Episode 1054 · Sunday, 29 July 2018

Without Evidence

A high-stakes trade summit in the Rose Garden and a massive tech sell-off on Wall Street collide with growing questions about Hillary Clinton's medical status.

By The No Agenda Show | 2h 56m listen | 41 chapters
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The No Agenda Show · No. 1054

About this episode

Hillary Clinton and Kirsten Gillibrand headlined the OZY Fest in New York City, sparking intense speculation regarding Clinton’s physical health after she appeared in a loose-fitting tunic and orthopedic shoes. Observers noted a visible protrusion under her clothing, suggesting the presence of a heart-assist device or insulin pump. Meanwhile, Senator Gillibrand utilized the platform to demand the immediate abolition of ICE and a national ban on high-capacity magazines.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker met with Donald Trump at the White House to establish a memorandum of understanding on trade, though the agreement notably excludes steel and automotive tariffs. In the tech sector, Facebook shares plummeted 24 percent following a disastrous earnings call where CFO David Wehner warned of slowing revenue due to new European privacy regulations. Simultaneously, GlaxoSmithKline announced a $300 million investment in 23andMe to leverage the DNA data of five million customers for pharmaceutical research. In Syria, Israel coordinated the evacuation of White Helmets members for resettlement in Britain and Germany, amid claims the group maintains ties to extremist factions.

Barack Obama raised eyebrows during a visit to Kenya by referring to himself as the first president to come from that nation, a statement that complicates his established Hawaii birth record. The episode also features a breakdown of a Bitcoin sextortion scam involving keyloggers and a look at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s new classification of male supremacy as a hate ideology. Executive Producer Glenn Morphus joins the show to discuss his family’s cognitive health startup, Big Brain Place.


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CHAPTER 01 / 41 Discussion

Global Heat Waves, Climate Change and Rain Stick Reports

The hosts open with reports of extreme weather across the Northern Hemisphere, including historic flooding in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and wildfires in Yosemite. Scientific data from 1979 to the present indicates a steady increase in global surface air temperatures. The discussion touches on the complexity of rainfall patterns in Europe and the use of "rain sticks" as a symbolic response to the drought.

climate change· global warming· heat wave· rain stick· netherlands· yosemite· harrisburg

00:00 Yeah, I don't know. I think one burger is better. Hiding all my attorney, client privilege tapes and broadcasting live from the Capitol of the Drone Star State here in downtown Austin-Tahos in the Cluedio. In the morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where giant large trucks are picking up debris from the dystopia as we speak. I am John C. DeVore. It's Crackpot & Buzzkill! IN THE MORNING! Did you back away from the microphone? What did you just do there that was really odd

00:42 Yeah, I did a little bit. You did too much. You were like... Garbage! It sounds the same as every opening don't worry about it Don't obsess Well i wasn't obsessing I didn't even pay attention to it you backed off too far man So I'm a little worried But the dystopia? yeah that and all these fires everywhere now Yosemite is burning down Yeah, and people in the Netherlands are contacting me. They're pissed that we hit Belgium with the rain but miss them

01:21 We hit a number, well I actually have a rain report might as well play it. Oh okay let me see...rain report? A rain stick report it seems! Neighborhoods from the Carolinas to New England in Pennsylvania the floods are being called historic some have had to escape flooded homes and cars by boat parts of the state have gotten more than a foot of rain since the downpour started on Saturday In the capital Harrisburg it is the wettest July ever The surrounding county has been soaked with 78 billion gallons of water. Now let's listen to the report from the EUs As Europe goes through a heat wave, scientists say this extreme weather in the northern hemisphere may soon be normal Great Britain is looking rather parched and dry at the moment as temperatures soar in cities such as Berlin as droughts everywhere will cause a shortage of crops

02:11 You can see here that surface air temperatures have been increasing on a regular basis globally since 1979. On a monthly global average since 1989, you can see surface air temperatures increasing each month every year." This graph is really great that they're showing the graph shows temperatures rising from January up to its peak in July and August it's crazy how that works! What we do... expect of course is with climate change for these kind of heat wave events to become, um...to be something that we'll see more often. With droughts and fires it's a little bit more complex because there you also have

02:53 the rainfall playing into the picture and with rainfall if we look at Europe for instance there's not necessarily a clear trend if rainfall is increasing or decreasing. As we try and cool off by staying hydrated scientists also say the heat waves in the northern hemisphere are undoubtedly linked to global warming. There it is! Undoubtedly, undoubtedly, indubitably I have half a mind to think we should just shake the shit out of these rain sticks and just give everybody one big blast of rain, just shut them all down.

CHAPTER 02 / 41 Discussion

United Kingdom Heat Wave, Elderly Hydration and Arizona Comparisons

Temperatures in the United Kingdom are expected to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit, causing concerns about rail buckling and elderly health. A report from a care home in Harrogate emphasizes the difficulty of keeping seniors hydrated to prevent hospital admissions. Comparisons are made to standard summer temperatures in Texas and Arizona, suggesting the UK media reaction is disproportionate.

bbc news· united kingdom· heat wave· hydration· arizona· sangria· harrogate

03:30 Let's go with my report from CBS' American Report on the UK heatwave. Oh, we both had the same ideas! A heat wave in the U.K might get worse before it gets better with temperatures expected to soar past 100 degrees Friday. Danny Savage from our broadcast partners at The BBC News has more on what to expect in the coming days The heat is rising again, the land is cracking up and trains are running slow in places over concerns about rails expanding and buckling. But rain is expected, deluges which could see a swing to another extreme of British weather. It's not going to be that useful rain that many people want it could run off very quickly and create local flooding so downpours causing localized flooding and that could cause some serious problems. Gin & Tonic! Sangria!

04:24 That wasn't really what was on offer at the Bupa Southland care home in Harrogate this morning, but the serious point was about keeping the elderly hydrated in this heatwave. If we don't drink enough which old people do not want to drink it can then cause infections which can Then of course hospital admissions. So the advice for hot weather is not nanny state? Well no because some old people just won't do it and especially if you're living on your own, you won't think to get up and get that drink Yeah they're scaring old people all over by the way yeah If you heard their report if you listen carefully they're making him drink sangria

05:02 Do you like beer or sangria? Sangria. It's kind of like it's not really the same as water now couple of things that I picked up on, I was listening to Sky News and couldn't get anything to read. I screwed up in the recording so didn't get any clips but They're going nuts over this possibility that today it's gonna get to be a hundred. I mean, maybe they should look into what goes on and they said all these old people are gonna suffer so much because it's gonna be 100 degrees and I'm thinking have you ever been to Arizona? Well... My buddy called me yesterday he was like It's 100 degrees here! And I'm like yeah, it's 101 here. I'm on the balcony drinking sangria

05:51 And everything's good. Oh look, there's an old homeless guy! He's alive he's on the street eating out of the garbage can yum yeah in Texas it's a hundred all the time one to summer yes it'd be 120 in Phoenix and you have is 100 around here not where I am because I'm on the coast but it's like go inland I could drive up with within 15 minutes I can be in temperatures of 100 degrees. Is this... And they're making it seem like it's outrageous! Is this your way of saying, no we're not going to do a massive range stick shake? Because its just overblown and people don't need it? Yeah Okay Alright Then we won't Did you.. You know, Im not sure how I miss this thing being such a huge happening and event did you see any of these Aussie Fest

CHAPTER 03 / 41 Discussion

OZY Fest, Hillary Clinton's Wardrobe and Kirsten Gillibrand

The OZY Fest event in New York City featured Kirsten Gillibrand and Hillary Clinton speaking on social justice issues. Gillibrand called for the abolition of ICE and immediate gun reform, including bans on bump stocks and large magazines. Much of the commentary focuses on Hillary Clinton's choice of a "moo-moo" style outfit and orthopedic shoes, leading to speculation about her physical health.

ozy fest· kirsten gillibrand· hillary clinton· ice· gun reform· mumu· social justice

06:48 No, I don't. I'm not trying to think of even heard of it no maybe not well So Ozzy I don't even know where was held Ozzie fest But it was basically a whole bunch of social justice warriors that we're talking about the bear It's worse now its OZY That's that outfit that I hate The OZY.com, their business model is they say hey we'd love to interview you and like okay and you look at their interviews like wow this in-depth stuff is pretty good And you do the interview and then like well so whenever there's a reason for us to put it up We will whoa what do you mean? No, we just have everything on file I guess if you know if it turns out of fathered an illegitimate child Then they have some backstory army that they can sell everybody. I hate those guys

07:33 It's a horrible business model. You know the whole idea behind PR is just supposed to do something with it But now this Ozzy fest is a bunch of women on stage Talking about social justice stuff, then I have two quick clips just of some interesting women who appeared well I don't know if the first one was interesting This is a Jilla brand And she was, she's doing what we call playing to the audience. Knowing fully well what the audience were stacked with. So when we flipped the House and flipped the Senate I think the first thing we should do is deal with the children who are being separated from their families... I love the optimism! When we flipped the House, when we flipped the Senate. Mm-hmm? So when we flipped the House and flipped the Senate I think the first thing we should do is deal with the children who are being separated from their families at the border We should

08:24 I think we should get rid of ICE. We should separate out two missions and do the anti-terrorism mission, the national security mission and then on the other side make sure you're doing Looking at immigration as a humanitarian issue. These are civil issues, these are families Look it as the economic engine that it is that immigration is our strength It is our diversity is what makes this country in our economy so strong So re-looking at that issue I think we should pass the gun reform issues within the first month all of them universal background checks anti trafficking making sure people can't buy bump stocks large magazine clips, all that work. She's gonna do all that! Well how come she hasn't done any of it yet? No she's gonna do all that when they take back the House and Senate. She said I'm not ready for it. Flip flip I'm sorry flip yes now the most interesting woman was not Hillary Clinton who was on stage although Hillary's outfit was fantastic this is I'm sure you've seen the MooMoo photo

09:25 Oh my good just being Hillary Moo Moo, and I think you can spell it MUMU or MUUU. Either way it'll show up she showed up in this dress that truly looked like a moo-moo with with a pantsuit underneath and some kind of ortho... A moo-moo AND a pantsuit! Yes! Because they had legs the the moomoo had legs And these orthopedic shoes, which to me says she has serious heart issues. Her ankles are probably swelling up maybe she's just decomposing I don't know but it looks really bad did you see it? Have you found it? Oh, I'm sorry You're sorry you missed that aren't ya? This was the talk of the twitters. They didn't have a browser open and I gotta deal with this No! It's oh yeah you mean yet you have to deal with Chrome sending all your information in Google first

10:17 Yeah, this is almost done. That's what Chrome does that like let me just everything you've just done Let me upload that make sure the home HQ has it well anyway better sitting I got okay? Don't have this night Ozzy fest do Ozzy fellows and why? Right yeah man It's kind of loose Hillary wearing there you go What the heck was Hillary wearing is this her sitting yeah with this oh Tent she looks she looks like didn't to me look and just looking at this picture. It looks like she's wearing a hospital gown Yeah, it's I'm telling you it's the hide the decomposition. It's horrible Photoshop numbers somebody did with her wearing this outfit in on a train track with a big locomotive God all right newsletter Newsletters though but more interesting to me is

CHAPTER 04 / 41 Discussion

Laurene Powell Jobs, Philanthropy and John Lasseter

Laurene Powell Jobs is becoming more visible in the public sphere as a major philanthropist following her inheritance from Steve Jobs. The discussion links her influence to the departure of John Lasseter from Pixar due to misconduct allegations. Speculation arises regarding her political associations and her appearance on stage with Hillary Clinton at recent events.

laurene powell jobs· steve jobs· pixar· john lasseter· disney· philanthropy· hillary clinton

11:19 Was, and as far as I know this is at least the first time that I've noticed it. The coming out of Laurene Powell Jobs Have you ever heard her speak? You curiously know yeah, neither at I and she's now showing up everywhere as the big philanthropist Well you know what did you know what? I think has been going on first of all she inherited so much money She's one of the world's richest women overnight And and she also runs Disney pretty much or she had a lot to do with Disney And I'm sure that's one of the reasons. What's his name decided never to come back Lassiter

11:59 who quit for good, which is a huge blow to the company. I don't know anything about that. John Lasseter's the guy that was running Pixar and did all of Toy Story. He was the creative genius behind everything that came out at Pixar it was his doing and he's the one who called the shots on where the story should go and how it should end and everything in between. He's the guy who was hugging too many people. He was a hugger Oh! Is that why you had to go? Yeah Oh yes, I do remember this. Unwanted hugging! Yes so he hugged one too many people and that was the end of him and she's got to have something to do with it but I believe that she just started... what happens is she hangs out Does this story end with She Killed Steve Jobs? Is that how the story ends? I'm trying to think of a comeback to that but i can't

12:59 I believe she's hanging out with the wrong people, these are the kind of people that are come on you should come on you should. You know there's these kinds of harpies, left-wing harpies that have been encouraging her to get bigger self more visible so they can take advantage of all their money. They just want to steal our money! Yeah and she's got this beautiful black boyfriend And she's going to all the galas with. Now he could just be a date, but I think she's going out with him...I don't know who it is but just some pictures here and there. Young guy! Yeah? So she's on stage with Hillary. One more thing about Hillary that was also if you look around, need not do it now It looks like she had a life call alert around her neck

13:42 Yeah, everybody's commenting on his arrows pointing at her neck and looking at the photos. It makes no sense to me because you have to have the base unit nearby knowing how those things work Well not only that she's got armed guards around her all the time I mean what does she need a push-a-button for? But what was it? What was that little satchel? Maybe it was something that gives her heart a 120 volt jolt get her going again just gets a little woozy Okay we're good So we hear, is it Lorine? Is that how you pronounce her name? Lorin Powell Jones. I think it's Lorine, yeah, I'm not sure. So we'll hear her speak and sadly she'll speak total crap Well since you brought it up let's talk a little bit about

CHAPTER 05 / 41 Discussion

Immigration Funding, Refugee Services and Elite Disconnect

A critique of Laurene Powell Jobs' comments on immigration highlights her claim that refugee services lack funding. Data from 2016 shows that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services received over $55 million in government grants. The hosts argue that wealthy elites are disconnected from the financial realities of the immigration system.

immigration· lutheran immigration and refugee services· us conference of catholic bishops· family separation· government grants

14:23 how immigration has become an ugly word and a demonized sector. And the most ugly part of it has just been made visible with family separation where young toddlers and children have been torn from their parents, and many of these parents have already been deported, and the children were kept in cages The parents were kept generally hundreds if not thousands of miles from them. And even now, the reunification of the parents with their children is very complicated and not happening swiftly and there are two faith organizations, the Lutheran Services and the US Council on Bishops who've been tasked with reuniting children with their families without any funding by the way.

15:20 What? She just mentioned the two prominent refugee services, namely the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services. Who in 2016, I couldn't get the 2017 numbers yet. It got 55 million dollars in government grants to reintegrate immigrants into society! Hey if you're worth 50 billion bucks that means you're not funded. That's nothing... Yeah she's just elite. Yeah I could have figured that one out well yes

16:03 I mean seriously, what is she doing if she doesn't even know these basic truths? And i know what Hillary's doing. She's sucking up to her for the money! Oh yeah oh my goodness it was very apparent. Hillary's like the salt-sucking monster in that Star Trek first series Yes only the salt ain't salt baby... It be moolah So I found that really disheartening. I thought, no maybe we have a new person on the scene! Maybe she'll be great? No. Not not not and just briefly while were on the immigrants... We had this for-I think i played the report

CHAPTER 06 / 41 Discussion

White Helmets Evacuation, Syria and Israel Non-Intervention

Israel evacuated members of the White Helmets and their families from Syria to Jordan following requests from the United States and Europe. The group is slated for resettlement in Britain, Germany, and Canada. The hosts express skepticism regarding the organization's humanitarian status, suggesting they have ties to extremist groups and that the evacuation is part of a larger geopolitical deal involving Syrian oil.

white helmets· syria· israel· jordan· germany· canada· terrorism

16:41 on Sunday's show about the white helmets being evacuated and there was something that was bugging me after the show I like or when i listened to it, you know air checked the show and I heard the clip pass again like holy shit something I think we missed this is a redux of that clip just the first part For years, the White Helmets have saved thousands of lives in Syria. But now even they've had to flee after requests from the United States and some European countries Israel evacuated them and their families to Jordan saying there'd been an immediate threat to their lives Israel's military stressed its non-intervention policy in Syria According to Jordan's foreign ministry They'll spend three months in the country And then be settled in Britain Germany and Canada

17:29 It was the last bit that bugged me. Knowing what the White Helmets are, they're not volunteers we've seen photos of every member of the White Helmets in a incomplete terrorist garb with guns and then all sudden they're posing on Instagram pretending to save people same kids show up in multiple rescues I mean it's really a shoddy organization They were trained in Jordan evacuated to Jordan by Israel seems like the deal was perfect with, you know... Israel gets Syria's oil. Israel keeps Iran out of Syria Russia keeps its ports and Assad everybody is kind of happy but they're sending these known terrorists to Germany England where else were they sending them too?

