Episode 1030 · Thursday, 3 May 2018

Phoneliness

From the high-stakes intelligence claims of Benjamin Netanyahu to the opioid-fueled revelations of Kanye West, the world stage is currently defined by institutional distrust and digital addiction.

By The No Agenda Show | 2h 58m listen | 46 chapters
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The No Agenda Show · No. 1030

About this episode

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a massive cache of secret Iranian nuclear files this week, claiming Mossad agents seized half a ton of documents proving Tehran lied about its atomic ambitions. The physical display of binders and CD-ROMs comes as President Donald Trump weighs a withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal, while French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly facilitates euro credits to bypass U.S. dollar sanctions. This escalation in the Middle East coincides with a predicted surge in Bitcoin prices and a shifting geopolitical landscape.

In San Francisco, viral footage of open drug use at the Civic Center BART station has prompted Board of Supervisors President London Breed to propose safe injection sites modeled after Vancouver. Simultaneously, the startup Star City is launching $2,000-a-month 'adult dorms' in the Tenderloin, sparking fears of low-income resident displacement. Across the Atlantic, a computer glitch within the UK National Health Service resulted in 450,000 women missing breast cancer screenings, a failure Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt admitted may have caused hundreds of premature deaths. Meanwhile, WhatsApp has raised its European age limit to 16 to comply with GDPR as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg faces a formal summons from the UK Parliament.

Former Trump strategist Michael Caputo detailed the crushing financial toll of the Mueller investigation during a testimony that he claims focused entirely on Russian collusion. The cultural landscape remains equally volatile as Kanye West tells TMZ that his support for the president stems from a rejection of mental slavery following an opioid addiction. Between discussions of 'phoneliness' and the rebranding of the Boy Scouts to Scouts BSA, the show explores the bizarre reality of millennial dog culture and the unique engineering of traditional Dutch toilets.


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CHAPTER 01 / 46 Discussion

Bottoms Up Beer Tap and Austin Street Scenes

A new beer tap technology called Bottoms Up uses magnetic valves in the bottom of specialized cups to fill beverages quickly and reduce waste. Sir Warren Carroll, a co-owner of the company, met with one of the hosts in Austin to discuss how the system improves bar revenue by 30%. The conversation shifts to the current state of downtown Austin, noting the contrast between high-tech scooters and the local homeless population.

bottoms up· beer tap· austin· warren carroll· magnets· airbnb

00:00 That's what I'm talking about. Have your mom do it! Protecting producers from phoneliness and broadcasting live from the capital of the drone star state here in downtown Austin, Tejas In the Cluedio. In The Morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where XL is the new M I am John C. Dvorak It's Crackpot and Buzzkill In The Morning! Well I happen to be someone who is an expert on women's clothing or are you talking about men's clothing?

00:39 About minced t-shirts. Oh man, she's like people people only wear t-shirts nowadays Really shirts are too expensive it is true that t-shirt sizes are very unclear It's like when Horowitz sent me the DH unplugged t-shirt the coveted very expensive dh unplugged to t-shirt I might add yeah Yeah Two Adams could have fit in this thing Or one programmer. Oh, dude's name Ben? It's John at Dvorak dot org. Yes Yeah now okay any other reason for saying that or it was just that's just your

01:21 That was my thing. Just how you want to get into it today? Might as well. All right, I had a nice lunch yesterday with Sir Warren Carroll from Indianapolis he was in town yes he's been itching to have lunch with you and he is part owner co-owner of a very interesting company called Bottoms Up have you ever heard of this There's a bunch of bars in San Francisco called Bottoms Up. Yeah, different kind of bar I think but no he and his partners invented a beer tap

01:57 Which of course comes with special cups that fills from the bottom up. So you just place it onto like a little round thing and plop! And it pops up a magnet valve inside the cup, and it fills up the beer really quickly perfect head, perfect everything So I guess there's a great need for this. Actually, it turns out within six months any bar or restaurant that uses this improves their bottom line on alcohol sales by 30%. Wow! Yeah that is what i said just by speaking alone. If you can go with that pitch from place to place you can sell quite a few of them. That's the idea This is a great story these guys went through It's really very interesting

02:42 There's less chance of the mug being stolen. It just, well it's speed! It's just speed of filling up the glasses really quick... You can YouTube it bottoms-up yeah make sure you have your safe search on otherwise might get something wrong but it is very interesting so we had a nice little chat and as I'm pointing out to exactly what's going on we were right in the corner of Second Street, and I'm saying look we've got all these douchebags here. Look there's all those scooters driving by and low and behold there was a homeless guy eating out of the trash can at the same time. It's like welcome to Austin. Nice! Perfect as if I had scripted it it was fantastic and he says he's in like an Airbnb kind of business Airbnb

CHAPTER 02 / 46 Discussion

San Francisco BART Drug Use and Homelessness Crisis

Viral video footage shows drug addicts using needles and unconscious individuals in the corridors of San Francisco's Civic Center BART station. BART officials attribute the lack of policing to addicts timing their activities around officer shift changes. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President London Breed has proposed safe injection sites, modeled after programs in Vancouver, to address the public health crisis.

san francisco· bart· civic center station· london breed· safe injection sites· homelessness

03:29 So he got in around one in the afternoon when, you know most of the people in this apartment complex are not there. It sounds like dog prison all I heard just dogs barking wherever you go because they're all home. They're all home and then yeah their parents... Their parents are gone. Right to dogs and the parents. Yes yes I'm telling well since you brought it up I do have a kind of a matching clip okay I always have a matching clip and one to make sure you ups the ante on you. San Francisco BART, addicts homeless mess. The video went viral drug addicts shooting up as commuters walked through a downtown San Francisco BART corridor this is a video that shocked not only the viewers but BART directors as well ABC 7 News reporter Vic Lee followed-up with the transit agency today to see what's been done since that video went public last week

04:27 This video was taken by a barred commuter. Drug users shooting up, slumped over and unconscious amid pools of vomit. All of this as I just walked through the passenger tunnel at Civic Center Station. You still on drugs? Yeah Did you shoot? Oh yeah. Rick came to the city four years ago, he says the BART corridor is a refuge from the elements People shooting up there? Yeah His buddy Steve says BART police do make their presence known Anybody that's sitting down or looks like they're laundering they make leave Not all the time. Not when this video was taken. Borg says it was taken early in the morning when Civic Center station just opened, when officers were on a shift change. The addicts obviously learned that the patterns of our officers were making changes to those shift patterns and shift changes. Borg has hired nearly two dozen new cleaners and they plan to bring in even more janitors and community service officers to patrol San Francisco's downtown stations

05:31 Civic Center station's corridors were clean when we visited around midday. There are lots of barred police, but they can't guarantee it'll be like this all the time because it is a societal problem. Supervisors President London Breed who is running for mayor agrees saying that's why she wants safe injection sites I want to try something that I know is actually working in places like Vancouver Canada Bart is also partnering with agencies that provide services to drug users and homeless people. Vic Lee, ABC 7 News Yeah it's perfectly California more cops and more cleaners clean up the puke and clean up the homeless Well they're not going to do anything of course The couple points to be made here One you know the classic answer in San Francisco by the Board of Supervisors Oh it's a societal problem

06:25 Yeah, this isn't even going on. This isn't going on in the Oakland BART stations by the way I should mention that The other thing is they had this oh but my daughter mentions that and one of these I think it's just not to Civic Center But the Powell Street exit there stay poop on the escalator Why? So the poop goes, I guess it's kind of amusing because the poop goes down into the thing and then comes out through that little comb-like thing. It comes out and the poop accumulates. It's gross. And that's amusing?! It is to everyone, I guess. There's nothing else to do now the thing about this report is the Bart guy says well you know these these geniuses have figured out when we do shift changes and I guess they caught us between shifts in his off guard. Get him those bastards! He goes on and on meanwhile as he's saying this right behind him and all throughout the report there are cameras in that hall

07:25 Oh really? What does it take to look at the camera?! Yeah, this is total horse crap. It is a...it's not a societal or cultural problem. It is just a California problem! I'm just gonna hate on Californians all of yas and now LA has... First off They're conflating two things, drug abuse and homelessness. And I think they kind of go hand in hand often. By the way, I'm not against safe shooting sites where you can go shoot up that's been proven to work under the right circumstances and depends on what your providing. I've seen it in The Netherlands

08:04 They'll never do California. No, I think they are don't they already have one? I thought they had one somewhere Baker's Field or something now Los Angeles Los Angeles has criminalized Sleeping in cars and RVS which is like no that's gonna help It said the last place the you know, that's when people are clinging by their fingernails there sleeping in their car Yeah. And meanwhile, this report came in over the transom this morning... In the heart of the tenderloin on Ellis Street inside a former Turkish bath built in the early 1900's

CHAPTER 03 / 46 Discussion

Star City Co-Living Dorms in San Francisco

Development startup Star City is opening a 52-unit co-living project in San Francisco's Tenderloin district aimed at middle-income workers like teachers and nurses. The units measure 250 square feet and rent for approximately $2,000 per month, including utilities and furniture. Critics express concern that these lucrative "adult dorms" may incentivize the eviction of low-income residents from existing single-room occupancy hotels.

star city· san francisco· tenderloin· co-living· housing crisis· john deschotzky

08:41 A new kind of communal space is going up. Adult dorms. There will be windows on the outside which you can see here. CEO John Deschotzky co-founded the development startup Star City to help solve the city's housing crisis for the backbone economy, the restaurant workers teachers and nurses. Star City's tenants generally make $50,000 to 90,000 a year. The SF Planning Commission just approved what will be a 52-unit co-living project. It is the company's biggest development yet. Our customers are really left with three options if they don't live with us

09:18 They can commute two hours outside of the city. They can fit four people to a three bedroom by putting a wall up in the living room and calling that a room, or they can pay 50%-60% of their income towards housing costs." This is a rendering of what 229 Ellis will look like when it's finished at the end of the year. Units max out at 250 square feet and include a private bathroom. Tenants share kitchen, media rooms... Just bear that in mind, 250 square feet? Yeah That's pretty small Well, it's 25 feet by 10 foot. So it's the size of a couple bedrooms Including your bathroom? Yeah bathrooms aren't that big By having sort of more experiential living situation people can connect more they can put their phone down and have conversations Oh sure And thats really what we hope to get back too Utilities, wifi, furniture and car What

10:15 Nothing, you have to get back to putting your phones down and having a conversation. Right that's gonna happen What does that got to do with anything? Well it's the selling point It's because you'll integrate with your dorm community Have a conversation And that is really what we hope to get back to Utilities Wi-Fi furniture and common area cleaning services are all included Rent will range from $1900 to the low 2000s a month What?! $2,000 a month to live in the dorm? I think I'm going to job out my whole house. In a neighborhood where the average income is about $24,000 a year Star City is partnering with the Compton's Transgender Cultural District to create a retail space provide job opportunities and work with local nonprofits Alexandra Goldman is with the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation she says she welcomes development but worries there could be a downside

11:10 It can provide an incentive for existing SRO owners who have lower income people living in their rooms to evict those people or otherwise remove them so that they can convert to this which is a much more lucrative model. Star City says, So far this unusual dorm style living is working I'm not quite sure what the transgender community center retail space had to do with the story I don't know, they always slip that stuff in. Now the thing is...I mean the solution to this of course is right before their very eyes and I don't understand why somebody hasn't executed it by now and take care of this problem. Cardboard boxes? No no ship them to Austin! Put them on a bus and ship them to Austin One-way ticket baby come on in our trash cans are filled with nutrition

12:03 And that's our homeless report for today. It is, I... Don't forget there is no unemployment! In Austin? No anywhere. Unemployment is down to 4%. So it's the same as no one but everyone's employed so I don't know what these people are with their problems. I was talking to a buddy of mine, I think you might have met him at Mevio, Erik Huggers He's a Dutch guy but he worked at Ennemol and Microsoft and Intel. I don't think so. And until like last year he was the CEO of Vivo You know, the music video company Okay, and so he's Dutch guy but you know his wife is from South America And I was talking to him. He said I don't think I want to live out here anymore So why not? Well first of all

CHAPTER 04 / 46 Discussion

Workplace Entitlement and Newsletter Content Complaints

A discussion regarding workplace culture in Silicon Valley highlights perceived entitlement among employees and the deteriorating conditions near corporate offices like Twitter. The hosts also address listener complaints regarding a recent newsletter that featured NSFW album covers. It is noted that the controversial images were linked to specific donations, though future content will be more carefully marked.

erik huggers· silicon valley· workplace culture· newsletter· nsfw· album covers

12:44 Everybody I employed, he says, I can't stand it. And remember this is a Dutch guy. He said, I can't stand how they think maybe I'll come in at 9 could be nine thirty or ten o'clock. He says they're so entitled and that's again coming from a Dutch guy and he was telling me that he was driving by right to the office is right there Market Street where Twitter is which isn't that where this whole thing has taken place? On Market Street? Yeah, pretty much. Along the Market Street corridor. He says I was at the stoplight one day and looked to the right there's a homeless guy jacking off completely naked right on the corner! What am I doing here?! I said, I don't know man you might want to look for a new gig... It's horrible!!

13:27 I mean, it's funny. Of course it is funny but still... It is very funny! You have to have a good sense of humor Yeah so if you live in California yes you do that's absolutely true my goodness I got several complaints which and I'm sure you get this too Do you get these emails? John's doing this, John's doing that, John's doing that now you need to tell him you should tell him Do you get those about me? No, I don't actually. Hmm...I thought you did? No! Oh well there ya go Well i dont understand something Why do people email me to tell YOU their grievance Because they fear that you got more influence than they do as individuals because apparently I give off this vibe of uh...sustain

14:22 It takes years to get to it by the way. Do you think I can ever get there? Will I ever be lucky enough? A number of people, and this was interesting by itself were very upset with the newsletter John Oh yeah, I know. I got tweeted about it and I did get a note or two You should market NSFW when sending pictures of album covers with boobs! Yeah, that won't happen again. I wouldn't worry about it." I'm thinking it's a no agenda email don't read that at work you know better than that There is THAT but we haven't done that before and we did this one time and apparently people didn't like it Was any of them linked to a boob donation? Yeah! Oh good Both those boobs were linked to A BOOB DONATION And did we get boob donations

15:15 I think so, yeah. Okay well then we-I want to reconsider! Let's do the NSFW when we're sending boobs if the boobs are working? Nah, it's borderline porn. Nooo... Yeah softcore. In California it is. Oh really? But that's okay because in California they they do care a lot about such things but they don't care much about teaching fourth graders But gender identity and sex no, no that's big scandal. I have a clip oh Okay Good segue Fremont school sex ed hold on a second

CHAPTER 05 / 46 Discussion

California Fourth Grade Sex Education Curriculum

California state law now mandates sex education and gender identity curriculum for students as young as the fourth grade. The "Three R's" curriculum—Rights, Respect, Responsibility—replaces traditional subjects to teach children about LGBTQ issues and challenging gender norms. Parents and activists in the Fremont Unified School District have expressed conflicting views on the age-appropriateness of these lessons.

california· sex education· jerry brown· gender identity· fremont· youth act

16:00 Okay FUSD is considering a curriculum called the three R's rights respect responsibility This is a video about what for fourth grade girls wait a minute. They've changed the three Rs to rights respect and what? responsibility I think. This is California, they've changed the three R's from reading writing and arithmetic to rights respected and so now they're teaching fourth graders by state law by the way! I thought this was just some local thing no no no the state Jerry Brown and the Democrats have made it a state law that you have to teach all these little kids fourth graders

16:39 about sex and about gender and about choosing your own, picking self-identifying and all the rest of it. How old are these kids? Well I don't know what's the fourth grader fifth grade or sixth grade? Eight, nine? Backwards from the 12th grade. Twelfth grade is like 18 so whatever. I really don't know eight nine something like that Nine I think 9 year olds 8 year olds maybe Well, this is really nice. the Youth Act. Part of the state law now is that we need to talk about gender identity and sexual orientation, we need to talk about stereotyping topics... The state requires kids to learn about but some adults see differently. Help them to challenge the gender norms that have been taught to them from their earliest ages this is a perfect example of the erosion of family values at this curriculum is all about I want everyone in this district

17:48 have access to lessons about puberty, sexual health LGBTQ issues and consent with people who are qualified and comfortable speaking on them. Oh man this is so wrong this is so wrong And that girl whose at the end there going on about how we need to talk about this had one of those cow rings in her nose A huge one by the way you could actually put a clip on Yeah the one I like to flip a leash if Christina does it yeah Yeah, and she had that on and she's all pierced up. And she's going on about it. We need to have gender selection, gender this and gender that. She goes on about it like she knows anything.

