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y percent chance. And if you'd like to take it up to an 85 percent chance, all you need is a copper mug or a glass or a tankard, chalice, stein, a canteen, jug, or flask. A vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure of the dopamine hit of the day. The thing that makes everything better. It's called the simultan

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eous sip.

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Well, over on Locals we're going to go private, but you can watch us on YouTube all you want, except for the good stuff after the show. That's only for the subscribers.

Well, have I ever told you this way to predict the future? The best way to predict the future is the best story usually wins. Have you ever heard me say that? The best story. So for example, if there's an aging athlete who comes back for one last chance to win the Super Bowl that he's never won before, if that's like the best story, it'll probably happen, right?

So the Australian Open tennis tournament just concluded. What was the best story? Well, the best story, if you recall, if you don't watch tennis I'll tell you, one of the top players in the world, I don't know if he's number one but he has been number one off and on, Novak Djokovic. He was not allowed to play in the Australian Open last year because he was unvaccinated. This year he was allowed to play. What was the best story? Oh, did he regain number one by winning the tournament? That's the best story. The best story would be Novak Djokovic winning the Australian Open. Yesterday Novak Djokovic won th

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e Australian Open. Now that's not the weird part. You know what the weird part is? His first name. No vax. Novax. I mean it's, you know, Novak, but really his name is Novax and he didn't get vaccinated and he won the Australian Open. You tell me that's not the best story, right? Could you not have predicted that? I did. I did actually predict that in advance but privately, so I should have said i…

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