Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive October 9, 2026
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ant thing, is the fine people hoax. The reason that I keep hammering on that one hoax when you know politics is full of things that are not true but I keep hammering on that one thing relentlessly is because that's the key. I tend to think of the world in a physical analogy quite often. When I used to do computer programming years ago I would imagine my program as a pinball machine where the con…

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thought no he's not. How does that make sense? How is LeBron James the Black Trump? And then he goes on to explain it and I go oh yeah he is the Black Trump. It goes like this. LeBron, this is Jason Whitlock quote, "LeBron fashions himself as a dignified statesman, role model, political activist and champion of racial equality. He is every bit as crude, undignified and inarticulate as our sitting president. James writes and speaks at a third grade level. The athletic privilege he's enjoyed — that's right you were not born with LeBron James physical abilities. I wasn't. I wasn't born with his physical capabilities. He was born privileged — and that he's enjoyed since about age 10 has spoiled and pampered him the same way wealth and privilege spoiled and pampered President Trump." Jason Whitlock, argument made. You are correct.

Now I would argue at some of his characterizations of our president but because specifically the part about his vocabulary because I think the president's vocabulary is ideally suited for the way he communicates with the public. But the correlation and the analogy accepted. Analogy accepted. And so I think I'll be calling LeBron James Black Trump from now on because it's wonderfully delicious.

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hat is my program for today and I hope you enjoyed it. So the slaughter meter is at 100. You should expect that this coming week will be really newsy. A lot of news going to come out and it could change everything. So the slaughter meter could be anything by tomorrow but as of today it's 100. And that is my show for the day. All right Periscope people have been signed off and I'm still here with…

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