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There are no crystal balls on Ricochet, but we can’t keep our eyes off the future. What’s to become of the GOP? Hard to say; but our guest David Drucker has written a book and launched his very own podcast to ponder these very questions. Rob and James put him in the interviewee seat for a change get his take on how candidates will have to navigate a climate that’s been permanently altered by Donald Trump.
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How does the former president affect local and state elections? What should make of the upcoming election in Virginia? (What the heck’s up with those tiki-torchers?) And, most importantly, how do the members of the ever-growing crowd of Republican hopefuls get attention while living in Trump’s shadow?
You’ll have to listen to find out!
Also, Peter pops in to tell us about the Rupert Murdoch birthday celebration he attended, plus Rob and James debate the consequences of Zuckerberg’s hopes to take us all to the metaverse.
Music from this week’s podcast: Complicated Shadows by Elvis Costello
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Here’s the film James was talking about at the end of the podcast:
Thats a good Podcast picture.
You mean the democrat-staffed tiki-torch photo bomb that the North American Man-Boy Lincoln Project now takes responsibility for?
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-tiki-torch-photo-in-front-of-youngkin-tour-bus-revealed-to-be-democrat-stunt
FYI, the common element in WI, PA, and MI is Catholics. Peter can explain.
The way that story was introduced in zero-hedge was:
Much hilarity, including screenshots of suddenly protected accounts follows.
One of the comments:
Q- Why did the entire Lincoln Project rush to Walmart last week?
A- They heard the boys pants were half off.
I’m so old, I remember that joke when it was about Michael Jackson.
The “surgical removal” of DJT was done by fraudulent mail in votes and finished at 3:00 AM by demo fraudsters, not by Republicans voting all Republican except for Trump. Let’s Go Brandon!
Then you’ll remember McDonald’s MJ Burger.
I don’t remember that, but I remember the McDLT which was actually good, and the one made partly from seaweed or something. Taco Bell also had the “Border Light” stuff which seemed to be just gray goo stuck into a burrito or whatever.
no it wasn’t good. it was just a slice of tomato. But the commercial with Jason Alexander is a hoot!
What? No, the McDLT was where they had the meat on one side in a styrofoam container, and the lettuce and tomato on the other side so they stayed cool and crisp until you put them together.
The partially-seaweed burger was called the McLean.
I like this one too:
In the Ricochet chatroom on Meta I’m sure there would be a large number of avatars of the greatest President of the Twenty-first Century. At least from the members.
Let’s Go Carrot Top. Box Office Poison!!
Not to disparage any of the guests, but my favorite part of any episode is the host chat. This was no different. Very interesting to hear from Peter offering a peek into a world most of us only see (and I only imagine) from the outside of Tavern on the Green. James and Rob on the Metaverse stole the show.
Rob, “how many meetings did it take to get to something that boring?!…I bet you there’s millions of dollars sunk into a name that dumb. Not to mention the man hours.”
James, “Person hours, Rob. Person hours.”
The Facebook wunderkinds did actually come up with the perfect symbol of Zuck – a vanilla, deadening, unblinking Metavatar of the man himself.
The description of street footage from 1945 NYC was the gem worth waiting for. Thanks again for an interesting, engaging conversation irl, for now…
I’m so meta even this acrostic…
Haven’t I read that Fox News is now being run by some left-leaning Murdoch offspring?
It will be the subject of ep 2 or 3 of the rebooted Ramble, coming soon to an Audio Network near you!
Great news! Will I need a new iTunes url? Or will they start up again from the previous one?
There is another category besides those favoring showhorse or workhorse.
Unfortunately.
Drucker’s and Rob’s assumptions/predictions about both 2022 and 2024 completely fall apart if there were even just, what, 40,000 fraudulent votes in 5 swing states? That’s a pretty big gamble.
How do those places like Nike arrange for their $100 virtual shoes to wear out so you have to buy them over and over?
“Trump held back the dam.”
That’s the way I see it. Particularly from the Austrian/financialization view of the country you have to be creative and forceful to stop the march to communism. We are too far gone for GOP boiler plate.
Most people have a different vector to come up with the same conclusion.
I just don’t see what is wrong with it.
The “separate the baggage” part is exactly dead-on.
Of course Democrats are obsessed with collective action and thinking.
My brother-in-law is a textbook Dennis Prager Democrat that lives a conservative life. He is so damn dumb about that type of thing it’s unbelievable. PhD in an actual serious subject.
I listen to all kinds of radio and podcasts and they are top-tier in this sense every single week. Unique value added every single time.
Just to be clear, you don’t have to do it that way to have a good podcast etc.
What’s a serious subject? I would have no difficulty believing that a Ph.D in chemistry etc, could be completely bonkers when it comes to thinking about thinking.
I should have said practical value, or output that society actually values and needs. He is a neuropsychologist. If you actually need one, there is no substitute. It’s really more of a straight medical field.
Okay but I don’t see any reason why a neuropsychologist would necessarily think straight about politics either. He could believe “white privilege” is a serious problem as much as any gender studies graduate would.
All I’m saying is he leads a conservative life, he has above average intelligence, and he can dig into policy details if he feels like it.
I think the only thing he believes in is just doing or not doing whatever it takes to make things move left all of the time. Collectivism is inherently good. The left is inherently good. Democrats are inherently good.
I may be conflating my thoughts with Dr. Bastiat’s the odds current hot thread