CHAPTER 06 / 46 Discussion

Boy Scouts of America Name Change to Scouts BSA

The Boy Scouts of America announced it will change the name of its flagship program to Scouts BSA in 2019 to reflect the inclusion of girls. While the organization maintains that troops will remain single-gender, the move has drawn criticism from the Girl Scouts of the USA and traditionalists. One host recounts personal history as a Sea Scout in the Netherlands and sleeping in the historic home of founder Robert Baden-Powell.

boy scouts of america· scouts bsa· girl scouts· gender inclusion· baden powell

18:31 It's quite something to observe. Well, it goes the I hate to say it. It's a gay agenda well, it goes hand in hand with the boy scouts now becoming Scouts BSA. I myself was a Boy Scout. I was a boy scout and I think this is a This this you make Eagle Scout as you make no way why wasn't in the Sea Scouts because it was in the Netherlands So that's different. It's still Boy Scouts. It's still uh Part of the Boy Scouts. Was the Sea Scouts part of the Boy Scouts? Yeah, oh yeah I thought it was separate In fact they thought it was a really cool deal that as a kid and of course I don't remember this I guess my dad had told The Head Honcho there That as a kid I had slept in Powell's house Colin Powell? Baden Powell I think The founder of the Boy Scouts

19:22 I don't know anything about this. Yeah, wasn't he the founder? I don't know. Anyway... In the 1900s? I dunno maybe. Mmm, think he was uh and-and i'm not sure is when we lived in uh Africa yeah Robert Baden Powell exactly You slept with him? I slept in his house. It was some historic house, i'm not sure Oh a house! It was a house and you slept IN this house The guy was dead Yeah oh yeah he was long gone but they thought it was cool Was he still there? No therefore I remember that they were apart of the boy scouts because they thought that was a big deal

20:01 It doesn't matter. What's happened here is the Boy Scouts have now decided, and I don't know if... Is Tillerson still executive chairman or board chairman? He might be to drop the name boy so it goes from Boy Scouts of America BSA to scouts BSA and as of 2019 they will be accepting girls into the program Yeah, I listened to all the reports on this and after i heard everything. I'm less concerned about it than you are and let me explain Okay First of all there's still BSA And is just gonna be called scouts And they did the same thing with boys clubs and made them boys and girls club

20:40 And the rationale given by the girls that were saying that they like this idea, because the Girl Scouts are the ones who are freaked out about it. They're not part of the same organization. No they are not correct and their irked about the whole thing and they're trying to come up with some new ideas because I think you're going to lose membership. Well there gonna go full on social justice warrior with these girls Well, it could be more interesting. But the point is that the girls that wanted to join the Boy Scouts said is because the Girl Scouts don't have enough outdoor activities and they like to camp and pretty much at least when I was a boy scout pretty much the only thing you really did a lot of was camping Yeah but there was...I remember the Boy Scouts as a lot of boy stuff we were doing

21:26 You know, and trying not to get caught while doing it. You were a Sea Scout? Could you just have a conversation with me? Yeah I can't, I'm sorry...I'm just being snotty! Go on Well as i said in the Boy Scouts particularly when you're on Jamboree or out on camp there's a lot of boy stuff that happens That is usually out in the woods But its not appropriate for girls to be- Boys need their place to be boys. Well that's apparently not the case anymore, that's been changed Yeah well I don't take this lightly and i'd like to hear from some of our Eagle Scouts what they think about it we have a number of them who listen to the show They said the girls are going to be in separate troops Oh god

22:18 I'm sorry, but somebody's got to take their side. Okay why don't the Girl Scouts of America do more outdoor stuff? They said they're gonna have to this they've realized that this was an issue. I mean we play with BB guns that we smuggled in and we burn ants with magnifying glasses We jerk off! And you do all kinds of boy stuff I don't remember the jerking off part. What kind of a boy scout troop were you in? Did it have anything to do with staying at that guy's house? Sea scouts, baby! It's a whole different deal! Oh yeah, the seaman scouts! There ya go...took ya long enough. Damn. Yeah it did. I'm really slow on the draw here

23:01 Anyway, yeah I can see this. I know it's gonna be controversial and most people are making a fuss and they did a poll 80% of the public doesn't think it's a good idea. They don't think it's a good idea? No. The pollsters are coming up with negative numbers on this Yeah but seems like their decision is absolute It is done They're good with it Yeah well what you gonna do None of this would be a problem if they'd just be shipping all these people to Austin Well, while we're on this particular topic. I don't know how to transition out of this anymore. I really don't. I lost your ability to segue. I wanted to add something to the Trump rotation only because I got a very interesting article about this. Ah! I should mention that I'm on my regular machine instead of normal NUC which seems not want to boot. So you do not have the lists handy?

CHAPTER 07 / 46 Discussion

Michael Caputo Testimony and Mueller Investigation Tactics

Former Trump campaign strategist Michael Caputo testified before the Mueller investigation, claiming the special counsel remains focused on Russian collusion despite public narratives. Caputo appeared on Tucker Carlson's program to describe the financial and personal toll of the investigation, including $125,000 in legal fees and threats to his family. He announced the creation of a GoFundMe page to cover his mounting debt, stating he will never work on a Republican campaign again.

michael caputo· robert mueller· tucker carlson· russian collusion· legal fees· gofundme

23:54 And I can go and, and I can pull it up to Trump list. And then I can actually edit it." Well...I just want to add something because I think something is bubbling under that may show up? It depends on me this after this latest round of whatever subpoena and all these things that are supposed to be happening. Yeah, okay. Well give me the background of the clip then first what is it Trump's? The background is just talking about that Kenny You know there's four or five different day NBC clip which hates NBC hates Trump they did a I think a pretty decent job of going around, what can happen. Trump could say screw you I'm not gonna even look at this thing or I refuse to accept it there's a bunch of different things they don't know what's gonna happen if he'd even happens...I do have a couple of clips that are worth listening too sure one of them is a little long It's um it's a guy who just gave testimony few days ago was on Tucker

24:49 And he brought up some good. I saw this Michael Caputo, I saw him yes and and it shows you the weakness of Tucker because what Caputo had to say was pretty Damning it was pretty unbelievable yeah, I thought yes And and Tucker's is joking around like I was just doing with you and not paying any attention To what was being said which is not really what? He should be doing Or you want to play that? Thanks for coming on. So, you've been interviewed by the investigation, the Mueller investigation is that correct? Yes today at noon I spent three hours with... Now he was a strategist for the Trump campaign I believe Yeah! He was just a campaign guy yeah Just like where- You could have been they same guy You have the same crappy audio i have from this it's a long hum in there It was online and its got a buzz Investigators in the special counsel office What did you learn

25:41 I learned they're still looking at Russian collusion. They're still looking for it, while i wouldn't be asked about charges of obstruction or asked about financial crimes...I was there during the time when they believed that russian collusion was initiated That would be the only thing that they would ask me about? That certainly is the only thing we talked about! That's not the only thing you talked about. No, that IS the only thing we talked about In my mind if anybody thinks that Russian collusion is off-the table they haven't visited with the Mueller team. Was there Russian collusion? Of course not! I mean, i think that they're looking down the avenues of all the evidence that they're putting together... They-I'll tell you, they know more about the Trump campaign than anybody who worked there and they know more about what I did in 2016 then I do myself Well I hope so! They really do! They spent alot of money on this! Wait till you see THAT! What's that?

26:31 Tucker's making these snide comments, he says that's not all you talked about. He says yes it is all we talked about Then he says they knew more than I knew and then Tucker goes on about yeah of course they should Why why is this? He's just throwing these little snippets in there. I find its very annoying interview I do very look...I just kind of did not like the way he handled this guy I think what he was trying to say Is if their spying on people They might as well do a good job I think that's what I think he is saying.

27:16 Um, but they warned you not to talk about it. Well they warned me to be careful about interfering with exercising your freedom of speech. They're not for that is that right? I get that but my attorneys... I get that! It's the center of our country! I get that but i'm just saying my attorneys also asked me to be careful about this But I can tell you they're looking at us... So they are threatening and intimidating basically it sounds like I'm not going to be friending them on Facebook today, if that's what you're asking. I don't find them to be very friendly people... What is it like living in a country where having not been charged or convicted of any crime, a prosecutor can threaten you to shut up in public? It's-it's not nice but I can tell you that its nothing compared to the $125,000 dollars in legal bills that I've stacked up for nothing. Its nothin' compared to the death threats my family and I are getting. It's nothin' compared to the piece of a sniper rifle the kid- You know because I saw this, I was wondering

28:03 If I were asked to go speak to Robert Mueller's investigators, which could happen at any time. Um...I wouldn't be able to afford a lawyer but I'd just like would I need a lawyer? Would I need to have if it helped on the campaign would I need a lawyer? I don't know. He says he claims he did, and i don't know why. Pretty expensive one too for one afternoon or did you go more than once? Well no he said he's been the front of congress... he explains it later that he really had a lot of they have they were dragging him in and out of different things. Came to my wife last month It's nothing compared to the way that they're trashing my family uh You know what's happening to me and my family is happening to many other people in this investigation And I'm just a witness

28:49 I can't imagine if somebody's a subject or target what they're going to go through. But, I can tell you this... Wait, can I just back up for one second? Sure Since you just spoke to the investigators today when they suggested in the way that the mafia suggests maybe you shouldn't do that What do you think the penalty would be if you ignored that suggestion? I don't think there would be any penalty but I think I might be called back for a little visit and every time I come to Washington For this bogus investigation whether it is Senate, House or whatever I get to pay another 20, 25 grand. They just bankrupt you that's no big deal? Not just me i think other people too! A tin cup isn't a good look but i've had to open a GoFundMe page... This is this is..I didn't sign up for this when i went to work for the Trump campaign and i will never ever work on another Republican campaign for as long as i live. This is like such a stock thing now just i gotta open up a GoFundMe page and i'm sure it's funded i'm sure people are sending him money maybe yeah

CHAPTER 08 / 46 Discussion

Political Payback and Public Outage Cycles

The current legal pressure on the Trump administration is characterized as a "punishment strategy" designed to deter future outsiders from seeking the presidency. Comparisons are made to the impeachment of Bill Clinton, suggesting a cycle of political payback between Democrats and Republicans. The hosts argue that social media fuels a constant state of public outrage that makes objective political analysis difficult.

trump· clinton· impeachment· political strategy· social media· indictments

29:42 Alright, so what did you not like about this? Well the second part of it is where I think it gets annoying. Campaign for as long as I live and I think that's part of this Tucker! This is a punishment strategy. They want to destroy the president they want to destroy his family they wanna destroy businesses they wanna destroy his friends So that no billionaire in let's say 15 years wakes up and tells his wife You know what the country broken and only I can fix it Are you crazy? Did you see what happened to Donald Trump and everybody around him?" That's what this is about. So they've so intimidated you, and again they're not charging with anything there's no allegation that you committed a crime but they've so intimidated that you can't talk about your conversation on the show right now and your retiring from campaign politics forever I'm never gonna work on a Republican campaign again unless somebody legally indemnifies me clearly these lawsuits after-the-fact or the new democratic strategy when you lose you still win

30:38 I'm never going to, I don't think anybody should work on a Republican campaign again unless they're legally indemnified. If you do you're crazy! My legal fees are at least 125 thousand that's more than I make in a year That's more that where I live in East Aurora New York that's more then most people in my town make And I don't know how we're going to pay that off, me and my family. But you know that's Washington money, that's New York money. Well it's disgusting! It's disgusting. But let me...I can tell you this... We're almost out of time. They are looking at WikiLeaks they are looking at Guccifer they are looking at DC leaks everything that you see in the media that has been leaked out there is certainly what their looking at and i think they are pretty focused on this. Okay

31:22 Well, it seems to me that this is just a... I think he's right. There's a strategy of just punishing people for being involved with Trump and going after him in every which way that you can to just break them and ruin them. I don't know why he's getting death threats, but okay. And who is they when he says they are... They're Democrats! This is a Democrat thing He says it's the new Democrat strategy where you lose your win because you just start harassing everybody But what what's really going on to me And a lot of this has to do with the impeachment of Clinton. Nobody died when he lied in some of these things that came out, which was a perjury charge- So you're saying it's all payback? I think this is all payback but what it's going to do... It's gonna start a ... Which is why they may not do a ... Because the Clinton thing was probably a payback for Nixon

32:26 Is that what this is? It's just every administration has to come up with some payback and go, fuck them. Yeah I totally believe this is true and I think it's going to worsen because...I don't know..the fact that Hillary the anointed one did not win....I think they're gonna go nuts about this you do what they can to make things miserable for everybody involved with Trump I think it's gonna worsen because Republicans can do the same thing and that means at some point in the near future we're going to start seeing indictments of former administration officials. Which could happen right now, they could start any time if Jeff Sessions had a clue he'd do that What compounds this though is that we have this collective brain on the social nets where

33:15 People are just going with the flow man. I mean it's one outrage after another It's very hard for me to continue to follow it because it just gets inside your head You know, it's like outrage and outrage and then we have oh Everything is wrong doing everything wrong is horrible. I mean there people are saying things that outrageous Well, I think you hit one of the nails on the head recently when you were at The Hairdresser. Yeah and yes And a woman's told you well all everybody is talking about is they're gonna arrest everybody by everybody They mean everybody well worse than that like how can he isn't in jail yet? That's their question. I don't understand we have all the evidence Why isn't he in jail yet yeah this is this is how they think yeah

CHAPTER 09 / 46 Discussion

Kevin Shipp on Deep State Intelligence Coup

Former CIA officer Kevin Shipp alleges that high-level members of the intelligence community are conspiring to obstruct justice through illegal NSA surveillance and unmasking. Shipp compares the current political climate to the era of the JFK assassination, suggesting a "shadow government" is actively working against the sitting president. The delay in releasing the final JFK files until 2021 is posited as a strategic move by Trump to avoid direct conflict with intelligence agencies.

kevin shipp· cia· deep state· nsa surveillance· jfk assassination· unmasking

34:03 From the other side, I have a clip here from former CIA officer whatever that means Kevin ship now he doesn't get on mainstream but it does get on couple of podcasts and he speaks Yeah, you've seen him. Yeah, he speaks on a speech of a three-act play Here we have high level members of our intelligence community and our law enforcement community actually conspiring in and colluding to obstruct justice lying under oath filing false affidavits for illegal NSA surveillance and we know it's been at least 260 names that have been unmasked. Was it? I didn't know that! 260 names were unmasked?! Did you hear about this? That's a lot of people, that's more than just Carter Page

34:49 This is a coup within the shadow government, the intelligence agency. The deep state as some would call it against the president we have not seen anything like this since the presidency of John F Kennedy when CIA director Alan Dulles attacked him and we saw what happened there. Whoa don't like what he's saying there and I probably know that's exactly what he's saying yeah it is well he actually backs it up a little bit with something hold on second Yeah, listen to this. ...the CIA director Alan Dulles attacked him and we saw what happened there and I'm probably maybe one of the only former CIA officers that will come out say this but there's clear crystal-clear evidence that the CI was directly involved in at least in the cover up of the JFK assassination now We have the same thing happening again or... So do you think that Trump kind of giving a pass to the CIA

35:43 or FBI, whoever it is the JFK files. They don't fully have to be released until somewhere in 2021 You think that has something to do with it? Like he doesn't want to open that can of worms right now while they...in essence... While they have a gun pointed at his head Yeah! I'm sure of it And I was thinking about it What's the other reason? Let's say Trump was assassinated It could happen We've talked about this in the past. What would happen to the country? Because I think unlike JFK, who was just shocked and just stopped in their tracks... I think bad things would happen here. Well no but there's a huge difference during the JFK era, the number of people that would suspect anybody other than Lee Harvey Oswald was zero because it was the mentality is of the country has changed thanks to alternative media

36:40 And so there would be a lot of problems. So I'd be a lot of problems, so they're going to continue to him and he had to deal with pants Yeah, and pants himself you know may not be amenable to this no I think that I'm going to add to the Trump rotation because it mean how much further can you go? You have to go all the way, and I'm seeing this bubbling under In particular when Trump is discussed in combo with Frank Rich, this was his kind of New York mentor if you will. Now the meme is again bubbling under he's gay and that he was in the New York gay clubs all the time and all these women are beards

CHAPTER 10 / 46 Discussion

The Trump Rotation and New York Times Fact-Checking

The "Trump Rotation" list is updated to include various media narratives ranging from claims of mental instability to specific insults directed at foreign leaders. The New York Times recently published a list of 281 people, places, and things Donald Trump has insulted on Twitter. The hosts critique the media's definition of "lies," arguing that many items on such lists are subjective opinions or standard political rhetoric.

trump rotation· new york times· twitter· insults· media bias· fact-checking

37:33 Well that would account for I can imagine somebody, it's a funny theory. I have not heard this at all and i'm not putting it on the list because it's not in play. You could predict that it'll go on the list but... Bubbling under? I have articles but it's all bubbling under. Okay I don't have a bubbling under list uh But I will, I'm holding it and put it as soon as... Put it in the buzz bin I don't have that. Make a new buzzword! You want me to read the list? It's a good list, yeah let's do the list okay this is the Trump rotation everything wrong with Trump and here's the list as i currently have it make sure you have this so i can scroll because in two it's a lot of things he's illegitimate president

38:16 incompetent, there's White House chaos. He is unhinged updated to unglued liar Hitler demands loyalty cheeseburgers is all he eats McDonald's sex offender Russian agent never says anything bad about Putin white supremacist narcissist mentally unfit insane unstable clown or bozo Foreign leaders hate him. He hates women, he's a misogynist admitted molester 25th amendment should be instituted should be impeached hates immigrants hates Mexicans in particular says all Mexicans are rapists. He is a racist! He has 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

