The Scott Adams School - 08/31/26 Monday With The Home Team

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Good morning.

Hello, everyone.

The chat's already chatting it all up. Love that. Good morning, beloveds. How are you? How are your weekends? I saw a lot of you at the after party with Owen having a good time. I saw— yeah, and I saw SJV, um, keeping the flow. Good morning, Timothy Ray. Um, that was good, SJV. I saw you. So how was the after-party, Owen?

It was great. I think, uh, everyone had a good time. We had a lot of great discussion. Um, came up again, I think, when we talked a little bit about the whole stuff with Stefan Molyneux. So some tie-ins to the show, and, uh, it was fun. It was good.

That's great. That, um—

We figured out that God does exist, so—

Oh, okay. All right.

We just decided that I won the debate.

Without him there, right? Yeah, of course.

All right, good. I'm sure it's— how happy are we all to have Marcella back in the house? She's back.

Welcome back.

Yep, so she was out, she was a busy little bee last week, but now she's back. Hooray! Um, so you guys, yes, okay, YouTube has joined Rumble. Spotify X, and of course the Beloveds are going. So that means we can do the thing. I can never get centered on here. Oh wait, let me slide over. Okay, so let's do the thing. I need the thing. You need the thing. We all need the thing.

What we need is simultaneous sip, and it doesn't take much to enjoy it. Not really. All you need is a copper mug or glass, a tankard, chalice, or stein, a canteen, jug, or flask, a vessel.

Interesting.

Interestingly, my traffic is very small today. Something's going on. And you should fill that vessel with coffee or your favorite beverage and join me for the dopamine hit of the day, the thing that makes everything better. Simultaneous sip happening right now.

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Ah, well, I think that cleared the air quality a little bit. I'll probably have to drink some more to fix it entirely.

Hmm, yes, I always feel like no matter what I say before the sip, whatever Scott then says goes with the thing I said. How does he do that? It's amazing. It's amazing. Um, I'm looking at the Locals chat and like, not to say that this was funny, but Alien Baby posted a casket and it had 2 huge lumps in it and it said Dolly Parton's funeral and it was like this big boob cutout. Okay, sorry, I just— I— it was funny.

She would laugh.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

RIP to Dolly Parton, by the way. Okay, so here we are, you guys. I just like, I don't know where to start sometimes on a Monday because there's like so much going on, but somehow nothing ever changes. Um, so I wanted to start with an absurd clip just because I cannot stand Gavin Newsom. And can somebody tell me seriously, I'm just— is he on drugs, Marcella? No, don't answer that. But Something is— something is wrong.

You would hope, right?

You know, it probably is, would be my guess.

What?

What? All right, so this is what I want you guys to do at home, okay? Nobody can see you, and don't be embarrassed even if somebody can see you. I want you to mimic the movements that he is making in this clip and just tell me how natural or unnatural this feels to you. And what the hell is he— what is he doing?

And Why?

Okay, watch and try— play along at home. I'll do it too.

And, uh, this will give us double the size of folks and capacity. So the, the new ship coming in. And so Cal Poly, it's— I mean, Cal Poly, what makes Cal Poly unique, it's work by doing. So the merger of the academy with Cal Poly was long overdue, and I'm so pleased to see it happen. Happened with almost a year, less than a year and a half, which is about as fast as it gets in academia particularly. But In government as well.

So the lady in the back is really—

these guys make over $150,000 a year after graduating, and it's 6 months on, 6 months off. Uh, so it's a good career. Anyway, I'm promoting the career if you're out there.

What is he doing? What is this?

Maybe there's like flies, you know?

No, Marcella, there's no flies. Oh, I think it's cocaine, right? That's what— all right, you guys, this is just our opinion.

I think he needs to avoid doing that. That's what I think.

But he doesn't stop, and it's so weird. And he does this all the time. And what's the other move he does?

What is that, the Elaine move? I think he gets nervous. I personally think it's all nervous, right? Because right there he was like trying to put on his suit. Like, I wish it was drugs because then we would know it's just based on drugs.

He's not nervous. The man loves attention. I don't know.

I, I, I I per— I met him before, so yeah, he does get nervous.

So maybe you made him nervous.

Well, I don't know.

It's just—

think it's definitely like, like, oh, and the lady behind him was trying to do the same thing.

It makes me so uncomfortable because I want to ask him so much, like, what are you— what are you doing? And why isn't anyone stopping you? Like, what is happening? Anyway, so, oh, when I say cocaine You say cocaine?

Yeah, I do.

Yeah, like he's nervous and jerky and pulling on his shirt and his—

I wish it was cocaine, then we would have our answers in California what the issue is.

I don't know, Marcella, could do some investigative work on that, would you? You know people that know him.

I'll text him right now and ask him, is it cocaine?

Well, no, just find out from the people around him. Okay, so moving on. I, I just, I find him so utterly bizarre and how anyone takes him seriously while While it— while his country— I want to keep calling it a country— while his country of California just— I mean, can we just crack it off? Can we just crack off California and just give it a little shove away from us? Because no, no, you'll come here first. You'll come here first.

Okay.

