Episode 1105 · Sunday, 20 January 2019

BOMBSHELL!

Media credibility collapses following a rare Mueller rebuke while the government shutdown battle shifts from the border wall to grounded congressional junkets and 5G health controversies.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 1105

About this episode

The Special Counsel’s office issued a rare public rebuke of BuzzFeed News after a report claimed Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. Robert Mueller’s team disputed the accuracy of the story, which alleged a real estate deal in Moscow was the catalyst for an impeachable felony. The fallout triggered a media credibility crisis as outlets like PBS NewsHour and CNN faced criticism for circular reporting and failing to independently verify anonymous government sources.

In the Senate, William Barr faced confirmation hearings where Amy Klobuchar questioned the legality of presidential witness tampering just days before the BuzzFeed story broke. Meanwhile, the government shutdown intensified as Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer rejected a White House compromise involving DACA extensions for border wall funding. Tensions escalated further when the President grounded Pelosi’s military transport to Brussels, effectively cancelling a high-profile congressional junket. Internationally, the Yellow Vest protests entered a tenth week in Paris as police deployed flashball weapons against demonstrators, while a political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo threatened global cobalt supplies amid a worsening Ebola outbreak.

John C. Dvorak details his sudden de-platforming from PC Magazine after three decades following a column on 5G health risks. The discussion highlights the "printer deep state" and the strange phenomenon of millennials taking physical risks due to the perceived safety net of mobile GPS. The show concludes with a technical breakdown of why high-dynamic-range CDs once blew out radio transmitters in the Netherlands and a look at the social justice narratives embedded in the new Roswell, New Mexico reboot.


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CHAPTER 01 / 45 Discussion

Skype Interface Update, Windows 10 Legacy Software Issues

A forced software update on Windows 10 disabled a legacy version of Skype, requiring a transition to a new interface. The updated design features a large blue screen with centralized icons, which is criticized for being obfuscated and less functional than previous versions. The discussion touches on the removal of technical monitoring tools like the jitter monitor in favor of simplified visuals.

skype· windows 10· software update· user interface· jitter monitor

00:00 It's a movie that shouts out to me, don't watch this movie. Clean, shave and free of toxic masculinity. And broadcasting live from the capital of the drone star state here in downtown Austin Tejas in the Cluedio In The Morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and for Northern Silicon Valley where I have no idea what he said either I'm John C DeVore It's Crackpot & Buzzkill! Surely you know you have to shave away your toxic masculinity? You've seen the ad that was mumbled really

00:42 So we do it over or is it I was fine now that you said it Now that I said it twice all right. What's going on? You had something bad happen Yes, I woke up to I mean I turned on the machine usually good man you wake up That's at our way. This is a plus a good so you get turn the machine on and this says yeah my upgrade escape oh I said no great then it said well We're rebooting anyway Well there's no reboot involved Oh They just kill Skype. I said, well let me go click on this and they say click click. You want to reboot? You want a re-renew it you want an upgrade? Wait a minute where's the Skype? So apparently i can't get Skype to run unless I upgrade they find... This was the threat they made about six months ago. Wait a minute what your way running Windows 10 though right

01:31 Yeah, yeah. Okay I don't understand what threat they made but I believe the threat they made was hey you're using an old legacy version of Skype Oh Stop it you fool Okay Well, it sounds good so far Sounds fine. Yeah, I mean but look at the screen stinks It's a big giant blue screen with AC in the middle yeah I've got Al Gore with a machete in the middle of my blue screen yeah But it's not like a big picture of Elmore. No. It's a little little little bit of a picture in the middle Are you complaining about the interface?

02:09 The interface is only part of the yeah, I'm sure them. Yeah, I'm complaining about the interface I remember when I had kept my legacy and you were on the new one because you had to be yeah And your moaning and groaning. I don't see this. I don't see that. I don't see this. I don't see that I'm looking hey, I've seen all these things I got a little monitor for the feed and all how's it working? Your jitter monitor Welcome to the club pal Welcome to the club where everything is obfuscated. You don't need to know anyway about this jitter What does Jerry even mean in a digital context let's not get started on this? Because you know what 5g will save us all it's gonna remove jitter once I got I got a 5g report for later

CHAPTER 02 / 45 Discussion

Audio CD Scams, Dire Straits Dynamic Range, Transmitter Failure

Early audio CD marketing included scams like lead weights designed to reduce "wow and flutter," which are analog tape issues non-existent in digital mediums. A historical anecdote describes a 1980s broadcast of a Dire Straits track where the extreme dynamic range of the new CD format caused national transmitters in the Netherlands to blow out. The album Brothers in Arms is noted for its high production quality and lack of surface noise.

dire straits· mark knopfler· cd-rom· digital audio· philips

03:01 No good. Yeah, but first remember during the early days of the CD-ROM there are some scammers or I think they were just naive dummies and And the CD-ROM was a digital medium and they and they sold this little little attachment is little like a little lead weight you can put on top of the disc after you Install it and it would reduce Wow Not the CD-ROM this was just the CD Yeah, that's what I meant to see. Yeah versus the early audio CDs Yes It would reduce wow and flutter. I remember this What are you talking about? Wow and flutters a specific problem with tape mechanisms in 1980

03:44 I just started Veronica Broadcasting and we were the new guys on the block. And we're like, hey you know there's these CDs and Phillips of course was leading in that and they had...I think it was two CDS. It was Mark Knopfler Dire Straits, and what was one other? Both phonogram acts. And we hooked it up to the national broadcast network, you know to the big towers and we started... I don't know it must have been a dire straits track but the dynamics were so large at the time that actually blew out the transmitters

04:22 The whole network was down, the whole country. I remember...I have that particular album it's uh... Brother in Arms? It wasn't Brother in Arms? Well see there is actually a first one, its got the MTV thing in there where they say the lyrics include... Oh Money for Nothing? Yeah maybe it wasn't Money for Nothing yeah you're right. Money For Nothing and when we played the first time I had Money for Nothing on any stereo site because I don't know what they did to pump the dynamic range to what it was, but it was enormous. It started off with this very low no sound at all because there's no surface noise so... There is no wow and flutter man! Yeah there's no wow and flutter. Was-I think wow and flutter was something from the turntable days as well wasn't? Well it was mostly for tape

CHAPTER 03 / 45 Discussion

BuzzFeed News, Michael Cohen Investigation, Mueller Office Dispute

BuzzFeed News published a report alleging President Donald Trump personally instructed attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress regarding a Moscow real estate project. The Special Counsel's office, led by Robert Mueller, issued a rare public statement disputing the accuracy of the BuzzFeed report. Media outlets and political commentators debated whether the allegation constituted an impeachable felony while questioning the reliability of BuzzFeed's anonymous sources.

buzzfeed news· robert mueller· michael cohen· donald trump· impeachment

05:12 But yeah, I think you can get wow and flutter on a turntable. Yeah, I got wow and flutter right here. Ready for you? Right in the stomach. Anyway... Hey this was a fun weekend! There was a problem in resolution within two days in between two shows It was the most fascinating thing about the BuzzFeed. Yes, of course buzz I have a compilage. I have a bunch of Buzzfeed stuff after your compilation. Yes here's a compilation which will start with the breaking report from BuzzFeed and we'll well you'll see where it ends. Breaking news! We're following breaking news on what may be the most damning allegation yet against President Trump

05:53 That's fueling new talk of impeachment. Another night, another bombshell a potentially damaging new report from BuzzFeed This is Buzzfeed reporting Game-changing report BuzzFeed News is reporting the president personally instructed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress He should be impeached immediately He foresees I think impeachment coming This is a completely impeachable offense Impeachment! Impeachment! Impeachment! He should be impeached that is impeachable President Trump must either resign or be impeached. This was like the Titanic coming at the iceberg. Breaking news, a spokesperson for the special counsel Robert Mueller's office is disputing BuzzFeed's... ...has just come out with a statement I want to read it to you responding to Buzzfeed saying BuzzFeed's description of specific statements to the special counsel's office

06:43 characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding Michael Cohen's congressional testimony are not accurate. And that's where we started to pick apart words to an infinite degree which was funny, and I'm sure you have some examples of that. It's unbelievable! The only guy... the funny thing was on PBS NewsHour they did have Brooks, he didn't have shields wasn't there some woman from the Washington Journal Wall Street Journal who was more than happy to be she's hoping to God that There's a tape to prove I mean. I don't know why journalists are so biased up to the point where they're hoping The guy gets impeached but okay Just just the way it goes But Brooks actually said well we don't know that is true and it's only one source And he's actually hemmed in hard It wasn't

07:33 Like us like he could have gone even further and said well, I want to see some more documentation. This is one BuzzFeed Whose buzzfeed? I mean some I think it's a fairly random news gathering operation would know BuzzFeed is always cats Well, it's been a click farm type operation but they've they've wildly successful I know someone who works there and builds out their new offices, and they got- They're doing very well. But it's not really based on... Most of their success is not really hard journalism! Yeah, no it's cat videos. It's other stuff It's you know it's a typical click and you get ten ads and you saw the ten different versions of Meghan Markle's belly You know this thing that was fun stuff from time to time. That's fun stuff from time to time It's not a is not even when Brooks talked he said well, you know BuzzFeeds are real news organization He throws that in oh the guy working for The New York Times. It says that I

08:28 I mean, that was too much. Actually let's...I don't want to start with his stuff because it is not the best but let's play him talking about this Brooks and some woman R.E Trump felony. President told his former attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. Yeah. This significant for a couple of reasons one is a felony the president allegedly committed while being president Unlike all the previous stuff and then it is a bit of you know He's president states are running for office And he puts the US national interest behind his own interest in getting the Trump Tower built in Moscow And so these are both very serious things David French of National Review pointed out that in Michael Cohen sentencing agreement months and months ago this was right out there in the open for all of us that cones lawyers said he did he lied to Congress because I

09:15 Person number one Donald Trump told him to do it and he didn't have the strength to resist And so that suggests there's some meat to this BuzzFeed is a real news organization You can't tell whether they have written evidence They say there's a trove of documents. They say there's a trove of emails and texts Or is there an actual piece of paper with Donald Trump saying lie to Congress? That would be pretty explosive if that exists. Or a recording, or recording. Lordy let there be tapes as somebody said. Wow! Oh lordy let there be tapes. Yeah it is your Wall Street Journal big Republican operation supposedly. Oh lordy oh lordy let there be tapes. A little bit biased now the thing that they wrap with which

CHAPTER 04 / 45 Discussion

James Comey, Lordy I Hope There Are Tapes Meme

The phrase "Lordy, I hope there are tapes" originated from former FBI Director James Comey during his testimony regarding conversations with Donald Trump. The expression has since been adopted by media figures and commentators as a recurring meme during breaking news cycles involving potential recordings. The segment highlights how specific phrasing from high-profile testimony enters the general media lexicon.

james comey· lordy· twitter· media memes· oval office

10:06 My, our thesis about the what's this really all about and then you listen carefully to this Brooks and some woman impeach or vote moment. And you're going to hear our meme can I just just play something in the interim for just 1 second? I was searching for James Comey saying Lordi Yeah? Listen to this. You're big, you're strong I know the Oval Office He took it in and the only thing i could think to say because i was playing in my mind because remember every word he said was playing in my mind what should my response be and that's why very carefully chose the words look at I've seen a tweet about tapes Lordy I hope they are tapes She took it from Comey

10:52 I know she took it from Comey. I didn't realize that Lordi, I hope their tapes okay now I get it like I've heard this phrase before all right well You're gonna hear more from the media So let's listen to our the thesis the basic overriding thesis That's part of this show where they are we with at this one there's the second Brooks clip Yeah, really good to impeach or are we not? Where does their offices go? This is an interesting debate on the left Do we want this guy impeached or do we want to vote him out? Which is better for the country?" I think voting them out would be better for the country, but as the evidence mounts you really have no choice. It's interesting, I know many Democratic members of Congress who believe as David said they would be better off running against Donald Trump than against whoever the Republicans will put up in his face. But this is as Jamie Raskin was suggesting an insult to the very constitutional system

11:46 So there you have it. They want to vote him out, they don't want to impeach him because its a scam! Yeah they just want to keep it running for two more years Now I wanna play the overview from PBS uh, with the Jordan woman. And then I want to cut to this guy, this Congressman Jamie Raskin who just is absolutely off the rails and he's an interesting character because our former economic hitman contact is a buddy of his. Oh, and we condemned him once before for something else. He did this on a dumb and you got a note

CHAPTER 05 / 45 Discussion

Circular Reporting, PBS NewsHour Coverage, Media Verification Failures

PBS NewsHour and other mainstream outlets faced criticism for reporting on the BuzzFeed Cohen story without independent verification. The practice of "circular reporting" is examined, where outlets cite each other's unverified claims to create a false sense of consensus. Despite the Special Counsel's dispute, some journalists continued to defend the narrative by parsing the specific wording of the official denial.

pbs newshour· circular reporting· media ethics· lanny davis· verification

12:21 Yeah, he's a pretty good guy. Have we heard from our economic hitman? No, he's overboard. He's flown the coop. So this is the overview on PBS and this kind of brings us up to the point where they hit the horn and had their... Which by the way I should mention, the next day because I have clips of that too, they were so sheepish about backing off on this. Yeah, they were picking apart the entire sentence from Mueller's office yeah they're picking that apart saying well BuzzFeed still stands by their story and all the rest of it when in fact they were busted for buying into just any old unsourced online bull crap. No it was they had sources say. They had sources say we got two guys

13:13 I mean, right away it was very sketchy. But just but they were so sheepish about all the fuss they made the day before. Just one sec. And we do remember that BuzzFeed was the first one to publish The Steal dossier, The Rancid Dossier. I didn't hear a lot of people saying well you know last time they had a bombshell turned out to be kind of not such a bombshell and I don't think anyone really said that No, because they want this all to be true. Oh jeez yeah. Oh lordy please let there be tape so we can end this misery! Oh lordy alright what are we gonna listen to here? Like you're gonna listen the overview of PBS and BuzzFeed this oh wait that's not it. That's a nice one. You don't want that. Buzzfeed correction PBS no that's The Next Day BuzzFeed with Lanny Davis BuzzFeed I was just going say PBS Bombshell from BuzzFeed that's the clip

14:12 Okay, here we go. It is a bombshell from BuzzFeed News that has prompted outcries from Capitol Hill. If true it could be the most damning set of details yet tying President Trump to an impeachable offense Lisa Desjardins begins with what we know and the response from lawmakers A new serious friction point between the White House and the Capitol as Democratic lawmakers react to the report that alleges President Trump ordered his attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress. If these facts are true this is suborning perjury Rhode Island Democrat David Cicilline spoke on CNN He's on the Judiciary Committee The committee with jurisdiction over impeachment

14:54 I think there's no question it is an impeachable offense. And it's again just one more data point about what was the reason that they were trying so hard to keep this Russia meeting and this Russia relationship so secret." The Democratic Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said in a tweet that directing a subordinate to lie to Congress is a federal crime, and he promised investigations. The BuzzFeed report alleges Mr Trump... "...just a technical question Ordering a subordinate to lie to Congress, I mean i'm sure that's that's uh a felony But was he really a subordinate? He is a lawyer or not ordering anybody to lie to purge themselves of felony. No Okay, the order that's brought up in later What if you like use the word ordering like he's some big boss this guy's attorney attorneys know what they're doing They're not gonna be ordered by their clients. What did you say what did she ask?

15:46 If you say, hey would you mind lying to Congress? Is that also a felony? Probably. Investigation Not that I'm thinking of trying it at any time soon. Will you be up for something going on where we have to go talk to Congress about the show? Good to have some info in my back pocket The BuzzFeed report alleges Mr. Trump personally directed Cohen to lie about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, no other news outlet has confirmed the story it comes after Cohen pleaded guilty in November to lying to congressional intelligence committees about the so-called Moscow project. Cohen is now cooperating with federal prosecutors I'm sorry gotta stop but again she said in

16:25 But instead of saying, we have not been able to independently verify the story. She says something very interesting no other news organizations have verified the story does that mean that if other news organizations say yeah We're in then it's okay they still don't have to do their own research PBS That's a very good catch yes is so PBS and do Jack I mean that's basically what they're saying. Yes, it is what she is saying. The BuzzFeed report alleges Mr Trump personally directed Cohen to lie about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow No other news outlet has confirmed the story Yeah that's circular reporting so if they could have said CNN confirms but they didn't have it It comes after Cohen pleaded guilty in November to lying to Congressional Intelligence Committees Hold on stop it again Doesn't this sound like one of those CIA operations?

17:15 What's the way drop some bombshell someplace and then they use that as the basis for everybody else from saying that this happened? Yeah Circular reporting, that's the trick. Exactly! About the so-called Moscow project Cohen is now cooperating with federal prosecutors BuzzFeed says Cohen was not a source for its story The president's current attorney Rudy Giuliani denied the report and in a statement called it categorically false On Fox News, White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley questioned BuzzFeed's reporting. Absolutely ludicrous that we are giving any type of credence or credibility to a news outlet like Buzzfeed. You're saying the president did not tell Michael Cohen to do that?

