Episode 1160 · Sunday, 4 August 2019

VAT Camel

Technical glitches and aggressive staging at the CNN debates reveal a shift toward political theater as candidates clash over healthcare and criminal justice records.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 1160

About this episode

CNN production choices for the Democratic primary debates transformed the political event into a professional wrestling spectacle, complete with bombastic music and aggressive staging. Technical failures marred the broadcast as audio engineering errors caused ruffling noises from Joe Biden’s clothing and feedback during Kamala Harris’s segments. The clash between moderates and progressives intensified over Medicare for All, while Marianne Williamson warned of a dark psychic force and Tulsi Gabbard attacked Harris’s record as a prosecutor.

Joe Biden faced scrutiny for cognitive health after mistakenly directing viewers to Joe30330 instead of a text shortcode, while Andrew Yang defended his Freedom Dividend funded by a ten percent Value Added Tax. Beyond the stage, Attorney General Bill Barr challenged warrant-proof encryption as Facebook moved to scan Messenger content. In the corporate world, Procter & Gamble reported an eight billion dollar write-down on Gillette following a controversial advertisement targeting toxic masculinity. Technical analysis of modern streaming also reveals that poor dialogue clarity often stems from improper 5.1 surround sound downmixing.

Donald Trump requested a custom single-microphone rig for his speeches, departing from the traditional dual Shure SM57 setup used by previous presidents. The episode features a look at the 2016 documentary Rat Film and the systemic mismanagement of the Crime Victims Fund in Baltimore. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak acknowledge the shortwave radio simulcast on 6930 kilohertz and thank the global community of producers for maintaining the value-for-value model.


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CHAPTER 01 / 55 Discussion

Shortwave Radio Simulcast, Pirate Broadcasters

The program is being simulcast on 6930 kilohertz USB via shortwave radio, likely by pirate broadcasters picking up the digital stream. Technical discussion covers the skip propagation required to reach Berlin and the power requirements for AM versus USB modulation.

shortwave· 6930 kilohertz· usb· pirate radio· simulcast· berlin

00:00 Sign here, maid. Evaluating the elites and broadcasting live on 6930 kilohertz from the frontier of Austin, Texas. Captain of the drone star state in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where my hand is stuck on some device that's got that goop on it. I'm John C DeVore That's right simulcasting on 6930 kilohertz USB today whatever that means oh we're on shortwave

00:41 You can't do a commercial. It wasn't like commercial I guess no you can't do a radio broadcast on shortwave I'm not doing that there's some pirates out there who have Who are taking our stream? Yes So they're on 6930 kilohertz USB I think they try to switch to AM from time-to-time, but then I getting very far with that so there But I don't know what the power is we mean They're not getting very far with that because you don't have the right gear or somebody's knocking on the door No You're gonna get much. Do you need a lot more power with am modulation if you doing USB? You can get around the world with some skip skip skip skip baby and I guess it works Berlin I got them skip oh Yes

CHAPTER 02 / 55 Discussion

Democratic Primary Debates, CNN Production Style

The first round of Democratic primary debates featured 20 candidates over two nights in a "Battle Royale" format to determine who faces Donald Trump. The CNN production is compared to a professional wrestling match due to its bombastic music and aggressive staging.

democratic debates· cnn· joe biden· donald trump· wrestling match

01:32 Well, I know what we were doing this week. Okay? Oh you talking about last couple days Yeah yeah well that's this week as far as i'm concerned busy and I you know and so you watch these debates So what your telling me is you take Monday off oh yeah no No there's there's no real days off people are like it's so easy It's so easy You just talk in the microphone for three hours right to make blah blah blah Yes, people outside the country may not realize it but we've had a democratic debates. I think that eight more to go by the way. Oh God! On Monday or Tuesday and Wednesday because there's still 20 people they all want to get in you know say something and so there's that to do over two days with pretty much the same questions This is basically the fight The Battle Royale for who gets to face off against Donald Trump

02:33 Yes, and unfortunately for the Democrats party regulars the people of the public. The Democrat voters they still seem to favor I think he'll drop a little bit then pick up again They favor Biden and i'm watching the debates And you have clips probably I have lots of I have a lot of mostly short short clips that I have A lot of them though because I thought just funny little clips was the way to go but unfortunately Biden is their guy and you watch Biden perform, he stinks. I have to assume that the other candidates are so abhorrent to the Democrat voters that they keep giving Biden the top nod because these guys are just offensive all of them

03:32 You know, when I looked at the spectrum of these 20 candidates... I saw, well first of all from time to time I heard something decent like oh that's an interesting idea you know there are some novel ideas some different ideas but no one really had the full package. But when I looked at all of them... The diversity! I was really proud of our nation of nutcases It really was a lineup of jabronies but I really appreciate what CNN did it's like they were listening to our show

04:09 They totally made this into a wrestling match. Did you see the opening? The big bombastic drums and everything is like, that's right! Tonight ten morons will battle for the royal cage match to the death! This is CNN presidential candidate debates! That's good. He should have rehearsed that. Should've done a little echo, would have been better. A little bit yeah. Now... So something you noticed in the previous round which were produced by MSNBC, it was similar. The staging was very similar to a degree no American flag as you know and it's really odd when you get someone singing the national anthem and everyone on stage is singing that our flag was oh shit not there

CHAPTER 03 / 55 Discussion

Candidate Fashion, Debate Stage Etiquette

Observations from the debate stage include Bill de Blasio failing to place his hand over his heart during the national anthem and Marianne Williamson's late realization of the same. Fashion critiques focus on Dana Bash's red and black outfits, Elizabeth Warren's consistent wardrobe, and Tulsi Gabbard's choice of white attire and tan shoes.

bill de blasio· marianne williamson· dana bash· elizabeth warren· tulsi gabbard

05:05 You're on a roll today, you've been writing material. I took notes! Well just a few things about... Did you notice that Bill de Blasio is holding his nuts while everyone else is putting their hands in their hearts? The one guy! What an idiot. Also Marianne, at the first debate Marianne Williamson also didn't have her hand over heart when it started and I think she looked over went oh crap I should probably do that but De Blasio right next to her did not No, de Blasio was not next to Marianne Williamson. He was on the second night Oh who was next to Marianne Williamson on the first night? Another drip a lot of drips that we don't care about A couple other observations First night Dana Bash Dana bash first We learned how to pronounce her name It's Danna Bash Yeah She is what is she three feet tall

05:54 With a big head this is giant eyeballs. She is an alien, but this is the best apparently with her This was the best they could do in terms of making shape-shifting her into something believable as a human They're following my rules though tiny people big head do great on television So I was pleased to see that her head was way out of proportion with their body That wasn't very and The red outfit Just a word in television, you know executive mode here the red outfit I thought looked very good on her second night this black outfit. What was that?

06:31 It was horrible. Well, she's apparently has a dresser because CNN has these people in the back there. You should wear this tonight as opposed to Elizabeth Warren who seems somebody pointed out she wears the same clothes. Yes and she does and Tulsi Gabbard I'd love the white outfit but she shouldn't My personal fashion advice is probably not the really tight pants because, you know it's just she's a little heavy but look great and tan shoes. Not white shoes, tan shoes that was just that was a faux pas as far as I'm concerned otherwise she looked fantastic

CHAPTER 04 / 55 Discussion

CNN Debate Technical Issues, Audio Engineering Failures

Technical failures plagued the CNN debate broadcast, including Jake Tapper mistakenly referring to the Fox Theatre as "Fox Studio." Audio engineering issues arose from the use of both gooseneck and lavalier microphones, resulting in ruffling noises from Joe Biden's clothing and feedback during Kamala Harris's segments.

jake tapper· lavalier microphones· audio feedback· kamala harris· joe biden

07:12 And what else did you notice? I look at these things. This is important stuff! Come on, this is a show. This is a real show. Well, I made the point that both Klobuchar and Warren were dressed up with the noteworthy...and I'm from the Bay Area we know these things out here they were both dressed up like with the color codes coded as dominatrixes And that was to get some, I guess attention of some people. The black and red in that form is ridiculous. There was something else that bothered me throughout the whole first evening So to avoid the mistakes MSNBC made with audio they decided

07:59 We're gonna have the gooseneck microphones will be just for the, uh...for the theater. Which Jake Tapper at one point I forgot to clip it said yes everybody here in The Fox Studio instead of Fox Theater What? Yeah! I know i should've clipped that I'm an idiot Oh you didn't get that No I didn't no I just remembered it from my notes Well it was The Fox Theatre so yeah but he said The Fox Studio right oh are you shopping around uh Jake what's on your mind there um So they had the gooseneck microphones on the lecterns, those were for the audience and then they miked everybody separately with a lavalier mic which is a good decision. However... That explains the second night, okay yeah. There were sound issues throughout this. Yeah I saw exactly what happened

08:50 So the first thing that happens is, and particularly night two Joe Biden did a lot of it but it happened on the first night. People would be... The candidates would be leaning forward and they ruffle against the mic like that with their clothes and you can hear in the theater except to me it sounded like someone was walking upstairs I'm like what's going on? It's like is the garage door open? Kept hearing this And so, but Biden had pushed his mic to the side and this is why you got feedback. Because no one could I guess crawl under there in the commercial breaks were sparse to go and correct that. Then when Kamala Harris came on who was then the engineer just got confused and he was turning up the wrong shit and it just...and even heard him filter it

09:46 She went from all of a sudden feeling dizzily and then it came back. So there was an issue. It's apparently the nightmare for these, I guess the semi-pros that were doing this work. It was very bad, poor. But since we're talking about this, you might as well. I do have...I don't have a lot of clips from the first night because I really concentrated on the second night but i have kind of a rundown from the first night. Okay! I have uh....I have a clip from the first night that I'd like to share but yeah what's um.. We can do the run down which has a number of these clips kinda built in and I think it hits pretty much this was the first debates rap NBC

CHAPTER 05 / 55 Discussion

Democratic Debate Highlights, Medicare for All

A recap of the first night of debates highlights the clash between moderates and progressives over Medicare for All and the elimination of private insurance. Key moments include Bernie Sanders defending his healthcare plan against Tim Ryan and Marianne Williamson warning of a "dark psychic force" brought about by the current administration.

medicare for all· bernie sanders· elizabeth warren· tim ryan· marianne williamson

10:28 Under the word first. Okay, I thought it would be under your label here got it No problem this morning a clear divide as moderates and liberals clashed over the direction of the Democratic Party And who can beat President Trump folks? We have a choice we can go down the road that Senator Sanders and senator Warren want to take us with is with bad policies like Medicare for all free everything and impossible promises that will turn off independence independent voters and get Trump reelected. I don't understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the United States just to talk about what we really can't do and shouldn't fight for. The moderates trying to make the case that progressive senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are too extreme So again, I think if you're going to force Americans to make these radical changes they're not gonna go along. You throw your hands up but you haven't

11:23 Some of the sharpest disagreements over the Medicare for All plan backed by Warren and Sanders that expands the government-run health insurance program for Americans 65 and older to all US citizens and lawful permanent residents. The move would eliminate private health insurance for some 150 million Americans Why do we gotta be the party if taking something away from people? We are the Democrats. We are not about trying to take away health care from anyone, that's what the Republicans are trying to do. Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan pressing Sanders on whether his plan would be better than union healthcare plans.

12:05 There were also heated moments on other key issues from immigration. And I expect that people who come here follow our laws and we reserve the right to criminally prosecute them To gun control when Montana Governor Steve Bullock, who didn't qualify for the first debate struck a personal note Had an 11 year old nephew Jeremy shot and killed on a playground We need to start looking at this as a public health issue, not a political issue. In the crowded field many candidates hoping for a breakout moment author Marianne Williamson may have gotten one If you think any of this wonkiness is going to deal with this dark psychic force Of the collectivized hatred that this president is bringing up in this country Then I'm afraid that the Democrats are going to see some very dark days

CHAPTER 06 / 55 Discussion

Steve Bullock, Tom Perez Climate Change Rhetoric

Montana Governor Steve Bullock is noted for his resemblance to actor Kevin Spacey and his tendency to look off-camera during the debate. DNC Chair Tom Perez is heard warming up the crowd with hyperbolic rhetoric regarding climate change, claiming it threatens the entire universe.

steve bullock· kevin spacey· tom perez· dnc· climate change

12:51 Okay, there are a couple of things we have to say about this first night. First of all, Bullock... Let me mention that I cut that short! Oh it was boring what they made there and not-I don't mean it to reflect badly, poorly on you because it's what we got. No no no... I think they hit the high points they got the punchlines they get Elizabeth Warren talking about that's what the Republicans do and then they had the Dark Knight thing or whatever this was her name said they had Bernie I wrote the law! You know in this well I have a couple other things So Bullock, now we hadn't seen him before and as I'm looking at this guy he if he when he can he also Incorrectly kept looking way too far to the right. So you only saw him on profile but about One-quarter profile He looked like Kevin Spacey and he kind of had that fake TV president thing about him Oh

13:51 I did not pick up on that, but i can see it. Yeah he has a lot of Kevin Spacey kind of look to him So that's why he is probably mugging He was mugging the whole... that's what I said, he was like a TV president. Kind of like oh, I'm above all this well no go away Bullock before everything started though and i only got this off of YouTube someone clipped it I had missed this The DNC chair what's his name Perez? Yeah, Perez! He was warming up the crowd and I don't know... yeah you were warm abecked I didn't see that but I got 12 seconds of him

14:27 on climate change because climate change is an economic crisis it's a public health crisis, it's a moral crisis. It threatens our universe and we must take action now! I missed that too so he sounds a lot like Howard Dean He does all he needed was... would have been perfect Howard Dean scream Speaking of Green New Deal or Climate Was it Elizabeth Warren who has the green Initiative plan or no green industrial plan. I'm sorry green industrial plan Maybe which I liked because the acronym is JIP like this is perfect Get your Green Industrial Plan out there, please It'd be pronounced GIP

CHAPTER 07 / 55 Discussion

Bernie Sanders Healthcare Ad, Don Lemon Criticism

Bernie Sanders was interrupted by moderators when attempting to discuss the healthcare industry's influence on political advertising. CNN's Don Lemon faces criticism for asking questions perceived as bigoted or lacking journalistic integrity, specifically regarding Trump voters and racism.

bernie sanders· big pharma· don lemon· cnn· journalistic integrity

15:18 Bernie had a nice, something you won't hear in that report for obvious reasons. He had a very nice point about the healthcare industry could have said big pharma but health care industry and was cut off immediately for touching the third rail by the way The healthcare industry will be advertising tonight on this program. Thank you Senator. Shut up! Get him off the stage! Shut up! Shut Up! Your time is up, 30 seconds. Shut up right now and stop! You don't do that Bernie. Wrong and Jake jumped in well done Jake. Threw himself on the grenade very good Jake now Don Lemon

16:02 Who of course only got to ask a few questions. I really felt he shouldn't have been there, he has no journalistic integrity and his questions were some of them were very racist or at least bigoted What do you say those Trump voters who prioritize the economy over the president's bigotry? So what are you saying it to those racists over there what your answer to that huh? What do you think like come on Don They shouldn't have had your right. He should not belong up there and he was just Made it cheap in the whole event now So the one clip I have at some length here is from Marianne Williamson, you know? I'm a fan. I love the candles and the bath and everything and and I'm all about this salts Bath bomb hmm Although I've always imagined more of a bubble bath guy

CHAPTER 08 / 55 Discussion

Marianne Williamson, Reparations and Spiritual Rhetoric

Marianne Williamson defended her proposal for $200 to $500 billion in reparations, framing it as a debt owed for 250 years of slavery and 100 years of domestic terrorism. Despite her "dark forces" rhetoric, she emerged as the most searched candidate on Google Trends during the first night of debates.

marianne williamson· reparations· antonio moore· slavery· google trends

16:58 I like the bubble bath. So, I learned this morning that Marianne Williamson is being coached by none other than Antonio Moore who have we discussed on the show a couple times in relationship to American descendants of slavery found an article that that spells that out quite clearly, that she's been calling. Because when she went into this I'm like either she's talking to someone who knows or she's been listening to the No Agenda show. Speaking of reparations Miss Williams, Miss Williamson many of your opponents support a commission to study the issue of reparations for slavery But you are calling for up to $500 billion in financial assistance. What makes you qualified to determine how much is owed in reparations? Well, first of all it's not 500 billion dollars in financial assistance It's 200-500 billion dollars payment of a debt that is owed That is what reparations is

