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The media in America has done a huge disservice to the responsible people in the nation. Everyday on television and in newspapers and on the internet these idiots continue to call for "unity" and "bipartisanship" with a gang a raving maniacs who tried to overthrow the government and murder elected officials. This is the same media that continues to refer to domestic terrorists as "bad actors", that continues to call white supremacist gang members "political activists", that continues to applaud backroom deals with greedy lobbyists. Sure, they throw in the occasional joke about Trump, but then they turn right around and criticize people like me, honest citizens who do not commit crimes, for calling out these morons for the terrorists and criminals that they really are. The media skirts this issue because they know they will lose ratings. But if all they are concerned about is ratings then how can we trust them to tell the truth? Why is the Washington Post, a supposedly liberal news publication, encouraging law abiding citizens to reach out to terrorists in an attempt to come to an agreement. Why would anyone willingly negotiate with terrorists? Why would anyone want to hear a terrorist's side of the story when they know damn well that all they are going to do is lie and manipulate the situation to their benefit. I will not be reading this idiotic article on my show. I will not pollute my brain with such spinelessness. The truth is that many people in the media were crying under their desks like a bunch of babies when Trump's terrorists overthrew the Capitol. Nancy Pelosi and Liz Cheney have more guts than these news anchors! Call a spade a spade for fuck's sake. These domestic terrorists have been around since the 1980s and in that time only President Bill Clinton has had the guts to fight these people. The Bush Jr. and Obama administrations both took a "bipartisan" approach to fighting white supremacy and they both failed miserably. And now these weaklings on the media want us to hold hands with these criminals and sing Kumbaya. No! Do you hear me Washington Post and anyone else who agrees with you. Absolutely not. No. No way, no how. I am not talking to these grimy, disgusting, filthy, annoying, willfully ignorant people anymore. The time for talking has long since passed. We have laws so that we do not have to talk or be violent. Make a law mandating that these idiots fall in line by requiring them to be vaccinated. If they refuse to comply, then fire them from their jobs. "But that won't work," you say. Incorrect! One million people ran to get vaccinated after France enacted the same law. It will work in the states as well. I have nothing else to say and unless you're vaccinated, you have nothing else to say either. NO MORE TALKING TO TRAITORS!!!

As more and more acts of violence and chaos spread worldwide, it is now more obvious than ever that the real world dominates our existence. The consequences of our actions, no matter how minute we may feel they are, have long lasting effects that shape generations. However, most humans continue to reject reality for alternative worldviews, often referred to as spirituality. For decades, humans feared virtual reality, aliens and artificial intelligence as the things that would end humanity. I wholeheartedly disagree with this view of the world. Virtual reality has failed to gain any real popularity. Aliens, if they exist (I don't believe they do and you are not going to convince by paying Barrack Obama a few bucks to imply that they might), seem quite disinterested in us. And artificial intelligence remains severely limited by the simple fact that people refuse to pay for it, preferring human interaction to robots. The threats we hyper focus on are mostly imagined. But there remains a real threat to our reality, and that, of course, is our willingness to replace reality with fantasy. We seek out the knowledge that we want to know. We deny the knowledge that challenges our worldviews. Reality is calling folks. It misses you and it wants you back before it is finally too late. 

