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January 17, 2020
January 17, 2020Ricochet

Benignly Pompous

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Now that impeachment is upon us we thought we'd let the guys do a long segment (that's not a euphemism) on it themselves. Then, Niall Ferguson joins to explain why the Trump administration is like the Corleone family, but trust us -- he means this as a compliment (calm down and read the column, MAGA folks). We go celestial with this week's Lileks Post of The Week Winning the Cosmic Lottery by @brycecarmony. Are we alone? Give us your take in the comments. And finally, the Attorney General wants Apple to create a back door to our phones. Since we always forget to lock the back door, we tend to think this is a bad idea. How about you?

Music from this week's show: You Ain't The Problem by Michael Kiwanuka

Hosts:
•Peter Robinson•Rob Long
Guest:
•Niall Ferguson

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    Spin@Spin·6y

    Is this because of Mr. Bragg on Facebook referring to Peter, John Yoo, and Richard Epstein as "pompous"?

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    Patrick McClure@Patrickb63·6y

    Archie Bunker hated Roosevelt and ticked off Maud by making fun of him. Watch more tv Rob.

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    Arahant@Arahant·6y

    Rob is spot on about Trump's being a patriotic old-line Democrat. He's another one where he didn't leave the Democrats, the Democrats left him.

    The proper response to Rob's question about East Asia would have been, "We have always been at war with East Asia."

    Peter Robinson from the alternative universe says, "I only have two more questions..."

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    Arahant@Arahant·6y
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    Spin (View Comment):

    Is this because of Mr. Bragg on Facebook referring to Peter, John Yoo, and Richard Epstein as “pompous”?

    No, Rob called James that.

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    Henry Castaigne@HenryCastaigne·6y

    Wouldn't it be more in wondrous and more Christian if Christ died for the Vulcans too?

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