18:01 I'm telling you right now this is exactly why the president refuses to give any credence or credibility to news outlets. Oh, he didn't deny it! Virginia Food Bank today serving furloughed workers The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee Mark Warner talked to reporters We don't know whether the new report about Cohen being told a lie by the President is true or not We'll have to ask mr. Cohen that is but it sure as heck explains Why Michael Cohen lied in earlier testimony to our committee? He added the committee is arranging for Cohen to appear again next month Yeah, they're all carried and now I gotta get through this series of clips which is the business basis for my whole report All right. We're ready for Jamie Raskin

CHAPTER 06 / 45 Discussion

Jamie Raskin, Constitutional Law Claims, Nixon Impeachment Misconception

Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland is criticized for his media appearances regarding the impeachment of Donald Trump. Raskin, a former constitutional law professor, is noted for claiming Richard Nixon was impeached, when Nixon actually resigned before the full House could vote. The discussion highlights a perceived trend in political rhetoric where historical facts about past presidential proceedings are misrepresented to the public.

jamie raskin· richard nixon· bill clinton· constitutional law· judiciary committee

18:49 What what a stooge this guy is? He hasn't slept for a month. Who is this guy who was this one of these as congressman I think he's from New York or somewhere, but he just hellish looking man Who and he doesn't know what he's talking about and he's just making shit up And he's and he's just oh, I'm just looking at his face from Maryland Oh, Mary I'm looking at it. He's kind of like Kramer from Seinfeld. Yeah, a little bit he's horrible looking and well let go... He can be no good if he looks this way There is a basis for thinking that way. Okay, but I'm not gonna get into it But let's just put him on with this is the first one is the Jamie Ruskin we know it is true Let's hear now from Capitol Hill representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland as a member of the House Democratic leadership team and he serves on the Judiciary Committee He formerly was a professor of constitutional law

19:48 Congressman Raskin, thank you very much for joining us. You said earlier today that if this is true it would be an impeachable offense how so? Well we know it's true because of course the Republicans impeached Bill Clinton over telling one lie about one sexual affair We know its true Wait, let's get this straight. So he starts over the non sequitur for he says we know it's true because Bill Clinton was impeached for a sexual affair What is that? What does one got to do with the other what does anything have to do with truth

20:24 So he's off to a bad start by saying we know it's true, was his first opening salvo. We know it's true! We KNOW it's true so that is questionable here...we know its' true Now I believe, I should have looked to find the clip of this, that Klobuchar Amy Klobuchar was... I have that clip. Okay, then i'll shut up and let you go to it No no what's what do you mean? Well what I heard is that she was grilling uh who's the new attorney general candidate Yeah yeah I have that That's in The Democracy Now I don't have her complete clip but It's within The Democracy now clip Yeah as if she had already heard-the point Is She Was Grilling um What's the guy's name? Wheeler? No what's his name? Oh what is his name? Yeah The Bush Guy

21:09 Grilling him, saying... Here's the rundown. She says hey if he did this is that an impeachable offense? Right or no it knows that against the law and he says yeah and then she almost asks exact same question. If the president asked someone to lie for him to Congress would that be a felony? Yeah of course as Barr William Barr that's who is. And he'd also been bar also says Yeah, but it'd be a felony for anyone. So so they it's clear that Klobuchar had this information That's why she was doing

21:47 I think that maybe this is before BuzzFeed came out. Yeah, it must be. It must be timeline right? Yeah Okay. Yeah. Yeah cuz they because she's a stooge Yep So I'm just saying that's why the guy like this who's on the inside like oh we know it's true We know you know, we got we got the briefing you see we got the buzzfeed briefing. You know our CIA briefing Yeah, everyone comes first okay Jamie rest arrest and to this is good one sexual affair. And this is about organizing a whole pattern of lies in order to deceive the Congress of the United States about a matter of national security and a matter that goes to the heart of American national sovereignty, so lying and obstruction of justice have

22:33 figured centrally in the impeachments that we've seen in modern times, that is in the Nixon impeachment and of course articles of impeachment brought against Clinton's. He wasn't impeached? He wasn't impeached but our professor of constitutional law seems to think that he was impeached! This is one of your favorites I think is that, and i'm starting to notice it as a meme. They're trying to push into the public consciousness the idea that Nixon was impeached when he wasn't. Well TBH

23:11 Until we started doing this show and you brought it up years and years ago I'm pretty sure. I thought he had been impeached too That was always kind of in the lexicon the way, I understood it growing up well You were duped! And I was subsequently saved Yes by the show OK, well he doubles down on the Nixon thing. So let's go to clip three. The articles of impeachment brought against Clinton so but both in the articles that were brought against Nixon and the articles brought against Clinton obstruction of justice and lying or central. views the president's involvement in lying to Congress and suborning perjury as certainly a statutory felony violation under federal law, but also a major constitutional offense against the rule of law and our Constitution.

24:04 Okay, Judy jump in and tell him that Nixon wasn't impeached. Hey Judy, Judy Jump in and tell them that Nixon wasn't impeached and guess get this back on track Judy Let me guess does clip for pertain Judy jumping in and saying that I No. Oh, damn. All by the way these clips are continuation there's not nothing taken out so I didn't cut Judy out she's right back in it and she's so concerned anyway play this and then i have a kicker Because again, this is a problem with Judy. Play this. Law and our Constitution suborning perjury meaning telling someone else to lie before the Congress or before a jury but Congressman what is it exactly in this new information that you that you think makes it?

24:56 something that is an impeachable offense. What is it exactly? Well, let's start with this we don't know whether or not this is true all we have is one news report about what one witness has said now obviously its a key witness and Michael Cohen was the president's personal lawyer but what Cohen is saying he's that the president urged him in counseled him and essentially conspired with him to lie before Congress And suborning perjury, that is urging and coaching someone to lie in a sworn context is itself a federal criminal offense. It is a felony. All right you heard what he said now we're talking about the show does Judy show a mere three or four minutes before this guy? We heard this

25:52 This is now the clip you're gonna play. It's overview PBS on BuzzFeed slander Jardan ISO. BuzzFeed says Cohen was not a source for its story Okay Well, if you just heard what this guy said and Judy heard. Yeah. The guy says Cohen Cohen said this Cohen said that Cohen was the source of the story. Let's play clip four again after listening to what you just heard law and our Constitution suborning perjury meaning telling someone else to lie before the Congress or before a jury but Congressman What is it exactly in this new information that you that you think makes it?

26:32 something that is an impeachable offense. What is it exactly? Well, let's start with this we don't know whether or not this is true all we have is one news report about what one witness has said now obviously it's a key witness and Michael Cohen was the president's personal lawyer. But what Cohen is saying is that the president urged him and counseled him, and essentially conspired with him to lie before Congress. So this is he's just delusional because he believes that the one witness Or the one source or was it one witness? The one source. He said, one witness or one source he didn't make it clear that was the only one Right But he does say that Cohen's behind this report and its clear by reporting done on PBS just five minutes before that he was listening to because when you go and sit down at these things your hearing the whole show Yeah, he didn't hear They don't hear this stuff

27:33 Yeah, they do. He only hears himself is what I'm saying. Well he does yeah! He could actually hear it i'm sure the audio waves... But let's take it to another level Judy heard it. Judy heard the Jardin report where she specifically says in that ISO Cohen did not contribute to the BuzzFeed report. He didn't say anything about anything, he's mum, he's over on the sidelines Judy knows that she just heard it a few minutes ago She did the report and meanwhile this guy saying that is Cohen spilling his guts That's causing the problem? And she doesn't say anything I would like to remind you that just because she has pearls Has a stately manner about her Doesn't mean that she isn't just like any other prostitute She's just reading The Prompter

28:19 She just shut... she's not listening to anybody. Apparently not. She missed the Nixon thing, she missed this and this one I thought was more egregious because this guy's going on and on about Cohen spilling his guts in the BuzzFeed article when in fact he didn't even contribute to the BuzzFeed article as previously mentioned in the same news report. This was a continuation of what Jardins was doing. This is extremely poor reporting! I mean I can't believe how bad it is she's got to go I think you should replace her. I'm not replacing anybody, okay? It's just a thought it doesn't give me the opportunity to grouse like this now No, no you I can tell you're very disappointed Incredibly disappointed ever since Gwen You know died died this show has deteriorated But extreme sure taught me a lesson because we were always harping on Gwen and

CHAPTER 07 / 45 Discussion

Amy Klobuchar, William Barr Confirmation, Obstruction of Justice Inquiry

During Senate confirmation hearings, Senator Amy Klobuchar questioned Attorney General nominee William Barr on whether a president persuading a person to commit perjury constitutes obstruction of justice. Barr agreed that such an act would be a felony for any person. The timing of this questioning, occurring just days before the BuzzFeed report, led to speculation about whether the information had been leaked to members of the Judiciary Committee beforehand.

amy klobuchar· william barr· senate judiciary committee· perjury· obstruction of justice

29:19 And then she passed away and it turns out she was the real heart of the show. Yes, apparently! We didn't know we didn't know. Well that's just a wrap for what I've got i don't have that much but... I do have the correction on PBS The Next Day which is so lame but I want to play I got two, actually i got two more clips but I want to play this story by Democracy Now which includes the Amy Klobuchar thing or we can skip it's only a minute. Yeah let's play it. Democrats say such an order would also constitute obstruction of justice. A felony Trumps nominee to become the next Attorney General William Barr appeared to agree with that position during his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. Barr was questioned by Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar

30:06 A president persuading a person to commit perjury would be obstruction, is that right? Yes. Okay— Or any—any—well you know any person who persuades another to— Any person. Yeah. Okay. You also said that a president or any person convincing a witness to change testimony would be obstruction is that right? Yes. Meanwhile the Wall Street Journal reported Donald Trump ordered Michael— Now I ask you Just for a moment, so this was Tuesday. Yes questions good by the way on your I'm giving you kudos on this one Thank you for making this catch This is

30:42 not only is it kind of a... Barr is even answering, kind of like why are you asking me these stupid questions? Yeah exactly he was. He was befuddled but why is Democracy Now! and why is Judy showing this as the highlight of Tuesday's testimony? Not Judy, Judy is Democracy Now!, Amy. Why is Democracy Now! showing this of all the things, THIS as the highlight on Tuesday Almost five days before the bombshell drops because they're all fucking complicit. That's why I'm not gonna buy completely by that because this Amy report was done on the Friday

31:21 They had just dug this old thing up and pulled it into the Friday report because they knew that the BuzzFeed thing was out and live. How convenient! Well, I agree with that... It was a little bit much but Klobuchar would do this so she's... So Klobuchar is complicit in some sort of scam Well how about this? What if... Because remember Ben White or whatever the guy... Ben Smith Yeah, Ben. Ben. Ben Smith He disgraces the name Ben Oh, people named Ben. We know dudes named Ben they're heroes this is no dude named Ben there's a douche named Ben He has some kind of official mainstream background doesn't he? The editor

32:05 He's got all kinds of background. He makes it loaded with background you should look him up well Maybe even be able to spot how about this? So why would he so when Miller's office comes out and You can read it any way you want, but he said hey This is not factual that's probably a good translation It's not factual what you guys put out there and simmer down was kind of the undertone Maybe he didn't get it directly from sources. Maybe he got it from a congressperson's sources or so because he felt pretty strong saying, no we stand by our reporting well maybe the source is Klobuchar? Maybe the source is this Cramer looking guy Raskin who knows who the sources I have a feeling that would be interesting to know The Raskin guys definitely something wrong with him

CHAPTER 08 / 45 Discussion

Lanny Davis, President Truth Slip, CNN Media Panel

Lanny Davis, attorney for Michael Cohen, made a verbal slip during a televised interview, accidentally referring to Donald Trump as "President Truth" while attempting to criticize him. This moment was highlighted alongside CNN's immediate distancing from the BuzzFeed report once the Special Counsel's office issued its correction. The segment mocks the rapid shift in media tone following the debunking of the "bombshell" story.

lanny davis· cnn· michael cohen· verbal slip· donald trump

32:54 I mean, I wouldn't trust this guy an inch. I do have one last clip of and i'm not going to play the Maya Culpable Clip because it's not that interesting but...I do have a clip where the truth wants to come out. This is one of our favorites! This is Lanny Davis, the lawyer for Cohen who hates Trump blathering on and he has a little flub at the end. To Democrats, it's a bombshell claim that comes with a caveat if it is true If the president directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress then thats a clear case of participating in perjury

33:35 and obstruction of justice, and he should resign. That's after an explosive new report which says President Trump personally instructed his longtime lawyer to lie to Congress...to hide his involvement in a real estate deal for proposed Moscow Trump Tower NBC News has not verified the report and neither has any other news outlet. BuzzFeed cites two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter after President Trump tweeted a vague reference to Cohen's father-in-law, one of Cohen's advisors says he now fears for his family and may not testify as planned in front of Congress next month. Family is out of bounds there's only one person in the country, one president in our history that would threaten family

34:19 as a tactic to make fear of somebody who calls a rat for telling the truth and that's President Trump. President who? President Truth. Damn, damn my mouth what was it saying president truth that's funny in a whole bunch of ways yeah I got quite a kick out of the panel over at CNN who immediately threw BuzzFeed under the bus, which is the only way to go I think if you're CNN. Blame it on those guys quick! And they had... Who'd they have on? They had the constitutional lawyer, Toobin

CHAPTER 09 / 45 Discussion

Brian Stelter, Media Credibility, Twitter Reaction Cycles

CNN's Brian Stelter and Jeffrey Toobin discussed the damage the BuzzFeed report caused to the reputation of the news media. Stelter expressed concern that the error reinforces stereotypes of media bias, while Toobin described the situation as a "bad day" for journalism. The discussion notes how social media platforms like Twitter amplify unverified reports into massive controversies that often dissipate within 24 hours.

brian stelter· jeffrey toobin· cnn· media bias· twitter

35:02 who's there a lot lately. And Brian Seltzerwater, you know the media guy. I have a different view of the implications of all this my view is that the larger message that a lot of people are going to take from this story is that the news media are a bunch of leftist liars who are dying to get the president and they're willing to lie to do it That was some self-awareness. I'm like, that's good but we got to fight back against that of course we can't have that and and i don't think that's true. Oh! Is that different? Well there are two things... I mean I am focused on the media side Preet is talking about the law enforcement side but they're not contradictory but I just think this is a bad day for us yeah you know there's no I mean I don't know why you gotta admit Tubin is on point with this

35:58 He's a bad day, so I have respect little bit for him. I disagree a little bit but i just think you know it reinforces every bad stereotype about the news media It does reinforce bad stereotypes about the news media I agree with you! I am desperate as a media reporter to always say to the audience judge folks individually and judge brands individually don't fall for what these politicians out there want you to do they want you to think we're all crooked We're not Oh God, I sound like Crook Richard Nixon. He has his hands up for the peace signs. And neither is Buzzfeed! But now Buzzfeed... Now the onus is on BuzzFeed right? Bad day for BuzzFeed. Ben Smith says he knows the identity of the two sources obviously the reporters know the identity of the two sources they're gonna be going back to those two sources and hopefully other sources try to get to the bottom of this oh how many sources could there be Brian now it's a dispute well and I don't know how that disputes gonna be resolved

36:51 I'm not disagreeing with you. This will be used obviously against the media as a whole. I hope that the president doesn't guide everybody else to use it against the press. I think that the president is very likely, if passed his prelude, going to see this evidence for his attacks on the media being justified and i think that his supporters would say that that's understandable But then we need to keep reinforcing how much smoke there is There was massive fire So much evidence of wrongdoing We do do that We do that every day. I think there are two important things to remember, that part of why it is... If the media gets something wrong and Ben Smith is saying they stand by their reporting if the media gets something wrong It is incumbent on us to correct it And I understand that it is frustrating To the press and also to people who believe in the press That the White House does not necessarily follow that same standard for themselves But that has nothing to do with what we do. We have to keep our standards high even if others are low

37:44 So just another White House standards are so low, they're lower than ours in this case. We kept them high by saying well we couldn't confirm the report but the bombshell report explosive report... Bombshell! That was just fantastic to see that happen in This happens the next day and ends the day after. It was just so entertaining I don't even think it lasted 24 full hours No, no it didn't! In that small period a small window they all piled on like maniacs It was interesting because Saturday morning We woke up and Tina's like oh man this Twitter is blowing up She's my canary in the coal mine

38:32 And I say, what's happening? Well you know this BuzzFeed and like... Buzzfeed. Like what?! Yeah if you lie then screw this guy! Okay. Uh and I said yeah I think I said you know it's BuzzFeed let's see how this shakes out. An-and she was monitoring people were just losing their crap over this. And that was just Twitter that wasn't even till we flipped on the TV and saw everyone going nuts. Then 24 hours later gone Although not really because you know it's so unusual for the Special Investigators Office to make any kind of statement. This is so unusual! It must be some code, there's code we got a parse the words better its code. There's definitely some code in there. Yes sure there is code

CHAPTER 10 / 45 Discussion

PBS NewsHour Teaser, News Burial, Anonymous Sources

Following the Special Counsel's dispute of the BuzzFeed story, PBS NewsHour omitted the correction from its primary news teaser, effectively burying the follow-up. The reliance on anonymous "government sources" by major publications like The New York Times is criticized as a systemic failure in modern journalism. The segment argues that the lack of accountability for "fake" reporting has become normalized in the industry.

pbs newshour· journalism standards· anonymous sources· new york times· media criticism

39:18 The mainstream guys, the big boys not the buzz feeds or anybody lesser. The mainstream guys just kind of brush it under once they have up, up, they do real quickie. They don't even do it in a way that they start...they led with it but when it comes to for example I have an example this is the Saturday PBS teaser so now this is the teaser So I'm expecting because I think the biggest news story was the killing of this other story, especially when you led with it the day before and you made person after person after person talk about it. And you brought in Jamie Draskin to go on and on. You'd think that you would lead with it again the next day? No! Let's bury that below the fold. So then do you think you even tease it? Here is the teaser for the next day on PBS. On this edition for Saturday January 19

