Rum Doings Episode 201: A Revelatory Outburst
by John Walker on Sep.29, 2015, under Rum Doings
In our 201th ever Rum Doings, our topic is shouldn’t the United States simply adopt A4?
Recorded a couple of weeks back, this episode features the wondrous thunderous Judge Coxcombe, and we discuss Game Of Thrones Christmas toys, the poor greenscreen of Once Upon A Time, our daemons, and our favourite Star Treks. And then, somehow, European politics.
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September 29th, 2015 on 17:56
Judge Coxcombe’s “pig fucker” phrase was prescient wasn’t it.
September 29th, 2015 on 23:20
Robert Duncan McNeill is doing alright as a producer and director. The Voyager actor who’s completely fallen off the deep end is Jennifer Lien: http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/jennifer-lien-arrested-star-trek-voyager-1201594328/
September 30th, 2015 on 03:38
wrt the Cline novel’s video game reference being contemporary: Portal came out eight years ago.
October 2nd, 2015 on 11:45
Nick tried to explain our idea for a Star Trek reboot but was rudely talked over. So I shall inflict it here. Federation: following the President’s minions as they attempt to paper over the cracks of the disintegrating alliances and endemic corruption. They’d have a spaceship too because we like spaceships and battles and stuff.
October 2nd, 2015 on 11:46
You need to talk more about My Little Pony.
October 6th, 2015 on 12:08
WRT Nick’s comment about whether the sudden change in attitudes to gay people being replicable with other matters- certainly, you could also look at attitudes towards drugs as another interesting example of that. The country that has always been one of the most vehement pro drug-prohibition places in the world, now has two states where weed is legal, and a few more where it virtually is as well. I wonder if we’ll be seeing a massive shift in federal drug laws and public attitudes in the US in the next 10 years. Perhaps also for attitudes to climate change.
October 7th, 2015 on 05:26
US opinion on marriage equality reached a tipping point when the public realized it wasn’t threatened by normal-looking white folks who wanted to tie the knot.
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/marriage.png
The same kind of attitudes are what drive the differences in sentencing for possession of crack vs cocaine.
October 14th, 2015 on 15:43
The D&D cartoon is exactly as terrible and amazing as John says. He didn’t even get to talking about FREAKING TIAMAT!