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f these the dog not barking. Has anyone mentioned that Larry Elder is Black? It's not even a story. And if it gets mentioned at all — and literally I've never even heard a mention — how do you have a Black guy running for governor, probably will win, and should we take a moment to celebrate? Should we take a moment to celebrate that being Black wasn't even part of the question? Or if it was, it wa…

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s talked about, the happier we are.

Where are all the — where is the narrative about all the racist Republicans? Aren't the Republicans all supposed to be a bunch of racists? So how could it be that the very moment Larry Elder entered the race, the moment he entered the race, he took the lead? Where are all the racist Republicans? Is there anybody who cares about his race? I don't think so, except in a positive way.

Another question. Do you remember it wasn't that many years ago when the biggest debate it seemed like in public was about teaching intelligent design in schools? Whatever happened to that? But I noted in a tweet that once Elon Musk told you that you were almost certainly a simulated reality and that you were probably programmed by some other intelligence, it kind of ruined the whole topic, didn't it? I feel like you can't have that debate anymore as soon as you throw in the statistical near certainty that we are a simulation created by some other form of intelligence. And by the way, that argument is just based on math and common sense. That if one simulation could be created — and we know we'll be able to make one in my lifetime — we'll be able to make a simulation where the creatures in it think they're real because they were programmed to think they're real. If we can make one, there are going to be more than one. Might mean millions of them, could be trillions of them. If you make a good enough simulation, the people in the simulation can make their own simulation, or they think they did. So it seems like the question of intelligent design, we can't even have the argument anymore because the simulation theory just ruined the argument. Anyway, I just point out that there are some things you think are the most important thing in the world and then they can just go away on their own. I don't even know w

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hat happened. Somebody said — I'm looking in the comments. Oh, okay, well never mind. I thought it was a different comment. Question. Well before we get to that, I love watching Fox News and CNN fight. I don't know, it's one of the most amusing things. I think I was probably an outlier in the sense that I liked watching Chris Cuomo and his brother do their little show on CNN. If you don't take it…

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