♪ ♪
>> START THE CLOCK.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
YOU'RE SO KIND, HOW ARE YOU
DOING?
THANK YOU FOR MASKING UP.
HOW ABOUT A HAND FOR OUR --
THANK YOU.
SAVE IT.
HOW ABOUT A HAND FOR OUR
PRODUCER DEAN JOHNSON WHO DID A
WARM UP?
USUALLY THE REGULAR WARM UP GUY
IS SICK, HE DID IT, THAT WAS
FUCKING PAINFUL, THANK YOU,
DEAN.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT HERE AT HOME BUT I KNOW
WHY YOU'RE HAPPY AND PROBABLY AT
HOME, WE REACHED 100 DAYS IN THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S LIKE AMERICA WAS ON A THREE
MONTH JUICE CLEANSE.
[LAUGHTER]
I FEEL SO MUCH LIGHTER.
IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH TRUMP WAS
IN THERE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
JOE CELEBRATED WITH HIS FAVORITE
BEER, "OLD MALARKEY."
BUT HE'S GOT A LOT TO CELEBRATE,
THE ECONOMY IS SURGING.
GROWTH, 6.4%.
A LOT OF THIS BECAUSE WE WERE
STUCK LAST YEAR BUT EVEN AT ANY
TIME, AND ONE QUARTER 6.4%.
[APPLAUSE]
THIS IS FOX NEWS IS WORST
NIGHTMARE, THEY CONVINCE
EVERYBODY BIDEN IS A SOCIALIST,
THEN OH SHIT, IT'S WORKING.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW
RAPIDLY THIS ECONOMY IS MOVING,
TAKE A CHART OF THE OSCAR
RATINGS AND TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN.
[LAUGHTER]
SAD.
10 MILLION PEOPLE, IT USED TO
GET SUPER BOWL NUMBERS.
10 MILLION, THIS SHOW HAS GOTTEN
ALMOST HALF OF THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
ONE OF THE WINNERS WENT UP THERE
AND DID THAT THING THEY ALWAYS
DO, THANKED HIS AGENT AND GOD
AND TOLD HIS KIDS GO TO BED AND
THE BABYSITTER TEXTED BACK "THEY
ALREADY DID."
[LAUGHTER]
NOBODY LIKED THIS SHOW.
THE ECONOMISTS SAY THEY SURGE
THE ECONOMY IS DRIVEN BY YOU
PEOPLE, THE CONSUMER, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
PEOPLE ARE SPENDING.
IT'S LIKE WE ARE ALL STRIPPERS.
[LAUGHTER]
AND THE GOVERNMENT MADE IT RAIN
AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO HIT JIMMY
CHOO.
I CAN SEE IT ON THE DRIVE IN
TODAY, I SO I PACKED CAR
DEALERSHIP, I SAW A LONG LINE
FOR AN OPEN HOUSE AND THERE WERE
TWO PEOPLE AT SEARS!
[LAUGHTER]
SO CRUEL TO SEARS.
I TRY TO GIVE A PANHANDLER FIVE
BUCKS TODAY, HE TOLD ME TO MAKE
A MORE SERIOUS OFFER.
[LAUGHTER]
JOE, DID YOU SEE HIS SPEECH?
WHAT REALLY IS THE STATE OF THE
UNION, HIS FIRST ONE.
[APPLAUSE]
YOU DID, OKAY.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GOOD, HE HASN'T
BEEN A MEMBER OF CONGRESS SINCE
2008, A LOT OF NEW FACES, A LOT
OF NEW NAMES, HE THOUGHT AOC WAS
THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN WEED.
[LAUGHTER]
HE DID PRETTY WELL, 22 MILLION
PEOPLE WATCHED.
IT'S INTERESTING, THE OLDER
DEMOCRATS SOUGHT ON TV, THE
MILLENNIALS WATCHED ON THEIR
PHONE AND THE QANON FOLKS
LISTENED TO IT OVER THE 5G IN
THEIR VACCINE.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THE SPEECH, VERY COVID SAFE.
THE BIG QUESTION PEOPLE HAD WAS
SHOULD WE STAY AT 6 FEET AWAY
FROM TED CRUZ OR AN ADDITIONAL Y
HAVE BEEN STANDING AWAY FROM HI
HIM?
[APPLAUSE]
I KID, TED.
TED CRUZ DURING THE SPEECH FELL
ASLEEP.
[SNORING]
HE SAID HE WASN'T ASLEEP, HE
SAID HE WAS PROTESTING WOKENESS.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
RIDICULOUS.
THE REPUBLICANS WERE NOT HAPPY
WITH JO'S SPEECH, HE DIDN'T GIVE
THE SPEECH THEY WANTED HIM TO
MAKE SO THEY WERE PISSED OFF.
LAUREN BOEBERT, THIS NOT ONE OF
THE NEW REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS,
FROM COLORADO.
THIS IS A LOON ON A MARJORIE
TAYLOR GREENE LEVEL.
DURING THE SPEECH, SHE
DRAMATICALLY UNFURLED ONE OF
THOSE MYLAR BLANKETS, ONE OF
THOSE KIDS IN CAGE SILVER
BLANKETS -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE POINT OF THIS PROTEST.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE THE
HIGH ROAD AND TO SAY EVERYBODY'S
ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINION BUT DO
NOT ASK ME EVER TO RESPECT
PRPROPCOMEDY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
MYLAR BLANKET.
MAYBE SHE WAS PISSED ABOUT
MASKS, VERY COVID SAFE AND
MINIMAL AUDIENCE.
MANDATORY MASKS, EVERYBODY
SPACED APART.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT WAS A LOT LIKE WHAT WE DO
HERE EXCEPT JOE'S NEW RULES COST
$2 TRILLION EACH.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MONEY,
WHAT WE SPENT, WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO SPEND, $2 TRILLION THAT WE
HAVE ALREADY SPENT FOR COVID
RELIEF IN ANOTHER 2 TRILLION HE
WANTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND
HE'S GOT A FAMILIES PLAN,
ANOTHER 2 TRILLION.
THE ENTIRE FEDERAL BUDGET IS
4 TRILLION AND THIS IS ON TOP OF
THAT.
THANK GOD WE GOT MEXICO TO PAY
FOR THAT WALL?
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I'M SURE A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE
SAYING IF YOU PUT THE DEMOCRATS
IN CHARGE THEY SPEND ALL YOUR
MONEY, IF YOU PUT TRUMP IN
CHARGE, YOU GET A DISEASE.
IT'S LIKE HAVING TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN MARRIAGE AND DATING.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW,
THOMAS FRANK AND NANCY MACLEAN
ARE HERE.
BUT FIRST, HE'S THE AUTHOR OF
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT "OH, MY
GOD, WHAT THE FUCK DOES THE
CONSTITUTION ACTUALLY SAY?"
BEN SHEEHAN IS WITH US.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
WE CAN SAY IT HERE ON HBO, YOUR
SERIES OF BOOKS ON WHAT THE FUCK
AND WE SHOULD NEED THEM, THE
FIRST ONE WAS KIND OF AN OWNER'S
MANUAL ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION,
YOU ARE A GOOD GUY TO BE HERE
THIS WEEK BECAUSE THE CENSUS
CAME OUT, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW
INFORMATION AND THE DEMOCRATS
ARE TRYING TO GET D.C. TO BE THE
51ST STATE, WHERE IS THE
CONSTITUTION ON THAT?
>> IN THE CENSUS THE
CONSTITUTION IN ARTICLE ONE,
SECTION 2 WE HAVE TO COUNT THE
POPULATION EVERY TEN YEARS,
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT EVERY DECADE
SINCE 1790 AND THE REASON WE DO
THAT IS TO DO TWO THINGS.
ONE WAS TO DECIDE HOW MUCH TAX
EACH STATE BECAUSE EVERYONE PAID
AN EVEN AMOUNT WHAT WE USED TO
DECIDE HOW MANY REPRESENTATIVES
EACH STATE GETS FOR THE HOUSE.
JUST OFF THE INFORMATION --
>> Bill: HOW MANY WAS IT?
>> 65 WAS THE FIRST SIZE OF THE
HOUSE AND TODAY WE HAVE 435.
>> Bill: HOW MUCH DID EACH
REPRESENT?
>> 30,000.
>> Bill: ONE CONGRESSMAN
REPRESENTED 30,000.
>> TODAY IT'S 760,000,
JAMES MADISON TRIED TO CAP IT AT
50,000, ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS IN
THE ORIGINAL BILL OF RIGHTS BUT
NOW WE ARE 15 TIMES BEYOND WHAT
HE WANTED TO BE.
>> Bill: TELL ME ABOUT THE
D.C. THING.