Yeah, no, no, no. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so anyway, um, I'm reading your comments. All right, so now listen, you guys, a lot of you may know that One of my passions is saving the whales. Okay, so Scott helped me so much with this. There was a period a few years ago where it was me, Michael Schellenberg. He would help promote like anything we were putting out and a bunch of other people that were trying to still trying to save the whales because there's so much. ocean pollution. And then with the wind turbines going into the water, they're like mapping out the ocean floor and they're like putting in wind turbines. And the sounds— like, sounds are so important for whales and for dolphins and sea life. Like, they send each other signals underwater. And now I'm doing the Gavin Newsom. And, um, this was just interesting to me. Somebody has a tracker on one whale. There's There's more whales with this whale, you guys. Don't worry, he's not lonely or she's not lonely, but they have a tracker on one whale where all of these shipping lanes are. And look at just how hard it is for them to navigate. Let's just take a peek. So the blue dot is the whale and those are all ships, you know, like container ships, shipping lanes. And it's just like, it sends signals and it listens to sound and it's like, where do I have to go? How do I navigate this? And I bring it up to say that, This is still a huge problem with people wanting to put the wind turbines in the ocean. The sounds are so deafening for these creatures, and they are getting separated from their families. The, the cubs are separated from their mamas and they're washing ashore dead at like crazy rates. So I just wanted to put it out there. I think that it's still pretty much in the forefront.

Mm-hmm.

And I know President Trump was gonna try to like stop this altogether. Is this what? So anyway, I just read chunks. I don't know what you're talking about. So anyway, so I thought that that was interesting because you see just one whale and there's probably like so many in there trying to bounce around. So I just want to put it out there that the whales and the sea life are in trouble, and we're gonna have somebody on. Oh, I was like Owen.

What?

That's why I was laughing. It's like you've been here.

I was like. What is that, Owen?

I see how it is, Owen. You're only visiting Erica.

Anyway, the whales. So we're gonna do a thing on the whales soon, and actually it's not going to be during the morning show. It's going to be on, on Scott's YouTube channel and all of his platforms, but it's going to be like a midday thing. So anyway, yes, I look like a video game. Okay, distractions. All right, so Marcella You are our Iceland correspondent. So what is going on in Iceland and is it good?

So Iceland said ney, which means no in Icelandic, to being part of the EU, which I'm not surprised. Then August 29th, they voted against being part of the EU. There was a big turnout of 82% of the population, which is, I think, now about 400,000. They showed up in robes to vote against the EU, and one of the main things is that they were just going to get six seats in the EU Parliament. And historically, they voted before in historically, they had voted against being part of Denmark in 1851, and in 1851, oh, there she goes. She didn't like this whole thing of EU. Six seats in Brussels versus six. seats in Copenhagen. So in 1851, Denmark asked Iceland to be part of Denmark, and Iceland said nay to— said no way. And they were only offering 6 seats in the Danish parliament, the same with Copenhagen. So, um, the nation said no to the EU, which is great. They are part of the EU trading, but they have their own currency, they have their own laws, Um, they would be— a main reason is that they wanted to keep their own laws and ways versus having a bureaucracy in Europe tell them what to do. So I don't know, Owen, do you have anything in regards to this?

Well, I mean, I, you know, I think frankly I don't think any of the countries should have gone into the EU. I think it was a bad idea, um, and You know, I guess it's mainly just because I come from this idea of national sovereignty, and, um, it never seemed to make sense for them to give up control of their countries. Like, give up control of their currency, give up control of fiscal policy, give up control of immigration. Like, it just seems like all the impacts are negative because the only thing that can happen is that they might do something that you don't want and force you to do it. Like, if you were going to do everything you wanted to do as a country anyway, then it wouldn't really even be any benefit probably to have the EU other than maybe moving around easier, I guess, with passports and things. But, um, it just seems like all the impacts, the big impacts, have been negative. So I would probably applaud Iceland for staying out of it because, you know, they maintain their independence.

They already can move freely through, uh, they're, they're a signer of the Schengen area so they can work in Europe. They can, you know, go by the wayside. But, you know, one of the main things in Iceland that's occurring is that there's actual crime now, and most of it comes from immigrants. And their immigrants come from Eastern Europe, which can— now and again they think it's gangs. They try to kick them out, and some of them are tourists. tourist criminals. So that's one of the biggest problems that they're facing. But unfortunately, as an EU country, they have to allow these people in. So it is what it is.

I was going to say, how are gangs getting into Iceland?

They're not.

They don't.

So they think it's gangs, but it's Eastern European mafia, basically the Eastern European mafia, Polish mafia, or Russians, or, um, the reason they think it's gangs is because they work together. Um, they don't know they're coming in as— like, they don't obviously look like a gang when they come in, but they come in as tourists, or they come in to live there or work, because there's a lot of, uh, people from Eastern Europe that work there.

Mm-hmm.

And then they end up bringing other people along. And then, so the oddest thing is that now you can get pickpocketed At like at a natural site, like looking at any of their— the geysir or looking at the waterfalls.

Wow.

You gotta watch out for your phone.

That's sad.

It's sad. There was no crime before.

No. Oh no.

So it's hard to— it's hard to have everybody from Europe not come, you know?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So Ah, all right. Well, good for them. You know, so they want to stay their own. I mean, I'm sorry I missed a little bit of that, but they so they want to just stay their own nation. Yeah, like don't don't EU our own.

Don't tread on us. Yeah, Vikings.

So sorry about that, you guys. Literally, so you guys know I have a cat who's older. She's declining, and she sits on like a. Bar stool next to me in the window, and she—I don't know why—but she fell off of it, and then she got her arm stuck in something, and she started screaming, and she was stuck, and it was scary. And she seems okay right now. So that's where I went. Okay, Stella, hang in there, sister. Okay, now I have so funny two clips from two different trays. One is Trey Gowdy, and one is Trey Youngst. But I thought I was like, oh, two trays. That's So strange. Anyway, so Trey Gowdy did an interview with President Trump, and here's a clip. And Owen, I'll come to you right after. You can give us your take on this.

2015, you just showed me a construction project, and I saw as much joy with you doing that as I— you loved what you did. You had a You had a great life. If you had to do it all over again, would you come down the escalator? Because you had a great life before you did.

