Episode 1031 · Monday, 7 May 2018

Dog Dazer

Rudy Giuliani upends the White House legal strategy while the Boy Scouts rebrand to survive a membership crisis and tech giants face massive security failures.

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About this episode

Rudy Giuliani sparked a media firestorm after appearing on Sean Hannity's program to reveal that Donald Trump reimbursed Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels. The admission has triggered a credibility crisis for White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who previously denied knowledge of the transaction. This legal shift occurs as Judge T.S. Ellis openly questions the Special Counsel's tactics in the Paul Manafort case, suggesting the prosecution is using unrelated financial charges to exert leverage over the President.

In the briefing room, April Ryan confronted Sanders over the Giuliani revelations while former Secretary of State John Kerry faces accusations of Logan Act violations for private diplomacy regarding the Iran nuclear deal. Dr. Steve Pachanek argues that Benjamin Netanyahu is leveraging the Iran threat to distract from domestic corruption, while Dr. John Gartner and Barbara Boxer use the Goldwater Rule debate to claim the President is psychologically unfit. Meanwhile, the Boy Scouts of America rebranded as Scouts BSA to accommodate girls, a move critics link to the LDS Church withdrawing its massive membership base. In the tech sector, Twitter forced a password reset for 330 million users following a bcrypt configuration error, and Facebook investigated a security engineer for allegedly using API access to stalk women on Tinder.

Cultural shifts take center stage as Dallas schools reintroduce cursive writing to combat the loss of historical literacy caused by Common Core standards. The rise of fur babies and pet insurance among millennials is analyzed as a substitute for traditional family formation, leading to the development of the No Agenda Dog Dazer to manage public space nuisances. Mandy Patinkin concluded the week with a plea for midterm voting after praising the CIA and Ugandan refugee policies on Stephen Colbert's late-night stage.


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CHAPTER 01 / 51 Discussion

Salesforce Tower Light Shows and Kabul Bombing

The Salesforce building in San Francisco is reportedly planning to use its top ten stories for light shows and movie displays, drawing comparisons to the Luxor beam in Las Vegas. A recent suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, targeted journalists and rescue workers after an initial blast in a marketplace. One of the hosts reflects on the fact that they were scheduled to be in Afghanistan during the week of the attack.

salesforce tower· san francisco· luxor las vegas· kabul· afghanistan· suicide bomber

00:00 What were you doing before that happened? Adam Curry, John C. DeVore It's Sunday May 6th 2018 This is your award winning Gitmo Nation Media Assassination episode 1031! This is no agenda Following fur babies from coast to coast and broadcasting live from the capital of the drone star state here in downtown Austin Tejas In the Cludio In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where I can see this Salesforce building High above everything else, I'm John C. Dvorak. Is it with the pretty lights once again today at the Salesforce building? They don't light it up during the day. Oh... I heard they had really pretty lights uh.. The other day Yeah they have pretty lights and their gonna show movies apparently What?! Movies on the building!? Well there's- or they're gonna do a light show At the top of the building theres this last 10 stories I think are just kind of

00:58 structure that is... Yeah, it's like a pyramid. Illuminati. It's not like a pyramid. I don't know how to describe it. It's an illuminati cap! What's in the cap? Yeah and so this cap is apparently see-through and they're gonna show light shows and they're gonna be a big distraction for airplanes yeah sure No more than that thing in Vegas when you fly over it. The Luxor! The beam? The Luxor, it reaches to the moon every Southwest pilot will tell ya You can see that beam from the moon. I was thinking as we didn't talk about this bombing that took place in Kabul In Afghanistan Right A couple days ago and now the news is coming out or maybe the news was out I didn't see it because oh I'm sorry We have no news

CHAPTER 02 / 51 Discussion

Saturday Night Live Stormy Daniels Cold Open

Saturday Night Live featured a star-studded cold open with Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump and Ben Stiller as Michael Cohen. The real Stormy Daniels made a cameo appearance during a fictional phone call where she demanded Trump's resignation. The sketch highlighted the ongoing legal and media circus surrounding the non-disclosure agreement and subsequent litigation.

stormy daniels· donald trump· saturday night live· alec baldwin· ben stiller· michael cohen

01:50 No, no. There's too much Stormy Daniels stuff breaking. Breaking! Breaking! Breaking! But like nine journalists were killed... Did you hear what happened? So the first suicide bomber in this of course it is always a marketplace whatever street he is in he blows himself up The whole town is marketplaces It's all marketplace and then everyone was rushing to help He got the fire department rescue workers and the journalist And then a second suicide bomber dressed like a journalist with credentials and I think he had, you know, notepad. He blows himself up in the midst of the reporters! And i was thinking this was the week... ...I was supposed to be in Afghanistan Now I don't know if I would have been at some event somewhere covering explosions but... Seems unlikely But it doesn't seem like.. It's not a good feeling that I could've been there Yeah, it's not and of course feel bad for everybody but damn

02:48 Counting my lucky stars. Maybe they thought that you were there, gonna be there. Oh yeah okay I don't think so. Wait well we might as well talk about Stormy since everyone... Stormy weather! Well she finally admitted it and I was so happy. Admitted what? She admitted it. Admitted what? What this is all about But midterms is what everything's about. Well yeah, of course but you know she does not have a defamation lawsuit against Trump? What is the nature of her lawsuit? You know, I'm gonna hate to say this but i have not followed it and don't really care. Alright well the only reason I ask is... Now your beat! Oh please alright sorry okay I got some The Cold Open as they call it on SNL Saturday Night Live which was a pretty good show with Childish Gambino I like him Donald Glover I think his name Is that the guy who was singing the Calypso song in middle of thing?

03:51 Must have fall asleep during the Calypso song I don't remember my lips are so anyway listen So is the problem is on the NBC's so hard up for entertainment that on Saturday nights They play like three of these shows in a row. No okay, so this is the regular at the regular time slot oh And they had a star-studded opening with, of course, Alec Baldwin as Trump. They had Ben Stiller came in as Trump's lawyer... This wasn't a rerun you were watching? Oh no! No I don't think so. No definitely not a rerun and and so then they're talking to the president about Stormy what are we gonna do and then Ben Stiller decides to call Stormy played by Stormy herself! Stormy this is Michael Cohen are you alone

04:43 Yes, and what are you wearing? Okay Michael I could take it from here. Okay, but as your attorney I highly advise against you So what up girl? Hello Donald. Come on Stormy, stop making such a big deal about this everyone knows it's just an act I work in adult films we're not really known for our acting Heyo! Just tell me what do you need for this to all go away A resignation There it is Now but I don't know what her lawsuit was about but she says oh I just want a resignation seems pretty clear to me

CHAPTER 03 / 51 Discussion

Rudy Giuliani and Trump Campaign Finance Allegations

Rudy Giuliani appeared on Sean Hannity's program to clarify that Donald Trump reimbursed Michael Cohen for the $130,000 payment made to Stormy Daniels. Giuliani argued that the funds were not campaign money but were paid through a legal retainer, potentially negating Federal Election Commission violation claims. The strategy appears to be a deliberate attempt to resolve the legal questions surrounding the payment.

rudy giuliani· donald trump· michael cohen· stormy daniels· fec· campaign finance

05:28 Yeah, that's probably pretty much it. Pretty much or at least the talk of the resignation up until the 2018 midterm elections but this is being taken so seriously all these problems because of course the president is lying he certainly lying about this... He might be lying but nobody's dying That's like eat and ate cheating. I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say with that Well, what i'm saying is that this is the uh phrase that was used during the Clinton impeachment. And they would always say that he might be lying but nobody's dying about Clinton, but apparently it doesn't apply to Trump. Well the problem that happened here is the president's new addition to his legal team former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani

06:22 went on Hannity show and kind of blew the lid off of the whole FEC, that would be the Federal Election Commission questions about the Stormy Daniels payment if that was somehow and illegal campaign contribution is kind of like trying to get the Al Capone on tax evasion so okay we can get him now we can get them on this illegal campaign contribution and Giuliani, Trump is not pretending that This was a mistake and he hadn't quite written on the facts, but I think this was very deliberate just to silence it once and for all. And of course it doesn't really silence it makes it worse for the president because there's all kinds of lying going on which seems to happen with guys who screw around in their marriages. Having something to do with paying some stormy Daniels woman $130,000? Which is gonna turn out to be perfectly legal

07:19 That money was not campaign money. Sorry, I'm giving you a fact now that you don't know it's not campaign money No Campaign finance violation so they funneled the through the law firm Funnel through our firm and then the president repaid it oh? I didn't know he did yeah There's no campaign finance law zero So the president... Just like every, Sean. So this decision was made by? Everybody was nervous about this from the very beginning I wasn't. I knew how much money Donald Trump put into that campaign and said $130,000 He's gonna do a couple of checks for 130,000. When I heard Cohen's retainer of 35,000 when he was doing no work for the president, hmm? I said that's how we repaying it with a little profit and a little margin paying taxes from Michael. But you know the president didn't know about this?

08:15 I believe that's what Michael would say. He didn't know about the specifics of it, as far as i know but he did know about the general arranger that Michael would take care of things like this like I take care of things like this for my clients nice! I don't burden them with every single thing that comes along oh what a life Wouldn't it be nice to have a guy just fix things for you? Yeah, now we know Giuliani was a fixer. He still is a fixer from what I just heard and he's trying to fix this situation. Trying to fix this but the thing that was interesting in that was he said that it's not as though Trump wrote a check for $135,000 dollars, he was just overpaying him at retainers month after month doing that. The retainer covered it yeah

09:02 But $35,000 for a guy like Trump as retainer for some lawyer is not out of the ordinary. Oh yeah sure I'm sure it is or isn't but that's beyond the point he's caught in a lie No I think its kind of the point because I think there's a difference between overpaying some guy a retainer and then giving him a check from 135 to cover Stormy Daniels whatever that was Yeah, well we really don't know and what this does... And I really don't care. No! I don't care either and what it does is it really brings everything back to the Trump rotation and now its the lies and the lies and man the honeymoon was short for Sarah Sanders Huckabee Sarah Huckabee Sanders Sarah

CHAPTER 04 / 51 Discussion

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Credibility Crisis

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is facing intense scrutiny regarding her credibility following the Rudy Giuliani revelations. Media critics argue that her previous denials of the Stormy Daniels payment have rendered her ineffective in her role. This shift in perception follows the White House Correspondents' Dinner where she was criticized by comedian Michelle Wolf.

sarah huckabee sanders· white house· michelle wolf· press briefing· credibility

09:48 You know, after she was excoriated by Michelle Wolfe during the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Everyone had sympathy and oh man poor Sarah that she was so brave and she took it like a real true woman. Well that didn't last very long now as far as everyone's concerned its completely over with her! There is nothing left She has lost all credibility. Well, and of course if the president does then that affects the people who speak on his behalf. Circle Mayfield calendar because this is the day that we will look back on in this briefing where Sarah Sanders made it so painfully clear that she has lost credibility with the American people with reporters in that room.

10:41 she incorrect, false bad information. They have no credibility to continue with that job I'm not suggesting she's on her way out i'm sure Sarah Sanders will stay there because she is pleasing an audience of one but she has acknowledged that she can only go out there with information that best available if the best available... My God this a revelation! John have you ever heard such craziness?

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April Ryan and Sarah Sanders Briefing Room Conflict

Reporter April Ryan engaged in a heated exchange with Sarah Huckabee Sanders during a White House briefing regarding whether the Press Secretary was "blindsided" by Rudy Giuliani's comments. Ryan later appeared on CNN to describe the intensity of the room, while Sanders dismissed the line of questioning as personal. The interaction sparked a debate about the professional conduct of the White House Press Corps.

april ryan· sarah huckabee sanders· white house press corps· cnn· rudy giuliani

11:23 that the White House lost credibility with the American public. I don't think half the American public knows who she is, we've never been following these different guys that have been running this uh they all lie! That's their job and eventually they get pushed out that's what happened with the other guys and this guy is staying on but Wow, they're on the war path for her. Yes we have April Ryan social justice warrior extraordinaire of the White House Press Corps here she is grilling Sarah and pay attention to the words she uses. So Sarah at this point can you tell us definitively if the president plans to answer any questions from Bob Mueller and if not what is now in place here at the White House to go through that process a subpoena? A possible indictment?

12:12 for possible grand jury? Again, those are all questions you would need to refer to the outside counsel. Okay well now going to Rudy Giuliani did Rudy Giuliani do harm to the president today and last night in his conversations with Fox? I don't believe so. Sorry I'm gonna take the last question like a pro. Why didn't he talk to the White House press office about his impacting stellar statements about what was happening. The White House press office wouldn't coordinate with the president's outside legal team on legal strategy. You said yourself you were blindsided by it. I actually didn't use that term. Well, I said it but you were blindsided from what you said. Well for...I like how there is little chuckling there when she says you are blindsided by this. She says uh I didn't actually say that. She says well I'm saying it and then the press corps is chuckling they wrangled they wrangled away from her credibility

13:02 were there to just wreak havoc on her. Banner, banner! Now the way I heard this was she said... April Ryan said you are blindsided Then Sarah Sanders says, I didn't say that. And she says yeah but you were... That's what i'm saying you were blindsided and then Sarah Sanders says well with all respect you know You don't really know much about me so you don't know if I was blindsided or not

13:39 But this is how it played out when April Ryan immediately rushed out to go on to CNN. Well, I'm just leaving the briefing room and i had to decompress... I need to take a moment for myself It was just so tense in there. Half the vapors! It was so intense there inside well um I'm just leaving the briefing room and I had to decompress Um..it was a moment she took this personally And it was not a personal attack She admitted at that podium just moments ago and I'm sure she's- Yeah, I think it was a personal attack if she said well i'm saying you felt that isn't that literally a personal attack? Yeah, I think it was a personal attack but i think half of these people are doing that constantly. But you let her finish and I want to hear what she says. At that podium just moments ago and I'm sure she's watching in her office... Hi Sarah! She literally said... You talked over did she? She actually did a shout out. In her office hi Sarah she literally said at the

14:36 at that podium, that she heard Rudy Giuliani while we heard it. She was watching- she found out all the information while she was watching Fox last night so she was blindsided this is not a personal attack on her and for her to say something like you don't know me That was very um... street. What? Street? Yeah So uhmm This is a racial thing which makes it that much better It's coming from April Ryan Sarah Sanders clearly said, you know with all due respect you don't know who I am. You don't know anything about me April Ryan took it to this is a black girls fighting language Which is you don't watch Real Housewives? It's not even black its real housewives of fill in the blank Lower and stuff yeah, you don't know me you don't know me oh yeah, you don't know me Yeah, it's low-rent stuff But here's what I don't get

15:29 The Bush administration, I think the Clinton administration to a lesser extent and most of these guys. The Reagans for sure they just ban these people that don't let them into briefing anymore! I don't understand why this woman April is get is it all she shouldn't be in there they just pull her credentials Yeah, if she's gonna pull this crap. She's gonna go pull the do a Kind of an ambush and then make all these accusations that they go on the air immediately to kind of mock her Pulled her credentials What does it take to do that? And I think I think they will do that but the wait a little bit because that way don't think so That would be no the Trump rotation right now is He lies we went from stormy Now it's back to he lies and that would pull it too quickly dies. He lies

CHAPTER 06 / 51 Discussion

Obama 2008 Campaign Finance Fine Comparison

The Federal Election Commission fined Barack Obama's 2008 campaign $375,000 for administrative errors involving $1.2 million in contributions. This historical precedent is cited to argue that campaign finance violations are typically handled with monetary penalties rather than impeachment or criminal charges. Critics suggest the media coverage of Trump's current legal issues lacks this historical context.

barack obama· fec· campaign finance· 2008 election· fines

16:14 He's filled with lies. That's on our list, it's in the rotation. No one dies! Yes and from there we go... We can't just immediately go to oh you're blocking First Amendment censorship because that's what it will be but here's the interesting thing just regarding this one particular... Sending a message is not the same as sending a first amendment. She can still do her reporting she just can't come into that room You're arguing with me about something that has not to be argued This is what the mainstream media will do, you know that Well, they can do all they want but there's a counter argument to all of it. Of course there is! Here's the best counter-argument to this whole Stormy Daniels affair... The Federal Election Commission sued the Obama administration during the 2008 presidential campaign, the campaign Obama for America

17:05 Fraudulently accepted over 1.2 million dollars in campaign funds, they were fined for that $375,000 and everyone went on their merry way! You know there's a monetary difference between what is it 130 thousand if it were truly a campaign finance issue but these things are not really impeachable offenses as it appears to me looking at history or you can't go to jail It's, it's okay well we messed up. We didn't do it right the Obama administration had 60 days to fix this they didn't and they got a fine and I didn't even know what happened! And then...I don't remember any reporting on it There was none there was no reason for it No exactly exactly Because he wasn't a Republican But um

CHAPTER 07 / 51 Discussion

Morning Joe and Trump Nobel Peace Prize Speculation

MSNBC's Morning Joe contributors, including Mike Barnicle, expressed concern that the normalization of "lies" in the White House is a threat to democracy. The discussion shifted to the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Nobel Peace Prize if the North Korea-South Korea peace agreement is finalized. Critics argue the media is attempting to preemptively delegitimize such an achievement.

morning joe· msnbc· mike barnicle· donald trump· nobel peace prize· north korea

17:58 When you hear like the Morning Joes, man. They had a meltdown... What's the guys name? I love this guy! You're gonna go nuts listening to this stuff. No it's okay. It's my MSNBC is my beat. This is Barnacle yeah. Was his name Joe Barnacle? Here's his take, here's his take on all of this. No Mika we understandably talk about this every day multiple times a day because there is just a literal tsunami, fire hydrant of false information coming from this White House everyday but it's larger than that and the problem or threat and danger is much larger than just the White House and us talking about

18:40 It's what happens out in the country. Dealing every day, people dealing every day with the normalization of lies and deception coming from the President of the United States and those who represent the President of the United States And people get used to it And people slowly turn off what they hear. It doesn't impact people. What's fun about this is you could easily... This Mike Barnicle! Oh, Mike? You could easily apply this to the M5M. People hear lies and they slowly tune out. They end up not really caring about the fact that the President of the United States is a liar

19:19 and that people who represent him lie on a daily basis. This is how democracies die, slowly right in front of us. He's a great famous historian that documented the rise and fall of civilization. Every single day, deception and lies become normal Mike I'll take it once it's worse than normal It's because if Donald Trump continues to stay in office succeed And if Donald Trump wins the Nobel Peace Prize not only we normalized lying We are celebrating and saying ah that's the way that that's the way to the top

19:59 Oh, don't give it away. Don't give away the big secret! So they're trying to get... so they're doing some I guess preliminary discussions or trying to build a base so when he gets the Nobel Peace Prize which he will inevitably get if that North Korea-South Korea thing is resolved. Right. In fact, I think he's halfway there already with this peace agreement ending the war that's been going on technically since the 50s or the 40s, I guess the 50s. He's gonna get it so they have to lay the groundwork for how to deal with this because the general public is not gonna hear any of this stuff nobody listens to Morning Joe except political politicos

