Episode 108 · Sunday, 28 June 2009

Waxman Is A Dick

Legislative maneuvers in the House of Representatives trigger a Capitol phone system collapse while the Federal Reserve fights to block transparency and audit efforts.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 108

About this episode

The House of Representatives passed the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act following a contentious floor debate where Representative John Boehner utilized a magic minute to condemn a 300-page amendment introduced at 3:09 a.m. Representative Henry Waxman faced sharp criticism for attempting to interrupt the hour-long opposition speech as the Capitol phone system reportedly crashed under the weight of constituent protests. The legislation establishes complex carbon derivative markets under Federal Reserve oversight while integrating Green Banking Centers into national housing laws.

Secondary developments include Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifying against Representative Ron Paul and his proposal to audit the central bank, claiming such oversight threatens monetary independence. Energy data reveals Canada and Mexico remain the primary suppliers of U.S. crude oil, contradicting political rhetoric regarding Middle Eastern dependence. In the legal sphere, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faces scrutiny over his historical ties to Monsanto following a landmark 2001 seed patenting decision. Meanwhile, the sudden death of pitchman Billy Mays in Florida adds to a string of high-profile celebrity passings including Ed McMahon and David Carradine.

Frustrations with mainstream media mount as a two-hour interview with Charles Gibson at ABC World News results in a mere twelve-second clip regarding the Michael Jackson investigation. Skepticism surrounds the Jackson cardiac arrest narrative, with fringe theories emerging from Russian satellite data involving electromagnetic pulse weapons and mandatory vaccinations. The program concludes with observations from the San Francisco Pride Parade and the logistical efficiency of the JFK AirTrain over the Van Wyck Expressway.


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CHAPTER 01 / 24 Discussion

San Francisco Pride Parade, Proposition 8 Petition Efforts

The hosts discuss the annual Pride Parade in San Francisco, specifically the Dykes on Bikes group leading the event. Observations are made regarding the city emptying out during the festivities and the heavy presence of activists gathering signatures for a new ballot petition. This petition aims to address same-sex marriage in California following the passage of Proposition 8.

san francisco· pride parade· dykes on bikes· proposition 8· same-sex marriage

00:01 Adam Curry, John C. Devorah. Ah yeah, it's the 28th, it's Dykes on Bikes, your Gitmo Nation audio publication 108. This is no agenda. Coming to you from an undisclosed loft location in Gitmo Nation West, it is Sunday. Hi everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Silicon Valley North, the uh, part of the bay area that's actually warm today. I'm John C. Dvorak. Well, it's still barely in the morning, John. What the hell happened, man? You had me worried. It's 10 past 10. We were supposed to start around 8 15, 8 30. 8 30 actually is what the time was. Yeah. What happened? My alarm didn't go off. I forgot to turn it on.

00:51 But I thought you slept seven hours and then that's it, you'll wake up automatically. Yeah, once in a while. I had a lot of fun with the producers and listeners who were twittering. Yeah, I got that impression. I personally believe that you were... Hey, stop it! Stop the papers. I believe that you were leading the Dykes on Bikes parade for... Yeah, you know if they gave me the opportunity I would. And who wouldn't? Who wouldn't? I'm a little bit pissed because Mickey and I totally want to go see them and now we're probably going to miss them because they're leading the parade. Well can I tell you something? Yeah. They have this event every year. Yeah but... Thanks. Not entirely the point.

01:37 It's kind of weird though in the city yesterday everything was closed it seemed like the whole city just emptied out there was no one on the street What is that does does like straight San Francisco leave town or something? Any all the smart money does yes, oh, please what do you mean by that? I just said if the place is crawling. I mean they get all the streets blocked off. You can't drive around It's a you know it's just a mess. It's like the worst day in the world to go to the city and What was interesting yesterday is we did do some shopping, you know, the Union Square stuff was open, and every 150 feet there would be someone there for Proposition H. Proposition 8. Whoops, Freudian. And they say, hey, hi, hello, can I talk to you for a second about supporting same-sex marriage?

02:27 And I know and a certain point I just had no other answer then hey, you know what I support same-sex marriage and same-sex sex and you see them like What is the point yeah, and what they want me to sign something or what's the deal or they just really Or is this just about voting? No, there's a petition going around so they can put another ballot in California. They have a lot of these referendums that people that are in politics hate. In other words, the public decides. Oh, blast the public, blast democracy. And so they're trying to get this on the ballot. Is it referendums or referenda? I don't know.

CHAPTER 02 / 24 Discussion

Billy Mays Death, Infomercial Pitchman Celebrity Deaths

Television pitchman Billy Mays was found dead in his Florida home, marking another high-profile death in a short period. The discussion links his passing to other recent celebrity deaths, including Ed McMahon and David Carradine. A theory is proposed regarding the "rule of three" for celebrity deaths, specifically categorizing Mays and McMahon as pitchmen.

billy mays· ed mcmahon· david carradine· infomercials· celebrity deaths

03:10 Oh, you're in a mood today, aren't you? I'm just saying, I don't know. John C. DeBorda. Here's why, here's what, you want to know the bad news? And this is the reason this was, Billy Mays found dead in Florida home. Who's Billy Mays? He's the pitchman, the orange oil guy. He's the guy that talks like this and he has all these pitches on TV. He's like the pitchman. This indicates to me... What does he pitch? He pitches... he's like the king of the infomercial. So this is the third of three? No, actually it's four now with Ed McMahon. No, see this is it. This is what I'm thinking. Ed McMahon was one because he's a pitchman. That's what McMahon was. Billy Mays is two. So we have three still to come. No, the celebrities, everybody keeps forgetting about Carradine.

CHAPTER 03 / 24 Discussion

ABC World News, Michael Jackson Interview Frustrations

A host recounts a frustrating experience being interviewed by ABC World News Tonight with Charles Gibson regarding the death of Michael Jackson. Despite filming for two hours in a high-end hotel setup, the final broadcast only featured twelve seconds of footage. The segment highlights the perceived hypocrisy of mainstream media coverage of Jackson and the failure of the network to include a promised plug for Mevio.com.

abc world news· charles gibson· michael jackson· mtv· mevio

03:54 Oh, David Carradine. So that's the three for the celebrities. Now we need a third pitchman. Is that what you're saying? We need one more pitchman. I really got boned by ABC News. Did you follow this? No, tell me. So I was in New York and we were doing some business and I get an email from a producer from ABC World News Tonight with Charles Gibson. And he says, hey Adam, I see from your Twitter that you're in town. Could we interview you about Michael Jackson? And I was like, yeah, that's actually, I'd like to do that because all I see is all these hypocrite cocksuckers who four years ago were doing nothing. I'm sorry, what were they again? Hypocritic cocksuckers who were doing, who do not, four years ago they were doing nothing but, oh, Michael Jackson, the child molester and where there's smoke, there's fire. And now he dies and it's all like, oh,

04:44 We're gonna miss him his music the same dickheads Just hypocrites. I'm like, you know, I'd love to talk about that how the message of love that Michael Jackson spread doesn't sell and And so they come down to the hotel. We actually do a good job. We produce this awesome room with glass all around it. You can look out over the city. And they spend two hours with me, two hours. And I was on my game. I had some great things to say. I can see where this is headed. 12 seconds on air, literally 12 seconds. Of which four was voiceover under a Michael Jackson clip.