I had a wonderful life. But, you know, I had a little expression that you may have heard before: Make America Great Again. So that's called a large-scale version of what you just saw outside with the construction of what will be an incredible addition to Washington, D.C. Including the helipad and the heliport and everything else that we're doing for the White House where they've wanted these things for so long. But I did that on a very large scale and I loved it. But this is really— it's just nothing more important. Make America Great Again. It was the first thing I thought of and I used it as a phrase. And MAGA certainly caught on, as you know very well. Yes, sir.

I watched you out there with the helipad, the ballroom. The whole world will see that. I've also seen you get out of a golf cart and move stakes that no one else in the world will see. I think it was a tee box, and you were out of the cart in the heat moving stakes. Where does that come from?

I'm a perfectionist, and If I see a crooked line, if I see a corner that's not square, if I see something going on that isn't good, if I see dirt— that's one of the things I hate about the radical left. Everything turns filthy, dirty, and then it goes to hell. And then the murders start and the crime starts and everything else. I don't know if that's natural. I don't know if it's picked up. My parents were very clean people. They were very proud people. But, you know, I'm proud of the country. I want to see it fixed and made better. We've fixed 82 monuments, statues, waterfalls in Washington. Maybe more important, Washington, D.C. was almost the crime capital of the United States. And now it's, it's a totally safe place. You know, crime is down the whole country. Crime is way down for the whole country. But if you look at Washington, D.C., which is a microcosm, but it's our capital. We brought in the National Guard. They're unbelievable. They did a job with the police, with everybody. But one number that I love giving: 2% of the people create 91% of the crime. Because you can handle 2%. If it were 30%, probably can't handle it, right? So you take care of just 2% and your crime rate goes way down. And that's what happened in Washington and Memphis and a few other cities. I wish they'd call me from New York, Chicago, and LA. I would take those numbers down to nothing.

Clearly, you have touched upon this.

Okay, something really wacky just happened. Hi, oh! Back.

I yeah, I lost my sound like halfway through the clip, so I apologize for that. And I just had to get out and get back into.

Oh, okay. And then we lost Marcella. Up here comes Marcella. This is so funny. Marcella and I were cracking up when you disappeared. Okay, you guys, here we go. So basically, did you guys get to hear any of the clip? Marcella and Owen. So I did. You did. All right, go ahead, Marcella.

I heard about I heard about Trump just saying like you know I had a good life, but there's this thing about make America great again. But that's probably all I got. So if there was more. Maybe you can fill me in.

Well, I mean, I, I just think it's sweet. I feel like— don't you feel like he just sounds like, um, I don't know, like I see him— like I used to see him more of like a, you guys don't freak out, okay? Like more of like a father figure. Because I feel like I spent a lot of my life with Trump because of where I live, and like he was always around and in the news, and like we were always seeing what he was doing. And now I feel like he's like that grandfather That's just like, I want to leave America the best way I can. And I think primarily, like, you know, he thinks about his own family and his kids and grandkids. And I just, I don't know, it's like there's something sweet about that. He's all our daddy, Lang said. And so, I don't know, you know, he could have, you know, would he come down the escalator again? I mean, I think he always was consistent in saying that, If he thought he could help this country and do something that wasn't getting done, he would do it. So I think he would.

I don't see how there's any chance he would say no to that question. No. Because he's been so successful and he's made so much positive change, at least if you are the type of person who's a Trump supporter. If those are the types of policies and the types of things you want happening in our country, Not having open borders and, you know, having like a strong military, but also not fighting a lot of pointless wars. You can, you know, complain about Iran maybe, but, um, like just all the different policies, having better oil prices, a better economy. Like, there's so many different things that he's done. And so if I were Trump, I would be like, I can't imagine not doing that. Like, I can't imagine looking at everything I've accomplished So far in my first term and now in my second term and saying, if I could go back and do it again, I wouldn't do that.

Yeah. And I think it helps having a president with a big family. I get— I do get a little nervous about some of the people that are in office that like don't have kids. And that's funny because, you know, like coming for me, I don't have kids. And sometimes I feel like I worry about the kids more than people I know that do have kids. It's weird. But, um, I just think that, I just think that, you know, if you have a family, if you have something invested that way, and like you're, you know, in your 80s now and you're like, oh, I'm not going to be here always to protect them, like, let me do— that's what I, I read from him. Marcela, do you, do you get like that kind of vibe from him at all?

I do. I think he— part of it is his legacy. He doesn't— he wants to leave his legacy behind. But part of it is that he wants to leave America a better place for his grandkids. He has many. I don't think he has great-grandkids.

No.

Soon, soon. Kai went to college. Not saying anything, Kai, but—

Oh, bless.

She's in Miami, University of Miami, playing golf. Thank goodness for her.

Is that what they call it these days? Playing golf?

Yeah. She is an amazing golfer.

Oh my God! So you guys know the chatters out there. You guys make my morning because you make me laugh so much. Like while the the interview was going on, which was a serious interview, you guys, you guys made me laugh so much. Like one of them, one of the comments was. We think Trey's an alien. The other one was 2 great comb-overs in one interview. So I just gotta tell you guys, um, thank you for, for always watching and always commenting and making me laugh. Thank you. So you make America great again.

She was, she was dying laughing behind the scenes.

I was dying.

And then all of a sudden Owen disappeared, and then Marcel and I started laughing like, where'd Owen go?

And I disappeared.

Then she disappeared, and I'm like, I give up. Stella's fallen off chairs. It's a Monday, you guys. It is for sure a Monday. My favorite day. Oh, right. That's right. So anyway, you know, we're we're happy that Trump, you know, came down the escalator and you know is doing what he's doing. And oh my God! Now Beverly is distracting me. Okay, Beverly, I can't watch you right now. Okay, so let's move on, you guys. So the other tray we have is Trey Yanks. On Fox. And, uh, let's get an update on this ever-changing, and I feel like now escalating, war in Iran. And Marcella, pull it together, Marcella. Okay, here we go.