I'VE READ JOE MANCHIN TODAY AND
THE DEMOCRATS NEED 60 VOTES,
THEY ONLY HAVE 50 SO THEY ARE
SHORT ANYWAY BUT JOE MANCHIN IS
A DEMOCRAT, HE'S THE ONE THEY
ALWAYS NEED -- JOE BIDEN IS ONLY
THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL JOE IN
WASHINGTON.
HE SAID HE WOULD NEVER DO THAT.
SO WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IT?
>> YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU DID TO GET
AROUND THE FILIBUSTER TO MAKE A
D.C. ESTATE.
IN THE CONSTITUTION IT SAYS
CONGRESS CAN SET THE SIZE OF
D.C., CAN'T BE MORE THAN 100
SQUARE MILES BUT THIS CURRENT
BILL IT DOESN'T MAKE D.C. ESTATE
AS IS, IT SHRINKS THE SIZE OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ABOUT
TWO SQUARE MILES AND THE OTHER
66 SQUARE MILES WOULD BECOME A
STATE.
>> Bill: THE REPUBLICANS
SAY -- I LEARNED A NEW WORD,
RETRO SESSION.
PUT IT BACK FROM WHENCE IT CAME
WHICH WAS MARYLAND, TO CREATE A
CAPITAL THEY TOOK A CHUNK OUT OF
VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND, RIGHT?
WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THAT?
AND THEY WOULD BE REPRESENTED
AND NOBODY LIVES IN THE AREA
THAT THE PEOPLE WORK IN, NOBODY
LIVES AT THE CAPITAL.
SPEAK OF THE TWO SQUARE MILE
AREA FOR THE CAPITAL, THERE'S
VERY FEW PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE
BUT MARYLAND WOULD HAVE TO AGREE
WITH IT.
IN THE CONSTITUTION THE STATE
LEGISLATURE OF MARYLAND WOULD
HAVE TO AGREE TO TAKE THAT 66
SQUARE MILES AND 700,000
RESIDENTS BACK AND THEY SAID
THEY DON'T WANT THAT.
>> Bill: WHAT ABOUT
PUERTO RICO?
>> SUPPORT FOR D.C. STATEHOOD
AMONG PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN D.C. IS
LIKE 85%, THEY DID.
PUERTO RICO IS CLOSER DIVIDED,
IT'S A BARE MAJORITY.
>> Bill: OF THE PEOPLE THERE
WHO WANT THAT?
DESCRIBE THEIR STATUS NOW
BECAUSE AMERICA WAS AN EMPIRE,
SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY IT STILL
IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TERRITORY
WHICH IS A WEIRD THING TO HAVE.
WHEN YOU OWN TERRITORY, YOU KIND
OF OWN THE PEOPLE.
EITHER MAKE THEM CITIZENS OR LET
THEM BE THEIR OWN CITIZENS OF
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLY FUCKED UP AND
IT PLAYS INTO THE LONG
HISTORY --
>> Bill: IT'S VERY
ANACHRONISTIC.
>> YOU HAVE FOUR AND A HALF
MILLION PEOPLE WHO PAY TAXES AND
THEY PARTICIPATE, THEY JOIN THE
MILITARY BUT THEY DON'T GET
REPRESENTATIVES.
>> Bill: YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
NOT JUST PUERTO RICO.
>> GUAM, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS,
AMERICAN SAMOA, THE NORTHERN
MARIANA ISLANDS.
>> Bill: WHY DO WE HAVE GUAM?
IT SEEMS NOT WOKE, WHERE ARE THE
LOCAL PEOPLE ON THIS?
>> AFTER PUERTO RICO, THAT'S THE
NEXT MOST POPULATED TERRITORY.
>> Bill: PUERTO RICO, THEY ARE
CITIZENS AS WE KNOW.
>> THIS ABOUT 3.3 MILLION
CITIZENS.
>> Bill: IT'S ODD TO ME YOU
CAN BE CITIZENS AND NOT BE
ESTATE ALREADY.
>> A LOT OF THE STATES THAT WE
HAVE BEGAN AS TERRITORIES WITHIN
THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
BUT PUERTO RICO -- THEY'VE HAD A
REFERENDUM SIX TIMES IN THE LAST
FEW TIMES THEY'VE HAD A BARE
MAJORITY FOR STATEHOOD.
THE MOST CONVINCING ONE WAS THE
PAST YEAR.
>> Bill: WHAT IS THAT IN HUMAN
NATURE YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE
VERY OFTEN AND VOTE AGAINST
THEIR OWN FREEDOM, SCOTLAND HAS
REFERENDUM, THEY GO NO, WE DON'T
WANT TO BE GOVERNED BY US.
>> THE HISTORY BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN
PUERTO RICO IS DARK AND THERE'S
A LOT WE DON'T TEACH IN OUR
SCHOOLS AND IT'S REALLY
COMPLICATED.
>> Bill: EVEN MORE SO.
>> EXACTLY AND THEY MADE
THEMSELVES KNOWN AND THEY VOTED
IN THE LAST DECADE THERE HAVE
BEEN THREE REFERENDUMS AND THEY
CLEARLY SAY THEY WANT TO BE
ESTATE WITH A BARE MAJORITY BUT
IT TAKES AN ACT OF CONGRESS AND
RIGHT NOW CONGRESS HASN'T
DECIDED TO ACT.
>> Bill: WE PRAYED ABOUT THE
TERM COURT PACKING, I REMEMBER
THIS FROM EIGHTH GRADE HISTORY
WHEN FDR -- THAT'S WHEN I HEARD
ABOUT IT.
I GUESS HE WAS FRUSTRATED IN THE
SAME WAY MANY PRESIDENTS ARE
WHEN THE COURT DOESN'T RULE IN
THEIR FAVOR.
SO HE WANTED TO ADD JUSTICES, IT
LOOKED LIKE A POWER GRAB.
BUT THEN IN THIS RECENT RUN-UP
TO THE CONTROVERSY, WE'VE
LEARNED THAT WELL, IT'S NOT
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT SAY
HOW MANY JUSTICES THERE -- WE
COULD HAVE 100 TO.
>> WE COULD, WE STARTED WITH
SIX, THEN WENT DOWN TO FIVE,
THEN SEVEN, THAN TEN, DOWN TO
SEVEN, THEN BACK TO NINE.
>> Bill: LIKE HUGH HEFNER'S
GIRLFRIENDS IN THE LATER YEARS!
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
>> WE'VE BEEN AT NINE SINCE 1869
AND ALL IT TAKES LIKE A LOT OF
THINGS TO CHANGE OUR GOVERNMENT,
ALL IT TAKES IS AN ACT OF
CONGRESS TO CHANGE THE NUMBERS.
THE PROPOSAL IS TO GIVE FOUR
MORE ADDITIONAL JUSTICES TO MAKE
IT 13.
>> Bill: BUT THAT WOULD LOOK
LIKE A POWER GRAB, NOT THAT THEY
DON'T KIND OF DESERVE IT BECAUSE
OF THE WAY MITCH McCONNELL AND
THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS
COMPLETELY FUCKED THE DEMOCRATS
IN A WAY THAT WAS COMPLETELY
UNPRECEDENTED.
[APPLAUSE]
I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF
POLITICIZING THE COURT, ON THE
OTHER HAND, THAT IS ONE OF THOSE
THINGS THAT CANNOT STAND.
THEY DENIED A PRESIDENT A PICK
BECAUSE THAT IS FUNDAMENTAL
RULES, YOU BROKE THE FUNDAMENTAL
RULES, YOU BREAK THE FUNDAMENTAL
RULES...
>> IT GOES BACK TO THE IDEA WHY
DO WE HAVE A COURT WITH LIFETIME
APPOINTMENTS?
THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS TO MAKE
IT NONPARTISAN.
>> Bill: THAT'S NOT IN THEIR
EITHER?
>> THAT IS IN THERE.
>> Bill: THAT IS IN THERE!
DANG.
>> THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THE
UNELECTED PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION
AND FEDERAL LAWS.
TO HAVE AN EVENHANDED BALANCED
COURT IS THE ORIGINAL IDEA.
>> Bill: LIFETIME APPOINTMENT
IS BAD BECAUSE I SEE WITH
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, WE KNOW THE
DEMOCRATS ARE MAD AT HER
BECAUSE --
>> SHE DIDN'T STEP DOWN.
>> Bill: IT'S THEIR FAULT,
THEIR PLAN WAS "SHE DOESN'T
DIE."
THAT'S NOT A PLAN.
NOW STEPHEN BREYER IS THE NEXT
LIBERAL, HE'S 82.
WE HEARD WHEN GINSBERG WAS
ALIVE, OBAMA HAD HER TO LUNCH
AND WITHOUT SAYING "HEY, HOW'S
YOUR HEALTH?"
