Category Archives: Taiwan

A Little Asian in All of Us

Repost from the old site. Well not quite, but you get the picture. I am going to write a post about Asian genes in non-Asians. Mostly or fully-Asian groups obviously occupy most of Asia. Even if we subtract Australoids from … Continue reading

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The Real Reason for the Egyptian Revolution

Who is the world’s richest man? Bill Gates at $54 billion? Carlos Slim at $58 billion? Nope. Try Hosni Mubarak at $70 billion. There are endless debates about what is causing these revolutions. Dictatorship, secret police, poverty, lack of press … Continue reading

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Support For South Ossetian Secession

Repost from the old site. A good progressive principle, but one subject to some exceptions, is the principle of self-determination. This leads naturally to support for most if not all separatist movements. In my case, I do support most, but … Continue reading

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Journeys in Asian Prehistory

Repost from the old site. In this post we will look at the prehistory of the Asian or Mongoloid Race and some its subgroups. After humans came out of Africa about 70,000 years ago, they moved along the coast of … Continue reading

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Southeast Asian IQ Scores

Repost from the old site. The IQ scores of Southeast Asian groups are not well-known. The best source, and it is not very good at all, is Richard Lynn’s chart from IQ and Global Inequality. Richard Lynn is a hardcore … Continue reading

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Chinese Fishing Boat Collides with Japanese Coast Guard Vessel

The video described in the post may be seen at my video site here. This is a new viral video that was just leaked to the Internet on November 7, 2010. It shows a Chinese fishing boat deliberately colliding with … Continue reading

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Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan

AJ asks: Neoliberalism works in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. They are rated as the freest economies by the Heritage Foundation. No starvation or shantytowns there.  First of all, I would never read anything that the Heritage Foundation says about … Continue reading

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Is Conservatism Always Bad?

Yes. In my opinion, conservatism is always bad. Conservatism is always and everywhere at all times elite rule and only elite rule. Some support elite rule. I don’t. I support popular rule. I say elite rule is bad. Since elite … Continue reading

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More “Nazism is a Left Movement” Insanity

A rightwinger writes the following in the comments, arguing that Nazism, bizarrely enough, is a movement of the Left. I have to disagree with you comment that the right wing and conservative movement being about smaller government is “just rhetoric.” … Continue reading

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A History of Social Contracts Around the World in the Last Century

Sometimes when there is a real threat from the Left, the Rich consent to a “social contract.” This has happened in numerous places. The US in the Depression, with the threat of Communism hanging over their heads.. Western Europe, once … Continue reading

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