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Rational Security

The "Human Objectification" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

Politics, Nationalsecurity, Government, Middleeast, News, Foreignpolicy

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The president-elect takes a call from the leader of Taiwan. Bipartisan pressure is mounting in Congress to investigate the Russian hacks of the presidential election. And if you're a wonk in Washington, you may be out in the cold.

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0:00.0

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0:08.0

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0:16.5

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0:28.3

So do we say the president of Taiwan? No, it's the president on Taiwan, Shane. I think it depends on whether or not rational security recognizes the one China policy.

0:32.1

I think it's the president around.

0:35.4

You know what, we should do a children's book

0:37.3

where we do prepositions.

0:38.3

Where's the president?

0:39.0

But with the president of Taiwan.

0:40.8

If you can do it to Taiwan, it's a preposition.

0:43.0

How about on Taiwan?

0:44.6

Under Taiwan?

0:46.0

How about every time in this podcast that we refer to the president

0:52.3

in or about Taiwan? We use a different preposition.

0:56.1

Yeah, I like that. That'll be like a challenge. It would be like a drinking game.

0:59.1

Yeah.

1:01.1

Hello and welcome to Rational Security, the Human Objectification Edition.

1:07.0

I'm Shane Harris of the Wall Street Journal.

1:10.0

You're going to have to wait until the end of the podcast to find out our human

1:13.8

objectification of the week. I'll objectify you Shane. I would love to be

1:18.9

objectified. I am objectively human but I don't... you you are the Wall Street Journal I am the wall

1:25.5

you are the embodiment of the objectification I am the reporter on the Wall Street Journal

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