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We has planned to do a new show this week, but travel and technical issues got in the way. Please accept our apologies and this previously publicly unreleased dinner party at Rob’s house recorded on November 9th, 2013.
Rob, Troy Senik, Mickey Kaus, Ricochet General Counsel Daniel Friedland, and shy, retiring Ann Coulter — got together to talk, well, about everything Ted Cruz, Obamacare, Ann’s .38 snub-nose, Mickey’s fears about immigration reform, where’s Joe Biden?, and pretty much everything else. It’s a raucous hour, fueled by wine, take-out pizza and home made ice cream. Photos here.
We’ll be back next week with a new show. Happy Thanksgiving, all.
We’re thankful for EJHill.
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Mr. Lileks sure is into that 80s hair thing.
Is that a fauxhawk?
Interesting
I’m glad you posted this because I didn’t get to listen to the whole thing when I first saw it on the member feed, then when I went back to find it, it was gone. Thanks, fellas!
Well, you ‘has’ apologized anyway. Har
Thank you Ricochet for this gift on Black Friday! I was busy with family activities, so I didn’t finish listening to this podcast until this morning. I like Ann Coulter much better in this format (i.e. a long form, friendly conversation with people who disagree versus the shouting matches that you find on cable TV). The sound quality with earbuds was fine.
Great listen on a Sunday run. Thanks for that.
Kaus has the patience of a saint, a saint that might be well-known for, well, being quite patient.
Oh, and Medicare doesn’t “work”. It just happens to be one of the only games in town if you’re retired and over a certain age. It doesn’t work for people whose doctors won’t take Medicare because it doesn’t cover their costs, for example. It doesn’t work because it’s slated to go broke in 10 years. It doesn’t work when it’s become the gentrified version of single-payer, meaning care itself is rationed, it’s unsustainable in its funding, and it transfers the costs onto the people not actually receiving the care.
Other than that, though, it works spectacularly. I’m going to go out and buy me a Medicare t-shirt today!
I just wish Ms. Coulter would say what was really on her mind.
The audio is very low and I find it a strain to listen.
I’m not sure I said it on the podcast, because it really was intended for members only, but if you’re listening, and you’re not a member, JOIN!
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I also like hearing a dissenting voice every once and again on this podcast. I also really like it when Ann Coulter is a guest. Really thankful for Ricochet.
Wowsa! Normally, dinner conversation podcasts are not my cup of tea, but I listened since Ann Coulter was featured.
You caught her at the end of a grueling book tour. Very open and she liked being in good company. My admiration of Rob went through the roof.
Is Ann a member of Ricochet? She sure seemed knowledgeable of the comments.
Unlike Ann, I think the country woes isn’t isolated to the fruits of Harvard, but all of the eastern so-call prestigious colleges. In truth, and for a different time, I really think it is the ME generation (i.e. boomers) coming home to roost.
Small complaint: The new podcast icons are annoying. Too much blueness. With the old icons, I could just look for Jay and Mona’s faces (for instance). Now I have to actually read the labels.
First world problem, I know.
Indeed, she reads the site all the time.
Is Ann a member of Ricochet? She sure seemed knowledgeable of the comments.
Unlike Ann, I think the country woes isn’t isolated to the fruits of Harvard, but all of the eastern so-call prestigious colleges. In truth, and for a different time, I really think it is the ME generation (i.e. boomers) coming home to roost. ·3 hours ago
For the trillionth time: The reason Medicare “works” is because the rest of the healthcare industry is still driven by, somewhat, capitalist forces. If the rest of the industry becomes flat-out Medicare-like, the entire thing will collapse. Medicare cannot exist on its own–just like any socialist, collectivist system of any kind, healthcare or not.
This is no different than saying government healthcare works in other countries. The reason they “work” is because of work done here our capitalist system in the USA. This is where the best doctors want to work. This is where the best researchers come. This is where breakthroughs happen. And then these other countries use what we create to keep their feeble systems running because they create nothing on their own.
This is also like saying the Chinese military industry is awesome because they now have a stealth fighter. Well, the only reason they have it is because they ripped the USA off. If the USA didn’t exist, the Chinese would be flying biplanes.
Well, the same thing goes for Medicare. Without innovation and profits in the private sector, it would be kaput.
To Anne’s point on West Virginia we will have a GOP senator from West Virginia in 2014 when Shelley Moore Capito wins the retiring Jay Rockefeller’s seat.
Last word on Ann and Christie: Christie has an uneducated knowledge of Islamists, CAIR and the Muslim Bros. So much so, it appears he is in the Grover Norquist camp of currying favor.
That in itself makes Christie a non-starter for higher office.