Awesome, Matt! Thank you. I depend on the two of you to find pockets of reality to keep the rest of us grounded -- I appreciate your efforts! And as usual, the literary portions of your weekly podcasts are wonderful.
Wow! The liberals have just tossed Biden aside, kicked him to the curb! They must have decided he's no longer useful. Do you believe that they sent him back out there? After that initial disaster?? They sent him back out to be eviscerated. They're done with him.
I haven’t heard a peep about it. Even on quite alternative media. It’s a good thing if it never materializes as it would provide too much opportunity for our benevolent overlords to manipulate in their desired accumulation of power to nefarious ends. See Jan 6, The Summers of Love 2020, etc.
I just subscribed after watching Walter and Matt do genuine live commentary on today's monumental events - real news straight up and I laughed wholeheartedly with them as they reacted to all of it. The US has gone Bonkers but at least with Racket there is humor and insight. The Emperor Has No Clothes.
While the Nevada show will be interesting, there is no doubt it, and your live show, will be eclipsed by Tucker's 2-hour Putin interview. I'm sure you and Walter will spend a fair amount of time on ACQing the show from Moscow.
Christ. Is Walter right? Is it scripted? They never intended Biden to run another term. But for Biden to announce he was not running a year ago would have opened up the field to Bernie, AOC, or other "left-wing" Democrats. Instead the plan is to: get all the potential candidates to profess their loyalty to Biden; then sometime during the primaries, Biden will be deemed medically unfit to run again; then a surprise candidate, vetted by the establishment, will emerge as a last minute candidate due to these unforeseen and unusual circumstances and win the nomination with the help of Superdelegates.
I doubt Tucker wanted to give any impression that he aligned with Russia. Putin was pushing back on the media's aggression and America's civilian ignorance. It was odd that Putin seemed to have this sort of 'socialist' worldview mentioning 'sustainability' while pushing back against Nazis. Russia is in closer alignment with China and has not suffered financially. It seems that Putin was saying to the American audience - it is YOU who are getting screwed.
Matt, not sure if you will read this, but I remember you mentioning that Trump had upped his live game this election cycle and had a more stand up comedian style. Well watching his Nevada acceptance speech I got...and god bless his soul and he will probably turn in his grave when I write this...I got George Carlin vibes. Absolutely not in the content, mind you, but in the delivery. The way Carlin used to repeat phrases for emphasis. I'm totally weirded out right now.
According to Murray Gell-Mann, this was true during the Soviet era. There was only one candidate but had to get a majority. You could vote no by spoiling your ballot. I think that would be more powerful than our lesser evil voting.
I've always wished for a small change in our voting system: your vote can be either positive or negative. That way, instead of having to choose the lesser of two evils, you could put a big minus vote on the most evil one. Emotionally satisfying, if nothing else.
Totally agree with that. Even the Aussies with compulsory voting can do that. I'm most likely going to write in "None of these candidates" on my ballot, just so there's no confusion if I leave it blank. The rest of my ballot is usually Dems running unopposed, so it would be a blanket thing. The only reason I generally even bother to vote is for the referenda on my ballot.
What a day! Tucker's interview with Putin on X showed a very healthy Putin, who gave a very rational explanation for many current IR topics and at the end, made NATO/US seem like they were over managing a conflict for some reason beyond protecting the Ukraine. Meanwhile, you can't make this up, Biden's own DOJ used his old age and senility as justification in not charging him for having classified docs in his home and Biden goes on TV and objects to this rationality. When it rains it pours! LOL
Putin was speaking to a RUSSIAN audience, folks - get it? His future is not going to be determined by actions by Americans, but by his own people. He has no expectation that Americans are actually going to listen to a demonized foreign leader - unless we believe that Putin is a fool.
As an American, I found Putin’s interview fascinating & generally factually correct. The Nordstream part was initially funny & his directness will send the media into a tizzy. Also nailed Bill Clinton. I caught it on YT aired by a young Russian last night.
Regardless, still sitting out the election. Not a single issue voter however genocide a deal breaker.