40:17 A presidential announcement as the partial government shutdown enters its fifth week at day 29. The third annual Women's March takes place across the country, despite recent controversy and in our signature segment Iraqi soldiers feeling forgotten after fighting for their country next on PBS NewsHour Weekend And BuzzFeed was not a bombshell. Where was it? Nothing! You'd think it would be in the teaser because it was such a big deal the day before, but no they don't even bother teasing it. They did mention do a little piece on it and they... It was mediocre, was hardly anything like we screwed up. But it wasn't an embarrassment for the media I think that Toobin is right Yes

41:01 But in this case, when he does that then all of a sudden he's a lawyer. I'm not really a media guy over here. I'm not really a news guy. I'm a lawyer so I gotta set it straight man and tell it like it is. This is pretty much almost as bad as these guys when they get caught reporting a hoax which happens at least a couple times a year. Yeah well they did exactly... Anyone who reads a report in the New York Times, it's just become normal. We've talked about this for years now It used to be get someone on record to state their name and say here's what I said And that's just turned into sources and at first there was government sources Then it was people who know government sources and now it's just some sources

41:40 And they got caught. It should be a big warning to some of the other big mainstream publications, mainly The New York Times They should be very careful because they're going to get caught in this someday as well You just keep reporting with sources. Well, they've been caught a number of times with some of the fake reporters that they had working for them but... Oh yeah! But then it's just well this guy was bad it was a bad apple and he made stuff up He was bad It was just him there wasn't The New York Times not The Institution Just one slip through like the TSA letting that old granny with uh with a handgun Yeah in her bag That's the way its handled Granny with a handgun? Granny get your gun

CHAPTER 11 / 45 Discussion

Donald Trump, Border Security Proposal, DACA and TPS Extensions

President Donald Trump delivered a televised speech from the White House offering a compromise to end the government shutdown. The proposal included $5.7 billion for physical barriers, $800 million in humanitarian assistance, and a three-year legislative extension for DACA recipients and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders. Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer rejected the offer, leading to a continued stalemate over border funding.

donald trump· border wall· daca· tps· immigration reform

42:20 Okay, so we did have some other things happen over the weekend. I thought really? I thought that the president's 3 p.m.. Speech Was interesting I just clipped his way to use the word interesting. Yeah, I thought it was interesting It was interesting for a number of reasons he had a different setting He was kind of like in the hallway with George Washington behind him it looked Not very regal and presidential look kind of like off to the side I don't know someone just built a quick little set no your impression was but I thought it was kind of weak an

42:56 Yeah, that didn't bother me at all. And he offered a deal and he tried to explain why we need a wall I don't know if anyone watches these things? I don't know if there was any real reporting what I got was...I think this is from CBS and they actually edited this because you know why give you everything the president said but this was his offer in the CBS edit our plan includes the following $800 million in urgent humanitarian assistance. $805 million for drug detection technology to help secure our ports of entry, an additional 2,750 border agents and law enforcement professionals, 75 new immigration judge teams to reduce

43:51 The court backlog of, believe it or not almost 900 thousand cases. Our plan includes critical measures to protect migrant children from exploitation and abuse This includes a new system to allow Central American minors to apply for asylum in their home countries and reform, to promote family reunification for unaccompanied children. Thousands... Now that kind of went by in a weird sentence but what is this about minors who can then apply for a visa? Is there some mining company he's hooking up here

44:33 Seriously, that's what it sounds like to me. So minors... It doesn't sound like that to me. It sounded like kids to allow Central American minors... Oh, MINORS as in children. Ah jeez! You didn't hear it right? I thought you were just kidding me Nooo! What the hell is he talking about minors?! Okay Sorry, it's the weed Apply for asylum in their home countries and reform to promote family reunification for unaccompanied children thousands of whom wind up on our border doorstep

45:10 to physically secure our border. The plan includes 5.7 billion dollars for a strategic deployment of physical barriers or a wall there are two more elements... That's where they cut out what he explains it so just cut that out. Number one is three years of legislative relief for 700,000 DACA recipients brought here unlawfully by their parents at a young age many years ago. This extension will give them access to work permits social security numbers and protection from deportation most importantly

45:54 Secondly, our proposal provides a three-year extension of temporary protected status or TPS. This means that 300,000 immigrants whose protected status is facing expiration We'll now have three more years of certainty so that Congress can work on a larger immigration deal, which everybody wants. Republicans and Democrats." So when I heard this to me it sounded like a little light on the offering hadn't we been at like two million DACA and the kids' parents? That was the last time we heard about it

46:33 I would think that the Democrats would jump at any DACA deal. Well, but Trump did this with a DACA deal a year and half ago or something like that...a year ago? They refused it! They're not going to buy anything he does. They don't care about DACA they're a bunch of phonies on both sides of the aisle. Oh okay, yeah, Trump doesn't either He's just trying to make something happen, I guess. He's not doing any...I mean he is a great negotiator should be able to do a better job than let these Pelosi and Schumer two like weirdos run him around like this but okay we'll see what happens They have some power right now so they can totally do that Well Schumer not so much but Pelosi for sure Now of course we had the

CHAPTER 12 / 45 Discussion

Nancy Pelosi, CODEL Junkets, Brussels Trip Cancellation

President Trump cancelled Speaker Nancy Pelosi's planned Congressional Delegation (CODEL) trip to Brussels and Afghanistan by grounding the military aircraft intended for the journey. Former State Department official Steve Pachanik describes CODELs as expensive "junkets" that often serve as taxpayer-funded vacations for members of Congress. The cancellation was a direct response to Pelosi's request to postpone the State of the Union address due to the shutdown.

nancy pelosi· codel· brussels· steve pachanik· air force plane

47:23 You're not allowed to do your State of the Union in the House, according to Pelosi. You can you can do that from the Oval Office. Screw you! And then Trump grounded her plane. Yeah, I know that was funny now and then Lindsey Graham comes out and makes some commentary about this being one sophomoric act after another well before we go any further what she was doing with and there was a not much Adam Schiff I think was going along and couple other Congress persons. Yeah, sure and they're going to Brussels and we know what's happening We know when they go to Brussels why are they going to Brussels?

48:05 Well, they're gonna go to they were supposed to stop at Davos do some skiing and they're gonna get some french fries And they're going to have a few meals there maybe meet up with some of you guys and maybe they'll pick up the tab So there's a name for this which I had not heard before but makes total sense as Steve Pachanik sent me A link to his video that he did yesterday. I clipped the beginning of it It's called a codel Nancy Pelosi for reasons that are beyond my understanding, decided to go on a CODEL. Now let me explain what a CODEL is. A CODEL is the congressional delegation that goes to specific country I was in the State Department as you know I was a senior official and I was in charge in many cases of having our ambassadors represent the country that the Congress people are coming to and literally having to act

48:58 as a receptionist for the congressman or the congresswoman, utilizing all of our assets in the embassy making things happen that in fact we didn't need to happen. We had to use our deputy chief of mission, the station chief, our political officers were all tied up up, making sure that the congressional representatives were happy, pleased and entertained. And for maybe a few minutes they were involved with the key issues of the particular country in this case Brussels was the beginning point and that was not an accident. Brussels is where they can go out. They can have a good time

49:38 Congress people and they can enjoy themselves. For the most part, they could care little about NATO you can find out anything and everything you want about NATO on the internet and they know very well that we get on the phone The real issue here is that Nancy Pelosi's known for having these junkets all through her career she had over 80 of them between 2009 in 2010 One of these CODELs cost us $185,000 in tax dollars. That means that when Nancy Pelosi is ordered to go on a private plane as Trump had ordered her to do she said no and the reason why she said no it's that Her husband wouldn't pay for the flight and she didn't want to use any of her own money To fly overseas there you go the CODEL

CHAPTER 13 / 45 Discussion

Yellow Vest Protests, Paris Riots, Flashball Weapons

The "Yellow Vest" protests in France continued for a tenth consecutive week, with demonstrators in Paris demanding the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron. Police utilized controversial "flashball" guns—handheld launchers firing large rubber balls—which have caused serious injuries and induced comas among protesters. Despite the scale of the unrest and the deployment of 50,000 officers, the movement has received limited coverage in mainstream international news.

yellow vests· emmanuel macron· paris· flashball· riots

50:28 Yeah, and you can hear that these people show up at like an embassy over there. And everyone's pissed off Totally now we got to look busy and make these people feel like they're doing something yeah makes so much sense Yeah, then you go Galavant around town do some shopping yes used to watch Hillary Do These Things as she always come back with this fabulous hairdo Yes when she saw Pierre in France But no one wants to go to Paris right now cuz you know it's kind of a shithole It just- it just keeps on going. Demonstrations by so-called Yellow Vest protesters in Paris turned to riots as those taking part demanded that French President Emmanuel Macron should resign. Police used tear gas and water cannon as demonstrators became violent, police also tackled them with batons and controversial flashball guns. Crowds calling for Macron to step down also carried coffin shaped items to represent the 10 people who've died in the protests

51:29 There were 30 arrests in Paris, many suspected of carrying offensive weapons. Similar demonstrations took place in other French cities and towns and more than 50 000 police and gendarmes were deployed the Yellow Vest protest began on November 17th over an increase in fuel taxes those fuel taxes have been scrapped but the campaign has now become an anti-Macron protest yeah And very quiet in the international news gathering and reporting business about this. The UK has a growing legion of yellow vests I don't want to give anybody any ideas and so the media is all in with the governments that not really talk about this too much. As far as i can tell, except for that report where you got it from and I think I've seen some minor stuff on Sky News we're the only ones who talk about it. Yeah these flashballs... PBS doesn't talk about it

52:24 No, no. We have no time to talk about these things way too important now the flashball thing is killing people with these shooting them in the back of their trademark for the normally less lethal normally normally or nominally nominally less lethal handheld it's a big thing it looks like a grenade launcher yeah definitely huge bore 100 millimeter bore Uh, officer's not situated. Apparently they fire these things and they uh... It was developed by a French hunting firearms manufacturer Verney... Was it Cary? Caryn I guess. The weapon exists in two versions at the caliber is... They have

53:11 It's a 44. Well, it looks bigger than that. Jeez! Looks much...looks like an 88. Oh I see there is a 44 but the 83 it's in 83 yeah see 83 huge and what does the projectile? Super Pro version features vertically stacked barrels and da-da-dah What does it shoot? A flash ball what is that? It shoots a rubber ball The main one just shoots a rubber ball This is a big giant rubber ball. It's like getting hit with a handball Well, I saw a guy in the other put him had to put him in an induced coma Probably hit them in the head with it. Hit them in the back of the head with a rubber ball Yeah But yes, the UK apparently has a real movement now. I'm just getting this from bloggers

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Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola Outbreak, Cobalt Mining

The Democratic Republic of Congo faces a political crisis as opposition leader Martin Fayelu disputes the election of Felix Tshisekedi, calling it a "constitutional coup." Simultaneously, the second-worst Ebola outbreak in history has spread toward the major city of Goma, a critical hub for the global cobalt trade. There are concerns that the arrival of U.S. troops to manage the health crisis is linked to securing mineral resources used in electronics manufacturing.

drc· ebola· cobalt· martin fayelu· goma

54:00 No mainstream reporting. And thanks to Sir Gene, who by the way is a Duke and not an Earl made that mistake on the last show You know I did The Keeper now we got our yellow vest We're ready we're ready to take to the streets good if that is another no agenda premium item we could consider By the way do we don't sell product And in the black trunks, weighing in at over 3 000 troops. The ISIS virus! The killer from Nigeria... Ebola! That's right ladies and gentlemen wherever there is Ebola the troops are soon to follow and we have confirmation wait I'll do this in order the Democratic Republic of Congo

54:45 Particularly the northern part is where your iPhone comes from, the cobalt materials. Which by the way are only in Apple's case taken from artisan miners. That's little kids but they're artisans small batch. Little kids using stones to dig into dirt. They are truly a small batch of miners so small batch works here They had an election which, well you know it's never really gone well there and as predicted this one is now being seriously disputed. We go to Africa today Martin Foyelu, an opposition leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo declared himself as the only legitimate president of the country on Sunday His reaction follows a ruling by the Constitutional Court confirming Felici Sakedi as winner of the December 30 polls

55:40 The Constitutional Court has once again confirmed that, like the Sene, it is at the service of a dictatorial individual. It is neither more nor less a constitutional coup d'état because it brings to the supreme majesty and non-elected Fayyadou asks the international community not to accept the verdict by the country's top court. I ask moreover, to the whole of the international community not to recognize a power which has neither legitimacy

56:22 no legal standing to represent the Congolese people. Martin Fayelu also called on the Congolese people to organize peaceful protest across the country, to protest against a ruling by the Constitutional Court. So the point of me playing this report is one this is the only report I could find on it from Africa today There is an ongoing dispute and just before the election, which not everyone even in the country has voted in yet. Just before the election there was an outbreak of Ebola in this very region it was small and there were some protests and people actually went kicked over the Ebola camp which makes total sense that's what I do when I'm pissed off

57:06 And so now we have this true dispute. There's been articles filed and there are problems, and although I have no audio or video reports Vox picked it up! The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is moving towards a major city That's not good! 680 cases officially now the second worst outbreak of Ebola ever in history! So troops are on their way. There's no way the troops have to come now This is how it works yeah, we already have about 80 of them we sent the troops over early the Reconnaissance team but now it's going to Goma this is apparently where the out has spread to Goma Goma Goma Yeah, this isn't northern Kivu. This is where all your artisan small batch cobalt comes from and

58:03 Goma is not only entirely run by the Chinese, it is also kind of the crossroads of transportation. So we're very worried now that if Ebola gets to Goma, it could then spread via train All over Africa, so... Or go to China. Well maybe that is a new strategy that I hadn't heard of but i'm pretty sure- It's a good strategy. I'm pretty sure every- This candy bullet in China see how they react to it? They get a lot of people. I'm pretty sure everyone out there knows this is total bullshit. Ebola, they come from Africa and the Empire of Europe.

CHAPTER 15 / 45 Discussion

Venezuela Political Crisis, Juan Guaido, Nicolas Maduro

The United States and several Latin American nations have recognized Juan Guaido, head of the National Assembly, as the legitimate leader of Venezuela, challenging President Nicolas Maduro. Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have publicly supported the transition, citing Maduro's 2018 election as illegitimate. Commentators suggest Guaido's public image is being carefully managed by Western interests to facilitate a regime change in the oil-rich nation.

venezuela· juan guaido· nicolas maduro· mike pence· cia

59:01 This is the unreported action in Venezuela. victory in last May's election, which was boycotted by the opposition. Days before Maduro was sworn in, opposition figure Juan Guaido became head of the National Assembly, which soon voted to declare Maduro a usurper in an effort to remove him from office. The United States, Brazil and other nations have welcomed the effort." Vice President Mike Pence tweeted, "'The U.S. strongly supports the courageous decision by Juan Guaido to declare the country's presidency vacant.'"

59:52 On the day of Maduro's inauguration, January 10th, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Guaidó to congratulate him on his election victory to head the National Assembly. Then-National Security Advisor John Bolton announced, quote, "'The United States does not recognize Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro's illegitimate claim to power,' unquote." Brazil, now led by the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, has gone a step further by saying it recognizes Juan Guaido as the rightful president of Venezuela—even though Guaidó himself hasn't even claimed that title. A group of Latin American countries known as the Lima Group also recently voted to not recognize the legitimacy of Maduro's presidency. Mexico was the sole dissenter.

