Tim returns, with Omeed Afsarifard, the social media personality known as Nuance Bro, as the guest.
Elad, Ian, & Phil were the co-hosts.
It appears everyone at the Branch Timidian compound was exposed to weapons-grade dumbonium, this outing, because everyone had a chance to have a brain-dead take on something.
Clip Collection:
-Tim repeats the claim that "over one hundred location requests" for his coffee shops:
-Tim explains that his absence, last episode, was due to Allison needing to visit the doctor for a check-in, prior to delivery. The beanie boy says this is the final month, & may have this happen, more as the day approaches:
-Tim wonders how
Politico can make so much money despite not getting as many views as him, yet having "$200 million a year" in revenue:
Later on, the beanie boy continues to complain, asking what he is doing wrong to not make that kind of money. As if he did not spend $2 million on a skatepark, in his compound, or sunk who knows how much into a coffee shop he just abandoned:
-Tim brings up a page, claiming it proves BBC's news division was being funded by USAID. Though he must not spend sixteen hours reading what he puts on-screen, because the site says clearly this is an
international charity, & completely independent of the news branch of the BBC's funding:
Tim manages to catch this error, later in the show:
-Despite his prior objections to being on Team Elon, during the H-1B debate, Tim rushes to defend the honour of his "full self-driving" Tesla from Elad's criticism. Elad highlights the comparisons to the dot com bubble, with AI being the same over-valuated product that may crash due to people being deceived on its actual worth. Phil pipes in to ask how that comports with self-driving cars. Elad says he doubts the claim that there are full self-driving cars. Phil & Tim immediately jump on this, claiming it is simply not true. Elad questions if it works with inclement weather, or in more rural locales. The Beanie Boy claims he trusts it, to the point that he does not even hold the steering wheel, & in snowy conditions. I was surprised by this, & decided to vet this. & apparently, even Tesla does not have the same confidence in its product that Tim does, as they say you need "
a fully attentive driver, who has their hands on the wheel and is prepared to take over at any moment". To support Elad, Omeed tries to explain how
a Tesla's dependence upon cameras means it can misjudge objects it cannot clearly identify. Tim retorts that "blind spots" exist in human-driven cars & no one cares about that. :
-Ian tries to steel-man some of the criticisms of DOGE & Elon Musk, by highlighting that the executive order establishing it requires an administrator be appointed, but no one has officially taken that position. Tim says he simply does not care, & even the Democrats are not complaining about those types of granular details. Tim claims that because it is based upon an executive order-established bureaucracy, not one enacted by law, it does not matter whether it is legal, but only if it is illegal:
Tim harps upon this aspect of it being not illegal, with Elad stepping in to comment upon potential conflicts of interest, due to his business relying on foreign factories & U.S. government contracts. Omeed argue there have been no evidence of that, after Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Chinese goods. Tim cuts in to say he does not care about "granular, bureaucratic debate" questions, only that Elon Musk is highlighting waste in the government, as "an advisor to the presidency":
Ian questions the efficacy of entering a state of exception, "breaking the law" to accomplish things, such as "suspension of habeas corpus" during Reconstruction. This is not entirely accurate as there was
a military occupation of the former Confederate States, but also
an expansion of habeas corpus to protect federal personnel & blacks from state-level prosecution. This leads Tim to conflate this with the
Civil War suspension of habeas corpus & objecting to Ian's argument. Ian contends that not following the letter of the law sets dangerous precedent, while Tim responds that this leads to paralysis on acting against wrongdoing. Ian uses the Dungeon & Dragons alignment system to lay out how following the law is not always the moral thing to do. Tim decides to end the argument, by making a joke about Elon Musk offering to place all of USAID's funds towards graphene, if Ian stops talking about this:
-After spending a good deal of the prior segment raking Ian over the coals for being so concerned with the granular details of the letter of the law, Tim brings up a story on Democratic congressmen advising illegal aliens of their right to not talk with ICE agents. He argues this breaks the law, as this "encourages, or induces" people to illegally immigrate, & he claims explaining how to utilise their rights is doing this. Omeed pushes back that telling someone their legal rights is not necessarily breaking the law. Phil admits he does not know what they are saying, so he cannot judge one way or the other. Tim creates a strawman argument about how a bank robber just asking for money would "fly in court". Tim goes on to say that legal migrants have nothing to fear, & should cooperate with ICE, while the advice given to not talk to law enforcement only applies to illegal aliens. Ian butts in to say this is akin to telling someone "Don't talk to the cops", even if you did nothing wrong. Tim pushes back, saying that advice applies to "all Americans, of all status", while this is specifically for illegal aliens to avoid ICE & "inducing them to reside in this country":
Tim claims that unlike lawyers & therapists, if someone advising a person on how to break the law shall get you in trouble. He claims both those former professions may not be obligated to report criminal acts, due to professional standards. For future reference, attorney-client privilege
does not cover acts in furtherance of a crime, or concealing it. Therapists are
permitted to conceal previous criminal acts, but not present or future action a client may admit. Omeed clarifies that explaining their rights in dealing with law enforcement is not the same as facilitating committing a crime. Elad reads out what Ilhan Omar was quoted as saying, in the article Tim chose, which was to "the Somalian people", not explicitly to illegal aliens. Tim has to concede this point:
Phil asks for the specific code Tim was citing, to be clear whether it counts as "encouraging to reside in". Tim argues for arresting every bus driver that transported illegals during the Biden administration. Ian cautions on political retribution for people, like that. Tim claims "they knew what they were doing was illegal". Elad notes Biden made some illegal immigrants legal, as seen with Haitians in Ohio under
temporary protected status. Tim continues to argue for prosecuting people that flew illegals around the nation, & "serviced those flights". Ian wonders if there should be a similar approach as was done after the Civil War, & offer clemency. Phil argues for prosecution, because there shall likely be Democrats attempting lawfare. Ian comments that even talking about this may see it manifested:
-Phil finally loses his patient with Ian's woo-woo magic talk, after the Graphene Guy says he needs to take care about what he says shall happen as it could manifest. Ian says Phil needs to be careful with his "spell", because you spell words. Tim tries to tamp down the disagreement by noting Ian did manifest Gaza being annexed, & shifts talk to betting on whether Trump shall be impeached:
-Tim explains that
The Culture War is going to start having a live audience, composed of exclusively Timcast members, which can take turns coming on-stage to debate the guest, for a set period:
-Tim ends the episode exhorting people to become members, because he going to be producing paywalled documentaries, over the coming year. He, also, states that people should sign up, this week, or else they may miss out on some nebulous perk that he will clarify, next week:
