The Scott Adams School - 5/59/26 BJ Dichter Joins Erica & Marcela. Trump, Iran and Dad Jokes

Summary

Real Coffee with Scott Adams — The Scott Adams School

Episode: 5/29/26 — BJ Dichter Joins Erica & Marcela. Trump, Iran and Dad Jokes

Date: May 29, 2026
Host(s): Erica, Marcela (with guest BJ Dichter)
Theme: Current events through a persuasion lens, featuring humor, crypto debate, global politics, immigration, and media analysis.

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Episode Overview

This lively Friday roundtable features co-hosts Erica and Marcela, with guest BJ Dichter, discussing the week's major stories, political developments, and internet culture moments—all viewed through Scott Adams’ “persuasion filter.” The episode blends humor (with highlights of dad jokes), audience interaction, and deep dives into controversial topics like digital currency, US immigration protests, political entryism, and Middle Eastern geopolitics. BJ brings in expertise on crypto and political infiltration, while listeners are encouraged to ask questions and challenge narratives.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Vibes, Community, and Dad Jokes

• Timestamps: 00:00–06:38
• The hosts begin with their ritual “simultaneous sip” and reminisce about the early days following Scott Adams on Periscope, setting a nostalgic and lighthearted tone.
• Dad jokes segment:
  “What do you call a spider with ten eyes? A spiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiider.”
  “Where do you take someone who’s been injured in a peekaboo accident? The I.C.U.”
  “Why can't you hear a pterodactyl going to the bathroom?” — “Because the P is silent.”
• Commentary from all: Everyone enjoys the silly humor, highlighting the value of friends and community, especially in challenging times.

2. Hypnosis Cards, Mike Mandel, and Scott Adams’ Influence

• Timestamps: 06:38–07:37
• BJ shares a memory about Mike Mandel's hypnosis cards, connecting Scott Adams’ community and “man cave” discussions.
  BJ: “Life comes full circle. From the cards to hanging out to bringing us all together.”

3. DC Beautification Projects and Civic Pride

• Timestamps: 07:37–09:52
• Discussion of recent cleanup and beautification efforts in DC (e.g., Columbus Square, Union Station), particularly under the Trump administration.
  Erica: “Shout out to President Trump. It is so beautiful, what you're doing. It's our capital, for God’s sake.”
• Commentary on reclaiming public spaces from filth and protest, focus on civic pride.

4. Blue Origin Rocket Explosion — Reframing Setbacks

• Timestamps: 10:13–14:28
• Recap of the New Glenn rocket explosion (no injuries), and analysis of how leaders like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos handle highly visible failures.
  BJ: “That’s a quick way to burn a lot of money… I love how [Musk] just takes it in stride.”
  Erica: “If our greatest inventors quit when something went wrong, it would be a sad world. Good for you. Get back on the launch pad.”
• Reference to Scott Adams’ concept of “reframe”:
  BJ: “It’s a perfect reframe, like what Scott always talked about in his book, ‘Reframe Your Brain’... Gives you an opportunity to start again.”

5. Digital Currency & Bitcoin — Comfort, Skepticism, and Advocacy

• Timestamps: 16:05–23:46
• Coverage of a press conference on the government’s stance against a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and conversation about digital assets and privacy.
• Erica: Voices skepticism, admits to not understanding crypto, and fear of having funds “turned off.”
• BJ: Brings expertise; argues a “CBDC” is unlikely due to political resistance—even from actors who prefer financial opacity. He explains:
  “Trying to ban bitcoin would be like trying to ban the COVID virus… It’s your best hedge right now if you want privacy.”
  “The only money from the Trucker Protest in Canada that was not seized was bitcoin… If you want freedom… you should be going in the direction of bitcoin, not away from it.”
• Marcela: Agrees U.S. digital currency is unlikely, notes transparency of blockchain can reveal criminal activities, but crypto is pseudo-anonymous, not fully private.
• Plans are made for a future “Bitcoin 101” stream to demystify crypto for their audience.

6. Aliens.gov — Political Satire and the Border

• Timestamps: 24:04–26:15
• Marcela shares about the satirical White House “aliens.gov” website and a meme video lampooning border policy with UFOs transporting migrants—spotting political trolling and the blurred line between truth and internet culture.

7. Newark ICE Detention Protests & Media Clashes

• Timestamps: 26:15–33:23
• Discussion of the Delaney Hall detention center protests in New Jersey, including hunger strikes, chaos outside, and viral “mis-profiling” moments (protesters cheering for employees thinking they were being released).
• Erica and Marcela critique protesters’ methods as counterproductive and describe escalating tensions.
• Debates about whether protesters are Antifa, First Amendment rights, role of lawsuits, and efficacy of activism.
• Marcela: “There are people detained in limbo who need medical help… it’s a lengthy, difficult legal process.”

8. Political Entryism & Extremism: The New Jersey Race Scandal

• Timestamps: 33:59–45:26
• Deep-dive into Democrat candidate Adam Hamawi’s ties to the Blind Sheikh and historical Islamist terrorist groups.
• BJ provides context:
  “This is what political entryism looks like. They enter into your structure… to distract from what they themselves are doing.”
  “The only thing these extremists understand is force. Their view is very binary: either they're in control or you're in control.”
• Discussion of the “documentary effect”, verifying stories, and why native-born citizenship is critical for elected office.
• BJ: “Everything I see there, that’s not opinion, it’s not speculation. This is verifiable in court evidence.”
• Erica: “It’s shocking to me… You must absolutely be a native-born American to be in office here.”

9. Geopolitics: Iran, Israel, and the Ceasefire Negotiations

• Timestamps: 46:28–56:01
• Current status on U.S.–Iran negotiations and the regional power struggle; Stephen Miller’s statement on Trump’s “military thrashing” of Iran is contrasted with more cautious or skeptical international reporting.
• BJ: Explains the systems approach (a la Scott Adams) to why Iran matters so much globally, giving historical and contemporary context: “Iran... has their tentacles in countries causing chaos all over the Western world. This is an attack on the civilized world from this collectivist ideology.”
  “Oikophobia is when you hate your own culture… That’s what we’re seeing in the West.”
• Oil prices fall as markets anticipate a deal.

10. Canadian ISIS Attack & Media Suppression

• Timestamp: 56:21–58:47
• BJ shares the fifth anniversary of Canada’s first ISIS attack (Chicken Land shooting in Mississauga), reinforcing how media often ignore ideologically driven violence: “Legacy media was there, never reported on it, didn’t really care, because God forbid Canadians know there was an ISIS ring operating in Canada.”

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Quotes & Memorable Moments

On Crypto Skepticism:
Erica [19:44]:
“No one's yet been able to explain it to me in a way that I can understand. They’ll always throw in some jargon here and there… Now you lost me.”

On Rocket Explosions:
Marcela [12:36]:
“Elon showed his support for Jeff Bezos… said it was unfortunate. Rockets are hard. This happens. Ad astra per aspera—through hardship to the stars.”

On Political Entryism:
BJ [36:20]:
“That’s what political entryism looks like. They enter… through repetition, to prime people… to be distracted from what they themselves are doing.”

On Immigration Protests:
Erica [31:51]:
“Protesters are making it worse… you’re making it so it’s like, you know what, just get everybody out because this has to stop… You’re not making it so new people are going to be sympathetic to the cause.”

On Systems Thinking:
BJ [53:26]:
“If you know the news, you know nothing. If you know who the news is, you know everything.”

On Not Giving Up:
Erica [13:32]:
“If our greatest inventors and friends quit when something went wrong, it would be a pretty sad world…Get back on the launch pad. Let’s keep going.”

On Oikophobia:
BJ [55:24]:
“Oikophobia is somebody who hates their own culture as opposed to xenophobia… That’s what we’re dealing with in the West.”

