The Scott Adams School - 5/59/26 BJ Dichter Joins Erica & Marcela. Trump, Iran and Dad Jokes

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Yeah, yeah, we're starting from the beginning about that. Yeah, we all— a lot of us started back with Scott Adams in the Periscope days. It was amazing.

Yeah, Marcela said Scott was mean to her. I thought that was his—

oh no, just like sometimes, said the abused woman.

Then he gives you powers.

He did that to us sometimes when we would argue, like, like Erica was explaining. She was arguing one point, he was arguing another. He loved it. I love that kind of stuff.

He loved a good debate. But you know what was really cute is like if I would get frustrated, like if I was like— I, because I'd be typing in the chat, I'd be like, are you kidding me? Like, I can't even believe— like, what do you think, I'm stupid? And as soon as I would say something like that, he's so sweet, like he'd be like, no. Like he'd like ratchet it down, like no, like he me to feel bad. He's like, no, I'm just saying. And I'm like, okay. Um, all right, so here's one coffee creamer update for you guys because this is coffee news. I checked my Chobani creamer. You'll all be thrilled to know there's nothing wacky in it. It's like au naturel. There's no— whatever the thing is that could be in it, it's not in it. So I'm very— it's not like high fructose corn syrup. It's like sugar cream whatever. It's just like your basic natural stuff. So that's better than the coffee meat I was drinking. So drink to that. Yesterday, I was looking for a clip I couldn't find. Okay, this is, this is the kind of thing that like, if you just are walking by a room I'm in one day, and I'm in hysterics, crying, laughing, it's stupid, stupid jokes like this, and people trying not to laugh. And who doesn't need some dad jokes right now? So these are 3 guys that go deer hunting. And these are their jokes from a deer blind. So They're all in camouflage. They set up a little camera and they're trying to be quiet because they don't want to scare the deer, and they tell each other these stupid dad jokes and try not to laugh. So let's go.

What do you call a spider with 10 eyes? A spy. Where do you take someone who's been injured in a peekaboo accident? The ICU. You ever heard of Murphy's Law?

Peekaboo, I see you.

Have you heard of Cole's Law? It's thinly sliced cabbage with salad dressing. Have you heard of the new sport called quiet tennis? It's like normal tennis, but without the racket. What did they call the Terminator once he retired? The ex-Terminator. What has 5 toes but isn't your foot? My foot.

Oh, we're not editing that out.

Why can't you hear a pterodactyl going to the bathroom?

I don't know.

Because the pee is silent.

Where do cows go camping? Upstate Moo York.

Okay, that is, that is my jam right there. Sorry.

Ooh, I think some alcohol was involved in that.

No, with the guns in a deer blind? I hope not.

Well, that's how they go hunting in Canada.

Oh, then maybe Sixpack.

Yeah, for sure.

Oh my God, I love those guys. And I, I just, I love, I love it because I love stupid jokes, um, and I love trying not to laugh. Like, you know, when you'd go to church when you were little, or you'd have to be at like a, a wedding or something, and you know, you're in class and there's someone speaking, and just that something happens and you're trying not to laugh and you just want to die. It's my fave. And they're hot. I like to see hot friendships like that. You know, camouflage, why not? So thank you for indulging me. BJ, did you want to say something about hypnotizing out of the gate?

Well, actually, it's, you know, maybe a simulation alert, but for those of you remember, I'm sure you all remember Scott Adams once talked about hypnosis cards. Oh yeah, he talked about Mike Mendel's hypnosis cards, and I actually happened to be with him yesterday and talking about Scott and you guys, and they weren't— they didn't— they weren't aware that, you know, the Scott Adams School continued. So, uh, they just say, uh, said a shout out to all of you guys and, uh, all the best. And I just thought it was— it was very sweet, you know. Life comes full circle from the cards to hanging out, to bringing us all together. I thought that was nice.

Shout out to Mike Mandel. We had a lot of fun, man caves, reading his cards and talking about hypnosis.

Yeah, very cool. He would be a good guest, actually.

Yeah, he would.

Well, let me reach out to him, ask him.

I'd love to do, um, a man cave with him, like a local, so we can just like hang and talk and whatever. So BJ, if you want to do that, that would be so fun.

Okay, let me see what I can do.

Okay, cool. Um, All right, so Marcella and I were both looking at these. Did you guys see this beautification effort going on in DC? It is so beautiful. If anyone has a spinning chat, I see you guys, just come out of the app, maybe force quit the app and come back in. I know it's like unplug it and plug it back in. Try that. But so I just, look at this. Where's the first one I have? Here, look, that's the before and after. So pretty, look at that. And now people are hanging out. Was a tent, now there wasn't a tent. I love that. And then there is one other one that Oh, I didn't write her name down. Oh yes, I did. What's her name? I'll tell you in a minute. But she was just happening to walk through— is it called Union Station, the train station in DC? Okay, so look at this, how pretty.

This is Columbus Square.

Oh, thank you. Columbus Square. Look how gorgeous that is. It was covered in graffiti and filth and Antifa and this. And I know they're going to try to ruin it again, but I think we just keep cleaning it up.

The last time this Columbus Square fountain worked was 2007.

Yeah, 2007. It was sitting just sloppy. So, um, the Scott Adams School, I think we can agree, we all want to give a shout out to President Trump. It is so beautiful what you're doing. It's our capital, for God's sake. I mean, people come there to visit and to tour, and it was like it looked like a New York subway. It was disgusting. So, you know, it should be beautiful. So shout out. I love that. It is. Yes, it is long overdue. And to this lady, too bad.

