I find myself not wanting to think about the images that I’ve seem, but I know that we must, eventually. The event encapsulates so much of what has gone wrong with our country the past decade; the deinstatutionalization of insane people, decarceration, the general breakdown of order, the inability to talk about racial issues plainly & honestly, not insisting on appropriate bail for repeat offenders, the way the press tried to censure & spin this story, and hide the truth, the idea that we should be passive and not defend ourselves, or others who are vulnerable, even the irony that the poor young woman was from war-torn Ukraine.
Nobody in their right mind wants to live in the world this killing represents. Good people need to wake up.
This is why we can’t have nice things, like a community live stream with Matt and Walter. Because trolls get on and are just obnoxious. You may have to just stick to the prerecorded or close the comments if you aren’t going to kick assholes off. It’s not about free speech or dissenting opinions - they are there to distract and sabotage. Ruins it for everyone.
Looking forward to further discussion of The Hound of the Baskervilles, that civilized novel from a civilized time about some most uncivilized carryings on.
I hope that you, along with Walter and myself, are enjoying a reproduction of the monthly installments published starting April 1901 in The Strand. Too lovely. Even the arrangement of lines, illustrations, the typeface, all speak, along with Sir Arthur's prose, of a time more leisured, more contemplative, than ours. It's a great place to visit, too bad I can't live there.
I ordered the Strand edition of the book but sadly it’s going to take a while to arrive. In the meantime I have various online editions. Anyway, the writing is delectable..witty dialog and fantastic descriptions. Plus it really is the kind of book you want to immerse yourself in when the days are getting shorter and the nights are nippy…
I just heard about that stabbing today. Even though it horrifies me, I'm glad you two showed the video and discussed it so I have a better understanding of what happened.
I also appreciate your arguments about NOT wanting to discuss Israel. If I may add my two cents...Matt and Walter are their own bosses here at Substack, so they do have a right to pick and choose what they want to discuss and what they don't want to discuss. So many people here make it sound as though if Matt and Walter weigh in on this issue, that will resolve it. No, it won't; it will just pour more gasoline on the fire. Every other media outlet is covering this issue, so you can always look elsewhere for news and insight.
Looking forward to more discussion of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" this Friday.
“I’m really mad at you for not having a strong binary opinion about something you don’t have expertise in, because I need you to help me feel more secure in my anger!!”
….the knot of inconvenient nagging little doubts not addressed by the transparently thin “colonialist” indoctrination and lost $$$ and time of their wasted youth.
Loved the show, especially Walter Kirn. (I went to Buchtel H S with his dad, "Punch"). What Matt misses about Bari's success is her website's gathering of many civil conservatives, and allowing them almost any type comment on The Free Press articles. I don't think she could have planned it, the timing was just right, and she benefited.
Researchers have since uncovered major inaccuracies in the Times article, and police interviews revealed that some witnesses had attempted to contact authorities. In 1964, reporters at a competing news organization discovered that the Times article was inconsistent with the facts, but they were unwilling at the time to challenge Times editor Abe Rosenthal. In 2007, an article in the American Psychologist found "no evidence for the presence of 38 witnesses, or that witnesses observed the murder, or that witnesses remained inactive".[8] In 2016, the Times called its own reporting "flawed", stating that the original story "grossly exaggerated the number of witnesses and what they had perceived".[9]
They couldn't get the Steele dossier published by buzzfeed without including it in the Intelligence assessment so they needed that badly and bent everything to achieve that opening the floodgates.
Matt, you accused Gladwell of ‘not packing anything down there’ but one has to wonder what you’re packing with your mealy-mouthed vacillating about Israel.
Let me simplify it for you— you and Kirn tell us you have a major problem with us sending billions in weapons to Ukraine that would be better spent at home. Where is that same concern when it comes to Israel? If you add up all of the US economic support to that tiny country, you’ll see Ukraine is chump change.
Walt was a a little more honest, and revealed why he’s so reticent, when he told us he feared the blowback.
People get mad if you don’t love what they love but get REALLY mad if you don’t hate what they hate
Hate is the new Love in America.
Haha!! I’m laughing because it’s TRUE!
Yup.
Good show., thanks for being a voice of reason in a complex world.
I agree. I feel grounded after a bout with Matt & Walter.
It’s not a fucking genocide. They keep repeating the word to override our common sense and to pretend they have the moral high ground.
When every offense is called a genocide, the word loses its meaning.
I appreciate your discussion re the stabbing.
