Episode 1047 · Monday, 2 July 2018

Congrats Canada

A Supreme Court vacancy triggers a national firestorm while immigration protests and newsroom tragedies reshape the American political landscape during a week of high-stakes diplomacy.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 1047

About this episode

Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement from the Supreme Court has ignited a fierce political battle over the future of the American judiciary. While President Trump evaluates a shortlist including Judge Amul Thapar and Amy Coney Barrett, activists like Michael Moore and Whoopi Goldberg warn of a constitutional crisis regarding reproductive rights. The vacancy has revived debates over the 14th Amendment's role in Roe v. Wade and historical precedents for court-packing.

Nationwide protests under the Families Belong Together banner saw 700 demonstrations against the administration's zero-tolerance immigration policy. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have called for the total abolishment of ICE, with Ocasio-Cortez describing Texas detention facilities as black sites. Meanwhile, the NSA purged 685 million call records due to technical irregularities, and Jarrod Ramos was identified as the suspect in the Capital Gazette newsroom shooting in Annapolis.

This episode features the formal knighting of Sir Romano Marchi and Sir Karen Toff into the No Agenda peerage. The hosts analyze Jim Acosta's performative journalism at the White House and the psychological impact of smartphone brain drain. From the Great Smog of London to the Unhappy Meals campaign against McDonald's, the show explores the intersection of historical catastrophe and modern corporate activism.


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CHAPTER 01 / 42 Discussion

Families Belong Together, Nationwide Immigration Policy Protests

Protesters organized over 700 demonstrations across the United States to oppose the Trump administration's zero-tolerance immigration policy and family separations at the border. The group MarchOn, which previously organized the Kids Against Guns march, led the "Families Belong Together" events. Critics argue the protests were moot because President Trump had already signed an executive order ending the separations two weeks prior.

marchon· donald trump· zero-tolerance policy· aclu· brooklyn bridge· immigration reform

00:00 Q invented Bitcoin. And we're back in 2018. You okay?

00:43 A little flashback? Stop the war! Is that what it was like to you when you watched it yesterday? All the 700 city protests are talking about. Yeah, didn't seem like it was quite as big as previous marches we've seen is that just my perception? It seems a little bit dubious if they had him at all I have two reports well I mean they're bitching about Trump's no tolerance policy which he ended 2 weeks ago Yeah, but the march was planned. The permits were done you know the The donation websites were up to chip in everybody everybody was ready

01:23 It seemed a bit much to me. So I think also we might as well just start re-protesting the war in Vietnam! Okay, now i get you right? Oh that's okay yeah and I thought you'd get it right away No no it took me a second...I actually flipped on the tele screen and I surfed around I saw way too many commercials so that was my first clue like man this is not as big as it was intended to be or what they thought it might be MSNBC They even didn't carry everything live continuously. It came back to in-studio stuff, so it was... you know, it's hard to tell. Because it's dumb! Well… So let's… If I was an editor at one of these guys on the news—let's play the CPS reports. I got two of my summary —not summit summary which one is this? Protests. We've got the wrong clips lined up to discuss.

02:16 Where are these clips? Crazy March. There it is. It was obvious, crazy march baby! So here if I'm the editor... Here's what I would instruct you to do. Now you're the editor of what MSNBC The News Desk? No no this is CBS. If I am one of these guys that are executive editors or editors I'd say okay heres what we want to do first of all Who exactly organized the 700 city protests? MarchOn. MarchOn. MarchOn organized it, which is... Who is MarchOn? Oh, it's the same organization that organized the Kids Against Guns march

03:01 And if you click on the donate link in the chat... I'm going to just tell you right now that nobody ever mentions this group. Well, that's weird! Secondly why doesn't somebody well i'm talking about the CBS people and then why doesn't somebody go to the head of MarchOn and say hey what are you protesting? We're protesting Trump's no tolerance policy zero-tolerance Well, why are you doing that? Because he canceled it like over a week ago. And then there's a judge in California that also chimed in to make it so none of this can go on anymore. So what are you protesting? Well, vote Democrat! It was a fundraising drive

03:46 And an awareness campaign for people to vote for Democrats. There's a lot of violence by the way in this thing, but let's go to Crazy March. We begin tonight with the massive nationwide protest against the president's immigration policy. Tens of thousands of protesters and more than 700 demonstrations like this one in Chicago. In cities and towns from coast-to-coast, every state urging President Trump to reunite families separated at the southern border. of the fallout from his zero tolerance immigration policy. We start with ABC's Kenneth Moten in Washington DC. Tonight a resounding chorus from coast to coast. Tens of thousands of people demanding an end to President Trump's zero-tolerance policy.

04:27 Yeah, I like the coast to coast. It's ABC by the way not CBS. Okay, Coast to Coast. There was all this... People demanding an end to President Trump zero tolerance immigration policy that at one point resulted in the separation of families and the border rallied in the nation's capital I understand rules, I understand process. I understand all that but this is about children. Marsh across the Brooklyn Bridge. This cadence that he's using could easily be... The troops moved across to the front lines and there they saw the enemy! And there it was with the horrible battle! It's a total World War II cinema score- what was the newsreel? What was that called?

05:07 Polygon, polygon news. Yes you could see what was happening. March across the Brooklyn Bridge. Plazas in Boston Chicago and Los Angeles holding signs that read close the detention centers and children don't belong in cages as young girls handwritten message simply says families belong together I think children belong on leashes what do you think? I think so for sure. I think that would be the solution right there! Just as an entremont, i'm going to play the ACLU ad that played during some of this reporting and here we go... It all started when Donald Trump tore thousands of immigrant children away from their parents. I love this Donald Trump

05:54 He tore Donald Trump himself this whole ad. Yeah, the whole ad is like this That's what so interesting about it it is it is completely focusing on Donald Trump ripped him It all started when Donald Trump tore thousands of immigrant children away from their parents We the people challenged him in court and in the streets then Trump was forced to admit that his policy was wrong And he caved The court just ruled that Trump must reunite every family he broke apart Time is ticking these children must see their parents again, and they're counting on us to act quickly That's not exactly what the court said but okay the court didn't say lies you must Lying to the public yeah and taking money not mine. What network? Oh what network are you on by the way I don't know where I think I got that from MSNBC

06:52 That's my network. I'm on the good one, I'm on the regular not the 5G why am i cutting out on you? Well that clip did. Oh yeah it could just be Skype. Yeah well Trump Trump Trump yes get out to vote is really what's going on here but I wonder how many people because if you listen to that report we just played and I'll play part two of a second crazy march. You have to wonder how many people in the march actually have any knowledge of the fact that this is, the March is futile it's stupid. It's a... What I saw here's what I saw, I saw a lot of white people marching. I really was looking at the coverage and I saw predominantly white people marching for this

07:37 I'll back you up on that because locally it was the same thing. It's mostly white people and mostly young white people, and children. And the locals who have no interest in children whatsoever... They don't want any! They're all atheists they hate kids. They got dogs they don't care. You know i'll just play this one clip. The MSNBC So they played this clip, I think with the star of the show of the DC speeches and there were lots of stars. John Legend out there singing his heart out everybody else singing for their kids in the cages and this little girl gets up who clearly does not really know the issues she shouldn't she's eight years old or something but at least MSNBC was honest about it And on a day dedicated to the rights of children The biggest moment may have come from one of the smallest voices

08:34 Many will find 12 year old Leah's message hard to forget. I can totally see what happened with this child. Do you know what that evil President Trump is doing? He is taking children from their parents! It's...I don't think a 12 year old necessarily has the cognizance of the background, of the complications of this story. I think a lot of twelve-year olds do and that one doesn't Well this one..I don't think so and it....you can just tell how she's been soufflé'd yet She's been abused

09:22 Again, customs officials aren't saying what the plan is for reuniting the roughly 2,000 children still separated. But the activists and organizers of yesterday's movement say they want to use this momentum to keep people engaged enough to make a difference at the ballot box. Well there you go! At least they're honest about it. Oh well their heart yeah in an offhanded way The whole thing was dishonest. They're protesting nothing! This is like going, let's protest the Vietnam War! Get out of Vietnam!" So I had to find this kid... There was a bunch of this on Twitter showing their kids holding stupid signs saying- Yes, I saw you tweeting about child abuse and you got a lot of pushback for that? I didn't get a lot, I got mostly support but I did get some push back from the guy himself who posted the picture

10:22 Who is was the editor of the nib? You're an asshole that was no he dropped the f-bomb on me right if I fuck off It was this big journalistic response. He's pretty good Yeah, and so I go back and look at his site And he's got this long cartoon about the kind of the all those negative Civil discourse and how we should be nice to each other. Oh, yes civil civil Yes, so I'm looking at that thing. Holy crap this guy's all into or we should know you know This do Trumps fault that were have the civil discourse issues because people can't be nice to each other And so I go back to clip his thing and then clip his other thing You know is gonna put a little piece together he deleted What a douche

11:11 Who was it that said, I'm looking for it here. It is yes Samantha B Oh yeah one of Samantha bees staff writers tweeted civility and you got you gotta write this one down Civility is a tool of white supremacy What? Yeah have to say my head kind of exploded over that one like what wow? Civility is a tool of white supremacy. I can't find the pin that writes huh oh Let's see if I can find it. Oh, you're actually writing it down? Yeah! It's a good one. It's a tool of white supremacy and I didn't realize that and I'm sorry I called for it. You know feel like a big white douche. You are a douche. Thanks man. You civility white supremacist Can we play part two yes let's finish it up

12:07 More than 700 marches in every state. Demonstrators joined forces with celebrities... We are out here to save the soul of our nation! ...and politicians. President Trump signed an executive order to stop the separations, but more than 2,000 children still haven't been reunited with their parents. This seven-year old from El Salvador separated from his mother for a month, reuniting just yesterday in Virginia. Our Tom Yamas at the border this week asked the head of customs and border protection about the legal back and forth and public pressure. At this point now where we were separating families then the executive order came out and we're keeping families together

12:55 So it's moot. The whole thing was mood, he kind of slipped it in that Trump did sign the executive order but yeah we can't put it as like an afterthought. It was really I thought it was poor journalism from top to bottom covered in covering this and they should have either ignored...it was a moot protest! They should have either not covered it or at least gotten to the bottom of it And be honest with the public. It's just a rally, it was a rally. No they were cheerleading. Yeah they were cheerleading. Plain and simple. They were cheerleading but that's what they do. I did do a little bit of research on a few things mainly the asylum part you know everyone is always talking about the broken immigration system we need comprehensive immigration reform

CHAPTER 02 / 42 Discussion

Travel Restrictions, Iranian Visa Stamp Complications

A traveler was refused an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) waiver for a planned trip to New York because of a previous visit to Iran. This restriction stems from 2015 regulations implemented during the Obama administration requiring separate interviews for travelers with stamps from certain countries. The individual expressed frustration with the US immigration system while traveling through Canada.

iran· esta· canada· barack obama· visa waiver· travel ban

13:46 And the immigration system works. I've always complained that it's too expensive, but if you want to come in legally... Although just a side story even you know Lex right? My first boss Lex my buddy. Lex your buddy! With the largest Warhol collection in Europe. Yeah he is worth millions with that Warhol collection. So he sent me a note and said I'm done I said, what? And he's 70. What is he bitching about the Vietnam War? 72-73 now. Ah! I'm done! I hate that...I hate your country. I hate that stupid Trump Like, what's going on?! What's going on? He says, well I wanted to go to my son and have a kid in Canada and then I wanted to swing by New York and check out some galleries and then I was refused in Esta. I said you were refused in Esta? Yes because I visited Iran

14:39 Oh, and it's true. If you visited Iran if you have that stamp then you have to get a separate interview and then maybe in a year you'll get your ESTA waiver. Yeah. You can go straight to Canada. I'm sorry? He wanted to go to Canada. What he's bitching about is that he couldn't go to New York for a little while. Yes, of course! I agree and just so you know that was a regulation put in place in 2015 by Obama but otherwise...I understand your frustration That's okay But then as I was doing more research on this

CHAPTER 03 / 42 Discussion

Asylum Regulations, Port of Entry vs Illegal Entry

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) allows individuals to apply for asylum within one year of arrival regardless of their legal immigration status. Current debates focus on whether asylum seekers should be required to apply strictly at official ports of entry rather than after crossing the border illegally. Eligibility requires proving a credible fear of persecution based on political, religious, or social group membership.

uscis· asylum· port of entry· immigration status· mexico· judiciary

15:19 You know, because that part really basically isn't broken. It's just expensive to come into the country and go through the process legally which I certainly think we could do better on that it's the asylum part but i never really looked into I mean are you familiar with the asylum regulations for for the United States? No, I'm not perfectly familiar with them. See? I always thought you could ask for asylum Yeah, I always thought that there were There were certain countries that were pre-approved and so you could come in on if you're from that country And oh it's a shit country this stuff going on You're on the list in you come yeah well It's not true So but when you look at what how it does work The problem is not the immigration is the asylum process

16:08 So I dug in a little deeper and anyone, this is from the USICS, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services website. You may apply for asylum if you are at a port of entry or already in the United States. You may apply for asylum regardless of your immigration status, as long as it's within one year of your arrival to the United States Now you have to show you're eligible by... let me see

16:46 There's a whole bunch of things that you really have to apply within that first year. So, this is basically what's happening people are coming in as long as you can slip in and then within that year You can apply for asylum and then you go into this long process which takes quite awhile But you only have to prove That you are being discriminated against or are in danger based upon your political beliefs religious beliefs Or if you're member of a certain group Which is kind of broad. I was hearing something about this on one of the right-wingers talk shows where they were bitching about certain Christian cults in the Middle East, or I would call them a cult but they're mainstream in some areas but off there just offbeat

17:38 And they were not letting them have asylum, even though the Muslims in some areas are just burning their churches to the ground and killing them. And they were not getting asylum? They were not getting asylum! That's what they were complaining about because other guys were getting asylum when these guys weren't and needed it So that whole process which is decided by a by some judiciary decides whether you have the right or not. But I think the problem is, is that you can ask for... That's the only thing I would change it would be pretty comprehensive but if you want asylum asked at the port of entry! I don't agree with this you have to get you can come in illegally and then asked for asylum

18:19 And I think that's... No, I know it makes sense. That seems to be the only problem except for the exorbitant costs of legal immigration. That seems to be the only real problem here! It's not that big a deal. They're rushing the border! Yeah, and when you do you slip in and then you know you're good to go? And then you can ask for asylum...and I think there's even though Mexico is you know..I mean i'm sure that under certain circumstances you can get asylum from uh from the atrocities of Mexico in any South American country In our own country!! I want asylum from my own country it's totally possible

CHAPTER 04 / 42 Discussion

Donald Trump, 2015 Muslim Ban Rhetoric

Archival footage from 2015 confirms that then-candidate Donald Trump explicitly called for a total shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until representatives could determine the security situation. While the subsequent executive order was framed as a travel ban affecting specific countries, critics point to these earlier statements as evidence of the policy's original intent. Supporters note that major Muslim-majority nations like Pakistan were not included in the final ban.

donald trump· travel ban· muslim ban· pakistan· executive order

18:57 So, to me it's like everyone is focusing on the wrong thing. It's the asylum process that is the issue here. Let me see... I got a number of people telling me that I was wrong about the travel ban Now I will. What did you say that was wrong? And usually they send me notes saying tell Adam he's wrong That's so interesting because everyone sends me notes to tell you if you were wrong, what is wrong with people Are you afraid to email us directly? Why is that a very odd thing? We've noticed that for 10 years now

19:40 So I said Trump called, you know it's a travel ban. It is not a Muslim ban it's a travel ban and what he wrote as executive order was a travel ban but I had not heard this clip. This is from 2015 than presidential hopeful. Let me just stop you right there, tell us how it's going to work if you indeed are gonna get this done? Unlikely that it could pass Congress even if it did likely be found unconstitutional so how will you actually do this what I'm doing is I'm calling very simply for a shutdown of Muslims entering the United States and here's the key until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on but they don't know

20:24 I stand corrected. He did say that now granted it was a long time ago. I remember that too, I remember that. Yeah, I'd forgotten about it so he... That's confusing! People are gonna have to either make up their minds, either Trump is just full of shit. Which is what most people claim and you have to take this stuff with a grain of salt when he says something because it could go either way when it finally comes down to only what's finalized counts which I think has to be dealt with or you take everything at face value and believe every word that he says as the honest-to-God truth And you can't do both of those things

21:04 Now you could just cherry-picking so yeah, he did say that I remember that too. Yeah, I think he said it more than once actually Okay And it was always based on this because we don't until we know what's happening right and then but then the executive order came out It was clearly not a Muslim ban otherwise He would have banned all of Pakistan from traveling to the United States exactly yeah You did say it though Corrected once again. Yes, now agenda show continues to correct ourselves as much as possible the thing that really up the war rally Really baffles me is the calls for abolishment of ice

CHAPTER 05 / 42 Discussion

ICE Abolishment, Fourth Amendment Border Search Authority

Calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have intensified, with some comparing the agency to the former Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS). Legal discussions center on the "100-mile border zone" where the Supreme Court has ruled that brief immigration stops are constitutional, potentially overriding standard Fourth Amendment protections against search and seizure. Critics argue the agency has exceeded its original mission established under the Patriot Act.

ice· dhs· patriot act· supreme court· fourth amendment· ins

21:47 Mmm, and you know which I said it wrong on the last show. Yeah, I see ice is its part if it was rebranding Yes Department of Homeland Security came into effect after 9-11 as a part of the Patriot Act And there's a whole bunch of issues with that but we here We are were stuck with it for now and by the way by the way we bitched about this from day one About the Patriot Act and the scam that it was. Oh yeah, the whole DHS! Absolutely And where were all these same people that are complaining now? Yeah well some of them weren't born or just too young It's a minor problem I guess you got me there Uh I don't think Reddit was around either That's where everyone- That's where the big bitches take place

22:34 But the ICE came out of something that I think most of these people don't remember, INS. If you recall those were the bad guys. Immigration and naturalization services Yes! And you could say in a restaurant in New York City Hey man shut up or I'm calling INS on you Everybody knew what that meant Everybody knew what INS was. Yeah, I agree So ICE is just a new version of that It's just rebranding you're right it's all it is this INS You were exactly correct Now they did get some new powers which was this 100 miles within the border Oh yeah, this has got to go Well, I looked into that too

23:16 I've been stopped by one of those. I really, really despise it and I still believe it is a violation of your Fourth Amendment rights but Supreme Court did rule on this a long time ago actually they ruled on this 20 years ago and they said that it is absolutely more...I think the way it came out in the Supreme Court ruling was that the safety of the people of the country went above this one question stop, which is not one question but okay. Of are you an American citizen?