I wonder who that lady is now.

I don't know. Why do I keep calling her a lady? I don't know who she is. Again, that's Pat. That was Pat.

You're genderifying.

I know, I know. I don't want to assign a gender to this person we are going to call Pat. So, um, Marcela, what happened? I have a video. Is it Blue Origin? Is that the Jeff Bezos rocket?

Yes, that's Jeff Bezos's rocket.

I mean, one of them.

It was.

All right, it is a Friday, you guys.

It is a Friday. We are a little fun on Friday.

Um, so the Blue Origin was testing, um, Yesterday, the New Glenn rocket, and, uh, I guess you're gonna show us what happened to it.

And I'd like to say nobody was injured or hurt.

Okay, nobody was hurt.

Yowza!

Boom!

Wow, isn't that insane?

That's a quick way to burn a lot of money.

Yep.

Wow.

I can't even believe no one was injured. I mean, nobody was in it, obviously.

Yeah, who wants to go for a ride?

I know, like, oh, uh, Dale King, you ready? Good Lord. So what happens now, Marcella? Do we have any more info on that?

So Architechnica was, uh, the, the magazine, the The news, uh, Ars Technica said that it was probably the worst explosion that could happen, um, that they're thinking it's going to be early 2027 when it can, uh, they can do launches again. Not this year, you know, we're in the middle of the year, so I mean, it doesn't sound that bad. But, uh, Elon Musk, uh, you know, showed his support for, for Jeff Bezos. Jeff Bezos indicated that, that all personnel was accounted for. It was a very rough day, but he said that they'll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. And then, you know, good thing that Elon showed his, you know, because Elon runs SpaceX, which is a competitor, so you think he would be like, haha, good for you. No, um, but he's the opposite. He said it was unfortunate, rockets are hard, this happens. And he also added some Latin to it, ad astra per aspera, which means through hardship to the stars. So, and you know, so it is unfortunate. It was a static, uh, fire test. Um, the other big issue is this is a setback not only for Blue Origin but for NASA, because NASA had picked Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket for their next two flights. So there's gonna have to be a— some kind of analysis. Hopefully we figure out— they figure out— if we, uh, they figure out what, what happened, you know. Thank goodness nobody was hurt, because as BJ saw, like, when he went boom, he really went boom. Like, there was no, no bigger— Huh?

Yeah.

Go big or go home. If you're going to blow it up, make it spectacular.

Yeah. So, BJ, is that the first time you saw that?

Yeah. I haven't seen that.

Is that crazy?

Yeah, but I've seen so many of the Musk rockets exploding over the years, and I love how he just takes it in stride. He's like, well, I guess we'll build another one.

Yeah.

Just how you have to do it. You just forge ahead, right?

You can't quit. I mean, you're working to build a a product that's going to do what you need it to do. So this is— it's really just trial and error. And it's not to say it's no big deal. It's, it's tons of money and time and effort. But hopefully they'll be able to diagnose what happened, you know, do like a little autopsy on it and then just, you know, what do we— what happened? What did we do wrong? What do we need to do? Thank God nobody was in it. But this is how you figure it out. Unfortunately, it's just, you know, very expensive and time-consuming. But if, if our greatest inventors and friends quit, when something went wrong, it would be a pretty sad world. So good for you. Get back on the launchpad. Let's keep going. We're proud of you for trying.

And that's a perfect, like, you know, reframe, like what Scott Adams always talked about in his book, Reframe Your Brain. Like, it blew up. Like, all right, well, the good news is we have an opportunity to start again and try it again.

So, yeah. Yep. So we wish them the best of luck. We wish them the best of luck. Look, a lot of us feel like we need to get out of here. So keep going. We're counting on you. All right. So moving along, I don't know which story to go to first. Oh, did anyone catch the press conference yesterday with Scott Adams? He— so Caroline Levitt is out on maternity leave. And so we've had Marco Rubio, J.D. Vance, and now Scott Adams filling in. I listened to the whole thing. He was so good. And I have to say, it's Funny, you know, I was thinking back while I was listening to him. I was in the grocery store with earbuds and listening and kind of laughing. And I was thinking back when Trump would always— he'd just talk to the media so much. And like, Jim Acosta, what a POS. And like all these people that just wanted like their one second of fame and what fools they made of themselves and missed opportunities to just really ask good questions. But not that the media is asking better questions now, but they were taking him a lot more seriously. And it was funny because he had said to them that he just got his honorary doctorate, I think it was, from South Carolina. So he said, if you address me as Dr. Bessant, you know, maybe you can ask two questions kind of a thing. And so, you know, a lot of them were, some of them weren't, but he, he was just really great. But anyway, I spied my new favorite person, Cara Castronuova. She got a question in about digital currency, which I thought I I find it interesting because I worry about these things. You know me, I'm your worrier. So let's take a listen here. And she's a badass. I love her. Okay, here we go.

I'm not that person.

That was you. Okay, thank you so much.

Thank you for taking my question. Kara from Lindell TV. I really want to get your thoughts on digital currency. A lot of our viewers are increasingly worried that digital currency could one day be used to track people's spending or limit personal freedom. What's your philosophy on on that and what safeguards is the Treasury and this administration putting in place to make sure new digital payment systems protect Americans' privacy and freedoms in the future?

