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Jul 16, 2023Liked by Matt Welch

I'd love a meetup with the local NFC members in Philly. I promise that we won't cramp Moynihan's game as he's tries to pick up the college girls attending the conference.

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Time to contact all the jawn amazonian ladies that we know in order to lure Moynihan into meeting up with the Philly listeners. I probably can't join because I'm out in the NE (ugh) and can't really get around right now but I'd be happy to supply some party favors via a plug if that would be another enticement!

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Jul 16, 2023Liked by Matt Welch

The photo of a dapper Kmele and the lovely ladies (I recognize Rikki Schlott, second from right) is further evidence that the most attractive people support free speech.

I’ve been hoping someone, someones or something I follow would address Jill Scott’s Star Mangled Banner. I thought it would make last week’s TGIF from The Free Press. Happy to see the lads and MK covered it.

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Jul 17, 2023·edited Jul 17, 2023

Libertarian girls all look like they know their way around a 4-H (edit: this was a compliment 😅)

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Alright Kmele. There's a man who knows the answer to the question "Hey where're the white women at?"

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You deserve a shout out for that comment! Mel Brooks is laughing too.

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There was absolutely nothing in this column I wanted to read. I only wanted 20 paragraphs on Kmele's obvious and self-evident pimp-hand game.

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Jul 17, 2023·edited Jul 18, 2023

Speaking of FIRE, Killler Mike’s keynote speech at the FIRE gala in NYC is superb. Here it is!

https://youtu.be/OBuXYtmQ8mw

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I thought that Moynihan was being hyperbolic when he was talking about the implicit bias video, but lo and behold! Putting your morning coffee in a shoe is, in fact, part of the jury training.

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I was thinking the same exact thing. I've heard implicit bias explained many times in my life and this might be one of the worse descriptions I've ever seen.

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"Implicit Bias" BULLSHIT. The court system is supposed to be evidenced-based, but even a rudimentary look at research on implicit bias shows that bullshit study NEVER REPLICATED, like more than half of the social psychology studies of the last 30 years. I sat as a juror on a federal jury two years ago. They also had a video about bias, but to their credit, unlike this execrable NY state video, they did not confuse optical illusions with bias! Jesse Singal did a great takedown of implicit bias test. Worth a read. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/12/iat-behavior-problem.html

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Nothing to add just excitement about someone else’s enthusiasm for Lil Nas X x NiN

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Connecting a Star of David to implicit bias...is that implicit bias? They should have watched their own video.

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Solana is long overdue for an appearance on the podcast. I assume Kmele offered a reciprocal invitation.

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Thanks, Matt, for bring up running backs wearing half shirts. That was first thing that popped into my mind, during the crop top discussion. Also, I’d like to bring back the giant foam rubber neck pads that linebackers used to wear, for no other reason beyond their ridiculousness.

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My favourite moment of this Megyn Kelly episode was when Matt demurely proposes men should never be shirtless - only for Moynihan to immediately interject and tell him how wrong he is (followed by a lengthy tangent on how ripped RFK Jr. is) (https://youtu.be/06UsyiInVKI?t=2860).

I'm beginning to think little Livia might be onto something...

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Omg--I’ll be in Cooperstown this weekend, too! Yay! We’re taking my little guy to the HofF. He’s over-the-moon!

If you spy two middle-age parents and an adorable 10-year-old in (Red) Sox gear rushing towards you (Chariots of Fire style), it’s just me and my boys. Feel free to wave us on if we’re too uncouth.

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Will be at minimum Nancy Rommelmann and Bill Schulz with; possibly/probably a cupla other American heroes.... We'll be around Thursday-Sunday, mucking things up.

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Can’t find a higher quality crew than that! 😊 I’ll be on the lookout for yas!

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Watched the Jury Duty Video. Janet, that’s the judge I imagined MM was getting yelled at by 🤣

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Too much talk about bad US National Anthem renditions and not enough about the amazing version of God Save The King that Damian Lewis gave us at the recent British Grand Prix https://youtu.be/4iKw0GMBtQ0

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Is that Bari behind Kmele and his entourage?

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Similar looking but not quite. Call her Barely Weiss.

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