Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

If it's more along the lines of the "electoral strategy, not electoralism" ethos laid out by one of the national slate platforms a while back then I'm all for it

I'm not sure what "electoralism" means, but that sounds right

thinking that elections are the entire ballgame, basically

Virgil & Matt were on Talking Simpsons, talking about ep where Bart plays Dennis the Menace to GHW Bush

http://www.lasertimepodcast.com/2018/04/17/talking-simpsons-two-bad-neighbors-with-virgil-texas-and-matt-christman/

Also,

"welcome to Talking Simpsons, the haunted podcast that kills old people"

— Wow, Bob Mackey! (@bobservo) April 15, 2018

new Red Scare: https://soundcloud.com/red-scare-727066439/zuck-my-dick

They’re extra salty on this one

the latest Citations Needed features an interview with "a former MSNBC employee" whose voice has been anonymized.

https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-34-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-msnbc

― Simon H., Wednesday, April 18, 2018 2:14 PM

this was good, and it's ridiculous how Chris Hayes is the network's only saving grace

yeah even as someone who watches basically no american news television it was an engaging listen. I did think it was funny how they opened with something like "it's not enough to say it's limited and bad because it's corporate media" but....ultimately that's more or less what it boils down to even if the specifics are a little knottier

I haven't listened to the pod but it is disheartening how thoroughly MSNBC has taken to heart this "Fox News of the left" mentality to the point that they've just waded neck-deep in conspiracy-mongering, which is what seems to fuel a huge amount of Fox's programming. and maybe some of these conspiracies are true, I'm not suggesting they're off in the equivalent of Uranium One-Land or anything. Obviously this is driven at least by the perception of what's going to get ratings, and I know the average cable news viewer across the political spectrum is pretty fucking old. Is it just that old people are particularly susceptible to conspiracies? Or, I guess, more pointedly, is this just the pathology of Boomers?

Actutally, most of the reporting is solid – MSNBC's producers are at pains to invite the NYT, Huff Post, WaPost, et. al. reporters to discuss their stories. The problem is the depths to which the Russia coverage consumes them. It makes you realize they have no news division: it's green rooms where Adam Schiff, Bill Kristol, and Josh Earnest hang out showing each pics of their kids.

I’ve heard the line that “Russia is the liberal Pizzagate” which seems to fit a lot of the hysteria

It was Comey who, in striving to look balanced and nonpartisan, threw a heavy, wet diaper into the middle of the 2016 election. And it is good, polite men like Comey—men who believe even the most ghoulish of our public servants deserve to be cosseted in the warm embrace of Washington chumminess—who have helped foster the kind of hapless, resistance-free environment that has allowed mass corruption to flourish. Telling Comey to eat a pile of shit is the subject of this week’s DEADCAST.

https://deadspin.com/i-m-getting-pretty-fed-the-fuck-up-with-james-comey-1825381922

As if they knew their Syria segment was weak tea, The War Nerd joins them on the new premium ep

xp One thing I will say about Trump is that he's pretty good at identifying and nailing people's weaknesses, and I absolutely do get the sense that there is something self-serving about Comey, like the whole way he handled the Clinton stuff seemed much more concerned with appearances than with propriety.

Comey is a whore. Look no further than media blitz. 60 Minutes or Dateline or whatever is one thing, speaking at Barnes & Nobles' and going on talk shows and doing a full press tour is so gross.

speaking at Barnes & Nobles

i mean i'm not defending comey here but he put out a book iirc?

a podcast hosted by drew magary sounds like my living nightmare anyway tbh

ftr I have yet to actually listen

i mean me too

he's a highly entertaining writer but no, he's not good at podcasting. which is actually somewhat endearing because I have a feeling I would be really bad at it in exactly the same kind of halting, dorky way he is.

the Deadcast is still actually pretty solid though because David Roth is very good at podcasting. replacing Tim Marchman (who was miles worse than Magary) with Roth was a gamechanger.

yeah I like Roth a lot

david's a great writer

Charles Mic Dicta on the new Patreon ep of This Week in Atrocity

I did end up listening to Mic Dicta - I would probably love it if I were American but it's just a *little* too much about local legal minutiae for me not to tune out after a while.

/ speaking at Barnes & Nobles/

i mean i'm not defending comey here but he put out a book iirc?

I once saw Juliette Binoche in a B&N.

Correction: Charles _to_ be on a future ep of TWiA, as tomorrow they’re watching a Hallmark movie involving the legal system

I've been enjoying these one-off candidate interviews

BONUS: Virgil’s interview with Dan Canon, civil rights lawyer and candidate for the U.S. House @dancanon 🌽🌽🌽 https://t.co/vQGYA1fbH5

— Chapo Trap House (@CHAPOTRAPHOUSE) April 24, 2018

The international reviews are in @Mic_Dicta pic.twitter.com/9oFb14H1SE

— catbread aficionado (@nekopanfan) April 29, 2018

James Adomian is on Katie Halper’s show:

https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/james-adomian-on-his-political-awakening-his-mathematician-grandfather-coming-out

i enjoyed Beyond the Filter and the discussion of the internet of yore (tho it sounds like im ~5 years older than Felix). exciting to hear anyone talk about Ulillillia!

Oh cool maybe he’ll talk about Seth Rich.

no new ep yet?

should be tonight, sadly I'm expecting an Infinity War ep

ideally they'll bring on every guest they've ever had and have everyone talk over each other

Lol

ugh whyyyy

is there any kind of political angle to that movie? i get Wonder Woman obv

that reminds me Red Scare ripped the new Amy Schumer movie apart https://soundcloud.com/red-scare-727066439/i-feel-petty great ep, my new favorite podcast

yeah it's really grown on me, I like that they keep it under an hour and a nice blend of high/lowbrow topics

A podcast hosted by Anna Khachiyan, avowed Camille Paglia fangirl, is a tough sell for me

they semi-regularly say shit I disagree with but it's fairly entertaining regardless

I find her twitter persona obnoxious but for some reason AK’s schtick is more palatable in podcast form

Oh yeah CTH's take on movie theaters is fucking stupid. I've never been to an Alamo Drafthouse but anyone that uses their phone in a movie theater should be kicked out.

thankfully I was wrong re Avengers

I was dreading more WHCD content but Matt's rant made it worthwhile.

the dennis miller thing at the beginning cracked me up

I thought they were joking about Chapo Twitch at first. Very on brand.

Well, people have been asking them to do one for like a year now, too

whats their take on movie theaters?