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>> START THE CLOCK.
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>> Bill: THANK YOU, HOW ARE
YOU?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LOOK AT THIS.
STILL WITH THE MASKS --
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WE GET SUCH A GOOD CROWD NOW,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEAR CAROL I
APPRECIATE THAT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU ARE IN A CRAZY GOOD MOOD, I
THINK I KNOW WHY -- IT'S
PROBABLY BECAUSE NASCAR IS HERE.
WHAT, IT'S NEW TO L.A. THIS
WEEKEND WE HAVE NASCAR -- THIS
IS SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE, TRAFFIC MOVING.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND WE HAVE THE SUPER BOWL, THAT
IS PRETTY EXCITING.
AND L.A. IS IN THE SUPER BOWL,
DID YOU SEE THE BIG GAME?
L.A. AND SAN FRANCISCO AND ALL
THE POLITICIANS IN THE STATE
WHERE THERE, NOT WEARING MASKS.
THEY SAID THEY TOOK THE MASKS
OFF FOR THE PICTURE, THE MAYOR
LITERALLY SAID "I HELD MY BREATH
THE ENTIRE TIME."
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
HE SAID THAT.
AT LEAST WHEN BILL CLINTON SAID
HE DIDN'T INHALE, HE WAS GETTING
HIGH.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
BUT OUR PRESIDENT HAD A BETTER
WEEK, MORE JOB CREATION IN HIS
FIRST YEAR THAN EVER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THAT'S NOT A BAD THING.
EVEN WITH OMICRON IN JANUARY WE
ADDED 500,000 NEW JOBS, A LOT OF
THOSE JOBS ARE FOX NEWS GUESTS
TALKING ABOUT HOW BAD THE
ECONOMY IS.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
BUT STILL, THEY ARE JOBS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN -- I LOVE THIS,
EVERY YEAR, THE PRAYER
BREAKFAST.
HOW MANY GO?
NO?
THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST
AND HE TOOK A MOMENT TO SINGLE
MITCH McCONNELL OUT AND SAID
"MITCH, THANK YOU FOR BEING A
GREAT FRIEND."
[LAUGHTER]
THAT REPORTER THAT JOE INSULTED
LAST WEEK SAID WAIT, AND I'M THE
STUPID SON OF A BITCH?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
PERSPECTIVE, ALWAYS, MY THEME.
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE HAS NOW'S INSURED LIZ
CHENEY AND ADAM KISSINGER, THE
TWO REPUBLICANS WHO ARE HONEST
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
ELECTION.
I CALL OUT THE LEFT AND YOU KNOW
I DO AND THEY ARE WAY OFF TRACK.
BUT THE REPUBLICANS ARE A PARTY
THAT IS JUST ABOUT HAVING A
CREEPY FEALTY TO ONE MAN.
THEY ARE NOT REPUBLICANS
ANYMORE, THEY ARE LIKE BTS FANS.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
IF YOU TWEET OUT K-POP SUCKS,
THEY GO MENTAL!
[LAUGHTER]
EVERYBODY IS CANCELING EVERYBODY
ELSE, NOBODY TALKS.
THEY JUST WANT TO KILL --
SPOTIFY, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS
THAT'S GOING ON WITH SPOTIFY
BECAUSE THE MUSICIANS DON'T LIKE
JOE ROGAN?
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH, AND
YOUNG -- IT'S TRUE -- HAVE ALL
PULLED THEMSELVES OFF SPOT IF I.
IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE
THEY ARE NO FUN ANYMORE.
TWO PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT SONG, I
THINK THAT SAYS A LOT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THAT'S NOT WHY IT'S A BIG THREA
THREAT.
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH, YOUNG,
JONI MITCHELL, THE HEAD OF
SPOTIFY SAID HE FEELS TERRIBLE
ABOUT THIS BUT NOT AS BAD AS
WHEN IT WAS 1972.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THE OTHER PERSON WHO WAS IN THE
BARREL THIS WEEK, WOULD BE
GOLDBERG, YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED
THERE.
WHOOPI HAD SOME COMMENTS ON HER
SHOW, THERE ARE, A LOT OF BAD
THINGS YOU CAN SAY ABOUT THEM
BUT YOU CAN'T CALL THEM RACISTS.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I AGREE
WITH, A LOT OF PEOPLE -- SHE
WASN'T SUSPENDED RIGHT AWAY.
IT TOOK THEM A DAY TO FIND THE
PERSON WHO WAS GOING TO TAKE
OVER THE JOB OF YELLING AT ME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S AN INTERESTING COUNTRY,
WHERE KIDS CAN NEVER DO ANYTHING
WRONG BUT THE ADULTS GET A
TIMEOUT.
[APPLAUSE]
LET'S BE POSITIVE, THE OLYMPICS
HAVE STARTED!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IN CHINA.
WE ALL COME TOGETHER TO
CELEBRATE THE HUMAN SPIRIT UNDER
QUARANTINE IN A POLICE STATE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
CHINA DOES NOT WANT COVID TO BE
A PROBLEM, THEY HAVE BROUGHT
BACK -- I'M NOT KIDDING ABOUT
THIS -- THE ANAL SWAB TEST
THING.
TALK ABOUT A SUPER-SPREADER
EVENT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
APPARENTLY ALSO NOW BECAUSE
CHINA ALWAYS WHEN THEY HAVE THE
OLYMPICS, THEY CLEAN EVERYTHING
UP IN THEIR VIEW, IT'S HARD TO
FIND GRINDR NOW IN CHINA -- TOOK
THAT PERSONALLY, DID YOU SARAH?
[LAUGHTER]
THEY ARE VERY HOSTILE TO THE GAY
PEOPLE THERE NOW, WHO DO YOU
THINK CHOREOGRAPHED THAT OPENING
CEREMONY?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THEY CAN BE A LITTLE -- CHINA
CAN BE A LITTLE TONE-DEAF WITH
OPTICS.
DID YOU SEE THE CEREMONY?
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BUT TO
SYMBOLIZE PEACE THEY RELEASED
HUNDREDS OF BATS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, COME ON.
THE PAGEANTRY, DID YOU SEE, THE
FLOWERS, SO MANY CHILDREN,
SOMEWHERE ON AN iPHONE
ASSEMBLY LINE THEY WERE GOING
WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW.
KATHERINE MANGU-WARD AND JOHANN
HARI ARE HERE.
BUT FIRST, HE'S A CONGRESSMAN
REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA'S
SILICON VALLEY, WHO WORKED FOR
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND IS THE
AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK "DIGNITY
IN A DIGITAL AGE: MAKING TECH
WORK FOR ALL OF US":
REPRESENTATIVE RO KHANNA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
CONGRESSMAN, WE ARE BACK TO
SHAKING HANDS?
THAT'S GREAT.
THE REPUBLICANS WILL SHAKE MY
HAND, THE DEMOCRATS ARE STILL
LIKE THIS.
>> I'M SHAKING YOUR HAND.
>> Bill: I'M GLAD, I'M GLAD!
>> IT'S PART OF CIVILITY,
SHAKING EVERYONE'S HAND.
>> Bill: THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE
PARTY OF WE ARE MORE AFRAID OF
COVID SO THEY DON'T DO SHIT LIKE
THAT.
THAT'S RIGHT REPUBLICANS TAKE
YOUR HANDS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER I'M GOING TO
GET TO THAT LATER.
I HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO TALK
ABOUT WITH YOU.
LET ME START WITH THE BIG, BROAD
ONE.
ONE YEAR OF JOE BIDEN AND THE
DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE, HOW DO YOU
ASSESS THAT FIRST YEAR?
>> THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT
THE FACTS OF THE JOB CREATION,
THAT'S A CHANGE FOR MOST PEOPLE
IN THE MEDIA.
LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
$20 BILLION INTO OHIO, INTEL IS
INVESTING, 3,000 MANUFACTURING
JOBS, 7,000 CONSTRUCTION JOBS --
IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WITH
DONALD TRUMP, THE WHOLE COUNTRY
WITH NO.
THIS IS THE ECONOMIC REVIVAL OF
THE MIDWEST, JOB CREATION, A
STRONG ECONOMY, WE HAVE TO TELL
THE STORY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: YOU'RE SAYING THAT
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE
ECONOMY?
I'M JUST ASKING.
>> IF THE ECONOMY, HE'S ENDED A
WAR FOR 20 YEARS, WE HAD
BIPARTISAN SUCCESS --
>> Bill: HE DIDN'T EXACTLY
STICK THE LANDING ON THAT ONE.
I AGREE IT WAS THE RIGHT MOVE.
>> 20 YEARS.
>> Bill: 20 YEARS IN A VERY
BAD MONTH AT THE END.
>> ALL THE DEMOCRATS, SOME OF
THEM -- THE PROGRESSIVES SAID
LOOK, HE GOT IT DONE.
