Tim had Connor stick around, & Kyle Becker, a journalist & commentator, as the guests.
Hannah & Ian were the co-hosts.
One thing I enjoyed this episode was Tim being the one to be told he is wrong by all the panelists, at some point, over his belief that Michelle Obama is going to be the Democratic nominee. His argument boils down to Barack Obama being the one leading some of the efforts to remove Joe Biden, ergo it must be Michelle he is lobbying for. All were far more polite than Tim usually is when he asserts his infallibility.
Clip Collection:
-Tim brings up the betting markets to discuss the Democratic primary, as usual. He wonders why the odds are not higher for Michelle Obama to become the nominee, due to her husband's work "behind the scenes" to remove Biden. Connor, Hannah, & Ian remind Tim that Michelle does not want to be a politician:
-The fly returns to grace the forehead of Kyle:
-Tim refuses to drop Michelle Obama as "the pick" which is coming. Hannah continues to push back on him, with support from Kyle:
-Ian tries to explain how anyone could be pushed into committing evil acts by hook or by crook, but Tim says he would never buckle under. Then, he goes on to create a power fantasy, where he wins the presidency, & defies the military-industrial complex by "firing everybody" via executive order. Then he would resign, afterwards. Tim says he would be protected from assassination by moving into a bulletproof cubicle, in full public view, in the middle of Washington D.C.. Ian says you still need people to bring you food, water, etc. so it is not completely secure:
-Ian compares Nick Fuentes & Harry Sisson as being representative of "the hard right & hard left" young men. Ian says Harry goes "*indecipherable jabbering noise*", while Nick is "saying intellectual things, whether you agree with him or not":
-Tim says the declining quality of Marvel movies is indicative of cultural "stagnation":
-Tim explains the plans for the show, next week, in Milwaukee. Naturally, Tim leads with looking forward to going to a local casino when he arrives. Tim says he shall be hanging out with Jeremy Hambly & playing
Magic: The Gathering with him. In recounting how he beat Tim, Ian says Tim insisted on making him play against a very broken deck afterwards & refused to let him concede, despite losing by turn 3, insisting he see how much Tim won by. Ian comments that "I got what was coming to me", & we have further proof Tim is a sore loser:
-Tim reads a super-chatter talking about Ian's crazy idea that Charles is the Emperor of the British Empire. Connor educates him on how it actually works, explaining that Charles can dissolve parliament, but does not do so out. Ian begins talking about how if Charles tried to impose his order, "the praetorian guard" would just kill him, which leaves Connor dumbstruck trying to translate Ian's barminess into an intelligible thought. After a tick, Connor says that it is more like the civil service is the East India Company, wherein they follow economic incentives, not the desires of those who they rule over:
-Even a super-chatter tells Tim he is wrong about Michelle Obama's presidential ambitions:
-I have not seen
The Culture War episode, as of this post, but it appears to have gone as you would expect. Connor was gracious in victory:
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