17:53 By the way, notice how she deftly puts Don Lamon in his place and says it's not assistance Don. It's actual payment for debt owed or as we've heard here before services rendered. Deep truth-telling when it comes. We don't need another commission to look at evidence I appreciate what Congressman O'Rourke has said. It is time for us to simply realize that this country will not heal. All that a country is is a collection of people People heal when there's some deep truth-telling. We need to recognize that when it comes to the economic gap between blacks and whites in America, it does come from a great injustice that has never been dealt with. That great injustice has had to do with the fact that there was 250 years of slavery followed by another 100 hundred years of domestic terrorism What makes me qualified? To say 200 to 500 billion dollars I'll tell you what makes me qualified if you did the math

18:48 of the 40 acres and a mule, given that there was four to five million slaves at the end of the Civil War. They're fortified and they were all promised 40 acres in a mule for every family of four if you did the math today It would be trillions of dollars And I believe that anything less than 100 billion dollars is is an insult, and I believe the 200 to 500 billion Is politically feasible today because so many Americans realize there is an injustice that continues to form a toxicity underneath the surface An emotional turbulence this will reparations. Thank you very much Well, she nailed all the points. I don't think it'll help her much but she nailed it well She'd nailed Don Lemon too while she was at it Yes, so why he deserved that? She had a couple of good moments and we looked at the Google's dark side Clip yeah you mean for her with With the That's True girls

19:45 Is that what you're talking about? No, where she goes on about the dark forces. Yeah, you know she needs to shut up about that because I think she's probably evoking dark forces more than anything unless...I'm not so sure she's clean of dark forces and she's got all kinds of interesting spiritual stuff that she does and I didn't like that but these she was the most searched. You think she is Satanist? Nah, I don't think so She was the most searched on Google, according to Google Trends during and after the debate. A lot of people love tweeting those maps out And for the second evening it was Tulsi Gabbard who I liked in the first half of the show Let's just call it a show and I loved how she zapped Kamala Harris a couple times I have that complete exchange

CHAPTER 09 / 55 Discussion

Tulsi Gabbard vs. Kamala Harris, Criminal Justice Record

Tulsi Gabbard attacked Kamala Harris's record as a prosecutor, citing the incarceration of 1,500 people for marijuana violations and the blocking of evidence that could have freed an innocent man from death row. Harris defended her career by claiming she did the "hard work" of reforming the system from within.

tulsi gabbard· kamala harris· marijuana· death row· cheap labor

20:41 Yeah, good. In fact it's so good that it might be worth playing It's actually the only real long clip that I did. Most of these clips are extremely short because I knew you'd be irked by the fact that have one, two three five got like a dozen clips including some terrific Biden gaffes. Joe was informed. Yeah but let's analyze this is almost almost three minutes This is it starts with this is Tulsi versus Harris and this and to set it up, it starts with Biden trying to do the exact same thing. Yep! With almost the exact same points but Biden's up there fumbling and mumbling and he's stuttering and he's making all these... He just not performing well and I have to admit I was wrong when I... Hold on a second, I think you dropped out what did you say? I said I was wrong Oh!

21:46 It must be Skype. I was wrong when i said that they would juice him up for this debate. Probably some testosterone, I would think maybe some various kinds of roids Adderall B12... Worse than that you heard what he said right in the beginning when Kamala Harris walked out Go easy on me, kid. Oh yeah! Go easy on me, kid! That was dumb. Dumb-easy Yeah that was dumb but can I just call you Joe? So let's listen to this back and forth it's a very entertaining moment because it seems to me that here... This was Tulsi

22:37 cementing the distinct possibility of her being the vice president on a Biden ticket. False accusation that Joe Biden is a racist, what's your response? I want to bring the conversation back to the broken criminal justice system that is disproportionately negatively impacting black and brown people all across this country today. Senator Harris says she's proud of her record as a prosecutor and that she'll be a prosecutor-president but I'm deeply concerned about this record There are too many examples to cite, but she put over 1500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana. Boom! She blocked evidence... That was I mean what an easy one to do well prepared And just nailed it. I mean that was-and then you know that was just the first jab and then from there she sliced her

23:30 She blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so. She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California, and she fought to keep cash bail system in place! That impacts poor people in the worst kind of way." I liked that she specifically said cheap labor which is what the 13th amendment does and is one of the big problems, you cannot be a slave unless you're incarcerated. And California loves slaves! They love slavery that's kind of what Chelsea was saying Yeah...kind of...that's what she was saying Thank You Congresswoman Senator Harris your response? As the elected Attorney General of California I did the work of significantly reforming the criminal justice system of a state of 40 million people Now here i could hear she had her

24:33 Her whole drive as a rebuttal to anything was I did the work, I did the hard work. I've done all the work, I've done the work. She does some gratuitous slaps...I mean she does some cheap shots in here and she doesn't get away with it. Shes got her voice is cracking. She's very upset Very upset. to use the power that I had to reform a system that is badly in need of reform. That is why we created initiatives that were about re-entering former offenders and getting them counseling, it's why and because I know that criminal justice system is so broken... Thank you Senator. ...that I am an advocate for what we need to do not only decriminalize but legalize marijuana in the United States! I want to bring Congresswoman Gabbard back in now before she What she should have done here this was a mistake on her part because it would've been beautiful

25:35 She could have come back Tulsi and could have said well while you were doing the work of Incarcerating people to for cheap labor. I was in Iraq all right. I wasn't a rock something like that Yeah, I disagree with you. Oh really oh, I think that would've done great yeah, I don't think throwing the soldier card in at this point was would be, does works. I mean we only have two candidates in the whole 20 that have been to war and i think the public generally speaking is not interested in that kind of bragging. Well I'm glad she didn't listen to me then Well, I mean it's possible that you're right. I'm just saying i don't think...I don't like the idea. Yeah, I gotcha.

26:29 innocent people. You actually blocked evidence from being revealed that would have freed them until you were forced to do so there is no excuse for that and the people who suffered under your reign as prosecutor, oh you owe them an apology. Senator Harris My entire career I have been opposed, personally opposed to the death penalty and that has never changed. And I dare anybody who is in a position to make that decision To face the people I have faced to say I will not seek the death penalty That is my background That is my work I am proud of it

27:05 I think you can judge people by when they are under fire and it's not about some fancy opinion on a stage, but when they're in the position to actually make a decision what do they do. When i was in the position of having to decide whether or not to seek a death penalty on cases I prosecuted, I made a very difficult decision that was not popular to not seek the death penalty History shows that and I am proud of those decisions. Senator Harris, thank you very much! Senator Bennett the question for you... You know maybe see if they'd come back to Tulsi after that's when she could drop their rock bomb That's what she said fancy it wasn't so fancy in Iraq but thanks anyway No no no no It goes like this because because Harris used the words I was under fire Oh yes i was actually under fire oh that would have been nice wouldn't it

27:52 It would have been dynamite, but then they went to Mr. Pickles instead with the moving it to Bennett. Now I thought this other exchange between Harris and Gabbard was better for a couple of reasons and I also thought it showed how expertly Kamala Harris pivoted away from the danger. This was about health care. The reality is right now we don't have a healthcare system, we have a sick care system and there are far too many people in this country who are sick and unable to get the care that they need because they cannot... So at the core of this problem is the fact that big insurance companies and big pharmaceutical companies who've been profiting off the backs of sick people have had a seat at table writing this legislation

CHAPTER 10 / 55 Discussion

Healthcare Policy Debate, Kathleen Sebelius Endorsement

Tulsi Gabbard criticized Kamala Harris's healthcare plan by linking it to Kathleen Sebelius and the private insurance industry. Harris pivoted the discussion toward Joe Biden to avoid a direct rebuttal, though Gabbard's skeptical reaction on camera was noted by viewers.

tulsi gabbard· kamala harris· kathleen sebelius· medicare advantage· insurance

27:05 I think you can judge people by when they are under fire and it's not about some fancy opinion on a stage, but when they're in the position to actually make a decision what do they do. When i was in the position of having to decide whether or not to seek a death penalty on cases I prosecuted, I made a very difficult decision that was not popular to not seek the death penalty History shows that and I am proud of those decisions. Senator Harris, thank you very much! Senator Bennett the question for you... You know maybe see if they'd come back to Tulsi after that's when she could drop their rock bomb That's what she said fancy it wasn't so fancy in Iraq but thanks anyway No no no no It goes like this because because Harris used the words I was under fire Oh yes i was actually under fire oh that would have been nice wouldn't it

27:52 It would have been dynamite, but then they went to Mr. Pickles instead with the moving it to Bennett. Now I thought this other exchange between Harris and Gabbard was better for a couple of reasons and I also thought it showed how expertly Kamala Harris pivoted away from the danger. This was about health care. The reality is right now we don't have a healthcare system, we have a sick care system and there are far too many people in this country who are sick and unable to get the care that they need because they cannot... So at the core of this problem is the fact that big insurance companies and big pharmaceutical companies who've been profiting off the backs of sick people have had a seat at table writing this legislation

28:39 Now Kamala Harris just talked about Kathleen Sebelius who helped write her bill. This just pointed to the fatal flaw in her proposal. Sebelius works for Medicare Advantage, private insurance company who will stand to profit under her plan If we're seeking to really reform our healthcare system, we've got to shut out big insurance and big pharma out of the drafting process so they cannot continue to profit off the backs of sick people in this country who are searching and in desperate need of care. Well, unfortunately Representative Gabbard got it wrong. Kathleen Sebelius did not write my plan she's endorsed it as being one of the plans that is the best to get us to a place where everyone has access to health care in America and when we talk about this again I'm gonna go back to Vice President Biden because you're... See and this is what's wrong with the rules

29:32 What I didn't like because they should have come back to Tulsi Gabbard after this, but she was very smart Harris She said well. I'm gonna pivot over here to Biden and when you mention Biden then he gets to respond so it pulled And then Gabbard didn't talk for another 15 minutes This is true But I will say this because they kept it on a on Screen as a two-shot They had Harris on the left and and gabbered under or that Tulsi on the right When she says, well she had nothing to do with it. She just endorsed it and Tulsi just had this great smile. Yeah right! That was a great smile And that was enough to close the deal for me I agree, I agree, I thought it was... CNN just got lucky Kamala Harris did respond to these attacks

CHAPTER 11 / 55 Discussion

Kamala Harris Post-Debate Reaction, Assad Comments

Following the debate, Kamala Harris dismissed Tulsi Gabbard's attacks during an interview with Anderson Cooper, labeling herself a "top-tier candidate." Harris criticized Gabbard for being an "apologist" for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whom she called a war criminal.

kamala harris· anderson cooper· tulsi gabbard· bashar al-assad· war criminal

30:20 After the show with Anderson Cooper. Did you did you expect that? What did you see this bit or you might have Okay, so you know what her tactic is Had had you had interaction about that in the past and how do you think it went well I mean listen This is going to sound immodest, but I'm obviously a top tier candidate. And so I did expect that I would be on the stage and take hits tonight because there are a lot of people that are trying to make the stage for the next debate. Yeah, for a lot of them it's do or die? Well yeah and especially when people are at zero one percent or whatever she might be in. So I did expect that I might take hits tonight. But you know listen I think this coming from someone who has been an apologist for an individual aside

31:09 Assad who has murdered the people of his country like cockroaches. She who has embraced him and apologized for him in a way that she refuses to call him a war criminal, I can only take what she says in her opinion so seriously and so you know, I'm prepared to move on. I'm prepared to move on! This may sound somewhat immodest. Yeah, it doesn't look good on you Ms Harris She just came across as snide snooty bitchy mean angry Now I didn't think I don't think she smiled once well fake smiles like

CHAPTER 12 / 55 Discussion

Joe Biden Website Gaffe, Joe30330 Spoof

Joe Biden ended his debate performance by mistakenly telling viewers to visit "Joe 30330" instead of texting the number. The error led to the registration of joe30330.com by a spoof candidate named "Josh for America," while other redirects pointed to Andrew Yang's campaign.

joe biden· call to action· joe30330· andrew yang· josh for america

31:51 Not like in I think she's done. I think she's toast Yeah, and and just to finish up my thought on Tulsi Gabbard all that stuff was great And then near the end you know she's wrapping up and it's all I heard was progressive talking points and uh this She didn't have a great ending no, and she's the only one Unless you count Biden which I had that clip She's the only one who didn't did this? This is I think all the candidates obviously watched the first debate because in the first debate only one candidate or maybe two dropped their, when they rapped they dropped their website address. Except for Joe! On the second night no Tulsi didn't have hers either that if that i recall. Yes she did

32:38 I don't think so. Oh no, you're right! You know what? They cut her off really quickly at the end which is also odd. I don't think they did as well with the moderation on the second night as it did the first night which was really good Well the first night a couple of people did their websites and then the second night they all did it Yeah Except Joe... And Joe did the following-I have the clip And it's gotten a lot of attention. I don't want to do my Joe Biden stuff right away, but where is it here? It's the Joe Biden 33 that think it's called We've acted together we have never never never been unable overcome whatever the problem was if you agree with me go to joe-303-30 and help me in this fight

33:25 And I'm kicking myself this morning as i see that some guy of course registered joe30330.com and put up some spoof No, I don't think so. I heard it was Yang and he has a redirect right to his own website. Uh no i thought it was some guy named...a fake candidate named Joe let me see it might have changed let me show you joe30330.com Let's see what's up there now. Josh for America Oh josh for america okay yeah meet josh the first Gen Zer to declare candidacy for this office

34:04 Alright, so I was pissed like oh what an opportunity could have done it. We might have been on time if This is like being the tenth caller. I mean you know everybody was hitting that thing You weren't a lot of people got that idea? I'm sure I'm sure but what day what is he say? What is that well It's a big cock up Peter in what he was supposed to say his text Joe 2 3 0 3 3 o But instead, because everyone was saying go to... That's what it was. It was a text! Which by itself is stupid there's no call-to-action with texts Joe to 303 that's not a call to action He does have a website I think it's joe2020joepipe Yeah joe2020.com So yeah it showed the world okay general point

CHAPTER 13 / 55 Discussion

Presidential Age Limits, Reagan Astrology Anecdote

A discussion on the advanced age of 2020 candidates leads to an anecdote about Nancy Reagan's use of astrology. It is claimed that Ronald Reagan's swearing-in as Governor of California was scheduled for shortly after midnight based on an astrologer's advice regarding "power times."

joe biden· bernie sanders· ronald reagan· nancy reagan· astrology

34:55 I'm sorry, I don't want a president this old. I don't want Bernie Sanders as the president that old either This has got to be cut off It's just...I am done with it! Too old! I can't vote for guys like that And Trump? Same boat! You know, Trump is crazy now Wait until he starts losing his mind And you know dementia it can happen, you know It can happen at any minute wrap of a hat. It can happen at any minute You start losing it and who knows what could go wrong? What kind they happened with Reagan and he was still in office in the second term Right well I'd take Melania then running running the show because isn't that what Nancy did wasn't she running the show for a while No, I think you're thinking of Woodrow Wilson's wife

35:42 I thought Nancy got all her star charts and... Well, she always did that. I remember when Reagan first got elected governor of California they had the swearing-in ceremony at like 1215, you know right after midnight And they looked into it, and it was because Nancy had a astrology who said this is the power time. It's the right time to do it! Yeah exactly. So at 12 midnight they're having this swearing in ceremony in Sacramento I guess Reagan was just like okay whatever fine... Alright Nancy let's go. Whatever we have to do. Alright Nancy so lets get some of these clips out of the way because some are short and funny

CHAPTER 14 / 55 Discussion

Cory Booker, Impeachment and Redacted Mueller Report

Cory Booker is criticized for his rhetoric regarding the Mueller report, specifically his emphasis on having read the "redacted versions" as if they were superior to the full document. Booker also name-dropped Senator Debbie Stabenow to appeal to the Michigan debate audience.

cory booker· debbie stabenow· mueller report· impeachment· propaganda

36:32 I have, this is one that got my attention. This is Booker bringing up some stuff. I think this may have been at the end or during one of his raps and I'm listening to this going what? This is Booker Debbie play that clip. I believe that we in the United States Congress should start impeachment proceedings immediately and I'll tell you this Debbie Stabenow now has joined my call for starting impeachment proceedings because he is now stonewalling Congress not allowing or subjecting themselves to the checks and balances. We swore an oath to uphold the Constitution, the politics of this be damned! Isn't Stabenow a... Who the hell's... What does Debbie Stabenow got to do with anything that would bring her in? She's not a candidate or important person

37:23 Oh, it's because she is from Michigan. That's why they were in Michigan. He was just dropping a name. Exactly he is just trying to get a go. Okay the national audience here's another one from Booker this is him on the redacted report usage. My response is... Stop stop! This is one of those clips where I want I'm going to analyze it because it's the way he does this that I thought was fascinating because it made zero sense, but play it. My response is exactly that. I've read the report. I've read the redacted versions of the report. We have something that is astonishing going on in United States of America. We have a president that is not acting like the leader of the free world. He's acting like an authoritarian against the actual constitution that he swore and oath to uphold. All right.