But who accused them of doing this? That is probably what you are asking, all the while fantasizing about me trying to incriminate the police, as if that were even possible. Well, it was a whistleblower within the LAPD who broke this story, not me, not Black Lives Matter, not China, not communists, not anyone else you don't like for whatever dumb reason. So keep your meaningless insults to yourself and listen up because a boy in blue by the name of Gonzales has stated that the Los Angeles Police Department has been infiltrated by gangs. Gonzales indicated several gangs in his report to the higher ups in the LAPD, who I already know will do nothing and bury the story, as per usual. But that does not make the reality of the situation go away. Don't believe me? Yeah, I know and I also no longer care if you do. In fact, I know that you do not care. That is how we wound up with gangs working in police departments in the first place, because no one ever cares about such things. It is not politically correct to question police hegemony; it does not make you friends. People call you dirty names. They refuse to hire you. They ruin reputations. But the truth will out, as it always does. But if there is nothing to this story then why did this cop risk his life to expose it? I'll leave you to come up with some idiotic conspiracy theory while I answer the question rationally and with evidence from the LA Times, published just last year. "Days after Austreberto Gonzalez anonymously reported a fellow Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy to internal affairs for assaulting a colleague behind the parking lot of the Compton station, a text popped  up on his phone. It was a photo of graffiti scrawled on a dial pad at the station’s parking lot entrance: “ART IS A RAT,” it read." Hm, graffiti? Random assaults on colleagues in parking lots? Calling people "rats"? That doesn't really sound like how cops are supposed to respond to charges; it kind of sounds like how gang members react to charges. But anyway, let's continue: "It was one of the first instances of retaliation that continued for months, exacted by the Executioners, a band of deputies with matching tattoos that wields vast power at the Compton station, he alleged in a  claim filed against Los Angeles County. The claim says the group— sporting tattoos of a skull with Nazi imagery and an AK-47—celebrates deputy shootings and the induction of new members with “inking parties.” Wow, Nazi imagery, inking parties and AK-47s! If you saw the average person with those things you would call the cops, but when cops do it you give them a TV show, a raise and invite them over for coffee. Interesting, let's read on: "In recent years, the claim says, its members were involved in setting illegal arrest quotas and threatening work slowdowns—which involve  ignoring or responding slowly to calls—when they did not get preferred  assignments." You read that right. The police ignored calls that they did not wish to respond to, obviously leading to death and injury. And these are the people you want patrolling your neighborhood? Good luck with that. "The allegations have revived long-standing concerns that inked deputy  groups — with monikers such as the Spartans, Regulators, Grim Reapers  and Banditos — operate out of several Sheriff’s Department stations and  represent what many in the community see as criminal gangs within law  enforcement." Gang recognize gang. Admit it, the real reason you want more police in your area is because you love this thug shit. I see you all bobbing your head to Kayne and Ice Cube, using terms like "don't hate" or "don't snitch". I see you thrilling at movies about gang violence. I see you tricking, pimping and hustling to make that paper. Well guess what fool? More money, more problems. The police are not here to protect you. They are here to get their money, formally known as your money. This is what you asked for. Enjoy your thugs!

"No true Scotsman". "Confirmation bias". "Logical fallacy". If you have ever been on social media, you have been accosted by these terms. The obsession with logical argument in the recent years has grown so much that you cannot say that you have a favorite dish without someone educating you on the pros and cons of said dish. There is too much fat, too much sugar, too much cholesterol, and too much flavor. It is also too bland and over processed, too quick and too slow, too hot and too cold. Anything and everything bad, that is what your favorite things are, according to the internet. "Ah, so you like eggs benedict, do you?" a social media snob observes, "Murderer! Those chickens were going to grow up and lead long, fruitful lives of eating seeds and chasing humans!" "Look bro," you respond as the self proclaimed environmentalist foams at the mouth, "I'm just trying to eat breakfast and go to work" "So you think that work is more important than the planet? Well, that's a logical fallacy," they respond with an obnoxious smirk on their face, proud to have ruined your breakfast and your day to further the cause of the oppressed chicken that was never actually born. Apparently chicken lives matter, even if it isn't a chicken. Of course I could sit here and explain to you that the same environmentalist does not value the life of a human embryo in the same way, which is all chicken egg is by the way, and readily encourages humans to obtain abortions, but I would not do that because it would just start yet another long, fruitless, pointless debate about what animal species is the most preferable. Anyway, I support abortion just as much as I support eating eggs; all I'm asking for here is a little consistency. I do not care what animal species you prefer. That is up to you, just stop bothering me about it and let me eat my damn eggs, okay? I do not want to have this discussion because it leads nowhere. The environmentalist will not see my side of the argument and I will not see their side of the argument. This occurs because, everyone, not just the people you dislike, not just the party you hate, not just the parent who left you when you were a kid, has, at some point or another, ignored science to further their political opinion. We all do it. So, calling people out about their argument being fallacious is really not accomplishing much but encouraging argument, anger and frustration. It is interesting to note that this process of calling others out on the internet for being "illogical" was started by the Trump propaganda machine. Right wingers are quite fond of using logical fallacies to end discussions. Why? Because if we talk to each other, we may actually come up with new, innovative ideas that take all sides into account and, god forbid, come to the absolute best conclusion. This is the last thing that conservatives anywhere desire because it means their hold on power will loosen and that society will finally get a grip. 