18:20 US of A. Did they say that? No, I don't think they said that. Let me see. Prevention policy in Syria according to Jordan's foreign ministry They'll spend three months in the country and then be settled in Britain Germany and Canada Britain Germany and Canada Canada well close enough So isn't that like almost a gladio operation where you're sending the terrorists into the countries yeah That's crazy. Why are they accepting them? By the way, another thing that comes up in that clip just why Because this is a whole thing is some sort of a scam we're unaware or how it works But they said that Israel is non-intervention list or some bullcrap about in Syria Yeah, wait, where are they the guys taking him out and there aren't even next door neighbor country because they were involved with the hole They were involved. That's the point. Yeah, of course they were

19:11 And I think the US was... Hey, you put those guys in there. You take them out! That was the call huh? It had to be it Yeah yeah you're right you're right Wow it's just disturbing like really they're sending those guys to Europe that doesn't sound like a good idea Just just doesn't They'll probably commentators on CNN Yeah well I don't know I mean unless they have top-secret clearance which Now it's not happening. Mossad Yeah, I found that whole thing rather interesting yeah taking away security clearances from From our our former pencil pushers in the intelligence community Everybody is all up in arms about that well It was Rand Paul who first suggested it nobody mentions that do they know he's been marginalized you know he's just

CHAPTER 07 / 41 Discussion

James Clapper, Barack Obama and FISA Warrants

Former DNI James Clapper recently suggested that Barack Obama's request for an intelligence assessment set off the sequence of events leading to the Mueller investigation. This is contrasted with Clapper's previous denials of wiretapping or FISA warrants targeting the Trump campaign. The discussion mentions Admiral Mike Rogers' role in alerting the Trump team to potential surveillance.

james clapper· barack obama· robert mueller· fisa· trump tower· nsa· intelligence community

20:14 I'm the fringes. I don't think you know that he did that one interview with Brolf and that was the end of it Yeah, it's like he's not playing ball We can't have that guy on anymore. It's apparently too much like his old man You know just a whack job So clapper is also going to lose his um Apparently going to lose his top secret clearance. He should have been jailed well more yes and burglary, and you know there was a clip circulating Doing the rounds It's kind of titled as, oh! Clapper admits Obama set off the Mueller investigation. Which when you hear the whole thing in context I'm not so sure but i wanted to play it for you because it could be a case if the truth wants to come out and Clapper kinda slipped? I think its real borderline case

21:08 This is him on the phone with Anderson Cooper. The 2017 assessment that the president says he now agrees with, that was done while you and then CIA Director John Brennan were still in office so how can we reconcile the president attacking you but apparently after a very long time finally allegedly saying or saying he allegedly agrees with the product of the intelligence community that you yourself oversaw? Yeah, well this is... as we've come to know the president he's not a stalwart for consistency or coherence. So it is very hard to explain that one point I'd like to make Anderson and I don't think has come up very much before and I'm alluding now to the President's criticism of President Obama for all that he did or didn't do before he left office with respect to Russian meddling

22:01 If it weren't for President Obama, we might not have done the intelligence community assessment that we did that set off a whole sequence of events which are still unfolding today. Notably Special Counsel Mueller's investigation. President Obama is responsible for that and was he who tasked us to do that intelligence community assessment in the first place I think at an important point when it comes to critiquing President Obama. So what I think former director of national intelligence Clapper is trying to say is hey, you know the we knew this was going on Obama knew it and he started this investigation which is the Mueller investigation into meddling into our elections. Well no He says I think he said that thing was pretty clear that

22:47 That he said that Obama got the ball rolling, which eventually... He didn't use that word but that's what he was implying. Eventually got the Mueller investigation off of the ground. Okay so if that's the case then I mean when that started that's when they started the spies and the wire taps and they had the FISA warrant right? Yes Well then how do you reconcile this clip of Clapper from Let me start with the president's tweets yesterday. This idea that maybe President Obama ordered an illegal wiretap of his offices, if something like that happened would this be something you would be aware of?

23:29 I would certainly hope so. Obviously, I can't speak officially anymore but I will say that for the part of the national security apparatus that I oversaw as DNI there was no such wire tap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time or a candidate or against his campaign I can't speak for other Title III authorized entities in the government or a state or local entity. Yeah, I was just going to say if the FBI for instance had a FISA court order of some sort for surveillance would that be information you would know or not know? Yes You would be told this...I would know that If there was a FISA court order on something like this Something like this absolutely And at this point you can't confirm or deny whether that exists? I can deny it

24:19 There is no FISA court order. Not to my knowledge of anything at Trump Tower? No Okay, I you know either he was there and Obama's got it all set in motion And they had everything wound up and he knew about it because he said he'd well You know he said we know that in the past if he doesn't think things can get aware that he just lies outright okay All right Well take that then Because he's done it before so he'll do it again now He points a finger at Trump saying Trump's a liar and you can't Tell what he's talking about that clappers one of those you know you are what I am what I say You are yes, there's a lot of that going around yeah lots Yes all right

25:05 Well, I'm not because that something did happen because the head of the NSA Rogers went over and talked to the Trump people told me this was going on. That's where the whole rumor started because he knew it was going on and thought that there were there was a there was a coup underway so Rogers goes into the White House and says hey you guys are or door to the Trump campaign some at some point in the timeline and says hey this has been going on you should be aware of it and uh... I'm out here right Well, we know nothing basically.

CHAPTER 08 / 41 Discussion

Ray McGovern, Joe Piscopo and the Loss of Humor

Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern appeared on the Joe Piscopo Show to discuss intelligence community overreach and the 33,000 deleted Hillary Clinton emails. McGovern claims the NSA has the content of those emails. The hosts also digress into Joe Piscopo's career, noting that his transition into bodybuilding coincided with a perceived loss of his comedic sense.

ray mcgovern· joe piscopo· cia· hillary clinton· nsa· bodybuilding· humor

25:52 Another guy's kind of been marginalized like Rand Paul is like a Ray McGovern, right? Ray McGovern the XCIA guy now Remind me who this is again. Ray McGovern is the old farts XCIA get with their beard and goatee Oh yes Yes, I know he is sure it's always bitching and moaning about his laugh And he thinks this is hilarious all screwed up these guys are in others and he talks a lot for a former CIA guy He divulges a lot Yes, yeah. Which is always concerning I'm actually trying to get an interview with him Oh the show? I'm not gonna get anywhere With that attitude change your words change your world Come on if you want to flip the house in the Senate then you got a talk that way I'm gonna ask him specifically that Because I feel the same way so here he is but here's where he ends up That's why probably should do an interview at the Noah Jenner shows because

26:44 He, uh... where's he? What kind of a show is he being interviewed on? Local New York station. The Joe Piscopo Show! Fantastic It's a business but what your response to before we let you go Ray, uh, to the criticism from people like John Brennan and James Clapper They're running scared Joe uh... there are documentary this documentary evidence that they played fast and loose with the law in trying to make sure that trump didn't win and then everyone trying to sully him and impeach him it's that the intelligence committee on the house which is the only one that surreal oversight committee has two documents

27:28 you've gotten through with computer struck and other middle-level or senior level peoples in the fbi struck another's a finally going to realize that they did have it taken the rap for james clapper and john brennan wow and uh... israeli scared look at least Yeah, yeah. He's treasonous activity? So he doesn't have any editor anymore...any break on him anymore so that's where you're getting this stuff from And Ray what about $400 million? Volodymyr Putin says at the press conference yesterday and we gotta go but 400 million dollars went to the Hillary campaign and most of that was illegal money why is no one talking about that this morning sir Well it's even worse than that Joe You know they talk about these 33 thousand emails that Hillary destroyed Yes! You know what They're available

28:13 The National Security Agency collects everything that goes over the net, over the internet. And so maybe no one's told Trump that but for God sake all he has to do is say you know I don't have to ask Russia It's somewhere in the Intel in the United States They scoop up everything and they have the content So there are The aura of unreality to this whole thing. Trump knows enough to be suspicious, but he doesn't know the whole deal because they won't tell him." Wow! I am really high! Sounded just like him. You know, McGovern sounds a bit like Pachenik in his mannerisms how he speaks. Yeah totally totally

28:59 And for those who don't remember, probably too young Joe Piscopo was a key player in the late 80s? Yes, I'm sure yeah Saturday great mimics probably. I've ever seen in my life He could do not run Sinatra he could do him and look like him Yeah, yes, Sinatra was you know? He'd get made up and it was a outright he did Sinatra he did a lot of people to Jerry Lewis he did People who don't matter anymore Yeah, and I don't know if Piscopo ever modernized his act. That's probably one of the reasons... What station is he on now? Some crazy WGNY or something I never heard of With 10,000 watts in New Jersey!

29:45 Medium wave is a 6 to 10 drive time. Is it WOR? Maybe it's WOR. No, I don't think it's WOR. Just put some Joe Piscopo radio and you'll get this. You can Bing yourself. I'm not going to Bing stuff for you. Also got into muscle building and it kind of he gets so preoccupied with it. I think it's like he lost his comedy Yeah, he did get into that didn't he? Oh, he was so beefed It was outrageous. I think he was juicy. He was also you get that big juice juice And I think that hurts your sense its hurt your your sense of humor Humor is lost

CHAPTER 09 / 41 Discussion

Jean-Claude Juncker, Donald Trump and EU Trade Deals

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker met with Donald Trump to negotiate a trade deal aimed at reducing tariffs. The hosts characterize the agreement as a "memorandum of understanding" rather than a concrete deal, as it excludes cars and steel. Observations are made about the physical interactions between the two leaders during their Rose Garden appearance.

jean-claude juncker· donald trump· european union· trade deal· tariffs· memorandum of understanding

30:28 Well, look at my body. You know I'm not juicing that's why I'm so funny. And you're hilarious too! Woohoo! Exactly Big fun little get-together in the White House as Junker the Drunker showed up to negotiate a deal A trade deal for the EU with Trump Yeah, I wish I had one of those clips from Skype because this one guy was very cynical Well, he should be. This is a very typical European deal and they usually brand it with the term memorandum of understanding or letter of intent I've done a lot of deals in Europe and they're full shit

31:12 This is no deal. The deal was basically, we're gonna work on a deal so that we don't have any tariffs on each other's goods except for cars and steel We're going to leave that where it is right now And if we do not get along then all bets are off So they really agreed on nothing Yeah, yeah kinda. And Junker didn't look that drunker but Trump was reaching out to hold his hand everywhere the guy was still kind of wobbly Yeah, at one point they're in the Rose Garden and then they they're done. They turn around they walk back in and Trump reaches out to grab his hand and Jung- they don't connect until he grabs his elbow but he was clearly reaching out for it I mean he reached more out more for Junkers hand than have ever seen him reach from Melania's hand honestly like Melania keeps pulling back Rightfully so Now

CHAPTER 10 / 41 Discussion

Hillary Clinton Health Speculation, Medical Gear

The hosts examine photos of Hillary Clinton from OZY Fest, pointing out a visible lump under her clothing. They speculate that she may be wearing medical equipment such as an insulin pump or a heart-assist device, suggesting she is concealing a serious health condition.

hillary clinton· health· insulin pump· heart pump· wardrobe

32:11 I don't want to interrupt the flow of things here, even though we're just kind of changing topics. Well let's come back to the tariff because i'm not done with that yet. Okay but before you do that so I can get this off the screen... I've got all these Hillary pictures? Yes And there's a bunch of people that are pointing out a big lump under this giant dress she was wearing. Saying it is some sort of like, piece of gear maybe it has got like heart pump or off you know something about insulin pump or something pumping stuff in there. Recycling bin? I don't know what it is! It says Hillary Secret has been exposed to the world...

32:52 I'm just saying. I'm sure she's hiding something about her health, just look at her it's obvious there is something going on and that's her business is fine to know. All right onward. Yeah back to the tariffs interesting report from the European Union I think this from Euronews that this effect has actually had or this implementation are these tariffs in place right? The steel tariffs Not the car tariffs, but the steel tariffs. I think so! Yeah, I think the steel tariffs are in place...

CHAPTER 11 / 41 Discussion

Steel Tariffs, Port of Antwerp and Soybean Toxicity

The Port of Antwerp reports an unexpected increase in steel exports to the US as companies stock up before tariffs take full effect. Meanwhile, the US government is providing aid to farmers affected by Chinese retaliation against American soybeans. The hosts pivot to a discussion on the health risks of soy, claiming it is toxic unless heavily cooked and can cause hormonal issues.

steel tariffs· port of antwerp· soybeans· agriculture· edamame· trade war

33:27 The car tariffs is just a threat, but here's the result of the steel tariffs. The port of Antwerp is one of the largest ports in Europe Millions of tons of cargo transit here each year and the first trading partner is by far the United States Half of all EU steel exports to the US are shipped from these docks The decision made in June by Donald Trump to impose a 25% tariff on steel imports had a lot of people worried here But according to Wim Dillen, a port manager these tariffs have had so far unexpected consequences. Quite surprisingly perhaps we have exported more steel than in the first six months of this year than we did in the first six months of last year but I think that has to do with companies anticipating what was going to come and filling their stocks

34:18 in the US but if this would last for a long time then I think it will become very negative indeed. So it had the opposite effect as expected? Yeah maybe these things aren't supposed to be permanent, they're supposed to be negotiating tools. He's doing this deal with, you know, he heard the farmers are getting right about the whole thing because nobody is buying soybeans. So he's going to just throw money at that. Yeah, you got the soybeans there think that may actually be a real deal? I think they did agree on soybeans and what is what's the big deal with soybeans? They're not good for ya. Are they now we've talked about this a lot soybeans. They'd shrink your brain and make your butt your boobs grow

35:12 They are used to make soy sauce? Yeah. Yes, and they're used to make soy oil here and abroad Yeah, but what is soy used for? Everything is just soy and everything could be used a cattle feed But what that sounds about right. But what exactly is its use in processed food It's like in cornflakes you might find some soy meal I mean it's very...it's used on everything! It's extremely... It's elemental that so important. I try to avoid it

35:48 Yeah, you should. It's if you don't get for soy bean for example is not cookie or do you ever go to a sushi bar? I've been yes You every eat any edamame? I have that's soy what do you think those are beans yeah They're not green beans No, it's a mommy so I'm eating soy yeah your debts how much you're avoiding it. I had no idea Okay Right. Well, it goes into all kinds of products and I guess we're the... We're now the big... Preparation of immature soybeans It has to be cooked a lot if it's not cooked you'll be farting for the rest of your life That's how toxic soy is Ah! Film at 11

CHAPTER 12 / 41 Discussion

Max Igan, China One Belt One Road and Globalism

An analysis from Max Igan on RT suggests that Trump's trade policies are a form of "theater" designed to isolate America and push Europe toward China's One Belt One Road initiative. The hosts discuss whether this isolationism is a deliberate business strategy to marginalize the US dollar as the global reserve currency.

max igan· rt· russia today· china· one belt one road· isolationism· globalism

36:31 I love the troll room. They're freaking out that I know anything about soy. Yeah, I do avoid I'm a moron readily readily admit okay. No, I miss X na on the edamame then oh Meanwhile over on RT there was an interesting analysis of the terrorists from this guy Max Egan or I can IGN. I'm not very familiar with him It seems like dude from Australia with a big mouth But he had an interesting take which was kind of no agenda ish, which I wanted to share What do you make of this trade war as many again? This is RT Russia today

37:16 they were already in the midst of. This is all theater for the masses. Governments all work together, it's a business operation this whole thing is a business operation It's the same with Trump's dealings in Russia people aren't looking at that correctly They're not really looking at he's not dealing with Putin He's dealing with the five corporations that actually control Russia Trump's a businessman With this whole deal that's coming online How do you remove America as its position? As the global reserve currency You can't do through war you have to do it through marginalizing the people how do you do that

37:59 You know, people are very gung-ho. We're American we're proud so make America great again it's a policy of isolationism to isolate America from Europe and to give Europe the excuse it needs to pull away from America and to embrace the Chinese One Belt One Road initiative which incidentally does not include America It's all theater for the masses like I said its one big corporate entity doesn't matter what country you go to no one wants to invade you Its the governments facing off against each other if the governments weren't there, we wouldn't have any problem. It's the same in every country." Well I don't know about that and you know I generally subscribe to the idea that you know governments are corporations and the corporations are in one big global game...I'm in on that but I hadn't considered that this might be a way to move Europe towards China

38:48 Whether that's from the US side pushing them or from the EU side, you know Moving just happy and magnetic to go that way for the any pronounce it wrong. Of course. It's that's three belts no road I thought that was that was interesting. I don't know if there's any truth to it well, I Don't think China is really I think Chinese wasn't new embrace the whole everything at can So it can get, you have some create enough factories and processes and manufacturing capabilities so it can hire all those people and give them something to do. I don't know. I don't believe it personally.