38:17 This is a very interesting structure in terms of propaganda. He makes it sound as though the redacted versions are even more important than reading the report itself. Yes, now he goes I've read the report in fact... he didn't say in fact but that's what he is implying In fact I've read the REDACTED REPORT! As though its better What? What is this?! Well so it's a mistake in his brain and I think there are other things that go on there None of the senators or anyone in Congress is allowed to say, from the Democrats, they've seen the unredacted Mueller report. You remember there was like well no if you don't release it unredacted into the world then we don't want to see it!

39:04 Right. So he's got that in his head and he has to say, I think he was trying to correct himself by saying well i've seen the redacted but instead he made it sound like it was really super special That's a good catch! I'd forgotten about that Tool now we now we have Inslee who is the wait before you can I do one Booker? Oh, yeah. Good. Oh, yeah if you got Booker, yeah, I'm a booker Yeah, and I kind of like this because it had profanity in it. Well couple things first of all mr Vice president You can't have both ways you invoke President. This was a good zinger so it was about climate thing was was it criminal justice or climate change one

CHAPTER 15 / 55 Discussion

Cory Booker vs. Joe Biden, Immigration PhD Gaffe

Cory Booker attacked Joe Biden for selectively invoking Barack Obama's legacy while dodging criticism for past administration policies. The exchange touched on a Biden gaffe suggesting that anyone with a PhD should be allowed to "walk across the stage" into the country.

cory booker· joe biden· barack obama· immigration· phd

39:44 Biden was being really evasive because he didn't want to fall into the trap that whatever Obama had, well it'll become apparent when we play the clip. So he was waffling around basically saying I know you couldn't say I didn't agree with what we did then didn't agree at the time and then Booker nails him with this. Well a couple things first of all Mr Vice President you can have it both ways you invoke President Obama more than anybody in this campaign you can do it when it's convenient and then dodge it when it's not And the second thing, and this really irks me because I heard the vice president say that if you've got a PhD you can come right into this country. Well that's playing into what the Republicans want to pit some immigrants against other immigrants from shithole countries and some of them worthy. We need to reform this whole immigration system and begin to be the country that says

40:32 Everyone has worth and dignity, and this should be a country that honors everyone. Don't let the Republicans divide this party against itself! And he was right about that I thought there was a gaffe that Biden made. Hey if you've got a PhD bring him in! He said if they could walk across the stage to bring him in...he had some crazy gaffe there too which I didn't catch-I mean I didn't get a clip of Yeah, there's that and all that but when Booker goes on in that direction about the just let everyone flow in you know he should have added because who is going to clean our toilets? Which was a comment on The View which was so funny. Because that's what he's implying! That was good

CHAPTER 16 / 55 Discussion

Jay Inslee, Climate Change and Science Rhetoric

Washington Governor Jay Inslee positioned his climate plan as the "gold standard," criticizing Joe Biden's proposals as "middling." Inslee argued that science and computer models dictate a ten-year timetable to move off coal, while Biden struggled with statistics regarding U.S. pollution levels.

jay inslee· climate change· joe biden· fossil fuels· computer models

41:20 Now let's go to, this is Inslee who came and was just horrible. There were two guys that were the worst, Inslee and Bennett which I call Mr Pickles because Bennett has got this little bitty mouth that looks like he does nothing all day but eat pickles or do whatever else he would with a really small mouth like him. But Inslee is the nutcase with climate change, takes credit for everything. He's from Washington State. He has a bonehead. Now he has it either...it may be a tick or it's something about his muscles because the right side of his mouth kept going down

42:03 Did you notice that? I mean, i'm really sensitive. I noticed that but it sounds like Bell's palsy. No...I think it's a tick yeah and i'm always looking at this stuff. Yeah you're more aware of him. I'm pretty aware of him for a normal person. Yeah no and but he was lucky because he could turn his head to the right all the time and he didn't really see it but it's kind of odd And he has a you know school headmaster kind of vibe about him. Yeah, he's annoying But there was a good one and then they had it followed by Biden gaffe Which is always which I'm gonna like to get into a couple of those but let's play This is Inslee followed by biting gas Well, I know the first horrific impact of climate change on Americans across the country already just look at my face family who I saw with their

42:52 aluminum home, now just a pile of molten aluminum. They lost everything in the paradise of fires. The non-profit in Davenport Iowa that was washed away in the floods we have to act now Look, climate change is not a singular issue. It is all the issues that we Democrats care about it is health. It is national security. It is our economy and we know this middle ground solutions like the vice president has proposed or sort of middling average size things are not going to save us too little too late is too dangerous

43:35 And we have to have a bold plan and mine has been called the gold standard. Now, we also need environmental justice. I was in zip code 48217 in Detroit neighborhood the other day right next to an oil refinery where the kids have asthma and they have cancer clusters. And after talking to these folks, I believe this. It doesn't matter what your zip code is. It doesn't matter what your color is. You oughta clean air and water in America. That's what I believe. Governor Inslee just said that your plan is middling. There's no middle ground about my plan the fact of matter is I call for the immediate action to be taken first of all one of the things that we're responsible 15% of all the pollution in the country In the country? What?! Instead of in the world he said yeah, it's 15 percent in the country This is why he cannot be president

44:32 He has too much of this. He's a gaffe meister! I have a collection of gaffes if you're interested Well, let's play the part two of the Inslee clip and put it there for some reason is probably something he said funny Look we have- Right there There was a lot of look fact of the matter at the end of day It was a lot of... The deal is? A lot of the, oh the dea- look! The fact of matter is that the deal is. Look we have to, these deadlines are set by science Mr Vice President your argument with, it's not with me its with science and unfortunately your plan is just too late. The science tells us that we have to get off coal in 10 years

45:09 Your plan does not do that. We have to have off of fossil fuels in our electrical grid at 15 your pan simply does not do that I've heard you say that we need a realistic plan Here's what? I believe here's what I believe. I believe that survival is realistic and that's the kind of plan we need He says the science determines the timetable or something like that their very beginning its computer models, not science Do these guys even know that computer models are behind all this crap? No, of course they don't. And it just dawned on me about Joe. Joe is really in a fight for the first time he's always been set up He's always been the shoe-in I mean he has run for things he has lost before but look at him with Obama

CHAPTER 17 / 55 Discussion

Political Pecking Order, Trump vs. Jeb Bush

The "chosen one" mentality in political parties is discussed, noting how established figures like John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Jeb Bush were expected to be nominees based on a perceived pecking order. Donald Trump's 2016 victory is credited with disrupting this traditional system.

donald trump· jeb bush· john mccain· mitt romney· joe biden

46:02 You know it's like I'm gonna win, it's everything. It was...I think he expected it to be just as rigged as ever for in his favor or something you know? Yes because these old-time politicians Hillary was one of them that they all believe that there's a pecking order this is what the Republicans with John McCain running for president why did they run him yes I mean John McCain was you know he was overlooked a few rounds earlier and so he had this the chosen one mentality and then the party went along with it. This was gonna, this happened again with Romney to a lesser extent but definitely happened with Jeb Bush and he would have been the nominee under most circumstances until luckily and that's if anyone doesn't like Trump as president imagine Jeb Bush

46:52 Luckily, Trump came along and knocked him out rather quickly. And that's what's happening to Biden except for the fact that these other candidates have no appeal and none of them have a Trump kind of karma or charisma. None of them! Not a single one. They're all playing the old game. Well I do have... if we want to just start doing some Biden ones, I do have a couple of Yang clips that are funny. Yeah now okay couple things about Yang 1. Socks Stop it. Just wear some normal socks He walked on stage with like some white... I mean he has black pants, black shoes White socks with blue stripes Stop You're hip we get it His slogan is I'm an Asian who loves math

CHAPTER 18 / 55 Discussion

Andrew Yang, Universal Basic Income Math

Andrew Yang's "Freedom Dividend" proposal of $1,000 per month for every adult is scrutinized for its cost, estimated at $150 billion monthly. Yang intends to fund the program through a 10% Value Added Tax (VAT) and claims automation and Amazon are responsible for closing 30% of American malls.

andrew yang· ubi· value added tax· amazon· automation

47:43 Yeah, you know I double-checked again. That's a ridiculous stereotype It's racist but he can say it because he's an Asian who loves math so it's funny and I think it's okay But I go look at his math because the idea is And that's really the only thing every answer is well I'm gonna give everybody $1,000 bucks a month that's 18 or older every man woman thing, 18 years or older in the United States will get $1,000 a month and he said do the math. I've done the math so i go to his website have we discussed this how is going to pay for this because I'm doing the math? I'm thinking well how many people is that 150 million that are over 18? I'm just making a guess here

48:25 $1,000 a month I count 150 billion dollars. That's quite a lot of money for your little Your little universal basic income is that how he's gonna pay forward? We're just gonna know 10% value-added tax That's right. He's the vet that's his plan it's like oh, yeah now I remember Yeah No it 10% today 15 tomorrow 21 next year That's the way it works never never never gonna go for the value and intent Especially not the vat camel and he's got some crazy stuff listen to this one This is debates young moving people to higher ground eight seconds. Yes Oh Oops sorry

49:10 pooped out. There we go, we are 10 years too late We need to do everything we can to start moving the climate in the right direction But we also need to start moving our people to higher ground And I'm giving you a thousand dollars for the trip Because we're all gonna die in the floods that's that's his point Okay, and here's this other short one this is yang on the AMA It is not just you Amazon is closing 30% of America's stores and malls and paying zero in taxes while doing it How is Amazon closing 30? What what is he talking about well, but he's well You know what he's saying. He's saying that the Amazon success Is drowning out small mom-and-pop shops true and that they pay zero tax while they're doing it That's what he's saying I mean do understand that right

CHAPTER 19 / 55 Discussion

Greta Thunberg, Climate Anxiety in Children

The psychological impact of climate change rhetoric on children is discussed, featuring a clip of a distressed young girl. Greta Thunberg's plan to cross the Atlantic on the racing yacht Malizia II to avoid flying is criticized as a dangerous and impractical publicity stunt.

greta thunberg· climate change· malizia ii· ocean crossing· anxiety

50:04 And yeah, it's what he thinks. Now here is the other one that this is not him or anybody else on the debate stage but this is the clip that has been floating around This is a traumatized girl clip and when I hear somebody talking about moving to higher ground as if something... I'm looking at... Let me look... Oh! This is such a sad clip oh my goodness Yeah, I am looking by the way The mud flats are there It's not silt Yeah, they are still there. I don't see him...I'm on higher ground but i don't know why you should move to higher ground but okay well You end up with this poor girl We need a trigger warning

50:43 Warning you are about to hear the voice of a severely abused child I just don't know if they're gonna do anything and I just I'm so concerned with the fact that If they're not going to change anything then what's gonna happen to? Humankind, what's gonna happen to our what's gonna happen to the whole world? It almost doesn't sound real when you see the video it's so it's so sad Yeah, she's dead sincere. Oh my god it's just the worst! How do you do this to these children? These global warming nuts... Do they have any sense of anything that

51:25 I mean, it's horrible. It's horrible you have a girl like that. There is nothing she is going to live in unless she kills herself which is always possible with this kind of pressure but she would live to be a fine old lady but no. You know Greta? Greta Thunberg. She is going to visit a couple of these climate change conferences because she can't fly, as you know I mean that would be killing the world. She will be making the crossing with the crew of the Malaysia 2, Malaysia 2, the 18 meter racing boat and they will go from New York? I think what she's gonna go to New York and Santiago on a racing yacht. An

52:19 Which is small. 18 meters, what is that? That's about a 50 footer? Yeah 55 feet probably That is the world's worst ride. Oh yeah, you see the picture she'll be... She will be puking the whole way! You're gonna have to fly her off with a chopper. Yeah that something for the book Red Book right there they're going to have to evacuate from from the ship There's no I mean and i'm a pilot You do have to be a professional just beyond one of those things for an ocean crossing. Yeah I think I would turn that down. I've flown in a lot of crazy aircraft but I don't think I'd want to do that one

52:58 Especially if you're down below. Oh, you can be so sick so sick but saving the world Thank You Greta yeah I will cook is oh I have my two biting clips are you? Play your I have I have his end comment, which is idiotic. We can play that right now. Yep. Four more years of Donald Trump will go down as an aberration hard to overcome the damage he's done but we can overcome it Eight more years of Donald Trump will change America in a fundamental way. The America we know will no longer exist." Now, when I heard that the first time, I'm like is he one of these conspiracy guys that thinks it's gonna be martial law and Trump will have a third term? Is that what he's thinking? Did he write... What is wrong with him?! Just for people who don't know you get two terms in America

CHAPTER 20 / 55 Discussion

Joe Biden Cognitive Health, Electric Vehicle Plan

Joe Biden's debate performance raised concerns about his cognitive health, including a confusing statement about Trump serving eight more years. Biden also proposed installing 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations by 2030, a number questioned given there are only 150,000 gas stations in the U.S.

joe biden· donald trump· electric vehicles· charging stations· detroit

54:01 So a total of eight years. Yeah, now maybe because you can get two extra two-year periods in government I don't know if you can be president No no but it doesn't happen But eight more years of Trump... He's just confused this is your point earlier Yep This is also my mea culpa for thinking that there's somebody in his camp is smart enough to juice him up. Well, you know who he has now? He's got the Sanders woman

54:39 Who used to who ran Bernie's campaign last time in 2016. Yeah, and he can you know they could shoot him up with some vitamin B12? No it didn't happen. There is all these other little crazy who knows what the military has you get something from the Pentagon but so this is the other one that I got I could capture which I thought was interesting this is the Biden charging station comment oh yes My plan calls for 500,000 charging stations around the country so by 2030 we're all electric vehicles. Yeah we'll all be electric vehicles and Detroit was like what?

