Episode 1004 · Sunday, 4 February 2018

Micro Livestock

A week of high-stakes political theater sees the State of the Union clash with a highly politicized Grammy Awards as the Nunes memo threatens FBI credibility.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 1004

About this episode

The 2018 State of the Union address and the Grammy Awards collided this week, revealing a stark cultural divide in American media. While President Donald Trump claimed historic lows in minority unemployment and presented a 12-year path to citizenship for DACA recipients, the Grammy broadcast featured a pre-taped skit with Hillary Clinton reading from Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury. The awards show suffered significant ratings declines, which critics attribute to an aging production team led by Ken Ehrlich and a heavy reliance on anti-Trump political humor that alienated a broad segment of the viewing public.

In Washington, Speaker Paul Ryan and Senator Joe Manchin navigated a tense chamber where Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Cory Booker faced criticism for refusing to applaud popular economic statistics. Pelosi’s verbal stumbles and repetitive physical tics sparked concerns regarding her cognitive health, while Representative Joe Kennedy III’s Democratic response was marred by a makeup malfunction that appeared as drool. Meanwhile, the FBI Press Office issued a rare statement expressing grave concerns over the release of the Nunes memo, which alleges the FBI improperly used the Steele Dossier to obtain FISA warrants for surveillance on the Trump campaign.

Beyond the political theater, the episode captures bizarre cultural shifts ranging from Nicole Kidman eating live hornworms in a Vanity Fair video to a woman attempting to board a United Airlines flight with an emotional support peacock. Technical failures also hit home as a Nest thermostat malfunctioned in the Austin studio, highlighting the unreliability of algorithmic smart home devices. The show concludes with a formal knighting ceremony for Sir Donald Earl of Mills and a deconstruction of a Virginia bill that could inadvertently criminalize internet users under outdated obscenity laws.


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CHAPTER 01 / 56 Discussion

State of the Union and Grammys Coincidences

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 1004 of the No Agenda Show from Austin, Texas, and Silicon Valley. They note the scheduling coincidence of the State of the Union address occurring simultaneously with the DH Unplugged podcast and during the same week as the Grammy Awards.

adam curry· john c dvorak· state of the union· grammys· illuminati· coincidences· dh unplugged

00:00 I smelled a rat the minute i read the article. A RAT! Adam Curry, John C Devorah It's Thursday February 1st 2018 this is your award-winning gibberish and media assassination episode 1004 This Is No Agenda Exposing the Illuminati debunking fake alerts and broadcasting live from downtown Austin Tejas cop with drone star state in shithole nation in the cloudia everybody in the morning Adam Curry and from Northern Silicon Valley where I've observed a number of coincidences. I'm John C DeVore Now I said clear my throat in the beginning, but that's okay right? I didn't notice all right good buddy I Let go of the mute button before I was done ticking oh Yeah, we'll just call it the Tourette's open beautiful fine yes in the morning John

00:54 In the morning to you. In the morning all ships and sea boots on the ground! No, you don't do that just yet... What coincidences did you notice? That the speech was at the same time of DH unplugged Wow Gee, now there's something we gotta... that's a rabbit hole we got to go down. And there is another one? Yes. The Grammys were in the same week of this speech. What does that mean? And has the memo been released?! Did you watch the Grammys? Just to get into it. I watched as much of it as I could stomach and then I turned it off, then again I watched The End too. Oh! I watched it on and off Well I watched for the Illuminati segments Yes that's what you were there for yes thats exactly why I watched Now do you have your typical scissor has the all-seeing eye tattooed on the inside of her hand Before we begin with that

CHAPTER 02 / 56 Discussion

Grammy Awards Production and James Corden Criticism

James Corden is criticized for wearing an ill-fitting suit with short sleeves during the Grammy Awards broadcast. The hosts argue that executive producer Ken Ehrlich, who is in his 70s, is out of touch with modern audiences and relies on irrelevant acts like U2 and Sting. The broadcast suffered significant ratings declines, which the hosts attribute to excessive anti-Trump political humor.

james corden· ken ehrlich· grammys· cbs· u2· sting· ratings

01:48 What was this with James Corden and his ill-fitting suit that he comes out on? He looked like he had T. rex arms, didn't he? Yeah! You know how a t-rex has those little teeny arms? And then in the suit we had one butt and it was all pinched... ...and it was way too tight yeah I don't have any answer. That should not happen Well my gripe about these award shows and I've mentioned this several times particularly the Grammys is it's still produced, directed and written by Ken Ehrlich. And that has to stop! I mean...I'm not ageist but look i'm 53 and I'm already not hip and with the kids anymore let alone when you're Ken Erlich who's deep in his 70s

02:33 And, you know it's just lame. They just keep doing the same stuff with the same guy and that's why he brings in completely irrelevant to this award season I think U2 You know Stink has to do some stuff It's like no then that's all his...you know over the years He builds up these relationships and I don't know I just I think it's time to Switch it up a little bit and also How can a guy like Ehrlich and CBS think, you know yeah let's do a whole bunch of anti-Trump jokes because that won't alienate 10 million people. Oh I'm sorry it did! It was the worst ratings ever yes well not ever probably but it was it was down to no it was like with said well it was the worse for there for the major demo it was the worst

CHAPTER 03 / 56 Discussion

Nest Thermostat Technical Failure and Algorithmic Control

A Nest thermostat in the Austin studio went offline, causing the room temperature to rise and requiring a manual override. The device is criticized for failing to learn user patterns despite its marketing as an intelligent, self-contained algorithm. The host expresses frustration with the unreliability of smart home technology and plans to remove the unit.

nest· google· smart home· thermostat· cludio· wi-fi· automation

03:24 Right, right. Exactly in the demo but in general and the total viewership was down a lot Yeah like 10% ten million yeah exactly downtown million so oh this is interesting I'm wondering why it's getting warm you're gonna love this John let's getting warm here in the Cluedio I'm like you know me I'll just adjust the nest that the apartment came with Oh No The Nest went offline three hours ago So I guess it's not controlling my climate. Well, just to... doesn't have manual override? Yeah that means i have to go to the living room and override it manually. Well you're gonna have to stop tape then and go do that because you're going to cook in there

04:10 I thought the thing yes, yes I hate the nest. I'm gonna rip that thing out It's a stupid device. I thought that it was self-contained Wait no its connected to Wi-Fi Oh, and then what? Well it's self-contained meaning you think that the algo is determining the perfect temperature for my lifestyle. Yeah no... Inside there was a little microprocessor Every Thursday and every Sunday I go into the Cludio but have been turning down you know turning down the temperature You'd think it might track that but no

05:00 You always have to adjust it. It's the stupidest piece of technology I've ever witnessed! It's dumb, I hate it... I'm gonna rip it out." Okay so hopefully now it'll cool down a little bit in the Cluedio. All right now where were we? Ah yes well what we're talking about- I do have by the way if you want me want me to prelude you a little bit with the Grammys. We have the woman who came on to introduce that band that you think shouldn't be on this show Yes. U2 Yes, yes. I have a clip of her yeah i have that clip too. I'll play yours which one is a dreamer speech? Yeah the dreamer speech tonight in this room full of music streamers We remember that this country was built by dreamers for Hold on a second. I thought it was built by slaves

CHAPTER 04 / 56 Discussion

Camila Cabello Dreamer Speech and DACA Confusion

Camila Cabello delivered a speech at the Grammys claiming the United States was built by dreamers, which the hosts find confusing in the context of DACA and historical slavery. Cabello referenced her own parents bringing her from Cuba, leading to a debate over whether she is a DACA recipient or simply using the term "dreamer" as a political trope.

camila cabello· dreamers· daca· grammys· illegal immigration· martin luther king· cuba

05:51 Well, it was built by dreamers according to her. And by the way... It was built- no! When she says I got it, I don't have the clip of this some black guy came on one of this uh I should have clipped it he says That when Trump said dreamers he was mocking Martin Luther King. No, well we'll get to that in a little bit. We're still at the Grammys I'm not even...I don't want to play this whole clip. I clipped like 20 seconds of it. I know why you put the whole thing on. Tonight in this room full of music's Dreamers we remember that this country was built by Dreamer

06:27 Four dreamers chasing the American Dream. Now what's interesting is in the past week we've had so many different interpretations of words, and we'll get to the State of Union later, dreamers being Americans are dreamers too, we have an American Dream but we have the dreamers who are the DACA children, the DACA children... Some in their 30s But in this case my question to you is Is she saying this country was built by illegal immigrants or is she saying this country was built by dreamers? So now it's very confusing. What are we supposed to think? And I thought you're right, the other lefties should say slaves

07:07 Yeah, that's Michael Moore. I have Michael Moore screed which you'll find highly amusing later Okay, well good let's get back to the grass. Oh sorry That's okay so the rest of her speech was about relating it to her and again um I don't understand Was she is she a DACA? Amnesty recipient I don't know Well, she says that she came in well here's what she's gonna say Say it already. I was very distracted by her midriff with no belly button That was very-I didn't like the waistline of her outfit Did you notice that? No, I didn't notice that. Now you look at it and she's... It was a huge portion of midriff exposed but no belly button where you thought it would She's an alien. This changed tonight because just like The Dreamers my parents brought me to this country Okay now just like The Dreamer is that

08:04 The DACA dreamers or the dreamers who built the country and is that the same? Wait, hold on a second. She brings in another element she says just like the Dreamers my parents just so her parents brought her in from Cuba illegally when did that happen through no fault of her own this is what I'm questioning Is she a DACA recipient? She's full of shit how about that for an idea okay good we're not gonna play any more clip So we got the James Corden T-Rex arms. Now scissor, scissor S-Z-A Scissors, scissors She has the all-seeing eye tattooed on the inside of her hand, which was pretty blatant especially with the CBS all seeing eye in the lower right hand corner throughout the broadcast. Did you... sure that wasn't a Hannah tattoo or something fake? No I think that's..I don't know You think she actually had it tattooed on the palm overhand your saying Yes yes

CHAPTER 05 / 56 Discussion

Target Commercial and Illuminati Symbolism

A Target commercial aired during the Grammys is identified as containing heavy Illuminati symbolism, including checkers and girls with horns. The hosts compare this to Taco Bell's recent marketing themes and note other occult imagery in the broadcast, such as Lady Gaga appearing as a fallen angel.

target· illuminati· lady gaga· symbolism· checkers· fallen angels· advertising

09:01 My god, that's gotta hurt and then the you know there were a couple other performances with the triangle showed up But interestingly the most Illuminati piece of video on the entire show And I don't have a clip was it was the target commercial this thing was outrageous. I mean it had checkers It had girls run around with horns The whole thing was one target is the illuminati HQ Could be you should take a look at this commercial. I know taco bells been trying to claim They're the Illuminati HQ, and then you had fallen angels You know the couple of dresses looked like Angels Lady Gaga Lady Gaga was a fallen angel? You know there was tons of stuff in there It was really it wasn't one segment it was all spread out But the target commercial that blew my mind he really did Wow and then we have uh you know

CHAPTER 06 / 56 Discussion

Music Industry Gender and Genre Politics

Media outlets criticized the Grammys for a lack of female winners despite Adele's sweep the previous year. Critics also complained about Bruno Mars winning over Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar, arguing that "happy" pop songs should not beat albums with dark, political, or anti-Trump messages.

adele· bruno mars· jay-z· kendrick lamar· rolling stone· misogyny· grammys

09:53 I didn't get any clips of this but everywhere. It's ah! The Grammys only one woman won. Wha? Where all the numb? Wha? This dude is so misogynistic in the 80 year career, 80 years of Grammys only three women have ever won and it just kept on going and going And really tell that to Taylor Swift. And last year Adele won everything! Yes she did, she walked up... well she needed a truck I mean you know yeah so there's no need to say well in the whole history only 18% of women have been winners okay but last year Adele swept the awards and then

10:29 And this is coming from music industry, you know real like Rolling Stone magazine and people who are critical who analyze the music business. It's ridiculous that Bruno Mars won because of course Jay-Z is the king and Kendrick Lamar has messages and this is just a poppy song! Just a bunch of happy songs that can't win it has to be dark. This has to be about death and Trump as an A-hole and America, and racism. And even Bruno Mars said, man too many ballads on this show he was annoyed by it. And his album is a great album you know yeah it was just about having fun popping bottles in the club and you know baby get the Cadillac with some miles on it no now this is not okay It's all wrong wrong wrong I have some industry questions for you being the expert

CHAPTER 07 / 56 Discussion

Grammy Award Category Logic and Industry Scams

The internal logic of Grammy nominations is questioned, specifically why winners of specific genre categories like Best Rock Album are not automatically candidates for Album of the Year. The hosts conclude the awards are a "scam" driven by industry insiders with arbitrary voting criteria that often exclude classical or new age artists from top honors.

bruno mars· the war on drugs· brian eno· album of the year· music industry· voting· scam

11:27 Let me assume I don't know anything. I'm a reporter, and asking questions. All right? It's not a stretch When you take a look at the album of the year Yes Bruno Mars He won for 24k Magic Mm-hmm. He also went for record Record of The Year Now Best Rock Album The winner was A Deeper Understanding The War On Drugs There's also a Best R&B performance. Now that wasn't televised, I don't think they televise those awards anymore do they? No, I just have all of them. Okay. The Best R&B album was the Bruno Mars album which was nominated for the best album. But with deeper understanding there were on drugs Rock Elm which won, won for best rock elm and it was not in the list

12:18 Why wasn't that rock albums or in fact? Why weren't all the albums that had won in specific categories In the album of the year Awards, I don't know you're asking an expert and I really don't have an answer But I will say that the winners are chosen by everybody in the music business who has at least six credits to their name in technical, writing or other creative. It's important because those are the people that chose it not the Grammys not some mystical bunch of white guys... Okay well if I find that great but why would

12:56 album of the year, for example not include the best country album as a candidate at least to lose. Hello? They're white people! Okay well Best New Age Album was Dancing on Water by Peter Cater beating out Brian Eno it's not listed as even a candidate for the Album of the year what you're saying yet it won an album of the all right so what you're saying I think is a good point You would expect the album of the year to be a list of all of the best all of the winners or the top Well, that's kind of difficult. I guess just two winners no you then you can't do that because everyone votes at the same time

13:38 I don't know. It must have different criteria, honestly i don't care and why do you call it an album? That's why this is a scam! This whole awards is a scam And talking about you didn't hear this, you didn't hear that...I have 27 pages of awards They obviously didn't put any of them out there Did you see the classical ensemble? No We did see Don't Cry For Me Argentina which was very odd to have The representation of a woman who, with her husband was responsible for the deaths of a lot people. Yeah, what's that doing? Well she is a woman so it's okay. Boy we sound like old white A-holes now don't we! Well that's another thing... What is this anti-white thing that going on?! Oh please you've only now just noticed

CHAPTER 08 / 56 Discussion

Fire and Fury Audiobook Skit and Hillary Clinton

The Grammys featured a pre-taped segment where celebrities like Cardi B, Snoop Dogg, and Hillary Clinton "auditioned" to read Michael Wolff’s book, Fire and Fury. The hosts describe the skit as a "tune-out factor" that alienated viewers by focusing on Trump-related gossip, such as his alleged fear of being poisoned and his preference for McDonald's.

fire and fury· michael wolff· hillary clinton· cardi b· snoop dogg· cbs· audiobook

14:25 Anyway, so here's here I think is one of the reasons why not only were this year's Grammys punished in the ratings But it will be the same for all consequential years fire and fury spoke. No not consequential subject subsequent well consequentials actually Fire and Fury spoken word auditions take one Trump won't read anything. He gets up halfway through meetings with world leaders because he is bored It's wonderful it just feels a bit too smooth. I don't think it's gonna work next In case it wasn't apparent this is a fake auditions for Audio for an audiobook and the book is fire and fury by Michael Wolff Because they had you know an audiobook award hold on one second though Just to promote your idea This was right at the beginning yes, sir

15:31 I'm not an officer, you don't have to call me sir. Oh i understand what you're saying yeah so it's a tune-out factor huge tune out factor Yeah, it's at the beginning of the shows. Yes It's a tune-out factor. So as I said, right? It's a tune out factor just like write a barrier to entry right away You do a tune up factor which is exactly what it is tune out I mean yeah you and people see this Oh This is just gonna be a bunch of Trump hate I got other things to do with my time I see a bunch of rich musicians bitching and moaning about America This is what the first thing that comes to mind The color was a product called Just for Men the longer it was left on, the darker it got impatience resulted in Trump's orange blonde hair color cut! trump did not enjoy his own inauguration he started to get angry and hurt that stars were determined to embarrass him

16:27 I definitely wasn't there. Cut! Spoken word, Cardi B If Trump was not having his 630 dinner with Steve Bannon then more to his liking he was in bed by that time with a cheeseburger. Aww, little Kardashian. Why am i even reading this sh**? I can believe this Yeah you really think that he curls up in bed with cheeseburger?! I can believe that he really This how he lives his life? He recommended the housekeeper staff for picking up a shirt from the floor. If my shirt is on the floor, it's because I want it on the floor! Another one... It's Sweet or Best! It's DJ Cabba! Matter of fact this is the best spoken word album in the game! I'm finally gonna win my Grammy! So this isn't going to work next?! It's not gonna work everything that do works! Standby take 1

