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Tim Carney joins The Remnant, where he talks about some of the great shoe-leather reporting ...

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Tim Carney joins The Remnant, where he talks about some of the great shoe-leather reporting he’s been doing on the protests in the D.C. area. How many of the protesters are seriously out to cause trouble, and how many are there for good reasons? Also, what can be made of the “defund the police” movement, and where have our “little platoons” gone during the pandemic?


Show Notes:

–Tim’s work at the Washington Examiner

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    Saied

    To the point about the future of the Republican Party (speaking as a former Republican office holder in a tiny town in New Jersey), I think the party is too far gone to be saved as hard as people might try. I have had my doubts but Jack Pitney’s view about why Jack Kemp never caught on during a recent Remnant podcast disabused me of any such notion.

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    Mkapnick

    Jonah my man--if you think Downtown Portland OR was "Escape from New Yorkish" pre-covid, you really should come back for the "full monty" as it were.....that screeching sound you hear will be your tires as you hurry the hell out of there....hopefully at some point things will return to the normal freak show that is Downtown Portland which is not great but tolerable.

    For what its worth, way back when it first came out, I did buy my copy of Suicide of the West at Powell's Bookstore (in the Pearl so not quite Downtown) and the woman who brought rang me up said it was one of her favorite newest books and that was something because the workforce at Powell's are famous (or infamous if you please) for being to the Left of Bernie Sanders....

    Also, I would like to speak up for concert goers everywhere. I am not super shocked though admittedly sad for you that your misanthropy (your words) prevents you from enjoying concerts. As a contemporary of yours (I am 6 months older), I spent a fair amount of my early to mid 20's chasing the Grateful Dead around the Midwest (saw a few West Coast shows as well). I have seen many other bands of course but none of those experiences were as transformative as seeing the Grateful Dead especially when they were playing well (I know for non fans that was never!) I have never enjoyed political rallies so I am with you there but I think you have missed out on the live music thing (not to mention live sporting events)......

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      Jim Tung

      I drove through downtown on Memorial Day across the Broadway Bridge, down Broadway and up Taylor. Sad to see my city in such relative disarray right now.

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        Mkapnick

        yes.....lots of boarded up buildings and it is seriously not safe....and our city council is god awful....my only hope is some of my fav eating spots survive and come back post covid....those places are what keep the wife and I sane while raising the kiddos (who of course are little miracles of god and whom we love without end.....but getting out every so often is a necessity or else we both turn into Jack Nicholson in The Shining :) )

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    Kevin Johnson

    Really fun, Jonah. One nit: discussion on principle of reforming/defunding police is interesting, and federalism angle is important...in principle. But in CONTEXT, the left is controlling the narrative. “Police are generally racist (and/or the system is” and “not keeping people safe.” Democratic politicians at local level (Mayors of N.Y. And LA, etc.) are acting on this (incomplete, at best) narrative. Minneapolis Council Chief can even claim that only the privileged call 911. This propaganda can’t be left as the basis for beginning discussions of possible reform. If conservatives allow that, society is screwed. Will no one mention how many black lives and health and property are saved by police? We can admit and seek to solve problems without letting all the bunk stand; black lives (among others, but especially) depend on it!

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    Kimberley Bayer

    I am from Sheboygan and don't know whether to be excited or worried to see it in the title of this podcast!

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    Jim Tung

    Jonah, next time you're in Portland, I'd love to buy you a beer. It's the downtown isn't so bad (okay, well, right now it is.) But in normal times, the downtown is great! (okay, not the area around the train station.) But it's great!

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      Saied

      I think you have to promise good whiskey to entice him.

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        Mkapnick

        Jonah if you ever make it to Portland again, a bottle of Glenmorangie 18 on me. Jim are you a whiskey drinker?

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          Jim Tung

          Not really, but I'll chip in.

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            Mkapnick

            fair enough....I know of at least one more Dispatch member out here....I am sure there are more but not sure total.....

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      Mkapnick

      Hello fellow Portlander and Remnant listener....now we know that there are at least two of us (actually I know there are more).

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    Angie

    That was fun...goes to show it is wise of me to not assume from the blurb where it is going to go..he seems like a cool guy, I was not aware of him till now

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  7. Melissa

    Super podcast. Thanks! : )

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  8. PM

    Alien Nation was a movie before becoming the most important television series ever...

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    Kaitlin Johnson

    Jonah put it brilliantly and very concisely: the more abstract the object of your passions is, the more dangerous your politics. Such a good point, and helps explain so much!

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      Matthew K. Minerd

      Yes, it was well worth the fact that he had to carefully reformulate it several times. I thought that was a powerful and succinct way to state a very important point. Although a darker part of my soul would like to then follow that up with a quote from De Maistre, one which he has mentioned on occasion, concerning abstract human nature... However, that might out me as a quasi-integrallist!

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    Matthew K. Minerd

    Great conversation. However, Laurel Caverns definitely is in PA. I can say this because I live 15 minutes from there. (Gotta niggle over little details. At least there was no dog talk. ;-))

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