>> Bill: THE ECONOMY IS
IMPORTANT, WE ALL LIKE MONEY.
WHEN REPUBLICANS SAY TO ME WHY
DON'T YOU BE A REPUBLICAN, I'M
LIKE ARE YOU CRAZY?
YOU GUYS DON'T BELIEVE IN
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EMERGENCY
BEAR.
YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY.
THAT'S NOT ON THE TABLE THAT I
WOULD JOIN YOUR NUTTY PARTY.
>> YOU'RE NOT A REPUBLICAN.
>> Bill: I'M NOT, I'M JUST
SOMEONE WHO'S HONEST ABOUT THE
DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE A LOT OF
RAGGEDY SHIT, LET'S BE HONEST.
>> YOU BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH.
I GO ON FOX NEWS AND I GET
CRITICIZED FROM THE LEFT, WHY
ARE YOU --
>> Bill: YOU'RE THE ONE
FOX NEWS?
GOOD FOR YOU, I'VE BEEN TELLING
DEMOCRATS THEY HAVE TO DO THAT.
>> I GET ATTACKED FOR GOING ON
FOX NEWS AND I SAY I WE REALLY
NOT ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION?
HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE IN YOUR
IDEAS.
>> Bill: WE ARE REALLY NOT.
>> YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE
REPUBLICANS TOO.
WHAT IS THIS STUFF ABOUT
CANCELING TONI MORRISON, ONE OF
THE GREATEST AUTHORS?
>> Bill: ANYWAY, MY POINT
BEING, NOT REPUBLICANS SAYING
THE ECONOMY IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT,
THOSE OF THE TWO IMPORTANT
ISSUES AND THE DEMOCRACY ONE IS
ON THE TIP OF MY MIND -- YOU
GUYS HAVE LIKE 12 MONTHS LEFT
BEFORE I'M SORRY, BUT YOU'RE
GOING TO GET YOUR ASS KICKED IN
THE MIDTERMS.
YOU HAVE 12 MONTHS LEFT, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHAT TRUMP IS GOING TO TRY TO DO
IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN?
>> WE ARE PASSING THE ELECTORAL
COUNT ACT, IT'S IN A AN
AMY KLOBUCHAR BILL.
IF YOU ACTUALLY LOSE ARIZONA YOU
CAN'T HAVE THE STATE LEGISLATURE
SO YOU WON ARIZONA.
>> Bill: WE ARE PASSING AT?
>> THE SENATE THIS GOING TO PASS
IT, 60 VOTES.
THEY ARE WORKING ON IT TO PASS
THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION.
>> Bill: REPUBLICANS WILL VOTE
FOR IT.
>> REPUBLICANS WILL VOTE FOR IT.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A STATE
LEGISLATURE SEND A SLATE --
>> Bill: THAT IS WHAT THEY
BELIEVE, THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN
ELECTIONS ANYMORE.
>> AT LEAST 60 SENATORS WILL GET
BEHIND THIS, THIS WILL BE A
SIGNIFICANT THING.
THERE'S SO MUCH DOOM OR IN THIS
COUNTRY, YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO
FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II, JOHN
LEWIS MY COLLEAGUE WHO WAS
BEATEN ON THE AD BRIDGE,
DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T DEFINE
AMERICA.
WE ARE GOING TO BE STRONG.
HERE'S WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
NEEDS TO DO INSTEAD OF SAYING
WOE IS ME AMERICA IS GOING TO
AUTHORITARIANISM, SAY THAT'S NOT
AMERICA.
WE ARE STRONG WE ARE GOING TO
LEAD THIS COUNTRY TO BE THE
FIRST MULTIRACIAL DEMOCRACY.
>> Bill: MULTIRACIAL AND
MULTIETHNIC, YES.
DEMOCRACY, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK
THAT IS A CHEERFUL WAY OF
LOOKING AT THE FUTURE AND MUST
DONALD TRUMP DISAPPEARS FROM THE
SCENE FOR WHATEVER REASON.
HE'S GOING TO TRY TO DO WHAT HE
DID LAST TIME AND HE'S PUTTING
IN PLACE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW TO SAY
YES WHEN HE ASKS FOR THEM TO
FIND MORE VOTES NEXT TIME.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE OPTIMISTIC, I'M
NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON.
[APPLAUSE]
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE
DOING, YOU HAVE A YEAR LEFT, THE
CLOCK IS TICKING.
NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE
DEMOCRACY --
>> WE HAVE TO PASS THIS BILL,
REPUBLICANS HAVE GOT TO GET ON
BOARD WITH SAYING THE PERSON WHO
WINS THE VOTES SHOULD BE
PRESIDENT, THAT IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IN THIS
ELECTORAL COUNT ACT.
[APPLAUSE]
I NEVER THOUGHT -- I'M 45 YEARS
OLD -- I NEVER THOUGHT GROWING
UP I WOULD HAVE TO FIGHT THE
SAME FIGHTS THAT WERE FOUGHT IN
THE 1960s.
ARE WE REALLY FIGHTING TO SAY
THERE SHOULD BE AN EQUAL AMOUNT
OF BALLOT BOXES IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES AS WHITE
COMMUNITIES?
HOW SAD THAT IN 2021-2022 WE ARE
HAVING TO HAVE THOSE FIGHTS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: LET'S WIN THEM.
I'M NOT SURPRISED WE ARE STILL
HAVING THEM BECAUSE I THINK WE
WILL HAVE THEM FOR A VERY LONG
TIME BUT WE DO HAVE TO WIN THEM.
YOU MENTIONED THE ECONOMICS UP
FRONT IN OHIO A LOT OF YOUR BOOK
IS ABOUT APPALACHIA WHICH I FIND
INTERESTING.
I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND -- THEY KNOW THE TERM
BUT IT GOES THROUGH ABOUT EIGHT
OR NINE STATES.
MOSTLY IT'S THE SOUTH, IF YOU
EVER SAW THE MOVIE "WINTER'S
BONE" THAT MADE JENNIFER
LAWRENCE A STAR, IT'S ABOUT
APPALACHIA, BRILLIANT MOVIE.
PEOPLE KNOW THAT AREA OF THE
COUNTRY, WEST VIRGINIA -- IT'S
ROUGH IF YOU GO IN THERE -- IT'S
THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES.
SOMETIMES AUTHORITY, STATE,
LOCAL, FEDERAL IS NOT
RECOGNIZED.
AND YOU ARE SAYING WE COULD MAKE
THAT INTO -- YOU'RE FROM
SILICON VALLEY -- YOU COULD MAKE
THAT INTO A TECH CENTER.
>> THAT'S NOT JUST WHAT I'M
SAYING THAT'S WHAT THE
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM THAT
AREA HAL ROGERS IS SAYING, HE
CALLS IT SILICON HOLLER.
[LAUGHTER]
HE DOES!
THERE'S A STORY OF ALEX HUGHES
WHO IS UNEMPLOYED, HE GOES AND
GETS THIS JOB AND HE'S MAKING
REFRIGERATORS AND HE'S MAKING
LAUNDRY MACHINES BUT THEY ARE
SMART LAUNDRY MACHINES AND SMART
REFRIGERATORS.
THERE'S GOING TO BE 25 MILLION
DIGITAL JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY,
THAT'S MORE THAN MANUFACTURING
AND CONSTRUCTION COMBINED.
>> Bill: HOW MANY?
>> 25 MILLION BY 2025.
>> Bill: WHAT IS A DIGITAL
JOB.
>> ANYTHING THAT HAS A TECH
COMPONENT.
YOU WANT TO MAKE A CAR, IT HAS A
TECH COMPONENT, YOU WANT TO MAKE
A REFRIGERATOR, IT'S A TECH
COMPONENT.
>> Bill: MY CAR IS ALL TECH
COMPONENTS.
>> THERE YOU GO.
CAN THIS COUNTRY REALLY PROSPER
IF ALL OF THOSE TECH COMPONENT
JOBS ARE IN SILICON VALLEY,
NEW YORK, OR AUSTIN?
$11 TRILLION OF MARKET VALUE IN
MY DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO BRING
THESE JOBS TO PLACES SO PEOPLE
CAN LIVE.
>> Bill: HILLARY CLINTON TRIED
TO SELL THIS.
>> NO.
SHE SAID MOVE.
>> Bill: SHE SAID WE WOULD
REPLACE YOUR COAL MINING JOBS,
THE WORST JOB IN THE WORLD, AND
WE'LL WE TRAIN YOU.
AND THEY SAID YOU'RE FROM THE
GOVERNMENT WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
THAT'S A NICE IDEA BUT WE
ACTUALLY HAVE A JOB IN THE MINE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
DIFFERENTLY SO THEY DON'T HAVE
THAT REACTION?
