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if you'd like to take your experience to levels that nobody's ever seen before in the known universe, all you need is a mug or glass, a tankard, chalice or 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, the dopamine hit of the day, the thing that makes everything better. It's called the simultan…

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ggest a theme for today's live stream. Do you like it when I have a theme, when all the news coincidentally seems to fit a theme? And here it is. We'll put it together as we go.

But first I would like to do a demonstration of the wisdom of my audience, the smartest audience in the history of the world. Don't answer. Don't answer the question before I ask it. Stop it. Stop it. They're answering the question correctly before I've asked the question. That is unbelievable. Unbelievable. It's actually happening. It's happening on YouTube too now. I am just blown away how smart my audience is.

Well, now that you know the answer, let me ask the question. According to a Rasmussen poll, what percentage of Americans — I think it's likely voters, but something like that — about what percent of these Americans are not concerned about domestic spying? Oh, you all get it right. It's exactly 25 percent. 25 percent. Yeah, it turns out that 74 percent of likely U.S. voters are very concerned or they're concerned, and then half of them, half the people, are very concerned. But 25 percent? Not concerned one bit about the government watch

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ing everything you're doing. No problem with that whatsoever. So pat yourself on the back if you got that one right. I'm going to keep quizzing you until you get one wrong. Yeah, I'm just going to keep asking questions until I can find anything you guys don't know. It's amazing. All right. Have I ever told you that all news about public figures is fake? Have I ever mentioned that? Like maybe a l…

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