20:48 And so the public, oh he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Let's vote him in for another term. They don't know what to do about it. They're beside themselves and I don't really... Although I think that lying meme of all them is very powerful because you get a lot of kids like they'll be very confused. I guarantee with this, the lying meme now going into full spin top rotation Probably what we'll see is notes from, you know kids writing to the president or to their... You know writing an essay. You know something like I you know in real- you know in crayon. I don't understand why Mr President why you lie? I mean something like that my mommy tells me lying is bad watch that's coming

CHAPTER 08 / 51 Discussion

Steve Pachanek on Iran Regime Change and Netanyahu

Dr. Steve Pachanek argues against the likelihood of U.S.-led regime change in Iran, citing a lack of intelligence assets and linguistic capabilities. He suggests that Donald Trump is using "The Art of the Deal" tactics to renegotiate rather than destroy the Iran nuclear deal, noting Boeing's commercial interests in the region. Pachanek also claims Benjamin Netanyahu is using the Iran threat to distract from domestic corruption charges in Israel.

steve pachanek· iran· benjamin netanyahu· boeing· israel· regime change

21:35 Yes, I think that's a good. I think that prediction is valid and it would be coming and they would do be Book would come out letters to the president My children's book yeah lies to the president yes. Yeah, but yes very good Pichinne called me yesterday Oh, okay. Our Psy-Op master Dr Steve Pachanek Yeah and you're his current one of his targets. He's Psy-Oping me of course Luckily we have kind of a meta approach to these things Yes do have some We will now have a report yeah well the we talked about a number of things but the main thing I was interested in of course was Iran is it you know what are we doing? Are we going for regime change as well actually

22:20 I think, wasn't it? Yes. I think it was Rudy who even said this. I think it's the only way to peace in the Middle East. It's more important than an Israeli-Palestinian deal, I think one could happen if you didn't have...I mean Iran used to be an ally of not only United States but Israel that could happen again! You're seeing Egypt becoming an ally of Saudi Arabia and Israel, Saudi Arabia Emirates, Qatar this could really spread

22:57 So I... Wait, wait. Stop! I love this idea of Giuliani's a master anyway but it could really spread. This idea of rewriting history and saying that Iran was an ally yeah when they were run by the Shah who was put in place by the CIA yes they were an ally yeah it's hardly hardly really an ally but okay he's a fixer this is what he does he goes out fixes his history if its no good we just fixed that history So I say, is that what we're going to do? And Pachinnik launches into this tirade and says no. We can't do regime change. He says we don't have a single person in intelligence who speaks Farsi. There's no military who can even point to Tehran on the map because we have absolutely no good. We can't do it. Says were also not going to do it so well what are you talking about? He was like frustrated with me! This is the same... Don't you see what happened with North Korea he says

23:54 Yeah, well if that deal goes through then what Trump is doing is just his art of the deal making a big big fist like we're gonna take you over regime change. We're gonna kill y'all we're gonna bomb ya He says he doesn't want that. Boeing is in there, we've got all kinds of American companies... All he wants is cooperation They're probably not even going to kill the deal It's just a renegotiation according to Pchenik I said well look at what Netanyahu was doing with his library and all this stuff they have

24:32 He says, you know Israel is one of the few countries that actually does throw their leaders in jail. You can't say that for United States? I said no, well, I guess not he says Bibi Netanyahu was going to jail and he's doing anything he can taking any opportunity To cover up the problems he's having domestically and so he's yelling as loudly as possible and making everyone afraid of a pending war with Iran so that he can delay whatever is going on with him going to jail I think for some significant corruption like, like 100 million dollars or something? Well that wouldn't surprise me. Yeah. Netanyahu is acting a little squirrely. A little and as...I kind of liked that theory. Like okay, that makes sense yeah just more well I did check we do have Boeing in there

CHAPTER 09 / 51 Discussion

John Kerry and the Logan Act

Former Secretary of State John Kerry is reportedly engaging in private diplomacy to preserve the Iran nuclear deal, leading to accusations of Logan Act violations. The Logan Act prohibits private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments on behalf of the United States. While the act is rarely prosecuted, it has been used as a talking point regarding Michael Flynn and now Kerry.

john kerry· logan act· iran deal· diplomacy· state department

25:25 Oh no, Boeing is there. They sell jets to their airline operation. Yeah they're doing all kinds of stuff there. So... And Boeing doesn't want anything bad to happen But as we get nearer... and then apparently Kerry according to some reports mostly on Fox yeah he's still He's still negotiating What is the point? Why does even do- Does he want to pop up all of a sudden say I've done it! I've saved the day! I have no idea. It's a violation of the Logan Act, but nobody is making a fuss. What is the Logan Act again? Because the president was accused... The Logan Act says that you as this private citizen cannot represent the United States government in foreign affairs

26:13 Well, he doesn't represent the United States government. He's acting as a representative of the government. So if you pretend that's how it works? If you pretend then you're violating the Logan Act there must be some technicalities to it. Oh I haven't read the act. It is an old acted archaic. And nobody's, no one has ever been charged with anything. I think a lot of presidents have done stuff that would be a violation but they either got to get rid of the act repeal it or charge someone. They kind of use it to leverage Michael Flynn who is now filing a motion to have his confession erased from the record

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Paul Manafort Court Update and Judge T.S. Ellis

Judge T.S. Ellis challenged the Special Counsel's office during a hearing for Paul Manafort, questioning the relevance of financial crimes from years ago to the Russia investigation. The judge suggested the prosecution was an attempt to exert leverage over Manafort to get to Donald Trump. President Trump later praised the judge's combative stance during a public speech.

paul manafort· robert mueller· judge t.s. ellis· department of justice· indictment

26:59 And I think it will be, based on what we saw happen. Well Manafort is also working within the system to get his stuff dropped There's a good report that I have here, this is the Manafort update worth listening to Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arriving in federal court today to try to get this one case thrown out. Inside the courtroom, Judge TS Ellis asking what the special counsel's indictment of Manafort for alleged financial crimes has to do with Mueller's primary mission? to

27:56 The government arguing the special counsel's mandate includes looking at Manafort's financial work overseas. Several hours later on stage, the president gave his verdict praising that judge. Judge T.S. Ellis who is Really something very special I hear from many standpoints the president even quoting directly from the judges remarks in court We're all fighting battles, but I love fighting these battles And Pierre Thomas with us live tonight as well. And, Pierre the judge did not rule today on whether Manafort's case will move forward and despite what he said in court there judges often do this they don't let you know it could still go either way that's right David sources tell us Judge Ellis is often colorful and combative in court but they say his challenges are not always a sign of how he ultimately rules David all right here Thomas with us tonight as well Pierre thank you we have breaking news huh alright so the way I understand this

29:05 They wanted, they were at a federal judge and I don't even know what they wanted but for some reason the judge said show me the unredacted memo and then it turns out that those guys were actually lying. The FBI! Yeah And so now what? It doesn't really matter as long as the pot's being stirred in this bubbling and there's lots of news and you can target it we can get to the midterms We only have six seven months to go And then they can vote in a bunch of Democrats and put Nancy Pelosi back in as Speaker of the House. Which, if you listen to... If you listened to the new podcast- Oh I knew it! I knew you would clip from that! I haven't heard it yet but I'm very excited As the podfather to have the birth of The Barbara Boxer Podcast is just...I am just tintling Yeah

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Barbara Boxer Podcast and John Gartner Interview

Former Senator Barbara Boxer launched a podcast titled "Fight Back," featuring an interview with psychologist Dr. John Gartner. Gartner has collected thousands of signatures from mental health professionals claiming Donald Trump is psychologically unfit for office under the 25th Amendment. The podcast production quality and the hosts' personal banter are critiqued.

barbara boxer· john gartner· podcast· donald trump· 25th amendment· psychology

30:02 So she's done six of these things and every one of them, by the way they're very poorly produced because it was done by Podcast One. Oh this is the Westwood one? I thought those guys were pros! Well you look at their waveforms and you can see that it's not compressed so they have... And only you John, only you like let me take a look at this wave form we see what's going on with this podcast I was gonna adjust it so it'd be better, but then I said why should I be fixing this mess? It's like the guy here goes like this. Why don't you...I'm gonna ask you. You'll be the guy interviewing. Okay So yell into the mic when you're asked a question. What have you done recently? Well that's good to know because there are a lot of things I want to talk about

31:00 Oh, okay. What do you want to know? So... You have this... Boxer and she's apparently just slowly dress away from the mice. Oh pretty soon. She's Back here, it's terrible But they do have so she brings on the guy in episode 6 which is definitely worth listening to for this guy alone This character who has put up a website It turns out that she brings it up in later conversation but they're going to prove on this on this podcast said that Trump Six off all nine features of having a narcissistic horrible narcissistic personality. Oh, he broke the goldwater dangerous uh-huh Dangerous danger needs to be taken out. He used to be detained He's to me it is to be picked up oh

31:51 And put it in a straight jacket. Okay, yeah So he I so I have the interview with this character this this Gardner guy who is a shrink He's not like a psychologist psychiatrist. He's a psychologist and It's gonna be so whole things a little lengthy but let's play Boxer one when they introduced the guy and I left in their little sound effect They have at the beginning which begins an interview they have this they produce a little sound affecting with a bell because this is It's called, you know... Barbara Boxers. They're trying to make it like a fight match. Oh! Okay. I don't know how they do the boxer bell. And in this corner. Oh wow okay Let's get ready for Barbara! I want to welcome to Fightback Dr John Gartner

32:42 a psychologist and therapist whose credentials include training at Cornell Medical School and the University of Massachusetts. His specialty is the treatment of borderline personality disorder by bipolar disorder and depression. He's done something very unusual he has collected 41,000 signatures of mental health professionals saying that Donald Trump is psychologically incapable of competently discharging his duties as president this is the same group that we talked about before when they had 30,000 signatures I think

33:20 Well, as this progresses you discover that what we're talking about here is not some letter that 30 thousand 40 thousand... It's a form on his website? Yeah. CGI script nice. I'm requesting that Donald Trump be removed from office according to article 3 of the 25th amendment Dr.. Gartner welcome and I have a very Good question to start this off. You know, I love interviewers who say, I have a good question for you. This...you're not on any old show! You're on the Barbara Boxer Fight Back podcast baby! I have a good-I got a goooood question

33:58 It came from someone else is a problem is she interjects herself throughout the podcast. She's very annoying and talk about an ego maniac in a very annoying ego maniacal style at the beginning of the podcast is mostly like the first half of the podcast is her kid missing with her daughter And they're going back and forth. Well, you're such a wonderful daughter Yes Yeah well You're the best mom ever somebody said that I'm such a good daughter because of you mom They said because I was raised right by a great mom. I say you are the greatest mom I've ever met imagine having you got to bring that thank you

34:35 Thank you for saying that, but you're just a natural. You're such a wonderful daughter I've never seen...I can't imagine having a better daughter well i can't imagine having a better mom and that goes on for 20 minutes And you have the best questions Mom As president and requesting that Donald Trump be removed from office according to article 3 of the 25th Amendment. Dr. Gartner, welcome and I have a very good question to start this off You've been so articulate on why Donald Trump is not fit to be president and this is you know a very unusual thing because I know that your own professional code

CHAPTER 12 / 51 Discussion

Goldwater Rule and Duty to Warn Ethics

Dr. John Gartner argues that the "Duty to Warn" the public about a dangerous leader supersedes the "Goldwater Rule," which prohibits psychiatrists from diagnosing public figures they haven't treated. The Goldwater Rule was established after a 1964 magazine article claimed Barry Goldwater was mentally unstable. Gartner contends that modern diagnostic criteria based on observable behavior make the old rule anachronistic.

goldwater rule· barry goldwater· dsm· ethics· psychology· duty to warn

35:18 says that you shouldn't diagnose an individual who isn't your patient. Yes, but I am the Paul Revere of psychs! So how do you answer this question? Wow, what a good question! Well there's really two answers. One is that rule the Goldwater Rule I'll tell you about the history of it in a moment is really anachronistic given our current diagnostic system and secondly in our ethical code the duty to warn people who might be at risk or in danger Really supersedes any other ethical consideration and it makes sense It really is the idea that life itself is more important than any other rule And in the case of The Duty to Warn, it was actually born out of therapists

36:03 maintaining confidentiality, but not warning someone who might be a potential victim of violence. And so that is the premier ethical responsibility that we have more than to any of these other things in our code. But more specifically about the Goldwater rule, history of it was that Barry Goldwater's running for president in 1964 and Fact Magazine which doesn't exist anymore wrote an article about him being mentally unsound and they took a poll of psychiatrists if they used as their support uh... and then we got a lot of lost the election he's through the magazine in one for libel uh... and in fact it's it's worth mentioning that he advocate yet appoint because he was not mentally unstable he was conservative but it wasn't mentally unstable

36:45 I like that. You got that! Very good, he was conservative but he wasn't completely nuts. I like that, that's a good dig you can use it for almost anything. It really is a gem. Yeah that is a nice one and I was actually gonna say, did he turn out to be unstable? No. Well what was wrong with all those people or is it just one group just one magazine that did that said to me it sounded back in the day like there's a lot of psychiatrists There were a lot of psychiatrist...psychologists mostly The rapist, I mean therapist But they had..there are couple things that came out this one is this

37:23 ethical need to think on your clients if there's a danger involved, which I didn't know. They still try to promote the idea that it's like an attorney you have this privilege doctor patient privilege but apparently if they say yeah well you know I really feel like killing a bunch of people is there any pill can give me a pill or something he goes and tells the cops I didn't know that that was the case. I think yeah, I think that's I think they try to cover that up What do you mean cover? Waddup? I think they tried to cover that reality up because they don't want to pay You know these nut balls are coming as patients paying $150 an hour to know that if they say one thing

38:09 That's a little sketchy that the guy, your shrink is going to walk right to the cops. Well by the same token that's exactly what being called for and being done like the school shooting in Florida you know? The kid was analyzed they called the feds said this kids no good So it happens all the time. I mean, it's not really happens all the time Yeah, I'm not against that but I guess what? What what I I'm not against it either But not if you're trying to convince the public this seems to me to be it but we're going to die We're an imminent danger If he remains president don't you see that I just find is distressing It's very distressing as though it's like uh

CHAPTER 13 / 51 Discussion

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and Trump Diagnosis

Dr. John Gartner claims that the modern Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) allows for diagnosis based on observable behavioral criteria rather than private therapy sessions. He asserts that Donald Trump meets all nine criteria for narcissistic personality disorder. Critics point out Gartner's admission of being a "lifelong Democrat" as evidence of partisan bias in his professional assessment.

dsm-5· donald trump· john gartner· psychology· mental health· goldwater

38:50 You know, like we're in a police state already. We're in a surveillance state already and now you go to a shrink or you go to a priest. A guy got busted recently for going to a priest and I mean what are you supposed to do here? So anyway if your troubled... Take a walk, shake it off. Walk it off dude! Come on man what's wrong?! Alright What's your second clip? Is that more on that clip? No that was it Okay, the second one is really incorporates what I consider to be the giveaway and something we always have to consider. And I find it kind of disgusting. But since that case, we've actually adopted a whole new diagnostic system. It's the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual that we use today and the whole raison d'etre on adopting the DSM was that it should be based on clear observable behavioral criteria

39:47 So when Goldwater, when the Skywatchers made comments about Goldwater they were saying he'd been scarred by his potty training or he had an unresolved Oedipus complex. Or who's a latent homosexual? Very obscure and possibly wrong theoretical constructs... Possibly wrong! Wait, wait, he's a latent homosexual that's possibly wrong You know it's not like I didn't call this Not like I didn't say that they were gonna come up with Trump as a homo I told you that was on deck here it is The seed has planted You might be right, but I'm still not putting it on the list. Okay What else did he say? It'd be based on clear observable behavioral criteria So when Goldwater or when the skype main comments about gold where they're saying you know He's been scarred by his potty training or he had an unresolved Oedipus complex Or who is a latent homosexual very obscure and possibly wrong theoretical constructs that you couldn't know anything about theoretical wrong constructs

40:43 Whether they apply to go actually talk to him in therapy But now with the criteria that we have now the whole point was that we should be able To observe someone's behavior or talk to someone who has observed their behavior and if they exhibit the behaviors that meet the criteria, we know that they meet the diagnosis. So I know later we're going to go over some of those criteria but people will see how much they are really written in plain simple English and how these are behaviors that are very clear and observable And in fact I interviewed one of the people – the last living member of the ethics committee that drafted the Goldwater Rule And he told me first of all it was never meant to be a rule, it was meant to be a principle. Something you should keep in mind not something that should be a blanket gag order under all circumstances Hopefully he is going to give us some of these definitions things that we can look for hopefully

41:31 Yeah, actually they go through the nine. I only isolated a few of them that were defined as good at least there's some in their good but secondly he said if they'd have the DSM in those days they wouldn't even pass the Goldwater rule because We his concern was that people were basically making diagnostic for me without For dr. Diagnostic and statistical manual okay? So I want to get to that But I think you've made a really important point and excuse the the way I present this, but you're saying the duty to warn people trumps the Goldwater rules. That's exactly how I phrased it as a matter of fact! Well great minds think alike, of course... I'm sorry did he say that the DSM didn't exist during the Goldwater era? That's what i heard him say correct yeah well we are at dsm-5 but dsm 1 was established in 1952

42:28 That would be Goldwater. Yeah, so he's full of crap What I think is important for people to understand is that this is a very big deal having so many professionals like yourself stand up as they're actually an organization called duty-to-warn Yes, there is an organization called Duty to Warren. I founded it. It started out with the petition that you... Gosh! Did she really not know this about her guest or...? No she threw it in because he wasn't plugging it now. Leading the witness? He says then that now he brings out that the but it's a petition that was signed by all these people and of course the numbers gone way up but

43:10 Just because I mean, I could go on a site and sign the petition and claim to be some local shrink. You are you're my shrink. What are you talking about? Yeah, there we go. And I'm working shrink that just finish up because it gets to the point where I think that we really see what's going on here having so many professionals like yourself stand up as they're actually in organization called Duty to Warn. Yes, there is an organization called Duty to Warren. I founded it. It started out with the petition that you mentioned earlier – we went up to 70 thousand signatures and I want to point out how truly unprecedented this is. Many people have accused us of being partisan, that were just kind of using our profession

43:54 diss a candidate or president that we don't like. Diss? It's never... I'm sorry, is that a professional term? Diss? We just want to dis him. ...happen before... Well everybody if you're if you're a Democrat it's very cool say the people how truly unprecedented this is okay and many people have accused us of being partisan that were just kind of using our profession to diss a candidate or president that we don't like It's never happened before in the history of our profession that a large group of professionals have banded together to say that a leader is dangerous or unfit. I mean, I'm a lifelong Democrat. OK? That's it! I am a lifelong Democrat. Why does he say that?!

