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The Question of the Week, maybe the month, perhaps the year, oh, heck -- likely of the century is "when is the economy re-opening?" Sure, we could round up a bunch of egg-head economists to ponder and scratch their chins, but instead we went directly to the West Wing, to the room where it happens (to coin a phrase) and got our old friend and former podcaster Larry Kudlow on the Skype machine. He gives us the actual figures on the economy, the strategy, the mood, and most importantly, how we get out of this. Also, is sunlight a disinfectant? Can you inject Lysol? (Did you really think we weren't going to talk about that?). We've got a Lileks Post of The Week from Southern Pessimist on cooking at home and Chef Long describes how you can cook like the stars.
Music from this week's show: Hats Off To Larry by Del Shannon
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"Comfort food" is a term that works for me, Rob.
There are certainly "uncomfortable foods" that make a diner feel uneasy: Mystery Meat served in the school cafeteria, that bowl of fresh chicken blood served in the Famous Chicken Soup Restaurant in China ("You paid for one chicken and you get all but the feathers."), that dish that triggers flashbacks from POW/Death Camp, Goats Head Soup as pictured in the album art of that Rolling Stones album...
Edit: p.s. Please do link us to the French chef videos!
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Rob, you're perpetuating the lies that the press tells about what the President says. You are just as guilty as they are. Peter, don't be led astray by that man in New York.
Good choice on that pick of the week, James.
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When you mentioned wealthy Manhattaners fleeing the city to avoid Covid-19, I was reminded of the Roger Corman movie from 1964, "The Masque of the Red Death", starring Vincent Price as Prince Prospero.
The story follows a prince who terrorizes a plague-ridden peasantry while merrymaking in a lonely castle with his jaded courtiers. - Wikipedia.
When I first saw it in my youth, I remember getting the message that "the plague" didn't care if you were rich or poor, good or bad, powerful or weak. Oh, and Jane Asher was pretty cute.
Thus passes the glory of the world
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There are a lot of nice buildings going up in Minneapolis.
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