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE
NEXT FIVE YEARS?
NOW THEY ARE DOING IT WITH
STEPHEN BREYER.
WHO WANTS THAT IN YOUR LIFE?
PEOPLE HINTING --
>> YOU SHOULD QUIT BECAUSE
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE SOON.
>> Bill: CRAZY SUBJECT OUT OF
THIN AIR BUT HOW'S YOUR
CHOLESTEROL, STEVE?
WHY DO WE NEED A LIFETIME
APPOINTMENT ANYWAY, WHAT IF IT
WAS 18 YEARS?
>> IT'S BEEN PROPOSED BY
CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS, THE
IDEAS YOU HAVE AN 18 YEAR ON THE
COURT BUT THEN YOU GO DOWN TO
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
YOU SHIFT THROUGH IT.
THERE ARE WORKAROUNDS.
UNCLEAR IF IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL,
SOME PEOPLE SAY IT ISN'T SOME
SAY IT ISN'T BUT THE IDEA OF
LIFETIME APPOINTMENTS IS PUTTING
A LOT OF POWER IN THE HANDS OF
OLD PEOPLE.
>> Bill: YOU MENTION THE
CENSUS, THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE
PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT OF THE
NORTHEAST AND THEY ARE MOVING TO
THE SOUTH AND THE WEST.
WHAT IS THE BIG PICTURE
LONG-TERM REPERCUSSIONS FOR
THAT?
>> SO YOU HAD SIX STATES AGAIN
REPRESENTATIVES.
>> Bill: SUN BELT STATES?
>> TEXAS, COLORADO, FLORIDA,
OREGON, NORTH CAROLINA, AND
OTHERS BUT IT'S A NET GAIN FOR
RED STATES AND BLUE STATES LOST
SEATS.
JUST BY THE REAPPORTIONMENT,
IT'S CUTTING THE DEMOCRATS LEAD
IN THE HOUSE, BEFORE
GERRYMANDERING, BEFORE
REDISTRICTING, FROM FOUR TO TWO,
IT'S A TWO SEAT ADVANTAGE IN THE
HOUSE FOR DEMOCRATS.
>> Bill: THANKS FOR COMING BY,
YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE ANSWERS.
BEN SHEEHAN.
LET'S MEET OUR PANEL!
♪ ♪
HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
SHE'S THE AUTHOR OF "DEMOCRACY
IN CHAINS: THE DEEP HISTORY OF
THE RADICAL RIGHT'S STEALTH PLAN
FOR AMERICA": NANCY MACLEAN.
BACK WITH US.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HE'S THE AUTHOR OF "THE PEOPLE,
NO: A BRIEF HISTORY OF
ANTI-POPULISM": THOMAS FRANK.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I MENTIONED IN THE MONOLOGUE OF
THE SPEECH BIDEN MADE WAS REALLY
NOT THE SPEECH I THOUGHT
REPUBLICANS WANTED HIM TO MAKE
BECAUSE WHEN THEY GAVE THE
REBUTTAL THAT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD
BEEN WRITTEN BEFORE.
THEY ALWAYS WANT HIM TO FALL
INTO THE WOKE TRAP AND HE JUST
NEVER TAKES THE BAIT.
THE ONLY WAY THEY WIN,
POLITICALLY, IS ON CULTURAL
ISSUES.
BECAUSE HE REALLY IS BEING THE
BLUE-COLLAR PRESIDENT.
I KNOW THIS IS A BIG SUBJECT OF
BOTH OF YOURS AND YOU WRITE
BOOKS ABOUT IT, DO YOU THINK
HE'S SUCCEEDING?
WINNING BACK THE BLUE-COLLAR?
IT SEEMED TO ME HE WAS.
WITH THE SPEECH AND WHAT HE'S
PROPOSING, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS
WHAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN
SAYING FOR YEARS.
>> YES, I WAS REALLY PLEASED
WHAT HE SAID IN THAT SPEECH.
HE SAID THE MIDDLE-CLASS BUILT
AMERICA AMERICA AND THE UNIONS
BUILT MIDDLE CLASS.
>> Bill: AND DEFENDED THE
POLICE.
>> HE ALSO SAID HEALTH CARE IS
NOT A PRIVILEGE, IT'S A RIGHT,
FANTASTIC!
NICE GOING, JOE.
SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO SAY
HERE, JOE BIDEN'S CAREER AS A
SENATOR SPANNED MANY DECADES,
FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME IT WAS NOT
VERY PROMISING.
I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF HIGH
HOPES FOR THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
>> Bill: A LOT OF PEOPLE DID
NOT LIKE IT.
>> HE WAS A DEFICIT HAWK AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THAT'S GONE.
LOOK AT WHAT HE'S DOING!
AUSTERITY, ALL OF THAT OBAMA,
LET'S HAVE A GRAND BARGAIN WITH
REPUBLICANS, DON.
IT'S FANTASTIC, VERY PLEASED.
THE BIG QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS
HE GOING TO FOLLOW THROUGH?
WHEN HE FINALLY DOES -- LOOK, SO
FAR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY,
CORPORATE AMERICA, THEY CAN
HANDLE GIGANTIC SPENDING, THAT'S
NOT A HUGE THREAT TO THEM BUT
WHEN HE ACTUALLY GOES AND DOES
SOMETHING LIKE THE PROACTIVE
WITH A MINIMUM WAGE THEY ARE
GOING TO START PUSHING BACK AND
HE'S GOING TO GET SOME
RESISTANCE.
IS HE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW
THROUGH?
WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I CERTAINLY AGREE ON THE
FOLLOW THROUGH AND I WISH HE HAD
SPOKEN MORE ABOUT THE "FOR THE
PEOPLE" ACT WHICH IS CRITICAL TO
SAVING DEMOCRACY IN THIS COUNTRY
BUT I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED AS
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WAS NOT
EXCITED TO HAVE HIM AS THE FRONT
RUNNER, BUT I THINK HE IS DOING
A REALLY EXCITING JOB.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A TERRIFIC
SPEECH.
JOE BIDEN UNDERSTANDS WE ARE AT
THE PIVOT POINT, WE CAN EITHER
SAVE DEMOCRACY BY SHOWING IT CAN
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND
WE CAN DO THINGS PEOPLE LOOK THE
GOVERNMENT TO DO OR WE ARE GOING
TO LOSE IT, SLIDE INTO
AUTHORITARIANISM.
GIVING THE GERRYMANDERING AND
ALL KINDS OF RIGGING YOU WERE
TALKING TO BEN ABOUT, THAT IS
THE QUESTION WE FACE.
THESE ARE NOT ORDINARY ELECTIONS
COMING AT US AND HE GRASPED THAT
MOMENT AND I THINK THAT IS
FANTASTIC.
ALSO HE HAS BEEN PUSHED BY THE
PROGRESSIVE BASE WHO DID THE
WORK TO GET HIM ELECTED.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: IF YOU WATCHED THE
SPEECH, THERE WERE THINGS TEN
YEARS AGO -- I DON'T THINK A
BIPARTISAN GROUP LIKE THAT, HALF
OF THEM WOULD NOT APPLAUD FOR.
THAT SHOWS YOU WHERE WE ARE AT
LEAST FOR THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS IN
WASHINGTON, HOW MUCH THEY HATE
EACH OTHER.
>> CUTTING CHILD POVERTY IN
HALF, COMPLETE SILENCE.
SPEED WHEN I SAW THAT WITH OBAMA
TOO.
REALLY, YOU CAN'T APPLAUD TO
THAT?
YOU HATE THESE PEOPLE THIS MUCH?
THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THAT IS
THE CHANGE THE BOATERS.
THOSE REPUBLICANS HAVE NOTHING
TO LOSE BY NOT APPLAUDING
ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE BOATERS
HATE SO MUCH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU CAN'T GET THE POLITICIANS TO
STOP HATING BECAUSE THEY ARE
DOING IT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE VOTERS.
BUT YOU CAN GET THE BOATERS TO
STOP HATING BY DOING THE KIND OF
STUFF HE'S STARTING TO DO.
>> BEFORE WE BLAME THE VOTERS
WHO BEAR THEIR SHARE OF BLAME,
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DONORS,
THE DONORS HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE
HARD RIGHT DONORS FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, ABOVE ALL THE
KOCH NETWORK, THEY HAVE SET UP
INCENTIVE STRUCTURE AND IT
REWARDS BEHAVIOR WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT WHERE THEY WILL NOT
COMPROMISE ON ANYTHING.
THEY THINK COMPROMISE IS A DIRTY
WORD AND THEY AGITATE AND ALL OF
THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDIA
LIKE FOX NEWS AGITATE THE BASE
INTO THINKING THIS IS A
DO-OR-DIE WAR FOR THEIR TRIBE.