44:41 to show his color, you know. This is my stripes! A little virtue signaling? Yes it's my stripes It seems to me that if you're trying to be objective that the last thing you want to admit especially lifelong I mean most people i know who are free thinkers have gone through different...I'm a democrat but then I'm a republican and then an independent and libertarian I mean they're adjusting their views as they mature And being a lifelong Democrat and of Trump hater apparently, and then he makes the statement which you caught him on the DSM one He also made this same. This is the first time this has ever happened when he just cited the Goldwater incident Yeah But he kind of downplayed it down to just one magazine that did that which I don't think is true. I thought it was quite a collection of psychiatrists

CHAPTER 14 / 51 Discussion

Narcissistic Personality Disorder Criteria and Trump

The discussion reviews specific DSM criteria for narcissistic personality disorder, including a sense of entitlement and being interpersonally exploitative. Dr. Gartner and Barbara Boxer apply these traits to Trump's business history and public statements. The hosts counter that many of these traits are simply characteristic of a "Queens personality" or common among successful politicians.

narcissism· donald trump· sociopathy· entitlement· empathy· queens

45:28 It was. And so he, yeah of course he downplayed it So this is nonsense! So they decide to go into this... It's beyond nonsense what gets me it's just another bashing exercise by a lifelong democrat! Number five is sense of entitlement No hold on let me set this up So they started going through this list of indicators that he's got some narcissistic personality disorder that is dangerous to the country. And there's a nine point list where every one of them, he checks off which is very unusual because you only really need five but they can find all nine of them and Trump's guilty and listen to their rationale of guilt which has a lot of innuendo making stuff up as you go along

46:14 phony quotes. It just annoys me to know and to listen to this, I mean listen to their lies. Okay okay play. Play please. Lie is sense of entitlement. Sense of entitlement Isn't that the entire millennial generation? Yeah. Well, I think you know he was born with a million dollars and you know He thinks he's a self-made man Yes, it's true yes He I mean he does feel entitled to do whatever he wants and get away with it yeah Remember when he said when I see a beautiful woman? I can't help myself. I grab her by her blind blah blah. I mean who feels

47:00 Which is not exactly what he said, but okay. We'll take the- Nothing close to what he said! We'll take the paraphrase that's her truth That's a reality It was dealing with a lot of Dementia B reality here Yeah And it's up to the point where I would think they these two people are delusional Yeah Who does that you can't do this to people? That's a good example of it The next one is interpersonally exploitive. Oh, there's a million ones What do you come up with well This is really fundamental to his lifestyle and it also relates to its also criteria for the antisocial or personality disorder sociopathy I mean his whole life has been about exploiting other people he doesn't pay as workmen

47:46 He sexually assaults women. He established a university for the sheer purpose of defrauding people." I mean, this is someone who exploiting other people is central to his life. It's not like he did this thing or that thing. It's a pervasive pattern that pervades everything he does throughout his life. yes i i hear you and um... i hear you he did exploits everyone even the people who are loyal to him and then he dumps them you know what we just talked on a show before this about uh... nikki haley you know who yeah hooker

48:24 who was told to go out on the shows and state a certain policy, and then he didn't like it. And he makes her look the fool! That's exploiting her – it's just wrong. Now we get to the next one which is… I have an easy example but I'm going let you go first because you'll beat me to it. Number seven – lacking empathy. This makes you a sociopath? This makes you... No, it makes you narcissistic disorder that dangerous and narcissistic disorders. My my my my well where by the way the empathy thing I she could have just as easy to use the first time he launched a bunch of missiles because he saw some kids crying in the street in a fake video but let me ask when we asked you we had he uses other people

49:13 He doesn't pay his workers. How does he get anyone to work for him? It's beyond me, but he doesn't pay his workers. And what was the last one there we had? This was used... exploitive or something. Yeah. Is it...? He is a New Yorker! No, he is from Queens specifically. Most of his characteristics have been explained as a Queen's personality. We should get rid of that burrow. They're all certifiable there I tell you Well anyway, he definitely does abuse his interpersonal relationships and I think my prediction from a couple months back is coming true as You know. I think one of the things that we were talked about is you know certain people have to have to go have together White House Mueller Possibly do an extraction for getting other criminals out for maybe stuff that happened during 9-11? I don't know there's a lot of things going on with him But I knew one guy had the mark on his head

CHAPTER 15 / 51 Discussion

Ivanka Trump and Robert Mueller Investigation

Recent reports suggest that Special Counsel Robert Mueller may be shifting focus toward Ivanka Trump. This follows the departure of Hope Hicks and ongoing scrutiny of Jared Kushner's security clearance and business dealings. The hosts discuss the political implications of the investigation targeting the President's immediate family members.

ivanka trump· robert mueller· jared kushner· hope hicks· investigation

50:14 And we knew that guy was not Ivanka. There's all the political report today basically suggesting Mueller would now consider Ivanka Trump a target, but look at Hope Hicks as one example Yes she is very loyal to Donald Trump but I think the president would say this she could stand up to him when she had too What they did to her is outrage, absolutely outrageous. Ivanka Trump? I would-I think I would get on my charger and go right into their offices with a lance if they go after Ivanka At this point sir, I honestly agree with you, I fear for the country Let me go now If they do do Ivanka Which i doubt that will The whole country will turn on him They're going after his daughter? Who thought about his son in law They talked about him I guess Jared is fine man You know that

51:08 But men are, you know, disposable. But a fine woman like Ivanka? Come on! Jared is now officially disposable. Bye-bye. Yeah he's gone I always thought he would in fact this is the kind of counter to what the boxer and this guy were going on about his loyalty exhibits too much loyalty to this, to a number of people including Jared. Well no I think they what they would they believe is that he only wants loyalty towards him but he has no loyalty in return yeah well that's what their claiming but there's not seeing any evidence and brings a lot of cronies in that he owes favors to puts up with a lot of stuff that you shouldn't. Yeah. I don't know. Well I agree with what you wrote the newsletter it's really made life pretty boring

51:58 I mean, there's really nothing. My beat has become boring! There is nothing to watch it all the same over and over that the rotationists like... They've tightened it up because they got this damned election thing in the news We've got to get more Democrats in. And that's all it's about, and this is just about that there's no real they don't really want to get rid of Trump because they figure they can leverage him to get more Democrats in then I could claim he's this and claiming that and say he's dangerous and oh my God what are we going to do? If we can't get rid of them we try to try to try let's put more Democrats in That's the solution! Oh so we couldn't get him impeached because ahh we need more Democrats. It's so transparent

CHAPTER 16 / 51 Discussion

Boy Scouts of America Name Change to Scouts BSA

The Boy Scouts of America announced a name change to "Scouts BSA" to reflect the inclusion of girls in the program. This decision was discussed on "The View," where hosts debated whether girls benefit from being in male-dominated environments. The hosts examine the logistical reality that troops will remain gender-segregated despite the shared organizational name.

boy scouts of america· scouts bsa· the view· gender integration· girl scouts

52:40 The problem is all the news media and everybody just concentrates on this narrative. I hate to use the word, but I'm going to do it uh, get people riled up and I think Trump was right when he was at the NRA saying, Hey you know we're gonna lose our asses here in that midterms if we don't get out the vote because no, in fact it's never goes well for the president especially when his first elected in his first midterms. He always loses. You'll lose the House and Senate. Yeah yeah Well switching gears, I'm very proud of our no agenda producer audience And I had I knew we had a few but I had no idea how many Eagle Scouts listened to this show Yeah makes sense. I know you were copied on a couple of them But I selected one two three four five six seven eight

53:31 emails regarding the question of Boy Scouts of America changing their name to scouts colon BSA and admitting girls. And this actually came up on that cultural thermometer known as the view. Well how about this, this is something totally different after a hundred and eight years the Boy Scouts of America have changed their name to go with their new policy of including girls among their ranks and their new name is scouts BSA My opinion of this, and it's not popular one I don't think but... I think that girls do not benefit from having boys in their midst at these young ages. They won't! But they're still gonna have some interactions just in general. I went to an all-girls high school as did you. I did too. We too. Which was a girl's college. It was women but...

54:26 Boys benefit from having girls in their midst. I'm not sure that girls benefit from having boys in their midst. The part, because boys...I don't know it's like they can turn into Lord of the Flies at any given moment. I like how she took that to slam men and that was kind of cool. Yeah good work! It's like girls would benefit from boys being in their troop but uh.. I mean boys would benefit from girls being in a troop cause you know they'd get rid of their toxic masculinity Yeah, but the other way around no no. No now there's a lot of things I learned first of all I learned from a couple of our Eagle Scout producers that They won't be actually integrated in the troops themselves You'll have it I guess a den or is it troop and then a den? I can't remember I don't know how to work so we mentioned this on the last show yeah Oh, I didn't recall that so they're not actually going to be completely integrated But what I'm you are I think

CHAPTER 17 / 51 Discussion

Girl Scouts vs Boy Scouts Program Differences

Eagle Scout listeners provide feedback comparing the Girl Scouts of America to the Boy Scouts, labeling the former a "cookie cult" focused on fundraising rather than outdoor skills. They argue that the Boy Scouts offer a more rigorous merit badge system and objective standards. The Girl Scouts are reportedly facing financial difficulties and closing camps across the country.

girl scouts· boy scouts· merit badges· cookies· fundraising· eagle scout

55:21 You know, this may have come up on Horowitz. I could be wrong." Okay that's possible but what i'm learning now is the problem here really is the Girl Scouts of America as let's see Eagle Scout Jay said it's a cookie cult! The girls don't come out... Did not get this note? ...I have a couple of them. The girls do not get out of there with the skills we get in the BSA Plus we weren't the most socially confident group in school. So the more exposure to females at a young age the better I'm not sure about keeping girls and separate troops, but I think it's a reasonable first step now We got Eagle Scout John who says? I mean Eagle Scout earned the rank of 2002. I emailing you but I have two daughters and Girl Scouts I can tell you from personal experience The girl scouts and Boy Scouts only similarity is the word scout

56:16 He has a list of differences one Girl Scouts do not earn merit badges. They earn patches In Boy Scouts you had special counselors that you went to with requirements written in merit badge books that were standardized by the organization some of these merit badges are required to earn the rank of Eagle such as camping and There's no such requirement to earn badges or patches in the Girl Scouts. Those patches are mostly given by their scout leader, not an objective third party that based on the leaders subjective opinion so obviously it is a big difference and this one I like. Girl Scouts is a pyramid marketing scheme

56:52 And I think our scout here, Eagle Scout is correct. In the Boy Scouts we'd raise funds to go on camping trips or Klondike Derby or summer camp or jamboree when we were at these events would meet and compete with other troops showing off her practical skills that we had learned during the year our troop meetings are focused on preparing for greater trips and how to plan for the trips and fundraise Girl Scouts isn't entirely the opposite actually inside out in the Girl Scouts The main goal Is to sell girl scout cookies The sale is the focus of the meetings for all of the year. The girls are brainwashed into becoming child labor for the national executives or the Girl Scouts and forced to sell cookies! If your troop doesn't sell cookies, you're not allowed to have any other fundraisers during the year. The girls in a troop that sells the cookies get the smallest slice of pie. A box of cookie sells for $4. My daughter's troops only gets 67 cents per each box.

57:41 If the troops blindly fundraise and usually the parents have to do all the work selling cookies, and the troop or parents get stuck with unsold boxes. The national organization or regionals won't even take back the unsold cookies. Nope! They deduct that from some poor kid's bank account... ...the amount in full for boxes unsold. Sometimes girls can spend all spring pushing boxes and earn less than $200 net after having sold thousands of dollars worth garbage cookies I didn't realize that this is what was going on and it makes total sense now. And also, I think the quality of the Girl Scout cookies have declined having purchased some last year. No, I haven't noticed that but uh...and its kind of beside the point

58:25 When I saw the report that was done on the local news and it was girls, a lot of Asian girls by the way wanted to join the Boy Scouts. That's what they were bitching about. The Girl Scouts don't have anything going on. They don't do anything and the Boy Scouts are doing stuff there in fact as I recall when I was a boy scout yeah there was all these things like knot tying thing you had to be able to do these knots in front of a bunch of people There's all these different required archery, there is a whole bunch of merit badges you can get. And it was like a real test, it wasn't like something where I liked the way... I liked the cut of your jib here's a free award. Your jib? Yeah cut your jib. It's like

CHAPTER 18 / 51 Discussion

LDS Church and Boy Scouts Membership Crisis

The Mormon Church (LDS), which makes up 20% of the Boy Scouts' membership, announced it will leave the organization to start its own youth program by 2020. This follows the BSA's policy changes regarding gay and transgender members. Analysts suggest the decision to admit girls is a desperate move by the BSA to replace the massive loss of Mormon youth members.

lds church· mormons· boy scouts of america· utah· membership· lgbtq

59:10 There's like night and day apparently between the two scouting. And one of the guys who wrote in, you probably have that note he says the Girl Scouts are really freaked out by this because they're in trouble. Yeah they got a real problem with money Well, let me go down the list here. Here's an Eagle Scout that doesn't like the integration that has been in Texas I think? I was encouraged when i heard your take on the happenings within the Boy Scouts. I was in the program from age 6 to 18 when I received my Eagle Scout and currently 19 so is able to see their earliest onset of such policies no one in boy scouts wants this change according to our Eagle Scout here. Not the leader nor the guys in it, we are all beyond pissed! I'm strongly considering writing up a letter and sending it to my actual Eagle Scout medal and sending in my actual Eagle Scout medal to the National Office in Irving Texas

59:58 But then we have another Eagle Scout who's all in. I'm listening to the latest show, y'all talking about Boy Scouts of America becoming gender integrated? I'm an Eagle Scout! I'M FOR IT!!! They offer a great program that youngsters male or female can benefit from when i was a scout the sister one of our scouts tagged along for most of our events and camping trips and she fit right in Her name was Butch. It wasn't always a shame that she couldn't participate officially, it should be pointed out he says that the Sea Scouts and their parent organization Scouting Nederland have been gender integrated since 1973 or even earlier

1:00:34 I guess you were like nine years old so your Sea Scouts were probably part of scouting NATO, yes they were. While you were there... So listen man! You're part of a gender inclusive scouting organization didn't even realize it!" Okay? I have no problem with it but I didn't know that and then there's a religious angle from one of our this is from John one of ours he was also an Eagle Scout He is an assistant scout master and father of an eagle, and two life scouts. That's one rank below Eagle." Yeah the difference by the way does take a lot more work to get the eagle Yes BSA has made a lot of good decisions but handled the PR horribly because they need to appease too large constituencies The LDS Church...the Mormons Oh yeah this is the good I got this letter dude This is great read the whole thing cuz it's really outstanding note

1:01:29 They need to appease two large constituencies, the LDS Church, the Mormons and the Christian Right. The LDS makes up around 20% of Boy Scout membership is basically part of their religion if your family is an active LDS church member you have boys when they turn 13 become boy scouts that's it 97 percent of Utah's BSA troops are LDS sponsored I think BSA was trying to be progressive and including and carving it then caving to a lot of pressure from the left allowing LGBTQQIAAPK people into the scouting program. I have no problem with that, I believe there's an equal place for them in scouting. I think BSA handled it sloppily Enrollment has been a problem for the last 25 years its decline than even faster pace than the whole gay leadership issue Yes, they haven't note about that as well Then things got worse

1:02:13 The Mormons were silent when they let gay leaders into scouting. And he has a sick there, like gay is their term When BSA let gay boys in LDS announced they plan to start their own BSA inspired program for their boys and leave the BSA around 2019 or 2020. Ruh roh! How is the BSA going to replace all those Mormons? Well... Girls!!! Now they decide to let in girls under the guise of righting a social wrong. The Girl Scouts are clinging to life in most of the country, John said on last show that the girls wanted into BSA for outdoors events. The Girl Scouts are closing and selling their camps all over the country because they believe girls want to focus more on indoor activities Who knows maybe they want to teach them how to code

1:02:57 This is the way that was the best line by the way, the way this is being set up as for a bus for everyone. The boys feel like their program's about to be overrun by girls are girls of being put into program or no thought has been given just to trot out some girls and make one eagle Child abuse is what he says in parentheses the Girl Scouts a dying program is being kicked further into irrelevance The Boy Scouts look stupid again. I'm going to be overrun with militant dementia BSJ W's who want their girls to be first this probably won't work if they fully segregate the girls Which they plan to do it'd be nice of girls can learn eat can earn Eagle Scout It has tremendous prestige. I hope that on their endeavor, too I hope that on their endeavor to provide that experience for girls They don't dilute and cheapen it in name of higher enrollment

CHAPTER 19 / 51 Discussion

Eagle Scout Perspectives on BSA Inclusivity

Multiple Eagle Scouts share conflicting views on the integration of girls and LGBTQ members into the Boy Scouts. Some argue the program provides a necessary "refuge" for boys to mature away from domestic influences, while others support expanding the prestigious Eagle Scout rank to girls. The role of corporate sponsors like Intel and UPS in pushing for these policy changes is also highlighted.

eagle scout· boy scouts· inclusivity· corporate sponsorship· social justice

1:03:42 And he's a humble $20.17 a month producer and we had a couple more here that I wanted to share Oh, yeah this was about... oh here it is This is Stu, also an Eagle Scout. Man I'm so proud of the Eagle Scouts we have listening! Also an Associate Executive Producer My son is currently a Boy Scout my daughter intends to join next year. I am going through Assistant Scout Master Training. I'm delighted both my children had the opportunity become Eagle Scouts becoming Eagle Scout it's kind of big deal. I've always felt that was a shame that girls were excluded speaking out of concern the BSA has stated that scout troops must be all boys or girls though these troops could be linked sharing the same committee in certain events

1:04:19 Hopefully this allies Adam's concern about girl-free self gratification time. I don't know, what is it where he explains? It doesn't quite explain how the troops in the dens work This is from Another one of our Eagle Scouts from who got his Eagle Scout at 16 in 2006. Boy Scouts gave me lessons and outdoor skills, joy and companionship moral framework My brother's an eagle scout the national success rate for scouts who become eagle scouts is 2 to 4 percent It's very very very exclusive club My troop ran about 20% success rate. Outstanding operation with fathers, invested in their sons and their friends while the mothers isolated to administration roles and no women while camping. As a growing young man this was a glorious way to escape domestication and grow into maturity. I have two sons now neither will be in scouts."

1:05:14 They destroyed the operation two years ago when it became policy to accept openly homosexual men into leadership roles. Any study of child abuse points to a higher rate of offense among homosexual men than any other group. New policy under Tillerson, that's our former Secretary of State is to bow down to the gay agenda to put the young boys at risk this led to a mass exodus particularly among religious based hosts evangelical Mormon and Roman Catholic disbanding their troops Somewhere between a third and half of the members walking away with new recruitment down as well. So then the BSA doubles down to increase numbers by bringing in girls. If a family stuck around with their sons, maybe they'll bring the sisters in to replace the losses? Wrong again! They broke an organization of over 100 years by removing two pillars from its legged stool. Adherence to virtue discarded. Focus on boys becoming men discarded. The visible signs such as service camping and merit badges are retained but the soul is drained by vampires of progressive left.

