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Episode 416 Scott Adams: Border Funding and Emergencies. Fun!

Topics: 
President Trump will sign the inadequately funded border bill, AND…

…he will declare a national emergency for balance needed


He started with a “big ask” which was shot down

Then he allowed congress to ignore the experts and fail
The public was primed to accept national emergency IF…
…congress was unable or unwilling to do their job


Can the next President declare a national emergency…

…for climate change?


Climate change solutions are hopeful, but don’t currently exist

Mark Schneider’s interesting question and proposal
Why can’t we build nuclear power plants right now?
4th generation nuclear reactors are rated VERY safe 


McCabe says after Comey was fired, Article 25 was considered

Was there ANY proof or suspicion to support that?
Or was it simply a way to remove a duly elected President?
Wasn’t that treason?


The media should NOT be let off the hook

They created an environment that fed and promoted TDS


Amazon pulls out of the NYC headquarters project

Amazon says projects like that need local support

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Episode 415 Scott Adams: Omar Versus Trump, Manafort, Spartacus

Topics: 

Manafort lied, CNN headline calls that a bombshell?
Amy Klobuchar calls the AOC New Green Deal “aspirational”
Cory Booker beginning to understand phrase, “The Party of Women”

Cory says he will “look to women first” for a VP
Men need not apply unless all women are unqualified


Kamala Harris tax rate statement not getting fact-checked by CNN
Jake Tapper’s unfair, mean-spirited coverage of President Trump

Jake and CNN believe the President is anti-Semitic…
…and Israel hasn’t noticed? How can they believe that?


TDS requires two pillars of belief that are obvious hoaxes

Charlottesville hoax
Russia collusion hoax (involving President Trump)


Human ego maintenance requires TDS victims cling to the 2 pillars

Accepting the 2 pillars as hoaxes…
…would be too large of a blow to their ego


The human brain protects ego at any cost to maintain self-image

TDS symptoms, regardless of how obvious…
…can’t be seen and understood, by the victims of TDS

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Episode 414 Scott Adams: The Mueller Non-Report, Wall Funding, Russian Oligarchs, GND Vote

Topics: 

Wall committee result ignores the recommendations of the experts
President Trump has authority to accept the wall budget…

…and THEN declare a national emergency for the balance
He also has authority to get money from other budgets


El Chapo is guilty, his 14B could possibly be grabbed for the wall
We’ve “made a list” of Russian Oligarchs

What’s it mean if you’re on that list?  Nothing, it’s just a list
BUT, it’s great psychology…we COULD do something


McConnell taking AOC’s NGD to a floor vote, with a grin

The plan is completely impractical but popular with Dems
Now they’ll be on record for or against the impracticality
The NGD is brilliant for persuasion, but not practical for vote


Jennifer Rubin, possibly the least credible writer working today

She calls Beto’s rally speech “soaring rhetoric”
Some thought he looked like a college frat boy on cocaine


CNN’s unreadably boring story about their original Mueller reports
Cory Booker the vegan, eliminates his chance at the Presidency

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Episode 413 Scott Adams: (Part 2) Talking to @Naval Ravikant About All the Important Stuff

PART 2 Topics:

Is Universal Basic Income and Socialism the future?
What form will future educational systems have?
What are life’s biggest illusions?
Thoughts on The Simulation
Old problems were about scarcity, now they’re about abundance
Book author recommendations

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Episode 413 Scott Adams: (Part 1) Talking to @Naval Ravikant About All the Important Stuff

Part 1 Topics: 

Trusting experts and science
Fusion power’s future
Crypto, here to stay?
Turn-around specialists for countries (like Venezuela)
A retirement plan for the entire U.S. legal population
What will the future of news look like?
Who currently holds the most power in the U.S.?

Who’s thumb is on the scale?


Twitter will become an unbiased protocol or…

…democracy won’t stand for its control and power


Continued in Part 2 of the broadcast

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Episode 412 Scott Adams: Border Funding, Weed, #40YearsofFailure, Apologies

Topics: 

Will Congress ignore border experts and disrespect the public?
Any diff between the experts and Congress without explanation… 

…is spitting in the face of the American public


“Finish the Wall” is clever framing
“USA” hats, seen at the rally last night, smart move by campaign
President Trump’s new hashtag for Iran, support for Iranian people

#40YearsofFailure


AOC…every Dem candidate for President, backs her Green Deal

AOC in effect, is already running the Democrat party


Virginia’s non-quitters planning to hang in there

Supporters overlooking their sins cause they were so long ago
The 20 year rule applies, if they’re better people today