05:23 It was un-fucking-believable! I've had that happen, yeah, it's just... unless you got nothing but time on your hands... It's a waste of time. Forget it. Waste your time with the two hours, it sounds about right. And they even promised me, I said look all I care about is just put, you can put former MTV guy, I don't give a shit, as long as you put presidentmevo.com. That's all I cared about. Oh they probably didn't do that. You get the message, oh well some executive producer upstream said there wasn't room on the chyron. I was like you know what? fuck him, fuck him, fuck him. Of course there was. So needless to say, but you know what? I was on for eight seconds of wit and four voiceover. There you go. My claim to fame. I didn't even get 15 seconds.

06:14 I know. 15 seconds on the network news is tough because they're too busy as we pointed out before, you know, showing, you know, what's his name, Tony Hawk, skateboarding in the White House and plugging Ashton Kutcher. Yeah, Ashton Kutcher, Tony Hawk, that's important. Put those guys on for five minutes. Exactly. I just, and I had some pretty good stuff like, hey Michael Jackson did something really important. He put black people on MTV. He was the guy that did it and he was actually black at the time. You didn't get that on? No, of course not. What kind, did you make a clip of it? It's on Mevio today. Just go to Mevio.com. And actually the setup that Nick does, Nick Mack, is four times longer than the actual clip.

06:57 Well that's kind of humiliating. It is humiliating, it's horrible. Yeah well. Yeah but I live and learn. What pisses me, what irks me is that they wouldn't let you give it. I mean if you're gonna come on these things and waste your two hours at least they can let you do a company plug. Yeah that's what pissed me off too and we produced the whole thing. You know we got the hotel all set up, you know and they brought in a crew with lights, they really spent some money on this. Oh yeah, they always have a crew with lights. Usually it's probably about a three or four man crew. Yeah, and gels on the lights and everything and I look really good and I dressed up and I look pretty and it just reminded me once again this is the whole reason why we set up this company and it's like you know I'm really happy we did that because here we are twice a week, listener supported show and we can really get the real news out there.

07:46 Well, this is a show that does real news and we're gonna talk about the big news this week the real news this week isn't a gay parade it's not Michael Jackson, it's the fact that they got the cap and trade bill passed I know and it happened on the same day that Michael Jackson passed by the way, which of course, you know me I never see things other than a coincidence You know, I was wondering if you were going to bring that up. Would you like me to do it now? Because I do have a whole theory if you're interested or should we wait? Now that's a decision point because I'm not exactly sure where you're going to go with the theory but I think let's go over the facts of the cap and trade with all these clips I have. Yeah, good idea. Now I've tried to keep, I'm going to give some people some background here. In fact, I should, doggone, I have a set of notes on this.

CHAPTER 04 / 24 Discussion

Waxman-Markey Bill, House Floor Debate Tactics

The House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, commonly known as the cap and trade bill. Representative John Boehner utilized a "magic minute" privilege to deliver a speech lasting over an hour, criticizing the 300-page amendment added at 3:09 a.m. Representative Henry Waxman is criticized for his attempts to interrupt the speech and his inquiries regarding parliamentary time limits.

henry waxman· john boehner· cap and trade· house of representatives· climate change

06:57 Well that's kind of humiliating. It is humiliating, it's horrible. Yeah well. Yeah but I live and learn. What pisses me, what irks me is that they wouldn't let you give it. I mean if you're gonna come on these things and waste your two hours at least they can let you do a company plug. Yeah that's what pissed me off too and we produced the whole thing. You know we got the hotel all set up, you know and they brought in a crew with lights, they really spent some money on this. Oh yeah, they always have a crew with lights. Usually it's probably about a three or four man crew. Yeah, and gels on the lights and everything and I look really good and I dressed up and I look pretty and it just reminded me once again this is the whole reason why we set up this company and it's like you know I'm really happy we did that because here we are twice a week, listener supported show and we can really get the real news out there.

07:46 Well, this is a show that does real news and we're gonna talk about the big news this week the real news this week isn't a gay parade it's not Michael Jackson, it's the fact that they got the cap and trade bill passed I know and it happened on the same day that Michael Jackson passed by the way, which of course, you know me I never see things other than a coincidence You know, I was wondering if you were going to bring that up. Would you like me to do it now? Because I do have a whole theory if you're interested or should we wait? Now that's a decision point because I'm not exactly sure where you're going to go with the theory but I think let's go over the facts of the cap and trade with all these clips I have. Yeah, good idea. Now I've tried to keep, I'm going to give some people some background here. In fact, I should, doggone, I have a set of notes on this.

08:38 I'll just say cap and trade is essentially the Al Gore systemology of saving the planet which means companies can buy credits to actually pollute the air and other companies so it's really it's it's not putting less pollution in the air. Well like cap means you can only push out so much CO2 but you can trade somebody else. But you can buy someone else's preferably in some poor country somewhere else. So they actually pollute their air and then we get cleaner air but the same amount of shit goes into the Earth's atmosphere. That's kind of the idea. So here's what happened. And it's a trading system because that's how Al Gore makes his money. Right. So here's what happened. They had this debate, the whole debate began, people were talking about this because John Bonner... Isn't it Boehner?

09:26 That's B-O-H-N-E-R, it could be Boner. We'll just call him Boner from now on. But I think it's Boner or Boner. I think it's Boehner. How would it be Boehner with B-O-H? I just hear them saying that on CNN. Let's call him Boner, let's agree he's Boner. Well, I'd rather call him Boner because he's actually did a pretty good job. But the thing is he came up and gave us his one minute speech which ran one hour and ten minutes or so. And the thing about it is that the House of Representatives has this kind of unwritten rule where they give you a minute here and a minute there and you have to stick pretty much within about 30 seconds of the minute. But other people can give their minute. Unless you're the Speaker of the House or the Majority or Minority Leader, then you can talk all you want. Oh, I didn't know that. I thought you had to get time from someone else. Or is he the one that dishes the time out and he can use all that time? No, no, no. If you say I'm going to give him one minute and he takes 35 minutes, then you have lost one minute.

10:20 Okay, gotcha. Because he can talk as much as he wants, because that's just an unwritten rule. And except for this time, the, uh, the Axe-hole Waxman, who's a dick from California, who produced this bill... I wish we had a jingle. He's a dick! Well here's a, let me just play a couple of Waxman clips that came at the beginning and the end of Bonner's long speech. Play Waxman the Dick and then play Waxman Dick 2. Okay we'll play Waxman the Dick first. Madam Speaker, I'll be three in four. How am I getting to page 34?

