Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive August 22, 2026
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here are details. I'll tell you all the ways that China sucks or is dangerous to us, but it's all just that. China sucks. And there are lots of ways to express it. Let's start first with Larry Elder running for governor of California. And I've been trying out some persuasive slogans that he could use. So here are two I tested today. Somebody, not me, came up with this. It's on some signs in South…

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ion: the infrastructure bill will be in trouble. Let's just see if I'm right. I mean, wilder things have happened. But this time apparently the Republicans are going to propose a bunch of amendments that are politically embarrassing for the Democrats.

Okay. Meanwhile Joe Biden continues to decompose as Afghanistan falls apart. Jake Sullivan is reporting that Biden didn't think it was quote "inevitable" that the Taliban would take control. Joe Biden didn't think it was inevitable that the Taliban would take control. Is that true? You know, if I had seen this report and they had said it about Trump, I would tell you it wasn't true, right? I mean, if you've watched me long enough you know I'd say I don't think that happened. You know, unless you hear it with your own ears. Do you think Trump would ever say that? But do you think Biden would actually say that? He said it in a video. Oh, so we do have a record of it. It's on a video from July. Wow. Well, July of course was a little different. I mean, things changed quickly. But it's almost unbelievable. Except that he said it on a video. Apparently I'm being told if it had not been on the video I don't know if I'd believe it. It's so crazy.

I'll bet there's not one person here who didn't know it. I mean, it was reported as inevitable, wasn't it? Didn't the news sort of say it was inevitable? I mean, I don't know anybody who said it wasn't. Was he really the only person who though

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t that? Well, here's the other possibility. The other possibility is he was lying, right? Remember Biden ran for president so he'd be the honest one. Do you think he was being honest when he said it's not inevitable that the Taliban would take over? I doubt it. Because if he knew it was inevitable he couldn't leave. So I think he had to lie. And maybe Trump would have too. Maybe any president woul…

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