The Biden-MBS Fist Bump (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)

Robert Wright's Nonzero

Nonzero

News & Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Mickey admits he was wrong about the 10-year-old abortion story ... The Atlantic’s conveniently timed story about MBS’s widow ... Is Biden doing MBS a favor by investigating the PGA? ... Mickey: Democrats are still overperforming in midterm polls ... January 6 hearings update ... Working with, or around, Joe Manchin ... Has Elon Musk actually thought through free speech on Twitter? ... Ukraine war update ... Mickey: The Peter Thiel candidates will decide the fate of the Senate ... Parrot Room preview: Bob’s Atlantic conspiracy theory revealed, the British Open and LIV, Starbucks store closings, Biden and military force in Iran, NAIRU news, the Hunter Biden cloud leak, the value of the Iraq war, sucking up to Saudi Arabia, Bob complains about a terrible WaPo headline, the annoyances of “agency,” Jill Biden’s breakfast taco faux pas, and fertilizer in Sri Lanka ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to Robert Wright's non-zero podcast.
0:08.8	Hi, Mickey.
0:11.1	Hey, Mickey, you're flossing on camera.
0:15.0	That's the first.
0:16.4	Haven't you heard the news, Bob?
0:18.6	About down floss?
0:20.0	Yeah.
0:20.9	I know about gum disease.
0:23.0	Oh.
0:23.7	Gum disease causes Alzheimer's.
0:25.8	Oh, does it?
0:26.5	Well, that explains a lot.
0:27.4	I don't want to get Alzheimer's.
0:29.4	So I'm afraid I'm going to have to be flossing this entire podcast.
0:35.7	I floss 24-7 now.
0:37.4	I can never stop.
0:38.4	You know, a weird thing about me that makes me very happy to hear this news is that
0:43.2	although my teeth are like a disaster area, they're like eligible for federal funding probably.
0:49.3	Dennis do comment on my gums being fundamentally in good shape.
0:58.4	They do. That explains my alertness and my sharpness.
1:03.3	My teeth are like the Golden Gate Bridge. Once I reach the end, I have to start all over again at the other end.
1:10.3	You're talking about painting the Golden Gate Bridge. That's what they used to say about painting that they've been saying.
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