55:20 Yeah, what are we going to do? First of all let's just do the math on this. 500 thousand charging... What do we need five hundred thousand? How many gas stations you don't know in the top your head nobody does but I'm gonna tell ya! I'll ask you though just take a guess how many gas stations are there in this country? I'm just gonna guess 50 thousand The estimate is between 112 and 150. They don't know for sure, I guess because of the quickie marts right but so there's a hundred and fifty thousand gassing max gas stations why do you need five hundred thousand charging stations if that's the case? Well maybe he meant to say 50,000 you know at this point we don't know what he was thinking because he said everything else wrong

56:06 Especially when it comes to numbers. That's a point well taken, especially when it comes to numbers you know I feel bad for him because he got pushed into this, he got coerced in they dragged him in don't worry Joe we've got your back and they screwed... You know the way it went down last night I'm thinking they actually Screwed him on purpose. The problem is no one really popped up to Take that space or if they did and it was Kamala Harris then Tulsi Gabbard derailed that Something is going on Joe is not well prepared, not shot-up I agree You ain't got a shoot him up with something and maybe a lot of this is just let him go Let them go. It'll be fun good for ratings Well

CHAPTER 21 / 55 Discussion

Hillary Clinton 2016 Ad, Trump Outreach

A retrospective on the 2016 election examines a Hillary Clinton ad that attempted to link Donald Trump to the KKK. This is contrasted with Trump's "What have you got to lose?" pitch to black voters, which some analysts believe was more effective than Clinton's negative campaigning.

hillary clinton· donald trump· 2016 election· david duke· inner cities

56:58 Yes, well let me do the I think you're right. I think that they put him in that spot to I don't know maybe they figured well Let him take a lot of take a beating here So because he's got to deal with Trump was a real prick when it comes to doing this sort on stuff on stage They said what Trump will kill and I had to remember I remember back when Trump did his debates with Hillary He was eating win those debates No, it was all Trump. You know no he didn't he was just he was intimidating and he's I don't think he wasn't that good of a point He was great with the Republicans because there were a bunch of weenies But Hillary held her own and I think a lot of people thought she won the debates didn't help It's interesting you bring that up. I did uh I did a pilot show yesterday with Moe Think about doing the podcast or we did one episode and

57:47 Yeah, just it's stuff that'll flow into no agenda. It's kind of Aerosmith run DMC black meets white something like that We're still working on it And he brought a clip which I didn't realize may have been very instrumental in getting Trump elected by turning At least a percentage of the black vote away from Hillary but perhaps with this ad and I didn't remember this ad When you listen to this, what was the one line that Trump used that made black America go oh hold on a second. What? Why take a chance or... What have you got to lose? Yeah what do you get to lose I remember that so here was Hillary's ad

58:32 This is the newspaper of the Ku Klux Klan today. The front page story is, Make America Great Again with a big photo of Donald Trump. Will you unequivocally condemn David Duke and say that you don't want his vote or that of other white supremacists in this election? I don't know anything about white supremacy or white supremacist so...I don't know! Trump management was charged with discriminating against African-Americans and breaking federal law. If I were starting off today, I would love to be a well educated black because I really believe they do have an actual advantage. I have a great relationship with the blacks. Look at my African American over here! Look at him! The man that was, you say roughed up? He was so obnoxious maybe he should've been roughed up

59:17 Why doesn't he show his birth certificate? Why do you have to lose, your living in poverty. Your schools are no good You have no job 58% of your youth is unemployed The violence the death the lack of education In these inner cities it's unsafe You can walk through this door and get a loaf of bread you get shot Total poverty drugs and horrible horrible violence What Do you Have To Lose And according to Moe, he says that really did it. Especially the end what have you got to lose big echo effect? This is how stupid people can be and out of touch So a theory is that Hillary with that stupid ad got him elected Yes Because all you needed was support a theory as any you only need to pull a couple percent of the black member I do remember it vaguely

CHAPTER 22 / 55 Discussion

Joe Biden Medical History, Brain Aneurysms

Speculation regarding Joe Biden's fitness for office includes references to his two past brain surgeries for aneurysms. The discussion touches on his physical appearance, including past hair plug procedures, and his verbal stumbles during the debates.

joe biden· brain surgery· aneurysm· hair plugs· cognitive decline

1:00:12 Anyway, I've got 30 seconds of Joe bumbling around. Because we further support the ability to... You know the whole excuse me and so you know I looked at it anyway that's what I think my fact is that the bills that the president that excuse me their future president here that say that we need a realistic plan here's what I didn't see here's what I believe go to Joe 3-0, 3-3-O. Because when he was saying something it didn't come out right either so I'm sorry America if you thought Joe was your guy no he's just not now how are the polls did you see the polls at all? They don't think the big polls will be out until they're this show...I just want to know what the spin is and if mainstream still saying oh Joe still the frontrunner by us that they're gonna have to do that because who else amongst these 20 people

1:01:14 Well he's got the... well I was gonna say who's got the money? It's what it's always about. The media, these shows are really just the media evaluating the candidates and who can make the most money and give it to us for advertising so that you know they have to go with Joe. I don't think that's going to change I mean, there's eight more debates or six more debates. There's a lot more debates So they're gonna definitely have Joe is gonna have his day because there's no way that at one of these debates They don't pump him up with roids Speedballs anything and I sound cynical but I'm serious Well then let's be serious not let nuts not talk about speed balls What should we actually administer to him? I'm interested in what the what really is the solution

1:02:06 What does he need? Drugs, yeah. Pharmaceuticals. Adderall to start I think a lot of B12 from now until then but shots of B12 just to get his levels way up sharpen him up a little bit. I think there's a number of other brain helpers that you could probably use that would work testosterone for sure And give me a little more, uh... and what happened to his hair? He used to be Hair Plug Joe. Now he's just the bald guy! Dude the top of his head has been off what three times now is it two times or three times Yes we forget about that no one brings it up That's all you want do we still have that clip from let see Biden Head but we had this somewhere This maybe they should take it off for a third time and just pour some stuff in there

1:02:57 It's just... oh no, no. Just dump it in! Why can't I find that? That was too bad. Head, top of my head. Well, I can't find it but yeah he's had two is it two brain operations? Yeah One aneurysm so as emergency operation means its not a so great for Joe there. But I feel sad, I feel bad He's got it. He's gotta know that I do have for your consideration two ISOs Okay, well we always love that These are from Biden at number one and two you can play play one Mr.. President this is America Okay, thought would be a nice ending to the show yeah could be and there's just too This is the United States of America

CHAPTER 23 / 55 Discussion

No Agenda Show Art, Value-for-Value Model

The show honors artist Bear-Ass Gorilla for the episode artwork titled "Show Lee." The hosts discuss the importance of unique artwork in podcast apps and reiterate the "value-for-value" model, which relies on listener contributions rather than traditional advertising.

bear-ass gorilla· podcast art· value-for-value· no agenda· artwork

1:03:54 Yeah, I think the first one is better. But in the second one he doesn't... if you listen carefully he says United. This is the United States of America! Oh we have a winner. United. It's the United States of America! I have a little ditty for you as well My name is Felix Wolfson Can you imagine a world without no agenda? Without Adam or John, how would you survive? Well some of you might find refuge with Nick the Rat. His podcast isn't suitable for young and impressionable minds like mine We will be locked in mental cages in Dementia B listening to Nick the Rats Sewer Chat Podcast from The Toilet Please go to devorak.org slashinate and donate now Children shouldn't have to listen to podcasts out of toilet bowls I'm Nick the-

1:04:45 And I approve this message. And with that, I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you the man who put the sea in the vat camel John C Dvorak! In the morning to you Mr Adam Korean, demoneering our ships and sea boots on the ground feet in the air subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there. In the morning to the trolls hello trolls let's see how many trolls do we have today? We've got uh well...I can't find out how many trolls we have for some reason Anyway, and how about this? There we go 939 trolls in our troll room no agenda stream calm That's where you can hop on listen to the live stream Lots people like listening to the livestream stuff happens before he got pre shows tons of live shows bloopers well the pre-shows are the bloopers unfortunately and And it's fun. You meet people there. You can go hang out it is

1:05:41 Well, at your own risk. Enter at your own risk. Noagendastream.com Now the last episode 1159 1159 episodes in the can title of that was Show Lee and the artwork was related to our closed captioning segments there were a couple people who did that then this was a piece of art done by bare-ass gorilla Who I think he's had a couple other let me see. Oh, he had basic Spanish for Democrats That was his last thing that was his last Win on the art. Yeah, that was a good one

1:06:19 And there was no Spanish in the debates, did you notice? Yeah, they stayed away from that. Adios! Anyway... So a bunch of closed caption logos and it wasn't particularly funny Of course it was on really old TV with the big knobs on the front But it was appropriate and it was just a good piece of art. You look at that again, this is part of what we like about the value of the artwork people see this It shows up in their podcast apps and like oh there's something new It's just when instead of a little just a little badge that has a little extra number in there So you know how many you haven't actually listened to? A fresh piece of art ah let me click on that And it works and we appreciate it and you can participate no agenda

1:07:06 Artgenerator.com and we thank all of our artists, and today we honor Bear-Ass Gorilla for his contribution Thank you very much We should mention at some point that Adam Spiel which he just gave is all supposition. We have absolutely no evidence for any of it Correct. I'm trying to think... You can't come up with it contrary to that! But why would you talk me down, man? Because i just think we should need to be honest with the public. Okay, I will keep you to that go ahead sir. Fine, honest. Honesty first. I like this opposition and I think it makes nothing but sense

CHAPTER 24 / 55 Discussion

Cognitive Health Supplements, Ginkgo and Bacopa

A brief discussion on maintaining mental sharpness as one ages mentions various supplements. Recommendations include B12 shots, Ginkgo Forte, and Bacopa Complex as potential "brain helpers."

ginkgo forte· bacopa complex· supplements· cognitive health· b12

1:07:50 But I remember one time, I had... I was doing Silicon Spin and this woman who—I can't remember her name now but she did one of the books on Paul Allen. And I've always liked her and she sits there, she's always saying this crazy stuff on this show and out of the blue she says, is there any evidence that word-of-mouth actually works? Okay, well this is also kind of you. You know you like these things? Yeah this is true. It's true! And you like to be very literal when people speak and you like to stop the flow of conversation just to say there's no evidence of that There's NO EVIDENCE! This is bullcrap That's okay

1:08:34 But we like the art because it's pretty yeah, but when you when you get to be Joe's age You know which once you're there I'm gonna have to start warning you about stuff cuz you know I'll be Bobby juiced up. I could juice up for the show couple guys I took your advice you take two vitamin b12 before this show you told me once I don't if you still do that Oh No, I take ginkgo forte and Bacopa complex at Bacopa Bacopa Complex oh yeah now i'm tripping So let's thank a few people for show 1160. Starting with Sir Roy Pierce in Fort Pierce, of course Fort Pierce was an I not an E 334 he sent a note and you send it check-in there is note attached to it not much He says Teen Vogue published an article postulating prostitution should be available as a career choice

CHAPTER 25 / 55 Discussion

Hillary Clinton 2020 Speculation, Who Are These Podcasts

Listener Sir Carl speculates that Hillary Clinton may still enter the 2020 race due to the perceived weakness of the current Democratic field. The segment also plugs the "Who Are These Podcasts?" show and Sir Carl's marketing agency.

hillary clinton· 2020 election· sir carl· who are these podcasts· marketing

1:13:14 Yes, we have Harry Pilgrim but not Brock Pilgrim. No Brock? Okay sorry anyway thank you for that give him how much give him and also give Tracy a goat karma. A goat karma sure come here goat come here. You've got karma. Goats ahoy! Sir Carl with the K Rochester New York 233 33 John and Adam, this is my annual associate executive producership. And he'll be the first associate executive producer for show 1160 in honor of my smoking hot wife Jen whose birthday was celebrated on July 30th It seems like no agenda is gaining a ton of momentum lately and rightfully so

1:13:58 The show has been fantastic and will only get better when Hillary joins the race in October. Wait, wait... Isn't this where we say there's no evidence? I mean come on! There is no evidence of us gaining momentum?! I'm just reading the note. Not questioning the note, i'm just reading it. Oh okay alright. The show has been fantastic and only will get better when Hillary joins the race in October And by the way Hey, you know everyone sucks so bad. I mean how much what have you got to lose bring Hillary in? I Want to thank you for the plugs You've provided over and talk about somebody can get money yeah Oh Yeah And the media which is immediately jump on the bandwagon yep Every woman I've spoken to

1:14:49 who was a Hillary voter or considering considered voting for Hillary has all said, oh no I hope not please no. Oh no there's a real aversion they don't want to go through that agony again maybe that's it there so much trauma because you know they're gonna vote for her again yeah this trauma that's what it is your good point okay solved It's solved. Thank you for the plugs you provided over the years for my show, Who Are These Podcasts? Which is by the way a very good show it's about podcasts and he goes in these guys couple of them they go and they listen to a podcast and then they discuss what it's crummy especially JCD who listens or has listened and I dare say enjoys it because if your endorsements I'm proud to say we have a lot of no agenda fans on our subreddit probably

1:15:44 Probably promoting the best podcast in the universe. Well, at least that subreddit does because ours doesn't keep up the great work No jingles needed but I love a new business karma for my marketing agency much appreciated sir Carl with a K PS Jen turned 50 on July 30th. So it's not something she's super stoked about well Thank you for mentioning it Yeah, yeah, I'm sure she's real happy about that now He's on the list will be burning tonight Karma He's on the list. On the list. Dinner will be burned. Dave, what did you have to tell him that for? Dave Kaplan $230 and 42 cents. $333.33 Australian pesos. Okay you get bumped up executive producer. Executive producer thats right

CHAPTER 26 / 55 Discussion

Australian Spiders, Donation Dedouching

A donation from an Australian producer leads to a tangent about a massive spider photographed on a toilet in Sydney. The hosts also perform a "de-douching" ceremony for a donor who had not contributed since receiving a knighthood.

australia· spiders· gitmo· dedouching· executive producer

1:16:30 Donation for my birthday on 29th, which is what? Is that the July 29th? All Australians should know 230. Wow! $230 and 42 cents is 333 and that's all you have to donate to get an executive producer if you happen to be in Aussie If I was a younger man, I'd be saying to The Keeper let's go live like kings in Australia Did you see the picture of that spider No No. There was a spider, it was Fletcher or one of these guys... no it's Chris. Chris Wilson? He took a picture of a spider and this spider is on top of the toilet straddling the toilet bowl with legs on both sides of the thing Is he using it or just straddling it I don't know! Might be using it Or maybe putting up a web so that turds get caught I DON'T KNOW But it was gross Anyway

1:17:27 $29.7 in Sydney, which is the same as 28.7 in Gitmo this brings me to six hundred sixty-six dollars dot 66 toward being Sir Capo of Gunya Beach I guess Jingles Reverend Al money shot and it's true too do they had love yes for all for all you do now that's interesting because That's Manning that's not Reverend Al People do this a lot. They confuse the two so what does he want his money shot is true and to do that? Yes, okay I got You've got karma

1:18:23 Servoid in Tampa, Arizona $200. Uh ITM gents please de-douche me because I have not donated since my knighthood You've been dedouched Think you're immune to needing a deducing after you become a knight? No well ya know some people feel they need a good douching...dedouching Yeah, probably cleanse. It's like a cleanse Great shows recently Sir Voight and that be that no jingles no karma stuff for that So we want to thank these folks are being executive producers and associate executive producers for show 1160

CHAPTER 27 / 55 Discussion

Moyamoya Disease, Karma Success Stories

Listeners report successful medical outcomes following "karma" requests on the show. One report details a successful surgery for Moyamoya disease, a rare cerebrovascular disorder involving blocked arteries at the base of the brain that creates a "puff of smoke" appearance on scans.

moyamoya disease· surgery· karma· basal ganglia· stroke risk

1:19:00 Yes, and a little bit of feedback on our Karma. There's some follow-ups on Karma which is always fun to do Sir Chris we've spoken about him often you heard son Felix earlier he says ITM Adam & John... Karma works! You'll remember, against all odds, mom came home from hospital Friday afternoon. Not the hospital but from hospital She's up and about and taking care of herself again Thanks everyone for all their prayers karma good vibes and well wishes And thank you all for your courage Sir Chris the Drunken Minstrel And another karma follow-up Adam & John my wife Ashley Eisner Beyer was an associate executive producer on show 1155 she wrote in asking for some Karma for upcoming surgery

1:19:42 Moyamoya disease. What is that? I don't know. Moyamoya, look it up. I don't want it! M-O-Y-A-M-O-Y-A Look that up She wanted me to write you guys and let you know the surgery karma worked Her neurosurgeon told us her procedure went perfectly exactly as she planned. She's home from the hospital, the hospital and recovering with me at home getting back again better and back to normal every day we both love all the hard work you put in for the show and again the karma work thank you for your courage William Byer happy to hear that did you look it up?

