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This week on GLoP, some thoughts on the events in Charlottesville, and whether or not the statues come down, and a peek behind the gown of big time TV network standards and practices. Consider yourself warned.
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“So, let’s see if there are any new podcasts up on Ricochet.”
*sees image above*
“I am immediately concerned.”
I really think some of these cover art keepers should be available in the Rico-store as autographed posters.
This could be arranged. @ejhill
Who uses a turn signal? If just telegraphs to your competition your next move thus allowing them to preemptively thwart your play.
Loved the transition back to the Rx Bar commercial from Rob’s turning.
“He did it deliberately and by instinct…” Half right. Definitely by instinct. I think Jonah’s discourse on Trump was much closer to reality.
Jon, you’re getting better with the segues, “You know what people are looking for…” Very good. Whoops, that transition to Boll and Branch just lost all the street cred you had gained.
Rob on Ozarks, exactly! Don’t be fooled, Jon.
Overall, a very enjoyable show. (Even the bad segues are part of the entertainment.)
Comparing the podcast title and the picture, and I think someone needs a little further study in anatomy.
For some reason, they wanted to show Rob’s face rather than the back of his head.
I fear that all the straw commandeered by John and Jonah for their rather unconvincing arguments could imperil the future of corn holing.
Can this strawmanning by Jonah and John ever stop? I realize it puffs them up, but how about a few prominent names. Who are these conservative politicians and writers who are reluctant to alienate Nazis, skinheads and race purists from the GOP coalition?
They don’t exist, or they exist in irrelevant vanishing numbers. Come on, it’s a self-serving pose guys.
How about addressing the leftist iconoclasm preoccupying blue America? Complaining about the ahistoric idiocracy of contemporary America and then reducing Taney to one decision (and mispronouncing his name John) was pretty rich.
Two odious phalanxes faced off in Charlottesville: white race fascists and identity group/black-brown race fascists. The white boy fascists had the legal right and permit to convene and the rainbow fascists planned and executed an attack.
John finds the rainbow fascists less culpable. On what conservative principle exactly?
Key difference: the white race fascists are the periphery of the fringe of the GOP and the identity group/black-brown race fascists are the heart and soul of the Democratic party who dominate its platform committee and take center stage at its conventions.
Dealing with that honestly would take some testicular fortitude, but Jonah and John are Theon Greyjoy on this one.
I think whatever side commits the most murders during a particular spate of protesting would normally be the most culpable? Thats pretty straight forward.
Good episode. Good stories, Rob!
To be fair, the episode probably should have been called “Pixelated Parts.” And my library of Rob Long pictures and video seems to lacking that crucial over-the-shoulder come-hither shot.
Ewww, now I have to spend good money with my therapist to get that picture out of my head. Thanks for nothin EJ
It’s what I do.
The satellite collar is such a brilliant touch.
Keeps him from licking things.
I wanted to call it Pixelated Asses, but that might’ve been dinged by iTunes.
Besides, the Democrats already own that one.
(Or is that “Pixilated”?)
Victor Davis Hanson: “No one knows in the next three years what can happen to a volatile Trump presidency or his psychotic enemies….”
The latter group includes The Notorious G.L.O.P.
@ejhill:
First reaction: OMG.
Second reaction: This photoshop is ironclad proof of @jonahgoldberg‘s wisdom, which he revealed when–during a previous podcast’s ‘slash fiction’ excursion–he preemptively threatened the photoshoppers that he would walk off GLOP if, afterward, he was featured in some kind of ‘slash fiction’ themed GLOP photoshop.
Now excuse me while I find out exactly what happened in this GLOP podcast that led to this outcome. I think I’m afraid to listen.
Be not afraid.
Yeti,
I referred to it as the discreet charm of the ICU. Rob was only trying to expand our horizons when the censor’s tight a@ssed (sorry) response disrupted his show.
Regards,
Jim
– “On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and fired upon a group of police officers during a Black Lives Matter rally/protest/parade….”