1:00:38 The U.S.-led effort targeting the oil-rich nation of Venezuela dates back two decades, since the late Hugo Chavez became president in 1999." So there we go? We call it action? Now if I'm around the water cooler what can i actually say I learned from that Well, you learn that this is the economic hitmen always win. Yeah to cut it short yeah okay got it thanks Here's what little thing I'm seeing here You should look this guy up Juan Guaido G-U-A-I-D-O and look at his images He is a dead ringer and the way he acts in the way he speaks in the way he moves around the way he mugs the camera

1:01:23 Obama. He's an Obama clone and he is going to be put in office, they had other testimony on this show so nobody knows who this Guaido guy is but you can see what he is. He is gonna be put into office as the head of Venezuela and he's gonna become the great long-term dictator that's our buddy! So we can get all the oil we want off of that huge reserve they have off the coast now How who is this guy? This Guido, how do we know? Can't we just pictures you look at him. Yeah. Yeah It looks like yeah I see what you're saying. Yeah, he's Obama but it was He's a guy became head of the Senate or whatever their project they have this legislator. He's the head of the legislature and he but he he's got American stooge

1:02:13 Written all over him and they said you know we can't like the way Obama operated. We're gonna make you Let's make him the guy huh, and he's obviously gonna go along with the program And you can see it coming down Broadway not being reported yet But this is gonna be something going on someone's gonna shoot Maduro yeah, we got it Get him out of there are gonna pick him up and drop them off in an airport runway that what they do that guy That's got to be all CIA running that. Who has time for that? Who has time?! The CIA is the only guy who's got time to deal with that Yeah, I guess it's CIA they like this Obama look so... That was their first guy So well with that Allow me to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you the man who put the C in the DRC John Cena

CHAPTER 16 / 45 Discussion

No Agenda Art Generator, Bouncy Castle Flotilla, Value Network

The podcast artwork for episode 1104, titled "The People's Vote," was created by Nick the Rat and features a "Bouncy Castle Flotilla." The hosts discuss the process of selecting artwork from the No Agenda Art Generator and the value of "evergreen" images that can be reused for recurring themes. This segment highlights the listener-contributed "Value Network" that supports the show's production.

nick the rat· no agenda art· bouncy castle· podcast artwork· evergreen content

1:03:02 Well in the morning to you Mr. Adam Curry and in the morning to all the ships that see boots on the ground feed the air Sunday, Sunday and all the dames and knights out there. That's right everybody! Now back to real news... Yes In the morning to the trolls in the troll room at noagenda stream calm we love seeing you there Thanks for helping out always giving us a real-time rundown of what we're doing wrong And sometimes they troll And also a hearty in the morning to Nick The Rat, I believe. Yes! Nick The Rat brought us the artwork and uploaded that to noagendaartgenerator.com as his contribution to the Value Network for episode 1104, The People's Vote This was our bouncy castle... Our Bouncy Castle Flotilla We had to debate this quite a bit to get that one in Yeah well there were couple other really interesting ones What was it? What was the debate

1:03:58 The debate was we could never use this one again, probably. All right we had another one on there that thought was really good uh it was I think it was another Darren one but it was something that could be used sometime in the future yes and so often when something is evergreen would meaning it can be used you know any situation Comes up in the conversation. We often say well, you know what we'll remember that as an evergreen and I was gonna say sometimes we do it happens And of course we always like to thank our executive and our associate executive producers at the top of the show just like Hollywood does except we honor Producers unlike Hollywood then now we'd like to thank them here Yeah

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Sir Anonymous of Dogpatch, Printer Tracking Codes, Millennial Safety Nets

A long-time donor, Sir Anonymous of Dogpatch, sent a significant contribution along with a note regarding the "printer deep state," referring to the yellow tracking dots used by modern printers to identify serial numbers. The note also reflects on how the constant "safety net" of mobile phones has changed human decision-making and risk assessment. It argues that millennials take more foolish risks because they believe help is always a button-press away.

dogpatch· printer tracking· yellow dots· millennials· risk assessment

1:04:47 Because our top executive producer is Sir Animus of Dogpatch. Ah! He's alive Curiously we well, I'm talking about him. We were and we were concerned for him Yeah, yeah cuz he hadn't shown up for the December Christmas season or anything Or New Year's even any other He sends us a handwritten note or is it type written notes? Oh, it's always typewritten because he doesn't want to give away anything Okay Although the printer probably has some codes I should mention this two people that we do we mentioned this occasionally to would-be counterfeiters out there that all printers, all modern printers print a very light yellow code on every sheet of paper they print which includes the serial number of the printer and makes it traceable if you're a counterfeiter. You will not see these little yellow dots but they're there and that's how... That's the trick. The printer deep state. Deep state of printers. So I assume because this doesn't look like a typewriter

1:05:50 which is also traceable. that there's some code on here, but I just... You know what? He just shouldn't send us anything. Just stop sending us stuff! I don't keep his notes. I was thinking actually... You burn the notice. I burn the notes for him. Thank you. Very good. Burned the notes in a fireplace just to be sure And you know what? I believe you. I believe you. I recognize this guy is who knows who. Sir Anonymous of Dogpatch he came with $1333 Wow Yeah Thank you all the producers that make this the best source of news in the known universe. This is one of his longer notes, The album art, the jingles, the clips, the show notes, the knowledge shared and the open discussion of topics avoided or superficially covered by the M5M continues to make this no agenda at the best source of information available to non contributing listeners

1:06:47 Come on, all caps. It's a new year and with your help John and Andrew can continue to build on their years of hard work to make this program even better. Lower Slobovia was suffering more than I expected this visit. Indexing domestically manufactured goods to the dollar makes survival even harder." I don't know what countries do that but that's where it is going. The growing population of educated youths are more disgruntled with the lack of local opportunities. We know many EU countries suffer this, but in poorer countries the challenge is no better and perhaps more dangerous. Laura Slobovia's social welfare groups outside government-supposed programs

1:07:34 are extremely modest and I visited a few. NGOs seem to focus on education and construction, places you can get attention extract some cash the real needy are left to the poorly funded government agencies at a few religious organizations and with the price indexing issues the needy are getting even less I had an opportunity to reflect on how when you don't have the safety net such as your mobile phone, believing you can get help at a moment's notice. You are more thoughtful in your decisions that...I had to read that. Yeah, read that again! Read that again because you have to listen what he has said. He reflected on how when you do not have the safety net such as your mobile phone

1:08:18 Believing you can get help at a moment's notice. You are more thoughtful in your decisions Well, this is true when we were kids we were more thoughtful because we had no safety net Yeah, my mom said if it's messed up go to a police officer asking for help. I don't think kids get that advice anymore He's saying no triple-a around to help change my driver and nothing but a few wild animals in a distant village To watch causing me to reflect on how foolish decisions increase when you don't fear for your life No wonder millennials behave as they do. They believe there's always someone available to help them when they take foolish risks. Wow, you know what? They've been taught that yeah well the phone doesn't hurt help I am sharing some gains by the way i have decided

CHAPTER 19 / 45 Discussion

Market Volatility, Stan Lee Tribute, Coded Messages

A donor's note regarding year-end market volatility and the "illiquidity" of the debt market included the phrase "Excelsior! He will be missed." The hosts interpret this as a tribute to the late Marvel creator Stan Lee, though they jokingly speculate about whether the note contains coded "spook" messages. The segment touches on the history of using classified ads and public broadcasts for clandestine communication.

stan lee· excelsior· debt market· illiquidity· spooks

1:11:36 I don't think ever said it was about credit. Remember long term, although now I believe this last graph and the last thing he says he writes in... We noticed this from him. He writes in code. He's some code that may not even be meant for us. Remember long-term capital couldn't sell treasuries in their crisis. December was a no buyers market for debt and not because borrowers were defaulting Last graph says Excelsior. He will be missed Wow We dive at dawn red three I mean really this flies at night excelsior He will be missed wow did you being that no? I probably should have I was trying to think who died recently or what the connection would be with uh, I don't know what this means so Is that a spider-man thing I hope not

1:12:38 It's not a guy this guy is not a guy that uses spider-man references well the reason why as I just did a being and it says goodbye Stan Lee Excelsior you will be missed excelsiors May might be it because he's got excelsior with an exclamation mark He will be miss that could be just a tribute to Stan Lee Well, let's put let's cut this out of the show because I'd like spy what spy version of laughter Damn yes Okay, it could have a double entendre in there could be okay. Well maybe is baby knew him I don't know I met Stanley once onward to the donations well Thank you very much your honor miss of dog patch and lower slobovia It's not only that Very nice to receive your support but also your notes or endless source of enjoyment for us here on the show actually And they are high when I'm going and if I'd hope we communicate your messages properly so command gets it

1:13:36 I read them verbatim. We are so, you know we're so reliable that would make total sense that there would be spooks sending coded messages through donations because hey just listen on a Thursday or Sunday and you'll know I think it's a, yeah. Well that's what newspapers were used for they used to put those little coded classifieds in you know and you don't need... people look at didn't think much about it then hey. We're the modern spook mailbox baby! Could be? Hey there's money in it we're not encouraging it but we're not discouraging it onward to Baronet Abel Kirby in Brumfield Colorado $333.33

CHAPTER 20 / 45 Discussion

Producer Donations, Jobs Karma, Heart Transplant Success

Listeners contribute to the show's "Value for Value" model, requesting "Jobs Karma" and "Health Karma" for various life events. One donor shared a story of successfully negotiating a higher salary at a high-tech company after receiving karma from the show. Another request focused on a three-year-old boy recovering from a heart transplant, prompting a discussion on the advancements in medical technology since the first transplant in South Africa.

siemens· mri scanners· heart transplant· karma· ben carson

1:14:21 ITM, here's another 12 months of great deconstruction and great jingle mingles. Lately the end of show mixes have been outstanding! I agree Please send game jam karma for my upcoming hobby project and keep up the great work Yes, and Baronet Abel Kirby thank you for your support And he also sent an end-of-show mix which is really a song He's one our pros in the biz And he sent a Gitmo girl, which will be coming up later. But first we will gladly give you your Karma and it is of the Game Jam variety. You've got Karma. Sir Ray Jacobson $333.33. Sir since 385 this donation is for contact jobs karma I had a job with Siemens fixing MRI scanners

1:15:21 After leaving my evaluation meeting, sometimes known as devaluation with a raise lower than the cost of living again. I was not seeking a job but after my meeting a recruiter aka headhunter got me into touch with an established high-tech company and we negotiated higher salary hence contact Jobs Karma I just received my first bigger paycheck and I want to give back some karma to the No Agenda Show's karma, and encourage those who receive jobs' karma to give back when they land their job. I just wanna say no agenda is the only place for real deconstruction of news events! M5M-MFM5M is for these slaves, and Fox is run by Democrats." Thanks John & Adam, and all those who make The No Agenda Show work

1:16:10 All right. And does he need an extra car? Contact Jobs, Karma of course. Of course we'll do that there we go. Jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs. You've got karma. Joshua Smith comes in from Port Orchard Washington with $333 dollars. We've got a few executive producers today thank you very much Smith family donating executive producer spot for my brother Justin's 33rd birthday. Please give our family a de-douching You've been deduced as some health tumor first three year old son who went through a heart transplant Yeah, I got it July I had something he stuck when it comes to like the plumbing stuff medicine is pretty damn good you know broken bones and but the hard stuff

1:17:01 Tina was following this family. I don't know if there's a family at the Ronald McDonald house or not The girl had a heart transplant after like three days She's running and jumping around as a young baby, but it's I mean young you're like, you know It's three unbelievable how good they are with this stuff So yes a big health karma that you've got Karma that I am very surprised by Well very good start remember when the first heart transplant actually took place It was in South Africa if I'm not mistaken. Was it South Africa? Yeah, the guy who's a South African doctor. That's the one that developed the technique If i'm not mistaken then I don't think I am. Sure wasn't it Ben Carson

CHAPTER 21 / 45 Discussion

Jingle Requests, Email Marketing Tips, Goat Karma

A donor from North Carolina requested a series of specific audio jingles and "goat scream karma" for an upcoming trip. This leads to a technical discussion about email marketing tactics, such as using preview text and specific subject line characters to bypass Gmail filters. The hosts share results from A/B testing these methods, concluding that many "tricks" have little impact on deliverability.

mailchimp· email marketing· jingles· goat scream· ab testing

1:17:49 No, but he became good at it. Sherry Laurie $333 says she's in Australia I looked in her email just there as we were chatting and she doesn't have anything for us She has no note Okay well thank you very much Sherry You can always give us one Yeah send us a note if you got one Down to the associate executive producer beginning with Jonathan Keegan in Charlotteville Charlotte sorry not Charlotteville Charlotte North Carolina 3222 It's been way too long since my last donation, which is a shame because the twice-a-week news and media deconstruction that YouTube provide is vital to the sanity of everyone. Please de-douche me! You've been de-douched. And could I receive some goat scream karma for my upcoming trip to Costa Rica? Also...I know the limit is three but if possible... ...if it's kind of three.... I would like to request the following four jingles

1:18:44 I've got new information, Obama you might die. This actually sounds like it's gonna be pretty funny. Two to the head and Dr. Kinky, Dr. Kinky? Dr. Kinky. He wrote kinky. And then a goat karma? See I read these things right off the thing, a cold read. Dr. Kinky science thanks for yeah and then the goat karma. I've got information man! New shit has come to light! You might die I enjoy when somebody comes up with something like that. It's very always it's just funny. It's so creative. It's creative. Michael O'Meally in Rye, New York 221

1:19:37 Been a regular listener since John was a guest on Grimerica. Hey! It worked, it worked we got one! That's the guy I was after Our cross promotion to success And this is my first donation well i'm currently a resident of Ontario I'm originally in New York or so My donation is an American currency you guys deserve it I thought it only appropriate to wait to donate until my job as an email marketer was eliminated by my company and my beautiful fiancee informing me that our first human resource will be joining us in August. Those eventful 48 hours happened only six weeks ago, and since then my former boss has already resigned and I was asked back to work as a freelancer! That happened to me at MTV that was great but I charged twice as much Yeah but you don't have any benefits No its true

1:20:26 I guess they are missing the millions of dollars and 60% increase in sales. I generated last year, you think? But since my work visa was already voided, I'm in unemployment limbo while my new paperwork is processed. To pass the time, I am left to enjoy both your podcast and my former company's self-destruction from afar." Will a little Carmen Goetz scream be too much to ask for? Keep up the excellent work! No it's not too much to ask for... So he has now technically overstayed his visa Well, yeah. He overstayed his work permit I don't know about his visa. Oh okay. Those Candanavians man coming here messing it up taking American jobs! I wonder what he does? He's a direct marketing... Email marketer! Maybe you could give me a tip. Yes Michael thank you very much and of course we have a little goat service goat karma for ya no problem. You've got karma. There she blows

1:21:30 I do like to pass the tips back and forth because it's kind of a community of marketeers. Somebody came here with this idea, they noticed this and thought it might be a gambit to trick the filters on the email. And so I tried it, I did an A-B, it wasn't his last email was the one before and it didn't do anything. It pretty much was a fail as in AB switch except for the fact that all I have about five or six people that send me a note routinely telling me where the email showed up in the Gmail. Yeah, this is something you want so see if it ended here and ended there half the time You can't figure out why but at least you know what? What I find interesting something I've noticed recently. I don't know if you no I don't think you've done It there's some field in email. I just haven't looked into it But you can put something in there that will show up on

1:22:18 In your email client if you have like, you know preview one or two lines It'll show up in those in that first or second line first two lines But it's not actually in the body of the email. Yeah There's a number of these I didn't know when you're talking about is that as the preview text which is available and is used by MailChimp So it's not really its execute expected to use it. I use it. It's always interesting Because well, yeah anyway the test I did was using two dashes before the subject line So you say read this note? so you'd have read this notice as a and B in the AB test would be dash dash read this note an

CHAPTER 22 / 45 Discussion

Government Shutdown Graffiti, Underwear Marketing, De-douching

A listener in Washington D.C. reported seeing "ransom note" style graffiti regarding the government shutdown, depicting Donald Trump as having kidnapped the government. Another donor shared an anecdote about nearly spending $200 on "bogative" underwear from an Instagram ad before deciding to shop at Walmart instead. The segment includes the show's "de-douching" ritual for first-time or returning donors.

washington dc· graffiti· instagram ads· walmart· de-douching

1:22:58 Because he's convinced that this was going on, there was something. I tested it and it didn't have zero effect except everybody who was on my list of people that report back to me coincidentally seemed to have gotten the dash-dash and all those were thrown into promotions. Yeah makes sense But it wasn't shown... did not show up as the AB so I think is meaningless. I wouldn't do anymore one thing for sure It doesn't sound like a good practice So I was with, we were just finishing up with O'Meally or Sir Johnny the Swamp Knight. That's where we are. We're on Sir Johnny the Swamp Knight from Washington DC 202. Hey all Crackpot and Buzzkill please keep up the good work and find this donation sustaining to the best podcast in universe. I recently found some graffiti here

1:23:54 in the imperial capital pertaining to the shutdown. Just so you know, that folks might be up to with the spare time it looks like Hollywood ransom note written from the perspective of Trump about how he has kidnapped the government from us. Yeah. Hey send us a picture of this stuff like this. That's that's like news newsletter worthy maybe totally I mean I want to see it Everyone seems antsy around these parts, but booze sales seem better than ever. Yeah I'll bet. I would humbly request jobs karma for my sanity and health karma from my dad who is recovering from heart surgery love and light yes you got it happy to do so sir Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! And jobs let's vote for jobs! You've got karma

1:24:44 Stephen Schnuel in McMinnville, Tennessee which I think is part of the Murfreesboro Tech's hub. They're $200 and there's a lot of people down there so it's actually astonishing. I plan on driving to work the next 35 years so i'd prefer y'all keep streaming until then. Yeah dream on! The donation is at does he listen to it on the stream while he's driving? Most people these days don't even download the show you just hit play and it starts to stream that live You know, the whole mechanism of podcasting was kind of

1:25:20 outdated really, except the organizational part of it. The donation is brought to you in part because I was looking through Instagram the other day and before I knew it I had placed $200 worth of underwear in a shopping cart they got me but thanks for the no agenda show I realized that before was too late and I went to Walmart instead here's y'all cut at the savings apparently stolen from Walmart yeah well we appreciate that thank you very much Saved again from Bogative Undies. Sir Tim of the Tunnels in Waiipahu, Waiipahu I think that would be it $200 Hawaii

1:26:04 First off, damn those puppies. Damn them to Hades! Okay now that's out of the way here is my... I had a couple dogs in the newsletter. Yeah so? Sad puppies. Here is my first donation for 2019 can I please get a de-douching? You've been dedouched Hopefully those pathetic pooches have a similar effect on others and for those heartless bastards that still don't donate what is wrong with you?! Noa Jinn is one of the few voices in the wilderness helping you keep your amygdala to a manageable size. Douchebags, the lot of ya! Call them out as such." And he wants a douchebag. Okay that's my tirade can I please get a goat foamer and karma for all? Oh a goat foamer yes i think we have just a regular foamer no we need some goats oh my god listen to that goat

CHAPTER 23 / 45 Discussion

Austin Meetup Announcement, Value for Value Model, Water Cooler Propagation

The hosts announce a "Texas Style" No Agenda meetup scheduled for March 2nd at Austin Beer Works. They encourage listeners to attend and meet fellow "producers" in person. The segment reinforces the show's "Value for Value" philosophy and urges the audience to "propagate the formula" by sharing the show's deconstructions in their daily lives.

austin beer works· meetup· texas· value for value· propagation

1:27:03 You've got karma. I forget about that one, that's a good one! David Boswell in Georgetown Texas $200 he'll be our last associate executive producer I send encouragement no sad puppies to you both i wish you well deserved karma keep trusting and value for value people also looking forward to the Austin meetup We're having ourselves a Meet Up Texas Style Saturday, Saturday, Saturday. Saturday March 2nd Austin Texas No agenda meet up Austin Texas at the Austin Beer Works! Saturday March 2nd Come pay respect to the Pope Father and thank him for his courage. Come get jiggy with other like-minded producers Remember Saturday, Saturday, Saturday. Saturday March 2nd Austin Beer Works and Sightseeing

1:27:57 And he signs and he signs off as the boss buzz I needed some karma to I believe so given that you've got karma standing Well, that was a good showing me on thank all these executive and associate executive producers for really carrying the show today Yeah Thank You. And these credits are real credits their valuable credits. You can use them anywhere credits as in production credits are Recognized and appreciated which I think we do it a little bit more because we actually thank the producers In every single show go ahead. We're gonna know from them. Yeah, look good. Go look at me awards Lori drops his little notes At the end of certain shows by himself and he'd get you know one frame that you have to stop yes one guy who can Do that?

