…on Darleen’s post noting Duke’s revised sexual misconduct policy, which — as is generally the case with progressive ventures — newly “defines” sexual misconduct by way of what an interpreter can do with a set of signifiers (in essence, eschewing the more difficult work of sussing intent for the simpler work of coddling personalized outrage, whether real or imagined, and regardless of who is doing the imagining) . Most of
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January 1, 2010
Happy New Year!
I’m going to spend today getting myself some new cross trainers. Because at my age, the knees are the first thing to go. — Well — now that we have access to those little blue pills, I mean. For those interested, Paladin Press has put up a interview with my fight coach, Tony Cecchine, who gives a brief history of American catch wrestling, explains how it differs from other martial
December 23, 2009
Record setting [updated; and updated again, now with more HYPOCRISY] [Jeff G.]
Frey: I point out that my words were altered, not to revive or continue a fight, but simply because it’s true, and I want that fact to be part of the record here. I’m just going to reiterate for the record, legal or otherwise, that the text of Frey’s comments was never altered. Ever. All those posts I detailed are his; all the language in those posts is his; all
December 16, 2009
Is Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Patrick Frey anti-semitic? Part 2 [Jeff G.]
In part one of our series, “Is Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Patrick Frey anti-semitic,” we very pointedly refused to reach a conclusion: perhaps he is, perhaps he isn’t. Frankly, it’s hard to tell, because no one is quite sure just how many anti-semitic statements (if indeed that’s what we’re looking at) are needed in the aggregate before we can conclude that we have on our hands is a
November 30, 2009
The state of our little online community: your input requested
Out of economic necessity / desperation, I’m thinking about taking protein wisdom to the subscription model. In order to sustain the site (and myself, should I entertain returning here with regular content), I need to raise a minimum of $600 monthly. The problem is, the only people willing to pay for website subscriptions are the die hard regulars, and having been away for so long, I haven’t the foggiest idea
November 30, 2009
On SEK's latest "racism" charges [updated, to respond to what amounts to one of the most transparently asinine counter arguments ever levied in the history of counter argument levying; then, updated again to account for all manner of things — not the least of which is my opaque suggestion that Mr. Kaufman should never, ever get in front of a video camera]
A brief gloss on Darleen’s post, below: Charges of racism are a serious thing. Kaufman uses them to silence critics and shame people into supporting egregious public policy that does nothing more than perpetuate the very racism he claims to abhor — with people like him overseeing the efforts like British noblemen overseeing their Wogs. He’s a selfish opportunist, and worse, he has exchanged the very real and serious charge
November 14, 2009
a six-ish word response to / gloss on Commentary's Jen Rubin's recent post, courtesy of the protein wisdom help desk
Uh, when the fuck wasn’t it clear…?* You’re welcome.
November 4, 2009
Fiction Bridge
Juliette Ochieng, aka Baldilocks, has published a new novel, Tale of the Tigers, “an interracial love story set at a southwestern university in the 1990s.” Do yourself a favor:
October 28, 2009
Where are they now?
In addition to whatever future work I do here on protein wisdom, I’m now writing for The QOR, a subscription-based venture that describes itself as “an online library of carefully-selected, reading, viewing and listening content.” It’s an upscale setup that promises to take care of its writers with actual money. Which works for me. I’ll be continuing both the armadillo and red pills series over there, and I’m hoping, too,