I find myself not wanting to think about the images that I’ve seem, but I know that we must, eventually. The event encapsulates so much of what has gone wrong with our country the past decade; the deinstatutionalization of insane people, decarceration, the general breakdown of order, the inability to talk about racial issues plainly & honestly, not insisting on appropriate bail for repeat offenders, the way the press tried to censure & spin this story, and hide the truth, the idea that we should be passive and not defend ourselves, or others who are vulnerable, even the irony that the poor young woman was from war-torn Ukraine.
Nobody in their right mind wants to live in the world this killing represents. Good people need to wake up.
This is why we can’t have nice things, like a community live stream with Matt and Walter. Because trolls get on and are just obnoxious. You may have to just stick to the prerecorded or close the comments if you aren’t going to kick assholes off. It’s not about free speech or dissenting opinions - they are there to distract and sabotage. Ruins it for everyone.
I agree. I find the chat scroll distracting even without the trolls.
And the chat scrolling by covers up the comment that the moderator is highlighting - frustrating
Right on. Listening to them switch gears on topic discussions and reading the live stream . . . It was — illuminating.
Expand the screen, and the comments disappear.
Looking forward to further discussion of The Hound of the Baskervilles, that civilized novel from a civilized time about some most uncivilized carryings on.
Yes! I’m loving this book.
I hope that you, along with Walter and myself, are enjoying a reproduction of the monthly installments published starting April 1901 in The Strand. Too lovely. Even the arrangement of lines, illustrations, the typeface, all speak, along with Sir Arthur's prose, of a time more leisured, more contemplative, than ours. It's a great place to visit, too bad I can't live there.
I ordered the Strand edition of the book but sadly it’s going to take a while to arrive. In the meantime I have various online editions. Anyway, the writing is delectable..witty dialog and fantastic descriptions. Plus it really is the kind of book you want to immerse yourself in when the days are getting shorter and the nights are nippy…
You can find a free loan of a replica at Internet Archive (archive dot org). They have several.
Thank you!
My pleasure! Sharing is a good thing, so I have heard . . . and I like to.
I just heard about that stabbing today. Even though it horrifies me, I'm glad you two showed the video and discussed it so I have a better understanding of what happened.
I also appreciate your arguments about NOT wanting to discuss Israel. If I may add my two cents...Matt and Walter are their own bosses here at Substack, so they do have a right to pick and choose what they want to discuss and what they don't want to discuss. So many people here make it sound as though if Matt and Walter weigh in on this issue, that will resolve it. No, it won't; it will just pour more gasoline on the fire. Every other media outlet is covering this issue, so you can always look elsewhere for news and insight.
Looking forward to more discussion of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" this Friday.
Pleased to see that Matt and Walter are not diving in to the middle
east morass.
Quit apologizing. Fuck them.
Lots to discuss ... Matt you sure had a busy week last.
Impossible to keep up
Can’t wait.
“I’m really mad at you for not having a strong binary opinion about something you don’t have expertise in, because I need you to help me feel more secure in my anger!!”
🤣
….the knot of inconvenient nagging little doubts not addressed by the transparently thin “colonialist” indoctrination and lost $$$ and time of their wasted youth.
Loved the show, especially Walter Kirn. (I went to Buchtel H S with his dad, "Punch"). What Matt misses about Bari's success is her website's gathering of many civil conservatives, and allowing them almost any type comment on The Free Press articles. I don't think she could have planned it, the timing was just right, and she benefited.
Researchers have since uncovered major inaccuracies in the Times article, and police interviews revealed that some witnesses had attempted to contact authorities. In 1964, reporters at a competing news organization discovered that the Times article was inconsistent with the facts, but they were unwilling at the time to challenge Times editor Abe Rosenthal. In 2007, an article in the American Psychologist found "no evidence for the presence of 38 witnesses, or that witnesses observed the murder, or that witnesses remained inactive".[8] In 2016, the Times called its own reporting "flawed", stating that the original story "grossly exaggerated the number of witnesses and what they had perceived".[9]
I assume this is in reference to the Times' report on the killing of Kitty Genovese?
They couldn't get the Steele dossier published by buzzfeed without including it in the Intelligence assessment so they needed that badly and bent everything to achieve that opening the floodgates.
Matt, you accused Gladwell of ‘not packing anything down there’ but one has to wonder what you’re packing with your mealy-mouthed vacillating about Israel.
Let me simplify it for you— you and Kirn tell us you have a major problem with us sending billions in weapons to Ukraine that would be better spent at home. Where is that same concern when it comes to Israel? If you add up all of the US economic support to that tiny country, you’ll see Ukraine is chump change.
Walt was a a little more honest, and revealed why he’s so reticent, when he told us he feared the blowback.