Well, so this administration has been very clear there will be no central bank digital currency, which I think the— is— would be the first step toward tracking. So we have taken that off the table. We passed stablecoin legislation, bipartisan, and the Clarity Act is now up on the Hill. I think it has bipartisan support. And the most important thing we can do is to make digital assets come into the United States, make the US the home. Our regulation, our best practices are what will ensure good standards for these. When you look at digital assets, all the nonsense that happens, all the things you read about, that's because it's the wild, wild west offshore. So we We got to bring it onshore. So I would encourage the House and the Senate to get clarity done.

All right, so I literally know like nothing about this. BJ, I'm going to come to you first. So, you know, to me, the only thing I really know about the digital currency is can't they just turn it off and then you can't get your money? Although banks can just shut the door and you can't get your money either. So what do you think about what he said? I felt comforted by that, yet I don't, I don't know anything about it.

Yeah, as somebody who just came back from speaking at a Bitcoin conference in Ireland. So I know a lot about this stuff. I've written a bunch of articles on CBDCs over the years. I don't think— I don't see it. I really don't. And that's just my window into being involved in government, running for office, understanding how the gears of the machine work. And not only do the regular people not want to be scrutinized, But people involved in money laundering, politicians, corrupt people who are involved in government, they don't want this either. Right. Because once you put things on a, on a public ledger, which is what Bitcoin is, the pseudo-anonymous public ledger, then you have the ability to see where other people's money is going and flowing. Right. So I think it just brings too much risk to the political establishment. And knowing how they behave. You hear a lot to talk about it, of course, but the talk usually comes when Bitcoin's about to have a bear— a bull run. Once we start to get into a bull market, all of a sudden you see all these articles. Oh yeah, from always from the left that, oh, uh, you know, CBDCs, and it just kind of gets everybody scared. I don't really see it. And, uh, and we could talk about Bitcoin maybe another time, but there is a very big difference between Bitcoin and all the other we call them altcoins, which are run by foundations. Bitcoin itself has no government, no— it has no board of directors, there's no company, there's no CEO, there's nothing. Trying to ban Bitcoin would be like trying to ban the COVID virus, and it's pseudo-anonymous. So that's kind of your best hedge right now if you want privacy, is to move into, uh, into the Bitcoin blockchain. So I call it The Freedom Protocol, because it's not a coin, it's a protocol. And it's just going to take people lots of time to really understand how this works, which is part of what I do with my audience is talk about Bitcoin.

No one's yet been able to explain it to me in a way that I can understand. They'll always throw in some jargon here and there or an acronym, and I'm like, and now you lost me. And so I, I feel like the majority of people in this world feel like I do. And so I just get like shut down. I don't even want to know or get involved because it's too confusing. And now you're talking about my money, and if I don't really understand it, I don't want to get involved with it. I don't want to have to have a degree to figure it out. Um, so I, I worry only because I truly don't understand it. And I don't, I don't know, but I think a lot of the audience here probably knows a lot about it. You guys are very smart and you're into all these things. But, um, I wish—

the only follow-up, Erica, is during the trucker protest we raised cumulatively $25 million. All that money was seized by the government and through lawfare. The only money that was not seized was Bitcoin, and that's the only money that was distributed to the truckers. It was approximately $1 million that was directly distributed, and it's now worth $2 million. And that's when it proved its case in the Western world. So if you want freedom and sovereignty and you're afraid of government, you should be going in the direction of Bitcoin, not away from it. But maybe we should do that on a Locals together.

I would love that. Oh my gosh, I would love— because if you can get me to understand it, and I'm going to be a pain in the neck though, BJ, because I'm going to— okay, because I have so many questions and you might say something and I might say, back it up, I don't get that yet. Um, so who, who in the chat— the chat's everywhere— will do it on Locals? It'll be a private stream, but you know, would you really, really like to understand this world of Bitcoin? Um, I, I think we, we're gonna need to, so I would appreciate that personally. Um, you'll watch it? Good. Thanks. See, bookish, you're with me. I think a lot of people are with me. I just get like, okay, yep, all right, good. We're gonna do it, we're gonna do it. I love that. Thank you, thank you, thank you. And if anyone wants to help out, um, with that show too, let us know if you're an expert. Jimmy Wyman, he already gives the talk, so Jim, you'll be around, that'll be awesome. Okay, good. And if you guys aren't on Local, sign up. What are you waiting for? Come on over. Oh, and by the way, YouTube, I see you guys over there saying We've joined as a community as the unbeloved. Well, I just want to let you know we love you too, so you're not technically unbeloved. You are also loved. Okay. Um, all right, so Marcela, what, what do you want to say about the Bitcoin stuff? I know you're savvy.

Um, I don't have much to say, just that I don't see digital currency ever coming into fruition in the United States, not only because there would be a lot of opposition. But like BJ said, you would be able to see what other people do with their money. And I think that's where they love to hide, is, you know, uh, the fraud. They, they love to hide behind the fraud. Not all of us, but there are people that do. And if you do go to digital currency, it's harder to hide. Even Bitcoin has been used to be able to find certain criminals that use it. And it's been very easy to find them because unlike, you know, maybe you probably think differently, but Bitcoin is easy to— and crypto itself is sometimes easy for the CIA or the FBI to track certain people down.

It's pseudo-anonymous. There's ways.

Yeah.

Yes, there's ways around it, obviously, like everything else, but it's not— but at the beginning of— I guess at the beginning, um, there were like, um, certain people that thought it was fully anonymous, which is why they didn't maybe do a good job about hiding their tracks.

