Ep 865: Happy New Year + Remembering Gonzo and Jimmy Carter

The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

Driftglass and Blue Gal

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

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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It's our final episode of 2024 and the 100th episode of the year!!!January 2025 marks our 15th anniversary of podcasting! (We're off on Thursday and will return to regular podcasting on Tuesday, January 7.)This episode pays tribute to the late President Jimmy Carter. It includes a deep dive into Hunter S. Thompson's 1974 account of Carter's influential Law Day speech in Georgia. And we heap some love on JB Pritzker, as our governor stands up for the healthcare rights of pregnant women.&...

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0:00.0	You can listen to the professional left wherever you get your podcasts on NetRutes Radio or at our website, pro-leftpod.com, where you can also contribute to this podcast.
0:10.5	There is a PayPal button at our website, or you can mail as a letter and or contribution at P.O. Box 913, Springfield, Illinois, 62791.
0:20.6	This is the podcast for December 31st, 2024.
0:25.0	It's not safe for work.
0:26.8	We're recorded live from the Cornfield Resistance,
0:29.1	where we've peaked over the edge of the calendar at 2025,
0:32.5	and nope, we're staying right here in good old 2024.
0:35.6	It's the Professional Left with Drift Glass and Blue Gal.
0:45.3	Well, okay, obviously we're not doing that.
0:48.3	We're going over Niagara Falls in a barrel blindfolded,
0:52.0	and there's really no sense pretending otherwise.
0:55.4	But we're all going over together, and which is kind of a comfort, and we're not crazy, you're not crazy, and we're not
0:59.9	alone. We're all in this together. And there's more of us than there are of them. They are venal,
1:05.5	they're vile, they're incompetent, and they're stupid. And frankly, at the rate, they're turning
1:10.2	on each other and fighting
1:11.0	among themselves before having any power to do anything. Well, that does not bode well for a smooth,
1:17.0	efficient, fascist state. Yeah, Drip, class, I last night listened to our last podcast, the entire
1:24.1	one. And the government was about to shut down because Elon Musk wanted it to.
1:31.5	Because he farted.
1:32.4	Because Elon Musk farted.
1:33.7	And now it's H-1B visas.
1:37.8	Right.
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