39:40 They got some ideas and they may or may not work out. I know the Europeans in some countries like Spain, for example, they're kind of annoyed by the fact that all the Spanish goods and stuff they used to do make their pottery and kitchenware and everything is all made in China now if you go to the flea market in Madrid on Sunday it's everything's made in China You know, the scarves and everything. It's unbelievable that we've given up. We can't compete! Not yet. Robots are our friends so help. Yeah yeah

CHAPTER 13 / 41 Discussion

Austin Homelessness, Bond Measures and Public Sanitation

Austin, Texas is considering a $900 million bond measure that includes funding for homelessness services and light rail. Critics argue that current spending is ineffective, noting that the city has over 7,500 homeless individuals but very few shelter beds. An anecdote is shared regarding the aggressive behavior of homeless individuals in private office buildings.

austin· texas· homelessness· bond measure· sanitation· light rail· san francisco

40:27 then we're stuck with a homeless problem. Oh, now man Austin's about to... Every year they do a bond in Austin which is for about where they try to put a bond together it's failed every year I've lived here 900 million dollars they want to build light rail in Austin and then they say we're gonna do a gondola system and they wanted the courthouse. They have one of those in Portland oh well that's probably where and they now have earmarked $30 million to help the homeless problem in Austin by expanding the current services that are already not working. It's unbelievable, and we did get the tally though in last year 2017 7,640 people experiencing homelessness in Austin which is a lot! That's a lot We have I don't know if you even have that many in San Francisco

41:26 And we are spending 280 million dollars and they want to double it. But that's just for cleaning up the poop Yeah, well poop yeah so you know it's like No new ideas You know zero and then you look what we have in Austin with if the arches which is an acronym for something They have a hundred and twenty beds for men only Then you have the Salvation Army has 60 beds for women and children. That's it! With a homeless population of more than 7,500 people... They're stupid here. Well it's not going to get any better

42:08 No, no everyone's busing their homeless to Austin just like San Francisco. San Francisco 2 point it well now they've got some new buses They're gonna have running up and down the coast where you can get a quick bus ride at LA for $15 or something to wear to la from San Francisco. Wow, that's very cheap! Well yeah you know what that's gonna be it's gonna be a bus full of homeless. Yeah hey buddy you want to go to LA? Okay uh here here's the ticket yeah Hey guys been sitting out in front of the dry cleaners for for a couple days now what are we going to do about this guy he won't leave I got an idea let's get him a ticket send him to Malibu he'll love it down there

42:57 Did I tell you about the homeless guy who came into the lobby of the building here? No. Like, I want to use the bathroom and this was when Freddie was still downstairs. Freddie's gone not too bad. Freddie was super flamboyant black gay guy with a handkerchief in his breast pocket. Yeah like Kimmy Schmidt. Totally yeah not quite like Titus but some similar characteristics And he said, you know what was I gonna do? I said no this is a private building. The guy says oh well then why don't just pee right in front of your door would you like me to do that? That's the level we've gotten too here. Yeah there welcome to the new world. Speaking of New World... New World for face bag this morning that was fun watching that yesterday! I missed it whatever it was Oh their earnings

CHAPTER 14 / 41 Discussion

Facebook Stock Collapse, Data Privacy and Revenue Guidance

Facebook shares plummeted 24% following an earnings call where the CFO warned of slowing revenue growth and declining user numbers in Europe. The company attributed some of the slowdown to giving users more data privacy choices, which negatively impacts their advertising-based business model. Other tech stocks like Twitter and Snapchat also saw declines in sympathy.

facebook· stock market· mark zuckerberg· data privacy· cfo· revenue· social media

43:53 Oh yeah, that would. You mean you're talking about the collapse of the stock? That was fun! Yes it's fun of course it is Schadenfreude to the max that was fantastic and look I love listening to these conference calls which always start off with good quarter guys hey great cue yeah really strong fantastic hey let me ask you a question we've all heard if you haven't you should listen one these analyst calls and you can definitely hear the face bag call where they start off, everything's great. You know a solid quarter and our revenue is fantastic and then came all the shit

44:30 And to me, the most important thing... basically they gave out guidance so that the stock dropped 10% and people were like this is something's wrong here because the overall users had gone down. The overall revenue per user you know there was these slowdowns and so it dropped ten percent and then the CFO talks he's like well we expect a slow in growth, slow down in growth of high single digits can you imagine? Is to say, yeah we're gonna our growth is going to slow by maybe up to 10% and you know it's gonna affect revenue and June the stock just crashed that was a tanked 24%.

45:10 down. It was pretty bad I don't know what's doing it's been kind of limbering today well it has been going up very nicely over the last few months, it had been yeah because one of our game stocks that we play on the DHM Plug Show and so its been going up well and then those days are over so it gets kicked off to be is gonna be kicked off that list because of the downturn but...I think I think them biggest problem they have in how..because they would just First of all, I think they were speaking like the shit don't stink. Like oh we can do whatever we want We're Facebook you know it won't hurt us But this one line this is from the transcript and this is from the CFO David Werner We plan to grow and promote certain engaging experiences like stories that have currently had had lower levels of monetization And we are also giving people who use our services more choices around data privacy which may have an impact on our revenue growth

46:08 There they are saying in black and white, because of our model which is taking people's information. When people want that information not to be taken and they say hold on this maybe not that it affects their revenue. And this... Duh! Well you never want to say that No they should never even do it Well that's how they're making so much money Yeah, what they should do. I mean they get rattled because of the social justice warrior element within the company instead of just saying hey look here's what we do this is how we do it if you don't like it you can find something else there's other there's a thing in Russia you can go use that

46:56 But nobody's gonna do that. People will just stay there if you have privacy issues with us, just be more careful to what information you give us That's the way I would handle it Not a bunch of switches you turn on and off and on and off which affects revenue Yeah? And thats exactly what they're talking about! No, they should just say screw all that. Yeah you're not gonna get great privacy of course not you put all your pictures up on the internet what do you expect how much privacy you wanted this is the Internet hello? yeah well everything tanked along with that Twitter Snapchat Spotify still going gangbusters oddly I'm not quite sure how that works

47:39 But, you know this I think this shows the kink in the cable. The dent in the armor. Yeah yeah maybe this is... well it's a dent. Well I had something nice to talk about but there are stock markets that brought up by putting the newsletter what was it? Do you remember? I have to go look at that newsletter. Well we were going to talk about the creepy porn lawyer calls. I can, if you want. I could look and see if I could find it. Is there something about the stock market? Oh yes! It was about Trump and the economy. Yeah, Trump says... yeah, Trump in the economy he... Hey, that was your topic so I figured you'd bring it No, it was..I thought maybe had a clip but I don't know if have a clip

CHAPTER 15 / 41 Discussion

GDP Growth, Economic Numbers and Election Strategy

Anticipation builds for new GDP growth numbers, which are expected to be significantly higher than the Obama-era average. A theory is presented that the threat of tariffs has caused a temporary spike in economic activity as businesses rush to manufacture and import goods in advance. This economic "jack-up" is viewed as a strategic move ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

gdp· gnp· larry kudlow· 2018 midterms· inventory· manufacturing· economy

48:29 But it had to do, I just thought you'd mention it because it was a Horowitz thesis. Oh okay! It's so interesting as it said Jesus is really an interesting idea. Alright And what it is that cause we're gonna get some numbers economic growth numbers tomorrow as a matter of fact. Oh, okay big day. Today is Thursday night. What kind of numbers like consumer confidence or manufacturing? No no we're talking about GDP. So the GDP that you know has been dragging along with Obama was 1%, one and a half maybe and then it got jacked up to maybe 2%. You mean the growth? Yeah it's got something to do with growth. Gross domestic product

49:14 It used to be GNP, Gross National Product. Why did it change? That was a European thing I grew up learning GNP Yeah when they changed it Anyway... It's supposed to be jacked up like four or something maybe even higher and Trump has been touting it And so has Kudlow In fact let's see if uh..I don't know If I have anything... I don't have Kudlow saying it but I do have a Kudlow clip But we'll play that later afterwards So the idea is this is Horowitz thesis is that the reason for all these tariffs and all, oh we're gonna do this and it's just gonna kill everybody. It actually jacks up the economy because everybody manufactures as much as they can in advance of the tariffs. They stock as much inventory- Oh sure yeah to get it all up of course To get it all there and bring it in import you just get everything cranked up you know too in advance of the tariff so you don't

50:09 Burn too badly right and you can this will continue for at least two quarters Which will give these fake numbers take him through the 2018 elections. Oh Nice one, you know okay? I'm glad you brought that up And I'm glad Andrew came up with that because I think there's another gambit that Trump is playing and Well yeah, I think this you may like this Again for the minute this is all about the elections everything you hear by the way in the news today is all about The elections at least everything that we've talked about over the last six months has been about the election I am before and before and before but six months for sure And if it wasn't about a special election, which is what hashtag me to helped and then kind of went away as you predicted That was after the special election or that Jamuk down there. It was assigning yearbooks sitting on laps Whatever the heck he was doing

CHAPTER 16 / 41 Discussion

Brett Kavanaugh, Vince Foster and Midterm Gambits

Judge Andrew Napolitano suggests that Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh, was a choice forced by the establishment. However, a counter-theory posits that Kavanaugh's past role in the Vince Foster investigation could be used to dredge up Clinton-era scandals during confirmation hearings. This strategy would theoretically energize the Republican base and obstruct Democratic momentum in the midterms.

brett kavanaugh· andrew napolitano· vince foster· supreme court· hillary clinton· midterms

51:04 So I think Trump has another gambit. I'm gonna give him a lot of credit with this by coming up with this thesis Judge Napolitano was on Shoot, I don't know what was he on around some show and he was talking about the Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh and You know there was what was the other guy's name? He's in the same district as Trump sister who is a judge and I forget the guy's name, but it's in this clip. It was Hardiman. His sister... very persuasive. Well, I sat with his sister we were judges in New Jersey and know her better than I know him

51:45 Judge Mary Ann Trump Barry, judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. She had persuaded him that it was Hardiman and he touched all the bases all the buttons that Donald Trump promised he would touch were touched with Hardiman when he got to DC Sunday night The establishment with which he has surrounded himself surrounded him and verbally browbeat him into changing his mind. I would like to have heard the conversation when he called his sister back and said, Marianne, I've changed my mind! What?! But the establishment just like Ronald Reagan eventually surrounded himself with Jim Baker and the establishment

52:23 President Trump has already begun to surround himself with the establishment and is beginning to show Establishment arian ways, and he wanted to satisfy the establishment And they were satisfied with one of their boys the quintessential member of the Washington DC legal judicial establishment Okay So trump sister said you got to take this guy. He checks all the boxes that's the guy he's perfect for the job and Trump then decides to go with Kavanaugh instead. Judge Napolitano interprets that as he got institutionalized, what was the word he used? The word you should use is co-opted. And then Napolitano went on to say something else about Kavanaugh that made me think oh my gosh no this is a

53:18 a pick that is not intended to pass and will get torn apart in the Senate confirmation hearing about a very interesting topic. Look, there's this other crazy thing I warned them about. That's the body of Vince Foster! I don't want to sound like Roger Stone but he was the young prosecutor in charge of investigating what happened to Vince Foster How did a guy who killed himself end up wrapped up in a rug in a public park? and he arguably suborned perjury by browbeating a witness out of giving testimony about seeing two thugs moving a rug in the park. This is documented, I'm not making this up and I said to the president's people you really want this to come out in the confirmation hearing? It will it'll come out on the conservative attack on him not on the left's attack on him. Think about this for a moment can you imagine 2 maybe 3 months

54:18 of Senate confirmation hearings all about how Hillary, the Hillary assassination group killed Vince Foster? I see where you're going. This guy is not intended to get through! Well, whether she's intended it or not to bring up all this stuff and make a fuss about it is to kill the Democrats that are trying to get in 2018. To me... Dredge up Vince Foster and Hillary Hitler! Yeah yeah I think that if true is a beautiful gambit

54:56 And it flows right into messing up the midterms. That combined with the economy should put them in a position where they can afford to take this chance because they won't flip the Senate, And if they don't flip the Senate, they may actually pick up. I mean they've been...the country's been fooled before by these Democrats who are overly optimistic about their great power and how much they're loved by everyone but they keep making this These elemental mistakes, they support migrants over Americans is a classic. I mean, I can see bumper stickers saying that. They're just overconfident and they don't have any... And they're clueless and they don't care about the economy apparently. And their old social justice warriors and identity politics and everything, they have not changed anything that they've been banking on for the last decade and it's been hurting them

55:54 Who cares about that? I just want to hear more about the hit list. Who cares this would be fantastic television yeah everyone will be popping off and going nuts about it oh this is gonna be great! I had no idea he was, by the way if so he was the prosecutor well that guy should not be in the Supreme Court i'm against him that was a scam Sounds like it. Oh Wasn't too long ago that maybe it's maybe was not a coincidence at that resurface and I was reading it rereading that It's either the guys either gonna just glide through and get in this is never gonna happen to Paula Tano's full of crap

56:39 Or it could get stalled away, which would add to the intrigue of the 2018 elections and everything's about that. It would be fun because you focus it all on Hillary And by the way... Oh here is another one! Because they know that Trump got in largely because Republicans wanted a guy president who will pick the Supreme Court guys It's possible. I'm gonna add one more layer to your theory." Okay, now we're going for the trifecta! He doesn't get in. They stop the nomination and then you make a big fuss is that oh my God it's because these Democrats stopped the nomination most of the Republicans voted for him We need more Republicans You've got to get out and vote Republican. You gotta get out and vote. Vote, vote

57:27 Boy, we live in a- We can't even get a Supreme Court nominee through because we only have 50 people or 51. Vote! Yeah. We need more. You gotta vote Republican because we're never gonna get anything accomplished. These Democrats are obstructionists which the word has cropped up already. They've been using the word obstructionist which of course was used against them. Not the Republicans. The party that says no was the old one against the Republicans but So this could be a great gig. We may be seeing a master politician at work! Maybe, maybe... Nobody wants to even think that's a possibility. No, he is stupid it's impossible I got some great Rob Reiner clips from a podcast to play but first i want to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you John C, where the c stands for call alert, Dvorak

CHAPTER 17 / 41 Discussion

No Agenda Art, Darren O'Neill and Creative Contributions

The hosts thank Darren O'Neill for the episode 1053 artwork, which featured a car remote with an "assassinate" button. They discuss the high quality of submissions to the No Agenda Art Generator and how listeners use the art for personal projects and social media.

darren o'neill· album art· no agenda art generator· podcasting· digital art

58:21 In the morning to you, Mr. Adam Curry. Ah this means you don't have a spreadsheet ready. I can tell! And in the morning to the ships at sea and the boots on the ground, and the feet in the air, and the subs in the water. And you do have some people to thank for the art and other things... You should probably do that first." And I'll do it nice and slow! In the morning to The Troll Room at noagendastream.com Helpful today Good jokes Good one-liners Appreciate it Good to have Doug here as well If you've ever been to knowagendastream.com, you'll know what I'm talking about That's where you can witness all the action live on Thursdays and Sundays And they also want to wish a hearty in the morning to Darren O'Neill He is the artist who brought us the artwork the album art for episode 1053 title of that lefties are right and this was the

59:15 This was actually we had a long debate about which art to use because there were number of good pieces. This was the car remote unlocking keychain with the red button that said assassinate on it, yeah? Which was a call back to discussing in the show how your car can be completely taken over by law enforcement It was good. Yeah, it was a good piece and we appreciate it Darren Thank you very much and all of the artists who contribute by uploading here did a lot of good pieces because one Of the things we have in The Art Generator is you can click on the artist's name And you see all this stuff they've ever submitted yeah, and he has a lot of very good conceptual stuff He's gotten picked maybe five times but his his stuff is always good

59:59 Yeah, and so much happens with this art. There's just so many beautiful derivatives you know for my birthday Tina sister I think she tweeted out actually made a huge poster size print of Me in the middle with the wired cover was kind that stylized drawing of me with a microphone You know the inventor of the podcast but then around it all no agenda art is really beautiful You can do all kinds of cool things with it That's noagendaartgenerator.com and again thank you to all the artists, and thank you Darren O'Neill! And we'd like to thank a few people who have supported our program monetarily We want to thank people with higher numbers up front just like Hollywood we call them our executive and associate executive producers because they are it's exactly what producers do John you have the list You mentioned Twitter I did So i can't get on my account

CHAPTER 18 / 41 Discussion

Twitter Password Issues, Silicon Valley Corporate Culture

A host recounts a frustrating experience trying to recover a Twitter password, criticizing the lack of responsive PR and customer support at major tech firms. The discussion shifts to a new policy in Mountain View or San Francisco that may ban tech companies from providing free food in order to support local restaurants.