1:06:11 to change the name is good it's easier to identify in conversation with people when the husk ceased to be the imposter of the Boy Scouts of America. Oh, it's scouts not boy scouts and then here are the final one is one of our producers who was also an Eagle Scout and he says I'm scrolling down here this is the problem one of the problems is an image problem In today's world of social justice warriors, an organization like the Boy Scouts of America cannot be exclusive. They have to be inclusive! It started with openly gay scouts back in 2014 up until that point the organization had taken a stand based on their values and the values they wanted to instill into boys as they grew into young men There was huge public backlash and here it comes

1:06:56 And they lost a lot of their corporate sponsorship funding. Caterpillar, Chase Manhattan, CVS Pharmacy, Fleet Bank, Intel Levi Strauss, Lockheed Martin Merck Pew Charitable Trusts United Way and UPS to name a few See this I never heard So in 2014 they reversed their decision and decided to accept openly gay scouts Then in 2015 they voted to allow openly gay adult leaders In 2017 it was transgender boys Now in 2018 It's girls! I and several other Eagle Scouts, I know don't agree with these decisions. We obviously can't voice that opinion publicly without being labeled homophobic and misogynistic but my opinion has nothing to do with either of those things. I love the gays." He puts in quotes for you John, I presume? I love the gays! But I love Boy Scouts who happen to be gay

1:07:46 And I have nothing against women or girls. Boy Scouts for me was a refuge, I was teenager and the world was crazy and confusing place even back then Being a boy scout gave me chance to interact with other boys my age without worrying about girls or popularity Or any of the other things we dealt with at school teenagers, much less sexual orientation and gender identity that kids have to deal with today. Sure when you first start out in the program it's all about going camping and hiking learning how to tie knots and set things on fire but if you stick with the program like I did as you progress through ranks you also have the opportunity become a leader and that's where i think the real value of the program is through being a Boy Scout becoming an Eagle Scout joining the Order of The Arrow and earning the vigil honor hello

1:08:27 I learned a lot about leadership and a lot about myself. Looking back, it played a huge role in making me the man that I am today." So it's on both sides of the argument and these are all Eagle Scouts pretty much all Eagle Scouts yeah when they have standing is so far as being able to voice their opinions I think more than anybody then anybody yes of course so they have mixed feelings depends I think a lot of where they're from you never mentioned that It wasn't for the Texas guy. Yeah, if it wasn't in there then I... Then it probably wasn't going to be in there. Um yeah, that's interesting. I don't know what to tell you. Well just thinking about it- I don't think it's a bad thing. No. Only for the benefit of the girls who are getting screwed over by the Girl Scouts it seems. For sure

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Corporate Sponsorship and Social Pressure in Scouting

The Boy Scouts' policy shifts are attributed to pressure from major corporate sponsors who threatened to withdraw funding. This is compared to historical "strong-arm" tactics used by activists to influence organizational values. The hosts discuss how the modern advertising model and social networks have made organizations more vulnerable to such pressure.

boy scouts· corporate sponsorship· jesse jackson· al sharpton· advertising

1:09:20 And they seem to be enthusiastic about the idea, and if you keep them separate in terms of they're just a troop of girls. You don't have this some of these issues that may crop up if their intermix is coed it's not co-ed they're not talking about co-ed right? And so that, I think makes a huge difference. If that's the case, I don't think it's going to be a problem at all." I agree. I think that's exactly what was poorly explained is it's not but they're all camping together co-ed but they have their own dens or troops or whatever it is, but they're on the same organization and I have no problem with that What I have a problem with is all these commercial companies, how are they sponsoring? Do they have banners everywhere? Do the kids have to use certain products? Do they learn banking? Apparently they got strong-armed by somebody who really knows how to pull one of those stunts. The stunts that were pulled by Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton... You wouldn't want a protest out in front your house or your building would you?

1:10:22 Maybe you should contribute to the cause a little bit. It won't hurt." Hey, I don't know man...I'm not a little concerned about the corporate sponsorship that was a lot of names on that list Yeah, and then it shows you the corporate sponsorships allows them to push up push their use their way to push people around. Yep It works are you gonna either do this or you're not gonna get our money anymore? This is a problem we have with that with advertising in there in our space and Commercialism all-around. It's such horrible situation That's right That's what the social nets have brought you You cannot say anything wrong or out of order or they'll go after your advertisers which is exactly well

1:11:05 that the social nets have little to do with this phenomenon. Oh, the social nets is where it takes place! This was going on way before any of these social nets came around Yeah but I think it's gotten a little more effective No, I think its just gotten a little more obvious Well there's that But it's for good reason that we try to avoid these kinds of models besides the complete lack of belief that it actually works, that you can monetize the network. And THAT'S why I want to thank you for your courage. In the morning to you John C, what is these fans for? Cash can't buy us! Dvorak! In the morning to you Mr Adam Curry in the morning it all ships at sea and the boots on the ground and feet in the air and subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there. In the morning everybody in the troll room noagendastream.com

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No Agenda Executive Producer Credits and Donations

The hosts thank Executive Producer Robert Dexter Dieter and Associate Executive Producer Stuart Venable for their significant financial contributions to episode 1031. They discuss the "Value-for-Value" model and the importance of listener support. A "de-douching" ceremony and various jingles are played for the donors.

robert dexter dieter· stuart venable· donations· executive producer· value-for-value

1:11:57 Good to see you guys there handing off the ideas, the links and the one-liners. It's highly appreciated and also in the morning to Comic Strip blogger two shows in a row I believe that he brought us the artwork for the show this was episode 1030 phone linus And it was a long forgotten emoticon plain simple There was the boobs emoticon old school emoji There was almost just no other choice And it looks really good. It does on the in your app and Twitter like hey, well I is kind of drawn to it what did I just see? What exactly is that? What is that so I think that was a plus for us and we appreciate the work from comic strip blogger and all of the artists who diligently are creating uploading artwork to get into the album art for each episode no agenda ArtGenerator.com thank you very much We appreciate it. Appreciate the value You're giving us

1:13:01 Well, we do have some people to thank. Very few actually We had a very poor turnout the birthday was a bust Oh hey by the way Congratulations with uh... With your grandson What? It was his birthday You know I've been discussing this on and off When does a kid who's one year old even know what the hell is going on about birthdays It's a parents thing. Congratulations, parents! You got to have an excuse for a party for a kid who is non-plus doesn't care doesn't know what a birthday is and probably won't for another year or two And I think it's exploitative as child abuse. It's okay Theodorable Grandpa's a podcaster don't worry about it he loves you. I'm just saying congratulations I congratulated YOU

1:13:55 You know, this is what we do in Holland. It's the Dutch you know we look at birthday calendars when were pooping I mean by the way they had a little event and it was as close to being in Holland because everyone was seated in chairs around a giant table eating brunch. A millennial brunch And it came to me! Because his nickname is Theodorable? Uh uh new name Theodorbs Yeah, well you can call him that. We have two people to thank for the show 1031 for being an executive producer and that's Robert Dexter Dieter in Sacramento California $555.50 which is nothing to sneeze at Thank You John and Adam from the best podcast in the universe happy sanko with an s de Mayo To all at The Roundtable and fellow producers requested deducing Okay hold on a second

1:14:50 Get the douche nozzle lined up and turn on suction. You've been de-douched! And he wants a lone wolf, arrrrrgh! And Deetler's Choice for jingles. It's rape time! Murder! AAAAAAAA! Government documents. AAAA! And I walk out in clear butt because ALBAN-CUS! The government lies, you're going to die. No Japanese Japan blowing up the sea You will line up and they will rope you and your family Pain, judgment or GMO Deaths, rots of disease Fires spreading against rotten bodies Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus! Alban-cus!

1:15:38 Very random. And then we have Stuart Venable, the executive associate executive producer with 200 bucks no note I can't find it in the letters to and email in the squirrel mail maybe you got something? I don't have anything. Um...I could take a quick look. The name does not ring a bell but you never know And we're gonna just give him some karma. Yeah, no I don't he definitely has He's definitely supported us before but I don't see anything okay. We'll give them some karma Thank you very much should be sir Stewart. You've got Karma Maybe let me check. I think you're right. I may actually a if I have a note here No, I really got nothing. I'm sorry well. He'll send this note. He has something oh

1:16:29 Wait, that's it? Yeah or not. Not everybody feels the need to send nudes. Nudes?! But he should say this is a NJNK! That would be better. At least we know we got something and don't have to scramble around. Anyway that was all we go for the associate executive producer of 1031 who was very lean And I want to thank these two for carrying the load. Yes, we will have one executive producer and one associate executive producer It's okay Every show has them certainly in Hollywood That's why we put those credits up front just like you see the titles only We actually mention them and read their notes that wouldn't work too well on CSI

1:17:08 But these are real credits in the same way. Yes, I like to reference and they're accepted anywhere credit to recognize back on The Andy Griffith Show They wouldn't do that another show coming up on Thursday remember us at vorac org slash na well It's clear we need a little bit more of that formula propagation our formula is this We go out or hit people in the mouth Shut up

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Sexual Harassment Update and CBS News Investigation

Gayle King reported on CBS This Morning about an outside investigation into what CBS News management knew regarding Charlie Rose's alleged misconduct. The Washington Post has signaled that more revelations are forthcoming. The hosts critique the "self-justification" and organizational protectionism displayed by news anchors during these reports.

charlie rose· gayle king· cbs news· sexual harassment· washington post

1:17:47 I, uh...I think i have a little update. And now it's time for your sexual harassment update That's right! Me Too continues although not in the political realm as far as they know we haven't seen any more politicians under the gun but There was a little update on CBS this morning. Gayle King provides it to us, this also the home of the infamous Charlie Rose. It's in your DNA. The Washington Post is signaling there may be more revelations about what CBS News knew about claims of inappropriate conduct by former anchor Charlie Rose

1:18:24 In a story published yesterday, the post detailed three occasions during which it says CBS managers were warned of Rose's conduct. All right Anna thank you listen the more you hear about this story the more awkward and uncomfortable it is but the good news if you can say good news that the company investigating hired somebody from outside I really do feel let the chips fall where they may this investigation continues we take it very seriously. Let the shorts fall where they may. As someone who worked in the news business in the 50s and 60s the women who had to come forward, what they had to do. The anguish they had to live through, the courage it took to come forward and the frustration of having to be silent and feel like you can't have a voice so it's good that that they can get some kind of relief from this investigation. I also think about all the people who work here those long nights who fling themselves across the country over stories who are part of this now

1:19:15 Which is why it's important we're investigating the past, but even more important that we're moving forward. And there are a lot of professionals in the building doing a very good job I don't want people to forget you know there are a lot of people doing a lot of good work here as you pointed out What is this trend? This trend... I'm not quite sure I mean I know Justification Self-justification Oh! We do good work Yeah We did the same thing on The New Agenda Show Yeah, well we compliment each other for doing good work. No no but it would be like saying well sadly John...well we all know..we all kind of you know let the chips fall where they may on a sexual harassment case but people work very hard here at the NO Agenda Show It's kinda like that way is just pathetic is what it is. It's protecting the organization trying to segmented as what it is and its

1:20:04 The way they investigated, they got rid of the guy. He's not on PBS he was making God knows how much money because he was doing everything including covering on The Nightly News after all those years pretty much working for PBS for whatever they paid or he paid himself because it was like he produced a show but it still... It's kind of syndicated at public radio syndication is not where the money is and And then he got these gigs that paid millions. I mean, you get millions of dollars for working that morning show and so he's living it up and then all the sudden somebody doesn't like him and then these stories start coming out

1:20:44 It gets worse and worse and worst. The next thing you know, the guy's done everything is done You'd think that Gail also might have something to say to the outside investigators I mean she worked with a guy for years. She never saw anything Never noticed it This could also be something that she's trying to soften at all Hey Charlie, I'm really sorry I got a rat yawned over What was the other one? Nora O'Donnell Yeah, she wasn't there during this though No, she has actually been taking a lot of time off Maybe there is something going on with child. May as well use a Charlie. That's it! And this concludes your sexual harassment update. Jeez, you don't even give me any chance to throw in a clip

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Cursive Writing Revival in Dallas Schools

A school in Dallas is reintroducing cursive writing to third graders after a parent noticed his daughter could not read a handwritten letter. The hosts argue that the removal of cursive from school curriculums is a "subtle destruction of culture" that prevents younger generations from reading original historical documents like the Constitution.

cursive· handwriting· dallas· education· penmanship· constitution

1:21:27 Oh, this always happens. I didn't...I never expect you to have anything. Yeah. Well, throw in a clip! Nah, I'm good. Ah come on throw your clip in! You got nothing! I don't have a clip! I just saying, at least it made me think that I had something. I looked at your list briefly and thought he doesn't have a clip so like I was closing it off but I do not know- I do have a good..I have a clip that's important though. Woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah I need an important sound. What's your important clip? I think that this is a major trend and the more i think about it, the fact that we've gotten to this point where so this is news... Breaking! We're breaking news that kids in some schools some places

1:22:16 and the third grade are learning cursive. Stop the presses! We end tonight on a handwritten note, some of America's most important historical documents go back to the Declaration of Independence they're in cursive but for many American school kids that curly letters are as unreadable as ancient hieroglyphics In a growing number of states, a handwriting revival is underway. Omar Villafranca now on the push to get Dallas kids in the loop I really like that attention she's putting in her voice This is the end of The Thought These third graders at Good Shepherd Episcopal in Dallas are learning A Lost Art They're practicing cursive A lost art? Oh my god! I can die now Writing letters to their pen pals My 3rd grade teacher

1:23:05 It's almost a foreign language for todays younger generation. Hard to read and harder to write. Tim Mallad's daughter is in the class. Wouldn't it be fun for the children to begin learning how to read letters, and perhaps get the thrill of getting a real letter in the mail. First thing we're going to do is look at the letter that is up on the screen. He came up with the pen pal idea and shared it with her teacher Karen Gunter. You got a letter today? Another one! after he sent a letter in cursive to his daughter away at camp and she couldn't read a word he had written. She was mad at me, I said why are you mad at me? Your letter...and i'm thinking I didn't say anything bad in the letter no you wrote it in that funny writing

1:23:54 Mallet oversees several retirement homes and knows a lot of people who still use that funny writing. So he helped pair up students with several seniors like 75 year old Sue Stanley, third grade teacher Karen Gunter says the cursive lesson also allows her to teach grammar along with the mechanics of writing. And it's one of the only times she knows the students are paying attention when we're This goes on for five minutes and yeah, the students are paying attention because they're actually learning something. And I was thinking about this as the story progressed...

1:24:33 a subtle destruction of the culture so kids can't read cursive, they can't read any of our founding documents. They can't read the Declaration of Independence and can't read the Constitution all was written in cursive I mean typewriter never showed up till 1860 and it's like it subversive Everybody I know that's pretty much under 30 years old until this latest new generation coming along can't read cursive and they write in block letters like morons used to do when i was a kid because they couldn't write. We were taught penmanship in the first, second and third grade and it was all part of a curriculum where you actually learn to do stuff

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Common Core and the Loss of Penmanship

The decline of cursive writing is linked to the implementation of Common Core standards, which prioritize other subjects. One host admits to having poor penmanship and discusses the "muscle memory" required for good handwriting. They suggest that learning calligraphy or using exercise books from art stores can help adults regain these skills.

common core· cursive· education· calligraphy· muscle memory

1:25:15 Why has it been dropped? Why is it dropped now we have in fact I have a clip from the last show The three R's this is what the three are instead of reading writing and arithmetic Remember, this is what the three hours to our today This USD is considering a curriculum called the 3R s rights respect responsibility so Obviously, under Common Core this type of behavior is completely outlawed from schools. The only way schools could teach cursive in class is to make it part of the art curriculum I think that's how they can get away with it Well, Common Core is dead

1:25:52 Yeah, but this there's the next gen is already in it. It's gonna be the same thing and they're not they don't want to teach kids anything That would be useful and they definitely don't love reading Documents written before 1860 I agree. I think it's very useful to me. I think it's completely subversive This was a technique that was used put into play for no good reason There is absolutely no good reason you can't teach at third grade who has got nothing else to do with his time then Seriously, what else have they got to do? They memorized the math tables and learned to write. And as the teacher herself said these kids are quiet when they're doing this Yeah! It is very handy because you don't have that much paper in jail which is where half of these kids are headed anyway so you know you write cursive, fit more on the page

1:26:39 Yeah, and there's that. I'm not quite as passionate about it as you are but i agree that not being able to actually comprehend original documents or even your grandma's writing... Or like this little girl her dad's writing yeah That's how it got started in this Texas school the dad writes a letter to his girl in camp and she's pissed off I actually am one of those morons. I have the worst handwriting, I have like a block letter cursive connectives thing that is just atrocious! I mean...I really don't have the right muscle memory. I'm very poor, poor, poor at penmanship. If you go to any art store

1:27:23 they have little exercise books that you can buy, that will teach you and make your muscles work. They give you exercises and then you go right over and over again. You can get a very pretty handwriting if you want one or you could even take it to the next step and learn calligraphy which takes special equipment and is a little more difficult but its not rocket science to go to an art store and buy a book Okay, are you guilting me into this now is that yeah? I think you should. I think you should I would like to see you with perfect penmanship That's right everybody from perfect penmanship to the dirty 30 John C Devorah goes back in time to tell us all of the cool phrases that we heard back in the 30s Hey, you got dead voice down yeah Yeah, I'm famous for it and only works in the music. I can't do without the music

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Dirty 30s Slang and Cinder Dick

The "Dirty 30s" segment explores slang terms from the 1930s, including "Chicago overcoat" (coffin), "Chicago typewriter" (Thompson submachine gun), and "Cinder Dick" (railroad detective). Other terms discussed include "clip joint" and "crust" (to insult). The hosts also touch on the 1970s term "boob tube" for television.