1:28:43 Yeah, exactly. We honor our producers but also our peerage here as well so thank you all and we'll be thanking more people $50 and above in our second segment and yes we will be back on Thursday with another breakdown of whatever is happening between these two shows and of course today is a Sunday anything can happen on a show day So support us for that remember us at Dvorak.org Slash and a and now that you've got the lowdown everything you can go out there and talk to the water cooler and propagate The formula is this We go out we hit people in the mouth So my uh, my interest in 5g has been has been reparked a little bit perked up a little

CHAPTER 24 / 45 Discussion

John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine De-platforming, 5G Health Concerns

John C. Dvorak describes being "de-platformed" by PC Magazine after 35 years following a column he wrote regarding the potential health risks of 5G technology. He discovered that his original article had been removed from the magazine's archives and replaced with a pro-5G piece by a different author. This incident sparked a deeper investigation into the suppression of negative reporting on the wireless industry.

john c dvorak· pc magazine· 5g· de-platforming· health risks

1:29:39 Okay, and well there's a couple of reasons why I probably wouldn't even gotten this far into it if two things hadn't happened The first being your actual deep platforming from a publishing platform known as known as a PC magazine Which initially was thought that you were just unceremoniously let go after 30 years over 35 years of relationship just via email like yeah you know, you old coot we don't care about you anyway that was kind of the thinking except the article the last column you wrote well actually it wasn't a less column was a couple columns earlier

1:30:19 Which makes it even more egregious. Well, please explain what happened because it happened to you and I'm just paraphrasing Yeah, I had a wrote a column and then a couple I did a few weeks went by and then I got fired put on hiatus or whatever deplatformed he platformed I've got deplatformed and nobody says anything they never communicated with me and Then I noticed just coincidentally because I was downloading some my old columns of consolidate them in a book that this one column was missing and it was replaced by another column by somebody else about the same topic. Except? Well, except my column was talking about the problems that 5G may have in the future because there's a lot of people digging up health concerns. Aha! And the other column is just nooo, 5G is great! Yes... So I got suspicious. Made me very suspicious.

CHAPTER 25 / 45 Discussion

Alex Jones, Bird Box Movie Metaphor, 5G Radiation Theory

A leaked production meeting featuring Alex Jones suggests that the Netflix movie *Bird Box* is a metaphor for the dangers of 5G technology. The theory posits that the "invisible monsters" in the film represent high-frequency radiation that triggers suicidal behavior. Jones argues that the "elites" use popular media to signal their plans, and that 5G handsets will effectively radiate the soft tissues of the human skull, including the eyes.

alex jones· bird box· sandra bullock· 5g· microwave radiation

1:31:16 Over the weekend a very odd video came out And it was it. It was kind of sandwiched in between some other typical info or stuff in a single YouTube video, and it was a production meeting With the seed man senor seed man Alex Jones And I think I could hear one of the producers who I know is in the meeting maybe maybe one other guys just voices but it's kind of At first it was hard to believe like is this really a production meeting? It sounds just like Jones sounds when he's talking on the air. But then I compared it to what how he's talking today on the air and he's, I mean you- He's unlistenable unwatchable. He's just so insane mostly So I'm listening to this and it was about the movie Bird Box Are you familiar with this movie the Sandra Bullock movie there's a lot of chatter

1:32:09 on the trades and online about this movie. I have not jumped into this to know anything about what's going on, but apparently don't need to. What is the chatter on the trades? It's just minor chatter about this movie. I wasn't paying enough attention to tell you anything! I'd seen it, I heard about it. I think I had seen some chatter It's like... No this is something that I'm not interested in at all Yeah there you go that was me You know what? It looked like a stressful movie Like you sit there and just gonna be stressed about Sandra Bullock and the kids don't look And your gonna die So we hadn't watched this But I wasn't going to watch this movie Well..and I did The movie that shouts out to me Don't watch this movie

1:32:54 That's what it says. Very, very distinctly. Now I saw in the credits that one of those award-winning directors did beautifully shot there is no doubt about how well it was made and Sandy Bullock we get to say that in Austin Sandy she's an Estonian yeah she's executive producer on the movie so it looked great but just like you said this looks stressful I don't need to see this You know on the river in a row boat in the rapids now kids screaming. I don't like it So then I'm listening to this and that's just the black screen As Jones is talking in this production meeting and then they do switch to other visuals so it was clearly produced afterwards But pulled about a minute-and-a-half from it everybody kept talking about that quote stupid movie Sandra Bullock bird box bird box And no one knowing what was about? And I sat there this morning on the lipical started watching at 10 minutes into what it was

1:33:49 What they call it dumb and silly. It's all designed for a sequel, and before I even finished the movie, I went into this guess what the synopsis was. I even told Pat Riley I said wait, you know it cell phones that have gone in and triggered people? But it's an electrical manipulation of the brain. Like a person is following a map like the Pokemon game to kill themselves, but what do you do once the power grid goes down? A certain percentage of people are going to end up being killers and crazy only half cooked believing with the program cleanse the earth. And Pat's like how do you know that's the movie because I fucking know the enemy's operations! They're saying it all to our face man dude we gotta go to the microfilm find The Baltimore Sun 1999

1:34:36 They did a DARPA article admitting they were testing cell phones to calm the public. Cell phone towers! Now I mentioned it to him before, that's the bird box. It's the cellphone...it's the radiation towers. So you already had no idea? Well when you mention it, I'm like that totally makes sense. Yeah, Susie's on one of them. Because I saw the movie too. I watched the movie and the girl is on her cellphone and she starts beating her head on the wall And shows everybody's on them and then shows the phone rings That's like the trigger. Yeah. You're saying well where's the phone? It's everywhere. It's 5G Alright so So this goes on for quite a while, but it was a very interesting point. We've looked into the dangers of 5G and what's there and I'll get to that in a second... But what he was saying is so I watched the movie after I heard his entire theory about this is a metaphor

1:35:20 And as you know, because he's seen the documents. The elites always like to tell you what they're doing it has something to do with Beelzebub and the devil and you know They have to tell you guys must come out but they have to tell you exactly what they're doing The truth has to come out and so when you look at the movie and so spoiler alert If you look at this movie through after having heard this about the 5g it does indeed seem that people Who are on their phone a lot in the movie are the first ones to go once they? See, this invisible thing and then they want to kill themselves name neatly start committing suicide It becomes interesting in the context of 5G when you think about The grid that is going to be built throughout all our cities

1:36:10 that, you know and these high frequencies I think they're talking about over 45 gigahertz for the US those frequencies can actually hurt you. I'm a licensed amateur professional. I love saying that licensed amateur radio professional but do know a little bit about radio frequency You know it as well John It can burn. There is hazard. I've had high-frequency like 100 watts around me and like I don't feel very good turn off the transmitter something's wrong with the antenna or just too close Interestingly, these microwaves do you know where they penetrate the fastest on the human body? You're talking about this particular frequency. Yeah yeah now what? The testicles and the area under the eyes... the soft skin under the eyes so

1:36:56 What Jones is saying is that it's a metaphor for the future where we will, and its not the towers themselves. So we're gonna end up looking like Jamie Raskin? Yes! And it's not the tower themselves It's the handset because you're looking at the handset and your effectively radiating right into the soft part of your skull, the eyes And he says it's like a binary thing. So you have your phone, your phone is mushed your brain and then when the 5G signal cloud comes over then you start to commit suicide so in light of that theory let's go back to May which I think... When did you write the article? The article about 5g do you remember? Oh i don't know..I don't remember. I think was October. So that was pretty recent

CHAPTER 26 / 45 Discussion

Verizon 5G Lab, Small Cell Towers, Montgomery County Protests

A CBS report from a Verizon 5G lab showcases augmented reality tools for construction sites, while acknowledging the need for "small cell" towers to be installed every few houses. In Montgomery County, Maryland, residents like Donna Barron have protested the installation of these sites on neighborhood light poles, citing concerns about untested radiation effects on children. The industry maintains that the equipment is safe, though 5G-enabled devices are not yet widely available.

verizon· at&t· small cells· montgomery county· radiation

1:37:46 Yeah, it was recent. It was within... when I fired? I don't remember. Maybe it was before that. I think it was after the summer. Well, I went back and just pulled a random report about the dangers of 5G. Interestingly if you're looking for mainstream M5M report about any dangers of 5G You're not gonna find it. You're gonna find it months ago, so this is the most recent one I could find that was from a mainstream has tons of videos and testimony of people saying It's dangerous but this is a mainstream report This is CBS This Morning from May 2nd At a lab in New York Verizon invited us to meet some of the entrepreneurs developing tools to run on the next generation of wireless technology How important is 5G? To your mission

1:38:34 A five tree is extremely important. Jonathan Reeves demonstrated his product, Arvizio As you move around the object stays fixed in space Look at that! By the way, you'll love this report because it's... The danger is kind of sandwiched in between all this fantastic stuff that we don't need at all. He's walking around a 3D object. Thanks 5G! I've got 3D! That's amazing. Allowing users in different locations to interact with 3d images projected through a lens Today we can do this using Wi-Fi technology and we can do it using landline technology, but of course you're then tied to particular locations. With 5G now we can begin to extend this so that we can actually start doing this on building sites, we can start doing it on the factory floor So this guy is actually saying we need this desperately so that we could have augmented and virtual reality on building sites

1:39:29 Sounds priority to me chief. So it really opens up a whole new world, but before this world can become reality This one needs to change. 5G requires the installation of new equipment across the US So this pole here is 5g, this is the future right here You got it Every wireless company's working to build its own 5G network Melissa Arnoldi leads AT&T's efforts If you don't already have one of these in your neighborhood They're coming That's absolutely right They're coming She says 5G uses high frequency waves that support faster speeds

1:40:04 but don't travel as far as current wireless frequencies. So instead of relying on large cell phone towers spread far apart, they need small cell sites that are much closer together We're going to use our existing infrastructure today whether it's light poles whether it's street lights we're gonna make sure that we don't make it to our customers and to the citizens. Yet some don't share the enthusiasm. The cell towers are called small cell towers but they're not so small when they're in your front yard Donna Barron is protesting plans to convert light poles in her Montgomery County Maryland neighborhood into small cell sites this will cause cancer she was one of several people who raised health concerns at a government hearing last month This stuff is untested on kids

1:40:47 Their safety is not certain. These untested technologies are at this time, not ready to be unleashed into our lives. Cell phone equipment emits radiation but research on its health effects has been inconsistent according to the National Cancer Institute a limited number of studies have shown some evidence of statistical association of cell phone use and brain tumor risks but most studies have found no association Arnoldi insists her workers are focused on safety, pointing out they live and work near this equipment too. Do you have any 5G antenna in your neighborhood yet? No not yet I'm waiting for it

1:41:24 for it. It's coming soon, from that reaction then y with it rolling out in yo Absolutely wireless carri to a handful of cities la don't get too excited to you'll need a 5G enabled device which probably won't be available until next year. So our current phones aren't 5g ready? They're not 5g ready, the pole outside your house might be 5g ready but your phone is not. It's gonna have to upgrade yes exactly gonna have to upgrade that's what it's about so knowing that this and we've talked about this 5g is at this point touted by everybody in Silicon Valley as

CHAPTER 27 / 45 Discussion

Silicon Valley 5G Hype, Uber Ponzi Scheme, RT Reporting

The push for 5G is characterized as a "Ponzi scheme" used by failing business models like Uber to promise future safety for autonomous vehicles. Apple's decision to de-platform Alex Jones is linked to the company's need for a smooth 5G rollout to drive iPhone upgrades. While mainstream U.S. media avoids the topic, RT (Russia Today) has featured scientists and doctors calling for a halt to 5G deployment due to proven biological harm.

tim cook· apple· uber· rt· rick sanchez

1:42:09 We cannot live without 5G. Life today, and I'll tell you why... Everyone is using this as an excuse in either their Ponzi scheme or they're failing business model two examples uber Uber tried to raise a couple another billion dollars about a year ago We talked about it with their uber drone the flying car and oh, yeah. It's great Of course no one buys into that bullshit so that didn't work And you know and then I'm sorry we killed people with our with our with our experiments So Yeah, once we have 5G. Oh it'll be great! We will know within milliseconds there's no jitter... No wow and flutter. It'll be perfect the cars will talk to each other. We'll have smart cities! We'll have buses without drivers it's gonna be fantastic and who?

1:43:03 Who is saying negative things about 5G? He was doing it when 4g came out. It's Alex Jones Who is the first company to de-platform Alex Jones Apple. And why? Because Tim Cook knows that is the only way he's going to save his company, he needs everybody upgrade to the next iPhone with 5G radios and there is a real race on. So he de-platformed! It was very odd it was out of left field has nothing to do with what Jones' saying except what he saying about 5g we cannot have that they're railroading through

1:43:45 PC Magazine, who I'm pretty sure is just taking money from Silicon Valley companies whether it's in advertising or not. I'm sure it's very plausible that someone went you know 5G is a really interesting thing Now we need to have this and we really can't have any negativity around it right now And that's why you get reports like this from the Millennials when it comes to 5g right after CES The latest on 5G, and I guess the question would be that here's the setup but um boom is there a catch There is just a small one. It might kill you Good

1:44:23 Well a few days ago actually, a group of scientists doctors environmental organizers and concerned citizens got together and they called for the urgent stop to the deployment of 5G. They said that it's been proven harmful to human bodies that this is an experiment on humanity crime under international law. Let's talk about today's technology, what we have going on today. Your phone is constantly sending electromagnetic magnetic fields in and out of each other whether or not you're receiving a notification right now all of our digital tech sends this data back and forth right using these invisible microwave radiation signals aka radio frequency radiation that's today's tech We have every cell tower every router constantly pulsing with radiation whether or not you're using it

1:45:08 Science shows that this causes DNA damage cancer among other things, but don't take my word for it And that's just with 4g. That's just what today is technology before we get the 5G right now You've got some of it But exactly if 4g is already doing some of this how much more are? potentially dangerous will 5g be and why? Well here's what's really dangerous about 5G I mean it's being sold to us as super awesome you know your toaster can talk to your door lock, it could talk to yourself driving car like you have a thermostat in your home that knows when you're home. You have these smart homes like It just really sold to us as being awesome. But the downside is that with this rollout, it will be impossible to exist in a city or walk outside without being exposed. There's going to be a cell tower in front of every few houses and this means your personal choices whether you personally use a cell phone or hold it 10 inches away from your head cannot escape you from radiation exposure

1:46:04 So don't go looking for this on CBS or NBC. Yeah, I can tell you it was Rick Sanchez. You're listening to RT. It was RT? Of course! But i happen to agree now... I agree too and I think that reporting should be more generalized so there's one last thing to look at uh this tariffs and ZTE This may not be just about tariffs There is a real race going on for who Build out and really utilize the 5g network first, and I mean China according to sources Hasn't isn't is investing four hundred billion dollars in 5G in fact When Verizon bought their spectrum for what something like seven billion dollars there was almost no haggling You know why the Chinese lent them the money? Oh

CHAPTER 28 / 45 Discussion

China 5G Race, Huawei and ZTE, Millimeter Wave Weapons

China is reportedly investing $400 billion in 5G infrastructure, leading to a geopolitical race for dominance in the wireless sector. Concerns are raised about the potential for Chinese-made Huawei and ZTE equipment to be used for surveillance or as a "kill switch." The segment compares 5G frequencies to military "millimeter wave" weapons, such as the Active Denial System, which uses high-power radio frequency to cause a burning sensation on the skin.

china· huawei· zte· millimeter wave· active denial system

1:46:57 So are we now going to have Chinese Huawei and ZTE devices every, you know 150 yards? Are they all the is it gonna be in every single phone radiating us I mean it could either be a spy grid issue could be a cyber security issue. That would be one way of stopping it or Now what if the Chinese just flip a switch and fry all our brains? Well, the thing I'd like to know the little devices that are you know They've been shown they outside of England. There's a bunch of poles in this bunch of their testing Yeah And so you got these little transmitters at the top of each of these poles It's a little 5g transmitter then they don't go very far They won't they can barely penetrate like I was talking to some even go through a wall really it can really go through a wall but

