Rick Rosner, American Comedy Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Scott Douglas Jacobsen: If people in America have less concern about a particular politician, they simply hate politicians now. They even hated them or, at least, disliked them strongly in many ways. What I am noticing now, especially based on the dual dislike …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 997: Motherfuckers in Politics
Rick Rosner, American Television Writer, http://www.rickrosner.org Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Independent Journalist, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Rick Rosner: It is four or five days since the debate between Trump and Biden, in which Biden did poorly. He looked old, his sentences were rickety, and he looked slightly out of it. Now, Trump also did poorly because Trump told a ton …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is there in the sense of false balance in the United States? Rosner: We just had a discussion where you said I went on a rant, which I believe to be accurate, about it being a Republican strategy to appeal to less informed voters because they are a capturable demographic. The …
Rick Rosner: So, we’ve talked about this before, but one of the Republican projects about 50 years ago was to corral all the less informed people in America because they’re more politically manipulable, and it’s easier to get them riled up and energized. That project has largely succeeded fifty years later, and the Republican Party has …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 994: “Trump-supporting rhetoric is often cynical and self-serving”
Rick Rosner: It's a disaster for America because of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025. Are you aware of Project 2025? Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Yes, I am aware of Project 2025. Rosner: For those who aren't, it's a conservative wish list, more than 900 pages long, detailing what they intend to do if Trump becomes president …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Any updates on the debate front? Rick Rosner: Yesterday, there was some talk that it might have been due to cold medicine. People are unsure, but there hasn't been any confirmation from the Biden camp. Today, however, they had a meeting to discuss the future course of action, according to reports. It's …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 992: Update on America’s Grumpier Old Men Sequel
Rick Rosner: So, it’s been two days since the Trump-Biden debate, and Biden appeared at 2 a.m. the night of the discussion when he arrived for a rally the next day in North Carolina. At 2 a.m., he was fine. The next day at the rally, he was strong, coherent, and energetic. Today, there were …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 991: Was it cough medicine or old age, or both?
Rick Rosner: So Carole periodically freaks out about money, worried that we’ll get old and sick and the medicine or long-term care will cost a ton of money. It already costs a lot, and prices keep going up. So she’s afraid we’ll run out of money, and she’s asking you and me how we can monetize …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I have known this for a while. Are you similarly intelligent to this person or vice versa? I am curious. How do you resemble Grigori Perelman, the Russian mathematician? Rick Rosner: I resemble him? Wait, is he the individual who ceased cutting his hair? Is he the one who declined the prize? Jacobsen: He turned …
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Rick Rosner: All right, so I haven’t talked to a flat earther about flat earth theory, but I’ve run into several on Twitter recently and may have one on Lance versus Rick this weekend or early next week. A flat earther believes that the Earth is a flat disk and that any indication that it’s a sphere floating …
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