1:20:18 It's terrible. You didn't look it up, did you? Yeah I did! What is it? Moyamoya disease a rare progressive cerebral vascular disorder caused by blocked arteries at the base of the brain in an area called the basal ganglia The name moya-moya means puff of smoke and Japanese and describes the look of the tangle of tiny vessels formed to compensate for the blockage Wow Learn something every day here on the NOA Agenda Show. Stuff you don't want that and whatever Joe Biden has we don't want any of that Well indeed, thank you And we have a number of executive producers I read this way We need to learn a little more okay under is Moyamoya disease curable? Moyamoya does not improve without treatment

1:21:08 While Moyamoyil itself is not curable, surgery to provide alternative blood flow to the brain prevents the symptoms related to Moyamoya and can provide an excellent long-term outcome with significant stroke risk reduction. The more you know in the morning And thanks to our executive producers and associate executive producers for supporting our show. The NOAH Agenda Show, it is after all your podcast we treat you like Hollywood producers because you're putting the money in, you're keeping it going that's exactly what you do well... We don't really have the actors and actresses for you to hang out with and go pouring around with. Yet! Yeah, we are working on it 11 years and we are working on it

CHAPTER 28 / 55 Discussion

Joe DiGenova, Declassified Documents Delay

Attorney Joe DiGenova's predictions regarding the release of declassified documents related to the 2016 Trump campaign spying investigation are discussed. Despite claims that documents would be released to overshadow the Democratic debates, the expected revelations have yet to materialize.

joe digenova· bill barr· declassification· trump campaign· still report

1:21:50 But it is of course the only way we keep going, take no money from any commercial interest. No commercials nothing It's all you it is your show and that's why you can take these valuable credits put them anywhere where they will be recognized if anyone has a problem with it We'll be very happy to vouch for you And everyone else will be thanking people $50 and above in our second segment and please remember we have another show coming up on Sunday To contribute and to support the show go to Dvorak.org Well, now you know exactly what was wrong with Joe Biden. You can go out there and tell them that and propagate it! Our formula is this... We go out we hit people in the mouth. Mr President this is America. Shut up Steve! Well uh what's the date? Today is August 1st 2019 No wait, what day of the week? It is a Thursday Oh huh

1:22:54 Well, I've got this clip here from Bill Sill. He's a guy who is an old radio... looks like a radio guy that does podcasts. You know what? I did not clip this because it was dumb and nothing happened but no you have to get this to rub it in my face thank you all right go for it! Explain this to me now Bill Sill plays a lot of Genova clips like you do. Gee, thanks John! My favorite guy Joe DiGenova yes US Attorney. So here's the thing that ran he ran this is on his podcast on Tuesday I don't have the whole thing i got a minute of it but why don't you play this and then we get we can talk

1:23:34 You're such a dick. Good afternoon reporting on the coup, remember back to the dim recesses of time when President Trump ordered new Attorney General Bill Barr to declassify information regarding how spying on the Trump campaign started in 2016? Oh that was May 23rd of this year I know it seems like ages ago but it was only nine plus weeks ago A month before that, Joe DiGenova the former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia previewed what was coming down the pike with this revelation which we discussed on April 25th 2019 in Still Report 2648

1:24:19 Well, the wheels of a righteous Justice Department do grind slowly but very very surely and the first visible fruits of that are about to appear. According to Digenova, the first load of declassified documents ordered released by President Trump will start to come out tomorrow Wednesday revealing who was behind it And yes, this news will cover up to a certain extent the next televised debate among the Marxist socialists sometimes known as the current Democrat Party. Yeah there's an interview where he said that I thought you were gonna play that because I have the interview where DeGeneva says it's coming out on Wednesday... I took the summary course yeah I've left the DeGeneva stuff to you

1:25:08 If you want to play a DeGeneva clip, but no. So what is he talking about this guy DeGeneva? No well DeGenoa says that the investigate the investigators is starting up in these these What does the guys name there's two Two prosecutors two special prosecutors who are going after The deep state drain the swamp And it's all happening and he gets everybody all jacked up, and then it doesn't happen so I know nothing came out. So I don't know usually Degenera is slacking

CHAPTER 29 / 55 Discussion

Ralph Peters, John Ratcliffe DNI Nomination

Former Fox News analyst Ralph Peters, now on CNN, criticized the nomination of Congressman John Ratcliffe for Director of National Intelligence. Peters argued that Ratcliffe is "profoundly unqualified" compared to previous directors like Jim Clapper, while the hosts debate the necessity of the DNI position.

ralph peters· john ratcliffe· dni· cnn· jim clapper

1:25:48 Well, or that if somebody should call him out on this. Now I'm reminded Jeven DeGeneva is reminding me of this guy who's now on CNN used to be on Fox all the time and you remember if you saw him he go yeah that guy and if you look at him up on the Wikipedia or looking his background but he was suspended numerous times they called used to be on Fox news this guy Ralph Peters and Ralph Peters one of these hit man he's like a guys ex-I don't know he's ex intelligence in his ex military lieutenant colonel, I think. And he comes on and he's a bulldog. He goes out there and he said like Obama is a pussy! And it'd go on and just slam the Democrats and Obama and that bomb administration. It was just that...and he was always grouchy and he was just like you

1:26:38 you know, horrible guy. And I mean even if you like that sort of thing on the right this was your guy for a while but he got tiresome and they finally fired him from Fox. He says he quit okay quit because now why did he quit? Oh because now he doesn't like Trump even though he was an attack dog for awhile so now is on CNN and now because he's a hired gun this reminds me of remember Ed Schultz unfortunately died. Ed Schultz used to be dog on MSNBC. They fired him, they sent him to RT. He went to RT and then he became just the opposite! And then he died? And then he died. Like within a year it was really sad poor Ed. But he was an attack dog by profession so here he is Ralph Peters on CNN now he's on the other side and he's attacking Trump well The fundamental problem seems that we have a president who refuses to accept empirical reality

1:27:35 whether it's presented to him before his eyes or through an intelligence briefing. We have a president who in the intelligence briefings he does get, I can tell you that our intelligence personnel have had to reduce extremely complex issues to one page of bullet points and the president's mind still wanders off that one page. So you've got a guy who is not interested in intelligence, he somehow believes that he can make it up as he goes and yes, he wants sycophants, he wants Yes Men, he doesn't want to be challenged And he has found, it appears to me the perfect sycophant. Someone who is utterly unqualified, utterly profoundly unqualified to be the director of national intelligence and Anderson hired somebody on CNN earlier actually saying well you know you can learn on the job no you cant

1:28:31 It's like learning to be a brain surgeon on the job, except that intelligence work is much tougher. You can learn on the job if you've got 20 years or 30 years but you have got to understand everything from humans and agents who are out there risking their lives up to satellites, technology and analysis. You have to have deep background in world affairs profound. You can't just Wikipedia, you know go to Wikipedia for the problems and so again this candidate that wonderfully named Congressman Ratcliffe, that's a screenwriters dream he shouldn't be anywhere near the office of the Director of National Intelligence think about people we've had in those years Jim Clapper people like that who know what they're doing gave their lives to intelligence

1:29:21 Are you gonna put a monkey in there? Okay, I was about to call you out for two back-to-back boring clips but the end got kind of funny there. Well yeah but the punchline at the end was the funniest! Yeah i heard it He's a monkey. Yeah, well I thought that was good but anyway... Sad I waited so long for it So well you know this guy but the guy goes he was always long-winded he goes on and on and this guy Radcliffe if you look him up you know he's a lawyer and he's in Congress Now hold on now you gotta back up You got to tell people what's going on because okay It's not just American AM radio listeners I'm getting a lecture here yeah I am lecturing you hell yeah

CHAPTER 30 / 55 Discussion

History of the DNI, 9/11 Intelligence Reform

The Director of National Intelligence position was created following the 9/11 Commission's findings to facilitate better information sharing between the FBI and CIA. Critics argue the role has become a figurehead position for retirees rather than a functional oversight office.

dni· 9/11 commission· fbi· cia· intelligence sharing

1:30:03 And now the director of, this is a bogus position. This called Director of National Intelligence has been peopled by people that are like there's like a retiree gets in there like clapper I'm going to disagree with you but i'll come back to you in a second and the reason I say that it's just a figurehead job because these agencies don't cooperate with each other and this guy supposed to make it all come together with one big boss at the top Who was the director of intelligence for Bush? The Director of National Intelligence. Yes, which is different well let's see who was before Bush Bush preceded by Well, let me find him here I'll just give you the answer Okay Give me the answer Uncle Don my uncle Don he left the CIA to become the director of national intelligence He so i'm gonna disagree a little bit with the figurehead Now maybe this was different 40 years ago well director of national intelligence DNI

1:31:08 is a new position. When was Uncle Don in that job? Bush, well you know what as they would say let's stick a pin in this and I'll check but okay it's... This came in as a result of 9-11. Then maybe he was national security advisor. I'm wrong yes But this job was designed after the 9-11. Because all the FBI knew this and the CIA knew that, and if the FBI and the CIA both knew what each other knew it never would have happened so we got to create this bogus

1:31:50 position. So they create this position and the last guy was Clapper, and he does the guy every time they ask him a question you didn't know anything which proves that it's a bogus position yeah so this guy Ratcliffe who seems to be qualified to me he's on the intelligence committees has been in Congress for a long time he sees a hot shot lawyer He's a big defender of Trump, there is no doubt about that. He's the guy who chewed out... He's on the intelligence committee right? Yeah! So he's the shill, it's the guy you want So he's a guy that can be, to do the job. But now according to Peters who is now at UNICEF they'll get sick of this Peters character on CNN because it's too much. I mean as bad as these other people are they're clownishly bad This guy seriously bad in terms that he is very serious and stern And the other ones are just funny like Navarro and these other people They're just hilarious you cannot laugh at them

CHAPTER 31 / 55 Discussion

Connected Car Vulnerabilities, Remote Hacking Risks

A report from Consumer Watchdog warns that new car models with internet-connected vital systems are vulnerable to remote hacking. Demonstrations show hackers taking control of steering and braking, leading to calls for a physical "kill switch" to disconnect vehicle computers from the internet.

consumer reports· car hacking· white hat hackers· kill switch· cybersecurity

1:32:45 So this guy's not gonna fit in to it. I don't know where he's gonna end up, the Blaze maybe who knows? Yep! It's time to go OTG! There are a couple of news stories that I desperately want discussing since this is all about connected everything in your life And it's been going on two years now that I have not had any type of smart device that does anything other than phone calls, text message and has a web browser. And I feel pretty damn good about it. We'll start with consumer reports It is not the hacking vehicles is unknown

1:33:35 But you're going to want to think about what your next car will be. Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court says this report released today is a result of interviews with 20 anonymous whistleblowers, including software engineers, technologists and experts working in the auto industry who warn many of the new models released next year will automatically connect their vital systems including engine, braking and steering to the internet. And that these cars are at risk of being remotely controlled by hackers. Consumer Watchdog points to this YouTube video showing two white hat hackers those who find vulnerabilities and inform the auto industry The guy in the back seat with a laptop appears to be connected to the car over his cell phone internet connection

1:34:21 He's going to try to take control of the steering three two one Here is another YouTube video which appears to show Chinese white hat hackers Inside the car while another hacker whose reportedly in their office 12 miles away tries to take control with the brakes Consumer Watchdog says whistleblowers are warning it is technically possible for hackers to take control of hundreds or even thousands of cars at the same time. Now wait for it... It completes the brakes in all of them, steers the cars off the road and there's chaos and people die So what can be done about this? Consumer Watchdog says a kill switch could be installed that would disconnect the cars vital systems from the internet

1:35:09 and that would enable cars to be operated safely immediately following an attack, a more complete fix would be to disconnect the car's computer from the internet to begin with. We are talking about the possibility of a 9-11 scale attack on America. And the car makers, remarkably know it but haven't fixed it We reached out to all of the major auto manufacturers many have responded by saying their vehicles will be equipped with state of art security features and that they are partnering with researchers both in government and private industry to make sure they're up to date can meet the challenges

1:35:47 I really like the idea of just all of a sudden some nefarious terrorist flip a switch and everyone's car starts crashing in and driving off the road, braking rear-ending. Turn hard to the right and slam on the brakes every one at once! It'll be a beautiful choreographed move. It'd be something to see yeah but yeah this is obviously problematic Well i think that you've stumbled on our exit strategy Oh? I did manufacturing a small kill switch that's been embedded in every car you get it on there and as soon as again just turn it on all the time no no yeah it comes in an op in our kill switch system. It's a system John, our vehicular systems better that adds at least 20 to 50 dollars. Yeah our vehicular cyber protection system

CHAPTER 32 / 55 Discussion

Bill Barr, Warrant-Proof Encryption Debate

Attorney General Bill Barr has criticized "warrant-proof encryption," arguing it creates law-free zones for criminals. Barr is calling on the tech community to develop "lawful access" solutions that allow law enforcement to decrypt communications without compromising overall security.

bill barr· encryption· backdoors· cybersecurity· law enforcement

1:36:45 is about a foot and half long box. You get it at home, and it has basically some gaffer tape and aluminum foil. So you put the aluminum foil around your car, you're going to be fine! But this is crazy... It really is. And the oh so beloved Bill Barr, Attorney General Bill Barr he doesn't give a crap about our own protection in particular when it comes to encryption you remember where Comey was on all this crap

1:37:23 Comey and Brennan too. They were always like, oh we can't have these apps in Silicon Valley Can they can be encrypted? It's no good Well, we have a term now for it is called warrant proof encryption And your current administration doesn't want you to have it the deployment of warrant-proof Encryption is already imposing huge costs on society It seriously degrades the ability of law enforcement to detect and prevent crime before it occurs. And after crimes are committed, it is thwarting law enforcement's ability to identify those responsible or successfully prosecute the guilty parties These costs will grow exponentially as deployment of warrant-proof encryption accelerates

1:38:14 and criminals are emboldened by their ability to evade detection. Converting the internet and communications platforms into a law-free zone, thus giving criminals the means to operate free of lawful scrutiny will inevitably propel an expansion of criminal activity. If you remove any possibility that the cops are going to be watching a neighborhood, the criminals already in the neighborhood are gonna commit a lot more crimes but there has been enough dogmatic pronouncements that lawful access simply cannot be done it can't and it must be

1:38:57 We are confident that there are technical solutions that will allow lawful access to encrypted data and communications by law enforcement without materially weakening the security provided by encryption. But I am suggesting that it is well past time for some in the tech community to abandon the posture, that a technical solution is not worth exploring and instead turn their considerable talent to developing products that will reconcile good cybersecurity to the imperative of public safety and national security. That's right, from now on we're going to call him Bill Barr, The Back Door Man!

CHAPTER 33 / 55 Discussion

Facebook Messenger Encryption, Surveillance Skepticism

Facebook's plan to implement end-to-end encryption in Messenger includes a system to scan messages for illegal content and report it to the cloud. Critics argue that mass surveillance has failed to stop major crimes like the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, only serving the interests of government agencies.

facebook· whatsapp· encryption· surveillance· fbi stings

1:39:38 And Silicon Valley is adhering to this. They are obedient and here's how it works, Facebook is the first one they're doing with Messenger and with WhatsApp and I think a lot of people use WhatsApp they're putting the encryption in a special portion of their app and this portion of the app will actually be scanning based upon I think keywords for certain things, undetermined. If it finds something that could be deemed illegal it will shoot that message back to the cloud back to Facebook so can be analyzed as for your protection of course you know this kind of

1:40:31 So they're saying it's end-to-end encryption, but it's so smart that should something really bad happen then you know we got your back everybody because it'll just ping our servers with whatever you're doing. This sort of surveillance which we've already identified as really part more of a blackmail scheme by the government agencies and on the behest of individuals of course is really ridiculous because and people buy into it Because what did all the surveillance, we got the NSA. We've got the phones are tapped everything we do every communication is followed and observed and the term he used which was lawful scrutiny. Lawful scrutiny! So it's all this lawful scrutiny And meanwhile we have a shooting in Gilroy at The Garlic Festival by some lone nut

1:41:25 and we still haven't gotten to the bottom of, and we still have these events that take place. They have not stopped as I think Rory McGovern likes to point out that all the surveillance and all the spying on the public and oh we got to do this in that they haven't stopped one single crime that we know of unless they've set it up themselves like the FBI does every six weeks or so. This is an excellent point It's never up front, it's always after the fact unless it's a sting by the FBI. Something else that just popped into my mind and I've been going back and forth with Sir Chris Jacob he used to live out in that area and he is in the arms sales business in Nevada so he was the obvious guy to reach out too first of all

CHAPTER 34 / 55 Discussion

Gun Control Rhetoric, Data Broker Privacy

The absence of gun control questions during the Democratic debates is noted, despite recent shootings in Gilroy and New York. Additionally, concerns are raised about intelligence services purchasing location data from private companies like Uber, Lyft, and bike-sharing services.

gilroy shooting· gun control· data brokers· uber· lyft

1:42:16 We had a shooting in Gilroy. We had another shooting before that in New York, but neither of those were mentioned and not a single question in two debates about gun... I'm sorry, common sense gun legislation Not a single question! Why? In New York black people shot. In Gilroy California brown people shot by a brown person Possibly related to MS-13 or other gang related activity which is rampant in that area. Which could mean illegal immigrants Nothing, not a single word about guns Hypocrites Good point Total hypocrites It stood out like a sore thumb Yes it did Anyway use proton mail people or learn how to use encryption