THEY ARE UNDER CONSTANT ASSAULT
FROM US AND WE HATE THEM AND
DISRESPECT THEM AND DISREGARD
THEM AND THEY GET INTO A
STRESSED STATE THEY BECOME
AGGRESSIVE AND ATTACK.
YES, THE BOATERS, BUT THE
DONORS.
>> Bill: SOME OF THAT IS TRUE,
A LOT OF LOOKING DOWN.
>> I CAN'T HEAR YOU, DURING
COVID I LOST MY HEARING.
>> Bill: YOU RIGHT ABOUT THAT,
THEY LOOKING DOWN ON PROBLEM.
>> I CALL IT A UTOPIA OF
SCOLDING BECAUSE THE PEOPLE
DOING THE LOOKING DOWN ARE THE
AFFLUENT, HIGHLY EDUCATED
SUBURBANITES.
THE KIND OF PEOPLE I AND YOU, WE
KNOW THESE PEOPLE VERY WELL.
THEY TEND TO BE DEMOCRATS, THEY
ARE VERY WELL OFF, THEY ARE
HIGHLY EDUCATED AND THEY REGARD
THE WORLD, THEY REGARD -- LET ME
PUT IT THIS WAY.
TRUMP -ISM'S INCREDIBLE SHOCK TO
THEM, THEY LAPSED INTO THIS
SCOLDING WHERE LIBERALISM IS
ABOUT PERSONAL VIRTUE AND
LOOKING DOWN AND ALL THESE
PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET IT AND
THERE IS SOMETHING REPUGNANT
ABOUT IT.
TRUMP CUT THEIR TAXES, THEY ARE
GETTING RICHER BY THE MINUTE.
>> Bill: JAMES CARVILLE GAME
AN INTERVIEW TO OUR FRIEND SEAN
ELLING OVER AT VOX AND IT GOT A
LOT OF PICKUP BECAUSE HE FINALLY
GOT JAMES TO COME OUT OF HIS
SHELL AND SAY WHAT HE REALLY
MEANS.
I'M JOKING, HE DOES THAT ALL THE
TIME.
[LAUGHTER]
HERE'S CARPAL "WOKENESS IS A
PROBLEM AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT.
IT'S HARD TO TALK TO ANYONE WHO
DOESN'T SAY THIS BUT THEY DON'T
WANT TO SAY IT OUT LOUD."
WE'VE BEEN SAYING IT OUT LOUD ON
THIS SHOW FOR QUITE SOME TIME
BUT I GET YOUR POINT.
THEY WILL GET CLOBBERED OR
CANCELED, THIS TOO COOL FOR
SCHOOL SHIT DOESN'T WORK AND WE
HAVE TO STOP IT.
I FEEL LIKE THE BATTLE IN THE
PARTY IS THAT JOE DOES NOT GET
SUCKED INTO THIS BULLSHIT, BUT
THE PARTY DOES.
SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALL
THEY DO.
I ALWAYS SAY ON THIS SHOW,
YOU'RE ALWAYS PART OF THE PARTY
OF, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.
WE ONLY HAVE TWO PARTIES.
THE OSCARS, YOU'RE THE PARTY OF
THE DEMOCRATS, WHATEVER YOU DO
THAT'S THE WAY AMERICA IS GOING
TO SEE IT.
WHATEVER CRAZY SHIT HAPPENS ON
THE LEFT, THAT IS WHY THEY GAVE
THE REBUTTAL SPEECH THEY GAVE,
THEY GAVE IT TO THE SPEECH THEY
WANTED HIM TO MAKE WHERE HE WAS
WOKE AND IT WASN'T THAT SPEECH.
AGAIN, THAT'S HOW THEY WIN.
CARVILLE SAYS "YOU GET THE SENSE
THAT PEOPLE IN FACULTY LOUNGES
IN FANCY COLLEGES USE A
DIFFERENT LANGUAGE THAN ORDINARY
PEOPLE."
HE MENTIONED LATINX AND PEOPLE
ARGUED WITH ME WE NEED THAT WORD
AND THE POLLING SHOWED NO ONE
LIKES IT, NO ONE USES IT, THIS
IS YOUR INSANITY.
[APPLAUSE]
IT OBSCURES THE FACT, THIS KIND
OF CRAZINESS OBSCURES THE FACT
DEMOCRATS DID GIVE PEOPLE A
OBAMACARE, AT LEAST STARTED TO
SOLVE THE HEALTH CARE THING, THE
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
BUREAU SAVED THE AUTO INDUSTRY,
THE TRILLION DOLLAR TAX CUT THAT
TRUMP GAVE, GOT BACK TO THE
MIDDLE CLASS THEY DO THE WORK
AND THEY DON'T GET THE CREDIT.
>> THE DEMOCRATS I KNOW, YOU
KNOW DIFFERENT ONES BEING IN THE
D.C. REGION, THE DEMOCRATS I
KNOW TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
THEY ARE ON THE DOORS, THEY ARE
ON THE PHONE AND THEY KNOW HOW
TO TALK TO PEOPLE IN PLAIN
LANGUAGE.
I COME FROM A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY
WITH THE FACULTY LOUNGE, I DON'T
LIKE JARGON FOR MY STUDENTS COME
UP FOR MY COLLEAGUES ANYWHERE IN
THE WORLD BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE MAY BE NOT
FALL INTO THE TERMS THAT OUR
OPPONENTS HAVE SET.
SINCE THE NEW DEAL AND YOU KNOW
THIS AS WELL AS I HAVE BEEN
CALLING DEMOCRATS ARROGANT
BECAUSE WE LET WORKERS SPEAK UP
TO BOSSES AND HAVE A SAY IN HOW
THEIR WORKPLACES ARE ROTTEN.
THEY STARTED THE TROPE OF THE
LIBERAL MEDIA IN THAT TIME OF
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO
DISCREDIT NORTHERN REPORTERS WHO
WERE COMING DOWN AND TELLING THE
TRUTH ABOUT THE SOUTH, THAT'S
WHEN THEY STARTED SAYING DON'T
TRUST THE LIBERAL MEDIA.
THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING THIS LINE
FOR A LONG TIME.
ARE THERE WORD CHOICES I WOULD
FIND UNFORTUNATE?
YEAH, BUT ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF
PAIN IN THIS COUNTRY, A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STEPPED ON FOR
A LONG TIME.
GEORGE FLOYD WAS STEPPED ON FOR
9 MINUTES AND THAT WOKE UP THE
COUNTRY.
THAT KIND OF WOKE, WE NEED TO BE
WAKING UP.
>> Bill: DO WE NEED TO BE
WOKEN UP 24/7?
THAT'S A PROBLEM PEOPLE HAVE
WITH THE OSCARS.
>> NOBODY LIKES
SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS, MAYBE I JUST
DID SOME SO DON'T HATE ME.
[LAUGHTER]
WE ALL NEED TO LAUGH AT
OURSELVES.
>> Bill: SOMETHING, IT'S AN
INDUSTRY ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT AND
THIS SHOW IS ALWAYS ABOUT
ENTERTAINMENT AND THEY PUT ON A
SHOW AND THEY WERE LIKE "WE DARE
YOU TO BE ENTERTAINED."
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NO JOKES, NO SONGS, NOT EVEN ANY
CLIPS, WHEN WE USED TO HAVE FUN.
FUCK YOU, EAT YOUR PEAS.
THIS IS -- UBIQUITY FOR ANY
CAUSE DOESN'T HELP.
>> I HAVE TO TAKE YOUR WORD FOR
IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WATCH, I
HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE MOVIES SINCE
LAST FEBRUARY!
I DIDN'T SEE THE OSCARS BECAUSE
I DIDN'T SEE THE MOVIES.
I THINK A LOT OF US FELT LIKE
THAT.
WE CAN DO ANYTHING NORMAL LIKE
GOING TO THE MOVIES WITH
FRIENDS, WHY WOULD WE GO TO THE
OSCARS?
I THINK IT'S A BLIP.
>> IS TWO DIFFERENT MODELS FOR
HOW YOU DO LIBERALISM IN THIS
COUNTRY AND ONE I CALL AS THE
POPULIST MODEL REFERRING TO BACK
WHEN WE HAD THREE PARTIES IN THE
COUNTRY, ONE WAS CALLED THE
POPULIST PARTY, IT WAS A
LEFT-WING FARMER-LABORER.
>> Bill: WHEN WAS THIS?
>> THE 1890s.
>> Bill: OH, YEAH.
>> YOU ARE YOU ARE A MEMBER,
COME ON!
>> Bill: GOOD TIMES.
>> THE POPULIST TRADITION
BELIEVE --
>> Bill: WAS THAT THE GAY
90s?
