Brian Gongol Show on WHO Radio - June 24, 2017
Please note: These show notes may be in various stages of completion -- ranging from brainstormed notes through to well-polished monologues. Please excuse anything that may seem rough around the edges, as it may only be a first draft of a thought and not be fully representative of what was said on the air.
Programming notes
Segment 1: (11 min)
BUT FIRST: The opening essay
Overdue for a big national project
Transcontinental railway, Interstate Highway system, WWI, WWII, Apollo
Segment 2: (8 min)
Segment 3: (14 min)
Segment 4: (5 min)
Segment 5: (11 min)
Segment 6: (8 min)
Segment 7: (14 min)
Segment 8: (5 min)
Unsorted and leftovers:
This week
Like antibacterial soaps, exceptions to liberalized trade should be applied *sparingly* and with grave worry about the dangers of overuse. https://t.co/mzqodpf4rZ
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 23, 2017
Is there anything more unnerving than to open up an app on your phone and see the warning "Another application is using your microphone"?
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 23, 2017
We all suffer from survivor bias: We're the offspring of those who lived to adulthood and got to reproduce. That took a whole lot of luck. https://t.co/lQyaPr3H32
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 23, 2017
A person who can't thoughtfully entertain a contrary opinion shows no more brain function than a parrot.
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 22, 2017
If this distracts him in any way from another season of "Arrested Development", I'm writing my Congressman. https://t.co/QmICZoI4Gj
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 22, 2017
We may be on the verge of a Golden Age of Taiwanimation. https://t.co/8zlew6lQkb
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 22, 2017
Shared with endorsement. https://t.co/OfXWc7XCjT
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 22, 2017
Dishonor in small things leads to dishonor in large ones. Stealing $3,000 is a medium-sized thing:https://t.co/eKw3Wm9otA via @jasonleopold
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 21, 2017
It's a bad sign for civilization when free people self-identify primarily on which politician or media outlet they love or hate the most.
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 21, 2017
Self-piloted electric aircraft for 4 to 8 passengers will *revolutionize* air travel. Could make two-hour road trips a thing of the past. https://t.co/l6fa4kThe7
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 21, 2017
So advising Dems to win by going way left is crazy: There's no votes to poach over there. And never were. /9
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 21, 2017
I worry less about the scarcity of this *particular* type of opportunity than whether *lots* of entry-level opportunities are created. https://t.co/11X9g2Gnj1
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 20, 2017
Life cannot be so cheap that excuses like this are made. Human beings make mistakes -- sometimes awful ones. But this claim is outrageous. https://t.co/VeIEyq6I9r
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 20, 2017
NEW: An armed Russian jet came within 5 feet of a U.S. reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea, CBS News learns https://t.co/Y0Z1o0kYp2 pic.twitter.com/ihxFQ6MCcT
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 20, 2017
#NATO jets escort 32 #Russian aircraft over #BalticSea last week #Estonia https://t.co/hKSm4LGjLH pic.twitter.com/DOLQTkDrWN
— Estonian News (@errnews) June 19, 2017
It's said that electoral campaigns are giant, well-funded startups. In France, the majority in the lower house will also be a startup. https://t.co/mHPOT1ZfFw
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 19, 2017
The "drug war" is an example of public policy stuck in a dumb rut because voters pick nonsense platitudes instead of serious harm mitigation https://t.co/kLn2eIBMDy
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 19, 2017
Russia considers opening military base in Cuba https://t.co/3QPLrfkMXL
— Michael B Kelley (@MichaelBKelley) June 18, 2017
By the numbers
Unfilled appointive positions
Make money
I'm not sure that any other two topics could (a) have greater bearing on ordinary people's lives, or (b) bore those ordinary people more. https://t.co/MPgtvBBLU7
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 22, 2017
Have fun
Clean up after yourself
Take three minutes and try this. The Federal debt is a real problem and no ideology has a monopoly on fault. Everyone has something to give. https://t.co/U9bnIrnoJ3
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 21, 2017
Public-sector pensions -- including how much participants contribute and how high their expected rates of return -- are a HUGE econ issue. https://t.co/SEbngrtpqT
— Brian Gongol (@briangongol) June 21, 2017
Mind your business
Quote of the Week
The week in technology
Your role in cyberwar
Iowa news
Contrary to popular opinion
Hyperbole is going to kill us all
21st Century conservatism
Curiosity, competence, and humility
Have a little empathy
Inbox zero
Stop the deliberate ignorance
Tin Foil Hat Award
Yay Capitalism Prize
Capitalist solution of the week
Kickers
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