1:43:14 PGP or to get GPG Pg tool tools and encrypt your messages even if you're gonna send something sensitive over whatsapp with their bogus What is it lawful? scrutiny lawful scrutiny encryption warrantless encryption, whatever it is Encrypted again because and you know what's happening now. I The United States intelligence services, they don't need to really spy on you. They are literally now going and buying the information from Uber, Lyft your food services your delivery guy wherever you have been where we've taken a bird bike or an uber bike or car they just go these companies in the end they buy it from them there by their data just like your city does

CHAPTER 35 / 55 Discussion

Gig Economy, Food Delivery Tampering

A study reveals that nearly 28% of food delivery drivers admit to tasting customers' food before delivery. The behavior is attributed to the "side hustle" nature of the gig economy, where drivers for apps like DoorDash and Postmates may be struggling with hunger.

uber eats· grubhub· doordash· food delivery· gig economy

1:44:06 It's a big joke. Keep tracking everybody, that's great you do it for your commercials and give us the information and it flows into the Axiom database they are buying your profile! I should mention something since you brought up just in passing the food services includes food delivery there is a scandal I have the clip. Well you had the scandal about the people eating the food... Why do you why do you do the punchline if i said i got the clip? A disturbing new study shows nearly one in three food delivery drivers, about 28 percent of them admit to taking a bite out of your food before

1:44:47 It hits your door. And about half say they've attempted to dig into your food just by the smell of the meal, the meal that they're delivering to your home! The drivers surveyed all deliver for the big apps you'd expect like Uber Eats Grubhub DoorDash and Postmates Yeah, do you know why? You know why they're doing this because they're hungry This is a gig economy. This is side hustles these kids when it's not just kids I see a lot of older people They're hungry! Yes, a gig economy and that's exactly it. It's not because they're just peckish... They're hungry! Peckish? I'm peckish let me look-I'm never using a delivery service again and I checked with the millennial here at home she said oh yeah all my friends do that who are doing food delivery What?! She said that all of her friends who do food delivery eat the food? Yep yep

1:45:42 Well if it's edible, you know so if you order Chinese then it may not be simply a good dig and get some rice or something No But if its french fries if there's something else yeah, and I'm just dumb done Guy grimy hands goes into the grease. It's disgusting lops it all over the place wipes his mouth with his hand He's got a grease all over and when he comes to the door, he's all got a greasy face They can't be the giveaway seems to me now back to here's your food Back to the tracking so they're just buying this information we talked about axiom actually I made a mistake I said that Oracle had purchased Axiom oracle purchased a number of big data brokers

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Addressable TV Advertising, NVIDI Technology

The NVIDI consortium, involving AT&T, Dish Network, and Roku, is deploying "addressable advertising" technology. This allows different households watching the same program to see different commercials based on income, household composition, and purchase intent data collected via set-top boxes.

nvidi· addressable advertising· roku· at&t· target audience

1:46:20 But Axiom was bought by WPP, biggest advertising company in the world. And one thing I have to say something else about them in a minute but They have teamed up with the Dish Network and AT&T, and they're working with Roku and Spectrum. And everybody who has a set-top box! They've come together in this consortium known as NVIDI. I-N-V-I-D-I. NVIDI! Here's their commercial... Like a letter that arrives in your mailbox TV ads can now be tailored to your household

1:46:56 It's called addressable advertising and our innovative solution is really quite simple. Take two different households watching the same TV show but deliver distinct and more relevant commercials based on who is watching Through the power of addressable TV advertisers can finally move beyond age and gender proxies to target the exact audience they want to reach using unique identifiers such as income, household composition and even purchase intent Powered by NVIDI, TV operators around the globe now have the technology to enable household targeting via set-top boxes and other connected devices. And because addressable TV targets the person and not the program, the right commercial reaches the right audience regardless of program, format, time or device

1:47:48 NVIDIA's addressable TV technology is transforming television advertising, delivering a more relevant and satisfying experience for the viewer and allowing marketers to more precisely target their audiences. This solution reduces wasted impressions while producing measurable and improved ROI, greatly enhancing the value of advertising inventory for TV distributors and programmers. In fact with hundreds of billions of addressable advertising impressions delivered in the past year alone chances are you've already experienced an addressable TV ad and didn't even know!

1:48:23 Oh, the most powerful way to reach your audience no matter what when or how they're watching Great That's great You would know by the way you would know and it happens because they always that means you see an ad for something already bought Yeah Well I'm not seeing that yet So... We will. Oh yeah, that's because you've kept yourself out of it as best you can. Well we're in the database By the way this has been the holy grail of television advertising forever! I don't see it yet. I think I first heard about this in the 70s Seriously Yeah right next to your refrigerator will know when you're out of milk It's the same kind of nuts nuttyness yeah Now speaking of WPP

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Gillette Ad Backlash, Procter & Gamble Write-down

Procter & Gamble reported an $8 billion write-down on Gillette, with $5 billion attributed to the backlash against its "toxic masculinity" advertisement. The failure is blamed on "social justice warrior" influence within advertising agencies like WPP and Grey.

gillette· procter & gamble· toxic masculinity· wpp· omnicom

1:49:10 They were behind the creative for Gillette's ad. So they went from be all that you can be to be the best man you can be and it was a whole social justice warrior ad and men suck, we gotta teach young me not to suck! You suck! Just horrible misogynistic sucky dudes So Procter & Gamble came to Gillette is a Is owned by Proctor and gamble they came out with their numbers. They wrote off eight billion dollars five billion of which was attributable attributed to the crap ad And and competitors so they did this big virtue signal and lost five billion dollars

1:50:00 Hopefully now, hopefully. That's because they got the reason why did this happen you have to ask yourself that's because they had it just happens a lot they have hired somewhere along the line they hired some hot shots I'm not gonna say women necessarily, but they hired some hot shot millennials who are all in on this. They're like that poor little... The same person that makes that poor little girl cry that we played her clip earlier? Those people and once they get into an operation is you can't get rid of them because they hire themselves. They're like everybody else there. You hire your like types if you get a bunch... That's why when you go to a company everyone there is tall how did that happen or have a bunch

1:50:41 of babes like at Oracle. How'd that happen? Why is everybody a babe? It's so true! Wait, just to say it's true that's true Oracle hires babes yeah And even the people that do the hiring are usually babes themselves doing, hiring more babes because they like to be amongst... So once you get one of these social justice warrior types into these operations and they move into a position of power where they can start hiring and it'd be somewhat responsible. They bring in their friends and next thing you know your company is done! Hopefully this happened at WPP

1:51:23 They can't stop it once it starts. That was a signal, that Gillette thing was the tip of an iceberg that's going to sink this operation. You watch. That's interesting. There are ways around it, if you can isolate all the SJWs and because WPP owns all these companies they have Ogilvy & Mather, Gray Advertising Young and Rubicon, all these companies, J Walter Thompson... Rubicam, Rubicon, at the Pentacon maybe!

1:51:59 And so you take all of them and say, you should be working over at Gray. We're going to move you over there and they move them all into one company and then just shudder it. That's the only way they're gonna get rid of these people Well, I think the Gillette account is up for review is what I think. Oh that's yeah well there's where are they gonna go? They're going to another company with NBPP? Omnicom! They can go to Omni...Omnicom! They have to go with the Omnicon. That's Shiat Day. The only competitor. Shiat day or one of those guys. But Shiat day is part of one of these groups. I think they're part of Omnicon. Com. Omnicom. Omnicon. Com! No con it's a con!

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Bank App Stalking, Privacy Concerns

A Canadian financial institution employee describes internal plans to use bank app data and social media to "stalk" customers when they enter physical branches. Concerns are raised about these apps retaining access to bank accounts even after they are deleted, potentially exposing data to the IRS.

credit karma· banking apps· privacy· stalking· irs

1:52:41 Just before I close out the OTG segment, got a great email from producer Trevor. Further to your various comments about the financial sector how they want to increase debt so you are more beholden to them this is what we've been talking about credit karma You know, they're tracking everything about you. You hook it up to your bank account They know exactly what you're paying when you're paying it how much you pay off? They know everything and as I've learned in the terms of services Even when you stop using these apps like credit karma They still retain access to your bank account. You have to go through quite a rigmarole To get your bank to unhook them as it were

1:53:22 Yeah, that's kind of shitty but it's in all the terms of services. So Trevor works for a large Canadian financial institution and couple years ago when we were putting public Wi-Fi in the branches one of the network managers said the following I guess this was at meeting imagine a person coming into a bank having their cell phone on them as expected any And us being able to, since they have downloaded our app and accepted our terms of service immediately know who that person is. Being able to approach them directly i.e., good morning Mr. Curry! Then we can take it a step further by leveraging their social network data finding out Mr. Curry was recently engaged and had been looking at real estate

1:54:01 Our conversation will continue along the lines of congratulations on your pending wedding. Have you considered a change in housing? Would you consider talking to one of our mortgage specialists who can assist you with understanding your options and pre-approved mortgage?" This was met with applause by the audience of internal staff, meanwhile this is Trevor... Applause! It's called stalking! Yeah, Trevor says he's never going to enter a physical bank again and this is another thing these bank apps The bank apps are the worst and they are selling your information indiscriminately. And it winds up before you know it, you know? It'll always be after the fact! They're not gonna catch you doing anything but I think the most damning part is just taxes You don't want- you don't want the IRS to know what you're doing. You don't want them to know what you're paying What you're not paying who you're paying Who you're writing... you know getting cash too how much cash you're getting

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Closed Captions, Auditory Processing Issues

The increasing reliance on closed captions is linked to a decline in auditory processing skills. The shift toward texting and digital communication has made people less accustomed to deciphering voices over phone lines, leading to a preference for reading dialogue.

closed captions· auditory processing· skype· texting· landlines

1:54:58 None of this it's then they get their locate. It's just it's so bad And thank goodness, I think the Librem 5 Linux phone is finally going to ship you're a hopeless Really don't want to be hopeless But yes, so and then just before we get to our next break I want to do a follow-up on the closed captions. This has been the most emailed topic of the past few weeks We've gone through The brain part of this which I'm now pretty convinced is being what we're seeing some auditory processing issues as a result

1:55:49 people watching movies and television with closed captions on. And just to come back, you said that on the last show you said well it's not true with you because you grew up with closed captions and I wanted to say that was actually my brain was in overdrive because I was listening to English reading the Dutch subtitles And I was actually learning better Dutch by following along with what I was hearing and what I was reading. But in general, you get lazy and we're very lazy! We don't talk on the phone anymore You used to call someone on the phone... Ask anyone Do you call them on the phone? No Why not? It's crappy Can't hear it Because y'know, we are not used to deciphering a voice through a phone line anymore It also has gotten worse with digital phone calls admittedly I use a landline

1:56:40 Which is really good and the landline is duplex. We also don't talk duplex anymore You can't talk at the same time on On any modern system we can barely do it on Skype so we're texting you know, we're text This is the world we live in short bursts of texts I can't wait until that first closed caption comes with emojis And you know what? I'm thinking it's coming pretty soon anyway Well, I don't want to before you go on to that. I know I don't want to get away from what you talked about earlier About the banks yeah because I do have a clip I wanted to play and to get it out of the way Because you mentioned that you don't want the IRS looking at what you're up to because you may be But buying something with some money some cash money And you don't want anyone knowing what it is are you buying or something to that effect? but let's play the ABBA clip

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Sweden Cashless Society, ABBA Museum

Sweden is rapidly becoming a cashless society, with only 13% of citizens using physical currency for recent purchases. The ABBA Museum in Stockholm has notably stopped accepting cash entirely, a move criticized as an unnecessary push toward total digital surveillance.

sweden· cashless· abba· abba museum· digital payments

1:57:31 and singing about it for years, and making truckloads of it along the way. But now Abba is in the vanguard of a new wave in Sweden where there's no money money money just cards cards cards and phones phones phones Just ask Uwe and Marita Mattsson trying to have a quiet lunch until we showed up The last time you actually used cash? A month ago maybe or something. Which is typical, last year only 13% of Swedes could remember using cash for a recent purchase What news organization did this? CBS Well someone needs to be fired

1:58:18 Who the hell uses ABBA as a musical money reference in 2019? That is completely stupid. Nope, nope, nope, nope, I didn't have the whole clip The clip wraps, it's a long feature. It's one of these news features that they do nowadays which is what everyone does now This wraps around the fact that Abba did that song and now the Abba Museum which I didn't know existed Oh yeah! A major museum in Sweden Sure Will not take cash and that's the punchline Ah okay

1:58:54 They only take cards. And then they had some of the ABBA people there going, oh yes why use cash? It's crazy! Crazy to use ca- crazy So I thought that was disgusting. I'm gonna go back to the closed captions after this slight musical interlude of ABBA Seriously it's insulting it's insulting it's just no come on you're a you used to tell me you were a huge ABBA fan Yeah, oh yeah. Me, Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha and Frida like this so tight Now I was more a rock set guy. I'm second generation Close captions! And i finally got a technical analysis of what's going on with today streaming services And this is...I believe this is the main reason why closed captions are used We've everyone has this as

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5.1 Audio Downmixing, Dialogue Clarity Problems

Technical analysis suggests that poor dialogue clarity in modern streaming is caused by 5.1 surround sound mixes being improperly downmixed to stereo by set-top boxes. This often leaves the center channel dialogue buried under music and sound effects, prompting the need for specialized digital signal processing (DSP) hardware.

5.1 surround· stereo downmix· ultraflix· dsp· dialogue clarity

1:59:51 Kind of off the cuff like, it seems like today's stuff is harder to hear. Grand Duke Dave Foley who does this for a living says here's what I've found modern mixers are coming and we've deciphered a lot of this but i really am happy that we got a technical analysis And he runs ultra flicks which is 4d for 4k 8 a million like high def real cool. It's at 8 K now mostly Okay, he's working on a cake holy crap alright All modern mixers are coming through in 5 point 1 only with no emphasis or effort put into the down mix into 2 channel stereo and

2:00:35 During our remastering of movies on UltraFlix, we have discovered very often that the stereo mix is not properly balanced with noise versus dialogue or as we say music effects versus speech dialogue. We created the Hyper Audio Remastering tool whereby we run the equivalent of a compressor on the soundtrack to bring the levels more in balance in addition to fixing clipping run through a warming filter to mimic tube amps and also ensure that levels between movies are always the same so the audio experience between different movies is always on par. We also found, and this I think is key, that many of the streaming set-top boxes and smart TVs tell the sending side to send 5.1 even if the output is only going to stereo speakers built into the TV

2:01:24 So I think there's a big flaw is in your Roku box or whatever you're using. It's sending a signal saying, yes send me that 5.1 which of course is looking for center channel to send the dialogue through The audio processor in these devices often does not do a proper down mix to stereo and in several of the low price models, has a very poor job of the down mixed levels leaving dialogue always lower than other sounds. In particular by not properly mixing in the center channel with front left and right. This is where I see our exit strategy we need a box!

2:02:03 Need a DSP digital signal processing box. There's an app that does this for the Xbox Apparently I don't have an xbox, but a lot of it on a Foley box Use this software license it there you go done exit okay? Well. That's it last show everybody By donating to know agenda imagine all the people who could do that oh yeah, they'd be fine Oh Well we do have a few people to thank, not alot but if you've heard of show 1160 Capital G is at the top of the list with $155.55

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Associate Executive Producers, Wedding Announcements

The hosts acknowledge donations from various global locations, including Portugal and Ireland. Personal milestones are celebrated, such as the upcoming wedding of Brad Horwitz and Abbey Vinsky, and "house karma" is granted to a producer in Pennsylvania.

wauwatosa· portugal· cork county· austin· house karma

2:02:48 I can't see what he says there, but he says something about don't use his real name. Which is his real name capital G John Lips $111 and 11 cents Brad Horwitz in Wauwatosa Wisconsin to one hundred dollars and sixty nine cents He's getting married on 8-2 and Oshkosh B'gosh with a smoking hot fiance Abbey Vinsky Benny's halfway to knighthood so she's clearly marrying him for peerage Yep, I've seen it before. Daniel DeGroff in Westminster Colorado $100 Theodore Kodik in Austin Texas Kyle Blank in Houston Texas $100 Hello Tejas! $200 Andre Rodriguez in Portugal Keep up the good work he says Azaito... Azaitao?

