Stephen Green’s Right Angle Lightning Round assaults Scott Ott and Bill Whittle, in the best tradition of ambush journalism, with top and bottom stories of the week.
Topics include…
- When Elon Musk tells staff that he’s quite concerned about the direction of the economy, President Biden mocks Musk — “lots of luck on his trip to the moon”.
- WaPo meltdown continues, as reporters (Dave Weigel and Taylor Lorenz) re-tweet themselves into disciplinary suspensions.
- The European Union slaps a tax on aviation fuel to fight climate change, but exempts ‘business aviation’ and other private flights, which are the most inefficient use of fuel on a gallons/mile basis.
- Will Carolina Panthers appointing the first openly-transgender cheerleader pull the actual football squad out of the doldrums of athletic mediocrity measured in the antiquated terms of wins and losses?
- The 78th anniversary of D-Day, spurs the White House to issue a somewhat belated Tweet. But the respect of the Biden Administration for the sacrifice for our troops pales in comparison to that of the French people who observe a unique annual tribute to the men and women of Operation Overlord.
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I’ve spent a few D-Day commemorations at Normandie. The welcome from the locals despite the 70 year interim cannot be overstated.
Most powerful moment: 2011 SeaBee who had the ignominious job of “cleaning the beach” on 7 June: “I looked at the ground and gathered my countrymen. Then I looked to the heavens for absolution.” As the nonagenarian held court from a stone as clouds threatened rain, dozens of tourists were struck dumb. This sweet man in his 90s had not visited these tormented shores since that dark week in 1944.
=pardon…there’s dust in my office just now..=
I’m a little late in watching this one. Thanks, Stephen for the D-Day lightning strike. Very moving.
I did enjoy Elon Musk’s comeback to Biden last week when the Prezish wished him luck on his trip to the moon with a re-tweet of the NASA announcement that SpaceX had won the contract, as Bill mentioned.
Any wardrobe malfunction matters not because it’s as well-endowed as a Ken doll.
The Faux Biden Administration will go down in history as a stain upon the United States and the world.
I once went to an Atlanta Falcons football game with a group of ticket-holding acquaintances. It was hard to herd them out of the alcohol-swilling parking area for the start of the game. Once there they seemed to be paying close attention when one blurted out in genuine pain “Brooke looks like she twisted an ankle.!” Turns out this fella knew all of the cheerleaders names (?measurements, high school mascots, …) and barely knew the rules of football.
I don’t think a transgender cheerleader would roust any positive feedback from this guy. If the Dallas Cowboy Cheer Squad does it, then I will know that the apocalypse is upon us.
Bill: I renamed this Nightmare Juice
𝙌𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 ❜𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙍𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜❗ 𝙡𝙤𝙡
Sounds like the guys forgot that the EU uses metric measurements. The assertion “… which are the most inefficient use of fuel on a gallons/mile basis.” does not apply if you convert the fuel usage rates to liters per kilometer. Things improve magically and majestically after that.
You forgot the 😏.( or /s)😉
Kudos to the French for their dedication to history. Let’s not forget the Dutch, who are just as passionate about their liberation from Nazism as the French. As an American soldier and musician in the mid-nineties, one of the last gigs I played before I retired was a series of commemoration celebrations in small, out-of-the-way towns in eastern France. I was proud and humbled by their support, and I have personally seen the same sort of humility in the Dutch while performing various commemoration celebrations in Holland, albeit some 10 years earlier.
The “Greatest Generation” did it right in 1944-45.
Thanks for sharing. you and Scott should cut a record. Or whatever those are called these days.
I was going to say that Glen Reynolds was not the only commentator who could “turn a phrase”, Bill’s quip about “packin’ the seats” was weird on so many levels…..
Then Steve’s close was so powerful that everything else became so unimportant. Thanks Steve Green, for the reminder of just what that day meant to the world.
Oh and LGB-fjb
Yeah, great move Panthers – so glad I finally bailed on the NFL 2 years ago
From what I have heard from other sources, the French near Normandy take the children and grandchildren to the grave sites of the soldiers that died on a regular basis. They remember. And it seems that each generation does it.
The rest of France, not so much.
And to his shame, Biden seems to be oblivious. But he may have dementia as his excuse.
I have heard the same.
“May have dementia”?
I am convinced he has dementia, as he has many of the same symptoms as my father, who did have dementia (not Alzheimer’s, but caused by multiple mini strokes before his big one). I only say “may” as I am not a doctor, nor have I examined him myself. He badly needs to be tested.
To be completely honest, this statement
Has been true since the 1970s.
12 1/2 minutes of light levity followed by 85 seconds of – dang it got dusty in here.
Thanks Gents!