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This wide-ranging, round-robin format episode begins with celebrating the end of "Dry January" (which we, um, didn't much observe), mockery of Bernie Sanders' obsession with "onesies," a brief account of a Steve roadtrip to Villanova University, and a declaration of war against the Commentary podcast. (It's serious: it involves McRibs.)
After we clear away this opening frivolity, we get down to serious business. Lucretia is in high dudgeon about the Catholic bishops behaving just the way they did in the 1980s—like lapdogs for the left—which generated reflections on theology, federal grant restrictions, J.D. Vance's dialectical skill, and some reasons for optimism for the future of both the Catholic Church and the world as a whole.
John casts his spotlight on what we saw in the contentious confirmation hearings for Kash Patel, RFK, Jr, and Tulsi Gabbard. There was rare agreement and sharp disagreement (our usual mode) about aspects of these appointments.
Exit bumper music from our pal, the historian Steve Tootle, who doubles as the singer/songwriter for Cosigner; "No Hour Is Mine" sounds a bit like what professors think after class.
Hosted by John Yoo, 'Lucretia', and Steve Hayward
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I too am confused why the Commentary podcast has anything to say about the McRib beyond, "It's pork, so no." OK; more for other people.
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I know several Jewish folks that don't keep kosher so would Have no real problem with pork.
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Since I am a huge fan of both Three Whisky Happy Hour AND Commentary, I am taking it upon myself to contact President Trump and see if -- since he doesn't seem to have much else going on these days -- he will act as mediator between the two sides, perhaps getting them to sit down together at his weekend retreat to reach a peace settlement. The Mar-a-Lago Accords could bring him his long-desired Nobel Peace Prize.
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Yes, but no onesies though. That was only a joke.
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