Rand Paul is crazy. He does not have a mental disorder. He does not suffer from low self esteem. He does not need to be committed and his "mental faculties" are just fine. He's just nuts, bonkers, weird, off...you know, good old fashioned, down home, smack some random person on the bus crazy. The kind of crazy you used to talk about before you learned about psychology or neurology. The kind of crazy that makes people annoyed. The kind of crazy that makes you remember there was a reason that word was once used as an insult. There are times in life when understanding the other side of the argument is, well...stupid. Rand Paul is arguing that Dr. Fauci should be sent to prison for being a doctor, for doing his job. Fauci has done nothing wrong. I am not saying he is perfect; he has made mistakes and I have been critical of those mistakes. However, to imply that the man should go to jail simply because he is not a god who knows everything at all times is the most bat shit crazy thing I have ever heard. Rand Paul should be required to wear a straight jacket and a muzzle while in public just so other people do not have to be subjected to this man's idiocy. Rand Paul is an idiot, a moron, a ne'er do well. He is proof that intelligent design does not exist. He is proof that acting like a dumbass gets you places in  America. He is proof that stupidity is worshiped and idolized, at least in Kentucky. He is useless. He is unnecessary to the human experience and, yet, he exist. He is human mistake, a disgusting, pitiful, arrogant, self-righteous piece of scum not worthy of the bottom of homeless person's shoe. He, and everyone like him, are a threat to the safety of humanity. Rand Paul is crazy. Yes, I said the word crazy is a derogatory way. Do you know why? Because there is no person alive today with a mental disorder that is as nuts as Rand Paul and you can quote me on that. Rand Paul, setting the standard for bat shit craziness in America since Ron Paul realized he was too old to run for office. 

No need to worry; we will be getting back to abnormal in no time. I know you were bored with that temporary sense of safety the media gave you. You were thinking to yourself, "well, we finally beat this whole pandemic thing with a little moderate magic; we gave 'em the old one two!" One two, buckle my shoe, three, four, Covid is at the door, and this time it is a hell of a lot more infectious. All of this pontificating about the severity of the disease or the threat it poses at a particular moment in time may be useful for scientists or at least people who know not to panic, but the constant surveillance of every little thing going on with covid by the popular media really seems to have bored the general public into complete madness. Boredom is a powerful emotion that is known to cause erratic behavior by the way. One of the reasons I started More Content Talk (hence the name) was to make people a bit less bored so that they could regain their sanity. I think one of the most depressing things about the pandemic for people is having to stare at the same talking heads everyday droning on about statistics. I mean, throw a dance number in there or something. I know damn well that Anderson Cooper knows how to get down. Or how about a brief musical montage dedicated to the wonders of Amazon; just think of all the underpaid singers we could employ for a few months! As you know, I recognize that power of satire and have used it frequently in all of my episodes because the key to life is realizing that it is one big joke. Some take that as insulting, but jokes are a precious commodity in a world that takes itself way too seriously. Laughter saves lives god damn it, no matter how much it irks you to admit it. People from all age groups listen to my show because I am always looking for new and interesting ways to make people laugh. Everyone loves a comedian, as long as they are funny and as long as they actually have something to say. Comedy is the most awesome tool we have for imparting knowledge; it may even be the most important tool that we have. But covid is no joke and being sick is no comedy. Get your loved ones to stop being such little babies. If you have to, give them a sugary snack every time they wash their hands after using the bathroom; this would at the least create a Pavlovian response that may stop the spread of e coli. It is no surprise that we are here folks. The news was out there for anyone who actually wanted it. There was no way this pandemic was fully over; we just had a brief respite from the battle. You should never celebrate small victories; that is always how you lose the war. Now keep your eyes on the prize and fight on. You made it this far; you may as well soldier on and stick it out till the end. Stupidity only wins when intelligent people become comfortable. 