>> COAL MINING JOBS A LOT OF
THEM HAVE BEEN AUTOMATED,
THERE'S BEEN A DECLINE OF THOSE
JOBS.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE THE NEW
JOBS GOING TO BE FOR THE KIDS?
WE HAVE TO GET IT OUT OF THIS
NEW IDEA THAT WE ARE GOING TO
MAKE A COAL MINER A CODER --
THESE AREN'T CODING JOBS.
A LOT OF THE NEW MANUFACTURING
JOBS, RETAIL JOBS, ELECTRONIC
SEMICONDUCTOR JOBS, ALL OF THESE
JOBS ARE GOING TO REQUIRE A
TECHNICAL COMPONENT.
THOSE JOBS SHOULDN'T JUST BE FOR
THE KIDS IN MY DISTRICT AND YOU
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR
HOMETOWN HAVE THOSE JOBS WORK
OUT [APPLAUSE]
25 MILLION OF THEM.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS PATRONIZING TO
THESE COMMUNITIES?
KNOW THERE AND THINK THEY DON'T
GET IT?
OF COURSE THEY GET IT, THEY KNOW
WHERE THE WEALTH IS BEING MADE.
FOR 40 YEARS THEY HAD BEEN
IGNORED, JOBS HAVE GONE OFFSHORE
THERE'S BEEN DEINDUSTRIALIZATION
AND THEY ARE UPSET.
THEY'VE BEEN TOLD GO MOVE AND GO
GET TRAINED AND THE JOBS HAVEN'T
COME.
THEY ARE UPSET, RIGHTFULLY
UPSET.
>> Bill: TO THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
THE RIGHT MESSAGING ON THE
ECONOMY IN GENERAL?
THEY SEEM TO BE THE PARTY OF
HANDOUTS INSTEAD OF WORK.
EVEN PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS THAT
USE HANDOUTS, WEST VIRGINIA GETS
MORE FEDERAL MONEY THAN ANY
STATE.
>> WE NEED TO HAVE AN ECONOMIC
ASPIRATION MESSAGE.
MIME FOR TAXING THE BILLIONAIRES
IN MY DISTRICT AND I'M
FORGETTING EVERYONE HEALTH CARE
AND FREE COLLEGE BUT THAT'S NOT
ENOUGH AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.
CLEVELAND USED TO BE THE
SILICON VALLEY IN THE 20TH
CENTURY.
AMERICANS ARE A PROUD PEOPLE WE
WANT TO BUILD WEALTH, WE WANT TO
CREATE THINGS.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO HAVE A
MESSAGE OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO
GIVE OPPORTUNITY TO PEOPLE TO
CREATE THINGS AND BUILD THINGS
IN THEIR HOMETOWN.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A MESSAGE OF
PATRIOTISM.
THIS IS A GREAT COUNTRY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: IT SEEMS LIKE THE
DEMOCRATS -- THEIR REPUTATION
ANYWAY -- IS ANTI-WEALTH.
AND YET MOST YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
ARE DEMOCRATS OR LEAN THAT WAY
AND YOU LOOK AT INSTAGRAM, ALL
THEY DO IS PRETEND THEY ARE
WEALTHY.
[LAUGHTER]
THEY WANT WEALTH MORE THAN
ANYBODY, THEY PRETEND THEY ARE
IN A PRIVATE JET.
WHY DON'T YOU BECOME THE PARTY
OF LET'S ALL GET RICH?
>> I'M ALL FOR CREATION OF
WEALTH, BUILDING WEALTH.
ONE OF THE REASONS DONALD TRUMP
DID BETTER WITH YOUNG
AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTERS, HE SOLD
THEM A TOTALLY BOGUS PLATINUM
PLAN.
PEOPLE HAVE ASPIRATION TO MAKE
MONEY, TO BE WEALTHY.
THEY OUGHT TO HAVE A PATH TO
DOING THAT TO.
YES, THE DEMOCRATS OUGHT TO HAVE
AN █ASPIRATIONAL, ECONOMIC
MESSAGE, WE OUGHT NOT TO
DEMONIZE WEALTH.
BUT WE SAY IF YOU'VE DONE WELL
YOU CAN PAY MORE SO EVERYONE HAS
THE SAME SHOT.
THE SHOT YOU AND I HAD TO.
YOU PROBABLY HAD A DECENT
EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, YOU
PROBABLY HAD NUTRITION, YOU
PROBABLY GREW UP IN A SAFE
COMMUNITY -- FINE.
LET'S GIVE EVERYONE THAT SHOT
AND GIVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CREATE WEALTH OR KILL >>
Bill: ALL RIGHT, SHAKE MY HAND
AGAIN!
CONGRESCONGRESS MO, LET'S MEET !
SHE'S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF REASON
MAGAZINE AND CO-HOST OF "THE
REASON ROUNDTABLE" PODCAST:
KATHERINE MANGU-WARD.
GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK HERE.
IS YOUR HAIR MORE PURPLE?
>> IT'S ALWAYS MORE PURPLE.
>> Bill: I MISS SO MUCH.
HE'S THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK
"STOLEN FOCUS: WHY YOU CAN'T PAY
ATTENTION -- AND HOW TO THINK
DEEPLY AGAIN": JOHANN HARI.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LET'S START WITH THAT.
IT'S SORT OF A THEME SHOW --
IT'S FUNNY THAT IS WHAT I WAS
WORKING ON THIS WEEK, THAT IDEA
AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE END OF
OUR SHOW -- A LITTLE TEASER.
ABOUT LOSING FOCUS AND YOUR BOOK
IS ALL ABOUT THAT.
IT FASCINATES ME BECAUSE HERE IS
A GREAT LINE I READ IN THE BOOK.
"IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A
NORMAL BRAIN TODAY."
WE CAN'T CONCENTRATE ON
ANYTHING.
WHAT IS THAT, WHAT ARE THE MAIN
REASONS WE CAN'T HAVE A NORMAL
BRAIN AND CONCENTRATE?
>> THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME, I
KNOW THIS -- WITH EACH YEAR THAT
PASSED MY ABILITY TO PAY DEEP
ATTENTION TO THINGS LIKE READING
A BOOK WAS GETTING MORE AND MORE
LIKE RUNNING UP AND DOWN AN
ESCALATOR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> Bill: I'M SORRY, SAY THAT
AGAIN, I WASN'T LISTENING.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I REALIZE THIS ISN'T JUST ME,
ONE STUDY FOR EXAMPLE FOUND THE
AVERAGE AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENT
CAN'T FOCUS MORE THAN A COUPLE
MINUTES WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO
STUDY, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN
OFFICE WORKER NOW FOCUSES FOR
ONLY 3 MINUTES ON ANY GIVEN TASK
ON AVERAGE.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO US.
I WENT ALL OVER THE WORLD AND
INTERVIEWED 200 LEADING EXPERTS
ON FOCUS AND ATTENTION AND I
LIVE IN THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
WAS 12 FACTORS THAT CAN MAKE
YOUR ATTENTION BETTER OR MAKE IT
WORSE.
LOADS OF FACTORS MAKING
ATTENTION WARS HAVE BEEN
INCREASING IN RECENT YEARS.
>> Bill: THE PHONE.
>> THE TECH -- WHEN I STARTED
DOING THE RESEARCH I THOUGHT
TECH WOULD BE THE SINGLE BIGGEST
FACTOR.
OF THE 12 FACTORS THERE ARE
COMPONENTS OF THE TECH WE USE
THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED
TO INVADE AND HACK OUR ATTENTIO
ATTENTION.
THAT'S ONE FACTOR WE'VE GOT TO
DEAL WITH, ONE AMONG MANY.
>> Bill: FOOD TO.
>> THE WAY WE EAT IS HUGELY
DAMAGING TO FOCUS AND ATTENTION.
>> Bill: SLEEP.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Bill: YES, I READ YOUR
BOOK, OF COURSE I KEPT THOSE --
[LAUGHTER]
>> THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, I WOULD
SAY TO ANYONE WATCHING.
THINK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU'VE EVER
ACHIEVED IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU
WERE PROUD OF WHETHER IT'S
STARTING A BUSINESS, BEING A
GOOD PARENT, LEARNING TO PLAY
THE GUITAR.
WHATEVER THAT THING YOU ARE
PROUD OF IS IT TOOK A HUGE
AMOUNT OF SUSTAINED FOCUS AND
ATTENTION.
ONE FOCUS AND ATTENTION
BREAKDOWN AS I BELIEVE THEY ARE
BREAKING DOWN NOW I THINK THE
SCIENCE IS PRETTY CLEAR, YOUR
ABILITY TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS
AND ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS AGAINST A
BREAKDOWN AND THAT IS TRUE AT A
PERSONAL LEVEL AND A COLLECTIVE
SOCIAL LEVEL.
>> Bill: HOW DOES THIS REVERSE
ITSELF EVER?
DOES IT?
