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This week, Joe Biden accepts the Democratic nomination and we devote all of the opening segment to the just ended Democratic Convention. Then, this may sound a bit inside baseball (inside Ivy League baseball), but stick with it, because it has implications for cancel culture, affirmative action, and a host of other issues that stem from the way higher education is conducted in the U.S. We’re joined by Ambassador Victor Ashe, who is running for a seat on the Yale Corporation, the tightly controlled and opaque governing body that runs Yale University. The policies they institute have wide ranging implications for schools and for our culture at large. Then, WSJ columnist Gerald Baker joins us to discuss some of the topics he’s been writing about including defunding the police, the protests, and the Presidential election. We’ve got Ricochet member @jennastocker as this week’s LPoW winner for her post Minneapolis Isn’t Lost – Yet — we wonder why? Finally, some thoughts on Steve Bannon and the prospect of life returning to normal.
Music from this week’s show: the last great american dynasty by Taylor Swift
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Not here in flyover country.
I’m not sure how it works, but maybe he’s one of those people who occasionally come up with good ideas – such as the “Clinton Cash” book – but that doesn’t mean anyone is going to follow them for a long walk off a short pier. Meanwhile, there are a lot of “influencers” on the Dem side who regularly lead their candidates and party right off a cliff. And then get followed the next time too, and the next, and the next…
That’s a good thing. 😁😈
Too bad their voters don’t seem to care about that any more than the candidates and party leadership seem to.
Two million came from California. Trump won the popular vote outside of California. Redundant voters.
No one has mentioned what a waste of time the career gladhander “A She for Yale” was. So I’m mentioning it.
It’s been suggested on Larry O’Connor‘s show, and I pray to God that it happens, that Trump should open his convention speech with “Joe Biden has been claiming that I said in Charlottesville that neo-Nazis and white nationalists are ‘fine people.’ In fact, Joe Biden said that’s the reason he decided to run for President. But here’s the thing: Joe Biden is lying. Here’s what I actually said that very day in Charlottesville:
After another question at that press conference, Trump became even more explicit:
Play it in video. Edit as appropriate. Joe Biden’s campaign is based on a lie.
The flagship Ricochet Podcast failed to mention that Joe Biden’s campaign is based on a blatant lie.
But what the heck – Gary Robbins has for years been repeating the “fine people” lie as well, and he wins post of the week after week from the flagship Ricochet Podcast host.
This implies that Trump’s policy victories
are only about about himself.
I am continually baffled by presumably rational, presumably conservative-leaning people who cannot disabuse themselves of their impression that Trump’s entire presidency is nothing but Trump’s pre-Presidential personality.
(Edited to include hyperlink to RCP column re Trump’s Charlottesville remarks)
Yes, I agree (meant to comment on it and forgot).
What was that all about?
Here are the 2016 figures for the People’s Republic of California, according to Wikipedia:
Hillary 8,753,788 (61.73%)
Trump 4,483,810 (31.62%)
So Hillary led Trump by 4,269,978 in California.
The national totals:
Hillary 65,853,514 (48.18%)
Trump 62,984,828 (46.09%)
Johnson 4,489,341 (3.28%)
Hillary’s lead over Trump — 2,868,686 — is only 64% of Johnson’s total. Add together the Republican Presidential candidate and the Republican Governor on the Libertarian line and you get 67,474,169, which leads Hillary in the national vote by 1,620,655.
As we have seen, Hillary led Trump by 4,269,978 votes in California alone. Subtract that from her national lead (2,868,686) and you get -1,401,292; which is to say that outside California Trump led by 1.4 million votes.
Actually, you can click on the “Post of the Week” icon, and it pulls them up. It looks like Gary only won once. Jenna won twice, along with Rodin and Bucknelldad.
What do I have to do to win this one? Why does Mr. Lileks always ignore me? I’m happy for Jenna’s repeat victory, of course, but why didn’t I win post of the week this time?
I know, I didn’t actually write a post last week, but still . . .
Actually, I think that I heard the secret on this podcast. You need to write about Minneapolis. Maybe I should do something about how much I liked John Sandford’s Prey series, set in the Twin Cities. It let me know all about Ten-pin County (even before the whole George Floyd thing) and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (which always made me think of a bunch of guys in green eyeshades sitting around worrying that a crime was about to be committed).
Maybe not Ten-pin County. Something like that.
@jameslileks
Glenn “Instapundit” Reynolds listens to the Ricochet podcast:
Evidently the history doesn’t go back that far, Gary has had at least two. They probably each have about 3 “likes” still.
Actually Glenn’s USA Today quote of @jameslileks’ cleverness links to a complementary mention of it at the Power Line blog, where they also give James a bronze medal.
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Right? I’d walk over broken glass to vote for Trump in 2020, but if he offered me a million dollars I wouldn’t work for him. I’ve got a big family, and I’d be painting a target on all their backs.
I lived through 8 years of the BO presidency knowing my name was on a double secret list. No thanks.
What an effective way to marginalize a president. hashtag swear word.
I heard a lawyer talking about this. You are talking about $350,000 out of $25 million which is 1 1/2%.
There are non-profits that handle this all perfectly that suck way, way more money out of them for no good reason. These are legal theft.
I find it hard to believe this is consistent justice.
And so far it has turned out to be wrong. The RNC has been slick and well done.
Robinson was talking about how the Obamas are now a business nearing a racket and Long said it was hard for Trump supporters to talk about this as if we are supposed to understand. I didn’t follow at all. Trump is a billionaire – he doesn’t need govt to increase his profile to run a racket. He ran a business.
Biden could get elected and make it national policy to kill Americans and Rob will be there to remind us, “You know who else had a policy of killing Americans – the first Republican Lincoln.”
Its often fair to point out all politicians are rotten and both sides corrupt. But sometimes you need to be a little more clear on how Trump being rich somehow absolves the ugly grift of Obama – or makes the topic somehow awkward to discuss.
Today’s Wednesday of Republican convention week. @peterrobinson, it has not been worse, but better, than the Dems. There’s hope yet!
We will be discussing this in great detail on this week’s show. No guests, just the guys.
Bannon was arrested while on the yacht of Gun Wengui, a political activist and enemy of the Chinese Communist Party. Sounds like an unsurprising friendship to me.
So, I’m wondering why the Ricochet crew (@roblong, @jameslileks, @peterrobinson) acted as if Bannon’s friendship with this Chinese billionaire was hypocritical? I don’t follow Bannon closely, but I don’t believe he renounces billionaires or Chinese industrialists for their wealth or achievements.
Maybe I misheard or misunderstood.
Bannon Derangement Syndrome.