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It's a better-late-than-never show. We've got galavanting hosts (James is out this week), a Supreme Court steeped in overdue contemplation (John Yoo fills in for James to keep fill us in and even makes a prediction!) and our guest, Bjørn Lomborg is here to talk COP26.

Lomborg—author of False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet—takes us through all the great things Climate leaders have accomplished with these conferences, including promises that they will have accomplished great things in the coming decades...

Aside from John's thoughts on the speciousness of the arguments against Dobbs and the behind the scenes process that will take place between now and when get their decision, he also tells us about his time shooting hoops with Charles Barkley; And Rob updates us on his travels (to Hungary now) and his delighted impressions of conservatism abroad.

Music from this week's podcast: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) by Talking Heads

Hosts:
John YooPeter RobinsonRob Long
Guest:
Bjørn Lomborg

Discussion (9)

  • kedavis@kedavis

    It's said that John Roberts places great value on the "prestige" of the court, and so if the decision would otherwise be 5-4 to overturn Roe, then Roberts should join the majority to make it 6-3. If he doesn't, that shows his claim about concern about the "prestige" of the court to be just more bushwah. (sp?)

  • Taras@Taras
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    It’s said that John Roberts places great value on the “prestige” of the court, and so if the decision would otherwise be 5-4 to overturn Roe, then Roberts should join the majority to make it 6-3. If he doesn’t, that shows his claim about concern about the “prestige” of the court to be just more bushwah. (sp?)

    Also, if Roberts joins the majority, he can assign himself the writing of the decision.

    This is how Chief Justice Warren Burger prevented a liberal Court from permanently banning capital punishment.

  • FredGoodhue@FredGoodhue
    On the COP26, why did they not have an in-person conference? Why not just do it all on zoom? It would save vast amounts of carbon and the "leaders" would set an example, instead of going on a junket. It seems the 1% (to use the left's terminology) want to live high on the hog, while reducing the 99% to poverty.
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