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"Ah, yes, in America you call it ze alt-right. In Germany, we call it "why Grandpapa lives in Argentina now."
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Ah, yes, in America you call it ze alt-right. In Germany, we call it "why Grandpapa lives in Argentina now."
Millenarian political movements always fail, often quickly. The issue is the wreckage they leave behind.
Anyway, can't help thinking of MTG as Trotsky to Trump's Stalin here.
Anyway, can't help thinking of MTG as Trotsky to Trump's Stalin here.
December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Millenarian political movements always fail, often quickly. The issue is the wreckage they leave behind.
Anyway, can't help thinking of MTG as Trotsky to Trump's Stalin here.
Anyway, can't help thinking of MTG as Trotsky to Trump's Stalin here.
Adam Gopnik, writing about French voters who hated Jacques Chirac, but voted for him in 2002 to stop the fascist Jean-Marie Le Pen. His "wise premise" has eroded even in France since. In the US, it simply isn't widely held.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Adam Gopnik, writing about French voters who hated Jacques Chirac, but voted for him in 2002 to stop the fascist Jean-Marie Le Pen. His "wise premise" has eroded even in France since. In the US, it simply isn't widely held.
Wow, even the amount is the same!
September 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wow, even the amount is the same!
What? Gay? The devil you say!
September 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
What? Gay? The devil you say!
Where on this pyramid would you place that comment?
Do you think it sheds light? Adds substance? If not, what's the point of saying it?
No need to respond, but maybe it's food for thought.
Do you think it sheds light? Adds substance? If not, what's the point of saying it?
No need to respond, but maybe it's food for thought.
September 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Where on this pyramid would you place that comment?
Do you think it sheds light? Adds substance? If not, what's the point of saying it?
No need to respond, but maybe it's food for thought.
Do you think it sheds light? Adds substance? If not, what's the point of saying it?
No need to respond, but maybe it's food for thought.
I'm not a big podcast guy, but just wanted to say I listened to part 1 of their 4-part series on the middle east while walking the dog, and ... it was outstanding: informative, historically accurate, empathetic, vivid.
The dog claimed to be unimpressed, but you can't please everyone.
The dog claimed to be unimpressed, but you can't please everyone.
September 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I'm not a big podcast guy, but just wanted to say I listened to part 1 of their 4-part series on the middle east while walking the dog, and ... it was outstanding: informative, historically accurate, empathetic, vivid.
The dog claimed to be unimpressed, but you can't please everyone.
The dog claimed to be unimpressed, but you can't please everyone.
You've reached the base of the pyramid. Well done!
September 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
You've reached the base of the pyramid. Well done!
Once again, Hannah Arendt remains more relevant than any of us might wish:
August 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Once again, Hannah Arendt remains more relevant than any of us might wish:
What the hell does "transgender for everybody" even mean?
August 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
What the hell does "transgender for everybody" even mean?
So that's what "riveting storytelling for all of America" means.
August 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So that's what "riveting storytelling for all of America" means.
Just going to point out what former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull had to say about watching Trump and Putin.
August 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Just going to point out what former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull had to say about watching Trump and Putin.
This does, however, cause me to recall one of the all-time great MSNBC chyrons.
August 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This does, however, cause me to recall one of the all-time great MSNBC chyrons.
I believe in substantive argument.
August 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I believe in substantive argument.
The dialogue from that Dog Day Afternoon shot ....
July 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The dialogue from that Dog Day Afternoon shot ....
Contre nous, de la tyrannie
L'étendard sanglant est levé
L'étendard sanglant est levé
July 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Contre nous, de la tyrannie
L'étendard sanglant est levé
L'étendard sanglant est levé