2:03:44 I don't know how to pronounce that town's name. Portuguese pronunciations are not... They got all those squiggly lines. They're not like Spanish. Nathan Howell in Frankfurt, Illinois, 5754. Gus von Poppel 6633. Since Gus is in Norway? Gus von Poppel? Yeah. He's in Norway yeah. Sir Sen? Oh wait, isn't that the chemical element abbreviation? SN. Yeah what's SN? I don't remember We should know this... I should know it! He owns some rental property in the congressional district in Baltimore It has been going downhill fast since I last spent my time there for work which is during the riots of 2015 he's an Arnold. SN is a the chemical symbol for tin

2:04:47 Sir Tin. Sir Tin, is the tin man? Yes there you go I should know that Danilo D'Souza I think in Cork County Ireland Danilo in Ovens, Ireland 5555 Robert Bruckner 5555 Kimberly Bird and sorry to stop you Danillo says having just arrived in Austin In the past two hours for a business trip have already been hit by an electric scooter That and being at Adams hometown was assigned that I should donate a little extra to the show outside of my normal subscription Well, thank you very much. And sorry welcome there. Welcome to Austin

2:05:31 Got hit by a scooter. Yeah, it's getting bad I don't understand it Robert Bruckner 5555 Kimberly burden $55 Sven Eric E Jansen 5230 He appreciates the work or somebody does Jason Mertz in Boise, Boise Idaho $50 and one cent First time donor. Give him a de-douching. You've been de-douched! I give him that because he says, in the last newsletter I had there, I used the kid in the cage artwork. It was good. Kid saying hey please donate now we have $50 donors name and location if I have it Marcello McGinn Musumechi Praise the Dvorak for pronouncing completely correct

2:06:25 What he said. Jeremy Cartwright in Rockford, Illinois. Robert Fittler rhymes with in Mars, Pennsylvania. Mark Hackett in Downington, Pennsylvania. Black Knight Sir Mark McPio. If you need some house karma we'll give you that at the end there. Ward Detwiller or Wyler, Detwiller I think 50. He says Andrew Lang looks like he lost at beer pong and instead of doing a naked run, had to run for president.

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July Donation Slump, Value-for-Value Participation

The hosts discuss a seasonal slowdown in donations during July, which they note is also reflected in lower activity at physical banks. Listeners are encouraged to set up recurring subscriptions at dvorak.org to maintain the show's independence.

donation slump· july· bank tellers· subscriptions· dvorak.org

2:07:09 And last on our list, a very short list I might add. Our Thursdays have not been good for some reason. Aichi Kitagawa over here in San Francisco came in with a $50 check and we want to thank him and everybody for helping us produce show 1160. Yes you are all producers as you know and we have more producers who came in today under $50. Some of those came in, well actually we didn't have any 49s today. In fact no anonymous just all subscriptions it was yeah I don't know maybe in two weeks school goes back and I don't know maybe people I don't do the people not listening when they're on vacation? When I went to the bank to drop some checks off which is what I do by hand drop them off and I talked to one

2:07:59 I've actually one of them higher up tellers and she said, how's things going? And I said it gets really slow in July. She says she noticed that the banks it's been slow there too. So we spend a slow July in California. Well, it's been slow in Austin as well, slow and hot Not how we slow and cold yeah, not how we like it But we do want to thank everyone who's on the subscriptions consider one of those yourself And of course thank you to everyone who supported the show and our executive and associate executive producers Who we thanked earlier please remember? You can do this again if you so wish on Sunday. We'd certainly appreciate it It's your show you produce it go to the vorac org

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Global Meetups, Berkeley Gilman Brewery

A schedule of upcoming listener meetups includes events in Berkeley, Seattle, Germany, and South Korea. The Berkeley meetup is set for August 8th at the Gilman Brewery, providing a space for human interaction without the "triggering" common in digital spaces.

berkeley· gilman brewery· seattle· germany· south korea

2:08:41 We got a couple of karmas to do here by request. Yes, the meetups is a lot going on with the meetups. Meet ups are doing very well no agenda meetups dot com we have a couple of Can I stop you for second? Well, of course Mimi's gonna be here and we decided to do a meet up the Gilman that beat if we've done before in Berkeley on August 8th

2:09:26 Oh, and that was not on the list. No because she hasn't put it on the list yet because I haven't like August 8th and it's going to be where? At the Gilman Brewery that we had our last meet up at, last Berkeley Meetup. Okay That's gonna be in the same place It's gonna be on the 8th, which is a Thursday after the show and I think probably five o'clock. I guess I'm guessing all right Well, I'll send out a note and we'll talk about it in the next show Yes Antifa is on alert that the quadroons will be in Berkeley Today we have a meetup taking place in Seattle, Washington. The big two-day meetup apparently at the Lott Festival in Germany is August 2nd through the 4th I can't wait to get a report from that the 3rd of August Orange County California Solvang California on August 4th and then we have as John just announced August 8th the Gilman thing

2:10:21 brewery in Berkeley Murphysboro Tennessee August 9th Chicago Illinois on the 10th of August Southeast London comes back together on August 15th San Antonio Texas August 17th the 18th Victoria British Columbia on the 22nd Charleston South Carolina it's a repeat for them as well Salem Oregon returns on the 23rd Lincoln Nebraska August 25th and 31st of August we have Busan South Korea and some Paolo so there's two different ones on the 31st in two very different locations These meetups are where you go to hang out talk to people. No one gets triggered There's no condemnation You meet people you have a human interaction it's incredibly enjoyable we even get John out of the house for him

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Frisco Texas Meetup, FC Dallas Soccer

A report from a meetup in Frisco, Texas, details a gathering of listeners at an FC Dallas soccer match. The event featured "mac and cheese burgers" and brought together people from diverse backgrounds who share a common bond through the podcast.

frisco· fc dallas· soccer· mac and cheese burgers· buffalo

2:11:08 So that should tell you something right there, but they are very good and very enjoyable. And I have a report from the Frisco Texas meetup and this is from Brian Goldsmith Since we had a Frisco, we had a Frisco Texas meetup last Saturday night. I work for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer. He says wait until you get your team Adam! You think they're crazy now? We're getting the team here in Austin So I thought it would be cool to do a meetup in conjunction with a game, a soccer game. Maybe tailgate? Meet in the stadium club etc... I coordinated the logistics of the meetup and got it on the site Crossed my fingers had absolutely no idea what to expect! I'm an older millennial just turned The Magic 33 last week originally from Buffalo New York moved here with My smoking hot girlfriend less than a year ago for all I knew she was the only person who listened To show on my area to my surprise we had seven people show up for the meet-up nice picture attached

2:12:06 What's even crazier, we have Dame Firecracker, Sir Ette—so a knight and a dame who joined us who happened to be season ticket holders for the team. We were all from different backgrounds but it was really great to talk to people who had the common bond of the show and to be surrounded by people whose amygdalae were not swollen to the size of their head Since I worked for the team, I was busy running around but would visit when I could. I thought maybe the group would sit together for the pre-game or a little bit of first half and then go their own separate way but everybody stayed together for the entire match it was so cool seeing the night rings in person for this same time and really look forward to eventually getting my own in true slave fashion

2:12:51 Don got mac and cheese burgers for everybody to eat, sent a picture of that. Thank you very disgusting! And I think we'll have repeat meetups in Frisco at another FC Dallas match. I might even hop up there for one of these. Oh yeah go see a game. Yeah go see a soccer game with guy who doesn't like sports at all catch some of the action Well, I asked birthday, birthday on Superchill. That's right! Well we have no nightings We have no title changes today and a very short birthday list but I'm happy to do them Carl Herberger says Happy Birthday to his smoking hot wife Jen She turned an unspecified age on July 30th I don't want to get in trouble And Dave Kaplan celebrated on July 29th Happy Birthday from everybody here at the best podcast near the university

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Presidential Microphone Setup, Trump SM57 Rig

A professional sound mixer explains the history of the presidential microphone setup, traditionally consisting of two Shure SM57s. Donald Trump reportedly requested a single mic closer to his mouth, leading the Navy to create a unique, "hog-calling" style rig using an upside-down SM57 on a gooseneck.

shure sm57· potus· navy· gooseneck· microphone

2:13:42 And a reminder if you'd like to support us, please go to the vorac org Slash and hey we need the help and it's your show. You produce it no other way that It's gonna work unless we all participate Exactly is alright I'm sorry. I have a note I can read oh from one of our producers, because I just thought it was kind of interesting. This is a technical note about microphones and it has some applicability to what we're seeing on television and what we do. I'm a professional... this is producer Alan. I'm a professional production sound mixer

2:14:29 Now he could probably chime in on the sound of the 5.1 thing, for many decades all presidents have used the same lectern mic setup to Shure SM57 mics with a Shure A2WS windscreen in a Shure A55M shock mount on a dual mic bar we've seen that now I always thought that this rig was specific to Obama But oh, okay. I didn't realize yeah, I thought I thought it doesn't every president have his own sound guy That's well kind of and he discusses it a little bit in here That's why this note so interesting because I always though Obama just like the sm57 which to me is like a you know mediocre It's not mediocre as a good sounding flat mic then Obamas gotta get the right voice for anyway He says the Navy provides the audio systems for all POTUS

2:15:22 Trump, whom I love came along and being a sound system expert not told them he wanted a mic that was right in front of his mouth. So rather than getting modern Mike. With a slender profile that they would have to buy like Mike's used in Congress or the UN the Navy goes Reaches into the only pile of only kit that they have and put an SM 57 The same mic in the same shock mount and hung it upside down on a gooseneck what salt

2:15:58 We have to look for this now. Result, the ugliest stupidest looking face blocking mic ever used for a world leader with the exception of the 1960s mics used in the USSR The photo of Joe shows him looking more presidential than Trump because he is using the classic twin mic setup that every president has used in modern times. And Trump is using a rig like you'd see at a state fair and the hog calling competition, little things like this are seen as at least subconsciously by everyone and I do not think it helps Trump

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Baltimore Infestation Controversy, Elijah Cummings

Donald Trump's description of Baltimore as "rat and rodent infested" sparked accusations of racism. However, clips from 1999 show Elijah Cummings himself describing the city as "drug-infested," and Bernie Sanders comparing the city to a "third-world country" during a 2015 visit.

baltimore· elijah cummings· donald trump· bernie sanders· rats

2:16:36 And he's in Virginia, you might I might add. That is interesting! Yeah, I thought so. Stuff that only a NOAA Agenda show would reveal... We knew about the SM57 but we didn't know about the AVP and the rest of it. I think just go straight to a snowball from Yeti. That's the one you want. It's blue, it's the Snowball Blue. The Yeti Blue Snowball. So we all have seen the outrage, the controversy over the president saying Baltimore is infested. Of course that's totally racist it's filled with rats you know oh it's extermination and kill black people he's a racist horrible guy There was something interesting about the original tweet by the way Do you notice that he spelled Cummings without the S?

2:17:32 No, but you're I think of the joint opinion now that there's a lot of code going into these tweets Yeah so and that would be a very pornographic word something to find on the Pornhub. You come into dinner? Yeah, I have no follow-up on that I just thought it was interesting as I was putting these clips together and I've got your Elijah clip it fits in perfectly here So of course, you know everyone's all up in arms. Trump is racist Here's Bernie joining me now in Detroit 2020 presidential candidate senator Bernie Sanders and Senator Sanders I know you want to talk about issues But I do also want to talk about what President Trump said about your former colleague in the house Elijah Cummings and his District being quote a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess that no human being would want to live in or what's your response? Jake it's

2:18:27 Unbelievable that we have a president of the United States who attacks American cities, who attacks Americans, who attacks somebody who's a friend of mine. Elijah Cummings is one of the most decent and outstanding members of the House of Representatives He fights every day to improve life in his community Yeah, so racist. Just racist horrible man with a dick Cummings my best friend thing was that all the people who saw the word infested as meaning is a racist term or infested infested and I understand how that works because something's infested it's rats what do you do with infestation? You exterminate kill people there you go it's about killing brown and black unfortunately Bernie

2:19:11 in 2015 went to Baltimore and here's what he said. The fact of the matter is that America is the wealthiest country in the history of the world but anyone who took the walk that we took around this neighborhood would not think you're in a wealthy nation, they would think that you were in a third-world country Now he didn't say infested because that would be racist but it kind of said as a shithole thank you In fact, we both had this clip Elijah Cummings in 1999 the very guy who's responsible for this and being called out as such Elijah Cummings this morning. I left my community of Baltimore a drug-infested area what where a lot of the drugs that we're talking about today are

2:19:57 have already taken the lives of so many children. The same children that I watched 14 or 15 years ago as they grew up, now walking around like zombies. This is only 40 miles away from here And now everyone's walking around with zombies, but that's just because a smartphone is not even because of the drugs or the rats or the infestation. But this has been a problem in Baltimore for a very long time and... The mayors and the most recent mayor another woman mayor black woman mayor was rousted from the job because of corruption their city government has been the problem the whole time Let me get to that in a second first I want to stay with the infestation

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Rat Film Documentary, DOJ Crime Victims Fund

The 2016 documentary "Rat Film" highlighted Baltimore's long-standing rodent problem. Simultaneously, a DOJ Inspector General report by Michael Horowitz identifies systemic mismanagement of the Crime Victims Fund, with 58 references to Baltimore, suggesting potential corruption in how federal funds are handled.

rat film· pbs· michael horowitz· crime victims fund· baltimore corruption

2:20:41 In 2015, PBS produced a documentary called 2016 called Rat Film. It was literally about the rats in Baltimore! Here's just a little piece from that. Uh it ain't never been a rat problem in Baltimore Always been a people problem and that aint gonna change until you educate the people This right here is diatribe I think this one of the favorite poisons for guys because its no choice poison Most of the time we kill exactly what we trying to kill so it's about I mean does this guy who was a kind of funny old guy who said there's not a rat problem. It's people problem There's guys with baseball bats and tasers and the size of these rats when they're as big as your calf That's how fat they are just just disgusting So it's been a problem in Baltimore now, there may have been something some kind of weird sting that went down

2:21:39 A report just came out, and this is actually... here it is. Inspector General Horowitz This is the guy that Joe DiGenoa was talking about And this did actually come out on Wednesday a report came out about the Crime... let me see I think it's the crime victim fund? Yes! The crime victims fund I'll play this because he's kind of boring, but here is the Inspector General Horowitz who we have such high hopes for draining the swamp previewing his report. Today we released a report that assesses DOJ's administration of the Crime Victims Fund or CVF

2:22:29 DOJ is not only responsible for prosecuting federal crimes, it also plays a critical role in providing services to crime victims. As part of that effort the Office of Justice Programs or OJP distributes CVF funds to states to implement programs like legal aid crisis intervention counseling and shelter for crime victims The OIG conducts audits of CVF programs to ensure that funds for victim services are used properly and are not wasted or poorly managed. In recent years, Congress has significantly increased the amount of CVF funds available for distribution from $745 million in fiscal year 2014 to over 4.4 billion dollars last year. Since 2016 we've issued nearly 50 CVF-focused reports

2:23:20 Today's report provides an analysis of the systemic issues we've identified as a result of that work. Among our findings is that some states use the recent increases in funds effectively to enhance victim programs and support new initiatives, like extending services in rural areas But other states struggled to adjust to the increase in award amounts, didn't plan effectively and had millions of dollars available as spending deadlines approached. We advised OJP that this created significant risk for rushed wasteful spending and we encouraged OJP to help states develop responsible spending plans

2:24:03 Additionally, as the CVF program has grown states have been able to increase the number of direct service providers they fund each year. from about 4,000 in fiscal year 2015 to now over 6,000 providers. This creates more opportunity to serve crime victims but we found OJP needs to help states conduct more effective oversight of these providers Our report includes several other findings about steps that can be taken to improve the management this very important fund So I only got this this morning. The report is long, it's a PDF...I found 58 references to Baltimore Is it possible with the increased money? Didn't Trump talk about 1.6 billion or some amount He mentioned an amount which is why I started to put together in my head What if they up the money they usually send

2:25:00 and the IG was doing his investigation found out that oh there's a lot of these inefficient services that expanded, and the money wasn't handled properly. By Sunday I'll have combed through the report it could have been a possible sting maybe we'll see you're talking about the mayor getting kicked out well that that the whole state is corrupt and Trump sets this up by calling out Cummings Someone has to do something with this report if it's really in there what I think might be in there and then you know You can show up. Well, there you go Cummings It's full of corruption They only had just a little bit with the was it the woman who sold her books and they never bought the book or never? They never took receipt of the books That one with the child kids books yeah that was the mayor wasn't it

2:25:57 Maybe. It was another, anyway... That was like last year I think it was the other mayor that was kicked out. One mayor after another gets kicked out of that place. It sounds like Baltimore truly is corrupt? Yeah! No kidding. No kidding yes. Gee, some words are crooked. Got an update on Epstein? Oh okay i don't have that. It's not really an update, it's something just surfaced A piece of his deposition, well it is we did learn something with this clip. This is a piece of his deposition from 2009 and a deposition is when pre-trial lawyers get to sit together and ask questions and its under oath correct? You can't lie on the... Yes you take the oath Well you can lie but.. Well you could do whatever you want but you do pledge that I've done them and then you have to hold your hand up and do the whole thing

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Expert Witness Depositions, AMD vs. Intel

A host recounts experiences serving as an expert witness in the AMD vs. Intel legal battles. The process involved lengthy depositions designed to rack up legal fees, with lawyers questioning the host's expertise and credentials in the technology sector.

amd· intel· deposition· expert witness· morrison foerster

2:26:56 No, what'd you do before we have to be sworn in were you deposed for some crime? no I was never deposed for a crime but I was deposed as an expert witness for a number of Number of situations give us one time people don't know this about you. Give us one example I was a part of the AMD. Yeah, I was given a deposition for AMD against Intel Okay, but in what's your speciality in this marketing? No, it's true. They bring me in and they say what was the reaction of the public as I was writing for all these magazines? And I kind of had a sense that what was important and what wasn't they would ask me questions. Yeah! But is this going to be a big hit with you know this kind of stuff that I wrote about so they'd asked me these questions about it. Of course then they always say So What Makes You The Expert?! And what's your answer to that?

