Moynihan! luv you and your knowledge of the Venezuelan political scene, but POR FAVOR ... don't butcher the Spanish language! it's POR AHORA (separate the two words) literally means "for now". it's not your Polynesian variant of "Pora Hora" !
A pet peeve I have about the show is when Moynihan goes out of his way to pronounce German words correctly, but mocks correct Spanish pronunciation. See his pronunciation of AFD party, “ ah f day ”, when “ay f dee” would be correct in English. He needs to be held accountable. We need to get him saying “Oogo Chávez”
Spanish isn't particularly difficult, and Moynihan has spent enough time in such environments (Venezuela alone) where I can't forgive such a gross butchering :) came out sounding like "Bora Bora", or Pora Hora": LOLOL but guess what? the more languages you speak, or at least have a passing familiarity with means you escape such gross butchering(s).
That’s simply not true. Not at all. Accents are accents. I’ve lived in a LOT of places and have worked in a lot of languages and this pet peeve is silly.
Sorry, as have I, I'm fully trilingual and have passing familiarity of others. This wasn't a matter of accent or mispronunciation but a case of melding two distinct words into one, Por Ahora is very different from Pora Hora. Not about to be a language nazi here, but I do notice Moynihan takes pride and care in his Swedish and German pronunciation and hes done a lot of work on Venezuela, etc, ergo I don't expect such carelessness. (though I will admit a small part of me does chuckle at the I dont' give a fuck attitude) He knows what Por Ahora meant, so he can say it properly, just like he mostly says other things relatively properly, like "cadena(s)" (notice he did not say ke day na or even Kadeyna, like a pure gringo would he kept his "a" properly "short") literally means chain but in Venezuelan context he was referring to Chavez riffing live on all the media for hours. Btw. I was in Venezuela at the time and used to listen to Chavez doing "Alo Presidente" along with a cadena or two. It was actually very good/.useful from language acquisition standpoint! *and re knowing other languages, if you can speak or read/pronounce at least one other language besides English, it will save you from the absolute worst English speak bastardizations (the most obvious being the English long vowels , rather than the short ones most other languages use (not eye, but ee.. not oooooo. but short o.. not ay but ah not you, but oo, etc) for e.g. only a pure gringo would pronounce Buenos as Bway nose George W Bush was infamous for this rather than simple bweh-nohs and btw. I'm being SUPER forgiving on Moynihan and most others, on Arabic. They were making fun of people trying to pronounce Gaza correctly - which was funny, because these wokester Americans just couldn't do it LOL and what came out sounded hilarious ) (because they haven't learned how to formulate that sound (the gha) from middle of the throat)
Lot of sweeping under the rug of the lawfare conducted against Trump. He was convicted of multiple felonies for a misdemeanor for which the statute of limitations had expired years earlier in an effort to keep him from becoming president. Not a small thing
They get good guests and are skilled at getting them to talk at length, so I'm ok with it. Wouldn't want it to be every episode, but a good smattering is appreciated
Did not realise it was that skewed of late to be honest, but yeah fair does that probably is a tilt too far. Let's hope they get a decent balance going next year
Since the Missouri senators came up again, it's worth mentioning their decayed copy recently joined the FBI. Both Hawley and Schmidt were highly performative AGs in the state which was the best springboard to the senate. However, now that they are there and likely have those seats locked up for decades to come, the AG who came after them, Andrew Bailey, who was even more performative than them by suing on behalf of Trump or Musk (when that was kosher) or if he could cross his eyes and find a D, E and I somewhere in the news in clear desperation to get their attention recently left to become deputy co-director of the FBI.
I think Missouri voters used to have a healthy amount of skepticism about politicians, unfortunately that’s not the case the past 10-15 years or so. A Todd Akin gaff won’t cost a Republican these days.
Heck, I think the legislature is currently trying to codify Akin's theories of pregnancy and legitimate rape in response to the electorate being fooled by foreign wreckers and saboteurs into re-legalizing abortion last year.
I’ve said it before, and I feel the need to say it again:
I get so tired of trying to have friendly, or not so friendly, debates with people who are staunch defenders of their "side" (Democrat, Republican, Muslim, Christian, etc.), who, when you bring up some blatant hypocrisy or general bad acting by a non-insignificant number of their card carrying peers, just say, "Well, I don't believe/agree in/with THAT bad thing." If you're going to aggressively defend your "side", you have to defend the good and the bad, not just highlight the good and shrug off the bad as not generally applicable to you, and therefore the "side" you claim to represent.
I’ll add to this: making a long list of “independent actors” who were, ya know, just acting independently—no notable political affiliation. 🤷♂️
the pardon of the former president of honduras is perfectly defensible. we want the free market, pro privatization, usa friendly party to win the upcoming honduran election. nothing complicated or even really controversial about it.
As long as we are doing interview shows, Ben Shapiro, Wilfred Reilly and Inez Stepman please and thank you.
Matt Continetti would be great for a principled, yet Trump-sympathetic conservative. (I miss Matt on the Commentary pods.)
And McMegan!
Charlie Cooke
Seconded
This is all well and good but how many T-shirts does the man have?
And records
Moynihan! luv you and your knowledge of the Venezuelan political scene, but POR FAVOR ... don't butcher the Spanish language! it's POR AHORA (separate the two words) literally means "for now". it's not your Polynesian variant of "Pora Hora" !
A pet peeve I have about the show is when Moynihan goes out of his way to pronounce German words correctly, but mocks correct Spanish pronunciation. See his pronunciation of AFD party, “ ah f day ”, when “ay f dee” would be correct in English. He needs to be held accountable. We need to get him saying “Oogo Chávez”
I love that no one who speaks another language ever has an accent that leads to mispronunciation.