Another trade. Yeah.

The United States and Iran trading strikes overnight as tensions escalate between Washington and Tehran. Chief foreign correspondent, uh, Trey Yates just spoke with the president and joins us with the latest. Trey, what do you know?

Yeah, Lawrence, good morning. I just spoke with President Trump, who told Fox News the United States will respond to the Iranian attack on U.S. forces overnight in Jordan. The president said we're going to hit them hard, there will be a response. He indicated that all of the missiles except one were intercepted by U.S. air defense systems. One missile was identified as not going to hit anything significant, and they allowed it to pass through the airspace. This comes as the president said the Iranians want to meet so badly, but he doesn't know if you can count on them to make a deal, but added that the current US sanctions against the Iranian regime are kicking in strongly. But again, the headline here, President Trump telling Fox News that the United States will respond to this attack on US forces in Jordan overnight.

Oh boy. So I mean, what is the response going to be, Owen? We can only imagine.

Oops.

Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I think, you know, this— it seems to me like this whole situation is just going to keep erupting and keep going, and it'll probably be going long past the midterms at this point. I was really hoping, as I've said many times, that we'd be done in like March or April. But now it's, you know, almost September and we're still going. And, you know, they— I'm sure Trump will keep saying we're close to a deal and all that, but it doesn't ever seem to happen. So I'm not going to really believe that until it actually does happen. And It really looks real for a while. So at this point, I'm just expecting more.

Yeah. What about you, Marcella? Do you think it's going to keep going? I just don't know how, how this stops now. I mean, I feel like more, more people are involved now.

Well, I, I definitely think that there's more to the Iranian war than, than, than we're being led to believe. I, I really think of it as a proxy war with China. Um, which is not something that, you know, is mainly— we got into it because of the nuclear weapons and, and allegedly because of Israel. But I, I really think that the main thing is oil and being in control of that oil and who— and, and controlling China from that angle, just like we did in Venezuela. So I think there's more to it than just, you know, than meets the eye. But in regards to what's happening, I, you know, it's 7 months into this war. And one of the posts from President Trump, he never misses a mark when it comes to persuasion, is the Kharkiv Island being blown to smithereens. He did an AI version of it. And he's like basically fighting a visual war. Through his post and through his rhetoric with Iran, thankfully enough, we haven't had troops on the ground, so there hasn't been as much casualties on our side. But still, it's a war, and I don't see it being finished until we get what we want out of it. So which doesn't sound like you know there is talks. Somebody put I don't know how how how accurate this is, but there's talks of the. IRGC and the leadership wanting to flee Iran because of the economic turmoil there. But I don't know. So as you guys know, the Secretary, the Treasury, the Bessent, Scott Bessent came out with last week, I think, or a week ago, with D-Day for the economic you know, sanctions against anybody that helps Iran. The main thing that's missing and the weak part of it is that it doesn't target Chinese banks and Chinese conglomerates, but they're in talks with that. So that again points to it being a proxy war with China. But we'll see. I am positive in thinking that this is going to turn out well for the US. If, you know, if it all goes the way of Trump.

I do worry about the midterms, though.

If it does end soon, I would say it would be from economic rather than military.

Like just crushing them economically?

Yeah. Like, I could, I could see that having a bigger impact if it is painful enough that, you know, if they literally can't fund themselves or can't pay people or, you know, inflation is going through the roof already. But if it gets worse, Then I could see that leading to some kind of governmental collapse. But I think apart from that, you know, just dropping more bombs, I don't know that that's really going to do much. But I mean, I think they are having a hard time. I think there have been some admissions that the economic sanctions are having an impact. And I don't know if it's related, but there apparently was a clip of somebody from IRGC dropping from a heart attack on live TV that I posted today. Um, where, you know, I don't know if it was because from the stress or what, but—

Oh my God.

You know, I think he was getting up there to talk tough and then he just dropped.

Oh, that's, uh, that's creepy.

He was older, so I mean, he wasn't a young guy, I guess. So I don't know, they're claiming it was the US that ended up killing him, or Israel, but That would be impressive to do that on stage on live TV.

Oh my gosh. I mean, can we do a show tomorrow that's just happy good news? Would anyone have a problem with that? Like, just literally, I just need to like cleanse my soul somehow. I swear, it's just like I can never hear a story and not immediately think of the conspiracy. And then I'm just like, you know, the word conspiracy, but it like a lot of times ends up being true. And then you're just like, oh my God, nowhere is safe. You know, it's just yikes.

You mean like Fauci having a formal relationship with the CIA, that kind of conspiracy?

Oh God, help me. I swear.

Is it really a conspiracy?

Well, I mean, apparently there's documents now. That's one of the stories I posted recently too, is there's documents that the NIAID had a formal institutional partnership with the CIA, which pretty much points to they were making biological weapons.

Yeah, no, I saw a story too, and I'm like, I can't, I can't even go there yet because it's so new and I need the 48 hours to digest it. But yeah, there could be some amazing stuff coming down the pipeline, and, and, and nothing will happen. So, you know, that's, that's the thing. It's like we find out stuff, but why is everyone just walking around free and no one's held accountable? I just don't understand. This is—

the U.S. government was involved in it.

But there is good news. I mean, Google Maps updated Lake Ontario to Lake America. Yeah. All right.

Let's go. But not Apple Maps.

Apple Maps did not. Oh, today is today.

What's his name? Tim. Is that his name? Tim Cook.

Who's in charge of Tim Cook's last day?

