Hell’s Comin’ With Me

Sarah, Steve, Jonah, and David discuss the debate over unemployment benefits, the firing of the ...

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Sarah, Steve, Jonah, and David discuss the debate over unemployment benefits, the firing of the State Department’s inspector general, the recently declassified email from Susan Rice, and the team makes their VP picks for Joe Biden.

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  1. Jim Heetderks

    Most rewatchable Movies: (1) Princess Bride - timeless and still hilarious all these years later (and the kids love it, too!); (2) Raising Arizona - one of many rewatchable Coen Brothers movies; and (3) Gran Torino - It's got a car and a very reptilian Clint Eastwood, a great combination.

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  2. Asher

    Generally, I violently agree with Dispatch analysis including in its anti-Trumpism. That’s why I’m surprised that in this episode David especially is so dismissive of the Obama admin/FBI’s abuse of power in handling the Russia probe. We have laws and norms to govern the behavior of our intel and law enforcement agencies because when they use their vast resources against even an American citizen in a counter-intel investigation, he or she has very limited protections. The Flynn investigation flouted these protections.

    To dwell on this, as Andy McCarthy has for years now, is not to engage in conspiracy theorizing or to make light of the fact that Flynn is clearly a sleaze who had committed other concerning violations. Rather, it’s to care about the rule of law and norms that the Obama admin may have broken by opening a CI investigation into Flynn—FISA surveillance of Kislyak would have given them insight into those perfectly kosher phone calls—and clearly broke once it re-opened the investigation. The precedent for surveillance against political enemies has now been set and given the states of our two political parties, I think we should worry about what that means for the future.

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    TheKingPrawn

    You left Happy Gilmore off the rewatchable list.

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    Marian Cates

    Enjoyed the podcast. As for VP suggestions, I think it will be a woman but don't know who.

    I seldom re-watch movies, even ones I've particularly enjoyed. Exceptions: "Gattaca," "Turner & Hooch," "Gold," and "Chinatown" (Polanski's). I re-watch a lot of TV series on Netflix. Discovered in myself an affinity for Swedish and Danish TV shows and series. Who knew?

    Btw, I didn't get an email for the last GLoP live stream. I did get an email for the first.

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    Theirn Scott

    Clint Eastwood, not a single Clint Eastwood movie on the podcast or in the comments I've read. My favorite rewatchable "The Outlaw Josey Wales".

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      Marian Cates

      Have you seen "Escape from Alcatraz"?

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        Theirn Scott

        I recalled the movie name so I looked it up and I'm pretty sure I did but probably only once. I need to watch it again. Was it mentioned on the podcast?

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          Marian Cates

          Nope. You mentioned Clint Eastwood, so I followed up. What made it come to mind is that many commenters are suggesting "The Shawshank Redemption," which I also liked. "Escape from Alcatraz," as you know, stars Eastwood. It's the same story as "Shawshank" but told more through actions than though words.

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            Theirn Scott

            Yes, "Shawshank" is one of those movies you have to watch. Thanks

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            Marian Cates

            *through* words.

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    Deb4711

    George Will suggested an interesting VP pick for Biden yesterday: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-the-vice-president-who-would-restore-adult-supervision-in-washington/2020/05/21/ae64cd00-9b8d-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html

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    NYerInExile

    So you are all wrong, so wrong. The watch it over and over again movie is “Roadhouse” with Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliot. It is wonderfully “B”, and is absolutely a classic.

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    Kevin Lanik

    Movies I'll stop channel surfing for and watch from any point: Snatch, The Princess Bride, Major League, Blazing Saddles

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    Larry O

    Over a decade ago Jonah Goldberg wrote a long-form piece for national review on the movie groundhog Day oh, that is very much responsible for me being a paid subscriber here. Can't believe it didn't come up.

    [falls out of chair with a full thud... Camera pans back to show glass of bourbon spilled on the floor]

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    Duke Powell

    Along with Steve and not much of a movie guy. But I was surprised that several films I consider rewatchable were mentioned.

    However, one of my favorite movies is Hard Times starring Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, and Strother Martin. It was released in 1975 and a short 93 minutes. Highly recommended with a lot of good one-liners.

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