1930s slang· chicago typewriter· cinder dick· clip joint· boob tube

1:28:20 Yeah, because you get into the rhythm. That's pretty good Uh yeah I like that voice Okay we were at Cadillac I believe which is the last term on this page Yes that was uh Cadillac, Cadillac, Cadillac...I don't remember- I don't recall what Cadillac was It was a one ounce pack of cocaine or heroin Ah yes How could i forget? And then we had canary and then cats are alligators We got that cave, we got that Okay here we go this new Checker or checker Cab No, a dollar. Ooh okay. Hey give me a checker. Give me a checker. Huh? I wonder what the etymology of that is...checker..a check. I have no idea it might be worth looking into this one you might be able to guess A Chicago overcoat Uh I know Chicago boots uh because chicagoboots is when they throw you in the river way down It has something do with gangsters killing ya

1:29:20 It means a coffin. Ah, yes you're close. Yeah Okay good a Chicago typewriter Chicago typewriter yeah I give up a Thompson submachine gun of course I could have known that one I've heard it Yes, I've heard the reference a typewriter. Yeah, but I thought that's also the synonyms are chopper Yeah and gat yeah get Gatling a Gatling gun again. Yeah okay a chisel chin The guy's a chiseler. I don't know. A swindler, a cheat and works at an angle. Okay here is one of my favorites... Cinder Dick! Cinder dick? I'm writing it down as possible show title regardless

1:30:10 Cinder dick. Can you use a cinder dick in a sentence? Hey, let's get out of these boxcars before the cinder dick comes along! Yeah so that's the conductor or the police... The railroad police Railroad detective There ya go Alright A couple more and then we'll close this segment Dog soup Dog soup In a sentence Sometimes known as city juice I'm gonna pass. Hey Mabel, give me a glass of that city juice. Ah water gotcha Clam bake Has something to do with lesbians but i'm not sure no it's a wild swing nice try A clip joint? clip joint yeah hmm a whorehouse? a nightclub or gambling joint where patrons get flimflammed And now I need flimflammed Flimflammed

1:31:18 Copper. A policeman? Yes, crumb. Small-time criminal a fink or a loser by social standards I think you're... I can have half of them. No, no, I think you got full point. Oh okay thank you. Crust. Crust hmm well of course that I immediately get a pie crust in mind. Crust now it means to insult oh to diss Gotcha. Yeah, it's on my bill. Oh Chris Chris this dis crust crust this yeah curve curve Yeah, and I think you need the context boy that threw me a curve unexpected Event disappointment is oh disappointment okay? Yeah, I don't know why this is on here But I'll read it doesn't be our last one

1:32:21 Cute as a bug's ear means very cute. Let me do another one that was, that's not really good one. No. A cement mixer. Cement mixer? Maybe that's the guy who kills the guy? Yeah. A cement mixer is slang for a bad dancer No, okay. That's not the best one I always want something I can use in modern life. Very few. We have detectives next which is Dick Shamus gumshoe and flatfoot. Those are still in play. I'm going to use cinder dick just for everything. You guys like a cinder dick? It's not a dirty 30 but someone sent me a term that we used to use in the 70s which I liked synonymous for television The boob tube Yeah, the boob tube. I think thats still in play Really?!

1:33:12 Yeah, I think so. Hmm. I will call it we'll close this and we'll continue at a later date, okay? So I'm watching, you know one of my pet peeves is the use of memes. Negative mostly negative memes that are part of a lexicon that has been disproven it's like the gassing in Syria

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Media Propaganda and the Lear Foundation

The CBS series "Ransom" is accused of inserting political propaganda regarding the Russian "invasion" of Crimea. This is described as a "MacGuffin"—a plot device used to deliver a specific message to the audience. The Lear Foundation is cited for its work in placing hundreds of storylines across dozens of television networks to influence public opinion.

lear foundation· crimea· propaganda· ransom cbs· macguffin· hollywood

1:33:53 Oh yeah, well that's a bad example. It has been proven that the original gassing where there was the red line and Obama splashed the bomb... Let's try this 97% of all scientists say climate change is real how about that one? Yes another classic Well, there's a classic that... There is show on CBS which is kind of junk TV. It's produced in funny kind of way look at it. It's called Ransom and as these experts go around... Oh! Is this about... oh no, it's serious? I thought... No, it's series. Alright, alright

1:34:28 weekly series. And so I'm just clipping this little, there's a piece of it where they do one of these, they just slip into the... This is like we had that clip we liked to play about the Lear Group that was slipping propaganda into the American mind and I just thought that this might go off! I just rolled my eyes when I heard this. See if you can spot it? It's in here somewhere. A piece of bull crap that has woven into the dialogue Conference Center all right, can you pull up their schedule? This must be it oh

1:35:05 1 p.m.. Third floor what the Russian foreign minister is calling for an end of the sanctions that were imposed after they invaded Crimea? She helenko didn't come to Berlin to buy weapons from attack in New York he came here for the attack all right I'm hanging up one one zero Okay, it was a little hard to hear but I believe that was after they invade invaded Crimea Crimea They invaded crime me. They didn't invade Crimea there was no invasion No, they're already there There was no invasion. They make it sound as if they want to put into the listeners or the viewers mind, the tanks coming in like they did in Hungary you know and I think this was in the 50's or 60's. You know there are tanks rolling in these Russian tanks that they're invading poor Crimeans don't know what is going on and get invaded by Russians but this never happened.

1:35:59 But let's make it so, you know... Well I have to say the way that came out it actually did sound like that was written specifically to make that point. Because why else would you say it? Do you have a point to make? So it could've been a Lear Foundation job. Actually, you're right because that whole situation was the Russians gonna speak they're going to shoot him or something had to do with blowing up the place and this Russian is going to speak about cutting back the sanctions. Sanctions because they invaded Crimea, it's a MacGuffin known in the business. It could have been a million different things because of the guy you never met the guy had nothing to do with this storyline so they just threw it and said if you're gonna throw on a MacGuffin let's throw one that has got little piece propaganda attached to it so we can just keep pumping this into the public domain where people will all would ask guys on the street after they saw this show did the Russians invade

1:36:58 invade Crimea yeah oh yeah sure what I'd ask the guy on the street is what is a MacGuffin? A MacGuffin is used in a lot of mysteries as as kind of a variable. It's a variable that has nothing to do with the main plot or storyline, and it can be anything you want it to be. All of sudden they're chasing down a vial of uranium. That vial of uranium could also be a fantastic diamond from Egypt. It could be kidnapped child. It could be a million different things that have got nothing to do with the way the plot goes and is called a MacGuffin because its a variable. Could be anything

1:37:43 It's not important what it is at all. You just have to be sound interesting and that's what a MacGuffin is. To remind everybody about the Lear Foundation and their work in Hollywood, here's a short clip of them I think this is boasting about the numbers? So in the course of our work this is two years 11-13 335 storylines that we worked on Have been aired we've worked with 35 networks in the past four years 91 different television shows I'd love to have an update on their numbers. I wonder how they're doing it must be so fantastic They must be all its got to be way out there gotta be a response for this yeah, that's I'm gonna tend to agree Yeah, it sounded extremely inserted. I got 99 glitches

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Twitter Password Bug and Human Error

Twitter recently advised all 330 million users to change their passwords due to a "bug" that stored them in clear text on an internal server. A similar issue occurred at GitHub, suggesting the problem was a configuration error with the "bcrypt" hashing software rather than a software glitch. The hosts argue that "glitch" is often used to mask human incompetence or irresponsibility.

twitter· passwords· bcrypt· github· glitch· encryption

1:38:43 And put a goatee on there, will ya? And they are so accepting, so accepting of what happened. Now Twitter... I don't know if you logged in? I'm sure you logged in and got this message earlier this week. Oh yeah! I did. And Twitter claimed because of a bug A BUG We've gone from glitch to bug So give them that Because of a bug Accidentally all your passwords were written in clear text To an internal server Don't worry probably no one saw it That may be very true

1:39:30 But I went looking for this and like, you know that's just not an acceptable explanation some bug how does that bug happen in my mind if you are doing an encrypted website? And i've done a few You never actually see the password it gets hashed or hash salted. You know all these funny cool terms and you never ever see the actual unencrypted password. You don't have it, so it's not a liability So what happened here? And very simple bing-it turned up that GitHub not only had this very problem Let me see what the date was on this This was in... No I can't see Oh! This was May 2nd or is that a comment about it? No, I think it is May 2nd

1:40:26 Emails a handful of GitHub staff. Here it is during the course of regular auditing github discovered that a recently introduced bug Exposed a number of users passwords to our internal logging system That's almost the exact same language that Twitter used so what are they doing and it turns out this is no bug This is a configuration issue They're using, more than likely they're using bcrypt. And if you set it up incorrectly this thing will literally create this log file with those passwords embedded into it to switch that you said I guess on this bcrypt stuff and they just didn't set it right so the calling in a bug but really there being either incredibly irresponsible

1:41:14 Or it could be malice. It could have been done on purpose, you don't know and where else is this happening? Who's using bcrypt? This was just glossed over so easily and when they say 330 million passwords thanks for always nice to have a magical 33 in there And it wasn't a bug it was a fuck up a mistake Yeah, it sounds like a total human error. Blame it on the glitch! And I did this work in 10 minutes... It wasn't that hard to find. Blame it on the glitch? Well reporters don't care. This kind of data- Okay here's a song idea for something. No no no, well I was going to keep going with internal passwords and stuff. I'm not gonna interrupt you, just gonna tell the song idea Find this song, Michael Jackson, blame it on the boogie to blame it on the glitch

1:42:06 Give it that you can't fit that in there. I think it could be done It could be blaming on the buggy no this sounds too similar hmm I can hear have to rewrite some lyrics to get the rhymes right and here's Chris popping another beer as we speak The guy is becoming alcoholic since he's been doing stuff for this show like hey, man drunk don't worry about me Of course having these internal accesses to passwords and user data is a problem, and luckily we're seeing more stories about the horrific place that is known as the face bag when it comes to this. Facebook is investigating reports an employee was using work granted access

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Facebook Employee Stalking and Tinder API

Facebook is investigating a security engineer who allegedly used privileged access to stalk women on Tinder. Because Tinder utilizes the Facebook API, employees with high-level access can potentially match user data across platforms. This incident is compared to reports of NSA employees using surveillance tools to spy on romantic interests.

facebook· tinder· stalking· privacy· cybersecurity· nsa

1:42:45 women online. Jackie Stokes, the founder of cyber security firm Spyglass Security tweeted about the issue in her tweet stoke says she was told a Facebook security engineer used work access to stalk women. Stokes said she had proof in the form logs from dating app Tinder so professor what more can you tell us about this report? Sure well it's been reported that this person is on the security analyst team So they may have privileged access to information about users. And they also may have the ability to match up Facebook users to Tinder as well, we know that Tinder runs off of the Facebook API there's connection points there so we just don't know yet what type of abuse might be happening or if any abuse is happening but we need them to investigate and be transparent here

1:43:40 I love, what i liked about this story besides that obviously you can't have that happening is that Facebag already has all the analytics they understand. They've been if you don't think for one second they didn't make this announcement about doing their own it's not hooking up your own dating site... They have studied Tinder To a complete degree, these guys are going to put everybody out of business. Another reason I think that sign in with Facebook... Bad idea! They're stealing these guys' business model they're gonna steal it Yeah, yeah of course By the way you're running a website You're running a company and you have sign-in with Facebook because you thinking get something out of Facebook some analytics We'll shoot you a dime after the revolution

1:44:27 You might as well kill yourself. No, we're gonna shoot you. We're just giving your company away. We're going to shoot you at dawn when the revolution happens Now I have a Facebook story Okay Which is another funny one because there's some ironies in here and by the way that last story I want to mention that people that work at the NSA do the same thing They do the same thing. It's been broadly reported How can you not do it? You're some guy in your 20s, you're horny and so you start spying on women I would say... And if you think about it how did Facebook even get started? Yes yes and I know a guy who was running a dating service uh and he would cherry pick

1:45:17 Based on all the stuff that came in. What do you mean? Just look at all the women coming through and then he's like, oh I think i'm gonna go for that one myself before he gets posted. I tell you I think Facebag is so stupid if they really want to go for the dating stuff I think they're opening themselves up to a lot of pain. I don't think it's smart I think it's really good They're going to be defending all kind. I mean someone gets raped face bags fault It's all gonna be there for no yeah, I agree with you Ben this kind of is a A prelude to that is this particular clip on Facebook scammers on ABC. As Facebook's new dating service prepares to go online, tonight one man's warning the social network may attract more than just singles. There are lots of victims I am a victim Dr Steve Jones says for the last three years scammers have used his photos and identity to commit

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Facebook Dating Scams and Identity Theft

As Facebook prepares to launch its own dating service, reports highlight the prevalence of "romance scams" where fraudsters use stolen photos to con users out of money. One victim, Dr. Steve Jones, had his real account banned because so many scammers were using his likeness. Facebook claims to have removed 500,000 fake accounts, but critics question the true number of active users.

facebook dating· scams· identity theft· fake accounts· bots

1:46:08 women out of money. He says the scammers pretend to be in love with the women, ask for financial help and once they get the cash they disappear. This must be going on people stealing my pictures and using them on Facebook I'd say up to 10 a day. Hey was this guy good-looking? You know that's what I figured you'd ask and he is one of those guys, he is not like a male model or some super good looking Hollywood guy. Can actually retract that can I just to be completely equal can I say is he hot? He's one of those guys, he's got... He's one of those rugged looking guys who looks like it could be a catalog model. He's got the nine o'clock you know that- Five O'Clock Shadow. Older but he's got that kind of unshaved look. Mmhmm. He looks rugged, he looks very masculine, dreamy eyes kinda bedroom eyes. Not particularly I wouldn't say super good looking but he's not bad looking and he's believable

1:47:12 He's like the perfect guy to take steel pictures from because I think all women like this type of guy Just want to make sure we're in executive mode here it also goes for guys, okay? So yes so they were stealing his picture To promote the service conning women. Yes, but he says Facebook shut down His real account because why many women complained that he scams scammed them, but it wasn't him. People all over the world are being ripped off by these same frauds and we've got a really global problem. An estimated 1 million Americans have fallen for these kinds of scams in just the last three years as Facebook officially ventures into the dating world? A spokesperson tells ABC News only

1:47:56 Only dating profiles linked to real accounts can be used. Facebook has a dedicated team to detect and block fake accounts, and the social media giant recently removed more than half-a-million accounts tied to scams." And as for Jones he still has fake accounts on Facebook! We've seen several new profiles with his identity popping up tonight. Tom? Incredible how widespread this is alright Stephanie thank you. You know... A question Because I'm always hearing about, ah they removed all the bots. Ah they removed half a million faces. Can we still really believe that there are two billion people on Facebag? Which is- That's the number now. The whole world it's 2 billion. Bullshit! Now the thing they said in this report and you can kind of like... You know just accept it

1:48:45 they've removed 500,000. And you know that they're not removing them all? How many fake accounts are there or scamming if there's 500,000 scam accounts my god there must be millions in reality you can't get rid of all of them and like this guy said these guys' fake accounts 10 of em popped up just as their doing a report and the guy himself can't even have an account so Do they only have a bunch of fake accounts using this guy's pictures? But he can't even get his own real account back. So, real accounts are out and fake accounts are in! Fake is the new... Yes, fake is the new real. Fake is the new in. The new out or something. Fake is the new real. Yeah, fake is the new real

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Facebook Ad-Free Subscription Model Research

Facebook is reportedly researching an ad-free subscription service in response to data privacy concerns. Analysts estimate that only 1% of users would pay for such a service, and Facebook would need to offer additional content like Netflix to make it viable. There is skepticism that a paid tier would actually stop data collection or the eventual reintroduction of ads.

facebook· sheryl sandberg· subscription· advertising· privacy· skype

1:49:32 Well, Facebag also is pondering some other ideas which one of our producers caught on the financial networks. That's right Facebook is exploring an ad-free subscription service sources telling us that the company doing market research to see what cuts consumers want in the wake of concerns about data collected for ad targeting on Facebook earnings call last week CEO Sheryl Sandberg saying that they've thought about about ways to make money other than ads saying quote including subscriptions saying that they will always continue to consider everything but a subscription service is unlikely to be a needle mover for Facebook according to Wedbush's Michael Pachter he predicts about 1% of Facebook users would pay about $5.00 a month

1:50:14 Atlantic Equities James Cordwell says it would be bad to shift some of Facebook's most valuable users in terms of advertising behind a paywall. And Aegis' Victor Anthony warns that a paid service without ads would need to include media content similar to Netflix or some other added value, to be enticing to younger users as for the cost Facebook earns nearly $8 a month from its North American users from ads So they'd have to compensate for that The cool thing is if you pay your $5. They'll still sell your information You just won't see ads about it because that was very clear from the report and there's one other thing I should mention That at some point you'll still see ads Yeah, that's the old subscription scam. That's what Microsoft did so well with Skype

1:51:04 You know you pay this oh, you got to pay for Skype And you got a part of office and all these other things you can't just get Skype anymore pretty much and you pay for Skype I have an account with money in it. They still give me ads yeah all over the place Yeah, that's the old scam well It's a good one its very effective yeah no kidding I was reading that remember What was her name Ellen Powell the former CEO of Reddit. She's still in the news, also referred to as Chairman Pow during her time at Reddit I think she posted this oh no yeah no she asked us at a what was this here uh for issues it was referred

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Silicon Valley Incel Concerns and Google Internal Conflict

Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao called on tech companies to crack down on "incel" (involuntary celibate) employees following a violent attack in Canada. Meanwhile, Google is facing internal turmoil as various employee groups, such as "Googlers for Animals" and "Sex Positive at Google," clash over speakers and content filters. The hosts suggest these internal distractions occur because employees lack meaningful work.

ellen pao· incel· google· peta· social justice· james damore

1:51:53 asked Silicon Valley tech company CEOs to crack down on in-cell employees on Wednesday. Quote, CEOs of big tech companies you almost certainly have in cells as employees what are you gonna do about it? Thereby saying that because we had the incel and in Candinavia who killed who was he went on a killing rampage yeah good so now if your involuntary celibate or identify as such you're now a threat You're a danger. Since when and why? I don't know, ask Chairman Powell! And half of Silicon Valley is an in-sell from what i can tell... And the other half is exactly the opposite but yeah you gotta wonder what it's like at these companies and the veil was being lifted a little bit on the Googles as there's pandemonium over there listen to this report this is from your neck of the woods KCRW

1:52:50 From my rant, Google encourages its employees to bring their whole selves to work. And we've seen in the last few months that maybe isn't such a good idea You remember engineer James Damore's freelance human resources memo on women in tech and the firestorm it caused. But there have been more incidents, The Wall Street Journal reports the Googlers for Animals employee group wanted to bring the head of anti-meat group PETA to give a talk on how the national conversation on racism affects PETAs fight for animal rights but PETAs conflation of so called anti-animal bias with racism upset the black Google network and Google canceled the PETA speech under objections There are other employee groups. Militia at Google wants the right to bring guns to work. Sex Positive at Google is upset about the filtration of sexually explicit material on Google Drive

1:53:32 It all makes me wonder, don't these people have work to do? They're blowing up. They're blowing up internally the social justice warriors because they don't have work to do. The guy actually hit the nail on the head accidentally He doesn't even know it's just one big algo running the whole thing and people go in bitch at each other and leave at the end of the day is that what you say or Don't leave Hey, do you want to do fur babies? Because I also got some cool responses on the dog thing. I have a couple of letters that i wanna read Okay

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Fur Babies and Dogs as Child Substitutes

The hosts discuss the growing trend of millennials treating dogs as "fur babies" and substitutes for children. Listeners from Missouri and Nebraska provide anecdotes of people bringing dogs into grocery stores, movie theaters, and college classrooms. This phenomenon is debated as being either a nationwide trend or one confined to "liberal" urban areas.

fur babies· millennials· dogs· missouri· comfort animals· child substitutes

1:54:09 The dog thing and then you can counter what I have to say. Oh, I have some pros and cons You know, I just put everything in there. I received what we're talking about here is my assertion that young people substituting having children with having dogs has reached epic proportions And I believe it is rampant throughout certainly the United States maybe Other parts of the world as well and I will certainly exclude the Middle East. They have a very different view on dogs in general. They hate dogs, their Muslim religion does not think much of dogs Not just Muslims man! Not just the Muslims The Israelis don't like them either from my experience It's probably a middle eastern cultural thing That's what I'm thinking yeah In rural Mississippi says John Jay I certainly do no see the young couples with dogs phenomenon Adam keeps harping on My wife and I are both 33-ish

1:55:07 We have two kids and two dogs. Most of our friends have kids and dogs! We don't have crazy friends with dogs as surrogate children, and I don't see them around town There are plenty of dog-friendly bars and restaurants around the areas And we bring our well socialized and behaved dog with us on occasion especially to the beach I'll agree with John and say that it's a phenomenon confined to the dementia B areas of the country. KG5ZFA73. 73 is very interesting! Sir John Brewer. I received a note from RM, listener since show one contributor occasional donor and i must reply that john is possibly unhinged on this topic. I live in northeastern Missouri same state

1:55:56 the town that's Mississippi oh I'm sorry I have Missouri no I my brother I'm sorry right I'm sorry Missouri I have other places The town I work in has less than 4,000 residents and only a handful of people regardless of age that are dogless. In this small town it is commonplace to see people bring their comfort dogs to the grocery store and until we changed our bylaws to prevent it, a number of our Elks Lodge kept wanting to bring their dogs into our private members-only bar When I go to the city on the weekends, I usually travel to Wentzville Missouri one of the fastest growing areas in the country that's gained about 10,000 population per census. Today about 30,000 residents when i saw Super Troopers 2 in the local high-end theater with leather recliners and bar service...I saw one moviegoer bring their dog into the theatre and it was for the entire movie!

