p.j. o'rourke. over the past 20 years, if you're in a book be close to 20 times . for supplement 2007 our monthly: program "in depth", p.j. o'rourke discusses politics writing in white his humor to address political and social issues. >> is a real picture of you. p.j. yes pretty i was i would guess that was 1971. the point positive. i think abortion left would be the easiest way to summon up. i was a left-winger. but i did not make enough sense to actually be a communist or anything of that . statement . the transformation occur. p.j. is gradual. i can just wrote about this. there is a book coming out from the over institution. they are backing this. as cold why i turned right. it's a story bunch of us why we came became) salons tournament tell it. luckily the short version. i was a radical leftist . very much in favor of marxist socialist. in america. i get a job. paying $150 a week. i was a messenger in new york. $150 in a week has a lot of money as far as i was concerned. it was in the

is that what p.j. o'rourke thinks is freedom? >> host: we will get to the free market question in a second but -- >> guest: one on republican. >> host: he was on the democratic line. in your dedication to give war a chance here is what you write. like many men of my generation i had an opportunity to give war a chance and promptly chickened out. i went to my draft physical with a doctor's letter about my history of drug abuse, the letter was 4 and a half pages long with 3 and a half pages devoted to listing the drugs i abuse. i was shunted into the office of an army psychiatrist at the end of a 45 minute interview, was pounding his desk and shouting you don't belong in the army. he was certainly right on the first count and possibly right on the second. anyway i didn't have to go but that meant someone else had to go in my place. i would like to get indicate -- dedicate this book to him. i hope you got back in your place, hope you were more used your putin made that you would have been. hope you're rich and happy now in 1971 when

p.j. tucker, the head butt, things got nasty there.k at sports, we'll be right back. >>> actually we have golf real quick. hideki matsuyama opened the day with a chip-in from the bunker. he's your co-leader at 1 under. jon rahm you'll see shortly here, massive blunder there, picks the ball and lost a stroke. so it's matsuyama and dustin johnson, your co-leaders at great day on the lake! it is. lunch is cookin'! and i saved a bunch of money on my boat insurance with geico. fellas, can it get any better than this? whoa! my old hairstyle grew back. so did mine. [80's music] what? i was an 80's kid. it only gets better when you switch and save with geico. >>> tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00, open or closed. we sort out what businesses will be operating on monday, including if wineries will be pouring again in napa. >>> and damage from the czu wildfire is so widespread it even made it to the ocean. hear from evacuees who are waiting to return to their homes in santa cruz county. >>> okay, finally tonight, san jose firefighters saluted one of

what you've just described to me as a p.j. would. you fly who are rescue club 195 1st up that's impressive because a lot of higher handicap players i don't know what you're shooting to but they were always the exit thank you floor it under the green with a rescue it's a hell that would give me my friend no no that's that was one it was you know listen there's a great thing about golf and this is you know is that on any given day we can hit a shot one shot in a round as good as any crow on the planet and that's what makes it such a beautiful game and that's what you remember and that's why you keep coming back to this torture. you know to humiliate yourself time and time again i could talk golf all day but then i'd be on the golf channel so i want to talk to them about yeah yeah the big ugly came out on july 31st i read the notes on it appears to me something like the river thames meets the lake of the ozarks it's got a little money laundering and stuff like that that i believe takes place and up a lot do i have there do i have the ba

dennis schroder pets bikd but throws a low blow in the process and gets ejected and p.j. tucker out as well. rockets take a 3-2 series lead, 114-80. game five between the magic and bucks, giannis antetokounmpo. the triple and orlando is down three with 7:30 to go but under 2:30 now, giannis he buries it, they will play miami in the semis. that's your look at sports. have a great sunday. back to you. >> lisa, how is it almost september already? this year has gone by so fast and also so long. a lot of people are like let's get through 2020 now. >> get it over with, almost entering september. a couple more days of august, and we are looking at a pattern change in terms of our weather, right on cue, as the new month starts. a look at live doppler 7, a look at the low clouds that are up in the north bay, the south bay, we have clear conditions in concord but you have a little bit of haze in livermore, also in san jose, and as we look at our satellite imagery here, we had a trough of low pressure off the coast allowing for a lot of fog the past few days and now you can just kin

he would be ejected as well as p.j. tucker for the head butt.ockets outscored the thunder big in the third, and they take a 3- 2 series lead. this is abc 7 sports report, sponsored by river rock casino. >>> new details are emerging about the police shooting of jacob blake. what we now know about the investigation and a possible visit from president trump. >>> and he played the iconic black panther while quietly you can adjust youriggest sacomfort on both sides...eep your sleep number setting.. can it help me fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable will it help me keep up with mom? you got this. so you can really promise better sleep? not promise... prove. and now, all beds are on sale. save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus 0% interest for 60 months on all smart beds. ends monday. it's not going away. covid-19. more than ever, california needs rapid coronavi