The only people "sitting out" the election are those denied the right to vote, some of whom live in Ukraine - meaning the 60,000 young amputees who've lost one or more limbs in a war America funds and refuses to end, and their families.
That's a college football stadium full of amputees, Ukrainians youngest and finest - dead, wounded, or limbless.Your fellow citizens are lighting the world on fire and you find moral clarity on refusing to pick up a bucket of water, or light matches.
The victims of US wars abroad are certain to applaud your rectitude, or at least wave a stump in your direction.
Whom is standing for the vax injured and/or dead AND the genocide of Palestinians?
NO ONE
Asking for my bed bound sis still withering away in a nursing home. I’ve more than done my duty & bear the scars from the battles in the hospital killing fields.
To be clear, I am anti-war. Full stop. The USA is funding multiple wars and have killed generations of people during our short history. I don’t believe we can vote our way out of this given the weak corrupted candidates we are allowed to choose from. Only RFKjr comes close to the caliber of Putin’s intellect & gravitas until he begins to talk about Israel (starting to wonder if he has been truly brainwashed (MKultra)
"but I don’t remember anything like Nikki Haley losing 63-30 to “None of these candidates” in the non-binding, non-delegate-conferring primary Tuesday."
The Bablyon Bee had the perfect take:
"Libertarians Nominate Hot New Candidate 'None Of These'
Awesome, Matt! Thank you. I depend on the two of you to find pockets of reality to keep the rest of us grounded -- I appreciate your efforts! And as usual, the literary portions of your weekly podcasts are wonderful.
Matt and Walter,
Keep up the excellent journalism until November 5…..and beyond.
Your objective, rational and fact based approach should be a model for other journalists. But I am not holding my breath.
Great work gentlemen!!!
To be fair, there may not be a dime's worth of difference between Joe Biden and "None of the above" either.
Status quo maintained!
Wow! The liberals have just tossed Biden aside, kicked him to the curb! They must have decided he's no longer useful. Do you believe that they sent him back out there? After that initial disaster?? They sent him back out to be eviscerated. They're done with him.
Michelle is riding to the rescue for Dems.
“Primaries……Primaries…….we don’t need no stinkin primaries!.
Whatever happened to your coverage of the trucker convoy(s) to the southern border?
It's like it never materialized, isn't it? Coverage just dropped off the earth somehow.
I haven’t heard a peep about it. Even on quite alternative media. It’s a good thing if it never materializes as it would provide too much opportunity for our benevolent overlords to manipulate in their desired accumulation of power to nefarious ends. See Jan 6, The Summers of Love 2020, etc.
Yes, Janet Yellin would lock their bank accounts and they’d be prosecuted for insurrection.
Canada had a test run…
I just subscribed after watching Walter and Matt do genuine live commentary on today's monumental events - real news straight up and I laughed wholeheartedly with them as they reacted to all of it. The US has gone Bonkers but at least with Racket there is humor and insight. The Emperor Has No Clothes.
I wish the "none of the above" were *binding*... i.e. once "none of the above" beats you, you can't run again...
While the Nevada show will be interesting, there is no doubt it, and your live show, will be eclipsed by Tucker's 2-hour Putin interview. I'm sure you and Walter will spend a fair amount of time on ACQing the show from Moscow.
Christ. Is Walter right? Is it scripted? They never intended Biden to run another term. But for Biden to announce he was not running a year ago would have opened up the field to Bernie, AOC, or other "left-wing" Democrats. Instead the plan is to: get all the potential candidates to profess their loyalty to Biden; then sometime during the primaries, Biden will be deemed medically unfit to run again; then a surprise candidate, vetted by the establishment, will emerge as a last minute candidate due to these unforeseen and unusual circumstances and win the nomination with the help of Superdelegates.
I doubt Tucker wanted to give any impression that he aligned with Russia. Putin was pushing back on the media's aggression and America's civilian ignorance. It was odd that Putin seemed to have this sort of 'socialist' worldview mentioning 'sustainability' while pushing back against Nazis. Russia is in closer alignment with China and has not suffered financially. It seems that Putin was saying to the American audience - it is YOU who are getting screwed.