23:53 And there's a whole, you know there is also a dissent against. I put it all in the show notes but these ice guys these or mainly ice yeah who are at this like I-35 and Texas so they have to be on a road that within 100 miles that comes from the border I can't be on just some willy-nilly road. You don't have the same rules for roving ice, so if someone—you know, if ICE is trailing you in the car and then they pull you over, they have to have an actual reason to ask you for identification if you're a citizen. But these ICE stations at—you know, within 100 mile border limit, they have been ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court

24:36 Well, it's local authorities that usually put the kibosh on some of this stuff. We had this problem up in the Port Angeles area where they set up an ICE operation to put together a nice system like office buildings and all these fancy black SUVs they drive around in. And they were going around with Red lights and sirens. That's the roving they're not allowed to do that They have to have probably we're doing it and they were telling everyone to fuck off I can't do pulling people over and then they were what was another thing Oh, then they work They were going through the scene of an accident that was being carried a chemical We help now they were trying for coming in like there were bored. Yeah, they had nothing better to do oh

25:23 They had nothing better to do. They're sitting around in their office, there's nothing to do there and so they decided go out there and have some fun. I would probably be doing the same thing if I was working there." And they finally got told by a judge just stop it or else you'll start arresting people. But again roving ice is different that said that there are different rules but its ones that I take such issue with this. You slow down like are you American citizen? You really have no right to ask but apparently they do. However, ICE needs to go. They are evil and here's... Is Austin within 100 miles of the border? No and we don't have them here. But when I drove from California to Texas we got stopped yeah it was quite the ordeal And the reason why they had probable cause is because the police dog jumped up against a vehicle and was like oh you may have drugs probable cause then you know about the police dogs

CHAPTER 06 / 42 Discussion

Kirsten Gillibrand, Reimagining Immigration Enforcement

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York called for the disbanding of ICE, describing it as a "deportation force" that should be replaced by a more humane agency. She proposed separating criminal justice functions from immigration issues to create a new mission for border enforcement. This position aligns her with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party ahead of future primary cycles.

kirsten gillibrand· ice· deportation force· democratic party· immigration reform

26:24 They're liars. They are, they're liars. Big liars. True police dogs. Yeah we've documented this on the show. I like them but they're liars. They trained a lot So here is Kristen Gillibrand of New York with her brilliant call to disband ICE. She's also got some positions that are even to the left of Bernie Sanders, she wants to get rid of ICE Now what are you going to do with your party if you do come into a majority and You have a significant number or at least an influence of people who have that kind of a position? Well I agree with it! I don't think ice today is working as intended. But you think you should get rid of the agency

27:02 I believe that it has become a deportation force. And I think you should separate the criminal justice from the immigration issues, and I think you should reimagine ICE under a new agency with... Reimagine? What is that?! Is that uh, is that a new way of running it? Oh that's just some... I'm going to reimagine. ...bad term she would use actually. She would-I think the guy should- How about something like Immigration Naturalization Services? Do you think maybe we should go back to that? That's what he-That's the question you should ask! You think you should reimagine ICE under a new agency? It's the Cuomo kid. He can't-smoke's coming out of his ears already With a very different mission and take those two missions out And so

27:40 So we believe that... Wait, wait. She's talking gobbledygook! Yeah I know. She says with a new mission take those two missions out. What? With a very different mission and take those two missions out and so we believe that that Yeah, once you're inside the border and past whatever you've gone through or not that's where ICE comes into play. So they're the ones who come into Oakland then we have our new superstar. By the way, Godzilla brand is Hillary Clinton light. Well and then there's AOC. Lightweight! Then there's AOC baby, AOC just like HR she she's got initials AOC

CHAPTER 07 / 42 Discussion

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tornillo Texas Border Visit

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visited a shelter in Tornillo, Texas, and characterized the secretive nature of immigrant detention facilities as "black sites." She argued that the lack of transparency for members of Congress and journalists constitutes a human rights abuse. Critics noted her status as a candidate from New York and questioned the accuracy of comparing domestic detention centers to CIA torture facilities.

alexandria ocasio-cortez· dsa· tornillo· black sites· ice· hhs

28:38 Talking about Ocasio-Cortez. Oh, you know that there was a good piece in the zero hedge on her She apparently was raised in a very wealthy family And according to we had at the dinner the other day and JC was I guess reading into Jacobin or one of these other publications that he likes He says that the Spanish Voter the Latino voters voters never gave her any support whatsoever because her Spanish sucks apparently she's Speaking Spanglish. I got a real nasty note from someone Let me see if I could yeah, let me see if I can find it stupid outlook man guys suck here we go and It even from shady waters odd cheese Outlook has a Has a real squirrel male I should

29:32 It's like I just want to open up one note people, but then it immediately goes into...I can't even explain what is going on here. Sorry you even thought to do that Yeah here we go You have no clue what your talking about when mentoring, when mentioning AOC She's been part of the DSA for two years with a massive organic backing. They knocked on over 15,000 doors in the Bronx! She was outspent 80 to 1 like John said Planned Parenthood and Emily's List donated to Crowley she had no PAC money. And to think that Chuck Schumer would be grooming someone that is against Israel may be the most retarded thing I've heard you say on this show

30:13 You both have no clue about how there's a civil war in the DNC and AOCs win as our Tea Party movement. But unlike all the dark money the Tea Party got, we don't get any funding! The DCCC does not fund anyone who is part of the DSA Keep thinking you have a clue about us socialists And yes, we want open borders. Boo hoo Seriously, I gotta boo-hoo. Open borders! This is great. Hey sucker you're a stooge for the one world government. So now Ocasio-Cortez is she's very green she's just fresh so she's gonna make mistakes and we're gonna point a couple out right now oh yeah that'd be fun but I will make note that Scott Adams says she is a master manipulator on par with the level of Trump

31:05 Well, he's discussing her ability to emote hypnotic suggestions. I don't know if she is that good somehow it may be just coming... Let's listen to her speaking about the ICE issue So you have called for a number of things one of them being to abolish ICE and you recently traveled to the border to Torneo Texas To see the shelters to see where some of these separated families are being held What would you replace ice with and do we not need protection at the border? We absolutely do need to make sure that our borders are secure, to make sure that people are safe in passage. But what we need to realize and remember is that ICE was established in 2003 right at the same time as the Patriot Act, the AUMF, the Iraq War and we look back a lot of that time and legislation as a mistake now. And I think that ICE is right there as part of it

32:02 It's extra judicial nature is baked in to the structure of the agency and that is why they're able to get away with black You know with black sites at our border with the stuff now. I love this black sites like wait a minute black sites You know the last time that was used was in connection with CIA torture facilities tortured chambers or to change O'Neill or Latvia which you know now? I don't know where she got this from but she's really going to make a big mistake here Yeah, and we know here at The No Agenda Show that these facilities are not run by Health and Human Services, they're run by outfits like...

32:45 No, no. No like like the one South Key the one here in Austin who gets a hundred million dollars a year These are run by get the corrections guys know these now we went through this whole thing This it's the immigration orgs the NGOs who pick these people okay? And they put them you know the Walmart is owned by South Key and Well, not South Key the other one. But it's all owned by these NGOs who have balance sheets and who have you know the South Key... It's not a Walmart is a Walmart like facility or is it? It's a former Walmart! Yeah but it's not Walmart No it says Walmart on the building it's a former Walmart come on just call it a Walmart! They should take the Walmart sign down

33:27 Anyway, so now she's talking about black sites. All right let's find out what she's talking about. structure of the agency we can replace it and we can replace it with a humane agency that is directed towards safe passage what do you mean black site criminalization? What do you mean black sites, what do you mean about black I'm glad she asked the question. So actually were just hopping off MSNBC and big mistake you did not go on CNN and say we were just hopping off MSNBC

34:08 Uh-uh, she'll learn but that's a mistake. Basically, what we have is that people are not able to access even our own members of Congress are not able to access What is happening in these sites? And that in and of itself the secretive nature and when we know that what she's talking about Is journalists and your end Congress representatives with journalists and cameras wanting to go in and shoot video in these sites which is

34:47 It's pretty clear violation of these childrens privacy or anybody's privacy and it quite honestly is ghoulish. It's ghoulish to go in gawking at the suffering of people, you know? They come from suffering their suffering is extended until we figure out what to do with them but to call that a black site and infer that there something nefarious going on I think is just She's green. Even our own members of Congress are not able to access what is happening in these sites and that in and of itself the secretive nature, when we know that children are being kept and human rights abuses are happening without any sort of transparency or accountability Tons of transparency and accountability but you need to go to the companies who were contracted to do it That is where we're at right now. That is simply what is happening

35:39 I would note those facilities run by HHS, but I know some of the lawmakers who've even gotten inside have not been able to see some of the children. Yeah. By the way let's stop for a second who is this woman AOC to be there in the first place? She's a candidate! yeah she yeah she's a candidate running in a district in New York. She's a superstar And she's down in Texas nosing around as a candidate. What has it got to do with the locals in New York, and her neighborhoods or wherever she is running whatever district? What's this got to do with anything that she should be doing? It's for working... She's not like a congressman doing an investigation. She's a candidate! Yeah, running on a platform of abolishing ICE. I have some thoughts for that. Well, I'd like to hear them. We need to rebrand

CHAPTER 08 / 42 Discussion

Political Satire, Maxine Waters and AOC Presidential Eligibility

Satirical posters circulating online suggest Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Maxine Waters for the 2020 presidential ticket. The humor relies on the fact that Ocasio-Cortez is constitutionally ineligible for the presidency until age 35 and the logical impossibility of Waters' claim that she would impeach Donald Trump after being elected to replace him. Some social media users reportedly mistook the satirical images for genuine campaign materials.

maxine waters· alexandria ocasio-cortez· constitution· impeachment· satire

36:37 And, you know... so ICE their job is to protect us from aliens. There you go! All of a sudden I had it We got the Space Force and we need spice Spice is the word SPICE! We have space- we need to add space to the aliens So not just ice but call it spice Yeah well it's... It would sound nicer Hey, spice here Oh hey how are ya doing? I think would be nicer Maybe. It's an idea, so I did this... you saw the newsletter? Yes! Wow by the way that the advertisements, the misogynist advertisements yeah whoa that's some crazy stuff in there man

37:28 It's great. The sexual over and undertones are off the hook, what a bunch of douchebags we were in the 50s That's the advertising industry wasn't necessarily the public point it was the people in New York City mm-hmm the admin the Admin now so I do this I did a couple of ads like once they get my Photoshop out I could get to work But you gotta dig in the back of the shed, but it's there somewhere. So I did this ad for...I did two ads for two political posters. I did one for AOC which was in the newsletter. That was a good one although technically impossible. Well hold on a second and then I did one from Maxine Waters

38:14 And the Maxine Waters one was really, I thought it was funnier. But he didn't put in the newsletter, it's just on Twitter. I'll put it in the next newsletter. So this one... so I run that thing with AOC. She says Cortez or Olivera, whatever her name is- AOC? Ortez Cortez for president 2020 and with a catchphrase why not! And so I get a bunch of mail and people on Twitter You do know she's not eligible. She's not eligible because she's too young people just don't understand your high level of comedy John maybe grooming her Okay, wow and so the Maxine waters one was worse I did this is max well we do it We just have to say that you can you can

39:07 The Constitution states you can only be president if you're 35. So 2020, she would not be old enough to be eligible." Yeah and I'm nodding my head oh really? That's part of the humor! Because she is running so...so Maxine Waters says waters 2020 the time for change is now and then it says quote If I am elected President the first thing I'll do is impeach Donald Trump And so, uh... And people went don't you know that's not possible? Yeah! I got a bunch of notes. One note said huh if the time is now why she running in 2020 as one and then i got

39:49 She said, I don't think it's possible to impeach Donald Trump after he is out of the presidency. And a bunch of these kinds of notes and why are you propagating fake news as this existed? It's unbelievable. And that's now, you haven't seen this... I mean it really flowed over to Twitter. You know the Facebook, I haven't been on it since I left, was it almost two months ago? At least a month ago and yeah yeah you can wait all you want I'm not going back. I get enough of it on Twitter and your seeing it now too!

CHAPTER 09 / 42 Discussion

Southwest Key Programs, Layoffs and Government Contracts

Juan Sanchez, founder of Southwest Key Programs, announced that the organization may have to lay off staff after the government cut the number of children being served by 48%. The Austin-based NGO receives approximately $100 million annually to manage detention facilities for migrant children. The situation highlights the business-like nature of NGOs that view migrants as "clients" for organizational growth.

juan sanchez· southwest key programs· austin· ngo· layoffs

40:25 By the way, humorless masses who are pissed off. Brainwashed by Stephen Colbert to think the only thing funny is some slapstick about Trump. Humorless brainwashed. Juan Sanchez, the founder of Southwest Key Programs – this is a company that gets about $100 million dollars a year from their headquarter in Austin to handle these kids. He's out there crying now! He said, the government asked us to set up shop and so we did. And in the process of course we advertise and all these people applied for jobs and now we're gonna have to lay people off!

