The Rule of Law edition of The Stratosphere Lounge, with Bill Whittle.
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With the passing of Tim Conway on May 14, 2019, the men of “Right Angle” remember a comic genius who made all of America laugh — not least, his fellow cast members on The Carol Burnett Show from 1967-1978. To mourn his loss with laughter is the best tribute.
San Francisco became the first U.S. city to ban use of facial recognition by police and other city departments. Will this make it more difficult to catch bad guys who use the cloak of anonymity to blend in? Are we less safe because the police must work with outdated technology? Or did the San Francisco Board of Supervisors finally do something with which red-blooded conservatives and libertarians can agree?
Idaho sunsets all regulations every year, and typically re-approves them as a matter of course…but not this year. The entire regulatory code has been cancelled, and the script has been flipped. If the governor wants to keep a regulation, state government must go through the normal approval process for a new rule. Bill Whittle has started packing his bags to move to a state where a conservative can make a fresh start.
Communist party members at UCLA rage against the capitalist machine with sidewalk chalk on the edge of sylvan academia. Bill Whittle, Stephen Green and Scott Ott have great sport with these naive revolutionaries.
Vice.com writer Caroline Haskins expels a lengthy screed damning Apple’s Airpods as a tragedy — “the future fossils of capitalism.” Stephen Green, Bill Whittle and Scott Ott schools this Leftist luddite in the miracle of free markets.
A new book by CNN national security reporter Jim Sciutto chronicles “The Shadow War” conducted by Russia against the USA. Active on land, and sea, in space and cyber, Vladimir Putin is already on a war-footing toward the United States. Will President Trump and the American public understand the roots of Russian hostility in time to save both countries?
Scott Ott, Bill Whittle and Stephen Green gather in the respective nation-spanning studios to discuss top news, cultural phenomenon, bad haircuts and crooner tunes, as they plan this week’s episodes of Right Angle.
Former Trump National Security Advisor Lt. Gen H.R. McMaster says America’s Afghanistan “war weariness” narrative is factually wrong, short-sighted and dangerous to our national security and that of our allies. He defends “the long war” as an “insurance policy” against a caliphate.
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) propose a 15% cap on credit card and consumer loan interest rates — an attack on what they call loan sharks in 3-piece suits. Will this resonate with the American voter who’s deep in high-interest debt? Is this the way to make democratic-socialism palatable?
As Nielsen chronicles the CNN ratings plunge, and headlines document the CNN staff purge, what options are left for the pioneer in 24-hour cable news? Will it survive by a resort to actual journalism, or will it continue to follow the mad-dog methods of MSNBC. Are we witnessing the final days of the Cable News Network?
The new U.S. Army uniform is a near replica of the World War II version. Can the Army meet its recruitment quotas of teen millennials with a throwback image from the Greatest Generation? Bill Whittle thinks the it’s brilliant.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a leading Democratic candidate for president and professing Christian, usually declares: “God has no political party.” Yet recently he told NBC News that God’s political preference would NOT be the Republican Party in the Trump era. He also had harsh innuendo about Vice President Mike Pence’s Christian faith. What does this say about Mayor Pete’s character, his theology and his prospects as a 2020 presidential candidate?
The New York Times has transcripts of Donald Trump’s IRS tax returns from 1985-94. They show huge business losses of $1.17 billion in a decade, and profits from shady deals in which Trump bought stock, spread false rumors of a take-over, then sold his stock quickly at a profit. Will revelations from this “bombshell” story have any effect on Trump supporters or his reelection chances? Do Democrats now have additional reason to press for release of his last six years of tax returns?
As Uber stands at the doorstep of its initial public offering (IPO), Uber drivers cry out: “They treat us like crap!” If the face of your company complains to your customers that they’re poor and mistreated, why should investors pour $90 billion into an business that has vigorous competition from Lyft and others, and virtually no barrier to entry, since it’s essentially just an app? And what does this say about capitalism itself?