1:47:43 they can if you really amp them up. The power, yep! And I wonder what the variation of the power is on these things because The device that is used by the military, these millimeter wave devices are used by the military. Is that skin burning? Yes. They fry you from a distance. Yeah they get this big antenna and then they just send these beams at you and it feels like your on fire. It's because your pores... And its very annoying to the epidermis Your pores actually act as an antenna array of those frequencies So is it possible to crank up these, say you have one of these poles every 50 feet let's say or 100 feet and each one has got the little thing on top. I'd like to know what the range of power is on that thing? Are they going out some milliamps as an amp, I'm sorry a watt, milliwatt, a watt two watts hundred watts. What if was going at can do 5,000 watts of power? How much juice are these things can they

1:48:46 pump out. I'd like to know, there's no nobody talking about any of this stuff? No it's great you can see you can have a smart roads and by the way let's look at the logic of this smart road thing that you brought up which is okay i got these 5G antennas everywhere in my little car driving around my driverless car and its now somebody jumps how does what difference does it make if somebody jumps out front of his car Whether there's 5G in the area or not, unless they're tracking everybody. No wait! If he had to... The part you're forgetting which I think everyone is focused on the wrong thing This- the towers is one thing it's not about the towers It's the fucking 5G microwave frying device You're putting in front of your face all day

1:49:30 I know, but i'm not talking about that at all. So if you have the 5G radio in your phone you're part of the grid so they would know if you are walking towards the vehicle technically? I don't have a phone in my pocket! Well no, you're going to be dead. You don't belong on the grid. Yeah, well that there you go. But it's less about... That's just what they're using as a scam the whole thing is a Ponzi scheme this is not going to make autonomous cars drive any safer in our- your and my lifetime I don't see how we could that's the point I'm trying to make because It's not about that! It's another scam! Why do people listen to these arguments? And go okay duh okay okay uh huh Because Yep Well

CHAPTER 29 / 45 Discussion

Electronic Border Wall, RF Burns, 5G Protection Wearables

The debate over the border wall is framed as a conflict between Trump's physical barrier and Silicon Valley's preference for an "electronic wall" consisting of high-tech surveillance. One host shares personal experiences with "RF burns" from amateur radio equipment to illustrate the reality of radio frequency hazards. The discussion concludes with a proposal for "5G crystals" or wearable LED armbands that light up when high levels of radiation are detected.

silicon valley· border wall· rf burn· wearables· led fashion

1:50:15 Go look at what everyone's look at all the media reports because when someone says something negative they get the platform so the only news out there is positive Well, I'm buying into your idea that Apple deep platform Alex Jones for this particular reason Yes Because it makes more sense than anything else and of course the other guys just followed suit cuz they're you know Yeah So, but it kind of leads into a bigger question. How much control is Silicon Valley really exerting? For instance let's take it back to the wall I'm pretty sure there's no argument about the wall the difference in the wall is Trump wants a physical barrier and Pelosi and Chuck they want a electronic wall

1:51:05 You know, it's like a Silicon Valley tracking type system. It's money for them! That's a good point I mean and there is a lot of that... Oh we need 800 billion dollars for tech at the ports of entry Where is that coming from? It's coming from Silicon Valley. So they may have a lot more power and, you know come on we listen to the congress people talk to the face bag and the tweeter people they don't know jack shit about how anything works! They're gonna oh well 5G... Don't worry it's safe look here's our guy Oh it's safe okay fine yeah every report on the news is safe what your problem?

1:51:41 The National Institute of Health, and I put a whole bunch of links in the show notes, nashownotes.com That's on PubMed! It's the NIH.gov website has a study that says yeah this stuff can be dangerous it can mess with your body and your DNA it says it in their own reporting so there's... This to me is more egregious than almost anything happening right now because I would not-I'm not gonna put my face near any of this stuff Oh, definitely. And that's based on my experience with it I don't necessarily have experience with microwave frequencies but i know enough about UHF VHF and I know where the dangers are and it can...I've been burned by You got an RF burn? Of course I have! Any self-respecting ham has burnt himself with RF Yeah, yeah It sucks But I've also felt like when I had the...was using a loop a lot

1:52:38 You pump 50 watts through a loop tuned at one particular frequency, and you're sticking your head in it. You can feel it! And that's it... We're just talking 20 megahertz I am hoping that we have some producers who may be able to give us more information on your questions. Power? There is no real standard yet and I'm looking okay What's the power output of these radios? And I'm more interested in the handset than anything No, the handsets a definite no-go as far as I am concerned because you know in a handset even put even if You're holding it wrong and you have your hand around the antennas This is well known with microwaves that your finger can block it. Your finger can block the signal so Where are my eye triple e buddies who's got the inside track on this? Oh

1:53:34 Well, let's hope that there is a story written five or ten years from now saying what a fiasco 5G was. Too bad those Kuri and Dvorak died from it before we could give them the medal. They got de-platformed by the government. Got de-platformed exactly. Alright well that's a good report I enjoyed that Yeah, and you for picking up the gauntlet and take a look at the at this movie if you feel like it with different eyes Then I was we had to the conversation this morning. It's like You know The metaphor is kind of there even though not necessarily with 5g but cell phones People are killing themselves at a higher rate And there is a direct correlation between female young female suicide and face bag or Instagram specifically

1:54:23 So it's not that far off. You know, people are depressed and committing suicide from their phones Maybe we just need to add a little 5g radiation to push everyone over the edge Yeah, there's population control There's your binary you know you get depressed from the from the content The radiation takes care of the rest so of course I was looking for another exit premium Yeah, I want an amulet or something that could channel away the 5g energy but of course this doesn't look crystals doesn't really exist Crystals 5G crystals. That's right no agenda 5g crystals will save your life from 5g signals Or maybe just a simple armband that lights up when there's too much 5g around you now would be cool And that's pretty inexpensive to make

1:55:12 That's not a bad idea. Yeah, you could just be okay I got red here on my band and I'm backing out. Use it to weave it into fashion so people can wear fashionable dress and so when the dress just lights up there is all kinds of cool stuff because there are too many phones in the area That's one of the few times you've agreed with my exit strategy premium items. I always thought that wearable displays of LEDs and things flashing around were always cool. Years ago, I think it was in the 90s, I went to China and they were selling this stuff on the street and I've always thought it was just a dynamite idea. Once in awhile, it sneaks into the fashion shows but it doesn't really... It hasn't totally caught on." Well this should be very actually quite easy to produce if we just create a little element that has the right length that would fire up when you know this is just like any kind of magnetic loop. It'll resonate and can throw off electricity maybe enough to light something up on a band

1:56:14 Yeah, all right. I will be in the lab. We have engineers out there that can help us Of course it's gonna be some douche who already did this You don't think so? Okay So let's listen to some just get back to her we had the shutdown a government shut down We don't make a point of talking about too much but as you get a kick out of this This is the food stamps people, you know food stamps are an issue because they have to be a licensed retailer to take this debit card now. Yeah it's the SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Access Program I think?

CHAPTER 30 / 45 Discussion

SNAP Benefits, Government Shutdown, Retailer License Renewals

A report on the government shutdown highlighted a grocery store in Arkansas unable to accept SNAP (food stamps) because its EBT license expired. However, the USDA clarified that 99% of retailers are unaffected and that the store in question failed to meet a renewal deadline on December 21st, before the shutdown began. The segment criticizes the media for using the incident to blame the border wall dispute for administrative failures by local businesses.

snap· ebt· usda· government shutdown· arkansas

1:56:56 There's a report and I want you to listen to the millennial girl who is, who is a Trump hater. Who comes on they bring her on PBS because she so knowledgeable and of course Judy or nobody mentioned ever really goes after her for what she says which is egregious the way I see it, but let's play this. This is shutdown food stamps crummy millennial clip. With a government shut down now on its seventh day many federal programs have been affected including food stamps so far there is no major lapse in benefits used by nearly 39 million people each month that's because of the US Department of Agriculture It found a way to pay SNAP benefits as they are called earlier than normal

1:57:38 February benefits, awarded through a debit-style card used at stores are being paid out this week. Several states including California and Florida are warning users to be careful and make sure they manage to make the money last longer For 2,500 retailers the problem is already here. That's because those stores needed to renew a license for the electronic benefit transfer or EBT debit card program and they failed to meet a deadline before the shutdown Those renewals required every five years are on hold

1:58:15 Sarah Jackson is an employee at one store in Northern Arkansas. We have been completely unable to take any SNAP EBT payments. Grocery stores need a license to process EBT payments, and ours expired and was unable to be renewed on schedule because of the government shutdown. Because of an argument about a wall I have to look people in the eyes every day until they can't pay for their food...for their children's food Sarah Jackson in Arkansas. We reached out to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a response. A spokesperson wrote back --"Over 99 percent of SNAP retailers are able to accept benefits as usual." There is a small percentage of stores that failed to complete a required reauthorization process that was due on December 21st. These stores can take steps to update their status once funding is restored," end quote

1:59:12 All right, so the millennial first off. The millennial blames Trump and the way she says it we're unable to do this because of this and that. The fact is Judy could have pointed this out to this woman. The last day that you could do the five year renewal was December 21st. You had to have your paperwork in by then you would've gotten your license. The government shutdown began on December 22nd Oh man, you are a sleuth! So this woman's moaning and groaning about how they have to look people in the eye and talk about the wall is bullcrap. They didn't do their job to renew their license on time What uh... yes what irks me is that there's

2:00:09 There is a lot of talk about how sad this is. It's sad, it's horrible, it's sad 800 thousand people... They will eventually get paid and so its definitely hardship but I never hear this about the hundreds or thousands of homeless everywhere! I never hear that about the food bank and EBT and SNAP and Food Stamp Never here this about the homeless Screw them they're off their reservation we don't care Where is that in the reporting it's never there no, it isn't and the thing that somebody did do a report on this I don't have any clips But I will mention it And I thought it was like kind of creepy and it brings us back to the other moment Is that oh? I'm sorry troll room just had her right of course the homeless. Don't vote That's why they don't not important. I'm sorry yes continue is that

CHAPTER 31 / 45 Discussion

Homelessness Crisis, Irrelevant Class, Millennial Housing Market

The growing homelessness crisis in cities like San Francisco and Berkeley is described as the emergence of an "irrelevant class" of people who have no path back into the modern economy. Millennials are reportedly being discouraged from homeownership by false beliefs about 20% down payments, when 3.5% options exist. The hosts contrast current conditions with the "Obama phone" era, suggesting that the underclass is being pushed into permanent shanty towns or "favelas."

homelessness· favelas· millennials· mortgages· obama phone

2:01:03 It's becoming apparent to a lot of sociologists and observers, because the homeless situation is completely off the rails. It's ridiculous around here there are tent cities all we're missing are the shanty towns that are permanent which is going to happen probably starting around Berkeley San Francisco should have them in the south. Favela! Well favelas or yes a favela they might as well call them favelas Favelas are a little more advanced than the shantytown that you find outside of some of these areas like in Africa. Well, because they have mayors and stuff. They got to some kind... The favelas have cement buildings. It's an unincorporated mess. Right. And they do have their, they have kinda ruling elite and lot of criminals but it's the highest form of shanty town is a favela

2:01:53 But that's where we're headed obviously, because somebody pointed out that the way things are going with the The job market and the less of a need for middle class workers, putting manufacturing in China and not doing any here anymore because we... Because the profiteers don't care about the workers as you mentioned on show recently. Who cares? Yeah! Who gives a shit?! Is that they were getting a class of people who are being defined as irrelevant And the idea that you have a complete class of people within your society that are irrelevant, they have… there's nothing relevant about them. There is nothing they can do to get back into this scheme of things. They are out of the picture! They're irrelevant.

2:02:43 And they're never gonna be relevant because we're not moving in that direction anymore. We are moving to robots. Yeah, and so you end up with this underclass that is never existed in this country before cuz nobody was... In the past, in the 50's and 60's when we had factories in Oakland there wasn't anybody that was irrelevant Everybody could get a job if they wanted to and everything which was somewhat taken away by some of the Carter's actions, the housing situation. And now that millennials have been sold ability goods are being pushed into irrelevancy if they can get him there by bull crapping them with

2:03:22 items online and I've seen one report but some millennial guy, here's why you should never buy a house. And it goes on and on about how he should never buy houses. It's idiotic! And the National Mortgage News which i subscribe to believe or not Had a big report out saying why aren't Millennials buying houses and it turns out this is the research indicates that most Millennials who are deeply in debt already believe it takes 20% down payment to get into a mortgage. That has been jammed into their heads I'm sure It's been jammed into their heads to keep them out of the market when in fact The mortgage news will point this out that if you have, if you do things right You can get a mortgage with a 3.5 percent down payment

2:04:06 So the whole thing is a giant scheme to create an irrelevant class that can be moved aside, pushed into the favelas, the shanty towns wherever they're going to end up. It's going to be like a third world country and there's nobody doing anything about it. And you're mentioning that don't nobody talks about the homeless anymore in these situations of the government shutdown is another just another good example. This is dire. And it's really interesting that I will say Obama did a lot more for these people He really did. Because he didn't just leave them irrelevant. Obama! Yes, everybody in Cleveland, low minority got an Obama phone. Keep Obama in president you know? He gave everyone an Obama phone and everyone was happy

2:04:50 Yeah, yeah. He got them Obama phone that's true well we're gonna give him a 5g phone next That's actually pretty good the homeless guys You know they can be keep nice and warm underneath the the five G towers on the streets gonna do right? No it is kind of a program I guess so we're in this regard were screwed and nobody's addressing it Nobody cares. They don't know what they care about. Oh, Trump! Trump! Trump! Trump! Yeah? What a moron! He can be the deacon in the White House! You guys aren't deconstructing anything like you used to! You used to deconstruct the government!

CHAPTER 32 / 45 Discussion

DC Food Banks, Producer Credits, Brain Tumor Recovery

During the government shutdown, federal workers in Washington D.C. utilized local food banks, a situation used by politicians for "marketing" purposes. The show acknowledges various producers, including a 73-year-old former Rush Limbaugh listener recovering from brain surgery. The hosts emphasize their role in providing "truth" that mainstream figures like Limbaugh do not cover, while thanking the audience for their financial support.

ayn rand· rush limbaugh· brain tumor· karma· indiana

2:05:27 All right, I'll deconstruct the government. The people in the government have to go to food banks in DC." President Trump responded to Pelosi's power move with uncharacteristic silence but lawmakers made plenty of noise. Democrats have made a marketing decision to obstruct President Trump at all costs. I want president trump to look into these faces As Americans increasingly turn to one another. They can grab some non-perishable goods time they need some help. Thanks for the masks. Restaurants and food banks are helping people put food on the table I mean who can't pass up mac and cheese? Mac n' Cheese by Ayn Rand. I'm gonna show my support by donating to No Agenda imagine all the people who could do that oh yeah that'd be fab

2:06:26 All right, let's start with a few people here. Thank you for your show 10 oh 1105 I keep saying 1011 05 starting with anonymous $150 Monica Kidwell in Floyd's Floyd's knobs Indiana. Great great town Floyd's nobs and 133 33 Stephen E Taft in Marietta Georgia 12321 Gregory Zayas... Hold on a second. Stephen E Tapp, just little something to help out Sir Steve Barron of the Gold Branch Trail. A little karma for my surgery on Monday would be appreciated we'll do that in a moment for you for sure. Gregory Zaya Chuck 1919 Hey Mount Kisco I used to be there let's right near... Mount Kisco! Right here uh we used to go to the zales in Mount Kisco

2:07:20 Just saying. The sales, the sales little business. Yeah! Sure. The Silverdude 119 19 so we got a lot of 1919s which was the commemorative it meant you were it was for the date was one 1919 but if you're in Europe who had been 191 19 and yes and we got not one European donation thanks Europe All the Americans took part. So America wins again! The silver dude won 1919, Ellen Eileen Sauer in Muskegon Michigan She always founds a show of value My husband Drew turned me on to you He's been listening for a long time and needs to be called out as a douchebag! Please don't give up

2:08:08 Well, eventually we'll have to. Your breakdowns are informative and entertaining! You guys are the last of the no-holds barred truthers! John Fitzpatrick, parts unknown. Go Chiefs! 119-19 Sir Kevin McLaughlin, Viscount of Luna? 119-19 William Alston? 119-19 and last but not least Joanna Ortiz and there's a birthday coming up for somebody. She says my smoking hot boyfriend Eric Ross asked for the donation asked for a donation to the best internet broadcast in the world is a birthday gift

2:08:44 Please wish him a happy early birthday. He turns 35 in January 22nd Yes, he's on the list and how nice of you to do yes I agree that was 1919 Mark Kendall 115 Aaron Burley $100 yeah he's also first-time donor a would like a deducing will give You've been deduced And he's a cyber security dude named Ben good we need as many of you as we can get Another anonymous $100 and this is you guys are awesome. David Schneider 100 Sir Gregory of the Brookswood in Langley BC 8008 stop the hammering sir daddy cast of The Love House