Initially it was before KYC, but anyways, we'll do— we'll do that on local.

I love that. Awesome. Oh good, I really would love to understand this. So look forward to that, you guys. We'll, we'll do that. Thanks, BJ. All right, so until I understand more, I literally have nothing more to say about it because I don't know. Um, Marcela, was there a story you wanted to touch on?

Um, several stories, but one of them was the whitehousealiens.gov, uh, website came online.

I wish I had that.

Um, The White House X page, if you go on to it, uh, they posted a video of a border, like the border in there. It's at night and there's a huge, uh, UFO flying machine sucking up an immigrant, an illegal immigrant, I hope. Um, and that was with with in the background with YMCA. So, you know, if there's aliens around— I wish I had it.

It's so hard to explain. It's like not— so it's a, it's a wall with an illegal immigrant, we think, walking on one side. A UFO scoops them up and just plops them on the other side of the fence and like puts them back over the border while YMCA plays. Yes, it's, uh, it's a joke.

If you were to go to the site I have to just read some of it. You know, it's kind of like the— you go to aliens.gov and— promise you, it's, it's not gonna happen.

Do it after the show. Do it after—

do it after the show. Do not, do not change us. Um, but it's basically kind of like, uh, Star Wars words that come on, but more à la Matrix. Uh, and so it says, they walk among us. For 60 years, the U.S. government has kept a closely guarded secret. Aliens have been walking among us, living in our neighborhoods and interacting with us on a daily— in our daily lives. They shopped in the same stores, attended the same classes as our children, and lived seemingly normal human existences, with one exception: they do not belong here. And it goes on and on a little bit longer, but—

all right.

And what it has So the, the thing that the website has is an actual live map of ICE raids and people being deported. I think I, I didn't check out the map too well, but that's what it has.

I know you guys are seeing a lot of information about the ICE issue in New Jersey, in Newark, and we will talk about it unless anybody wants to say something about it right now, BJ or Marcella, but, um I'm hoping to have a guest on next week to talk about this situation with who could talk about it better because I'm literally paying zero attention to it. Zero.

So the Delaney Hall situation started obviously with NGOs, with, you know, it's, it's organically created and it happens that there is people inside in the detention center have started a hunger strike, and then outside there is lots of rioters, uh, protesters, um, you know, just basically living there and protesting everybody that's there. But the funny part was a video that I don't know who filmed it, but I think Fox News showed it, is two um, how would I say, Hispanic men walking out of the detention center, and they were getting really happy. The, the protesters were very happy about it. And it happens that they happen to work there. They're not, um, you know, yeah, they came out and they're like, profiled them really well.

Like, yeah, they're like, oh, look, look, they're letting two out. And then they're like, they work here. And then they're like, oh, like, afio. And I saw one lady screaming at an Asian man, calling him an Asian man behind the gate. Like, you— yeah. And he's like— they're like, why are you being racist? She's like, oh, racist, racist, you don't like that, you don't care about the Black and brown people. I'm like, that's— yeah. And I go, literally. And she goes, oh, but when it comes to the Black and the brown people— I'm like, lady, that too is racist. Like, stop. Like, you're— you just called an— and you said the Asian man, and then you're calling the other people Black and brown. And Why are you there? Like, what are you— what are you doing? And the hunger strike, uh, I think Tom— I literally am paying zero attention to this, but I— this is what trickled in. Um, but Tom Homan said they're, they're complaining because they want their cultural food, not the food we're giving them. I don't care, don't eat, whatever. Like, can we save money on that with the taxes? That's like more money to save. But it is escalating pretty bad, and, uh, something's going to have to be done over there.

Well, some of the complaints were regarding some of the detainees have cancer or, you know, certain conditions that they have, you know, medicine. Well, that's the problem is that they're unable to go home or, you know, basically they're detained so they can't. So that's the issue is, you know, the— there is a I mean, unfortunately there's so many of them that it takes a while to process each one of their cases, even if they have a really good case to stay here or to leave, one or the other. So they're in this limbo. So they are asking for medical help during this time, during the time they're detained, but the, you know, and that's to be determined pursuant to each case. But what I was going to talk about is the hot ice agent that was there.

Marcel. Okay, Marcel, give us the details.

I don't know if that was—

you don't bring a picture. You don't bring a picture. You're just, you know, again, no, some people in the chat were mentioning it. So, um, all right, so BJ, I want— I just want to get your take. So to me, I feel like I— I mean, we all feel like we could solve this problem, just like, okay, you're just going home. I don't care. There's no problem. We'll talk about it later. You're here illegally. You can yell at me illegally later. Um, so— oh, and Golfer Cycler, I'll have a sip with you in one second. You were late. Um, so BJ, what do you say? Have you seen any of this footage?

I've seen a little bit. It's, it's just really funny for me as, uh, you know, one of the gringos who spent a lot of time in South America and, um, you know, dated somebody many years, almost married her who was from Mexico. And my experience with Latinos— sorry, in Canada we call them Latinos because last I checked Brazilians are not from Spain, so Hispanic for us is just the weirdest term ever. But, um, they, uh, everybody I know— for me, but okay, everybody I know is, um, is looking at who's Latino is like, that's the garbage we try to get away from. Like, those are the narcos that were taking over my town. And we all had to hide from, or we had to pay them bribes or extortion money. So yeah, get them the hell out of here, you know. And notwithstanding, uh, there are people who just came to Latin— to, uh, the United States who just wanted to make money and they didn't have opportunities back home. And unfortunately, because of all the cartel crap and whatever, those people suffer as a result. And, uh, but at the end of the day, you know, it's very difficult, especially for Canadians It's much more difficult for Canadians to, uh, to move and migrate to the United States. Uh, there is a process and it sucks. You may think it sucks, but, um, you have to— you can't just jump the line for everybody else. But everybody I know who's Latino who's legal in the United States is like, yeah, good, get them out, you know.