His last day. Tim Cook's last day. CEO of Apple. Yeah. All right. Well, good luck, Tim Cook. Sucked actually because you missed the boat on so much stuff with AI and everything else. And so now whoever's next, have fun with that. Um, I— listen, I'm a BlackBerry girl forever, so I'm Android, and, um, it is the superior device. You guys come on over, it's really nice. Okay, um, you Apple people hate me, I know, because I'm the green bubble in the chat, but I like that. Like, I stand out so you see my annoying green bubble. Okay, if you know, you know.

All right, we all talk to you, talk about you behind your back with the blue.

I know, I know. It's like, Erica's got to be the one with the Android. Um, yes, bye-bye, Tim. And could we bring BlackBerrys back? That would be my dream. So we did mention Venezuela and how things went in Venezuela. They went quick. And, um, yes, let's go Android people. All right, so—

And we got their oil.

I don't think you need keyboards for BlackBerrys anymore because now you can just talk to your phone.

Yes, I know, but it's the whole operating system was so superior. Okay, drop in the chat Android or Apple. Go! Oh, look at all you people that love Android. So Erica gets happy. Androids.

Okay, so while you're typing it in your Apple phone—

No, we'll know. Look at you Androiders, I love it. I do have an iPad, so I have that if I need an Apple something. But oh, look at you guys! We're we're about half and half.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Technically, it should be Google or Apple.

No, it's Android. Sam, Owen, don't set me off. Thanks, Summer.

If it's Android, then it would be iOS.

The operating system, you mean?

Yeah. All right. Listen, don't make things worse. Okay. So here's a little Venezuela snapshot. since we did mention Venezuela. Here, Uyghur phones, Andy, of course. Okay, so the oil, the oil, let's talk about it. Here we go.

After announcing a major agreement to secure a majority of US control over $65 billion of oil, proven oil reserves in Venezuela, President Trump is reportedly set to meet with American oil refinery executives tomorrow. So let's break down what this actually means. So this was announced late last week, and it looks like we're going to get a shot at the greatest oil reserves in the world. They're going to be developing 17 strategic fields. A lot of people think there's even more fields out there potentially, but they couldn't explore, let alone extract, because of the socialism, communism that took over there. Reduction target of 1.5 million barrels a day. Keep in mind, we're putting out millions of barrels a day, but Venezuela is now essentially going to be But it's not like the Venezuelan people aren't going to benefit. They do not have the infrastructure to benefit from this. They're going to have the Americans being able to extract and hit maximum capacity, and they're going to get a stream of revenue as well. Venezuela's benefit will retain ownership and sovereignty, but they're going to do it for 25 years.

Okay, so is that good news, you guys? Who wants to take that first? Marcela, are you excited?

You know, I'm, I'm excited, but at the same time I don't agree. I'm very much one that believes government should stay away from owning companies. So one of the things they don't mention there is that the United States will take a stake in a company named NABEP, which stands for North American Blue Energy Partners. And, um, so that's how they're going to get their 65 million barrels Uh, from Venezuela. Um, there's, there's talks that, um, in Venezuela that this is not legal because one, the government is not a legal government. Um, if there's going to be a new government, they're going to look at the, the deal. I think it'll stay. Um, the, the issue is actually being able to get the 65-barrel, uh, 65 million barrels. Uh, because what the US is going to give is going to give a way to— and, and this, uh, Nabeb company is going to be able to come into Venezuela to help produce and extract all this oil. Because right now the extraction from this oil in that area, from what I understand, is not happening because their technology was really old and they weren't, you know, because of the communists and blah blah blah, there was no technical way of getting it out. So in a way it's helping Venezuela because it, it can. But the issue with this is it's a risky investment because what if somebody else takes over that's just as bad as, um, the previous regime? And then they take over whatever we built in there. So, you know, it's— I don't know.

I don't know what to think of it. I agree with you about a lot of that. And I mean, how— and Owen, I'll come to you in a second about that. But how are the people of Venezuela doing? Like, what is going on over there now? Do we know? I mean, I shouldn't just ask that on the fly, but, you know, a lot happened. And are they better off? Are they rebuilding things? Are they I don't know. Are they flourishing? Are we helping them financially now because we're— I'm just going to say stealing their oil. You know, it just feels weird to me. I don't know.

I don't know all the details, but I would have to imagine we're not just stealing it, are we? Are we just taking it? Like, getting it?

We're not taking anything. We're actually helping them because we're bringing in all of these companies that weren't allowed in, like Chevron and all the major companies. And they needed the Um, they weren't, they weren't getting oil out of those, uh, areas because they didn't have the equipment or the money. So we're bringing in the companies that can bring the equipment, that can extract that oil. And I mean, if you worked it, it should be your oil if you're working it. And then we're having a deal with, uh, the Venezuelan government in order to get them oil as well as, you know, being able to sell it.

Yeah.

However, you never know who's going to take over. Well, yeah, the next, the next people. Go ahead.

Yeah, I guess I was just thinking, like, I would imagine we're either paying them to lease the land or for the mineral rights or something. Like, I, I would have to imagine they're getting some kind of payment for that. I wouldn't expect it to be, you know, we're just taking it and then thanks for the oil. Like, I, I'd be surprised if that were the case. But, um, you know, I do think, I do think geopolitically it's a good thing. Just because any more oil that's being pumped over here means less dependence on the Middle East, and it might mean lower oil prices, which means lower prices on everything else than would have otherwise been there. And so I think it gives us more stability, more control, more autonomy. And so I think apart from the morality of it, I guess if you want to argue that, I think it is generally a good thing for America.

It's, um, so the president of Venezuela, who, you know, basically was kind of put in there, um, somehow by the guy leaving, Delcy Rodriguez, uh, had a, um, I guess a presser in front of her nation, and she said that it would bring $100 billion in investment to $200 billion in tax revenue. So the government would get Um, I don't know how much of this the Venezuelan people will see, but it will get a lot of money that they weren't getting in.