39:05 Bully, holds grudges forever. Mean, bankrupt does not have any money long ties. Does have long ties fatter than 239 pounds plays too much golf after criticizing Obama hypocrite by action seldom called one incestuous would date daughter divorcee, golden showers. He's a P pervert tax cheat won't release taxes. He's impetuous he's Nixonian and then three on the criminal list is guilty of obstruction of justice money laundering and he runs the mob

39:41 Sounds like he's perfectly qualified for a Nobel Peace Prize. They can't settle on any one thing! Did you see the New York Times printed 281 people, places and things Trump lied about? Oh please... It was two-page spread! Well you have in front of you what did he lie about? Their concept of a lie is pretty It's pretty, pretty loose structure. Let me see if I have a couple... Oops! Oh thanks New York Times. Why do i get an ad blocker? I'm a member. Bastards. Okay forget it. I can't show you because it just keeps on going through an ad blocker sorry. If you go to private browser immediately opens up. Yeah I'm not gonna do that on the air screw it. Let's see the list contains 281 people places and things

40:38 Presidential nominee has insulted on Twitter including Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, crooked very dumb totally confused. Media organizations so dishonest Wall Street Journal failing vanity fair etc entire countries terrible China totally corrupt Mexico total mess. These are the list of lies? That's what they have yeah apparently How's that? These are all a matter of opinion. No, no lies and insults I'm sorry it's not just lies. Lies and insults. Well you can make...that's a small list yeah you can go on forever with that one. Lies and insults alright but keep that bubbling under i'm telling you this was on what did I read this on this article the problem with that is it brings up the gay Obama stuff hmm

CHAPTER 11 / 46 Discussion

Media Scandals and Charlie Rose Allegations

A former CNBC director pleaded guilty to spying on a teenage au pair using a hidden bathroom camera. Simultaneously, new allegations have surfaced against Charlie Rose, with 27 additional women accusing the former CBS anchor of sexual harassment dating back to 1986. The hosts suggest these timely leaks are intended to prevent Rose from making a professional comeback in the podcasting industry.

cnbc· charlie rose· cbs news· sexual harassment· bill cosby· podcasting

41:29 Think it's a backfire. I don't think they're gonna go there, but if you want to irk him I mean and also think about it who's he hanging out with Roger Stone? Hello Just saying I mean the Roger Stone you could hang this whole thing up on Roger stone alone We'll see we'll see they've got to go really all in now They gotta do something really rough because nothing is working well Well, the latest in the I mean the latest thing that came out was one of the ex directors of CNBC was busted for putting a Cam on about again part of the CNBC The NBC list that I've been collecting and I forgot to mention that Cosby used to work for NBC. Yeah They keep him in the news III think there's

42:19 Every time something happens on the one side, an attack on NBC takes place. Yeah this was a pretty good story This was the former CNBC director pleading guilty to hiding a camera in his bathroom To spy on his teenage au pair Nice! She's taking off her blouse And there is more about Charlie Rose Yeah, they had the yeah cuz Rose kept talking about making a comeback as a podcaster So I think they did this to stop him to war top him. Oh yeah? Oh, yeah He's so now they have this whole list of allegations and it was his recent is 2017 This guy was real creep Yeah an additional 27 women

43:09 14 CBS News employees and 13 who work with him elsewhere said Rose sexually harassed them. Concerns about Rose's behavior were flagged to managers at the network as early as 1986, and as recently as April 2017 when Rose was co-anchor of the CBS This Morning according to multiple people with firsthand knowledge of the conversation sources." Yeah great man I love this especially because i know we have nothing to fear We're podcasters. Exactly! Nothing... we have a pass. What are you gonna do? Get us kicked off the podcast? We have a pass. Get us fired from the podcast?! We have a pass on everything. I keep emphasizing this to people when we ask for donations that

CHAPTER 12 / 46 Discussion

Michael Morell and Intelligence Matters Podcast

Former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell has launched a podcast titled "Intelligence Matters" in partnership with CBS News. The show features conversations with high-level intelligence figures like Michael Hayden but is criticized by the hosts for its high production value and lack of substantive disclosures due to state secrecy oaths. The hosts mock the use of "seasons" in corporate podcasting as a misunderstanding of the medium.

michael morell· cia· cbs news· intelligence matters· michael hayden· podcasting

43:52 I mean, there's really hard unless you know we could obviously be taken down by some government guys coming knock down the door and kick our ass. We're not that important. You could do that but they're not gonna do that. No This has to be more subtle otherwise it's just not fair But you know what? A lot of people are finding refuge in podcasting Sadly yes There is one you don't even know about Yes You're going to be stunned There is a show that I don't know about Yeah. Mike Morrell is now a podcaster! Oh no, let me hear this... We know CBS News senior national security contributor Michael Morell for his more than 30 years at the CIA What's it called? The Right Podcast? Is that what it's called right? Hello welcome to the podcast Right? Where he served as both deputy director and acting director Did you know that he has also a podcast called Good One 2? What did she say? A good one two?!

44:48 He's a podcast host John that's not he's not quite a podcaster you can't be a podcast host You're either a podcaster or not. Do you know that he is also a podcast host? Very good one too. He's called intelligence matters, where I'll talk to leading voices in national... The thing is he's a really good host! Sucker. ...security and foreign policy they tackle issues like counterterrorism cybersecurity and negotiating with adversaries And what lessons these experts learn through their careers the first episode of the new season is out today

45:24 It features Morrell's conversation with Michael Hayden, former director of both the CIA and National Security Agency. The podcast is produced by CBS News and was initially done in partnership with the Cypher Brief website. Michael good morning. Good morning I like how he says that the new season... I got ya! That's why I stopped it there. The first episode of the new season is out That's not how podcasts work you doofus We're in season we have a new season does that mean we get to take off You know 40 weeks of the year and just how are they don't mention? I think like maybe in passing they mentioned it was done by this cipher operation Which is like one of those networks, and I think if there's a fail fail So CBS picked it up at CBS decided to do it because you know he works for them And he probably sold him a bill of goods, and they have a shot at this studio. Oh my god

46:17 It's got like some of the most expensive gear you've ever seen with the booms they use for the mics. Is this his own dedicated studio or is it just a CBS studio? They never say, but it could be a dedicated studio for him but This when I heard the new season then, what happened is that thing wasn't working and so they went on hiatus. Which you know what that means. I'm gonna do this in the opening of our show Season 10! Episode 1030! You can do ten, we could just be doing season 20 Yeah let's make it up And so they uh

46:56 So let's listen to the rest of it and then I'll tell you, because I listened to this pod or tried. The podcast is boring. It's a bunch of two spooks talking to each other that can't say anything people have to realize and I think we should mention this again and again when you hear Mike Morrell or Hayden or any these guys come out talk about anything they are sworn to state secrecy they cannot talk about anything of any importance They just can't and they never can. Once they're out of the agency, they sign papers for this. They can't say anything and they don't say anything so it's just a waste of time to listen to them. They can't speculate if the speculation is based on anything that you know. So its just blather

CHAPTER 13 / 46 Discussion

Politicization of Intelligence and John Brennan

Michael Morell defends the CIA against claims that the Bush administration politicized intelligence regarding Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. The discussion moves to John Brennan's career path, questioning his role during the implementation of the agency's torture program and his subsequent transition to a media role at NBC. The hosts observe a trend of former intelligence officials being hired as analysts across all major television networks.

john brennan· cia· iraq wmd· gina haspel· national security· state department

47:44 Part 2. I think that was Murrell. The secrets you couldn't tell when you were at the CIA? What are you hoping to achieve with the podcast? So what we want to do is have a place where you can have a discussion about national security issues, where there are no politics. A conversation! You know it used to be true that politics ended at the nation's shores and politics didn't get involved in national security issues... That's not true anymore so

48:30 We want to have a place where we can talk about those issues. That's, that's where there are different views but people aren't scoring political points." This is a slightly abstract question but it's something we deal with in the press too which is there is intelligence that you can get wrong in good faith and that's part of the job and then there is the history in the intelligence agencies where sometimes people cooked things and where politicians took the information and cooked Is that one of the goals here to try to put things in their different categories so people understand the difference between a mistake made in good faith and something that was said wasn't true? Exactly. I'll give you a great example, there is a misperception right that the Bush administration politicized the judgments about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction just not true The CIA and intelligence community believed that even before President Bush came into office we were telling President Clinton that So thats a great example

49:21 So this is the correct history podcast is what this is we're going to correct all the things you have wrong stupid idiots a couple of things he did something interesting which is When Brennan I Have to get that may get the timelines on this but I think he made a mistake and He told us that Brennan was number four in the agency when? the first when they started the torture program. And he said Brennan was against it, but he wasn't in the chain of command at that time so he couldn't do anything about it and then later became head of the CIA. Now I'm... When that torture program began, I thought that's when Brennan was in the State Department over in Saudi Arabia becoming a Muslim

50:15 Let me see when what was the time of the torture program? Well, that's what I have to get the timelines now So I'm gonna go get a couple different timelines and find out where Brendan was But if he was in the agency is number four. That means she was always in the agency so he was yeah in the agency while a US government representative in the ambassador's office if he wasn't the ambassador to Saudi Arabia which of course is gee golly our people in the In those foreign service are all intelligence agents. It's a shocker Interesting two months after assuming his post at CIA in 2013 Brennan replaced Gina Haspel as head of the National Clandestine Service and placed another unidentified career intelligence officer and former Marine in her place

50:59 Yeah, huh? Cuz now she's it. She's now the boss well one of the things that's going on is Well he talks about her and a bunch of other stuff whose kind of interesting I should clip more of it. I guess but They just I think morale should be called to the carpet and told to get off these things because he's like oh Dropping too much of those subtle stuff these things okay, but he's blowing up timelines These guys they're there. They're like they're like hockey players right now or football players Every network has to hire these guys I don't know why maybe because they leak secrets to them during their tenure But it's like a big reward you know Brennan gets the work for For NBC and Morel is at CBS and they got all the bases covered who was that ABC which spook is there?

51:52 That's a good question. We gotta look at that I mean Anderson Cooper is the spookin' chief There's always a spook, they keep an eye on these publishing companies all publishing companies have a spook and you see him when you go there yourself There he is there was a guy the only guy with white hair in a blue shirt and a tie everybody else is casual Yeah But except this one guy Anyway, so I listened to the podcast. It's Intelligence Matters is the name of it you can look it up He says well as a place where we can come without politics all they do is bash Trump Well yeah what else would what else is a podcast for? That's perfect for that

CHAPTER 14 / 46 Discussion

James Comey Book Tour and FBI Cabal Claims

James Comey continues his media tour, claiming that Hillary Clinton would not have fired him as FBI Director due to her respect for institutions. In response, former FBI Assistant Director James Kallstrom appeared on Fox Business to criticize Comey, alleging the existence of a "cabal" or "fifth column" within the intelligence community. Kallstrom describes the efforts to undermine the Trump presidency as a "three-act tragedy" involving international cooperation.

james comey· james kallstrom· fbi· maria bartiromo· clinton· fifth column

52:32 Yeah, so I mean come on and it's really dull and it's overproduced. It's very by the way It's over produced to at the point where they have they have hits Between thoughts. I mean if somebody's spending a lot of time on this thing in the end We got hits in between thoughts So that is post production as what you're saying a lot of posts high post-production okay? No okay, and that's That's it yes our new competition. Oh well good Okay, I'll stay with the deep state then for just a moment Comey was out doing interviews. He continues on his book tour Do you wish she'd won? Do I wish she'd won yeah That's what I'm not gonna answer. I don't think he's getting big laughs our comey boy What because you've said your family members do yeah that's for sure What would your life be like if she'd one oh

53:33 I also don't know the answer to that. I think i would still be the FBI director. Sure! Oh yeah, that would solve everything! The reason why say that is someone asked me to compare the two and it's too hard for me to compare the two except Secretary Clinton is someone deeply enmeshed in the rule of law respect for institutions a lawyer and so given that background I'm reasonably confident that even though she was unhappy with decisions the FBI had made, she would not fire the FBI director as a result. But look again, I don't know that for sure." Oh sure! You would have been the first head to roll! Is he crazy?

54:18 Yeah, yeah he is. He is and who's this guy? This is a former FBI guy he was on with the money honey Maria Bartiromo getting all political now on Fox Business News James Kallstrom former FBI director well I you know I think he's lost his mind Jim Comey I don't understand You know what his act is you know there's book tour and all this nonsense about it so look It's not a leak of course. It's a leak without question, I mean in this conversation with the President of the United States is automatically classified. He's talking about the memos that he gave to his professor friend At least it was when i was in a government unless they've changed rules like that but Maria we're on a three-act play and you know what? It's not a comedy...it's a tragedy Act 1 was the stop

55:05 Mr. Trump from becoming the President of the United States, that failed Act 2 was to diminish his ability to manage the country and even with that he has done a fantastic job I say that as someone who is not affiliated with either party But look what he's done. Even with all the backlash and all the nonsense that is going on, there is no question that there is a cabal, a fifth column, a conspiracy call it what you may, that involves people in the intelligence community probably involves people over in Great Britain who have probably fed information to people like John Brennan I don't know for a fact but would not surprise me and this really a nasty nasty

55:51 Act 2 that's going on. And people in the United States, I mean we have to violently react to this not from the standpoint of guns and bullets but from a standpoint of stopping this This cannot go on in the United States This is third world country stuff Yeah good luck with that It ain't stoppin' anytime soon I agree with the third world, so that's what I said is going to end up becoming because they're not letting up at all and the social media of course doesn't help this. Here's a clip from NBC. This is Trump versus Mueller so we can kind of catch up got the new lawyers has got all the information we need to be kinda caught up with it as of yesterday.

CHAPTER 17 / 46 Discussion

Michelle Wolf and White House Correspondents Dinner Backlash

Comedian Michelle Wolf's performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner sparked significant controversy, with critics accusing her of attacking Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders' appearance. Kathy Griffin defended Wolf, noting the irony of being under federal investigation herself a year prior. The hosts analyze the delivery of the jokes, suggesting that poor audio and amateurish timing contributed to the negative reception in the room.

michelle wolf· kathy griffin· white house correspondents dinner· sarah sanders· comedy

1:05:43 Yeah, it was just pathetic. All right play the Kathy Griffin thing I need to hear it. I'm sorry Okay well there was a but I didn't put clip the whole thing obviously because she goes on and on she's this classic Kathy Griffin She makes light of everything she thinks is hilarious The big news on her Is that after she did and this was a year ago? The picture with the president's head cut off now she sold out Carnegie Hall in some record amount of time or 24 hours Oh yeah everyone wants to hear she's not that funny But okay Everyone wants to hear it because she's an anti-Trumper and everyone needs more anti Trump comics, because God knows there is not enough of them. And she is talking about the... I got two clips. I got her then I got Juan Williams they're talking about the Michelle... What was your last name? Michelle Wolf... Michelle Wolf stand up. White House Correspondents Dinner yeah Or as Glenn Greenwald called it The Michelle Wolfe Speech

1:06:40 And here she is and she's just rambling in her normal way. A year ago, I know a year ago. I'm under a federal investigation for conspiracy to assassinate the president of the United States Oh yeah two months on our investigation and then last weekend I get invited to the White House Correspondents Center Circle So you were in the room for Michelle Wolf. I was in the room, but it all went down. It all went down. Based on you and Michelle Wolf, I'm worried he's going to start deporting redheads. Yeah. That might be his next step. He has a fear of gingers as well so many other issues Oh my gosh! The news today about the doctor Remember Dr Bornstein? Yeah. Who said that he is the healthiest doctor ever Now saying that his office was raided because Trump uses Propecia As if thats all

1:07:39 I'm alleging. I'm alleging." Thank you for saying, alleging now. You're very you're obviously after your legal troubles. You are being very careful. Allegedly my lawyers kids are all going to college this year. Yes! And they only 5 or 6 years old. Oh that's great. So uh...You were in the room did you have the sense that there would be the kind of backlash there was? Wow.

