@michaelmalice@jabelincoln I have a degree in Economics and Master’s in Statistics. I could feel my training (indoctrination?) screaming “Apply the rule. Ignore the rest”. It was interestingly uncomfortable selecting 100%.
People will bust @luisjgomez balls for this , and they should, it’s hilarious and there has never been a human being in history who was more willing to make himself the butt of the joke than Luis. It’s why he’s the best podcaster in the world.
The truth is that Luis is genuinely a great person. He’s the most loyal friend I’ve ever had. He’d fight a hundred guys without asking a question for me and probably any of his friends. He’s a great father, a brilliant mind, and a hilarious comedian.
All ball busting aside, I pray my son grows up to be a man with Luis’ integrity.
As always I only support military action anywhere, in any context, if it directly serves the interests of American citizens. It’s troubling that the arguments we’re hearing for this war in Iran, including from Trump himself, seem to revolve primarily around “bringing freedom to the Iranian people.” As Americans, the freedom of Iranians is not our responsibility. If a single American life is lost in the service of that goal, it will be a travesty.
What nobody has even come close to sufficiently explaining is how this war will first and foremost directly benefit American citizens. That is a case that needed to have been made clearly and convincingly before this move, and it wasn’t. We’re also told how this will benefit Israel, and I’m sure it will. But Israel is not America. What does it do for America? How does it help us? That needs to be explained to us. And it isn’t “panicking” or demonstrating “disloyalty” to demand those very basic answers about how American tax money, and potentially American lives, are being spent.
We hear about the danger of a nuclear Iran, but that’s odd because we were told that Iran’s nuclear capabilities had already been set back decades. We hear that this war will be over quickly and easily because Iran is powerless, which I hope and pray is the case, and maybe it will be. But that’s odd, too, because if Iran is such a paper tiger then how were they a danger to us in the first place? It seems hard to argue both that Iran is an existential threat to the United States and that we can topple them in 20 minutes with no casualties or negative downstream effects.
Also the political calculation really matters here. A huge majority of American oppose this. That’s just a fact. If it costs Republicans in 26 and 28, then, no matter how things work out in Iran, it will not have been worth it. A free Iran at the cost of Democrat rule here at home is a bad deal. A free Iran for an unfree America would be just about the worst trade of the century.
I’m praying for our great country today.
Please sip to @ScottAdamsSays, who improved countless lives. Rest in peace, my friend.
We never met, spoke only twice, but you gave all of us permission to consider you our “invisible friend”. This came in handy during difficult times.
Your wisdom, compassion, intellect, and guidance will live on for centuries.
I look forward to meeting you in heaven. Thank you Jesus for welcoming Scott into your kingdom.
@ScottAdamsSays@michaelmalice@joelpollak Scott, I discovered you in graduate school. Your lessons on persuasion have helped my consulting career and relationships more than I could have imagined.
Your commitment to a public hour a day inspires me and encourages my work ethic. Thank you for everything, you’re a legend.
On Monday, I will ask President Trump, via X, to help save my life. He offered to help me if I needed it.
I need it.
As many of you know, I have metastasized prostate cancer.
My healthcare provider, Kaiser of Northern California, has approved my application to receive a newly FDA-approved drug called Pluvicto. But they have dropped the ball in scheduling the brief IV to administer it and I can’t seem to fix that.
I am declining fast. I will ask President Trump if he can get Kaiser of Northern California to respond and schedule it for Monday. That will give me a fighting chance to stick around on this planet a little bit longer.
It is not a cure, but it does give good results to many people.
@ScottAdamsSays@unhoodwinked@mcuban Is there a key difference between “embracing and amplifying” and “entering the illusion” from a persuasion perspective?