Views on the News from the Couch

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS and then a look at the United States government healthcare spending vs other countries and more, hopefully for the last time, on the Speaker of the House election.  I do suggest the media got the villain wrong in that story. https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/07/researchers-discover-secret-of-long-lasting-roman-concrete/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/283221/per-cap...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS and then I use an Andrew McCarthy article in the National Review to offer an alternative view on the Republican Congressional holdouts who are keeping Kevin McCarthy from becoming Speaker of the House.   https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/the-gop-speaker-battle-what-to-make-of-the-opposition-to-mccarthy/

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, continuing thoughts on the vote for Speaker of the House, and comments on Ron DeSantis’s inaugural address. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/been-year-since-left-new-york-florida-what-learned https://www.flgov.com/2023/01/03/governor-desantis-delivers-inaugural-address-sets-priorities-for-second-term/

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, then comments on today’s vote to elect the Speaker of the House, my suggestion that a liberal news groups headline suggesting Republicans are a party of a party of deception is a bit of a biased comment, and a lengthy discussion of a WSJ article on Jonathan Haidt and his concerns for Gen Z.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-national-crisis-of-generation-z-jonathan-ha...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s podcast starts with the QUICKHITTERS, a thought on COVID, a suggestion on how to achieve moderate candidates and a bit of a screed on free speech. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11866363/negative-antibody-test-doesnt-mean-havent-had-coronavirus/ https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/what-do-negative-positive-antibody-test-results-mean-after-a-covid-19-vaccine.h00-159459267....

Send us Fan Mail Today’s podcast has a few QUICKHITTERS and then I rant on the media and related bureaucracy and make a slightly delusional argument that the 2020 election was stolen if you use a more expansive view of the word stolen.  Be careful about sharing this one.  I don’t want to get anyone else in trouble.

Send us Fan Mail Listen to today’s Views on the News from the Couch podcast for QUICKHITTERS, updates on Covid and who is still dying, the housing market and a few thoughts on the release of Trump’s taxes. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-is-dying-from-covid-now-and-why/ https://www.foxbusiness.com/real-estate/us-suffering-second-biggest-home-price-correction-post-wwii-era https://ww...

Send us Fan Mail Apologies for not doing a podcase in over a week, QUICKHITTERS, and thoughts on the dissent from the Title 42 Supreme Court  immigration stay and on a Republican, yes I said Republican, congressman who said he exaggerated on his biography.  https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/11/anthony-fauci-i-am-the-science/ https://www.foxnews.com/us/colleges-outrageous-cost-scam-creating-slow-...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS and then way too much on Japan possibly raising interest rates and about the right amount on the January 6 committee criminal referrals.

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS and then a rant on censorship. https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-skewered-ridiculous-tall-tale-about-giving-uncle-purple-heart-biggest-serial-liar-elected   https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/can-show-go-britains-theatres-fear-dark-2022-12-19/ https://jonathanturley.org/2022/12/18/censor-or-else-democratic-members-warn-facebook-not-to-backslide-on-censorship/

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS thoughts that California Governor of California Gavin Newsom will use border security to stake out a centrist position in a Presidential run.  Finally, I compare Fauci’s overlong tenure at the NIAID with J Edgar Hoover’s overlong tenure at the FBI. https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-exploits-joe-biden-kamala-harris-weakness-1767001 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/...

Send us Fan Mail Quite a few QUICKHITTERS and then thoughts on how to look at data, a suggestion that we were oversold on long Covid, and information from Dave Ramsey on how to become a millionaire.   https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/12/how-russiagate-was-used-to-justify-fbi-election-interference/   https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2022/12/unvaccinated-people-more-likely-to-have-seriou...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS and then an extended conversation on the trans issue.  And I venture too far possibly as something I heard led me down a path that I think is true but am not sure.  Yes, I am being cryptic.  I want to be fair to folks and would like you to read the background information after listening to my podcast.  Give me your thoughts. Note, on the race and inclusion comment I h...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS then news that nuclear fusion may be closer to a commercial reality, thoughts on how the presidential primary process might be tweaked in light of Democrats move to make South Carolina the first in the nation primary, thoughts on a Navy Seal who transitioned and now will detransition, and on a restaurant that refused service to a Christian group that had reserved a pr...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS then thoughts on documents showing Twitter suppressed the speech of conservatives, on Senator Sinema switching her party status to Independent, and a review of an article by Margot Cleveland that in my mind shows a biased and bullying federal government. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/dec/08/iranian-forces-shooting-at-faces-and-genitals-of-female-...

