The Fifth Column (private feed for bitterone31droid@googlemail.com)

w/ Katie Herzog, Host @ "Blocked and Reported"Stay in Your HoodSo Many SourcesDog Run ConfidentialWhat Emma KnewKatie's NightmareHow Did You Get This NumberCool OffDenzel Was DrinkingMore ShaftVery Heavily RedactedEven More Heavily RedactedTwo SpiritsWizard of OzyRecorded: 9/30/21Published: 10/2/21 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

- Guzzling tequila and Kmeleless (He's back tomorrow)- Mars needs guitars (As does the Fifth)- Al Franken is a bad standup - But that Norwegian comic was great (No need to Google. His name is Daniel Simonsen)- One more beat on Norm (who was not dumb)- Thanks new listener Nicole! - Cynicism vs. skepticism- The Russian musician on Letterman was Aquarium's Boris Grebenshikov (I said 1991…it was 1989)- A listener finds a copy of Victor Kravchenko's "I Chose Freedom" - No labels!- Who is the loneliest monk? (Apocryphal, according to Ms. T. Soren)- On interviewing / In praise of Mike Wallace- On spotting plagiarism- Ranking impressions- A 4.20 episode is a bad idea. But we still should do it Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Look, we didn’t say this feature would be weekly, did we? Anyway, The Historians is back, after a brief nap, with a second conversation with another super-smart guest wearing the capital-H. In fact, not only is John Thorn a historian, he’s the official historian of … Major League Baseball. He’s also the author of a 10-year-old book that Welch finally got around to reading, the marvelous Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game, which is both a history of the truth (as far as we can reckon), and the history behind the manufacturing of a lie, or at least one of the least plausible creation myths you’ll hear.This is the jumping-off point of the conversation (OK, well, after some World War II horrors, to keep the Moynihanites hooked), and from there it’s all manner of subjects: Ken Burns (John was the main historical consultant on that huge PBS series), immigrant innovation, the importance (and obscurity) of Cuban baseball, the greatest 1860s superstar and tragic early death you’ve never heard about, the ongoing historical heave of understanding and documenting the various Negro Leagues, and why the baseball of Matt’s youth is clearly the most superior. And, of course, Shohei Ohtani.John’s way more important to the development of baseball historiography and statistical analytics than this conversation has time to get into, but hopefully even non-baseball fans can get into the fun mindspace of the history of the lie.Thanks to Stanley Goldberg for helping get this out, and make sure to listen or re-listen to the first Historians epi w/ Duncan White. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

W/ Antonio Garcia Martínez, Propritor @ "The Pull Request"False StartDriven to DrinkCultural Valley ("Crazy Ones Need Not Apply")Mission ProtocolsThe Full NYT Software DownloadSection 230The Devil in the DetailsA Conservative War on Big TechStormfront / SJWAn Uncertain FutureGOP 🥰 FDRA Crypto First EconomyWe Probably Can't Get Along?Amazon vs. Google vs. Apple vs. FacebookNancy Pelosi: Project Manager?Pull RequestLe Tech BlogRendered Absurd By TimeFrom Nokia to MSNBC to Google Wave..."Will it Pass?" - Infrastructure Edition"Will it Pass?" - George Floyd EditionFalse StopRecorded: 9/22/21Published: 9/24/21 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

- The New York Times on Norm Macdonald- TFC on Norm Macdonald- Andy Richter accuses Norm of making mean jokes about gay people (Note from MM -  I forgot to mention that Andy Richter is both unfunny and a hypocrite; back in 2006, he played a gay character for laughs in Talladega Nights)- Phil asks about important questions about Megyn Kelly - Lil’ Moyn has surgery / getting a cab in New York City- It’s called a McGriddle, you McElitist- I think that dude was being sarcastic- Dan asks us to make an impossible decision- Who is MK’s favorite Fifth Columnist?- Some rich guy demands it. But we don't know what "it" is- Moynihan can’t mask this (self-described) crazy dude’s identity- Mike from (the great city of) Pittsburgh on mask mandates- London Breed pulls off her mask because it feels good (Yes, it's a dumb Tony! Toni! Toné! reference) - I'm sorry officer, but I was feeling it- Yes, says the officer, but it's illegal in Kingston to lick the boom-boom down - The poverty of our politics and the forever culture war- It was always like this- All Tyler wants to do is zoom-a-zoom zoom (just allow all the shitty New Jack Swing references, ok?)- Kids love POCWA Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

