Thank you for all the tireless work. Like Moynihan, Justine Bateman stole my Gen-X heart again this week. As far as the election, I'm a double hater and take no pleasure in Trump's win, but I have surprised myself by how gleeful I have been over the Democrats losing so big--the team for whom I've been voting since the days of Dukakis. On his stack this morning, boriquagato helped me understand why. This was the first truly Gen-X election. We weren't the largest voting block, and none of us were on the ballot. But we dominated. Sorry, not sorry, America. Rogan '67 and Musk '71 proved to be more influential than Swift '89 and XCX '92.
More a pet reason for why I've reacted to the election results the way that I have. I despise Trump's policies and am not very optimistic about the next few years, yet I've had a spring in my step since Wednesday morning. It turns out I really love seeing Democrats circa 2024 losing. If I'm being honest, it probably has as much to do with being from/in California as with being born the same year as Rogan, halfway between the Bateman siblings.
Bahaha nah your original comment was ascribing the cause being GenX/Rogan/Musk… “but we dominated” lol. In reality it’s just a bunch of economic regards voting out the incumbent party during global inflation and a bunch of even more regarded people being happy it happened just because they live in a democrat majority city and love to hate on their party line neighbors. Must be a GenX faux centrist/libertarian/alt media/“free thinker” regard thing
You're mistaking my initial cathartic bullshit for an attempt at rational argument. Generational arguments are as absurdly reductionist as those based on any other demographic category. Harris, after all, is virtually Gen-X by age, and I have many high-school and college friends who are apoplectic over her loss--or at least over Trump's win. I take no pleasure in seeing their pain. Part of the catharsis of this moment for me is recognizing that there are a lot of people, especially of my general age, who feel vindicated that so many others also are fed up with the illiberalism that has consumed the Democrats. To see generational favorites such as Justine Bateman come out so strongly this week, and be widely well received, offers at least a sliver of hope that liberalism can rise again. It's a coin flip, though, whether a renewed liberalism will be embraced more by the Dems or the GOP moving forward. Early signs from Gov-X Newsom, same age as my sister, are not promising for the blue team.
I keep looking at the image and thinking, “these may not be the Three Musketeers America wanted, but they are the Three Musketeers America needs right now…”
My week included a drunk election night, followed by a very local wildfire that shut down schools (work) for the rest of the week, rounded out by my very first colonoscopy on Thursday. I'm not trying to compete with you guys for election week workhorse status, but I think I at least got the silver medal, right?
it's probably stupid to submit questions to ask your guests, but there's something i've wanted to get confirmed for years, & i've never been able to get a smart person to set me straight. i've asked on a economics forum on reddit, & i got a bunch of technical stuff i couldn't understand back.
if you're getting a tariff expert on, maybe this is something they could sort out.
i once heard scott lincicome on jonah goldberg's podcast laying out the basic classic economic case for free trade. While explaining why trade deficits are not generally regarded as a big deal, he noted that money that leaves the country when we buy something from a foreign nation, excluding a few circumstances, will almost by necessity re-enter the u.s. it can be used to buy u.s. products, or buy debt or make an investment - but fundamentally, as a u.s. dollar, it has to ultimately buy something american or invest in something american.
Would this same rationale apply to any remittances that an immigrant, illegal or otherwise, sends to a foreign country? i would assume it would, and i've made this argument on twitter when fighting with anti-immigrant types. I don't see why it would be any different. if an immigrant sends u.s. dollars to mexico or wherever, those dollars will have to be converted to be spent, and whoever receives the converted funds will use them to buy or invest in the u.s., no?
This photo is either "Driving Miss Daisy in Reverse" [a positive perspective] or "Why is Kmele sitting in the back of the ...? I thought we had come so far." [a negative perspective]. But since Kmele does not see race, I am probably reading too much into this. Just a random event statistically.
