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Boys In The Hoodies

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As always, we've got everything you could ask for before starting your weekend. From global "warfare" to matters of taste, Ricochet's got it all.

First we reconvene with Congressman Mike Gallagher, who shares his take on American defense, energy and the spectacularly bad priorities that have left our armed forces helping our enemies in their propaganda efforts. Then we bring on the one, the only, Vince Guerra–Ricochet member extraordinaire–who takes us through his gift to us all: the Movie Fight Club; where members get to duke it out over who has the best stinkin' taste. (You'll have to join Ricochet if you want in on the fun!)

The gang also give a toast to their old pal P.J. O'Rourke and ponder the supposed right-wing takeover of San Francisco's education system.

Music from this week's podcast: Shout by Otis Day and the Knights

And some promised clips:

Gallagher's speech at Hillsdale College

And Peter, Rob and P.J.

Hosts:
James LileksPeter RobinsonRob Long
Guests:
Mike GallagherVince Guerra

Discussion (35)

  • The Cloaked Gaijin@TheCloakedGaijin

    That interview with Congressman Mike Gallagher was incredible.

    I learned from him that the DEI of the PLA next to the UAV and the LNG is helpful to the 3-QUAD or was it the QUACK and the capital B bridge of the Indo-Pacific for the ABC and the XYZ for the CCP (officially the CPC) and the CCCP. There's also the PCC for Cuba which might be on PCP which is both a drug and the CCCP for the PERU. The Cs and the Ps across the sea go on forever. See? Si?

    en.wikipedia.org

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    Indo-Pacific? Is that the area surrounded by Siam, Ceylon, Burma, and East Pakistan? I've never heard that phrase before. I remember Rush Limbaugh used to say that the Lefties appearing on talk shows were required to call India the subcontinent as a way to look smart.

    Wikipedia: "Scholarship has shown that the 'Indo-Pacific' concept circulated in Weimar Germany, and spread to interwar Japan. German political oceanographers envisioned an 'Indo-Pacific' comprising anti-colonial India and republican China, as German allies, against 'Euro-America'." Sounds like the term has anti-American origins.

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    How about talking like a normal human being?

    It seems to me that talking like this is usually a symptom of 1 of 2 things:

    1. Trying to prove how smart you are
    2. Being too detached from common ordinary people.

    I don't expect other people to know all the abbreviations and acronyms in my profession. Most other professions don't do this either.

    Why does the one profession that is supposed to represent the America people talk like a person desperately trying to scam and hide something?

  • EJHill@EJHill
    ReplyingtoThe Cloaked Gaijin

    The Cloaked Gaijin (View Comment):

    Why does the one profession that is supposed to represent the America people talk like a person desperately trying to scam and hide something?

    You can take the man out of the Marines, but you can’t take the Marine out of the man. Seven years in USMC Intel, he served on the CENTCOM assessment team under David Petreus. That’s the way these guys talk and he’s not going to change or talk down to you.

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