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Notable Sections & Timestamps

• Simultaneous Sip & Dad Jokes: 00:00–06:38
• Bitcoin & Digital Currency Deep Dive: 16:05–23:46
• Blue Origin Explosion & “Reframe”: 10:13–14:28
• NJ ICE Protest Analysis: 26:15–33:23
• Blind Sheikh/Entryism Segment: 33:59–45:26
• Iran/Systems Analysis: 46:28–56:01
• Canadian ISIS Attack & Media: 56:21–58:47

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Tone & Style

Conversational, irreverent, and open with flashes of biting humor and deep, sometimes sobering, analysis. The hosts’ rapport allows for quick pivots between serious political takes and light-hearted anecdotal banter. The audience (“beloves”) is frequently acknowledged and engaged.

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For Further Engagement

• Future Episode Topic: A thorough, jargon-free explainer on Bitcoin and crypto.
• Ongoing Invitation: Listeners encouraged to join upcoming “Locals” community streams, especially for deep dives on Bitcoin and political-persuasion analysis.
• Honorable Mentions: Shout-outs to original Scott Adams community, audience birthdays, and closing reminders to value family and community.

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Closing Message

The episode is both a snapshot of the moment and a showcase for the Scott Adams School’s mission: using humor, systems thinking, and persuasion analysis to make sense of turbulent news cycles—and to foster brave, curious, and connected listeners.

Final words:
BJ [59:51]:
“Go call your family and tell them you love them.”

Transcript

[Erica]

To us. Cheers to the weekend. It's Friday.

[Marcela]

Happy Friday, everyone.

[Erica]

Okay, we're live. We're live. It is Friday. We are live. We're live. It's May 29, 2026. BJ is in the house. You requested him. You asked for him. You were looking for him, love.

[BJ]

Thank you.

[Erica]

We brought him. He's here. So we're just waiting for a few people to gather in. Oh, there we go. Everyone's filing in, and we're gonna get going with the sip in one second.

[Marcela]

Don't be late.

[Erica]

Don't be late. And you guys, you have to just humor me while I attempt to humor you after the sip with some dad jokes. Okay? All right, We've got jokes. All right, so let's go. I have not had one sip of my coffee yet. I waited for these beautiful people to get here. So let's go. Good morning, smart. Here we go.

[Host/Announcer]

And you came to the right place. Chances are you came prepared. You might have everything you need. The rest of you better hurry up and grab what you need. And what you need is, well, a cup or a mug or a glass, a tank or chalice or stein, a canteen, jugger 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 absolutely everything better. It's called the simultaneous sip, and you're about to experience it. Go.

[Marcela]

Ah.

[Host/Announcer]

And with that sip, feel yourself connected to people all over the world who are enjoying this periscope simultaneously.

[BJ]

Periscope?

[Erica]

Yeah. The. Yeah, we're starting from the beginning. Yeah, we all, a lot of us, started back with Scott in the periscope days. It was amazing.

[BJ]

Yeah, Marcela said Scott was mean to her. I thought that was his.

[Marcela]

Oh, no. Just like sometimes,

[Erica]

said the abused woman, then he gives powers.

[Host/Announcer]

He.

[Marcela]

He did that to us sometimes when we would argue. Like. Like Erica was explaining. She was arguing one point, he was arguing another. He loved it. That kind of stuff.

[Erica]

He loved a good debate. But you know what was really cute is, like, if I would get frustrated, like, if I was like. Because I'd be typing in the chat, I'd be like, are you kidding me? Like, I can't even believe. Like, what, do you think I'm stupid? And as soon as I would say something like that, he's so sweet. Like, he'd be like, no. Like, he, like, ratchet it down. Like, no. Like, he didn't want me to feel bad. He's like, no, I'm just saying. I'm like. Okay. All right, so here's one coffee creamer update for you guys, because this is coffee news. I checked my chobani creamer. You'll all be thrilled to know there's nothing wacky in it. It's like, au natural. There's no. Whatever the thing is that could be in it, it's not in it. So I'm very. It's not like, high fructose corn syrup. It's like sugar cream, whatever. It's just, like, your basic natural stuff. So that's better than the coffee meat I was drinking. So. Drink to that. Yesterday, I was looking for a clip I couldn't find. Okay, this is. This is the kind of thing that, like, if you just are walking by a room I'm in one day, and I'm in hysterics, crying, laughing. It's stupid, stupid jokes like this and people trying not to laugh. And who doesn't need some dad jokes right now? So these are three guys that go deer hunting, and these are their jokes from a deer blind. So they're all in camouflage. They set up a little camera, and they're trying to be quiet because they don't want to scare the deer. And they tell each other these stupid dad jokes and try not to laugh. So let's go.

[Jokes Teller]

What do you call a spider with ten eyes? A spider. Where do you take someone who's been injured in a peekaboo accident?

[BJ]

The icu.

[Jokes Teller]

You ever heard of Murphy's Law?

[Erica]

Peekaboo. I see you.

[Jokes Teller]

Have you heard of Cole's Law? It's thinly sliced cabbage with salad dressing. Have you heard of the new sport called quiet tennis? It's like normal tennis, but without the racke. What did they call the Terminator once he retired the exterminator. Oh, man. What has five toes but isn't? Your foot. My foot.

[Erica]

Oh, we're not editing that out.

[Jokes Teller]

Why can't you hear a pterodactyl going to the bathroom?

[BJ]

Because the pee is silent.

[Jokes Teller]

Where do gals go camping? Upstate New York.

[Erica]

Okay, that is. That is my jam right there. Sorry. Oh, I.

[BJ]

Maybe some alcohol was involved in that.

[Erica]

No. With the guns and a deer blind? I hope not.

[BJ]

Well, that's how they go hunting in Canada.

[Erica]

Oh, then maybe six pack.

[BJ]

Yeah, for sure.

[Erica]

Oh, my God. I love those guys. And I. I just. I love. I love it because I love story. Stupid jokes, and I love trying not to laugh. Like, you know when you'd go to church when you were little? Or you'd have to be at, like a. A wedding or something. And, you know, you're in class and there's someone speaking and just that something happens, and you. You're trying not to laugh and you just want to die. It's my fave. And they're hot. I like to see hot friendships like that, you know, camouflage. Why not? So thank you for indulging me. Bj, did you want to say something about hypnotizing out of the gate?

[BJ]

Well, actually, it's, you know, maybe a simulation alert. But for those of you remember, I'm sure you all remember Scott Adams once talked about hypnosis cards.

[Erica]

Oh, yeah.

[BJ]

He talked about Mike Mendel's hypnosis cards. And I actually happened to be with him yesterday and talking about Scott and you guys, and they weren't. They didn't. They weren't aware that, you know, the Scott Adams school continued. So they just say, set a shout out to all of you guys and all the best. And I just thought it was very sweet. You know, life comes full circle. From the cards to hanging out to bringing us all together. I thought that was nice.

[Erica]

Shout out to Mike Mandel. We had a lot of fun. Man caves. Reading his cards and talking about hypnosis.

[BJ]

Yeah, very cool. He would be a good guest, actually.

[Erica]

Yeah, he would.

[BJ]

Let me reach out to him, ask him.

[Erica]

I'd love to do a man cave with him, like a local. So we can just, like, hang and talk and whatever. So, bj, if you want to do that, that would be so fun.

[BJ]

Okay, let me see what I can do.

[Erica]

Okay, cool. All right, so Marcella and I were both looking at these. Did you guys see this beautiful beautification effort going on in DC? It is so beautiful. If anyone has a spinning chat. I see you guys just come out of the app. Maybe force quit the app and come back in. I know it's like, unplug it and plug it back in. Try that. But so I just. Look at this. Where's the first one I have here? Look, That's the before and after. So pretty. Look at that. And now people are hanging out. Was a tent. Now there wasn't a tent. I love that. And then there is one other one that. Oh, I didn't write her name down. Oh, yes, I did. What's her name? I'll tell you in a minute. But she was just happening to walk through. Is it called Union Station? The train station in D.C. okay, so look at this. How pretty.

[Marcela]

This is Columbus Square.