I do hope Coco and the entire FP crew is recovering from their election night letdown. I don't mean the Trump victory. I mean having to see nine year old Josie Savodnik surge past them and emerge as the true media megastar of the night! You want my money Bari, Katherine, and the boys? Stop putting your amateur speculations out online and get someone who really knew the pulse of the nation on, get Josie!
I would not bet on Trump pardoning Ross Ulbricht. Since he has stated (I know, he's a font of bullshit) he wants the death penalty for drug dealers, as soon as he learns Ross ran a drug website, the deal is off.
Getting comment of the week honors was unexpected, and it would have been undeserving if it wasn’t for the fact that you guys followed through like champs. I watched the live streams in amazement, especially Matt Welch. I couldn’t be prouder of your performance. Well done, sirs!
This week has been too long and information filled to remember..... why is the Megyn Kelly epi called the Annulment episode? You're not breaking up with her, are you?
Thank you for all the tireless work. Like Moynihan, Justine Bateman stole my Gen-X heart again this week. As far as the election, I'm a double hater and take no pleasure in Trump's win, but I have surprised myself by how gleeful I have been over the Democrats losing so big--the team for whom I've been voting since the days of Dukakis. On his stack this morning, boriquagato helped me understand why. This was the first truly Gen-X election. We weren't the largest voting block, and none of us were on the ballot. But we dominated. Sorry, not sorry, America. Rogan '67 and Musk '71 proved to be more influential than Swift '89 and XCX '92.
https://open.substack.com/pub/boriquagato/p/the-democratic-joe-rogan?r=2e91b&selection=189d5d2b-9d83-4397-a3ee-716506105822&utm_campaign=post-share-selection&utm_medium=web
Yeah, but I checked the actuarial tables and there's a 20% chance we get a millenial President before 2028, skipping GenX entirely!
But that’s perfect gen x. None of us wants to be f*cking president just leave us the hell alone. All we wanted was a Pepsi.
Well whose institutional learning facilities did we go to?
Man I’ve heard a lot of regarded takes with people’s pet reasons for the election outcome but this has to be up there with them lmao
More a pet reason for why I've reacted to the election results the way that I have. I despise Trump's policies and am not very optimistic about the next few years, yet I've had a spring in my step since Wednesday morning. It turns out I really love seeing Democrats circa 2024 losing. If I'm being honest, it probably has as much to do with being from/in California as with being born the same year as Rogan, halfway between the Bateman siblings.
Bahaha nah your original comment was ascribing the cause being GenX/Rogan/Musk… “but we dominated” lol. In reality it’s just a bunch of economic regards voting out the incumbent party during global inflation and a bunch of even more regarded people being happy it happened just because they live in a democrat majority city and love to hate on their party line neighbors. Must be a GenX faux centrist/libertarian/alt media/“free thinker” regard thing
You're mistaking my initial cathartic bullshit for an attempt at rational argument. Generational arguments are as absurdly reductionist as those based on any other demographic category. Harris, after all, is virtually Gen-X by age, and I have many high-school and college friends who are apoplectic over her loss--or at least over Trump's win. I take no pleasure in seeing their pain. Part of the catharsis of this moment for me is recognizing that there are a lot of people, especially of my general age, who feel vindicated that so many others also are fed up with the illiberalism that has consumed the Democrats. To see generational favorites such as Justine Bateman come out so strongly this week, and be widely well received, offers at least a sliver of hope that liberalism can rise again. It's a coin flip, though, whether a renewed liberalism will be embraced more by the Dems or the GOP moving forward. Early signs from Gov-X Newsom, same age as my sister, are not promising for the blue team.
Cool yeah I can only respond to what you wrote and it was regarded lmao
I keep looking at the image and thinking, “these may not be the Three Musketeers America wanted, but they are the Three Musketeers America needs right now…”
Wish I could give this 50 upvotes. 😂
You guys look pretty hot for having (what I image at least) life altering hangovers
Right? Wondering if mainlining Adderall is a thing.