17:18 He had a long time fear of being poisoned. One reason why he liked to eat at McDonald's, nobody knew he was coming and the food was safely pre-made. That's it we've got it that's the one you think so oh yeah The Grammy is in the bag? In the bag! Yes the Grammys' in the bag I just don't understand how the CBS executives can sit down and say, this is a great idea. I understand they think it's hilarious or that it's funny and I understand the premise Hillary is very bad at the payoff. You know, super shit acting she could have done better This is YouTube level stuff Yeah But it was funny I get it but you are going to alienate people and how you can do that with an award show just makes no sense to me Right at the top where you always have winners and losers And you know people are on edge about that and then you get...I don't know At the top and there's like okay? I'm done

CHAPTER 09 / 56 Discussion

Hip-Hop Representation and Local Broadcast Repeats

The Guardian and other outlets criticized the Grammys for failing women and hip-hop despite a diverse field of nominees. In Northern California, KPIX reportedly replayed the entire broadcast immediately after the first airing, which the hosts suggest was a desperate move to recover from poor viewership.

hip-hop· the guardian· kpix· san francisco· melodrama· bruno mars· ratings

18:15 And then, you know... and then there was some... Was it Kendrick Lamar? It was very very violent. Violent performance. Yeah I'm surprised he didn't set the place on fire! Can happen. It's happened. It can happen yeah so here's the The Guardian headline Why The Grammys Continue to Fail Women and Hip-Hop I mean, it's like... It was meant to be that women and hip-hop won. You know? How can we this year mark the rare occasion when no white men were up for the award populated instead by Bruno Mars' 24K Magic Childish Gambino's Awaken My Love Jay Z's 444 Kendrick Lamar's Damn & Lorde's Melodrama yet Mars won with his third album of cozy funk and R&B

19:07 You know, they actually talk him down. I don't know... Okay It's not even an industry anymore it's a bunch of jerk-offs with the show Well in our area in Northern California since they can play live at 5 which is when it runs and they played live at five then when it runs out of steam to just replay the whole show again so KPIX played at five and then again at eight Oh! The whole show all from scratch They must have taken a beating Yeah Yeah, twice. Absolutely. Two beatings? I'll have a second beating sir! Absolutely Alright so that was the Grammys you know it was...I fell asleep and had to go back and watch part of the show. So I literally fell asleep That's bad when the show is supposed to be following and you fall asleep The MTV VJ fell asleep during the Grammy Awards that how riveting they were Stop the presses

CHAPTER 10 / 56 Discussion

State of the Union Media Reaction and Division

Media coverage of the State of the Union address focused on the lack of unity in the chamber, with George Stephanopoulos and Van Jones highlighting the partisan divide. Critics argued that Trump's rhetoric on immigration and the national anthem stoked racial tensions, while Van Jones described the speech as "sweet-tasting candy with poison in it."

state of the union· george stephanopoulos· van jones· cnn· nbc· dreamers· division

20:08 Eww. Alright, we had the State of the Union last night which you apparently did not see in real time so you didn't have- What was it last night? The night before yeah I slept for two days and I don't even know where i was Yeah, the night before yeah, Tuesday night yes. I saw the...I had two recordings going of it simultaneously so i could see what the differences were gonna be in terms of presentation by the media and I had a recorded on Network NBC and C-SPAN. Ah! I have ABC the reaction right after the speech. One thing's pretty clear, John he did not unify that chamber tonight George I've never seen anything like it right now the Democrats have basically run for the exits and you have to think about those dozens of dreamers in the audience tonight

20:59 What they are thinking as they hear the president talk about this, is they see the divisions there on the floor concerned that they could face deportation from the beginning of March. And what the dreamers were thinking when they heard the President say that line that will likely be one of the most memorable lines of his speeches when he said Americans are dreamers too. Again, sort of stoking I think many would say racial tensions by bringing up this issue of kneeling during the national anthem. Well what i was thinking as he- As I was listening to the speech is if the president met with me after this speech? I would say to him well that's how not give a unifying speech so let's go back and get the unifying speech. As everybody has mentioned you mention Obamacare The ending of Obamacare divisive mention the tax cuts divisive mentioned whole rift on immigration divisive in the national anthem divisive

21:44 Calling this a healing speech is almost like calling going on a diet by drinking a Diet Coke and eating a pizza. That's as much of a healing speech as well He should have said burger cheeseburger is the word that's what everyone's on when it comes to Trump So that was a very very divisive speech Here's Van Jones on CNN. Let me just say, master salesperson used all of those stories really well he was selling sweet tasting candy with poison in it Okay, there's an analogy I hadn't heard. And of course my favorite part of the entire State of the Union was the opening... Members of Congress! I have a high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you The President Of The United States What was he thinking when the word preventing came out his mouth? What did he have in mind like boy who is going to prevent me from doing this Is anyone gonna prevent this speech should i prevent it

CHAPTER 11 / 56 Discussion

Paul Ryan's Freudian Slip and Trump's Teleprompter Style

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan made a Freudian slip by saying "preventing" instead of "presenting" the President. While Trump's teleprompter-heavy delivery was criticized as less engaging than his rally style, snap polls from CNN and CBS showed over 70% of viewers approved of the speech.

paul ryan· donald trump· freudian slip· teleprompter· c-span· poll numbers

22:43 That was a Freudian slip of epic proportions and his face went, oh shit. You know that feeling where you want to do great the whole world is watching you hammer the gavel and not just flub your only line, your only line! You flub it with prevent Yeah, or you're full of it with a Freudian slip. Bad form! I'd like to prevent...I mean present Now just from a television perspective, I felt the damn thing was too long I, okay well tell me what else you thought because i thought okay you want to hear what I thought? Well just say it was he probably had 50 minutes of copy but the way it was structured which you pointed out in the newsletter so well and I want you to reiterate that is it was designed most these speeches always have a lot of clapping but this was really designed uh... will you go ahead and then tell us when you wrote news on. The thesis based on what I was watching

23:42 And by the way, it was too long and he sucks. Yeah, his style is... It also wasn't really Trump because he was just reading the teleprompter. We really enjoy or I do, I don't know if you do but I think you do too The free-flowing Trump who goes out in front of a huge crowd of 90s, you know, bunch of well wishers However, however... and just lets it rip You only heard this for about 15 minutes The poll numbers were unbelievably high 70 plus percent across the board CNN, CBS everyone's poll was all of America or the seven at least 70% thought it was a good speech and they'd like to you know it's what people expect from the president in this situation. From that perspective it was a good speech I didn't care for because I've seen him be you know do his freeform stuff

CHAPTER 12 / 56 Discussion

Democratic Response and the MS-13 Applause Trap

The State of the Union was structured to make Democrats look bad by forcing them to choose between applauding popular statistics or appearing to support MS-13 and opioids. Local news anchor Julie Hayner questioned why Democrats struggled to applaud historic lows in black unemployment, which Trump claimed as a victory over the Obama era.

ms-13· democrats· barack obama· black unemployment· ktvu· julie hayner· optics

24:34 And it was also, it was too long because they had to drag it out. I think some of the being too long was just torment everybody honestly. Really? Especially to torment the Democrats Well there's a couple of things... Just from show business Let me go through this thesis that you wanted me to explain. Please do Or explain Yeah, mansplain somebody noticed some time ago and this has gotten worse over the years, and I've noticed it. Which is that the president will say something that they have at the party accomplished in their part of the day you got to hold floor yet the senators and the congressman all sitting there usually separate us up for one year when your day mix them

25:14 which they're going to have to go back to if Trump keeps doing this. Because what happened was you got, you punch up something and then the one side stands and the other side folds their arms with a very few exceptions somebody sometimes they don't ever stand but they will clap but it's rare most of time the whole Democrats I will sit or look at... Or Republicans they do the same thing They did the same thing when Obama was there Yeah same thing But! This speech was set up to make them look like a-holes Yes, this speech was set up to make the Democrats look like a-holes because everything that he punched up was not policy stuff. It was stuff like

25:51 We've got to eradicate MS-13 and the Republicans would all stand to give a standing O, and the Democrats would sit as though they're supporters of MS-13. This would go on and on in fact that one that everybody pointed out I have a clip this is Julie Hayner and she is anchor. She kind of blows it because she's so nervous about asking this question, because in this area you don't do this sort of questioning and so she flubs the question but this is our local anchor on KTVU channel 2 their main anchor too not backup Maybe that moves the debate forward a little bit.

26:44 Isn't that a success for our country? Why do you think they're struggling so much to give applause to something when you have historic lows. The State of the Union is one of these speeches that's watched by a lot of people we're coming into the 2018 election there can't be a whole lot of applauding of a president who can brag about a few things and in fairness, that was the same when President Obama was in office Republicans sat on their hands as well That's true. They did, but it wasn't... the speech wasn't designed to embarrass them. I will say that yes Trump is factually correct when he says black unemployment at a historical low and i was very interested because I don't really didn't know what policies had actually been put into place that would cause that and although he's correct because it's nine percent

27:39 Whatever, it's a point lower than Obama. Exactly one point lower than... Yeah but Obama had it down and he brought it down another point and everybody was on his case for that why is he taking credit for what Obama did? Well didn't he just, didn't Obama just kill black people and not lower the numbers? Just kidding! I'm a comedian So you ended up with a speech that was specifically designed to embarrass the Democrats by making them look like A-holes. They wouldn't clap, they were... The same thing with the opioid thing they wouldn't stand no we like opiates so it made him say oh look they obviously like opioids and MS 13 they don't want the blacks to be working they want em unemployed It's just one thing after another and the whole speech was rigged and these stupid Democrats

CHAPTER 13 / 56 Discussion

Joe Manchin's Bipartisan Standing and West Virginia Politics

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia was one of the few Democrats to stand and applaud during the State of the Union. Manchin defended his actions as a show of respect and civility, noting that his constituents in a deep-red state expect him to support issues like coal research, infrastructure, and opioid addiction treatment.

joe manchin· west virginia· coal· infrastructure· bipartisanship· civility

28:25 Didn't have a clue about it, but in if they did have a clue They still wouldn't know what to do what they could have done is stay seated and clap for some of these things And that would have negated although there was one you don't stand for everything. There was a Democrat who stood What's his name? Joe Manchin from West Virginia. Most Democrats sat when the president said that, but not this Democrat, West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin Why he is about 6'5". We took the wide shot we saw you get it! 6'3", but we saw you stood up a lot during your speech and what you were on the other side of the aisle where people mad at you for doing that? No

29:03 That's the way it was in West Virginia. We have respect, there is some civility still yet and there should be civility in this place and you know all fairness Brian I've seen on both sides when Obama gave his speeches to Republicans that's disrespectful but I never saw the storming out afterwards and so many empty seats. I stood there and shook his hand thanked him because he talked about coal we're going to do coal research yeah research and development opiate addiction I need that infrastructure. I've never seen a pothole that belonged to Democratic Republican. We both get blamed for that one, so we gotta fix this stuff." So there you go! Yeah one guy okay let's look at this guy, this guy is Joe Manchin where is he from? West Virginia What state is probably the most Republican and the most red-state in the country? West Virginia yeah so he knows what's going on doesn't want to get kicked out

CHAPTER 14 / 56 Discussion

Public Speaking Tips and Trump's Microphone Technique

Donald Trump's physical mannerisms during the speech are compared to Benito Mussolini's jutting chin. From a technical standpoint, the hosts advise public speakers never to clap while wearing a lapel mic or standing near a podium microphone, as the sound creates painful audio spikes for the audience.

microphone· public speaking· mussolini· lapel mic· audio engineering· clapping

29:52 Exactly. Well, he doesn't want to... yes He will be he will not be invited to the cocktail party But he doesn't want to get kicked out of his position in West Virginia. Yeah they look like a good guy so yeah now just a few television technical points Mike the microphone was crap it was going in and out of phase has some very very weird happening with it did you notice this no I didn't yeah I noticed the only thing I know is something that is on our list to talk about we should probably talking about clapping loudly either with a lapel mic or near the State of the Union mic is very very annoying

30:33 Trump was clapped because trump would turn size ways and by the way when I watch him do these sorts of speeches He just reminds me so much of Mussolini The sideways jutting chin look yeah totally get it sideways jutting chin. I mean, it's a baby It could be his brother from another mother So he turns sideways and then he moves himself into position where when he's clapping he's tapping right into the mics Yeah Because if the wind is actually going right in. So it's very annoying and I would say the same thing at what i wanted to talk about before because as one of our no agenda tips for people who do public speaking, don't clap if you're wearing a lapel mic because there will be these loud claps right into the mic

31:25 Extremely annoying, especially if you have a loud clap. I actually know a guy who has a clap that sounds like a bullet being fired from a .45 Really? Extremely painful to be standing next to him What does this guy do for a living He's a day trader now. A douche! Does he have a podcast? Because then he is hitting all the marks But, he has this loud clap that was just really... it's hard to believe but when you... but clapping into the mic and that's what Trump was doing and I think he'd know better but everybody does it lot of people do it don't clap if you're anywhere near a mic

CHAPTER 15 / 56 Discussion

Melania Trump's Public Image and Eastern European Demeanor

Melania Trump is criticized for her "grim" resting face and posture during the State of the Union. The hosts suggest that her Eastern European background contrasts with the "perpetual smile" expected of American public figures, and recommend changes to her eye makeup to soften her appearance on camera.

melania trump· first lady· makeup· resting face· eastern europe· image consulting

32:04 I also thought Melania really needs to be made aware. It's so odd because you think she would know this but, you know, she really has poor First of all she has a horrible resting face. She really does oh yeah, no she looks like she's pissed off Yeah So and I think that could be solved with an attempt to smile But you could probably do a little bit with the eye makeup just to make that a bit better And people think we're shallow a-holes but this is important stuff this all of this makes a difference We are shallow a-holes when it comes to this still makes a difference But that's why media if you're gonna be in media at all You have to be that way yeah? You got you gotta be all in

32:45 And so she looks like shit most of the time when she has a very pretty smile. Yeah, she does But she wasn't using her charms at all. I don't think, she's not one of those... You know she is not from the United States so she is not like a Southern California girl who can just have a stupid smile on her face all the time. Hi! Got to smile on my face all the time. Takes less muscles. And uh.. So she has got that grim Eastern European look which is grim Yeah it's grim

CHAPTER 16 / 56 Discussion

Patriotic Symbolism and the Cultural Divide

The inclusion of a North Korean defector holding up his crutches was cited as a high-level "show business" moment. The hosts discuss the growing cultural divide where younger generations, influenced by figures like Michael Moore and Bill McKibben, view American patriotism and the flag with disgust due to historical grievances.

north korea· national anthem· patriotism· michael moore· bill mckibben· demographics

33:21 So yeah, and just her whole posture everything she should know that she's continuously being watched now some other visuals were just off the chart And I like the idea of peppering the guests throughout the speech and the guy who escaped from North Korea and Walked on crutches throughout all of China apparently. I didn't know his story and then holding those crutches up Fantastic that was like that was that was show business high-level show gold gold Jerry That was just really really good And I can only if I don't I had a very strong sense of what dimension B could be feeling while watching this and here's what frightens me a little bit when he was talking about the anthem when he's talking about you know the patriotic the patriotic stuff

34:12 I had the ability during this speech to feel the disgust and anger that people solidly mounted in dimension B might feel. At the same time, being on either side is too much is not good you gotta try and straddle a little bit but even if people who are completely overzealously patriotic there's problems with that too But I'm afraid that certainly younger people who have been taught in school America is shit, we're horrible. That they actually don't like the flag and the anthem and any honoring of the country. And exactly! At first it's like this they're just being abused by politicians but i think they really really dislike our country

35:04 Well, they've been kind of trained to dislike it because everybody was a slaveholder. All the founding fathers were all slaveholding jerks And, you know they're white and they were horrible white and there were heterosexual every checklist item. You know white...and I was listening to Michael Moore and I was listening to this woman that McKibben had at an event a three 350 dot org guy. Ah yes the... Yeah, he switched a couple of me I have some clips hopefully we can get to today because there's some new memes cropping up in the environmental scene. And there was like just excoriating white heterosexual

35:51 All whites are rich somehow, I don't know how that works. I've never seen any evidence of it and it's just this kind of this... And so I did some looking into the demographics as the country is 77% white if you include the white Latins in other words Spanish mostly Spanglish So yes 77 percent white market And you're gonna condemn them and go after them, and criticize them for being heterosexual? Criticize them for having kids? Criticizing them for liking the flag or whatever. And expect to win elections?! Are you kidding me what is wrong with you! Yeah I don't think it's going to work either... It's very-I find it very odd Now we did miss a great opportunity I did not know that we could have been at the State of The Union We are qualified

CHAPTER 17 / 56 Discussion

Maxine Waters and Millennial Podcasters

Representative Maxine Waters announced plans to welcome millennial podcasters and broadcasters into the Congressional process. Waters, who referred to herself as "Auntie Maxine," expressed a desire to be an "enabler" for young media creators who have traditionally been excluded from the Capitol.

