Maggie's Farm

A job-seeking site emailed me about a "Caucasian-American woman" who might be a candidate for a position we are looking to fill.

That is the first time I have seen that phrase. Why is it relevant?

Clay Travis and Buck Sexton

I am not familiar with either. 

White Spanish Teacher Cancels Herself for Being White

Last I heard, Spanish is from Spain. She is correct about one thing: Spain did colonize the New World. Portugal too. Might be more correct to eliminate Spanish, and Portuguese too.

The white supremacy of Physics, at Quillette.

Linking these sorts of absurdities is becoming tedious, but I will include a quote from the article from some academics, which I feel indicates some mental disorder insofar as it sounds like an argument against testing hypotheses. I know it's really political rather than insane, but whatever:

Abstract: Black thought can help us free science from the white supremacist traditions of scientists. Scientists vs. Science will use Black feminist and anti-colonialist analyses to show that white supremacy is a total epistemic system that affects even our most “objective” areas of knowledge production. The talk hinges on the development of the concept of white empiricism, which I introduced to give a name to the way that anti-intellectual white supremacy plays a role in physicists’ analysis of when empirical data is important and what counts as empirical data. This white empiricism shapes both Black women’s (and other) experiences in physics and the actual knowledge produced about physics. Until this is understood and addressed directly, systems of domination will continue to play a major role in the practice of physics.

Tony Heller on weather (thanks reader)

An Epoch Times mini- documentary

Florida had it right all long. 

Scott runs through the list, at the beginning

White people should quit those qualities, but it's hard because I was trained for most of them as a youth. Trained, or by example.

I wonder whether this works: Super Shield Mosquito Repellent Electronic Watch Band

We Are Descending Rapidly into Cultural Madness

I'm not. I have sailing plans for this weekend instead of descending into cultural madness. I prefer cultural happiness.

From Bookworm:

I've been thinking a little about China. Of course, all governments lie but to imagine that China cares about you, much less its own masses, would be crazy. At least when the US federal government lies (very often) there are people outside the MSM to notice, and humble websites like ours to report it. Fmr. NY Times Science Editor: Mainstream Media Chose Propaganda Over Research on COVID Origins. Of course they lie. 

Our reader Ben David has a good reality check on the Middle East:

Let me save Maggie readers some precious time:

You can safely skip all articles by pundits analyzing Palestinian "strategy". They invariably ascribe to Palis values, motives and perceived best interests that are obvious to Westerners but totally foreign to Muslim/Arab culture.

Everything can be more accurately explained by seeing Muslim culture clearly and unflinchingly.

-The unconcern for home-team suffering

- The lack of anything resembling responsible leadership or stewardship

- The virulent tribal hatred

- The cynical money trail

- none of it is unique to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

And most Western pundits can't get past their own upbringing. Their naive assumption that "they want what we want" hamstrings these articles, and blinds them to the obvious conclusion that Muslims do not value and want what Westerners do. They are not "rational actors" as we Westerners conceive it.

This is true of almost all Western pontification aboit the Muslim world.

Report: 15% of American blacks (whatever black means) can read at grade level. Scott reports the government data at the 39:00 point.

It is a serious and disturbing issue. I doubt those numbers apply to charter schools. 

What just happened at the Kerem Shalom Crossing leading from Israel into Gaza is a pretty good metaphor for the entire psychopathic Hamas and Palestinian terror group pathology.

Too bad the print is so tough to read. Related charts via Business Insider

I was at a wedding last night. 150 people, none with masks, no distancing, and dancing. Normal except for the staff wearing masks.

Stores, States Drop Mask Mandates in Wake of CDC’s Updated Guidance

Ex-Prince Harry moves to the US, attacks !st Amendment. Genius move, Harry. F-off.

Here's Puddles with Royals:

From The Paranoid Style in Progressive Politics

 Now you can hardly expect the new New York Times to appreciate the irony of accusing Republicans of being “polarizing” after years of liberals setting women against men, blacks against whites, non-binary people against “cisgender” people; after years of practicing the kind of divisive politics that in other places at other times have caused societies to decline into civil strife. Yet you would think that a seasoned New York Times political reporter, not to mention his editors, would, as part of a journalistic obligation to record the dynamics of modern American politics, add a brief paragraph about how it was in fact the Democrats—in their drive to regain power in the last election—who programmatically turned everything Donald Trump and his allies said and did into polarizing instances of dehumanizing prejudice.

This one, with Ben Shapiro

The Biden administration wants to keep the labor market stuck in the past.

Many people love the freedom of gig jobs. Not just Uber drivers working when they have free time, but also writers, catering staff, bartenders, dog-walkers, retired people wanting to be useful, and a hundred other things.

Government doesn't get it. Lots of people, maybe not most, prefer to work on their own, on their own time. Less security, more freedom. That's an American tradition.

Even The Atlantic feels able to discuss it now: The Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown - Progressive communities have been home to some of the fiercest battles over COVID-19 policies, and some liberal policy makers have left scientific evidence behind.