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New Selenie, Patrick Bateman has failed. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reportedly

promised to side with China over the United States in the event of war between the two nations.

And the funniest man in the world, who also happened to be one of the wisest people in

public life, has died totally unexpectedly. Tough couple days. Even still, all hope is not

lost. I'm Michael Nolson. This is the Michael Nolshio.

Welcome back to the show. My favorite comment yesterday is from Armando Rivas, who says the

only thing Joe Biden united was Americans hating him. That's true. I do think I actually

think that's true of basically all presidents and kings and dictators and any sort of political

leader. In a way, their function is to unite people against them. That's usually the effect.

But the difference between Biden and some of his predecessors is that he actually deserves

it. Because, look, you've seen what's going on in Afghanistan. You've seen what's going

on in immigration. You've seen what's going on, especially in the economy, notably inflation.

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