1:08:30 Wow, she goes on and on that's that kind of stuff. It's just it's so fresh and new This material has never been done before our network television dick jokes On the five they ridiculed that ridicule they took did I Took Michelle because a couple at least two comic stand-up guys on that show and they said that she sucked for a lot of different reasons, but you would Juan Williams You watched the thing and you saw the audience and there were Millennials were laughing And it wasn't a lot of reaction. He didn't hear a lot of laughing but you listen to one Williams and

1:09:07 And he's on there. He's their token liberal. He is on the Fox show, The Five? Yeah he is on The Five. So you listen to him and his interpretation of things and it's like holy mackerel talk about Dementia B I held her hand, and said you know what? I think you have a great sense of humor because in the moment that she was going to burst into tears or stand up and walk out. And then it would be a whole deal about that. That's not what the White House Correspondents Association wants for their event Where I disagree with you guys is she was hilarious! She was genius funny! Genius Funny?! She was picking on the press A LOT! She was picking on Democrats

CHAPTER 18 / 46 Discussion

Juan Williams and Media Reactions to Michelle Wolf

Juan Williams of Fox News' "The Five" defended Michelle Wolf's routine as "genius funny," claiming the audience at his table was highly entertained. The debate centers on whether Wolf's "smoky eye" joke was a critique of Sanders' honesty or a veiled insult about her weight. The hosts conclude that despite attempts to rewrite the history of the event, the visual evidence shows a largely unamused audience.

juan williams· the five· fox news· first amendment· sarah sanders· smoky eye

1:08:30 Wow, she goes on and on that's that kind of stuff. It's just it's so fresh and new This material has never been done before our network television dick jokes On the five they ridiculed that ridicule they took did I Took Michelle because a couple at least two comic stand-up guys on that show and they said that she sucked for a lot of different reasons, but you would Juan Williams You watched the thing and you saw the audience and there were Millennials were laughing And it wasn't a lot of reaction. He didn't hear a lot of laughing but you listen to one Williams and

1:09:07 And he's on there. He's their token liberal. He is on the Fox show, The Five? Yeah he is on The Five. So you listen to him and his interpretation of things and it's like holy mackerel talk about Dementia B I held her hand, and said you know what? I think you have a great sense of humor because in the moment that she was going to burst into tears or stand up and walk out. And then it would be a whole deal about that. That's not what the White House Correspondents Association wants for their event Where I disagree with you guys is she was hilarious! She was genius funny! Genius Funny?! She was picking on the press A LOT! She was picking on Democrats

1:09:46 I mean, she said about the idea that Franken is gone. She said Ted Kennedy probably says hey, I murdered a girl and that kind of thing. That was a good joke! You know what? And I think when I sit here with all you guys you talk about liberal intolerance for a variety of voices and speech well Gee, here's a variety of where here's a different perspective and she went after and probably her most telling thing was she said you know You guys in the press you created this monster And now you're all making but your books your art your podcast your TV shows making money. Yeah I liked what she said there too actually, you know Tina had listened to our last show and she said I didn't really understand you really liked a lot of Michelle Wolf's

1:10:30 routine. I said, it's not so much that i thought it was funny but a lot of what she said was you know if we're going to go all out let's do it! You know celebrating First Amendment etc and Two other observations by them because I clipped a lot of that Of that because I watched the whole thing in real time and it had a horrible flow was very uncomfortable Was not funny and that doesn't mean that the jokes weren't funny. Sometimes the audience is wrong The vibe is wrong It's just your rhythm is wrong or everything is wrong The whole concept perhaps is wrong Her delivery was really amateurish. Delivery was certainly amateurish, but I recall specifically listening to some of these jokes by themselves standalone that a lot of them are pretty good in the total flow of everything The whole thing was no good one other observation Really more of a comedy writer Yes One other observation and you had the same thing

1:11:26 I just deconstructing we had this whole oh she attacked Sarah Sanders Huckabee's singamabob and that's because a lot of people yourself included because I recall that you said She attacked her for her body. Yeah, she's burning fat I think that her delivery was so bad And it was probably not a good joke to write fat or fax is so close to each other at just listening to it Because I know she said, she burns up facts to create the perfect smoky eye or smokey eyeshadow whatever it is. But most people thought that she had said fat

1:12:03 You thought it too, and that's really what kicked off the storm And then all the other things she said came into play But I don't think I've heard anyone apologize and say you know. I really got it wrong She didn't really because what did she why is he compared her to an actress? Who she looks like come on a fat actress That's only if it's in your mind my friend. I see the actors to see an actress I don't the first thing. I don't think is oh she's fat. I don't think that um Look, it's Sarah Sanders. The first thing that comes to mind is not she's fat you got to be careful there in California Yeah, yeah, it's leaking into Well one Williams went on to say that I don't know what you're talking about about the but nobody laughing because he said everybody at his table was just rolling in the aisles and

1:12:54 And I find that hard to believe, but it's possible he was sitting at a table where everybody thought it was hilarious. Also we don't know how the micing was of the room... But we saw- no, they shot the audience to an excessive amount They shot the audience and right while she was talking there is two camera deal not laughing except the millennials. We both observed that she was not getting the big laughs, everybody who analyzed the thing who even if they were there she was not getting the big laughs right we can't rewrite history she wasn't getting the big laugh it's just a fact. Right but you know why are we even discussing this?

1:13:36 You're the one who brought it up. You're the one who clipped it No, I just clipped that clip what's-her-name? Who said I didn't want to play it and I played it then I played Juan Williams Jeez blame me don't blame the messenger and with that I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John C stands for coked up she is Dvorak Allegedly allegedly Let's see here hold on they got a there we go yeah We do have few people to thank No, you gotta do say your in the mornings first. What's wrong with you? Oh I'm sorry, it's not my regular workstation here and you say have my bucket I'd do that in the morning you have a straight Adam Curry in tomorrow ship to see who's on the ground feeding their sons were our neighbors tonight so they're Wow phoning it in

CHAPTER 19 / 46 Discussion

Producer Donations and Machine Shop Business

Sean Modal from Minnesota is knighted as Sir Migdala after contributing to the show. He shares the story of quitting his corporate engineering job to purchase a machine shop in Edgewater, Florida, called E-Sector. The shop specializes in water jet cutting, 3D printing, and CNC milling. The hosts encourage listeners to support the new business for custom parts and antique car restoration.

sean modal· edgewater florida· machine shop· knighthood· e-sector· cnc milling

1:14:23 Not phoning it in. That wasn't phone... Phoning it would have been... I don't have my phone here either. Alright, no sound effects again now all you got is the slide whistle well then I will say in the morning to be to the troll room NoAgendaStream.com Again, I will thank them for being my stunt brain It is highly appreciated and in the morning to comic strip blogger yes He's back on deck he brought us the artwork for episode 1029 batteries not included the title of that one and yeah One of my favorites. The baby on board sign manipulated to read no baby on board and then a dog because that's what everyone has now is dogs instead of babies we will be a nation of dogs the Dog Uprising

1:15:08 And we want to thank Comicstripblogger and all of the artists who diligently help us out, and really make the show look good. Every single episode has new album art it's attractive it works great on the tweeters on all the social nets people oh whoa there's something new that looks good NoahJennerArtGenerator.com Thank you very much for your courage and your participation as well alright I want to thank a few people, starting with Sean Modal. M-O-T-Y L $333 and 34 cents in Minnesota. The enclosed 334 is my balance due for my knighthood please knight me sir. Migdala in honor of my healthy amygdala due your years of hard work after 25 years working for the man one of my fellow engineers and I quit our jobs and bought a business

1:16:00 It's a machine shop in Edgewater, Florida. He's always right he's in Maniola we can be found at e-sector.com check that out if we can be of service to any fellow producers it would be an honor please mention the show and demand a good price I need a machine calling from the no agenda show So in other words, they can do some machining if you need special parts made or something like one of those. If you get your antique car and a little motor... Yeah then they can give them the old ones say I need this, I need this, I need a new one of these. Can you make it? And they can make it really that's what machine shops do. Maybe you could send your recorder down there and have them drill the extra hole.

1:16:49 I can drill my own damn hole. Yeah, they do tooling? They would have the equipment to drill the hole precisely. Yes. Tooling water jet cutting 3D printing CNC milling and turning complex CNC programming wow nice congratulations It's good business to be in. Good work! I humbly request Goat Scream Karma for the new business adventure, Goat Jobs Karma for all and F Cancer Karma from my favorite mother-in-law Monica who is okay at the moment but she has to keep getting scans to make sure thanks again for all the work you guys do it's truly appreciated with your training i have an improved ability to see through the BS like never before Sean

CHAPTER 20 / 46 Discussion

Associate Executive Producers and Cinco de Mayo

Sir Warren Carroll and Sir Eagle-Eye Null are recognized for their contributions and requests for "jobs karma." Sir James of the Mountain becomes an Associate Executive Producer, noting that he sees No Agenda artwork on his Ford F-150 Sync screen. He also critiques the commercialization of Cinco de Mayo in the United States, noting it is not a major holiday in Mexico but rather a marketing tool for beer companies.

warren carroll· victor null· james of the mountain· f-150· cinco de mayo· canada

1:17:35 Jobs jobs and jobs. Let's vote for John you've got karma all right For Monica Warren Carroll Sir, Warren Carroll who I had lunch with yeah, why'd lunch with there you go? Oh three three three is in Indianapolis at that word is that where he's from yeah, Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana. By the way they have a tall thing in the middle of town it's I don't know what it is called got some statue at the top but you can get take an elevator right to the top of it nobody ever does that It's kind of interesting good view Indianapolis NJNK thanks for all you do Thank You very much nice meeting you in person Sir Warren Victor Newell or Nahul

1:18:27 333 night name is sir eagle-eye null of the RF SS from parts unknown D bag call out to Marconi as fish He becomes a knight today. I need a new and better job for my well being therefore I need extra powerful jobs karma Adam, please play three different versions of the various jobs Karma jingle in a row We know it's not something we do I can't do that why not? Oh It might screw up the karma. He wants it well now you asking for trouble, but okay all right? It's a long string But that's what I need this coincides with the 1030 code of excessive use of radio See he has a whole concept behind it PSI finished up a road trip to DC and saw tent cities there too even in Georgetown University area jobs and jobs Let's vote for jobs

1:19:24 Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs You've got karma Alright, who knows? Maybe he'll be hired as CEO Everybody gets to chew gum now Sir James of the Mountains $250.93 becomes our first Associate Executive Producer With the world's longest note. ITM from Sir James of the Mountain still waiting for the other sea to sky of Vancouver type douchebags to step up to the plate. Insert douchebag call out here. Yeah, okay. Why are those from Victoria so much more generous than Vancouver?

1:20:09 Vancouver. It closes my poultry donation of 333 33 Candian avian pesos, which technically makes me an executive producer if you're still honoring such deals. You should also a gassy you should as gas here is just shy of $5 US per gallon. Wow! Speaking of expensive gas Adam Adam, might be happy to know that I see the No Agenda artwork on my newer model F-150 sync screen. It does pass on the artwork on some podcast clients and I love me some NA Artwork. This is a happy birthday donation for me donation."

1:20:51 For May 5th, thank you John for not making a cheap Cinco de Mayo promotion in this latest newsletter. Not only is the cultural appropriation...not only is it an event not observed in Mexico of course it's not observed in Mexico! A marketing promotion by Mexican beer and tequila marketers? It's a scam May 5th was all mine until about 20 years ago, bastards. But John try it again if needed you may get a rest donate-a real donation or rant donation from me at the minimum I suggest boobs promotion are more profitable thanks for the great content i no longer leave have much use for tv or radio value for value indeed a tip of the hat to all

1:21:38 End of show and jingle producers, eh? Some Trump Jobs birthday goat karma please. You went from like a mobster to uh I don't know to like a Mexican accent to a Canadian you threw in an A there Man, we need to get you back on your not trying to give Vancouver the Vancouver accent a all right Chums Trump chumps chumps jobs Charma jobs jobs jobs Nicholas Robinson in Somerville Massachusetts that's two hundred one dollars and two cents. He doesn't seem to have a note Okay Let's go into the next you don't see his note

CHAPTER 21 / 46 Discussion

De-Douching and Listener Well-Wishes

Several listeners are "de-douched" following their donations, including Michael Roeger, who is searching for a 1969 Dodge Super Bee. Dame Nurse Caitlin of the Flat Earth shares a touching note about using the podcast as a distraction while grieving the loss of her mother. The hosts reiterate that the value-for-value system is the only thing keeping the show independent and on the air.

michael roeger· nurse caitlin· james waschbish· dodge super bee· flat earth· value-for-value

1:22:25 Oh, loving Adams OTG updates and also the dirty 30 slang. Not all young people are completely absorbed into their phones yet really? Well that's why you're listening to this show. Keep up the amazing work truly it's the best podcast in universe Sir Carries. Yes well of course not everyone is absorbed we're trying to save people and it's like pushing water uphill with a broom I've given up. Michael Roiger, it says Roger is that roger you think? I don't know yes Rogers German with a hard G Roy Roeger ah all right Michael Roeger my girl Reuger in Richmond Texas $200 and 33 cents i could use the de-douching no you've been de-douche

1:23:22 Please play Obama's A-Team in a muscle car buying Karma as I cannot seem to find the right 69 Dodge Super B for sale. Uh, okay... Well you're in the right state there should be one around There is need for rescue mission when the world is threatened and the world needs help it calls on America And that's the story You've got Karma Dame Nurse Catlin of the Flat Earth. North Carolina, Carolina. $200. ITM, The Basin Newsletter got me the swift kick in the ass that I needed to donate again. Good! I just started looking at... listening to the best...

1:24:11 I just started back listening to the best podcast in universe for full time after losing my mom in January. I'm trying to get my life back into order, you guys are a welcome distraction and much needed laugh most days." Really funny! Most days? Yeah, sometimes you're not so funny. Thank you for your courage love you guys mucho if you don't mind I like a karma and an F cancer All right Dame Dame Caitlin nurse nurse Caitlin Dame nurse Caitlin of the flat earth absolutely You've got karma And last on our list of well-wishers and executive producers is James was bish

1:25:00 W-A-S-C-H, wash bish B-I-S-C-H $200 please de douche me You've been de douched and call out Eric Goodman son as a douche bag He's nervous the show will end and he still hasn't donated. How nervous can you be? Yeah, maybe you could grab the bongos while I get the douchebag. You give him a douche bag and missed it yeah? I did now okay. Yeah man I know I got some slide well so I can go get other stuff But it's over on the other side is over on the other work yet Do you have to ride your your electric scooter? How big is this place you gotta for two of those houses

1:25:52 I would like to thank our executive producers and associate executive producers profusely for keeping the show on the road. This is our value-for-value system, no one can take us off the air except you That's how simple it is and clearly you're getting some value, and you're showing your appreciation for it And we'd like that very much and we have another show coming up on Sunday Please remember us at the vorac org slash na. It goes like this vorac org Slash n a and as you have two more days left in the workweek Why not propagate the formula with your colleagues is this? We go out we hit people in the mouth I

CHAPTER 22 / 46 Discussion

UK National Health Service Computer Glitch

A computer algorithm failure in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) dating back to 2009 resulted in 450,000 women missing their final breast cancer screenings. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt informed Parliament that the glitch may have led to between 135 and 270 premature deaths. The hosts suggest the timing of the announcement may be a strategic move to secure more funding for the struggling healthcare system.

nhs· united kingdom· breast screening· computer glitch· parliament· jeremy hunt

1:26:44 Got another glitch going on in the world lots of stories about it. I hadn't heard about this actually it happened a few weeks ago There was a computer glitch Glitch in the UK, Gitmo Nation East with the National Health Systems computer scheduling system. This is Parliament it's so bad parliament has to talk about it. I love that this is so much better than the press reporting on as a glitch a computer algorithm failure

1:27:22 in 2009. The latest estimates I've received from PHE is that as a result of this between 2009 and the start of 2018 an estimated 450,000 women aged between 68 and 71 were not invited to their final breast screening at this stage it is unclear whether any delay in diagnosis will have resulted in any avoidable harm or death and that is one of the reasons I'm ordering an independent review to establish the clinical impact. Our current best estimate, which comes with caveats as it's based on statistical modelling rather than patient reviews and because there is currently no clinical consensus about the benefits of screening for this age group, is that there may be between 135 and 270 women who had their lives shortened as a result

1:28:21 I'm advised that it is unlikely to be more than this range and maybe considerably less. However, tragically there are likely to be some people in this group who would have been alive today I find this very sinister what they're doing. They're taking As he says by his own admission now I want a clinical test to know if that final breast exam when you're after older than 68 if that'll save your life and he's presupposing By saying clearly with my somewhere 200 400 women day had dead they died They died early. This is a ruse and a ploy for more money for their national health system, which they already say has problems but now they're spinning this into well two to four hundred women may have died because of this glitch, this algo failure in 2009 It's very sinister to go after more money in this fashion This is zero proof, zero facts But yes now we're going to study and make sure that we do give them all these exams

1:29:22 By, you know freeing up more money for this. It's just all about money for their clients. More tax... And hell with the homeless! I don't know what the homelessness situation is in the UK actually or Sleeping rough as they call it there. You're not homeless your sleeping rough here that means you're not wearing underwear No? Yeah here yeah, you're sleeping rough hmm staying in Europe There is huge concern Some outrage, the kids are all troubled. I've been seeing...I don't have any English-speaking reports but i saw a couple Dutch ones about the new policy from Facebag which is through their subsidiary WhatsApp and this is the report

CHAPTER 23 / 46 Discussion

WhatsApp Age Limit and EU Data Privacy

WhatsApp is raising its minimum age for users in Europe from 13 to 16 to comply with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The move follows the resignation of WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum, who reportedly disagreed with Facebook's attempts to use personal data and weaken encryption. The new EU laws grant citizens the "right to be forgotten" and require companies to provide reports on stored user data.

whatsapp· facebook· gdpr· european union· jan koum· data privacy

1:30:14 If you're a WhatsApp user in Europe, you'll soon be prompted to agree new terms of service and privacy policy. Most of us won't take the time to read fine print from the popular messaging service so what should you know? Reuters Paul Sandals says if your under 16 you will be banned from the app If you're under 16, under the new regulations you need to get permission for certain amounts of data to be shared and that requires WhatsApp to collect more information which they don't want to do. Raising the age limit will help WhatsApp comply with new regulations. So what are they? New data privacy laws coming into force across the EU next month, will be the biggest overhaul of online privacy since the birth of the internet It will give Europeans the right to know what data is stored on them and the right to have it deleted

1:31:06 So you can request a report, it will tell you the number, the device you use. WhatsApp say they need this information to offer this service for their own technical reasons It also gives your contacts and groups any numbers that you've blocked. WhatsApp's minimum age of use will remain 13 years in the rest of the world in line with its parent Facebook This may be the Achilles heel for services certainly for Facebook And I believe that this change, and the way I understand it is we want to raise the age limit to 16 because above 16 according to the general data protection regulations then we can ask all of this stuff of these kids. Because there's a big difference between 13 year old and 16 year olds. The founder of WhatsApp who still work with in Facebag left over this John Koum. What did he leave?

