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Steven L. Taylor
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Thursday, March 14, 2024
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Tartar sauce had to come from somewhere.
Disappointed, but not surprised, to learn Throw Rogan is also a Sandy Hook truther. Pretty vile. I’m socially acquainted with RFK, Jr. through his daughter and through my best friend (who has become a conspiracy theorist). Jr. and Rodgers are a match made in hell, but perfect for each other.
It used to be if you wanted to stay safe on the subway or walking around Manhattan, just talk to yourself. People would keep their distance from you. Nowadays that won’t work.
The disconnect between fear of crime and the real crime statistics isn’t particularly mysterious; when we’re concerned about crime, we worried about what can/will happen to us, not about danger to others at large.
@DK:
The only real conspiracy is the conspiracy to get people to believe in conspiracies.
@DK: I don’t know whether Joe Rogan’s current influence and staggering stupidity with conspiracy theories makes old episodes of Newsradio better or worse. He played a conspiracy-minded handyman at the radio station, disconnected from (but adjacent to) reality. It’s like we are living in an unfortunate spinoff where his character has become one of the most popular and influential podcast hosts in America.
Also, the character was also Joe, which is evidence of my pet theory that if a character has the same name as the actor, it’s because they are barely acting, and cannot be trained to turn their head or respond to any other name.
@Gustopher:
What I find odd is the claim western nations needed help from Graham Hancock delusions in order to build something in the XX century.
Usually such claims are made only about major architectural works in what today are low or middle income countries, like Egypt, Mexico, Cambodia, etc.. Usually major works by the Greeks and Romans get a pass.
But the really amazing thing, is ruins of an ancient super civilization just happened to be on the sites chosen, at the times needed, and designed for a specific purpose.
@Gustopher:
Have you relayed this theory to the actor who played Jack Torrence and Jack Napier?
@Gustopher:
Since the rise of streaming, I’ve noticed some broad categories of TV shows, at least as they apply to me. Newsradio falls in the category I call “good enough to watch when there’s nothing better on or anything better to do.”
@Kathy: It is a very dated TV show, with a formula and structure that was nearing the end of its life when it was aired. At this point it requires just being a mood to roll with that.
That said, watch the episode “Rat Funeral”. S2, Ep 3. Genius.
“Super Karate Monkey Death Car” and “The Cane” have a special place in my heart, but they are really kind of mediocre episodes carried by great B-plots. “Rat Funeral” is pure joy (and allegedly written as part of an NBC theme night to promote the upcoming network broadcast premiere of “Four Weddings And A Funeral”)