dennis schroeder gets picked but throws a low blow in the process and gets ejected and p.j.well. rockets take a 3-2 series lead, 114-80. game five between the magic and bucks, giannis antetokounmpo. 22 of his 28th game in the first half. the triple and orlando is down three with 7:30 to go but under 2:30 now, giannis he buries it, they close out the series. they will play miami in the semis. that's your look at sports. have a great sunday. back to you. >>> lisa, we've had a little bit of a cooldown but i >> that's right, liz. with that cooldown we have the robust marine layer that bngs increased relative humidity. that brings more moisture in the air, which is all a good thing for the firefighting efforts. those breezy onshore winds have not been great. a we're going to reverse the to start and end the week. things will get more challenging for the fires. as we look at live doppler 7, the fog all the way down through the central coast, southern bcalifornia. we had a system here off the coast that allowed that marine layer to grow taller, over 1,500 feet. a ridge of high pres

dennis schroder pets bikd but throws a low blow in the process and gets ejected and p.j.r out as well. rockets take a 3-2 series lead, 114-80. game five between the magic and bucks, jigeige giannis antetoko. the triple and orlando is down three with 7:30 to go but under 2:30 now, giannis he buries it, they will play miami in the semis. that's your look at sports. have a great sunday. back to you. >> all right, lisa, another check of the weather this morning. >> all right, liz. little has changed. we have our marine layer running deep with mist and drizzle along the coast. it's over about 1,200, 1,300 feet reaching into the east bay and look at current numbers, are cool in the 50s, a few 60s closer to the water from oakland and hayward but we have the haze, and we have some fog, so take it slow if you're headed out this morning. we will be looking at minor improvements. we have some pretty good conditions with the air quality and then they expect to go downhill a little bit. visibility two miles in half moon bay and haze i why out y i. high pressure is building in and as i

gravity and let the happy about that one which may be a p.j. media and i have. with the bonds between arab and turks now broken most of a commom and the independent turkey state turned their backs not only on their own past but on the arab peoples as a whole. the arabs were now on their own. when it becomes clear that the occupation of these regions is going to take place at the british and french armies are not going to leave that the british and french empires states are going to impose a colonial regime armed opposition armed revolt becomes an obvious and almost foregone conclusion. follows ilsa one was one of the arab generation that lived through the horrors of world war one. he started as an officer in the autumn an army but after the war he joined king faisel when he ruled syria and fozzy also fought at my saloon in 1920. when the syrian revolution against the french erupted 5 years later he didn't hesitate to join the nationalist side. malik told to also watch these close friends yaki also keep in this house in beirut where he and fuzzy used to meet. som

p.j. x is safer, much stronger balance sheet.h if you get them before wednesday have real potential to pop. charles: michael, we were talking about your optimism in this market. i want to point out you have a program, you call it the four pillars. i have a actually a three pillar approach, liquidity, rates, economic data and earnings. the economic data that's coming out i think is not getting enough attention. overall it is overwhelmingly good. the earnings guidance has been overwhelmingly good. what you do think the financial media is missing? because the numbers speak volumes where we could be going? >> charles, i think unfortunately politics has infected everything and so what you're seeing now is the result of the trump administration's economic policies, okay? and the inability for him to get credit for it. they have fundamentally changed the way business is done in america. 2017 was the largest deregulatory event in the history of the country combined with the largest tax reform in the history of the country. the step-back,

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the fact that we had to do something to a man sadly for telling the truth and p.j. dr. y fauci is always how broken our country is at this moment. but we are still here ever particularly the communities who are the most the least resilient. the only way through his through voting predict elect new leadership. intellect representation . representation that sees us and that listens to us. as part of the responsibility that each of us hold to not given to the press of evil. and that strong language used but there is nothing that is less evil than watching people die when you know you can do something about it. in fact the new accelerated because you rear deliberate inaction in this what we are watching happen. i believe the solution is twofold. number one we need the u.s. senate to pass the heroes act. in the heroes act will validate $3.6 billion to our election across the country. at $3.6 billion will pay for but by mail. you will hear all the stories about how it's fraudulent. and the only fraud we've heard about recently when it comes to the mail is the fact that donald

. >> reporter: about 100 miles outside chicago, p.j. of meridian 223, is nervous about reopening in two weeks. >> but the thing that keeps me up at night is the health and wellness of our students and staff and that if i make a decision or lead the board down a road that's too aggressive, that we could be, you know, literally putting someone's life at risk. and that is a burden that i did not assume that was going to be part of my job description when i became a superintendent. >> reporter: the debate over whether to open schools has divided the country. many teachers are scared. [ chants ] while this weekend, parents rallied in georgia calling for schools to reopen, worried their children will fall behind, in new jersey superintendent dr. sergeant says it's impossible to please everyone. >> i'll have moments where i really think that our planning is going well and i'm feeling confident about things. and then typically something will wake me up in the middle of the night. >> reporter: on a scale of one to ten, what is the chance that yo

us all the time and great writers and the great rates of denise maina and myself and joy mcavoy and p.j. corrigan jetta 300 they're called i do thompson and it was a monster by grandmother and i miss the player not her grandkids but very funny. political as well and we were going to do that at the french this year but sad to not get it back as part of other d. it's a great piece a lot of stuff a lot and more a right to golic for big voice although i would die i was soon i don't the guy millie know i'm very quiet retiring as you knew i like to look. like behind a blue shelf. but the question in what you've been doing during the the law what is it like for do when the performances as no place to go to the required power from the fight so many people be but look at economic hardship but just the lack of fight to put up with the few rating of even planning for the the future of what is a an act of do good in lockdown initially of course i was just resting. and enjoying the rest that i wanted to have for 15 years more l. this horror show was going on outside so it was you were almost like an