twitter· google voice· pr· silicon valley· facebook· mountain view· free food

1:00:54 I don't remember. My password was lost, because I don't know what the password is...I guess? I thought it did and so then they say well we can get you know I lost password now everyone's so paranoid this started with Microsoft is almost impossible to get your password back So I said, well you gotta answer these questions. You gotta do this and that. And they said what phone number? We have to send you a code for your phone number! Yeah. What's your phone number? I gave all the phone numbers I have and they rejected them all. What?! Yeah yeah. Oh you know wha-I know why because you have a lot of Google Voice numbers No no I only had one and they rejected that right away but uh...they reject it. I have real numbers

1:01:38 And I have a real cell phone, and I have a real landline. They didn't like any of them." So... Did they give you reason for not liking them? They said this we don't have it on record! Oh okay yeah you gave him something else. Ah geez No no i don't know what I don't remember ever I've been on the account for so long that I don't remember giving them ever giving them a phone number So I said, well i haven't got this stuff yet. He clicked on it and said we'll look over this and get back to you in two or three days. So then I said let me just send a note to the PR people if they have to track him down on LinkedIn

1:02:17 And they didn't respond. Nobody cares, it's unbelievable this is the same as Google The PR people you don't know who runs the place PR nobody cares I just sent it to press at info dot such and such send a press at Google I mean they won't answer your questions It's not like the olden days where the PR people were responsive They're always looking that help the media You know what? They probably pissed off Did you hear that the new rule in Where's the new headquarter they just opened up I don't know where it is. The main office is in San Francisco. Yeah, well San Francisco was also thinking of implementing this rule but what were you...where SGI used to be? Silicon Graphics? Yeah weren't they up in...Millow Park? No maybe somewhere in Northern California. I don't know where but the city said

1:03:10 That's great. We love having you here, but you're not allowed to serve free food anymore in your cafeteria Oh no that's Facebook. Oh is it Facebook? I'm sorry thought it was Google Yeah, that's a big local story yeah, yeah right on help the local businesses I mean that's absolutely what what a great idea to help the community Yeah You don't think so Well, I mean if i was working in one of those companies and I was at that one office that doesn't have free food. That'd be a little disappointed right but they could just give you per diem here's money go let me give you another thing well yeah that would be a good idea and Mountain View it's a little different Mountain View maybe its mountain view though I'm thinking might be Mountain View because Mountain View has a lot on their main street they have a unbelievable number of Chinese and Asian restaurants cuz I guess there's a huge population down there of Asians

1:04:02 that are just great. You can eat well in Mountain View, so I can see why they'd be a little annoyed every one of these other cities San Francisco is too expensive and there's all these other places should have free food piece for as I'm concerned if the foods any good well it's just another part of the rebellion against the uberlords and what is somebody doing Cupertino at Apple you're in that big giant satellite dead spaceship thing i think they have to pay for their food at apple yeah you do have to pay for your food but least there's a restaurant in there because there's no restaurants outside the place okay that yes different different scenario but anyways beside the point what I'm bitching about his twitter not giving my

1:04:47 And I'm a guy with the little Twitter bird there, you know. You're verified bro! They've said hey you're certified We know your certified but your also verified Yeah that too So... A lot of good that does ya Apparently none Im looking at my email now to see where my help is and its not here Ok so what does that have to do with donations? Well, you mentioned Twitter. I had to bitch about the fact that I can't do any of these things on Twitter now. I didn't mention Twitter at all! Yeah you did. Okay...I don't think i did. You just out-of-the blue started off with Twitter? Yeah yeah well you did say something anyway let's start with thanking some people our executive producers starting with Glenn Morphus $338.38 33 8 38

CHAPTER 19 / 41 Discussion

Executive Producer Glenn Morphus, Big Brain Place

Executive Producer Glenn Morphus contributes $338.38 and shares a personal note about his sister's recovery from a brain aneurysm. He also promotes his family startup, Big Brain Place, which sells puzzles, aromatherapy, and sensory blankets designed to improve cognitive health.

glenn morphus· big brain place· aromatherapy· cognitive health· brain aneurysm· cursive

1:05:43 Ah, he has a note. He sent it in. I have no clue. You what? You have it?! Yeah! It's just this mailed-in note and we're holding it my hand. Oh okay... I was ready to go squirrel mail on ya. She jumped with the gun! Sorry! I'm so excited! Believe me you'll be able to use that a lot. Okay! Uh, gentlemen. Gentlemen. He's got very interesting handwriting I have to say and its all longhand or as I like to say, cursive. I appreciate the opportunity to join the illustrious group of no, it's very readable, of No Agenda Show producers. As soon you give producers credit on the podcast it is going on my LinkedIn profile and then he's got a number, a bulleted list. One, my sister-like Dame Tiffany suffers from

1:06:37 Trig, I can't remember. Trigonuchal neuralgia some sort of neuralgia this surgery she had some surgery that Dame Tiffany is undergoing is neither trivial nor 100% successful. Okay hold on this refers to our Dame who Her husband was playing no agenda best of clip shows with all the jingles and end-of-show mixes And that really helped her come back to health right so yes, it's a brain aneurysm It wasn't says this in neuralgia. Oh, please give her karma for her surgery and recovery okay? We'll do that put them on the list right here Okay, you've got I do want health Carmen to go out immediately oh

1:07:27 Your discussion of John C's recent cataract surgery surprised me. It seems that neither of you had spent time under a general anesthetic at your ages, you should have had one or more cause colostomies. No, not colostomy. Colonoscope. Ah yes colonoscopy and ass video yeah well the prep isn't fun for 24 hours I'll return to your high school playing What? Well, the prep isn't fun for 24 hours. You'll return to your high school playing weight as opposed to try genial surgery colonoscopies. Colonoscopy. He's got an S on it is confusing me. Highly effective at preventing colon cancer. Okay three please give our family startup www dot big brain dot place

1:08:33 Is that a TDL? Yeah, probably. Some startup karma we are burning cash like Congress at Big Brain place you can buy everything you need to build a bigger brain Oh I'm looking at it right now so they have games they got puzzles Do they have any drugs? Pure aromatherapy oh they've got big brain sensory blankets Thanks for the privilege of being a producer of the best podcast in the universe regard. Written in cursive with a fountain pen like God intended! Nice, they also sell coffee because of its many health benefits. Interesting all right yeah I'll give you some karma for that right away

CHAPTER 20 / 41 Discussion

Colonoscopy Debate, Warren Buffett and Dutch Pronunciation

A discussion on the merits of colonoscopies mentions Warren Buffett's skepticism of the procedure. A donor from New York shares his success in hiring his first employee but requests a "de-douching" for him. The segment ends with a challenge to pronounce "Scheveningen," a word used in WWII to identify German spies in the Netherlands.

colonoscopy· warren buffett· colon cancer· scheveningen· netherlands· world war ii

1:09:23 You've got karma by the way I once I heard Warren Buffett say that he refuses to have a colonoscopy because he says Everybody, I know who has not had a colonoscopy is doing fine everyone who had one and they detected something is dead That's what Warren Buffet said yeah. Do you think the guy would know something? He's one of the top elites Is it top elite no Edward Gartland in Menden, New York 33334. Dear John and Adam love the show the donations for your amygdala protection when watching m5m and The View this is my second donation last year I requested karma for hiring my first employee Brandon it worked our business telling

1:10:11 It worked. It worked! Our business selling refrigerant leak detectors is kicking butt. Brandon, however, is a long-term douchebag. Please apply something... Half of this in his name and provide thorough de-douching. You've been dedouched Any tip for the new and confused listeners listen to show eight nine eighty four To learn how to show evolved. Oh, it is a Rosetta Stone of no agenda No, sorry right? I have no idea what was in 984 through Rosetta stone, huh?

1:10:50 Maybe. Is it maybe one of the redo's, the reduxes? One of the overdo's that do again, the do-overs I'm gonna look right now 984.noagendanotes.com Show X is what that was John Show x That's one of our...I think yes its one of our super reduxes I lived in Hilversum Netherlands in the 90s and became a fan of the Scheefeninge Beach I only mention that to hear you struggle with the pronunciation. You would like, I got ants and a train guy going nuts from the few episodes back. You know in the Second World War... To see if someone was a German spy

1:11:40 They would make, you know someone who said I'm Dutch. I'm here or whatever the resistance would say Oh Yeah pronounce Schaefeningen because only a dutch person or someone was really lived in the Netherlands long enough like me can pronounce that You want to give it a go? Say it? Schaefeningen Schaefelinging Nazi! Right there we got one All right Thank you very much Edward for you Got ants I got ants Kind of abrupt, but I liked it. Yeah, that's good

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Sir Semicolon Farrier, Pre-Cancerous Claims and Health Karma

Chris Richardson, dubbed Sir Semicolon Farrier, donates $333.33 after undergoing surgery to remove precancerous polyps and a portion of his colon. The hosts discuss the medical industry's use of the term "pre-cancerous," comparing it to the marketing of the HPV vaccine.

sir semicolon farrier· colonoscopy· polyps· hpv· cancer· farrier· medical karma

1:12:39 MrTechE33333. You guys are like family. I got to know you personally going on 10 years, thanks for the excellent deconstruction in-depth analysis ideation and a lot of common sense most importantly a whole lot of laughter i'm wondering if you ever received a request to verify a Noah Jenner producers legitimacy? I imagine Adam would take that call. I'm trying to think no No, because people just say okay. Yeah. Yeah, they believe it sure I could say you produced You know Solo the movie and you probably you know there's so many producers of that film you probably no one would call I would love to hear JCD network 3x3 game show style jingle. I don't know what that is Know but I just looked in the system for three by three and something popped up at six seconds So I figured we'll play it

1:13:46 And a shout out to, it says shot out to the musician. It fit great into the milieu of the time and perfect for John it makes me laugh every time. Hmm let's see if this is it. I don't know that's what he meant! Sounds like something... Anyway, followed by some Job Karma given that. Okay absolutely. Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs! You've got karma And our last executive producer is Chris Richardson $333.33

1:14:35 This donation 3333 should make me a knight. I'm currently at 897 dot 22 Before you read on, before you read on talk about your random number theory with this topic in two executive producer notes go on I'm the farrier that normally sends you 225, which is what I charge to put shoes on a horse. Uh-huh? I've been MIA for awhile. I've had some medical issues pop up to be specific. I had my turning 50 colonoscopy and they took eight nasty polyps out and scheduled surgery to remove a foot and a half of precancerous colon

1:15:14 I've been out of work since surgery, but now I'm starting up again. Geez yeah you know what? I know what Buffett means now uh-huh I've been out of pre cancerous with this does not even really means that pre cancerous precancerous Was there a shortage of colon and let's take that guys. Yeah all right. Yeah sure I've been out of work since surgery But since I'm up again next week to be a lot shitload of horses the shoe So much, I'll be able again to donate I'll be going in every year for not one of these colonoscopies now, hoping not to find anything but I'm not holding out much hope of a clean bill of the colon health. Man that's how the cookie crumbles go and get your colonoscopy people so you can lose your colon." I'd like to request the title of Sir Semicolon Farrier. Great name! You got sense of humor farrier of the frozen north if it's available and you already have mutton and meat on the menu and that's my favorite

1:16:10 and it F-cancer. You know, there's a lot of discussion on some of these medical shows about the concept of pre cancerous Yeah which is what it's a big thing with the HPV scam yeah so what are they saying? They're saying it's bullshit, there is no such thing. Well we are all pre-dead! You are precancerous your whole body is precancerous I'm pre dead? Yeah... interesting There was another guy bitching about this colonoscopy thing Funny how when you get older you hear more about it Well yeah but the Buffet thing is disconcerting I'll find that clip for ya because I was amazed

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Roku Spy Devices, Netflix Ads and ReplayTV History

The hosts discuss reports that Netflix is testing interstitial ads and that Roku has evolved into a massive advertising and data-tracking platform. A historical look at ReplayTV and its conflict with TiVo highlights the long-standing Silicon Valley practice of "poaching" ad inventory and tracking user behavior.

roku· netflix· replaytv· tivo· advertising· privacy· isp

1:17:17 Daniel Smith, $244.60 in Dayton Ohio picking up the slack for the slow summer period cleaning out PayPal balance because you are worth it I give this much to cable every month and i think its more content from you guys well that's probably true very nice adult karma please so he gives how much? $244.60 a month to his cable company How can that, do you really think he gets value back for that? That's a lot of money. Well I mean you can rack your bill up to $200 easy 244 I guess he's got everything. I noticed that...I probably watch

1:18:01 One or two HBO original shows. I don't watch any movies on HBO or Showtime, or any of these things really? Maybe I record one once in awhile and let it sit on the DVR forever and then go back and watch it. format dramas, I like those. Those are on network TV you don't really need and then you know there's a... You can go rent it or not rent but you can get yourself uh.. Go buy a movie if you want to watch it maybe Or borrow it from your friends! Go find someone who has got a big collection Find someone's got a big collection just borrow their stuff. Yeah People don't have VHS tapes anymore no big collection of DVDs and that barely by the way, I'm raised Netflix Netflix is now according to reports putting interstitial ads Before and after shows this is new so your pay service now has ads on

1:19:05 And I, you know... You never got to interview the Roku guy did ya? No. Because I read an interview- what's his name again? Well I mean I did! I had lunch with him. I read an interesting article and interviewed with him and this is they're building a massive advertising platform The Roku is a spy device Exactly that was yeah I didn't know that I thought there were just the good guys So they're tracking everything I'm doing to sell ads outside of their platform. This is a problem. What the Roku guy?

1:19:48 who worked with the Netflix guy. But before that he had a company that was replay TV, which was the competitor with TiVo. Yeah and you got shot there was legal stuff it was a big big hassle well there were all kinds of issues but one of the things I talked to him when he was CEO of that company And it was a Kleiner Perkins, some of the money. He was not very happy camper with the way that he was treated and but his thing was and I was at a press conference. I remember this distinctly. It was at the press conference for the replay TV guys. Mm hmm. And he's talking about how they're going to you can take in you can

1:20:31 pretty much replace somebody else's ads with their ads. Oh sure, the ISPs can do that right before it comes into your house That's why Google wants encrypt anywhere so that ISPs can't steal their ad inventory by inserting into their package stream Yeah. And this is like a Silicon Valley idea, you know that it's just poaching, poaching Silicon Valley. Total poaching. Has likes the idea of like oh somebody's going to have... For all practical purposes it's like driving down the road and seeing this nice big wow that billboard as well placed I'm gonna put something over it. I think I'm gonna go paste up something on that thing Exactly Because its there and who's gonna catch me?

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Pi-hole Ad Blocking, Brave Browser and Data Indicators

Technical advice is given on using a Pi-hole (Raspberry Pi) to block ads at the network level. The Brave browser is also discussed as a tool for privacy, though its business model involving "indicators" and cryptocurrency is viewed with some skepticism. The segment mentions the controversy surrounding Brave's founder and his departure from Firefox.

pi-hole· brave browser· ad blocking· privacy· firefox· chrome· cryptocurrency

1:21:18 Every I don't have one yet, but i'm gonna put one together everybody needs a pie hole in their house pi hole not piePi hole raspberry Pi you can I think you'd probably buy and pre-assemble at this point then you just jack it into your router and You reconfigure a few things not completely trivial for most And it will block all of this stuff. No matter if whether it's Google or your isp It'll block all ads It's really, it's a very good system. Oh and also when it blocks them, it gives the advertiser whoever is placed in the ad the idea that you saw it which is even funnier. Well thats what Brave does! Yes, Brave does the same thing. Brave does a very interesting thing with this browser Brave we're talking about This is our tech segment The browser Brave That's why people should listen to the donation segment because there are going to be tips like this They lose out on the tips

1:22:12 Brave is, has this very... because I have three browsers on the machine typically. And I use Firefox still use it the most because it's got most of my passwords and stuff and then I use Chrome when I really am hard up to see something that you've got an ad Ad blocker running. Yeah, even when you turn off all the shields on the Brave browser it still is like ah you're doing something funky yes well actually Brave browser does the best jobs though blocking ads because what it does is it doesn't announce this has a an ad blocker as most ad blockers are somehow they're in on the deal and so they broke the ad blockers of like saying hey we're an ad blocker or here you might want to harass this guy

1:22:58 So Chrome has nothing unless the ads come through. So I use it for that, but Brave tends to like hey yeah okay received your ad is fantastic even though you never get the ad. It sets up a little proxy Yeah a little proxy And this is why sometimes if you leave your Brave browser open and go there next morning...it won't connect It's just it says I can't reach any websites even though everything on your computer is working fine. You have internet connectivity Under certain circumstances certainly on Windows, I think their proxy dies if you're not using it or shuts down or does something so you have to start the browser back up again But remember Braves business model is even more interesting What they want to do is view being control of all of your indicators that is their ultimate goal

1:23:45 is, you know we're tracking all these preferences and they call them indicators of things you're interested in. And their idea is in the future We as consumers will be able to say okay I'll turn this switch on which I think is their term a shield. I'll lower this shield so you can see this from me in return for something very specific like it's a real agreement then they have some other crypto play they're doing which I don't think is going to work but interesting company From the gay hating guy. Yeah, the gay hating guy. He was rousted by some... he was one of the principals at Firefox and he was rousted by some social justice warriors because they said I don't know what he did they said we said the G word gay yeah no he uh or you know he sponsored he sent money to a political group that hates the gays

