The “Not, Like, the Three Greatest Experts at Podcasting” Edition
Rational Security
The Lawfare Institute
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott sat through literally hours of oral arguments to prepare to discuss all the national security developments in the news, including:
- “The HIMAR Anniversary.” The war in Ukraine is one year old this week. The Biden administration marked the occasion with a presidential visit to Kyiv and a finding of crimes against humanity, while Vladimir Putin celebrated by moving the Doomsday Clock a bit closer to midnight. What should we make of where the war stands one year in?
- “We’re Living in a Post-Algorithm World, and I’m a Post-Algorithm Girl.” So said Justice Elena Kagan (more or less), as she and the other members of the Supreme Court heard arguments in Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh on terrorism liability and the scope of protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act—a case that some argue could break the internet. What did we learn from oral arguments? And what might the ramifications be?
- “Bold Dominion.” Dominion Voting Systems filed a stunning brief in its defamation lawsuit against Fox News earlier this week, which lays out in 200 detailed pages the extent to which Fox’s executives and on-air personalities knowingly amplified lies about the company’s conduct around the 2020 election. What did we learn about Fox’s culpability? And what would a Dominion win mean moving forward?
For object lessons, Alan recommended “Poker Face“ the new star vehicle for elder millennial America’s unlikely sweetheart, Natasha Lyonne. Quinta shared some hyperlocal D.C. gossip about the difficult etiquette surrounding giving stuff away for free on the internet. And Scott shared the ultimate food hack for busy parents who want a little spice and funk in their easy dinners: throw a little kimchi into your Kraft macaroni and cheese.
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| 0:00.0 | So, when I was a younger man, which is to say, when I still lived on the East Coast, I |
| 0:04.4 | really enjoyed traveling between Boston and New York and D.C. on Amtrak. |
| 0:10.5 | And I would always sit in the quiet car. |
| 0:12.7 | And here's the question for you all in the spirit of the fabulous Reddit subreddit, am I |
| 0:17.4 | the asshole? |
| 0:18.8 | If anyone so much has twitched audibly on the quiet car, I was all about the shushing. |
| 0:24.3 | I was just the most self-righteous, avenging angel of the quiet car. |
| 0:31.6 | And I got to say, as I've gotten older, and I've hopefully gotten wiser, and I've had |
| 0:37.0 | a child, and I try to see the good and everyone, I have come to the conclusion that I was 100% |
| 0:42.2 | right, and would do the exact same thing if I were given another chance. |
| 0:46.3 | What do you all think? |
| 0:48.3 | You know, it's really a risk-reward sort of calculus on that one, because it depends |
| 0:52.5 | on who the loudspeaker is and what their reaction is going to be. |
| 0:56.1 | I don't care. |
| 0:57.1 | What are they going to do? |
| 0:58.1 | Shift me? |
| 0:59.1 | Like, whatever, man, you could be as annoyed with me as you want. |
| 1:01.7 | Have you ever taken the overnight train from D.C. to New York on a Friday? |
| 1:06.0 | They might give you, because they are a raging drunk in every car of that train. |
| 1:10.8 | I used to take it back and forth regularly up to Connecticut, and it was a nightmare. |
| 1:15.7 | So in that case, you would not just anyone. |
| 1:17.4 | I grew up on Long Island, and so I spent much of my life on the Long Island Railroad |
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