The delta variant has officially caused a fourth surge in the United States, as I very clearly predicted it would in prior episodes. I have been warning about this fourth wave for months now. All of the information that I have, which proved months ago that this surge was on the way, is readily available on various social media websites. Doctors have been urging people to continue wearing masks indoors ever since the mask mandates were foolishly rescinded by the CDC. Of course no one listened and proceeded to shame and bully people like me by making it seem like vaccines were a golden ticket back to spitting all over people at swanky, unneeded events all so they can have fun. Well, I hope you had your fun because now it that fun is coming to an end and you are going to have to deal with the fallout of your hasty decisions. There was no need for us to reopen the economy on a massive scale. We have an endless amount of functioning online businesses that are hiring for those who want to work. Not to mention the fact, that starting one of these businesses was a very real possibility for anyone who wanted to, considering all the free stimulus and grant money we are getting from the government. There are also an ample amount of digital schooling options available. We even have more homeless camps being built to deal with that problem. But instead of being wise and taking things slowly, we rushed to our doom like lemmings running off a cliff. Why? Because we are selfish, shallow and vain. We do not listen to quality experts and take the information in stride. We find experts who are willing to tell us what we want to hear. We do not care enough about health; we show in the way we eat and in the way we react to doctors when they tell us to change our eating habits. I just made a video the other day explaining the reasons why it is good that fast food establishments are going out of business, only to be accosted by some jackass who shouted, "then don't eat it" as he shoved another double quarter pounder with cheese and no veggies down his gullet. This mentality, this complete lack of care for healthy eating, is rampant in America. Why would someone who does not even recognize basic information, like the fact that living on McDonald's probably ain't the best idea, care about stopping a deadly pandemic? They wouldn't and therein lies the problem. I know many people, some of them friends and family, who walk around acting as if this is the 1950s when we did not know the causes of the various chronic illness the threaten human lifespan. We are far past that phase. This is not a matter of lack of information. Everyone in America knows goddamn well that not exercising, overeating, drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco cause comorbidity; they also know that the various types of comorbidity causes the risk of dying from covid to increase. Yet they have made no changes whatsoever to their lifestyles. Obesity got worse during the pandemic, not better. If these people knew a year ago that they could save their lives by jogging and did not move one damn finger, do you really think they are going to start this time around? And now, because of that complete lack of care, healthy people are getting covid at a higher rate as well. So we basically pissed away the only shot we had a curbing this thing so we could go to McDonald's and have a shitty cheeseburger in the middle of the goddamn street while a bunch of rats run around our feet trying to see if they can start another black plague. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with people? Why won't they do anything to be healthy? Meanwhile, idiots are still dumpster diving, going to sporting events, and acting like complete jackasses in grocery stores. It is horrifying to watch people commit suicide on massive scale. This is the craziest thing I have ever seen since Jonestown. Anyway, you have fun out there in the "normal" thunder dome, but I am going to be inside my house protecting my family. 

Do you know who you are speaking to online? Well, according to recent social media research, you may have no idea. Internet trolls pose a much larger threat than annoying you while you watch the latest episode of Jon Tron. Political enemies of western democracies are using troll farms to direct the narrative of the discussions you are having online, at times even deciding what you will be talking about. They do this by hacking into mainframes that then can control thousands of accounts at once. Even major publications like the New York Times have reported on tweets from fake accounts. And it is a very real threat that entire political debased are controlled by authoritarian governments. For example, as of June 2020, many of the Black Lives Matter vs. Blue Lives Matter debates were being commented on by trolls; further, the trolls did not side with one particular argument, but offered extreme arguments from both a liberal and conservative standpoint. Why would they do this? To sew confusion and to create discord. Remember the basic principle of Divide and Conquer; remember how I told you that Propaganda is the war you are already fighting. Some of you do not realize the extent to which this is true. Accounts with thousands of followers and millions of likes have been unmasked as fake accounts, with no human actually behind them. And no, you cannot simply check the profile to make sure the accounts are real anymore. Hackers know what you are looking for. They know that you think a personable picture in the profile and a brief introduction will do the trick. There are too many of these accounts for you to avoid them. Most of the arguments you have had on social media have likely been fueled by them. But you are likely arguing with nothing, with no one. You are screaming at the darkness to become the light, demanding that a shadow show its true colors. 