1:24:42 That that was the news story. It's a lot more nuanced obviously All right, so that was a long diversion and were we thanking someone here? You were going to do the F cancer for Chris Richardson and he had some other stuff that he needed. No, no, we did the F cancer for him. Oh, did you? Yeah, we were on Daniel Smith now. I'm long...I forgot. So long ago! Daniel Smith in Dayton, Ohio becomes our first Associate Executive Producer for the show 1054 $244.60 and he is from Daytona. Oh, yeah, that's right He gives his cable money every month okay there we go you wanted the cable guy who wants goat karma We did it fine

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Associate Executive Producers, Knighting Ceremony and Meetups

The hosts recognize several Associate Executive Producers and answer a question about the proper finger for wearing a No Agenda signet ring. They announce an upcoming listener meetup at Sonny's BBQ in South Lake Tahoe on July 29th.

associate executive producer· knighting· lake tahoe· meetup· signet ring· cisgender

1:25:27 Longest conversation about the shortest note longer than the colon cancer 244 bucks a lot to put out every month for your cable. You're not gonna watch every movie and see all these things Oh wait, we were talking about Roku being a spy device That's where it came from you know we don't have to we have to revisit but if we do will of in the future oh Sean McClellan $200 and 33 cents. Thank you for your insight and analysis no jingles nor no karma. Thank you very much Sean appreciate it sir Sean night of the cisgendered third world jungle two hundred dollars even

1:26:09 Thank you again for all you do. Your non-biased take is very much appreciated and needed in today's times. A question on rings, is there a recommended finger to put your ring on? I did not see anything about this on the Ring page and I even typed in .htm I would like to ask for some medical karma. Let's stop there and we'll just answer that question, no you can put on any finger you want. There is no rules. No protocol. Ring finger ring finger would be my guess but I think it would look good on the thumb basic no, it's no the whole idea is it has a mirror image of our Our coat-of-arms. It says in the morning and Latin But it's in mirror image You're supposed to put it on a hand And a finger that will impact the person's mouth when you hit it so that they have the logo and the in the morning On their face

1:27:16 It's actually a signet ring designed to stamp hot wax. Oh yeah, that's what it was on an envelope but I guess you could use it for what Adam described Anyway, he'd like to get some medical karma for my mother who suffered a stroke while on vacation I would also ask you to play if your white. You're a racist at the end of the show In honor of the fact that I will be staying in Canada for some time to help care for my mom Thank You sir Sean night of this is gendered third world jungle not at the end of the show It's only 36 seconds We'll play it for you now If you're white, you're a racist. If you're male, you're a pig! If you're cis, you are privileged Skinny shaming if your big And if your straight, you're homophobic Heaven help if you're wrong So don't have an opinion and just do what you're told

1:28:21 You've got karma. Another no agenda classic secret agent Paul, man is the best James Bertelsen in Happy Valley Oregon 200 dollars will be our last associate executive producer for show 1054 Been a douchebag since episode 300, request a de-douching. You've been de-douched! Thanks for the sanity over the years and keeping me from drowning amongst the dementia bee slaves here in Portlandia. Jingo requests house karma 2 to the head...2 to the head Head is gone and see that juice. Ah Okay, whoops hold on

1:29:13 I would put the house karma last. Yes, okay and i can do that um here we go yes And her head is gone oh my gosh Can you see that juice? You've got karma That is a very sick... Kind of. Sick collection of jingles to play in a row, yeah. Unlike the if you're white you're racist. Yeah. We're highbrow here! Very high brow. Oh yeah we are at the top of it That's our guys who produced and social executive produce the show 1054. I want to thank each and every one of them Yes, thank you And remember these credits that you receive today are real credits We talked about at the beginning of this segment seems like an hour ago Executive producer or associate executive producer of episode 1054 of The No Agenda Showed the best podcast in the universe put it on your profile

1:30:11 on LinkedIn, put it on your resume. We will vouch for you but so far it's been working so good no one has ever requested that and remember another show for you on Sunday Dvorak dot org slash N A and you've got... Woo! What was that? No I was wrong Damn I'll try that again Dvorak dot org slash NA That's what I wanted to do Yes I was going to say You go a lot of talk about going there Propagate the formula Our formula is this we go out we hit people in the mouth Shut up! Shut up. Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay... Ah, Rob Reiner. I promised you some Rob Reiner. The man is really unhinged but you always have the Rob Reiner clips so i figured i'd bring you two because No, I don't make clips, I put them in the newsletter. Now you've had some Rob Reiner. We know what Rob Reiner is just speaking of Twitter how can this guy still be on Twitter according to their rules? I dunno

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Rob Reiner, Twitter Addiction and Democracy Concerns

Actor Rob Reiner appears on a podcast discussing his obsession with Twitter and his fears that American democracy is slipping away under Donald Trump. Reiner describes how his wife, Michele, is also suffering from extreme anxiety and lack of sleep due to the current political climate.

rob reiner· twitter· democracy· trump derangement syndrome· peter strzok· michele reiner

1:31:22 He was on the never funny podcast which I have not listened to previously But i have two clips just to share, to show you how unhinged he is. This is what you're looking for. Beautiful, I miss my whistle! First of all we know that they invaded with the election the Russians we know that there has been conspiracy with some of the members of Trump campaign We know they was designed to help Trump win The last little piece is how much did Trump know about it and did he participate? If that turns out to be true which

1:32:04 kind of believe that does, if that turns out to be true. That is the single biggest scandal in American history and it's astounding to me that you've got Republicans just doing hand springs trying to keep us from knowing that because seeing authoritarianism rise all over the world and Trump is embracing it with all these dictators he's thumbing his nose at all our allies so where does that leave us? I mean, i want our democracy to survive. You know, I got a lot of good republican friends who are very thoughtful and very principled... But this is a Republican! This is something brand new! No no no because those people are right on the side of wanting to preserve democracy you've got some kind of weird

1:32:51 you know, elected Republican cult. I mean to listen to these guys go after Peter Strzok today it was astounding! Astounding is the word for it. Just astounding, I mean to see that so... You know we'll see what happens We'll see what happens. I should have warned you Rob and I apologize if we got into this too late uh were very pro-Trump on this show. You are? Oh well. He also said... I really stepped in tonight. Whoa So we know, we know. We know! What did he know? Y'all knows... Somebody knows But here is the clip that proves it is driving him and his family crazy Rob as I've said a million times on this show I'm addicted to Twitter because by the time I'm done scrolling you go back to beginning there's an answer There'll be new thing Right It's like oh-oh I know I'm gonna get to it Oh not today Bed Wake up Oh here Not today Isn't that crazy Yes That were living our lives like that That he has completely just taken

1:33:45 taking over everything. My wife is like that, she's in a state of craziness all the time! I mean she can't sleep it's like you know because you feel those... You feel like democracy could be slipping away somehow and i hope it doesn't but you know it could happen there are no guarantees. It drives my wife crazy Yeah, I can see that. I can see her going completely... Not sleeping? She's worse than he is! That's very sad that this is taking place with these people because it's- And the daughter's out of control you know she's just as bad Wait who's the daughter who's the Reiner daughter? Me I think or M.Y., she got a Twitter account and she's doing the same kind of nutty tweeting and they retweet each other constantly Romney re-introduced Carl and back or not yeah Carl too he jumps in the old man

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Smartphone Dependence, White Matter and Microsoft Ads

A study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience suggests that Smartphone Dependence (SPD) can alter white matter integrity and gray matter density in the brain. The hosts recall an old Microsoft Windows Phone commercial that predicted the social and physical dangers of being overly distracted by mobile devices.

smartphone dependence· spd· nih· neuroscience· white matter· brain health· microsoft

1:34:33 It's like they're completely insane. It's the damnedest thing you've ever seen They may have SPD as well as TDS, you know TDS is now I guess Is that now an approved syndrome? Is that in DSM 5 Trump derangement syndrome should be we have a new one vying which is actually Yes called SPD which is a great acronym. I had no idea it existed This is a study This kid that was just published, what was this published? Oh it was... no this is not just published. That's interesting I've never seen this its about six months old Frontiers in Human Neuroscience is the publication that is a part of the NIH so its an official publication Smartphone Dependence SPD oh yeah

1:35:26 Yeah, this we had a clip on this. I played a clip about five shows ago that they were talking about this Oh well what? I didn't know is Let me see is that it actually alters white matter Integrity in young adults was that in the clip that we discussed because I don't remember that part No We didn't discuss that so we discussed that but I know what we discussed now But that was not discussed White matter integrity. Yes, what does that even mean? Well white matter is stuff in the brain I can read some of this to you let me see where's the

1:36:07 Studies on internet addiction have focused on the behaviors that involves its influence on daily life and social performance, clinical diagnosis and treatment. They have a lot of references. The Ministry of Industry Information Technology of China... Okay High-resolution magnetic resonance images, so that's MRIs has allowed enhanced sensitivity and power to detect morphological, functional regional and network changes in the brain which has facilitated exploration of the neural substrates of addiction. Evidence has shown altered gray matter density cortical thickness, cerebral blood flow and functional connectivity in regions involved in addictive or compulsive behaviors and subjects with internet addiction or PSD or SPD. Changes in white matter tracts were also affected by diffusion tensor imaging a sensor tool that reflects the water... I don't know what the fuck this means

1:37:08 But apparently it affects your cognitive skills. Well, we have people who understand this stuff. Having your white matter being altered is not a good thing I can tell you that with some...with zero authority but a lot of conviction. Let's start let's slow down on this little discussion because this is good stuff You go outside with your crazy Kyocera phone, which is not gonna keep you occupied by any means. And you look out and see these people just wandering around holding the phone and looking at their phone or holding it looking in there on their phone where you see two teenage girls and this you see commercials with this a to teenagers girl standing next to each other both of them looking at the phone while they're talking to each other but they're doing some on the phone

1:37:58 No, worse. They're actually both posting the same picture to Instagram are you kidding me? Could be it could be but I'm reminded of that crazy Microsoft commercial which spotted this apparently early on when they had their Windows phone and the commercial consisted of a bunch of people that were so oblivious to the real world That they were getting injured It was a guy who was doing something in the golf course and a ball hits him in the head a guy that was staring at his phone in the bathroom and drops it in the toilet. And just one thing after another, and they're trying to sell the Windows Phone by saying hey, it's not going to make you like these people. Oh right! I forgot about that yes! It was counterproductive because it was like yeah our phone won't addict you Yeah Hey this coke wont work

1:38:49 Yeah, it's coke won't work so use this. And it was counterproductive I was thinking about what a dumb commercial it was but it did identify a problem Yes very early on it did not sell phones but you're right it did Yeah, identified the problem. I'd like to get those old ads are probably still on YouTube if somebody can find a few of them we'll put them in the link to him and in the newsletter. I was actually looking while you were talking for an email from Tanya. I didn't put it in my show prep because they know what's going to come up but she said She's not completely OTG, but she loves... You're talking about Dame Tanya from New York? Yes. Dame Tanya from New York. She says she is a little too embedded in Twitter communities to give it all up and she still has Facebag. Okay so she's still hooked basically. Oh yeah, she's done. But okay, she says it was crazy that she had dinner with some friends let me see here

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Instagram Influencers, Burger Photos and Social Etiquette

A story from a listener in New York describes the "gross" behavior of Instagram influencers at a birthday party, where guests spent 15 minutes photographing sliders with portable lighting before eating. The hosts discuss the rise of "influencer culture" where restaurants provide free meals in exchange for social media promotion.

instagram· influencer· burgers· social media· etiquette· luddite

1:39:52 Once I said the one social media platform, I'm thankful. I've not been sucked into his Instagram this shit Let me tell you I have a friend who has gotten some notoriety as being an expert on burgers He posts some pretty extreme looking photos like burgers with six patties Wow Through that he is now become an influencer. I think this isn't there's a status You can get on Instagram This is nothing Oh nothing official nothing you apply for get approved for and But if your posts get enough likes, local restaurants will invite you in for free meals in exchange for posting photos and commenting on the food on Instagram. This ends up forming a community because the local influencers keep seeing each other at influencer events and they become friends! At one point

1:40:41 Thought it would be great to be an influencer, but after seeing what happened last night. It's gross I was at a friend's birthday party they brought out a pile of sliders What followed was a solid 15 minutes of nearly everyone attending? Jockeying for a good spot that take photos each having their own version of a handheld spotlight device to hold over the food and The party eventually moved to a different bar where several dishes were brought out. This pattern was repeated each time the new dish hit the table I was, as the British say, gobsmacked! How can anyone live their lives that way? I order food to eat it not have a photo shoot with it! I'm not a Luddite but come on!" And she attached two photos showing this taking place That is rather disturbing

1:41:32 Wow. Yeah, that's disturbing but at the same time fascinating! Yes well also I heard your brain going thinking hey wait a minute i can get some free meals out of this maybe you should join us if I could get some free meals and get paid getting free meals is believe me as the downside of being a restaurant reviewer yeah oh thats true One guy, the guy in LA is 55 years old. He looked like he was 100. The restaurant critic 55-56 years old dropped dead. It's a real problem in that business I do have an ISO clip that might go with her story. Yeah, I have it. One burger! Right here. Okay... one burger. There was a whole plate full of sliders

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23andMe, GlaxoSmithKline and DNA Data Privacy

GlaxoSmithKline has invested $300 million in 23andMe to gain access to its database of 5 million customers for drug research. The hosts warn that DNA data is the ultimate personal information and express concern that these databases will inevitably be hacked or sold to "bad actors" in the pharmaceutical industry.

23andme· glaxosmithkline· dna· big pharma· data privacy· hacking· terms of service

1:42:23 That was one burger right here. Well, we're on the brain sciences a big deal announced this week This is a 300 million dollar investment from Glaxo Smith Klein the Big Pharma of all Big Pharmas in our favorite company 23andMe Oh gee who could have seen that coming and here's I don't know if... is the Google ex-wife, is she still the CEO? Because she's not in this. This is some other, maybe it's the COO. Yeah I think this guy is the COO of 23andMe and he's there with the CEO of Glaxo And they're talking about this fantastic deal and what it means To me its like how stupid people are who jumped in on this obvious dumb scam The key thing that makes the 23andMe collaboration very special Is two things First of all the size

1:43:19 The over 5 million customers that 23andMe has gained access to is really very, very much larger than anything. About 10 times larger than some of the other databases that are out there but possibly even more important is that the customers in 23andMe as Richard was alluding too I think it's over 80% of them have actually signed up with the intent of being able to help with research to actually contribute to our efforts to find new medicines for patients. And this ability to recontact them because they're so excited about the opportunity to participate makes 23andMe a very unique and exciting... I think people miss the idea that with over 5 million customers, it would be impossible to completely genome sequence everybody! That would cost billions of dollars and would be more information than anyone could even store

1:44:08 in any database. So, in fact we do genotype people but then when we find people with interesting genotypes we then do their DNA sequence so we think this is a more efficient way to capture important genomic information You said something about something not being true? Yeah it's not true What's not true? He said that you can't... there's no database could hold all this information yeah I found that kind of odd that he says that It's bullcrap They have the whole internet in Utah. How can they not have that? But that's not my problem with this, my problem is this is what happens when you sign a terms of service agreement and you say yeah it's okay whatever you want to do basically I guess you could sell it so A... Oh! I know where your going with this. I've been bitching about this for like 30 years

1:45:03 Oh, don't worry about it. Just sign it because we're good guys." Yeah but when you sell your company to some bad guys what happens? I certainly wouldn't want my information in the hands of GlaxoSmithKline and the main reason is do you think its bad in the future? Do you think its bad when your credit card number gets stolen? Wait until your DNA gets stolen because these companies get hacked they all just get hacked And I'm going to say it again, that stupid company... what is it? The Protect Your Credit Life Lock where everybody has all of their stuff sitting there. Oh, it's beautiful! Oh yes fantastic! I mean I just see so many of these collection apps and they have all your information one of them they get hacked It happens! Don't be... Everything gets hacked! It does everything gets hacked

1:45:56 Well, what's the new thing that everyone is using? Oh it's the Walmart and Target. They all have apps and then you can look for coupons online but you have to put all your information in I get so sad when i see people doing this roped-in by trinkets and shiny objects Look at the numbers! Facebag cut off some privacy and their stock dropped 24% Get a clue as to what you're worth You're a human, you're worth money. That's the other problem with $300 million investment on your back literally! Your DNA...your strands of DNA Yeah yeah your name on a data but your name and address in the old days of address marketing which is still true with email marketing to a lesser extent it was worth 10-20 dollars apiece.

