Category Archives: Apocalypse cometh
Signs of r-selection – Affluenza
Only today would a person argue that they are not responsible for killing someone because they grew up with too many advantages: At the time of the fatal accident, Couch, then 16, was speeding and had a blood-alcohol level of … Continue reading
r-stimuli – Vikings Had Slaves
Vikings may have used slaves more than was thought: New clues suggest slaves were vital to the Viking way of life — and argue against attempts to soften the raiders’ brutish reputation… Archaeologists are using recent finds and analyses of … Continue reading
Corsican Riot Vandalizes Muslim Prayer Room
Early-stage K-selection begins in Corsica: A crowd vandalized a Muslim prayer room in Corsica a day after an ambush injured two firefighters responding to an emergency in a housing project, the state prefect on the French island said Saturday… The … Continue reading
K-strategist Humor – Trump and Sanders in a Bar
You can tell times are changing when this joke pops up in polite company: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are sitting at the end of a bar. A man walks in, sees them, and says to the bartender, “Isn’t that … Continue reading
Europe is Being K-ified
Germany under stress: More than half of Germans are fearful for the future, a study showed on Wednesday, suggesting an influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees and the growing threat of terrorism are reviving German Angst. Those are millions … Continue reading
r/K Is Everywhere These Days
An AP article: SOUTH AMERICAN LEFT IN RETREAT AS ECONOMIC CRISIS DEEPENS BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — After a decade on the advance, the left in South America is in retreat. Just in the past month, voters in Argentina elected a … Continue reading
Trump May Be Unbeatable
Trump has more support than Rubio, Carson, and Cruz combined: It’s bound to be a Merry Christmas in the Donald Trump household this year, as the billionaire cheerfully celebrates a new national poll that shows him zooming past his Republican … Continue reading
Donald, Hillary, Disgust, And Conservatism
A reader emails – WaPo highlights that Trump used disgust to increase conservatism among his audience: On Monday night, Donald Trump made his latest polarizing comment, saying it was “too disgusting” to talk about Hillary Clinton’s use of the bathroom … Continue reading
Bill Kristol Tweets – Name The New Cuckservative Party!
This request has epic disaster written all over it: On Monday, Weekly Standard editor-in-chief Bill Kristol tweeted out what the rest of the Republican establishment is thinking: better Hillary than Donald. Here’s the tweet: Crowd-sourcing: Name of the new party … Continue reading
White Genocide as Competitive Stimuli
I’ve always thought of competitive K-stimuli as arising from the aggressive in a population, but they can come from r-strategists acting out, and trying to irritate everyone as the collapse approaches to assuage their own insecurity. A French doctor calls … Continue reading