10:57 page thirty four, it says not later than one year after august eighth what's happening here john what's going on? okay uh bonner is speaking he's going through this this crazy amendment to the which is three hundred pages right that came in at the last minute at three oh nine a.m. three hundred pages yeah that came in at the last minute and he's trying to read some of the highlights and so waxman interrupts him right in the middle of page thirty thousand five Does the gentleman yield? Is that Pelosi who's interfering? No, no, that's Towsher. She's the one who actually runs the Congress. Yield for a parliamentary inquiry? I'd be happy to yield to the gentleman. The Republican leader was yielded the balance of the time, which I think amounted to around four or five minutes. He's talked for around 20. I know we have this magic minute that gives leaders a lot of extra time to speak.

11:55 But we're trying to ramrod this shit through, motherfucker. Stop talking. I'm just wondering if there is some limit under the rules on the time that a leader may take even though the time yielded was not 20 or 30 minutes. Oh, okay. It's the custom of the House to hear the leader's remarks. Yeah, exactly. Yes! Did he call for a parliamentary inquiry? Yeah, no, he continues. I know it's the custom of the House to give a little extra latitude. Is there any outside limit to the amount of time a leader might take? And do we have historical records that might be broken tonight? That's funny. That guy's funny.

12:57 Or is this an attempt to try to get some people to leave on a close vote? The custom of the House is to listen to the leaders comments. Very good. Reclaiming my time, the gentleman... Okay, so that was clip one. so he anyway said so uh... bar went on for an hour and some ten minutes is a waxman can't not say something again because he's so you know he did the i don't know what his problem is because nobody else ever brings this kind of thing up he's a he's an absolute jerk if you know what this guy is he's got the big nostrils he looks like a dick it looks like a few looks like it yet in order to tell california madam speaker the uh...

13:56 Gentlemen, the minority leader was yielded two and a half minutes. Could you tell us how much time he consumed? It almost sounds like British Parliament now, doesn't it? Well, with him. Yeah, I like it. The gentleman used the customary amount of time yielded to the minority leader. Excellent! I've never heard such a rowdy crowd in Congress. I like it. Well, Madam Speaker, the two and a half minutes was extended to over an hour. And this is from the same party. That's the end of it. That's good. That's enough. That's fine. He, you know, this is not an unusual thing. And she did a very good job of handling it. She wouldn't answer any stupid questions. And

CHAPTER 05 / 24 Discussion

Congressional Phone System Outage, Constituent Feedback

During the vote on the cap and trade legislation, the phone systems at the U.S. Capitol reportedly crashed due to a high volume of calls from concerned citizens. The hosts suggest this was a convenient failure to avoid listening to constituent opposition. Doubt is expressed regarding the Senate's ability or willingness to act as an impediment to the bill's final passage.

washington dc· house of representatives· phone system· constituents· lobbying

14:56 They were hooting and howling every time they started doing that waxman also say I can't speak There's no order in the house, and he was he was really he was just a dick all around It's not that he didn't win what a sore loser so a couple of A couple of side notes, as people were calling in en masse to their representatives in Washington, I love it when this happens. Oh gee, the phone system crashed. Oh, we can't take any more phone calls. How obvious does it have to get? They're able to phone tap every freaking phone on the planet, yet it seems impossible to be able to handle a whole bunch of inbound calls from constituents who actually have concerns.

15:38 Well, luckily the Senate still is an impediment to this thing going all the way. Is it really though? I hear everyone saying that, but how do you see that it's an impediment? Can the Senate actually stop this? Well, yeah, no, this is just the one hand. Well, I know they can, but, you know. I mean, yeah, they can, but here's the way it's set up, especially after you listen to some of these things that Bonner points out that are in the bill, including the thing, by the way, I think, which I have a clip here called the money shot, which I believe Is part of what this amendment that came in at 2 or 3 o' 9 in the morning, what it's really about is buried, this little interesting piece of information is buried on page 210. He kind of finds it but he doesn't realize how important it is. But he does mention it and I do have it on here but I think I need to

CHAPTER 06 / 24 Discussion

EPA Bureaucracy, Cap and Trade Agency Chart

Representative John Boehner presented a complex organizational chart on the House floor illustrating the massive bureaucracy created by the cap and trade bill. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sits at the center of a web involving the Department of Energy, the Department of Labor, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The hosts argue the bill expands government oversight into nearly every federal department.

epa· department of energy· commodity futures trading commission· bureaucracy· climate bill

16:23 So we so everyone gets a good feeling for what a crock of crap this is they can listen some of these clips and by the way even Fox News In one of the writers they nobody really covered what what the what the money shot was? They know nobody covered the money shot I guarantee that but nobody covered any of this especially the stuff that he keeps bringing up when he starts paging he gets this he comes out against the floor and And first he brings out this chart which I have a clip of and which is Boehner 1 chart. And this is what everybody was laughing about and most of the people just thought this was the... Hold on buddy, I don't have Boehner 1 chart. I have Boehner building codes, woke up, alt fuel and green banking.

17:08 That's all you got? Well I have more. I have end of life care, Pelosi, idiots. You don't have it. I have it showing here. Boner1-chart.mp3 as having been sent to you. Hold on. Let me check. Maybe I missed it. Hold on one second, buddy. This is of course... Oh, you're right. Okay. Let me play it directly from here. This should work too. Now let me just set it up. This is where Boner brings out this chart showing the bureaucracy that's being set up by this 1200 page law and I had to speed it up to get through the whole thing and it's still a long clip. Hold on, I gotta download it. It's not playing from Gmail for some reason. Oh, this will be fun. Anyway, so I sped it up so it's a little bit more... We have a chart here that goes through all of the agencies involved, all of the structure that is created under this bill. It's all being done, of course, in the middle by the Environmental Protection Agency. Ah, the EPA. There at the center of this.

18:10 But if we look at all of the different agencies involved, you'll see. I wish I could tell you what FWS was, but somebody could probably tell me. We have the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that's going to be involved in helping to regulate this. The National Oceanographic Weather Service, basically. The Department of Health and Human Services is going to be involved in putting this together. How about the Department of State? play a big role in making sure that we get cleaner air and green energy. We got the Department of Energy, of course, the Department of Labor. Okay, so I guess the point is every single department is involved in this. A lot of what you've never heard of at the end, we don't have to play the whole clip. There's all these weird trading energies and commissions you've never heard of, really weird ones, which will bring us, by the way, to the money shot later.