41:04 Because there won't be enough people, the clients to take care of. There you go again your pet peeve! There's been this determination by the government that we're going to cut the number of kids that we are serving by 48%. Serving? Yeah they're serving the kids so as the government has made these cuts across the country what do we do?! They told us you need to terminate folks are we in the process right now of needing to terminate people? We're losing jobs it's bad for Brother yeah when you when you talk about Either whether it's homeless people or whether whatever your NGO is when you start to look at these people as clients Then it is your natural inclination of the organization To grow the client base then here he is. He said now we have to fire people so sad They they responded to our ads this would be a good thing You should be happy

CHAPTER 10 / 42 Discussion

Great Smog of London, 1952 Air Pollution Crisis

The Great Smog of London in December 1952 resulted in the deaths of approximately 4,000 people and left 100,000 ill due to a combination of cold weather and windless conditions trapping coal smoke. This catastrophic event served as the primary catalyst for modern air pollution regulations and the eventual creation of the EPA. Local air pollution districts formed in the mid-1950s were originally intended to have limited lifespans but remain active today.

london· great smog· epa· air pollution· 1952· coal

42:06 This is like starting a government agency and then shutting it down. I worked for the air pollution district in San Francisco Bay Area, which was a regional government setup and it began in 1955. I was working there in the seventies and I... One day I was at the University of California doing some miscellaneous research and I found their bylaws when they set up shop. There's a whole section in there. You were working there and you're just doing some miscellaneous research? Which I recommend, anyway...I've always said this about government work Anyway so I'm in there looking for something to do And I just ran into all their paperwork

42:55 It was founded, and I didn't know any of this because they don't teach it when you're working there. It was founded in 1955 and it was supposed to have a...it was because this was everything all the air pollution stuff really got going in the 50's after the London fog after that London death fog killed everybody. Wait a minute! The London fog wasn't that much earlier? It was earlier than 1955, but I don't know if it was that much early. Let's look it up Yeah we should definitely And this is the fog that descended and it was like ah don't worry about it Oh good so they said don't worry about it Don't worry about how many people died? I'm looking at a lot

43:39 Yeah, it was anyways the... It was a severe air pollution event that affected the British capital London early December 1952. A period of cold winter combined with anti-cyclone and windless conditions collected airborne pollutants. It goes on and on. 4,000 people died! So that's a hundred thousand more were made ill. This was a serious problem! I remember the first time i went to London it was still there, still burning coal and you had to change your shirt at least two or three times a day. So that is the genesis of the EPA? The genesis of most air pollution related, I think so. I think it was the EPA was put in play by Nixon a little later but these local districts were all created in the mid 50's. Ours was created in 1955 and everyone is freaked out about what happened to London

44:33 I mean, people bitch and moan now about carbon pollution. But they have no idea nothing there's hasn't been an event like this ever since where 4,000 people were killed 4000 dead in 100,000 made ill so that was a big deal so they started the air pollution district in 1955 to clean up the area And they did a pretty good job of it I think but It was designed to have a 15 year life Ah! I read in the bylaws is supposed to be shut down 1970 and now there's your government. I stopped never to see is 2018 still going strong people Just need to remind ourselves

CHAPTER 11 / 42 Discussion

Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court Retirement and Court Packing

Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement from the Supreme Court has sparked intense political maneuvering regarding his replacement before the midterm elections. Rumors regarding Kennedy's son's tenure at Deutsche Bank and potential ties to Donald Trump's loans have circulated in the media. Meanwhile, some Democrats have revived the idea of "packing the court," a controversial tactic famously attempted by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.

anthony kennedy· supreme court· mitch mcconnell· fdr· court packing· deutsche bank

45:31 Anyway, so these agencies once they get going and this is kind of people who study government role say this you know You start something it's job is to get more money and get a bigger budget every year And yeah, I never cut expenses in ways talk about cutting expenses They never talked about we talked about this on the show constantly. They're not cutting expenses. They're cutting the next year's budget increase The natural increase exactly So, we also have the Supreme Court issue which is... I mean this is all just Gitmo Nation stuff here but it's being talked about worldwide and I do luckily have some crazy Euroland stuff. I'd like to hear that. I have two clips because mine are just showing the slant of in this case CBS not ABC

46:21 And there was a new piece that's going around. Somebody challenged us to discuss it, which apparently the New York Times has said that somehow because Trump son knows Kennedy's son... Yeah I looked at this. Kennedy's son apparently worked at Deutsche Bank and he helped Trump get some loan, which I think is factually incorrect. But guess what? The former New York banker knows so I'm going to ask him so we'll find out if you know... So the idea is Kennedy, Judge Kennedy, Justice Kennedy worked with the Trump White House

47:02 to screw everybody by punching out at the right moment so they could elect a new, you know crazy Roe vs Wade abolishing justice. Yeah, because there was already some collusion behind the scenes with this kid and Trump. It seems to me like Trump owes him but okay that's the way I look at it like you know he owes...Trump owes this guy a favor if that story is true And the other thing is these guys are pretty..you know You're set for life when your Supreme Court justice nobody can push around or shouldn't be able to unless they have a gun to your dog's head And it's, and the guy is either insincere about quitting. I don't see him wanting to quit to give Trump the extra pick in time for before the election. So at least...I think there was some thought about that but he obviously had it in mind to quit within the next few years anyway and this would be a good time to do it because you don't want

48:02 You know, it just seems to be the most convenient way to go because they can really ramrod some guy through as long as they get the cooperation of Murkowski. And you know what? The call for is now though on on the social nets pack the court and hashtag 11. So the thinking now from the Democratic Party is we can add another member to the Supreme Court. This is what Roosevelt tried to do This is old democratic practice. Some history, tell us! Well I don't know the details...I just remember that Roosevelt tried to pack the court because he wasn't getting a response he wanted from the National Recovery Act. His National Recovery Act was unconstitutional

48:48 And I don't know the details of it, but I just know he tried to back court. It was very controversial." Yeah, good. I guess we can have more Justices on the Supreme Court? Or less. Yeah? Oh, less! That's possible too. But that would...I don't what that would take. Does that take an amendment? There is no one...this is not happening. No, I know this isn't happening but- It's a bunch of wishful thinking and hate hoaxes. What does the...I understand. But what does the legal process...would that take an amendment? I don't know. You're asking, I just really don't know offhand. I'd have to look it into it. We'll look into and we'll have the answer for everybody on Thursday. We meaning you. Okay. Since you brought it up! Okay, you got it. I'll have an answer

CHAPTER 12 / 42 Discussion

Roe v. Wade, Privacy Rights and Constitutional Basis

Legal analysis of Roe v. Wade emphasizes that the 1973 ruling was based on the right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment rather than religious or biological definitions of life. The 7-2 decision established that a woman's choice to have an abortion is protected, though the issue remains a primary "dog whistle" for political mobilization. Critics argue that public understanding of the case's constitutional mechanics remains low.

roe v wade· 14th amendment· due process· privacy· supreme court

49:30 All right, you have a second. Let's play—I have two clips because I have some commentary on the Supreme Court rundown one which i call boring it's a little boring it's only 1 minute and 30 but it just galls because they CBS brings in this woman who is a professor at Barnard or Wells, one of these women's or one of these onetime women schools. And she says she seems to be like a spook pushing the CIA line that this never got our network. This was on their streaming service and I just found it there's pushing this with just one of the show's gripes that we have and people out there listen to show know this. We complain about untruth being promulgated as memes

50:19 which is constantly going on, you know like the phony gassing in Syria that was done by the rebels and 9-9. 97% of all scientists! And 97%, most that sort of thing is galling and this woman comes on a professor... All Mexicans are rapists! Exactly we should it we need to list We do need a list Alright, hit this. held

51:19 after the midterm elections on the slim chance that perhaps Democrats will win enough seats to gain the majority in the Senate. But Senator McConnell will have none of that, he wants this vote done this fall to secure a conservative justice on the court and that's why President Trump met with several senators this week What would be palatable for them? What type of nominee? There are two pro-abortion rights Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine who have indicated they don't want to see someone overturn Roe v. Wade Senator Collins saying that she sees it as settled law so President Trump would be wise to appoint a justice who has not previously ruled in ways that seem negative toward Roe versus Wade although President Trump

52:06 told us on Air Force One yesterday he would not ask potential nominees specifically about their views on this issue because he felt it would be inappropriate. But we are standing by to see who he will meet here in the next few hours as a potential replacement for Justice Kennedy." You know what gets me is I don't think these journalists or anybody really, if you asked them point blank, What was Roe vs Wade about? And what, how does it, how does that case or what was the circumstance in that case that led to you know the legalization of abortion? I don't think most people know because it has nothing to do with the rights of the baby or death or when a child is a person. It has nothing to do with that and then I think we should just review for a second. The way it was done which I think is constitutionally very solid

53:02 the right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. That a woman, it's a woman's decision to have an abortion but it is her privacy whether she does that and whatever medical facilitator she uses for that And when you really go down the line of looking at the 14th Amendment The Due Process Clause I mean this is some pretty real basic stuff It also folds into the 5th Amendment Right, it also pushes the whole issue onto the states It certainly does, but I think that people are very confused and they think that oh this is you know whoever it is speaking Whoever the person is religious fuck. He's gonna overturn it This is not something you just overturned and by the way was a 7 to 2 ruling. That was pretty unanimous So its

53:55 But it's, well lack of knowledge. Lack of education. Yeah what is beside the point? You're right. It's beside the point because there's a point of you know it's like a point of order. It's like a vote Democrat is what it is. And that's all it is, and in fact the Democrats have been coined the phrase and I would say this a dog whistle issue. It's what Hillary used to say all the time as a dog you say Roe versus Wade you've just called out the dogs they don't know it doesn't matter what it what it's really about it's just the dog whistle

CHAPTER 13 / 42 Discussion

Amul Thapar, Potential Supreme Court Diversity

Judge Amul Thapar is being considered as a potential Supreme Court nominee, which would make him the first Indian American on the high court. Currently serving on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Thapar is noted for his conservative credentials. Other names on the shortlist include Amy Coney Barrett, as the administration looks to maintain diversity while securing a conservative judicial legacy.

amul thapar· amy coney barrett· supreme court· diversity· sixth circuit

54:32 All right, on to part two. You know a lot of talk also has been said about the Supreme Court that it's just not diverse enough especially on an ethnic level and you're making these decisions on people who come from a wide range of different backgrounds any sort of sense that he might nominate somebody who is more ethnically diverse than the current makeup of the Supreme Court? Yeah, there is one nominee who if confirmed would be the first Indian American to sit on the Supreme Court and that's Amol Thapar. He's 49 years old and currently serves on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati President Trump was also keen to mention that there are two women on his short list of possible replacements And that includes Amy Coney Barrett She's 46 years old and was appointed by President Trump to sit on the Seventh Circuit

55:21 They have these two people, first diversity. I think the court's fairly diverse already. There seem to be more Jews than in the general population that may be something to consider they never mentioned that no no no that's a say that. But they're, so that's a little unbalanced in that regard. They could use another woman but they're going to get another woman when Ruth Bader Ginsburg drops or quits or something because there are women in her place I think they're gonna try and put that Indian guy in

55:58 That would make sense. Because you get a Dinesh D'Souza type of guy, these Indian guys if they have the... These Indian guys are tough customers because they have better memories than most. You have to remember that the Indian land mass and all the Indians there were the last major civilization to have a written language And they finally adopted Sanskrit. I believe what they did over the centuries and centuries was develop an outrageous ability to memorize facts, so they didn't need it! You don't need a written language if everybody in this town knows the books just by memory. So you get these guys... A guy like this who's conservative? Oh he would be

CHAPTER 14 / 42 Discussion

Whoopi Goldberg, The View on Reproductive Rights

Whoopi Goldberg expressed strong opposition to potential changes in abortion law on "The View," framing the issue as an intrusion into personal privacy and bodily autonomy. She argued that religious beliefs should not dictate the legal rights of American citizens. Her comments reflected the emotional intensity of the debate following Justice Kennedy's retirement announcement.

whoopi goldberg· the view· roe v wade· religion· personal rights

56:51 He would be a nightmare for the Democrats. And they would have people saying no to him because he's super ethnic, he's South Asian... What are you going to do? Well, he has a penis that's the problem. Well there is that! That is one thing you can complain about but we're not absolutely sure about that. All right, let's listen to some commentary on the view regarding the Supreme Court. And of course we have Whoopi who is very very upset about this as she feels that men always want to be inside her telling what to do on the inside I don't like hearing again that i'm trying to take your rights away because I have to tell you As a woman I think you're trying to take my rights away That's right Okay? You don't care

57:40 And as a person who believes in the constitution, which tells me that I have the right to be myself and do the things i want to do. And I don't have to listen to what your religion is and I don't have to listen to what you want it to be. I have to make sure that as an American citizen... By the way here you can see see or you can hear the confusion as she truly believes Roe vs. Wade is about religion and religious beliefs, that's not the point of the clip but you can hear it. I didn't think there was a religious aspect to Roe versus Wade was there? There never... no! The zero religious aspect none That's not the ruling is purely about privacy. Not about religion. No, this is what people think uneducated idiots To what your religion is and I don't have to listen to what you want it to be I have to make sure that as an American citizen I'm doing the right stuff and taking care of business. I don't like this line that

58:38 as a Democrat or an independent or whatever is trying to take away anything from you. I'm trying to hold on to my personal rights so that you can have the rights you want, see because if you take mine...I feel like you're the one with the problem If you take my right away from me to judge what i do for my family and my body, I got a little problem with that You got a problem? You don't want people to take your guns? Well get out of my behind! Get out of my vagina! There she is once again begging people to get in so she can get him out. Yes Now but it was also get out of my behind which I do not think is related to Roe v Wade Some sort of double penetration Michael Moore was on the Bill Maher show Friday You want to hear some of that?

CHAPTER 15 / 42 Discussion

Michael Moore, The Handmaid's Tale and Fascism

Appearing on Bill Maher's program, Michael Moore urged citizens to surround the U.S. Capitol to prevent the confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice. Moore referenced the Hulu series "The Handmaid's Tale" to illustrate how fascism can take hold through small, incremental changes in societal norms. He argued that the current political climate represents a "bloodless civil war" for the future of the American judiciary.

michael moore· bill maher· the handmaid's tale· fascism· hulu· scotus

59:41 I'm game. I thought you would be. Michael Moore, look at you with the standing ovation. Standing ovation! Every time I see somebody tell me you had a Hail Mary solution to this Supreme Court pick? You think it's not a done deal? Well i don't think we should give up on the fact listen the Senate right now is 51-49 Right Sadly McCain will not be able to vote so its 50 49 vote. Right Come On Yeah, but I know we have to right. We've got to push it off till after November And I don't trust every Democrat and no the we have to hold the Democratic seats We are but look 90% of incumbents are always returned I mean so that that should we should for Democrats in Montana North Dakota But please notice how quickly how quickly this all goes too you need to vote for Democrats West Virginia They've got to do their job. They'll do their job

1:00:37 Our job is to win Nevada, Arizona and Tennessee. And they can all be won! But the vote's going to take place before that? Let's see... No? The idea is we first have to find ways to stop that vote from happening. Find ways? What does that mean, like what? Well I'll join a million other people surrounding the United States Capitol. Now we're talking! Stop the war in Vietnam! Bill let me tell you something this judge goes through for the rest of at least

1:01:12 Well, all of our lives it's a right wing court. That's it! It's over. Combined with the White House and Congress? Yes and if this is the last American president... It's a right-wing court now. Sorry? You know the thing that's always overlooked I get a kick out of it is that it's a right wing court now yeah the Kennedy has flopped over to the other side sometimes and Roberts did too so it's Kennedy and Roberts both have done this It's a right-wing court now. What's gonna change? This is a fake argument, they've got a right wing guy in there and some... They're not reversing any of the old court decisions by putting a new guy in there it's just a different right winger. Brennan's the right winger and next guy will be a right winger

1:02:00 It's nonsense. And you'll appreciate how they bring in a fictional story into this to kind of help people understand. No, no! That's it. It's over. Combined with the White House and the Congress, of course? Well yes and if this is the last American president... So okay all right well I mean you're the guy who kinda- Why can't we do this?! Because because the Republicans control the Senate and Mitch McConnell gonna call a vote before their election! Now is this unglued or unhinge which one is that I forget, I can never remember.

1:02:52 They've got millions behind them. When are we gonna start talking like that? Talking is one thing Why are we cheering We just lost the court Yeah, that's not what's important but here can I just make a serious point yes In the Handmaid's Tale I cut all this out, but the guess the director the guy from The Handmaid's Tale or whatever who was running the show He was on there as well. So that's why he's bringing in The Handmaid's Tale so we can understand how it works because you know Hulu hulu will tell us our future Let me just tell you this This is a serious point the best part of the show are the flashbacks where she tries to figure out Where was the point?

1:03:43 when it was too late. Right! Where was the point where if we had all just risen up, right? We'd just done something but because it happens in little increments... That's how fascism works. Isn't that great?! Fascism works just like The Handmaid's Tale everybody. But President... We lose one norm a week We have a president who, by the way, was not elected by the people and constantly refer- Is Norm Macdonald dead? Did we lose norm? I think you're talking about the normals. Oh! The normies... yes okay

1:04:20 ...referring to himself in the Third Reich and I'm finishing my movie because I want millions of people to get to the polls. These guys would just love it if we had a one-party system. Socialist, one party system with a commissar and all the rest of this bullshit. I hate to give you this for Bill Maher but I think Clip of the Day is deserved. I do not share this with Bill Maher or with Michael Moore at all and with that i'd like to thank you for your courage in saying good morning to you John Cena!