maxine waters· millennials· podcasters· congress· auntie maxine· broadcasting

36:48 qualified. They're making arrangements to have a space for Millennials on the night of the State of the Union address, what are you hoping to accomplish with them? Well as you know I've been adopted by Millennials and they referred to me as Auntie Maxine and i want to be an enabler. I want to open up the process for them we have some very talented young people who are doing podcasts and who are broadcasters and they haven't really welcomed into you know that the Congress. Podcasters and broadcasters John what an opportunity she had anymore podcasters at this thing yes and who are broadcasters

37:30 and Yay! So I'm looking for those podcasts. Looking for those podcasts, please

CHAPTER 18 / 56 Discussion

Joe Kennedy III and the Drooling Makeup Snafu

Joe Kennedy III's Democratic response was overshadowed by a makeup error that made him appear to be drooling from the corners of his mouth. The hosts also criticize the choice of a "junk-filled" shop class background and the dark tone of his speech, which contrasted with Trump's proposal for a 12-year path to citizenship for DACA recipients.

joe kennedy iii· drooling· chapstick· democratic response· west virginia· amnesty

38:20 Now weren't there supposed to be five different responses democratic responses to the State of the Union including Maxine Waters I Didn't see but one that they played on C-SPAN. I know there were at least two and C-SPAN played one of them Yeah, the Joe Kennedy the third the Joe Kennedy when we're drooling which is really good got all the attention now again And by the way he didn't make any sense at all well a couple things again from a television perspective That was a makeup snafu He never ever should have gone on like that whatever it was he wasn't actually drooling. It was a huge drooling Yeah, yeah it looked like he had the whole bunch of the memes were pretty funny on Twitter These are great but also it was at some kind of bike and know some car manufacturing something or other and they had pretty much like pieces of a car wreck behind him

39:11 Which is correct, which is very symbolic no Where was it was a shop class in the school that he was given this? Shop class right and there were car tires and all kind of us John auto junk. There was junk behind him I thought car wreck was better because you know You're inviting the memes yes, you're inviting the cart your inviting the Kennedy Car Crash memes It was stupid who does anyone have a brain well oh It was... Oy, oy! And I was in the car and I listened to his speech. His speech was darker than Trump's. Yeah it was dark. The way that I heard it. Yeah, yeah, I would agree. You know what? I agree with you. Well, I was not entertained the way I wanted to be because that's just how twisted we are when- Come on Trump entertain me but it was a good speech

40:06 Well, if it got a 70% approval rating for the speech then all these guys and let's play I have two responses that weren't official. These are the ones where the Democrat caucus came up in your head. I think the shortest one is a 44 second this is a representative Crowley I think he's from Jersey and this is his crowley summary of speech The president failed yesterday once again to show leadership or a vision for our great nation. And when too many Americans are struggling economically, we deserve real leader with both the vision for our future and the capacity to lead us there from his racist demonizing comments on immigrants to the complete lack of any mention

40:54 in relation to securing our democracy from the Russian government. This speech wasn't new, it wasn't good and it won't change any fundamental dynamics of a nation moving forward With that, let me recognize the Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus. There was one new thing in there... It wasn't new! It wasn't good! Well there was something new I learned that the president's proposal for DACA includes amnesty for not just the kids but their parents and a 12-year path to citizenship Nice No That's bad My ex wife got sent back at the airport Go back slave

CHAPTER 19 / 56 Discussion

Nancy Pelosi's Health and Cognitive Concerns

Nancy Pelosi's physical tics, specifically a repetitive chewing motion, lead the hosts to speculate about her cognitive health or issues with dentures. They argue that her long-term leadership role makes it difficult for the Democratic Party to address her apparent decline without admitting they ignored it for years.

nancy pelosi· alzheimer's· dentures· opioids· pharmaceutical industry· cognitive decline

41:38 Go back to your country of origin. So I thought that was you know, in fact, I think it's rather risky considering his base when he well It is and the base is complaining I'm sure they are but I thought but yeah because and of course then ending chain migration Which is absolutely You know, I think everyone agrees on this. It's just now we have to think about what does that actually mean? You know, because the way he's talking is clearly that of a racist. I don't want to go too far...I don't want to get into migration until you had another clip? Yeah, I got Pelosi who by the way is really obvious that she's the one- Chewing on her cud! Yes! What is wrong with the woman?! Again do not think your going to be on television lady? No that's Alzheimer's. The chewing thing Is it really? Because people are saying it was her dentures

42:36 I said, I don't know. You're saying that is a symptom of Alzheimer's? I believe some people that chew. They just chew she's got a problem so let's listen to her She's really having trouble. She still expresses herself, but it gets to the point where she is not going to be able to speak at all without forgetting everything. Why am I here? Who am I? That's coming! But...I don't know what to do about it because they can't say she has a sudden onset because it's been going on for years, but because it's been going on for years they can't say... It's too late. Too late to say... Now they're gonna say why didn't you tell us years ago? You let her run everything for years and she had... So this is a real problem for the Democrats but listen to Pelosi caucus response. Oh hold on second that's different one than I thought

43:32 Yeah, here we go. But the president are not high He stooped to a new low in terms of how he dealt with issues For example, the immigration issue and what it has meant to our country and how we characterized The opioid epidemic which is in every district in the country a challenge many families a tragedy And the president treated it in such a disdainful way. Whoa. Well I thought I was actually like holy shit

CHAPTER 20 / 56 Discussion

Pelosi's Opioid Funding Gaffe and Tax Rhetoric

During a caucus response, Nancy Pelosi mistakenly said the party was fighting for "increased funding for opioids" rather than for treatment. She also repeated talking points claiming the GOP tax plan would raise taxes on 86 million middle-class families while benefiting the top 1%, a claim the hosts dismiss as incoherent.

nancy pelosi· opioids· bohemian grove· tax cuts· middle class· gop

44:21 He's gonna take on pharmaceutical and the doctors. That was the implication I got. Yeah, pharmaceutical industry and doctors... And by the way we're going to lower the cost of drugs! I thought he handled that well? Well if you again remember seeing Pelosi in the chamber She wasn't paying any attention, so all this is nonsense. What was the owl reference by the way? Is that some Bohemian Grove thing? Apparently all the Democrats partied the night before and they had to get up early do this caucus thing in the morning and she thought it was great that they could hoot with the owls at night and fly with the eagles in the morning I don't know where that comes from That's Bohemian Grove! It's a Illuminati children eating thing

45:08 Yeah, that's what it is. The owl! A well-known symbol of the Illuminati. All right we continue... Actually it is one of the items on the agenda that were fighting for increased funding for opioids in a discussion that were having What? What did she say? She said increase funding for opioids But she said, if you're an opioid addict we're going to give it to you for free so that you can die quicker. In a painful way actually it is one of the items on the agenda that were fighting for increased funding for opioids I need to understand what bill is this?

45:44 In what bill and in what universe are we fighting for funding for opioids? In the discussion that we're having on the caps, on the parity issue, on the budget. Last night the president delivered a speech of unwarranted self-congratulatory... So far she's pretty coherent just the uh eh stuff in between beautiful to acknowledge the courage, the sacrifice of the people in the audience as if he had something to do with the successes that they had achieved. Of course we all salute them it's an interesting story more importantly it's about the fabric of America and that his speech was not about. She is not coherent at all

46:31 They go on to play on. again, devoid of vision. So sad! The president presents himself as the with this GOP tax scam as something to help middle class he kind of presented that at the same time his tax scam calls for 86 million middle-class families to pay more as he pads the pockets of the top 1%. The president presents himself as a generous toward dreamers

47:08 But he's holding them hostage to the most extreme anti-immigrant agenda in generations. Yeah, it's just a bunch of talking points that she throws out there continuously I have ears you know? And even though i have been severely disadvantaged by the immigration policy I still am okay. Like, yeah alright these kids fine kids whatever and their parents in their 30s and their parents Yeah fine all right continue with your Pelosi on here i want to hear go really off the rails well she this is a different topic you want to switch over to them to the fam famous memo no not yet let me do but quick thing on immigration

CHAPTER 21 / 56 Discussion

Chain Migration Terminology and Racial Rhetoric

Democrats including Dick Durbin and Kirsten Gillibrand have begun labeling the term "chain migration" as a racist slur, claiming it evokes images of African slaves in chains. The hosts argue this is a deliberate attempt to "demonize" standard immigration terminology and shift the debate away from policy.

chain migration· dick durbin· kirsten gillibrand· slavery· racism· linguistics

47:59 Here is a compilage, Jean-Claude. A compilation of talking points etc regarding the immigration ideas that the president has. That plan is a campaign to make America white again and is literally a love letter to white supremacists. Effort to keep this, uh... Keep America White again! When someone uses the phrase chained migration it is intentional Literally trying to demonize families and make it a racist slur It's not right African Americans believe that they migrated to America in chains And when you speak about chain migration it hurts them personally This proposal has reiterated that You see now this

48:45 is what I was talking about in the beginning. That's Durbin again! But, and well there's a... you missed the first thing because it's actually pretty funny So the talking point, I'll replay it. The talking point is chain migration is racist because it conjures images of slaves in chains. Yeah that's what Durbin said yeah well that's also what... It was hurtful to the black community to say just use the words chain migration but it gets better did you hear Gillibrand also talking about it? What does she say? When someone uses the phrase chained migration... Now do you hear what she's saying? She is not saying chained migration. She said chained. Chained migration! So, not only is it an incorrect word but she used a phrase well its a word chained

49:53 Right, it's the incorrect word. It's the incorrect word! It's chained but now she's turning it into chained which I think is just because she's dumb and that's what she's always heard and she thinks that way She thinks...she has racist thoughts She's the racist and let's be very clear when someone uses When someone uses the phrase change migration when someone uses the phrase chained migration it is intentional in trying to demonize Families yeah, well you're using it intentionally. So this is Roseanne Rosanna Dana Trying to demonize families and make it a racist slur It is not right And so we have to change the debate about

50:34 These are people, these are families and as elected leaders I mean the way i look at it. Im gonna fight for your child and these children as much as im going to fight for my own And that is our job! As elected leaders To fight for these kids Now thats not your job as elected leaders to fight for these kids AND I FORGOT TO CLIP IT DAMMIT Forgot to clip it But Trump did it When will I get a president who does it right He said the most important job, what I swore to do was defend all the citizens. No! You defend and uphold the Constitution you drip. How did we get a yes? The best and most obvious thing which unfortunately the majority has not allowed us to do, the Republicans have not allowed this to happen is just up or down vote on the DREAM Act if we had an upper-down vote today we would pass it

CHAPTER 22 / 56 Discussion

Cory Booker's Public Persona and Political Theater

Senator Cory Booker is described as appearing "unhinged" and "creepy" due to his aggressive rhetorical style and wide-eyed expressions. The hosts compare his current persona to his more erudite beginnings as Mayor of Newark, suggesting he is trying too hard to capture attention in the Trump era.

cory booker· rupaul· indiana jones· newark· senate· unhinged

51:24 overwhelming American support the DREAM Act. They want these kids to stay! Yeah, so that's the whole point is the up or down vote which means clean bill which is what the DACA kids were trained to say in all of their chants...is don't make them a bargaining chip by putting other things in the bill which relate directly to the entire bill but okay I'll continue with my compilage. The darkness and cruelty of the administration... The great divider who injects hatred between groups in America... To continue to push extremist views on immigration that really a shameful practice of holding 800,000 children hostage... We continue to hold each of those programs hostage... And says whether you should hold these kids hostage... When they took

52:13 The Dreamers hostage? You knew you were gonna have to pay a ransom. She should've been in the same way, as opposed to just doing her job Well we know what happened in Europe when people just did their jobs Oh! You're all racist Nazis Yeah that's what happened in Europe When people did their job they killed Jews Thanks Cory Booker Or should I say RuPaul And by the way, Cory Booker who is I don't know if he's getting a thyroid condition. He's gone completely bald Yep and i don't think it's his shaved head as much as it is he actually does that's his head. He looks like the guy in that Indiana Jones movie who used to grab the guys heart and pull it out of him. Rip it out of his chest. Those big bug eyes

52:54 And it's like he is getting creepy looking. I always thought, when i first heard him about 6-7 years ago that he was a presidential candidate but now off the rails He screams and has those big bug eyes looks like a creep It just lost completely I still think he looks like RuPaul without the wig Now you mention RuPaul? It's there! I think that his new name RuPaul Booker I stole that from a friend of mine. Yeah, and then when I saw him last night was like oh yeah totally makes so much sense

53:33 He's trying to get, but Booker was always kind of a low-key very erudite black I think he is a senator. Yes and he... He was the mayor of Newark first and then he became the Senator. He had all these things going on and he presented himself you know as a sane person And he, I don't know if he didn't think it was getting enough attention or is taking a page out of Trump's book. But it seems very unnatural because he just doesn't seem to see resolve these unhinged. Yeah, he does seem somewhat unhinged true. So I don't know about him. What else you got? Yeah there so on that one side of the aisle its or the one side of the dimensions dimension B yes It's outrageous what they're

CHAPTER 23 / 56 Discussion

Media Suppression of Positive Trump Polls

The hosts observe that mainstream media outlets quickly stopped discussing the high approval ratings for Trump's State of the Union address once the numbers were finalized. They mock the "unhinged" nature of modern political analysis, where even terms like "chain smoking" might eventually be labeled racist by association.

polling· cnn· msnbc· media bias· chain smoking· tobacco industry

54:28 analysis is compared to what you cited as the 71% approval poll. So here's the problem, the real scandal to me is the disservice that the news media did to the American people across-the-board Everyone came out with their polls within five to ten minutes after the speech. The numbers were high, there was nothing even you know some had negative numbers they weren't high enough to make it look like crap and they just stopped talking about it! They just took it off...the pundits and the Democrats came in to do all the interviews and they just forgot about the fact that the American public across-the-board

55:11 as polled by all organizations, you know we place a lot of doubt on these polls. Yes But if all of them are saying the same thing about A person and a speech that they hate You got to think it wasn't that rigged It may have even been higher than that! It probably was So, you know The disservice is what the American public got served up by the news media across the board. Except for Fox, of course I didn't even watch that. Yeah nobody pays attention to Fox. C-SPAN is pretty objective so... Right but I spent this whole week pretty much only watching TARD TV's. So i was watching CNN MSNBC mainly just to get a feel and just like you know they truly believe they really believe this they hear words They hear chain migration

56:09 Their racist thought is slaves. You must have that thought in your mind. Yes, when someone says chain smoking... Is that a racist term? Yes because it's well known that... you know what put in the damn book John! It's well known that tobacco companies unfairly target the black community because they're racists. And I, the word chain...I think you'll see this problem crop up when it comes to chain smoking if they can get if they can manage it and there is a reason for it. There are smokers that make it work Black smokers are pretty high percentage

56:58 Anyway, so it's racist. It's racist. Yeah So these things don't when I heard chain migration the first time it makes it made you know people forming a chain and bringing each other in That's the first thing I didn't think black slavery no me neither would that come to mind? We're talking about immigration here. We're not talking about you know conditions of the country in the 1840s some believable It's unhinged. It's unhinged, alright I have my list if you want to get a little break from that before we get the donations...I have my list and you might want to see if there is anything left out this is the Trump rotation which can't be a rotation because there are too many of them Ah yes! I have the final list or at least the list I have which is everything wrong with Trump There are two categories, there is regular and then criminal Which I only put in recently cause it just started showing up but here we go ready? Yep

CHAPTER 24 / 56 Discussion

The Trump Rotation of Insults

A comprehensive list of insults used against Donald Trump is compiled, ranging from "illegitimate president" and "Russian agent" to "mentally unfit" and "small hands." The hosts argue that the Democrats' lack of focus on a single narrative makes their opposition less effective.

donald trump· insults· popular vote· russian agent· misogynist· narcissist· mental fitness

57:54 Illegitimate president, lost the popular vote. Incompetent unhinged liar sex offender Russian agent never says anything bad about Putin white supremacist narcissist mentally unfit insane in unstable clown. Foreign leaders hate him, he hates women misogynist 25th amendment should be instituted should be impeached hates immigrants hates Mexicans in particular racist small hands small penis big red button should not have nuclear codes immature, childlike. You need an adult in the room. Tweets too much thin-skinned bully holds grudges forever mean bankrupt has no money long ties fatter than 239 pounds plays golf a lot hypocrite by action seldom called one criminal obstruction of justice money laundering and

58:58 Runs the mob John no wonder we're making America white again Good job. If that was a clip you'd get clip of the day Well, it's a lot of things and so that so the rotation doesn't work because there's too many things they if they had just focused This is the thing I've noticed about the Democrats are so scrambled Oh hubby don't have but forgot wants to sleep with his daughter I should put that in there. That hasn't cropped up a lot, but yes it does. This is going to be great techno mix! Now... Just hinting at someone who sleeps with daughter. We're just gonna say doesn't want to. Instead of why don't you say incest? Incest. There we go. Now, always have divorcee too. You should put that in there. Slept with porn star. Paid off porn star