CHAPTER 07 / 24 Discussion

Steny Hoyer, Global Warming Sea Level Claims

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is criticized for his floor remarks supporting the climate bill, which he framed as a necessary action for the future. Hoyer claimed that global heating would lead to rising sea levels that would "drown out" what the Navy refers to as "the literals" or seashores. The hosts mock his delivery and the terminology used to describe coastal flooding risks.

steny hoyer· maryland· global warming· navy· literals

19:08 So as we continue, Boner comes out with, um, Boner, Bonner. This guy's terrible. If his name isn't bad enough, the guy who talked before him who we should play is this guy Stenny. Yeah. And uh, who is the- Stoney. We'll call him Stoney. Stenny Hoyer from Maryland. And I don't know how you name a kid Stenny. Why don't you guarantee your kid's gonna get beat up at school and name him Stenny? I mean there's a lot of weird names going around for boys nowadays. Cody and you know and etc. And I don't want to start offending the audience. Yeah, I don't think we have too many Cody's listening, but Stenny I never heard of this name. Okay, so we have Stenny Compromise and Stenny One, Stenny Two. Yeah, play part of Stenny One and then we'll see how much we can take of it. I think the sentiments expressed in the substitutes are good ones.

20:04 the objects like clinton by the way he does but america voted for action not additional studies america voted to make a difference not to make a point about change america voted for hope for the change i could believe it is change that's what he dropped all this with those incidents i know they can look back this guy's just grandstanding the future now they're placed any to you can stop it there this bill is about making sure that foreign interests cannot raise the expenses of our families. What? This bill is about making sure... It's so that we can do that, not foreigners. We can raise the cost of living. ...that we in America... In America. ...provide our energy. Oh yes. Efficient energy. Yes. Clean energy. Energy that will not bring our globe to a heating process

21:08 that will drown out what the Navy calls the literals. Okay. The heating process that will drown out what the Navy calls the literals? What does that mean? I have no idea. He explains it. The seashores. Where most of our people live. That means we're gonna die of floods? Uh-huh. Okay, we're all going to die. So he goes on by the way and he says we shouldn't be pushed around by potentates and the 1970s was an example we should have pushed back and he goes on and on and on and as he's going on about potentates and foreign interests and giving the money to these horrible people, all Arabs he's basically naming, I'm thinking to myself, okay, let's do it.

CHAPTER 08 / 24 Discussion

US Oil Imports, Canadian Energy Dominance

Contrary to political rhetoric regarding "foreign potentates," the primary supplier of crude oil to the United States is Canada, followed by Mexico. Data indicates that Alberta provides 83% of the crude oil used in California. The hosts question why politicians focus on Arab oil interests when the majority of North American energy is sourced from neighboring allies.

canada· alberta· oil imports· mexico· potentates

21:50 Who gets, where do we get our oil in the United States and why doesn't anybody ever want to talk about the major, what is the one country that's the major, the number one supplier of oil to the United States? Canada. Canada. Canada. Alberta. And who's number two? Mexico. Mexico. In fact, in Canada, Alberta provides 83, I just picked this up and I sent you some show notes, Alberta provides 83% of the crude oil to California. 83% so where's these potentates so why do we have to get what are we hate the Canadians now? What's the deal? What is the actual translation of a potentate? I don't know. It's a great word though. Wait a minute. Let's look it up. Hold on. I want to look at that potentates. It doesn't sound good. Hold on. I'm looking it up right now.

22:41 Oh wow, okay, hold on a second. I'm looking at Wiki, so take this with a grain of salt, folks. Potentate, from the Latin potens, powerful, is an informal term for a person with potent, usually supreme power. The term was used by the Christian church to describe God. It can be found in Timothy 6.15. One example of this use is in the hymn, Crown Him With Many Crowns, in which God is described as potentate of time. So the Canadians rule. The Canadians, they're impotent. So uh... Excuse me, that's john at Dvorak dot org. So now place the standing... Now there's one I'm just going to play this next clip just to make a point. Place standing compromise. Some would like to do more. Some would like to do less.

CHAPTER 09 / 24 Discussion

Legislative Process, Late Night Bill Amendments

The hosts contrast Steny Hoyer's claims of legislative "compromise" with John Boehner's report that a 300-page amendment was dropped into the hopper at 3:09 a.m. on the day of the vote. They argue that ramrodding thousand-page bills through Congress without time for review has become a standard tactic, similar to the earlier stimulus package.

john boehner· steny hoyer· transparency· legislation· amendments

23:30 you put your right foot in, you take your left foot out. But we have reached a compromise, that is the legislative process. And it is a compromise that can pass this house and pass that senate, be signed by the president, and become law and make progress. My God. Okay, that guy's an asshole. Now play Boner Woke Up. Okay. You know if all of this wasn't enough... So Boner is one of the good guys, just so y'all know. He's the minority leader who took the hour. I woke up this morning and realized that last night at 3.09am a 300 page managers amendment was dropped into the hopper at 3.09am. I have spent most of the day trying to look at this 309 page bill, trying to come up

24:28 and understand what does this 309 page amendment to the 1200 page bill, what does it really do? And so as I started to go through this, I mean I didn't get past the first page. We're on page 16, line 5, strike 1992 and insert 1988. and on line six thirteen strike nineteen ninety two and insert nineteen eighty eight. Yeah get to it. This appears to deal with the uh... hydropower and I'm trying to figure out what is the impact of this date change. Nowhere in this management... Okay stop it for a second.

25:12 he spends a lot of time going off without bitching about the three oh nine a.m. thing i don't know if you had to call a staff of so they could pick through this thing or what they did well i mean i i looked at the amendment the three hundred pages is available online everywhere i mean it's a lot of shit to process and i can even read three hundred pages before i go to bed well this is the point with this why i want you to play the stanny compromise because what compromise if you can't read it exactly if you get you throw something at the at these people at three oh nine in the morning and have to vote on it that day where's this compromise he's talking about? they're ramrodding this thing through but this is exactly what happened with the stimulus package when they had a thousand pages which no one had read and they suspend the house rules this is what happens over and over again and the great thing is here's more news about Michael Jackson you wanna play one of that?

CHAPTER 10 / 24 Discussion

Green Banking Centers, Affordable Housing Act Amendments

The cap and trade bill includes provisions for "Green Banking Centers" and amendments to the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. Representative John Boehner questioned why an energy bill is modifying housing laws and building material requirements. Representative Mary Bono Mack is singled out for criticism for voting in favor of the bill despite being a Republican.

green banking· building codes· mary bono mack· riverside· legislation

26:03 No, you stop that one. Let's go in this. I just want to play I'd like to play Pelosi idiot cuz that just is not a policy idiot go it comes last because it's it's really a punchline Let me see if people are still interested. Yeah. No, no one's bitching about it yet. Okay, cuz you know, okay Well, I mean this person's with some Britney Spears nudes. I'll dude. Otherwise, we'll lose the audience. They don't understand She hasn't been doing anything stupid. It's really getting annoying and now Britney Spears did nothing stupid now back to the show so let's go to Let me just now he goes on and I believe me page after page of the page and I have a lot of these clips Maybe we'll post the clips, but let me play. Here's one. That's a good one play the ball of bomber bond or green banking clip page 165 green banking centers

26:53 We're just not going to do houses and commercial properties and multifamily housing. Now we're going to have green banking centers. The federal banking agencies... Of course the question is what is a green banking center, obviously. ...shall prescribe guidelines encouraging the establishment and maintenance of green banking centers by insured depository institutions to provide any consumer who seeks information on obtaining a mortgage, home improvement loan, home equity loan, or renewable energy lease with additional information. Are you kidding me? Additional information. Are you kidding me? I have no idea. Are you kidding me? Try this one. Try the Bonner building codes clip. And then we get to page 141. The Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act is amended. Why are we amending the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act? I thought we were doing an energy bill here.

