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

- A Maine wedding...with two Patreon subscribers- Kmele can’t help you with the microwaves
- The Donda report
- Robert Kardashian is the greatest hologram lawyer of all time- We killed lunatic conspiracy theorist and terrific actor Ed Asner- Whatever happened to redemption?- Pissed Off Patty wants a Fifth reassessment of Simone Biles - Joel the Afghan vet asks what the hell it was all for - Zach is very, very mad at Eli Lake. And then interacts with Eli Lake- Justin (Joachim?) asks about the tenor of debate in Europe vs. the US - James asks Matt why being born in 1988/89 sucks- Seriously, annoying young idiots, you gotta stop complaining- Kmele's uncle, Dr. Shabba- The mainstreaming of Radical Chic and Colin Kaepernick- RIP Scratch Perry- If you haven't seen this movie...- Books about dumb sixties people Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Kmele's back. Matt's got some mail. Moynihan's worryingly salty (Apologies in advance - MM). This one if gloriously all over the place.- “Many on social media were…” b/w "Surfaced recently on social media"- Blossom is a dangerous fascist- Rolling Stone is dumb and useless- A new, very-with-the-times chapter in the Indiana Jones franchise- The repulsive Chesa Boudin and his repulsive family (And that great Dwight Garner review is here)- Wait, you want Moynihan to do what at your funeral?- Lewis has a California question for Kmele…- Hobos vs. bums- In defense of that ESPN lady- Don't acknowledge the hate truths- From burning Bend, Oregon: the requisite Delta convo - Name that Cuban baseball team (plus: the best baseball hat ever)- We got debts no honest man can pay... Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

W/ Eli Lake, Opinion Columnist @ Bloomberg- New Dad- Moynihan's Big Night Out- Things to Remember (or Naw)- Meet Gutter (He Kidnaps Kids)- Whose on Top - The Most Inevitable Thing in the World- Hard Limits- Public Sentiments- Vietnam Syndrome- Hip Hop Conservatives- Afghan Clean Up- The Afghanistan VariantRecorded: 8/23/21Published: 8/25/21 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Ok lads. The fun's over. Back to work. And so begins the Fifs' return to endless hours of brilliant, maddening, dumb, hilarious and stupid podcasting. Well, for Moynihan and Welch anyway. This time around, our raceless comrade Mr. Kmele Foster has some very, very important business making demands on his attention (Ed - I can confirm that it is, in fact, important business this time around). - Andy Mills looks like both Dennis Wilson and Charles Manson- Covid outbreaks and restrictions--in Europe and America- A badger (проститутка) is making drinks in the kitchen- Deaf Muslims, masked students, and the shitty New York Times- Moynihan's defense of Clarissa Ward, who is braver than you- A visit with Andrew Sullivan, Bill Maher, and drunk Donna- There was a Rolls Royce Uber...- Ethan asks how a "Chomskyite" differs from a citizen of the Fifdom. Moynihan rambles, works out some ideas on the fly...- Obviously Matt's going to have something to say about Tucker and Orban....- A listener asks for books on Thatcher and 80s Britain... (Ed - The book Moynihan couldn’t remember on the miner’s strike is Marching to the Fault Line)- And so much more!!! Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

W/ David French- Various Notes on the Amy Cooper Interview- The Enablers- Earnest Disagreement- The Two Illiberal Wings of Twitter- False Dichotomies, All The Way Down- Negative Partisanship and the Politics of Animosity- When ‘Your’ Base Turns on You- The Home Teams Defect- Structural, Systemic, Real, Imagined- Revising the CRT Bans- The Empty Promise of CRTPublished: 8/10/21 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

...that this episode is weird. But the lads think it's good.  - Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, and Kmele - MJ, Macca, Prince- Pop Smoke / Kmele is, in fact, black- Evan is withdrawing from heroin- We need to give Kyle our bank account details- Patrick, our liberal friend- Vaccine socialism, vaccine capitalism- Some outdated stuff on Covid - "You couldn't make that today"- Kmele's band name, revealed- Send us your dating questions. Because we're not doing a dating service- Donnie and Rick Wahlberg- Audio from The Mack, for some reason, narrated by Kmele- But has he seen Hoosiers?- And is he going to hang with Toure??- Black Dune- Human smoke Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Kmele's back in NY, sweating in the Chinatown studio with Matt. Moynihan is in Miami, sweating with the Cubans and Venezuelans, so he sits this one out. But it's probably still worth listening to... - Not flying coach in Mexico- There's a kerfluffle goin' on- Talkin' CRT with friends- The one thing Matt has changed his mind on - Masking with friends in Mexico - Kmele's in the ramble - ...and then rambles into a protest - Al is moving to NYC, needs advice. Not sure he gets any - Kevin can't rap along to NWA- The nervous kid at the Apple store- JC's hopped up email on vaccines - Race and Covid outcomes / "Why aren't blacks getting vaxxed?"- Kmele on dangerous hysterics- Should this listener waste her time running for office? - John asks about climate change: two non-scientists respond- Matt compliments Matt, so obviously Matt reads it- And lots more! Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Coco Shoots Her ShotGangs All HereNew York is Back**Real Winners Don't Bother Trying Carrying MJ Off The FloorJust QuitMasks + SuperstitionSave the BabiesSurprise 🎁The Stories We Refuse to Tell OurselvesIf It HappenedRecorded: 7.27.2021Published: 7.29.2021 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Kmele is missing in Mexico (at some obscene resort, we presume, where he's oppressing the locals and ignoring his friends). Moynihan is on vacation with his wee one and has a brutal toothache*...and yet...yet...together with Mr. Matt Welch, the two of them managed the following.- Stop yer whinging, Justin- Yeah, we're not going to mention those three letters...- Assata didn't teach you. But she'll eventually teach your kid!- You will never be forgiven. Well, unless you have right on politics and murdered someone in the service of a "good cause"- So what did the Panthers actually believe?- Wackos on one side? Deplatformed from Twitter. On the other side? A professorship is waiting...- A smart person objects to a few points of masks- And even smarter person, with lots of qualifications, has an even more forceful mask objection- A drunk Bitcoin guy on a flight at 7am- Prime Day on Pluto- The dumb objections to Jeff Bezos's cock rocket from loser journalists- An Asian listener has an offer for Moynihan- Woody Guthrie, Stalinist stooge and overrated songwriter- A software solution to shitty journalism?* Moynihan note: Any incoherence in this episode is a result of the horrible pain that I experienced throughout the recording. Danke. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Update: That's what you get when you outsource audio production to Armenia. The previous file was screwy. It has been fixed. Our team in Yerevan regrets the error.------Look, maybe we shouldn't have posted this. And perhaps the only reason we can is that there were a few moments that, upon sober reflection, had to be excised. But Kmele's still reeling from being called Ibram X. Kendi's number one enabler. Matt and Moynihan are deep in their cups from the start, having spent the afternoon watching England v. Italy at a Brooklyn bar full of skanger Brits and incoherent Italians.No bullet points this week. Too tired. Too much material. But yes, as much as some of us wanted to avoid it, we go back to the tedious Rufo debate....Enjoy!(Title reference from The Replacements outtake "Portland")-  Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.