CHAPTER 16 / 42 Discussion

No Agenda Episode 1047, Executive Producer Donations

The show acknowledges significant donations for Episode 1047, including a $2,000 contribution from David March in honor of his late father, Sir Romano Marchi. Other major producers include Lieutenant Colonel AJ Van Steenburg, who contributed $500. The segment includes the "Value for Value" model explanation, health karma requests, and the knighting of new members into the No Agenda peerage.

canada day· david march· knighthood· aj van steenburg· sequestration· karma

1:05:13 Who put the sea in SCOTUS DEVORAK! Well, in the morning to you Mr. Adam Curry In the morning all ships that see all the boots on the ground SUBS IN THE WATER If there's any left and all the dames and knights out there In the morning to The Troll Room who are already saying your going soft on clip of the day so they didn't think it was warranted I guess It's going soft, JCD. Hey it's my determination! I'm Clip of the Day and I get to call Clip of the Day not you. It is Troll Room after all. NoAgendaStream.com where we uh... You can always listen in live and we often have a synchronized chat room with the YouTube video. You can look at the chat room and listen along And also in the morning theCZM137 he once again scored the artwork

1:05:59 The album artwork for episode 1046 titled that show, which she did on Thursday was Pot On Sale. And this was we both thought it was a good piece of art for number reasons It was the you know obviously some kind of detention camp with barbed wire with a wooden sign beautifully rendered With the skull and crossbones and it says no Wi-Fi Of course referred to the fact that there's no Wi-Fi in the camps were all gonna be locked up in And it was Nill Agenda, not NoAgenda. Nill Agenda which was nice. All kinds of little things he had in there. It's good to use. Very good piece. Which we're looking for. We are looking for that so thank you CZN137 and thanks to all the artists who always gleefully upload their artwork to noagendartgenerator.com

1:06:47 And of course, we don't always use everyone's art. But we do seem to be able to repurpose it for newsletters and tweets and other things so it's all appreciated. Of course you can also see some of this at noagendashop.com As part of our value for value model that's how it works thank you for providing that value We also have people who sent us valuable money To keep the show going since we don't take any commercials or commercial Or money from any commercial interests I'm gonna thank our executive producers and associate executive producers right now Yes, starting off with a very big contribution from David March out there in Hamilton Ontario Canada on Canada Day and we failed to mention at the beginning of the show that this is Canada Day. Yes! Happy Canada day everybody Yeah July 1st is Canada Day it's their equivalent of the 4th of July although wasn't based on a revolution

1:07:37 I saw it in the news. It was based on an evolution do they do fireworks on Canada Day? Oh, yeah, of course They do nice there'll be some nice fireworks display and most of Canada David March in Hamilton $2,000 whoa Yeah, it's two thousand dollars we get these two thousand dollar guys every so often well he does it once a year I think But I think we had one, but he does months back. David, David says once a year, but since I'm sending this note and here's directly to Adam normally do my donation around February for my birthday however this year I got the worst thing that happened where my father passed away right before my normal donations since then i've been dealing with the state and only recently got probate which is

1:08:21 process you have to go through. I didn't know how they did it in Canada, so I can make this donation to the show! I would like...I would like not just get my knighthood but get my father's posthumous knighthood as well!" Wow Now you're gonna have to uh...uh.... I don't know if Eric will ever get this right and i dont think he did So I want you to look at the thing and fix it. I will look at the thing and fix it The list of knights Yeah I think he fixed it What does he have for the father? Sir Romano Marchi. So we have sir... Does he have of the Electric City? No Well then he didn't fix it Okay, Of The Electric City I would like to be named Sir Karen Natoff of the Electric City and my father Sir Romano Marchi of The Same Got it And as soon as you put that in there it says there, go get that He didn't put the first one either Oh okay well they're both of the electric city It's going soft

1:09:25 His name's an old joke from the time he went to a mob wedding for one of his students. A joke I guess that wasn't, is not going to be explained to us." No, I guess not! He was a professor and led a full life, I would ask for karma The clip with the CB people saving the world whoa stop I feel real bad about this but Ham's are not CB people and CB. People will not save the world No, they won't even save their truck Yes that was a huge faux pas, okay

1:10:12 Yeah, well for $2,000 you can make all the faux pas you want. You can do whatever the hell he wants I agree. Saving The World and the Go podcasting clip which by the way we have not played for a long time Okay Well very sorry to hear about this loss David but I Very much look forward to knighting you as well as your dad posthumously He sounds like he was a fun guy And if you ever feel like it, we'd love to hear about the mob wedding. To learn a little bit more about him. Yeah, we like that when the apocalypse comes where are the guys who are going to save the world? Right. You've got karma. You're right at that gopay. That was that was an actual you actually doing that right at that event. I'm not sure.

1:11:02 I think the mic drop was added. You added that, but you go podcasting and when you gave a speech they wouldn't invite you back after that? Well, I entered the Hall of Fame it's hard to do it again. That's good point! Okay now we have our colonel came in AJ Lieutenant Colonel USMC retired in Carlsbad California Sir Joseph, Baron of Southern California. And indeed he is the Baron of Southern California He's in Carlsbad $500. Nice thank you! He sent a nice little note on the Semper Fi letterhead

1:11:44 ITM Adam and John encloses my donation for our household omnibus budget for the second quarter of the fiscal year. I love how he does an omnibus for the household, it just tickles me! I like it a lot! I'm going to do the same thing. I've considering the same yeah Yeah yes you two are still in the budget let's take this opportunity to encourage other producers Can you imagine saying your kids well you're still in the budget But we have a, what do you call it? What's the word when you were cutting him. Yeah. What was it called the God think of it. Think of it because you've got to come and chat room must know whether you cut the budget for a year because of the yeah, you couldn't increase rule. Ah well they'll get there again. They'll get it

1:12:36 Yes, you two are still in the budget. And let me take this opportunity to encourage other producers who are listening to keep John and Adam in their thoughts and in their budgets. Sequestration? Sequestration yeah we haven't been sequestrated. Thank You Troll Room I knew they'd do it. Castration could that be one? That's different! I had planned to use my sealing wax to attach this check to my note so John would not misplace it among his quote-unquote other papers But I had to trade in my night ring for a smaller size as the one I ordered was way too big. My mistake! So, I'll just take my chances No jingles but i could use a bit more of your health karma Thank you respectfully AJ Van Steenburg Here ya go sir Health karma for you on its way You've got Karma Thank you very much for your courage In more ways than one Keep that note...in my collection of notes

CHAPTER 17 / 42 Discussion

Listener Feedback, Rihanna and Career Success Stories

Listeners shared personal updates, including one producer who sold a digital engagement startup to a major pharmaceutical company. The hosts discussed their musical preferences, noting that Rihanna has replaced Green Day in their current rotation. The segment concludes the first half of the donation acknowledgments, focusing on "Jobs Karma" and the "Value for Value" funding model.

rihanna· green day· startups· pharmaceutical· jobs karma· executive producers

1:13:35 Which I do have most emailed topic. Can John do more of the crumbs and Rihanna stuff? People love that story, man! Yeah it wasn't much of a story... It's just the idea that you get high and then go listen to Rihanna What else would you do? Wouldn't any normal person do that? One guy says, oh my gosh this is beyond my imagination that he would listen to Rihanna I know that Rihanna has replaced Green Day for several months now in the hot rotation. Yeah, yeah well Green Day's kind of lost its mojo. I'll say! All right onward Paul Arsenault and Jasper Alberta 333 33 thank you for your twice weekly dose of sanity yes thank you thank you for supporting it

1:14:37 Ken Burkett, 333.33 in South Lake Texas. NJNK you've been an avid listener since the single digits your program has above all enlightened me through the uneven times of launching my startup digital engagement platform which I just sold to a major pharmaceutical company Love and Light! Alright nice Congrats, I wonder what it was he had and how he sold it. We've been a part of his success though. I feel proud Well good at least there's that well any also helped us Wesley and he's an executive producer for show 1047 add that to your list see young Jamestown New York $300 real entrepreneur and executive producer That's how you write down young has sent us anything in the mail this came in as a But one of those bank checks hmm

1:15:34 I'll just do a quick Young check using squirrel mail. See if there's anybody with the last name of you, Jeffrey Young. I'll use the outlooks. Jeffrey Young but it is January 7th which we didn't read. What do i have? Donated via PayPal and requests to travel in Jobs Karma this donation is sitted up but not my karma request. The karma request was never given on the show today. Oh no! Yeah but he only had 6969 so it didn't work out. This time He does $300 through the bank, so we're giving him travel and jobs karma. You got it! Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs... Let's vote for jobs! You've got karma. Traveling jobs Well that was a different Jeffery Young, so Wesley Young well you both get it yeah

1:16:28 Yeah, good work. Sir Patrick Knight of the Southern California Hills $250 to be our first executive by the way Wesley Young was 300 yeah I think he said that 250 for Sir Patrick overdue Mother's and Father's Day donations showing support for all the great people in my life sir Patrick Knight of the SoCal hills okay thank you sir whatever whatever 2456 Can I change my name from Sir Whatever to Sir Dignify? Dignity, sir. Dignity." Yes you can! Okay, you're now sir dignity. No no he gets an official title change in the second nation But now okay well after the title changes her dignity I was in a shitty spot back when I'm much happier me these days Love you to have donated and yet hasn't donated in years You've been de-douche

1:17:26 Keep blowing in the direction of that recorder. Oh, geez don't encourage it! Yeah? Don't encourage it! Sir Marcellus in Scottsdale, Arizona $210.12 please don't use my real name okay we didn't you got lucky dear sirs please give me a shot of your strongest job cover for new jobs I have applied to i really use it as my I could really use this my current job takes all my sweat blood and tears I fear my corporate masters will next ask before my soul

1:18:03 I would work someplace else to be honest about it if that ever happened. The funny part is, I worked for a company on the list of the Fortune 100 top best companies to work for! Who knew marketing wasn't only for customers but also potentially future employees? Slaves. Please send out some karma to all the No Agenda listeners too. Spread that love Sir Marcellus. Then he's got some... He was Associate Executive Producer episode 463, Executive Producer episodes 743, 101 and 1040. Thank you very much! Extra special Jobs Karma for you. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. And jobs. Let's vote for jobs!

1:18:49 You've got karma. There you go, and then it wraps up for our Executive Associate Executive Producer ships for show 1047 want to thank all these folks are making the show possible Yeah Thank you so much our producers who we think upfront It's just like Hollywood where you see it on the TV shows people who brought in the money they get this special mention In the front and of course We want to thank as many people as possible have our second donation segment for that $50 and above And a reminder that we have another show coming up on Thursday. Remember us at vorac dot org slash N A now that you know how Roe v Wade is working, July 4th is going to be fun! Our formula is this we go out, We hit people in the mouth. I have a little local color I'm gonna throw in here and then sure things down with it

CHAPTER 18 / 42 Discussion

ShotSpotter, California Freeway Shooting Detection System

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is testing the ShotSpotter system along Highway 4 to detect and locate freeway shootings in real-time. The technology uses acoustic sensors to pinpoint gunfire, which then triggers cameras to capture license plate data. Since 2015, there have been 136 reported freeway shootings in the Bay Area, prompting this high-tech surveillance expansion.

shotspotter· chp· bay area· freeway shootings· surveillance· ssti

1:19:51 We're putting out in a highway for they're putting a shot spotter system. Ah, SSTI great stock to play. Yeah, it's true. That thing rocketed up its got long way to go so this on the freeway And this will be the first freeway, because you know freeway shootings happen every so often. This is a system that hears a gunshot reports it directly to the police and then flips on cameras and they can listen in and check everything immediately? Yeah well this one goes a little further it actually zooms in on the car they think the shots coming from... It moves the cameras around into direction of shot spotter plus! And gets a license again read licenses

1:20:38 So let's listen to a couple of these because there is an Ask Adam in here. Let us hear the little background on Shot Spotter 1. Suspects involved in freeway shootings NBC Bears Christy Smith joins us live along Highway 4 with how it works and what people need to know, Christy? Well the CHP is telling us that testing should be underway out here by about 11 o'clock tonight and that could mean closures, brief delays for drivers but they believe this is a key part in reducing freeway shootings. We'll probably only have you stop for a minute or two and then open up the freeways right after. They're gonna be shooting left and right so now I haven't asked Adam there's

1:21:23 There's a piece of information here I'm going to ask you at the end of this part two. Oops, there we go. It's gonna be a combination of live fire and blank ammunition for different acoustics for the calibration of the shot spotter sensors so this is the first shot spotter installation test on state freeways. The testing is a key part of a freeway security network to help officers try and pinpoint the time and location of shootings. The CHP says since 2015 Okay, you did kind of step on the clip so I don't know if I missed some pertinent information. Here's what they here's the question since 2015 there have been how many freeway shootings? I believe this is in Northern California but we'll just put all of Cali I think in Northern California

1:22:14 In all of Northern California since when? All the freeways, freeway shootings. Freeway shootings only. Freeway shootings! How about 10? Okay... Play it. The CHP says since 2015 there have been 136 freeway shootings in the Bay Area. That's a lot I guess. In the bay area, 136 freeway shootings in one of the areas of the country where housing is most expensive in the world We're doomed. Yeah, 136 I like to 10 though that's the logical thing you think who does a hundred and thirty six shooting they should have put this system up years ago Wow well again again consider moving you guys in Texas got nothing on us when it comes to shooting it up yeah That's true so Sunday Thursday was a was a show day and of course we had

CHAPTER 19 / 42 Discussion

Capital Gazette Shooting, Jarrod Ramos Newsroom Massacre

Jarrod Ramos was identified as the suspect in the shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland, which left five people dead. Ramos had a long-standing grudge against the paper following a 2011 article about his harassment of a high school classmate. Police used facial recognition technology to identify Ramos after he was found hiding under a desk at the scene.

capital gazette· jarrod ramos· maryland· facial recognition· newsroom massacre· defamation

1:23:16 This horrible shooting at the Capital Gazette in Maryland. I do have the latest summary wrap-up if you want to play that before you make your commentary Yes, which one is it? A newspaper massacre! Could you announce that again?! Newspaper massacre! Tonight the chilling oath revealed in court documents showing a years-long grudge against the Capital Gazette by the man who allegedly opened fire into its newsroom, killing five. Jared Ramos writing in 2014 that he has sworn a legal oath that he would like to kill one of the paper's writers

1:23:57 And he still would. That writer three years earlier penning this article, Jared wants to be your friend detailing the chilling online encounters between Ramos and a high school classmate that classmates according to her attorney leaving the state in fear. Ramos pled guilty to harassment. He befriended her on Facebook and he would use all the information that he gathered from her to attack her He would tell her to do things like hang herself. Ramos upset at the article lashing out on Twitter in this tweet writing that he wished two of the paper's editors would cease breathing. We had actually contacted the police. Police interviewed Ramos but claim employees at the paper did not want to press charges because it might inflame the situation an officer involved in the investigation writing that he did not

1:24:42 believe that Ramos was a threat. Now, Ramos is behind bars facing five counts of first-degree murder as hundreds took to the streets Friday to remember the five people killed in the shooting Thursday and Tom tonight investigators hope that the suspect will cooperate with them so they can start piecing together what allegedly turned online threats into a newsroom massacre. Newsroom Massacre And what I like about it is he says to the cops, I've sworn a legal oath to kill these people. What is he talking about? Well, oops! I did some research on that. Uh...I pulled up these court cases and I think there's some reporting that is being omitted from the convo

1:25:30 But first, we need a couple of other details. It's always annoying when you hear this report just after a mass killing... is the police response. It has just been incredible. The Anne Arundel County Police have been training for an active shooter situation just one week ago, they had a drill to prepare for a situation just like this and they were on the scene within 60 seconds. The governor and the mayor have said that they went in without hesitating They exhibited tremendous courage and without them it is almost certain that there would have been several more lives lost, several more people injured. But just a very sad scene out here and really... You know one of these days they'll actually do a drill when the act of shooting takes place It's always right after. Didn't they do that once already?

1:26:21 No, no it's always right after the drill. I thought it was once...I thought there was a few years back there was one that was right they were doing the drill right nearby while the thing was taking place Oh yeah I do recall Yeah I'm not sure exactly which one it was and then there was a lot of confusion you know the response time was 90 seconds and it was 60 seconds and then they transported and they were there immediately is lots of things and then this The Chicago Police Department in conjunction with the CTA are adding 50 new high-tech cameras to see ATAL stops along the red line both inside and outside of the stations, and on the trains themselves.

