Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What happened with your colonoscopy? Rick Rosner: Well, for those who don't know, a colonoscopy is a procedure where, once you hit a certain age, doctors stick a camera up your butthole to look inside your colon and remove any polyps that have developed. Polyps aren't cancerous, but if you don't take them out, …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Next topic: Harris and Walz. How are they doing? Rick Rosner: They’re doing well. We’re about 45, 44 days away from the election, and they haven’t made any major mistakes. It’s not October yet, but there haven’t been any October surprises so far. Trump, on the other hand, does things several times …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Now, Trump. What’s new? Rick Rosner: Just looking at the polls, which are tricky. He’s still being a piece of shit, saying crazy things, not campaigning hard, and not focusing on the right places. It’s like he doesn’t care about winning new voters. Harris has a small lead—around 3%—which puts her in …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are your thoughts on Ukraine? Go. Rick Rosner: Your thoughts are probably better than mine since you just got back from there. Russia still holds 40,000 square miles of Ukraine, while Ukraine controls about 400 square miles of Russia. Ukraine's been holding its own. Russia hasn’t taken any more territory, but …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Now, onto Ohtani. Rick Rosner: He’s the LA Dodger who just did something amazing. There’s a thing called the 40-40 club—only six players have hit 40 home runs and stolen 40 bases in a season. The best anyone had done was 42-42. This year, with six games to go, Ohtani hit 53 …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen What else can we talk about? Rick Rosner: We could talk about P. Diddy. Jacobsen: Okay. I’ll keep my AirPods in and lie down. Rosner: But let’s make this the last topic since you still seem exhausted. Jacobsen: Yeah, I’m not as bad as I was, but still tired. So, P. Diddy …
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cott Douglas Jacobsen: Yeah, let's keep it short. What do you think Thomas Edison felt when he finally got the light bulb to work? Rick Rosner: Well, Edison ran an invention factory. He had dozens of people working for him. He was great at PR, so the image we have of him personally working all …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Quick question: are you a fan of boxers or briefs? Rick Rosner: For most of my life, I wore tighty whities because I’ve got varicose veins and need support—my balls flop around otherwise. I could never wear old-school boxers where everything is just flapping. But tighty whities got creepy, so now I wear boxer …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is more important: kindness, empathy, or intelligence? Rick Rosner: It depends on the context, but kindness is the most important in building a decent society. If people are consistently kind to each other, society can function well. You don't have to understand others fully to be kind to them. Empathy extends …
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Rick Rosner: We've discussed this a lot. You're kind, empathetic, and not American, so you probably don't subscribe to this view as much as I do. However, I see the 2024 election as one between people with reasonable intelligence—on the liberal side—and people suffering from Dunning-Kruger on the other. It doesn't mean everyone who votes for …
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