Scott Adams opens his "Coffee with Scott Adams" episode reacting to news of an FBI raid on Roger Stone, speculating about the timing and show of force and noting potential implications. He frames this incident as an example of a recurring media narrative—peripheral Trump associates being targeted and tell-all White House books recycling alleged inner thoughts—and raises a question about how CNN knew to be at Stone's house.
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Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum. Hey, everybody, come on in here. Gather round. It's time for coffee with Scott Adams. And guess what? As luck would have it, I'm Scott Adams and I have coffee. And if you're well prepared, and I know some of you are, you have coffee too. It may be a different beverage, but in any case, grab your cup, your mug, your stein, your chalice, your thermos. Put some liquid in there. I like coffee. And join me for this simultaneous sip. Ah, let's spin this crap. Somebody says, let's spin this crap. Am I visiting Roger today? Will. Will I be going to jail with Roger Stone? Not that I know of. I'm happy to say that I've never met Roger Stone, so there. There should be no record of text messages between us. I'll tell you what, I would hate to be anybody who has texted Roger Stone in the last five years. If you have ever exchanged messages with Roger Stone, you're probably a little worried right now because Mueller's reading your messages. Alright? So the big question of the day is, is, oh, maybe there's a bigger question. Somebody says that Mike Cernovich's movie Hoaxed is out today. Is that true? I'm still okay. Looks like it's out today, so if you haven't watched it, search for Hoaxed. H O A X E D by Mike Zerovich. I'm in it, so it must be good. But I've been looking forward to that, so make sure you watch that. So why am I whispering? Christina's still asleep. So I'm on the road today and I wake up to the news that the FBI has raided Roger Stones. Not rated, I guess. They did a powerful knock on the door. Everybody was highly armed. Now you might ask yourself, why would they go in so heavy against Roger Stone? Well, the odds that Roger Stone has heavy firepower in his house is probably close to 100%, wouldn't you say? What would you guess Are the odds that Roger Stone has some serious weaponry legal? I'm sure it's all legal. But serious weaponry in his home? Probably pretty high. I always wondered why they. They do their FBI raids. It seems like it's in the early morning before anybody would be expected to be awake. And I think part of it is you make sure that they're not drunk because it's first thing in the morning, they're sort of sleepy and they haven't organized their thoughts yet. So you just have an advantage if you're a big bunch of FBI people And you catch somebody at, I don't know, five in the morning or whenever they do it, it's probably the best time. All right, so it may seem to you like. It seems to me like some kind of weird Groundhog Day. Have you noticed that every story seems to be the same as every other story? What are the two biggest stories today? And ask yourself if you've ever heard these stories before. Somebody associated with the Trump campaign, but not that closely, that's always the key. Associated with the campaign, but not that closely, is accused of something by Mueller that probably has more to do with lying about something than with any base crime. Now, have you ever heard that story before? It's the same freaking story we just hear over and over again. It's just the same story. All they do is they just replay the play with new characters. So who's after Roger Stone? I don't know. Are they running out of minor characters who are associated with the fringe of the campaign? Probably a few more, but Stone will be the most interesting. Now, the other interesting thing about Stone is that he probably knows where there are a lot of bodies buried. I would hate to be on the other side of that guy because I don't think he's going to go quietly. Whatever happens next, it is probably going to leave a pretty big crater. But I don't know. Here's the other story. See if you've ever heard this story before. Someone who once worked for the White House writes a tell all book that alleges he knows what the, what the President's deepest inner thoughts are. Have you ever heard that story before? It's just the same damn story. They're just recycling it. Another person with another book full of assumptions about what other people are thinking. I just saw one of the excerpts, and it's exactly what you imagine it's stuff like. And the President craves the approval of the media that he hates. And I'm thinking to myself, okay, if you gave us a text or a direct quote where the President said, I crave the media attention, then I would say that's pretty solid. The President actually said that. But if you're writing a book or you're talking about the President's inner thoughts and his secret worries that he doesn't speak about, I don't think, I don't think that should not be a book, but it will be. And it seems that they've targeted what's her name? Why am I blanking on Kellyanne Conway. So have you noticed that the opposition is targeting and picking off specific individuals. So it seems that this book may have targeted Kellyanne Conway. And O. Dershowitz is on tv. Darn it. You'll have to go watch that. But, yeah, it's just. It's a whole. A whole nother. I don't know, two weeks of the same story that we've been watching over and over again. Person gets arrested, charged with something that's probably closer to lying than anything else. Somebody writes a book. There are lots of assumptions about what people's inner thoughts are. They've picked off somebody to take out same news. There's not much. There's not even much to say about it. But there is a question I saw on Twitter. I don't know if anybody's answered it yet. Maybe you can answer it for me. Somebody answered me this question. Why. Why was CNN standing outside of Roger Stone's home? And exactly when. With cameras, and exactly when Mueller's secret raid happened? Does somebody have an explanation for how CNN knew to be there? Were they just always there? They just have a film crew that just sits in front of Roger Stone's house just in case, or do they have a source inside the Mueller investigation? CNN got tipped off. Well, maybe. So somebody says, why does it matter? It matters because. Wouldn't you like to know if CNN has real sources? Because that would obviously be confirmed as a. An accurate insider source. Yeah. So that. That would matter. And I don't have a whole lot else to say today, so I'm going to keep it short. All right. I may check in later when we have more news, but for now, I'm gonna sign off and we'll. We'll keep watching the news to see what else develops. But let's hope it's not just Groundhog Day all over again. And I will talk to you later.