[Erica]

Oh, cool. Thank you. Columbus Square. Look how gorgeous that is. It was covered in graffiti and filth and antifa and this. And I know they're going to try to ruin it again, but I think we're cleaning it up.

[Marcela]

Last time this Columbus Square fountain worked was 2007.

[Erica]

Yeah, 2007. It was sitting just sloppy. So the Scott Adams school, I think we can agree, we all want to give a shout out to President Trump. It is so beautiful, what you're doing. It's our capitol, for God's sake. I mean, people come there to visit and to tour and it was like. It looked like a New York subway. It was disgusting. So, you know, it should be beautiful. So shout out. I love that. It is. Yes, it is long overdue. And to this lady. Too bad.

[Marcela]

I wonder where that lady is now.

[Erica]

I don't know. Why do I keep calling her a lady? I don't know who she is. Again, that's Pat. That was Pat.

[Marcela]

You're gender. Fine.

[Erica]

I know, I know. I don't want to assign a gender to this person. We are going to call pet. Marcella, what happened? I have a video. Is it Blue origin? Is that the Jeff Bezos rocket?

[Marcela]

Yes, that's Jeff Bezos rocket. I mean, one of them.

[Erica]

It was.

[Marcela]

All right, it is a Friday, you guys.

[Erica]

It is a Friday. We are a little fun BJ Friday.

[Marcela]

So the blue Origin was testing yesterday. The new Glenn rocket. And I guess you're gonna show us what happened to it.

[Erica]

And I'd like to say nobody was injured or hurt.

[Marcela]

Okay, Nobody was hurt.

[Erica]

Yowza.

[BJ]

Boom. Wow.

[Erica]

Isn't that insane?

[BJ]

That's a quick way to burn a lot of money.

[Erica]

Yep.

[BJ]

Wow.

[Erica]

I can't even believe no one was injured. I mean, nobody was in it, obviously.

[Guest Speaker]

Yeah.

[BJ]

Who wants to go for a ride?

[Erica]

I know. Like, oh. Ale king. You ready? Good Lord. So what happens now, Marcela? Do we have any more info on that?

[Marcela]

So Arch Technica was the. The magazine, the. The news. Arch Technica said that it was probably the worst explosion that could happen. That they're thinking it's going to be early 2027, when it can. They can do launches again. Not this year. You know, we're in the middle of the year, so, I mean, it doesn't sound that bad. Elon Musk, you know, showed his support for. For Jeff Bezos. Jeff Bezos indicated that that all personnel was accounted for. It was a very rough day, but he said that they'll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. And then, you know, good thing that Elon showed His, you know, because Elon runs SpaceX, which is a competitor, so you think he would be like, ha, good for you. But he's the opposite. He said it was unfortunate. Rockets are hard. This happens. And he also added some Latin to it ad astra per aspera, which means through hardship to the stars. So. And, you know, so it is unfortunate. It was a static fire test. The other big issue is this is a setback not only for Blue Origin, but for NASA, because NASA had picked Blue Origin's new Glenn rocket for their next two flights. So there's gonna have to be a. Some kind of analysis. Hopefully we figure out. They figure out if we. They figure out what. What happened. You know, thank goodness nobody was hurt because it's as BJ saw, like when he went boom, he really went boom. Like, there was no, go big or go home, huh?

[Erica]

Yeah.

[BJ]

Go big or go home. If you're going to blow it up, make it spectacular.

[Erica]

Yeah. So, bj, is that the first time you saw that?

[BJ]

Yeah. Yeah. I haven't seen that.

[Erica]

Is that crazy?

[BJ]

Yeah, but I've seen so many of the. The Musk. Musk's rockets exploding over the years, and I love how he just takes it in stride. He's like, well, I guess we'll build another one. Yeah, you have to do it. You just forge ahead. Right.

[Erica]

You can't quit. I mean, you're. You're working to build a product that's going to do what you needed to do. So this is. It's really just trial and error. And it's not to say it's no big deal. It's. It's tons of money and time and effort, but hopefully they'll be able to diagnose what happened. You know, do like a little autopsy on it and then just, you know, what do we. What happened? What do we do wrong? What do we need to do? Thank God nobody was in it, but this is how you figure it out. Unfortunately, it's just very expensive and time consuming. But if our greatest inventors and friends quit when something went wrong, it would be a pretty sad world. So good for you. Get back on the launch pad. Let's keep going. We're proud of you for trying.

[BJ]

It's a perfect reframe, like what Scott always talked about in his book, reframe your brain. It blew up. All right. Well, the good news is we have an opportunity to start again and try it again. So.

[Erica]

Yeah. Yep. So we wish them the best of luck. We wish them the best of luck. Look, a lot of Us feel like we need to get out of here. So keep going. We're counting on you. All right, so moving along, I don't know which story to go to first. Oh, did anyone catch the press conference yesterday with Scott Bessant? He. So Caroline Levitt's out on maternity leave, and so we've had Marco Rubio, JD Vance, and now Scott Besant filling in. I listened to the whole thing. He was so, so good. And I have to say, it's funny, you know, I was thinking back while I was listening to him, I was in the grocery store with earbuds and listening and kind of laughing. And I was thinking back when Trump would always. He just talked to the media so much. And like Jim Acosta, what a pos. And like all these people that just wanted, like, their one second of fame and what fools they made of themselves and missed opportunities to just really ask good questions. But not that the media is asking better questions now, but they were taking him a lot more seriously. And it was funny because he had said to them that he just got his honorary doctorate, I think it was from South Carolina. So he said, if you address me as Dr. Bessant, you know, maybe you can ask two questions kind of a thing. And so, you know, a lot of them were, some of them weren't, but he was just really great. But anyway, I spied my new favorite person, Kara Castro Nuova. She got a question in about digital currency, which I thought, I, I find it interesting because I worry about these things. You know me, I'm your worrier. So let's take a listen here. And she's a badass. I love her. Okay, here we go.

[Question Asker]

I want that person that was you.

[Moderator]

Okay, thank you so much. Thank you for taking my question. Karen from Lindell tv. I really want to get your thoughts on digital currency. A lot of our viewers are increasingly worried that digital currency could one day be used to track people's spending or limit personal freedom. What's your flow philosophy on that? And what safeguards is the treasury and its administration putting in place to make sure new digital payment systems protect Americans privacy and freedoms in the future?

[Question Asker]

Well, so this administration has been very clear. There will be no central bank digital currency, which I think is would be the first step toward tracking. So we have taken that off the table. We passed stablecoin legislation, bipartisan. And the Clarity act is now up on the Hill. I think it has bipartisan support. And the most important thing we can do is to make digital assets come into the United States, make the Us, the home, our regulation, our best practices are what will ensure good standards for these. When you look at digital assets, all the nonsense that happens, all the things you read about, that's because it's the wild, wild west offshore. So we got to bring it onshore. So I would encourage the House and the Senate to get clarity done.

[Erica]

All right. So I literally know, like, nothing about this. Bj, I'm going to come to you first. So, you know, to me, the only thing I really know about the digital currency is can't they just turn it off? And then you can't get your money? Although banks can just shut the door and you can't get your money either. So what do you think about what he said? I felt comforted by that. Yet I don't. I don't know anything about it.

[BJ]

Yeah. As somebody who just came back from speaking at a bitcoin conference in Ireland, so I know a lot about this stuff. I've written a bunch of articles on CBDCs over the years. I don't think. I don't see it. I really don't. And that's just my window into being involved in government, running for office, understanding how the gears of the machine work. And not only do the regular people not want to be scrutinized, but people involved in money laundering, politicians, corrupt people who are involved in government, they don't want this either. Right. Because once you put things on a public ledger, which is what bitcoin is, the pseudo anonymous public ledger, then you have the ability to see where other people's money is going and flowing. I think it just brings too much risk to the political establishment and knowing how they behave. You hear lots of talk about it, of course, but the talk usually comes when bitcoin's about to have a bear, a bull run. Once we start to get into a bull market, all of a sudden you see all these articles, oh, yeah, from always from the left that, oh, you know, CBDCs. And it just kind of gets everybody scared. I don't really see it. And we could talk about bitcoin maybe another time. But there is a very big difference between bitcoin and all the other. We call them altcoins, which are run by foundations. Bitcoin itself has no government. No. It has no board of directors. There's no company, there's no CEO. There's nothing. Trying to ban bitcoin would be like trying to ban the COVID virus. And it's pseudo anonymous. So that's kind of your best hedge right now. If you Want privacy is to move into, into the bitcoin blockchain. That's why I call it the Freedom Protocol, because it's not a coin, it's a protocol. And it's just going to take people lots of time to really understand how this works. Which is part of what I do with my audience is talking about bitcoin.