Pamela yes that was a powerful statement. Matt & Walter were way off in their comments on the interview!
Matt, not sure if you will read this, but I remember you mentioning that Trump had upped his live game this election cycle and had a more stand up comedian style. Well watching his Nevada acceptance speech I got...and god bless his soul and he will probably turn in his grave when I write this...I got George Carlin vibes. Absolutely not in the content, mind you, but in the delivery. The way Carlin used to repeat phrases for emphasis. I'm totally weirded out right now.
I so badly wish that i had a "none of the above" on my ballot.
According to Murray Gell-Mann, this was true during the Soviet era. There was only one candidate but had to get a majority. You could vote no by spoiling your ballot. I think that would be more powerful than our lesser evil voting.
I've always wished for a small change in our voting system: your vote can be either positive or negative. That way, instead of having to choose the lesser of two evils, you could put a big minus vote on the most evil one. Emotionally satisfying, if nothing else.
Totally agree with that. Even the Aussies with compulsory voting can do that. I'm most likely going to write in "None of these candidates" on my ballot, just so there's no confusion if I leave it blank. The rest of my ballot is usually Dems running unopposed, so it would be a blanket thing. The only reason I generally even bother to vote is for the referenda on my ballot.
What a day! Tucker's interview with Putin on X showed a very healthy Putin, who gave a very rational explanation for many current IR topics and at the end, made NATO/US seem like they were over managing a conflict for some reason beyond protecting the Ukraine. Meanwhile, you can't make this up, Biden's own DOJ used his old age and senility as justification in not charging him for having classified docs in his home and Biden goes on TV and objects to this rationality. When it rains it pours! LOL
The live coverage of the Biden press conference was spot on.
Putin was speaking to a RUSSIAN audience, folks - get it? His future is not going to be determined by actions by Americans, but by his own people. He has no expectation that Americans are actually going to listen to a demonized foreign leader - unless we believe that Putin is a fool.
As an American, I found Putin’s interview fascinating & generally factually correct. The Nordstream part was initially funny & his directness will send the media into a tizzy. Also nailed Bill Clinton. I caught it on YT aired by a young Russian last night.
Regardless, still sitting out the election. Not a single issue voter however genocide a deal breaker.
The global Game of Thrones continues…
The only people "sitting out" the election are those denied the right to vote, some of whom live in Ukraine - meaning the 60,000 young amputees who've lost one or more limbs in a war America funds and refuses to end, and their families.
That's a college football stadium full of amputees, Ukrainians youngest and finest - dead, wounded, or limbless.Your fellow citizens are lighting the world on fire and you find moral clarity on refusing to pick up a bucket of water, or light matches.
The victims of US wars abroad are certain to applaud your rectitude, or at least wave a stump in your direction.
Whom is standing for the vax injured and/or dead AND the genocide of Palestinians?
NO ONE
Asking for my bed bound sis still withering away in a nursing home. I’ve more than done my duty & bear the scars from the battles in the hospital killing fields.
And you attempt to shame me to vote?
To be clear, I am anti-war. Full stop. The USA is funding multiple wars and have killed generations of people during our short history. I don’t believe we can vote our way out of this given the weak corrupted candidates we are allowed to choose from. Only RFKjr comes close to the caliber of Putin’s intellect & gravitas until he begins to talk about Israel (starting to wonder if he has been truly brainwashed (MKultra)
If you squint you can see the grateful Ukrainians waving their stumps. You're a moral paragon!
"but I don’t remember anything like Nikki Haley losing 63-30 to “None of these candidates” in the non-binding, non-delegate-conferring primary Tuesday."
The Bablyon Bee had the perfect take:
"Libertarians Nominate Hot New Candidate 'None Of These'
Politics · Feb 7, 2024 · BabylonBee.com "
https://babylonbee.com/news/libertarians-nominate-hot-new-candidate-none-of-these
With the campaign swag shirts to match:
https://shop.babylonbee.com/products/none-of-these-candidates-t-shirt
Will he be the father of Not Sure?🤣