59:56 Well, that's new and I don't know shower what happened to golden shower. I didn't hear that well It was never a golden showers peeing on the bed Wow But it falls under the golden shower category Maybe it's a shower it was gold and it was glorious Hasn't released his taxes tax sheet. Yeah good one This is the rotation in you're getting these from the chat room no the troll room Collusion, colluder. No that's Russian agent, Russian agent. Tax cheat that one needs to be on the desk okay so this is what my point was I didn't hear literally Hitler I didn't hear that

CHAPTER 25 / 56 Discussion

Elizabeth Warren's State of the Union Fashion Choice

Elizabeth Warren is criticized for wearing a powder blue outfit to the State of the Union while other Democratic women wore black in solidarity with the "Me Too" movement. The hosts interpret this as a "party faux pas" and a sign that she wanted to stand out for her own presidential ambitions.

elizabeth warren· powder blue· black dress protest· me too· fashion· optics

1:00:40 Hitler. Literally, Hitler. Bully! Anyway my point is if I can make it... Is that the Democrats because I thought Elizabeth Warren was particularly offensive. My Freudian slip. Offended? She was particularly effective Oh a good slip yes She's particularly offensive. She is particularly effective when she harped on Donald Trump being a thin-skinned bully And she would use those terms over and over and over again. Then all this other stuff came up, they started to try to create this rotation of complaints but there was... They dreamed too many things. Too many, too many. So now it's just a mess and you don't have the focus. By the way You need focus! Elizabeth Warren I think that she may be a little bit on the outs now with the party? Certainly I thought it was very rude that she decided to thwart

1:01:40 the let's all dress in black effort and came in a powder blue outfit. Which made her stand out, and this is a big deal with the state of the unions. We've discussed this in the past Yes they'll wear red or yellow to stand out That's the whole reason you do it And she did it She wanted to stand out from that democratic crowd I don't know if she wanted to be presidential Or maybe she disagrees with them? I doubt it But I thought that was rude and I think it was party faux pas Ooh! Party faux pas You said ooh because you think it might be a good show title. Well, I just write it down. I just amaze myself down to mm-hmm Party faux pas yes She that was that was not that's no she didn't make any friends doing that. I don't think so great I don't think so yeah, I think she's made a huge blunder all right But now back to the talking points yes They've done too many they haven't focused in on

CHAPTER 26 / 56 Discussion

Political Dynasties and Career-Ending Moments

The hosts discuss whether Joe Kennedy III's speech was a failed audition for a new political dynasty. They compare his "drooling" incident to historical campaign-ending blunders like Michael Dukakis in a tank and the "Howard Dean scream," while noting Trump's unique ability to survive "cheeseburger" related smears.

joe kennedy iii· howard dean· michael dukakis· dean scream· cheeseburgers· dynasties

1:02:41 on the ones that really work. They need to focus in on about five or six, yeah that's why I think Warren was good when she kept going thin-skinned bully it's really nasty and but now is all these other ones and this is like you know they can't make up their minds because they're not in agreement on anything there really not a party that Well-knit it's all over the place and everyone's pushing out each other's agendas And now we got this Joe Kennedy the third are they really going to try another dynasty? Is that the is that the thinking horde I mean or was this the audition which he clearly failed. I think was the audition, and I think they would like to have another dynasty because it works well for the party. Oh bye-bye It were buh-bye Felicia Yeah, yeah, he's not prison you know he's

1:03:36 He's kind of a motley looking person that's not president. He's not presidential looking, he's not even close now but the whole drooling thing you know that was That's how it works You know you it's like the Paul Songhas was now who was at with the helmet set songhus No, no. You're thinking of Dukakis. Dukakis? I'm sorry... Yeah! You put the stupid helmet on boom you're done and you get in a tank you do this stupid whoo-hoo you do that boom you're done who was that again? Oh yeah, that's happened. Who is that douchebag? That was what it says uh the guy from Vermont what's their people in the chat room know his name offhand

1:04:20 We all know his name. Howard Dean. The Dean scream, that's what it was. I bet you we still have that somewhere. Yeah probably look it up. Howard Dean also of course he was making headway at Joe Trippi was his campaign manager doing a killer job and there is the Dean scream. And back in the day that would end your career and it did Anything stupid like that. Trump is the thing that's got everybody irked because he has done a number of things that they think should be career ending, but the public didn't care so much cause he wasn't doing something like what Dean did and then Dean would also come out

1:05:08 Talking about long ties. He used to have the long tie like Trump But I do know what it is that Trump gets away We got to keep an eye on the cheeseburger mean they keep bringing that back The cheese burger cheeseburger in bed cheeseburger he's a he likes cheeseburgers doesn't get poisoned these cheeseburgers It's a cheeseburger nut. I'm gonna put that in the list the Hamburglar oh He's the cheese burglar. Exactly! It's always a cheeseburger, it's never a hamburger... Well with that I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John C. You had a c-stance for chained Dvorak In the morning to you Mr Adam Curry, in the morning all ships at sea, boots on the ground feet in the air subs in the water Yes! In the mornings everybody in the troll room noagendastream.com Thankyou very much And...in the morning too

CHAPTER 27 / 56 Discussion

No Agenda Art and Domain Forwards

The artwork for episode 1003, titled "Doomsday Sandwich," is credited to a producer named Illuminati. The hosts also thank producers for forwarding domains like "goat.support" and "clinton2020.com" to the No Agenda website to assist with SEO and listener discovery.

illuminati· photoshop· clinton 2020· goat support· domain names· seo

1:06:07 Illuminati who brought us the artwork for episode 1003 doomsday sandwich the title made us laugh the minute we saw it in the generator this was a little baby with a big circle and no baby alive yes it was just I know is this funny It has all the right elements in there. We appreciate that, Illuminati. She only started doing this art because she wanted to learn Photoshop. She's not a graphic artist by any means. Could have fooled me! I know she looks very professional. She might be a natural. I like what she is doing we appreciate that. Noah Jender Art Generator

1:06:48 Generator.com is where you can upload your artwork we choose from right after the show We appreciate the work that all of our artists do and thank you very much Illuminati a quick couple of notes I want to thank some domain forwards Dude named Jose has brought us goat dot support apparently the dot support domain is now a new TLD so goat dot support Goes directly to know agenda support dot support as a new TLD dot support not goat you know Noah's gonna use these things however producer Blake sent me notices hey I've had this domain do you think it'll be of any value and it's Clinton 2020 calm holy crap yeah and I said yeah that would be valuable if you forwarded to no agenda show calm which he did

1:07:40 Beautiful. So if you're looking for Clinton 2020 calm And I suggest you write up some phony baloney SEO blog posts and put it in there so that we have lots actually yes Yeah, and where were getting ready for we're ready for Hillary again he and then they have Hilary 2020 exactly Exactly imagine the confusion and the scourge Thank you very much Blake alright We have a couple people to thank I believe Yes, we do. This is our value for value model which sometimes needs explaining reiteration We give the show away for free We don't have any advertisements you don't have to subscribe certainly not at least on a payment mechanism You just want to subscribe to get it automatically in your podcast app that's cool We ask people to give us

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Value for Value and International Travel Restrictions

Producer Sir Onimus of Dogpatch contributes $700 and provides a correction regarding travel to Middle Eastern countries with Israeli passport stamps. The discussion touches on the difficulty of entering Lebanon, Iran, and Saudi Arabia with such stamps, and the complexities of South African passport requirements.

value for value· sir onimus· israel· saudi arabia· lebanon· south africa· apartheid

1:08:31 monetary value based upon the value they feel that they received. And it turns out that's a model that works, why other podcasters don't do is beyond me but we certainly appreciate our producers because that's what they are They're not just listeners were all listeners their producers of The Best Podcast in the Universe and we have executives and associate executive producer who would like to thank up front because they really provided financial support for each individual episode Exactly Let's start with our buddy, Sir Onimus of Dogpatch and Lower Slobovia. Yeah yeah he's back! He came back complaining that... well he says everything in his note, he always writes a note and he's in for $700 I don't know what the different numbers are that he submits We know it's code we just haven't figured out yet It is some sort of code

1:09:31 Sorry for being late with my support. A lot of travel lately, I want to thank everyone that contributes to the show providing a great source of research he also thanks everybody thanks to producers i think this yes and this thing is very nicely does nice yeah uh... great social research analysis in sub and and for supporting a great database to search relevant issues that would be your uh... database thank you to listener freeloaders Message a recent show suggested one to two percent of listeners support the show since many listeners all support with in-kind donations It may understate the percentage but come on This is one of the greatest array of independent information sources and current information Data resources available online. Wow, that's your tax cut or higher valued currency to subscribe every dollar makes a difference

1:10:23 Wow, that's a humbling statement he makes there. I think so John. I owe a small farm. I own a small farm where we raise some goats Hey nice White ones which are more valuable for Eid sacrifice and like you enjoy goat meat I suggest the next time you visit the halal butcher for goat, try one of their chickens. My experience is unlike the industrial chicken farm chickens it actually tastes like chicken well I'll go you one better. Well, can i ask? Can I just say something but I guess I discussed this with Tina the keeper and she was not in she's like Oh goat meat I can taste no way No No No I am I've been doing a lot of recipes lately I would very much appreciate at later date You and I discuss a recipe that I can fool her tricker into eating the goats

1:11:18 Yeah, there's a I can think of a couple cool. Cuz I'm gonna talk about it right? I've had goat that tastes nothing like you'd expect go to taste like so I know it doesn't taste like I'm very It tastes like the best lamb you've ever had precisely if you overcook it it can be very tough and horrible That's lame now. I mean but it's only because of the toughness. It doesn't taste like mutton Okay, I want to talk about the chicken thing at the end of his note A small technical correction for my last letter. I typed, if you travel to Saudi Arabia Iran or Lebanon you cannot have an Israeli stamp. Lebanon is technically at war with Israel Iran and Saudi Arabia. You are what? Saudi Arabia or in Saudi Arabia just Iran and Saudi Arabia okay

1:12:04 You read Essay of South Africa. Oops, well I knew better than that rather than Saudi Arabia. South Africa has left me... Let me in with an Israeli stamp and I doubt they restrict any country. They don't know I have a family member with the South African passport is very challenging to gain entry in most countries without a visa or some effort Perhaps the South African listener can enlighten us on how the end of apartheid didn't end more of these issues No jingles, no no karma. Okay. Well first let me thanks your honor missive dog patch and lower slope Slobo via Thank you for your courage now. I have to comment on the chicken

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Halal Butcher Practices and Fresh Poultry

A detailed description of a halal butcher in Oakland explains the process of selecting live poultry, such as chickens and geese, for immediate slaughter. The hosts discuss the culinary necessity of "hanging" or aging fresh-killed birds in a refrigerator for several days before cooking to ensure proper texture.

halal· oakland· chicken· goose· aging meat· food preparation· chinatown

1:12:47 He says, he suggested the next time I visit a halal butcher for goat. I get a chicken. Well, I'm sure the chicken there is good but as a topper that I think you should know about that we have here in the Bay Area and Halal Butcher in Oakland that has chickens ducks and geese mainly and I think they maybe have turkeys sometime of the year and you go in there and the animals are alive They're alive! You point the one out that you want, they take the bird or whatever... The bird. And they make it not alive? And then they take him to the back and they kill it

1:13:28 in the proper style and take the feathers off and fix it. It takes about, I don't know 10 minutes maybe? And then they gut it and they do everything you do to a chicken as though it was a Tyson chicken. And they cut it all up or did you get it whole? You can get it cut up I think but you get it whole wrapped up and boom! You're out of there with a chicken. Yeah beautiful that's very fresh Very fresh, very fresh. And you should probably keep it... Is this the halal dinner and a show that you go to? So you get the chicken or the duck or the goose — and the goose by the way is like 40 bucks which is about half price of a goose that you'd pay frozen and who knows what they did with it

1:14:18 So you take it, but then you have to keep it in the... Butler by the way is the one that told me about this. Michael yeah And he's nut about food and he says he'll never eat another store-bought chicken after he has had these chickens I am not a fan of chicken at all. I don't like eating chicken You might like this chicken Yeah because thats my problem! I get the white meat and I'm like jeez this is just shit It's horrible Its like a slab of protein slab Who knows? But the point is, then you have to put it in the refrigerator for like 3 or 4 days so it can You have to pre-age it before you start cooking. You can't just cook it right away, so that's not gonna... Oh! That's a handy tip I would've messed that up. It's called hanging it. So you put in the refrigerator for three or four days and then it is ready to cook. So you have to buy them in advance. Can't just buy them and have this piece that day. But so I just wanted to point that out. So I'm aware of the halal chickens and the places usually go in there This is what's interesting There are no whites

1:15:22 the place. It's mostly Chinese, some Mexicans, mostly Chinese though it's the Chinese who really appreciate this stuff and they're the ones who have the live fish all throughout Chinatown and then you pick a fish to take it out then they beat the crap out of it on the floor as its flopping around is quite the sight yes also at dinner in a show We can sell that. Hey, come to San Francisco get the poop map visit the halal chicken show! Well a lot of you know they don't I don't know there's a bunch of people around here because this place is crawling with them vegetarians and vegans and they

CHAPTER 30 / 56 Discussion

Vegan Activism and the Dairy Industry

A clip of vegan activist Joey Carbstrong features him describing a ham sandwich as a "dead pig that didn't want to die" and equating dairy farming to sexual assault. The hosts mock this extreme rhetoric, noting it is common in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco areas.

veganism· joey carbstrong· animal rights· dairy farming· activism· meat consumption

1:16:04 They're against all these things. They put a lot of the Chinese fish mongers out of business I'm sorry that i have to do this but, I have a 35 second vegan clip. I just happened to bring one to the party today Jerry Carbstrong joins us, a vegan activist. Good afternoon! Hello Jeremy how are you? I don't know whether you're angry today or just generally about the whole thing Well i'm a bit upset to see your sandwich has a piece of a pig's body in there A dead pig that didn't want to die It was just a ham sandwich on the table yeah Ham is a euphemism that actually come from the flesh of a dead pig What would you rather call it? I'd like you to call it the dead body of an animal who didn't want to die. Is the cheese a problem as well? The cheese comes from a mother who had her children taken from her, okay and had hands shoved in her anus and was artificially inseminated with bull semen probably why vegans would say that a dairy farmer is akin to a rapist Alright! Woohoo!

1:16:54 There you go. That's the general thinking yeah that's our area to a tee, that's where you live! That's your neighbor it's my neighbor next door onward do we have our little we have we need a little ladies and gentlemen I present the grand duke of the pacific northwest sir Dwayne Melanson all dukes uh grand dukes get the grand dukes get this Whatever you call it. It's honor bestowed upon them. Honor, the intro? Yes. Sir Dwayne Malison, Grand Duke of the Pacific Northwest $353 from Tigard Oregon ITM Jantz here is my MSN donation Leet 353 great work lately as usual job karma works as I start a new better paying job today as you read this after the karma a month or so back

CHAPTER 31 / 56 Discussion

Producer Donations and Kombucha Starters

Producers Jan Fury and David Van Root contribute to the show, with Van Root offering a kombucha starter. Dvorak declines the offer, expressing skepticism about the health benefits of the fermented tea, which the donor claims tastes like an Arnold Palmer.

jan fury· david van root· kombucha· arnold palmer· probiotics· fermentation

1:17:49 Karma all nice and in and a shot of Sharpton, please We must we must and we will much about that be committed you've got karma Onward Is it Jan Four? Well, he's from Portland so I'd say it's... Jan. Jan. Fury. Three-fifty! Thanks for correlating news sources and deducing how the money flow taints the news. I have listened for a while and am making this donation to preempt any douchebag call out from Henderson Nevada

1:18:41 Greetings from the Northwest Viking. I don't need to share my name well you did anyway Requesting the following jingles he's Trump. He's Trump our president Goat scream and guess what? What the Howard Dean screen? Oh You're kidding me! That's... coincidence? That's spooky, man. Spooky. Coincidence? Read the book. He's Trump! He's Trump! The President! You've got... karma. Hey they actually sound pretty good together Yeah maybe the same thing

1:19:27 Excellent, and thank you very much Jan. Okay now we got one here let me look see if I can find an email from him it's David van Root which in Dutch would be David Van Root but he is from Otis Louisiana so I don't know, maybe this is a pronunciation style guy. No he's from Oshkosh, Louisiana it sounds like this little bit $333 and he sent a note in Mr. Dvorak would you like 1 quarter of my kombucha? I sent him a note back saying not interested because I don't believe it's a healthy drink right It tastes like Arnold Palmer and can be used...it tastes like Arnold Palmer I wonder what that means And Arnold Palmer the drink! It doesn't say that says taste LIKE Arnold Palmer not AN-ARNOLD

1:20:15 Okay, okay next you're gonna think chain migration is a racist and can be used as a starter like sourdough Except with tea handmade in hand-delivered If it's hand delivered he must be around here. Mr. Curry I cannot handle ever kombucha to you however mr DeVore I can use the court of starters who make you a court of starter and him ten gallons of tea. C donation. Thanks, I'm after John explained to me some of the ins and outs mainly the outs of kombucha I have decided I am NOT interested but I appreciate it thank you we appreciate yes with a very good thought we admire your doing that. But don't send it to me because Tina doesn't drink it my daughter drinks it though but she's not here yeah she would mm-hmm why do you say that? Because she is liberal. Liberal?!