So my question is, is, uh, well, two things. One, uh, the protesters are making it worse. So You're making it worse. Like, you're making people who didn't really have a dog in the fight or an opinion now not side with you, because now these protesters are creating mayhem, danger. They're trashing, you know, Newark— not that it wasn't already trash, thanks Cory Booker— but, you know, you're making it so it's like, you know what, just get everybody out because this has to stop. Let them do their job. You're just holding them up. You're making it bigger and whatever. You're not making it So new people are going to be sympathetic to their cause. The people that were already sympathetic will stay that way, and the other people who just want to live their lives are just going to get more aggravated. But Marcella, if Antifa— isn't it designated a terrorist organization? And why are they out there acting a fool?

I don't know if, if the protesters there are Antifa, but, um, you are allowed Well, I, I don't know for sure. I guess I've not been watching it that closely. But if you, you know, under the First Amendment, you are allowed to protest in front of a, uh, you know, as long as you're not violent, you're allowed to protest. The issue is that, like you said, the protesting does not help, um, these people. But what does help is lawsuits. But then again, I'm the lawyer, so I would say that.

Um, so Andy Wang, aren't they, uh, Antifa out there? Andy's an attorney in New Jersey. Maybe he's following this more closely, but, um, I, I believe I heard that it's Antifa. So, um, we'll see. But, uh, all right, so should we move on from this? But I want to show you one other gem in New Jersey. New Jersey, oh, we are so extra. Um, okay, so this might start loud. I'm going to try to lower it, but this is a very self-explanatory story. Okay, Andy's not sure. Okay, let's listen to this gem. Ready?

Adam Hammawi is seeking the Democratic nomination in New Jersey's 12th District, where the primary will likely determine the next member of Congress. Hammawi was a close disciple of convicted terrorist Omar Abdel Rahman, the Blind Sheikh. Spiritual leader of bin Laden's terror network.

Sheikh Abdul Rahman surrendered to federal authorities at a New York mosque today.

The Blind Sheikh was convicted of conspiring to also blow up the United Nations headquarters, a federal building, two tunnels, and a bridge.

Hamawi testified on his behalf during his 1994 trial and stands by him today. He had certain views that he spoke in certain forums, but that's not what he did every single day. After leading terrorist organizations in Egypt and Afghanistan. The sheikh moved to the U.S., promoting in mosques a "forcible conquest of the United States." Hammawi met him at an event and attended his speeches in New Jersey. In 1991, he was one of 6 individuals who accompanied him to Detroit for an Islamist conference. According to Jewish Insider, in 1994, Hammawi volunteered in Bosnia with Benevolence International National, a Serbian al-Qaeda front designated as a terrorist organization by the UN Security Council. That year, the sheikh was arrested for plotting attacks on New York landmarks. Hammawi testified that the year of the World Trade Center bombing, he told the sheikh, "It is my spring break now. If you need anything, just give me a call." From prison, Abdurrahman smuggled a fatwa to al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. Authorizing attacks against the US. Tear them to pieces, destroy their economies, burn their corporations, destroy their peace, the fatwa said. Hammawi is a loyal follower of the sheikh.

He must have been charismatic enough for you to travel with him.

Not just me, the entire community. Hammawi says the blind sheikh was just a leader of his community, even though he led al-Qaeda in Egypt and other militant groups before coming to America.

And so that's kind of taking things out of context.

Anyone connected to a terrorist who planned to blow up New York and New Jersey has no place in the Democratic Party or in Congress.

I mean, does that even need to be said? BJ, I'm coming right to you on this one. What the hell is going on?

Oh my God. What a tangled web. How do I make this short? I mean, that's relation to the World Trade Center bombing, the first one in '93. 3 that a lot of people don't know about, and the Holy Land Terrorism Foundation trial. And in that trial, evidence was submitted and verified as the— there was a document that was the Muslim Brotherhood's plan to take over America, and it was through political entryism. And the primary weapon they were going to use, in their words, was they were going to weaponize Palestine versus Israel. So everybody who has developed some sort of Israel fetish is doing exactly what the Muslim Brotherhood stated they were going to try to do by brainwashing people in the West. And it's funny, that mosque— they're not that, that mosque, but there's a few of them— but one particular mosque that is, that is directly, uh, how should we say, affiliated with, because they work kind of in clusters is one of the most influential mosques in Brooklyn. And the mosque's son was the guy who was arrested in that compound in Mexico, the training compound. And they're also the big donors and big supporters of, uh, that's right, Mayor— the Garbage King of New York, Mayor Mumdani. Uh, so the fact that this is what political entryism looks like— they enter into your structure They point to some third party that has nothing to do with them, say, look, it's them, it's them, it's them, over and over through repetition to prime people to be completely distracted from what they themselves are doing. I think— I can't remember who said it originally, but they are guilty of exactly what they accuse their opposition of doing. So that Holy Land Foundation trial, even though it goes, goes back decades now, that is still a treasure trove of information. And that was a— I mean, unfortunately, there was only a couple of— one person, I think, went to jail. But all these people were unindicted co-conspirators, and they're still actively living, raising money, uh, have mosques and stuff in, um, in New York City. It's not gone away. You know why? Because the only thing that part of the world— and people with that sort of framing of the world, the only thing they understand— and it's difficult for Western liberals to accept The only thing they understand is force. That's it. They have a very— their view of the world is very binary. Either they're in control or you're in control. That's why it closely parallels postmodernism of oppressor versus oppressed, which is why the radical left are such effective, useful idiots for them. And that's why they try to court them, and they try to control all liberal parties in Western governments. That's just a very, very snippet of something that we could talk about this for hours because it gets very, very intricate. It's been going on for decades.

Um, and not— I, I'm coming to you, Marcel, in one second, but I mean, did you guys see AOC wearing a head cover and speaking in New York? Mom Donnie, who I can never get his name right, is standing behind her with a bunch of other men, and as she's speaking, they don't give a shit what she's saying. They're all talking over her, talking behind her. They have no respect for her. They don't care. They're just like, this is a good opportunity to show her. But, you know, I, I also feel like they just want us to get used to these visuals and be like, oh no, no, it's all fine, look, AOC, and, you know, uh, we like her. And, you know, just like they keep shoving it all in our faces. But Marcella, go ahead, tell me, tell me your thoughts on this craziness.

Well, I mean, to, to begin with, we shouldn't have anybody in power or anywhere that is supports terrorism. Um, however, the, the, the video you showed, you know, I always think back to what Scott would tell me. It's like the documentary effect, you know, you're seeing this and it's also not what but who. And Jewish Insider was the quoted source, so I don't know how accurate the video is. However, if this person that's running in New Jersey and anybody that it's a politician, should be able to clearly say, Blind Sheik, no good. He did what he did, it was proven in court, um, and nobody should support any terrorism at all. Um, that shouldn't be like, well, you know, there's no well, there's no buts about it, you know. It is what it is. There are people that are trying to destroy us. And this, like BJ said, they're trying to create a situation where, or you're on the team of the Gaza, the Gaza Palestine team, or you're on the Israeli team and having us divided. But we need to unite and realize no matter what, who it is, it's not right for anybody to have terrorism in this country and have this type of ideology be growing regardless of what group, what religion is behind it, wherever it is. It should be destroyed.

Okay, so I don't think you do. I don't think the documentary effect— like when Scott Adams said that, I don't— you know, it applies to certain things, okay? Like, oh, there's music behind— all right. But the facts remain the same. I mean, this guy is who they're saying he is. So even if you took the music out and you just put in just the little facts there about him, they're huge. The consequences are huge. It's, uh, it's shocking to me. And yes, um, I am strictly in favor of you must absolutely be a native-born American to be in office here. And I'm— I will take it a step further. Your parents have to be too. Um, so let's get like, you know, 2 degrees. So I don't know, BJ, do you want to counter anything to that?

Yeah, I think, uh, firstly, maybe because I'm aware of this case because we used to do podcasts on it, like, if everything I see there, that's not opinion, it's not speculation, this is verifiable in court evidence in Holy Land. That's why it was so significant I also get really concerned when I hear things like, it's Jewish insider. Like, what does that mean? Like, I know so many Jews who are left-wing idiots that are pro, you know, pro the terrorist side because they're just completely brainwashed, right? It's not a collective. It would be like saying all Catholics believe something. So there's a range of opinions across all sort of communities in the world. There's people who very much are antithetical to me, who are use the, oh, I'm Jewish, you're just a communist hiding behind the Star of David. There's a lot of that. But I think what's most importantly is just to look at this particular case and what is being cited in, in the, you know, scary music. Yeah, music helps persuade people who just don't understand the severity of how bad this is if you get another Muslim Brotherhood person elected off. And that's what this is. This is the long march of the Muslim Brotherhood into elected positions in your government. And the problem with New York, I mean, we see, we've seen this in Canada and particularly England and France, is once you get Mamdani, who, you know, I tell people, what are the 5 indicators and warnings you can tell somebody's Muslim Brotherhood? And then they look at me with a blank stare and I'm like, okay, then don't give me your opinion if you don't know what I'm even talking about. And what they do is they will bring, uh, the, you know, the, the, the mosque, for example, I'm referring to once they get into office, they are just a stepping stone. They will get as many— not Muslims, Islamists, the extremists, literalists— into positions within the government infrastructure, and they will never leave because they're the ones who are behind the scenes that the public doesn't see. And that's how you see the encroachment to extremist policies within different jurisdictions around, uh, um, around jurisdictions and countries around the world. Uh, it's really a problem. We are suffering, suffering with that here where people say, well, how do you have blasphemy laws in certain areas of Canada? Well, because we have Jama'at-e-Islami, we have Muslim Brotherhood, we have Hizb ut-Tahrir, and they are in chiefs of staff, EAs of politicians, recommending policies. Because it's not the elected official makes a decision, it's the chief of staff. It's the staff around them. And that's what's going to happen to New York. New York's going to have a very difficult time for the next couple of decades.

Yeah, I agree. Decades. It is going to have a very difficult time. Oh, I just— myself. So, yeah, I know. So I agree. And words matter. You know, we're talking about Islam. Again, that's not me doing a pre-qualifier because I don't do those anymore. But we're talking about Islam.

Where's your sign?