1:56:50 When I was a student at the University of Missouri-St. Louis way back in the day, 2012ish it was routine to see people bring their dogs to class You got more? Because i got a couple more So I got on the theater thing...I told you they'd be in theaters Well here's another one on your side I think kind of But then again I started thinking about this because I brought up the dog issue at the Theodorable uh... Theodorbs at the Theodorable birthday party where the kid was the only one not interested. And they all talked about dogs and there's kids, there is another baby at the table and a lot of people I remember this from years ago that there was some idea that you get a dog

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Pet Insurance and the Dog Epidemic in Cities

Reports from Cincinnati and Kansas City suggest that companies are now offering pet insurance to attract millennial workers who prioritize their "fur babies" over having children. Some dog owners are reportedly giving their pets "Dog Xanax" or taking them to "dog therapists." Critics argue this behavior is a form of collective insanity and creates public health issues like "dog piss in elevators."

pet insurance· cincinnati· kansas city· oklahoma· dog xanax· millennials

1:57:37 And if you can raise the dog, then you can raise a kid. But if you can't even keep care of a dog why bother with a kid? There was that sort of thinking which I still think is in play and I think a lot of it has to do with that not by the psychos who talk baby talk to their dog and things as a kid my name is Grant and I'm a millennial listener from Lincoln Nebraska I am not sure how much more popular dogs have become but we definitely have our fair share of dog obsessed people Lincoln, Nebraska being a city. In fact my boss quit her job here to open her own business, A two-story indoor dog park! That's pretty funny as far as I know her business is doing well she's one of the people that refers to her dogs as her children fur babies

1:58:29 My face bag is, again Facebook I think has more to do with this than anything. My face bag is full of dog pictures and memes posted by my local friends there's nothing but dog love around here and there are zero signs that sentiment changes anytime soon. I would not find it surprising at all if this is typical across the rural Midwest as Adams claims He's not making assumptions. He's not in the rural areas I personally am NOT a dog owner, but that's because the house I live in does not allow them In the morning, says Sir Colin the friendly fat man here reporting from Cincinnati Ohio. Not what I would consider a democratic stronghold! I heard you and John at the end of the show...I want to side with you on the 30 year old office drone who works in the HR department my company The number of young professionals who are married with no kids but that with at least one fur baby is terrifying One young woman who sits across from me got married last year and promptly quote adopted a fur baby

1:59:33 Another woman asked her if she had any plans on having a kid and she seemed almost offended that she would even suggest such a thing. Her priority is enjoying her 20s and traveling with their husband, keeping in shape and the baby would really cramp their style. Admittedly, her and her husband lean left but it's becoming such a common thing within my company that the benefits people are considering adding our pet insurance to the company insurance offering to attract millennial workers! How about that? offering to get I can't even afford to get on Tina's people health insurance but now now they're gonna offer pet insurance yeah that was another report from a city. I did get a letter, well okay can i just say something we had two convos going one was about rural Illinois which I didn't get anything from rural Illinois and or democratic versus you know liberal versus conservative

2:00:33 I definitely am going to agree this is happening in the cities, but it is not –in my mind and what I've seen. It's not a liberal or conservative thing– urban areas versus rural areas regardless of politics? Yes, it's definitely in the cities Which is actually worse for these animals. Poor animals. Yeah, no kidding! Overland Park Kansas you're absolutely correct I deliver food part-time at least once a shift i'll go to any apartment building and as soon as you go in the whole building will reek of dog piss A lot of the Millennials that live in these places don't understand their dog is not a stuffed animal or a little person and needs to go outside to do dog stuff, not just to go to the bathroom. And most of time they end up pissing inside the building and the Millennials won't even clean it up as long as no one sees them this is true There's always dog piss in the elevator or in front of it It's always happening happening my other building too. They don't clear night Yes, check this out

2:01:28 Then they... I've spoken to some of them and more than one has told me their dog is on Dog Xanax, and even told me they were taking the dog to a dog therapist. Can you believe this? Dog Xanax?! Ow! So that's cruelty right there. Another one from Kansas Adam, you're completely... this is Sir Brian Tobias and you're completely 100% correct about the stupid dog epidemic. Here in Kansas City we had the same issue I have a hard time not punching people in the face when I hear fur babies puppy parents grand doggies etc They are animals! You own them not parent them and it goes to crazy extremes just as in Austin I've had people bring dogs to go look at houses Not just for normal getting-the-dog-out-of-the house type of things but they can't buy the house if Fido doesn't like it

2:02:23 We have Emma. Amara Christian friends in the same life stage with similar values to ours were in the minority of the ones having more than two children or Having kids at all lots of them have dogs instead Pittsburgh is a decently liberal place. Sorry that we aren't in rural, Illinois Still I think it shows that dogs are as valuable as kids mentalities really becoming normative when it becomes acceptable To people of faith whose worldview should affect their lifestyle choices take care says Emma and from Oklahoma

2:03:06 Well, that was a letter that pointed out there may be a political difference. Well then you're equating religion with politics? Yeah! Okay well I definitely think there's... yes sure but I think when it comes to religion there's a whole bunch of things not just you can't say that's just politics she says clearly its religious thing Luke says we are not in a leftist hellhole like Oakland or Austin Thanks, bro. But the dog problem is here too I had a co-worker Jersey he's in Oklahoma. I had a cooler home a city He doesn't say that it says Oklahoma. I don't know if its Oklahoma City I had a coworker tell me her dogs were her kids. I told her no they aren't and

2:03:57 My own very aunt... A better line by the way should be, what? You gave birth to a dog?! How does that work? What were you doing before that happened? My very own aunt had an Easter egg hunt for her dog and her dogs friends. My brother and his wife treat their dogs like kids. Hopefully this will stop now that they're having a child I've seen them in coffee shops and home improvement stores, but not yet while eating out Kids playgrounds are full of dogs And I hate it because the chance of getting bitten is high where there's lots of kids screaming and playing I give the owners The old stink eye until my kids to stay away from the dogs We definitely have people here that treat dogs like kids

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Psychological Reasons for Not Having Children

A list of "11 Brutally Honest Reasons Why Millennials Don't Want Kids" includes financial instability from student loans, fear of passing on mental health issues, and concerns about overpopulation. The hosts argue that student loans are a "subversive mechanism" designed to delay family formation. An international listener confirms that the "dog obsession" is also prevalent in rural Ireland.

millennials· fertility· mental health· student loans· population control· ireland

2:04:41 So I did do a little more research into this. Let me see, was there one more that I wanted to read? Oh! There was one from Ireland... Hold on.. It's the only international one. The cantankerous fuddy-duddy was wrong about dogs. I guess that's you Hey John C The phenomenon of dogs as the new children is widespread in the rural west of Ireland. I can confirm that people have lost their minds over dogs, dogs have never had it so good and it's similar all over this country and there's dog shit everywhere! Dog owners are increasingly arrogant at obsessive

2:05:17 The animals can do no wrong. This is not just some noticeable new thing, it's a massive widespread problem of collective insanity! It's ridiculous to say this only in places like Austin," says Ed. Thank you. So I did some research on this also from the psychological standpoint and all this is there's lots of stuff backed up uh in the show notes nashownotes.com Taking care of a dog is very similar. It satisfies the need within you that is very similar to having children, so that is... A surrogate is completely understandable. More interesting to me are a couple of articles about the pros and cons of young people, millennials not always specific why they should or should not have

2:06:01 children, and the one I want to start off with is... what was this from? It's 11 Brutally Honest Reasons Why Millennials Don't Want Kids. And some of these were given as answers on the Twitter or sent me via email and the top reason—or I would say excuse—is kids aren't always financially feasible especially if you have student loans. This was yelled at me even on Twitter that they can afford kids! And, you know I'm like dogs... the doggy Xanax can't be free. You may think that you can but.. Yeah it's true there is expense involved but let's back up to an earlier conversation and let me make the same assertion i made earlier

2:06:47 The student loan thing is a new phenomenon. Not as new as not writing cursive, but new and again it has the same effect of subverting the culture. It is a subversive... mechanism that has been introduced recently to put these kids into this position. You just revealed it, I didn't even think of that. But combining that with the inability to even write anything so if the power goes off you can't write hey help me i'm kidnapped because you can only write in big block letters with a crayon because you're an idiot! This is what's going on and there's nobody noticing or stopping it well we're noticing it and along with that also reasonably new

2:07:34 is the whole SJW thing about service animals. This is only now coming to a head where people are starting to reject this because everyone had their fur babies, but you couldn't easily take them on the plane and so people came up with these bogus scam ideas. Hey if I put it as a service dog or an emotional support animal then no one can question me which is not entirely true according to ADA and the rules and regulations. And that people took such an advantage of it That now, I mean...I told you before people with the dog on their lap in the restaurant. I don't want this but it's because of the PC culture and specifically this scam of getting your dog on the airplane in the restaurant and theater You can question me which is a lie and people have been scamming us for years This all comes together But check out the number two reason that millennials do not want to have kids

2:08:30 There's a strong fear of passing down mental health issues. That's the number two reason I made up my mind when I was diagnosed with the same mental health illness My mother has being raised by my mother who has manic depression was scary You shouldn't be afraid of your parent These are the types of quotes we get so they're afraid of passing on their mental health issues number three The population is already out of control. So they're taking, well the population out of control is a myth but so they're already taking... why don't you fly over Arizona sometime? They are voluntarily taking themselves out of the gene pool. No wait! Hold on to that. That's my conclusion I'd like to go through the rest before we get there

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Procreation and the Political Gene Pool

The hosts discuss the biological and social reasons for having children, such as carrying on a family name or having care in old age. They posit that millennials choosing not to have children are "self-selecting out of the gene pool." They also suggest that the Democratic Party's support for these trends may be self-defeating as they rely on immigrant populations who often hold conservative religious values.

procreation· gene pool· democrats· republicans· catholicism· immigration

2:09:16 Because I think some of these reasons are it shows where people's heads are at so we had the number three the populations already out of control Number four fertility issues that may actually be going on. Yeah, what stuff? We're eating our diets Number five pregnancy can take a serious physical toll okay Number six, with kids comes the pressure to make perfect choices. Well we can't be fucking up in life that's no good! Number seven not all women are pre-programmed with maternal instincts fair enough? Eight the world isn't always a nice place you can hear the fear that these people have

2:09:53 9. Sometimes career ambitions take priority, yes they can 10 children don't fit into every lifestyle okay and 11 ultimately a reason shouldn't even be necessary it's what I want now I also pulled yeah no the ten most common reasons people do want children I learned a lot about this ten reasons What would you say your number one reason is for having kids John? I think this is, I think your reason is number one. Kids are fun Nah that's not your number one reason. All they can be used as slave labor for a number of years Close close to have someone to take care of you when you get old Oh yeah right That's the number one reason...I think slave labor first I agree Number two to carry on the family name

2:10:46 Three just because they love babies for its human nature five pregnancy and childbirth our life experiences I think this should be number one for women. I think a lot of women really want that experience Six to let their children Experience the joy of existence, I'm not quite sure how that works That's a little existential to give your parents grandchildren Yes, yes to embody love for each other. You know, when I was taught human sexuality the birds and the bees it went something... It didn't go like hey at a certain point you and someone you love very much will want have someone that take care of you when you get old And that's when the man inserts Now it went something like you'll love someone you'd be so in love it'll be so wonderful and so fantastic and you feel just euphoric and then you just say let's have another lets make life together

2:11:38 Have a bunch more kids. You'll change your tune! Now let me just close this out, so when it comes to having children and you already kind of Spotted it there. You know, why do we have children? Yeah, it's something called procreation and it's not that you Automatically think oh my job is to procreate although It's the one thing pretty much every human being can do almost without an instruction manual Procreation is as you say is contributing or Detracting from the gene pool so we really have nothing to worry about for these people are its self selection

2:12:20 That's what procreation is. They are self-selecting themselves out of the gene pool and we won't have these idiots in 20 years We won't have any more of these morons, so I'm not to a twenty years of dog piss into the elevator I can handle it and I'll tell you because of the Christian woman who wrote in, I will say that most of these people and i think the Democratic Party has to take some responsibility for this because these are their people. Many of them many I'd say the majority of them and meanwhile they are bringing in a lot of Hispanics and trying to promoting them into the culture, to bring them into the gene pool. And it's a variety... It's a variegated group so it would be interesting in the gene pool but they're also bringing in the Catholic religion which at the end of the day and I use that term advisedly. You don't use it lightly yes?

2:13:09 At the end of the day, the Catholic religion tends to be conservative and would end up voting Republican once they get established in the culture. And this may be a moment of self-defeat for the Democrats even thinking like this? Yes! It's much bigger than they can even see Because when I run down it that then I went down the whole gene pool rabbit hole like holy crap these people are self-selecting them out of our future this self selecting themselves out like okay problem idiots as you're putting it in the meantime we would not be the no agenda show if I didn't have a product idea.

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No Agenda Dog Dazer Product Idea

The hosts propose a "No Agenda Dog Dazer" product, a small ultrasonic device that emits a 25 kHz tone to annoy dogs without being audible to humans. They discuss the potential for a smartphone app or a dedicated keychain device using a piezo speaker. The idea is presented as a way to deal with unwanted dogs in public spaces like restaurants.

dog dazer· ultrasonic· kickstarter· product idea· piezo· frequency

2:13:47 You ready? I'm listening. I just...I'm always listening for this! Now, this product already exists is very effective to make we could make it even as an app i ordered an actual physical product because i don't have a phone with apps anymore um i ordered the dog dazer 2 mark two and this is a small device that emits a 25 kilohertz tone of incredible annoyance to the dogs. Yes, they do not like that tone So if I'm in a restaurant there's a dog there it's gonna go on my keychain No one can hear it You cannot hear it If you had a spectrum analyzer you could see it If your over 10 years old you can barely hear anything when your 15 Yeah, you don't even like your birthday I mean who cares? But

2:14:31 I think that this could be the no agenda, you know dog taser or... This is the best idea you've had for months! Now it can be an app. We could make it an app there's tons of apps. I don't know if those little things will play that note? Sure they will. Yeah, I don't think so What a smartphone? I don't think a smartphone has the speaker that can nail 25 000 hertz. Distance will become a problem for sure distance is a problem That's why I like you know just that you need a dedicated the device we hear yeah advice. It should be a keychain it's just a key chain and speaker does not have to be that big just has to become high quality get that note piezo and Yeah, so pies always I'd use a piezo I say p8 So um but I'm very excited about bringing this to market. I think we should do a kickstarter VR This may be our exit strategy

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Listener Donations and Health Karma Requests

The hosts read a list of donations ranging from $50 to $125, including several "55.18" birthday donations for the host's grandson, Theodore. A listener named Martin Andrzejuk requests "health karma" as he battles a rare kidney disease. The hosts also joke about the lack of "boob donations" despite using a Stormy Daniels-themed "Easter egg" on the donation page.

donations· health karma· stormy daniels· sanco de mayo· kidney disease

2:15:32 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! All right let's thank a few people for Show 1031 starting with Bruce Schwalm in Harrisburg Pennsylvania $125 came in as a check GR $110 and 36 cents Lauren Smudski, $100. Van Glitchka, oh by the way, GR also that's a double Happy Birthday Theodore at 5518 times two? Only guy who came up with that. Lauren Smudski 100, van Glitchka, Sir van Glitchka I believe 100. Vasanth Dharmaraj I'm guessing.