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Social Media Echo Chambers and Political Hostility

Adam Curry shares hostile comments from former MTV colleagues on Facebook regarding a recent train accident involving Republican congressmen. The comments, which suggested the accident was a "sign from God" or expressed regret that more Republicans didn't die, are used to illustrate the "protective bubble" of the entertainment industry.

facebook· mtv· evangelicals· train wreck· echo chambers· media corruption

1:21:09 Well, around you yeah because your dad might say something stupid. No no she's exactly like me except she's lesbian well I guess i'm a lesbian too sir pat yeah you're male lesbian oh sir pat 250 bucks unnecessary roughness five yards uh sir pat oh getting ready for the super bowl mm-hmm sir pat $250 to be associate executive producer for show at 10 four Sure, Pat here night of the SoCal Hills. Okay this is my quarterly associate executive producer donation to best podcast in universe what sparked me to donate was Adam's face bag conversation he had with Julie and Rhonda which she shared on the last show Jennifer type of segment on the show needs to be regular a regular occurrence which I have said too yes well i have another one it may not be possible that which is or Adam would be doing it more

1:22:03 And he also doesn't want to break through the window. No, although it'd take a long You have to have a good arm to get a breakthrough his window I really enjoy hearing dimension be people crazy talk Unbelievable how gone some people are literally? I feel bad for these people But there's nothing that can be done to help them That is why I'm going to continue to donate so we can be entertained by their stupidity well God bless them and then he says Then he says but go ahead. Yeah, you can read it But with that being said there's much to be blessed for if you're a regular listener and contributor to the show God put you two on the planet to educate those who are seeking the truth And I am one of those people appreciate all you do and keep up the good work looking forward to Super Bowl deconstruction Well, I will read Another just a quickie into comments from the face bag since I brought it with me today from again XMT MTV alumni Vinny

1:22:59 I will omit last names. Vinnie, who i work with for many years... Pleasantly! And two follow-up comments one by Neely and one by actually three One by Phil and one by Petra. I don't know Phil and Petra but I know Neely Here's the post Evangelicals colon Republicans in Congress almost killed in a train wreck a day after the State of the Union address Don't you think it's a sign from God? That's the comment Wow. And here, that's the post here in the comments Neely says hmm unfortunately was one of the hard-working garbage men who died dot dot dot Unfortunately that the Democrats, the older Republicans didn't die is what she's trying to say Phil chimes in no no no God saved them it's a miracle and Petra well it's good they have insurance this is the level my former co-workers have stooped too

1:24:05 You're in show business. They, they're the milieu is too strong to resist and remind create a but we actually have created a protective bubble and it is a bubble and it's a bubble end of buffer It's a buffer that's what we've done We've created a buffer against the bubbles that come out of the entertainment industry which has been corrupted Yes And that's the people who work in the entertainment industry That's they are in the entertainment industry today only they've moved on. They've moved on to be doing that do big I know one of my not one in this bag post But I'll have to read Alex's facebag post soon, but he did the you two segment on the Grammys I mean these are people who who really are in the business

CHAPTER 33 / 56 Discussion

Executive Producer Credits and Super Bowl Predictions

Executive producers including Vincent Pernot and Dame Susan are thanked for their support. The hosts briefly mention the upcoming Super Bowl between the Patriots and the Eagles, noting that being credited as a No Agenda producer has reportedly helped listeners secure jobs via LinkedIn.

new england patriots· philadelphia eagles· dame susan· seth· linkedin· credits

1:24:48 Yeah, they're in the business. And this is how they think and remind me to talk to you about the plane crash...the train crash after or in the C-block because I have a producer note Trainwreck C block Okay, there's chat room Troll room You heard that? Yep That trollroom Okay let's get that started Alright thank you very much sir Pat thank you appreciate it Got no jingles, no karma When is the Super Bowl so we can Oh Sunday Oh it's this Sunday? Yeah Who's playing Who's playing? Yes. The New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. Oh, Philly all the way! Why?! You'll find out... No you have some information to tell us. Yeah yeah. Vincent Pernot. Is it Pernot? Perno. Pernott. P-E-R-N-O-T. 250 I cannot find a letter from him or anything came in so 250 will give him some karma yes here it comes for you my good sir

1:25:50 You've got karma. And our last executive producer is Dame Susan, Newburgh Oregon and she sent in $202 with a handwritten card it's a card which I like Dear John and Adam thank you for the update on the Howling Chickens robotic team I didn't hear my name mentioned on their donation list, so i hope they receive my money. Oh Eric yeah! I think we mentioned all the names that were given...I think? I could have messed it up easily as possible okay well now you got mention give me two mentions there's a Dame Susan the credit card charged me so there is that as you too like to say onto this donation is in honor of Seth's

1:26:43 Birthday, you gotta write this down. Seth's birthday on 2-02 February second so the $202 not sure his age maybe 28 A few months ago, I called him out as a douchebag as he hit my son in the mouth who then hit me in the mouth but had never himself donated. It's chain hitting!

1:27:28 After the call out he did donate and included a very funny tongue-in-cheek note of explanation. Happy birthday Seth! For jingles, I would like just a few pew pews, a couple of Adam... you pick them... yeas and some house selling karma please Thanks for keeping me sane Dame Susan Thank You Dame I just, I'm looking for the pews. Interesting. Pews seem to... Did we use PewPew since you got a new system? Oh no! Uhh.. oh i see what's called network support really why would it be called that okay yes pewpews and then what were the other ones some yay little girl yay or anybody yelling yay mm-hmm and then some house selling karma okay now this is not the right one I don't think nope see that's hmm

1:28:27 That's really odd. What happened to our pew-pew? Maybe you're spelling it wrong, it's P E W Yeah oh here it is. Yes! Yes yes yes I got it! Oh good! And those are our associate and executive producers for a show 10-4, good buddy. No one took advantage of the big one but we may have a couple of ten fours down on the list and will be thanking people who came in over $50 and above in the eBlock Yeah, in the e-block and again want to remind all of our executive and associate executive producers that these credits are real they can be used anywhere credits are accepted and recognized. And we have heard from personal experience that putting them on your LinkedIn profile tends to get you gigs. Dvorak dot org slash N A That's for our show on Sunday! And of course will be preconstructing the Super Bowl so propagate Our formula is this We go out...we hit people in the mouth

CHAPTER 34 / 56 Discussion

Republican Train Crash and Checkpoint Anomalies

A producer reports seeing an unusual police checkpoint with a helicopter at the exact intersection where a train carrying Republican lawmakers later collided with a garbage truck. The hosts speculate on whether the event was a coordinated attempt at harm, comparing it to a plot point from the television show Rubicon.

train crash· garbage truck· police checkpoint· republicans· virginia· rubicon

1:29:37 All right, what were you gonna remind me? I was gonna remind you let me grab the sheet of paper where I wrote the reminder something about to train But one of our producers who wants to remain anonymous says it was very odd that the day before this crash at this very intersection there was a police checkpoint. He had to cross it several times and each time they asked for driver's license identification, there was a helicopter overhead and then the next day the checkpoint was not there or not there but after the crash immediately everybody was on the scene he said he was listening to the scanner

1:30:36 And he wanted to say that he had no idea, has never seen a checkpoint at that very intersection ever before. Which is troublesome when you think about it. It's very troublesome and just as one of our producers wrote into me saying this is very reminiscent of Rubicon. Ooh! Which episode and what? I don't...I think it was the first or second episode where the guy gets where the train crashes Oh yes, yes I remember now. It's very startling to the viewer So you've got a whole bunch of Republicans on a train and then at a checkpoint that was being...that just showed out of nowhere at the intersection where this took place they were hanging out Yeah in a garbage truck Yep Which is code That's code Could have and should have derailed the train probably killing a few of the Republicans

1:31:32 Yes, those trucks are no joke. No those things... if you're gonna put something up that's going to cause a problem I'd say a garbage truck would be right at the top of the list in terms of being hard to move but either that or one of those trucks has got the big rollers that flatten out the pavement i mean that would be also good That would be better Well let me take a look at said garbage truck Hmm yeah Well, it looks like one of those waste management... Oh geez. No that's a big truck. It's a normal big giant truck. That's a serious truck and apparently had a lot of stuff in it weighing it down because there was stuff spewed everywhere right? So no one has said it I'll just say it could have been a possible attempt Attempt at what? At hurting people Yes but you can say all you want to I'll say it Yeah

1:32:32 This is not a coincidence, and that you know... You listen to the facebag people. They're going on about hoping they guys all get killed! They're bunch of dirty rotten Republicans white supremacists. Literally Hitlers! Hitlers? Literally Hitlers! Yeah so I'm sure they will, no one's saying that because it's irresponsible. They'll say it It would be great to get some follow-up on that you know? There'll be nothing, covered up hushed up And without a doubt the most emailed article most tweeted most retweeted most bag posted article was the service peacock

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Emotional Support Animals and the Peacock Incident

The viral story of a woman attempting to bring an "emotional support peacock" onto a United Airlines flight is discussed. The hosts clarify the legal difference between trained service dogs and emotional support animals (ESAs), applauding airlines for finally cracking down on the "scam" of non-traditional support animals.

peacock· emotional support animal· esa· united airlines· fasa· mammals

1:33:11 I'm glad that everybody... I put myself in the category of promoting that one. I'm glad that everybody realizes and recognizes that your best podcast in the universe has been on this scam for how long now? Years?! I think it's almost since the beginning because you'd grouse about it constantly. No, not the beginning no way yeah but several years ago At least since show 200 and I've gone through all of the different legislation explaining what can and cannot and when you see that misinformation in these comments now people talk about an ESA An ESA is just not an officially approved thing there's one case where a dog can be trained under

1:33:58 under the current legislation that if you are prone to anxiety attacks or seizures and the dog can actually snap you out of it, that is a service dog. And that is permitted but somehow we got into lexicon this ESA they even have an acronym for it The Emotional Support Animal and people truly believed that equals a service animal which can really only be a dog there's some exceptions for ponies I thought that the comments surrounding this peacock were unbelievable. Many people said, let the bird fly! Let the bird on the plane! Did you see this thing? It's like a 40-pound bird... More importantly have you ever seen and or smelled peacock poop?! Yes No I never smelled the poop but Lex has a couple of them. They're horrible You could deafen the whole plane with that peacocks screech Yeah it was idiotic

1:34:56 And anyone saying that the peacock should have been allowed to fly is- Here's an idea. Lady, adopt a child! They're great for emotional support and by the way all animals are... All pets are emotional support animals Now you bring up an interesting point Am I right or not? What is actually what is the etymology of pet Well I don't know about that but let's skip that argument because it Okay, shallow and bring up the point you actually made. Okay? Which is why can't the kids come on board free right up to their teens or emotional support What if you have a your mom you're traveling should the mom fly free Yeah, I wish Should she's emotional support yeah

1:35:49 You buy the kid a ticket he needs or she needs emotional support. The mom flies free as emotional support animal Yes mammal Mammal more support maple EMM I'm an emotional ESM. I'm an emotional support mammal Yeah, yeah So but yeah the comments where people are really outraged She needs it its important. She needs to fly with it How else can you travel? Yeah, I know. I know! Sanity is ending luckily on our watch. You think? I do think it's ending. You think it's ending?! The airlines are finally giving up. They're just putting a stop to it. Yeah, I like what they've done and all in on that good work Airlines who I typically did not really like except for Southwest. Southwest is the best. Best. Southwest is the best South-best

CHAPTER 36 / 56 Discussion

The Nunes Memo and FBI Accuracy Concerns

The FBI issued a statement expressing "grave concerns" over material omissions in the Republican-authored Nunes memo regarding the Russia investigation. While the media portrays this as a clash between Trump and Director Christopher Wray, the hosts suggest the FBI may simply be trying to protect its own reputation regarding FISA warrant procedures.

nunes memo· fbi· christopher wray· devin nunes· fisa· russia investigation

1:36:45 Okay, what else we got here? Well. We got a lot of stuff well we got the memo Let's do the memo yeah Can I ask you question sure when this thing if this thing is ever released and I have my thoughts about that as I've said earlier It better say on top of it Memo random Because, you know what if you have like some file on Trump it's a dossier. C'est un dossier monsieur! You get something that could potentially be bad for the Democrats and a Democratic administration under Obama... It's mostly bad about the Democrats yeah. It better say memorandum above it or I'm gonna be pissed. We're gonna bitch if it doesn't

1:37:29 Alright, so we have a couple of reports. I have a bunch of clips there because i think they're kind of funny Let's start with NBC They bring... somehow this is only part of their report but they can't just leave the memo as the memo report and display it straight They gotta somehow clip it cook it attach it to Trump and his immigration policy Well of course! What else is there to do? So here we go. You got to tell me what clip it is NBC brings connects another big story We're following this evening is the battle brewing between President Trump and his own FBI director who was sounding the alarm over the potential release of that Republican memo on the Russia investigation The president indicating he'll release it the FBI now signaling grave concerns over its accuracy Urging the president not to do it

1:38:23 We get all the latest now from NBC's Peter Alexander. Tonight, President Trump again clashing with his FBI director this time Christopher Wray the man he hand-picked to replace James Comey The flashpoint a controversial Republican memo alleging anti-Trump bias within the FBI and Justice Department The bureau tonight waging an extraordinary public campaign to prevent the classified documents release. Warning of grave concerns about facts left out that fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy. President Trump tonight ignoring questions about the FBI's plea. Still, the president's mind appears made up.

1:39:04 Chief of Staff John Kelly today backing up his boss. It'll be released here pretty quick I think and the whole world can see it House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a former Trump transition official unleashing his own unprecedented attack on the FBI and DOJ accusing the agencies of having stonewalled Congress's demands for information for nearly a year all that overshadowing what The White House billed as a unifying State Of The Union address But President Trump's tough tone on a crucial immigration sticking point drew Democratic boos. Under the current broken system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives under our plan! As an aside...

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Nancy Pelosi on Chris Cuomo's Show

Nancy Pelosi appeared on CNN with Chris Cuomo to argue against the release of the Nunes memo, calling it "reckless." During the interview, she pivoted repeatedly to the GOP tax bill and the national debt, leading the hosts to highlight her verbal stumbles and perceived lack of focus.

nancy pelosi· chris cuomo· cnn· tax bill· russia investigation· incoherence

1:39:49 Did you see that the German broadcaster admitted they boosted the booze on Trump's speech at Davos? Good for them. Yeah, but no one ever says hey NBC CNN everyone else did it No, yeah course not just boost them just make it worse than it is well anyway So they I don't know how they got all of a sudden talking about immigration so there was a really crappy report and But the absolute best discussion of the memo was when Pelosi came on Cuomo's show. Yes! I have the Pelosi in Como and then I have an ISO, the funniest part. Then I have it sweetened. Recognizing the sacrifice that our men and women in the intelligence community make for our country's security that would say this is reckless. Christopher Wray got elected director of the FBI obviously recently selected by President Trump he got the memo He could've come out and said this is reckless don't release him

1:40:49 Let me just say this with all due respect, you really don't know what you're talking about right now. Did Christopher Wray look at it or no? I can't say whether he did or not but in order to redact you have to have the people who know the specifics of it. I'm saying if these concerns are so sharp and obvious... Well they've already said not to release it They already said not to release it. The Justice Department already said it would be reckless to release that you said that earlier in your... The DOJ said we've been reporting it absolutely but now there's this word that is somewhat of a compromise Wait a minute I want to tell you something let me just say this the Republican... Hold on a second what word? What word does he focusing on that's the compromise? I don't know. ... party has as I said crossed over to cover up

1:41:30 They're deadly afraid of the Russia investigation. We don't want the investigation to be anything but based on the law and the facts, and let the investigation proceed. That's the right thing to do for our country. We have to be respectful of law we have to respect intelligence and what they are doing is reckless in regard to both But the fact is also that it's a distraction from the fact that they passed a tax bill that gives 83% of benefits to the top 1%. They'd like to distract from that. 86 million middle class Americans will pay more in taxes, $1.5 trillion

1:42:08 Now up to $2 trillion, including interest will be added to the national debt. That they do give this gift to corporate America at the expense of our children's future... They don't want to talk about that! They don't want to talk about the fact that they have what they've done in terms of the president put forth a ridiculous memo on uh... well i don't know if he put it forth or they leaked it on infrastructure which doesn't even go where near what our country needs. They are doing bad things in terms of immigration and the rest there but they do is give you a nugget, here's what we're doing

1:42:44 on immigration isn't that wonderful while it looks so pretty and while they do very unpretty things behind the scenes. Same thing with tax bill, isn't this a nice little thing we're giving you? While we give... I want to take on each of those things but hold on And same thing again with intelligence We're going to show your memo Alright This is ridiculous! Alright I hear ya That was pretty incoherent She was pretty, yes. But I have the here's the part that is I think it worth an ISO to which is the first one Rosenstein defended the special counsel in front of the American people Have you seen Good Cause to Fire Special Counsel? What are you playing? Hold on a second It says report oh I'm so sorry wrong ISO