>> I THINK THERE ARE TWO LEVELS
LEVELS --
>> DUE RESPECT TO THE EXPERT I
THINK THERE IS MAY BE WAY TO
LOOK AT THIS, I THINK WE ARE IN
A CHANGING WORLD.
WHEN WE SAY "NORMAL BRAIN" WE
MEAN A BRAIN THAT WAS BUILT FOR
A WORLD THAT IS GONE NOW.
I THINK A LOT OF MY SUCCESS HAS
BEEN DUE TO THE FACT THAT I CAN
TOGGLE VERY QUICKLY BETWEEN
TASKS AND ONE THING THAT ENABLES
THAT IS THE SAME TECH YOU ARE
WORRIED ABOUT, IT MAKES US WAY
MORE PRODUCTIVE.
THIS NOTION THAT WE CAN ONLY DO
MEANINGFUL THINGS IF WE DO IT
SLOWLY --
>> Bill: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THAT.
I READ IN YOUR BOOK THAT I READ
THIS?
[LAUGHTER]
THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE THINK THEY
CAN MULTITASK BUT THEY ARE NOT
REALLY MULTITASKING, AND MY
RIGHT?
THEY THINK THEY ARE DOING THREE
THINGS AT ONCE AND THEY ARE
REALLY DOING NO THINGS AT ONCE
BECAUSE THEY ARE FUCKING THEM
ALL UP BECAUSE THEY ARE
CONCENTRATING ON ANYTHING.
>> I USED TO SAY WHAT YOU SAID
UNTIL I STARTED TO LOOK AT THE
SCIENCE, IT'S PRETTY SOBERING.
EARL MILLER, ONE OF THE LEADING
SCIENTISTS AT MIT IS ONE THING
ABOUT THE HUMAN BRAIN YOU NEED
TO UNDERSTAND, YOU CAN ONLY
CONSCIOUSLY THINK ABOUT ONE OR
TWO GO THINGS AT A TIME, IT'S A
FUNDAMENTAL LIMIT OF THE HUMAN
BRAIN.
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN TEENAGER
NOW BELIEVES THEY CAN FOLLOW SIX
OR SEVEN THINGS AT THE SAME
TIME.
WHEN SCIENTISTS GET THEM INTO
LABS AND THEY GET THEM TO THINK
THEY ARE DOING MORE THAN ONE
THING AT A TIME, WHAT YOU
DISCOVER IS THEY ARE JUGGLING
AND THAT COMES WITH A REALLY BIG
COSTS.
AT IS CALLED THE SWITCH
COST-EFFECTIVE.
WHEN YOU TRY TO DO MORE THAN ONE
THING AT A TIME IT TURNS OUT
EVEN PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THEY ARE
GOOD AT IT, YOU DO ALL THE
THINGS YOU ARE TRYING TO DO MUCH
LESS COMPETENTLY.
YOU MAKE MORE MISTAKES YOU
REMEMBER LESS OF WHAT YOU WILL
LEARN, THIS IS WHAT
PROFESSOR MILLER AND SCIENTISTS
SAID WE ARE LIVING IN A PERFECT
STORM OF COGNITIVE DEGRADATION.
>> Bill: HOW DO WE REVERSE IT?
>> IT CAN'T ALWAYS BE THE
APOCALYPSE, IT CAN'T BE THAT WE
ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE AT
TIMES, THE TECHNOLOGY IS KILLING
US ALL.
THE ANSWER TO HOW DO WE REVERSE
IT IN THE PARTS OF YOUR BOOK
THAT I THOUGHT WERE THE BEST
WITH A THINGS YOU JUST MAKE
DIFFERENT DECISIONS.
OF COURSE THERE ARE CULTURAL AND
SOCIETAL LIMITS ON OUR CHOICES,
BUT THERE IS GOOD ADVICE IN THE
BOOK.
PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE TO FOLLOW IT
AND THAT'S THE EMPHASIS WE
SHOULD PUT, NOT THAT SOMEHOW
CONGRESS NEEDS TO MAKE FACEBOOK
BE LESS GOOD AT SO WE LOOK AT SO
MUCH WHICH IS A REAL TEMPTATION.
[APPLAUSE]
>> YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT, THERE'S
A HUGE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE
MUCH BETTER NOW THAN THEY WERE
IN THE PAST BUT I THINK
ATTENTION IS GETTING WORSE AND
THERE'S TWO WAYS WE NEED TO
RESPOND TO THIS.
DEFENSE AND OFFENSE, THERE'S
DOZENS OF THINGS THAT I GO
THROUGH IN THE BOOK ABOUT HOW WE
NEED TO DEFEND OURSELVES AND OUR
CHILDREN AS INDIVIDUALS -- A BIG
PART OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR
KIDS WHICH IS PARTICULARLY BAD I
KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SO
PATHETIC TO -- I WANT TO BE
HONEST WITH PEOPLE, THAT WILL
ONLY GIVE US SO FAR.
IT'S LIKE SOMEONE IS POOR
ITCHING POWDER OVER US ALL DAY
AND WE ARE RESPONDING AND THAT
PERSON LEADS FORWARD AND GOES
YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO
MEDITATE.
>> Bill: IT'S NOT GOING TO GET
BETTER, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER
ALL THE CARDS.
IT'S JUST NOT.
WE ARE JUST GOING TO GO ON THE
PATH AND SOMEHOW FIND A WAY --
>> I THINK HUMANS ARE INCREDIBLY
ADAPTABLE, I THINK TECHNOLOGY
HAS CHANGED RADICALLY OVER THE
COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY AND IT
SEEMS BROADLY THAT THINGS ARE
GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
>> Bill: I THINK WE ARE
TOTALLY FUCKED.
I DO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN ON A
DOWNWARD SLANT FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS?
>> I GET IT THAT THE WORLD IS
CHANGING --
>> Bill: NOT CHANGING, OF
COURSE ALWAYS CHANGING.
>> WE HAVE A SHIFT IN
CONSCIOUSNESS.
>> MAY BE PEOPLE USE TO AN OLDER
WAY OF LIFE LOOK AT THE NEW
WORLD AND TO SEE IT LOOK
ALARMING A DIFFERENT.
>> Bill: FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S
A CHEAP SHOT, HOW COULD YOU
KNOW, YOUR OLDER?
YOU'RE NOT 25.
>> THAT'S TRUE, I THINK THE
OPPOSITE POINT HERE IS THAT
THINGS ARE CHANGING BECAUSE
TRANSITION COSTS.
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE
PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE IN THE SHIFT
BUT THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO
WILL THRIVE AND TO LOOK FOR
THOSE PEOPLE IS A VALUABLE
EXERCISE.
>> A SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE ARE
FOCUSING ON AVERAGE ONLY
3 MINUTES OF WORK IS NOT GOING
IN A GOOD DIRECTION.
WHERE I DISAGREE WITH YOU --
WHERE I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE COMING
FROM -- THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN
START TO DO TO PUT THINGS RIGHT.
>> Bill: WE COULD BUT WE
DON'T.
NOT USE THE PHONE AS MUCH, IT'S
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> THERE ARE SOCIAL CHANGES AS
WELL.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF
DEFENSE.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FROM
HISTORY, YOU REMEMBER THIS.
>> Bill: SURE, BECAUSE WE ARE
OLD.
THAT'S A THING, WE REMEMBER
STUFF.
IT COULD BE BECAUSE WE ARE OLDER
AND ACTUALLY SMARTER LIKE EVERY
OTHER COUNTRY WOULD BELIEVE, BUT
GO AHEAD.
>> YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS,
PEOPLE USED TO PUT LEADED
GASOLINE IN THEIR CARS AND IT
WAS DISCOVERED THAT PROFOUNDLY
DAMAGED CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO
FOCUS, EXPOSURE TO LEAD IS
REALLY BAD FOR YOU.
PEOPLE ADAPT, PEOPLE CHANGED, IT
TURNED OUT THEY COULDN'T REALLY
DAMAGED PEOPLE'S BRAINS.
WHAT HAPPENED, ORDINARY MOMS
BANDED TOGETHER AND SAID WE
CAN'T TOLERATE THIS.
THEY DIDN'T SAY LET'S BAN ALL
GASOLINE, THEY SAID LET'S BAN
THE LEAD IN THE GASOLINE.
THAT THREAT TO OUR ATTENTION HAS
BEEN DEALT WITH.
WE NEED TO HAVE A SHIFT IN OUR
PSYCHOLOGY.
WE ARE NOT TO MEDIEVAL PEASANTS.
>> Bill: THE GOVERNMENT DID
THAT, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.
>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
>> Bill: DEMOCRATS IN
GOVERNMENT PASSED THAT LAW.