1:32:04 Hacking enough 13 year olds or what? Yeah, he left because he would be disig- well He disagreed with the extra information they wanted to to Scrape I'll just use that word From their whatsapp users. The whole idea behind Whatsapp was so beautiful when it started and really this guy I mean come on you're douchebag You sold to face bag What do you expect I loved it when it started. You paid 99 cents a year and you had secure encrypted communications, and that was it! And they had 300 million people... They were doing $300 million a year in revenue. I'm not sure what the costs were. I'm sure if they're sitting on top of Amazon AWS or something they weren't making a large profit margin but that was an honest service

1:32:51 And so I didn't know that Facebag was taking my WhatsApp contact list and doing more slicing and dicing with that. I mean, I'm not surprised but I don't recall that being a thing I never use it so i don't pay much attention. But you should see the children, do they have reporters going up on the street saying... So um you know to like 12 and 13 year old girls and they're all huddled around and like what's happening with their thumbs and their bent necks in their horrible posture? It's like well you know that uh you won't be allowed to use it because you're not 16 and then go wait you can't live without whatsapp everything happens through whatsapp! Whatsapp! What's up? Its incredible

1:33:35 And of course Facebook knows bloody well that the kids aren't gonna they're all gonna lie. They're gonna say there's 16 or you will bloody well This could but this could be an Achilles heel for them. Yeah Let's play a car I had to first of all let's start with the Facebook ad have you seen it? No, I don't believe so just playing on all the time playing everywhere going We came here for the friends and we got to know the friends of our friends Then our old friends from middle school, our mom, our ex and her boss joined forces to wish us happy birthday. And we discovered that our uncle used to play in a band and realized he was young once too. We found others just like us... ...and just like that you felt a little less alone but then something happened. We had to deal with spam clickbait fake news and data misuse That's going to change No

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Facebook F8 Conference and Browser Tracking

At the F8 developers conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced a new "Clear History" feature that allows users to see and delete the data Facebook collects from third-party apps and websites. The hosts express shock at the revelation that Facebook tracks "off-Facebook" browsing history extensively. This move is seen as a response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and an attempt to rebuild user trust through increased transparency.

facebook· mark zuckerberg· f8 conference· clear history· cambridge analytica· browser history

1:34:36 From now on, Facebook will do more to keep you safe and protect your privacy. So we can all get back to what made Facebook good in the first place... Friends. Because when this place does what it was built for then we'd all get a little closer." Ha! Another poorly executed Apple ad. How does this jive with their hookup program they're launching? Now here is, they had the recent Facebook Developers Conference here in the city. Oh, F-8? Or San Jose and this is a clip from, this is a Facebook Clear Browser clip and I want to preface it with that Zuckerberg's out there talking about all these changes they're gonna make and they never... The guys reporting this weren't as like aghast as I was

1:35:31 Because I was looking at the slides and what it said, and what they're doing. And when I heard this, I said to myself, What? Facebook has unveiled some new features at its annual developers conference in San Jose. 5,000 people were on hand yesterday for the first day of the F8 conference at the McHenry Convention Center In his keynote speech CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged the data mining scandal involving Cambridge Analytica He said Facebook will now offer a new privacy control feature The social media platform will now let users clear their browsing history Okay.

1:36:29 Now the thing, here's what got me. I had no idea and then when i saw what they're showing on the screens it's apparently true Facebook besides Google and besides everybody else is actually tracking your browser history and storing it at Facebook now are you... Here's what I'm a little confused about I don't know if its not clear from the report in the Facebook app When you click on a link in the Facebook app, it opens up a browser inside the Facebook app. And I believe on iOS it's a version of Safari...I'm not quite sure exactly how they're doing that So do you mean that they're tracking all my browsing history even when I am using the regular browser? It says on the screen erase all off-Facebook browser history

1:37:24 What? Huh. How did they do that you tell me I don't know maybe the I have no idea maybe there's a deal, I don't know and maybe some maybe i'm wrong Maybe they're just using that internal browser that they open up But that's not what it says on the screen is it says erase all off Facebook huh I got a browser history Yeah, I gotta look into this I gotta find out what this means Well, it's just disgusting. Now the last clip I have is why you don't use Facebook? I'd use it for advertising but I wouldn't ever be a member. People say well there's the end of Facebook people are gonna be bailing out left and right and I of course say that I don't think so. I think if your people will be bailing out and some people won't and I've seen examples early on when people would bail out. It was killing me I can't let use this. I'm quitting Facebook and then three months later they're back on Facebook

CHAPTER 25 / 46 Discussion

Facebook Dating App and User Retention

Facebook is launching a dating feature within its main app, causing stock prices for competitors like Match Group to drop significantly. The hosts discuss "quitter" stories of individuals leaving the platform for mental health reasons and improved real-life connections. There is skepticism regarding whether users will trust Facebook with the sensitive personal information required for a dating profile given recent privacy breaches.

facebook dating· match.com· user privacy· social media addiction· f8· dating apps

1:38:21 So I'm not a big believer. Now, I did find somebody they interviewed during this special report on the Facebook conference and he found some girl she's got kind of acute forward voice very nice voice she could be a podcaster and she's gonna quit Facebook or she's quitting Facebook or she quit Facebook and actually I think she probably will stay off Facebook and some people do that but i just thought it would be interesting to hear her talk about Why she's getting off Facebook and what, you know is she ever going to come back? This is the quitter girl. I actually removed like 90% of my personal data from Facebook last year so um...I got really uncomf-and I removed it from my phone because I got really uncomfortable with it

1:39:05 It seemed like it was listening to me. And when I wasn't even surfing, it was tracking what I was talking about with friends or family and... So that was a big concern for you? Oh yeah! The idea that something is tracking everything I'm doing or thinking It makes me very uncomfortable. Well now that Facebook is making trying to make amends and keep it more private Will you jump back on? No, no never how come Honestly my life is better without it I connect more with my friends and my family by making an effort in real life Yeah There is a dating app that they're starting as well any just heard that on the radio Um...no! No? No, I got dating apps

1:39:47 Don't need another nope you know I It was that announcement was pretty interesting because you know it's obvious that You know people will put a lot more information in their profile on a dating app or maybe certainly Different information than they would put into the face Facebook app itself for the Facebook profile But also to see no match calm yet. They're stocked tanked severely Well, we didn't It went down 10%. Do you think it'll be successful? Do you think it will work? No, I don't. I agree with you. I think they won't work and this may actually a big mistake they're making

1:40:32 How is it a mistake? It's just an experiment. Well, it depends on how far they roll out people are weird They get really weirded I mean look just look around you Look at the stuff you can say and people believe it after a while You know that I don't know I have a feeling that I Know that you don't agree And you think that now I'm delusional about people not wanting to be members of this anymore But it's pretty strong. The human being does want to stay alive, and it's clear that we're all collectively dying from this stuff. So your quitter girl... I think there is more like her and the more stories you have like her the more people start to think about it then you get the stories that Instagram which is another Facebook property is training their AI deep learning algos machine learning

CHAPTER 26 / 46 Discussion

NPR on Social Media Alternatives and Mastodon

NPR explored alternatives to Facebook, featuring Ethan Zuckerman from the MIT Media Lab, who discussed decentralized networks like Mastodon. The hosts criticize the media's portrayal of these platforms, arguing that reporters fail to explain the benefits of federated systems and instead focus on minor features. The discussion highlights the "Gobo" project, which allows users to control the algorithms that filter their social media feeds.

npr· mastodon· decentralized· federated· ethan zuckerman· mit media lab

1:41:27 on facial recognition, thanks to all of your pictures which is a beautiful place to do it no doubt. And then the only other counter noise you'll hear about what else can you do and my thing is like why does everyone think that you have to be on Facebook and see that is the internet? You have to be on social media NPR tried to do a report about some alternatives and I think most people here understand the concept of like noagendasocial.com, the mastodon where you have your own server your own community and then you confederate

1:42:03 So it's decentralized and you can connect with other people. Listen how NPR or connect with other communities, let's put it that way listen how NPR tries to explain your alternatives and it just shows you how piss poor the media is because most of you know what you're talking about when it comes to this two-thirds of American adults use Facebook and three-quarters of those use it every day. I'm one of them, even though i'm uncomfortable with how much the company knows about me and how I am targeted with advertising based on that data but I use Facebook for my job and I also don't want to miss out on party invites from my friends Wow! That's your press? I do not want to miss out on party invites from my friends...I've got to be on the face bag Didn't we just used to send a calendar invite

1:42:51 Are you taking my side in this argument by bringing these issues up? I have that has nothing to do with sides. I'm just, um...I'm surprised that this journal really won't get off because she's admitting it because of the party invites Sorry, if that's just crazy so many parties going on all the time So despite my miss one of them It's hard to think of quitting the platform for good But Facebook is only 14 years old and knowing what we know now about the flaws in its design How might we go about creating the next social network? One that doesn't have those same problems. I really think Facebook is destructive That's Cathy O'Neill, she's a mathematician and the author of a book about the potentially dangerous consequences of algorithms

1:43:35 She says she imagines the next social network as having the best parts of Facebook without the worst parts of Facebook. Basically a town square where people can interact, they can keep up with each other but without sort of commercial predatory aspect Her envisioned social network would have a moderator curating the conversation and it would be a non-profit But she doesn't really want the government to run the system either. What are people that I want a system with a moderator? Is that really what people want is that what they think is it's gonna make them safe and it won't cause controversy because then they don't think half two users even know what a moderator is Yeah, they do cuz they're also on reddit They get it and they know what a mod is have a moderator curating the conversation And it would be a nonprofit

1:44:18 But she doesn't really want the government to run the system either, because then they'd probably collect too much data about all of us. Another person thinking about building a better social network is Ethan Zuckerman. He's director of the Center for Civic Media at the MIT Media Lab He thinks it's a problem that Facebook is so big Facebook has an awful lot of power by virtue of the fact that you have a single company Making decisions for about 2 billion people he says the next iteration of social networks could be decentralized instead of run by one company and A good example of this is a network that already exists, an open source software called Mastodon. You can install it put it up on a web server at that point you're running a mastodon node It's a sort of replacement Twitter where anyone can create their own community with their own rules Another problem that he'd fix? See and she doesn't explain the beauty of the system She just oh well all she says... Do you expect them to do honestly expect them to explain that which is for interpretation

1:45:17 It's not up for interpretation. Did she miss the entire point of the federated decentralized systems, what she just spoke about? She missed the entire point in her report. Oh it was just a Twitter clone you can set up for yourself. Yeah Do I expect it no but I do need to point out why else are we doing this show? I might as well just not show up. You explaining it which you do all the time is not the same as condemning them for not being, explaining because they don't know what the hell they're talking about. They're idiots! I did preface it by saying this is what happens when you know about something now you can hear how full of crap the news is...the media. Where anyone can create their own community with our own rules

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Algorithmic Control and Facebook Usage Patterns

The hosts debate the merits of algorithmic feeds versus reverse chronological order, noting that users often feel manipulated by hidden sorting mechanisms. One host shares an observation that reducing Facebook usage causes the algorithm to "shut down," providing less relevant content upon return. This is described as a marketing failure, as the platform should ideally attempt to re-engage dormant users with high-value content.

algorithms· gobo· reverse chronological· social media· user engagement· advertising

1:45:59 Another problem that he'd fix? We don't really have control over the algorithms that sort our information and choose what we see or don't see. Zuckerman and his MIT colleagues have built an experimental platform called Gobo, which allows you to tinker with the algorithms on your Facebook and Twitter feeds as you see fit. So you can say things like... Hey man! We need a cool name for this social network making. What domain names available? I don't know. Let's throw something into the generator gobo Yeah, that's it called gobo which allows you to tinker with the algorithms on your Facebook and Twitter feeds as you see fit So you can say things like I'd like to hear from more women mute all the men I'd like less rude content and more civil content I asked Kathy O'Neill if she could imagine a scenario really a real alternative to Facebook emerges

1:46:45 And she said, yeah. How many tens of thousands of people are you going to employ who are going to detect this so-called less outrageous posts? Just want civic posts is it's all gonna be algo? Why do people want algos how about reverse chronological order isn't that the simplest? You're asking me? Including one where people simply lose interest. It was kind of a temporary insanity that we all went through, yes We wanted to do this in the first place and in that future perhaps we'll look up from our phones walk outside and hang out together in real life No no What is she thinking She's thinking that by not explaining the alternatives were gonna give it all up That's what she's thinking She's an idiot

1:47:34 Total, total blood. Now you're finally taking my side No I'm not...I'm on your side It's just like wow you know Yeah, I don't know what to tell you. No nothing? I'm very disturbed by all this i mean The thing about the racing browser history got me upset yeah And who knows what else they're doing and the way that they're so cavalier about it i mean Zuckerberg doesn't care i mean he's up there and He's just thinking well the company is the company and we gotta You know i believe he's stay i honestly believe That he's not sitting there you know rubbing his hands and going

1:48:10 I've got him now. He's thinking, you know this is all good because people want they want advertising that's tailored to their needs they want information as tailored to their needs they want all these things and so we have to spy on them or not doing it for evil reasons but we're gonna spy on them to give him the ads they want and then were doing a huge favor they don't get this anyplace else. It's the best place for ads you want Yeah, so he's sincere. I don't believe for a minute that this guy is... No You know? I just don't think he's got it in him to be like oh let's screw these users Here's something i've noticed now that you know I haven't-I have the apps In fact I'm barely using Facebag. I'll check at once every other day That's about it All they need

1:48:57 And I just, you know to see if there's anything in the no agenda groups and what happens this is my experience when you stop using it the algos effectively shut down. So when i go back on it gives me maybe five stories and then there's stuff I've seen before so I think that's a crucial mistake If you want to keep someone on your platform, then when they come back in you want to surprise them and remind them why they should have been here. They don't have any... it doesn't seem apparent that anything like that. Yeah it just... That's a complete violation of all the marketing rules! Thank You So it's kind of... No, when you come back on they should be going oh God where were you? We missed just so much Mr. Adam! Yes none of that no snazzy videos, no party invites, like you've been friends with this person for 20 years none of that

CHAPTER 28 / 46 Discussion

UK Parliament Summons for Mark Zuckerberg

The UK Parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has issued a stern warning to Mark Zuckerberg, threatening a formal summons if he does not testify in London. Committee Chair Damian Collins stated that while Zuckerberg is outside UK jurisdiction currently, he would be subject to the summons upon his next entry into the country. The committee expressed dissatisfaction with the evidence provided by other Facebook executives regarding the Cambridge Analytica data breach.

mark zuckerberg· uk parliament· damian collins· cambridge analytica· formal summons· london

1:49:51 No, I think if so if people do start to diminish use it becomes less interesting. The algo apparently does not know what to do when you're not using it It just starts to slowly shut down try it now you but other people they should try it is very interesting Meanwhile, well your eyes this very weird too. It's not the way to do things Zuckerberg has been summoned To the Parliament In the UK's? With a threat? What is his threat? Oh, they can shut him down in the UK. Pretty big threat. Head of Public Policy Facebook UK Dear Mr Simpson Thank you for helping to arrange Mike Shrupfer appearance in front of the committee yesterday as you may have seen from my press statements The committee feels that evidence lacked many important details that we need

1:50:44 We therefore restate our invitation to Mark Zuckerberg following reports that he will be giving evidence to the European Parliament in May. We would like Mr. Zuckerberg to come to London during his European trip, we would like the session here to take place by 24th of May It is worth noting that while Mr. Zuckerberg does not normally come under the jurisdiction of the UK parliament He will do so next time he enters the country Yeah baby! Yeah, next time you try to enter the country you will be subject to us bitch So we hope that he will respond positively To our requests but if not the committee will resolve to issue a formal summons for him to appear when he is next in the UK Let's go to the UK eventually now what I think

1:51:33 I think that Zuckerberg is a little naive about a lot of this stuff. And, I think that because he believe...I believe.. thinks he did a slam dunk at Congress and just wowed him, that he could do the same thing in England which is anything but the case because there are bunch of A-holes there that don't have any of these you know they're not just genteel as members of Congress might be toward a guy like this. Because they don't have any respect for their rich entrepreneur. They have respect for even a poor member of the upper classes

1:52:10 But that's different. So they're just gonna rake him over the coals, he'll be in tears! I would be worried if i were him... I wouldn't do it. I'd say you know what? I don't need to go to England there's nothing there for me Screw it! Just fly over all the time. Meanwhile now has come to light that Twitter also sold data to Cambridge Analytica to the same guy And we should mention that they just filed for bankruptcy. Yes, I have the report The company accused of harvesting the data of more than 87 million Facebook users says it is shutting down Cambridge Analytica made the announcement Wednesday In March, the company was accused of using data that was harvested from Facebook users without their permission That data was then shared with a number of political campaigns