2:27:50 This is why I have a lot of experience. I think I've got, I've been doing this for like 25 years and blah blah blah and uh it's got a pretty good feeling for it and I've uh you just you know go along with them what you know they always tell you in advance the lawyers they say here's what they're gonna ask you they're gonna here's how to do this they're going to that then are gonna do this and they're gonna slam ya or if you do a video deposition they're definitely asking if your wearing makeup Are you wearing makeup? Really, is that a question? Yes it is. Why what would the advantage of wearing makeup be? Did they make you look like a jerk or something I'm not sure it's the other side that's doing these questions but they do everything to defame you

2:28:30 Did you actually graduate? Do you have a degree?" What's it in? Well, that's got nothing to do with this does it. And it's just the way it was done from the very first time I did it. I was briefed very well by one of them Morrison Forrester, I think was the first group I worked for big law firm in South Bay Uh, that handles most of Silicon Valley stuff. And uh, they gave me the, they read me in and I knew exactly what was to expect and how it was going to go. And it was exactly that except one case the guys, one of the lawyers, I forgot which firm this was at may have been Morrison Forrester but they were there always there with you. So this is the AMD Intel thing. And so Intel had this funny strategy and it was really hilarious

2:29:18 They would just keep you there for as long as they could to rack up the lawyer bill. So, they kept me I'm there for like hours answering this kind of very slow. You're going ask another question? Yeah we're getting into it and it would go at to the point where the lawyers for the firm that was representing AMD at the time left Wow you're on your own with it we gotta go home well. This is a deposition of convicted sex trafficker. No, he wasn't convicted yet Creep Jeffrey Epstein I don't need to explain what he is this is 2009 before his sweetheart deal conviction They do a deposition they've got his lawyers You'll hear them speaking in the background in between the question and the question restated Because you know it does have kind of like a court

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Jeffrey Epstein 2009 Deposition, Physical Descriptions

A leaked 2009 deposition of Jeffrey Epstein features a lawyer asking about a witness's description of Epstein's anatomy as "egg-shaped." Epstein's legal team immediately objected to the line of questioning, leading to a brief adjournment of the proceedings.

jeffrey epstein· deposition· egg-shaped· lawyer· probable cause

2:30:14 process to it and you can say hold on, you know objection I think you can even object. Can't you in a deposition? Can the opposing lawyer... They do but they typically at least in these civil cases are but they is non-criminal Well this very this is really interesting They object but did generally speaking they said that objection observed and then just overwrite it And then it gets cut out later So he's still down generally speaking yourself to keep talking Okay interesting well This is what great fortune. Tell me if in any of the depositions you've done, if you've ever been asked this question and it starts off with the typical deposition state your name etc... And I'm curious if they have ever asked you maybe in the AMD case that they asked a question like this? Would you raise your right hand please? Yes Do you solemnly swear to testimony about to give away truth for whole truth and nothing but the truths to help you God? Yes I do Could you please give us your name Jeffrey Epstein

2:31:17 Is it true, sir that you have what's been described as an egg-shaped penis? Have you ever been asked this question John? No. This has not come up in the conversation although I... It's imaginable. Just to shake you up, what? What?! Well let's continue the lawyer for Epstein of course immediately objects to this. Form being indefinite and I'm going to give you the first warning Mr. Peterman that these types of questions are not only argumentative but

2:31:55 Directed in a manner to embarrass Mr.. Epstein if you continue with this type of question. I'll adjourn the deposition immediately Yeah, so yeah, this is ridiculous. You're just trying to embarrass mark my client Yeah We can't just can't have this we're gonna end this deposition if you do this So of course you need to restate the question and a friendlier term Sir, according to the police department's probable cause affidavit one witness described your penis as oval shaped and claimed when erect it was thick towards the bottom but was thin and small toward the head portion. And called it egg-shaped those are not my words I apologize. But as Mr. Critton has stated... We're adjourned!

2:32:45 What an odd penis. How did that clip get into the public domain? I don't know, someone slipped it out! Yeah, whoa... So to speak. But is this a…I'm not familiar with this penis shape. Is this a common occurrence? You know, I don't know. It's something I've never studied So I'm sure there's people in the Bay Area, just specialists in this that would know. We don't happen to be one of them And if so is there a nickname? Is there like a slang term for this? You're asking the wrong guy! No, no, I know that John. People think that your chair that squeaking. I know...I'm just asking out there at the island. Woah! Yeah you're on a roll! Woohoo! Alright Well I'm sure someone will tell me

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YouTube Purge, Creator Demonetization

The ongoing "purge" on YouTube has led to the removal and demonetization of many independent channels. Creators are struggling to navigate the platform's changing algorithms, which increasingly favor mainstream celebrities and corporate media over independent voices.

youtube· algorithm· demonetization· laura loomer· cat videos

2:33:41 Yeah, we've got members of our larger production group that have a lot of insight into this. And there probably is I'm guessing a nickname for something like that? Yeah, probably! That sounds ridiculous. I got one, oh this is yeah this was big news and you know amidst all the purge that's taking place on well certainly YouTube man you look at a YouTube channel these days all you see is this videos removed this is removed this has gone it's done Yeah, it's all a purge. There is a real purge and you know YouTubers are very... I mean the life of a YouTuber is so difficult you're always chasing the algo, you've got to have the right titles

2:34:29 picture art, very important on YouTube extremely important what you know where your tag all these things come into play and you know people are still getting kicked off they're being demonetized there they're really unable to make a living. You recall Loomer the loomer woman Loomer Laura loomer, you know just crying she's I have no more job. I have no more income Well, yeah, she got kicked off right so the youtubers They created a union Because they are somehow in the delusional

2:35:07 Delusional would be good. Yeah, they're they are delusional about the fact that YouTube needs them Where they believe that there you know their millions of views or whatever? It really makes up a big portion of the what is it eight billion dollars a quarter or something that YouTube does and revenue sure I'm Sure, it's your minimally yeah, I'm sure it's your youtube channel That does that not hundreds of millions of cat videos or whatever else with the ads just running. Yeah, so but okay be delusional now the union really hasn't done much. Have you seen this one guy? The kids...the kids they you know they're especially on

2:35:49 Dinner nights when everyone's here, they every once in a while go do the YouTube thing and everyone gets the gun for a minute. You know the little remote to find different kinds of things they've found Have you seen this one guy? He has got like hundreds of these videos of him eating ridiculous amounts of food and crying the whole time No, no. Yes he's in tears eating just piles of food and then he's sick and he's crying his moaning and groaning and it goes on to the next one where he's doing the same thing with some other food it's unbelievable some of this stuff that's on YouTube anyway that's well side

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YouTubers Union, FairTube and IG Metall

The YouTubers Union has partnered with the German metalworkers union IG Metall to form "FairTube." The group demands better job security and transparency from YouTube, though critics argue the platform will always prioritize advertisers' preference for celebrities like Will Smith over independent creators.

fairtube· ig metall· union· will smith· germany

2:36:33 Well, there you go. Look at how hard the guy has to work to make a living! He's gotta eat all this crap food, he's gotta spend some of his internet money...his YouTube dollars on the food It's very hard to make a living so The YouTube Union has decided to make a bold move. This is a German guy who's in charge of the YouTube Union, he will explain. Attention YouTube here we go being a YouTuber is a dream job for lots of young people but two years ago you turned the dream job into a nightmare. The real YouTubers! This is bullcrap No it's not! He makes this whole story up and this guy is just a comedian no no

2:37:16 Why don't while I'm no, I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna blow the punchline to this It's real and there's something really big that you just sure me it's real so i'm not gonna be suckered No, you're not going to be suckered Okay go on attention youtube here We go being a youtuber is a dream job for lots of young people but two years ago YouTube turned the dream job into a nightmare The really youtubers that are the reason for youtube's big success again are getting censored, deleted, erased and hidden. Making a living on YouTube is actually no longer possible Many channels have entirely disappeared or are now reduced to a minimum There is no job security It seems like YouTube doesn't want independent YouTubers anymore because now YouTube prefers channels run by TV stations or Hollywood celebrities And for those guys completely different rules apply

2:38:09 They won't be censored, they won't be erased. They won't be kicked out YouTube is actually pushing these guys with everything they have All this happens simply out of greed for profit Oh wow Simply because advertisers prefer Will Smith over the independent YouTuber Let me see... hmmm Will Smith Guy eating and crying Will Smith guy eating and crying Hold on. The only problem is that so far we haven't been able to achieve much. But exactly that is going to change now! IG Metal, the largest independent trade union on the planet and the YouTubers Union are now joining forces with a clear goal to bring back the old YouTube We have founded the joint venture FairTube And now time will change for YouTube since we have 125 years of experience in the fight against injustice

2:39:20 and over 2 million members plus superb lawyers are now joining forces with thousands of YouTubers who are really unhappy with the way things go. Together, I think we're completely unbeatable. FairTube is unbeatable! FairTube is unbeatable! Can't make give you a clip of the day? Because that guy's accent was just... Well, you know who he sounds like Sounds like something from Hogan's heroes. He sounds like comic strip blogger a little bit yeah So they've joined with IG metal which is the you know used to be the Metal Workers Union in Germany They do have two million members and that this video goes on for four another 15 minutes And he was talking to the IG metal union lady they really have hooked up their fair tube youtubers union to IG metal and I You know

2:40:21 Here's the sad part. The people who are members of this union and who are serious like this guy, they truly believe that they put YouTube on the maps. That YouTube would be nothing without us And they just don't understand how it works. And they don't understand that yes, Yes Will Smith is preferable not to YouTube... To the advertisers! When YouTube can say we've got Will Smith and you know this is great your ads gonna run on will smith pretty much for free because will smith's just putting their stuff up there It's great Yes You're just losers sorry Yeah

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Pete Buttigieg, Trump Energy Theory

Pete Buttigieg proposed a theory that Donald Trump's "gift" is the ability to consume negative energy and criticism to grow larger. The hosts compare this concept to classic science fiction tropes, specifically citing similar storylines from the original Star Trek series.

pete buttigieg· donald trump· star trek· energy· criticism

2:45:06 I just thought this when I heard this, I said here's a guy who is... This is..I realized that Buttigieg is nuts. Yeah! I think you may be right on that and and this is my proof this is Buttigieg's concept of quote-unquote Trump's gift And what he's saying is what is Trump's gift? And when I heard this, I'm going to give you the punchline for it. I mean, I'll give you the analysis before I play the clip. This is from a science fiction movie. I think even Star Trek did this once before. You know maybe Star Trek's done more than one of these scenarios that he describes with Trump and it was just a head slapper. You know, the gift of this president

2:45:58 is to take any energy that goes his way, even if it's in the form of criticism and turn it into a kind of food that he just grows off of and gets bigger. That's the code we've got to crack And I think the way to do it is name and confront everything that he does wrong but then immediately go back to talking about the impact that we will have on voters' lives He sucks in energy and turns it into whatever it is. It makes him bigger. Hold on, let's listen to it again The gift of this president Is to take any energy that goes his way Even if its in the form of criticism And turn it into a kind of food that he just grows off of and gets bigger That's the code we've got to crack I think the way to do it is name and confront everything he does wrong But then immediately go back To talking about the impact we will have on voters lives

2:46:49 It's energy is negative, energy is food. This is a storyline I have seen at least five times. Yeah and it's one of the older ones with you know like the original Star Trek. I think you're right! Alright everybody that'll do it for our deconstruction for today's media landscape We missed a lot, but there's only so much time we have. So we'll pick some stuff up on Sunday. We still have nutty Brexit. Nutty, nutty Brexit. Maybe all those memos will be released by... Yeah! By Horowitz. Or somebody. Special thanks to Sir Chris Wilson and Felix Wilson Thanks to Sir Seat Sitter

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Outro, Shortwave Sign-off, Nick the Rat

The show concludes with a sign-off from Austin and Silicon Valley, acknowledging the shortwave simulcast. A final comedic segment features Felix Wolfson warning against "Nick the Rat's Sewer Chat Podcast" and encouraging listeners to support the No Agenda show.

6930 kilohertz· austin· silicon valley· nick the rat· felix wolfson

2:47:38 And... PMX, UK PMX. There we go End Of Show Mixes And coming to you from the frontier of Austin, Texas also on 6930 kilohertz USB on the shortwave bands in the morning everybody I am Adam Curry. And from northern Silicon Valley where i do not understand why at this hour which is around noon the traffic is so bad. I'm John C Dvorak We return on Sunday with another episode just for you make sure you're here on Sunday we do it live and remember dvorak dot org slash NA until Sunday

2:48:14 Adios, mofos! Oh and such. Let me just say that... Sup? I have the time. America deserves the time It's my time. I'd like to knock the crap out of them Would you sit down? Hold up Shame on this body That's not American

2:48:52 Let's get sophisticated about this. We have to fight fire with fire! Okay, what would that be? This is ridiculous! Take back our future and take back our lives! I yield back the balance of my time... We have got a body in that RV and it's getting warmer outside understand we've got to do something about that soon and in a way that no one will ever find it. Now, that last part is very important! Therefore it seems to me that our best course of action would be chemical disincorporation dissolving in strong acid. No, it's hydrochloric acid It's used for cleaning cement Not hydrofluoric You see, hydrofluoric acid won't eat through plastic

2:49:49 It will, however dissolve metal. Rock. Glass. Ceramic So there's that. It's not the best I think nitric acid would be better Look you skipped Clowned around or otherwise jerked off through every lecture I ever gave. As far as i'm concerned, your chemistry education is over! Well let's stop with the hydrochloric acid being a good way to dissolve a body because it's not... It might be useful as a cleanup to get rid of all traces of DNA The best you would use lye or sodium hydroxide, something that really is caustic. It dissolves even a little body... I mean it would just be a mess! It would be horrible and it would just not work. This was not a good way to go. Suppose you could buy two bins? Legs in one, torso on the other

2:50:48 Most chemists are fascinated by what they've always been told, that HF, hydrofluoric acid eats human flesh. We thought that we should try it. Now obviously we can't try human flesh and Brady decided that a chicken's leg that's an uncooked leg from a dead chicken is a reasonable approximation. That's true! Daddy, what would you do if there wasn't any NO agenda? I don't know...

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