I know I have to write Islam. Okay. Not all Muslims. Scott Adams, I know. Um, but it, it's a dangerous ideology. It's not a religion, it's not peaceful, and it's not kind to women, children, or animals. And you know, that's like everything America tries to stay civilized about. So, uh, it's a problem. I'm sorry you guys on Locals are having a hard time today, I'm seeing that, but you can catch the replay, it's definitely worth it. Um, all right, so you know, we could talk about that all day, and you know what, maybe we'll do that on on Locals one night too, so we can get through some other stories. But Marcella, did you have another news item you wanted us to grab?

Well, you know, now that we're talking about that area of Israel and there's Iran, you know, it's the story. It's the old story of what is happening in Iran. Is there a deal? Is there no deal? We're still in limbo. There is apparently— U.S. and Iran have agreed on a framework of a 60-day ceasefire deal. Now it's waiting for the president to sign off on it and for the Iran Supreme Leader.

So do you want a clip? Oh sure, I'll give you one, Marcella. Okay, and then on the other side you pick it up. Okay, here we go.

Well, as you said, President Trump is the one who's going to make that decision and President Trump alone. He's directly personally involved in the negotiations, making sure that the result the results are up to his standards. As you've outlined, Iran has made significant, material and dramatic concessions to the United States that would have been impossible only a short time ago because of the military battlefield defeat that they have suffered and the embargo continuing to choke the life out of their economy. But let's understand something else. It's very important to baseline this all on where we are where we are today versus where we started. When Obama signed the Iran nuclear deal, the so-called JCPOA, Iran was on a guaranteed path to a nuclear weapon, to being the dominant power in the region, to being the richest and most militarily threatening nation in the entire Middle East, with the ability to launch ballistic and ultimately nuclear weapons to Europe and eventually the United States. Now, because of President Trump, there are Their economy has been dismantled. Their nuclear program under Operation Midnight Hammer has been obliterated. Their entire defense industrial base has been eradicated. Their navy's at the bottom of the sea. Their air force is at the bottom of the sea. Their entire leadership class has been decapitated. It is the most complete, thorough, total military thrashing in the history of armed conflict. 4 weeks and a country decimated to that degree, to that extent. And now here we are at the end of that with Iran putting on the table a complete reopening of the strait, as has been discussed, and many other concessions that are going to be unveiled in the time to come. But again, there's no deal until there's a deal. Nothing's final till it's final. And President Trump has been clear that he reserves the option now now or at any time in the future to do whatever is necessary to defend and protect America's national security. All right.

Okay. Drop any emoji in the chat if Stephen Miller is so hot to you because he is such a brilliant communicator. Men and women, are you on fire for Stephen Miller? Don't be afraid. You can have a male crush on him too. And I want his Botox Botox, um, person. The man never moves from here to here. He doesn't have Botox, it's just Stephen Miller. Okay, so Marcella, carry on for us with this story, please.

It's, it's interesting that you played Stephen Miller because on the one side you have Stephen Miller saying we've destroyed everything, we've, you know, we're going— if there's a deal, it's going to be a great deal or whatever, you know. But then you have, uh, other news, uh, from Al Jazeera even Channel 13, 12 of Israel, even other, um, Israel, uh, newspapers, um, they're not so, uh, and Arabic, Al Arabiya or something, they're all saying different things. You know, one is saying there's gridlock in the Strait of Hormuz, which there is. So I guess they, they point to different situations. I think it's a mix of everything. I think that the, the Strait of Hormuz is still on hold, um, there's still no agreement. But I do believe, like Stephen Miller points out, that they have— the US has weakened Iran greatly because of taking out the, um, the previous regime, the, um, the previous people in power, as well as hurt them through the Strait of Hormuz, through not allowing these Iranian ships to move through and not being able to have this ability to keep their oil. They're doing it via train and all sorts of things. So eventually they will have to come to the table, which they are. So I'm very positive about it, but there are other— all I'm trying to say is that there's other viewpoints which aren't positive. At all about it. And, and it's not, um, necessarily based on Democrat, Republican. I guess it's based on where you are in the world. If you look at international papers, which, uh, BJ can tell us what Canada would say about this whole Iran thing, it would be very— it's eye-opening that's so different.

All right, tell us, BJ.