[Erica]

No one's yet been able to explain it to me in a way that I can understand. They'll always throw in some jargon here and there or an acronym, and I'm like, and now you lost me. And so I, I feel like the majority of people in this world feel like I do. And so I just get like, shut down. I don't even want to know or get involved because it's too confusing. And now you're talking about my money. And if I don't really understand it, I don't want to get involved with it. I don't want to have to have a degree to figure it out. So I, I worry only because I truly don't understand it. And I don't. I don't know. But I think, I think a lot of the audience here probably knows a lot about it. You guys are very smart and you're into all these things, but I wish.

[BJ]

The only follow up, Erica, is during the trucker protest. We raised cumulatively $25 million. All that money was seized by the government and through lawfare. The only money that was not seized was bitcoin. And that's the only money that was distributed to the truckers. It was approximately $1 million that was directly distributed and it's now worth 2 million. And that's when it proved its case in the western world. So if you want freedom and sovereignty and you're afraid of government, you should be going in the direction of bitcoin, not away from it. But maybe we should do that on a locals together.

[Erica]

I would love that. Oh, my gosh. I would love. Because if you can get me to understand it. And I'm gonna be a pain in the neck though, bj, because I'm gonna. Okay. Because I have so many questions and you might say something and I might say back it up. I don't get that yet. So who. Who in the chat. The chat's everywhere. Will do it on locals. It'll be a private stream. But, you know, would you really, really like to understand this world of bitcoin? I think we, we're gonna need to. So I would appreciate that personally. You'll watch it. Good. Thanks. See bookish you're with me. I think a lot of people are with me. I just get like, okay, Yep. All right, good. We're gonna do it. We're gonna do it. I love that. Thank you, thank you, thank you. And if anyone wants to help out with that show too, let us know. If you're an expert, Jimmy Wyman, he already gives the talk. So, Jim, you'll be around. That'll be awesome. Okay, good. And if you guys aren't on local, sign up. What are you waiting for? Come on over. Oh, and by the way, YouTube, I see you gu saying we've joined as a community, as the unbeloves. Well, I just want to let you know we love you too. So you're not technically unbeloved. You are also loved. Okay. All right. So, Marcella, what. What do you want to say about the bitcoin stuff? I know you're savvy.

[Marcela]

I don't have much to say. Just I don't see digital currency ever coming into fruition in the United States. Not only because there would be a lot of opposition, but like BJ said, you would be able to see what other people do with their money, and I think that's where they love to hide is, you know, the fraud. They. They love to hide behind the fraud. Not all of us, but there are people that do. And if you do go to digital currency, it's harder to hide. Even bitcoin has been used to be able to find certain criminals that use it, and it's been very easy to find them because unlike, you know, BG probably thinks differently, but bitcoin is easy to. And crypto itself is sometimes easy for the CIA or the FBI to track certain people down.

[BJ]

It's pseudo anonymous. There's ways.

[Marcela]

Yes, there's ways around that, obviously, like everything else, but it's not. But at the beginning of. I guess at the beginning, there were, like, certain people that thought it was fully anonymous, which is why they didn't maybe do a good job about hiding their tracks initially.

[BJ]

It was before kyc, but anyways, we'll do. We'll do that on local.

[Erica]

I love that bitcoin thing. Awesome. Oh, good. I really would love to understand this. So look forward to that, you guys. We'll. We'll do that. Thanks, bj. All right, so until I understand more, I literally have nothing more to say about it because I don't know. Marcela, was there a story you wanted to touch on?

[Marcela]

Several stories, but one of them was The White House aliens.gov website came online

[Erica]

I wish I had that.

[Marcela]

The White House X page, if you go on to it, they posted a video of a border. Like the border in there. It's at night and there's a huge UFO flying machine sucking up an immigrant. An illegal immigrant, I hope. And that was with. In the background with ymca. So, you know, if there's aliens around

[Erica]

ymca, I wish I had it. It's so hard to explain. It's like, not so. It's a. It's a wall with an illegal immigrant. We think walking on one side. A UFO scoops them up and just plops them on the other side of the fence and like puts them back over the border while YMCA plays. Yes, it's. It's a troll.

[Marcela]

If you, if you were to go to the site, I have to just read some of it. You know, it's kind of like the. You go to aliens.gov and promise you it's. It's not gonna happen.

[Erica]

Do it after the show. Do it after.

[Marcela]

But after the show. Did not. Do not change us. But it's basically kind of like Star wars words that come on, but more a la Matrix. And so it says they walk among us. For 60 years, the US government has kept a closely guarded state secret. Aliens have been walking among us, living in our neighborhoods and interacting with us on a daily. In our daily lives. They shopped in the same stores, attended the same classes as our children, and lived seemingly normal human existences with one exception. They do not belong here. And it goes on and on a little bit longer. But. And what it has. So the thing that the website has is an actual live map of ICE raids and people being deported. I think I didn't check out the map too well, but that's what it has.

[Erica]

I know you guys are seeing a lot of information about the ICE issue in New Jersey, in Newark, and we will talk about it. Unless anybody wants to say something about it right now, BJ or Marcella. But I'm hoping to have a guest on next week to talk about this situation with. Who could talk about it better? Because I'm literally paying zero attention to it. Zero.

[Marcela]

The Delaney hall situation started obviously with NGOs, with, you know, it's. It's organically created and it happens that there is people inside in the detention center have started a hunger strike. And then outside there is lots of rioters, protesters, you know, just basically living there and protesting everybody that's there. But the funny part was a video that. I don't know who filmed it, but I think Fox News showed It is two, how would I say, Hispanic men walking out of the detention center. And they were getting really happy. The. The protesters were very happy about it. And it happens that they happen to work there. They're not, you know. Yeah, they came out, profiled them really well.

[Erica]

Like, yeah, they're like, oh, look, look, they're letting two out. And then they're like, they work here. And then they're like, oh, like, f you. And I saw one lady screaming at an Asian man, calling him an Asian man behind the gate. Like, you. Yeah. And he. He's like. They're like, why are you being racist? She's like, oh, racist, Racist. You don't like that. You don't care about the black and brown people. I'm like, that's. Yeah. And I go, literally. And she goes, oh. But when it comes to the black and the brown people, I'm like, lady, that too, is racist. Like, stop.

[Marcela]

Like, you're.

[Erica]

You just called an A and you said the Asian man. And then you're calling the other people black and brown. And why are you there? Like, what are. Are you doing? And the hunger strike. I think, Tom, I literally am paying zero attention to this, but I. This is what trickled in. But Tom Holman said they're. They're complaining because they want their cultural food, not the food we're giving them. I don't care. Don't eat, whatever. Like, can we save money on that with the taxes? That's, like, more money to save, but it is escalating pretty bad, and something's going to have to be done over there.

[Marcela]

Well, some of the complaints were regarding. Some of the detainees have cancer or, you know, certain conditions that they have, you know, medicine. Well, that's the problem is that they're unable to go home or, you know, basically they're detained, so they can't. So that's the issue is, you know, the. There is a. I mean, unfortunately, there's so many of them that it takes a while to process each one of their cases, even if they have a really good case to stay here or to leave one or the other. So they're in this limbo. So they are asking for medical help during this time, during the time they're detained. But the, you know, and that to be determined pursuant to each case.

[Erica]

But.

[Marcela]

But what I was going to talk about is the hot ICE agent that was there.

