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Some weeks, we have to hunt hard for topics. Other weeks, well, they rain down like a monsoon. The latter describes this week and to provide an umbrella we've got the Las Vegas Review-Journal's White House correspondent Debra J. Saunders on the political topics (and a bit on San Francisco) and The Skeptical Environmentalist himself, Bjørn Lomborg, who at this moment, is the world's second most famous Scandinavian authority in climate. Also, a new poll question (answer it!) and Lileks make a cameo appearance to award Ricochet member Kevin Creighton the highly coveted Lileks Post of The Week.

Music from this week's show: How Soon Is Now by The Smiths

Hosts:
Peter RobinsonRob Long
Guests:
Bjørn LomborgDSDebra Saunders

Discussion (192)

  • kedavis@kedavis

    P.S. The new Long Poll is another dud. The options given are totally inadequate.

    For example, one option needs to be something like "Vote for a Republican primary opponent, if there is one. But ultimately, vote to re-elect the incumbent Republican scum if necessary because voting for a Democrat is never wise."

  • Blue Yeti@BlueYeti
    Replyingtokedavis

    kedavis (View Comment):

    P.S. The new Long Poll is another dud. The options given are totally inadequate.

    For example, one option needs to be something like “Vote for a Republican primary opponent, if there is one. But ultimately, vote to re-elect the incumbent Republican scum if necessary because voting for a Democrat is never wise.”

    Thanks for listening!

  • kedavis@kedavis
    ReplyingtoBlue Yeti

    kedavis (View Comment):

    P.S. The new Long Poll is another dud. The options given are totally inadequate.

    For example, one option needs to be something like “Vote for a Republican primary opponent, if there is one. But ultimately, vote to re-elect the incumbent Republican scum if necessary because voting for a Democrat is never wise.”

    Blue Yeti (View Comment):

    Thanks for listening!

    Even if that's meant to be a jab, the fact is that the Long Poll is shown on other pages besides the Ricochet Podcast ones, so it really can't rely on people having listened.

    And "vote the bum out" is a bit pointless. That's what happens IF the incumbent loses the election. No one person's vote accomplishes that. And what if there is no primary opponent? Voting for a primary opponent, IF THERE IS ONE, is rather different from voting for the Democrat (IF there is one - often there isn't) or not voting at all.

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