2:09:36 Oh, yes. 8008 Amir Toul in Calgary Alberta 8008 You two have reshaped the way I think in every aspect of life! I'm forever grateful lots of love Amir. Well aloha to you Amir Well, that's a pretty formidable thing to say. Ashley Wright 73 Matthew Zelinsky 66... Oh wait a second I gotta stop here Ashley Wright she's got her birthday but her mother Pam Thornton from Winston-Salem heard Sir Collins Karma success for his brain tumor recovery And she was hoping for the same luck. Her brain surgery is on the 22nd, $73 is in her honor of her 73rd birthday on the 29th She was an avid Rush Limbaugh listener since the 80's and now No Agenda with Adam & John is her favorite! Suck it Limbaugh!! And she says love you mom praying for a successful surgery and happy birthday from Ashley in Greenville South Carolina I'm gonna give her the karma for that now yeah

CHAPTER 33 / 45 Discussion

Chili Recipe, Vortex Ring State, Canadian Exchange Rates

The hosts discuss a listener-requested chili recipe available through the show's online resources. A donation from a helicopter pilot prompts a mention of "Vortex Ring State," a dangerous aerodynamic condition. The segment includes a list of $50 donors from various locations, including North Carolina, Florida, and Pennsylvania, while jokingly correcting a donor's attempt to use a favorable Canadian exchange rate for their contribution.

chili recipe· helicopter pilot· vortex ring state· canada· philadelphia

2:10:39 You've got karma. We need as many 73 year olds we can get yeah limbo makes 400 million dollars Hey, we just saved lives. We don't need his money. Well is that Matthews? Zilinsky 6660, Chris Kincaid 5510 Double Nickels on the Dime. First donation for you guys around show 750. He should get a de-douching for this. You've been de-douched! Why not? Along with Chris Kincaid Jason Petri with Double Nickels on the Dime and Dean Roker Double Nickels On The Dime

2:11:18 And by the way, Petri said value for value in exchange for the chili recipe. Now somebody suggested that we have the chili recipe online and they suggested I put it in a newsletter or at least have a link in the newsletter for all of people that are freezing to death in the Midwest which I think is hurting our donations by the way. No if people can't think straight! And the chili recipe is available online. I don't know what the URL is, but you can get to it through the Cosmic Weenie? Show notes. Really? You'll have to look it up. Well, it's cosmicweenie probably. I think actually if you do bingit.io... Hold on a second. I'll try now that as our super-fied search engine and we do Chili Recipe. Let's see if it pops up

2:12:07 Fail no Why don't you send me the link I'll put it in the show notes for today, okay? I get a copy good all right onward double niggles on the dime Dean Roker's last one m. Andrew Jones Baron of America The stretch is out to see it America's well mountain America's Mountain She sent a nice little card in with a drawing of the mountain oh Thank you for mentioning my book the story of number the no agenda bump is real. He says yeah There was it was a fun book the story and I'm gonna finish the book. Yes, I did notice that Notice our wedding date May 19th 2019 we've taken a lot of your numerology to heart

2:12:53 We've been looking at numbers that are good for us and good for in general. Nice! Partially thanks to his book, so yeah the story of number you can get on Amazon Chris of the Vortex Ring State comes in from Mercer, Washington. I just have to read his note because it was a check. He's a helicopter pilot? Yes and he says love the show twice weekly on Thursdays please accept this as the equivalent of 6763 Canadian Oh boy No No, no. It's 51. It's $51. Nice try though Chris! Thank you Chris! And yeah you should look up the YouTube videos just look for Vortex Ring State and see what he is talking about

2:13:43 Brian Burgess, 5033. Baron Sir DH Slammer our buddy down there $50 and one cent keep the show going he says now following people are fifty dollar donors name a location if applicable Andrew Guzik in Greensboro North Carolina Jeffrey Anderson in Stewart Florida sir Layton who knows sir hummus the black knight in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Christine Enzberg, Sam Godwin in San Jose. John Catalano Brad Taylor and Duval Washington George Wuchett in Universal City Texas and that's it so we got for the 50s a little short today but I want to thank everyone for helping us produce show 11

CHAPTER 34 / 45 Discussion

Des Moines Meetup, Venue Strategy, Flash Mob Cocktail Parties

Organizers for an upcoming Des Moines, Iowa meetup are advised on venue selection, with the hosts recommending large bars or breweries over private rooms. Past experiences in Seattle and Oakland are cited as examples of why reservations can be a "fiasco." The preferred strategy is described as a "flash mob cocktail party" where a large group simply occupies a spacious public venue without formal booking.

des moines· meetup· brewery· flash mob· seattle

2:14:30 And thank you to everyone who came in under $50 on our subscription plans. You can look up all of those at Dvorak org slash na and a reminder We've got well actually I review we there was an Edmonton meetup, which looked like it was a fun little group There it was like eight people with small but they also received no promotion Yeah, we'd have to help promote these things you'll get a bunch of people if you that will I'll second send special mailings out for certain groups. So make sure you contact us for that but thanks for getting that meetup going, that was good we have the planned Des Moines Iowa Meet Up February 22nd i've been following along on meetup.com We're up to almost 40 people who are gonna be there what's interesting is they're now discussing the venue and since you've done a couple of meetups recently just I want to get some advice from you

2:15:21 What is the best type of venue? Because they're talking about, oh we'll get a room. I don't think a room is a good idea. No no you want to bar okay yeah tell us what we want. I just said it but do you want... Okay but just a bar or is that uh that just where can roam around? A bar with lot of room in it Yeah, not a room in the back where... No no no. I mean yeah you can do something to sleep but the problem is when you do it private like it's all just... Then everyone sitting down and it's like... It's not good! You want it to be a cocktail party-like atmosphere but you don't have enough, you know? You got 40 people so you wanna bar and hopefully a bar that serves some food so people can drink more. Yes

2:16:01 And, you know the one we did in Sacramento which was a pretty much last minute one was not real last minute like the one at Berkeley. It was a big bar that's huge place that was in Old Town and it could have had another double size. We didn't get a reservation I didn't bother because the places too big already checked out of this site check And then the one at Berkeley is pretty much the same thing. They have a, it was a brewery that had enough room for probably 50 people just roaming around the only time we had a problem The one in Seattle we tried to do reservations. It was a fiasco the one in Oakland Was a bar big giant place that should have no problem dealing with us But they didn't like that we had a big group We had like 40 plus people racist and there were just a bunch of creeps there, so we did do another event there

2:16:54 Yeah, that's what I like now. Now the one we did in Los Angeles not to I'm gonna blame at this point But then that was said that was with Eric we had everybody down a Disneyland and so every made We had a bunch of everybody all we got out reservations That's that's the mistake. That's what you don't want You don't wanna book a room You know, well they have to minimum you know 50 people or they won't open. Screw it we don't want that We just want to find a bar that can hold a lot of people Yeah And all you do is bring your people in and jam it full I mean what are they gonna do complain about the extra business? I mean we really had Seattle They were been cute little bit bitchy Oh, there's Seattle But this Seattle doesn't like big crowds with small batch

2:17:39 But in the, see Sacramento there was a good case. We had like almost 50 people and it was no problem because the bar was big you find a big bar. Yeah okay Thank you. That's very helpful and please take that to heart Des Moines meetup organizers and The third reminder we're really gonna do it this year We've promised each other by the way, this technique of using the you know big bars is like a flash mob Yeah those terms yes flash mob cocktail party yeah that idea and March 2nd if the Big Texas meet up at the Austin Beerworks and

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Birthday Celebrations, Trump Brick Campaign, Value for Value

The hosts read a list of birthday celebrations for listeners and their families, including a "brand new human resource" turning one. A news item mentions a Trump campaign initiative where supporters can pay to send a "brick" to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to symbolize support for the border wall. This segment transitions into the final discussion on the podcasting industry.

chuck schumer· nancy pelosi· border wall· bricks· birthdays

2:18:16 And that will be exactly what you just prescribed. It's a nice space, the additional cool thing is that our brewmeister over there, the beer ambassador, the brew ambassador will be bringing in a food truck! So that we'll have something to eat. That's very cool, so there are our meetups and we will be scheduling more as we go along And again thank you everybody for supporting the show It is our value for value model which were extending now with face-to-face Meetups it's really important particularly in these days of frying your brain with 5G and please support us at here's the karma requests

2:18:56 jobs, jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs! You've got karma. And today is the 20th of January 2019. Here's a list of birthday celebrations Joshua Smith says happy birthday to his brother Justin He turns the magic number 33 Joanna Ortiz Happy Birthday to her smoking hot boyfriend Eric Ross he turns 35 on the 22nd

2:19:32 In advance, happy birthday to DJ Powerboy. He'll be celebrating on the 23rd Ashley Wright's his happy birthday to her mom Pam Thornton 73 on January 29 and finally Joao Alves Happy Birthday to his daughter Helena brand new human resource turning one years old Happy Birthday from all your buddies here in Uncle John and Adam at The Best Podcast in the Universe And we have exactly zero nightings, damings and title changes. Nothing. Yeah that's always disappointing. By the way I did get a chuckle just because i see it on my thing here that Trump is now sending out e-mails or whatever sending out emails and I subscribe to all of them including you know Democrats everybody uh and the campaign has now send a brick to Chuck and Nancy

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iHeartRadio Podcast Awards, Bobby Bones, Independent Media Models

The first iHeartRadio Podcast Awards, hosted by Charlamagne Tha God and Bobby Bones, is criticized as a self-congratulatory event for corporate-backed shows. The hosts compare the awards to those in the adult film industry, where major producers create their own ceremonies. They argue that the "Value for Value" model used by independent creators is the true future of media, as it avoids the overhead of corporate networks.

iheartradio· bobby bones· charlamagne tha god· podcast awards· vivid entertainment

2:20:21 And we remember these bricks because you know there's these companies where you can send a brick didn't that tweet do that with the brick house Yeah, and everyone bought a brick and then they sent the brick so people are actually gonna see brick showing up in The Senate which is pretty funny Send a brick to Chuck and Nancy no way to go. Let's see oh yes Just for us since we kind of floated past our donation segment You know podcasting is the hot new thing John Well, there was recently we kind of got left out of the Dax Shepard Jonathan Van Ness. They went big at the first ever iHeartRadio podcast awards and by the way it was hosted by Charlamagne Tha God and Bobby Bones! Bobby Bones? Who is a good morning DJ

2:21:16 But you know, Bobby Bones. Also Mario Lopez and Holly Fry were there on a night celebrating the best podcast of the year encompassing true crime comedy food fitness sports and music topics some big Hollywood names came out on top Gee, you wonder why. At the first ever iHeartRadio podcast awards this is like... it reminds me of that porn operation they do all the they produce most of the porn movies and they do their own awards yeah it's the adult video awards with those guys called these I used to live near them in LA

2:21:53 Why do we not know the name? Went for the best breakout podcast for a show armchair expert. He joked with the competition during his acceptance. Vivid, that's it vivid. Yeah vivid entertainment. Thanks troll room. Dr. Death was raw bullshit no way our show is better than dr. Death hold on now okay screw the awards So CBS is now doing, you know... a report. It's like podcasting! It's the hot new thing! Bring Jane Pauly out of the closet let her talk about it Oh by the way don't invite the man who had anything to do with it that's okay I'm bigger than that Hey hey what? You already blew your wad when you said Michael Jackson may have been murdered That was on NBC They put you on a blacklist man you're doomed

2:22:41 But I just wanted to, so we have... We know how this works. We have you and I, so forget podcasting for 11 years You and I have developed a value-for-value model And it's feeding two families that I think anyone who is doing a podcast will be happy with that Hey! I'm doing this full time I am able to do it because I make enough to feed my family And that is the future, by the way of all media. And pay the bills? That's the same thing feed the family pay the bills you got to pay for the service. The future of media with I always tell people this, they say why are you what are you doing what your model is and I said well the first thing you do as you don't start hiring people produce some of these shows stop right there stop sorry I choked

2:23:33 Say that again the last bit you said there was a part an important part of our model Stop hiring people did these shows they're overloaded with they got a producer and an engineer And I gaffer they get all these people. They do what is the point can't you just do this yourself? We're talking about You know some gear on my whole that thought Yeah, so we run this show When I work with Horowitz, we don't have an engineer and Horowitz uses the same model. He does he produces the show. I was producing it originally but he would likes to produce and he's faster than me and he produces this show and it goes gets sent up to one of the systems that distributes. Alright so here is a CBS report they bring out they roll out Jane Pauley

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Gimlet Media, Podcast Overhead, Old Media Models

A CBS report by David Pogue features Gimlet Media, which employs 120 people to produce 24 podcasts in 13 high-end studios. The hosts mock this "old media" approach, noting the extreme overhead of having five to six employees per show. They contrast this with their own "closet" production style, which utilizes modern noise gates and directional microphones to achieve professional quality without corporate bloat.

gimlet media· david pogue· alex blumberg· hbo· podcasting

2:24:24 I think it's Jane Pauley. And, oh! Podcasting is the hot thing so they send their tech guy David Pogue we all know David Pogue. Oh yeah master podcaster So he's gonna go out to one of these podcast networks you know the ones who are creating the future i mean this report this report was done about our company 13-14 years ago. It's the same... You're talking about Mevio? Yes, well Podshow at the time. And remember what we just talked about you cannot do this in your traditional NPR type way it is

2:25:05 It's not the way you can't get enough advertising. There's no and I'll mention this there was a reason in the old days you needed it engineers because you were I mean You needed all this stuff in the past now with all the new gear and their little devices and the internet 5g need all this extra baggage, it's official podcast Pandemonium is definitely a thing With David Pogue, we listen up. Quiet please and exactly 15 seconds will be on the air You may have heard people refer to the 1930s and 40's as the golden age of radio Well today were living in the golden age...of podcasts

2:25:57 Peter had all the makings of a modern man. or workout. Podcasts are available on demand, so in the same way you can go watch Netflix shows anytime you want, you can listen to our podcast anytime you want... Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber are the co-founders of Gimlet Media which they hope to build into these HBO of podcast studios It's 120 employees produce 24 podcasts shows in 13 state-of-the art recording studios

2:26:39 That's what that was the response I wanted a hundred and twenty four employees produced what? What, 37 shows? And they got 13 studios. Let's listen to that again and just make sure I get... Wow! Man talk about overhead who is giving them money? How many employees, 120 employees in 24 shows?

2:27:19 Yeah, that's approximately five employees or six employees a show. Five to six a show. John they had pictures of meetings and meeting rooms you know like the guys like all right I'm here to do my show what we have today for the shows? Like we got 6 people around here talking okay good yeah it's gonna be great show everybody. It's ridiculous! It's so funny. It's not going to work you're not... You're going to lose I'm just here to say that's not how it will work. That's not the future, we are the future! We are the future... We are closer to the future than Gimlet. But that's not the only model that does it. I've seen other operations they get a bunch of money they use old media models and that's what they're doing here. We're talking new media in an old media model so you have an old medium model bunch of studios all soundproof booths with a double glass

2:28:14 and the engineer on the other side of the glass, and he's watching. He's getting cues from the guy with a microphone in a boom big boom expensive boom expensive mic. And they're just talking in there signaling to each other and the guys fading it in and out and they're recording and then when is done They go... Then I sent it to post and spent a couple of days editing it So it's all really clean and nice and then they put some sound at the front and back. Dude! I mean a closet I'm in the closet. You sound as good as anybody working these other systems, but I'm still in a closet and a closet. And I'm just sitting there in my office in your Shay's lounge, my Shay's lounge. I got a window here with the traffic going by where you can see the trains. Sounds fine. I got it very direct use of

CHAPTER 38 / 45 Discussion

DIY Production, Dutch Radio History, Celebrity Radio Hosts

Drawing on experiences from Dutch government radio and MTV, the hosts discuss how "celebrity" hosts often lose touch with their content when they stop doing their own production. They recount the transition from manual tape editing with razor blades to modern digital systems. The segment argues that the best podcasts are produced by the hosts themselves, allowing for real-time "sweetening" and a more authentic connection with the audience.

netherlands· reel-to-reel· mtv· bobby bones· post-production

2:29:00 a high LPR 40 is very directional mic. So I mean, if- Well also noise gate you so that's my secret. Right well I got directional mic and your noise gating so we're using modern equipment to do a show with two guys and that's the way it... That's it! But but it is true If you look at the amount of pre production that we do ourselves because you know We don't mind working for it This is the same, I saw this in the Netherlands. Because when i grew up... You're right because we're getting clips as opposed to our producer getting clips for us. So we'll spend a day or two getting clips ourselves because we know how to do it and this is what's-I've seen this In The Netherlands when with the first there was government controlled radio you know everything gray equipment and you had to have a technician

2:29:58 to edit something. It was like Union and all kinds of weird shit, so eventually we became friendly and they just let us cut stuff ourselves. This is tape you know we're doing reel-to-reel with razor blades in tape And so we learned how to do this then we have a Reevox at home and you can do stuff at home it was really out of frustration the government overhead booking the studio and booking a guy So we were doing whatever we could And that model kind of was the way I always operated. But then when the commercial stations came in, and I had gone by then, you know it's probably already MTV... Then the same DJs were like oh well now producers this guy is gonna do it and their shows all start to suck! It all kind of devolves because you're removed from the actual process You know if you want to be a celebrity radio host If you want to be Bobby Bones

2:30:53 Bobby Bones is pretty good. I listen to Bobby Bones, he's alright He's a country music morning guy. What does he got to do with podcasting? No it was iHeartRadio It was iHeart they own all the stations so they own his station They own him So that you know there's nothing better than creating award and giving it to your own people Yeah we thought about doing that with our artists So anyway, yeah bottom line. It's this the model no matter how you get the money even if you go the advertising route Which I also predict will fail time and time again The model is you have to do it yourself You have to if you're on the show, you have to be doing some active work can't just show up and read the script That's old school when when the network was closed now its open

2:31:44 Anyway, I thought you get a kick out of that. Yeah thanks it's very funny but then we should also mention that you also since you're doing the producing you can drop the little jingles and snide asides and little... Wow! You could throw all kinds of cool stuff in there when you feel like it and this doesn't go after after the show is over for sweetening and post-production Yeah, none of that. It's ludicrous but okay report it that way with the big studios and you know 13 studios that you don't need uh it's just old-fashioned control and you think Pogue knows better?