>> IT WAS A TERRIBLE
DEPRESSION --
>> IN NEW YORK, THEY CALLED IT
THE GAY 90s.
>> IT WAS A TIME WHEN THE
ECONOMY WAS SHRINKING, IT WAS
AWFUL, STRIKES, MARCHES ON
WASHINGTON, THERE IS TWO WAYS OF
DOING THIS.
YOU BUILD A MASS MOVEMENT OF
ORDINARY PEOPLE AND TO DO THAT
YOU CAN'T BE SOME KIND OF
JUDGMENTAL PRICK THAT GOES
AROUND USING THIS KIND OF JARGON
AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT A FINE
AND NOBLE INDIVIDUAL YOU ARE.
THE OTHER MODEL IS IDEOLOGICAL
PURITY WHERE YOUR POLITICS ARE A
FASHION ACCESSORY AND THAT'S
WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING.
THAT IS -- TO USE EVERYBODY'S
FAVORITE WORD, TOXIC.
THIS IS NO WAY TO GO FORWARD, IF
THAT'S WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
WAS DOING, TRUMP WILL BE BACK
TOMORROW.
>> Bill: IT WOULDN'T BE SO
HARD TO FIX THIS, AND THE
REBUTTAL SPEECH THE REPUBLICANS
PICKED THEIR ONE BLACK SENATOR,
TIM SCOTT WHO GETS A LOT OF WORK
ON TV.
AND HE SAID "AMERICA IS NOT A
RACIST COUNTRY."
AND WITHIN 24 HOURS, BIDEN
AGREED WITH THAT, KAMALA HARRIS
AGREED WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S A
SILLY PARADIGM TO BEGIN WITH
BECAUSE IT'S NOT EITHER-OR, IT'S
NOT A PREGNANCY TEST.
"IT'S BLUE, WE ARE NOT.
"TIM SCOTT BY HIS OWN ACCOUNT,
HE SAID ONE TIME HE WAS PULLED
OVER SEVEN TIMES IN A YEAR, HE
SAID HE'S BEEN FOLLOWED
SHOPPING, HE'S THE ONE BLACK
REPUBLICAN SENATOR, THIS IS
EVIDENCE OF RACISM!
PLAINLY, WE ARE A RECOVERING
RACIST COUNTRY OR SOMETHING.
BOTH THINGS ARE TRUE.
>> I FELT SORRY FOR THE MAN, HE
COMES FROM THE PARTY THAT WORKED
WITH THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY TO
DENY THE HARMS OF TOBACCO SMOKE,
THEN IS WORKING WITH THE CAPTURE
BY FOSSIL FUEL WITH CLIMATE, AND
HE'S THE LOGICAL NEXT STEP.
HE DENIED THE INSURRECTION AND
THE ELECTION.
YOU THINK HE WOULD COME AROUND
AND SAY HOW COME THEY KEEP
MAKING ME RUN POINT?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: I AGREE.
I DON'T THINK KAMALA HARRIS AND
BIDEN ARE BEING DISINGENUOUS
WHEN THEY AGREE WITH THAT
BECAUSE THEY ARE THINKING OF THE
MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT AND THEY DON'T WANT TO BE
TOLD ALL THE TIME, EVERY DAY,
"COME ON, YOU THINK YOU'RE NOT A
RACIST?
DIG A LITTLE DEEPER."
>> EXACTLY.
>> Bill: THEY ARE SAYING I
DIDN'T FOLLOW ANYONE IN THE
STORE, I DIDN'T PULL ANYBODY
OVER.
EVEN IF IT'S MY ANCESTORS, THAT
WASN'T ME EITHER, THAT KIND OF
THING.
INDIVIDUAL VERSUS COLLECTIVE
GUILT.
>> I THINK THAT'S THE
PROFESSIONAL CULTURE THAT TOM
HAS CRITIQUED SO WELL COMES INTO
PLAY BECAUSE IT'S A THERAPEUTIC
MODEL.
RACISM IS A SIN IN OUR HEARTS OR
IT'S SOMETHING WRONG IN OUR
THINKING PROCESS AND IT'S ALL ON
US AS INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME
VIRTUOUS AND NONRACIST AND
ANTIRACIST.
>> Bill: ON OUR OWN.
>> THESE STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN
HERE SINCE THE FOUNDING OF OUR
COUNTRY, THEY HAVE PERPETUATED
IN DIFFERENT WAYS, WEALTH
INEQUALITY IS THE BIGGEST FACTOR
IN RACISM AND HARM TO
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIVES.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE
CONVERSATION BUT FORTUNATELY
THAT WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED
WITH THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK
LIVES, WITH THE RESPONSE TO
GEORGE FLOYD, I THINK WE HAVE TO
KEEP THAT CONVERSATION GOING AND
ALSO MAKE AN EXIT RAMP FOR WHITE
PEOPLE FROM THE NOTION THAT THEY
ARE TRAPPED WITH THESE OTHER
FOLKS.
I THINK THE WAY TO DO THAT IS
PRECISELY BY UNDERSTANDING THIS
IS A COUNTRY OF BOTH THINGS.
IT HAS A VERY RACIST HISTORY AND
HAS A REALLY IMPRESSIVE
ANTIRACIST HISTORY.
WE ARE BOTH SPIRIT >> THAT'S
WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY BUT YOU
COULD EXTEND THAT IN ALL SORTS
OF OTHER WAYS.
THIS IS IN SOME WAYS THE MOST
DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY IN THE WORLD,
THE MOST EGALITARIAN PEOPLE I
HAVE EVER MET AND IT'S AT THE
SAME TIME, THIS COUNTRY THAT
HAS -- HAS ALWAYS HAD SINCE THE
BEGINNING, THIS PROFOUND
SUSPICION OF DEMOCRACY.
THIS FEAR OF THE LOWER ORDERS
RISING UP IN THEIR INSOLENCE AND
OUT OF VOTING US AND DOING SOME
DREADFUL THING.
YOU SEE THIS ALL THE TIME AROUND
US NOW BUT BOTH THINGS HAPPEN IN
THE SAME COUNTRY.
YOU SET A PREGNANCY TEST, I WAS
GOING TO SAY BEFORE THE THRONE
OF GOD SIFTING OUT OUR SOULS.
>> Bill: WITH BIDEN PULLING SO
WELL, I NOTICED THE RIGHT-WING
MEDIA HAS HAD TO RAMP UP THE
LYING.
IT'S INTERESTING, WE THOUGHT WE
WERE OVER THIS A LITTLE BIT WHEN
TRUMP LEFT BUT SHOW THE MEAT
ONE.
THIS IS FOX NEWS, THIS IS NOT A
JOKE.
"CUT 90% OF RED MEAT FROM DIET"
THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE CLAIMING
BIDEN IS GOING TO MAKE YOU DO.
MAX 4 POUNDS FOR YEAR, ONE
BURGER PER MONTH.
IF THAT IS FOX NEWS, THAT'S A
MAJOR NEWS OUTLET.
>> I WOULD BECOME A REPUBLICAN
IF THAT REALLY HAPPENED.
>> IT'S WHAT THEY DO, THEY
ACTIVATE THE REPTILIAN BRAIN.
>> Bill: ANOTHER ONE,
FOURTH OF JULY CANCELED, THESE
ARE REAL.
KAMALA HARRIS'
CHILDREN'S BOOK TO MIGRANT
CHILDREN AND FORCING TAXPAYERS
EXPENSE AT THE BORDER, I SAID
FIND OUT HOW MUCH THIS WOULD
ACTUALLY COST SEEING HOW MAD
THEY WERE.
WE DID THE MATH FOR THE NUMBER
OF KIDS WHO CAME IN AND THE
PRICE OF THE BOOK, EVEN NOT
BUYING IN BULK, IT WOULD ONLY
COST $272,000, WHAT A HORRIBLE
THING TO GIVE THESE CHILDREN A
BOOK TO SAY HERE IS A GIFT, YOU
MADE IT TO AMERICA!
NO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I DO NOT SPARE ANY POWDER WITH
THE DEMOCRATS AS YOU BOTH KNOW
BUT MAN, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE
NOT GIVEN 1 INCH ON BEING THE
MOST DICK-ISH -- THEY ARE FLAT
OUT ON FOX NEWS LYING ABOUT IT,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE SOME OF
THE ONES THEY HAVE FOR NEXT WEE
WEEK?
IS JUST GETTING WORSE.
TRUMP BORDER WALL TO BE MELTED
DOWN FOR A GIANT STATUE
COLIN KAEPERNICK.
THEY HATE THAT.
HUNTER BIDEN TRADED WHITE HOUSE
SECRETS FOR HIT OFF VAPE PEN.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
FAUCI: BABIES IN THE WOMB MUST
WEAR MASKS.