[Erica]

Marcel. Okay, Marcel.

[Marcela]

I don't know if that was.

[Erica]

You don't bring a picture. You don't bring a picture. You're just, you Know again, no.

[Marcela]

Some people in the chat were mentioning it.

[Erica]

All right, so, bj, I want. I just want to get your take. So, to me, I feel like I. I mean, we all feel like we could solve this problem just like, okay, you know, you're just going home. I don't care. There's no problem. We'll talk about it later. You're here illegally. You can yell at me illegally later. So. Oh, and golfer, cycler. I'll have a sip with you in one second. You relate. So, bj, what do you say? Have you seen any of this footage?

[BJ]

I've seen a little bit. It's. It's just really funny for me as, you know, one of the gringos who spent a lot of time in South America and, you know, dated somebody many years, almost married her, who is from Mexico. And my experience with Latinos. Sorry, in Canada, we call them Latinos because last I checked, Brazilians are not from Spain. So Hispanic for us is just the weirdest term ever. But they. Everybody I know, for me, but okay, everybody I know is. Is looking at who's Latino is like, that's the garbage we try to get away from. Like, those are the narcos that were taking over my town, and we all had to hide from, or we had to pay them bribes or extortion money. So, yeah, get them the hell out of here, you know, and not notwithstanding, there are people who just came to Latin to the United States who just wanted to make money and they didn't have opportunities back home. And unfortunately, because of all the cartel crap and whatever, those people suffer as a result. And. But the end of the day, you know, it's very difficult, especially for Canadians. Much more difficult. Difficult for Canadians to. To move and migrate to the United States. There is a process, and it sucks. You may think it sucks, but you have to. You can't just jump the line for everybody else. But everybody I know who's Latino, who's legal in the United States is like, yeah, good. Get them out.

[Erica]

You know, so my question is. Is, well, two things. One, the protesters are making it worse. So you're making it worse. Like, you're making people who didn't really have a dog in the fight or an opinion now not side with you. Because now these protesters are creating mayhem, danger. They're trashing, you know, Newark. Not that it wasn't already trash. Thanks, Cory Booker. But, you know, you're making it so it's like, you know what? Just get everybody out, because this has to stop. Let them do their job. You're just holding them up. You're making it bigger and whatever, you're not making it so new. People are going to be sympathetic to their cause and the people that were already sympathetic will stay that way. And the other people who just want to live their lives are just going to get more aggravated. But Marcela, if antifa, isn't it designated a terrorist organization? And why are they out there acting a fool?

[Marcela]

I don't know if, if the protesters there are antifa. But you are allowed. Well, I, I don't know for sure. I guess I've not been watching it that closely. But if you, you know, under the First Amendment, you are allowed to protest in, you know, as long as you're not violent, you're allowed to protest. The issue is that like you said, the protesting does not help these people. But what does help is lawsuits. But then again, I'm the lawyers, I would say that.

[Erica]

So Andy Wang, aren't they antifa out there? Andy's a, an attorney in New Jersey. Maybe he's following this more closely. But I, I believe I heard that it's antifa. So we'll see. But. All right, so should we move on from this? But I want to show you one other gem in New Jersey. New Jersey. Oh, we are so extra. Okay, so this might start loud. I'm going to try to lower it, but this is a very self explanatory, self explanatory story. Okay. Andy's not sure. Okay, let's listen to this gem. Ready?

[News Reporter]

Adam Hamawi is seeking the Democratic nomination in New Jersey's 12th district, where the primary will likely determine the next member of Congress. Hamawi was a close disciple of convicted terrorist Omar Abdel Rahman, the Blind Sheikh, spiritual leader of Bin Laden's terror network.

[Erica]

Sheikh Abdul Rahman surrendered to federal authorities

[Guest Speaker]

at a New York mosque today.

[BJ]

The Blind Sheikh was convicted of conspiring to also blow up the United nations headquarters, a federal building, two tunnels and a bridge.

[News Reporter]

Hamawi testified on his behalf during his 1994 trial and stands by him today.

[Erica]

He had certain views that he spoke

[BJ]

in certain forms, but that's not what

[Erica]

he did every single day.

[News Reporter]

After leading terrorist organizations in Egypt and Afghanistan, the Sheikh moved to the US Promoting in mosques a forcible conquest of the United States. Hamui met him at an event and attended his speeches in New Jersey. In 1991, he was one of six individuals who accompanied him to Detroit for an Islamist conference. According to Jewish Insider, in 1994, Hamaui volunteered in Bosnia with benevolence International, a Serbian Al Qaeda front designated as a terrorist organization by the UN Security Council. That year, the sheikh was arrested for plotting attacks on New York landmarks. Hamawi testified that the year of the World Trade center bombing, he told the sheikh, it is my spring break now. If you need anything, just give me a call. From prison, Abd al Rahman smuggled a fatwa to Al Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri authorizing attacks against the U.S. tear them to pieces, destroy their economies, burn their corporations, destroy their peace. The fatwa said Hamaui is a loyal follower of the sheikh.

[Erica]

He must have been charismatic enough for

[Question Asker]

you to travel with him.

[News Reporter]

Not just me, the entire community. Maui says the blind sheikh was just a leader of his community, even though he led Al Qaeda in Egypt and other militant groups before coming to America.

[Erica]

And so that's kind of taking things out of context.

[News Reporter]

Anyone connected to a terrorist who planned to blow up New York and New Jersey has no place in the Democratic Party or in Congress.

[Erica]

I mean, does that even need to be said? Bj, I'm coming right to you on this one. What the hell is going on?

[BJ]

Oh, my God, what a tangled web. How do I make this short? I mean, that's relation to the World Trade center bombing, the First 1 in 93 that a lot of people don't know about and the Holy Land Terrorism foundation trial. And in that trial, evidence was submitted and verified as there was a document that was the Muslim Brotherhood's plan to take over America. And it was through political entryism. And the primary weapon they were going to use, in their words, was they were going to weaponize Palestine versus Israel. So everybody who has developed some sort of Israel fetish is doing exactly what the Muslim Brotherhood stated they were going to try to do by brainwashing people in the West. And it's funny, that mosque, they're not that mosque, but there's a few of them. But one particular mosque that is directly. How should we say, affiliated with, because they work kind of in clusters, is one of the most influential mosques in Brooklyn. And the mosque's son was the guy who was arrested in that compound in Mexico, the training compound. And they're also the big donors and big supporters of. That's right, Mayor. The garbage king of New York, Mayor Mamdani. So the fact this is what political entryism looks like. They enter into your structure. They point to some third party that has nothing to do with them, say, look, it's them, it's them, it's them. Over and over through repetition, to prime people to be completely distracted from what they themselves are doing. I think. I can't remember who said it originally, but they are guilty of exactly what they accuse their opposition of doing. So that Holy Land foundation trial, even though it goes back decades now, that is still a treasure trove of information. And that was a. I mean, unfortunately, there was only a couple of one person, I think went to jail. But all these people were unindicted co conspirators. And they're still actively living, raising money, have mosques and stuff in New York City. It's not gone away. You know why? Because the only thing that part of the world, and people with that sort of framing of the world, the only thing they understand, and it's difficult for Western liberals to accept, the only thing they understand is force. That's it. They have a very die cut. Their view of the world is very binary. Either they're in control or you're in control. That's why it's. It closely parallels postmodernism, oppressor versus oppressed, which is why the radical left are such effective, useful idiots for them. And that's why they try to court them and they try to control all liberal parties in Western governments. That's just a very, very snippet of something that we could talk about this for hours because it gets very, very intricate. It's been going on for decades.

[Erica]

I'm coming to you, Marcel, in one second. But I mean, did you guys see AOC wearing a head cover and speaking in New York? Mom, Don, I can never get his name right, is standing behind her with a bunch of other men. And as she's speaking, they don't give a shit what she's saying. They're all talking over her, talking behind her. They have no respect for her. They don't care. They're just like, this is a good opportunity to show her. But, you know, I, I also feel like they just want us to get used to these visuals and be like, oh, no, no, it's all fine. Look, AOC and you know, we like her and you know, just like they keep shoving it all in our faces. But, Marcella, go ahead, tell me, Tell me your thoughts on this craziness.