28:00 page 142 use of building materials and methods that are healthier for residents of the housing yeah he goes on anyway goes on and on and on and it's all these things say why would anybody vote for this under any circumstances let alone the few that five or six or seven Republicans who didn't vote for it by the way they would have killed it Including Sonny Bono's idiot wife who happens to be a congresswoman down out of Riverside. Did she take over his spot or did she just... Well, she ran. She got lucky she ran. She got in. And why is she an idiot, John? She voted for this bill even after Bonner went on and on like this. And she's a Republican? Yeah. Oh boy.

28:47 She must be working for the Disney Corporation. Well, she's in Riverside. It's probably too far away, but the fact of the matter is I think people in Riverside should vote her out. Okay, so here is okay. We could play these clips till I turn blue in the face, but let's go to the money shot the money I'm looking for something he goes on and on and on it's it's actually quite amusing and I have the whole thing taped I'm gonna put the whole thing online as an audio tape you can put it on your CDs and listen to it in the car listen to it on your commute to from Los Angeles to New York yeah and so this is the uh... money shot this is what it really this is one that's that sent the alarms off has caught my attention at the bottom of one hundred page one ninety one section three four vintage year twenty twelve uh... this is the big one the big twenty twelve this is the end of civilization here comes are we talking about wine let me get the page two hundred eight carbon derivative markets all over the world we heard enough about credit default swaps

CHAPTER 11 / 24 Discussion

Carbon Derivative Markets, Federal Reserve Oversight

A critical section of the climate bill, found on page 210, establishes carbon derivative markets and amends the Commodity Exchange Act. The legislation allows for the trading of emission allowances and offset credits, overseen by the Federal Reserve. The hosts argue this repeals existing regulations and creates a new market for "phony baloney" trading similar to the credit default swaps that caused the financial crisis.

carbon derivatives· cftc· federal reserve· commodity exchange act· financial regulation

29:50 But I think most of you know that under this section, the Commodity Exchange Act is amended by striking or an agricultural commodity and inserting an agricultural commodity or any emission allowance, compensatory allowance, offset credit, federal renewable electricity credit established or issued under this act. So now we're going to let those governed under the CFTC trade these credits with others around the world. And on page 209, talks about the effect of derivatives regulatory reform legislation. Upon passage of this legislation that includes derivatives. Regulatory reform sections 351, 352, 354, 355, 356 and 357 shall be repealed. Any idea?

30:45 of the derivatives regulations that were repealing in this bill, he probably didn't know we were doing that. Well here's the beauty of it John, so if I can just parse this, so essentially they're making the trading of derivatives which means you know the same thing as the economy down. Yeah exactly, the swaps and derivatives business on mortgages and this whole thing is going to be overseen by the fantastic regulatory agency known as the Federal Reserve. So it's so they're gonna take these facts based trading papers because it's it's not it's not it's not regulated

31:22 And the Federal Reserve, which is not a federal agency, is going to be overseeing it. Well, there you go. Excuse me. We don't even know if we... The way he makes it sounds like the EPA is going to be overseeing it. But the fact of the matter is this is why I thought it was the money shot. They are repealing whatever few regulations we have against this kind of phony baloney trading of stuff that doesn't exist. Let me just bend over. Can you please put that flaming hot poker up my ass for a second, John? Because I just want to know what it'll feel like. I would, fortunately the fire went out. So, uh... Now can we do Pelosi, idiot? Or does, I mean this is already horrible enough. Yeah, well anyway, so the point is that the whole thing, and that's why I think this bill was so, this amendment was so big, to keep people from actually getting to page 209.

32:06 And so then, so anyway, so Waxman comes off and does his dick routine, bitching about the amount of time this guy spent. And so then he introduces Pelosi, who I now, I'm thinking to myself, oh God, they're gonna, she's gonna be on for an hour just going on and on. But nope, Pelosi is just her normal self and she, and if you listen to this clip, which is her, first she compliments the person running the session, Tauscher. Oh, you're doing such a good job. I love it when they do jerk-offs with each other. That's my fault No, every way I left all the jerk-off stuff on everyone of these people when the first thing is because Towsh's quitting and going to work for them for the Obama administration So they're all going on and on about dogs. So wonderful. You were here. So anyway, so Pelosi does that showing up to work? Yeah, Pelosi does that and then she goes into her little thing and of course she stammers and she sounds kind of like a

CHAPTER 12 / 24 Discussion

Nancy Pelosi, Jobs Jobs Jobs Speech

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delivered a brief floor speech urging colleagues to vote for the climate bill, emphasizing the future and economic growth. She concluded her remarks by repeating the word "jobs" three times as the primary justification for the legislation. The hosts mock her delivery and the simplicity of the messaging.

nancy pelosi· speaker of the house· climate legislation· employment· floor speech

32:55 She doesn't sound like a bright person to me, but she obviously is. But I don't care what you say, she's got a nice rack. So here's what she does. Here's her take. After all this stuff about the corrupt things in the bill and the fact that it's a joke. Here's what she says. Hold on, I'm stammering because my mouth is not big enough to wrap around your cock. Security and Climate Change Committee, Congressman Rangel, Chairman Rangel of the Ways and Means Committee, and Chairman Peterson of the Agriculture Committee. We thank them for their leadership and for giving us this opportunity today. Madam Speaker, no matter how long this Congress wants to talk about

33:56 It. We cannot hold back the future. And so in order to move on with the future, I want to yield back my time, submit my statement for the record, urge my colleagues, urge my colleagues to vote for this important legislation and when you do, just remember these four words. Oh, oh, oh, hold on. Are you ready for them, John? You'll just too funny. Okay for what this legislation means jobs jobs jobs You gotta get a clip of that beat that one section where she says Steve jobs jobs Steve jobs My god, okay

CHAPTER 13 / 24 Discussion

Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Audit Opposition

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before Congress, expressing strong opposition to a bill introduced by Ron Paul to audit the central bank. Bernanke argued that a GAO audit of policy decisions would constitute a congressional takeover of monetary policy and threaten the independence of the Fed. He claimed the Federal Reserve is already transparent through its website and monthly reports.

ben bernanke· ron paul· federal reserve· gao· monetary policy

34:52 I gotta go somewhere else with you on this because meanwhile back at the ranch we have this bill that Ron Paul introduced to audit the Federal Reserve who will be the oversight body. Remember Federal Reserve is not a governmental agency, it's banks. It's a banking conglomerate and they have certain rights given to them with the Federal Reserve Act of 1933, I believe. So, Representative John Duncan is asking Ben Bernanke, this was also earlier this week, I don't know if you saw any of his testimony, about this auditing of

35:35 the Federal Reserve about this bill which now has a majority of sponsors already lined up. Of course, the Senate could still stop it and I'm a little confused, John, how the Senate would stop this good bill from going through yet could stop the bad bill for climate change going through. cap and trade, but let's just listen to a second here. You're able to hear that, John? Yeah. Okay. You co-sponsored the bill to require audits of the Federal Reserve. Do you feel that the Federal Reserve is operating with too much secrecy and too much refusal to disclose information that you have to other federal banking regulators?

