Wow. I was not expecting this lovely shout out! Thank you NYC Fifthdom (especially Jaye and MAGA Mary) for showing me how to live like a true New Yorker, who knows, maybe one day I’ll move there for good!
Thank you too Matt, Michael and Kmele for being so nice to me and my pet kangaroo, and taking me to such exciting events that are part of your world in NYC. So stoked to come back in a little bit!
Given how much of his life Glenn has spent being a contrarian to both sides I am sure he is not crying about the MI's decision, but it's a good reminder that ideological cancellation knows no political persuasion.
Glenn may well be right about why the MI parted ways with him, but he acknowledges that the MI did not state their reasons. So his assumptions about the MI objecting to his treatment of the war in the Middle East are still just assumptions.
Comment of the Week, how about that! I must admit looking at Paulus the Woodgnome again after all this time, it seems many of the puppets look like stitched up roadkill, like something from a Jan Svankmajer movie!
While she may be consistently pro free speech, she certainly let her own views color her description of cases and controversies.
I was most intrigued when she said their are lots of jews in JVP (or SFJP) and implied that it could not therefore, be antisemitic. In her stridency, I thought she would believe such prudential considerations would be irrelevant🤷♂️
So...Arch...I couldn't help but notice who you put on the bass guitar. What makes you think Kmele would be more inclined to that particular instrument?
It was a process of elimination. The line in the song referenced Welch’s glasses being above the “rock guitar.” And I figured that between the other two, Moyn was more likely to be the wild John Bonham/Keith Moon type who aspirates on his own vomit (sorry Moyn), so that put him on drums. That left Kmele on bass.
Ah, good old George III! I visited Kew Botanical Gardens back in 2019 (highly recommended!), which includes Kew Palace, where King George was committed when he went mad. The Palace is staffed by docents in full Georgian custom. I rember them asking visitors if they knew who George III was. I thought if they asked me, I'd answer that he was the last King of America, hopefully. Kew Palace was interesting, though, and had an exhibit of then-contemporary editorial cartoons about King George, including this classic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se-majest%C3%A9#/media/File:Newton_Bull_farts_G3.jpg Many of these were not at kind to Georgie and reflect a long-standing though informal tradition of free speech in Britain that contemporary British governments seem to have forgotten, especially since Blair.
Skipped through to the Tucker segment on that YT video of The Independents (which I almost assuredly watched when it aired since I definitely watched most episodes) and was surprised to see a hint of his crank beginnings there. "Doctors shouldn't be in the death business". "Earlier cultures understood this" --lots of Rosy Retrospection and Naturalistic Fallacy. Hints at a bit of Isolationism though doesn't explicitly say it. Also amusing how he states a semi-joking hatred for "fat people" when he himself was looking mighty pudgy there. Favorite claim by Tucker from the segment is "I'm on the Anarcho-Capitalist side, I guess". Boy did that age poorly.
Wow. I was not expecting this lovely shout out! Thank you NYC Fifthdom (especially Jaye and MAGA Mary) for showing me how to live like a true New Yorker, who knows, maybe one day I’ll move there for good!
Thank you too Matt, Michael and Kmele for being so nice to me and my pet kangaroo, and taking me to such exciting events that are part of your world in NYC. So stoked to come back in a little bit!
If you do any more True New Yorking you’re going to need a liver transplant. It was fun having you around!
This Independents episode is pure gold. Thanks Busty!
I don't remember Geraldo making so much sense. Did he keep his normal opinions for late night tv?
I work in a restaurant a couple times a week and Geraldo is a frequent patron.
I woke up singing Matt Welch's Glasses to myself. This is going to be a problem.
Started CRYING laughing again at Aaron Judge v Poland Spring
Given how much of his life Glenn has spent being a contrarian to both sides I am sure he is not crying about the MI's decision, but it's a good reminder that ideological cancellation knows no political persuasion.
Glenn may well be right about why the MI parted ways with him, but he acknowledges that the MI did not state their reasons. So his assumptions about the MI objecting to his treatment of the war in the Middle East are still just assumptions.
I’m glad I stopped giving to the Manhattan Institute.
Comment of the Week, how about that! I must admit looking at Paulus the Woodgnome again after all this time, it seems many of the puppets look like stitched up roadkill, like something from a Jan Svankmajer movie!
I hope there’s more to the Glenn Loury story 😬😬😬
Ty Matt, also King of America is a great Elvis Costello song (but I'm sure you know that):
"She said that she was working for the ABC News
It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use
Her perfume was unspeakable
It lingered in the air
Like her artificial laughter
Her mementos of affairs"
Yikes not a fan of the media I take it (or of Israel either but alas that's a bummer subject for another day)
That event with Lee Rowland was something else.
While she may be consistently pro free speech, she certainly let her own views color her description of cases and controversies.
I was most intrigued when she said their are lots of jews in JVP (or SFJP) and implied that it could not therefore, be antisemitic. In her stridency, I thought she would believe such prudential considerations would be irrelevant🤷♂️
So...Arch...I couldn't help but notice who you put on the bass guitar. What makes you think Kmele would be more inclined to that particular instrument?
It was a process of elimination. The line in the song referenced Welch’s glasses being above the “rock guitar.” And I figured that between the other two, Moyn was more likely to be the wild John Bonham/Keith Moon type who aspirates on his own vomit (sorry Moyn), so that put him on drums. That left Kmele on bass.
Moynihan, FWIW, is a very good drummer.
It was meant to be
A likely story...
Count de Money, piss boy.
Ah, good old George III! I visited Kew Botanical Gardens back in 2019 (highly recommended!), which includes Kew Palace, where King George was committed when he went mad. The Palace is staffed by docents in full Georgian custom. I rember them asking visitors if they knew who George III was. I thought if they asked me, I'd answer that he was the last King of America, hopefully. Kew Palace was interesting, though, and had an exhibit of then-contemporary editorial cartoons about King George, including this classic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se-majest%C3%A9#/media/File:Newton_Bull_farts_G3.jpg Many of these were not at kind to Georgie and reflect a long-standing though informal tradition of free speech in Britain that contemporary British governments seem to have forgotten, especially since Blair.
Happy Mother's Day to all!
Skipped through to the Tucker segment on that YT video of The Independents (which I almost assuredly watched when it aired since I definitely watched most episodes) and was surprised to see a hint of his crank beginnings there. "Doctors shouldn't be in the death business". "Earlier cultures understood this" --lots of Rosy Retrospection and Naturalistic Fallacy. Hints at a bit of Isolationism though doesn't explicitly say it. Also amusing how he states a semi-joking hatred for "fat people" when he himself was looking mighty pudgy there. Favorite claim by Tucker from the segment is "I'm on the Anarcho-Capitalist side, I guess". Boy did that age poorly.
He persuaded me about to doctors/death business!
Look away!