe in the nation-state and doesn’t want it to exist. He shouldn’t be receiving honors from nation-states. I refused to be honored at the “Admirable Womxn” event because I’m not a womxn. Why can’t an elderly, mega rich man choose his principles over a meaningless (to him) bauble is incomprehensible. Why, in short, is he so unfree after doing his darndest to inflict neoliberal freedom worship on all of us?

Yes, right, a woman. One of those gigantic women who knife strangers in unprovoked violent outbursts.

I’m heartsore for actual women who will be incarcerated next to this individual.

In reality, it’s not STEM vs Humanities. It’s bloody Psychology – a completely fake degree that its own faculty openly refer to as “fluff” – that’s destroying higher ed. Half of the incoming Freshman class goes into psychology, and then everybody who flunks out of actual disciplines joins them there. There are no jobs for a BA in psychology because the degree doesn’t let you see patients or offer counseling.

There’s a tragic shortage of competent psych providers but that’s an issue that is entirely disconnected from the overproduction of Psychology BAs.

We are expecting a snow storm and a cold spell. And I don’t mean Midwestern cold which is a bit fresher than scorching heat. It’s going to be cold even according to my exacting standards. -22°C is what’s being promised by the weather service, and I hope it won’t disappoint.

The lines at the grocery store today were Soviet length but filled with typical American goodwill and kindness. I bought Jerusalem artichokes and 3 different kinds of milk, and we are now ready to enjoy real winter.

99,9% of women want to be in a loving relationship. In fact, being in a relationship is a female achievement marker beyond absolutely any other from early teenage years until death. Among female peer groups nobody gives a crap how much money you make, how many degrees you have, how many books you published, etc. Or how many children you have if there’s no dude in the package.

I wonder if the guy in the posted comment is really that clueless and sincerely doesn’t know this or if it’s a cope.