Spanish isn't particularly difficult, and Moynihan has spent enough time in such environments (Venezuela alone) where I can't forgive such a gross butchering :) came out sounding like "Bora Bora", or Pora Hora": LOLOL but guess what? the more languages you speak, or at least have a passing familiarity with means you escape such gross butchering(s).
That’s simply not true. Not at all. Accents are accents. I’ve lived in a LOT of places and have worked in a lot of languages and this pet peeve is silly.
Sorry, as have I, I'm fully trilingual and have passing familiarity of others. This wasn't a matter of accent or mispronunciation but a case of melding two distinct words into one, Por Ahora is very different from Pora Hora. Not about to be a language nazi here, but I do notice Moynihan takes pride and care in his Swedish and German pronunciation and hes done a lot of work on Venezuela, etc, ergo I don't expect such carelessness. (though I will admit a small part of me does chuckle at the I dont' give a fuck attitude) He knows what Por Ahora meant, so he can say it properly, just like he mostly says other things relatively properly, like "cadena(s)" (notice he did not say ke day na or even Kadeyna, like a pure gringo would he kept his "a" properly "short") literally means chain but in Venezuelan context he was referring to Chavez riffing live on all the media for hours. Btw. I was in Venezuela at the time and used to listen to Chavez doing "Alo Presidente" along with a cadena or two. It was actually very good/.useful from language acquisition standpoint! *and re knowing other languages, if you can speak or read/pronounce at least one other language besides English, it will save you from the absolute worst English speak bastardizations (the most obvious being the English long vowels , rather than the short ones most other languages use (not eye, but ee.. not oooooo. but short o.. not ay but ah not you, but oo, etc) for e.g. only a pure gringo would pronounce Buenos as Bway nose George W Bush was infamous for this rather than simple bweh-nohs and btw. I'm being SUPER forgiving on Moynihan and most others, on Arabic. They were making fun of people trying to pronounce Gaza correctly - which was funny, because these wokester Americans just couldn't do it LOL and what came out sounded hilarious ) (because they haven't learned how to formulate that sound (the gha) from middle of the throat)
Mentioning "The Simpsons" in a media focused episode means that I have to share this clip which has aged like fine wine:
"Your tears say more than real evidence ever could!"
https://youtu.be/m-vuVjiF8Jk?si=q6MQMrNPUY7aHFlR
They weren’t booing you, dummy, they were chanting Moooo-ynihan.
Lot of sweeping under the rug of the lawfare conducted against Trump. He was convicted of multiple felonies for a misdemeanor for which the statute of limitations had expired years earlier in an effort to keep him from becoming president. Not a small thing
Did Snek force Welch to always wear a neck tie?
And he never wears them properly
Unless ... that's a deliberate choice!
Except putting a dinner knife in your mouth during a meal is deliberate, and wrong.
Why has this turned into an interview show? There are LOTS of those already!
They get good guests and are skilled at getting them to talk at length, so I'm ok with it. Wouldn't want it to be every episode, but a good smattering is appreciated
Since October, there have been 14 episodes, 12 of them with guests and one live show. So hardly a good smattering.
They get good guests and Moynihan is one of the best interviewers out there, but man, I miss the good ol' days.
Did not realise it was that skewed of late to be honest, but yeah fair does that probably is a tilt too far. Let's hope they get a decent balance going next year
it took me 1hour and 31 minutes to realize that it was Dan Abrams from live p.d.
Since the Missouri senators came up again, it's worth mentioning their decayed copy recently joined the FBI. Both Hawley and Schmidt were highly performative AGs in the state which was the best springboard to the senate. However, now that they are there and likely have those seats locked up for decades to come, the AG who came after them, Andrew Bailey, who was even more performative than them by suing on behalf of Trump or Musk (when that was kosher) or if he could cross his eyes and find a D, E and I somewhere in the news in clear desperation to get their attention recently left to become deputy co-director of the FBI.
I think Missouri voters used to have a healthy amount of skepticism about politicians, unfortunately that’s not the case the past 10-15 years or so. A Todd Akin gaff won’t cost a Republican these days.
Heck, I think the legislature is currently trying to codify Akin's theories of pregnancy and legitimate rape in response to the electorate being fooled by foreign wreckers and saboteurs into re-legalizing abortion last year.
I’ve said it before, and I feel the need to say it again:
I get so tired of trying to have friendly, or not so friendly, debates with people who are staunch defenders of their "side" (Democrat, Republican, Muslim, Christian, etc.), who, when you bring up some blatant hypocrisy or general bad acting by a non-insignificant number of their card carrying peers, just say, "Well, I don't believe/agree in/with THAT bad thing." If you're going to aggressively defend your "side", you have to defend the good and the bad, not just highlight the good and shrug off the bad as not generally applicable to you, and therefore the "side" you claim to represent.
I’ll add to this: making a long list of “independent actors” who were, ya know, just acting independently—no notable political affiliation. 🤷♂️
Damn MM your Spanish needs help. Still an excellent episode as always
the pardon of the former president of honduras is perfectly defensible. we want the free market, pro privatization, usa friendly party to win the upcoming honduran election. nothing complicated or even really controversial about it.
Another banger. Thanks!
I enjoyed Dan Abrams’s shows on MSNBC, when the network was a lot different then it is NOW, and NewsNation. Good guest, good discussion.
I'm working on a Hegseth Affair-inspired playlist. Here's what I have so far. Feel free to add suggestions.
"In the Navy" - Village People
"Sloop John B" - Beach Boys
"Smuggler's Blues" - Glenn Frey
"Double Tap" - Ministry