36:32 The Federal Reserve has made enormous strides in the last year under my chairmanship to expand the information that we release. We release – You'll love this. We've got a website. Monthly information on all the various programs that we have. We've developed a website, a monthly report. We've got a website. We think we are quite transparent. We are happy to work with Congress if they have further concerns about it. Now I'm just going to fast forward to the question about the actual audit, about the bill. Listen to Bernanke's answer. My concern about the legislation is that if the GAO

37:12 is auditing not only the operational aspects of our programs and the details of the programs, but is making judgments about our policy decisions that would effectively be a takeover of monetary policy by the Congress, a repudiation of the independence of the Federal Reserve which would be highly destructive to the stability of the financial system, the dollar and our national economic situation. So in other words, if we audit the Fed, we're going to kill everyone. This guy is unbelievable and he actually has the audacity to say, well that would put control with Congress. Who are supposed to have that control in the first place?

CHAPTER 15 / 24 Discussion

JFK AirTrain, New York Transit Efficiency

The hosts discuss the efficiency of the AirTrain system for reaching JFK Airport from Manhattan. By taking the Long Island Railroad from Penn Station to Jamaica Station, travelers can reach the airport in approximately 35 to 40 minutes. This is contrasted with the unpredictable and often lengthy travel times associated with taking a car service over the Van Wyck Expressway.

jfk airport· airtrain· penn station· long island railroad· jamaica station

41:38 Zit of an island with 2.8 million people who live there and this is just you know I'm actually quite happy because the universe is coming together There are people who are definitely waking up, and I'm so happy to see that but wow it this just blew me away Hmm I always take the air train. You get to the airport, although I'm glad you didn't. You get to the airport from downtown in about 35-40 minutes max. Really? The air train? Where do you pick that up? You have to... The air train is... There's actually a post on the Dvorak blog about this from 2005. The air train is a system that was set up about around 2004-2005 to expedite people getting to JFK in particular.

42:25 And essentially what you do is you go to either Penn Station, you can take a couple subway trains to the connector, but generally speaking you go to Penn Station, jump on the Long Island Railroad Express train to Jamaica, Jamaica Station. Get off there and then you just walk about 100 yards and you jump on the air train, five bucks, boom, you're at JFK in 10 minutes. Fascinating. I didn't know that. And JFK, what a shitty airport to get to over the Van Wyck. I mean, it sucks. Oh no, you don't. I have not taken a car. Even when people say, here's a car service, I don't want a car service. It takes me an hour plus, an hour and a half to take a car. And yeah, it's great. I'm in a comfortable car. But on the air train over to the railroad station, it's like 35 minutes. But your point is well made. And they run the things every five minutes.

43:10 Your point is well made though, I'm very happy I took the car otherwise I never would have gotten that piece of information about Clarence Thomas and it just blew me away. And this by the way is also the guy who cast the ruling vote in getting Bush in for that second term when we had the huge controversy over the votes. And of course, Rumsfeld's company was owned by Monsanto. Monsanto is running our country it seems. Well if they're getting the Bush, I have to look at that patent on seeds. Alright, hold on a second John. And now back to real news. I think we're getting way too close Johnny boy, so do you mind if I throw a really wacky one out there so we don't get shot? Okay. Okay. Honey, don't listen to this, okay? Alright, please. She gets so pissed off when I do these. Your producer? Yeah, my producer. I got the hottest producer in show business. So, Michael Jackson passed away.

CHAPTER 16 / 24 Discussion

Michael Jackson Death, Cardiac Arrest Skepticism

The sudden death of Michael Jackson due to cardiac arrest is met with skepticism regarding his health and the official narrative. The hosts argue that a performer of his caliber would have undergone a rigorous physical examination for insurance purposes before the O2 Arena concerts. Questions are raised about the three-week delay for the coroner's toxicology results.

michael jackson· cardiac arrest· demerol· o2 arena· physical exam

44:04 Very, very sad. I was actually quite emotional about this for a number of reasons. And I'm thinking about maybe doing a Daily Source Code resurrection tribute something deal in which I'd like to talk about that, but that's not completely appropriate for this show. But the one thing that really bothered me is Michael Jackson is a healthy guy. This guy is a dancer. I know he did hours of breathing training. He was into yoga. He just didn't seem like a perfect candidate for cardiac arrest. And it bothered me. 50 years, this is the kind of thing that would probably happen a little bit earlier around your 40s. Would you agree, John, that just seemed a little bit off?

44:48 50 is unusual to have a heart attack, yes. Show of that magnitude with all of these And be all of these shows without insurance and I tell you 100,000 percent percent let let lightning strike me if I'm lying about this the insurance company did a full-ass Physical on the guy. Okay. It's just no other way. It does not happen. You cannot sell out o2 arena you cannot have this show of this magnitude without a full physical and

45:31 So for him to all of a sudden OD on Demerol, and then the coroner, why does the coroner have to delay the results for three weeks? What is that? What is going on? So I'm hunting around and I'm thinking, what if this is a diversionary tactic? And I kind of like what some people are saying is, well, this is possibly to distract people's attention from the cap and trade. I think, and I found a report, that states more or less the following, that Michael Jackson made a deal with the king of Bahrain, Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa. Now this is the guy who sued him. If you recall a couple years ago, he sued him because he said Michael Jackson owed him millions of dollars and Michael was supposed to do concerts and records and an autobiography.

CHAPTER 17 / 24 Discussion

Michael Jackson, Electromagnetic Pulse Conspiracy Theory

A fringe theory suggests Michael Jackson was targeted by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon to prevent him from using his UK concerts to warn against forced swine flu vaccinations. This claim, attributed to Russian military satellite data from Cosmos 2450, suggests Jackson had made a deal with the King of Bahrain to expose a mass genocide event. The hosts present this as a "wacky" alternative theory.

michael jackson· bahrain· swine flu· electromagnetic pulse· cosmos 2450

46:26 and uh... they settled out of court this was a this uh... this case served in the u k it was a real done because just as it went to uh... to the barrister it was you know we settled out of court the reason why according to some opinions here the settlement would allow his sold-out u k concerts to be a platform for warning the world of a soon to occur mass genocide event which would be of course the forced vaccinations for swine flu. Yeah, that's a good one. And I'll take it even further. Oh no. Yes, I got to man, I don't want to get killed. Russian sources, you know I love my Russian sources.

