"Every day every day we hear Western leaders repeat the sickening mantra that Islam is a religion of peace. Whenever an atrocity is commited in the name of Islam, whenever somebody is beheaded in Syria or Iraq, Barrack Obama, David Cameron, my own Dutch prime minister Mr. Rutte and many, many other of their colleagues rush to television cameras to tell the world that it has nothing to do with Islam. How stupid do they think we are? Are we stupid? We are not stupid. Look at the Quran. See that the Quran and Islam mean violence."
"Every day every day we hear Western leaders repeat the sickening mantra that Islam is a religion of peace. Whenever an atrocity is commited in the name of Islam, whenever somebody is beheaded in Syria or Iraq, Barrack Obama, David Cameron, my own Dutch prime minister Mr. Rutte and many, many other of their colleagues rush to television cameras to tell the world that it has nothing to do with Islam. How stupid do they think we are? Are we stupid? We are not stupid. Look at the Quran. See that the Quran and Islam mean violence."
Great respect to Dejean for wearing his letter jacket from his small town Iowa high school to the game. He grew up about an hour and a half from Sioux County, Steve's favorite county in the state.
Yes, DeJean is from Odebolt, a town that makes the burgs of Sioux County look cosmopolitan by comparison. I had an aunt who began her teaching career there decades ago, and let's just say she didn't talk much about Odebolt's glittering lights and sophisticated charms.
Here is an extract from Wikipedia's entry for Odebolt:
Notable People: Cooper DeJean, NFL cornerback
And that's that.
I also love DeJean striding up to the Superbowl up in his letter jacket. Compare him to his much more famous opponent Travis Kelce, who arrived in a lurid orange pimp suit, looking like a witless degenerate.
Let's hope Cooper can stay the small-town boy course and hold on to his dignity.
If there is any justice in this world, Odebolt's main drag will be renamed Steve Sailer Boulevard forthwith. In contrast with other 'Boulevards' that will go unmentioned, SSB will be safe as houses.
Tangentially related: the halftime show was devoted to the musical work of Pulitzer Prize winner (no, really) Kendrick Lamar, recently in the news for having a feud with Drake:
The climax (of both show and feud) was said to be Lamar's track "Not Like Us." According to the authoritative scholars at genius.com, the chorus ("they not like us," repeat ad nauseam) alludes to Lamar's refusal to accept the biracial Drake as 'really black' due to the latter's white Jewish mother: https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-lyrics
(click on text for annotation, citing also Lamar's previous objection to Drake's authorization to use the word 'nigga' in his poetry). Apparently this is the kind of racialism and colorism that the mainstream liberal culture can get really enthusiastic about. Lamar also accuses Drake of being a literal "colonizer" and being insufficiently obsequious and deferential towards "real" African-American culture.
Edit: I think this is representative of a segment of Lamar's fandom:
Shows you how the world has changed in 55 years. Richard Nixon was helicoptered to the playing field for the big Texas-Arkansas football game in 1969, the de-facto championship game for that year. It was also the last big college football game between two all-white teams. The Nixon Administration itself was in a campaign in 1969 to snuff out segregation and begin affirmative action and quotas. By the 1990s, football had become a black sport.
Then one needs to go back to review the history of college sports. An all white college football team was going to be a bad football team and embarass the university. An all white men's basketball team was going to be bad and have a losing record.
Imagine if Freedonia decided that the only way to defeat Ruritania was to stock its military and government with Ruritanians, and even replace its entire population with Ruritanians. Imagine all the winning!
There's an amazing video on X showing a young Cooper DeJean slam dunking the basketball numerous times in high school basketball games. The guy had amazing lift.
I thought it was odd that the halftime show was so overwhelmingly black. There’s all this talk about representation and things “looking like America.” The Superbowl is the biggest American event of the year. People watching from other countries must be confused.
Yeah, I totally agree with your observation. The halftime show was dedicated to a small sliver of the black community: i.e., very young, male, uneducated and most likely with a criminal background. Roger Goodell has capitulated and kowtowed to his black players for long enough. Hopefully the owners will put their thumbs on the scale and insist that he has a more neutral halftime show for next year‘s game.
Curious, what was the reason that FOX declined to show Trump seated in his box during the first half?
He was shown during the national anthem to great cheers from the crowd in attendance.
You stole my thunder, sir! Not a boo was heard too.
Yes i know, but DURING the ACTUAL game, before he left at halftime...FOX did not show him. Why?
Fox showed as many celebrities as they could, but not TRUMP DURING the actual game.
Why is that?
Rupert hates Trump.
but we don't actually know if it's that kind of pettiness. Not as if he personally decides on every shot that FOX network makes during the Super Bowl.
Just a phone call to the producer can fix that problem.
Unless it was a national security thing...
I doubt it. That was probably one of the most secure locations on earth tonight. Security in serious depth.
Then it makes no sense at all, AT ALL. NOT to show Trump during the first half while the game is going on.
Makes no sense.
Who cares. The focus should be on the game.
I care to know my enemy.
"Every day every day we hear Western leaders repeat the sickening mantra that Islam is a religion of peace. Whenever an atrocity is commited in the name of Islam, whenever somebody is beheaded in Syria or Iraq, Barrack Obama, David Cameron, my own Dutch prime minister Mr. Rutte and many, many other of their colleagues rush to television cameras to tell the world that it has nothing to do with Islam. How stupid do they think we are? Are we stupid? We are not stupid. Look at the Quran. See that the Quran and Islam mean violence."
