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Foreign policy and mid-terms: anybody care? The Obama administration’s and NBC’s whitewash of the news in Ukraine. Then, AEI’s Arthur Herman joins to gives us more perspective on the Ukraine and the leviathan oil field. Later, Washington Examiner’s Byron York on the woman who shall not be named, Republican chances of taking the Senate, and what politicians are Cruzing for a bruising? Finally, the Comcast/Tim-Warner merger, and why do some posts get edited or redacted? A Ricochet Podcast investigation: the answer may surprise you.

Music from this week’s episode:

Theme from Tetris by London Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Skeet

The Ricochet Podcast opening theme was composed and produced by James Lileks.

In Russia, podcasters photoshop EJHill.

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    @Bluebottle

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    Sad for Peter that Putin outlawed loosely tying sweaters around necks. When will the oppression end?!

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    Sometimes it takes a few minutes for the file to show up across our CDN. Re-load it and try again. 

    Bluebottle: My podcatcher says:

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    @ScottR

    Lileks: “Oh, ironic doesn’t begin to describe Israel saving Germany by selling them gas.”

    What a line! One for the ages.

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    @AdamKoslin

    FYI, the “Tetris Theme Song” is actually a 19th century Russian folk song called “Korobeiniki” (Коробейники), or “Peddlers.”  The lyrics read rather strangely when translated into english, but there’s a lot of saucy double-entendres that keep it from being boring.

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    @PsychLynne
    Scott Reusser: Lileks: “Oh, ironic doesn’t begin to describe Israel saving Germany by selling them gas.”

    What a line! One for the ages. · 1 hour ago

    This is now up there with John Yoo should run for the Water Board in my favorite lines ever…but anyone, not just Lileks.

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    @KimK

    Thank you for keeping Ricochet civil. It’s the only place I would want to comment.

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    @EJHill
     Theme from Tetris by London Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Skeet

    Not quite.

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    @Caroline

    EJ: you keep topping yourself. The nesting dolls are wonderful. 

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    @Vespacon
    Caroline: EJ: you keep topping yourself. The nesting dolls are wonderful.  · 1 minute ago

    Was about to say the same. 

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    @jameslileks

    OF COURSE I’m the smallest. <huff>

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    @EJHill

    James, you’re neither a dictator or a founder. Such is the inequity of life.

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    @RachelLu

    Small point of confusion: in the opening ceremonies, I thought the Soviet segment was that part with all the red light and industrial sound effects? It seemed fittingly demonic to me, frankly.

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    @NickStuart

    Lefty watermelons will do everything they can to strangle the energy renaissance baby in its crib. In the US I predict they will be largely successful.

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    @profdlp
    James Lileks: OF COURSE I’m the smallest. <huff> · 1 hour ago

    I thought Putin was you when I first saw it.  It probably had something to do with that black motorcycle jacket you were wearing out west a while back.

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    @Grendel

    So Rob says they shut down The Anti-Child Animus of SSM Supporters because some people made good arguments against State-sanctioned Sodomitic Menages and offended people who support and engage in them.  That’s not center-right conversation.  That’s Liberal Fascist privileging of feelings over reason to kill conversation.  

    “Mr. Sutton, why do you rob banks?”“That question is very offensive.”

    Why aren’t we roaring with laughter at the very idea of SSM?  The Duck Dynasty guy was right when he pointed out that buggery and coitus are not the same thing.  (The Zeitgeist: What?!?  They both involve orgasms and penetrating various dark orifices!  How can they not be the same!)  The absurdity is doubled when we go from concept to practice, and I don’t just mean the naked guy in the gay pride parade with his pink toy poodles leashed to his genital piercings.  The whole homosexual gestalt is imitative to the point of fraudulence, and they offer that as an argument:  “Homosexuals just want the same thing other people have”!  No, they want to pretend that what they want is the same as what we have, and they want us to ratify their sham.

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    @Grendel

    Sounds like the Leviathan field gives Iran even more motivation to nuke Israel and for Russia to help.  And thus more reason for Israel to nuke Iran.

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    @LarryKoler
    Caroline: EJ: you keep topping yourself. The nesting dolls are wonderful.  · February 20, 2014 at 5:57pm

    EJ, please DON’T top yourself. 

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    @BenjaminGlaser

    No podcast this week?

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    Peter and I were in DC this week recording some Uncommon Knowledge interviews. We’ll be back next week (probably Thursday).

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