All I want for Christmas is a way to deal with my wingnut neighbors and relatives

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

News Commentary, Progressive, Liberal, Midterms, Resistance, Indivisible, Government, Democrat, Presidential, Debate, News, Election, Campaign, Politics

4.8 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2010

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

We got emails this week asking what to do about "People of the Lie" in our own micro-lives. We don't have much practical advice, but we do have experience. In other news, is there something in the DNA that makes us liberal? And in the end, Blue Gal has a very special holiday gift for Driftglass's "collection" ? More at professionalleft.blogspot.com.Support the show

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0:00.0	This is the podcast for December 24th, 2010.
0:03.8	It's not safe for work.
0:05.4	Recorded live from Pia Zadora's Santa Prayer Warrior Workshop.
0:08.9	It's the professional left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:26.9	And that is a Santa Claus conquers the Martians.
0:30.0	I know you want people to just look it up, but that's what that is.
0:36.6	I grow ever more curmudgeonly as the fake birthday of our Savior approaches.
0:37.1	Yeah.
0:40.7	We're actually recording this on Frank Zappa's birthday, though.
0:41.1	Yes, we are.
0:42.8	70th birthday, big 70th birthday.
0:47.8	And approaching Mithrasmos, which is essentially what we were celebrating,
0:57.0	some blend of pagan ritual, Roman ritual, and Christian ritual that had to find a place to hide. Right, and it was just to keep the status quo in power.
1:00.6	That's what they did.
1:01.8	All they did, man.
1:03.5	That's kind of what we're going to talk about tonight after we...
1:06.4	Oddly perfect segue.
1:08.5	Yeah, all those robes you see and all those big pointy hats and essentially all the celibate ritual was imported from the Romans.
1:17.1	Yeah.
1:17.9	It was all transposed.
1:18.8	Just to make everybody happy.
1:20.3	Yeah.
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