Hosting the Olympics can be a huge honor for the city that hosts the event. Cities from around the world have competed for the privilege. However, some cities which have hosted the Olympics have come to regret the decisions. In fact, they paid for the privilege of hosting the event decades after the fact. Learn more about Olympic boondoggles and the very complicated economics behind hosting the Olympic games on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the science, according to... himself. But Mary Katharine and Vic aren't so sure he—or the Biden administration, for that matter—knows how to tackle the Omicron variant. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the Mississippi abortion case, the Women's Tennis Association takes a stand against China, and we learn the history of the golf course beverage cart.
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00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
09:45 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
09:56 - The Omicron variant is here
16:00 - Fauci faces his foes
19:27 - Segment: You Love to See It
19:34 - Reporter asks Fauci a tough question
25:20 - Oral arguments at the Supreme Court on the Mississippi abortion case
33:12 - Women's Tennis Association quits China over Peng Shuai's disappearance
37:40 - Kids are increasingly cutting ties with their parents
44:35 - Golf.com tells the history of the golf course beverage cart
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Jeffrey Bachman's edited volume Cultural Genocide: Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations (Routledge, 2019) asks where the boundaries between genocide and other kinds of mass atrocity violence rest and what the stakes are in locating them here rather than there.
Bachman, Senior Professorial Lecturer at the American University and a co-host of this podcast, has assembled a wide-ranging set of scholars to consider how and why the label 'cultural genocide' has been so contentious over the past decades. Bachman's own essay (co-written with Lauren Carasik) explains how and why the term was eliminated from early drafts of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. Other essays range from theoretical examinations to contemporary case studies to inquiries about redress and reconciliation. Many highlight little known conflicts or disputes. Collectively, they will challenge the reader to reconsider earlier understandings of genocide and its causes and consequences.
Kelly McFall is Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at Newman University.
More cases of the omicron variant have been identified in the U.S., and the Biden administration announced a new plan to make at-home rapid tests covered by private health insurance, launch family vaccination clinics, extend the federal mask mandate on public transportation, and more.
Mexico agreed to allow the U.S. to restart the controversial “Remain in Mexico” asylum policy that was put into place by President Trump. The policy requires asylum seekers at the Southern border to stay in Mexico as they wait for immigration hearings.
And in headlines: MLB owners and players failed to reach a deal on a new work agreement, former Ohio Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Meade was charged with murder for the shooting of Casey Goodson Jr., and Congress approved a short-term spending bill to fund the government until mid-February.
Show Notes:
New York Times: “Why Didn’t the U.S. Detect Omicron Cases Sooner?” – https://nyti.ms/3Igjjj6
Washington Post: “Biden pledges to fight new variant ‘with science and speed,' as omicron cases multiply and winter outlook worsens” – https://wapo.st/3rLKXib
For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
We'll tell you about President Biden's latest plan to confront the Omicron variant of Covid-19: from more boosters to free tests to new travel restrictions.
Also, the return of a policy meant to ease congestion on the U.S.-Mexico border, but with some changes.
Plus, what's behind more Autism diagnoses in the United States, why it could be easier for you to find new doctors on Google, and how a generous 13-year-old used his once-in-a-lifetime wish to help others.
Do lockdowns work? Do masks? What have we learned about what government actions help prevent the spread of COVID-19, and which don't?
As public health officials and the media sound the alarm about the omicron variant of COVID-19, the answers to those questions are crucial.
Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter and author of the new book "Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives," joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to answer all those questions and more, drawing on data from various states and countries. Berenson also unpacks the damage caused by some measures taken against COVID-19.
We also cover these stories:
The Biden administration is preparing to reinstate the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy for migrants seeking asylum.
The administration announces new measures to control COVID-19 on the heels of the first confirmed U.S. infection involving the omicron variant.
A Massachusetts teacher sues her former principal and superintendent after being fired for posting videos on TikTok voicing opposition to critical race theory and gender identity ideology.
Warning: this episode contains yelling. But like, why wouldn't it. We break down oral arguments in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health aka the Handmaid's Tale-ification of the US. The conservative buffoons on the court made jaw droppingly stupid arguments, while some brilliant advocates did an amazing job fighting this losing battle. We've got clips and highlights and a whole lot of rage.