THAT'S WHEN GOVERNMENT WAS
DIFFERENT, THAT'S WHEN
REPUBLICANS WERE DIFFERENT,
GEORGE BUSH THE FIRST --
>> UNFORTUNATELY NOBODY IN
GOVERNMENT IS PASSING MUCH OF
ANYTHING THESE DAYS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: THE ENVIRONMENT DID
NOT USED TO BE SOMETHING THE
REPUBLICANS WERE AGAINST.
>> WE HAVE TO RECLAIM OUR MINDS.
WE ARE ALL THE BENEFICIARIES OF
MOVEMENTS THAT BANDED TOGETHER
AND FOUGHT FOR THINGS IT SEEMED
IMPOSSIBLE WHETHER IT'S WOMEN'S
RIGHTS, GAY RIGHTS, I ARGUE WE
HAVE TO HAVE AN ATTENTION
MOVEMENT TO RECLAIM OUR MINDS.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR PSYCHOLOGY
ABOUT THIS.
WE ARE NOT MEDIEVAL PEASANTS
LIVING AT THE PORT OF
KING ZUCKERBERG BEGGING FOR
CRUMBS OF ATTENTION FROM HIS
TABLE.
WHERE THE FREE CITIZENS OF
DEMOCRACIES AND WE CAN
RECLAIM --
>> Bill: I'M GLAD EVERYBODY IS
SO OPTIMISTIC."
>> IF WE DON'T FIGHT --
>> Bill: I HEAR YOUR POINT.
[LAUGHTER]
THIS IS WHY I DON'T -- LET ME
PUT IT THIS WAY, I'M SKEPTICAL
OF THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN.
IT WOULDN'T IF WE SPENT,
JOE MANCHIN THIS WEEK SAID IT'S
DEAD AND IT HAS BEEN DEAD FOR A
WHILE.
EVEN IF WE COULD, IF WE SPENT
THAT KIND OF MONEY, DO I HAVE
ANY CONFIDENCE THAT MONEY WOULD
GO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO?
I WAS READING THIS, THE
NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY,
SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY COST
$2.6 BILLION PER MILE.
THEY DID IT IN PARIS FOR
$160 MILLION.
6.15%.
THAT'S ONE REASON WE CAN'T GET
ANYTHING DONE.
>> I WILL JOIN YOU IN DESPAIR
HERE.
WE ARE IN A CATASTROPHIC
SITUATION IN TERMS OF JUST THE
VERY BASIC DOING OF STUFF IN
THIS COUNTRY, AND I THINK
CONGRESS IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY THE INFRASTRUCTURE
BILL IS GOING TO BE ABOUT IT FOR
WHAT THEY DO, CERTAINLY BUILD
BACK BETTER IS MOSTLY DOOMED.
WE SPENT THIS $1.2 TRILLION ON
INFRASTRUCTURE.
FIRST OF ALL WE CAN'T SPEND THAT
MONEY BECAUSE CONGRESS HASN'T
PROPERLY APPROPRIATED IT.
IT NEEDS A CONTINUING
RESOLUTION -- ANYWAY, IT'S SUPER
BORING.
[LAUGHTER]
EVEN IF THAT MONEY WAS READY TO
BE SPENT IN THIS COUNTRY, WE
CANNOT TURN DOLLARS INTO
INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT IS EXPENSIVE.
>> Bill: WE DON'T EVEN HAVE
ENOUGH WORKERS FOR THE COFFEE
SHOPS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> THAT'S TRUE, WE CAN'T GET A
LATTE SO BUILDING A HIGHWAY IS
HARD.
THE INPUTS ARE PART OF THE
PROBLEM BUT THE BIGGEST PART OF
THE PROBLEM IS THE NOT IN MY
BACKYARD, PEOPLE GET A VETO ON
WHAT CAN BE BUILT.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, OTHER
REGULATIONS AND OF COURSE
CORRUPTION AND ALL MANNER OF
LOBBYING TO PUT THIS MONEY
PLACES.
>> Bill: EVERYBODY HAS THEIR
HAND OUT.
WHY DOES IT COST PARIS
160 MILLION AND US 2.15 BILLION
FOR THE SAME THING?
>> D.C. IS AWASH IN LOBBYISTS
WHO ARE TRYING TO GRAB A LITTLE
BIT.
>> THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL BECAUSE THEY
ARE TWO KINDS OF FOUNDATIONS
COLLAPSING.
THE PHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE
COUNTRY DRIVING ALL AROUND THE
COUNTRY RESEARCHING MY BOOKS,
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO
SHIT.
THE ROADS, BRIDGES, BROADBAND.
IF WE DON'T FIX THEM WE DON'T
HAVE A COUNTRY.
ALSO THE POLITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU DOCUMENTED THIS SO WELL,
PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR FAITH IN
DEMOCRACY.
BERNIE SANDERS IS RIGHT WHEN HE
SAYS THE BEST WAY TO RESTORE
FAITH IN DEMOCRACY IS TO SHOW
THAT THE SYSTEM CAN DELIVER
SOMETHING FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE.
WE ARE GETTING PESSIMISTIC HERE
AND THERE IS LOTS OF REASONS TO
BE PESSIMISTIC BUT LET'S THINK
ABOUT A GREAT THING THE
GOVERNMENT DID.
THEY DID OF CHILD TAX CREDIT,
$300 ALL THE PANDEMIC, THAT HAS
HALVED CHILD POVERTY.
>> Bill: HANDING OUT MONEY,
THAT'S THE EASY ONE.
CAN I WRITE A CHECK AND PUT IT
IN THE MAIL?
THAT'S NOT DOING A LOT.
THAT'S PASSING OUT MONEY WE
DON'T HAVE.
I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T HAVE
DONE IT BUT IT'S NOT BUILDING
SOMETHING, IT'S NOT BUILDING
SOMETHING.
>> IT'S DOING A HUGE THING, IT'S
TAKING HUNGRY CHILDREN AND
GIVING THEM FOOD.
>> Bill: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT.
>> THAT'S A FUNDAMENTAL
DIFFERENT ISSUE THAN WHAT BILL
IS RAISING HER COW HOW DO WE GET
TO THE NEXT THING?
IT'S NOT JUST WRITING A CHECK,
HOW DO WE BUILD THE
INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED, HOW DO
WE GET THE INNOVATIONS THAT WE
NEED TO MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL
AND I THINK -- I AT THIS POINT
HAVE GIVEN UP THAT THE STATE HAS
GOING TO GET ITSELF SORTED OUT.
I AM FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET A
JET PACK AND A HYPER LOOP AND
SKIP THE WHOLE MESS.
>> Bill: IT'S SORT OF APROPOS
OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
WITH LOSING FOCUS, I'M READING
IN SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN THIS
WEEK -- I NEVER MISS AN ISSUE --
BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT FUCKING
ANYMORE.
NOT AS MUCH.
WHY ARE WE APPLAUDING THAT?
JUST BEFORE VALENTINE'S DAY,
TERRIBLE NEWS TO GET.
THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID.
ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG WHO
TRADITIONALLY BONE THE MOST.
I'M QUOTING FROM SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN.
BECAUSE OF INCREASED
SOCIAL MEDIA USE, INCREASED
VIDEO GAME USE, AND ALSO TOO
MUCH PORN, THE KIDS ARE WATCHING
TOO MUCH PORN.
AND IT'S SAPPING YOUR NATURAL
DESIRES.
WE THOUGHT AS A SERVICE, WE ARE
ALWAYS DOING A SERVICE HERE AT
THIS SHOW --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE THOUGHT WE WOULD PUT OUT AN
APP TO TELL YOU HOW TO KNOW TO
TELL IF YOU'RE WATCHING TOO MUCH
PORN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE SOME OF
THE THINGS IN OUR APP?
YOU NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR FOR
YOUR TENNIS ELBOW AND YOU DON'T
PLAY TENNIS.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
YOU REFER TO ANY WOMAN OVER 21
AS A MILF.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
WHEN ASKED, "IF YOUR HOUSE IS ON
FIRE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAVE
FIRST?"
YOU ANSWER, "THE KLEENEX."
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU LOOK FOR THE "ON" SWITCH ON
CUCUMBERS.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ON YOUR DATING PROFILE, YOU LIST
YOUR TYPE AS DEAD EYED,
MALNOURISHED, AND EASTERN
EUROPEAN.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU ONLY OWN ONE CUP.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
YOU CAN'T GET HARD WITHOUT A
GERMAN SHEPHERD AND A LITTLE
PERSON IN THE ROOM.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
YOU BELIEVE IN TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE, BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS
STEPSISTER.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND...
YOU'RE A GUY.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
CAN I ASK ABOUT THE OLYMPICS?
I READ IN THE PAPER TODAY 70% OF
AMERICANS DON'T THINK CHINA
SHOULD BE HOST IN THE OLYMPICS
AND IT'S FUNNY I WAS MENTIONING
YOU CAN'T GET GRINDR ANYMORE IN
CHINA, THEY ARE PUTTING UIGHURS
INTO CAMPS, IT'S A 1984
SURVEILLANCE STATES.
