RockneCAST

In this caffeinated episode, I explain why we should stop using WW2 as the ONLY argument to support Ukraine war funding.

I recently saw a Youtube video of Brian Kilmeade, of Fox New and Vivek. In that episode, Kilmeade pulled out the WW2 trump card, and in this episode, I explain with great clarity why Kilmeade is wrong and why we need a new framework for advocating or opposing Ukraine War funding.

Javier Milei, the Argentinian "Trump", recently won the presidency of Argentina. In this episode, I explore why he won, what we can learn from it, and what it means for the U.S.

I just read Stephen Ambrose's book Citizen Soldiers, which covers the US Army from the day after D-Day on June 7, 1944 through the surrender of Germany.

Loved this book!

Whoa, just finished the awesome book, "Hue:1968" by Mark Bowden in 2017. The Battle of Hue occurred during the Tet Offensive in 1968 and was a pivotal battle in the Vietnam war, leading to the famous stalemate broadcast by Walter Cronkite.

I think this book bombed when it came out because of Vietnam fatigue. I grabbed it off the discount table at Prairie Lights in Iowa City. I knew I'd like it because of the author, Mark Bowden who is most famous for "Black Hawk Down" and "Killing Pablo." He's a bad ass writer and about as good as it gets in terms of bringing the sights, smells, and emotions of combat.

Until Zuckerberg comes up with combat VR, the book was just about as close as you can get to feel what's it's like to be in urban combat.

In this episode, I cover the happy health benefits of sauna.

Use this awesome electrolyte after your sauna!

Recently, a video involving leading Canadian conservative politician, Pierre Poilievre, went viral.

It's hilarious. Watch it on Youtube or just search for Google: Pierre Poilievre apple video.

In this video, I explore why it worked so well and how Republicans could learn from this video.

Every politician or political consultant should watch this video. It distills a year of political and economics education into 10 minutes.

I also offer up an issue that either Dems or Republicans could use to win the next state election and use Poilievre's techniques to frame the issue, explain the issue, and use the issue to win.

Loved doing this podcast!!

Nikki and Ron are totally focused on establishing who has the has the best China policy, but in my view, they are totally wasting their time and will not win themselves any votes!

They either need to resign or get new political campaign managers.

In this episode, I explain why.

Legendary basketball coach Bob Knight passed away on November 1. In this episode, I try to answer the question: did his methods justify the results?

I also cover college basketball in the 80's during the peak of the Knight Era.

In this episode, I explore the incompetence of Joe Biden and his propaganda outlet, the NY Times, as they lead the USA into an unwise and unnecessary war.