Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Did you hear about Bangladesh? What is happening there? Rick Rosner: Oh, Bangladesh. Did I hear about the overthrow of the leader? No. I heard that the government was killing a bunch of protesters in the streets. I didn't know that they succeeded in dumping him. Jacobsen: Yes, Sheikh Hasina is out. …
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Rick Rosner: Before the stock market even opened, I reminded people that Trump owned most of the 20 worst point drops, percentage drops, and one-day drops in the history of the Dow Jones. This inspired lots of back-and-forth between liberals and MAGAs. But the whole story is this: the stock market did pretty well during …
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19Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is from the Associated Press. The article's title is "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a dead bear in Central Park." What happened? What the hell happened? Rick Rosner: So, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he was contacted for comment by the New Yorker that this story would come out. …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are your retrospective perspectives on the 2021 US coup attempt? Rick Rosner: The last thing I read on Twitter before I came down to talk with you tonight is people expressing their anger at the head of the DOJ, Merrick Garland. While a thousand regular people who rioted that day have …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Are they trying the same with candidate Kamala Harris? Rick Rosner: Oh, and they're doing the same thing to Kamala Harris. It went away pretty fast because so many people on social media said, "Fuck you." But I'm sure it'll pop up again. I've been waiting for it because she was born …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Obama citizenship denial. What the fuck is that? Rick Rosner: That was Trump's racism and other racists. Ever since Obama left office in 2017 and the election that the Democrats lost in 2016, it's been a solid racist backlash. Even before that, it was a racist backlash. That we would dare to …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: First, what the fuck was QAnon, and why is it bullshit? Rick Rosner: QAnon is fairly complicated, but in a way that they can all fuck off with. It's like the cliché murder board or murder wall in detective shows, where somebody gets obsessed or goes crazy and takes a wall in …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What about chemtrails? Rosner: Bullshit. Fucking bullshit. More lunatic bullshit. We should explain what it is. People say that commercial jets have stuff loaded into the fuel or something, so those white vapour trails you see across the sky are spreading chemicals to do sinister shit to people. bRetarded. Bullshit. None of …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How did the phenomenon of pseudoscience evolve in your lifetime, in the United States in particular? Rick Rosner: All right, there's a lot of money in being a right-wing pundit. Which includes a lot ofbullshit. All the prime-time talent on Fox makes $25 to $35 million a year. Hannity owns close to …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Climate change denial, I should specify anthropogenic climate change denial. Rick Rosner: Right. Since we've been talking for ten years, the evidence for climate change has grown a lot. What you used to see was straight-out people saying, "Nah, it's bullshit. It's not happening. The Earth's cooling," or whatever. As evidence for …
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