- Bacon Egg and Cheese (Late Capitalism Edition)- The Met Gala -- America's Most Glamours Tax Shelter- Hetro Negative- No Sex Cults for Kmele- Democrat Wins Most Democratic State- Larry Elder: White Nationalist?- The Republican Trump Conundrum- How Long Can Democrats Run Against Donald Trump- "She was in coach!"- Covid Hospitlziations, Vaccine Booster Controversy- Protecting the Vaccinated- Bob Woodward's New Trump Book- Gen Mark Milley Called the CCP- Trump: 'Withdrawl all the troops. Nuke China. Stop the steal!"- Stop the Steal Part Deux- As Afghanistan Dispeares from the Headlines- Me Love You Long TimeRecorded: 9/15/21Published: 9/16/21 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Moynihan texts Welch and Foster. "I feel like talking about 9/11," he says. But Foster is MIA in Atlanta. Welch is enjoying a beautiful Brooklyn day, but thankfully submits. So here's a freewheeling afternoon conversation about that fateful day and how it did (and didn't) screw up world. Recorded...an hour ago.- Not mentioned but...Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, which sounds like it was written about 9/11, originally had a 9/11 release date. Hence the intro and outro...- A rare collective experience- How it changed us--and boy did it- Matt's 2002 piece for Reason (his first!) on the politics of Iraq sanctions- The two big bangs: Tiananmen Square and 9/11- Moynihan's regret about attacking a (rather brave) anti-war activist- A Welch regret for a "foolish" attack on foolish people- Moving to New York City on September 10, 2001- Memories of that day (and NetZero)- The shitty Irishman who changed Moynihan's life- Using 9/11 for sex- The myth of "squandering good will" (and that Le Monde editorial)- On "blowback" and moral responsibility- Lunatic conspiracy theories then and now- On the necessity of forgetting- How to apply shitty au courant politics to 9/11 Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

-- Aussie Impressions of a Missing Moynihan-- A Gay Dad’s Homophobia-- Australian Federalism; Who Knew?-- Libertarianism, Shmibertarianism!-- Islands Are Weird, Man-- QR Covid Tracking Is Totally Fine-- Concentration Camp or Exercise Yard?-- Anti-Science Quarantines-- What Tucker Carlson Got Wrong-- What Tyler Cowen Got Right-- The CRT/Abortion Parallels-- He’ll Come Visit Just as Soon as He Can Escape! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Live at the Stupid Table in West Egg, Welch and Moynihan labor on Labor Day for our beloved patrons...- That fake Rolling Stone article- Two stirring defenses of Martha's Vineyard from trash locals- Every school has one: on pervert teachers- Matt's skeevy volleyball coach- They don't produce those accents anymore- (A brief digression on The Mats vs. Husker Du)- We went to a horse show- We went to the driving range- A (Dutch?) listener asks:: When and how do we consume news?- God, Eric Swalwell sucks- Fat shaming vs. fact shaming- A listener wants a book recommendation. Moynihan and Welch offer old standbys...- A nice email from a nice chap named Chet- Coexisting ideologies- Tom's retiring newscaster friend- And so, so, so much more... Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

- Lead Astray- Wrong Line- Blues Traveler- Sugar in his Tank- When in Kabul- Repeal/Replace/Keep the AUMF for another 20 years?- Matt's Basement is Flooding (No, Really)- 1/2 Trimester- The Reverend Dr. James P Eagle Sr- The Rule of Law- Playin Coach- Reading Playboy for the... Ads?Recorded: 9/1/21Published: 9/2/21 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.