CHAPTER 29 / 46 Discussion

Cambridge Analytica Bankruptcy and Phoneliness Study

Cambridge Analytica announced it is shutting down and filing for bankruptcy in the US and UK, blaming "unfairly negative" media coverage for the loss of its clients. Meanwhile, a study from San Francisco State University has coined the term "phoneliness" to describe the loneliness and anxiety caused by smartphone addiction. Researchers compare the neurological connections formed by heavy phone use to those seen in opioid addiction.

cambridge analytica· bankruptcy· phoneliness· smartphone addiction· san francisco state university· opioid addiction

1:53:05 In a statement, Cambridge Analytica blamed the media for driving away all of its clients and said it had been vilified for legal activities. The company says it intends to file for bankruptcy in the US and UK. It's not always a good way to get rid of evidence. Everyone just says I think we'll just get rid ourselves here. We're done Just file for bankruptcy. I would be remiss if i didn't mention this new study done by San Francisco State University professor of health education Eric Pieper and associate professor of health education Richard Harvey quote the behavioral addiction of smartphone use begins forming neurological connections in the brain In similar ways to how opioid addiction is experienced by people taking oxycontin for pain relief, and they've

1:53:56 They've come up with their own name for what it leads to which is loneliness, anxiety and depression. They say it's directly relatable to the phone use and they call it phoneliness Phone what? Phoneliness. Instead of loneliness... Phonelingus?! Instead of loneliness, they call it phoneliness. Phoneliness! Phoneliness yes Oh please It makes you sound like your a phony Well it looks good when you read it. Phoneliness. Phoneliness Yeah with the PH Well I'm all in on this of course You know me The phones not anywhere here In fact I lost it again in the house So haven't used for awhile

1:54:40 I don't know where it is. And again, I'll start looking for it." That's the best way to go off the grid! I just lost my phone...I don't know where it is! I lose it constantly. Put it down and then stuff piles up over it and I can't find it. Since I keep it turned off, I can't ring it so it's a two-edged sword. I'll find it eventually Yeah, phoneliness. I don't know why people haven't figured this out they're walking around that you saw it You know where you were last time there's just people on the looking at their phone constantly Is there something what's going on your phone that you're looking at it all the time? Yeah, I don't know That's another thing is another all we're doing on this show is pointing out the obvious and getting nowhere

1:55:26 I don't think we've gotten it. We got people to stop listening to MSN, MSM and 5M. That's true and we get a lot of people that comment on that they don't have to listen the news anymore but we've done nothing about social media, we've done nothing about phones... Nothing! Zip! Well, I think we have. The mechanism's too strong! The mechanism is too strong... Yeah it's like trying to get someone to kick a drug addiction an actual opioid addiction. Just by telling them hey you know it's bad for you and there are all the reasons and this and that doesn't help No You gotta take...you know what? Phoneliness clinics

CHAPTER 30 / 46 Discussion

Newsletter Success and Boob Emoticons

The hosts discuss the success of the No Agenda newsletter, noting that "boob-themed" content has historically driven higher engagement and donations. They explore the difference between modern emojis and old-school emoticons, concluding that the latter are more creative and universally compatible across different devices. Listeners are encouraged to subscribe to the free newsletter for exclusive artwork and show notes.

newsletter· emoticons· emojis· no agenda art· subscribers· marketing

1:56:06 No agenda phone. Yeah, it's called the Apple Store. I'm going to show my support by donating to no agenda. Imagine all the people who could do that? Oh yeah! That'd be fab. We have a few people to thank for Show 1030 which means you've been on the radio too long. Sir Austin of The Snowy Cascades $133 and 33 cents he is in Sammamish And he is, says no jingles. Yeah well we're not doing jingles at this segment. Timothy Pierce $111 to Mark Drinkwater $101 and one cents in Inglewood New Zealand John Robinet $100 Lon Baker $100 Ryan Brady a hundred dollars Baron Latiquin in Houston Texas $100 He's got some little things there to do with having to do with boobs

1:57:08 The days of the pre, the old phone. Robert Cohen at 8892 Anthony Fields 808... Oh I see! Okay, I was looking like what is this Y? Like parenthesis bracket Y and now I see it. I didn't realize that was the old school emoji for boobs Yeah, I'm gonna do so it's left bracket period y period right bracket beautiful yeah, yeah It's a classic. I've learned something Oh, I thought you would have been one of those guys using it. I will now! Because Tina has her iPhone still and and you know i know she's sending me emojis because I get a little square just that you know character a little character that goes...I don't know what that is I can't translate it And so I just send back uh you know XXX? I'm emoji-less

1:58:04 Can't communicate with a dreamer so the old emoticons emoticons my friend. I'm back to go back the old way Yeah, that was yes when everyone had the same yeah equal globalness yeah, they're right because emojis is like good system-to-system They vary yeah, they look very different There's no universal emojis except for work on everything emoticons That's universal and it's much more creative Let's be honest Robert Cohen 8892 Anthony Fields a boob West Roxbury, Massachusetts Got a lot of that was on the newsletter So I think everyone should get hit this one. And so we that's what we got it Melissa hi Melissa Hey Melissa Hodges eat boob Stephen but K boob sir Kevin McLaughlin a Viscount of the Moon

1:59:04 Locust North Carolina, boob 8008. A lot of these Josh Gogg I didn't even promote it just it was an Easter egg Josh Cox in Austin yes Street from you I love the newsletter with the boobs entity rights and holy mackerel the song titles Yeah, the song titles on that album are dynamite. They really are! If you haven't gotten a subscription yet any of our sites has links so you can subscribe to the Noah Jetta newsletter it is an outstanding product well worth the price of admission which is zero! It's free people still unsubscribe So annoying man I got it's so annoying this newsletter two times a week I must unsubscribe Sir Perfluous the Octaroon boob

CHAPTER 31 / 46 Discussion

Global Producer Contributions and YouTube Music Archives

Producers from Australia, Guatemala, and the Netherlands are recognized for their financial support. A discussion about the "value-for-value" model leads to an analysis of YouTube as a massive, often unauthorized, archive for old-time jazz and swing music. An anecdote is shared regarding Taylor Swift's mother allegedly demanding large sums from streaming platforms for the "privilege" of hosting her daughter's music.

brisbane· guatemala· youtube· music royalties· archive.org· taylor swift

1:59:53 Sir Alexander Scott, 808 Boob in Houston Texas. Stephen Fitzpatrick Boob Michael Robert Cohen Boob Max Windham Jr., in the Woodlands Texas. Where's the... They have a town with a the in it? The Woodlands maybe Apparently it's in Texas. Ron Jordan, 7293 Sir Gottnaten, Sebastopol California 6969 Phil Rhodes Rodas Rodis R-O-D-I-S In North Lakes Australia I need to read this The day has finally come where i can hold my head high as I join my brothers at the round table! I would like to thank my smoking hot wife Natalie and human resource Maya for listening to me recite your greatest clips after each show since 2012

2:00:42 He apparently lives in the shed in the backyard. I would like to be known as Sir Philip of the Northern Lakes! Thanks boys for all you do, Philrodes Brisbane Queensland Australia PS all US dollars none of this Australian play money rubbish thank you very much sir and look forward to your celebration coming up momentarily Lucas von Eck 55-55 Alexey Valensky double nickels on the dime you miss sir you miss Sven Middelkoop Sven Middelkoop you're right in Delft how yeah Delft how that's go and Netherlands yes

2:01:20 He wants to donate in Iranian Rial next time. Okay, Lucas Van Eck, Alexey Volinsky 5510 Sir Tom Derry 5510 Paul Vandercordular in Uyghurian I'm out in Allen and that's $55 even Alan D Peterson $51 Carla Kruger 50 dollars and 50 cents Dennis Brown in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Josh Defabo and parts unknown I think it's a sir Scott E Knight in Las Vegas Nevada these are all $50 donors name and location David McLean in Steelville Missouri Marco Castellanos in Guatemala David McLane who you skipped

2:02:16 He says, I can't see any way that a show like this or recorded work can ever make any money. The value for value model is the only one that can work why do i think this? Well today I typed in the name of my band Polaris followed by the name of one of our songs released about 10 years ago Evening Tide it popped up right away on YouTube not just this song but the entire album with good sound quality too We had made the recording and CDs to sell at our gigs which we did now it's out there for free somehow Does it make us money? No, I don't know exactly what to think. I am happy that someone at least is listening to the songs So he's confused. I understand what he's saying though Yes And thank you for supporting us It's the only way that can work can't monetize the network and thank you for the tip on the free album Yay Yeah, that's you see that YouTube

2:03:11 Not only has all these free albums of current music, but they right now they may have the biggest archive of old-time music. The jazz from 1925 to 1935 and swing music. Yeah that's all pre ASCAP BMI so they get away with that. They don't have to pay any royalties I don't think? I believe that's true but you don't find a collection like this in anyone place So you're saying it is good thing There's a decent collection on archive.org, but it doesn't hold the candle to what you can get on YouTube in terms of you want to hear Ben Selvin? You want to find some old Al Bolle? I mean whatever you want, you can find almost all their materials except very rarely something is missing from the collection. It's unbelievable everyone just keeps posting it and then guys say well ya know I don't like that copy its not a very good copy and they post another version which is better quality

2:04:07 Yes, isn't that great? It's madness. I heard an interesting story just about YouTube and revenues That you remember when Taylor Swift she was like I'm not gonna put my album on Spotify And it won't give it to iTunes And I'm not giving it to Pandora and I'm holding the back and remember that yep at the time Taylor Swift mom was calling up all of these outlets including YouTube from what I've heard allegedly And was saying, if you want us to be on your system at all you gotta send me half a million dollars. Just for the privilege of them saying yes you can do it! That's what I'm talking about have your mom do it that's the best part. Well Mom and Dad are couple marketing geniuses. Fantastic Onward, all $50 donors hey sir what's his face over there? 50

CHAPTER 32 / 46 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony and 1030 Radio Codes

The show concludes with a formal knighting ceremony for Sean Modal, Victor Null, and Phil Rhodes. The hosts explain the significance of the episode number 1030, which in police radio code refers to an "illegal use of radio" or a "crime in progress." They also tease upcoming topics for episode 1031, including a potential "lie detector" segment.

knighting· sir mingdala· sir eagle eye null· sir philip· radio codes· 1030

2:05:01 I believe he's in Canada or California, Canada. Tyler Schimpf in Bothell Washington 50 and then Anonymous 50 and last but not least Bradley Ledden 50. Anonymous also wants a hit at Jobs Care who will put that at the end of forum. And that concludes our group of producers well-wishers supporters and everything in between for show 1030 And on the radio too long and we want to thank everybody who came in under $50 for reasons of anonymity or you're on one of our Subscription programs. Thank you very much, and I do want to say John I mean this was a good showing now Of course people are donating to support the show But I think you motivated them with it with the newsletter so You know that's something to be thought about more boobs seems to work have been the boobs wanted to

2:05:50 We, uh... we will have another program. And we've been on the radio too long apparently so we'll see how much longer it lasts 1031 will be held on Sunday remember us at and for those of them and you who need it jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs You've got karma Well, good donations but a very short birthday list. We have Boyd Zero who we need to congratulate he celebrated his 34th on April 25th thanks for letting us know bro and Sir James of the Mountain celebrate his birthday on celebrates his birthday in May 5th when we say happy birthday from everybody here at the Betts podcast in the universe

2:06:41 And then we have one, two three nightings about time. I'm happy we have them so if i can Have your blade for a moment sir? There you go Yes, let me grab mine. Here we go and we need Sean modal up on stage here along with Victor no and Phil wrote his gentleman Thank you very much for supporting the Noah gender show in the amount of $1,000 or more That means you now have a spot at our exclusive roundtable of the know agenda Knights and dames and I hear by proudly pronounce the KB sir Ming de la Sir Eagle Eye Knoll and Sir Phillip of the Northern Lakes. And you got a special snot from John C. Dvorak, that sounded fantastic! For you besides that hookers and blow, rent boys and chardonnay, rabbit meat and goat's milk, Dr Pepper in a quick handy, boobs and sticky tofu breast milk and pablum ginger ale and gerbils bong hits and bourbon we've got mutton and mead

2:07:37 Right over there a mute button. That's what I forgot to send you forgot you saying yeah, and then my mute button I can't mute anything he was mucus it was dripping down My face it was too just 1030 It means do not conf does not conform to rules and regulations also means illegal use of radio danger caution use caution 1031 coming up is is lie detector available Yeah that's all good John but just stick with the boobs Also, Crime in Progress. And there's 1031 ABCDE which is Robbery, Burglary, Homicide, Kidnapping and Shaming. Why don't you just write an essay? I miss your essays! Write an essay. Okay. I like essays. You do apparently. So Kanye West has been in the news or whatever they call news these days he's on all the channels

CHAPTER 33 / 46 Discussion

Kanye West on TMZ and Opioid Addiction

Kanye West appeared on TMZ to explain his support for President Trump and his journey toward "free thinking." West revealed that he became addicted to opioids following a liposuction procedure, which he underwent to avoid being mocked for his weight. He argued that the drugs "kill genius" and that his recent controversial statements are a result of him finally being clear-headed and refusing to follow media-driven opinions.

kanye west· tmz· opioids· liposuction· free thought· make america great again

2:08:31 And he showed up on TMZ. I didn't see any of that, but there was an extra bit on TMZ which i don't think it was broadcasted There's no reason it could be broadcast because all the profanity But it was rather interesting to hear what Kanye had to say about his coming out for President Trump It's not really what he is doing but he trying to communicate something And it was just, it was like a head shaker. And I just wanted to share this little bit with you because wow! This guy's got a lot going on. Everybody else when they make a statement like that they end up apologizing because they're so worried about what people say inside. This is I think he was wearing the Make America Great Again hat that set off such a storm on social media. Everyone was freaking out how can we do this? Oh yeah. Well you know why when I went to visit him for the first time

2:09:23 I right after the election. Yeah, and I took the tweets down and everything Because that was drugged the fuck out bro. I was drugged out I was on opioids Two days after I got off of opioids that I was addicted to opioids two days. I got off for opioids Um, I'm in the hospital right? I'm taking two, hey everyone listen to this please. Two days before I was in the hospital, I was on opioids. I was addicted to opioids. I had plastic surgery because I was trying to look good for y'all! I got liposuction

2:10:00 Because I didn't want y'all to call me fat like y'all called Rob at the wedding and made him fly home Before me and Kim got married now before you think he's still on opioids. He's gonna say he's not I don't want y'all to call me fat, so I got liposuction right? And they gave me opioids Right and I started taking two of them and then driving to work on the opioids right oh Then my boy, and I'd always ask my boy to hand me if it's... We on tour. Give me some weed blah blah blah." I need a guy like this! Hey give me some weed! I need a guy just around me all the time. Give me some weed! Hey give me some weed blah blah blah. Give me some opioids. Give me some stuff. Kanye has got the life

2:10:44 I just got a little lipo, got some opioids. Hey where's my weed? My boy and i'd always ask my boy uh you know to hand me if it's uh you know we're on tour give me some weed blah blah so he had to go get me the opioids and there was talks amongst my camp like yay poppin' jays popping pills right So when he handed this to me said you know this is used to kill genius Right so I didn't take it two days later I'm in the hospital Now what I think he's trying to say here, and I find this very interesting. I think he is trying to say that he was doped up and that killed, because it kills genius, I agree

2:11:35 And that once he was off of them, that's when everything became clear. So I think what he is trying to communicate is you gotta get off the opioids as he says and I agree that's what we should call them, the opioids You got to get off the opioids so you can think clearly again and not be engrossed by whatever your being mind controlled into. I believe thats what hes saying So the reason why I denounced, why drop those tweets and everything because i was drugged the fuck out bro. Bro And im not drugged out this these pills that they want me to take three of a day? I take one a week maybe two weeks y'all have me Just do little crack you know once a week maybe twice come on hey where's my weed Scared of myself of my vision so I took some pills so I wouldn't go to hospital and prove everyone right

2:12:26 We are drugged out. We are following other people's opinions, we are controlled by the media and today it all changes you got Tupac and Lennon in that hallway Today it all changes! We need to think how to think free? We need to be freethinkers?! And the thing is... You know this set on TMZ right? It's..you've got the set and then behind there's all those people who were working So he's, yeah it's one of those open office sets. So he has his back to the camera and is yelling at all the people there who of course all them are holding up their phones recording him It's a very bizarre scene Then we need to learn how to feel free People say feel free but we don't even know how to feel free or think free

2:13:12 Say what you feel positive and negative Einstein says the definite insanity is doing the same thing expecting a different result So we keep on saying I hate you. I hate you fuck you fuck you fuck you How are we gonna get a different result out of? Hey, why don't we just try love? Why don't we just try love why can it be okay for an influential rapper in the black community to go up to the president And talk to him about how we can make a change one one by one, we have the resources for a peaceful world. There you go Kanye he's got the right idea yeah I've always admired that guy Yeah but i mean he's on to something but he's winding up with the same result we're winding up with He is not making any difference But I think he should have thrown in something at the end like and Taylor Swift still shouldn't won that award