[Marcela]

Well, I mean, to, to begin with, we shouldn't have anybody in power or anywhere that is supports terrorism. However, the, the, the video you showed. You know, I always think back to what Scott would tell me. It's like the documentary effect. You know, you're seeing this, and it's also not what. But who and Jewish insider was the coded source. So I don't know how accurate the video is. However, if this person that's running in New Jersey and anybody that's a politician should be able to clearly say, blind chic, no good. He did what he did. It was proven in court. And nobody should support any terrorism at all. That shouldn't be like, well, you know, there's no, well, there's no buts about it. You know, it is what it is. There are people that are trying to destroy us. And this, like BJ said, they're trying to create a situation where. Or you're on the team of the gas, the Gaza Palestine team, or you're on the Israeli team and having us divided. But we need to unite and realize, no matter what, who it is, it's not right for anybody to have terrorism in this country and have this type of ideology be growing. Regardless of what group, what religion is behind it, wherever it is, it should be destroyed.

[Erica]

Okay? So I don't think, I don't think the documentary effect, like when Scott said that, I don't, you know, it applies to certain things. Okay, like, oh, there's music behind, all right. But the facts remain the same. I mean, this guy is who they're saying he is. So even if you took the music out and you just put in just the little facts there about him, they're huge. The consequences are huge. It's. It's shocking to me. And yes, I am strictly in favor of. You must absolutely be a native born American to be in office here. And I will take it a step further. Your parents have to be too. So let's get like, you know, two degrees. So I don't know. Bj, do you want to counter anything to that?

[BJ]

Yeah, I think firstly maybe because I'm aware of this case because we used to do podcasts on it. Like everything I see there, that's not opinion, it's not speculation. This is verifiable in court evidence in Holy Land. That's why it was so significant. I also get really concerned when I hear things like it's Jewish insider. Like, what does that mean? Like, I know so many Jews who are left wing idiots that are pro, you know, pro the terrorist side because they're just completely brainwashed. Right? It's not a collective. It would be like saying all Catholics believe something. So there's a range of opinions across all sort of communities in the world. There's people who very much are antithetical to me, who are use the, oh, I'm Jewish, you're communist, hiding behind a Star of David. There's a lot of that. But I think what's most importantly is just to look at this particular case and what is being cited in. In the, you know. Scary music. Yeah. Music helps persuade people who just don't understand the severity of how bad this is if you get another Muslim Brotherhood person elected. And that's what this is. This is the long march of the Muslim Brotherhood into elected positions in your government. And the problem with New York, I mean, we've seen this in Canada and particularly England and France, is once you get Mamdani, who, you know, I tell people, what are the five indicators and warnings? You can tell somebody's Muslim Brotherhood. And then they look at me with a blank stare and I'm like, okay, then don't give me your opinion if you don't know what I'm even talking about. And what they do is they will bring the mosque, for example, I'm referring to once again, to office. They are just a stepping stone. They will get as many. Not Muslims, Islamists, the extremists, literalists, into positions within the government infrastructure. And they will never leave because they're the ones who are behind the scenes that the public doesn't see. And that's how you see the encroachment to extremist policies within different jurisdictions around. Jurisdictions in countries around the world. It's really a problem. We are suffering with that here where people say, well, how do you have blasphemy laws in certain areas of Canada? Well, because we have Jamati Islami, we have Muslim Brotherhood, we have HIZBA Tahrir, and they are in chiefs of staff, EAS of politicians recommending policies. Because it's not the elected official makes a decision. It's the chief of staff. Staff. It's the staff around them. And that's what's going to happen to New York. New York's going to have a very difficult time for the next couple of decades.

[Erica]

Yeah, I agree. Decades. It is going to have a very difficult time. Oh, I just. Myself. So. Yeah, I know. So I agree. And words matter. You know, we're talking about Islam again. That's not me doing a pre qualifier because I don't do those anymore. But we're talking about Islam.

[BJ]

Where's your sign?

[Erica]

I know I have to write Islam. Okay, not all Muslims. I know. But it's a dangerous ideology. It's not a religion. It's not peaceful, and it's not kind to women, children or animals. And, you know, that's like everything America tries to stay civilized about. So it's a problem. I'm sorry, you guys on locals are having a hard time today. I'm seeing that. But you can catch the replay. It's definitely worth it. All right, so you know, we could talk about that all day and you know what, maybe we'll do that on, on Locals one night too so we can, you know, get through some other stories. But Marcela, did you have another news item you wanted us to grab?

[Marcela]

Well, you know, now that we're talking about that area of, you know, Israel and there's the Iran, you know, it's, it's the story, it's the old story of what is happening in Iran. Is there a deal? Is there no deal? We're still in limbo. There is apparently US and Iran have agreed on a framework of a 60 day ceasefire deal. Now it's a waiting for the President to sign off on it and for the ran supreme leader.

[Erica]

So do you want a clip? Oh, sure, I'll give you one, Marcella. Okay. And then on the other side, you pick it up. Okay, here we go.

[Guest Speaker]

Well, as you said, President Trump is the one who's going to make that decision. And President Trump alone, he's directly, personally involved in the negotiations making sure that the results are up to his standards. As you've outlined, Iran has made significant material and dramatic concessions to the United States that would have been impossible only a short time ago because of the military battlefield defeat that they have suffered and the embargo continuing to choke the life out of their economy. But let's understand something else. It's very important to baseline this all on where we are are today versus where we started. When Obama signed the Iran nuclear deal, the so called JCPOA Iran was on a guaranteed path to a nuclear weapon, to being the dominant power in the region, to being the richest and most militarily threatening nation in the entire Middle east with the ability to launch ballistic and ultimately nuclear weapons to Europe and eventually the United States. Now because of President Trump, there are countries economy has been dismantled. Their nuclear program under operation Midnight Hammer has been obliterated. Their entire defense industrial base has been eradicated. Their navy's at the bottom of the sea. Their air force at the bottom of the sea. Their entire leadership class has been decapitated. It is the most complete, thorough, total military thrashing in the history of, of armed conflict. Four weeks and a country decimated to that degree, to that extent. And now here we are at the end of that with the ramp putting on the table a complete reopening of the Strait, as has been discussed, and many other concessions that are going to be unveiled in the time to come. But again, there's no deal until there's a deal. Nothing's final until it's final. And President Trump has been clear that he reserves the option now, now or at any time in the future to do whatever is necessary to defend and protect America's national security.

[Erica]

Okay, drop any emoji in the chat. If Stephen Miller is so hot to

[BJ]

you because he is such a brilliant

[Erica]

communicator, men and women, are you on fire for Stephen Miller? Don't be afraid. You can have a male crush on him, too. And I want his Botox person. The man never moves from here to here. He doesn't have Botox. It's just Stephen Miller. Okay, so Marcella, carry on for us with this story. Police.

[Marcela]

It's, it's interesting that you played Stephen Miller because on the one side you have Stephen Miller saying we've destroyed everything. We've, you know, we're going, if there's a deal, it's going to be a great deal or whatever, you know. But then you have other news from Al Jazeera, even channel 1312 of Israel, even other Israel newspapers, they're not so, and Arabic or something. They're all saying different things. You know, one is saying there's gridlock in the Strait of Hormuz, which there is. So I guess they, they point to different situations. I think it's a mix of everything. I think that the, the Strait of Hormuz is still on hold. There's still no agreement. But I do believe, like Stephen Miller points out, that they have, the US has weakened Iran greatly because of taking out the, the previous regime, the, the previous people in power, as well as hurt them through the Strait of Hormuz through not allowing these Iranian ships to move through and not being able to have this ability to keep their oil, they're doing it via train and all sorts of things. So eventually they will have to come to the table, which they are. So I'm very positive about it. But there are other, all I'm trying to say is that there's other viewpoints which aren't positive at all about it. And, and it's not necessarily based on Democrat, Republican. I guess it's based on where you are in the world. If you look at international papers, which BJ can tell us what Canada would say about this whole Iran thing, it would be very, it's eye opening. That's so different.