That's what I'm wondering though. How are, are the lives of the people, um, of the Venezuelans— like, I, I saw somebody say the BBC is reporting that the Venezuelan people aren't happy. Um, you know, how long? And, and then I see you guys writing too. Yeah, yeah, you know, the Venezuelans helps steal our election. And yeah, that's true. Um, but it's like, what about the people? It's like, it's the people, uh, that I'm worried about. And so I don't know.

Well, the— it's hard to know because the government is still in control. And I know that there's been different, um, journalists there that want to speak out, but they're scared. There's one that does have a show on YouTube and now and again speaks out. Um, there's still this, this censorship over what you say, but things have improved. Um, just not as fast as they were hoping that it would improve.

Yeah.

But they're hoping that there would be elections eventually and Delcy would leave. Um, but now Delcy kind of is kind of in cahoots with the US, so she might never leave. Who knows? So I think that's what bothers the whole thing, but more the how would I say this this connection between the Delcy Rodriguez government and the U.S., meaning like is she a dictator forever now? Right. That's what they're worried about.

Yeah. All right. So you know yeah no Jim Wyman I'm with you yet no not the the people of Venezuela didn't. Steal the election, right? It's we're talking government stuff, but it's the people that always suffer when your government acts a fool. So it's it's a shame. Anyway, let's see what happens there. We'll we'll you know we'll see what happens with the news as stories come out about it. We'll let you guys know. Marianne from I was gonna say Marianne from Mars. Marianne Mars says you know whatever the BBC. BBC says the opposite is true, maybe. So anyway, let's keep an eye on that. Now, Owen and Marcel, I asked you guys if you had a couple of stories you wanted to share with us. We have about, you know, 18 minutes left here. So Owen, I saw some of your stories this morning. Is there a particular one you were sharing with us?

Yeah, there's been a lot going on over the weekend and today. One story is about Besent again kind of going to war against left-wing NGOs. And so it sounded like they're going after the Soros Network, SPLC, CARE, things like that, and they're potentially going to take away their tax-exempt status. So looks like it's, you know, a serious thing. They're going after them, and I think they're saying they're abusing their NGO to get tax-exempt status. So maybe they'll lose that. It'll be interesting to see whether that— plays out, whether it happens, whether the courts will challenge it. But I'm all for it because I think these people are just political activists.

Will it even matter, though? They're so wealthy.

Well, I think it matters just because they would then have to pay taxes. They wouldn't get the tax benefits. I mean, whether or not they exist might be another question. Maybe Soros will just pony up more money. But I think anything that makes it more expensive and harder for them, to me, would be a good thing. Making them tax-exempt just means that the stuff that would normally have to be paid with taxpayer dollars, we're basically subsidizing them in a way because they have this special status where every other company has to pay taxes, but they don't.

Right. All right, well, I like that. I like that. Okay, and Marcella, you—

I have good news for you.

Oh, good.

There was a— there's a German act, a German artist named Simon Weckert, and he created a digital camouflage that you can wear so that the camera, AI surveillance cameras, can't capture you. It's basically a funky little outfit. He has different ones on his website. They're all $88. And they're on Simon Becker's website. And allegedly it's, it's the colors together trick the AI camera. It was tested in Germany. He's a German artist. So it was tested in Germany. He believes it would work in other places. Basically, for whatever reason, the AI that looks for people's faces and focuses on this person. cannot focus on them because of the hypnotic effect of the pink, the orange, the green patterns. He also has one with brown, um, black, blue. I don't know, it's just a bunch of colors. So you can wear that outfit. Yeah, you can wear that outfit, Erica, so the flock camera can't see you.

Yes, yes.

Now you have to maybe make your car that way, that way you can't see your car.

That'll be the next thing the car wrapping industry will do. They'll put a wrap of that on there.

It can't work.

Yeah, well, and also, I mean, oh my God, yeah. And, um, there are so, so many stories of like, I say young kids, like kids probably like in their 20s and whatever, just ripping down flock cameras now. Like now people aren't trying to even be secretive about it. It's like this all-out war on Flock cameras, and I'm a little bit obsessed with it because it is bringing the world together, the country together. Both sides don't like it. And listen, all sorts of teenagers and kids of all demographics and genders and races and creeds are ripping them down. So look, who knew flock cameras would unite the world again? And the youth, right? Yeah, yep. They're, you know, so I like that there is a general pushback against all the surveillance we have. I saw another clip where you, like, whatever your license plate reads, you get these adhesive letters and numbers that fit right over your license plate perfectly. And it makes the flock camera not be able to register your number. I'm not suggesting anybody do this because I am positive you will get a ticket if you do this and you get caught. Oh, for sure. But it's interesting. And I, that's like, that's a little bit of good news that we're fighting. This, you know, takeover of our privacy. It's, it's already— so much of it's already gone, and we have to, we have to say no to it. So I like it. I like it. Yes, that's illegal. That's illegal, you guys, to put those things over your license plate. That's why I don't suggest it. But I'm just saying, it's a thing.

It happens.

Yeah. All right, Owen, take us to a story.

Yeah, well, um, apparently the Canadian National Broadcasting Network— I can't remember if we talked about this on this show or just on the Afterparty But, um, they apparently decided that they were going to stop calling 9/11 a terrorist attack.

Yes, we're talking about the date, you guys. 9/11, September 11th.

Yeah, yeah. So, and everybody got up in arms about it, and now they backed down. So that's the latest. They, they decided after all the outrage that they're gonna call it terrorism again, and they adjusted their guidance to clarify that direct attribution is not required for describing 9/11 as terrorism. If that was like ever—

You know what Canada STFU. Okay, it was here, not there. Don't tell us. Ugh, Canada, go away. I'm serious. Not the good Canadian people, but you know who that is. Anyway, I like— I take that— I just take it so personally because we lived through this.

