Sorry... That's Not Your Money...

On this week’s episode of What the Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod gather on the Ides of March to wrestle with one of the great mysteries of modern life. No, not the meaning of existence. Something far more perplexing. Why does everything suddenly feel just a little bit insane?The show kicks off with the latest political earthquake in Washington State, where a newly passed “millionaire’s tax” has inspired several very wealthy residents to pack their bags and relocate to places where the sunshine is warm and the tax codes are friendlier. Rabbi Dave has a simple warning for the rest of the country. If you think those billionaires are arriving with a sudden change of heart, you may want to check your assumptions and possibly lock the doors.From there the conversation wanders, as it often does, into the strange territory of social media outrage, questionable political logic, and the growing suspicion that something odd is happening to public discourse. Are people actually getting dumber? Or are the loudest voices simply drowning out the rest of civilization?Along the way there are stories from Navy chow halls, suspicious steak and lobster dinners before bad news, and a Wyoming strip club dispute that proves reality still writes the strangest scripts.All that, plus coffee. Or at least the tragic lack of it.