Geert Wilders
Danish Parliament, 11/2/20148
You sound like a crackpot
Pot calling kettle
"Every day every day we hear Western leaders repeat the sickening mantra that Islam is a religion of peace. Whenever an atrocity is commited in the name of Islam, whenever somebody is beheaded in Syria or Iraq, Barrack Obama, David Cameron, my own Dutch prime minister Mr. Rutte and many, many other of their colleagues rush to television cameras to tell the world that it has nothing to do with Islam. How stupid do they think we are? Are we stupid? We are not stupid. Look at the Quran. See that the Quran and Islam mean violence."
Geert Wilders
Danish Parliament, 11/2/20148
Great respect to Dejean for wearing his letter jacket from his small town Iowa high school to the game. He grew up about an hour and a half from Sioux County, Steve's favorite county in the state.
Yes, DeJean is from Odebolt, a town that makes the burgs of Sioux County look cosmopolitan by comparison. I had an aunt who began her teaching career there decades ago, and let's just say she didn't talk much about Odebolt's glittering lights and sophisticated charms.
Here is an extract from Wikipedia's entry for Odebolt:
Notable People: Cooper DeJean, NFL cornerback
And that's that.
I also love DeJean striding up to the Superbowl up in his letter jacket. Compare him to his much more famous opponent Travis Kelce, who arrived in a lurid orange pimp suit, looking like a witless degenerate.
Let's hope Cooper can stay the small-town boy course and hold on to his dignity.
If there is any justice in this world, Odebolt's main drag will be renamed Steve Sailer Boulevard forthwith. In contrast with other 'Boulevards' that will go unmentioned, SSB will be safe as houses.
Steve, as soon as the game ended, I came over here looking for this exact article. Thanks.
Tangentially related: the halftime show was devoted to the musical work of Pulitzer Prize winner (no, really) Kendrick Lamar, recently in the news for having a feud with Drake:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/arts/music/kendrick-lamar-drake-explainer.html
The climax (of both show and feud) was said to be Lamar's track "Not Like Us." According to the authoritative scholars at genius.com, the chorus ("they not like us," repeat ad nauseam) alludes to Lamar's refusal to accept the biracial Drake as 'really black' due to the latter's white Jewish mother: https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-lyrics
(click on text for annotation, citing also Lamar's previous objection to Drake's authorization to use the word 'nigga' in his poetry). Apparently this is the kind of racialism and colorism that the mainstream liberal culture can get really enthusiastic about. Lamar also accuses Drake of being a literal "colonizer" and being insufficiently obsequious and deferential towards "real" African-American culture.
Edit: I think this is representative of a segment of Lamar's fandom:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OptimistsUnite/comments/1ilxtl7/kendrick_confused_maga_with_black_beauty/
I was pleased that the Eagles won, love was chosen and racism has ended.
Travis looked like someone stole his puppy. I hope Taylor’s consolation skills match her celebration skills.
Brady is getting too slim…too chiseled. Maybe it’s just me.
Perhaps it’s time to end the halftime extravaganzas? That was mind-numbing.
What else could we do during halftime? Let’s hear some suggestions.
Black sport. Black playas. Black "music."
They used to have the Bud Light Bowl at halftime. Perhaps they could bring that back!
The Bud Bowls were usually shown during commercials throughout the game not at halftime, but yeah, bring em back!!!
You’re correct of course. I think MTV or someone used to do an alternative halftime show.
Shows you how the world has changed in 55 years. Richard Nixon was helicoptered to the playing field for the big Texas-Arkansas football game in 1969, the de-facto championship game for that year. It was also the last big college football game between two all-white teams. The Nixon Administration itself was in a campaign in 1969 to snuff out segregation and begin affirmative action and quotas. By the 1990s, football had become a black sport.
The all white teams realized that they were going to have to integrate when USC routed Alabama in 1970.
That makes no sense. I know it makes sense, in a sense, but in another, greater sense, it makes no sense
Then one needs to go back to review the history of college sports. An all white college football team was going to be a bad football team and embarass the university. An all white men's basketball team was going to be bad and have a losing record.
Imagine if Freedonia decided that the only way to defeat Ruritania was to stock its military and government with Ruritanians, and even replace its entire population with Ruritanians. Imagine all the winning!
A couple of good declarative sentence would make your point much better than using a hard to understand literary allusion.
It’s not my fault you’re obtuse
When DeJean got the int and TD I thought, well there’s Steve Sailer’s next post….and so it was.
Trump brought his white boy magic.
A White Swan Event.
There's an amazing video on X showing a young Cooper DeJean slam dunking the basketball numerous times in high school basketball games. The guy had amazing lift.
I thought it was odd that the halftime show was so overwhelmingly black. There’s all this talk about representation and things “looking like America.” The Superbowl is the biggest American event of the year. People watching from other countries must be confused.
Yeah, I totally agree with your observation. The halftime show was dedicated to a small sliver of the black community: i.e., very young, male, uneducated and most likely with a criminal background. Roger Goodell has capitulated and kowtowed to his black players for long enough. Hopefully the owners will put their thumbs on the scale and insist that he has a more neutral halftime show for next year‘s game.
What you're seeing as irrelevant I'm seeing as the cause of the conflict