CHAPTER 39 / 45 Discussion

Norman Lear Foundation, Roswell New Mexico, Sanctuary City Narrative

A clip from the television show *Roswell, New Mexico* is analyzed for "social justice narratives" allegedly pushed by the Norman Lear Foundation. The scene depicts an ICE checkpoint and characters discussing moving to a "sanctuary city," which the hosts identify as blatant propaganda. They suggest that Hollywood writers are actively instructed to insert specific political themes into mainstream entertainment.

norman lear· roswell new mexico· sanctuary city· ice· aclu

2:32:23 But he's just a talking head nowadays. Just it's Pogue. Well on the other hand if you look at our model where we have actually made our listeners producers which is something people still don't understand well they're supposed to be just consuming them, what are they about? Well we want to have interaction! Now the way you really do is you call people producers and tell them we expect you to help produce so... And of course they do and here's how it works We talk often about the Hollywood, the Lear Hollywood Foundation. Norman Lear his propaganda, his writers he puts out there in Hollywood they're all over the place you brought a couple of clips I think the last show you gave another example of them talking about how successful they are with their social justice narratives that they help put into movies and television and one of our producers

2:33:11 Was watching Roswell, which is a show I don't watch of course. I don't watch But was pretty sure the Lear Foundation has been at work This is from Roswell New Mexico clip one There's an ice checkpoint on 285 dad we can sell the diner move to a sanctuary city I need to know you're not gonna get supported. I like it here I like making milkshakes for tourists dressed like little green men. Go upstairs, get some rest! Yeah? I'm already caffeinating. I could cover until closing. I could do it in my sleep. You...rest

2:33:47 So I like this clip a lot because she's talking about a sanctuary city and here is your typical illegal immigrant. And what does the illegal immigrant really want to do? Serve the people with some ice cream! Be in service for them, and then we have the ICE checkpoint. You've got to be kidding me... So you let the Joneses and the Jenners through, but you're gonna stop the Latina and tell me this is just a DWI checkpoint. Ma'am? I know Roswell is well past 100 mile border zone Vato! Ma'am?! So... I will have the ACLU so far up your ass You'll be reciting the 10th Circuit Ben Sirkacz-Thiel verdict in your sleep Liz? Ah, it ends here. So ICE checkpoint, ICER A-holes call the ACLU Norman Lear Foundation Fingerprints all over it. I would say yes

CHAPTER 40 / 45 Discussion

Sudan Uprising, Bread Prices, Omar al-Bashir

Security forces in Khartoum, Sudan, opened fire on protesters demanding the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir's military regime. The uprising was triggered by the price of bread tripling, a historical indicator of impending regime collapse. The segment notes that while mainstream media focuses on other issues, the "bread riots" in Sudan represent a significant popular movement against a repressive government.

sudan· khartoum· omar al-bashir· bread riots· protests

2:34:44 Good action back to international news just want to get this out of the way so people would know that we do cover this stuff Because I'm wet wonder where Clooney is Clooney Clooney what happened to Clooney? What happened to Clooney in South Sudan and Sudan stuff? It's interesting you say that because I also got the got the South Sudan news, and I was thinking what you were thinking Sorry Sudan update Yeah, I hit it now. Except I hit the eject instead of the play. Sorry, I'm still working with cassette tapes. In Sudan security forces opened fire today on a crowd of mourners outside the home of a man who died after he was shot by authorities during an earlier protest in the capital Khartoum. It followed the killing of two other protesters Thursday elsewhere in Khartoum—a doctor and 16-year old who were both shot in the head by government forces. Protests erupted

2:35:45 it across Sudan a month ago, calling for the overthrow of the ruling National Congress Party and an end to the military regime of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Well that's interesting my report from the European Union put a little different spin on it One of Africa's most repressive regimes is facing a growing popular uprising thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Sudan demanding an end to the rule of president Omar Al Bashir In the latest violence, security forces shot dead demonstrators including a teenage boy. Dozens of people have been killed since the protests began last month after the price of bread was tripled." It's the bread again! If bread is going... if the price of bread doubles or triples in your country get out! Get out it's the bread! Yeah you win that one

CHAPTER 41 / 45 Discussion

Lindsey Graham, Syria Withdrawal, ISIS Strategy

Senator Lindsey Graham met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to express concerns about the planned U.S. withdrawal from Syria. Graham argued that a withdrawal without a comprehensive plan would lead to "chaos" and that the mission to destroy ISIS is not yet complete. The hosts interpret Graham's stance as an effort to maintain military spending and interventionist policies.

lindsey graham· syria· turkey· recep tayyip erdogan· isis

2:36:41 The bread we have is Lindsey Graham, you know getting back to his old somebody tapped him on the shoulder and said hey get back to work. And there's a PBS reporting him kvetching about, Lindsey Graham kvetching about Syria. In Turkey today Republican Senator Lindsey Graham continued to raise concerns about the Trump administration's planned withdrawal of US troops from Syria. Graham met with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other officials yesterday he told reporters today that quote withdrawal without a plan is chaos and said the goal of destroying ISIS is not yet accomplished Hmm keep that money flowing I've heard two Clips, I want to play here the first is

2:37:25 AOC Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Women's March which was this weekend. I guess it was a... Are you clipping your nails? No, actually what i'm doing is I have a... Are you flicking your pen? No! Now that you mention it imma tell you what it is because you always like to say I am clipping my nails like that's all I do This is one of those pens with the cap and when you push the cap on or take the cap off It makes this noise, but it's like a felt tip pen so I have to put the cap on or it'll dry up. What's interesting is when you make that noise with the pen...it makes me want to jump through Skype and ring your neck! Oh really? Yeah, that noise! Come on let's see if we can do it. You gotta jump! Jump! Jump sucker! Alright. What would say to someone- oh shoot this only one channel? Ah screw it Why did they only do 1 channel? That's very simple.

CHAPTER 42 / 45 Discussion

Women's March, Anti-Semitism Controversy, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The third annual Women's March faced internal fractures and competing events due to allegations of anti-Semitism among its national leadership, specifically regarding ties to Louis Farrakhan. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) was criticized for an interview where she claimed "real anti-Semitism" comes from the White House. The hosts suggest the movement has "jumped the shark" as political controversies overshadow its original message.

women's march· aoc· tamika mallory· louis farrakhan· anti-semitism

2:38:21 Mmm, okay. What would you say to some of those people who have concerns about anti-Semitism within the Women's March group? Absolutely well first of all I think that right now in this... I can't listen to it on one... It's me. I'm telling ya it's coming through both channels on my end Yeah because you're getting mono from me No You're on Skype. I'm not gonna play it. It's basically... If you're not going to play then you have to play this This is the woman's March rundown report. They had a woman on the street in Washington, D.C., from PBS and she's some I never saw her before she's a correspondent She's telling this whole story about how this thing is starting to fall apart She's kind of hoping it doesn't but you can tell that it is and that was pretty good report even though you know Tip or just play it.

2:39:17 This year there was a broad range of concerns that people are talking about. We heard everything from concerns about the president's tax cut, to climate change, to the shutdown obviously women's issues like women's health reproductive rights equal pay those are on people's minds but I would say even more generally, there's a sense that people just wanted to be here deliver a rebuke to this administration. We heard a lot of people talking about just wanting to exercise their right to be out and be politically active and be engaged in the community You know for some parts of this year just the organization of the march itself seemed to fracture a little bit There were some controversies by a couple of members of the original organized. There were different marches What's all about?

2:40:01 So a lot of this is related to allegations of anti-Semitism on the part of a couple leaders in the national organization. One of the women, Tamika Mallory has appeared with The Nation Of Islam and has expressed support for Louis Farrakhan who has made a lot of anisemitic comments in the past And this led to a lot of controversy In New York where you are Hari there are actually two competing marches going on There have been some national groups that are not partnering with the march this year here in DC. So we asked one of the marchers here today if they were paying attention to this, if it's something that concerns them and we heard a range of responses

2:40:45 We spoke to some Jewish marchers who said that they had friends who asked them, why are you even going to the march? We talked to other marchers who said that they felt concerned that their presence here might convey a sense of supporting what's been going on when it doesn't. Overall I'd say people feel disappointed that these controversies have taken away from all the different messages that they're trying to convey here today and a lot of them just said We are going to be here no matter what, marching. Alright Megan Thompson joining us from Washington DC Well, you really did punish me. I think i would have rather listened to AOC in one channel Yeah yeah there was a big anti-semite thing going on like... Yeah they mentioned that Right but uh AOC was interviewed while she's in the crowd walking and she said well clearly we know that the real antisemitism is coming from the Oval Office. I mean this is the kind of shit that was going on it's like yeah this is some shark jumping here with the women's march

2:41:45 Oh, I think the thing has jumped. Yeah, yeah, I think that's the way to put it That is it and this you know the anti-semitism from the White House What is he talking about? The guy if anything that can be viewed Trumps being condemned for being for being pro Israel and two pro Israel anti Palestinian And you know there was a lot of... So what's she talking about? This is another example of her just shooting off. Yeah, no that was definitely well that's because you know she look she goes on TV says some stupid then the script writers do their thing on Twitter that's how it goes but the worst the absolute worst I mean she so Tulsi is toast! I can't believe she allowed this to happen

CHAPTER 43 / 45 Discussion

Tulsi Gabbard, LGBT Apology, 2020 Campaign Energy

Representative Tulsi Gabbard issued a video apology for past statements regarding same-sex marriage and LGBT issues as she prepares for a 2020 presidential run. The hosts criticize the "low energy" of the video, which was filmed in the snow despite Gabbard being from Hawaii. They suggest that the apology follows a predictable political playbook that may not resonate with voters in the current landscape.

tulsi gabbard· hawaii· lgbt· 2020 election· apology

2:42:25 I predicted it. Oh, so bad! So the candidate who now of course is representative still from Hawaii is just like Kevin Hart the same playbook is called out over stuff she has already apologized for that happened years ago concerning statements she made about same-sex marriage which she now just concatenates into LGBT issues Nothing that Obama didn't say. Well, in fact it was the same time but then she does this video an iPhone video in the snow I don't know if she said Davo or where she is you know wearing gloves and she's from Hawaii who is running her stuff anyway listen to the energy Aloha In my past I said and believed things that were wrong

2:43:17 They were very hurtful to people in the LGBTQ community and to their loved ones. Many years ago I apologized for my words, and more importantly for the negative impact that they had I sincerely repeat my apology today. You can't even listen to it! And why does she have this lower register she's using? She sounds like the woman from the Toronto's. Yes, I'm baffled by this. Hello... She has low energy trying to be-I'm sure she's sincere but this isn't-and she's in the snow!! I don't get that

2:43:56 That's the dumbest thing you've ever said. I mean, you've ever said it. The dumbest thing anyone could do. You're from Hawaii and now it makes it look like your in Colorado skiing. Yes! No Davo, I thought she was in Davo. She could be a Davo But still, why would you do that? Why are you out in the snow? Why are you showing yourself being there. It's like you're showing off look at where I am! I'm in the snow and you're cooking to death in Hawaii." It was completely...I mean I'm so disappointed and it also speaks to how much the landscape has changed when I was a big fan of hers four or five years ago she could be president one day

2:44:35 You know, yeah old days maybe but not anymore. Not with that energy she's got no energy. Oh it was very disappointing That was bad We gotta hurry up here actually we're done I think Well let see what you gotta do I have other stuff that can wait until Thursday I just have one shorty I wanna get out of the way about this I can push it off never mind. Oh come on now you've teased me, it's a shorty! Well see there just to summarize that this is story that has no rhyme nor reason but democracy now ran it and I don't know why this woman was grabbed and jailed she's from the Iranian news organization press TV

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Marzia Hashemi, Press TV, Iran-US Relations

Marzia Hashemi, a U.S. citizen and anchor for Iran's Press TV, was arrested by the FBI in St. Louis and detained as a material witness. The basis for her detention was not immediately disclosed, leading to concerns from the Committee to Protect Journalists. The segment links this to broader tensions between the U.S. and Iran, including visa restrictions for individuals who have visited the country.

marzia hashemi· press tv· iran· fbi· st louis

2:45:15 whatever it is, propaganda outlet— Yeah. —that plays Iranian journalists jailed? An American journalist and news anchor for Iran's state television network Press TV is due in a Washington, D.C., courtroom today after she was arrested and detained by the FBI during a visit to the United States. Marzia Hashemi, who's a U.S. citizen who lives in Tehran was arrested at St Louis Airport Sunday then transferred to a prison in Washington D.C., according to her son The committee to protect journalists says it's concerned about her arrest and called on the US Department of Justice to immediately disclose the basis for her detention for the past five days This is another spook story? Is that what's going on I have no idea It might be...I mean it sounds like a spook story

2:45:59 But I don't know. Yeah, our relations with Iran man... You know Lex? My buddy Lex? Lex! Yeah, Lex used to be my boss so i'd send Lex an invitation for the wedding and he can't come because you know he went to Iran on one of his previous trips And he has a stamp in his passport that says, no you cannot get a... No ESTA for you. No visa. You gotta go through a new interview and it could take a year before you get the interview or he can't come to the States. Well this is the pull of the old lost passports stunt! Nah, he's on these uh.. He's on a list man. He's on a list there's no way

2:46:45 There you go, that's your globalism report. Yep So you've learned a lot today Hopefully you can use that to keep the amygdala nice and tiny and rattle around in your brain Avoid the 5g handsets and never eat the brown acid special thanks to Tom Starkweather Abel Kirby and UK PMX for end of show mixes And remember that we will be back with you on Thursday live on the streams, NoahDinnastream.com and on the podcast Without 13 studios or 120 employees. It's just us so remember us at Dvorak org slash na and until then I'm coming to you from downtown Austin, Texas capital the drone star state FEMA region 6 on all governmental maps in the 5 by 9 Cluedio in the morning everybody. I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where it's gloomy I'm John C. Dvorak we return on Thursday right here on no agenda again Dvorak dot-org Slash a until then adios mofos

CHAPTER 45 / 45 Discussion

Outro, Gitmo Girls Mix, Loretta Lynch Airplane Meeting

The show concludes with a "Gitmo Girls" end-of-show mix featuring clips of Donald Trump, Loretta Lynch, and references to the Anthony Weiner laptop investigation. The hosts sign off from Austin and Silicon Valley, reminding listeners of the upcoming Thursday broadcast. The final audio montage highlights the 2016 election controversies, including the meeting between Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch on a tarmac in Phoenix.

loretta lynch· anthony weiner· bill clinton· gitmo girls· search warrant

2:47:47 And such! And I like bikes. I like people who ride, but... Thank you all! Are you all ready to make a ruckus? Her team is going to Puerto Rico doing cocktail parties and Broadway shows They need to be sitting down at the table with the president They need to figure out how to open the government Nobody can ever know what they're doing Forget collusion. I want to know if there's penetration

2:48:28 Any collusion? Being involved in what could be characterized as collusion. You know what, you don't impeach people when they're doing a good job And you don't impeach people when there was no collusion, because there was no collusion. They begin to change they sacrifice the beauty of the individual for the sake of the group. The adjoinment and then the president cancelled the trip I didn't think that President would be that petty do ya? All those guys there singing it... I heard them saying build that wall, build that wall You might want to take a look at some this Because now you have Cuomo coming in talking about congestion pricing and i kinda feel like its a setup

2:49:04 the setup. Collusion, they're colluding here. We say it's time to reopen this government! Any collusion? The deal was collusion. Copyright and public life are growing more. Sharing is wrong fair use is gone like video stores When a license grinds on the public mind, it's forever cash. The corporate coast on Disney's Ghost is coming back! The streets are filled by picture gills resist because

2:50:02 The orange fruit, carve the resolute with swastika I imagine worlds with Gitmo girls and better days And Elon I hope can smoke his dope in his Chevrolet Lordy, lordy, lordy... That would be really bad. Look this is terrible! It makes me mildly nauseous but I sat there that morning and could not see a door labeled no action here

2:51:00 There's no Anthony Weiner statue, but it is... there's already a statue. Well maybe we need one. Lordy! Lordy! Senator, if I said that I misspoke she forwarded hundreds and thousands of emails some of which contain classified information. I'm made of stone. Ambi? Armies?! I love this work. I love this job You're fired. You know what? You're fired. Fired. You're fired. Lordy that would be really bad. You know what? You're fired. You're fired You're fired. Lordy, that would be really bad! You know what? You're fired. You're fired. You're fired. Lordy that would be really bad! You know what? You're fired. You're fired. And so they came in and said we can see thousands of emails from the Clinton email domain including many many many from the Verizon Clinton domain Blackberry domain They said we think we got to get a search warrant go get these you know what? You're fired

2:52:05 You're fired. Lordy, that would be really bad! You know what? You're fired. Lordy, that would be really bad. You know what? You're fired! Lordy, you're fired! Lordy, that would be really bad. You know what? You're fired! You're fired! Not picking on the Attorney General, Loretta Lynch who I like very much but her meeting with President Clinton on that airplane was the capper for me Somehow her emails are being forwarded to Anthony Weiner including classified information

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