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Email Extortion Scams, Keyloggers and Bitcoin Ransoms

A host shares a detailed "sextortion" email he received, which claimed to have used a keylogger and webcam to record him watching adult content. The scammer demanded $3,000 in Bitcoin to prevent the video from being sent to the victim's contacts. The hosts explain that these are broad-spectrum phishing attacks using old leaked passwords to appear legitimate.

extortion· bitcoin· malware· keylogger· porn scam· phishing· cybersecurity

1:46:56 Yeah, but that's on a monthly basis at Faceback. No I think it's like five bucks? Facebook is just the numbers are out of control Five bucks a month or something you're worth That's not bad So that's not bad at all You know somewhere somebody got into an old password of mine and I'm sure it was sold online And I know this because I got three emails The email that says HA! I found you looking at the porn website where you use the password and they print the password which is a password i've certainly used maybe eight or nine, maybe ten years ago. So it's a very old password and say uh... And then turn on your camera! I don't have a camera but okay. I turned on your camera and I got video and I'm gonna send to everybody who knows unless you give me three hundred dollars in bitcoin

1:47:57 What? You got an extortion letter? Three of them, yeah. I'm on a list somewhere Well, I have to assume that these are done in a broad spectrum way In other words they send out hundreds of thousands of them That they've grabbed from some database that you rightfully noted And probably one person or another sends him the 300 bucks in Bitcoin. They probably make money on doing this scam." Of course, there's always going to... That's like the... You remember the guy who is no longer my friend? Who was telling me how his porn scam worked?

1:48:36 No, I don't remember but I might have to tell the story again. They were basically a law office and all they did all day long was track who had downloaded watched videos and then the law office would send a note to them like oh you know You watch this video, but you watch it on the legal website or something to that. It's been a while something to that There's the guys in Malibu remember with the Ferrari the crazy when we I went out there and stayed at his house for a night And I don't think he remembered no but All they were doing was just extorting people saying well, you know this video you clearly downloaded it and

1:49:17 We have your IP address, here's all the proof. So if you don't pay up $5,000 we're gonna publish this information." This type of extortion I think is pretty rampant and people like they just don't even want that info... Here it is! I found one of them Do you want me to read it? Yes, please. Okay I do know and there's a password which is an old one is your password let's get directly to purpose this is a native speaker obviously You may not know me and you are most like what should I do this in like a commentary blogger voice maybe that's better I would think it's no its It sounds Asian but it could be Eastern European

1:50:00 You could... it might be, yeah doing... Let's get directly to purpose. You may not know me you're most likely thinking why are you getting this email? No person has compensated me to investigate you let me tell you I actually set up a malware on the 18 plus video clips sexually graphic website and do you know that you visited this site to experience fun! You know what i mean ha When you were watching videos, your browser started out operating as a remote desktop with the keylogger which provided me access to your display screen as well as cam. Right after that my software gathered all of your contacts from your messenger Facebook as well as email account

1:50:39 And then I made a video. First part shows the video you were viewing, here you have good taste! And second pa- that's really what it says... First part shows the video you were viewing, here you have good taste Second part shows your recording of your webcam and you, haha You have a pair of solutions let's study these choices in detail First alternative is just ignore this email. Consequently, I will certainly send out your very own tape to every one of your personal contacts and also just consider about the disgrace you will get Second alternative should be... Oh! Should be to give me $3,000 It's inflation Let's call it a donation In this case, I most certainly will instantly erase your video You'll keep going on in life like this never took place and you surely never hear back from me again And then he goes on with something about

1:51:30 Don't go to the cops. This message can't be traced back to me I know you read it because i put a pixel in the email this is-this is an unnegotiable offer thus do not waste my time and yours by replying his email if you really want proof reply with yeah then i will definitely send out your video recording to your 14 friends he got my 14 friends damnit Your 14 friends? That's all i got apparently Yes, I got a couple of those. Well normally if you're like a douchebag and you get like your don't be looking at Like a lot of porn all the time and you get 14 friends they're probably doing the same thing. They'll be like Hey man! Give me a link! You got a copy of that movie? How did you do that man because i've been trying to get a copy of that movie Send me a link bro Oh Man

1:52:19 Wow That's why the internet sucks. Yeah, it really does I mean it I'm glad we can stream and everything that makes the show work better So yeah if it wasn't for the Internet when we're doing the show he'd probably be making a lot more money doing other things though It's possible you're little early on that cue if that's what you were thinking No, no, I wasn't thinking that I'm just free-flowing not earlier than you all right good. I got to look at my clips I haven't played anything alright play some clips bro Alright, couple of things. Let's talk about... we could talk about the McDougal tapes? McDougal?!

CHAPTER 30 / 41 Discussion

Michael Cohen Tapes, Karen McDougal and National Enquirer

The release of a secret recording made by Michael Cohen shows him discussing a payment to buy the rights to Karen McDougal's story about an alleged affair with Donald Trump. The "catch and kill" strategy involved David Pecker of American Media Inc. The hosts argue the media is overhyping the legal significance of the tapes regarding campaign finance laws.

michael cohen· karen mcdougal· donald trump· david pecker· national enquirer· lanny davis

1:52:56 McDougal is the woman, the blackmailer. This is the one where they bought... Well let's play the tapes and we'll talk about this a little bit. These are long clips unfortunately but this is The McDougall Tapes Part 1 CBS. I've spoken to Alan Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with funding yes Is this not Cohen, Trump's lawyer? Is that what this is about? Oh okay. I understand so this is the... The Trump David John... What was his name? Cohen? David Packer. No Cohen! Cohen was Trump's lawyer Very embarrassing. Trump is paying off blackmailers the way I see it Well no he's paying...no well yeah kind of Yeah, yeah Is there setting up a company to pay David Pecker

1:53:48 He's from the National Enquirer? Yes. AMD, yeah? To buy her story and then kill it Right And by the way I want to say this and i'm not going to do because of sexist or executive mode or anything else but this girl is extremely attractive especially compared to Stormy Daniels I don't know if you've seen pictures Yeah! I've seen interviews with him She is not a slouch But the fact that she just didn't take the money. I've had a story killed and i don't know if it was the buy-in barrier or whatever they call, I don't think so. It's just a minor story. I'm amazed you brought this story at all because to me is like...it is insulting to watch these news heads talk about this incessantly That's one of the reasons why wanted to play it cause they're all jacked up about it Yeah! They are Everybody's jacked up

1:54:41 And they brought a lawyer on, I didn't even which is clip three. They brought this lawyer and it was Nancy O'Donnell or whatever her name is in the morning on the CBS show. Maureen O'Donnell or whatever you know the one that kind of... Norma, Norma, Norma! Sorry, Norma O'Donnell. the You'd really have to make go out of your way to make it illegal because campaign finance Yeah, yeah. It's just going nuts Nora she's going crazy trying to get this woman to say something and The story that one in your story they got killed was that about some sex affair? Oh

1:55:36 No, no. It was one of these things that just gets killed it was one of these I was hired to do a story on Silicon Valley the idea here's the thing was created with the list of things to do in Silicon Valley or the favorite things people who are from Silicone Valley this is for Focus Magazine which was the local magazine for KQED Oh my god, readership of 100. The PBS... no they had all their members, all the PBS members. They got it yeah just a big that big readership probably close to a million maybe But it is beside the point. The point was, is that they said I want you to do here's what you wanna do. Do the top three restaurants, the top three this, the top three that, and the top three this and then do all these things. And like okay so I can do that. So I call a few people up we... You know? Like I got all of these top threes but I had this one that I'm pretty sure there's reason why they killed the article. Top Three Charities Of Silicon Valley.

1:56:35 Number one blank number two blank number three blank. Oh You touched the third rail Bad boy, bad boy. They never ran the thing. Alright well this... They could have called me and said I mean they did give me the kill fee which is paying for the story but they could have said hey can we leave this out? They didn't have the guts to do that! Right because that would affect their integrity yeah yeah well so the way i understand this story is Trump had his buddy who owns the company that owns The National Enquirer buy up a story to kill it

1:57:13 That would that's that's what happened right because he had sex with her when Melania had just given birth and it's embarrassing and its f'd up And so he wanted to shut that down. That's the story, and I guess Stormy Daniels is similar and Michael Cohen Michael Cohen remember his name now He recorded His conversations with then Just Trump Yeah, their conversations are lame. This is a mountain out of a molehill They just want to do it because they're trying to do anything they can't do embarrass Trump So we'll play along let's go with the McDougal tapes one I've spoken to Alan Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up With funding Yes and

CHAPTER 31 / 41 Discussion

Campaign Finance Allegations, Media Obsession and Charlie Rose

CBS News and other outlets are intensely focused on whether the Cohen-Trump tapes prove a campaign finance violation. The hosts criticize the hypocrisy of news anchors like Nora O'Donnell and Gail King, who worked with Charlie Rose for years without addressing his misconduct but are now "obsessed" with Trump's personal life.

campaign finance· randy kleeman· nora o'donnell· gail king· charlie rose· cbs news

1:58:03 All the stuff here. The muffled audio was secretly recorded by Cohen in 2016 shortly before the election I need I need to open up a company for the transfer of all that info regarding our friend David, you know so that...I'm gonna do that right away. I've actually come up and spoken with him. Give it me! David is a possible reference to David Pecker Mr Trump's friend and president of National Enquirer's parent company American Media Incorporated So um..I'm all over that And i spoke to Alan about when it comes time for financing which will be... He listened What financing? We'll have to

1:58:40 The conversation came after American Media Incorporated reached a $150,000 deal to pay former Playboy model Karen McDougal for her story about an alleged affair with Mr. Trump in 2006 the president denies the affair Mr. Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani fired back saying that recording only proves the president's claims that he did not know about the transaction and provided this White House transcript of the recording which claims that Mr. Trump says don't pay with cash check everybody heard just now Donald Trump say the word cash whoo imagine that that's where the guy this is they throw this one guy in was gratuitous he said the words cash, cash! That's proof it's proof detective Dukie on the case

1:59:39 So it continues in this stupidity. We'll play part two. Mr Trump and his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen can be heard discussing a payment involving former Playboy model Karen McDougall She says that she had an affair with Mr Trump more than a decade ago, but the president has denied that repeatedly He's denied that Michael Cohen's lawyer That's Lanny Davis released a secret recording to CNN last night The move intensifies a feud between Cohen and President Trump This Lenny Davis guy sounds like a shyster. You think? By the way, I want to point something out these two women Nora and Gail who's here...Gail

2:00:18 These two women worked alongside, without saying a peep of Charlie Rose. That was their associate they brought him on the show and for couple years he's working there They're just dead silent about the fact that he walks around swinging his schlong at every intern and they knew it Of course that stuff gets known Yeah you're right hypocrites is that hypocritical? That may be the word your looking for I'm not looking for a word, but if i was that would be the word. Repeatedly he's denied that Michael Cohen's lawyer That's Lanny Davis released this secret recording to CNN last night The move intensifies a feud between Cohen and President Trump now CBS News has not verified the recordings authenticity So I'm all over that and I spoke to Alan about it when it comes time for the financing which will be US What financing?

2:01:10 No, no, no. I got... There is a dispute over what the tape says and what it actually means. Major Garrett is at the White House with more on this story, major good morning Good morning This is one of at least 12 audio recordings seized by the FBI from Cohen's various properties back in April there are literally tens of thousands of other documents now The president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said he did not object to the release of this tape because He said it proves Mr Trump's side of the story But the tape's release is an escalation carried out by Cohen's legal team and a clear sign of the estrangement between Mr. Trump, his former friend, and Fixer On Monday the White House deviated from its previous blanket denials of McDougall's alleged affair with Mr. Trump The President maintains that he has done nothing wrong And I would refer you to Rudy Giuliani There is no question that Michael Cohen has the goods on the president

2:02:07 Michael Avenatti represents adult film star Stormy Daniels to whom Cohen made a payment shortly before the election, to keep silent about an alleged one-night stand with the president back in 2006. Mr Trump has also denied his affair with Daniels Davis said the recordings reveal those denials about McDougal are false. This is not a man shocked about Karen McDougall, he knows what they're talking about American media's payment effectively silenced McDougal throughout the 2016 campaign Now Cohen's lawyer did not have an explanation for why this recording was made or Nora Why it cuts off abruptly All right major thank you so much Any canoodling?

2:02:49 Oh man, they're obsessed with it. They're obsessed! Yeah yeah again I'll remind you that Nora and Rosie... Gail are sitting next to Charlie Rose for years. But I'm saying nothing, but they're all worked up by this. So let's just play it. This is the only part believe me this part, this third clip could have gone on for days and its mostly Nora trying to get this woman to say he committed some sort of a crime. The recording raises some serious questions about possible violations of campaign finance law CBS News legal analyst Ricky Kleeman is with us. Good morning. Morning We've heard that prosecutors have 12 tapes This is just part of one of those tapes from what we've heard Is this just all promotion for Tom Arnold's show?

2:03:39 Don't think so okay because he has that show coming out the the Trump tapes it even comes on Yeah, probably will haters have 12 tapes This is just part of one of those tapes from what we've heard was a possible crime committed possibly possible, but not in and of itself. It is not illegal to pay someone with a nondisclosure agreement that happens all the time in order to keep people from giving up information that might embarrass someone. But that's what happened What happened? Is this was a catch-and-kill story by American media and David Pecker And this tape might suggest That then the president

2:04:19 now president knew about it and that they may have also helped fund it? Well, there's no question that the president knew about it. We can tell before the election even though he had hope picks denied that there was any knowledge The question becomes whether or not is a campaign finance violation because if they knew about it simply knew about it They had to account for it because it's an in-kind contribution fact that they thought about paying David Pecker and American media, the National Enquirer to continue this catch-and-kill and get the rights to Karen McDougal's story. That in of itself might not be illegal but it certainly smacks of something that we don't like. And the reason it has this campaign aspect is that this was about to

2:05:03 there was about to be an election and this is gonna hurt the president's fortunes, so get rid of it. In other words this isn't a side deal this has to do with whether he succeeds or not in the campaign. Right! It's September 16th He wants it done within two months, he wants it out of the way And that's why looks like if its a pattern including Soremy McDaniel They never could get her to say anything illegal had happened So this just a scandalous story that they're just... Nora Who just hates Trump to an extreme Was you know probably help promote to get on the show. I think the thing is just a dead end Well, yeah of course it is. It's stupid its insulting. Its annoying. It's taking up time And above all it's unwatchable Yeah, I don't think people care anymore I think in fact I'm pretty sure most people have checked out of everything Don't even worry about Russia anymore

CHAPTER 32 / 41 Discussion

Russian Power Grid Hack, Arron Banks and Brexit

The Department of Homeland Security claims Russian hackers have infiltrated the US power grid via spear-phishing. Simultaneously, the BBC is investigating Arron Banks, a major Brexit donor, alleging his wealth may be linked to Russian diamond investments. The hosts note the media's frequent use of the phrase "without any proof" when reporting on Trump's claims while making their own evidence-free assertions about Russia.

power grid· dhs· arron banks· brexit· russia· bbc· jeff pegues

2:06:02 I'm not gonna argue it because i'm noticing it too. Yeah And just to give an example, you know In fact before you say the give you the example? I would say this that because i've been working on the news hours putting some some carl uh carl rob reiner clips into the Newsletter not clips but you know tweets yes Yes and I started looking at the last couple i'm thinking This guy This guy's already 27. This guy is like, this isn't even good anymore! It's not even fitting into the current narrative it's just him going on traitor treason traitor treason!" Yeah and they've brought back the Russians hacked into networks of key US power companies last year I mean now they're bringing that back which was already categorically proven as not true

2:06:56 No, it's back. The story is back! And not only that but before... well give me when you were going to talk about that analysis I have a couple clips about that Well i was going to take this into Brexit where the Russians are being blamed as well but if you want to do something else Oh yeah This is Aaron Bank Aaron Bank was one of the big financers of the Brexit campaign He's uh.. You know these two guys like this typical British entrepreneur You know, he's probably in Majorca hanging out during the summer or maybe Saint-Tropez, Nikki Beach. He's got a gut and you know he's got this kind of... In a way I have to say these guys these British guys like this remind me of Russian businessmen strangely enough they're not that far separated maybe that's part of his problem They may have modeled themselves that Russians, you know, could be Japanese Yakuza model themselves after the mafia Could be

2:07:49 And he is being accused of taking money from Russians through investments into his mines, which apparently don't work very well. He has three diamond mines and funneling that money to facilitate Brexit so the Russians did it! Aaron Banks, one of the most influential men in British politics. He gave at least £9 million to bankroll the Leave campaign in the Brexit referendum making him one of the biggest political donors in British history but he's never explained where that money came from You could show us where the money had come from I told you its come from my bank account

2:08:30 I don't know what else to say. You could show us the companies that have made enough profits to justify it because we certainly can't see them As far as i'm concerned, I've done what I had to do We went to South Africa to find out more about Aaron Banks's wealth He owns three diamond mines here. This is the BBC going to Africa to track down this nine million dollars that came from Russia, that messed up... The guy's loaded he's got nine million dollars that he can splurge on these things? Yeah but as you heard said yes but your company's profits don't justify that I mean again... Yeah the day-to-day profits might not! I mean he could have accumulated a hundred million for all you know But even if true