– “The Conservative Principle Behind Black Lives Matter” by Jonah Goldberg, July 11, 2016.
John’s suggested method of affixing blame for violence at demonstrations is a non-starter. Giving counter demonstrators carte blanche to smear their opponents by becoming violent at their opponents’ events and claiming they were provoked into it only results in more violence. It is an invitation to violent response as a heckler’s veto. We’ve already seen that at Berkeley this year with the Milo event.
Over the last 40 years the Klan has held innumerable rallies around the country and there’s seldom an issue when the general public just ignores them, no matter how geared up or verbally offensive the Klansmen are. On the other hand, if some group of hi-fi enthusiasts (to pick a non-provocative example out of the hat) decides to show up and give the Klan the fight they feel the Klan is asking for, then you have to lay a good portion of blame on the hi-fi enthusiasts. Of course, blame for individual acts of violence in the fray which result in serious bodily harm, and especially death, belongs to the person or persons who planned and/or carried out those particular acts.
I agree with Happy Wonderer. Even the ACLU and a federal judge agreed that the people protesting the statue removal and park renaming had a right to voice their opinions. (Personally, I think their opinions are awful, but they have a right to be heard.) I know that they showed up ready to fight, but they were threatened as soon as they applied for a permit to demonstrate. What would you have done, in their position? Give up? Go away? Then the Antifa win without a battle.
The Antifa (=Democrats, including the press) want to shut down any and all opinions held by any one outside their group. Indeed, they have no trouble destroying their own, should any of their members stray from the path. (They remind me of Shining Path, and Mao Tse-Tung.) They’re appallingly dangerous, and because they are far more numerous than the neo Nazis, they are a greater threat to liberty.
By the way, it isn’t Trump they hate, so much as Trump supporters, i. e., any one who doesn’t support the Democrat party. If you think that carping about Trump, and writing anti-Nazi articles and podcasts will keep you out of the Gulag, I am afraid that you will find that you are mistaken, if the Democrat-Antifa-mainstream media get their way.
Winter is coming.
No one is taking the @jonahgoldberg bait and explaining the average vs. median thing? Short answer, @jonahgoldberg wins the math award and better school or not, @johnpodhoretz loses.
That’s an impressive amount of pixelation covering Rob Long.
I agree with Quack Voter that JPod’s mispronunciation of the name of one of the more consequential Supreme Court Justices in U.S. History, Roger Taney (pronounced “Tawney”), was pretty egregious.
Also, why shouldn’t there be a statue of him? Because he authored a judicial opinion that we find abhorrent? Yes, those who built the statue surely admired him, but why can’t we use his statue as a history lesson, so the world isn’t full of Rob Longs who think that he was an obscure figure? Taney’s most famous work, the Dred Scott decision, was a key piece of the puzzle that led to the Civil War, our nation’s most violent conflict still, 150 years and 8 major wars later.
If you three dudes–writers of books, commanders of opinion, and filmers of butts–can’t get this right, then what hope does the country have?
P.S. The statue had him sitting in a chair, not on a horse, because he was a judge, you know.
(Yes, I’m being pedantic. And, yes, the podcast is great, and I truly enjoy it every time.)
That’s why they call him Rob Long. His given name was actually Richard.
I enjoyed @jonahgoldberg‘s correction of @johnpodhoretz‘s understanding of averages, an understanding shared by most of the population. If Bill Gates gives a speech to 99 typical conference attendees, the average net worth of those in the room is roughly $850,000,000, but this doesn’t mean that 50 people have a net worth greater than that sum and 50 lower. Distribution is critical.
I also agree. People seem to have a problem assigning any blame to the counter-protesters because they fear it’s an endorsement of why the Neo Nazi’s were demonstrating. It’s perfectly reasonable to denounce the counter-protesters actions and denounce the beliefs of the protesters. It is incredibly easy to ignore the demonstrations of these guys and I think any decent person would have no interest in seeking out information about their future gatherings. If you drive from out of town to show up at a rally then you can’t say you were provoked.