1:26:56 Following stations. I'm sorry, this is completely wrong clip. I'm so sorry This is the one I meant to play after five people were fatally shot police closed in and found Ramos hiding under a desk But for hours after arresting him they had no idea who he was He said almost nothing So they used the state's facial recognition system to identify him leading to a search of his apartment where investigators say they found signs that he planned the attack well in advance So the other clip which I played out of order was you know this facial recognition is coming into play And although this was a police database. I'm sure what is happening now Is it Facebook finally has everybody you to Dvorak? You go to a meetup during the database your face is scanned It's in the database The picture of course the pictures people upload if not that is

CHAPTER 20 / 42 Discussion

Media Narratives, Journalists as Targets of Violence

Following the Capital Gazette shooting, media outlets like MSNBC explored whether the attack was a result of President Trump's rhetoric regarding "fake news" being the "enemy of the people." Journalists debated if they are now specific targets of domestic terrorism, drawing comparisons to the Charlie Hebdo attack in France. Critics argue the shooting was a case of workplace violence stemming from a personal legal grudge rather than political incitement.

msnbc· donald trump· fake news· charlie hebdo· milo yiannopoulos· workplace violence

1:27:49 The most data you give away, in my opinion... I don't upload stuff like that. No, I'm not accusing you of that. People are foolish to do it as a public service. I'm saying you give away so much information by uploading your pictures to these services I mean, they're not just looking at facial recognition. Does he have a dog? Where are you? Are you on vacation? Who else is in the picture? There's tons of information that is... If I was a professional criminal robbing people, oh man this is like it's a goldmine era! MSNBC did the best job, I think right as this occurred of blaming it on the president. Now I thought that was just they did such a good job that I clipped it for us and here we go! Clint you and I talked a little earlier about whether or not

1:28:38 And this is all with the scenes of the, you know, the cops there and everything's unfolding so it's kind of just voiceover but here you go. This might be a targeted killing of journalists and we don't have that information right now what we do know is that the NYPD has deployed counterterrorism units to media organizations in New York The president was asked about his past criticism the media. He has said, by the way the President of the United States has said the media is the enemy." Uh no! I just got to stop it to remind us he said fake news is the enemy of the people

1:29:15 Never said that wolf blitzer took this and said oh, there's another example of a meme That's being perpetrated to get people to vote Democrat asked about the president's criticism Now just on his way back from Wisconsin the president and his staff Sarah Huckabee Sanders said The president and his staff do not believe violence is acceptable in any situation And we stand by that but Clint East let's just call a spade a spade I The press is under some pressure and for the moment you can't put out of your mind the fact that this was a shooting at a newspaper. Now, this is...the situation that unfolds in this case

1:29:57 I find extremely interesting because journalists take on a new stance and they sometimes don't even get out of it. But this idea that they're being targeted, that they are the enemy of the people... And this is factually incorrect! They've completely made this up although I can see if you're not a good journalist and you just gloss over things you may see fake news and read ah the media But I think the president in fact says there are many good people in the media. Fake news is the enemy of the people, yes? I got into a debate with my Lib Joe buddies... Your Lib Joes! Oh boy okay And one of them goes on and says- I calmed him down even though if he just listens to this show What was he upset about

1:30:43 He was upset about this shooting saying that we, this is targeting journalists. It's pretty much what the MSNBC people said we've got to make a big fuss about this and I said no that's just the opposite making a big fuss about school shootings has resulted in what? More school shootings This is just one of these things that's like a it's almost like a fad amongst the clinically insane. You start, it's the same as remember the postal workers some years back when they're going postal? It became a meme and there were more and more of these shootings until they stopped covering it

1:31:19 Yeah, unless you want to get a bunch of journalists killed. I just shut up about it You'll hear this Ali Vesher I think his name is you'll hear him say something so bizarre because he can't get it out of his mind that He actually wants this to be he wants this to be a targeting shooting a targeted shooting against Journalists and the media in general you'll hear him Say it can't put out of your mind The fact that this was a shooting at a newspaper. I don't know what i wish it to be, I don't want it to be a domestic situation, I don't want it to be somebody with a grudge against their boss but we cannot discount the idea that there may be a targeting of Trump." Now if he says I don't want it to be a domestic situation... Wow! That is just- that is a great catch you know? He's saying

1:32:07 I don't want it to be anything but what it is, which is a shooting of a journalist. Yes! You could interpret in a different way... I don't want it to be what it is. I wanted to be this. I wanted to be a sh- Yeah I mean, is that the truth that just wanted to come out or am i just hearing this? The truth's about to come out. It's sick! Is it possible that I'm just in a wrong dimension and I hear it a different way that people clearly... oh he clearly talking like you know it could be anything you know doesn't want anybody to be hurt but That's not really what he said. I don't want it to be a domestic situation, i don't want it to be somebody with a grudge against their boss but we cannot discount the idea that there may be a targeting of journalists. Yeah you know? New ISO. It's a troubling time in America We've had media personalities just in the last week that have essentially advocated they like to see vigilantes go at journalists Who said that

1:33:11 Have you seen it? I think they're taking Milo. Milo came out of context. Oh, Milo! He said something stupid and then we know he's a media personality So it's really the first time that we've had to seriously consider this in our own country We've seen it with terrorists before by the way. We saw what the Charlie Hebdo attack in France And we've also seen even in the case of Comedy Central at one point was being threatened by extremists. Now, I love this! So we've seen with journalists, we're seeing it with Charlie Hebdo which was Muslim radical terrorist Muslims who went up and shot up the newsroom because they put a depiction of Muhammad on the front page and then Comedy Central? First of all, Comedy Central not known for its journalists?! And what was that about??

1:33:55 It was radical Islamic terrorists who were going against South Park because they showed a cartoon depiction of Muhammad, or they were going to. And you remember that whole... So they're bringing that in as- so we've seen this with Comedy Central has nothing to do with it! Nothing and you guys are these guys are unhinged. Yes, but this is a whole new era It really has brought in this new aspect to it where we would traditionally look as this workplace violence Is this a personal grudge? We at this point have to really have to add it to the mix something John we got added to the mix. We gotta add it to the mix

1:34:35 is specifically targeting media and media outlets. It's an entirely new perspective. It is, it is. This was not what this was about in the least! Well they didn't know at this point but they wanted to be. We enjoy having to cover but we are going to cover it One major league category that would be said could he be attacking journalists because they are journalists or because of something they have written? And that will be a major lead category. That could certainly be over in a matter of hours if as Jim says, that's not what this is it is just unfortunate that in 2018 That's where our mind goes and In fairness part of it goes there because the person has to go media is the enemy of people Yeah, yeah, did you hear the last bit said it again? Yeah Because the anime the media is they enemy the people okay well You're making it up now what is not really discussed is

CHAPTER 21 / 42 Discussion

Facebook Stalking, The Jarrod Ramos Defamation Suit

The 2011 Capital Gazette article that provoked Jarrod Ramos detailed his year-long harassment of a woman on Facebook. Ramos sued the paper for defamation but lost the case and subsequent appeals, as the court found the reporting to be factually accurate. The incident serves as a warning about the dangers of engaging with strangers on social media and the persistence of digital footprints in legal disputes.

facebook· jarrod ramos· defamation· cyberstalking· eric thomas hartley· privacy

1:35:24 What led him to this? Yeah, there's some ancillary like oh you know something about a court case and but he was very upset about An article written in the end of G. This was in 2011 by staff writer Eric Thomas Hartley Yeah, he's not even there anymore. No nor is the editor at the time but what's definitely not coming up in this conversation is how dangerous face bag is and I think it's a disservice that it's not being reported on so I will read to you the article that made him mad He sued the paper over the article over defamation And the article was written in a snarky shit way

1:36:09 Which is typical and you know, tough luck. That's basically what the judge said and he so he lost He appealed he lost again They said view may not like how the article was written but nothing in the article was infactual So it was a protection of the freedom of the press But I need to read it to you because when you when you hear this It's like holy shit get your kid off Facebook that article was titled Jared wants to be your friend If you're on Facebook, you've probably gotten a friend request or message from an old high school classmate you didn't quite remember. For one woman that experience turned into a year-long nightmare Out of the blue Jared Ramos wrote and thanked her for being the only person to ever say hello Or be nice to him in school Sound familiar people ever see one of those? She didn't remember him so he sent pictures she googled him found a yearbook picture And realized they apparently did go to Arundel High together

1:37:06 He was having some problems so she wrote back and tried to help, suggesting a counseling center. Mistake! Do not respond to idiots on Facebook I just thought i was being friendly she said That sparked months of messages in which Ramos alternatively asked for help called her vulgar names and told her to kill herself. He emailed her company and tried to get her fired She stopped writing back and told him to stop, but he continued. When she blocked him from seeing her Facebook page he found things she wrote on other people's pages and taunted her with it attaching screenshots of the postings to some of his emails. You're not safe on Facebook!

1:37:45 She called police and for months he stopped, but then he started again nastier than ever. All this without having seen her in person since high school They never met until they came to court a couple of months ago now it goes on But this whole drama played out over Facebook and no one's really reporting on this part of it Yeah was stalking cyber stalking toxic masculinity whatever it was But, you know and the article it's I'm not gonna read the whole thing but there's some snark in it. From what I could see there was nothing factually incorrect The only real mistake here is don't respond to morons who are saying hello to you on... Get off Facebook! It's dangerous. Yep

1:38:30 And I think someone in the media should say, hey this is what happened and lots of people got lucky a lot of people didn't get lucky. Don't engage with people and get off Facebook! And Twitter and Instagram and Snapchat. Journalists are on Facebook Yeah, and the ones who aren't on Facebook or technologically backward And they don't know anything about anything so they can't comment on it. You're the only guy well me But I have different approach to this you're one of the few people that can actually make what you just did with that little editorial Thing you just did right there a little dis that discussion. Mm-hmm. You're like one two people that could do that Why can we do that?

CHAPTER 22 / 42 Discussion

Uber Privacy, Driver Interference in Personal Relationships

A San Francisco woman reported a disturbing incident where an Uber driver returned to her home to leave a note for her boyfriend, claiming she was cheating. The driver had allegedly witnessed the woman hugging a male friend before the ride began. The story highlights growing concerns regarding the lack of professional boundaries and privacy protections within the gig economy.

uber· privacy· san francisco· relationship drama· silicon valley· ethics

1:39:14 Well, because we're funded by the... Yes. Exactly. Not by advertisers or by Facebook or by tech companies or mattress firms Or by underwear companies. Or shavers! Oh you want to hear a horrible face bag story? Sure Alright so my hairdresser who cuts my hair I see her yesterday and she says, oh my god this was a horrible thing that happened to me. Now she moved in with her boyfriend about a year ago you know she's 40 he's 40 yeah they've had relationships etc with other people now they're together and they're very happy and they're really making it work and it just it's uh...it's a good vibe then I know because of she'd been cutting my hair for years so we talk about stuff until I know how she's doing

1:40:13 And there was a friend of hers, male friend in from San Francisco. So she went out to dinner with him downtown in the city and her boyfriend didn't go along but he knew you know he was going out and he was staying at the JW Marriott so she gets an Uber and says she hugs him goodbye on the corner of Colorado and 4th And she gets in the car, the Uber driver woman. Young woman in her mid-twenties drives her home and she's home and then about 10 minutes later The uber comes roaring back up The woman you know is like honking a horn Boyfriend goes out to see what's the matter She hands him a note and it says You know your girlfriend's cheating on you because I just saw her making out with this guy before she got into my car What? Yeah

1:41:04 Which, you know... and just think about it. What are you gonna say? How's this a Facebook story? It sounds like an Uber horror story. Why did I bring Facebook into it? Maybe I equate Facebook with Uber for the same thing for some reason that's weird That was weird. I'm sorry! I don't know why I did that It was a good story, but it was in the wrong place. But you kind of blew it up by calling it a Facebook horror story? You know that is because I equate them as the same Silicon Valley evil, I guess. Geez! I'm sorry... That was a brain fart. Cross circuit to me. All right then back to this- Well okay let's start over but let's say okay what happened was so the Uber driver busted. How would an Uber driver be aware that she has a boyfriend

1:41:56 Maybe he met her when she got home or something, but you know it's like what is going on Why would somebody do that? Yeah and knows in now of course that caused strife in the relationship. You know like that's not true Well the uber driver just said it You know, maybe the Uber driver was a lesbian who's hitting on her. The Uber driver definitely had some issue but it's just like crazy. It's crazy! Stop using Facebook stop using Uber stop using all this crazy stupid shit and Jim Acosta really did a great little bit and the video is in the show notes this is now we're back to the journo killing

CHAPTER 23 / 42 Discussion

Jim Acosta, Staged Confrontations at Trump Rallies

CNN reporter Jim Acosta was criticized for allegedly staging a dramatic confrontation with President Trump for the cameras. Video footage showed Acosta instructing his crew to turn on lights for a specific "truth to power" moment before immediately signaling to turn them off once the clip was captured. Critics cite this as an example of performative journalism that contributes to the "fake news" narrative.

jim acosta· cnn· donald trump· fake news· journalism· white house

1:42:39 And this is a really cool piece of video because it shows him at the very back of, you know Trump was doing some talking up there on stage and he's way in the back. He gets his camera crew to turn the light on so that he is well lit for this little thing he does here. Mr President will you stop calling us the enemy of the people sir? Will you stop calling the press the enemy of the people sir? All right, then he turns around he goes to his crew says okay we're done turn the light off It was completely staged drama for him to look like he's speaking truth to power or some bullcrap like that. That is ridiculous Yeah, that's why it's fake news Exactly as a good example that is fake news and that kind of stuff is the enemy of the people

1:43:38 I think, well in that regard sure. It's trying to buffalo the public very disturbing and Acosta is probably the worst guy he has been pointed at a million times but CNN loves the guy. Yeah, yeah he's a douche part of the humpty dumpty media they fell off the wall thousand pieces couldn't put themselves back together again They're just done.

CHAPTER 24 / 42 Discussion

Helsinki Summit, Trump and Putin Meeting Analysis

Political analysts are debating the potential outcomes of the upcoming summit between President Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. Critics like Professor Kimberly Martin suggest Putin holds the diplomatic advantage, citing Trump's recent negotiations with North Korea as a precedent for giving up concessions without verified results. Supporters argue that establishing a dialogue is a necessary step toward stabilizing international relations.

helsinki summit· vladimir putin· donald trump· kim jong-un· finland· north korea

1:44:24 She can't get on the real show, I don't think. And she drops these meme bombs all over the place while she is a big expert on Russia and the summit coming up so this is the summit Russia Trump wants to meet with Putin right here's a summit summary CBS slanted one Vladimir Putin for a summit in Finland a little more than two weeks from now Some say the meeting holds the promise for better relations between the two nations. Others fear that Mr Trump may embolden Putin and could drive a wedge between the US and its European allies Here to discuss the summit is Kimberly Martin, professor of political science at Barnard College Columbia University. Kimberly good morning Good morning Thank you for having me back Thanks for coming back So in this meeting between the two Trump or Putin does one of them hold the advantage here in diplomatic

1:45:17 relations? No question Putin does because he's a very clever man. Cleverness and trying to get advantage over your opponent is something that's really valued in Russian political culture, and I mean he has been in that position for so long and he's accomplished so much internationally whereas we know that Trump kind of got taken advantage of in his recent summit in North Korea. He didn't seem to get much out of Kim Jong-un even if he doesn't see it Yeah, he doesn't see it that way but really the United States didn't get North Korea to change much of its behavior But the US gave up military exercises with South Korea for right now Okay. Let's go over this please so here she is with her all you know He got suckered because Trump said dummy as if this is trumps a dummy thing and So he didn't get much with North Korea He had a meeting which was getting a lot since no one else has been able to do this

1:46:10 He calmed the tensions and Kim Jong-un, according to this woman is just doing what he's doing. He hasn't dropped another bomb, hasn't sent off another missile. He was doing it monthly before. Immediately before the meeting, he turned over this hostages that or hostages, the three prisoners that were Americans Almost right off the bat without anything in exchange. And then he has, although it's not being reported much as we've been reporting the conservative press, he actually is delivering missing in action corpses. Yeah they're already there already.

1:46:46 Hundreds that have been delivered, I believe. Yes hundreds but that and meanwhile Trump stopped the military exercises so by this woman's standards which i say would also be the industrial military industrial complex standards uh trump got nothing he got nothing and kim jung-un got everything because trump stopped the military exercises which as far as i'm concerned they wasted the taxpayers money to begin with So what is wrong with these people to have a woman like this, this Kimberly woman, this professor going on and on like this and not giving us any details whatsoever? And then giving us a very slanted kind of look at things.