2:09:13 If nine million dollars worth is enough to tip the country into leaving the EU, then you know shit spend 20 and keep them in the EU. I've done what i had today We went to South Africa to find out more about Aaron Banks's wealth He owns three diamond mines here but we learned that so far he spent 10 million pounds and got very little back In court papers, his former partner in the mining business wrote... Banks had been dealing with Russians who contemplated investing in the mines. I was informed by Banks that he had travelled to Russia and discussed with them the diamond opportunities. There is no suggestion in the court papers that the Russians went on to invest but Bank says this is the account of a disgruntled former business partner and that he has never had business dealings with any Russian investors

2:10:04 Are you categorically stating that you didn't even approach Russian investors? Yes, I spoke to no Russian investors about this. 100%. Your right-hand man who ran these mines James Pryor told us that papers were prepared and sent to Alrosa the Russian state government They weren't. The Russian State Diamond Company, who has approached your representatives... So you have evidence of that? This is the man who runs your minds! He doesn't run my mind I had no involvement with Russian money or even requested it I've said that categorically. Now if you can prove that then then you've won your, you know jackpot haven't you? But unfortunately i didn't." So far despite all the questions hanging over his finances and his links to Russia Aaron Banks hasn't been willing to say... What links to Russia?! It's links to Russia! Wait a minute they just threw that in gratuitously it was denial denial denial she should could have said

2:11:03 There's no evidence of links to Russia. This one guy said that he maybe made a pass at them to get some money, but she throws in and his links to Russia at the end of that BBC report? Yep! Isn't it beautiful how they do that? Unbelievable this is like American television They've learned well By the way, I don't have any clips of it. I want producers to be on lookout for the following phrase It's been brought to my attention as a thing it certainly showing up in print I'd like to see if we can find it on clips and the phrase is Without any proof and this is being or evidence proof or evidence interchangeable This is everywhere Donald Trump said but without any proof da-da-da-da so-and-so said without any proof without any evidence by Rara

2:11:55 Be on the lookout for that because this is what they just did. The BBC just said without any evidence links to Russia, but that is apparently a phrase. I'll take a look at it and look out for it too. Yeah alright so let's go back to that Russian power grid hack yeah now this is CBS with your favorite guy doing their report. Ah poop man! Jeff Begay's Jeff Begay the only guy whose name I really know. I can't remember anybody's name, but Jeff Begays I remember his Well, he's got... He sounds like he has his best on this one. Jeff, this is a threat I feel like we've heard about for a long time so what was the new information today? Well the new information is the extent of these... Well! I'm crowning! You're right thank you thank you did I appreciate this John this really makes me smile

CHAPTER 33 / 41 Discussion

Spear Phishing Naivety, Cybersecurity and Cyrillic Attachments

The hosts mock the idea that "spear phishing" is a sophisticated state-sponsored attack, noting that it is a common tactic used by low-level criminals. One host describes receiving suspicious emails with Cyrillic attachments and discusses the importance of not clicking on unknown files or using isolated "sandbox" machines for testing.

spear phishing· stuxnet· malware· cyrillic· pdf· cybersecurity· sandbox

2:12:52 Well, the new information is the extent of these intrusions. You know Brooke imagine if these power grids had been shut down and I think you know yes we've heard about these threats before but the question is is the message getting through? These Russian intrusions we learned today more widespread than originally known DHS officials gave a briefing where they said that there have been hundreds government critical infrastructure, private companies affected by this hundreds of victims and so that was a bigger number than we'd heard before. And how did they do it? And can we be doing a better job protecting this stuff

2:13:32 Well, you can always do a better job of protecting critical infrastructure especially when it comes to these types of cyber intrusions. But what they did is really fairly simple this was another one of those spear phishing email attacks where victim clicks on the link and then the hackers get control of usernames passwords and then they were able to use that information to get into these utility control systems and according to the DHS A DHS official said that they were in a position where they could have just flipped, switched and shut down the power grid. And so that's how close they came to potentially taking control of a power grid and that's why people are concerned."

2:14:20 Where is he getting this information from? And the great thing about this story is that it's just another spear phishing thing. Yeah, and then they go on here in the second half of our intelligence folk claim that it Russian government, it was not you know the Russian sanctioned government sanction or whatever the words they use. Which is this wait a minute is just the best hey we like to sanction something borders well It's like the best thing they can do as a spear phishing attack where Stuxnet? Yeah And these complicated things you can run but no no no

2:15:04 Spear phishing, that's the best the Russians can do. This is bullcrap! It's fantastic I love this part two it is this is similar to the intrusions that we've been talking about in terms of the 2016 election these are state-sponsored hackers who are carrying out these types of intrusions And it is really part of a pattern that US intelligence and law enforcement officials have noticed with these Russian hackers. So, Russian officials might deny that there is any connection but of course U.S. officials don't agree with that at all they have seen the intelligence they've obviously made the connection and they are reaching out to private industry They are trying to help critical infrastructure counter these threats which

2:15:50 as I mentioned, are ongoing. But nowadays, the Russians have become very entrepreneurial. There's no reason that they have to use a state... I mean there isn't as talented as the Ukrainians are at stealing passcodes and credit card information and then ordering

2:16:34 running up bills here and there are ideas to steal money, do criminal activity. And this is nonsense. This whole story reeks of just naivete. And again if the best they can do is spear fishing which any kid can do it's bull. I've been getting a funny email recently even though I get no spam. I got this, I have been getting this and I've gotten about five of them so far And I'm trying to figure out how it works or what they're going to do. Obviously, I've got enough protection that can click on stuff and then I just get an alert but I don't normally want to in this case because it's Russian supposedly could be Ukrainian so I get this email notification you rejected

2:17:28 And it says this email that you sent has been rejected and has been bounced back. Oh yeah, one of those. Those go to the bit bucket I don't look at those. Well I always look at them because sometimes they'll send a note to somebody I want to know if he got bounced like half the notes they send to you Not anymore! I fixed that Uh-huh. And so I go look at this and it's got some email address, like if I don't know anybody adjut2020 or any crazy thing... So I go down and look at the attachments and there is an attachment! Of course the attachment has a Russian name that is all in Cyrillic. What file type was it?

2:18:09 Well, it doesn't matter. I think it was a PDF but it doesn't really matter because I'm not clicking on whatever it is because it may not be whatever it says it is and you may just an executable. You think? And I'm not going to get spear phished. Can we drop the spear? It's fishing! It's pH fishing. The difference is that supposedly spearphishing is targeted at you specifically as opposed to just a broad range of Correct, you know stuff. Okay? All right So it is a difference but yeah I don't mind Yeah, dude But and I'm sure I'm not targeted so you're probably right It's by fishing but I'm not clicking on it and then I got about four or five of these things And I wonder what you know, I've just going to come on click on Oh click Sandbox click on some isolated machines out click on it now click on it

CHAPTER 34 / 41 Discussion

Baron Donald of the Fire Bottles, Starfleet Command and Meetups

Sir Baron Donald of the Fire Bottles is promoted to Viscount of Eastern Washington. He submitted his request on "United Federation of Planets" letterhead. The hosts also remind listeners of the South Lake Tahoe meetup and acknowledge several "boob" donations (amounts ending in 80.08).

starfleet command· bob dylan· spokane· lake tahoe· meetup· united federation of planets

2:18:59 Come on, click on it. Here! Click on this I'll click on this for you. Well, we got a few people to thank for show 1054 and I want to thank them starting with Chris Bolton who is came in from Newcastle under Lyme Staffordshire UK 13717. And he is an understated Brit and says keep up the adequate work. Oh thank you. Tally ho! Adequate. Adequate indeed Yes, I think so

2:19:42 Allen Sibley in Muskegon, Michigan. One two three four five and he has he actually says long time since I donated He wants a deducing You've been more importantly it wants a douchebag call out for Jeremy And for David There you go thank you done and done yep Donald Brodsky, Sir Baron Donald of the fire bottles Spokane Valley 1 2 3 4 5 we have two of them But he sent a note in on United Federation of Planets letterhead and the official ones. He requires me to read it Of course it's from the Federation you kidding me Starfleet command yep

2:20:29 But the funny thing is, why is Starfleet Command trademarked? I said, I don't get it. But okay. Hey guys two items today on Show 1045 Sean McClellan asked for at 130 dot 38 in the podcast what is behind The United Federation of Planets letterhead yes so here's another example that John can put in a newsletter to I did the accounting and closed and discovered that I have achieved Viscount Oh How many people get to buy a count or request it? I request the Bob Dylan title change song. Note that, yeah, I wish to expand my protectorate to include all of Eastern Washington State everything east of the crest of the Cascade Mountains cheers and beers Sir Donald of The Fire Bottles Baron of Spokane Valley WA6OMI 73s

2:21:27 Okay, if I count of the fire bottles and all of Spokane. Well see this has got to be changed no now it's uh Eastern Washington is all over eastern Washington state which includes Spokane Valley okay? I just want make sure I didn't have that title change on my List here so you wouldn't unless Eric is a psychic but You should be anonymous in Hoboken New Jersey Hoboken $100.33, David Oliver in Calistoga California 100 flat Rogue Black Knight of the Baron of the Palouse 99.99 Sanicky Van Heese That would be... Sanicky Van Heese Sonica Von Haise Sonica Von Heese Von Haise There's a girl, Sonica Von Haise! Sonica! And she says- Now that is woman right? Yes she sends a boob donation

2:22:28 Well, she did. For her sweetie Patrick Big Lion his birthday is on August 2nd We are from Holland and love your show! Greetz Sonica! Greets Such a Dutchism nice thank you William Boda, Matthews North Carolina. Another boob donation Looking forward to Thursday long time douchebag it's time for me to change my ways give him a de-douching You've been dedouched I'll put some real estate karma for you at the end and say hi to your brother Richard Hufford another another oh I had it on there. You had a boob link?

2:23:12 Yeah, I had a boob-link. A boob-link. Thanks John and Adam. Andy Cantrell, Tarragul Beach New South Wales Australia another boob. And Sir Joel Battle Baron battle born black baron of northern Nevada in Reno Another boob 8008 to save the empire He mentions the south Tahoe Lake Tahoe, I have the info here. Let me just do that. This is from Baron Joel Blazek and Baron Sir D.H. Slammer. The humbly request one final meetup reminder announcement on the show of course Sonny's Barbecue s-o-n-n-e-y Sonny's BBQ in South Lake Tahoe this coming Sunday the 29th July 29th

2:24:04 They already have eight RSVPs for a relatively remote location. This is good news so go to Meetup.com slash no agenda SLT Sir DH slammer's gonna be up there I thought he was in Southern California well He's requesting it and there you go nice all right that should be great send pictures Yes, and pictures. Sir Brian Kaufman in Scottsdale 7575 anonymous $70 from Liverpool Great Britain got a red note here so it says my first donation to the show donations

CHAPTER 35 / 41 Discussion

Producer Credits, US Postal Service and Xenophobia

The hosts credit a long list of individual donors and defend the US Postal Service as a vital, constitutional institution. A brief tangent occurs regarding the word "gyp" and its perceived xenophobic origins, leading to a joke about the song "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves."

usps· constitution· gypsies· xenophobia· producer credits· paypal· unicode

2:24:43 We've got more value but considered my first of many since listening to show I have been punching people in the mouth weekly Introducing a number of new listeners. I'd like to shout out to my brother Chris and Taiwan who introduced me to the show Called me out as a douchebag his house spider Harvey Webstein And please call out those so call him out. Okay, hold on wait first we gotta call out him Then you gotta call out Angus D in Town, New Zealand. No, because he never donated. No de-douching for me please as I am far behind on payments anonymous. You'll save that novelty for the future you said? Okay good thank you Anonymous UK! Robert Hausner in Marmora Ontario Canada 70 67 88 Baron Mark Tanner 6666 from Whittier

2:25:40 Anthony Bouloc in Sedan, Victoria Australia 5678. Zachary Jude in Minneapolis Minnesota 5603 Liz Vanessa and Sean hello Tim Schallberger and Bend Oregon 5511 double nickels on the dime he's got into the is he on the list? He should be He's the one yes, yeah the guy had an operation he couldn't get on the list open heart surgery No time for follow-up. Oh my goodness okay? Well glad you're okay Yeah me too Chris Kincaid in Flint Texas double nickels under done that did down to dime well there was 5511

2:26:30 It looks like he needs a de-douching. I'll give it to him. You've been de-douched. In Appleton, Wisconsin 5169 and there's a birthday coming up shout out for somebody Christian Hansen in Bozeman, Montana 5150 Chris Sundberg in Mercer Island Washington 51. Sergeant Postal from Miami Lakes, Florida 5043 he does this in a short note in which I want to read because I think it's sorry to hear about the poor donations I hope this helps He wants a karma jingle we'll put that at the end for you continue your great work sergeant postal PS thank you for always saying nice things about the US Postal Service

2:27:23 Yeah, well because we enjoy the service. There's no other reason but then we think there that it is a good service I like it It's constitutional you know and there's this in the Constitution one of the few things in the Constitution has to be done They do a good job And they're getting screwed by the government by having to do all these You know by pre paying ten years of retirement yeah nobody else has to do that No, maybe more than 10. This is JIP Right down so I say it you know my daughter goes. Are you still using the word JIP? Oh because it refers its Zen phobic yeah, and xenophobic because your your generalizing on gypsies Gypsies as being thieves somebody call somebody call Cher somebody call Cher we have to remove her song Gypsy's tramps and thieves right in Hava

2:28:24 I'm guessing, in Pijnacker. Wait a minute you skipped some people here man how about Sir Eric VM? Oh sir Eric VM Baronet of the Valley 5038 sorry your right Joe Bissetti 5038 and then Roy Tenhave in Pijnacker. The closest you really want from an American. First time donor! 50-30... Yeah, so he gets a de-douching You've been dedouched This next one is great PayPal really did a number on us with this We always have an issue with unibyte encoded characters coming through

2:29:13 I think he did this on purpose. It's Alexander Diamond in Abbotsford, BC 5005 and then he says General Karma please thank you for the last name is pronounced and then it's just a series of characters Unicode crap Yeah we think it's very funny He did that This is bullcrap The purpose yeah I'm sure of it Okay Another one of our guys now it looks like phonetic spelling because I see the ee I see that a the M The N at the end. I think it's some kind of phonetics well cut and paste and put in something Yeah, yeah, we're Daniel Warren's too late now boys see Idaho 5001 and Scott Nelson Melbourne Florida 5001

2:30:00 We got some karma requests in throughout those last ones, including Alexander. So we'll put that at the end now these following people are $50 donors name and location if possible Mitchell Kaufman in Hillsborough Oregon Kenneth Linda Lindbergh in Miami Florida Michael Kleckner in Ewing New Jersey Sir, what's his face over there? 50. He's over there. Jose Ferrerra in Newbury Berkshire UK Jason Zeisler and Renner South Dakota Louis Pastor or Lewis Petters that pestle or Al pastor is brother Miami Florida Nils Bonnicker

2:30:43 Hamburg, Deutschland James Bauchman in Frederick Maryland. He wants a de-douche. You've been de-douche'd! Alexa Delgado in Aptos California AnonymousOTM is our last guy and he comes up with 50 and that'll conclude our list of producers for show 1054 and then we have others to thank there. We thank the others that came in with lesser amounts it wanted to remain anonymous or just have a subscription going on yeah, thank you again everybody coming in today and making it all work in our value for value proposition Yeah You know I think you could be spending two hundred and forty four dollars and sixty cents a month on cable

CHAPTER 36 / 41 Discussion

Knighting of Chris Richardson and Tim Schallberger

Chris Richardson and Tim Schallberger are officially knighted for their significant financial support of the show. The hosts explain the "value for value" model and encourage listeners to contribute based on the enjoyment they receive from the podcast.

knighting· chris richardson· tim schallberger· peerage· roundtable· value for value

2:31:28 Do you get the same amount of enjoyment? Could you balance that out a little bit. That's how it works If you got some value from the show, whatever was worth to you send it us and we can continue It's been working for 10 years were quite proud of our community I do call this a community but is really a valued network and will do it again on Sunday All you have to do is remember to go to vorac org slash n a carves as requested Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs! You've got karma. It becomes a community... Did you want to say something? Yeah I was gonna say it becomes the community if people go to the meetups Yes And remember the one at Lake Tahoe

2:32:21 And here's your list for today is July 26 2018 Brian McFadden will actually celebrate it he turns 50 on the 24th. We say happy birthday to him Jonathan Huffman says happy birthday to Jason Caldron who turned 27 yesterday Sir Fina will be celebrating 51 years on July 28 and Seneca fun Hess says happy birthday to her sweetie Patrick Big Lion, who'll be celebrating on August 2nd and we say happy birthday from all your buddies in the staff and management here at The Best Podcast In The Universe. And we have one nighting today it's always nice to have one so there's my blade got it perfect Chris Richardson come on up

