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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Omicronic Fatigue

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.64.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

A report out of South Africa confirms the rumors: the Omicron variant is less severe even though it is more contagious. That is good news, so why isn’t it being treated as such? Also, the national crime wave continues to build and Joe Biden’s existential test in Europe.

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0:00.0

Oh, for the best, expect the worst.

0:11.0

Some preach a day, some die of thirst.

0:15.0

The way of knowing which way it's going.

0:19.0

Oh, for the best, expect the worst.

0:24.0

Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast.

0:27.0

It's Tuesday, December 7th, 2021.

0:31.0

I was about to say 1941.

0:34.0

So I guess we are the 80th anniversary of the attack on the Pearl Harbor.

0:39.0

I don't know if you call an attack on the United States anniversary.

0:46.0

That seems like too positive a word.

0:49.0

Maybe we are commemorating the 80th.

0:53.0

I guess you do call it an anniversary.

0:55.0

It's interesting because those are the two dates in American history

1:03.0

that everyone knows that are tragedies, right?

1:06.0

Or September 11th and December 7th.

1:09.0

I guess we know December 7th because of the phrasing of that.

1:15.0

FDR speech yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy.

1:22.0

Anyway, just occurred to me as it was coming out of my mouth.

1:27.0

I'm John Pauldhurtz, the editor of commentary with me as always executive editor

1:30.0

Abe Greenwald Hyde.

1:32.0

Hi, John.

1:33.0

Senior writer Christine Rosen, high Christine.

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