What if I told you that asking someone a question in a description is a rhetorical device used by writers to grab your attention? Did it work? Hopefully. Anyway, let's talk about nothing, shall we? I really do mean nothing, as in nihilism. Most people loathe nihilism. The reasons vary from person to person. You hear the godless heathen argument, the moral decay argument, the destruction of society argument, the depression argument, all of which mean mostly nothing...at least to me anyway. Nihilism has been characterized as encouraging anarchy while at the same time promoting self harm and laziness. This can be seen in films like the Big Lebowski, where moronic German characters show up for apparently no reason and try to steal from the dude because they believe in nothing. Yet they do believe in stealing. I mean, they are thieves. I could give a whole course in the holes of modern movie scripts, but that is beside the point. The other archetype of the nihilist is Heath Ledger's depiction of the joker in the movie, The Dark Knight. The joker makes several references to believing in nothing; this character has beliefs too however. In the interrogation scene between the joker and batman, the joker states that he does not want to kill Batman because he would not be able to exist without him. Thus, the Dark Knight's joker takes on an almost Zen form of nihilism where he is the foil to Batman's charitable nature. Batman giveth and the Joker taketh away...or something like that. True nihilism is far more complicated than being a lazy thief or a self destructive egoist. It is, as Friedrich Nietzsche called it, a passion for knowledge. You start life anew when you become a nihilist, in a very similar way that religious people refer to their "rebirth". It is much the same feeling. You are free to live your life and to be its creator. You are the artist of your own perception. Nihilism can give one great control over their life; it gives one the ability to stop comparing themselves to others, to know that everyone uses the toilet just like you do. You finally see that the king has no clothes. You are aware that words are meaningless, but this does not mean that actions are. You become more of an active player in life, not an observer or someone who sits on the side lines because you recognize that you have nothing to lose, that what you have to say is just as important or meaningless as anyone else. In many ways, the negative response to nihilism is a sign of poor education as to what nihilism actually is. Most of the nihilists I know are normal people that you would never guess were nihilists, even after speaking with them. I guess what I am really saying is that we are not the jokers that you have made us out to be. We are not plotting on taking over Gotham City or destroying your system of currency. Why would we be? Why destroy society when you do not believe in the things society has to offer? Wouldn't you have to accept that society somehow controls you before you lash out at it? I do not think that society is even interested in me and when that is the case I simply find someone who is. Some people have this demand for recognition from their peers before they can even make a decision; this is considered healthy, but it is really no way to live your life. I stopped caring what others thought about me when I became a nihilist, but I actually find that this helps me empathize with other people more than I used to when I was a believer. It took me out of my head and made me see things from other people's perspectives a little bit better. Just because I stopped caring about what others think does not mean that do not care about other people. I care a lot, probably a little too much for most. I would not do this show, which, as I write this, is making me fuck all to pay my rent, if I did not care. I would not check in on other people if I did not care. I am not a careless person. I simply lack belief. What is wrong with that? 

Communism! Socialism! Nihilism! Liberalism! Big ultra scary words with ism on the end! Boo! Boo! BOO! According to idiots, everything is the fault of the ism. Ideas cause cancer, heart disease, diabetes, not being boring, and getting things done; so, they are the mortal enemy of the political pundit. The reality is that at least some good can be found in most ideologies and that society's often pull from multiple economic philosophies depending upon the particular economic season the country is in. Rampant cuts to federal funding have become the way due to massive economic growth; the greed factor always comes into play during massive economic expansion, leaving most people in the cold while adding several inches to the wealthy waste line of the one percent. These cuts have also occurred on the state level. They have been occurring for a long time and they did not really make things any better. If you remember correctly, that was the promise that several decades of presidents have made, that allowing people to starve to death or die of addiction will teach future generations to go down better paths or make better decisions. The argument was made that helping people in the interim was far too charitable for such an industrious nation where anyone could make it any time they felt like it. Of course this view of the world is childish and selfish. It is the kind of mentality that rails against homeless camps while refusing to create affordable housing. There is no remedy to a problem that you continually recreate for yourself. We also know that improved benefits do not encourage people to become lazy; there is simply no evidence to prove that such a thing takes place. Of course there are people who lie and game the system, but the government consistently catches these people and jails them, as they have done all throughout the pandemic. So, yes, there are these various hackers and scam artists, but they are being brought to justice. But the way you hear people talking about those still on unemployment, many of whom are actively searching for work in the field that they have experience in, but are still being turned away, you would think we were all planning on never returning to work again or some nonsense. I personally have been searching for an adequate job to care for my family, not just some side gig that will pay for one person, since last year. My boss fired me, tossed me in the trash like a piece of stale bread. My old place of work is still closed. Every time I go to the website it just says that it is shut down. Some days I think they will never open again and, even if they did, why fire me if you plan on rehiring me later? On top of all this I was drawing a large part of my income from the now virtually dead entertainment gig economy, which many prize winning economists are now saying will never come back. Needless to say, the prospects are pretty grim. Live events are still being cancelled because some people are too selfish to realize that their bad choices effect other people's ability to work. The reality is that, if people continue to refuse the vaccine, us entertainers are screwed. There simply is not going to be any steady work for us and, trust me, I have been looking. So yes, I am looking into different options now, bringing my show online has been a part of that, but I am also looking into production and directing as many of the old guard finally are deciding to retire. I really do not have much of a choice here. I have to be on unemployment, but I am not a communist or a socialist. I am just a normal American and I just want to be able to get through to the next day. I understand what is like to have everything taken from you through no fault of your own, and, to be frank, seeing wealthy privileged people have debates over whether people like me deserve the unemployment we were promised is really disturbing. Some of this is actually coming from the people who whine about a lack of empathy. How kind.