[Erica]

All right, tell us, B.J.

[BJ]

well, Canada's irrelevant. I mean, the first thing is Scott used to say something for you frequently, and he's so right. This is how I survived politics. If you know the news, you know nothing. If you know who the news is, you know everything. And you know, we see this dichotomy of different opinions out of the Middle East. Often I see people on the left, they're always citing a news agency out of Israel called Haaretz. Haaretz is George Soros, which is ultra left communist. He is the woke mob in Israel. So this woke mob nonsense, this is in every Western democracy, democracy including Israel, who's trying to deal with this propaganda stuff from the ultra left right. So it's important. And Canada is just done, right? Canada doesn't have any media. They have, you know, certain agents, a couple of independent ones that I'm involved with. You know, I showed you before the National Telegraph, Erica, the one of today's the fifth anniversary of something significant we'll talk about in a second. But I think people are often may be confused why Iran is such a priority. And we'll talk in Scott Adams terms. Scott Adams always talked about systems, right? Systems versus linear thinking, for example, and which comes from Russell Akoff. I discussed that on my stream where Scott got his whole systemization viewpoint from, which is fascinating. Today for example, and every day there's another example. There is a breaking story out of Argentina that the Argentinian Federal Chamber of Concession has definitively confirmed the seizure of assets belonging to former President Christina Kushner and her children. And it's irreversible. And it goes on to explain it. Why is that important to understand again the system's approach to global politics? Christina Kushner is the reason Milei got into power. She is an ultra leftist communist, but she was also financed by Hezbollah. Hezbollah is Iran and the irgc. So they have their tentacles in countries causing chaos all over the Western world because they're part of this global hijra to attack the big enemy is always America. But do it through other countries and indirectly to get to America or America in the process. So it is an attack on the civilized world from this collectivist ideology. And again, you don't have to hold up the sign, Erika. Not Muslims, Islamists, extremists, the ISIS literalist interpretation, purely driven by ideology. I've discussed the four pillars of human motivation. Rice, reward, ideology, coercion and ego. They are 100% fueled by ideology. And that's what we're dealing with in the West. That's why there's such a threat in this particular example, all the way up to the President's office. This is around the AMIA bombing in Argentina. That is one of tens of thousands of examples. And everybody in government who's seen how the gears of the machine work behind the scenes, everyone knows it, every parliamentarian knows it, everybody, intelligence knows it. But the general public doesn't because the Islamists have been so effective in propagandizing people in the west into this postmodern oppressor versus oppressed dichotomy where people are confused who the bad guys are to the point they become oikophobic. And for those who don't know, oikophobia is somebody who hates their own culture as opposed to xenophobia, which hates an external culture. So I think there's a lot of things at play and at the root of this is what I love Scott so much, is if you understand systems thinking, you can take a systems approach to viewing the world geopolitically, then Iran makes complete sense and why it is such a priority in the West.

[Erica]

Wow, okay. I mean, I can't even really say too much because I'm. I don't know like you're saying, you know, and if anyone feels otherwise, you know, drop it in the chat. You're allowed to your own opinion.

[BJ]

I have a stream at 11 o', clock, you can come.

[Erica]

Yeah, BJ's on, right? Yeah, he's on right after. After this. And you're going to talk more about these things. So did you. We only have a few minutes left. Did you want to say what the fifth anniversary or. Marcella, did you want to say anything in response to that?

[Marcela]

No, just that the oil prices have gone down. Thinking that there will be a deal. Good, you know, we'll see.

[Erica]

Okay. And I think there's a lot of Americans with oikaphobia too, by the way. It's crazy. Yeah, on the left, of course. Okay. So bj, it's the fifth anniversary of.

[BJ]

Oh, it is the. Well, welcome to Canada. You want to talk about Canada? It's the fifth anniversary of the Chicken Land shooting slash assassination in a city called Mississauga, which is a suburb of Toronto. And what is that? Well, that was Canada's first ISIS attack in Canada. So three kids that were radicalized by ISIS ideology, they went into a local like sandwich shop sort of thing and they tried to execute the entire family. It was a family run business. And you wonder, well, why would they do such something so not nice. Well, the son of this is why it's significant to understand the ideology behind this. This son, the family was Druze. So not Jews with a Jew. Druze. D R U D R U E Z E sorry. They the Druze, the Drew's kid. I, you know, you're a teenager, you find friends, all sorts of friends find, you know, bad friends. I did too, like everybody else. But his friends were basically ISIS motivated extremists and they convinced him to convert to Islam. And this is all in court documents. And what they, what, what he started doing is working with them on their Amazon business. They're going to make lots of money, buy Lambos, Bitcoin, whatever it was. And then he found out that they were taking their profits and funneling them to ISIS in Syria. And he decided, okay, maybe this is too much. I didn't actually want to get involved in joining the Islamic State and involved in terrorism funding. So he decided to get convert back which those of you who know extremist interpretation. That is a no no. So the retribution was these three kids who are working with them just went to the family business and tried to execute the entire family. Not the kid. He unfortunately was killed. The rest of the family survived. And fascinating court details. My editor and co author of Honking for Freedom, John, who is a, a 30 year veteran of legacy media, he actually wrote a couple of pieces on this case and the legacy media was there, never reported on it, didn't really care because God forbid Canadians know there was an ISIS ring operating in Canada. People might get upset.

[Erica]

Isn't that insane? Oh, thanks for letting us know about that. What a horrible story situation. Okay, we're out of time you guys. BJ is going to be on right after this. Marcella, thank you so much. And Marcella, bj, myself, Owen, we all thank you guys for being here. Owen will be having the after party tomorrow on Spaces. So that's the same time as the Scott Adams school, but it's on Saturday and you can catch that on X. And listen, we always thank Shelley and Scott that they combined and coordinated to keep this show continuing. And here we are doing it and you guys go out there and be useful. I'm actually going to stay on for just five minutes after the show, you guys, just to give you some updates about my chillin chat show. And and then you guys, if you want to go over to bj, go ahead and follow him over there. So bj, thank you so much. Marcela, thank you so much. And as always, a closing sip to Scott. You guys be useful. We Love you and have a great weekend to Scott.

[BJ]

And go call your family and tell them you love them.

[Erica]

Yeah, go ahead, Mom. I love you. I know you're watching. Done. There you go. Bye, guys.

[BJ]

Take care. Bye, Erica.

[Marcela]

Bye.

[Erica]

Okay, let's see if I can do it. Hi, you guys. BJ is great, right? Okay, let's do this. Disconnect, disconnect. Let me see. Okay, you guys, let me see if I can.

