Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What do you think of Walz and his record on governing, especially on abortion rights, free lunches for kids, and LGBTQ rights? Is he strong on those issues? Rick Rosner: He’s fine. But is he weak on anything that he should be stronger on? No. When I first read about him, I …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: The U.S. Coast Guard is working to change its culture following a sexual abuse and harassment scandal. Are you aware of this? Rick Rosner: I don’t have anything specific to say. If they caught people in the Coast Guard raping others and the higher brass covered it up or ignored it, then …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: “Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school used as a shelter kills at least 80, Palestinian officials say” by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy. The Israeli military also acknowledged the strike. Rick Rosner: So, you can't stop Israel from doing what it's doing, no matter how many civilians they kill in their pursuit …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen Article title: "Trump campaign projects confidence and looks to young male voters for an edge on Harris." There’s been other research on whether this is conclusive. Rick Rosner: Does this article cite any polling? Who is it from? Does it indicate anything substantial? Jacobsen: The article is by Jill Colvin and Michelle …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I recall working at the pub in my hometown. I am relieved to be out of that environment. However, as you know, one must make a living and earn money. I was employed at the pub, one of the restaurants in town. I also took on janitorial work at two of the …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is Harris doing wrong with regards to Trump? Rick Rosner: I mentioned a couple of potential vulnerabilities. She can’t do much about what’s happened during the Biden presidency on the border. She can try to reframe it, but it’s not what she did wrong. What she might be doing wrong now …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, Trump and Elon Musk had a conversation this evening on Twitter. What happened? What were they talking about? And where's the technical issue that happened? Rick Rosner: I didn't want to click on it because I didn't want to give them ratings, but... Initially, it crashed to 200,000 viewers/listeners. But then they got their act …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, we’ve already covered pornography. Rick Rosner: It’s like the fentanyl of porn—so powerful that it’s... We’ve talked about how in the future, people will have more control, depending on when in the future you’re talking about. When I say "we," the "we" of the future doesn’t even stay the same. We …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Next topic: the future of arousal, addictions, pleasure, partnership, and pornography. A lot of P's there. Rick Rosner: Let’s start with porn. So, in the novel I’m writing about the future, I initially had Russia trying to destabilize the West by infecting our porn and making it fill every consumer with perversion …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What about Holocaust denial and German recordkeeping? Rick Rosner: Let's briefly talk about it. I'll say the Nazis kept very gooI'llcords. So, when people talk about six million Jews being murdered by the Nazis, 200,000 disabled people being murdered, and another five million or so people considered undesirable by the regime, including Romani …
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