1:43:31 Yeah, my mistake. Pelosi Iso do not know what you're talking about. I understand. I'm sorry. Let me just say this with all due respect... You really don't know what you're talking about right now? I just think that's a good one! Yes And then here's it I sweetened it a little bit so it's got a little more uh, A little more oomph to it? More Pelosi. He could have come out and said this is reckless don't release it Let me just say this with all due respect You really don't know what you're talking about right now That works better How long did you spend on it

1:44:09 Not long. They're pretty obvious where she's bubbling along like that Oh man, that was funny I was looking for an Obama if-if-if couldn't find it that fast Well yeah he tops that for sure Oh man Yeah so those other ISOs are part of a deconstruction of one of the stories I've decided that ABC is absolute worst at doing whipsaw Well before we go there let me stick with the memo Oh yes, you're good. So in that report at the beginning... In fact maybe I should just play it just because we did all that funny stuff and not actually not the other report

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FBI Press Office Statement and Memo Release Process

The hosts analyze the specific wording of the FBI's statement on the Nunes memo, noting it came from the Press Office rather than Director Wray personally. They debate whether Trump will block the release or if the five-day review period will expire, making the document public by default on Monday.

fbi· christopher wray· nunes memo· transparency· material omissions· trump

1:44:49 The NBC report. Here we go, let me just play the beginning again. Another big story we're following this evening is the battle brewing between President Trump and his own FBI director who was sounding the alarm over the potential release of that Republican memo on the Russia investigation. The president indicating he'll... Now I played this game with the Keeper last night said okay what is your understanding? Who said what about the memo What you just heard there is the president's own FBI director is coming out against him and that... I mean, what is your understanding of who said what about the memo from the FBI? You're asking me?! Yeah! I'm asking to see because believe me. I was mind-controlled too before I went and read it. You read the memo? Yeah no

1:45:40 Okay, just answer the question we can move along. Okay give me the question again succinctly what regarding an FBI statement yeah regarding the memo who said what well I don't believe there's any direct quotes from anybody. Personally, I don't know who said anything all i know is that they're conveying the message that the new FBI director doesn't think this a good idea because of the memo being released because it's missing information that would be of value for making it more round or fuller memo Thank you now you actually went a little bit further than most

1:46:20 Because the implication is, oh my god Trump's own FBI director. Now this is a dual... This is a parallel universe split dimension issue One side Dimension B squarely hears, ah! Can you believe this? Trump is so crazy about trying to get to Mueller that even his own FBI director doesn't want this memo released So here's what was released It's from the FBI National Press Office. It is not from Director Wray, it is from the FBI Press Office and it says The FBI takes seriously its obligations to the FISA Court and its compliance with procedures overseen by career professionals in the Department of Justice and the FBI We are committed to working with the appropriate oversight entities to ensure the continuing integrity of the FISA process

1:47:14 With regard to the House Intelligence Committee's memorandum, the FBI was provided a limited opportunity to review this memo the day before the committee voted to release it. As expressed during our initial review we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy." Now, you can take this two ways. You can take it as the director is fighting the president there they're butting heads because look what he said don't release the memo! But no I think this is a trick and they're falling for it because of the way you can also read this

1:47:51 This is not Ray, it's the FBI so it can't be attributed to Ray. Hey you know let's release the memo but let's make sure we get all that stuff that everyone says is fake everyone says Nunes didn't read everybody says is not based on fact and then no one has seen the backup material Let's put it all in a report and then release it That's the way you can read this as well Okay What are your conclusions on all of this? Here's what I think I think the president will temporarily block its release. This thing is so valuable to him and the Republicans, it would be crazy to release it now."

1:48:40 This is not you he is not he's going to block it out of the way I understand that is either. He says okay release it or He says block it, and I think he can block it indefinitely No, he has to sign off on it Oh yeah But if he doesn't block it within five days there'll be Monday then it becomes public anyway That's my understanding of the process. I believe that he will Block it temporarily or indefinitely or whatever it is to just hold it over and keep everyone busy of course, hold it over everybody's head. It may not even be that great I'm not so sure... Well your initial thesis says this is not that great Yeah bullcrap yeah So I'm still kind of thinking it's not that great unless the FBI gets the time which they clearly are asking for To put material omissions a fact That fundamentally impact the memos accuracy

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FISA Warrants and the Steele Dossier

The core of the Nunes memo is alleged to be the FBI's improper use of the DNC-funded Steele Dossier to obtain FISA warrants to spy on the Trump campaign. The hosts explain that the FBI likely wants to add context to the memo to show the dossier was only one part of a larger, more "elaborate" argument for surveillance.

fisa· steele dossier· dnc· spying· fourth amendment· wiretapping

1:49:38 You know, when you read something like that Dimension A says oh huh maybe we need to you know To tweak it a little bit get all the backup and then present it. Dimension B thinks ha! It's inaccurate Well here is what I think And I think we pretty much know what the memo is about because it's been, we've deconstructed what it's about from various congressional hearings where people asked us certain questions. Let me summarize it because its very important in the American life and American constitution more importantly is the government cannot just spy on you and that's why it is a very complicated process for today's technological infrastructure with this FISA court. It's not perfect by any means but it's what we agreed to, and its secret which makes it already quite iffy and that is one of the fears of constitutionalists

1:50:31 is, well when you have something secret shit can go wrong and apparently that's exactly what happened. It always goes wrong and that's what apparently happened and that would be a gross violation of at least the Fourth Amendment tons of other violations and it would really put the whole FISA, the whole wiretapping process... You know if they would be the worst fears come true me too Well, here's what I think. And you can tell from the way they were asking questions in various hearings at what didn't take a genius to figure this out. The FBI and cahoots with the Democratic Party and this is what the memo was going to say. And then I'll tell you what I think they're gonna try to do to contradict it because you heard everything I'm gonna say is not any theory of mine. It's kind of pulled out of public domain things that have already been said.

1:51:30 The memo says that the FBI improperly used the DNC paid for dossier, gussied it up took it before FISA and got a warrant to spy on the Trump campaign. Specifically the one guy but just pretty much the whole campaign This was after they had previously failed to get a FISA warrant, which the way they tell the story. They had tried to get a FISA warrant and they couldn't get it because it was a bogus attempt to spy on the Trump campaign then they took the dossier and presented it and said hey look what's going on we got us get our FISA warrants. So the dossier was the tipping point? The dossier was a tipping point. The counter to that is because I've heard this too

1:52:17 is yes, the dossier was used but it was only a part of a new more elaborate argument. And that's what the FBI is bitching about they don't want to make it look just because the Republicans would love it Let's take this phony dossier, package it up. Take it before the FISA court saying we need a warrant to spy on Trumps operation and so they got their warrant and that is what happened That's what this memo is going to say more or less And why would the FBI be stopping that? The FBI doesn't want to stop it. They want to add new information. Yes, yeah well we agree! We agree. They want to make it downplay the dossier and up play their great abilities to put together an argument. Yeah. Besides the point with the Democrats, the Democrats don't wanna see this thing at all because they know it's embarrassing. No, the Democrats are taking it yet one step further

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John Heilemann and the "Russian Agent" Accusation

Journalist John Heilemann suggested on MSNBC that Devin Nunes might be a "compromised" Russian agent. The hosts cite this as evidence of "Dimension B" becoming unhinged, while also warning "Dimension A" listeners not to believe extreme rumors, such as Trump reading the memo during the State of the Union.

john heilemann· devin nunes· russian agent· msnbc· dimension b· unhinged

1:53:17 John Heilman, have we talked about Heilmann? Yeah and he's a friend of mine. Yeah okay here's your friend Senator it's John Heilman here I want to ask you a question that under almost any other circumstances would be ridiculous and absurd but under these circumstances i think is actually warranted Is it possible that the Republican chairman of the House Intel Committee has been compromised by the Russians? Is it possible he actually had a Russian agent running the House Intel Committee on the Republican side. I hope not, because I certainly have no information to suggest that is... Doesn't his behavior speak of that though? I mean I'm not the first person who's raised this

1:53:52 He's behaving like someone who has been compromised and there are people in the intelligence community, and others with great expertise in this area who look at him and say that guy has been compromised. Well, I don't have that expertise. What i also know is that there are plenty of Republicans who simply instinctually act in a way to protect their president and his actions would certainly comport with that motivation. I don't necessarily know if there's another explanation Your friend is unhinged Yeah he is. I never said he wasn't unhinged No but if he's a bud All my friends, all my friends who are journalists are on that dimension B what am i supposed to tell ya? Nah nah I feel bad for you Why? I never see these guys except for the locals Well then you have no friends I have you my friend Oh oh I just threw up in my mouth

1:54:44 Good about time. So I don't think we're gonna see a release, I think it will be used as a great tool... It's already been... No no it has to be released. Hmm well hmm although... It has to be released and then they got Trump unfortunately caught him after the speech talking to 100% saying what I want to point out that and i'm going to start repeating this dimension a people you are also in danger of becoming completely unhinged and extreme Dimension A people are on hinged there yeah it wouldn't argue that but if it's important to say that we talk about Dimension A&B would both have issues. And the Dimension A people were all about

1:55:31 Trump, he's gonna read the memo during the State of the Union. Okay? You are now officially unhinged. It was wishful thinking and yeah, I would love it. You would love it We all love it but to think that that would actually happen no of course great Yeah, this is wishful thinking And it's wishful thinking for everybody what his unhinged thoughts you must stop you must stop this people Just not healthy. That's funny though. It's not healthy. It's just not healthy

CHAPTER 41 / 56 Discussion

Rod Rosenstein and the "Loyalty" Allegations

ABC News reported that President Trump allegedly asked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, "Are you on my team?" The hosts deconstruct the report, arguing that the media is attempting to establish a pattern of Trump demanding "loyalty" similar to previous allegations involving James Comey and Andrew McCabe.

rod rosenstein· robert mueller· loyalty· abc news· david muir· pierre thomas

1:56:08 Well, both political extremes which is everybody now has always been unhinged on both sides. I'm surprised they don't get more fistfights Yeah, I mean that's why the Senate has all these rules about even saying anything about another senator Right because they used to have this fights in the good old days and the good old days So let's talk about just Rob Rosenstein the latest thing yeah Rob Rosenstein, this is a non-story to me. It's not provable there's nothing to it and what is the story? The story is that Trump had a meeting with him recently and demanded his loyalty

1:56:53 Wasn't that like right in the beginning? No, no this is no. That was another guy he demanded the loyalty of Comey Oh yes Yes, yes as a new guys demanding the loyalty or but but it's not really demanding his loyalty You need to put that on the Trump rotation list demands loyalty. Well. It's a good point mm-hmm Where's the list? I already lost it. Uh, well...I'll find it and put it on. No you won't Yeah, I will because it's on a computer luckily Except they got to put those new items Now let's go uh so he didn't really demand loyalty He asked if you're on my team Yes But then Dimension B and the news media all picked it up And decided to make that he demands loyalty I honestly did not know that

1:57:38 I had not seen any original statements. Oh, yeah it's all over the place this is a big news item now i want to play the ABC report with David Muir and within the way within the report There are three whipsaws which I'll point out, you should be able to catch them as they come and go. There's three in this really kind of a lame non-report. Robert Mueller reports to Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein and now comes word tonight that President Trump allegedly asked Rosenstein Are You On My Team? ABC Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas from Washington

1:58:24 The president has been accused of demanding loyalty before. Has he done it again? This time with the man in charge of special counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller reports to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein because Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation and now a source telling ABC News During a meeting just weeks ago, the president asked Rosenstein if he was on his team and allegedly also wanted to know about the direction of the Russia probe. Questions that seemed to surprise Rosenstein within days of that meeting, Rosenstein defended the special counsel in front of the American people

1:59:01 Have you seen Good Cause to Fire special counsel Mueller? No. Critics say President Trump's question to Rosenstein, are you on my team?, is part of a pattern. Former FBI director James Comey claims the president told him I need loyalty. I expect loyalty He asked specifically of loyalty in the context of asking me to stay. And just last week, the president allegedly asked former FBI acting director Andrew McCabe who he voted for. Did you ask him which KGB he voted for? I don't think so. No, I don't think I did. You did not. I don't know what's the big deal with that!

1:59:39 Here Thomas with us tonight and obviously Pierre we know McCabe abruptly stepping aside as deputy FBI director just this week. David, McCabe's departure was another sign of the mounting tension between the White House and the Justice Department Okay that was a fairly contentless report that told us nothing ABC to the max and it could be all lies and the three whipsaws were in there I know how did you catch any of them? You sure, of course. Of course I did but I have ISO devolves I presume you have them Yep And so I wanted to play him one after another and what we have is a an assertion Followed by a clip to approve to prove the assertion that doesn't exist The clip either doesn't prove the assertion

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ABC News Whipsaw Deconstruction

The hosts perform a "whipsaw" deconstruction of an ABC News segment, showing how the network uses clips that don't actually support their assertions. For example, a clip of Rosenstein saying there was no "good cause" to fire Mueller is framed as him "defending" the Special Counsel, which the hosts argue is a logical leap.

abc news· whipsaw· james comey· rod rosenstein· andrew mccabe· media manipulation

2:00:31 Or in one case, it denies the assertion which I find to be the most fascinating way to do this. And the other one is just kind of random thoughts about the assertion let's try one. Rosenstein defended the special counsel in front of the American people Have you seen good cause to fire a special counsel Mueller? No What does that mean? Not finding good cause is not the same as defending He makes the assertion that Rosenstein defended Asking somebody if they found good cause to fire me, say no doesn't mean you're defending it. It's got nothing to do with it! It is an off topic. Yes I agree Good catch So that so that's number one let's go to number two Former FBI Director James Comey claims the president told him I need loyalty. I expect loyalty He asked specifically of loyalty in the context of asking me to stay Now this one is a real gem Yeah its very good

2:01:30 Asking him for loyalty implies that he's like gonna be lockstep, you know agree with him and do everything he's told. But so they play the clip where Comey says yes He asked for loyalty in context of my staying in other words Are you gonna stay here? You know I need your loyalty Yes, and though I'd like to just stay on yeah And that's the only context. So he wasn't like demanding loyalty in any way, so that... Let's listen again. Former FBI Director James Comey claims the president told him I need loyalty! I expect loyalty! He asked specifically of loyalty in the context of asking me to stay. Sheesh Where is the I-expect-loyalty proof?

2:02:18 The second half of Pierre's open question was, I expect loyalty. Kind of paraphrasing Trump there is nothing like that in this play one more time just to see how egregious this one is Former FBI director James Comey claims the president told him I need loyalty. I expect loyalty Yes, specifically of loyalty in the context of Asking me to stay they should just left that last bit out In the context bit yeah well the thing is short it would be too short It would be too short it'd be too like build a wall yes, it's a

2:03:04 I don't think that they're aware that they're doing this and they're not really trying to trick us. This is actually their reporting, totally convinced that whatever there think they are doing in terms of reporting, i think they just think that this is yeah okay we got the proof I think they're insane. Okay, last one. The president allegedly asked former FBI acting director Andrew McCabe who he voted for. Did you ask him that? I don't think so. No, I don't think I did. You did not. I don't know what's the big deal with that! Okay this was just a complete

2:03:45 He makes an assertion and then it's denied that you can't use it to prove your point. You don't bring a clip in that says no This is the worst of the three in that regard It just doesn't even come close to making the point he couldn't come up with anything better than Trump denying it That really, this very very poor job by ABC and people should be aware that ABC does this all the time. He's a grandstander The FBI director has no credibility He is the wrong man for that position Call me, call me, call me, call me, call me, call me, call me, every time

CHAPTER 43 / 56 Discussion

The Erosion of Loyalty in American Culture

A discussion on the changing definition of "loyalty" suggests that younger generations are being taught to view the concept as "mob-like" or outdated. The hosts argue that traditional loyalty to company, country, and family is being replaced by a globalist mindset that views national or organizational allegiance with suspicion.

loyalty· work culture· globalism· millennials· corporate culture· patriotism

2:04:29 You know, I was thinking about this loyalty thing. This is another one for the list that i might start maintaining about things millennials don't understand about America and hate And I've been taught to hate. Yes, the hate list and loyalty is something very traditional in the American spirit and American work culture where you are loyal to your company You are! You're loyal to your country. You're loyal to your family But the context of company is as the one I think that is gone. It went for solely gone And it was important, you know You would be loyal to the I'll be in I can recall not even that long ago In meetings while I'm loyal to my company someone would say and therefore we're not going to do this or you know whatever whatever The situation is they've law you have loyalty two things and now it's seen as He's a mobster

2:05:26 Yeah, I'm telling you watch it watch it happen. Oh Loyalty yeah and they'll throw in little clips of blood oath They're like oh they'll throwing clips of the Godfather and casino and stuff like that You can just predict it is just gonna happen It's another thing that sadly the young people of America Have been taught to hate Or a taught is wrong or as part of the rotten. Well that I think it's part of this, the overriding structure to remove America from having its own country It's being its own country. It's a globalist thing Why are we subscribing to this you America America America This America That? You hear just white. We don't want that! We wanna global...we do not need this loyalty Exactly