2:16:25 He's got a knighthood. Somebody, Von Glitch has got a knighthood coming up so it's not Sir yet. Sir Rick Coder of the Algos $100. Sir James of the Mountains 8008 boob. Oh do no read on that I'm sorry ignore me Daniel Warren in Boise, Idaho boob and Graham but now in a with the booba Easter egg was the stormy Daniels picture that was in there. It's pretty obvious and I think that We only got a couple of boob donations. I think people just didn't want to click on her, she's so icky. They don't wanna click on her. You know there is word that you can use if your in the 8th grade but... It's appropriate! I think it is too! She's icky! That's what we call her now Ms. Icky

2:17:16 Megan Anderson, 5885. Jobs and F Karma for Graham. Megan a birthday shout out to my wonderful husband you're on the list I think? Yep! On the list Joel Nelson 5518. Wait, read this. Joel Nelson is first and my big 3.0 It's a big scary birthday My wife hates your show calls it the angry old white men show There you go She's obviously a hill bot and she's never gonna come around And I don't consider me to be that old I'm not that old comparatively No at all You're a spry young chick

2:18:06 Yep, Joel Nelson 5518. Happy birthday to Theodore Ezekiel Chopper happy birthday 5518 Tony Andrews I believe in Iowa City 55 18 these are 55 18 is not that many it should be more Alexa Delgado 5518 happy birthday Ron link happy birthday from Holbrook New York sir Woody of the Falls Hippo bird day from Sir Woody Austin Gilman, 5518. That's our birthday well-wishers and Sanco de Mayo fans all eight of them Clara Adams $55. It's Terry Wentz. Ciara, Ciara Adams Oh I'm sorry from the distance up when I'm like five feet away from this thing it looks like Clara but it's Ciara you're right Terry Wentz in Langley Washington I think our Langley people are stopped they decided to stop supporting us

2:19:04 Michael Gates, 5280. That's what I'm thinking. Well, I did talk to Pachanik yesterday so maybe he'll put in a call for us. Oh, I wish somebody would! Eric Hochel in Deutschland $52. He is a regular Sir Eric. It has got to be Martin Andrzejewski 5150 Ryan McConnell 5105 and the following people are 50 dollar donators name and location Scott Floyd in Clayton, California which is down the road from me sir John 50 I celebrate years on the planet today. How about that? Oh dizzy on the birthday list yep Robert Clayson Sir Robert in London Paul van Cordelar in Irma didn't know come on as a mountain you know this one I'm out in yeah, I'm out AJ is why I maddened I am out in

2:20:00 I should know that, you're right. Scott Lamand or Lamond in Somerset Massachusetts. Matthew Janiszewski, sir, I believe in Chicago Todd Moore in Arlington Virginia Jason D'Alusio in Chatsford Pennsylvania came here with a check so did Brian Watson and Raleigh North Carolina and last but not least Sir Brett Farrell in Oklahoma City we want to thank all these folks for helping us out and producing show 1031 Did you was there was Martin Andrasik on the list? Yeah, Martin and Razek 5150. I haven't donated in a while but for your cry for help has brought me back from douchebaggery! Yeah he sent an extra thing here's it says um... I have a rare kidney disease that is trying to kill me

2:20:49 I would like to request health karma. I've heard all the karma success stories and i'm willing to do whatever possible to beat this stuff your show won't hurt well your show keeps me sane and positive that that won't hurt either, I look forward to every show on the laughs and information it brings me take care love and light we'll give him a special my name is pronounced Andrzejuk if you decide. Okay, Martin Andrejuk of course I'm gonna give it...I just wanted to highlight that one and definitely thank everybody else who supported this program $50 or under is not mentioned for reasons of anonymity and Thank you for those on subscriptions of course and another show coming up on Thursday and remember us for that show at vorac.org slash n a...let's do some karmas

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Birthday Shoutouts and No Agenda Rings

The hosts provide a series of birthday shoutouts for listeners and their family members. They announce a title change for "Sir Rick Coder of the Algos" and note the lack of new knightings for the current episode. A reminder is given that the special edition sterling silver No Agenda rings will soon be discontinued.

birthdays· theodorable· knightings· sterling silver rings· trifecta

2:21:32 Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs! Newspot.com. It's a birthday party on No Man's Sky. With that of course we start off by saying happy belated birthday to Theodorable also Lauren Smutsky says happy birthday to Kacen Smutsky Megan Anderson happy birthday to her wonderful husband John Kennegal He'll be 33 on May 8th. Joel Nelson is turning 30. Ciara Adams says happy birthday to Sir John of Stratford, celebrating on May 6th that will be today and Sir John turns 50 and congratulations to myself and the Keeper three years together as of yesterday and we never had a fight!

2:22:19 Title change sir find a classifieds.com becomes Sir Rick Coder of the Algos an official title change We always want to make note of that here on the no agenda show No nightings today, so step it up people for Thursday's show no agenda show dot-com Dvorak org slash na all right And let's wait Eric had something one just to mention. What was this? He's not gonna keep doing rings forever is what he said No, the special the Special Edition sterling silver rings That's what he's gonna stop doing so I guess and you go to know a generation calm and you can find out more There is a coupon code Trifecta get you 50% off what he sell in the store Oh

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Fast Food and Infertility Study

A new study involving 5,000 women suggests that eating fast food four or more times a week can double the risk of infertility and delay conception. Conversely, eating fruit multiple times a day was linked to quicker pregnancy. In related news, UK supermarket giants Sainsbury's and Asda (owned by Walmart) are planning a massive merger that would create the country's largest food retailer.

fast food· infertility· pregnancy· sainsbury's· asda· walmart

2:23:25 We were talking about infertility and some of these other things going on. I do have a report, now i'm going to preface this fast foods report with the notion that the fast food companies aren't advertising enough on NBC Makes nothing but sense. With a new warning about fast food and pregnancy, an eye-opening new study finds that eating too much fast food can make it more difficult to conceive NBC's Kristen Dahlgren has the story The new alert tonight, fast food could be slowing down how quickly some women become pregnant. While fruit could mean quicker conception. Researchers analyzed the preconception diets of more than 5,000 pregnant women and found those who ate fast food four or more times a week...

2:24:15 more than a month longer to get pregnant and doubled their risk of infertility defined as not being able to conceive after one year. Women who ate fruit three or more times a day increased their chances of becoming pregnant quickly early on this information is just critical, more fruit, more vegetables, more vitamins that is going to top any fast food that it's full of lots of unhealthy fats Researchers were surprised that eating green leafy vegetables and fish did not seem to affect how long it took the women to conceive. The study doesn't look at the diets of dads. Well, we're not eating real food and she just mentioned... Oh well yeah fruit is better than a hamburger! Uh okay Sherlock thanks for that update

2:24:59 And in the UK, you know they already live off of supermarket food and gas stations are a real culture of buying your food there pre-packaged preprocessed predone. They just sell this poop and just throw it in the toilet and skip all that all the business in between now Sainsbury's and Asda which is a Walmart chain are going to do a mega merger There's gonna be even less choice. All you slaves in Gitmo Nation East go buy your slave food at the slave factory Yeah, it's not good They're buying Sainsbury's selling out to uh... I don't know if it's a sellout Well Walmart owns Asda That's their brand over there and then It's not being called an acquisition but its being called a merger

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NRA Convention Protests and Midterm Focus

The NRA National Convention in Dallas was met with protests from Parkland shooting survivors and their families. President Trump addressed the convention, emphasizing his support for the Second Amendment. Both pro-gun and anti-gun activists are reportedly focusing their efforts on the upcoming midterm elections as the "final measurement" of public sentiment.

nra· dallas· gun control· parkland· midterm elections· second amendment

2:25:51 13 billion pound euro, so that's like 18 billion merger which would in one fell swoop leapfrog them over Tesco and make them the biggest provider of food or whatever they pass off as food. Huh! Yeah Alright so I have a... here is the thing on when they had the gun NRA convention down in Texas It was covered, of course as a negative event. Well it's bunch of you know... Gun nuts! Pro-gun violence people But I thought that they gave a pretty honest report here on this network This is the NRA protest because what they did they found they summarized it

2:26:45 with what this is really all about. The fight for gun control following the Parkland shooting tonight at an unlikely location, the NRA's National Convention in Dallas. Vote them out! Vote them out! Protesters carrying signs chanting among them parents of some of the victims of Stoneman Douglas High School. The father of Joaquin Oliver today inviting the president to his Florida home to discuss gun reform minutes of your time in Joaquin's empty room then you will feel what we're going through. And Fred Guttenberg his daughter killed in the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High all I think about is her

2:27:26 running for her life. That shooting and other massacres casting a pall over the NRA conference after a few days of grieving, I just decided there's just nothing else i can think of doing but to do something about this. But not deterring its members following a speech Friday from President Trump they said you know going through the NRA convention and speaking today that'll be very controversial it might not be popular Bye bye, gotta get on the plane. The defiance against lawmakers wary of new gun legislation just months ago Some of you people are petrified of the NRA You can't be petrified Replaced now by steadfast support appealing to thousands in Dallas who back the NRA My father always taught us guns don't kill people, people kill them Tonight as a debate resting on the foundation of free speech unfolds One side it says fighting for life The other for liberty

2:28:21 All right, Marcus Moore joins us live outside the NRA convention. And Marcus you've been talking with people on both sides of the debate and you're hearing talk of the midterm elections over and over again? Yeah that's right Tom I've talked to them on all sides of this issue in almost every time they bring up that midterm right around the corner how they plan to vote in the politicians who support their cause and vote out the ones who don't. Maybe that'll be the final true measurement of the American population. If that really comes down to one thing, when everyone's going to vote are you for guns or against guns? Are you pro-NRA or anti NRA?

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Pro-Second Amendment Student Walkouts and Lawsuits

While many students participated in walkouts for gun control, others organized "pro-Second Amendment" walkouts. In Wisconsin, a 15-year-old student is suing his school district after being disciplined for wearing t-shirts depicting firearms. The lawsuit alleges that the school violated his freedom of expression while allowing political speech from the opposing side.

second amendment· school walkout· wisconsin· freedom of speech· t-shirts

2:28:59 Then we'll see what the majority is. That would be a good indicator I would like it if that would be the only issue Well, the problem is you're not going to have a typical midterm phenomenon where the opposing party Is the one that comes out and votes Yeah So its not gonna tell us anything except that Democrats are anti-gun It's not a problem by the way It'd be refreshing to have the Democrats in charge of something They've been in charge before No but just for the show For the show yeah, you know be refreshing. It's better than listen to all this grousing. Yeah there was I had a Gun clip here Hundreds of students across the country are firing back at fellow students fighting for gun control Do you know you pointed this out on the previous? Show you had a clip a local clip and the narration went something like it was

2:29:58 Pro common sense gun regulation or people who don't mind the gun violence. What was it? What was the exact term? Oh, no! The way they presented it was people that are pro-Second Amendment and people who are against gun violence. Yes yes thank you so Second Amendment means your for gun violence and you're either for gun violence which means your for the Second Amendment because the Second Amendment is FOR GUN VIOLENCE. Yes yes yes yes So this report... Yeah. Well, so this report kind of follows that line and you heard if you listen right off the bat the pro-second amendment students who are walking and protesting they're not walking in protesting they're firing you see? They're firing at the other kids You get it?

2:30:48 Hundreds of students across the country are firing back at fellow students fighting for gun control Senior Riley organ is pretty that's pretty good. Isn't it? I think that's clip of the day most well That was a good catch Yeah, I got to take it now because otherwise if the rest of the clips oxen you won't give it to me so I'll take Go back to it again. Back at fellow students fighting for gun control Senior Will Riley organized this week's pro-second amendment school walkouts This whole idea that the young people are actually anti gun, it is just not true

2:31:27 In rural Wisconsin, 15-year old Matt Schoeniger is in a legal battle with Marcus Ann High School over these t-shirts. This one showing guns and a grenade. Every year we go out hunting to the range it's enjoyable His parents Brian and Pam say their family hobby is being used against their son, and he's being harassed by some classmates They just said something like you could be in next school shooter Maybe Matt says he's been wearing the shirts all year But it was only after the Parkland School shooting in February that the schools principal sent home a letter Telling Matt to change the shirt because it was inappropriate when Matt refused He was moved to this cubicle for two days when he says well I

2:32:11 Your son's t-shirts promoting violence. I said his t-shirts celebrate diversity in April not filed Both sides of that argument are stupid Wow what to say he's promoting violence, that's the counterargument and the pro argument is no it's in diversity Good one mom t-shirts promoting violence. I said his t-shirts celebrate diversity. In April, Matt filed a lawsuit alleging that there are no school rules explicitly banning wearing clothing that depicts firearms and that doing so violated his freedom of expression John Monroe is Mat's lawyer again the issue here isn't really a gun issue it's speech issue and yeah you know if Parkland had never happened but it is a gun issue

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Inclusive Cheerleading Policies in New Jersey

A New Jersey high school is facing backlash after implementing a "more inclusive" cheerleading policy that allows all interested students to join the squad regardless of tryout performance. Parents and students who "worked hard" to earn their spots are protesting the change. The school administration reportedly threatened to disband the program entirely if the complaints continued.

cheerleading· inclusivity· new jersey· board of education· participation trophies

2:33:02 No, it's about a t-shirt lady. Well I don't think it is...it's a speech issue Matt's lawyer points out that Marcus Ann High School allowed students to participate in school walkout activities supporting gun control he is being paid by Wisconsin Carry, a pro gun group and Jeff Matts' school and its attorneys declined to comment on this case Child abuse! And they're the ones... Who is this reporter? Oh, it's I forget But you want to hear some really cool social justice warrior crap going down in school Listen this report from New Jersey after cheerleading tryouts back on April 13th is about cheerleaders Cheerleading tryouts in and for those of you who don't know who don't live in America In high school and I only witnessed this a little bit because of my moving around

2:33:50 But your team has cheerleaders and your cheerleaders try out for these. And the girls that I knew, man they were every day after school they were on the field they were practicing they were doing their kicks and their things in there it's a you know it's It's something you have to work at everyone makes cheer team. As you might imagine, some of the girls who made the squad are not too happy about the change in policy because they worked so hard to make this team now 10 of those cheerleaders actually backed by their parents came out here tonight to ask the board of education to reverse this policy so that girls are forced to earn their spots

2:34:41 through hard work. Now these parents tonight tell us they have sent letters to the principal and AD complaining about the new policy, at which point the principal threatened to disband CHEER altogether saying it's not a sport so now these teens plus their parents are taking their case before the Board of Education. I tried my hardest but everything is going because one child who did not make a team and her parent complained So now all my hard work has been thrown out the window. I love these children!

2:35:19 She's just as triggered as the rest of them. This is great. All my hard work has been thrown out the window. Now in a statement, The board told us to follow it. In order to facilitate a more inclusive program, The alignment between the various cheerleading squads would be modified To allow all interested students to participate. This decision was made in the best interest of all students And was made to be as inclusive As possible Another fine American institution ruined You know, they usually have a mechanism for this and they have the cheerleaders when I was a kid. They would have the cheer leaders who were the ones that were the athletic ones that could jump and tumble and throw themselves into the air and all that sort of thing and be... And they're the best looking good-looking women. Then there were the pom pom girls

2:36:08 Yeah, and there's tons of pom-pom girls because they were just pretty much everyone else who wanted to do something And they weren't the cheerleaders They were the pom-pom girls and they were running around with pompoms and didn't really have any routines or did anything? They just bounce their pom poms. So what is that? Why don't you just use it You know a tiered system and then let everybody in at the bottom tier What's the big deal why would they bump if I was a cheerleaders? I would say okay The ones who are actually good cheerleaders that could compete on a national scale and they do have competitions just quit and let all the other crazy girls just be the cheerleaders. It'd be an embarrassment. Yeah, but everybody has to win this is about whose children is more victim? I don't know what it is

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NPR Policy on the Washington Redskins Name

NPR has implemented a policy to avoid using the name "Redskins" when referring to the Washington NFL team, opting instead for "the Washington football team." The hosts critique this as "virtue signaling" and note the awkwardness of reporters explicitly mentioning the policy during broadcasts. The policy is part of a broader media consensus regarding language with racial implications.

npr· washington redskins· virtue signaling· racism· language policy

2:36:50 Yeah, hey very good. You nailed it and by coincidence I have another cheerleader clip in this case is from professional cheerleaders all kinds of crap going on Oh There's a lot of crap going on with them there getting you know its cheerleading got a clue you have shark week It's cheerleader week on the no agenda show Now, there's something funny about this NPR clip which hopefully you'll identify. Washington's NFL team is embroiled in another scandal This time it does not involve the teams name Which its NPR policy not to mention Baaaaaah! What? Yes because its... Oh heaven forbid Its racist

2:37:29 It's racist. It's the Redskins, but the clip gets so much better. Washington's NFL team is embroiled in another scandal this time it does not involve the teams name which its NPRs policy not to mention it involves the teams cheerleaders Why? Because it's racist! What word did they use for that? It's racist It's the name of the team. MPR policy on Redskins, let's look it up that's a good question I should know they're all big news outlets call them the red you know what they are unless they get changed and less a court case comes out that's the name of the team which outlets are not calling the Redskins the Redskins here is a list The Redskins hometown paper The Washington Post

2:38:15 It's editorial board announced that the nickname would no longer appear on its op-ed pages. Not the nickname! It's not a nickname, it's the name of the team The San Francisco 49ers, the 49ers are not a nickname. The Niners would be a nickname we call them the Niners or the Golden State Warriors they call them the Dubs for dub-dub-w but there's the Warriors. The name warriors is not a nickname so right away we have a problem. Changing field a new guideline on what to call that Washington football team this is from NPR and so NPR is pulling back on oh wait

2:38:56 I guess so. That's how it starts and so NPR is pulling back on using the name of the Washington football team after all seven months after NPR editors officially declared that they would continue to use the teams name in news reports Mark Mamet, The Standards Editor issued this guidance Would you like to hear the guidance? I'd love to. As a responsible broadcaster, NPR has always set a high bar on the use of language that may be offensive to our audience. Use of such language on the air and online has been strictly limited to situations where it is absolutely integral to the meaning and spirit of the story being told." Now they have a lot of guidance here... Let's see if there's one that makes sense.

2:40:00 Let me stop, you don't have to go any further. I want to mention something about what you played as a clip. Why haven't we finished the clip? They could've easily reported this saying the Washington football team Or the professional football team that... No, here's the guidance John. Here's the guidance when we do need to mention it We can usually refer to it simply as Washington or The Team once you've established that were talking about the city's NFL franchise Fine! That's exactly what you could have done in that clip but the woman had to say She had to do virtue signaling. Yes, she had to say in that clip Oh and we can't say the name because we're above it all now the clip Washington's NFL team is embroiled in another scandal this time It does not involve the teams name which its NPRs policy not to mention it involves The team's cheerleaders In The New York Times some of them anonymously described a 2013 trip to Costa Rica They say they had a topless photo shoot while a group of sponsors men looked on

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Washington Cheerleaders Costa Rica Scandal

The New York Times reported on a 2013 trip to Costa Rica where Washington NFL cheerleaders were allegedly required to pose topless for sponsors and act as escorts. Many of the women were hesitant to speak out due to confidentiality agreements. The story highlights ongoing issues of harassment and poor treatment of professional cheerleaders in the NFL.

washington redskins· cheerleaders· costa rica· sexual harassment· confidentiality

2:41:03 and then an allegedly mandatory night out with some of those sponsors. There was no sex involved, but the women say they felt as if they were being quote, we're joined now by New York Times reporter Juliette McCurr welcome to the program thank you thanks for having me uh none of the cheerleaders were named in your story how come? They've signed a confidentiality agreement with The Redskins so frankly they were afraid that they would be She uses the term this she does use journalist your how come but you said redskins oh, yeah Deconstructing the language. Oh man it must be fun to watch The cheerleaders were named in your story How come they've signed and how come that is an interesting question though? How come that's a nice question I

2:41:53 How come? The word you could use that would maybe be shorter and make some sense, how about using the word why. The cheerleaders were named in your story how come they've signed a confidentiality agreement with the Redskins so frankly they were afraid that they would be sued what are the requirements to be a Washington Redskins cheerleader In the contract it says obviously you've got to cheer. On game day, you meet sponsors, you have some outside appearances and one of the... But what was evidently unsaid was that these women would be mandated to go out with sponsors and entertain them. As you've reported on this another questionable treatment of NFL cheerleaders have you seen any signs of change either from the teams or from the cheerleader's themselves?