NO.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NATIONAL ANTHEM BEFORE NASCAR TO
BE REPLACED BY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
PRIVILEGE.
THAT WOULD PISS OFF KANSAS,
WOULDN'T IT?
BIDEN: "LOOTING TO BE RENAMED
"JUSTICE SHOPPING,"
[LAUGHTER]
DEMOCRATS: "IN ALL DEPICTIONS OF
JESUS, CROWN OF THORNS TO BE
REPLACED WITH PUSSY HAT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I AM A LITTLE LOOPY.
WHEN I USED TO LIVE IN NEW YORK
I USED TO LIVE THERE IN THE
90s WHEN GIULIANI WAS MAYOR
AND THERE WAS A SAYING "GIULIANI
TIME?"
HE WAS A TOUGH ON CRIME MAYOR
AND THE COPS LOVED HIM AND WHEN
THEY WOULD DO SOME BAD SHIT TO
SOMEBODY THEY WOULD SAY "IT'S
GIULIANI TIME."
YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT.
>> I'VE NEVER LIVED IN NEW YORK.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: IT WAS THE GAY 90s,
FORGET IT.
>> BAD POLICE VIOLENCE.
>> Bill: GIULIANI TIME CAME TO
GIULIANI'S APARTMENT.
THE FBI -- I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND HOW UNPRECEDENTED
THIS IS FOR A FORMER -- JUST A
LAWYER, LET ALONE A FORMER
PROSECUTOR, MAYOR OF NEW YORK,
THE PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL LAWYER,
THIS IS THE SCARY SHIT.
IT WAS 6:00 A.M., HE WAS JUST
KIDDING IN HIS COFFIN.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THIS IS WHEN YOU SHIT YOUR
PANTS, LITERALLY.
THEY ARE INVESTIGATING.
RUDY WOULD SAY THEY HATE ME FOR
BEING LOYAL -- YES, LOYAL TO A
HORRIBLE PRESIDENT AND A SCUMMY
GUY BUT I CAN'T FEEL TOO SORRY
FOR IT.
UNPRECEDENTED?
YES.
IS THIS UNPRECEDENTED FOR 1 OF 2
REASONS?
IS THIS POLITICAL PAYBACK,
POLITICS?
OR IS IT BECAUSE WHAT GIULIANI
AND TRUMP DID WAS UNPRECEDENTED?
I WOULD SAY THAT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW
UNPRECEDENTED THIS IS.
THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION, A LOT
OF THOSE GUYS WENT TO JAIL.
>> Bill: TODAY INVOLVE
THEMSELVES WITH OTHER COUNTRIES?
>> YEAH.
>> Bill: THEY DID?
>> NO, I'M FOLLOWING YOUR TRAIN
OF THOUGHT.
>> Bill: YES, WE PLAYED DIRTY
POLITICS BUT WE USED TO HAVE ONE
RULE, NO RINGERS.
KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY.
DO WHAT YOU DO, BUT DON'T BRING
IN THE GUY FROM RUSSIA.
THIS SEEMED -- A LOT OF THE
STUFF WE FOUND OUT AND WE ARE
FINDING OUT WAS REPORTED
ERRONEOUSLY.
>> YOU MEAN RUSH A GATE.
>> Bill: SOME OF THE THINGS
ABOUT THAT BUT THE BASIC IDEA,
WE FORGET THAT TRUMP WAS BOTH AN
IDIOT AND CRAZY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
AN IDIOT WAS "I DIDN'T KNOW
HEALTH CARE WAS COMPLICATED."
THAT'S AN IDIOT OR "I CAN CHARM
KIM JONG UN."
THAT'S IDIOT, CRAZY IS DOING
YOUR CRIMES IN PUBLIC WHICH HE
DID.
THAT DOESN'T COMPUTE SO WE
THOUGHT IT HAD TO BE MORE OF A
CONSPIRACY, IT MAY TURN OUT TO
BE MOST OF IT WAS WHAT HE DID IN
PUBLIC.
"RUSSIA, IF YOU'RE LISTENING"
AND WHEN HE ADMITTED HE FIRED
JAMES COMEY WHEN I LOOK BACK I'M
LIKE WOW, WE LIVED THROUGH THIS?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> SOMETIMES YOU WAKE UP, IT WAS
JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WAS TELLING US WE JUST HAD A
MASSIVELY UNFAIR ELECTION THAT
HE SHOULD HAVE WON, THAT WAS
THIS COUNTRY!
>> Bill: HE STILL HASN'T
CONCEDED.
>> HE WAS SITTING IN THE
WHITE HOUSE SAYING THIS SHIT.
IT BOGGLES THE MIND.
THESE DAYS I'M SO HAPPY TO WAKE
UP -- I DON'T WANT TO SOUND
LIKE --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THE RADIO HAS GOOD NEWS!
>> I'M A CYNICAL GUY COME I
DON'T WANT TO SAY STUFF LIKE
THAT.
>> Bill: IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS
SO LONG AGO, IT SEEMS LIKE HE
WAS PRESIDENT IN THE 50s OR
THE 80s.
>> ACCEPTS THE PEOPLE BEHIND HIM
WHO ARE GETTING LOTS OF WHAT
THEY WANTED UNDER HIS
ADMINISTRATION WERE NOT DAWN,
THEY ARE WAITING IN THE WINGS
AND STILL DOING THE SAME STUFF.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT
GERRYMANDERING, WE HEARD WITH
THE NEW STATE COMING TO
NORTH CAROLINA, REPUBLICANS IN
NORTH CAROLINA BELIEVE THEY CAN
DRAW THE LINE SUCH THAT THEY
WILL GET TEN SEATS TO DEMOCRATS
FOUR SEATS IN A STATE THAT IS
DIVIDED 50-50.
IF THIS IS THE KIND OF RULES
RATING THEY HAD BEEN DOING
SYSTEMATICALLY, THEY'VE DONE IT
IN THE 30 STATES THEY CONTROL,
WE HAVE TO GET AT LEAST MOST
BACK FROM AND THEY BEEN DOING IT
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH ALL OF
THESE OTHER EFFORTS.
WHILE AMERICA BRINGS A RIGHTFUL
AND COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP AND I AM
BREATHING EASIER, MUCH EASIER
EVERY DAY LIKE YOU, WE HAVE TO
HAVE TO REMEMBER UNLESS WE DEAL
WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT ENABLED
HIM TO COME TO POWER, WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: YOU CAN'T.
YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH THE
CONDITIONS THAT -- A POINT
CARVILLE MADE THIS WEEK -- 18%
OF THE POPULATION ELECTS 52
CENTERS, YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH
THAT BECAUSE THAT'S
CONSTITUTIONAL, I GUESS.
>> YOU CAN APPROACH IT
STRATEGICALLY AND THE DEMOCRATS
I KNOW HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
DOING WHICH IS DOING THINGS LIKE
ORGANIZING AND RURAL STATES
WHICH IS NOT JUST FOCUSING ON
FEDERAL POWER OR LOCAL POWER BUT
GETTING IN THE STATES,
CONTESTING FOR STATE GOVERNMENT
AND THE CHANGING WITHIN.
VIRGINIA JUST ABOLISHED THE
DEATH PENALTY, THEY HAVE A DOING
ALL THIS GREAT STUFF BECAUSE
ORDINARY DEMOCRATS WORK THEIR
TAILS OFF OVER MANY ELECTION
CYCLES.
GEORGIA, JOE BIDEN CAN ONLY DO
THESE THINGS BECAUSE OF SHOE
LEATHER IN GEORGIA IN A PANDEMIC
BECAUSE PEOPLE DID DEEP
ORGANIZING AND NOW THE WORLD IS
OPEN AND WE ARE BREATHING FREELY
BUT WE WOULDN'T BE HERE, WE
WOULD ALL BE BITING OUR NAILS
AGAIN AND WAKING UP IN MISERY.
>> ALL THAT IS TRUE AND THERE'S
SOMETHING WE ARE OVERLOOKING
HERE, THERE REALLY HAS BEEN AN
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL CHANGE.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JAMES
CARVILLE A MINUTE AGO.
MOST FAMOUS FOR GETTING
BILL CLINTON ELECTED, DEMOCRAT
ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1992.
LOOK, THE DEMOCRATS ARE BACK,
WHAT DOES CLINTON DO?
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
HE DOES IS NAFTA.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME READING
THE SPEECH HE GAVE WHEN HE
SIGNED, HE WAS SAYING WORKERS,
YOU ARE SCREWED YOU HAVE TO GET
USED TO IT, THIS IS A NEW
ECONOMY, A KINDLY FOR THE HIGHLY
EDUCATED.