1:47:29 With it in mind that Putin's gonna somehow screw us. I just found it very annoying to listen to this. And by the way, she's got this face and she scrunches up...I think she's a lizard! If you look at the Dimension B take on these stories You can look at everything the way they look at it, and I understand what they're seeing. What they want to see is well... Hey, the other presidents just weren't stupid to give Kim Jong-un all this recognition on a big stage. Remember that LA Times guy who got fired because he was

CHAPTER 25 / 42 Discussion

North Korea, Intelligence Reports on Nuclear Fuel Production

NBC News reported that U.S. intelligence agencies believe North Korea has increased production of nuclear fuel at secret sites despite ongoing diplomacy. Senator Cory Booker criticized the administration's "maximum pressure" strategy, calling the negotiations a "Commander-in-Chief malpractice." However, some observers question the validity of these reports, noting they rely on unidentified officials and lack formal intelligence assessments.

nbc news· north korea· uranium· cia· cory booker· deep state

1:48:08 He was in direct contact with CIA and propagating CIA stories. Yeah, well he got caught is what happened. Right but he came out with a new one I guess he works for NBC now And so now, oh yeah. US intelligence believes North Korea is making more nuclear bomb fuel despite talks! Oh yes. In a report on Friday NBC said what it described as the latest US intelligence assessment appeared to go counter to sentiments expressed by Donald Trump NBC quoted five unidentified US officials as saying that in recent months North Korea had stepped up production of enriched uranium for nuclear weapons, even as it engaged in diplomacy with the United States. This is your deep state bull crap right here! Whatever this may have to say...this is the hermit kingdom nobody knows what's going on in the hermit kingdom its mysterious yet we know this? Yeah

1:49:02 Yep, uh-huh yeah NBC quoted one senior didn't really quote but quoted one senior US intelligence official unnamed as saying that North Korea's decision ahead of the summit to suspend nuclear missile test was Unexpected and the fact that two sides were taking was a positive step however Work is ongoing to deceive us on the number of facilities the number of weapons and number of missiles. We are watching closely oh brother right Yeah, and AP picks that up Reuters picks it up. And they just all you know It's the it's the old according to The Ugandan Times

1:49:41 So now they're just reporting on... That's the old trick, you CIA plants stories. This is in all the books. All the books talking about good ideas. You plant a story with some sympathetic-sympathetic, some stooge that works for ya. You plant this story in The Ugandan Times, they print it, you pick it up and use that as the source or somehow this is legit Or you send it off to Rachel, Rach And she's there with the Corpsmeister. Joining us once again here live in studio, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. Senator I wanted to ask you to stay over because in part because of your role on the foreign relations committee. Just to get your response to this kind of shocking new report that just broken from NBC News.

1:50:28 U.S. intelligence agencies believe that North Korea has increased its production of fuel for nuclear weapons at multiple secret sites in recent months, US officials tell NBC News. The intelligence assessment has not been... this intelligence assessment has not been previously reported it seems to counter the sentiments expressed by President Donald Trump who tweeted after his... There is no intelligence assessment! It's just there is no document that's been released. ...that there was no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea analysts at the CIA and other intelligence agencies don't see it that way according to more than a dozen American officials who are familiar with this new assessment. What's your reaction? There is no assessment! Well before we even get to this stunning revelation, it was already stunning to me if this was a movie plot and I was sitting in a film watching about American foreign policy I would whisper somebody this can't happen in real life that a president

1:51:20 would engage with a totalitarian dictator who's murdered and slaughtered his people, call him honorable. Suspend our operations give them propaganda fuel by saying that our joint exercises are provocative it's basically giving into their propaganda not that this is about defending our allies defending South Korea there were so many gifts in this and what did we get? things we already had a commitment to denuclearization no timeline no verification protocols uh apparently the opposite of that if they're continuing to develop their program absolutely we didn't ask them before so now we have intelligence agencies coming out and saying they are going they are in they're not coming out and saying that it's unidentified officials reported by the fired la time guys working for a time guy working for nbc it's not enriching uranium at a faster

1:52:11 pace so nothing the president said is true we now have taken off of our maximum pressure strategy. We've relieved that pressure. We've undermined our allies, but not informing them that we're even doing some of the actions we did." This is just a malpractice... Commander-in-Chief malpractice plain and simple in allowing this leader to continue to get over on the United States in ways it wasn't even happening under previous administrations. Oh God! Okay fine. So you see what's peace? I mean for god sake what is wrong with these people?! They want war

1:52:48 They do, they're warmongers. Whatever happened to the Democrat Party that it became a warmonger party? It wasn't when I was in a member of that party! What happened? What did the Democrats...why didn't they change to being pro-war? Pro-war, pro military, pro banks?! Yeah. What what happened how did that work and why does everybody put up with it I mean, again, go back to these stupid demonstrations that just happened. You know where you had all these people protesting absolutely a moot point? Well when you think about it It's still... A lot of this the genesis of all this Trump hate is based around 1970s 1960s hate of the Russians and fear of the Russians so you know would make sense if they're also still protesting like Vietnam was going on

CHAPTER 26 / 42 Discussion

Podesta Emails, Russian Meddling Claims

Debate continues over the origin of the leaked Podesta emails during the 2016 election. While intelligence agencies attribute the hack to Russian actors using the persona Guccifer 2.0, some analysts point out that the timing was strategically aligned with negative news cycles for the Trump campaign. The role of the Obama administration in responding to these cyber activities in late 2016 remains a point of contention.

john podesta· wikileaks· guccifer 2.0· barack obama· 2016 election· russia

1:53:40 Stop the war now. What's your second clip here? Play part two of the That's not as good. Part two of the slanted report, I think she has a couple more zingers in there that she has to throw in. And we have to remember that Obama had brought up the election meddling with Putin back in September 2016 and it did no good whatsoever because a month later what did the Russians do? They released those Podesta emails just at a really crucial time when Trump had been accused or had admitted that he had been engaged in some behavior that didn't make him look too savory with women. And the timing of that indicates it was a Russian ploy and so what Obama had said a month earlier did nothing to stop Russians from doing that

1:54:26 So the Russians released the Podesta emails. Yeah, when was this? The Russians did it I would like to know when this was if i was being interviewed or interviewing this woman I'd say what exactly did the russians release that podesta emails and what method I mean where I never saw any Russian releasing anything no now the Guccifer 2.0 who was Romanian Oh, that was Guccifer was the Russians. Okay. Yeah, that's new. You could have said well Guccifer released and he is believed to be a front for the Russians but it's the Russians! I mean you didn't see it in the Russian... This is unbelievable to me that they would they can't tell the truth and of course this is that old Dutch saying they call Trump a liar because there are the liars

CHAPTER 27 / 42 Discussion

Stephen Cohen, Washington Post Intelligence Leaks

Professor Stephen Cohen highlighted a December 2017 Washington Post story that suggested the CIA had a mole inside the Kremlin. Cohen argued that leaking such sensitive information to the press constitutes a major intelligence felony that endangers high-level assets. He questioned whether the leak was a genuine breach of national security or a fabricated narrative intended to influence public perception of the Russia investigation.

stephen cohen· washington post· cia· kremlin· steele dossier· leaks

1:55:23 And because... What you say of others, you are yourself. Because of our value network system that we deploy and employ on this show, we have producers around the globe who listen to all kinds of stuff. More than any news desk could do quite honestly is because just how big it is. And Michael Zulu I'll call him he's been supplying me with good stuff and he caught something on The John Batchelor Show with our buddy Professor Stephen Cohen

1:56:00 who we feel is really a Russian expert. He's the guy that really knows stuff and he came up with a doozy about this whole Steele dossier which by the way has never been amended or changed, did I see that? I didn't clip it but I think Tucker Carlson had some Russian guy on like the... he was named in the Steele dossier This is the guy who paid the Russians to hack the DNC And so the guy's on with his lawyer, and they're chatting a little bit. He's like of course I didn't do anything! Oh by the way not a single person has contacted me about the Steele dossier Not law enforcement...not the Mueller investigation What? The guy mentioned as paying for the hacking of the DNC server and arranging that

1:56:57 Is is named in the dossier yet? The Mueller team has not spoken with him. That's kind of fascinating weird So here's Cohen and he I think he's discovered something very important in December 2017 if people want to look it up It was December 15th, The Washington Post published an enormous story ran halfway through the front section on how Obama treated the reports he was getting, of course he knew all about them. But the reports that he was getting that the Russians had intervened to help Trump and buried in the middle of this must have been 10 thousand words John is a paragraph which says this now bear in mind that the intelligence community report published in January had said they knew a lot of stuff they couldn't tell us it said believe us

1:57:50 because it was too classified. Buried in this, because this story had been based on leaks from the CIA is this sentence... He doesn't use a computer or cell phone so it's one of the two either they had a listening device in his office or they had a mole And this is in the Washington Post. And by the way, in its editorial following up two days later it's more explicit It says American intelligence had intelligence from inside the Kremlin So let me ask you a question Would you say if you were running American Intelligence that that was really valuable asset you had there? Would you leak to the Washington Post so Russians could kill the guy? Alright, what do think this was I asked you

1:58:47 Whoever leaked this to the Washington Post and the CIA has committed one of the great intelligence felonies Probably would go to prison for 25 years, but has there been an investigation who leaked this or they just made it up I think that's a very good point. Yeah They just made it up right but maybe we should be because in fact It is a breach yeah Quite a big one. Yeah, yeah know they just made it up right but again like I said about two or three minutes ago You are what you say others are and that's what they're doing. They're just lying I need to teach you how to say in Dutch. I want to follow-up on

CHAPTER 28 / 42 Discussion

Reality Winner, Classified Document Leak Sentencing

Former NSA contractor Reality Winner pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents to a media outlet and was sentenced to 63 months in prison. The case is viewed as a significant victory for the Trump administration's crackdown on government leakers. Winner's family expressed hope that the public would not judge her by this single mistake as she begins her five-year sentence in Georgia.

reality winner· nsa· classified information· georgia· whistleblowing· sentencing

1:59:31 The story that came up about the Trump and the toilets, you know, the gold toilet. Yeah from the museum? Supposedly it was done at the Guggenheim they swapped something and he put a gold... It's bogus! The story is completely made out of thin air nobody ever followed up on it. You-it's just ridiculous because I tried to get them Guggenheim did talk about it they refused to cause this nuts! They wouldn't talk about it oh well Meanwhile that member reality winner. Do you remember her does the name ring any bell reality winner? Yeah, yeah this well You can't forget her name I can't forget what it was about wow well she was busted for leaking confidential documents

2:00:16 to the well here's the story. Former Air Force linguist and NSA contractor Reality Winner pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of leaking classified information. Winner entered her plea in Augusta Georgia's federal district court as a part of an agreement with prosecutors for 63 month prison sentence she is now 26 and has been behind bars for the past year after mailing top-secret documents to an online media source in 2017 I hope that people don't judge her by this one action, by this one mistake. Billie Winter Davis sat quietly in the courtroom while her daughter entered her plea. She spoke out moments after the hearing. It hurts to know that she's going to be serving a five-year prison sentence.

2:01:01 But at least now we know. At least now we know, we can move forward We can start serving that time. We can start serving that sentence Winner's decision to plead guilty to the felony count is seen as a win for the Trump administration in its rigorous pursuit of leakers No date has yet been set for this sentencing hearing So sad This young girl just got wrapped up in the insanity Five years in the brink And no one coming to her defense No, nobody even brings it up. I forgot all about until you mentioned it Yeah, well It's one of those things and there was this other article That has come out here and there I don't know if its big news yet But the NSA has said to have deleted more than 685 million call records yeah the government obtained since 2015 I'll just say it they have with some kind of glitch

CHAPTER 29 / 42 Discussion

NSA Data Purge, Call Record Irregularities

The NSA announced the deletion of over 685 million call records collected since 2015 due to "technical irregularities" in data received from telecommunications providers. The agency stated it had received unauthorized data and chose to purge the records to ensure compliance. Separately, rumors of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's resignation have been attributed to the psychological exhaustion of managing the administration.

nsa· call records· data privacy· technical irregularities· surveillance· john kelly

2:01:59 Or as they call it, technical irregularities in some data received from telecommunication service providers. It also said the irregularities resulted in the NSA obtaining some call details that was not authorized to receive." But we didn't get any content! They say right after that? So they're purging or purging us... That's worrisome Yeah, I wonder at this story. I saw it. I didn't want to come here's the thing They're saying you delete don't you save a copy put it in cold storage? You know do you really think that the data gets deleted and what is the point? I mean it must be What is the point one they didn't have to say anything because when all crap there's no good. He could have said nothing I think it was corrupted That's why then it was deleted

2:02:52 Hmm. Oh, it was deleted run of the situation you got a bunch of corrupted data and oh my god This hard disk is no good right so maybe what happened here? Yeah the database got corrupted and of course they didn't have a backup I Don't know yeah none of it sounds right No, I'm not as suspicious of the NSA anymore though ever since the incident where supposedly as he listened to the right people it was the NSA guy Rogers. Yeah who is the one who tipped off Trump? Yeah yeah that's true. As to the place being bugged That's true So i have to give them a pass on anything. I spoke to Pachanik the other day and he agreed on that part

2:03:40 I also said, you know why is they talking about Kelly resigning? He's tired. He set it all up he says the basis is there Oh, no. No, you're not listening to the news. He's not retiring. Trump is getting rid of him! Haven't you noticed this? Basically Pachanik who is a psychologist psy-op type guy he said do you know how tiring it is to psychologically try and control a guy like Trump 24 hours a day? He says Kelly is burned out It's impossible. Trump barely sleeps! He barely sleeps, he is so jacked. Hyperkinetic, hyperkinetic. Yeah his thing is... There are other guys I've heard of that just really pretty much work on four hours or less to sleep a day. Well on show days we're kind of there. I'm gonna show my smooth by donating to No Agenda Imagine all the people who could do that Oh yeah they'd be fab Yeah, oh no agenda

CHAPTER 30 / 42 Discussion

Hollow Books, Small Business Success and Swiss Wine

Sir Jimmy Gutz of Hollow Books reported a major sale of 1,000 units to an advertising firm for a Sprint promotion. In other listener news, a restaurant owner in Zurich, Switzerland, offered to host a future No Agenda meetup, highlighting the quality of Swiss wines. The segment showcases the diverse professional backgrounds and international reach of the show's audience.

hollow books· sprint· switzerland· zurich· wine· small business

2:04:41 Indeed. So we do have a few people to thank for show 1047 starting with Paul from Sir Paul from Horse Heads in Horse Heads, New York 144845 he is I will read his note because he's irregular sir Paul donates one 4845 the zip code of Horseheads New York in honor of Ed and Brenda from Horseheads Brewing on their retirement. Sadly, the brewery will be closing. If there's a nighting ceremony today can the feast of the round table include horse heads pumpkin ale? Oh that's an interesting idea! It will be missed no that's too bad things change

2:05:36 Things do change. But I'll put it on the list. Hold on a second, what is it? Horsehead's ale? Horseheads pumpkin ale. Okay. I got it! I've poured it already. Mmm nice head Sir Jimmy Gutz, oh that's... no I'm not saying the joke. Sir Jimmy Gutz of the hollow books in Summerfield North Carolina one key tree. Oh yeah! Now let me just talk about sir jimmy for a moment we've known sir jimmy on this show for what?