THERE IS SO MUCH WRONG WITH
CHINA AND YET THERE IS AN ISSUE
THAT CONFUSES THE WOKE.
BECAUSE CHINESE OR ASIANS AND
ASIANS ARE NOT WHITE, SO IF YOU
CRITICIZE THEM IT'S RACIST.
>> LOGIC CHECKS OUT.
>> Bill: THAT'S WHERE WE ARE
WITH LEVEL OF THINKING WITH A
LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH TO CRITICIZE
CHINA ABOUT.
THE UIGHURS SITUATION, "REASON"
MAGAZINE HAS COVERED UP
EXTENSIVELY AND IT'S NOT ONLY
TROUBLING ON ITS OWN MERITS,
IT'S TROUBLING BECAUSE IT'S A
TEST CASE FOR AN OPEN AIR
SURVEILLANCE STATES.
THEY ARE CREATING SITUATIONS FOR
THIS MINORITY POPULATION WHERE
THEY ARE WATCHED 24/7, FORCED TO
MARRY PEOPLE CHOSEN BY THE
STATE, STARVED, BEATEN, TAKEN TO
REEDUCATION CAMPS, IT'S SHOCKIN
SHOCKING.
I THINK IT'S RIGHT FOR THE U.S.
TO SPEAK UP AGAINST THAT.
I WONDER WHY IT IS THAT SUDDENLY
IT'S THE OLYMPICS AND WE SHOULD
SOLVE IT TODAY.
THAT SHOULD BE AN ALWAYS PROBLE
PROBLEM.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LIKE MAYBE SOMETHING SHOULD BE
NOT POLITICAL, MAYBE WE COULD DO
THE DIPLOMATIC BOYCOTTS -- I
FRANKLY LOVE TO GO TO EVENTS
THAT POLITICIANS REFUSE TO COME
TO, IT SOUNDS LIKE WAY MORE FUN.
THERE ARE DEFINITELY BETTER
DRUGS AT THOSE AND
PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS OR
OTHERWISE I GUESS.
I THINK THERE'S AT LEAST A CASE
TO BE MADE FOR THE OLYMPICS, SET
THE POLITICS ASIDE, LET THE
ATHLETES COMPETE AND EVERYBODY
GETS TO BRAG ABOUT HOW MANY
METALS THEY GOT.
>> Bill: WE ARE DOING THAT, WE
ARE GOING.
>> MY WORRY IS IT YOU PULL BACK
FROM THE KIND OF CURRENT
DEBATE -- IN THE LONG ARC OF
HISTORY THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE THE
9036 OLYMPICS.
CHINA IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN
PUTTING CIVIL RIGHTS -- GENOCIDE
AGAINST THE UIGHURS,
PRESIDENT XI IS BUILDING A
MONSTROUS SURVEILLANCE STATE,
THERE'S A GREAT BOOK ABOUT THIS
CALLED WE HAVE BEEN HARMONIZED.
IF WE DON'T STAND UP TO A STATE
GENOCIDE, BUILDING THE MOST
SOPHISTICATED FORM OF
TOTALITARIANISM IN HUMAN
HISTORY -- I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO
AGAINST THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES AND
I THINK A BOYCOTT IS NOT THE
PLACE THE PRESSURE, IT'S NOT
FAIR TO THE ATHLETES BUT THE
PEOPLE WE SHOULD GO AFTER ARE
THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC
COMMITTEE, ONE OF THE MOST
DISGUSTING, CORRUPT
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE WORLD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THEM IN
SOCHI LAST TIME, THEY SHOULD BE
DISBANDED AND STARTED AGAIN.
>> Bill: HERE WE GO, ALWAYS
CANCELING SOMEBODY!
EVERYBODY HAS TO GO, THEY GOT TO
GO, WHOOPI GOLDBERG YOU'VE GOT
TO GO!
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHOOPI
GOLDBERG BECAUSE I GOT SO MANY
TEXTS THIS WEEK, SHE ATTACKED ME
THE WEEK BEFORE.
EVERYONE WAS LIKE I GET YOU'RE
ENJOYING THE KARMA.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS
NEXT WEEK BUT THERE IS NO
FUCKING THING AS KARMA, GET OVER
THAT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHOOPI ATTACKS ME ON A REGULAR
BASIS, SHE SAYS STUPID SHIT ON A
REGULAR BASIS, IT JUST HAPPENED
TO COINCIDE.
I HAD ON IRA GLASS, THE LONGTIME
HEAD OF THE ACLU TALKING ABOUT
FREE SPEECH.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG WHO I HOPE IT IS
STILL A FRIEND, WE CAN DISAGREE
WITH EACH OTHER, SHOULD NOT BE
CANCELED OR PUT OFF HER SHOW AS
MUCH AS I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH
HER CRAZY STATEMENT.
FREE SPEECH, SHE SHOULD BE
THERE, SHE SHOULD GET A TIMEOUT.
>> NOT EVERY SINGLE THING HAS TO
BE FOR EVERYBODY.
WE CAN HAVE PLATFORMS THAT HAVE
STUFF ON THEM THAT NOT EVERYONE
ON THAT PLATFORM OR CONSUMES ON
THAT PLATFORM ENJOYS.
THE VIEW IS A PARTICULARLY WEIRD
PLACE TO DO IT.
>> Bill: IT'S CALLED THE VIEW?
>> IT'S CALLED THE VIEW, IT'S
NOT CALLED THE FACTS.
>> Bill: ISN'T IT
INTERESTING -- I DON'T THINK
THEY MEANT THIS ONE
BARBARA WALTERS INVENTED IT AND
IT'S CALLED "THE VIEW."
THAT'S THE PROBLEM, THERE IS ONE
TRUE OPINION AND EVERYONE ELSE
CAN GO SIT IN THE CORNER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SPEAK OUT THE NAME RAISES
QUESTIONS AND IS CERTAINLY THERE
HAS BEEN SOME MUCH COVERED INTEL
POLITICS ON THAT SHOW.
I DO THINK THERE IS SPACE, EVEN
THAT SHOW HAS SPACE.
WHEN WHOOPI SAID WHAT SHE SAID,
THERE WAS PUSHBACK FROM OTHER
PANELISTS.
THEY WERE LIKE I DON'T THINK
THAT MIGHT BE RIGHT.
THAT'S IT FROM A MISSION
ACCOMPLISHED WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
>> Bill: CAN WE UNDERSTAND
THAT PART OF OUR "RACIAL
HISTORY" IN THIS COUNTRY IS THE
POINT OF VIEW FROM A BLACK
PERSON IS OFTEN GOING TO BE VERY
DIFFERENT AND SOMETIMES SHOCKING
TO A WHITE PERSON.
I PULLED A QUOTE FROM WHEN
WHOOPI DEFENDED MICHAEL VICK,
REMEMBER THE FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO
WAS ELECTROCUTING DOGS?
I'M A LIFELONG PETA BOARD
MEMBER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ALSO SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES THAT
NAZIS WERE VERY RACIST.
HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT
MICHAEL VICK.
"HE'S FROM THE SOUTH, THIS IS
PART OF HIS CULTURAL UPBRINGING.
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, DOGS ARE
SUPPORT.
INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING HE'S A
BEAST AND A MONSTER, THIS IS A
KID WHO COMES FROM A CULTURE
WHERE THIS IS NOT QUESTIONED."
YOU SEE THE POINT HERE?
I DON'T AGREE WITH HER ON
MICHAEL VICK BUT WE GREW UP IN
TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS, WHICH THE
WHITE PEOPLE IMPOSED ON THE
BLACK PEOPLE.
THEY ARE GOING TO SOMETIMES HAVE
A VERY DIFFERENT OPINION.
THE ANSWER IS NOT TO MAKE THEM
SIT IN A CORNER FOR TWO WEEKS,
THAT IS INSULTING, IT'S SO
INSULTING TO MAKE A
65-YEAR-OLD -- THE PERSON AT
"ABC NEWS" SAID I ASKED HER TO
TAKE TIME TO REFLECT AND LEARN
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF HER
COMMENTS, REFLECT.
HOW INSULTING FOR SOMEONE OF HER
AGE SHE WAS A SOPHISTICATED
PERSON AND THE IMPACT OF HER
COMMENTS.
THERE IS NO IMPACT.
THERE ARE TWO NEO-NAZIS WAITING
FOR THE GREEN LIGHT FROM THE
LADY ON THE VIEW TO GO OUT INTO
A NEW KRISTALLNACHT.
>> THE WHOLE POINT OF
FREE SPEECH AS WE DON'T NEED
FREE SPEECH WHEN WE ARE RIGHT,
WE NEED TO FREE SPEECH WHEN WE
ARE WRONG.
WE NEED FREE SPEECH TO MAKE
MISTAKES AND SAY REALLY
UNPOPULAR THINGS.