Well, Canada is irrelevant. I mean, the first thing is Scott used to say something frequently frequently. And he's so right. This is how I survived politics. If you know the news, you know nothing. If you know who the news is, you know everything. And, uh, you know, we see this dichotomy of different opinions out of the Middle East. Often I see people on the left, they're always citing a news agency out of Israel called Haaretz. Haaretz is George Soros, which is ultra-left communist. He is the woke mob in Israel. So this woke mob nonsense, this is in every Western democracy. Including Israel, who's trying to deal with this propaganda stuff from the ultra-left, right? Uh, so it's important. And Canada is just done, right? Canada doesn't have any, uh, media. They have, you know, certain agents, a couple of independent ones that I'm involved with. You know, I showed you before the National Telegraph, Erica, the, the one of today's the 5th anniversary of something significant we'll talk about in a second. But I think people are often can maybe confused, um, why Iran is such a priority. And we'll talk in, in, uh, Scott Adams' terms. Scott Adams always talked about systems, right? Systems versus linear thinking, for example. And which comes from Russell Ackoff. I discussed that on my stream, where Scott got his whole systemization viewpoint from, which is fascinating. Uh, today, for example, and every day there's another example, there is a breaking story out of Argentina that the Argentinian Federal Chamber of, uh, of Concession has definitively confirmed the seizure of assets belonging to former President Cristina Kirchner and her children. Uh, and this just— it's irreversible, and it goes on to explain it. What is— why is that important to understand? Again, the system's approach to global politics. Cristina Kirchner is the reason Milei got into power. She is an ultra-leftist communist But she was also financed by Hezbollah. Hezbollah is Iran and the IRGC. So they have their tentacles in countries causing chaos all over the Western world because they're part of this global hydra to attack. The big enemy is always America, but do it through, uh, through other countries and indirectly to get to America America in the process. So it is an attack on the civilized world from this collectivist ideology. And again, you don't have to hold up the sign, Erica. Not Muslims— Islamists, extremists, the ISIS literalist interpretation, purely driven by ideology. You know, I've discussed the four pillars of human motivation: rice— reward, ideology, coercion, and ego. They are 100% fueled by ideology, and that's what we're dealing with in the West. That's why there's such a threat. In this particular example, all the way up to the president's office— this is around the AMIA bombing in Argentina— that is one of tens of thousands of examples. And everybody in government who's seen how the gears of the machine work behind the scenes, everyone knows it. Every parliamentarian knows it. Everybody in intelligence knows it. But the general public doesn't because the Islamists have been so effective in propagandizing people in the West into this postmodern oppressor versus oppressed dichotomy where people are confused who the bad guys are, to the point they get— become oikophobic. And for those who don't know, oikophobia is somebody who hates their own culture as opposed to xenophobia, which hates an external culture. So I think there's a lot of things at play. And at the root of this is what I love Scott Adams so much, is if you understand systems thinking, you can take a systems approach to viewing the world geopolitically, then Iran makes complete sense and why it is such a priority in the West.

Hmm. Wow. Okay. I mean, I can't even really say too much because I'm— I don't know, like you're saying, you know. Um, and if anyone feels otherwise, you know, drop it in the chat. You're allowed your own opinion.

I have a stream at 11 o'clock. You can come.

Yeah, BJ's on, right? Yeah, he's on right after this, and you're going to talk more about these things. Um, so did you— we only have a few minutes left. Did you want to say what the 5th anniversary— or Marcella, did you want to say anything in response to that?

No, just that the oil prices have gone down thinking that there will be a deal. Um, good. You know, we'll see.

Okay. And I think there's a lot of Americans with oikophobia too, by the way. It's crazy. Yeah, on the left, of of course. Um, okay, so BJ, it's the 5th anniversary of—

oh, it is the, uh, well, welcome to Canada. You want to talk about Canada? It's the 5th anniversary of the Chicken Land, uh, shooting slash assassination in a city called Mississauga, which is a suburb of Toronto. And what is that? Well, that was Canada's first, um, ISIS attack in Canada. So 3 kids, uh, that were radicalized by ISIS ideology They went into a local, like, sandwich shop sort of thing, and they tried to execute the entire family. Uh, it was a family-run business. And you wonder, well, why would they do such something so not nice? Well, the son of— this is why it's significant to understand the ideology behind this— this son— the family was Drews, so not Jews with a J-E-W, Drews, D-R-U, uh, D-R-U-E-Z-E, sorry. Um, they— the Druze child, the Druze kid, uh, I— you know, you're a teenager, you find friends, all sorts of friends, fine, you know, bad friends. I did too, like everybody else. But his friends were basically ISIS-motivated extremists, and they convinced him to convert to Islam. And this is all in court documents. And what they— what he started doing is working with them on their, their Amazon business. They're gonna make lots of money, buy Lambos, Bitcoin, whatever it was. And then he found out that they were taking their profits and funneling them to ISIS in Syria. And he decided, okay, maybe this is too much. I didn't actually want to get involved in joining the Islamic State and involved in terrorism funding. So he decided to convert back, which those of you who know extremist interpretation, that is a no-no. So the retribution was these 3 kids who were working with them just went to the family business and tried to execute the entire family. Got the kid, uh, he unfortunately was killed. The rest of the family survived. And fascinating court, uh, details. My editor and co-author of Honking for Freedom, John who is a, a 30-year veteran of legacy media. He actually wrote a couple of pieces on this case, and the legacy media was there, never reported on it, didn't really care, because God forbid Canadians know there was an ISIS ring operating in Canada. People might get upset.

Isn't that insane? Oh, thanks for letting us know about that. What a horrible story situation. Okay, we're out of time, you guys. BJ's going to be on right after this. Marcela, thank you so much, and, um, And Marcella, BJ, myself, Owen, we all thank you guys for being here. Owen will be having the afterparty tomorrow on Spaces. So that's the same time as the Scott Adams School, but it's on Saturday. And you can catch that on X. And listen, we always thank Shelley and Scott that they combined and coordinated to keep this show continuing. And here we are doing it. And you guys go out there and be useful. I'm actually going to stay on for just 5 minutes. Minutes after the show, you guys, just to give you some updates about my Chill and Chat show. And, um, and then you guys, if you want to go over to BJ, go ahead and follow him over there. So BJ, thank you so much. Marcella, thank you so much. And as always, a closing sip to Scott Adams. You guys, be useful. We love you and have a great weekend. To Scott.

And go call your family and tell them you love them.

Yeah, go ahead. Mom, I love you. I know you're watching. Done.

There you go. Bye guys, take care. Bye Erica.

Bye. Okay, let's see if I can do it. Hi you guys.