A total coincidence that Kmele looks imprisoned in the back of that car by two blonde Zionists (well one but still...), right?
First thing I noticed too
🤣
My week included a drunk election night, followed by a very local wildfire that shut down schools (work) for the rest of the week, rounded out by my very first colonoscopy on Thursday. I'm not trying to compete with you guys for election week workhorse status, but I think I at least got the silver medal, right?
A strange coincidence that you and a major political party underwent the same medical procedure in the same two-day period…
Like all elections and colonoscopies, it's the prep that's hardest.
it's probably stupid to submit questions to ask your guests, but there's something i've wanted to get confirmed for years, & i've never been able to get a smart person to set me straight. i've asked on a economics forum on reddit, & i got a bunch of technical stuff i couldn't understand back.
if you're getting a tariff expert on, maybe this is something they could sort out.
i once heard scott lincicome on jonah goldberg's podcast laying out the basic classic economic case for free trade. While explaining why trade deficits are not generally regarded as a big deal, he noted that money that leaves the country when we buy something from a foreign nation, excluding a few circumstances, will almost by necessity re-enter the u.s. it can be used to buy u.s. products, or buy debt or make an investment - but fundamentally, as a u.s. dollar, it has to ultimately buy something american or invest in something american.
Would this same rationale apply to any remittances that an immigrant, illegal or otherwise, sends to a foreign country? i would assume it would, and i've made this argument on twitter when fighting with anti-immigrant types. I don't see why it would be any different. if an immigrant sends u.s. dollars to mexico or wherever, those dollars will have to be converted to be spent, and whoever receives the converted funds will use them to buy or invest in the u.s., no?
am i basically correct in making this argument?
This photo is either "Driving Miss Daisy in Reverse" [a positive perspective] or "Why is Kmele sitting in the back of the ...? I thought we had come so far." [a negative perspective]. But since Kmele does not see race, I am probably reading too much into this. Just a random event statistically.
Deep dive reveals that neither Matt nor Mike know how to read and Kmele is teaching them.
I do hope Coco and the entire FP crew is recovering from their election night letdown. I don't mean the Trump victory. I mean having to see nine year old Josie Savodnik surge past them and emerge as the true media megastar of the night! You want my money Bari, Katherine, and the boys? Stop putting your amateur speculations out online and get someone who really knew the pulse of the nation on, get Josie!
I would not bet on Trump pardoning Ross Ulbricht. Since he has stated (I know, he's a font of bullshit) he wants the death penalty for drug dealers, as soon as he learns Ross ran a drug website, the deal is off.
I would bet on Trump not knowing who Ross Ulbricht was when he said it. Probably a fed line he forgot 5 minutes later.
Bahaha
Milken Pardoned (despite Trump stance on financial crimes)
Blagojevich Pardoned (despite Trump stance on govt corruption)
Bannon Pardoned (despite Trump stance on fraud)
Daddy Kushner Pardoned (despite Trump stance on tax/financial crimes)
DeBartolo Pardoned (despite Trump stance on corruption/business misconduct)
But sure lmao
If you guys are ever going to release a rap album, this should be the cover.
Putting Kmele in the back seat is so……ra……radically safe for him…good call!
Getting comment of the week honors was unexpected, and it would have been undeserving if it wasn’t for the fact that you guys followed through like champs. I watched the live streams in amazement, especially Matt Welch. I couldn’t be prouder of your performance. Well done, sirs!
Did I miss the link for THIS DAMNED SUNDAY?!
Fifth Column, Trump Years redux gonna be lit
Closing Theme for Megan:
Taster by Grandaddy
https://music.apple.com/us/album/taster/2931920?i=2931903
This week has been too long and information filled to remember..... why is the Megyn Kelly epi called the Annulment episode? You're not breaking up with her, are you?
No, she was looking to get an annulment for her first marriage. This episode was actually hilarious. Highly recommended!
William F Buckley is rolling over in his grave rn