Wallowing Around in a Gerontocracy

Plus: The editors consider what type of fresh attacks the marijuana legalization movement is likely to encounter.

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Wallowing Around in a Gerontocracy

In this week's The Reason Roundtable, Matt Welch is back alongside editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie as they wade through the missteps of our modern gerontocracy.

0:32: Nancy Pelosi's countless failures

23:23: President Joe Biden turns 80 years old

36:30: Weekly Listener Question:

Hi Friends! I like weed. Marijuana is a wonderful drug (I don't know why we keep looking for female Viagra when it already exists), and I celebrate recent expansions of legalization. There are risks, just as there are with any drug, and there is a potential for abuse. Nonetheless, if you compare the damage done by weed with the damage done by the war on drugs, it's not even close. Unsurprisingly, I have noted an uptick in news items describing the dangers of marijuana. Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal declared, "Marijuana May Hurt Smokers More Than Cigarettes Alone." The conclusion was based on a study of a whopping six marijuana-only smokers. This news trend makes me nervous. What attacks can we expect now that legalization is spreading? I'm thinking flimsy studies to convince everyone it's a major health risk (from the left) and stories about psychosis (from the right). What do you think is the next move against legal marijuana, and how can we anticipate it?

46:53: Donald Trump returns

52:51: This week's cultural recommendations

Mentioned in this podcast:

"Nancy Pelosi Embodied America's Gerontocracy Problem," by Eric Boehm

"After House Democrats' Midterm Defeat, Nancy Pelosi Says She'll Step Down From Congressional Leadership," by Christian Britschgi

"Dianne Feinstein and the Dangers of Gerontocracy," by Peter Suderman

"Joe Biden: 'Why the Hell Would I Take a Test?…Are You a Junkie?'" by Nick Gillespie

"Pot Prohibition Continues Collapsing, and Psychedelic Bans Could Be Next," by Jacob Sullum

"Republicans Contemplate a Post-Trump World," by J.D. Tuccille

"Donald Trump Announces He Will Run for President in 2024," by Joe Lancaster

Send your questions to [e-mail]. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.

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Audio production by Ian Keyser

Assistant production by Hunt Beaty

Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve

What are we consuming this week?

Peter Suderman

• Campari and Cinema

Nick Gillespie

• Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Katherine Mangu-Ward

• Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Matt Welch

• The City of David

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[Don't look at me!]

Vote everyone out, it’s not supposed to be a career.

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[Vernon Depner]

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[Public Entelectual]

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[Dillinger]

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[JeremyR]

Marijuana should be legal, but it's not a wonderful drug. The idea that smoking leaves isn't harmful for your lungs because it's not tobacco is pretty silly.

[The Margrave of Azilia]

Progressives have to pretend it's harmless because if it were harmful it would have to be banned.

[Homer Thompson]

You don’t have to smoke. There are gummies, vapes and drink powders.

[Quicktown Brix]

"The idea that smoking leaves"

You're doing it wrong.

[Don't look at me!]

The stems and seeds are where it’s at.

[TheReEncogitationer]

Not according to Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen. 🙂

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[CE]

Or your brain.

[The Margrave of Azilia]

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[Don't look at me!]

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[Vernon Depner]

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[Utkonos]

Wallowing in Nancy’s Gerontocracy is fun! We’re talking an inflatable pool filled with jello, so lots of lubricant (which you’ll need)!

[Vernon Depner]

I thought that was only happening when Nancy was out of town.

[TheReEncogitationer]

You’ll need the lubricant to slip out of her hands, slide down her stairs, and make an es-cape! 🙂

Is “Wallowing in a Gerontocracy” this Holiday Season’s version of “Walking in a Winter Wonderland?” 😉

[Utkonos]

One of us guys has to fall on the sword and find out: Does she dye her hair down there too?

[Quo Usque Tandem]

You first.

[TheReEncogitationer]

If she uses that stuff to make Punk spikes, it really would be like falling on a sword. 😉

But more likely, it would be like the bathtub scene from The Shining.
https://youtu.be/7FgGxFjte1E

Being Pan can be a real life-saver. It gives you a reserve chute, a glider, and a rocket pack as redundancies. 🙂

[Fats of Fury]

Tweety Bird also turned 80 this year and in contrast to FJB he actually did see a putty tat.

[Minadin]

Y'all misspelled 'kleptocracy'.

I'm just here to help.

[Utkonos]

“Just Here To Help” is a government job and they’re a Union Shop, Bud!

[TheReEncogitationer]

All we'd have to do is pair Government with "Oh, so you want to help Ike" Turner and Government's job would be cake. 😉

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Regarding the weekly *checks wording* "listener question", I can't help but comment:

Unsurprisingly, I have noted an uptick in news items describing the dangers of marijuana. Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal declared, "Marijuana May Hurt Smokers More Than Cigarettes Alone." The conclusion was based on a study of a whopping six marijuana-only smokers. This news trend makes me nervous. What attacks can we expect now that legalization is spreading? I'm thinking flimsy studies to convince everyone it's a major health risk (from the left) and stories about psychosis (from the right). What do you think is the next move against legal marijuana, and how can we anticipate it?

So you thought that those nominally liberal dudes in the media, so many of whom were "critical" of the "war on drugs" were going to be your friends?

[CE]

When the President is 80, it's definitely a gerontocracy.
Just make age 70 mandatory retirement age for any government jobs, including elected and appointed ones.

[RENATA the rational]

Senator Feinstein is 89 and dumber than my door knocker.
This is the Party of Youth , remember that ?

[liamjonh225]

Unsurprisingly, I have seen a rise in news reports highlighting marijuana’s risks. The Wall Street Journal published an article yesterday stating that “Marijuana May Hurt Smokers More Than Cigarettes Alone.” The finding was drawn from a research that included an astounding six marijuana-only users. This news pattern worries me. What types of assaults should we anticipate if legalisation gains traction? I’m considering weak scientific evidence (from the left) to persuade everyone that it poses a serious health risk and accounts of psychosis (from the right). What do you believe the next step will be in the fight against legal marijuana, and how can we prepare for it?0

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[Thundrbuns]

Nick taking the "it's actually the young people who suck" - classic. Call me when he's gone; if i wanted to hear old people with shit takes interrupt each other i'd watch The View.