The Steel on Steel Short Show with John Loeffler

There is what's known as a black or white fallacy surrounding this coronavirus pandemic: it's either no big deal or it's the end of the world. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. In this week's extended boralogue, John covers the facts, not the fiction, behind the disease. He begins by accurately stating the medical truth of the virus and then pivots to the economic impact.

He is then joined by his better half, Carol Loeffler, to further explore how the coronavirus is affecting various countries financially on the global geo-economic chessboard. They then examine the virus's influence on the oil markets.

Will this black swan event push us into a recession or could it also push us into a long emergency? John welcomes back to the program futurist and author James Kunstler (www.kunstler.com), who discusses the future of oil and shale production in the U.S., where transportation is headed, and the danger when crises like this threaten what we perceive as normality.

We finish off the show with Dr. Jenna Silakoski (www.northidahodpc.com), a physician in North Idaho, who gives a realistic on the ground view of the coronavirus and how she is handling it from a doctor's perspective.

On this week's extra segment, we play John's latest guest appearance on local radio station KYMS with host Lee Lancaster. In addition to giving a martyred church update, John discusses with Lee the coronavirus (as well as an interesting way to keep from getting it) and defending your faith in times of trouble.

This week's 'Short Show' is segments 1-3

03/14/2020 The Long Emergency II
Podcast Episode Chapters - (Segment start time)

1 - Boralogue - Coronavirus: Medical Facts (1:51)
2 - John Loeffler - Coronavirus: Economic Impact (13:29)
     John & Carol Loeffler - Coronavirus: Global Economic Chessboard (22:27)
3 - John & Carol Loeffler - Coronavirus: Political Aspects (26:24)
     John & Carol Loeffler - Coronavirus: Impact on Oil Markets (30:22)
4 - James Kunstler - Future of Oil in the U.S. (39:46)
5 - James Kunstler - When Crises Threaten Normality (52:40)
6 - James Kunstler - Future of Transportation (1:06:03)
     Dr. Jenna Silakoski - Coronavirus from a Doctor's Perspective (1:11:26)
7 - Extras Segment - John's Appearance on KYMS (1:18:57)

     End of Show (1:51:38)

 

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The Overton Window is a perception at any given moment of what is acceptable in society. In this week's extended boralogue, John gives several examples of how the Overton Window has drifted leftward over the decades. It was originally moored in Judeo-Christian values but then broke free and caused a progressive change in society that has left us on a pitching deck of constantly changing, relativist, self-contradicting ideas.

Conservative speech is being curtailed all over the world, but nowhere so egregiously than in Germany. Attorney Jared Peterson (amgreatness.com) joins us to discuss the tactics of the very leftist German media, plans to shut down dissenting speech, the thwarting of democracy in the German state of Thuringia, and pushback against the Left from some very unlikely sources.

John takes a moment to examine the philosophies of government and economics in regards to the ultimate success or failure of a society. He then welcomes JR Dunn (www.americanthinker.com), Consulting Editor at American Thinker, who shines a light on the confusion, uproar, contradictions, and oftentimes lack of strategy from the Left.

On this week's extra segment, we play a double feature from recent past on dysfunction and political correctness on college campuses, specifically with professors who don't tow the leftist line. First, we have Robert Lopez from January 2017 followed by Michael Rectenwald from August 2018. Both share their experiences with woke colleagues and administrators.

This week's 'Short Show' is segments 1-4

03/07/2020 Window to the Left
Podcast Episode Chapters - (Segment start time)

1 - Boralogue - The Overton Window (2:04)
2 - John Loeffler - Overton Window Continued (13:29)
    Jared Peterson - German Leftist Media and Government (19:39)
3 - Jared Peterson - Thwarting of Democracy in Thuringia, Germany (26:24)
4 - Jared Peterson - Push-back on the Left in Germany (39:16)
5 - John Loeffler - Philosophy of Government & Economics (52:11)
6 - JR Dunn - Contradictions and Lack of Strategy on the Left (1:05:33)
    John Loeffler - Good Ways to Do Nothing (1:13:16)
7 - Extras Segment - Robert Lopez, 2017 & Michael Rectenwald, 2018: College PC (1:18:27)

    End of Show (1:58:08)

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John looks at social justice warriors with their name it and shame it games, outrage campaigns, and even violent mobs.

Karen Hurvitz discusses how her client's life changed after his MAGA hat was stolen by his teacher who then waged a legal and outrage campaign against him.

Anne Schlafly Cori explains why the Equal Rights Amendment has made a comeback recently and why it's a bad idea.

Extra Segment - John comments on globalism and the long running agenda to obliterate sovereignty.

Gerard Lameiro is back with us to discuss several examples of failed socialist governments and predictions for the 2020 elections.

Howard Husock describes how federal dollars from our government have changed the character of local civil organizations.

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer examines the Blaine Amendment in relation to public funding for Catholic schools.

Extras Segment - Robert Congdon from February 2012 followed by Pat Caddell from June 2018. Both give predictions about the future of the EU.

John gives a backgrounder on how America's thinking and worldview has evolved over the last century. Olivier Melnick dissects the different versions of antisemitism and urges Christians to speak out against it or they could be next. Vishal Mangalwadi and David McDonald discuss misinformation within Islam amd why some Muslims have trouble adapting to Western society. Extras Segment - John and Lee on KYMS discuss Coronavirus, media narratives, intersectionality, and the inability of progressives to debate.

Socialism is the mechanism which transforms government from its noble role as a protector into a predator and, since the citizens of our fine country seem determined to plow through socialism to its bitter end, we should examine the territory through which these three sad steps lead. The events described in this piece are a composite of the ravages of socialism experienced in other countries. While each country does experience all the events portrayed, all socialist countries follow the same miserable path.

John looks at Coronavirus and how it's possible that this could be a virus weaponization situation. Joshua Philipp from Epoch Times joins us to give a history of Marxism and what it does to a society. Jim Hollingsworth discusses his climate manual that explains several issues surrounding the climate change controversy. Extras Segment - We play two Boralogues from 6/2008 & 9/2009 on the three steps of Socialism and how it infiltrates and affects our education system.