ONE OF THE REASONS I'M ALWAYS
PROUD TO COME ON THIS SHOW AND I
BET YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY, THIS
IS THE ONLY SPACE LEFT ON
TELEVISION WHERE PEOPLE CAN
SPEAK FREELY AND NOT BE
TERRIFIED TO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I JUST WANT TO SAY UNCONSCIOUS
BUT YOU HAVE THE STARS ON YOUR
BACK, FROM 9/11 TO -- IT'S
USUALLY TO YOUR CREDIT, THAT IS
HARD.
>> Bill: FINISH YOUR THOUGHT
THEIR GALLOP NO, LET HIM TALK.
[LAUGHTER]
LET ME BRING UP SOMEBODY ELSE
THIS WEEK WHO WAS IN THE BARREL,
THIS IS SOMEBODY MY INDUSTRY, IN
MY CORPORATE TENT, JEFF ZUCKER,
AREN'T WE IN THE SAME
CORPORATE -- I DON'T THINK I'VE
EVER MET JEFF ZUCKER.
IF I DID, I'M SORRY, JEFF, I
FORGOT.
AND I HAVE NO DOG IN THIS FIGHT,
I DON'T WANT TO BE ON CNN, BUT
JEFF ZUCKER A POWERFUL, HEAD OF
CNN RESIGNED BECAUSE HE'S 56 AND
NOT MARRIED -- THAT'S A PERSONAL
THING, OKAY, DIVORCED.
HE WAS HAVING A RELATIONSHIP
WITH A 49-YEAR-OLD, I THINK THAT
IS AGE-APPROPRIATE SO WE HAVE
THAT CHECK FOR HIM.
ALSO EXECUTIVE AT THE COMPANY
AND HE HAD TO RESIGN OVER THAT?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS GO WHY A
56-YEAR-OLD AT A 49-YEAR-OLD
PEOPLE CAN'T HAVE A CONSENSUAL
RELATIONSHIP.
THEY HAD TO BEEN FRIENDS FOR 20
YEARS.
SHE SAID I ACKNOWLEDGE -- HE
SAID I ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR
RELATIONSHIP EVOLVED IN RECENT
YEARS, IT WAS COVID.
SHE'S BONING JEFF BECAUSE OF
COVID.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I WOULD BE TOTALLY DELIGHTED
TO NEVER KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE
SEX LIVES OF CNN SEE SWEET
PEOPLE.
>> Bill: IT'S IN MY CONTRACT
THAT I CAN'T KNOW WHO JEFF
ZUCKER IS FUNKING.
>> WE'VE MADE IT OUR BUSINESS,
WE ARE BUSYBODIES TO GET IN THE
EVERYONE ELSE'S BUSINESS.
I WILL SAY I AM VERY MUCH TEAM
NEVER CUOMO -- TO THE EXTENT
THAT THIS WAS A COMPLICATING
FACTOR IN CNN CHOOSING NOT TO
AGGRESSIVELY AND TRUTHFULLY
COVER ANDREW CUOMO BY LETTING
CHRIS CUOMO DOING SOME OF THAT
COVERAGE, EVERY LAYER OF THE
ONION IS DUMBER AND MAKES YOU
CRY MORE TWO IF IT IS TRUE THAT
THE DESIRE TO KEEP THIS A FAIR
SECRET LEAD TO CNN DROPPING THE
BALL ON COVERING TRULY A SCANDAL
IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, THEN
OKAY LET'S LOOK INTO IT.
BUT I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT WHAT
HE'S DOING WITH HIS BITS, MY
GOD.
>> AS YOU CAN TELL I'M AN
OUTSIDER, I'M FROM
"DOWNTON ABBEY" AND ARE WEIRD
MOMENTS --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU SEE THE PURITAN HISTORY OF
THE UNITED STATES COME THROUGH.
AMERICANS SPEND ALL THEIR TIME
AT WORK, THEY'RE GOING TO FUCK
EACH OTHER, RIGHT?
THIS IS A HEALTHY, CONSENSUAL
THING.
>> Bill: WE DON'T ANYMORE, WE
USE TO FUCK AND WE USED TO GO TO
WORK.
>> THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
FROM SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A TOUCHING LOVE
STORY.
>> Bill: IT DOES, EXACTLY!
AT THE OLD DAYS THIS WAS CALLED
DISCRETION, I'M NOT GOING TO
TELL EVERYBODY WHO I'M FUCKING,
FUCKING AND I'M THE BAD GUY?
WE GOT TO GO, IT'S TIME FOR NEW
RULES, EVERYBODY!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: SOMEONE HAS TO BREAK
IT TO THE MOD A FAITHFUL, THAT
THE WHOLE "LET'S GO BRANDON"
THING REALLY ISN'T THAT CLEVER.
I KNOW.
YOU THINK IT'S THE FUNNIEST
THING SINCE THE POLICE ACADEMY
MOVIES.
BUT THINK OF ALL THE RIDICULOUS
AND EMBARRASSING MATERIAL
LIBERALS HAVE GIVEN YOU TO WORK
WITH LATELY, AND ALL YOU CAN
COME UP WITH IS A CODE WORD FOR
"FUCK."
ALL RIGHT.
[LAUGHTER]
START OFF SLOW AND BUILD, I
AGREE.
NEW RULE: NOW THAT THE LOS
ANGELES TIMES HAS POSED THE
QUESTION, "THE GOVERNOR'S
MANSION IS EMPTY.
SHOULD WE LET HOMELESS PEOPLE
MOVE IN?"
LET ME TAKE A SHOT AT THIS ONE.
NO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: SOMEONE NEEDS TO
EXPLAIN WHY IN ALL TV SERIES SET
IN ANCIENT ROME, THE COMMONERS
TALK IN COCKNEY BRITISH ACCENTS
AND RICH PEOPLE TALK LIKE
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
THEY WERE ITALIANS, THEY TALK
WITH THEIR HANDS!
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NEW RULE: SOMEONE MORE WOKE THAN
I AM HAS TO HELP ME OUT WITH THE
STORY OF OLI LONDON, A
"TRANSRACIAL" SOCIAL MEDIA
INFLUENCER WHO WAS BORN WHITE
AND BRITISH BUT IDENTIFIES AS
KOREAN, AND IS NOW ABOUT TO HAVE
PENIS REDUCTION SURGERY TO MAKE
HIMSELF LOOK EVEN MORE KOREAN.
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TELL ME, AM I SUPPOSED TO
CELEBRATE HIM FOR LIVING HIS
TRUTH?
OR HATE HIM FOR CULTURAL
APPROPRIATION?
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT
DEFINITION OF "IDENTITY CRISIS,"
BUT PRETTY CLOSE HAS GOT TO BE
WHEN YOU'RE LYING ON AN
OPERATING TABLE WITH YOUR DICK
OUT, SAYING, "JUST TAKE A LITTLE
OFF THE TOP."
[LAUGHTER]
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NEW RULE: THE WEBSITES I VISIT
HAVE TO STOP ASKING ME IF I WANT
TO "ALLOW COOKIES."
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT
COOKIES ARE.
AND I SURE AS HELL WOULDN'T EVEN
BE ON YOUR STUPID "DOGS IN FUNNY
HATS" WEBSITE IF I WASN'T ON
BROWNIES.
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[LAUGHTER]
AND FINALLY, NEW RULE.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN TO ME:
WHY IS BOMBING THE ONLY THING
AMERICA CAN DO WITH PRECISION?
WE CAN SEND A LASER-GUIDED
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MISSILE DOWN AN ISIS TUNNEL FROM
A DRONE AT 25,000 FEET; WE CAN
PUT ONE THROUGH A WINDOW WITHOUT
EVEN RUSTLING THE CURTAINS.
WHEN IT COMES TO KILLING
MACHINES, WE'RE AN ATOMIC CLOCK.
FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'RE A
SUNDIAL IN THE FOG.
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AFTER 9/11, WE COULD HAVE DONE
WHAT ISRAEL WOULD HAVE DONE:
HUNTED DOWN THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY
INVOLVED, AND REINFORCED THE
COCKPIT DOORS ON PLANES.
PRECISION.
DONE.
WHO WANTS ICE CREAM?
BUT NO, WE SPENT TRILLIONS
ATTACKING THE WRONG COUNTRY AND
CREATING A GIANT "HOMELAND
SECURITY" BUREAUCRACY.
WE'VE NOW SPENT DECADES IN
AIRPORT LINES TAKING OFF OUR
SHOES WHILE TSA AGENTS PAT DOWN
BABIES AND GRANDMAS.
THEY SAY, "IF YOU SEE SOMETHING,
SAY SOMETHING."
I SEE US AFRAID TO IDENTIFY
THREATS BY LIKELIHOOD, AND
BLEEDING OURSELVES DRY JUST LIKE
BIN LADEN WANTED US TO.
