TGIF Blogcast: Andy McCarthy; Doomberg!; the Diesel Disaster

Today's Remarkable Guests

Andy McCarthy is a contributing editor at National Review, a Fox News contributor, and a former federal prosecutor. Our main topic today will be the trial of Michael Sussman, an attorney who went to his friends at the FBI to tell them that he had information potentially connecting the Trump Organization to Russia. As part of that meeting he told the FBI that he was coming forward as a good citizen and not as part of any political operation when in fact he was (and knew he was) operating on behalf of the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Andrew C. McCarthy | National Review

Michael Sussmann Trial: Text Shores Up Prosecution Weakness | National Review

Not by Andy, but key facts in the case: Michael Sussmann Trial: Marc Elias Testifies | National Review

We'll also talk about why the Attorney General seems so content to allow people to clearly violate federal law by trying to intimidate Supreme Court justices: Attorney General Garland: Protect the Justices | National Review The furthest the AG has gone is providing the Justices more security and offering some generic pablum about violence not being acceptable. Does anyone think he'd be acting this way if there were pro-life activists protesting outside the liberal justices' homes?

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There are very few online content providers that I pay for. The newest, arguably the most in-depth in terms of research and analysis, and, frankly, the most expensive (but worth it) is called Doomberg. They're a team of folks who seem to have one particular spokesperson. They jealously guard their anonymity and I do not know the actual name of any of them nor the city that they're in.

We're going to have a remarkable conversation (I expect) about topics from crytocurrency risks to possible worldwide food shortages (aka famine).

Seriously, read some stuff and subscribe: Doomberg | Substack

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Dr. Philip Verleger is a Denver-based economist who owns his own firm and focuses on the economics of energy. Phil served on President Ford’s Council of Economic advisors and was an adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury in the Carter Administration. Helped create the oil futures market. He's written a lot on energy disruptions over the years and unfortunately this is a target-rich environment for that sort of analysis.

Here's Phil's website: PKVerleger LLC

Here's a piece from 2018 in which Phil predicted that changes in low-sulfur requirements for shipping fuel would massively hurt the supply/demand balance in the diesel market: TIE_Sp18_Verleger.pdf (international-economy.com)

Other Stuff

Biden polling gets worser and worser: Biden's approval dips to lowest of presidency: AP-NORC poll | AP News

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Netflix News: Netflix Culture Memo Update: New Anti-Censorship, Spending Sections - Variety

And still from Netflix, the less Ibram Kendi product on the planet, the better: Netflix Scraps Animated Projects, 'Wings of Fire' 'Antiracist Baby' - Variety

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The partisan differences here are not surprising but it's nevertheless interesting to see them in actual data. And I bet you would otherwise have teachers unions and petty-tyrannical school districts like JeffCo denying what rational people would have expected to be the results of their parent- and child-abusing behavior during COVID.
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Very cool nerdiness: 'Ghost' fossils reveal tiny organisms that survived ancient ocean warming events - CNN

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People can differ about whether outright bans on abortion go too far (I think they do) but what I REALLY hate about this new trend coming from legislatures is empowering civil rights of action to sue people for something where the plaintiffs have zero involvement except for wanting to stop the defendant from doing something (or just wanting to make money.) That's what Oklahoma's new abortion ban does. I hope SCOTUS throws out all such enforcement mechanisms. HB4327 SAHB & ENGR.PDF (state.ok.us)

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The "better" the school, the more severe the woke mind virus: Double Jeopardy: Princeton Prepares To Axe Star Professor Who Raised Hell Over Woke Lunacy (freebeacon.com)

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Area codes like the new 983 (that spells "WTF") that the Denver metro area will soon be getting annoy me. I know we ran out of the old-style ones but I still disapprove of big numbers as the second digit of area codes.

Why is the middle digit of North American telephone area codes always a 0 or a 1? - Quora

More awesome area code info here: Say hello to area code angst Telephones: The growth in the number of phone numbers is changing the way we dial our phones. New area codes are becoming unfamiliar, and we'll have to make our fingers do more walking. – Baltimore Sun

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Why do we say bless you when you sneeze? Isn’t that just silly?

https://www.southernliving.com/news/why-we-say-bless-you-after-a-sneeze#

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As if the regular Rubik's Cube weren't hard enough: Impossible Rubik’s Cube Might Make Your Brain Explode (odditycentral.com)

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Why do you think he's poor to begin with? Man in Japan gambles COVID town funds mistakenly sent to him | AP News

Today's Video

OK, this is only for audiophile lunatics (like me, or worse) but holy cow...arguably the best stereo system in the world and one guy designed and built much of it himself, including an incredible room.

Can you imagine how much fun is being made of this soldiers by other members of his platoon?


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