00:00 I was sick all week
03:00 Joe Rogan says he’s sorry, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/special-episode-joe-rogan-sorry-not-sorry
09:00 Elliott Blatt joins the show
10:00 WSJ: The World Is Likely Sicker Than It Has Been in 100 Years, https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-world-is-likely-sicker-than-it-has-been-in-100-years-11644057003
18:00 Omicron hit Southern California much harder than the Bay Area. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-01/why-southern-california-hit-harder-by-omicron-than-bay-area
32:00 NFL playoffs
40:30 The rise and fall of internet blood sports, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_srE0LG-Lg
44:00 Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality, https://www.amazon.com/Virtually-You-Dangerous-Powers-Personality/dp/0393340546
1:08:20 Ethan Ralph and the Fallout of Internet Bloodsports (Nick Fuentes, Andy Warski, Baked Alaska), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_srE0LG-Lg
1:10:00 Apparently I am worth $2 million, https://wiki.projecttopics.org/bio/60557-who-is-luke-ford-net-worth-age-wikipedia-family-biography.html
1:12:00 A Mister Metokur Interview on Mersh, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2iWkr4taVo
1:19:00 Mersh vs the Jews
1:22:00 Owen Benjamin vs Mersh
1:25:500 Matt Christiansen vs Mersh
1:30:30 YouTube’s Dark Truth, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB__MppRUsw
1:33:30 Tim Pool loves to say sensational things like the USA is headed for civil war, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onXJ7PItu8g
1:35:30 Joe Rogan’s recent apology video, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/special-episode-joe-rogan-sorry-not-sorry
1:47:00 John Mearsheimer On Handling Russia And China, https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/john-mearsheimer-on-handling-russia
1:49:00 Biden’s foreign policy
1:51:30 VMI will change honor system that expels Black cadets at disproportionate rates, https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/05/vmi-honor-court-reforms/
1:53:00 So, You Think the Republican Party No Longer Represents the People, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/opinion/liberals-conservatives-democracy.html
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