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Back to episode — Episode 3013 CWSA 11/09/25

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ain is not insulting yourself, has nothing to do with your ego, just assume that you're not so important that if something bad happened to you, it would be somehow the end of the world. You're more like a potato than a Mona Lisa. So when I came up with that one, I have to admit I didn't think it would be powerful, but it's one of the ones that people have most commented on. Did Greg mention it? I…

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ine just by shaking your head, because obviously the MRI makes you be completely still, that's not much of a mind reading machine. And I don't know what they use it for exactly, unless you're like a locked-in syndrome or something. And I also don't believe that they can do it well and I don't believe that they can do it and repeat it and I don't believe anything about the story.

What was your first reaction to that? Was your first reaction to the story, "Wow, they figured out how to use an MRI to read your thoughts." Or was your first thought, "That's more bullshit." Just this is just absolutely more. I lean toward the bullshit on this one. Don't know. So it's not I'm not making an allegation. I'm just saying how it felt when I read it. A little more bullshitty than credible.

If you haven't seen it yet, Jimmy Kimmel and his wife are on a podcast recently. They just did a podcast and apparently Jimmy Kimmel has been pulled off the air and as of this morning when I was preparing there was not yet a reason given. Has that changed? Has Kimmel or the network given a reason? But apparently he missed, I don't know, a couple nights and they don't know when he's coming back, if he's coming back or why he left. Somebody said that it was maybe a personal thing, something personal, but then when they showed on the podcast, well I don't know when the podcast was recorded so that might make a difference but we'll find out the mystery.

But I'll tell you what, we learned a little bit about the dynamic there. You could tell that Jimmy Kimmel puts a great weight in his wife's opinion. Do you mind if I say it in the non-judgmental way? That would be the non-judgmental way to say it. It's clear when you see them interact that he puts a lot of respect into his wife's opinion. I'm not saying that's good or bad because, you know, it's their relationship, not mine. And there's no one right way, there's no one way to do anything. But respecting your spouse is a really good place to start.

So if you're going to judge him because he seems a little whipped, I don't think that's fair. I don't think that's fair at all. It's his relationship. He can be as whipped as he wants or not whipped. It's none of our business. And I'm wondering, have any of you heard a reason? Even speculation. I am curious as heck what's going on here. Some say if it's a personal problem, then I'll just send my understanding and empathy if there's just some family problem or something and that wouldn't be funny.

But here's the thing I wonder about. Jimmy Kimmel's wife really made me curious about her opinions. And one of the things she said was that I guess she used to be in sort of a Republican world when she was younger, but later she found out what the other side was saying and liked that side better and became a Democrat, I guess. So that part makes sense. A lot of people have gone from one thing to the other.

But what she wondered about is whether she could be deprogrammed. So these are her own words. You think this is something a Republican would say about her, but these are her own words. She said, quote, "I wish there was some way to deprogram myself." Like she said that on the podcast to the world. I wish there was some way to deprogram myself because just the act of being around other people who are Trump supporters is disturbing. So it's not that she's saying that she's wrong. It's that she's having a reaction to the world that she wishes she were not having. I think that's the right interpretation.

Now again, nothing wrong with that, right? People have opinions. That's their opinion. But the thing with the Democrat opinion is the things. Now see if you agree with this. Hold on. I'm very parched today.

The thing I don't understand about liberal opinions is the same th

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ing I sometimes don't understand when it comes from Republican ballots. There's a thing that people say and do that just seems like if that's where you're at, you shouldn't be talking about politics at all. You're not ready. And it goes like this. All the people who are making mistakes about the data are on the same side. You know what I mean? And she basically said some version of that, that she…

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