47:15 No, no, no, no. Said that their military Cosmos 2450 satellite shows conclusively that immediately prior to Michael Jackson's death in Los Angeles, an electromagnetic pulse consistent to EMR weapons was deployed at the exact coordinates of his home. They nuked him. What? No, you've done it this time. Are we so another would you like to repeat it? Well, they'd use it just poison people you throw some prussic acid in their face. They take a deep breath This is the space. This is the space war shit that's going on. It's how they shot for for seven out of the sky kill somebody else in the house Because it's exact they got that, you know, they got him. They're tracking him. They've photographed him. They have his biome biometric data

48:07 Well that would explain the three week delay trying to explain all these strange burn marks. What's that fried? How come his hair is all fried? It's still smoking. So anyway, now at least we won't get suicided. I just had to get that one out. That's a good one. Yeah. We won't get suicided unless it's all true. From our email, I think it's Rob sent me a really really interesting question.

CHAPTER 18 / 24 Discussion

Paying Wages in Gold, IRS Tax Implications

A listener inquiry explores the legality of paying employees in gold coins to lower their reported income for tax purposes. While a $50 gold coin is technically legal tender for its face value, the IRS requires taxes to be paid based on the fair market value of the asset. The hosts conclude that the government would not allow such a loophole to function in practice.

gold coins· irs· legal tender· tax brackets· wages

48:43 He said, he was listening to our show about the one ounce gold coin that I have, which is actually a $50 coin. He said, what is stopping somebody from paying people in gold so they fall into a lower tax bracket? So, i.e., I owe you $100, no, I owe you $2,000, but I pay you $100 with two $50 coins. Yeah, I got that mail too. I thought that was an interesting idea. And he has some link to something. But is that possible? It seems like it's legal tender, right? The IRS, the laws about that are written in such a way that, which is one of the things, anything is money.

49:29 of like value provisions that mean that yes, a $50 gold piece, its legal tender is $50 in some bizarro world. But the fact of the matter is it's worth $1,500 and that's what your taxes are. They're not going to go for it, let's put it that way. It's an interesting idea. Forget it. I thought it was interesting too. Reading on MarketWatch, Peter Brimelow, one of your colleagues on MarketWatch, He's been following, and this fits right into something Carrie said, our East Coast Research Department. So this guy reads the Harry Schultz letter. Are you familiar with this? That's one of those newsletters. No, I don't read it. Okay, so the HSL as it's known, which is not the high-speed line in Europe, but the Harry Schultz letter has consistently outperformed all other

CHAPTER 19 / 24 Discussion

US Embassy Currency Hoarding, Financial Foreboding

Reports from the Harry Schultz Letter and MarketWatch suggest that U.S. embassies worldwide are being advised to purchase massive amounts of local currency. This hoarding of cash suggests a sense of foreboding within the State Department regarding a significant financial event expected within the next 120 to 180 days. The hosts link this to potential bank holidays or currency devaluations.

state department· us embassies· currency· marketwatch· harry schultz

50:21 newsletters, I guess, and also of course accurately predicted the financial tsunami. And what the most recent, I haven't read it obviously because you have to subscribe, but the most recent report states, and this is something that you said you could find no evidence of when Kerry reported it several weeks ago, quote, some US embassies worldwide are being advised to purchase massive amounts of local currencies enough to last them a year. Some embassies are being sent enormous amounts of US cash to produce, to purchase currencies from those governments quietly. All but not the pound sterling. Inside the State Department there's a sense of sadness and foreboding that quote something is about to happen within 180 days but could be 120 to 150 days. This is the same source that... Oh, Kerry quoted the same source? Okay, I didn't realize that. But now MarketWatch is quoting it so you know.

51:20 if you're on my watch then it has to be good john well it's a you know this is a bit did right now it's all this past the one twenty as far as i can tell mario really way past this uh... well usually things take place in a bank holiday by the way if they're also he was going to go so was the way i mean i mean you get this really the key to the baron guy told michael jackson he had to talk about the vaccination thing or when he had a heat that not iran uh... they run Moraine yeah, but right now. Yeah, he says that He went the the concerts were supposed to be used as a platform to warm it to warn everybody against a huge genocide which of course is the forced vaccinations which are totally possible under presidential directive 51 Where the president can actually say you all have to take your flu shot?

CHAPTER 20 / 24 Discussion

Binary Weapons, GMO Food and Vaccines

The discussion turns to the concept of binary weapons, where two seemingly harmless substances become lethal when combined. A theory is proposed that GMO foods, such as McDonald's french fries, could interact with H1N1 flu shots to cause sudden death. This is discussed in the context of Presidential Directive 51, which grants the president authority over forced vaccinations during emergencies.

binary weapons· gmo· vaccines· h1n1· presidential directive 51

52:11 And if you look at the money being spent, there was a hundred and eight billion dollars earmarked for H1N1 flu shots in the most recent military bill, military spending bill. You would think that this is coming. You know there's still something about this idea of a binary weapon that's kind of fascinated me when we came up with the idea that people who eat something or other... French fries? GMO french fries? Yeah, GMO french fries or McDonald's and then you get a shot and then you drop dead because of the combination, not because of one or the other. It's what all sci-fi writers love, right? No, sci-fi writers... this is a constant theme, the great... the binary weapon where you have to have two parts. Or it'd be better if you had three. So you got them set up with the french fries and the shot and now all you have to do is just spray some Chanel No. 5 in their face at Macy's and they drop dead on the spot.

53:11 Well, I tell you we got some milkshakes yesterday at McDonald's and I had the fries were calling out to me man But I didn't buy him. I did not buy him If I were you I wouldn't either I'm staying away. Do you want to play that one YouTube clip that was sent to us? with the free credit report dot com. Oh yeah, I want to set this up. Some guys are very annoyed by it. Do we have the guy's name, the emailer? I didn't write it down. Yeah, I'm going to look for it. Go ahead and set it up and I'll find it. So we got an email. The guy said, have you noticed that they're not only, you know, the credit reports have been taken to an extreme. First, now you can't, you might not get hired and they hound you about this. Stephen Nowicki.

