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I blame education for the lack of public servants. When I was in elementary school in the 90s, there was an effort to promote character and citizenship. By high school, the focus was almost entirely on making leaders, but you have to be able to follow before you can lead. Now schools create activists. Public schools should be focused on creating citizens who are capable of being public servants.

The problem with the idea of doing no forest management in the name of keeping the forest natural is that the forests were unnaturally fire suppressed for over 100 years, causing the catastrophic fires we have today. Doing nothing is not keeping anything natural because we arent starting with a "natural" forest.

Great episode today. John, my grandmother used to use the same expression, and I love it so much that I continue to use it ... even when people don't know what I'm saying!

Sagaar drop some undeniable bombs at the end. Ended strong

Hello John. I do not recommend people see Nosferatu. I felt it was the typical 21st century remake with too much sex and too much blood and special effects. Give me Bela Lugosi any day! Why don’t you instead recommend the stunning Italian movie Rapito, the retelling of the story of Edgardo Mortara.

Elon Musk was also crushed by being manipulated into agreeing to a gender change of his own child which he considers child sexual mutilation. Broke his heart. Not the only reason but...

More obsequious Trump boot-licking from once-principled conservatives

Why is Bass in Ghana? Is this about essential LA business or private and if so why violate progressive demands for reducing flying carbon points? Likewisd if Biden is in LA to meet a new great grandchild do taxpayers cover all the round trip entourage? The hypocrisy of progressives when they want to travel for personnel joy is galling. I wonder if pols are milking taxpayers for personal gain.

Great episode! Also, thank you, John, for using a different room. While we don’t see your beautiful bookcase, the sound quality on your end was MUCH better, and I appreciate having no distractions. Thanks!! 😊

Nine trillion dollars of market capitalization from San Jose to San Francisco!

Any reservoirs up in the Palisades? How many hydrants did they have?

This was an especially entertaining episode.

Fox pre-empted evening line-up for fire coverage.

I LIKE the way you guys dress!

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Karen Bass, mayor of America's second biggest city, was in Ghana for an inauguration!

"And it's already pardoned!" What a funny line. I'm going to be laughing all day about that one.

Trump speaks loud and carries a big stick. It's hilarious watching political pundits trying to keep up with a real leader who knows what he's doing and has been planning this for four years. They aren't used to it because Biden was hide'n and he did nothing, and couldn't utter a full sentence without tripping over himself. John, just stop. You have no idea what Trump is trying to do. You can't keep up and you only see things at face value. He's not even president yet!

John mentioned renaming places in NYC and still calling them by old names, it’s the same for old military ppl, it will always be Ft Bragg to me 😅

I came here after hearing Christine in Uncommon Knowledge. Would love to hear more of her. JP has interesting things to say but should moderate himself I think because it takes away from the commentary the others would otherwise offer.

Matt is keeping things on track and moving. Good idea.

Matthew is a comedic genius.

Do you think Trump wants the Panama Canal back or is just using the threat to get a better deal for US ships passing through the canal?

Politics is fun again

John looks super comfy cozy in that sweater.

John, did you forget how John Adams left the White House ?? I think he and Trump are tied for the worst presidential exits!!

He11 for the h group in gaza would be Trump declaring that the US would recognize Israel annexing 1 kilometer of gaza a month starting in the north and moving down until the hostages are released. They don't care if their people are x'd, the opposite, that's their entire strategy, losing land however is he11.

Hopefully Biden didn't ban drilling off the coast of Greenland.

So Trump is just a big goof and it's all fun now. I would observe that his irresponsible language in the past was sometimes followed by irresponsible action, but I guess he's trolled me and I lack a sense of humor. Yet, I can appreciate the grand absurdity of life, which includes the absurdity of nervous laughter.

The Re-Grabbening

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Such an informative and interesting podcast.

42:32 Seth's jokes are probably the most slept on thing about this podcast. "Challenge accepted, John." "I grew up watching Home Improvement, so you know." 😂

"W"s... they removed the W's from the keyboards...

The dark shadow to Seth’s “‘The Economist’ Effect” is the “Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect” coined by Michael Crichton: “Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. […] In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.”

I really enjoy listening during my dinner hour. Guests around the table.

I get your podcast early on Apple. Sometimes I like to watch on You Tube.

Why are these other 3 people here? Only for this guy to bounce his banter. We would like to hear everyones full thoughts with interruption and monologue

Podhoretz hogs the platform. Talks too much! Monologue or podcast?

American voters have an advantage over voters in a parliamentary system - we can vote a split ticket. It is possible for Americans to have a government with an executive of one party and the legislature composed of a different party. This can work to help prevent the government from going too far in either direction.

Imagine....if Canada becomes the 51st US state Trudeau can run as Kamala's running mate in '28.

On intellectual humility…I love the quote from Hector in Shakespeare’s Troilus & Cressida: “Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.”

I enjoyed Christine Rosen's comments today about experts, or so-called experts, and fluoride in drinking water. It reminded me of an article discussing the use of rare events and turning them into mass hysteria without defining the level of uncertainty that the events have. The paper terms this concept as "Apocalypse Forecasting." Environmentalists commonly use this tactic in the realm of global climate change. Apocalypse forecasting was discussed in a 2021 article by Rode and Fischbeck in "International Journal of Global Warming." (Vol. 23, No. 2, pp.191-211). The abstract reads (sorry for the length): "Apocalyptic forecasts are unique. They have, by definition, no prior history and are observed only in their failure. As a result, they fit poorly with our mental models for evaluating and using them. However, they are made with some frequency in the context of climate change. We review a set of forecasts involving catastrophic climate change-related scenarios and make several observations about the characteristics of those forecasts. We find that mentioning uncertainty results in a smaller online presence for apocalyptic forecasts. However, scientists mention uncertainty far more frequently than non-scientists. Thus, the bias in media toward coverage of non-scientific voices may be ‘anti-uncertainty’, not ‘anti-science’. Also, the desire among many climate change scientists to portray unanimity may enhance the perceived seriousness of the potential consequences of climate catastrophes, but paradoxically undermine their credibility in doing so. We explore strategies for communicating extreme forecasts that are mindful of these results."

As always- great show. I was surprised no one had heard of ‘The Death of Expertise’ by Tom Nichols.

It’s such a treat when I get to watch rather than listen. I share the link with my parents each day. The last time I was visiting my mom said “I need to make a UA-cam account to subscribe since John asked so nicely”.

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I read Peter Baker’s book about Dubya’s handling of terrorism and thought it was pretty balanced. I sent him an email to this effect and he sent me a gracious reply. Other than that, I have no knowledge of Peter Baker’s work.

Pod Trigger warning around ~6:00 - Jimmy Carter is mentioned

I wish john many more long years. That being said, if his biographer at whatever point in the future doesn't entitled the biography "Sufficient Unto the Day" I feel it would be a missed opportunity.

Trump made the lawfare a process that didn't work on him. The judge in the case is still disgusting. If you manage to get away from a criminal trying to rob you, it doesn't mean the robber is innocent.