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 On Jan 26, Mediaite’s Panel Nerds (@PanelNerds) came by for the Garry Trudeau program. On Jan 27 they were here again for Andy Borowitz and last night for Justice Ginsburg. Their reports are fantastic, informative, and comprehensive, offering analysis, quotes, and thoughts. We have suggested they take up residence here, and while they probably aren’t going to take us up on that, they do agree that we serve up the most-and-best talks in the city, and all three talks got a Thumbs Up. Here is a quick recap of their reviews:
Panel Nerds on Garry Trudeau, David Levinthal and David Stanford: War in Afghanistan and Iraq: “We have emotionally outsourced the war.” - Garry Trudeau sums up the degree to which our everyday lives are disconnected from soldiers’ sacrifices.
Panel Nerds on The Andy Borowitz Report: Obama’s First Year (video here): “Here we have a president who only escalated one war and he gets the Nobel Peace Prize. Think about how low the bar was set by President Bush.” - Jeffrey Toobin makes us wonder what escalating no wars would earn.
Panel Nerds on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: She said it was crucial to have more than one woman (she was the sole woman on the court for three years between Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement and Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s appointment) so that people don’t think that women are all identical in thought and approach. Having multiple women express different opinions is a way to demonstrate diversity. In an argument for further diversity, she said that during the time she shared the bench with O’Connor, once a year a lawyer would call her “Justice O’Connor” or call Justice O’Connor “Justice Ginsburg.” No one has called her Justice Sotomayor so far.
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