A “festival of apologies” is developing, between Dems
David Duke endorses Democrat Congressperson Omar
People can like something…for completely different reasons
Kamala supports recreational weed…cause it brings people joy

Good political answer, smart voter persuasion by Kamala
Legalization is an obvious, easy path to free votes


BBC reports a Trump supporter beat up one of their reporters

Rule 1: First version of an emerging story is generally wrong


A point / counter-point listing for climate change arguments

Qualified people on both sides offer their arguments
Provide links and data to support arguments / rebuttals

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Episode 411 Scott Adams: Bill Pulte Talks About Progress on Inner City Blight and More

Topics: 

Bill Pulte discusses the Blight Authority’s impressive progress

Cleaning up areas where politicians and authorities failed
Getting rid of the crime and the drugs infesting cities
Donations fund the Blight Authority, locals love it
Bill has connections with HUD and key local authorities
https://www.theblightauthority.com/ideas/
Uses for the cleared, available land


Why is peace in the Middle East now possible?

Questions are about to be answered
Why has President Trump been so nice to Saudi Arabia?
Why has President Trump been so nice to Putin?
Iran has been pushed to the brink of bankruptcy


President Trump’s funny tweet about Amy Klobuchar in the snow

Amy and her staff appeared amateurish


Khamenei “death to America” clarification

He means death to President Trump, Pompeo and Bolton
Interesting because…

Americans like the Iranian people
Iranians like the American people




BrianOfLondon’s thoughts on the Iranian, Middle East situations

Iranian funding of Hezbollah and expansionist objectives

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Episode 410 Scott Adams: Green New Deal (GND), Universal Basic Income (UBI), Trump Tweets

Topics: 

Green New Deal (GND) contains Universal Basic Income (UBI)
UBI is money for free…for everyone, even if “unwilling to work”
The payoff for working remains: more resources and a better life

It’s almost guaranteed that in my lifetime, UBI will happen


UBI is to allow minimal survivable life capability, a safety net

like…Social Security, food stamps, welfare


GND might not contain anything that’s practical or possible

But GND is directionally positive


The Congressional border budget plan won’t be supported…

…by the border control experts
Congress is NOT a functional body for this issue


Declaring a national emergency solution…supported by the experts

Congress isn’t able to provide a solution supported by experts


CNN isn’t as rabidly anti-Trump lately, what changed?

8,000 lies in two years supposedly, did any of them matter?
There’s no examples of damage from POTUS hyperbole
Trade wars are stupid!  Hmm…new deals are better for us


Old China trade deal allowed stealing our intellectually property

New deal is stalled, cause they want to continue the stealing


“Presidential Harassment” is smart, good framing
Elizabeth Warren’s apology tour is beyond cringe worthy

She comes across as weak and apologetic

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Episode 409 Scott Adams: The News is Becoming Friendlier to President Trump Lately

Topics: 

Border budget negotiators report they might approve 2Billion

Tell us what the EXPERTS say we need, and what it costs
Is what you’re approving…what the experts say is needed?


Nobody cares about “percentages of crime”, when they’re a victim

I’ve been robbed but it’s okay.  I’m in a low crime area


Annexing Mexico into America, should we?

The cartels are running the country to a large degree


“Turnaround Groups” for stabilization of failing countries?

UN controlled, a country applies to them for assistance
A neutral organization of turnaround specialists goes in
Limited time, they do a government reorganization
NO outside military presence imposing new government


Mike Cernovich and the New Green Deal

Mike says the New Green Deal is brilliant
They’re big ideas that we have no idea how to accomplish
The fact that it’s impossible is what focuses energy


Republicans SHOULD embrace the New Green Deal objectives

Less regulations and other conservative ideals mesh nicely


If we have functional fusion energy within 20 years…

…will you still be concerned about climate change?


The personal relationship between Kim Jong-Un and President Trump

President Trump removed the REASON for NK nukes
What other American President could have credibly said…
…Hey Kim, let’s be friends!

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Episode 408 Scott Adams: The Tale of Three Hoaxes, Most Recently about Candace Owens

Topics: 

Hoax: Claim that Candace Owens praised Hitler
Hoax: President Trump’s Charlottesville statement
Hoax: Virginia doctor promoting murder of healthy newborns
Lesson: Be hesitant about believing things that are ridiculous on the surface

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