Back to episode — Episode 2333 CWSA 12/25/23 Merry Christmas And Get In Here For Some Headlines Fun. Bring Coffee
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c is color. So Mickey says, "Hi, my name is Mickey." And the boss says, "Get out of here." And Mickey says, "Settle down, my copyright expired. I'm a free mouse. Disney can't sue you." And the boss says... Then Mickey says, "Can I get a job here or do you discriminate against black and white characters?" And the boss says, "That's a gray area." Yeah, it's a dad joke but a solid one, I think. Sol…
← Previous segment →dn't believe it list is Kevin Spacey's name. Now here's what you should look at. Look for if we should ever confirm that we know who flew with him. Look for people who are let's say famous celebrities who are unusually politically active. That's what I'd be looking for. All right, but we have to wait to make sure that it's a real list. So we don't know if Kevin Spacey was ever on anything like that. That would be a rumor.
There's a story that there's a big rise in threats to public officials. Can you believe it? Can you believe that our elected officials are getting more death threats than ever? Is that because the public got worse? I don't think so. Yeah, maybe there's a reason.
Well, one of my favorite comics of all time was, I can't even remember the cartoonist. I don't think the cartoon runs anymore. It was a single panel comic and it showed a guy in jail and he was talking to his bunk mate. And he had scratched a bunch of scratches on the wall and he was counting up and he was talking about his own experience. And the prisoner says, "19 arrests, 19 convictions. Maybe it's me." And I've been laughing about that for like 40 years. Maybe it's me. 19 arrests, 19 convictions. Starting to think the problem's on my side.
So yeah, there are more death threats to public figures. Is that because the public got worse or is there an unmistakable pattern of bad behavior that would certainly suggest there would be more death threats? I'm going to go with the latter. I feel like we know too much about government now. We're like a little bit smarter. Our eyes are a little bit more open. And maybe they're worse than they would have been. But I would certainly expect more death threats given our current situation. Not that I encourage them. I don't encourage that. So don't make any death threats.
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But if the government is wondering why there are so many, maybe they should examine their own behavior. Maybe consider all possibilities. Well, an interesting and provocative post by Naval Ravikant. And he has a way of saying things in a very succinct way. And he said this: Argentina may prove that you can vote your way out of poverty. Because, and they showed some stats of South American countri…
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