Send us Fan Mail SHOWNOTES QUICKHITTERS thoughts on the Brittney Griner prisoner swap with a Russian arms merchant, Oregon’s new gun control law that I like but wonder if it will be misused, and on the failure of the Senate to pass Mike Lee’s amendment to the same sex bill. https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-preparing-flee-russia-implodes-162403585.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11514...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, Democrat Warnock wins in Georgia.  Given the record voting numbers will companies apologize for calling Georgia racist over the Georgia election law.  I caution Republicans they may get a Speaker more moderate if they try too hard to get a Speaker more conservative than McCarthy.  Finally, thoughts on the Twitter Hunter Biden laptop document dump story.  Mostly, I’m...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, thoughts on immigration, a new way to assess the healthiness of food and  background information on Twitter suppressing information on the Hunter Laptop story.  A rejection of Trump’s view that the censoring supports his call for a new election.  And wolves.  I talk about wolves and the fact that the idea of alpha males and alpha females in a wolf pack is inadvertent...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS then comments that Americans can use the term soccer, and comments on inflation and Republican plans to investigate the January 6 committee.  And Japan increasing it defense spending and joining Italy and England joining forces to develop a jet fighter. https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/11/the-oath-keepers-verdicts-correct-the-record-on-january-6/ https://jonathantu...

Send us Fan Mail No QUICKHITTERS.  Just a long screed on censorship and the unevenness of the application of misinformation and disinformation rules. https://jonathanturley.org/2022/11/30/welcome-consequences-hogan-lovells-fires-partner-for-voicing-her-views-on-the-dobbs-decision/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/03/19/hands-up-dont-shoot-did-not-happen-in-ferguson/ https:/...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS then comments on my fears that we will have a Biden Trump Presidential sequel, and comments that colleges are almost exclusively led by liberal professors and finally a prediction that in 2024 Republicans will catch up with Democrats in ballot harvesting AND that the media will complain about Republican ballot harvesting though they had been silent on Democratic ballo...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, China is still locking down citizens over Covid and a CNN individual suggests that Daylight Savings Time disproportionately affects communities of color.  I suggest we should worry about the health of people and am getting tired of turning everything into a race issue. https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-revolt-against-zero-covid-ccp-pandemic-protest-beijing-xi-jinpi...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS, then a summary of Bill Barr’s essay on the good and bad of Donald Trump and why the GOP needs new leadership.  And, a range of thoughts on Bill Maher’s conversation with Jonathan Haidt on the ill effects of the lack of viewpoint diversity. https://www.commonsense.news/p/bill-barr-trump-will-burn-down-the https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-slams-woke-college-cam...

Send us Fan Mail QUICKHITTERS then my views on likely House Speaker McCarthy not allowing 3 Democrats to be on the Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Committee and I continue to beat the drum complaining about media bias. https://www.westernjournal.com/dutch-government-issues-shocking-announcement-covid-masks/?fbclid=IwAR3l-ZUjKAppW0aGnkQUn6IF0tli9z4lXruMIO83LeFQFKMR5Tb4FF2xaaA https://jonathanturle...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s podcast I ask for folks to share this podcast, cover the QUICKHITTERS, and comment on the recent House and Senate leadership elections, on Musk asking Twitter employees to work hard, and on Hillary Clinton asking advertisers to insist twitter keep censorship policies.   Note, Mitch McConnell is 80 and I should have included him in my list of folks who should no longer b...