2:06:14 Six seven eight years I'd say yeah, and both of us have multiple copies of his fantastic product hollow books Where he has this process where it takes a real book Hollows it out And then but the way he glues the pages It looks it looks so authentic and it's sturdy and you can put anything you want in there is it's a great product even sent as The ones that hold a small gun. Yeah yes, and even a bigger gun actually yeah Anyway, he's at hollow books calm and free hollow books calm but he apparently just delivered 1,000 to somebody yeah I don't know why some CIA no No here it is a shout-out to Rafael at Alma advertising in Miami Maybe you'll listen or we'll get one if they buy a new sprint phone during the World Cup promo. They're running You see he said he sold a thousand two sprint nice good work

2:07:11 Yeah, anyway people that everyone needs a hollow book. Yeah They are fantastic product free holo books on common cash in there put in the books No one ever tell it these things are dynamite especially if you put it an atlas shrugged which will no one will touch That's for sure. I don't want to touch that book Stephen Fitzpatrick $111 11 cents ITM best podcast in the universe Thank you for encouraged 3333 Vladimir Putin is finally contributed Somehow he lives in Wellington, New Zealand don't know how one hundred dollars Michael Delosier in Marysville, Tennessee. $9.009 Sir Brent $86 Sir Brent the trusted integer Eric Crawford Lubbock Texas $83.38 Palindrome Tony Tanzian Tigard Oregon $8.008 The only one Mario Schnepf

2:08:10 Zurich and we don't get a lot from Switzerland. What does he say here? Thanks for your outstanding product me and my hot Swedish wife are no longer brainwashed slaves Adams cool and positive well-trained VJ voice shoots like two double espressos in my brain Well John's dry comments get me back to earth I think it's a compliment I remember to donate after i heard a kid trying to play the flute. Ha! It's working, it's working any wind instrument you hear will remind you to donate. I live the American dream in Switzerland of just getting by and looking forward to that meet up in Zurich John is thinking about as a restaurant owner I would be happy to make my have had make it happen at my place and show you a variety of Swiss wines and... I will say.. And wait

2:08:58 Some homegrown treats for Adam. Hey-o! I think we know what we're talking about there. Comes with a Rihanna album I had a tour, helicopter tour actually of Switzerland part of Switzerland the mountainous areas and they dropped us off into a little Swiss village that was one of the wine growing areas including some. I don't have the names at the top my head because these are not ones you see a lot but one of the big wine operations there and we had a lot of Swiss wines meant mostly whites and a lot of good sweet wines, including a bottle of Glacier wine. And I have a bottle...I still have a bottle of that and I think Swiss wines are quite good! Well he's offering up his restaurant as the place du jour. Yeah yeah, I'm booking right now we're gonna do this. And i have a question for you regarding meetups so Tina is taking she takes she's sick and tired of me She like I'm gonna arrange this meetup

CHAPTER 31 / 42 Discussion

Canada Day vs July 4th, Listener Donations

The show concludes its donation segment by comparing the patriotism of Canadian and American listeners during their respective national holidays. Producers from both countries contributed to the "Value for Value" model, including a final $50 donation from a listener named Tyler Schimpf. The hosts addressed a complaint regarding the pronunciation of a Dutch-sounding name before transitioning to the final show segments.

canada day· july 4th· nussbaum· horseheads brewing· peerage· value for value

2:10:00 So, the Austin Texas meetup. Okay in August here's my question we should do this probably on a Saturday don't you think because I have a feeling Texas big Friday is the day that everyone wants to do it in Washington really? Because I think that... I would think still at work then I'd be you know people don't want to there are lot of people coming in long ways from meetups into a town where they work And they can do Friday night, but then they have to go home. They don't want to come all the way back into town on a Saturday That's the problem with them with the East West Coast Okay Well I think here people would want to come from all over Texas which can take you a day As well as Oklahoma Arkansas, you know who knows okay? We'll talk about this later, okay Austin Wilson's in Sammamish Washington 74 18 now these are the people that are celebrating the the

2:10:56 July the 4th, 7418. Now I also offered the 70... Somebody put 71... No, 7- I don't know what this 71 18 is but whatever. Oh it was supposed to be... No no, 71 18 is Canada okay? That's Canada Day. We have one two three four five Americans celebrating Fourth of July. The huge Huge patriotic audience promotional event. I have to say, I can't believe how one two three four five five people could be so patriotic in Canada we got one two three four the Americans win by one Good work Yanks! Five to Four Close Call

2:11:48 Yeah, five to four. Okay well let me read off the names of the Americans who wished the country a happy birthday on July 4th coming up Austin Wilson in Chamamice Washington sir Charles Walters in Schaumburg Illinois and he's gotta call it he's been a douchebag for some what does he say here? He's been a douchebag. I like it, he wants to doosh bag call out for himself and then de-douching. You've been dedouched! Well Sir Charles... How can he be a douchebag producer? He is a sir so he should have that. It's kind of inappropriate use of the douchebag but he is a knight so what are you going to do? No self-douchebagging anymore that was it That's it self-douchebaggery is off the table

2:12:31 Daniel in Westminster, Colorado 7418 sir Tom oh hello news Yes, hello Thomas News by you Archduke of the FEMA region three in Virginia Beach, Virginia came in with a vote for the USA. He says worldwide naval bases everyone wishes a hump day of bad choices and mixed with day drinking okay He just wants everyone to get drunk on the 4th of July. A lot of people take a couple days off, I think it'll be not that many listeners. Sir Dirtbag Dave in Concord California he says happy fourth of July to the Americans now we go to Canada even though you have somebody from Virginia who's just... Noosebomb comes in with a Canada vote! Oh I just got rid of the noose bomb dammit all right let's do a different one here we go

2:13:31 Okay, Nussbaum. Well let's start with Isaac Yang and it's a 7118 he is in Canada somewhere general karma for all the Canucks listening put that at the end Pat Deary in Sarnia Ontario no note no jingles No Karma news bomb from Virginia Beach this time says raising a coca knee Raising a cocaine II and wishing I was in this sticky wicket in Victoria I believe there's a, if i'm not mistaken it's a bar in Victoria. Victoria by the way is the greatest little city on the west coast Paul Schneider in Edmonton Alberta that's it that wraps up our Canadians thank you very much Canadians this great support we get when we do these promotions Robert Hart something like this is just a mess on the screen because of Unicode

2:14:22 But his last name is Ruben Hanson with some Norwegian stuff in the middle from Norway. 6969 Sir Gottenate and Sebastopol, 6969 Robert Bruckner 5555 April Beering in Amboy Minnesota and she actually I sent a note in which I do feel I should read all right And of course, I misplaced it immediately before we got to the segment. Where is my clip list? I don't know! Oh, there it is down here. In charge of that? No, I was reading the Clint Watts thing so she sent a card with a Tweety bird on it and her name's April so I'm guessing she

2:15:09 Likes Tweety birds. She says thank you you to make living a little bit easier with every show Wow, thank you that That's why I get up in the morning and to hear that when she's gonna be a Dame triple deuce eventually she's Since the car nice little card. She thought there was acute note did have another note for somebody? I want to read I wish it doesn't really make a lot of sense, but I want to read it. But not right now. We're going to say she's an Amboy Minnesota title and there we got the $50 donors. I'll get them out of the way with Tyler Schimpf in Bothell and if the other $50 donor does no more that's it only one short list that doesn't happen very often. I've never seen it before so this guy writes a note this is Kuda Meyer

2:16:01 K-U-T-E M-E I E R that guy. Kutemaer, which is a very bad thing in Dutch. Kutemaer Yeah! He says he made my donation quite disappointed with Adam about his comments about my last name Well i can't help it! He's disappointed. Very disappointed Oh I'm sorry? We make fun of everybody's name?! We make fun of everybody and everybody's name and now he decides to complain Yes, because it's his name. I'm sorry! I won't ever do it again Well apparently not because he's not gonna donate anymore as the way I see it. Yeah, well... I apologize to the company. He apologized profusely. I want to thank everybody who contributed here to produce show 1047 It really helps

2:16:54 And that does it for our disappointed letter segment. I want to thank everyone who supported this show, episode 1047 of the No Agenda podcast some call it the best podcast in the universe? I think they're right! Yeah, there's nothing like us baby and of course we want to thank everyone who came in under $50 dollars under or the sole $50 donor and those are people who have subscriptions and also want to be anonymous. So please go to Dvorak dot org slash NA, and remember us for the show which we have coming up on Thursday. Dvorak dot org slash NA As requested... Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs! You've got karma And well will do this right now. Title changes come in first

2:17:48 Yeah, we have no birthdays today strangely so only one title change sir Whatever becomes sir dignity and that's because he was in a crappy place before but he is up the ante And he has changed his title which will be reflected on all peerage list peerage listings and maps. Oh Across get no name get my nation sir dignity. Thank you very much, then we have our two nights for today So we do need blades Blades got it where? Oh, there you go. Got it. Stunned! All right what we need is David March up here on stage and somewhere in the stage in the sky his dad will be with us today for this special nighting for two nights on The No Agenda Show I thank You David March for not only supporting the show and the amount of $1,000 in your name but also In your dad's name and in his memory so I hereby am very proud to pronounce the KB

CHAPTER 32 / 42 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony, Sir Karen Toff and Sir Romano Marchi

In a formal knighting ceremony, David March and his late father, Romano Marchi, were inducted into the No Agenda peerage as Knights of the Electric City. The ceremony included the traditional recitation of the feast menu, featuring horse head pumpkin ale and mutton. The hosts offered to send a physical ring to the family in memory of Sir Romano.

knighthood· david march· electric city· peerage· mutton· mead

2:16:54 And that does it for our disappointed letter segment. I want to thank everyone who supported this show, episode 1047 of the No Agenda podcast some call it the best podcast in the universe? I think they're right! Yeah, there's nothing like us baby and of course we want to thank everyone who came in under $50 dollars under or the sole $50 donor and those are people who have subscriptions and also want to be anonymous. So please go to Dvorak dot org slash NA, and remember us for the show which we have coming up on Thursday. Dvorak dot org slash NA As requested... Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs! You've got karma And well will do this right now. Title changes come in first

2:17:48 Yeah, we have no birthdays today strangely so only one title change sir Whatever becomes sir dignity and that's because he was in a crappy place before but he is up the ante And he has changed his title which will be reflected on all peerage list peerage listings and maps. Oh Across get no name get my nation sir dignity. Thank you very much, then we have our two nights for today So we do need blades Blades got it where? Oh, there you go. Got it. Stunned! All right what we need is David March up here on stage and somewhere in the stage in the sky his dad will be with us today for this special nighting for two nights on The No Agenda Show I thank You David March for not only supporting the show and the amount of $1,000 in your name but also In your dad's name and in his memory so I hereby am very proud to pronounce the KB

2:18:50 Sir Karen toff of the electric city and sir Romano Marchi of the Electric City for you We've got horse head pumpkin ale canale, parlaments and pale ale, waifus and waffles, pug and poi, rabbit meat and goat milk, ginger ale and gerbils, bong hits and bourbon. And of course mutton and mead! There's two rings so if you want we'll be happy to send off a second ring for your dad although he won't be wearing it in the physical world but I think it'd be appropriate to have that. So go to knowagenthenation.com slash rings Eric the Shill will set ya up and get that off to you thank you for supporting the show thank you everybody else It is very much appreciated

CHAPTER 33 / 42 Discussion

Conrad Black, Trump and the Bloodless Civil War

Former publishing magnate Conrad Black characterized Donald Trump's presidency as a "bloodless civil war" intended to clean up the "Washington sleaze factory." Black argued that decades of incompetent American policymaking led to economic decline and humanitarian crises in the Middle East. He asserted that Trump's "drain the swamp" rhetoric is a necessary response to a failed political establishment.

conrad black· donald trump· washington· gdp· middle east· swamp

2:19:29 This clip I've been holding on to for a couple of shows, just haven't gotten to it. Conrad Black? Now that I've had this clip so long, I forgot who he is. Conrad Black was a major publisher that got busted for one thing or another under some political reasons, I believe. He was big Canadian, you know super rich Canadian publishing guy and then ended up in jail. Well, he had something to say about what Trump is doing and I've just been waiting to play this and i think it might have some reason to play now. What was needed was a bloodless civil war to clean up the Washington sleaze factory The entire government of the United States has become a shambles Let me remind you in the previous 20 years You had the greatest economic crisis since the 1930's brought on by bad American policy Both parties both branches of government

2:20:20 You had virtually the entire conventional land forces capability of the United States militarily mired in the Middle East for 15 years, in order chiefly to hand over Main influence over Iraq to Iran which is the last thing they wanted he produced this humanitarian crisis where millions of desperate people were scrambling for their lives and turning up in the shores of Italy and into central Europe, and so forth all caused by utter incompetence in American policymaking you had And the decline of GDP per capita growth in the United States from 4.5% under Reagan, 3.9% under Clinton 2% under George W Bush 1% under Obama The country was a pressure cooker Poverty went up Violence rose Discontent rose But our great national media in the United States didn't notice it and Trump said It is all rotten We've got to clean it all up Wall Street

2:21:22 Hollywood, the national media, the lobbyists campaign financing all factions of both parties. They're all useless we've got to get rid of them and he's doing it and it's a war so he's saying that Trump is draining the swamp which may be true The reason I played this now is because I keep getting engaged or people try to engage me And I hate it when you do that on Twitter Because it's just not in an appropriate place You're already engaged With what? Tina. Ha! The engagement around QAnon Oh jeez And they keep bringing it up like, yeah man well you be- Mugga! Mughkak! Bleh! Well he's- you bsj- It's draining the swamp

CHAPTER 34 / 42 Discussion

QAnon Skepticism, Operation Broken Heart Child Trafficking Arrests

Critics of the QAnon phenomenon point to "Operation Broken Heart," a massive June 2018 sting that resulted in 2,300 arrests for child sex trafficking, as evidence that the anonymous poster lacks inside information. They argue that if "Q" were a high-level government insider, the movement would have predicted this major operation. The segment dismisses the "breadcrumbs" followed by 4chan users as clever writing rather than genuine intelligence.

qanon· operation broken heart· child trafficking· 4chan· pizzagate· satoshi nakamoto

2:22:06 P-Pedo Bear, child traffickers, Clinton! I sound like Max Keiser there. I did pretty good on that And and i'm just want to point out why Just another reason why I think this is bullcrap and so what I'm hearing from people Is QAnon is close to the president draining the swamp Dropping bread crumbs for us to follow the white rabbits So we can figure out the clues... Let me just tell us where they're right rat whether well wait Thank you What I keep saying is I don't like this. Please, please... Dropping breadcrumbs! Tell me something up there predict something let me know what's gonna happen cuz QAnon said so and then we'll see if it happens and I think this kind of started really garnering steam in the alternative media with Pizzagate This was also I think was this also not a QAnon thing? The whole Pizzagate story? You're asking the wrong guy. Nah, I get him but

2:22:59 I keep saying, show me some victims of this. And here's why it is bullcrap if QAnon was real then Q would have dropped some bread crumbs regarding Operation Broken Heart which you didn't even hear of No Which no one spoke about which not a single QAnon follower aggregator 4chan hussy-wussy put anything about and this is from June 12th 2,300 suspected online child sex traffickers were an offenders were arrested during operation broken heart 25,200 sexual abuse complaints. Yeah I mean this was a huge operation massive Massive operation where was Q you're telling me there's not a single elitist in this thing

2:23:55 There's not a single person of any standing in this more than 2,000 people arrested and Q didn't have anything on it Bullshit so fuck off with your cue. I'm sick and tired of it Sorry, I lost myself there makes me so tired q by the way. I know who he is You know Q is we all know Q is Q is Satoshi Yakamoto Q invented Bitcoin Yeah, well that's about right. And if you disagree with what I'm saying email john at Dvorak dot org and tell him i'm wrong! I don't want to hear from the...I mean I've been pretty good at staying out of this little, I don't know what they call it conflagration between you and these guys? And I looked at the stuff every so often and its like yeah very entertaining but I dont see that as anything but just clever writing

2:24:53 Funny hinting, it's just clever. It's very clever. Nobody is keeping up a nice ruse I don't know who it is no idea but you know it's useless unless you're gonna say to me this is going to happen and in the next day or next hour I'll take an hour for the next week what was predicted happens otherwise what is it? It's just someone confirming that... I mean, they literally have videos of Sarah Sanders Huckabee waving her arms and then Trump waving his arms. And the motion they wave their arms, they say oh look! They just drew a Q in the air. There is the clue. Oh well, I haven't seen that. That's my favorite. Yeah yeah well that's nuts. Is that dimension C? It's something. I don't know what it is

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CFIUS, Restricting Chinese Investment in US Tech

The White House is utilizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to restrict Chinese acquisitions of American technology companies. Recent blocked deals include Broadcom's attempt to buy Qualcomm and Lattice Semiconductor. Experts warn that China often uses joint ventures to force the transfer of intellectual property, effectively creating state-backed competitors to American firms.

cfius· china· broadcom· qualcomm· intellectual property· trade deficit

2:25:45 So I got a couple of clips to wrap here. Mm-hmm. I've been trying to get these out of the way we can go with them I just thought it was interesting because we have a China buyout situation that's getting a little out of control. You know, the Chinese keep buying and buying and buying. And I want to play this is the clip that triggers the next two clips. I got three clips. This is China by out as the business report that shows up on PBS investors who are worried about a trade war got some good news today. The White House announcing that it will use its current tools with some enhancements that have bipartisan support in Congress to restrict Chinese investments that they think threaten national security. This legislation amplifies the mandate of an organization called CFIUS, which stands for the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States

2:26:28 Up until now, CFIUS was narrowly focused on foreign buyers of US companies with a focus on protecting US technology. In the past, CFIUS has rejected several tech deals including Broadcom's attempt to purchase U.S. semiconductor maker Qualcomm and a bid for Lattice Semiconductor from a group of Chinese investors. Now among other things the administration can also look at joint ventures both here in the United States and overseas The Treasury Secretary is always the head of CFIUS and today he said China will be singled out simply because the US has a very large trade deficit with that country. There's wide bipartisan support for this legislation, just yesterday the House voted 400 to 2 in its favor

2:27:09 I'd like to know who the two were. But this is a, you know, Broadcom was one of these companies that was bought by the Chinese. The Chinese have never had to really do a lot of industrial espionage when they can just buy the company and then you have all the intellectual property, all patents and all the stuff that really should be protected and should be part of this. I think this is a red herring, I keep hearing this though, stealing intellectual property... No, no it's not a red herring it has been going on for years thats why we want to skip to Maria Bartoloma who was discussing with an expert Do you mean Barteromo or? Yeah Bartolomo The money honey! I did alot work at CNBC