2:42:40 With the women I've talked to they were so relieved that their story was finally out there that people Would listen that they felt emboldened enough to say you know what? I went through this experience in Costa Rica. I felt like I was an escort and only now that they realized that they could say it, and people would listen and really care. We didn't even get the gist of the story which is women being abused by assholes Yeah, that's pretty much that very short story. Hi I'm Adam Curry here for NPR We don't use the R word but women are being abused by a-holes I suspect that in practice NPR will rarely if ever use the R word again or it'll be couched in some way. What we are witnessing is a shifting media consensus on how to define and use a word with racial implications." How come? We American journalists like to insist that it's not our responsibility to decide what facts to report, we report you decide goes the saying but that is true only to appoint

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Colorado State University Racial Profiling Incident

Two Native American teenagers on a campus tour at Colorado State University were stopped and patted down by police after a parent on the tour reported them for being "too quiet" and wearing "strange clothing." The university president later apologized, stating that the boys were racially profiled. The school offered the family a "VIP tour," which they have yet to accept.

colorado state university· native american· racial profiling· campus police· tour

2:43:40 As NPR's own code of ethics states, for a smart analysis on how the news media arrives at an unstated consensus on something... blah blah blah. Okay whatever fine you know you're not gonna have much of a radio station left if you keep removing words it's gonna be hi welcome to NPR... our word... You won't be able to say anything! Well talking about American Native Americans Let's play the Colorado State incident, which is in a funny way related. Another incident at Colorado State University is raising questions to Native American teenagers say they were reported to the police because of their race. Nikki Batiste has this story.

2:44:24 A questioning and pat down by police is not what these brothers expected when they signed up for a campus tour at Colorado State University. But, a mother on their tour called campus police and said Thomas and Lloyd Gray who joined the group late were wearing strange clothing made her feel sick. It wasn't anything going on. This woman was just freaky. They were wearing strange clothing, made her feel sick. One of them has their left hand in his over-tights the whole time. And it's probably nothing and probably being completely paranoid with everything that happened they're probably fine and just a creepy kid Are they white males? I think they are Hispanic

2:45:31 According to the police report, the caller a white female told police the two boys who are Native American were laughing and keeping to themselves and did not seem to be interested in the tour. After showing the campus police an email confirmation for the tour They were let go. That's when they called their mother, Lorraine Gray. Then I get a frantic phone call from Thomas saying somebody called the police on us because we were quiet! According to the police report, Lorraine then called CSU and said she was upset and felt that her boys were being racially profiled

2:46:08 She says her son Thomas, a musician dreamed of going to Colorado State University and now she has a few words for the woman who called police. I hope this never happens to your child and i hope that you learn a lesson about judging a book by its cover Colorado State University's president said in a statement that people of all races, religions gender identities and appearances belong here. The school says it has reached out to the boys and their mother to offer a VIP campus tour but so far Rina the university says the family has not responded. Okay Nikki Batiste thank you very much. Very important reporting thank you

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Ray Kurzweil on Smartphones as Brain Extenders

Google executive Ray Kurzweil argues that smartphones have become "brain extenders" and that humans are already dependent on this technology to function intelligently. He views this as a step toward the "singularity," the eventual integration of human biology and machine intelligence. The hosts disagree with this thesis, arguing that people can function perfectly well without constant digital connection.

ray kurzweil· google· singularity· smartphones· brain extenders· wetware

2:46:47 Yeah, a lame story in lieu of an OTG report Little something I picked up from Ray Kurzweil now. He's the Actually Kurzweil when he first he developed instruments right keyboard and synthesizer at a company with Stevie Wonder Remember that? And remember that but could be yeah, and then you know actually is what I think he's working at Google now on their Gmail AI Could be. I don't use Gmail but does it have a, apparently now supplies you with the suggested reply when you hit reply? I've never seen that. So it may not be rolled out to you yet or at all

2:47:31 But here's the, so he is an important guy at Google. Here is his basic stance on your smartphone. You know when I say that your smartphone is an extension of you and that you can't do your work without it if you leave it home you're only...you can't really function fully intelligently People really accept that today. Even just a few years ago, people did not seem realistic. That seemed like a very futuristic concept it's already happened we're already dependent on this technology nobody can do their work or get their education without these brain extenders we have now Brain extenders? Yeah so the desktop computer was called during his early era

2:48:15 Yeah, but now I mean this guy is all in on the wetware concepts like you can't you can't learn You can do your job without your brain extender. Yeah? Yeah that would be Chris while Google I'm just calling it Google now Well, I'm in a total disagreement with this these theses but okay. Oh, I mean I'm in disagreement too But I am pretty sure that people what he said is true people believe that You know he's one of the guys behind the singularity yeah, that's his singularity yes That's the integration that is the wetware integration of the human being and machine and it's already kind of here He must be jizzin

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Dog Dazer Testing and Vegas Massacre Footage

One host plans to test the "Dog Dazer" device in their building lobby to observe animal reactions. In other news, new body cam footage from the Mandalay Bay shooting in Las Vegas has been released. Critics of the official narrative claim the footage shows inconsistencies, such as unbroken windows and a lack of curtains blowing in the wind.

dog dazer· mandalay bay· las vegas massacre· body cam· apple app store

2:48:54 Well, I'd say that you calling the phone anything... The brain extender. ...any of this is nonsense. If you want to believe it's true, fine but- Oh no! No, I'm not saying that. No, I'm not saying you, I'm saying you to the audience. Ah okay. Alright now our audience doesn't believe that Of course not. I'm living just fine without a phone, i love it! I love it so much except I see all the damn people with their phones and their dogs but otherwise...I've tried to make that into a fun game for myself. When you go into the hallway of your building yell this place smells like dog poop no-no I'm just gonna hit my No Agenda Dog Dazer and walk down the hall

2:49:39 And it's sad because I love dogs, I have no problem with dogs. We know most animals But I really despise these people who are invading my space. I don't want the dog hair everywhere! I don't want the piss in the elevator. I want dog hair in the restaurant. I don't want it. I'm gonna have to become vocal and an a-hole darling you're warned Tina is never gonna wanna go out with me now No, she's not. She probably feels the same way. She does but that's why I think instead of you know making a scene and getting in all kinds of... You know? And i don't like scenes! I don't want to be an aggressor. I just want to like make the dog whimper

2:50:16 And it'd be better if it would be very... I think, well somebody knows about this. Do you have to have a variable pitch? A different frequency so the dog... Because I don't want to hurt the dog but if I can make him bark like that's cool If you're in a restaurant and people got their damn yapper It's not going to hurt the dog! It's just within his hearing range. It's just that is an unpleasant sound. Well if they couldn't hear that sound I mean Yeah, I want to make him bark Some dogs may have been trained to bark if they hear that Oh okay That'd be cool get the dog barking all over the college a whole place starts barking for no good reason. We just sit there casually eating your spaghetti Twirling your fork loading it up with the spaghetti in the sauce and is shoving the whole thing in your mouth Chuckling to yourself here's what I'm gonna do It arrives tomorrow with the Amazon primes, and I'm going to take my recording device. I'll sit in the lobby of the building and

2:51:11 Then I will quietly narrate. I'll just sit in the lobby on the couch and every dog that comes in, I'm gonna hit it and we'll see what the reaction is. I've got a Petri dish here Okay well be interesting because it's possible that thing doesn't work. I read the reviews this one seemed to have the most positive results even through offense Oh okay Because there's lots of people who get these things so they hate their neighbors dog It's like can you make him shut up? We'll see. Oh, yeah here's what I would predict there will be legislation against these devices ooh I'm surprised that this is what would happen to our business it once we get the thing going Yeah, we'd be rocking and rolling. We're going legislated out of business I'm surprised that these at those apps on the IO on the certainly on iOS on the Apple iPhone store thing the App Store

2:52:09 Where you can and you know it has like train your dog, and there's one like you know piss off dogs It's all there's a lot of it. You know dog hate yeah If you look at the apps that some of them are built specifically to pester animals Pester your dog pester your cat I can't believe those are allowed in the iTunes straight in the App Store Yes Well they think they obviously hate dogs at Apple hmm their cat people now Think about it They probably are can be could be Let's see, the only other thing I'll be working on... there is not much to work on. We finally got some footage from Mandalay Bay from the Vegas massacre. Yeah! I saw that. Now the thing that I noticed immediately and other people have picked up on is when it's very different from the narrative we've heard about how they go in you know where was the body? I didn't see a body and the windows appeared to be closed and not broken so I'm not quite sure what body cam footage this was

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Mandy Patinkin on Homeland and the CIA

Actor Mandy Patinkin appeared on Stephen Colbert's show to discuss his role in "Homeland" and his interactions with high-level intelligence officials. Patinkin praised the "moral ethical tradition" of CIA agents while acknowledging past mistakes like the 1954 coup in Guatemala. The hosts suggest Patinkin has been "seduced" by the agency to act as a public relations messenger.

mandy patinkin· homeland· cia· stephen colbert· guatemala· propaganda

2:53:07 But the windows don't, you know there's no curtains blowing flowing outside like you saw in every other outdoor video. There's no noise? There's no noise? The whole thing let's face it we're just being bamboozled Not even in a good way No they can't even... They're incompetent They are just throwing some stuff up ah! They'll eat it and nobody will ask any questions I have two clips left that i will play. There was a minute, one of them is a little long though maybe should put it off this is Mandy Potemkin Who is a very famous and very sensitive man, good singer Broadway guy. Yes he's on Broadway I know him as a broadway guy Famous actor, very talented It does Homeland on HBO which is...I didn't realize until I heard him talking about it that this was actually pretty much CIA written show I've only seen it once and you didn't realize that?

2:54:07 Come on. Well, I know...I mean, I thought it might have some input but it sounds to me as though they're just writing it and then I've heard from a guy who really knows his stuff and he says to me you know the one thing about CIA field agents is they all think they can seduce anybody that's kind of what their thing is well You know what Pachenik told me? He says in the CIA The mantra is if you can't Seduce a woman you can't seduce a country So it's kind of like built into their entire ethos. You've got to be able to do that. So I'm thinking Mandy Potemkin, liberal progressive Democrat the whole nine yards was seduced

2:54:52 by the CIA and now if you listen to these two clips... Oh, interesting thesis. He's just promoting the CIA and then with a kicker I know this is a little long but let's play the clip one Homeland CIA clip. To do many of the individuals the highest up individuals in the intelligence institution that i've had the privilege to meet get to know have literally said to me, one guy in particular I don't want to mention names but he said you know i was brought up in a moral ethical tradition. A highly moral ethical tradition religious family as many of the individuals come from that background He said but but in the intelligence business you also have to marry it with making choices to protect your country and sometimes those are very difficult choices And this one individual said to me the other day that he teaches young cadets young recruits who were coming into the intelligence system whatever part of the system they're coming into

2:55:41 And he says, you have to realize mistakes that we've made as an intelligence agency like Guatemala in 54. But is this Mandy Potemkin? Yeah and he's talking like a... He's talking fast! What is the setting of this because I'm sorry This is on The Colbert Show. Ah okay gotcha. Of all shows. And he comes on and he just launches into this to the point where Colbert actually cuts him off and says You know we gotta go yeah This is not interesting although it's fascinating to me I think it's interesting to our audience because you're going to hear a guy who is like, a liberal progressive kind of guy that should not be saying any of this. But he's all in

2:56:19 in. Like Iran and the long-term effect of those mistakes and how we pay for it that the public eventually finds out about everything, and so we have to be very careful in a different world were living in I was so grateful that my wife was grateful and my hard left friends were grateful to hear this individual who is professorial say that we recognize our mistakes now people don't get to know things that the CIA and the intelligence community does because they're secret. You know he's well you know you say that but this kind of goes back to what we were talking about earlier, this whole idea yeah you know she asked her did this guy did this and that but you know it's a hard-working people at the agency they're good their patriots I think is these kind of carrying the flag

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Uganda Refugee Policy and Colbert Microaggression

Mandy Patinkin praised the Ugandan government for its welcoming policy toward refugees, claiming they are "teaching us how to behave as human beings." Stephen Colbert appeared visibly irked by the comments, likely due to Uganda's controversial laws regarding LGBTQ rights. The hosts suggest Patinkin's talking points may be part of a new CIA-aligned narrative regarding East Africa.

uganda· refugees· mandy patinkin· stephen colbert· cia· international rescue committee

2:57:08 You think? That's what you sign up for. You don't get pats on the back or thank-yous and many people lose their lives and there is a wall of memorials, it is a powerful community that have given me great guidance including when I do my refugee work with the International Rescue Committee. Oh! You actually have a photo here where are you in this? This was with some brown people. Now this right here as soon saw as I thought Clooney. Somehow he's now become one of those guys, a Clooney, a Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, they're out in the field, they're out in Africa, Matt Caprio, yeah the Caprio this whole group, they've all been co-opted. Future leaders future leaders

2:57:56 Could have been co-opted by these seducers. Including when I do my refugee work with... And Mandy might actually like being seduced. The International Rescue Committee. You actually have a photo here, this is you where are you in this? This is with that is with Juwan who speaks six languages my wife said she speaks one I barely speak one and we are in also that's also virtue signaling right there yeah how stupid we are were dumb or dumb white Americans in the in Vettel settlement in Uganda 130,000 refugees and that settlement

2:58:32 290,000 in Bidi-Bidi where we went to visit for almost two weeks and just got back a few days ago. What is so extraordinary about the Ugandan government is they are teaching us how to behave as human beings. Yeah, by killing gay people. What do you mean? Who's he kidding?! And now Colbert is now irked! Because even Colbert knows that the Ugandan government... I mean that is interesting this must be a CIA line about Uganda and it's new It IS new because we've heard a lot about Uganda most of it is they kill gay people they teach gay hate and HIV hate and all kinds of hate

2:59:17 At least that's what we've seen. Yeah, so something is up and Potemkin is a messenger and he says... We have to keep an eye on what's going on I should get ahold of the other people. I'm gonna back it up a little more just see with that whole thing about Uganda. And Bidi-Bidi where we went to visit for almost two weeks and just got back a few days ago What is so extraordinary about the Ugandan government as they are teaching us How to behave as human beings. They eat at the poo-poo! What do you mean? So I've been before two other trips, one on the Balkan route first to Lesbos in 2015 every time after I finish Homeland I immediately go to be with the refugees with the International Rescue Committee 2015 there were a million people but it's at the beginning of shooting season five

3:00:01 It was an episode in a Syrian refugee camp. And then there were 125,000 people trying to get across the Balkan route to have sanctuary in Germany Then on March 2016 the EU shut the doors No options no possibilities These people are going from a temporary situation to possibly permanent lifelong situation and these settlements camps Whatever you choose to call them and so all the needs and everything are different Uganda is the polar opposite Uganda is a country that is about welcome building welcome not building walls. Yeah, and they are extraordinary We actually have to go here but thank you for sharing with the story of how the Ugandans are welcoming people. They're doing everything Oh little microaggression there. No kidding

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Patinkin Midterm Election Plea and Sign-off

Mandy Patinkin concluded his interview by urging viewers to use their "most powerful thing," their vote, in the upcoming midterm elections. He encouraged people to find representatives who match their "moral ethical nature." The hosts mock the celebrity activism and transition into the final show credits.

mandy patinkin· midterm elections· voting· stephen colbert· activism

3:00:47 So meanwhile, so he's killing the segment because of what you said earlier. He's boring people to death Yeah, he's fast talking like he's nervous. So the kicker comes into play. So Mandy hogs another minute and Mandy and it eat and this is to me was like the real big Oh man, what the nerve of this guy. We actually have to go here but thank you for sharing with a story about how the Ugandans are welcoming people. They're doing everything... Can I say one other thing that's the most important thing i want to share? Of course you can! And you can edit the other stuff that you don't care about A little microaggression back there! Yeah, a little return fire! Well finally The Colbert Show is getting interesting I would watch that

3:01:31 I like that. It's human, oh gee can't have that. The other stuff you don't care about What i want people to know Steven is people say well I don't have a talk show or im not in the TV show or im not rich guy or newscaster or something How can make the difference? And and I say to people You have most powerful thing on world you have vote and use that vote Midterms coming up! And on every issue, whether it be the refugee issue or any issue on the plate in your lifespan. If you don't feel that your representatives are matching your moral ethical nature find people who do and... Yes noagendashow.com

3:02:21 Thank you. And those people will guide all of us into who, you know... Those people who know the people they will help you learn about them support them get them elected put them in positions of power in our country and countries all over the world We are the world! Thank you, man. God bless you. Yeah, right. So yeah again Utah? Yeah. Oh yeah surprise guys Support the show. Yeah, come on what are you doing? Jeez? Yeah geez already I mean this Potemkin is not a good example of no guy who sold himself out

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Show Outro and Final Sound Mix

The hosts sign off from Austin and Silicon Valley, reminding listeners of the next show on Thursday and the "Value-for-Value" support model. A final sound mix features clips of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and a discussion on "phone-liness" (the behavioral addiction to smartphones). The episode ends with a "sonic boom" sound effect.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· value-for-value· phone-liness· outro

3:03:22 But, what are you going to do? We're not selling ourselves out. And we'll be back on Thursday with another show in the Value for Value model so please consider supporting us remember dvorak.org slash na I am coming to you from downtown Austin Texas still the capital of the drone star state here in FEMA region 6 on the governmental maps in the Cluedio and 5x9 common law condo In the morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley Where the Zephyr went by earlier, I didn't mention it but they had like 10 of these male cars hooked into this thing. It was the weirdest configuration i've ever seen! I'm sure people are fascinated by this...I'm John C DeVore Until Thursday Adios Mofos and I need a taxi cab something

3:04:24 Quote, the behavioral addiction of smartphone use begins forming neurological connections in the brain and they've come up with their own name and they call it phone-liness. Let me tell you about a spin, since you been gone I once had friends but now i'm alone I'm addicted to my phone. So what? Phone-liness, instead of lone-linus? Instead of loneliness they call it phone-liness. Phone-liness! Yes

3:05:06 Falling us is just a word, so I've been told. Falling us is just a word it's gotta hold. People make shit up it seems Am I addicted to my screen? I don't know! I don't know! I don't know! Oh please... What a day, what a beautiful day. And our country is doing very well I could not go to the President of the United States and say take two days off to get ready for that What a day, what a beautiful day Day in and day out There's no evidence on any other things you're talking about What a day, what a beautiful day

3:05:59 What a day, what a beautiful day. And screw the whole thing with poor little Hillary we gotta be nice to her! Day in and day out... This is a witch hunt He knows it's a witch hunt That's what he knows Somebody they can flip faster It just started a day ago He is a great guy. What do you think? What do you feel? There is no evidence of collusion. You don't get to interfere with that, or get in fact straight! Any collusion? There's no evidence of collusion. Any collusion?! What a day what a beautiful day. Day In and Day Out. What a day what a beautiful day. Units maxed out at 250 square feet. We'll find this way

3:06:54 Private units and it's growing 250 square way. The culture has shifted by an Omaha police officer family now suing the city of Omaha, partly being virgins exactly what happened in the fact that Mr Deanna was caught in autistic spectrum through no fault of his own armed with a pellet 250 square feet having an opioid percocet unethical person i have ever met people can connect them down could not be reached

3:07:35 250 square feet, not drunk. No new communications. Drunk and hardy he allegedly clued a unit of government business. Days when men made the money and women took care of the home. 40 seats, they clue to crabbies. False of the somnum. The suspect. Today women are making the money. People can connect more. It's often women want to feminize men and make men work. Definitely what we hope you get back too. No false of the somnum. Furniture and coffee. Man can actually see. Also accusing and then a whole new mood of peace. Because when women are spending all day in the workplace, they're stimulating testosterone which is 50 squared at 200... The best podcast in the universe! Oh there's a sonic boom!