[Marcela]

Mm,

[Erica]

Bear with me one second. I've got to figure this out. How can I end. I don't want to end the rumble, but, you know, guys. All right, we're still here. So, you guys. I know. I don't know what happened to locals today. You guys, what was it? Okay, here we go. So sorry for the glitches. You guys were saying, like, you couldn't load photos and I hate that for you because we love seeing them too. BJ's great. Yeah, he's great. You are the beloved. The documentary effect strengthening the truth. No. Yeah, I mean, it can work, but also sometimes it gets used as an excuse to just want to be contrarian or not believe something. There's kind of like a time and a place for it. But yeah, I mean, the documentary effect, like Fahrenheit 911 was utter bullshit, but because it was a documentary, people were like, oh, and what's that one that Al Gore did? That documentary was also utter. But, you know, people are like, well, it was a documentary, so. Yeah, I mean, of course, chunks, you love BJ's name. Why wouldn't you? All right, so you guys, I have a question for you, and I will come on, chill and chat tonight if you can't give me a pass, but. Oh, yeah, An Inconvenient Truth. Thank you. So, you guys, I started a new medicine yesterday. I did not sleep for four seconds last night. I was up the entire night. But I can tell you Stella's slept very well right next to me. Can I have a pass and not do chill and chat tonight and do it on Saturday? I said I was going to do it tonight when I got home from a dinner. I don't even know if I can, like, stay awake today. It's crazy. Oh, thanks. I'm glad you guys liked it. What is. Wait, tomorrow? Tell me. I was thinking of coming on tomorrow, Saturday, and then I could come on like, a little earlier for me too. Maybe like, like 8:00pm Eastern, which would be 5:00pm Western. Western Pacific. Oh, my God, you guys, I feel so bad. I hate changing it, but it's like this was like, the latest. I was to even get the show organized today. I was running like a lunatic. I was just like, oh, my God, BJ is on. Shoot, you guys. Where is bj? I think he's on. Oh, good. Sjv. Sjv. Where is bj? After this. I know you've seen him. Is he on X? I think you can get it. Get him through his X stream and locals. I think Zayn, goldie. Oh, it's YouTube. Maybe. I don't know if somebody knows. Drop it. Because if you want to go over and support him, that would be awesome. Oh, my Lord. Yeah. So which way did he go? Rumble for bj. Sleep. Oh, my gosh, you guys, I. So I am a really poor sleeper to begin with. I really. It's brutal. I've. I've had a problem since I was a child. And last night I was just like, oh, my God. And then, you know how you just start thinking about it? I'm like, is there a hair touching my face? Why is my face itching my arms a little uncomfortable? Maybe I shouldn't have my face like this. Am I giving myself a big wrinkle? I wonder how this person's doing. I wonder how BJ will be on the show tomorrow. I was thinking about, like, the Weir. Oh, my God. It wouldn't stop. And I never pick up my phone and look at my phone, but good God, I practice, you guys. I. I think I'm prioritizing my health now. I think I'm here. I think I've landed in the prioritizing my health zone. So I'm glad about that. Oh, my God. You guys gave me really good feedback on that number nine clip I played yesterday. If you saw it after. Oh, I'm so. I know. I was. I was telling. I was Marge. I was like, listen, all the thoughts I'm having now. We can pick this back up tomorrow. None of it matters right now. Okay, Morgan, I'm on progesterone now and testosterone. I take my testosterone cream in the morning. Progesterone at night. Yep. And ruminating. Yes, I'm ruminating all freaking night. And then I'm, like, so obsessed with Stella because, like, she's not going to be around that much longer. And a thanks crusher. I always say if my shirt goes over, that's my cleavage, is my shoulder. So Stella sleeps, like, right here on the very corner edge of the bed. And she just, like, kind of leans on me a little bit, like, right by my face. And I'm always just like. I roll over all night long. And I'm like. And I kiss her. Yeah, I've got all my roids. Oh, bj. Okay. BJ ditched her, though, I think Andy. D I C H T R E R on X and then honking for freedom on rumble. Perfect. Thank you. Kindle shoulder cleavage. Right. It's appropriate. Hey, Stella's so sweet. I. I. And I don't want. Well, okay, so those are hormone replacement, which is good, but. Yes, there are some other drugs, but I would like to be off of them, believe me. Thanks, Tom. Oh, is Jim Courtney here? My Alaskan Jim Courtney. Stella's super sweet. She was crying for the whole last half of the show. Like, you got to feed me for the third time. I know. So they say with cats, if they sleep by your head, they think they're. They're like your mother. And if they sleep by your feet, they're protecting you. So she used to sleep on top of the bed, like, right at the corner where I could just kick her off the bed easy. And she moved up to my head about two years ago, so now she's like my mother. Jim Courtney. Happy birthday, Jim Courtney. It's Jim Courtney's birthday. There he is. Happy, happy birthday. Does anyone else have a birthday? Happy birthday to all the Geminis. Oh, wow. Yes. See that? The medications. Yep. Okay. And so I want to talk more about the medications, but I'll do it on chill and chat. And then, as Trump would say, I love my Alaskans. Yay, Jim. Happy birthday, you guys. Geminis are just by nature my favorite sign. So let's go with the Geminis. A. Yes. That's George Bev. If I'm on my side, he'll just, like, perch on my hip. I'm, like, really like that. You're, like, teetering up there. So funny. Take note. I've never been to Alaska, but there's a lot of Alaskan beloves, which is interesting. Cindy. L. Your. Oh. Oh, I know It's. It's hard. So she had you go, geminis. This is your favorite space program. I love it, love it, love it. Look at the Geminis. And then where are my libras? So libras and Geminis are the most compatible. I don't know much about signs, just the ones that I have something to do with, so. Yeah. I'm so tired right now, you guys. It's crazy. I don't know if I could just do carnivore diet. Geminis are not jealous. Yes, Libra. I know. Bear is. Yep. Shout your birthday out for Libras. I'm October 3rd. You go. Quantum chunks vary. I will. Gracie, you're sweet. I'm a cancer moon. Let me see Libra. I know you guys post a lot of your perfect time to buy bitcoin when I'm tired. 10:1, 10:21. Your sister's a Libra. Pick a Pisces. September 27th. I know a lot of September 27th. You will ina. It's October 3rd. Now you know my age. 1969. October 11th. And I think I was born. My mom was guesstimating it's between 7 and 7:30 in the morning. So what I think I know is that I'm a. I'm definitely a Libra. Libra rising. And I think with a cancer moon, but. Oh, do my chart. Do my chart. I can't wait to hear and know. I love that. Listen, birthdays are smurthdays. Your brother was a Libra. Ah, I know, Bev. I know. Like, we both were dealing with the old kiddies, and I kind of hope Stella just, like, goes to sleep here at home. I was born. I was born. Little white baby in New Jersey. Do you need, like, the town? I'm a Jersey girl through and through. The town of the hospital, I think is Summit, New Jersey. You think you're a Libra rising too? I love that. You can do my chart. Three months younger than you. Okay, so Summit, New Jersey. Yay. Did you guys like hearing my age? Was that. Was that, like a big thing? I mean, I figured you kind of had to have an idea, and I never not told it for any reason. Just. I never told it. Astrology. Ah, You're a mojo rising. Vorhees I. Voorhees is where you live. Denise, what's happening? Scorpio. Scorpios. Scorpios. Oh, crank. I look 10 years younger. Thank you, Peewee and Panda. Aw, thanks, you guys. It's that immature attitude. I. I think I'm younger than I am too. I just. I don't really think about it, actually. But what's mul. I'm afraid. Oh, nice. Your uncle was Voorhees. Like the town in New Jersey. Scorps do have a reputation. Mm. They almost made it to Libra. And everything could have been different. Rick, you're here. We're just starting the show now. Okay, all you need is a cup of mug or glasses, hanker, chalice or signed, a canteen flask. A vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I do like coffee. And join me now for the Unparalleled pleasure. The dopamine hit of the day, the thing that makes everything better. The simultaneous sip. And it happens. Now go. How'd I do? How'd I do? How'd I do? Good luck with sleeping. Thanks, marshmallow. Go to sleep. Oh, you guys are cute. Yeah, I got it down pat. You know, is it gets a little wordy at one point where it's like a little tongue twistery. That's so funny. Miss him, miss him, miss him. Oh. All right, you guys. I am. I'm gonna. I have to do a little bit of work. Thank you so much for giving me a pass for tonight. And I'm gonna just barely limp through my friend's birthday dinner, and then I will go to bed. Bed it is. Tongue twistery. You guys are so sweet. Thank you so much. If you go see bj, tell him I said hi. Otherwise, I'll see you tomorrow night. I'm thinking. I'm thinking 8pm Eastern would be ideal. One pass only. I got it. I just need the one pass. And then don't forget, Owen's after party tomorrow. Okay? He'll be there. SJV will be there with him. Okay, I'm hugging you guys. I know, Beverly. I know, Beverly. All right. Hugging, you guys. Love you so much. Okay, Say bye. I don't want to hang up on anyone. Thanks, you guys. Love you. Bye. Rumble.