That Was The Week That Was
The Gang of Five has a very long discussion centered on the momentous events of the week of January 4, 2021, focusing on 1) The insurrection at the Capitol; 2) The Democrats’ victory in the Georgia Senate runoffs; 3) The questions regarding vaccination efforts in the United States.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy (Trump’s Gonna Lose)
In this episode (perhaps emboldened by the absence of Peggy Bennett and her usual calming effect on everyone) Jim doubles down on his January prediction that Trump not be re-elected in November.
For purposes of (literal) devil’s advocacy only, Shelly takes the opposite position. John, meanwhile, whines and worries and complains about the state of politics in the U.S. and the decline of western civilization generally.
This episode is our layperson version of a FiveThirtyEight podcast. Our one advantage over them is that we are not professionals and are unburdened by actually knowing what we are talking about.