CHAPTER 34 / 46 Discussion

Cecile Richards and Potential Political Ambitions

Former Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards is on a media tour for her new book, sparking rumors of a run for political office. While she has not officially announced a candidacy, her "never say never" responses to questions about the 2020 election have drawn attention. The hosts speculate that she could serve as a foil to Hillary Clinton or run for a high-level office in her home state of Texas.

cecile richards· planned parenthood· ann richards· book tour· 2020 election· hillary clinton

2:14:13 I think Cecile Richards is making a run. She's out promoting a book, she is the CEO of Planned Parenthood and she's on every show now! Have you seen her? Any interviews? And I still really like her... I know she's been on everywhere but it's none of the beats that I have Yeah, she's on every cable news show. I have a compilage of a compilation that they all ask the same question and that's kind of how you do it You write a book and then you go out and you promote the book And then you start testing the waters and trial balloons And of course everyone's gonna ask you when you're gonna deny but this is if you have a good book promoter They actually write yeah, yeah, they set it up so you don't have to worry So you're good to go? And she comes from political family Ann Richards her mom was governor of Texas I think

2:15:03 Yeah, I think so. Democrat? Woman? Because you know we're all racial hicks down here We don't want any of that But here's the M5M This book will broaden people's understanding about your activist chops This makes me think you're going to run for office Are you gonna run for office I don't have any plans to run for office, but as i learned early on never to say never. Women running for office does that mean Cecile Richards running for office? Well you never say never is there a elective politics in your future who knows we know never say never A lot of people are wondering if you're stepping away from Planned Parenthood to get into elected politics yourself Is that something that's on your mind not this fall perhaps with down the road You will never say never really Is there politics in your future

2:15:44 I don't know what's next. Do you have an interest in running for office at some point? Nothing that i really looked at In order to stand up for something, You've got a fight and you've gotta face adversity. You done it for your whole career And right now we're seeing record number of women run for election That's right Are you gonna be one those women next? Uh...I dunno Yeah! I think she might make her run for it Run for what?! Well, she's setting up. Why wouldn't she run for president? But what for what I mean where's what state she from which you're gonna run for governor She can run for senators. You're gonna run for congressman. She's gonna run for president dog catchers Run for president please why not What are you gonna say that she couldn't become president yeah, I'm gonna say that I'll say it right here. Why why why oh

2:16:34 She is divisive in such a way that nobody who is religious or has any... No, no. Stop! That's about whether she'll win. I'm saying, I think she may run you're saying no way She's gonna run or is that oh? Oh, I see what you tricked me No, I'm not tricking you I said I think he's gonna be one of the like the 17 people that ran for president against Trump Yes Yeah It's possible to show up up there and then get annihilated love her Who's they? The Democrats, the M5M. You're very combative with me today I don't understand why. Because i'm sitting in the wrong space. I've got my back to the workstation that should be working on Okay Well let's think about this It might be a good foil to keep Hillary from running again Yeah Cause you wanna have a woman we gotta have a woman! We gotta have a woman

2:17:34 And so, uh... A woman? So she's a woman. As far as we know and Hillary still got the machine. Hillary'd have to be behind it somehow. Hillary had to be the power behind it. Okay I like that idea why wouldn't she? Well because she wants to be president! Yeah thats true thats true She still wants to be president and she is going to run again And the Democrats don't know what to do about it. They're beside themselves She's been very quiet of late I think they put the word out that stopped booking her no, I well that's possible III think she black bald I think she's being real quiet because there are some real investigations now going on into the Clinton Foundation like someone as someone from actual law enforcement, I believe is is sniffing around finally

CHAPTER 35 / 46 Discussion

No Agenda Novels and Operation Free-Tard

Author Sir Scott McKenzie has released a new "No Agenda" themed novel titled "Operation Free-Tard." The story is a cautionary tale about a government crackdown on copyright piracy and the use of Kodi boxes for free streaming. McKenzie's books are noted for incorporating show themes and characters into satirical plots, and they are available via noagendanovels.com.

scott mckenzie· no agenda novels· kodi boxes· copyright piracy· kindle· fiction

2:18:32 It could be and Charles Hotel keeps just banging away at it. So and they have like some I still alive Yeah, well he's moved. I think he's in Colorado now He's moving around Hey, is that gonna help? Well, I just move you just got to move around safe house the safe house Come on You know, he doesn't want to wake up one day with two to the head gun in left hand Got a note from sir Scott McKenzie from no agenda novels calm. I think this is now his fourth I'm Adam and John's wanna let you know. I've published another no agenda kindle giblet called operation free Tard

2:19:13 Here's the blurb. Gary Starkey is a condemned man and along with thousands of US citizens just like him, he never saw his conviction coming. Little did they know the government had passed a new copyright piracy law and was waiting until the time was right to begin the convictions on an unprecedented scale. The fresh twist on law enforcement also brings a fresh twist on incarceration and on his first day in a new state-of-the-art facility, he quickly realizes this will be a prison term like no other In short, Scott says it's a cautionary tale of what could happen in a war between the government and people who use Kodi boxes. That's the... you have that don't you? Kodi where you install the software on your Roku and then you can get all TV and pay channels for free? No But you know of it Yeah Okay

2:20:08 So that will be to go to noagendanovels.com whenever you read one of these books from Sir Scott It's filled with No Agenda stuff is really fun to read I haven't read this one He sent me a copy so i'm going, to check it out tonight But it's just it's always short it's fun the plot is always good the characters are great he's A very good writer and we appreciate him doing that the brand new scott mckenzie no agenda novel operation free tard a free tart Good, he coined something there. All right well let's see what else we got here on the list I found We've got a couple of things for that kind of interesting. I want to play this is a short clip You know this Bornstein guy you know this weird-looking doctor that Trump used to use in New York The guys all Excuse me the guy's all yeah, just like have you seen this guy?

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Dr. Harold Bornstein and Trump Medical Records

Dr. Harold Bornstein, Donald Trump's former personal physician, claimed that his office was "raided" by the president's associates to seize original medical records. Bornstein also alleged that Trump dictated the 2015 letter declaring him the "healthiest individual ever elected." The hosts point out that legally, medical records belong to the patient, though the media has framed the retrieval of the documents as a scandalous event.

harold bornstein· donald trump· medical records· white house physician· nbc news· privacy

2:21:07 But there's this, he's the guy whose office was supposedly raided and they grabbed the Trump medical records. He is the guy that said Trump dictated to him To say the most healthiest president ever in US presidential history. Yeah, stuff like that what he says and The question whether their office is actually rated or not as questionable listening to the mainstream reports But there's a thing people don't seem to realize I just want to play this very short clip Bornstein medical records Boats Bornstein recalling that he told mr Trump's longtime personal assistant That he should be the White House physician But after it was published, he says he received a curt phone call. She said so you wanted to be the White House doctor forget it Tonight the Trump Organization lawyer declined to comment at NBC News could not reach the president's former bodyguard but we have confirmed they took the original medical records leaving dr Bornstein without any copies Lester Peter Alexander at the White House tonight Thank You know what I couldn't hear exactly what did he say? Oh

2:22:08 He said that he asked to be the White House doctor. And then his assistant called him back in a curt phone call and says, you know what? You want to be the White House doctor? You're out! Wow. Okay I doubt any of this took place but i don't think the public in general United States realizes that medical records your medical record belong to you they're your property yes They belong to you. They don't belong to the doctor, they don't belong to the insurance company...they belong to YOU! Yeah And that is de-emphasized in the media Well of course because you always want to share everything within the New World Order We share all things and we're all equal and we're open, we have nothing to hide Do you have something to hide?

CHAPTER 37 / 46 Discussion

Second Amendment School Walkouts and Media Framing

Students at several Bay Area high schools, including California High School in San Ramon, staged walkouts in support of the Second Amendment. The hosts critique a local news report that framed the event as being "against" the stance of students who walk out to protest "gun violence." They argue this creates a false equivalency and uses neuro-linguistic programming to suggest that supporting the right to bear arms is synonymous with supporting violence.

second amendment· school walkout· san ramon· gun violence· media bias· nlp

2:22:58 We also have, we had a little incident in the Bay Area besides the homeless. There was a Second Amendment walkout at about I don't know maybe five six schools in the Bay Area is like 15 minute walk out kids you know with American flags and Don't Tread on Me and gave few speeches went back to class but I want to play the clip of the report of this because there's a couple Things that we always have to keep an eye out for when we're listening to news reports. Park High in Pleasant Hill, a downtown college prep in San Jose and California high school in San Ramon ABC 7 News reporter Amy Hollifield was in San Ramon for this morning's walkout

2:23:39 About 75 students walked out of California High School in San Ramon this morning. Not an unusual sight, especially in the Bay Area but some parents were still shocked when they heard why they were walking out Wait what? Yes No I didn't know this! I'm kind of shocked...I don't know what to say These students are walking out in support of the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms. This comes just over a month after students across the country staged walkouts to take a stance against gun violence. The kids that have been walking out and represented in the media from Parkland survivors they don't necessarily represent our whole demographic

2:24:24 Calls like this one called Stand for the Second are happening in at least 40 states today. The organizer in San Ramon saw the event on social media a week ago and decided to host one here. Administrators just heard about it this morning and quickly got the word out to teachers and police. Now, the little gotcha in here that you really have to pay... You have to be careful doing this everywhere is equating the second amendment with gun violence Ooh, good catch. Yes! And the way she puts it is they're walking out in support of the Second Amendment while everyone else is against gun violence Wow so yeah so the Second Amendment equals gun violence

2:25:11 The way it's presented is the second amendment equals gun violence. I want to hear that again before he played again, I want to also mention that the woman they were interviewing somebody told this was there was a walkout for the second amendment and this housewife in the car was going oh my god i can't oh that's unbelievable! That they would do that? That they would support she's aghast We don't really hear the question that she's asked, so we don't really know how... Anyway yeah play it again. About 75 students walked out of California High School in San Ramon this morning. Not an unusual sight, especially in the Bay Area but some parents were still shocked when they heard why they were walking out Wait what? Yes No I didn't know this! I'm kind of shocked...I don't know what to say

2:26:15 These students are walking out in support of the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms. This comes just over a month after students across the country staged walkouts to take a stance against gun violence. Oh wow! Great catch John holy crap that's some neuro linguistic programming for you right there Well, again this is the problem that you have. It's the editors that are the problem here they are letting this stuff get by Amy Hollyfield should've been called to the carpet They may be changing it to this language You don't know? It's a possibility but I don't...

2:26:52 you make me depressed if that would be true, because the editor is not supposed to do that. They're supposed to keep people from doing exactly what she did which is making false equivalencies in the report in such a way that it skews the report. It's a very poorly done, poorly executed report and then they had with that woman going oh my god! You're kidding? And she goes, yes! That's what they're doing. Yes! The whole thing is I found to be the worst piece of... it's another piece of local, another piece of mainstream media crap right before your very eyes. Unbelievable. You know just while we're on these kids protesting a buddy of mine and I picked this up off the face bag maybe two weeks ago or week-and-a-half ago

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Parkland Students and Celebrity Corporate Events

A high-end corporate event in New York featured the Parkland student activists alongside major celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Shawn Mendes, and Trevor Noah. The hosts suggest that the students now have professional agents and are being booked for appearances in the same manner as Hollywood stars. This "celebrity" status for student activists is criticized as a form of exploitation or a sign of a highly organized political machine.

parkland students· jennifer lopez· trevor noah· corporate events· celebrity agents· new york

2:27:39 He owns a very successful production company in New York and mainly in New York they produce corporate events, but big ones. And he's very successful with this so I'll be a little circumspect about what the event was but he said you know this evening because of course he'll do his little corporate update on the face bag with pictures of him with all the people that he produced this event for Tonight we produced this event, the event was honoring some people and featured performances by Jennifer Lopez and Shawn Mendes as well as appearances by Trevor Noah Emily Blunt John Krasinski Alex Rodriguez Kesha RuPaul Martha Stewart Gail King Ariana Huffington Maxine Waters Senator Rand Paul Preet Bharara And The Parkland Students Can you just... do they have an agent now?

2:28:33 I'll bet you a buck they do. You can just book the Parkland students and fly them up? They need to jet, to fly up... They can't stay overnight because they gotta go back to school or are they still in school or not? I'm sure that they've got an agent who makes demands. Oh! And Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were there as well so everyone got booked. Everyone made out like crazy on this and I know my guy he paid him whatever they want now i'm sure he said send the Jet for you too But that's child abuse. Depends on what they pay. Well, this is true. That kind of surprised me Here's a trend going on that people should be aware of This is the paint... it starts with an O so you gotta go to O Paintball wars

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Paintball Wars and 21 Savage Trend

A trend started by rapper 21 Savage called "Paintballs Up, Guns Down" was intended to reduce gun violence but has reportedly backfired in several cities. Police in Milwaukee and Greensboro have seen a surge in paintball-related incidents, some of which have escalated into deadly shootings with real firearms. Despite the rapper paying for the funeral of a young victim, law enforcement warns that the trend is terrorizing residents and causing unintended casualties.

21 savage· paintball· guns down· milwaukee· greensboro· violence

2:29:30 Paintball guns are meant to be harmless, but police in cities around the country say a surge of paintball fights are terrorizing their residents. In Greensboro North Carolina... To date we've seen about 44 incidents of paintball activity in the city just in the month of April. In Milwaukee 65 reports of people being hit with paintballs in the last week. It's unsuspecting citizens who don't know what's going on Rapper 21 Savage is credited with starting the trend posting videos of paintball guns and calling for Paintballs up, guns down. Some describe it as an anti-violence campaign.

2:30:13 But in at least two incidents, according to officials. The paintball battles triggered deadly shootings in Greensboro 19 year old Zacarias Bradley was killed with real bullets during what police say started as a paintball fight and outside Atlanta Police say 15 year old Christopher Collins fired an actual gun in retaliation during a paintball attack. Killing three year old Taraji digs in his mother's car when I turned the corner my baby, he just kept crying. The toddler's mother says 21 Savage a personal friend of the family paid for the funeral and she doesn't blame him for the violence. He actually was telling them to put down real guns and put up the paintball guns A publicist for 21 Savage did not return a request for comment now police in multiple cities warned that what may have started with good intentions has backfired Stephanie Goss NBC News New York

2:31:09 Well, I'm encouraged that the hip-hop and youth of America including Kanye is trying to do something. It's a little misguided. I'd say! Yeah totally. But it sounds like he had a sincere idea how dumb it is Yeah, paintball guns. These things are dangerous too. I mean you go paintball shooting and you're wearing a mask... You know that- thanks for that report! I can't wait to see that happening on the streets of Austin. I'm sure it's gonna happen. That'd be great in Austin. Let me guess was it a bunch of white dudes with the paint ball? No black kids mostly Oh really no and they weren't getting arrested well who knows I'm sure they were yes by the way this month is mental health well mental health awareness month I believe oh

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Mental Health Awareness Month and Pharmaceutical Ads

During Mental Health Awareness Month, various celebrities like Sarah Silverman and Kristen Bell have appeared in segments encouraging the use of medication for mental health issues. The hosts criticize these reports for promoting the "chemical imbalance" theory, which they label a lie used to sell pills. They note the heavy presence of pharmaceutical advertising during the news programs that air these segments.

mental health awareness· sarah silverman· kristen bell· pharmaceutical industry· medication· chemical imbalance

2:32:02 So they had this special on one of the networks that was like, they had these kids on and there was a subtle message. It was one of the news shows and of course the news shows unlike Colbert or some of these late night shows and I do have the, from last year you'd have to go dig it up. But I have all or at least a segment of the ads that Colbert has on his show there's no drug companies except for Botox advertising but they advertise on the news shows and so they're going back and forth talking about how this mental health awareness so they had Kirsten Bell she's going yeah I'm kind of nuts and so it's good to talk about this they had one person after another then they brought

2:32:48 Sarah Silverman who came on and made the following comments. This is the mental health month take medication because I'm like cliff, I can actually do this if you have diabetes you take medication if You have some mental health issues. You'd also take a medication And it's no big deal that really like resonated with me because I think sometimes People are like looked down upon kind of like for taking medication. Oh man, she is talk about misguided holy crap She needs to read lost connections that would set her straight This is this is the fallacy of this stuff while you're sick You have a chemical imbalance in your brain? This is alive. Yeah, this is a lie

2:33:31 You got something wrong, but you gotta find the cause. And then she's like oh just you take pills it's just like you know you've gotta cast because you broke your arm and its like ugh! And on this report they promoted the idea that one in five kids is mentally needs mental health help in the form of medication. Oh my goodness do not let the doctor put your kid on any pills holy crap and was this a government sanctioned program where was this? It was on one of the news shows. It was just a special they had all these different actors bitching about their lives and how terrible things are and they know basically is promoting pills Promoting pills, holy crap man it was quite depressing that's yes I need some pills now i'm so depressed

CHAPTER 41 / 46 Discussion

Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran Nuclear Files

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a presentation claiming that Mossad agents obtained half a ton of secret Iranian nuclear files. Netanyahu used the documents to argue that Iran lied about its nuclear ambitions and that the 2015 nuclear deal should be scrapped. The hosts find the physical presentation of binders and CD-ROMs suspicious and link the escalating tensions to a predicted rise in Bitcoin prices.