PROSPERITY MATTERS AND WE ARE
GOING TO TRAIN ALL OF THE PEOPLE
WHOSE LIVES ARE RUINED.
HE DOES AWAY WITH THE WELFARE
SYSTEM.
>> Bill: HE DOESN'T DO AWAY
WITH THE WELFARE SYSTEM.
>> IT WAS OVERTURNED.
>> Bill: WE STILL HAVE WELFARE
IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> AFDC, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
CALL IT, HE GOES AROUND TO
DEREGULATES WALL STREET,
DEREGULATES YET AGAIN.
>> Bill: GLASS-STEAGALL?
>> THEY OVERTURNED THAT.
>> Bill: CLINTON DEFINITELY
MOVE THE DEMOCRATS TO THE
CENTER, WHAT'S YOUR POINT?
>> HE MOVED THE DEMOCRATS TO THE
RIGHT.
IT IS TO BE ONE MORE RIGHTWARD
TO THE CENTER.
>> YOU THINK THAT'S THE CENTER?
THIS COUNTRY DIDN'T WANT THOSE
THINGS, THIS COUNTRY DIDN'T WANT
TO DEREGULATE WALL STREET?
>> Bill: WHY DID HE GET
ELECTED TWICE?
>> BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVES
WEREN'T SO GOOD EITHER AND THERE
WAS ROSS PEROT IN THE BEGINNING.
>> ROSS PEROT HELPED HIM A LOT.
>> DEMOCRATS LOST THE SELF NOT
WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AS THE
LEGEND GOES -- THEY LOST IN
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AFTER THE
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT BUT SOME RECENT
RESEARCH BY A WONDERFUL ECONOMIC
HISTORIAN GAVIN WRIGHT HAS
SHOWED IT WAS NAFTA DID IN THE
DEMOCRATS OF THE STATE LEVEL.
SO MANY SOUTHERN STATES STILL
HAD DEMOCRATS AND STATEHOUSES,
IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, IN
OTHER STATE POSITIONS --
>> WE ALWAYS SAY NAFTA OR CHINA
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE JOE BIDEN IS
AT LEAST TALKING THE TALK THAT
WAS NOT MY OBAMA OR CLINTON.
>> I SHOULD SHUT UP, I KNOW I
TALK WAY TOO MUCH.
>> Bill: NO, NO!
YOU'RE ON A TALK SHOW.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> PEOPLE REGARD THESE MOVES
BILL CLINTON MADE IS ABSOLUTELY
GENIUS AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU
THEY REDEFINED.
>> Bill: NO.
>> THEY REDEFINED THE PARTY WAS
IN A DISASTROUS WAY, IN A
CATASTROPHIC WAY AND I AM HOPING
AND I THINK BIDEN UNDERSTANDS --
I THINK HE WENT ALONG WITH
EVERYTHING I JUST DESCRIBED AND
THEN SOME.
THE BANKRUPTCY BILL UNDER
GEORGE BUSH, MASS INCARCERATION
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
BIDEN SEEMS TO HAVE GRASPED THE
FOLLY OF ALL THIS.
THIS WAS A WORLD HISTORICAL
MISTAKE, A BLUNDER THE DEMOCRATS
MADE IN THE 90s AND CONTINUING
UP UNTIL QUITE RECENTLY.
>> BIDEN ISN'T ALONE IN THAT AND
WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE WE ARE IN A
DIFFERENT MOMENT NOW BECAUSE THE
WHOLE COUNTRY HAS CHANGED, THE
FALLACY OF THAT TAXCUTTING
AUSTERITY POLITICS HAS BEEN
PROVEN IN A WAY THAT HAS
DEVASTATED PEOPLE'S LIVES, MADE
US UNABLE TO DEAL WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS.
ALSO, THERE HAS BEEN CHANGING
RECKONING WITH ALL OF THIS AMONG
THINKERS INCLUDING ECONOMISTS
WHO WORKED WITH CLINTON, THE TWO
MOST FAMOUS ECONOMISTS WHO
WORKED WITH CLINTON, JOE
STIEGLITZ AND ROBERT REICH ARE
TRUMPETING THINGS BIDEN IS DOIN
DOING.
I THINK WE ARE POTENTIALLY IN A
MOMENT OF HUGE HISTORICAL
SEA CHANGE.
>> Bill: WAY TO END THAT
CONVERSATION, THANK YOU!
POSITIVE!
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE COME A
TIME FOR NEW RULES, EVERYBODY!
RULES.
NEW RULE: NOW THAT THE U.S. IS
GOING TO SHARE UP TO 60 MILLION
DOSES OF ITS ASTRAZENECA VACCINE
WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, EACH ONE
HAS TO COME WITH A LITTLE NOTE
FROM US TO THEM THAT SAYS.
"SORRY
ABOUT THE WHOLE TRUMP THING.
THIS ONE'S ON THE HOUSE.
LOVE, AMERICA."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NOT A BAD IDEA.
NEW RULE: SOMEONE MUST EXPLAIN
WHY MAKING ANIMALS WITH PAPER IS
CALLED "ORIGAMI" - BUT MAKING
ANIMALS WITH BALLOONS - IS
CALLED "SAD."
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
IT'S NOT FAIR.
BALLOON ANIMALS REQUIRE MORE
SKILL.
BECAUSE WHILE YOU'RE MAKING ONE,
YOU HAVE THE ADDED PRESSURE OF A
BUNCH OF KIDS AT A BIRTHDAY
PARTY MUTTERING, "WOW, THIS
CLOWN SUCKS."
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: NOW THAT AMERICA HAS
BEEN SWEPT WITH NOMADLAND FEVER,
LET'S MAKE IT A TV SHOW.
MOVE OVER THAT GIRL, MARY TYLER
MOORE AND ALICE, THERE'S A NEW
GIRL IN TOWN, AND SHE'S SHITTING
IN A BUCKET.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NOW, THE NETWORK HAS JUST A FEW
NOTES: WE LOVE THAT SHE DRIFTS
AROUND IN A VAN, BUT CAN SHE BE
NINETEEN AND HOT?
[LAUGHTER]
MAYBE GIVE HER A DIFFERENT
SUPPORTING CAST - A HANDSOME
GUY, A FUNNY GUY, A LESBIAN BEST
FRIEND, AND A DOG.
THEY COULD SOLVE MYSTERIES!
CALL ME!
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: I'VE BEEN A
HETEROSEXUAL FOR A LONG TIME, SO
SOMEONE HAS TO TELL ME WHAT I
DON'T GET ABOUT MUD WRESTLING.
[LAUGHTER]
WHEN I SEE A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, I
NEVER THINK: "MAN, I'D LOVE TO
SEE HER PUNCH HER ROOMMATE IN A
SWAMP."
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
IT'S THE EROTIC EQUIVALENT OF
ICE FISHING.
SOMEONE MUST LIKE IT, JUST NO
ONE I'VE EVER MET.
[LAUGHTER]
NEW RULE: SOMEONE MUST ASK THE
KID WHOSE SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT
WAS TO SMEAR LIPSTICK ON A CAT'S
BUTT TO SEE HOW MUCH OF THE
SURFACES IN THE HOUSE CAME INTO
CONTACT WITH THE CAT'S ANUS.
WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?
AND DID YOU TELL MOM WHAT YOU
DID WITH HER LIPSTICK BEFORE YOU
PUT IT BACK IN HER PURSE?
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHAT?
WE ARE JUST HERE.
AND FINALLY, NEW RULE.
NOTHING WITH "CRYPTO" IN THE
TITLE EVER TURNS OUT GOOD.
THERE'S A MANIA RISING IN THE
COUNTRY THESE DAYS ABOUT
CRYPTOCURRENCY, AND HOW THE
TRAIN IS LEAVING THE STATION, SO
YOU BETTER GET ON.
TESLA HAS JUMPED IN WITH BOTH
FEET, AND MICROSOFT ACCEPTS IT
FOR SOFTWARE NOW.
ETSY ACCEPTS IT NOW AND SO DOES
PAYPAL AND STARBUCKS AND WHOLE
FOODS AND HOME DEPOT.
ONE IN TEN AMERICANS USED THEIR
STIMULUS CHECKS TO INVEST IN ONE
OF THOUSANDS OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES
IN EXISTENCE, BITCOIN BEING THE
MOST FAMOUS.
BUT THERE'S ALSO ETHEREUM,
BINANCE, TETHER, AND EVEN ONE
CALLED CUMROCKET.
[LAUGHTER]
THERE'S ALSO ONE CALLED DOGECOIN
THAT SOMEONE STARTED "AS A
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
JOKE,'
BUT AS FAR AS I CAN TELL,
IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS ALL THE
OTHER CRYPTOCURRENCIES, BECAUSE
THE WHOLE THING IS A JOKE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR FINANCIAL
SYSTEM ISN'T PERFECT BUT AT
LEAST IT'S REAL.