Yeah.

I mean, like I always tell you guys, the smoke came over my house for weeks. I, I know so many people who died who were there or who didn't go to work that day. I have friends that for whatever reason didn't go that day, and I have friends who have died from cancer, you know, just a few years ago because of it. I have other friends that have had like 3 and 4 different types of cancer. You know, it's the whole world changed. And, and I also want to say about 9/11, yes, people were celebrating on top of buildings, cheering in New Jersey. And I saw it. I saw the news clips and they're trying to rewrite history on that too. So suck an egg because I was there and I have a great memory. Okay, so anyway, Canada, do better. All right, that really pisses me off. And wait, I'm not done. And it really pisses me off about the mayor we have in New York right now who's like, you know, friendly with people that help plot this whole thing. You know how far we have fallen. And, you know, never forget came— the hashtag never forget came from 9/11, you guys. And Unfortunately, the people who will never forget were, you know, Gen Xers, were older, and the young people never really understood. And so now they're like, yeah, I'm Donnie and this and that. And it's like, it's so disgusting to me. And I don't care who has a problem with what I'm saying because we're coming up on 9/11 and go ahead and say your thing and that I'm a phobia person, whatever. But the fact that we have a Muslim As a mayor in New York City is so something I could have never imagined would have ever happened in this country. And, um, we gotta— we've got big, big Islam problems in our country. All right, Owen, get me out of this jam.

Well, apparently El-Sayed has a white communications director who once said white women are a policy failure. And there's a bunch of other racist posts against white people. In May 2020, she wrote, fellow white people, one of the most powerful anti-racist acts is having those tough conversations with your loved ones. She also said, I don't care if it's scary or makes you uncomfortable. Black people are being murdered by the police and white women are making shit up, trying to get Black people killed. Snap TF out of it and start taking action. And, uh, So yeah, she has a long history of, I guess, hating white people.

Awesome.

But I mean, I, I do want to ask, do you agree with the statement that white women are policy failures?

Yes. Well, yeah, I mean, Owen, leave me alone. Marcela will answer.

I say yeah, women in general, not, not just one color.

The awfuls.

That's for sure. The awfuls too. Yeah. I mean, I won't ask Owen if he agrees, but, um—

No, ask him. Do you agree, Owen?

No, I think women are doing great.

You're such a liar. Look, see, Owen, listen, there's a lot of people on here that are unhappy that your face isn't animated and moving. And right now I am. I can see your lying face through that picture. I just want you to know.

I will, I will say what I've said on the after-party before. I treat people as individuals. I don't treat people as groups. So I think it's a mistake and it's bad framing to group everybody, whether they're white women or anything else, that every person is an individual and you should not be grouping them together and trying to make some kind of judgment on an average, which isn't a real thing. There is no such thing as an average person. And that is exactly what Scott said. So I am just agreeing with Scott.

Okay, Owen.

But wouldn't you agree there's gender differences?

Of course there are gender differences. Wouldn't there be gender differences?

Owen, everyone's laughing at you. They said you have the taproot tilt.

No, they, they, they believe you.

No, it's—

For all we know, Owen is naked.

I'm sincere about treating people as individuals. I don't know why anyone would doubt that.

No, I am. I believe you.

Yes, yes, Owen. Yes. Okay, so, all right, Marcella, You, you give us a juicy something.

So remember how Scott would always say it's— the story is what it is. Like, you know, what you're thinking it's like, it probably is true. Kind of like the CIA being in cahoots with, with Fauci. The same with, um, New York and the, the prosecutors in New York. So find the crime. Basically, instead of finding the votes, let's find the crimes. Um, uh, Daniel Westenfeldt, a veteran prosecutor in New York, um, under Attorney General Letitia James, your favorite, um, was ordered to find crimes involving Donald Trump and Trump-affiliated people and groups even when there was no solid basis to start. So basically, you You saw the lawfare. We were saying, oh, the AG, and they were looking for crimes of President Trump or anybody connected to the Trump family and anybody in the Trump family. And the news would always say, no, that's not possible, no way. Um, and it came out to be true, at least from his perspective. Yeah. I don't know. Um, there was no comment by the AG or the, the other prosecutors.

So I mean, we kind of all knew that. So, but now we have, I guess, what, the proof?

We have, we have somebody inside saying it. Yeah.

I mean, she said it right on camera, like, that this is what I'm gonna do. So yeah. And then, you know, always remember, you guys, When one finger is pointing at you, like if you point your finger, okay, I always say this to people, three more are pointing back at themselves. So if someone's pointing a finger at you and saying like, you know, this, this, this, three more fingers point back at themselves. So, you know, when they're like, oh, you know, Trump's doing lawfare against us, it's coming from the most egregious cases of lawfare people ever, like a Letitia and. All these judges, and you're just like, are you people crazy? You know, it's like, um, who was I just talking about the other day? Like, it's like Hunter Biden talking about Trump's kids. It's like, hey Hunter, you should really just STFU. Like, you are such a disgrace. And like, the fact that you're going to talk about like someone else's children— I wouldn't do it. Um, so these people, I, again, I just really hope that there's going to be consequences for their actions. That's all. If we don't start seeing them, I— you know, how much more do we take of this stuff, you guys? I don't know. Owen?

Well, apparently the Clinton— I have a job opportunity for all of you. The Clintons are looking for an unpaid intern who has a high level of professionalism and discretion. So I think you—

Does she have to be a woman?

You should all apply. Hillary Clinton's office is who you'll work for. It's 25 to 29 hours a week between September 9th and November 13th. It's unpaid. It requires proof of academic credit. I don't know if that means you need to be enrolled in school or what exactly that means, but you need to have discretion.