2:27:53 Never got never pronounced her name right. That's probably the reason why so let's play this is a Chinese break that China won property rights because basically China has been stealing our intellectual property for decades Yes, and it doesn't really matter if they buy more agricultural products or energy that doesn't solve the biggest issue of them all Which is the fact that China is stealing our technology? Yes stop that even admit that they're doing it. No, and you mentioned earlier when we were speaking about when you go to China or you go to Russia you don't bring your own phones, you don't bring your own computers for fear that there would be invasion of privacy. Right as soon as you get into their airspace they have access

2:28:33 to everything. Imagine, it must be that 9-11 airspace where you can make phone calls from 10,000 feet! That's a bit hysterical but the second part of this thing is really brings the problem to the fore I think China probably is looking at world dominance through economics, not through war or power. They have a philosophy here in the U.S., when I had over 40 portfolio companies with a private equity group they would buy in and then buy out so they recognize they may not have management talent or expertise so they buy a piece and eventually buy out to be able to plant

2:29:14 here in the US and if you look at some of the recent dispositions, there are a lot of dispositions coming out. A lot of carve-outs. If you look at GE for example sold their appliance business to China. There's rumors that they're selling their lighting business to China so again, whether that results in some IP transfer. Surely it will and then they'll come back and be pretty competitive because what I wrote in the op-ed was the best you can do in terms of China as an American company is get 49% of a joint venture yes once you get that forty nine percent of a joint venture the Chinese government says to you okay give us your technology show us how you do it where's the innovation? And then you just transfer your technology there and in just a few years you'll have a competitor

2:29:57 I believe this has been going on for a while. I don't think it's the red herring at all, but I never heard the term buy in buy out which i think is what they try to do with companies that's how they got Broadcom. Broadcoms are major semiconductor operation and the Chinese own them and this is happening all over the place where these Chinese are thinking well you know we can't develop us on our own So we'll just buy somebody that's already got it developed and they make an offer you can't refuse. Right, so that's transfer but that's willingful transfers not like there was stealing. It was dumb! Yeah but its not... No they're not stealing I agree with them That's where she made a mistake She said they're stealing They are not stealing it. No its being sold We are giving to them There is two things about China I want to mention One there's a big fracas in China over an actress

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Chinese Film Industry, Standardized Actor Pay Regulations

The Chinese government has implemented new regulations to standardize actor pay following a tax evasion scandal involving a high-profile actress. This move comes as China's influence over Hollywood grows through the ownership of studios and theaters. Additionally, economic analysts suggest that President Trump's reversal on ZTE sanctions may have been a strategic move to prevent a broader collapse of the Chinese economy.

china· hollywood· richard gere· zte· actor pay· economics

2:30:52 And she was apparently, because you know and this will piss off the Hollywood types. Because China basically owns a lot of Hollywood now they got the big studios they own the theaters You know Richard Gere will never work again ever in Hollywood ever since he talked up Tibet yeah so Yeah, so China really runs the show. Probably true But now there's this government regulation that has come into place because one actress who was you know somehow funneling profits off into her back pocket through some shell companies but all actors in China must make the same amount of money I wonder how that is going to go over with the Hollywood set

2:31:36 That's interesting. It could carry over or is it just because of the if you think about it cuz right now there's this oh I want to get paid the same amount, I want to get paid the same amount that man's getting more than I am and so okay let's just standardize all pay to some 50 grand level. 50 grand enjoy that. Have fun! Now the other thing Pchenik was talking about when I talked to him And maybe you would know this. Apparently, the Chinese government has pumped like some $300 billion into their economy? Have you heard about this? They've been doing that constantly to prop it up. Yeah but it's like some crazy amount and the whole reason Trump had to... I don't know if this is true The whole reason Trump had to reverse the ZTE ruling was because that could actually start to topple the Chinese economy

2:32:31 That's why she was like holy shit, man. You got you gotta hook us up We can't we can't have this happen right now really yeah? Well that that's what Pachanik said I mean I'm It's an interesting thesis. I liked it It's like well Yeah Why else would Trump was talking about seventy seven thousand jobs and we can't do this their economy And of course we can't we don't want China to implode that would be bad oh But it could be he might be using that as... Especially if it's taken over by the military. but, If thats true then we might have the upper hand pretty soon. Huh! If we don't already. We might already. I mean Pcheneg went off on a whole other old white guy rant with me so I couldn't bring him back to that He had a whole bunch of other things to say. Well glad you keep in touch with him Oh course It sure better than QAnon Yeah well not much because I called them up and left a voicemail message And said your'e the worst handler ever

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Smartphone Brain Drain, Cognitive Capacity Research

Research from the University of Texas at Austin suggests that the mere presence of a smartphone reduces a person's cognitive capacity, even when the device is turned off. Professor Adrian Ward's study found that participants performed significantly better on concentration tasks when their phones were in another room. The brain reportedly uses limited resources to actively ignore the device, leading to a "brain drain" effect.

smartphone· university of texas· adrian ward· cognitive capacity· brain drain· psychology

2:33:28 I got a call you come on now. There was a study this is switching topics here and very excited about this there was a study in at the University of Texas and The result of the study shows that the mere presence Of your smartphone in your vicinity Reduces your brainpower, and I want to explain this study that they did it must be a genius exactly Professor Adrian Ward conducted experiments with nearly 800 smartphone users in an attempt to measure for the first time how well people can complete tasks when they have their smartphones nearby, even when they're not using them.

2:34:20 In one experiment, the researchers asked study participants to sit at a computer and take a series of tests that required full concentration in order to score well. The tests were geared to measure participant's available cognitive capacity—that is, the brain's ability to hold and process data at any given time. Before beginning, participants were randomly instructed to place their smartphones either on the desk face down in their pocket or personal bag or in another room. All participants were instructed to turn their phones to silent The researchers found that participants with their phones in another room significantly outperformed those with their phones at the desk, and they also did slightly outperform those participants who had kept their phones in a pocket or bag. The findings suggest that the mere presence of one's smartphone reduces available cognitive capacity and impairs cognitive functioning even though people feel they're giving full attention to focus on tasks at hand."

2:35:15 Your conscious mind isn't thinking about your smartphone, but that process. The process of requiring yourself to not think about something uses up some of your limited cognitive resources It is literally a brain drain How about that? I'm not surprised Neither am i and this is part of you know what going OTG is about it's anti-tracking and pro sanity You know and and I would totally believe that In another... You can ask me where my phone is right now. Ask me. Hey, John? Yeah? John? What? Where's your phone? I don't know

2:35:54 In another experiment, researchers looked at how a person's self-reported smartphone dependence or how strongly a person feels he or she needs to have a smartphone in order to get through a typical day affected cognitive capacity. Participants performed the same series of computer based tests as the first group and were randomly assigned to keep their smartphones either in sight on the desk face up, in a pocket or bag, or another room. In this experiment some participants were also instructed turn off their phones The researchers found that participants who were the most dependent on their smartphones performed worse compared with their less dependent peers, but only when they kept their smartphones on the desk or in their pocket or bag. Warden's colleagues also found it didn't matter whether a person smartphone was turned on or off whether it was lying face up on the desk or facedown having a smartphone within sight or within easy reach reduces a person's ability to focus and perform tasks because part of their brain is actively working on not picking up the phone

CHAPTER 38 / 42 Discussion

Amazon Delivery Partners, Logistics and Healthcare Ventures

Amazon is launching a "Delivery Partners Program" that allows entrepreneurs to start their own delivery businesses with a fleet of branded vans. This move aims to expand Amazon's logistics network beyond reliance on UPS and FedEx. Separately, the market is watching the healthcare venture between Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, and JPMorgan, which has already impacted the stock prices of major pharmacy chains.

amazon· jeff bezos· logistics· warren buffett· healthcare· delivery vans

2:36:52 I rest my case, your honor. Wow! Boy that's good so you got to get me a link to that You bet. I'm gonna...I'm pulling that one out at dinner tonight Whenever dad says he's pulling one out of dinner the kids get worried Yeah don't blame him yeah Okay i've got one for you then not quite as good as that was outstanding uh but here we got a new thing going on do you hear about the amazon delivery vans? I don't know. I think we have them in Austin, so I can't wait to hear about it! Amazon is launching something new to expand its delivery services It's called the Delivery Partners Program and here's how it works Entrepreneurs can buy what are being called Amazon Partner Vans They would use those vans that pick up packages from one of 75 Amazon delivery stations Those owners would be in charge of their own delivery service To get Amazon packages where they need to go

2:37:47 Individuals can start their own package delivery business with as little as $10,000 and earn up to $300,000 operating a delivery fleet of 40 vehicles. Amazon says it's not replacing UPS or FedEx it just has more work than the drivers can handle It's gonna be interesting sort of like the Uberization of the delivery service Exactly. It'll be interesting how many people jump on that Yeah I'm going to jump right on that Can't wait to start my own Amazon Delivery Van Service Geez, I there are people who use their own van to drive Amazon packages around Austin. I know because i've seen them I've seen him they have me here too Yeah, I haven't seen the amazon van but they showed it in the video Here's a blue van with the prime thing on the side smiley face A to Z finally faced this near sneer It's a sneer. This is really sneering at you

2:38:36 Yes, you're now you take another look at it. I'm gonna face think of it as a sneer It's not talked about a lot but I'm very curious to see what Bezos and Buffett are gonna do with health care You know they got the brewing on something really big well that's a swanky CEO in there and everything Yeah, they expect to take over this was mostly about drug delivery It sunk the stocks of CVS and Walgreens Boots, and the other operation. Yeah they took a good hit. Which makes you know who knows? I don't know! Those guys are smart though yeah those guys are smart. The problem is that you can only keep so many balls in the air. Yeah i hear ya. Especially big balls. Big huge. A couple social justice warrior updates just so we can keep up with uh with the times

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Nancy Pelosi, Slurred Speech and Soybean Futures

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi faced scrutiny after a series of public appearances where she appeared to slur her words and struggle with specific terms like "provenance." During her remarks, she discussed the impact of the Janus decision on labor unions and the decline of soybean futures. While some speculate about health issues, others attribute the verbal slips to the lack of a teleprompter during press briefings.

nancy pelosi· soybean futures· janus decision· alzheimer's· house of representatives· gop

2:42:24 Mostest was the mostest. Did you see Nancy Pelosi having an episode? What if somebody wanted to... I just edited myself, not gonna say it. I think that Nancy Pelosi thing was just so what! It wasn't anything good. Really? You didn't think of the... Did you get the edited version of her just slurring and saying all kinds of weird stuff? Yeah, she sounds like she was plastered! I don't know is it... Is she plastered or is it just like Alzheimer's could be early onset Alzheimer's is a memory failure problem more than it is slurring. I believe, I could be wrong maybe the Alzheimer's people slur but she's just like slopping around this has been going on for years and we do know that somebody in the House of Representatives has Alzheimer's when you get these

2:43:14 drug delivery of Alzheimer's, but it doesn't necessarily have to be her. But it makes logical sense that it is well even though you don't think it was all that I'll play it just a minute last week. So my futures hit a nine year low soybean boy soybean futures hit a nine year low pork producers corn growers and wheat growers are reeling too That's so far this week. The Supreme Court radical Janice decision will have drastic, destructive and long-standing impacts that have reduced the leverage of workers in our country. We've seen their leverage for again collective bargaining raised the standards So here we are we'd have a better deal it's a raw deal we had a better deal but

2:44:02 I've also disagreed with Justice Kennedy's interpretation of the Constitution. Make no mistake, 120, 130, 125, 130 million Americans have pre-existing conditions. Proven our history on this is one. She's trying to say provenance you think are probably not gonna say provenance Yeah, and then she just if I can't get it out history well You know I've had trouble saying providence every once in a while Defending Nancy nice proven our history of this is one that has been solid is my favorite appreciate that question you might repute your question because It was the same line. I think Reporting your question now come on. That's funny

2:44:43 Yeah, a lot of people got to kick out of the report. The whole thing was leading that one line It was just I never got far enough for my it was good now it was good enough work. I like report report Well she had didn't have a teleprompter so yeah understand all right Johnny boy I think we are probably, it is a show day so we have to turn off the show and go rush straight away and see what's going on in the world. Something... There's always something going on! You got our last clip for us? To play us out here? Well i do have the controlled burn clip which is a two-minute clip but its about this horrible story in Florida but it says kind of a downer, a Debbie Downer story but I think it's worth playing because

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Florida Panhandle, Controlled Burn Causes Wildfire

A controlled burn intended to prevent wildfires in East Point, Florida, escaped containment and destroyed 36 homes in the Florida Panhandle. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has suspended its statewide prescribed fire program pending an investigation by the Inspector General. Displaced residents are calling for the state to provide full compensation for their lost property and belongings.

florida· east point· controlled burn· wildfire· fish and wildlife· omar viafranca

2:45:26 They also have, they got to use the CBS. They love to go into the South or someplace where people kind of talk like this and you don't really... I'll tell ya it was a real bad thing. A dog ran out there and he got hit by a train there and you know what I'm telling you now? So those guys It has to be a controlled burn, a fire deliberately set to prevent future wildfires. It ended up burning much more than planned including dozens of homes in the Florida panhandle town of East Point. Omar Viafranca is there. Glenn Woodall says he only had minutes to save his pets and himself when the Lime Rock Wildfire approached his property. The fire was in my backyard so I found the puppy that was under

2:46:11 I got it out and then I didn't have no time to get nothing. Woodalt is one of 36 homeowners in this Franklin County community who lost everything, and it all got burned up. No stove, refrigerator the whole nine yards. Florida's Agriculture Commissioner blames a local company that was hired by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to conduct a controlled burn. The fire was supposed to only burn 480 acres but ended up torching more than 800 The company started the control burn on June 18th. Six days later, this East Point neighborhood was engulfed in flames it took two days for the firefighters to control the flames and still parts of the neighborhood are smoldering. There should have been somebody out here watching that fire at all times In a statement, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said they have suspended our prescribed fire program statewide and Inspector General has begun an investigation

2:47:10 Homeowner Penny Bryant wants the state to pay for everything she lost. We hear they don't replace the sheds and stuff like that, and that ain't right! That should have replaced everything Damage like this is apparent all across this neighborhood. People say the fire popped up as fast as a Florida thunderstorm and one man told me that he has not heard anything from the state of Florida and only people that are helping are The Salvation Army and neighbors Jeff what a story Omar right insane to believe that happened thank you very much from East Point, Florida Was it bummer? Yeah no kidding Wow

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Unhappy Meals Campaign, Humane Society vs McDonald's

The Humane Society launched the "Unhappy Meals" campaign to pressure McDonald's into improving animal welfare standards at its supplier factory farms. The campaign highlights issues such as genetic manipulation and cramped warehouse conditions for chickens. The show concludes with a final reminder of the "Value for Value" model and a sign-off for the July 1st episode.

mcdonald's· humane society· factory farming· animal welfare· unhappy meals· outro

2:47:50 I warned ya. Yeah, well then all that I'll play something fun to get us out a hit piece Oh my hippies hit piece by the one hit piece by the humane society McDonald's calls them happy meals or are they more like unhappy meals? Abuse and suffering that standard of many factory farms animals genetically selected large it's fighting say uplifting I said it was funny. Okay, sorry. Hey Manipulated to grow too large too fast broken legs

2:48:27 painful injuries crammed into warehouses Burger King, Subway and others are fixing these problems McDonald's can too take action at unhappymeals.com Man those guys are they're getting hammered Unhappy meals calm I told you it was funny. It was funny. What's my buddy? Was a downer there wasn't down Well, what could I do now we need to get more uplifting stories and make happy news well I got some happy end of show mixes CP 304 we got sub 7-0 playing some classics for you today

2:49:08 And we will return with you on Thursday for another episode of the Best Podcast in the Universe. Remember us at Dvorak.org slash NA, until then coming to you from downtown Austin Texas capital of the drone star state FEMA region 6 in all the governmental publications in the 5 by 9 Cluedio in the common law condo. In the morning everybody I'm Adam Currie and from northern Silicon Valley where I say get out of Vietnam! I'm John C. Dvorak and happy Canada Day! And i need a cab, John. Until Thursday... Adios Mofos!!!

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2:53:11 When I first started college, when i went running after five minutes I'd start feeling a burning in my chest and it was just me sucking in soot and smog. The smog was so bad It was like you might die Barack is an emissary of the devil, but you know that he's black and that's all you want to know. I said this is blatant racism! It is destroying the dream it is anti-doctor kid... You African, you Jesse Jackson, you process head Al Sharpton, YOU ARE WICKED! Heheheh, hehehe, hahahahaha Yeah yeah

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