Them Boiling Frogs

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Hoo boy. I sure hope James Fallows doesn’t watch this video snippet. He’s already annoyed at Anne Applebaum’s China fearmongering, and seeing all his good work on the boiling frog myth blown up on prime time TV in a matter of seconds — well, that might just drive him over the edge. Don’t watch, Jim!