01:00 I’m a broad-minded guy but Black Doves and the new Netflix documentary were too much for me Saturday night
09:00 Joe Biden pardons Hunter
15:00 SYRIA COLLAPSING: Trump Says ‘Let It Play Out’ – What It Means for Israel and the U.S.?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlL4PxQgiLk
32:30 Liberals Need Conservatives – Geoffrey Asmus, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNg-VKVnXNE
39:30 NYT: For 8 Months, Traffic Enforcement on New Jersey’s Highways Plummeted, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/nyregion/new-jersey-state-police-slowdown.html
45:00 NYT: After Failed Martial Law, South Koreans Ask: Who’s in Charge?,
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/world/asia/south-korea-martial-law-yoon.html
48:00 On the Warpath: My Battles With Indians, Pretendians, and Woke Warriors, https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/on-the-warpath
53:00 Elizabeth Weiss was married to Phil Rushton (she was wife #3 or #4, he had children from three different women)
1:07:20 Body positivity, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThcBzfGxcYQ
1:12:00 Pollster Scott Rasmussen on post-election findings @ American Legislative Exchange Council (12/5/24), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhn1ZU2F5P0
1:27:00 Ezra Klein: In This House, We’re Angry When Government Fails, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT4lxJKj0I0
1:32:20 Kip joins the show
1:33:00 Kip discusses the moralizing of liberalism
1:59:00 Where will our right-wing intellectuals come from?
2:10:00 Varying levels of narcissism are more or less adaptive depending upon the situation
2:22:00 Rethinking Narcissism: The Bad – and Surprising Good – About Feeling Special, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=129773
2:28:00 Andy Ngo: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has committed mass human atrocities for Islam, https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1865738164247409093
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