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WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME, "WHY ARE YOU
SO SKEPTICAL OF WHAT THE MEDICAL
ESTABLISHMENT TELLS US?"
I SAY "BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THEM
REACT TO A VIRUS BEFORE."
BY 1987, CDC OFFICIALS PRETTY
MUCH KNEW HOW HIV WAS SPREADING
AND WHO WAS IN DANGER.
NOW, OF COURSE, THERE'S NO MORAL
DIMENSION TO THIS, DESPITE WHAT
PAT ROBERTSON USED TO SAY -- GAY
SEX IS JUST AS LOVING, NATURAL
AND SALUTARY AS THE OTHER KIND,
BUT SCIENCE CAN BE ARBITRARY.
AND INSTEAD OF BEING PRECISE AND
FOCUSING ON WHO SHOULD BE
PROTECTED WE LAUNCHED A FEAR
CAMPAIGN ABOUT HOW AIDS WAS
GOING TO EXPLODE INTO THE
HETEROSEXUAL COMMUNITY.
OPRAH WINFREY SUMMED UP WHAT
PEOPLE WERE HEARING WHEN SHE
SAID "RESEARCH STUDIES NOW
PROJECT ONE IN FIVE.
HETEROSEXUALS COULD BE DEAD FROM
AIDS.
BY 1990."
BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, AND THE
UPSHOT OF BAD INFORMATION WAS
THAT IN THE LATE '80S LOW-RISK
AMERICANS WERE SWAMPING TESTING
FACILITIES AND DIVERTING OUR
ENERGY AWAY FROM THE TRULY
AT-RISK.
NEW YORK IN 2020 LEARNED THE
HARD WAY HOW MUCH BETTER
PRECISION WOULD HAVE BEEN IN
PRIORITIZING PROTECTING THE
NURSING HOMES.
CONTRARY TO POPULAR LORE, COVID
IS NOT RUSSIAN ROULETTE; OF
COURSE, ANY VIRUS -- ANY THING
-- CAN KILL ANYONE AT ANY TIME
BUT WE KNOW WHO COVID KILLS: OF
COVID DEATHS ARE PEOPLE 65 AND
OLDER.
98 TO 99% ARE UNVACCINATED.
78% WHO'VE DIED OR BEEN
HOSPITALIZED WERE OVERWEIGHT.
IF YOU'RE OBESE AND
UNVACCINATED, OR 85 AND STILL
CROWD-SURFING AT MUSIC
FESTIVALS, YES, THIS WILL LIKELY
GO BADLY FOR YOU -- BUT AT SOME
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POINT THAT HAS TO STOP BEING MY
RESPONSIBILITY.
DOESN'T IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO
FOCUS ON HELPING THE VULNERABLE
STAY SAFE AND LET THE REST OF US
GO BACK TO LIVING NORMAL LIVES?
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THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE
ANOTHER VARIANT -- WE CAN'T GO
ON FOREVER IN PERMANENT,
HAIR-ON-FIRE, CANCEL-CHRISTMAS,
HAND JOBS-THROUGH-A HAZMAT-SUIT,
[LAUGHTER]
FREAK-THE-FUCK-OUT MODE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN TO MY OFFICE IN
TWO YEARS, THAT FICUS NEEDS
WATER!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HANDLING OF
THE PANDEMIC STARTED OFF POLLING
PRETTY WELL, BUT NOW A MAJORITY
DISAPPROVE.
IT'S TIME TO DO WHAT A GROWING
LIST OF COUNTRIES HAVE DONE AND
ANNOUNCE WE'RE GOING BACK TO
SOMETHING MORE LIKE NORMAL,
BEGINNING WITH RECOGNIZING THAT
WHAT WE'RE DOING TO KIDS IS
UNNECESSARY AND HORRIBLE -- AND
I DON'T EVEN LIKE KIDS.
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BUT MAKING KIDS, WHO HAVE A
COVID SURVIVABILITY RATE OF
99.98%.
MASK UP LIKE BANDITS?
UNFORTUNATELY, THE THING THAT'S
GETTING STOLEN IS THEIR
EDUCATION, THEIR SANITY AND
THEIR SOCIAL SKILLS.
A STUDY THIS WEEK FROM JOHNS
HOPKINS CONCLUDED THAT THE
LOCKDOWNS WE ALL SUFFERED
THROUGH HAD LITTLE IMPACT IN
REDUCING COVID DEATHS.
OKAY, THAT'S KIND OF A BIG ONE
TO GET WRONG.
LAST JULY, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID
"YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET COVID
IF YOU HAVE THESE VACCINATIONS"
-- I ALREADY KNEW THAT WAS WRONG
THEN, AND NOW WE ALL DO.
THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE CDC
ROBERT REDFIELD BELIEVES COVID
ORIGINATED IN A LAB, AND
NOW OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
AGREE, IT MIGHT HAVE -- BUT FOR
MONTHS ON SOCIAL MEDIA IT WAS
BANNED TO EVEN DISCUSS IT.
I'M NOT SAYING THE MEDICAL
ESTABLISHMENT ISN'T TRYING TO
FIGURE SHIT OUT, OR THAT THEY'RE
CORRUPT -- ALTHOUGH THERE IS
SOME OF THAT.
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BUT HOW ABOUT JUST WRONG.
WRONG A LOT.
WRONG ABOUT HIV, WRONG ABOUT
LOCKDOWNS, WRONG ABOUT KIDS,
WRONG ABOUT HOW YOU COULDN'T GET
IT IF YOU WERE VACCINATED.
REMEMBER WASHING OUR PACKAGES?
AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY
RESEARCH SHOWING THAT OUTDOOR
TRANSMISSION IS LIKELY OR
COMMON, YET LA COUNTY SAYS WE'RE
STILL SUPPOSED TO MASK UP FOR
BIG OUTDOOR EVENTS.
LIKE WE'LL BE AT THE SUPER BOWL.
WELL SUPPOSED TO.
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IT'S ALL THEATER, WATCHING
ATHLETES MIX IT UP ON THE COURT
THAN MASK ON THE SIDELINE.
NOT BEING ABLE TO TOUCH A MENU,
BUT WATCHING THEM TOUCH MY FOOD;
MASK-LESS AT DINNER WHILE
SITTING BUT NOT STANDING.
AND BY THE WAY, IF APPLEBEE'S
REALLY CARED ABOUT OUR HEALTH,
THEY WOULD MAKE US COVER OUR
MOUTHS AFTER THE FOOD ARRIVES.
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I'M JUST ASKING, HOW MUCH WRONG
DO YOU GET TO BE WHILE STILL
HOLDING THE DEFAULT SETTING FOR
PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT "THE
SCIENCE"?
EAT EGGS, THEN DON'T, THEN DO;
TAKE ASPIRIN, THEN DON'T, THEN
DO.
THE FOOD PYRAMID -- REALLY?
BREAD AND MILK EVERY DAY?
OKAY, YOU DO YOU.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO THEY WERE
RECOMMENDING TRANS FATS -- NOW
THEY'RE ILLEGAL.
JUST LIKE ALMOST A HUNDRED
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WHICH WERE
ONCE CALLED "SAFE AND EFFECTIVE"
AND THEN YANKED OFF THE MARKET
BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT.
IT REMINDS ME OF HOW THE
REPUBLICANS ARE CONSTANTLY DOING
TRAITOROUS THINGS LIKE TRYING TO
STEAL ELECTIONS AND INVITING THE
RUSSIANS INTO THE OVAL OFFICE
AND SOMEHOW ARE STILL KNOWN AS
THE PARTY OF PATRIOTISM.
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WE'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM IN
MEDICINE FOR A LONG TIME -- THE
SAME PEOPLE WHO IN PRIVATE CARE
ALWAYS SAY "GET SECOND
OPINION" WANT TO ALLOW ONLY ONE
IN THE PUBLIC DEBATE.
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BUT PLAINLY, THE MEDICAL
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX HAS NOT
EARNED THE RIGHT TO CLAIM
MONOPOLY STATUS ON INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS VIRUS OR MEDICINE IN
GENERAL.
YES, FREE SPEECH HAS ALLOWED
PEOPLE TO HEAR MISINFORMATION
SOMETIMES -- AND A LOT OF IT WAS
YOURS.
OKAY, THAT'S OUR SHOW.
I'LL BE AT THE MIRAGE IN VEGAS
FEBRUARY 18TH AND 19TH, AT THE
FILLMORE MIAMI BEACH, MARCH 4TH
AND 5TH, AND AT MGM NATIONAL
HARBOR IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY
1ST.
I WANT TO THANK MY GUESTS
KATHERINE MANGU WARD, JOHANN
HARI, AND RO KHANNA.
AND I'LL BE ON YOUTUBE WITH
THESE PEOPLE, AND OVER TIME!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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