2:33:11 You, my friend have supported the best podcast in university amount of $1,000 or more and therefore you take a seat here at the roundtable where we have all of our knights and dames. And I'm very proud to pronounce to Kate V Sir Chris Richardson Wait a minute. We have another one here we have Tim Schallberger also being a night He just popped up on stage Tim Thank You for you as well Here's your title sir, Tim Schallberg and gentlemen for you. We have hookers and blow rent boys in Chardonnay We've got brisket and barrel aged copper ale early times at BF4 cross ship and cane breaks boba and stinky tofu we got mutton and meat as well if you go to know what generation comm slash rings Eric the shill will connect you with

2:33:56 That fine piece of jewelry. Well, I almost missed him there. Glad he popped up on stage that's good Thank you both for supporting the no agenda show and everything we do it's quite fantastic to see that kind of support and then we have The Dylan one Thank you. Thank you for reminding me. Yes, Sir Donald Borowski becomes Viscount of the Fire Bottles in all of eastern Washington State as of today and that will be reflected on the peerage maps at itm.im slash peerage and Dvorak org slash peerage dot htm leave the L off for extra savings And thank you sir Donald

2:35:06 Okay, good. I like the way you switched over from one jingle to the other it can you imagine having to do that? You know 20 years ago with using cart machines Yes, I've got it yeah Thank goodness so I gotta have another word before we go on I have another entry for the ISO Okay, the show I so oh yes. I so yes okay psycho laugh Yeah, I don't know I think one burger is better one burger right here. I just it's better and shorter

CHAPTER 37 / 41 Discussion

Barack Obama's Kenya Visit, "First President from Kenya"

Barack Obama's recent visit to Kenya was met with mixed reactions from locals who felt he did not do enough for the country during his presidency. During a speech, Obama referred to himself as the "first sitting American president to come from Kenya," a statement the hosts find "head-scratching" given his official birth record in Hawaii.

barack obama· kenya· hawaii· michelle obama· luo· nairobi· birtherism

2:35:49 Yeah, yeah well I mean this is the one i had for the ISO at the end of the show. Any canoodling? Which I thought was cute any canoodling but so far one burger's ahead I think burgers better you're probably right President Obama visited Kenya Yes, this is a great story. I didn't have any clips from it but I followed it. I do! I have a clip and also there's a...I was reading the Kenyan... He's going back to see his homeland? Yes and I was reading The Kenyan Star And I just want to read a little bit from this article because people in Kenya are not so happy with him. I didn't realize

2:36:29 Just let me read a bit of this article. November 4th, 2008 was the proudest day for the world and again this is from The Kenyan Star. The US had elected the very first black president and African-Americans seem seemingly overcome decades even centuries of racial prejudice it was a great time to be black at even greater to be Kenyan or an African for that matter In Kenya, the news of his victory was greeted with much pride. Suddenly he had more cousins than could be counted and never mind that a good number of them were not even Luow. Yeah, I didn't know that he was a Luo. He's from Hawaii what are you talking about? Well yeah what am i thinking A visiting American friend brought with him an Obama campaign badge and my son then still young happily donned it going to church his riveting speeches were replayed a thousand times and I downloaded quite a few of them which I still have It was a new dawn of great promise not just for Africa but also for the world at large

2:37:22 Obama took his presidency with stride. Kenyans and indeed most Africans believed he was quote our man in the White House even though he's from Hawaii and Indonesia Expectations were as diverse as there are people in Africa a Ugandan friend I met in Europe told me the moment Obama was declared US president, a janitor at McCurry Maccurry was so overjoyed that you order beer and told the waiter Mpabia Obama mtn kusala. Get me a beer, Obama will pay." See this is how they were thinking about it in 2008 Simply put the expectations of many were high and sometimes out of this world at least for this janitor It was free beer and many forgot he was indeed an American president first and not African

2:38:06 Somehow, those expectations continued to linger even after he left office. Many of those who lined up the streets to meet him had their own list of things they wanted him to do for them – from schools to universities to libraries to whatever! Perhaps Obama should have invested more in managing expectations since an innocent visit like the one he had only served to whip up expectations when in fact he can only do so much? And then it goes on to say that everyone was really disappointed because guess what? Obama did not deliver universities and hospitals to Kenya, because he's the American president. But upon his return to say hi to everybody

2:38:44 People were not so happy. Here's some of the complaints, he gave Kenya a wide berth and did not visit during his first term only visiting when he was left with two years in office while Kenyan still appreciated that nothing much came from his relationship with Kenya He's from Hawaii. I don't understand besides he spectacularly failed to keep his promise to come with his wife the next time he came Wow, let's not double entendre that Michelle Obama has given Kenya the cold shoulder and social media as compared her to a woman who hated her husband's rural home and in-law and preferred His husband's rural home and in law

2:39:26 What's the saying here and preferred to remain in the comfort of their city residents rather than spend time in smoky rural homes Their two daughters have not set foot in the land of their ancestry Is it close to Hawaii? I'm confused a certain Kalingan man Felix Caprono offered 50 cows from Aaliyah's hand including 70 sheep and 30 goats Caprono was distorting. The market was such astronomical offers however Says they were offering money and cows for the kids. So, they're pissed off at him because he didn't do anything and I don't understand why they're pissed off He was born in Hawaii his father's from Indonesia but somehow they have this idea that he's from Kenya! I don't understand Here is the president speaking there And... The fact that Because she knew where she came from because she understood her story

2:40:21 and how it connected to the past, and how it connected to the other young people in this community who maybe hadn't had as much opportunity as we had or have been quite as lucky. It was out of that spirit that the wonderful facility that we see today has been built. So I tell you that story because I could not be prouder of what my sisters accomplished. And... I think it makes all of us who are Obama's or claim to be Obamas extraordinarily proud. Now, three years ago, I visited Kenya as the first sitting American president to come from Kenya. What? What did he say? He said that was the first president to come from Kenya! That's what he said

2:41:29 That's out of his own... that he is not using a speech writer anymore, you can tell that. That's for sure He is back to his old style of talking I'm confused! I think we should ISO that The first president to come from Kenya? Yeah We can do that I was just very surprised by that Is he only doing it to pander to them or is he from Kenya And how did he come from Kenya Why would he pander? He isn't the pandering type, that's Trump Oh sorry Anyway, I was very confused by that story. I don't understand probably just me yeah, it's just you Yeah It's just you Southern Poverty Law Center is tracking a new metric in the war against men mainly white men but in this case all men and

CHAPTER 38 / 41 Discussion

Male Supremacy, SPLC and Toxic Masculinity

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has begun tracking "male supremacy" as a hateful ideology. The hosts argue that the SPLC is ignoring the actual subjugation of women in certain religious faiths while focusing on "brainwashing" the public about Western gender dynamics.

southern poverty law center· male supremacy· toxic masculinity· muslim faith· gender politics

2:42:22 There's a new term. It's not a new term, it's an old term that they've co-opted that they've taken as their own We've had toxic masculinity Oh yeah But now we have a hateful ideology which advocates for the subjugation of women and that ideology is known as male supremacy That was... So there's this thing now about male supremacy Why? I don't know, but the Southern Poverty Law Center... I think it's a soft... Go ahead. What do you think? Well, I think it's ...I mean the subjugation of women is part of the Muslim faith Yeah, funny they don't mention that in the article let me see let me do a quick control F Let me see if Muslim is in this article G zero matches okay now I think what they're trying to do is

2:43:22 Promote the just all men so the Muslim faith can get this you know soften the blow a little bit could be a scam They have a whole bunch of examples here an attempt to brainwash the public again. Yeah, well they have examples Of quotes from I guess horrible men Oh, the horrible men quotes. Okay I'm all ears okay We shouted endlessly at a deaf world that we were on the path to destruction and we what we have watched our predictions of Men being reduced to indentured servants to a malicious matriarchy come true even as society continues to dismiss and humiliate us for speaking That doesn't sound like supremacy sounds like cuck

2:44:07 Sounds like cuck talk women, please. This is another one from the a voice for men Women please listen to whoopie Goldberg if you don't want to be slapped backhanded punched in the mouth decked or throttled keep your stinking hands off of other people A man hitting you back after you've assaulted him does not make you a victim of domestic violence It makes you recipient of justice deal with it and they're making us look like shitheads And be on the lookout for male supremacy. We've had the toxic masculinity that may be to follow up. Well, toxic masculinity I don't think went anywhere because it was too hard to pronounce. Yeah yeah

CHAPTER 39 / 41 Discussion

Toronto Shooting, Faisal Hussain and Gun Laws

Following a mass shooting in Toronto by Faisal Hussain, the media and family spokespeople are emphasizing his history of mental illness. The hosts question how an individual with a known history of psychiatric issues was able to obtain a firearm in Canada, given the country's strict gun control regulations.

toronto· faisal hussain· canada· gun laws· mental health· danforth shooting

2:44:48 Kind of like colonoscopy. It's one of those tough words I had nothing but trouble, but there was it wasn't the word when it was printed on the other Guy who had colonoscopy? It was the handwriting and it said he had it was plural and it was very difficult for some reason We got this shooting in Toronto which is a guest still unclear whether the guy was clinically insane or a terrorist Or mentally insane I should say Faisal Hussein Yeah, well I mean they're going out of their way to say he's not yeah it's just a Poor unhappy guy. Well if you listen to this this clip of a quick clip of us story about his family Yeah from family and friends we get this description of the suspected Danforth shooter He was very friendly guy You know he was

2:45:46 He never caused any violence to anyone. He hugged me when he comes close and laughed 29-year old Faisal Hussain was a quiet man, family friends say who had mental illness but held several jobs including at this Loblaw store But a police source tells CTV News Hussain was previously investigated by Toronto Police under the Mental Health Act CP24 has confirmed he attended high school at Victoria Park Collegiate and in 2010 made comments to school officials that led them to contact police. The source says he spoke about being the Joker from the Batman movie and talked about liking death and explosions A family spokesperson says Hussein's mother lost her daughter to an accident

2:46:28 has a son in a coma, her husband has Parkinson's and now she has to live with the guilt pain and loss from this Danforth shooting. Man that is messed up family! Yeah That is pretty sad They go gunning people down. So do they not have background checks in Candanavia so they can check and see if once someone's insane? I thought they didn't let people walk around with guns like that But this guy he was clearly being treated for mental issues, he'd been in touch with law enforcement Yeah how did they get the guns? Canada has got all these gun laws They've got the kind of gun laws that a lot of people in this country The lefties would love to have! So how does he get a gun?!

2:47:07 We need to know more about the gun laws in Toronto. The province may be different than others, I'm not sure...I really don't know. Well, the whole country is anti-gun! I mean, I remember one time crossing the border in a car and the guy—swear to God this what he said because we were all kind of flabbergasted—he says hey okay what you can do it in Canada? Oh by way have you got a gun in the car and I said no He says, okay that's good. Do you... I try to look legit. He says okay he says do you have guns at home? At whom and i said no i've got no guns at home That was a lie well yeah it was um he says okay that's good he says uh do you know anybody who has guns he says and i said well

2:48:02 Not offhand I can't name people that have guns, but this before you knew me lie again What was the what is the point? Are you what are you trying to make a and It's no just wondering just when he did see motions beyond But it's like do I know any buddy who has guns is gonna be a black check. They really uptight about guns in Canada interesting My spin instructor came back from vacation and she, they went to Mexico. She and her fiancee And she was telling me about coming back across the Mexican border which I have not done in a vehicle. I've only been there twice with airplane

2:48:45 And she said, you know there's a fast pass lane which typically takes about half an hour to stand in line and get through. They were shutting that down for some reason and the regular line she said that's like a nine-hour wait across the border. She said ten years ago Come in through Mexico with their dad and says it was nothing like I remember she said it was a like the third world It was just crazy Just like you know, just like escape from New York type scenes and people doing weird things like selling puppies at the border You know like that's where we're gonna go puppy shopping But she said it was a real mess. All right bad what board are we talking about? He's got to change from place to place to place was his El Paso thing was El Paso Yeah

CHAPTER 40 / 41 Discussion

Syria Suicide Bombings, Star Wars Action Figure Auction

Reports of deadly suicide bombings in Syria and Pakistan are briefly covered. The show concludes with news of a high-end Star Wars action figure auction in Dallas, where rare prototypes like Bib Fortuna and Darth Vader are expected to sell for tens of thousands of dollars.

syria· isis· pakistan· star wars· bib fortuna· darth vader· heritage auctions

2:49:35 Is that bad in Tijuana or Mexico or San Diego? Maybe it might be well I guess some anecdotes. Yeah, we do need some of those all right Well, I've got a sister talked about the wrap it up John and my cab I got two clips then I can wrap it up first of all keep but keep us Up to date the suicide bombers in Pakistan and Syria update We need to keep this good in our in our arsenal, rotation. More than 200 people died after suicide bombers attacked an open-air market and other targets in southern Syria Wednesday. Dozens more were injured in a total of four attacks on the city of Suedda

2:50:19 The Syrian government is blaming ISIS for the bombings. Syrian forces are currently fighting ISIS militants near Israel's Golan Heights and the Jordanian border. A suicide bomber killed 31 people outside a polling station in Pakistan Wednesday during the country's general election. A witness says, a motorcycle drove into a crowd of people just before the explosion. There were more deadly bombings in the run-up to Wednesday's vote 149 people were killed at a campaign rally earlier this month. Election results are expected Thursday. Yeah, the guy... The new guy won! What was he before? Was he DJ or a soda jerk something like that? I have no idea. Some very weird position before he was a politician

2:51:11 And I got, uh...I can hold the rest of these. I do have one more if you want to end with something kind of head-scratching. Sure So there's a big auction coming up in Texas as a matter fact of some very fabulous action figures Oh! From Star Trek The catalog is made up of 33 pieces, including rare figures of Luke, Leia and Han many in mint and near-mint condition. The collection's being sold by an anonymous owner from Dubai that includes rarities from the late 70s early 80s Heritage Auctions says these first shot prototypes are glued and painted by hand making them the most valuable figure you could ever own Well it certainly not only time the first shot mattered to Star Wars fans

2:51:56 One of the most highly anticipated figures is a super rare one of Bib Fortuna, Jabba's chief-of-staff. Since it's only 1 in 5 known to exist, it's expected to go for about $30,000. There's also a Darth Vader figure with an early double telescoping lightsaber from 77 as well as a hand-painted Obi Wan prototype from the same year, each with an estimated sale price of $25,000. Heritage Auctions in Dallas expects it to fetch 280 thousand pounds or about 365 grand at auction. Good! We need the Curry Dvorak action figures that'll be great investment for the future

2:52:32 I think so. Along with your beanie babies. Alright everybody, it is a show day! Eyes peeled ears open you never know what will happen on these days and we will report diligently on it on Sunday... Sorry? Something. Something there's always something going on. We return Sunday with more deconstruction for you So you can stay sane amongst all the lunacy that were surrounded by It's better that way You okay? Yeah, I just bumped my head. Hit your head again? And...I am coming to you from downtown Austin Texas It is still the capital of the drone star state FEMA region number six on all the governmental maps in the five by nine Cluedio and the common law condo

CHAPTER 41 / 41 Discussion

Outro, Sign-off and "One Burger" ISO

The hosts sign off from Austin and Silicon Valley, reminding listeners to return for the Sunday show. The episode ends with a series of comedic clips and the "One Burger" audio snippet selected for the show's "In Search Of" (ISO) archive.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· austin· silicon valley· mofos· one burger

2:53:20 In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley, I am John C. Dvorak We return on Sunday right here on NO AGENDA Remember us at dvorak dot org slash NA Until then Adios Mofos! Donate to No Agenda, they give us shows week after week. Donate to No Agenda it's a show that is really unique! Donate to No Agenda listen to John and Adam speak. Donate to No Agenda science is turning into a clique There's no video of President Trump sucking a ding dong

2:54:27 I never sucked any ding-dongs. Sucked any ding dong. I never sucked any ding-dongs. There's no video of President Trump sucking a ding dong, but I'll tell you if they were to blackmail me to start World War 3 about one, I'd say hey I sucked a golf ball through a freaking garden hose. Sucking the ding dong for their ding dong.

2:55:19 That crazy? He's stupid. He's a punk, he's a dog, he's a pig, he's a con, bullshit artist, a mutt who doesn't know what he's talking about. Pig, pig, pig, punk, con, stupid, he's a punk, I'm a mutt A mutt who doesn't know what he's talking about. Well, I'd like to punch him in the face. He said that was a national disaster? It is an embarrassment to this country! And it makes me so angry that this country has gotten to this point... That this fool, this bozo has wound up where he has. He talks out how he wants to punch people in the face. Well, I'd like to punch him in the face.

2:56:14 The best podcast in the universe! MoFo. Dvorak dot org slash N A One burger, right here