53:49 Steven Nowicki, thanks Steven. You might not get hired if you have bad credit. What that has to do with hiring somebody to flip burgers is beyond me but apparently that's becoming a trend. So there's all this thing that these credit report companies and the credit report agencies are really dominating our lives. And then he pointed something out from this commercial which is the... play the commercial and I'll explain what the subtext is. Well, I married my dream girl, I married my dream girl But she didn't tell me her credit was bad So now instead of living in a pleasant suburb We're living in the basement at her mom and dad's No, we can't get a loan for a respectable home Just because my girl defaulted on some old credit card If we'd gone to freecreditreport.com I'd be a happy bachelor with a dog and a yard

CHAPTER 22 / 24 Discussion

United Nations Global Tax, SDRs and Local Taxation

The United Nations is reportedly moving forward with plans for a global tax system to finance international initiatives, supported by the Obama administration. This would likely involve Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) as a form of indirect taxation. The hosts also complain about the high level of existing local taxes on cell phone bills, hotels, and car rentals in the United States.

united nations· global tax· sdrs· barack obama· cell phone taxes

55:40 There was a conference recently on the world financial economic crisis, its impact on development that begins, actually starts Wednesday, I'm sorry, so it starts this coming Wednesday, which will consider adoption of a document calling for, quote, new voluntary and innovative sources of financing initiatives to provide additional stable sources of development finance. In other words, global taxes and this will be the SDRs John, this will be SDRs. So now we're going to be taxed indirectly or directly through the United Nations. We're not taxed enough.

56:19 I was looking at there's somebody has a song or something listing all the taxes we pay. You pay airport taxes, you pay cab fare taxes, you pay hotel room taxes. In California we pay a 10% personal income tax. You're going to like that. How about your cell phone bill? I just got a cell phone bill. There's all kinds of government taxes on this thing. And then we have taxes on sales taxes almost 10% and very noticeable. Teleconnect fund, the universal lifeline, and then the city utility users tax. What the hell for a cell phone? What the hell is that? I got $19.39 in taxes on a monthly cell phone bill, government fees and taxes. It's even stated that way. What's up with that?

57:05 No, the whole thing. We have more taxation in this country. It's got to be at least over half of everybody's income if you count the taxes you pay on everything. I mean it's like the sales tax, the income tax, the property tax, the taxes when you go do anything. You stay in a hotel, you rent a car. New York tax for hotels is outrageous. The New York tax for hotels is almost the price of the hotel room. The car rental taxes are completely out of control everywhere. There's airport tax on the car rental tax. It's unbelievable. And people are like, oh yeah, let's have more taxes. I'm always amazed by friends of mine who say, oh, we're going to have to raise taxes.

57:43 What are you gonna raise them to? Yeah, you know what I think we need a call for arms Johnny boy Well told to put on a watch list and then taxed for it. It'd be a watch list to tax. Hey, I want to go see the Dykes on bikes. We're almost out of time. I think we should... Alright, well I've got to do a call out for people who are going to give us some money. Love this week. Dvorak.org slash NA. We've got a new page up with a couple of new things on there. Dvorak.org slash NA. We really need your support. But let me call out a few guys who gave us some support, including Timothy... I've got the right guys here. Is this the right list? Hold on a second.

CHAPTER 23 / 24 Discussion

Producer Donations, Oil Industry Support

The hosts read a list of donors who have contributed to the show, including several $50 and $100 contributions. One donor, Spongberg Enterprises, is identified as being involved in the oil and gas exploration industry. A $51 donation is noted as a reference to Presidential Directive 51, a recurring theme in the program's coverage of executive power.

donations· crowdfunding· spongberg enterprises· oil and gas· presidential directive 51

58:23 I love your show prep. It's wonderful. I got lists all over the place. Felix Shadel, $100. Robert Markoski, thanks Felix. Thanks. Robert Markoski, 50. Gary Lader or Ladder, 50. Michael LeBlanc, capital L, small e, capital B, small l, small n, small c, 50. David Sauter, another hundred. Thank you, David. Thank you. William Cortez 50 Spongeburg Enterprise or Spongberg Spongberg Enterprise I was haven't looked it up a lookup later 50

58:59 Patrick Thimbley, $51 and John Kilburn, $50. I have to say, and thanks John Kilburn. That of course is $51 is for presidential directive 51. Okay, that if he hadn't have done that we would have had a whole week without some corny you know number thing that we'd have to guess at. That's it? Yeah, we got a lawyer sent in that says no call for arms, that would give the feds an excuse. Spongberg, S-P-O-N-G-B-E-R-G? Yeah. Spongberg Enterprises Inventory Management Procurement and Scheduling for the Oil and Gas Exploration Industry. Yeah, you should have given us a million. What are you talking about? It should be 15 million. Really? You want us off the air, dude? Give us 15 million bucks, we're history. We're so out of here.

CHAPTER 24 / 24 Discussion

Fundraising Dinners, TSA Security, Outro

The hosts discuss potential future fundraising initiatives, such as exclusive $500-a-plate dinners. A host shares a story about passing through TSA security multiple times without being checked, despite the strict rules for other passengers. The show concludes with a technical note about using an AT&T USB modem for the broadcast and a sign-off from San Francisco.

fundraising· tsa· at&t· usb modem· san francisco

59:51 Hey, and you had a pretty good idea. Do you want to discuss that on email about some more fundraising initiatives? Yeah, I think we're going to do some, you know, people want to get together in some way. I think we can do some special dinners. $500 a plate dinners. We'll get 10 people, go to one of the fanciest restaurants in the city or wherever we are. So how many people do we have? We'd have like 10 people? 10 people? Yeah, just 10. Exclusive dinner? Like politicians do it. A real fundraising dinner. $500 a plate. Yeah, but this won't be the chicken, rubber chicken dinner. Oh no, this will be like a high-end restaurant, right? Yeah, yeah, with high-end wine. And at the end of the dinner, you still split the bill with us? So you pay 500 bucks and you have to pay for the dinner? No, no, we'll give them the food for free. We're just going to have to eat the losses. And you will be searched, frisked, and you'll have to go through metal detectors and biometric data scanners before you can get anywhere near us.

1:00:43 Yeah, but although if somebody comes in with an aluminum hat, I think we won't care. If you're wearing a hat, no search. They should do that at the TSA. If you have a tinfoil hat on, go on through. Don't worry. My bag, once again by the way, passed through TSA security two more times, my trip to New York and back without any checks. Okay, try with a bottle of water and see how far you can go. Okay, I'm going to do a bottle of water. They're gonna arrest me if I have a bottle of water in there. So, uh, anyway, Dvorak.org slash NA, we'd appreciate it. I'll try to get another interlude out this week too. Oh, excellent. Okay. And I'd like to thank AT&T, this entire show on my end produced on their USB stick and it worked perfectly. I was not gonna tell you because you would blame me if the connection dropped, but it's one of those little USB sticks and the connection worked great. Hmm. Let me see you get the bill. No, I'm within my five gig limit.

1:01:42 Coming to you from an undisclosed loft location in San Francisco, California, Gitmo Nation West, I'm Adam Curry. And from the Silicon Valley North, the place that doesn't exist but it's here, I'm John C. Dvorak. We'll talk again on Thursday right here on No Agenda.