CHAPTER 44 / 56 Discussion

Nicole Kidman's Bug-Eating Video

Vanity Fair released a video of actress Nicole Kidman eating various insects, including live hornworms, mealworms, and fried grasshoppers. The hosts describe her technique with chopsticks and her "reptilian" demeanor, noting the sound of the insects being crushed in her mouth as she promotes "micro livestock" as a food source.

nicole kidman· vanity fair· entomophagy· micro livestock· crickets· grasshoppers

2:06:22 Exactly. Yeah, I think there's some of that if you're done with this I have an entremont before we thank a couple people? I'm done with that yes This is a fantastic piece of video You must see this video because the way she does it is just something to behold So this one of the rare cases where video would be a plus This is from Vanity Fair. Vanity Fair somehow, actually it's not that hard to imagine because they asked Nicole Kidman to do a demonstration of her eating a variety of bugs and this woman is a reptile when you see the way she uses chopsticks

2:07:06 She's sitting in a nice kind of decor with curtains, heavy curtain backdrop and there is little table next to her. She is sitting down and it's edited so they keep showing a plate of different bugs Some of them are alive some of them not And she has chopsticks and she eats them but she eats them and her tongue comes out John I am telling you Hand on my heart her tongue comes out like a lizard and a little bit off to the side Little little skewer pointy and she slurps the bugs up and she keeps looking off two people like see See I ate it And even the audio is good because you and I have to give people a trigger warning. You will hear the bugs being

2:07:47 Crushed alive in her mouth. I'm Beryl Kohl Kidman and i am going to eat a four course meal of bugs! I am here to reveal my hidden talent eating micro livestock corn worms they're still alive extraordinary very moist chewy can't quite describe the flavor but need a little water Let's try the second course, shall we? Just a little side note. Two billion people in the world eat bugs and I'm one of them because here we go. We have some me worms. I'm telling you, I'd win Survivor! That is a fruity taste. I recommend it. Here we have... Oh! Crickets! Nothing. Awesome

2:08:47 Like nothing you've ever tasted. Like a hairy nut! Don't, oh my gosh and not from the shell And now for dessert The fried grasshopper these are amazing These are exquisite Grasshoppers I recommend them For anyone. Thank you for spending so much time with me and watching me eat bugs, till next time

2:09:29 There you go. She gets a round of applause Oh yeah, from the whole crew You get the clip of the day for that, what am I supposed to do? Recognize yes nothing Even though it's not a great clip Well I set it up properly No no I'm saying because there is not much talking just her going mmm another delicious bug She's a reptile! She's a reptile! Hello bugs! Bugs bugs bugs Tastes like poop. A classic. He's a reptile, I tell ya! Wow... Yeah you gotta see the video Only on The No Agenda Show ladies and gentlemen.

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Associate Executive Producer Credits and Knighting

Producers Arthur Thompson, Angela Castaneda, and others are recognized for their financial contributions. The hosts discuss the "10-4" donation trend and fulfill requests for "F Cancer" jingles and health-related karma for listeners and their families.

arthur thompson· angela castaneda· sir donald· knighthood· donations· f cancer

2:10:27 Okay, we do have some people to thank for show 10-4. Arthur Thompson $199 and 99 cents I you know this when you get these guys doing that donation? I want to bump them up and make him associate executive producer And we're gonna do that. Okay, so I'll read his note. I appreciate the show where both hosts Frank and Herman can speak their minds and won't be fired if they say something that someone does not like! I hope this donation keeps that show going yes That's right We can't be fired because we don't have a boss

2:11:04 Our boss is the public that they stop when people like you Arthur. Yes, then we're We've been fired that will be good that will constitute being fired So yes You are indeed helping this keep shut the show going yeah? And so we'll be going and doing something else with it I will I will gladly throw in my coin here there you go bumped up yep So I just... Onward to Kelly Miller at $156. Angela Castaneda, $104. Oh! That's Dame Angela, producer extraordinaire of the Airstream of Consciousness tour. Yes, Dame Angela. Thank you, Dame Angela. 10-4 good buddy? Brian Moss and Brancho somewhere on the media screen. 10-4 good buddy.

2:11:56 Rancho Santa Maria. Santa Margarita? Santa Margarita, of course Laura Wilson in Sammamish Washington $104 Vince Cornell parts unknown $104 these are the 104 dollars 10-4 donations we have I'm gonna read 10 for you say ten four ten for to Kenneth Godwin in Vacaville California Sir Thomas J of the bio city 10 4 Don Mills, Shasta Lake California. 10-4 Claiming my knighthood with this donation would like to be known as Sir Donald Earl of Mills since my middle name is EARL! Also shout out to Todd Moss who hit me in the mouth several years ago Thank you very much and... 10-4, over

2:12:45 Sir Steven Schneider, karma. You want some karma? Put it at the end. Viscount Jojo, the network chimp of DuPage County $104 for a good buddy. Ah, the viscount. And last on the list of 10 for technically is Michael Reardon. And he says we rock here's to another thousand shows and he's in San Diego now, we have and will do your F cancer jingle at the end. And we have as the alternatives We have kind of a switcheroo on the ten four thing row where we go to $100 and 40 cents

2:13:30 Which also kind of reflects 1004 as the show number. So they count as the same, so they're all 10 fours but there are a little different. There's only two of them one is Nathan Lee Miller Foster and Also congratulating us on The Thousand Shows and Sir Chard Of The Tiny Cars. Yes He has recovery karma for the beautiful Miss Tanya going through some difficult times and needs all the know agenda help we can get. So she's gonna get a new bit of health at the end. 100 bucks from Anushka Wardee, I don't know where she is from. I think it's Lon Baker $100 Sir Stephen of Lincolnshire 92 Peter Tangney in Plymouth Massachusetts 68 Tyler Arp

CHAPTER 46 / 56 Discussion

Technical Discrepancies and Show Sunday Promotion

The hosts discuss technical issues with color rendering between Microsoft Excel and LibreOffice. They also promote the upcoming Sunday show, which will "pre-construct" the Super Bowl, and Dvorak jokingly calls himself a "traitor" for listening to Andrew Horowitz's financial podcast.

libreoffice· excel· vga monitor· color palette· andrew horowitz· super bowl

2:14:25 In Des Moines, Iowa 5676. Puts no jingle no karma yeah I guess so. Yeah gotcha John Gardner which i believe is a sir? I believe so as well He gives a shout out on the 22nd it's too late for related one for myself Shout out on the 22nd This is for Baron Richard Gardner his son he failed to give him a 60th birthday shoutout So we put it on today! So he's shouting out himself its self-shoutervation Can we put him on the list for a birthday? He's on the list. Oh, okay Well, I don't know Greg dial 55 yellow John you don't have yellow X I told you this before the yellow and oh yeah, I'm sorry Yellow is it's a bad color for your monitor or whatever whatever that is No IV I mean We'd have like gray which is so dark I can barely read through in this yellow crazy cuz the gray is really light gray for me Yeah well what are you gonna do

2:15:21 Greg Dial, 55 double nickels on the dime. It's also double nickels on the dime for Gardner. Jason Petrie $50 and 20 cents. Sir Alexander 50-02 and then that brings us to the $50 donors and I'll read them in order name and location of course there is no particular order Jordan in San Francisco 50 Tyler Schimpf in Bothell Washington Titus Chou in Houston, Texas. He's at F Cancer Karma which is a sad note. Steven Welch parts unknown Scott Knight in Las Vegas Nevada Dennis Brown and Rhinelander Wisconsin

2:16:11 Dean Castanko, which I believe is a sir in Jacksonville Arkansas and last but not least our longtime Sir Alan Bean in Oakland California want to thank all these folks for helping produce and contribute to the show 10-4 of the no agenda series. 10-4 good buddy! Yeah I do want to say about Sir Alexander was it Sir Alexander? No Titus Chow his sister-in-law died of cancer and Now she's passed his brother needs karma for raising three boys age 4 11 and 9 on 14 11 and 14 by the night on his own So that's why I needed some Karma also. Yeah regarding the colors Are you still using your VGA monitor? You're 256 color VGA mon yeah, yeah I got that special connector which had get in adapter for it works with a USB

2:17:08 No, I think it is interesting to me from a technical perspective because you're opening this and I think Libra office Libre office Yes at Libro or open office which one are you no? No this office Libre. I believe so for some reason Office Libre interprets the color codes from Excel in a different way Yeah, probably well. I just find that interesting why wouldn't they do it right oh I don't know, maybe they get sued? I have no idea. Oh for stealing Microsoft's color palette? Maybe. It could happen! Hey well thank you everybody for supporting your best podcast in the universe although you got it you got a question speaking of loyalty what is the best podcast in the universe John? The No Agenda Show What is the best podcast out there

2:18:02 The No Agenda Show. I'm John C. Dvorak and I listen to Andrew Horowitz's, The Disciplined Investor. I think it is the best podcast on the air. You traitor! Well, in that market. Oh in that market? Okay. Yes please remember us for our show coming up on Sunday where we pre-construct the Super Bowl and you will amaze your friends when you tell them exactly who's going to win it by how many points because were really good at that well maybe not all of that but we'll try for you and again thank you for your courage Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs

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Knighting Ceremony for Sir Donald Earl of Mills

A formal knighting ceremony is held for Sir Donald Earl of Mills for his $1,000 contribution. The ceremony includes the traditional No Agenda list of "rewards," such as hookers and blow, brisket, and Polish potato vodka, as he is welcomed to the No Agenda Round Table.

knighting· sir donald· hookers and blow· chardonnay· brisket· polish vodka

2:18:42 You've got karma. Yeah, let's see what we got here on the list. We have a bladed happy birthday to John Gardner from himself to himself. He turned 60 on December 22nd Sir Stephen of Lincolnshire says happy birthday to his horse Smokin' Make good we have here for Sir Wire of the Hidden Jewel, James Pyers.

2:19:28 Want to offer belated congratulations for the exceptional no agenda milestones of ten years and show 1000 The anniversary that proved beyond a reasonable doubt that no agendas value for model value-for-value model works Thanks. Today is my daughter's Serafina's 10th birthday thus she's been listening to know agenda for her entire life Entire life, how about that? And he says could you please wish her a happy birthday and and play the following jingles. He wants all the ITM jingles in sequence. Boom! There you go, so that's how we do it. Your sword? Hold on here it is I got it sorry. Don Mills How are you doing?! You are the sole recipient of a knighting today So would like to step up the podium here next to lectern near the Noah Jenner round table The dames and knights

2:20:26 And I proudly pronounce the KD, Sir Donald Earl of Mills for your contribution of $1,000 and more to The No Agenda Show. For you we have Hookers & Blow, Rent Boys & Chardonnay, Brisket Barrel Aged Copper Ale, Pinball and Power Chords Goat Chops and Goat Milk, Polish Potato Vodka Diet Soda and Video Games Fish Pie and Felacio We've got Harlots & Haldol Pepperoni rolls and pale ales, we've got redhead and rice. We got beer and blunts, cowgirls in coffin varnish. We've got breast milk and pavloom, ginger ale and gerbils And of course mutton and meat! And you can find your ring after you give your size to Eric the Shill at NoahGeneration.com slash rings Thank you very much everybody thank you for keeping the show going it really does help Merci beaucoup I was researching a story well actually two stories i was researching three stories i was researching holy moly

CHAPTER 48 / 56 Discussion

Virginia Internet Censorship Bill and Obscenity Laws

A proposed bill in Virginia would require all internet-connected devices to have default blocking for "obscene content." The hosts examine the legal definitions of obscenity in Virginia law, noting that the language is outdated and could potentially criminalize users for images found in their temporary browser cache.

virginia· censorship· obscenity· child pornography· internet filters· browser cache

2:21:18 And the first one is about what? He said holy moly. It's funny Yeah, that comes from Frank Zappa. Did he say holy no he would say great googly-moogly yeah He says so holy moley is an old classic all right So this is a bill in Virginia that work would require it's a proposed bill so nothing has passed yet and that would require anyone who has a device that connects to the internet which allows you to up or download content, to limit access to quote obscene content. And I find this very interesting for number of reasons. One what is obscene? and yeah and of course how are they going to enforce this is as a whole other question but in this let me just bring us up here

2:22:14 Let me zoom in, rotate and enhance. So this is really the first paragraph that it's all about prohibited sale of products with internet capabilities semicolon obscene content It is unlawful for any person to distribute or sell any product that makes content accessible on the Internet Unless the product possesses an operating digital content blocking capability that renders obscene content, including obscene items, obscene performances or obscene exhibitions inaccessible. Such person shall make reasonable and ongoing efforts to ensure the proper functioning of the digital content blocking capability and shall ensure that the following content is inaccessible."

2:22:57 child pornography as defined in and they give a whole bunch of they gave a Law number the Virginia law any image created or disseminated in violation of and two more articles And any website that facilitates the commission of an offense set forth in The next article so I look these articles up, and the first one. I started with was the definition of obscene I think that's very important. And they have a legal definition of obscene in the Code of Virginia 18.2-372, the word obscene where it appears shall mean that which considered as a whole has its dominant theme or purpose an appeal to the purient interest in sex

2:23:43 That is, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity sexual content sexual excitement excretory functions or products thereof or sadomasochistic abuse and which goes substantially beyond customary limits of candour in description or representation of such matters and which taken as a whole does not have serious literary artistic political or scientific value. What do you think? I don't know, sounds like an old definition. Sounds very old to me! Yeah like the 50s or the 40's or 30's probably. So i looked up some of these codes

2:24:24 And child pornography means sexually explicit visual material which utilizer has a subject and identifiable minor. An identifiable minor is a person who was a minor at the time the visual depiction was created, etc., etc... For the purpose of this article, the term sexually explicit visual material means a picture photograph drawing sculpture motion picture film digital image including such materials stored in their computers temporary internet cache which is kind of scary if it's in your browser cache when three or more images or streaming videos are present, or similar visual representation which depicts sexual bestiality a lewd exhibition of nudity as nudity is defined or sexual excitement etc. So if they find three images In your browser cache then you're a child pornographer Or you use child pornography and

CHAPTER 49 / 56 Discussion

Outdated Virginia Morality Laws

Research into Virginia's legal code reveals that "fornication" remains a class 4 misdemeanor and frequenting a "bawdy place" (lewd establishments) is also illegal. The hosts joke that books like Fifty Shades of Grey would technically be considered obscene under the proposed internet filtering legislation.

virginia· fornication· bawdy place· fifty shades of grey· misdemeanors· strip clubs

2:25:22 They have more definitions, but really the one I wanted to get to this as i was looking around. I find out all kinds of interesting things in law such as fornication is still illegal in Virginia if you're not married Any person just like Saudi Arabia there in Virginia. Yeah, well it's a class for misdemeanor So it's not that big of deal But that's the $250 fine any person not being married who voluntarily shall have sexual intercourse with any other person Shall be guilty of fornication punishable as a class 4 misdemeanor I wonder when the last time that was actually happened if is not dead letter law

2:25:59 Well, they have a lot of crimes. Like... Well everybody does. Misdemeanor stuff and the final thing that you can get in trouble for in Virginia it just shows you what kind of place this is and I like this Langley baby keeping residing in or frequenting a bawdy place That can be, that's a class 3 misdemeanor punishable by $500. You can't go to a strip bar? Then why do they let the places get built? Let me tell you what it means A bawdy place B-A-W-D-Y bawdy shall mean any place within or without any building or structure which is used for lewdness assignation or prostitution so just pure lewdness Yeah that would be a strip bar

2:26:52 That's not the, well that's one way to define lewdness. Sure seems lewd to me yeah you don't see this when you're on the bus and then finally as I've gone through all of this books are also included And I'm thinking Fifty Shades of Grey is in big trouble in Virginia if this passes. You'd think... Because that would affect it according to the book. The book is dirty, yeah! It's got all the rules broken there. It's obscene for sure. Yes, obscene and also exciting apparently to women who read the book. And women who hate the movie love the book. Women who love the book hate the movie.

CHAPTER 50 / 56 Discussion

Government 5G Network Proposal and Google Lobbying

A leaked PowerPoint deck suggested the U.S. government should build a nationalized 5G network to compete with China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative. The hosts deconstruct the proposal as a lobbying effort by Google and major financial institutions like Wells Fargo and JP Morgan to gain access to mobile infrastructure.

5g· nationalization· google· goldman sachs· wells fargo· lobbyists· one belt one road

2:27:38 But yeah, okay you did a bunch of research. What is the likelihood of this thing getting past zero? Yeah I agree but it's interesting to keep our eye on it Well okay... Meh! Alright then how about the 5G plan Did you read this? Well the 5G plan could be interesting. So the 5g plan, I smelled a rat the minute i read the article A RAT! A Rat... I'm like yeah oh oh the FC uh awesome someone propose uh we're gonna do a 5g government-owned network

2:28:17 And it was present, you know somehow the verge I think had gotten a hold of a PowerPoint deck. It even referenced this is and by the way having a great 5G infrastructure totally is important to our country But to say this is a good strategy against the Chinese one belt, one road as they said in the PowerPoint. That's when I knew this is a lobbyist. Yeah they don't know what One Belt One Road is This is a lobbyist and I look into it and yeah okay now I understand there's two... It's even in the PowerPoint really There are 2 financial anchor partners for this project Can you guess?