Unpaid? These crooks haven't saved any money that they could pay a freaking intern?

Well, Bill Clinton's office is separately searching for something called a special projects associate. That position is paying between $50,000 and $55,000 a year.

Oh boy. In what city?

New York City.

What?

Yeah, $55,000 a year in New York City. I'm sure— I mean, that's a little bit more than—

Could live on the street. The homeless can apply.

You can't live— yeah, no, but you— but, but Marcella, if you're living off of that salary, you're obviously younger and still living with your parents.

I, I do think this audience has a high level of professionalism and discretion. I would love to see one of you in one of these positions.

Oh my God, who's gonna do it?

I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll intern.

No, Marcella, save yourself. You can't do it. I won't let you.

If they ask you to go paddleboarding, say no.

Yeah. Or, can you light this cigar for me? No, just stay away. And I think he wears an oxygen tank now, so don't light any matches near him. I think, in my opinion, allegedly.

You start working for Bill and he drops all money.

When's the last time you lit a match?

I've lit— I've lit— I've lit matches. Candles, because I have candles.

There you go. Okay, candles would be like the one thing I could imagine. I just, I don't ever have any reason to like light a fire nowadays.

Oh, and I have that lighter.

You don't smoke, Owen?

No, I've never smoked.

I also use one lighter in my fireplace.

So I had one puff on a cigarette in my teen years. I did use marijuana for a little while, like a couple months, but then I stopped doing that. I haven't had any kind of smoking of anything since I was 14.

If anyone wants to have a cigarette with me, I'm dying to have a cigarette again. So like, I— but I need someone to like have it with me. Like, let's go smoke, like that. And I'll be like, okay, let's go smoke. I just want a cigarette in the worst way. It's probably—

Mindy, where is she?

Mindy would never. Oh no. Oh my God. So I'm just looking for someone to smoke with. All right, so I'm gonna play this clip again. Okay, you guys, we saw this. But what I want to tell you— oh, so Wednesday Owen's not going to be here.

Oh no.

So I know, can you imagine? And we have a guest on Wednesday, and I'm gonna show you who he is one more time. And also Kyle Becker is going to join us on Wednesday, Marcella. So we'll have a guest who's coming for the first half hour, but Kyle will be with us for the entire hour. So, yeah. So, and so the person coming on is the man who made me laugh so hard in this clip. And he's going to be a bit of a UK correspondent for us. And that's, that's what we'll talk about on Wednesday. But take a look just to, just to jog your memory.

They should be commended because they did.

I've had it with you.

Oh my God. They should be commended they didn't kill their children.

These are— she's a murderer.

These are man-hating women that are standing outside. This is what it's about. They think the husband did it. They're crazy. They've lost their mind.

You know why they're waving for a murderer? Do you know why the woman is in a wheelchair? Did you even notice that? She couldn't care less. She's a murderer because she jumped out the window after this.

So she should have. They say that Lindsay was in psychosis. I think these women are suffering some from psychosis. They've been watching too many true crime Netflix dramas. You know, this was an incredibly privileged woman, incredibly wealthy. She had a nanny, and she's still complaining that she needed help. She could not have got more help from the system than she already had received. This is a murderer who strangled her children one by one. One of the boys ran away, and she chased him down and killed him.

Lori Watkins.

What you just said was absolutely disgusting. Thank you. You should be ashamed of yourself, and you can hear that he's not.

Okay, because it's true.

You clearly don't care, so pipe down.

I don't care. And by the way, men watching this, if you have a woman sat next to you on the sofa who is defending this murderer, you got to think deeply about this. I've seen weddings. We need to have some empathy. Talk to your women and find out what are they thinking. They're defending this woman. It's—

I don't think anybody's defending what she did, but you can have empathy for what she I know many women that this has happened to. No, they did not kill their children, but they also— what you failed to mention—

Well, they should be commended because they did.

Be quiet, please. I've had it with you.

Oh my God. They should be commended they didn't kill their children?

She's a murderer of these women and children. I love him, you guys. His name is Thomas Corbett Dillon, and we connected, like, after— I think after the show that day. And he right away said, oh, I'd love to come on the show. And I was just like, absolutely. Absolutely pick the day. And, um, but you know, he's—

yes, I wish I could, I wish I could be here, and I actually need to drop right now.

I know. Okay, everyone, I'll see you. Bye. Um, so he'll be on on Wednesday with Marcela and I and Kyle. And but really, we, we discussed that we're going to talk about what's happening in the UK because remember long ago we said we need a UK correspondent, so he can do that for us. All right, guys, so yeah, you guys, I think that'll be fun too. All right, so thank you so much, you guys, for being here today. This was like such a wacky Monday. I feel like I have no idea how this show came off today, you guys. But yes, it is Thomas Corbett, C-O-R-B-E-T-T, Dylan. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Go follow him on X, you guys, and then he'll be here. Tell him you're looking forward to meeting him at the Scott Adams School on Wednesday. All right, guys, so, um, thank you to Scott and Shelley for allowing this show to continue. Stella is banged up, you guys. Thanks for asking. She is. The last few days have been weird. God bless her. I, I love her so much. I can't even stand the amount of love I have for her. Okay, um, so thank you to Scott and Shelley for allowing the show to continue, and thank you to Marcella and to Owen. As always, I love you guys so much, and you guys for showing up. It was definitely a wacky Monday. Um, and if you don't mind, I'm not gonna stay after because I do want to check on Stella. And, um, you guys Let's have a closing sip to our beloved. I started early. Sorry. We're Monday. A closing sip to our beloved Scott Adams. You guys will see you tomorrow. We're gonna get a good night's sleep. Okay, to Scott.

To Scott. Bye, you guys.

I'll miss you too, Metal Seer. See you tomorrow. Bye, guys. Bye.