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That’s not EJ’s work, is it?
it’s unsettlingly disappointing that in post, cruz didn’t finish the quote before the hit… Just saying.
Only two mentions for Rockers?
No Lemmy? Speaking of out of touch…
Why do you ask? If you like it, yeah, it’s mine. If not… It was my evil twin.
The Occam’s razor remark was oh so close to a Harry’s segue, and yet it fell just short…
“You know what else is a problem for Americans… their whiskers”.
Lileks has nothing on you, John.
You’ve got an evil twin too? Me I’ve been dancing to the mad beatz of DJ Hill.
You hear how many times Rob interrupted Podhoretz? I think he may have had a spat with James.
I guess Rob never saw The Sting. That’s where I learned what a ganef is.
I haven’t finished listening yet, but I think that your take on talk radio hosts, Mark Levin in particular, is exactly right. I think he liked Trump as a weapon against against the establishment, but now that Trump is really hurting Cruz, starting with the Palin endorsement, he is swerving to criticizing Trump. I couldn’t figure out why Levin didn’t seem to be bothered by Trump’s lack of conservatism. It’s all starting to make sense finally. I fear that Levin, and some others, may have waited too long to start attacking Trump.
A killer tune I had not heard in a long time.
(I think it was) Goldberg wonders who listens to talk radio – thinks they must be people without jobs. Perhaps some people have jobs where they can listen to the radio while working. Perhaps some people listen to the podcasts of radio shows. Can’t imagine people with jobs listening to podcasts… oh, wait.
Another dated reference: the upcoming live podcast will be available to listen to because it will also be “on tape.”
Great discussion as always. Re: talk radio heads playing footsie with trump…yes. And now they’ve whipped up a mob fueled by mindless contempt and half baked ideas and wonder how to walk it back. There is zero ability among this mob to imagine how they’re perceived by ordinary ppl…I know bc I have close relatives who’ve succumbed to the madness over the past year, making last Christmas an utter disaster.
With four years perspective since cutting cable tee vee I can honestly say my brain is different, and far less vulnerable to bouts of frustrated outrage. This led also to complete inability to tolerate the slooow, cryptic, teasing, propaganda laden monologues of Rush Limbaugh. Rush would benefit from some actual conversation with, say, a charming squish like rob long. He would be more likable with some of Jonahs banter to offset and illuminate ideas, and he would prolly retire if he spent one week with JPod as a co host, due to inability to keep up. Rush’s world has narrowed and dulled along with the loss of his hearing, for which I have empathy but little tolerance. Never could stand or understand mark levin so at least I don’t have that scourge to purge.
Now we listen to John batchelor at night, ricochet podcasts and a ton of history stuff (get pritzker military podcasts!) and another ton of Lutheran theology. We subscribe to Michael medved and think he’s one of the few who will survive the dwindling radio market. Also Klavan lately (he gives us the far right view with humor and without the mean) and let me also recommend the relatively new since April I think Eric Metaxas show….it is great fun, retro music, virtuous and surprising guests and he is truly truly funny and unmean. Oh forgot to mention the quickies from the weekly standard and one of the up and comers with the greatest voice ever – Ben domenech’s daily podcasts on the federalist. And there you’ll also get to hear Mollie Hemingway, who I miss around here, now and then. Those kids (to me) at federalist provide a link to the younger generations thinking, with emphasis on thinking. And current culture too.
My first job out of college was for Hanjin Shipping, doing the stow plans for the container ships. The concept is much more exciting then in practice.
What a lot of great ideas. Thanks!
I’m glad to see that the boys at least understand why people are rebelling, and not just ascribing it to mindless stupidity, as so many on the right side of punditry seem to be doing. When even Amanda Marcotte… yes, that Amanda Marcotte… when even she has better insight into what’s going on (flawed as it still is) than NR does, then we’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
Just for the record, that was John. I actually listen to more talk radio these days than ever before — and I have several jobs!
Great outro.
Also, to put a smile on the lads’ faces, and hopefully to remove the pain I feel from my back every morning, I just ordered a Casper mattress. In true Podhoretzian fashion, if the mattress doesn’t live up to the hype, there will be no end to the constant complaining I will post on Ricochet, Twitter, and Facebook.
Lives are on the line here, gentlemen. Stay frosty.
Oh, and put a cork in it with Star Wars complaints. Did you enjoy the movie? Yes? Then move on.
And embrace the radness that is Starkiller Base:
Fact check: it’s actually Rob who makes the point about talk radio listeners at 15:45.
Eh, nothing wrong with sticking to pop culture either. We can get politics anywhere.
Trump is and was pretty easy to explain.
Agree on all your points, and I’d like to add this: of the victories the Right has gotten in the past dozen years, Heller is the only really big one, and let’s keep in mind, that was initiated not via the GOP or Congress or POTUS, but by a couple of guys that started lawsuits to settle the issue. Outside of the political process. The NRA, with their “surrender on nothing” tactics deserves far more credit on gun rights than any GOP politician. The GOP would be better off if they emulated them.
Secondly, when we did have political victories via Congress, they were minor, and often led by conservative insurgents against the establishment leadership of their own party. Recall the odious Law of the Sea Treaty, that everyone from Dubya to Condoleeza to the Chamber of Commerce wanted on the Right side of politics. It took an insurgency led by Jim DeMint… an outsider even in his own party…. and we barely cleared the 34 vote threshold to kill the treaty. Meanwhile, the usual suspects such as Lisa Murkowski pimped it as hard as they could (and promised to bring it back again and again until they got what they wanted). So even when conservatives won something, very often, they not only had to fight the Democrats but the leadership of their own party.
Just saw this, thank you Jonah (and then Blue Yeti) for the fact check. For the record, I was taking the piss a little bit here.