2:29:01 Goldman Sachs has to be one of them. Close, close Wells Fargo JP Morgan Wells Fargo Oh Wells Fargo? Yeah interesting but that's the money part of it and then what's the other company think a company who wants to get into phones but doesn't have a network well Microsoft would be up there geez its so obvious okay who Google oh Google this is their lobbying group I wouldn't have thought that because Microsoft does have a network of all that fiber Yeah, but 5G is something completely different. So you know this was an easy one to deconstruct and I saw people freaking out over... No, not doing a time code. I'm not doing one of those again

CHAPTER 51 / 56 Discussion

Hydrogen Sulfide and Flatulence Health Headlines

A clinical report from the University of Exeter regarding the cellular benefits of hydrogen sulfide was distorted by media headlines claiming that "smelling farts" makes you live longer. The hosts warn that hydrogen sulfide is actually a highly toxic gas that can cause oxygen starvation and death in high concentrations.

hydrogen sulfide· university of exeter· flatulence· farts· mitochondria· toxicity

2:29:51 I didn't think it was...I'm in agreement with you. I didn't even ask for a time code, I wasn't going to because we've decided that voice is now on the B-list. It's shunned and then and i just want to give another little small little deconstruction because I thought it was very well done this is great link bait and I'm going to deconstructed in reverse order by reading you the original document where the story came from first New this is from the University of Exeter a new compound ap-39 designed and made at University of Exeter could hold the key to future therapies by targeting delivery A very small amounts of the substance and the substances hydrogen sulfide To the right or key places inside cells Scientists in Exeter have already found that the compound protects mitochondria

2:30:47 The powerhouse of cells which drive energy production in blood vessel cells, preventing or reversing mitochondrial damage is a key strategy for treatments of a variety of conditions such as stroke heart failure diabetes arthritis dementia and aging. And it's a long clinical report and then they say Mark Wood of Biosciences at the University of Exeter added, although hydrogen sulfide is well known as a pungent foul-smelling gas in rotten eggs and flatulence. It is naturally produced in the body and could in fact be a health care hero with significant implications for future therapies for variety of diseases Here's the headline that was written

2:31:28 Experts explain why smelling your partner's farts will make you live longer! Wow. And that's the story that everybody was retweeting Unbelievable Well, that's a good one You could get clip of the day if you had a clip Yeah It should be noted at least since we're discussing it That hydrogen sulfide is extremely toxic poison gas. So is flatulent gas also extremely toxic? If you saw, if the room was filled with it and it was come become main component was hydrogen sulfide which flatulent gas has an element of but it's not completely that yeah

2:32:16 Yeah it is. Well no one mentioned that. The problem with hydrogen sulfide is, it's very similar to and the thing is also hydrogen sulfide also desensitizes the nose so when you smell it and smell it and smell it say you're in a pile or you know you're in a room full of it I have a great idea! It's...I have a cap-and-trade scheme And we can save the earth with my cap-and-trade scheme not only will he save the earth We'll make people healthier Here's what you do. Known fact, cow farts are killing us it's making the earth heat up we cap the farts and give it to patients. Cap and trade! Most cow farts are methane. Anyway, so let me finish so people at least have a clue about this It's desensitizes the nose So you can't smell it after a while and then you'll die because just smell too much of it It works exact same way that carbon monoxide works which is normally Has no smell yeah And what it does is it gloms on to the red blood cells and makes them so they can't take up oxygen You actually die of oxygen starvation

2:33:18 Just as though you were choked to death. So H2S is nothing to trifle with. But anyway, I just thought it was interesting to see what the headline was and then... And people when you send me an article, and i will say the mainstream M5M media has done a pretty good job with this It's culture now When they steal an article from someone else and write about it They usually do a hat tip at the end or somewhere there's a link where they got their actual story from Yeah, and you usually have to follow three or four links until you get to the actual story do that for me when you're sending Me links. It's worth it if you get more of the story with each step You go it's very interesting To follow the something backwards to its original source and see all the embellishments that have been added to it Well I have a couple of clips finish off this show We could go at the 350 meeting I can skip that

CHAPTER 52 / 56 Discussion

Law and Order SVU Media Portrayal of Trump Supporters

An episode of Law and Order: SVU featured a character based on Ann Coulter and a "Grand Wizard" Trump supporter. The hosts criticize the show's "spot-on" but biased portrayal of political activists, which includes tropes about doxing and "making America great again."

law and order svu· ice-t· ann coulter· trump supporters· doxing· media portrayal

2:34:19 I do have, I did clip from a one of the top TV shows Law and Order SVU. The last of the law and orders that's still on the air with Ice-T and other bad actors yeah and this is the media portrayal now this is about an Ann Coulter character exactly that culture character who was raped Tranny and culture character was raped, and there was a fanatic that was part of the Trump supporters.

2:35:01 media portrayal of a Trump supporter. Looks like your boy Randy was doxed online after he dropped his latest video. They posted his home address, address cell phone social karma's a bitch why isn't the FBI here? Well let's take it one step at a time that ready why don't you tell me about this group you belong to Patriots for the American Way and I Don't Belong founder Grand Wizard Bran wizard that's um, that's something from Harry Potter right? Good laugh you thank me when we make America great again Remind me. When was it so great Beautiful a couple of libtards on my case Let's talk about where you were during the Martha Cobb speech on the quad by the statue You know pretty accurate portrayal couple of lip jars baby couple of lip tarts over there now That's pretty spot-on

CHAPTER 53 / 56 Discussion

Hawaii False Missile Alert Investigation

The FCC issued a report on the Hawaii false missile alert, blaming an employee who allegedly mistook a drill for a real event. The hosts find the explanation suspicious, noting that the recorded drill message reportedly contained the phrase "this is not a drill" and that the employee's account differs from Governor David Ige's initial "wrong button" explanation.

hawaii· missile alert· fcc· david ige· emergency management· false alarm

2:35:56 Well, okay. Dimension A? Too much dimension a I would like to present you with something and... I didn't do it in the in the in the A block or the C block because I know how much it pisses you off But we're getting closer to wrapping up the bullcrap of this Hawaii fake alert. The false alarm about an incoming missile attack that terrified Hawaiians earlier this month may have been due to an employee who mistook a drill for the real deal. The false alarm was transmitted to mobile phones, caused widespread panic and went uncorrected for 38 minutes The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday issued a preliminary report faulting, in part, Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency for miscommunication and lack of oversight.

2:36:41 The drill, on the morning of January 13th simulated a call from US Pacific Command reporting an incoming ballistic missile. A recording included the phrase this is not a drill it ended with the phrase exercise exercise exercise according to a statement written by the employee he or she heard this is not a drill but not the word exercise The software asked the employee are you sure you want to send this alert? The employee clicked yes Other employees told the FCC they heard the exercise language. An FCC lawyer said the agency had not yet interviewed the employee in question and could not fully evaluate the employee's assertion that he or she believed it was an actual attack This explanation differs from Hawaiian Governor David Ige's comments that an employee pushed the wrong button by mistake Hawaii plans to issue a separate report Tuesday So, I got this report

2:37:39 Just bring it up here, it's a PDF. I want to mention a couple of things while you're doing that... Sure sure This was obviously a woman Why do you say that? Otherwise if it was a man they would have said he Ooh, interesting. Because we know that everybody hates men especially the media so if it was a man it would have been as identified as a male okay because it wasn't identified as a male well I think yeah sorry one more thing second thing I've watched a lot of this too whoever it was man or woman will assume I'm assuming woman froze! Yeah let me read the preliminary report there's some details in there that will help the deconstruction of it

2:38:24 At 8.07 a.m., January 13th, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency issued a false ballistic missile alert... Okay we got it. Here's the timeline EMAs midnight shift supervisor at 805 begins a no-notice ballistic missile defense drill and a shift change by placing a call pretending to be US Pacific Command to the day shift warning officers The midnight shift supervisor plays a recording over the phone that properly includes the drill language, exercise-exercise-exercise but also erroneously contains the text of an EAS message for a live ballistic missile alert including the language this is not a drill. The recording does not follow the script contained in EMA's standard operating procedure for this drill

2:39:17 So I ask you right now, if this is a pre-recorded bit that he plays over the speakerphone do they have incorrect ones that they've pre recorded? Apparently so. Or my conclusion comes in a bit... The day shift warning officers received this recorded message on a speaker phone While other warning officers understand that this is a drill, apparently there were more people around. The warning officer at the alert origination terminal claimed to believe in a written statement provided to Hawaii's EMA that this was a real emergency not a drill."

2:39:53 The day shift warning officer responds as trained for a real event by transmitting a live ballistic missile alert to the state of Hawaii. In doing so, and this is nice to hear... The day shift warning offer selects the template for a live alert from a drop down all things I told you and clicks yes in response to a prompt that reads are you sure you want to send this alert? So thats more confirmation software i found out is the correct software. This may have been a gag, you know. There's still the hack possibility but whatever it was it was an incorrect message and now somehow we have to believe that this was a pre-recorded message they used for this handover shift And that was the incorrect one and other people heard exercise exercise But yet this happened? It stinks even worse than it did before

CHAPTER 54 / 56 Discussion

James Franco Mural and Palo Alto High School

Palo Alto High School painted over a mural created by alumnus James Franco following allegations of sexual misconduct. Franco's former teacher, Esther Wojcicki, expressed concern that he was not given a chance to defend himself, while students argued the school needed to "distance" itself from the actor.

james franco· palo alto· esther wojcicki· sexual misconduct· murals· cancel culture

2:40:50 I'm fascinated by the fact that you're so into this story. I know and because there is something going on You know, the Clintons were also on the Big Island when that took place just as a side coincidence Because something bad happened and they covered it up poorly The woman who did this false alert feel screwed by this or whatever is not talking to officials issues her own statement about Because I think something really bad happened here and why did the emergency manager, you know Mr. Miyagi Why did he cover it up with a lie? And then quit

2:41:34 I mean this is a problem. So yeah, because the reason i'm fascinated with it is A.) It has no effect on the system if its not foolproof No system is Professor Ted is laughing but it has to be more fool proof than this for sure Well we're hoping you get to the bottom of it soon Okay that's my cue to end okay good I've got a bunch of miscellaneous clips. How are we doing for time? You can do two miscellaneous clips Okay, i'm gonna do one uh I've got this this one here. I think is the epitome this epitomizes the san francisco bay all of california and I think especially hollywood but it's just a worst case example of I don't know

2:42:25 political correctness or whatever. But James Franco, who's been accused of being groping or something I don't know standing around naked i have no idea but he used to go to Palo Alto High and is very close to the school and he's kind of an artist he paints a Kind of a style of art that is you know it's actually artsy he did a big mural there but here's the story they painted over now big everyone's men are all irked and women are all happy. Well, there's a controversy at Palo Alto High School involving artwork and one of its most famous alum James Franco the actor has visited Pali many times since he graduated in 1996 but this week the school is erasing his contributions NBC Bay Area's Ian Cull is on the peninsula

2:43:16 Art is a big part of Palo Alto High School, but tonight there's outrage over where it has been removed. You know it's gone! The history is erased A now noticeably blank wall once home to mural painted by actor James Franco the Golden Globe winner went to Pali from 93-96 He created this in 2014 and painted several other pieces that still hang in the Media Arts Center. But the student publication, The Pally Voice writes the principal ordered the mural be painted over this week as the actor is under fire accused of sexual misconduct Not many movie stars come back to their high school to do things like this and you know

2:44:00 If we disrespected him like that, that's ridiculous. Esther Wojcicki was Franco's journalism teacher I support the principal and what she did she pretty much had to take down the mural because of She was responding to the community which i think is really important but I think he has not been given an opportunity To defend himself Other students say the mural needed to go I think it's most progressive if we try to distance ourselves from anything like that. We were not able to reach the principal tonight but the media arts teachers say it's up to them if the rest of the actors works stay on campus in Palo Alto Ian Cole NBC Bay Area News you need to move man I need to move away from there, you really do I have a make good to-do and then we can get out here and get ready for what's going is no something tonight is today's show day something was going to happen

CHAPTER 55 / 56 Discussion

Super Bowl V Code and Quarterback Salaries

The hosts speculate that the Philadelphia Eagles will win the Super Bowl as a "signal" regarding overpriced quarterbacks. They compare the situation to Super Bowl V, where backup Earl Morrall led the Colts to victory, suggesting the game's outcome and score may be a coded message about labor value in the NFL.

super bowl· philadelphia eagles· nick foles· earl morrall· baltimore colts· code

2:44:58 Well, maybe they'll release the memo. Before you even go to this last clip you have to discuss the Super Bowl Oh yes Okay Well it's going to be Philadelphia Why? Because Trump! Philadelphia was first... It's the most patriotic We got The Eagle Everything is super patriotic We have... How can it be more patriotic than New England Patriots?! Fake news! New England Patriots They're redcoats Alright, so here's what I think. I'm just saying...I have an agreement that the Eagles will win and I don't think for political reasons even though that is really the basis of our thesis. I think it is because of the substitute quarterback because these quarterbacks are making too much money they want a guy who came in off the bench, the substitute guy who actually was a starter elsewhere, Foles is his name, they need him to win over their overpriced

2:45:54 everybody else quarterbacks. So for that political reason he has to win and I believe if it's signaling that, if that's the signal we're gonna get which is we don't... quarterbacks are getting paid too much then I believe this score will be a reflection of Super Bowl V. Well this means nothing to me! I know but those people out there are nuts. Superbowl V was the only time a substitute quarterback came in as a replacement Earl Morrell took the place of Johnny Unitas in 1973 and he was a backup. And he took the Baltimore Colts to a victory over the Cowboys 16-13 I believe if the score is something along the lines of 32 26 which would be doubling that old score and reflective of it, that's the message It's all code.

CHAPTER 56 / 56 Discussion

Acceptance Speech Regrets and Show Sign-off

Adam Curry expresses regret for forgetting to thank his partner, Tina, during a recent Marconi Award acceptance speech. The show concludes with a parody song of "Yesterday" featuring a Vladimir Putin impersonator and a clip of a politician discussing the government shutdown.

marconi awards· acceptance speech· tina· vladimir putin· yesterday· sign-off

2:46:51 The Eagles will be down by the end of the first half, by 17 points. And then they will go and win the game! The Eagles will soar!" Okay? Well, the owls hoot. Ha ha, the owls will hoot... Alright final thing I don't know if you actually saw my entire acceptance speech for the Marconi Award By the way it turns out oeuvre is a proper English word too Did you know that? Yeah, I knew that. Oh, I didn't know that thought was just French and Dutch So you know I took my time I did about nine I reclaimed my times about nine minutes And yeah around six minutes the host comes out standing behind me You know like yeah dude you got us another no so I got confused and I skipped an important part of

2:47:45 Because right after I did that, I slipped in a little joke for my friends. I said, I want to thank my friends who are important to me Jack Ponte, Medicated Pete and I want to thank Ray the Cripple and Chet the Leaning Mule And you know so that was just a joke for guys from Jersey But because of that because the guy was coming up behind me I forgot the line which said... I'd like to thank the two most important women in my life My daughter Christina and Tina Yeah, you know so when she saw left them out. Yes, and she said you thank medicated Pete But he didn't thank me I would say the same this guy what's-her-name that Academy Award winner Deb divorced well It's not that bad but dog house is me So hopefully I made up for it okay And we will return with another episode of The Best Podcast in Universe 10 5 Do we need to look at 10? Five is on our list here

2:48:43 And what is it? 10-5 is a relay. Is a relay. Relay... Maybe we skipped that one, gotta think about it But we will be back on Sunday with episode 1005 Deconstructing anything that happens today on a show day and pre constructing the Super Bowl again for you things may change doubtful but You never know. The Super Bowl will be after our show Yes I know We're preconstructing Yeah, pre-construction. Coming to you from downtown Austin Texas capital of the drone star state here FEMA region 6 in the 5x9 Cluedio in the common law condo In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where it looks like we're going back into a little hot spell here in California which is great It's great! And I am John C Dvorak We return on Sunday remember us until then at dvorak dot org slash NA Until Sunday as always Adios

2:49:40 MOUFOS! I mean, i asked Putin if he liked the Beatles and he turned to me in perfect English. He said, ''I love the Beatles.'' He smiled and then he said actually my favorite song is Yesterday think about it. Yesterday The Soviet Union was a game to play Then they tried to take it all away

2:50:17 In yesterday Suddenly They devalued our currency And dismantled the KGB They really screwed Our economy Then, though we were tossed I made a must to get my way in charge of something large now I long for yesterday. Yesterday, socialism was the only way to get by. Now the oligarchs are here to stay oh i believe

2:51:21 in yesterday I rise to explain why there is a government shutdown. A government shutdown because the self-proclaimed great deal maker breaks more deals than he makes. You break more than you make,

2:52:04 You break more deals than you make. Then you make I rise to explain You break Then you make Then you make, you're not a great deal maker. You're a great deal breaker! I rise to explain That's why we have a shutdown. I yield back the balance of my time.

2:53:00 Oh Oh my gosh, it's an earthquake. Just one magic missing

2:54:27 Oh