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Episode 339 Scott Adams: Fixing Immigration, CO2, Beto, Loserthink and Hyperbole

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Jordan Peterson interviews Bjorn Lomborg about climate change
We all think…that we know how to think.  A lot of us are wrong.
Bricks (or jet fuel) constructed from CO2

Review of dumbest comments I received on this topic


Cognitive dissonance from recent tweet about the news is fake

Both sides are lying all the time
Sometimes…the truth is the worst option to select


Is the President’s lying, bad for the country?

Aren’t results the determining factor?


You are NOT…your good thoughts

What you DO, is who you are


Beto is being seriously considered as the Dem 2020 candidate
Joel Pollack article about President and Congress finding middle ground

Both sides agree on need, only the descriptor is an issue
Call it a “Wence”, a combination of Wall and Fence


Idea: Job finding app for people from other countries to come here

Jobs aren’t listed or available till Americans have had 1st shot
Sponsorship of the potential immigrant that assumes responsibility

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Episode 338 Scott Adams: Imaginary Presidential Risk, LBGTQ Under Trump, Inauguration Expenses

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CNN says Trump Hotel in Washington overcharged campaign

Every hotel charges as much as they can get…so what?
No better place to hold the event, negotiation advantage


Reading CNN for the jokes…

Trumps worst nightmare!
Devastating revelations!


Highly qualified lawyers are debating IF actions were illegal

NOT debating guilt, they’re debating if a crime exists


LGBTQ pushback on my opinion yesterday

Trump’s live and let live attitude has fostered acceptance
No more anti-gay talk from the GOP
Pence has been silenced in support of President Trump


Transgender in the military

Discrimination in the military is by design and universal preference
Is it just a cost consideration?


Twitter photoshopped Nazi images gone in one day…thank you!

Google still shows the images in top 10 results
Are there other racist images allowed on Google?


The “network effect” of social media platforms

If all your friends are on a platform…so are you
New platforms have difficulty replacing existing ones


An app to auto-post tweets to multiple social media platforms

No comments, just the original tweets

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Episode 337 Scott Adams: Mika’s Apology, China, Google, and my Plan for Border Funding

Topics: 

Mika apologizes to the gay community, but not Mike Pompeo

I accept apologies, even if they might not be sincere


President Trump’s China policies are brilliant so far

What world leader is doing better than President Trump?


Nancy Pelosi says building a wall is immoral

Weak negotiation strategy


Google fixed their search results, bogus photos gone

Google image search still shows the photos


President Trump’s support for LGBTQ

1st President to come into office supporting them


Wall funding solution…a panel of engineers (Whiteboard)

Engineers don’t lie for a living like politicians
Engineers won’t build a wall where it doesn’t make sense

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Episode 336 Scott Adams: How Google is Ruining my Life for Political Reason. Are You Next?

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Google Scott Adams…
Google search results 4 and 5 are phony pix of me in Nazi uniform
Click the 4th link, goes to a phony Twitter account, 15 followers
Is Google intentionally trying to screw me over?
If the photos remains up, is Google trying to destroy me?

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Episode 335 Scott Adams: Paying for the Wall, The Cohen Nothing and White Supremacists

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Russian advanced level robot with person inside
President Trump’s fun tweet about Mexico paying for the wall

Does his improved version of NAFTA cover the cost?
Or is it “just” a much better deal for us for trade?


North Korea building a railroad from north to south

People are working on the reunification north/south want
No threats, no building missiles or lobbing them in our direction


Gavin McInnes says there are very few actual white supremacists
Whiteboard: Racists I Hate

How many supremacists exist today, does anyone know?
Is the number vanishingly small and getting even smaller?
However bad we used to be, we’re making progress


CNN mind-reading headline says President is “seething” over Cohen

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Episode 334 Scott Adams: Wondering if we got Everything Wrong About Russia

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Is the Russian government unorganized and incompetent?
Putin personally checked…says Maria Butina isn’t a spy

Does Putin know everything going on in Russia?
Did he know somebody spent $4,700 on election influence?


Prince Salman, was he in on the detailed planning?

Or did he just give a generic “silence him” order? 


Mika Brzezinski calls Mike Pompeo a “Butt Boy”

Homophobic insensitivity?


Democrats: Women and men who believe in the superiority of women
Millennials influenced by social media entering the job market
Pro Tip: You deserve NO credit for accomplishments of others…

…who happen to have the same skin pigmentation as you
…who happen to have the same genitalia as you 


Judging people by their mistakes is “loser think”

How they handle their mistakes is what matters


20 Year Rule of Forgiveness:

Don’t judge people by anything they did or said 20 years ago
Let people grow, evolve, improve

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Episode 333 Scott Adams: The Trump/Schumer/Pelosi Meeting, Cohen, and “Manhood”

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Branding the Trump shutdown

Possibly the safest position anyone has ever taken in public


Classic President Trump: The meeting with Chuck and Nancy
Pelosi’s position: The Wall should be a stand-alone negotiation

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Episode 332 Scott Adams: Wondering Why Wall Funding Can’t be Negotiated in Public

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President Trump has a strong motivation to call it a wall.
Dems have a strong motivation to prevent Trump accomplishments
Both sides are in complete agreement, only what to call it is disputed

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Episode 331 Scott Adams: The New Standard of Justice, Time, Climate Models, Fentanyl

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Time’s Person of the Year: Fake News!

Time put Trump on the cover, without putting him on cover


Things that aren’t crimes are closing in on President Trump
CNN video mocking “climate deniers”

The RATE of warming is the problem
Scientists tend to be terrible at communicating their point


Would China want it publicized that they Fentanyl Kill 30,000 year?

Why doesn’t China themselves have a Fentanyl problem?


Googles defense that they aren’t illegitimately affecting democracy

Advertising doesn’t work?
The Google algorithm affects what people think and believe


“Loser Think” is an unproductive way of thinking

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Episode 330 Scott Adams: The Two Mueller Movies, With Delicious Coffee

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CNN legal experts continue finding things that aren’t a crime…

…but they’re almost a crime, if things were different


John Dean says congress has to impeach President Trump now
Hypnosis to cure addiction, about a third succeed

Hypnosis only works when the patient wants the outcome
The variable that predicts success is desire to kick
You have to HATE your addiction in order for hypnosis to help


Would the founders have written the constitution differently…

…if they were aware of the internet and current technology?


Thought experiment: 2 sets of healthcare laws or gun ownership

Opt in for one set of laws, or be subject to the other set
Establish method for transition from one set to another


Will Trump legalize weed federally before the election?
Why I don’t drink alcohol or think it’s good, even in moderation
Pleasure Unit Theory: Humans need a certain amount of pleasure…

…in order to not kill themselves
Lack of pleasure causes people to seek it where they can


Will the countries who restrict/control immigration best…

…be the ones who thrive in the future?
Limited unskilled jobs VS. unlimited incoming people


President Trump’s Paris Accord tweet
President Trump’s “The Dick” tweet

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