benjamin netanyahu· iran· nuclear deal· mossad· bitcoin· tehran

2:34:16 Looking at the Bitcoin price and other associated cryptos, looks like right now we're at 9600. Right in line with my theory of the pending doom for Iran and maybe BB Netanyahu had something to do with it he came... did you see this thing he did? This little chat I got a little clip of his what some are calling equivalency of a TED talk. I just revealed something that world has never seen before Few weeks ago Israel obtained half a ton of Iran's secret nuclear weapons files you want to see what that looks like? He unveils this bookcase with all these binders which somehow was gonna weigh half a ton Which seems like a thousand pounds and and then he has two large framed

2:35:10 Just rows of CD-ROMs. It kind of looked like a really bad Award given to a rapper for his you know 10 million albums sold it was like one of those deals just all these CD ROMS in there and that is showing all the research they had it was extremely unconvincing look at this This is an exact copy Of the material we got from Iran's secret atomic archives That's over 100,000 original Iranian files and documents of blueprints for nuclear bombs. Timelines for uranium enrichment, simulation of nuclear implosions much more. This atomic archive proves one thing Iran lied through its teeth. Iran is still lying

2:35:54 A few days ago, Iran's foreign minister said this. We never wanted to produce a nuclear bomb. Well Iran's secret atomic archive proves the exact opposite. Iran hid a comprehensive plan to build an arsenal of nuclear weapons The nuclear deal with Iran was based on lies and Iran's terrorist regime simply cannot be trusted In a few days from now, President Trump will decide the United States position regarding the nuclear deal. I'm sure he'll do the right thing—the right thing for America, the right thing for Israel, and the right thing for the peace of the world." So this whole thing was so odd with... they don't have thumb drives or hard disks? He has to show all these binders

2:36:46 Yet they've got nuclear bombs, they're evil scientists. They're making nukes and they're printing all their plans onto paper and putting them in binders I don't know But i do think we're going to see just from my theory this is what it's just a theory I think by what is today the third so in one week? I think Bitcoin will be over $10,000 in preparation for the May 15th date And it seems like Look, we're not going to start bombing Iran. I don't think that at all but something is going to get kicked off they are planning on doing something All the sentiment is now against the evil Iranian regime and we need to have some kind of revolution It's gotta be coming and it starts with more sanctions or something thats gonna mess up Iran

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Iran Sanctions and French Euro Credits

As the U.S. prepares to potentially exit the Iran nuclear deal, reports indicate that France is facilitating oil trades with Iran using "euro credits" to bypass dollar-based financial networks. This maneuver allows Iran to maintain some economic activity despite being shut off from the SWIFT system. The hosts question the relationship between President Macron and the U.S. given these conflicting financial interests.

iran· france· emmanuel macron· euro credits· swift· oil trade

2:37:36 And probably a year of that and then, well I mean it's got to happen. They're going to make... Don't you think they're gonna do the Korea deal first? You can't two things at once. No no but it starts on the 15th by not saying okay this deal is no good we'll pretend to renegotiate the deal will kind of be in limbo we won't know where it is Meanwhile, we do something with North Korea. Sure that's got to be done but you know when you cut off Iran from the money supply and oh I Michael Michaels had actually found out for me how they How they're doing this this oil trading apparently France is giving? Iran When they buy oil or sell oil there giving them euro credits

2:38:28 So it's credits that are based on the euro, but it's not really the euro because they're not allowed to use dollars anymore nor can they because they're being shut off from all the financial networks like Swift etc. And I don't understand how is France in this game? He must desperately want them to keep it as kind of stable and moving ahead Steady as she goes if they're there allowing transactions to take place with Iran our buddy We had the big state dinner for him, and he's doing it for euro credits I mean this is going to be a real problem. No one gets out of that alive Including Macron no all new to me. I'm baffled though that we you know well We're kissing were hugging we're having a great time But this guy he's eating in the bedding the Iranians how can he be our buddy?

2:39:21 Other than no idea. I don't know maybe the whole thing is a giant scheme to break the country other than that well No, I think he was probably involved when we got Qaddafi so there's just more. I don't know how anyway Don't know I'm just going to go this the Iranian Bitcoin theory and by the 10th We should see bitcoin at or above ten thousand and Near the 15th who knows? I mean it's on sounds like it There's a correlation Lucy

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Dutch Remembrance Day and Cinco de Mayo

The Netherlands observes two minutes of silence on May 4th for Remembrance Day, followed by Liberation Day on May 5th. This year, activists have threatened to disrupt the silence to protest perceived racial issues in Dutch history. The hosts also discuss the upcoming Cinco de Mayo, noting its status as a minor holiday in Mexico that has been heavily promoted by American marketers.

netherlands· remembrance day· liberation day· black pete· cinco de mayo· amsterdam

2:40:01 I don't know how long this is going to go on, how long the scam is going to continue. But when is the North Korea thing scheduled? Isn't that coming up very soon? Yeah it's coming up soon but there isn't a solid firm date because they haven't even determined where they're gonna do it yet and are still in negotiations about where they're gonna do it. We really don't know anything. Pompeo just goes over and hangs out now we don't know nothing May 4th is traditionally a, well May 5th is Liberation Day in a lot of Europe. I think in all of Europe certainly in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands they have a special... They call it The Dead Remembrance Dodenherdenking on may fourth. That's the fifth or the fourth? Well the fifth is liberation day and on the fourth they have

2:40:50 Two minutes of silence. That's in Holland? Holland, yes two minutes of silence and this is since I was there in 1972 and it's really quite fascinating to see at eight o'clock on the fourth from the evening of the 4th everyone stops what they're doing cars will stop on the highway The highways are just stopped all the cars are stopped and everyone observes 2 minutes of silence for those who fell during the Second World War And this year, there's a group that says no we're going to interrupt that silence everywhere we can because this whole thing is racist. Because you're only thinking about the white people who died in the war and not about the four million who died in Dutch East India all this stuff whatever it is some racist problem so now they're going yeah you'll see you'll see this is gonna be a mess cuz black Pete involved it's the BlackPete people I'm sure somehow he's involved

2:41:47 So, so the and this is a very solemn thing. It's like a very cultural tradition that I've witnessed throughout all my years living in and being in the Netherlands And now you got a bunch of Jamoaks who are gonna come and disturb this for some ulterior motive and it's Tempers are running high Temperatures are running high in The Netherlands Yes Oh, I think if people are out there making noise other people are going to start beating on him I'm sure there's more beaters than there are BTs. Yes, yes it's gonna get very ugly Well the 5th is San Cotamayo which is a day that we celebrate on The No Agenda Show despite what one of our producers says On The No Agenda Show? So they don't celebrate that in Mexico It's not a Mexican holiday really...it was kind of a losers thing

2:42:44 But Sanco de Mayo is a big celebration in Mexico, the Mexican parts of town. And we celebrate because on every show even though it doesn't show up in the recording Adam sings Sanco de Mayo during the playing of the pre... The fat lady. Yeah I actually say I sing Cinco De Mayo you do Sanco, I do Cinco. Yeah he does something and So that makes it part of the show and so we celebrate it. So that'll be on Saturday, then the show will be on Sunday would be the 6th is there anything going on in the sixth? Of May? That's important I don't think so just kind of a bland day can't be made six

CHAPTER 44 / 46 Discussion

Dog Culture and Millennial Parenting Substitutes

A story about a narcotics dog that was originally a puppy used for drug smuggling leads to a discussion about the "plague of dogs" in urban areas. The hosts argue that millennials are increasingly substituting children with dogs, treating them like humans by using strollers and taking them into restaurants. They challenge the audience to provide evidence of this trend occurring outside of liberal strongholds like Austin and San Francisco.

dogs· millennials· birth rates· austin· strollers· narcotics dog

2:43:27 Let's see what it says on the wiki. You look on the wiki, in the meantime a little segment about dogs I think that we're going to have to make this irregular. Andres Lorza from Colombia is accused of implanting liquid heroin into puppies bellies to get the drugs into the US. Olores was eventually arrested in Spain back in 2013 and then rearrested 2015 before being extradited just yesterday several of the puppies used by Olores were saved and one them eventually became a narcotics dog so it's old story they bring back but I think we're going to see a lot of dog news, infact probably increasingly more as I'm really now paying attention to

2:44:09 People you well dogs are people too. We were talking about that on the last show dogs to be able and they need to vote There you go, well we might get to that but here's producer Beth just yeah And I want more stories like this because I know that this is happening and it needs to be identified and we got To do something about it or at least recognize it cuz we're going to die off That's everywhere The young people aren't just not having kids they're getting dogs I wanted to pass along a conversation that I had with a millennial couple on Saturday right before the last show. We have two kids and just got a puppy! We were spending the night out with a couple about 8 years younger than us, early 30s with no kids AND they have a dog!! I was talking about how great our puppy is etc and one of them said, oh isn't it great? It's always that way, they're always sweet you know its not like having kids, they won't hate you someday

2:45:04 I thought that was... What? As Beth continues, And I and you know there is some there is a cultural thing going on with dogs. And if I can't walk anywhere in my building anyway, this people with dogs. Let's make a couple of things clear treating them like children putting them in strollers

2:45:44 You know you moan and groan about me being in California and all the rest of it. You're in Austin, Texas! It's hardly any generalities you can make I'm sure that people living in Nebraska and Kansas Rural Illinois, there's no... this dog thing is specific to the Democrats. Let's find out! Progressive? No I don't think-I think no. I think it's a younger generation, I think it's everywhere and we'll find out from our producers that it IS in rural Illinois Yeah, and I'm saying no. It's not like you said you can't walk down the street there is dog crap everywhere There are dogs dogs dogs here too there are a lot of dogs Alright her we go The sixth Chief Crazy Horse of the Ogallala Lakota surrenders to United States troops? Huh? The Chinese Exclusion Act

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Historical Dates and NUC Technical Issues

The hosts review historical events occurring on May 6th, including the opening of the Eiffel Tower and the death of former CIA Director William Colby. The conversation turns to technical difficulties with a NUC computer that refuses to boot due to a Windows update. Potential solutions involving BIOS settings and Linux are discussed, though the host expresses frustration with the lack of a reliable Skype version for Linux.

william colby· hindenburg· eiffel tower· nuc· windows· linux

2:46:41 1882 of May 6th, Eiffel Tower is officially opened on 1886. I'm sorry in 1889 on the sixth. Babe Ruth and in 1915 hits his first home run May 6th, huh? I guarantee you people are more interested in it. The Hindenburg disaster? Oh jeez... I don't like any of it. John Steinbeck wins a Pulitzer? I don't like any of it! I don't like doing donation themes with the episode number because it relates to some year. I don't like it doesn't work out and think people are interested. It does work always works. It doesn't always work okay here's one that would make kind of apply to this show why don't you want to talk about dogs

2:47:21 Because you hate dogs fine 19 wait here this is tell me this doesn't relate 1996 the body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in Southern Maryland eight days after he disappeared Now how about we do a great show? It's an outstanding product support us for that reason not because not because some douchebag did something in 1824 now I More interesting is the... Come on, it doesn't matter. You're not interested in it. It's fine No, I mean go on with the dogs. There are a lot of dogs. I'm done but we go from that to- It's a plague! It's a plague of dogs In Austin What is happening Is young people are substituting having children by acquiring dogs And that is a problem That is not being discussed You'd rather talk about weird dates and history

2:48:19 I'm challenged, you challenge the audience. I'll challenge the audience with a backup Tell us that this is going on any place other than these liberal strongholds where they hate kids anyway Thank you That's what we'll wait for You will see it is... and I think its global problem It's not just..I travel man! Im around! I've been around! I go places! I'm seeing it The dogs in the restaurant, the dogs in the store, the dogs in the supermarket, the stu- the dogs in the theater. Uh uh. Dogs in a theater? Yeah! Can't have dogs in a theatre... Okay you can just wait for the emails they will come streaming in and people are I want to hear about dogs in a theater. Avengers they've already designed the new avengers

2:49:12 You know it's gonna be Avengers Affinity Wars. It's gonna be about multi-level marketing. No, it's not! Yeah? The Avengers is about multi level marketing?! Yeah the affinity wars... Is this either a joke that I don't understand or its dumb idea? Well maybe it's a dumb idea. The audience will get it. Alright what else we got? I dunno. You got any more insults for me!? I'm not insulting you. Where's it insulting you? Because you made this claim that dogs are taken over the place and you live in Austin! I said... I'm insulting the fact that you live in Austin, always insulting the fact that I live in California. You keep telling me to get out, you keep telling me to sell. I didn't get the joke and then you said well someone else will get it like you're an idiot That was your microaggression It was That's all I was responding too. I was done with the dogs

2:50:18 Yeah, we need to have anything else. Anything else that you're all peeved about? No I'm not peeved about anything! You know the person... What you need is you need to get back behind your nook get that thing fixed so you can sit somewhere where you're comfortable Now when it rebooted it gave me the you can go into here's a thing So now won't boot because there's something Windows did That's the obvious thing that happened So now it says well you know It's not gonna boot you can go into your BIOS settings Now I'm gonna ask you, what can i do in my bio settings that's going to change anything? Oh! You can boot from the USB drive that has Linux on it. Yeah...I may have to do that That's the obvious answer Then I'll be running a Linux which is gonna be no good because Linux doesn't have a version of Skype that works for crap Hello Linux people Alright well you should take some time today and fix the NUC

2:51:16 Because I don't know what you can do it Well, it's just an idea. I'm gonna try to fix the knock yeah It gives you problems with the spreadsheet. It's all kinds is problematic You know have your stuff over there all kinds of things that just and you're not comfortable And I want to make sure you're comfortable Can I send someone over? What are they gonna do fix it for you? People know that what happened is not necessarily Fixable okay, I have to like take and strip the thing down and put a new operating system on it Make sure that doesn't change any of the Okay, just get up. Yes, that'll put into operation the problem is they got to go through all this trouble You're still there yeah, oh no you cut out okay? Oh sorry

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Dutch Toilets and Public Pooper Perversions

The show ends with a graphic discussion about traditional Dutch toilets, which feature a "shelf" design originally intended for medical examination in hospitals. This leads to an anecdote about a bizarre perversion involving "public poopers" encountered during a tech conference in Las Vegas. The hosts sign off with their traditional "Adios mofos" and a warning for listeners to turn down their speakers.

netherlands· dutch toilets· hospital toilets· gravity· perversion· las vegas

2:52:10 Coming to you from downtown Austin, Texas. The only place where people substitute dogs for children In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where we should send everybody to Austin! I'm John C. Dvorak Until Sunday remember us at dvorak dot org slash na and as always Adios mofos! I need a cab Hey Cab I have ideas. Kanye West, he's the guy you're in the future now and President Kanye says... I have ideas but you see him do it profile profile profile it was a Bush Obama special jerks his body over and he doesn't just turn his head he moves this whole body over about 45 degrees I didn't do the deal

2:53:05 like I think and this is during that period where it was freaky and they're all in paranoia nestle check the numbers because they'll say oh you misrepresented but these numbers are close to the stairs something at a direct angle I have ideas. We need a whole new thinking here. Someone or something with a very stern look, you saw this great sight and he all used to does it to the left and I looked at I looked if this guy isn't a reincarnation of Mussolini, I do not know who is and I could see the mood was getting dark we need a whole new thinking here. I'm in a, an old...I mean an Airbnb. Actually it's not an AirBnb it's a BNB. A proper bed and breakfast with really beautiful breakfasts done by the owner And so its an old house

2:54:20 And it has one of those old Dutch toilets that I think I've mentioned before on the show. That has a shit thing... Way up in the air? Well, hey- It has the- The... The reservoir way up in the air, so it uses real gravity. Big-ass gravity! But it needs that because its one of those typical old Dutch toilets that has a shelf And for people who don't know... The main dutch toilet maker back in the days started making them mainly for hospitals and there's a shelf so when you poop then your poop stays on the shelf So can be examined

2:54:57 And no one ever thought, that's kind of disgusting for the home. And they just said we'll just use the hospital toilets and so... You know it's kinda weird when you sit there going oh shit man this is my poop is on the shelf and thats why I need extra gravity Poop is on the shelf In some places it hits the fan in the Netherlands its on the shelf There's a poop upon the shelf There's a poop upon the shelf We keep it for your health For the Queen and Commonwealth The Dutch are in a rush to see that poopy flush Poop is on the shelf

2:55:53 However, it also provides advice to finding shoes that match. Listener discretion is advised. But I have heard of there's another one and you can look this one up There are these public poopers and they're tend to be mostly women. Public Poopers? Oh God Hey where did we go the days when the stains came down in the hollow You gained a skipping and a dumping

2:56:31 Here we go. I'm in Las Vegas with a group of the people from PC Magazine and some PR woman comes up, sits there and starts to talk... And then she leaves and rushes off

2:57:08 and one of the guys, I don't know how he knows about this but he said that she was a... She said that he knew that she took a... God it's disgusting. And I apologize to the listeners of this show for bringing this stuff up But apparently they like to go and they just poop in their pants in a crowd In their pants? Yes! You my brown stained girl And then they go off somewhere It's just some sort of weird perversion If you go on the internet, start looking it up. It opens... Holy mackerel! It's like huge! It's like massive number of participants. Do they have a Mastodon server? The best podcast in the universe!

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