APPLE STOCK IS WORTH MONEY
BECAUSE APPLE MAKES
THOUSAND-DOLLAR PHONES THAT
EVERYONE BUYS AND THEN DROPS IN
THE TOILET.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT DOGECOIN RECENTLY RALLIED TO
BE WORTH MORE THAN THE MARKET
CAP OF FORD AND KRAFT FOODS AND
IT HAS NO PRODUCT AND NO WORKERS
- IT'S JUST EASTER BUNNY CARTOON
CASH.
I'VE READ ARTICLES ABOUT
CRYPTOCURRENCY, HAD IT EXPLAINED
TO ME, AND I STILL DON'T GET IT
- AND NEITHER DO YOU OR ANYONE
ELSE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I'LL EXPLAIN WHY: SO THERE'S
THESE THINGS CALLED "NERDS."
[LAUGHTER]
AND IN 2008, ONE OF THEM - WE
DON'T KNOW WHO, BECAUSE THIS
PERSON OR GROUP OF PERSONS IS
STILL ANONYMOUS - MADE UP
BITCOIN OUT OF THIN AIR USING
THE FAKE NAME SATOSHI NAKAMOTO,
WHICH I THINK ARE THE JAPANESE
WORDS FOR "MONOPOLY MONEY."
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NOW, CAPITALISM, OF COURSE, HAS
ALWAYS CONTAINED AN ELEMENT
WHERE, INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY
MAKING SOMETHING OR PROVIDING A
SERVICE FOR MONEY, YOU COULD
MAKE MONEY IN THE EXCITING FIELD
OF MONEY.
BUT WE KNEW MONEY HAD TO
ORIGINATE FROM AND BE GENERATED
BY SOMETHING REAL SOMEWHERE - TO
WHICH CRYPTOCURRENCY SAYS, "NO
IT DOESN'T."
[LAUGHTER]
MAYBE THIS IS WHY WARREN BUFFET
SAYS "CRYPTOCURRENCIES BASICALLY
HAVE NO VALUE AND THEY DON'T
PRODUCE ANYTHING.
WHAT YOU HOPE IS THAT SOMEBODY
ELSE COMES ALONG AND PAYS YOU
MORE MONEY FOR THEM LATER ON,
BUT THEN THAT PERSON'S GOT THE
PROBLEM.
IN TERMS OF VALUE: ZERO."
[APPLAUSE]
OR AS ANOTHER ANALYST PUT IT,
IT'S "AN OPEN PONZI SCHEME."
IT'S LIKE HAVING AN IMAGINARY
BEST FRIEND WHO'S ALSO A BANKER.
[LAUGHTER]
THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ECONOMY
CRASHED IN 2009 - IT WASN'T THE
LOST VALUE IN ACTUAL HOUSES THAT
SUNK US, IT WAS THIS "VIRTUAL
MARKET" THAT REQUIRED INVENTING
ALGORITHMS TO BET ON HOW MUCH
HOUSES MIGHT BE WORTH IN A
VIRTUAL SCENARIO.
BUT THEN THE LANDLORD CALLED IN
THE BILL FOR THIS VIRTUAL
MARKET, BECAUSE, IN ADULT LAND,
IT TURNS OUT THE LANDLORD IS
ALWAYS REAL.
[APPLAUSE]
OUR PROBLEM HERE IS AT ROOT NOT
ECONOMIC BUT PSYCHOLOGICAL:
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RAISED IN A
VIRTUAL WORLD ARE STARTING TO
BELIEVE THEY CAN REALLY LIVE IN
IT.
[APPLAUSE]
MUCH OF WARFARE IS A VIDEO GAME
NOW, WHY NOT BASE OUR ECONOMY
THE SAME WAY?
AND CRYPTOCURRENCY IS LITERALLY
A GAME.
BITCOINS ARE CREATED BY WHAT
THEY CALL "MINING" - BUT NOT THE
KIND OF MINING THAT'S DONE BY
SEVEN DWARFS WHO SHARE A WOMAN.
[LAUGHTER]
THIS KIND OF MINING INVOLVES
USING ROOMS FULL OF
SUPERCOMPUTERS TO MAKE SOMETHING
THAT IS PURPOSEFULLY ARBITRARY:
ESSENTIALLY, ONE COMPUTER THINKS
OF A NUMBER BETWEEN ONE AND
INFINITY AND OTHER COMPUTERS
TAKE TRILLIONS OF GUESSES AT
WHAT IT IS.
IT'S THE OLD GAME OF "I'M
THINKING OF A NUMBER BETWEEN ONE
AND TEN" EXCEPT TIMES A
GAZILLION, AND THE GUY GUESSING
THE NUMBER LIVES IN CHINA AND
THE GUY WHO KNOWS THE NUMBER
LIVES IN THE MATRIX.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
TAKE THAT, WORK.
DO I NEED TO SPELL THIS OUT?
THERE'S SOMETHING INHERENTLY NOT
CREDIBLE ABOUT CREATING HUNDREDS
OF BILLIONS IN VIRTUAL WEALTH
WITH NOTHING EVER ACTUALLY BEING
ACCOMPLISHED AND NO ACTUAL
PRODUCT MADE OR SERVICE
RENDERED.
IT'S LIKE TINKERBELL'S LIGHT -
ITS POWER SOURCE IS BASED SOLELY
ON ENOUGH CHILDREN BELIEVING IN
IT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT IS REAL IS
THE UNFATHOMABLE AMOUNT OF
ELECTRICITY THAT THOSE MASSIVE
SUPERCOMPUTERS SUCK UP FOR THEIR
"MINING."
[APPLAUSE]
THE POWER BEING USED RIGHT NOW
TO GUESS NUMBERS AND WIN
IMAGINARY PRIZES IS THE SAME AS
ALL THE ELECTRICITY NEEDED TO
LIGHT ALL OF NEW YORK STATE -
EXCEPT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE,
WHERE THEY USE ROMANTIC CANDLES.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
"BITCOIN USES MORE ELECTRICITY
PER TRANSACTION THAN ANY OTHER
METHOD KNOWN TO MANKIND."
JUST ONE USES MORE ENERGY THAN A
MILLION VISA TRANSACTIONS AND
HAS THE SAME CARBON FOOTPRINT AS
85,000 HOURS OF WATCHING YOUTUBE
- OR WHAT A 15-YEAR-OLD CALLS
"THE WEEKEND."
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
BITCOIN USES MORE ENERGY THAN
NETFLIX, APPLE, FACEBOOK,
MICROSOFT AND GOOGLE COMBINED.
CARS ARE BAD FOR THE CLIMATE,
BUT AT LEAST THEY TAKE YOU
SOMEWHERE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IN TIGER WOODS' CASE, A TREE.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT THIS?
THIS IS JUST A BEANIE BABY THAT
RUNS ON COAL.
HOW CAN A COMPANY LIKE TESLA BE
ALL IN ON SAVING THE PLANET WITH
ELECTRIC CARS AND THEN
PARTICIPATE IN DESTROYING IT
WITH THIS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY
ONLINE PLAY MONEY?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ALMOST ALL THE PEOPLE WHO TOUT
BITCOIN AND DEAL IN BITCOIN AND
WHO WON'T SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT
BITCOIN - THE MILLENNIALS, THE
GEN Z'ERS, THE SILICON VALLEY
TYPES - ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO
SEE THEMSELVES AS HIP AND
PROGRESSIVE AND BIG
ENVIRONMENTALISTS.
BULLSHIT, YOU'RE MONEY HUNGRY
OPPORTUNISTS AND YOU'RE NOT
ALLOWED TO PRETEND YOU CARE
ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ACCORDING TO THE JOURNAL NATURE
BITCOIN'S GROWTH COULD SINGLE
HANDEDLY PUSH GLOBAL
TEMPERATURES ABOVE THE TIPPING
POINT OF TWO DEGREES CELSIUS.
I KNOW, MELTING ICE CAPS CAN
WAIT, YOUR GREEN NEW DEAL
INVOLVES CASH.
SOCIAL SCIENTISTS CALL THIS
"COGNITIVE DISSONANCE" - A
DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHO YOU THINK
YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU ACTUALLY
DO.
I CALL IT "BEING FULL OF SHIT."
OKAY, THAT'S OUR SHOW.
I'LL BE AT THE MIRAGE IN VEGAS
-- OH, THANK YOU, JESUS!
JULY 16TH AND 17TH.
I WANT TO THANK MY GUESTS NANCY
MACLANE, THOMAS FRANK AND BEN
SHEE-IN.
WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK.
THANK YOU, FOLKS.
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