Russian Mutiny, Supreme Court Scrutiny (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)

Robert Wright's Nonzero

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🗓️ 1 July 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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00:00 Why Michael McFaul is wrong about Vladimir Putin 10:13 Is Putin ready for a ceasefire? 22:39 Has SCOTUS succeeded in killing affirmative action? 36:13 Americans do have to pay student loans, don’t have to make LGBT websites 47:29 Is RFK Jr. entering Trump’s orbit? 52:08 Parrot Room preview: GOP election strategy; Bidenomics and national conservatism; band name of the year; Yglesias says liberals have higher IQs; final episode of Silo; Bob reviews Invasion of the Body Snatchers; Titanic submarine tragedy; and reasons to worry about a false flag attack in Ukraine. Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Mickey Kaus (kausfiles, The End of Equality). Recorded June 30, 2023.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero podcast.
0:33.1	Hi, Mickey.
0:35.1	Hey, Bob.
0:36.2	How you doing?
0:55.0	I'm doing fine. Good. So, listen, I know you want to talk about affirmative action and all the important Supreme Court cases. However, as it happens, it's my week to do the opening, which means we're going to spend a little time in Russia, and then we'll get to your stuff. Okay. I anticipated this.
1:00.1	Okay. So here's your quiz. Now I'm going to read you two consecutive tweets from Michael McFaul,
1:10.1	former ambassador to Moscow current social media star and Russia Hawk. And I want you to tell me which word or phrase in these two tweets does McFal seem to not know the meaning of.
1:17.1	Okay.
1:18.0	Okay.
1:18.9	All right.
1:20.2	Here we go.
1:21.3	Quote, Putin talked tough in his national address.
1:26.5	He sounded like someone preparing for a big fight.
1:30.0	But when faced with the difficult decision of trying to stop Wagner mercenaries with major force,
1:35.8	he backed down. He didn't escalate. He didn't need a face-saving off-ramp to declare victory.
1:43.5	When facing the possibility of really losing
1:46.2	to Wagner mercenaries coming into Moscow, he just capitulated. What's the answer?
1:54.8	Those are two tweets or one tweet? Those are the two tweets. Capitulate. Very good.
2:06.3	Now, what is, why is he misunderstanding the word capitulated, Mickey?
2:21.1	Because it, he's trying to make the argument that full force in Ukraine will not, you know, Putin doesn't need an off ramp to negotiate.
2:26.7	We can go at him with full force and he'll only negotiate out of weakness.
2:33.0	I think Lawrence Friedman sort of made the same point, or maybe I'm confusing the two.
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