Episode 1171 · Thursday, 12 September 2019

Slutty Vegan

Big Tobacco adopts a familiar playbook to dominate the vaping industry while globalist digital platforms coordinate the latest anti-Brexit marches in London.

By The No Agenda Show | 2h 58m listen | 42 chapters
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The No Agenda Show · No. 1171

About this episode

Juul Labs and its parent company Altria are deploying a legislative strategy across the United States to secure a market monopoly by preempting local vaping ordinances. Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently moved to make Michigan the first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes, a decision that industry critics claim will shutter independent shops while favoring large tobacco-backed entities. Federal investigators at the CDC and FDA are currently focusing on vitamin E acetate in black-market THC cartridges as the primary cause of recent respiratory illnesses, despite media narratives often conflating these illicit products with regulated nicotine devices.

In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is utilizing direct-to-voter Twitter videos to bypass traditional media while accusing Jeremy Corbyn of obstructing Brexit negotiations. Meanwhile, the BBC faces criticism for its coverage of the EU settled status scheme, which skeptics argue uses emotional narratives to stall the UK's departure. In Hong Kong, demonstrators are waving American flags and employing the Bridgefy mesh networking app to evade state surveillance as protests enter their 14th week. Domestically, the Department of Justice has issued a controversial court order demanding user data from Apple and Google regarding the Obsidian 4 gunscope app, raising significant Fourth Amendment concerns.

Kamala Harris continues to face scrutiny for her response to plastic straw bans and a recent town hall incident involving the R-word, while Elizabeth Warren reportedly holds private strategy sessions with Hillary Clinton. The program also examines the 1889 National Hobo Convention ethical code as a contrast to modern homelessness crises in Austin and San Francisco. This episode features contributions from the No Agenda Round Table, including the knighting of Sir Henry of the Flower Field and KD Sir Plus.


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CHAPTER 01 / 42 Discussion

Hurricane Dorian, Decimated Word Usage

Hurricane Dorian impacted Nova Scotia and the British Isles after causing significant destruction in the Bahamas, specifically the island of Abaco and Marsh Harbor. A linguistic critique of the word "decimated" notes that its historical Roman definition refers to the removal of 10% of a group, though modern usage has evolved to mean total destruction. Media reports are criticized for using the term inaccurately while describing the storm's aftermath.

hurricane dorian· bahamas· abaco· etymology· decimate

00:00 I am the Podfather, listen to me! Bustin' the billabong and broadcasting live from Opportunity Zone 33 in the frontier of Austin, Texas. Capital of the drone star state in the morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where we're watching Hurricane Dorian It doesn't seem to be coming here anytime soon. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill! In the morning. Yeah, but apparently it's going to Candinavia. It's hit...it was already hitted. It's hit...it's hit...it's hitted the Candinavians and it's getting stronger

00:45 Yeah, it hit Nova Scotia and they brought the troops in. I guess now it's headed over to the British Isles It's gonna hit Ireland is gonna go down the coast yeah take out most of this coast of France And it's all done by the Chinese with their weather modification technique Finally we agree on something. Somebody's finally got a hold of this, they've got their steering wheel and they're moving this thing around You know what it is going to do? It is going to decimate everything in its path Decimate! Just decimate! decimated. Decimated. And people from the island of Abaco are now taking refuge in Nassau after Hurricane Dorian decimated their homes. Let's get our first glimpse of the decimated Bahama Islands from the air. Nature's fury has, has decimated it. Marsh Harbor and the northern part of Abaco is completely decimated. Parts of Abaco are decimated

01:45 It's a minor, minor bitch that I have at this time in life. We both have the show hat! This is not minor... No but we gave up on it we gave up on this long time ago Well who knew it was gonna make such a comeback and then how could you use the phrase well why don't you back up and give people the definition of decimated? Decimated technically means 10% is gone Yeah, it's been cut down to 10% but and think about a decimated ten ten. It's been tend so they took And this comes from isn't this from the from Roman times that they use this Roman yeah So when they go and decimate they come into some area They did kill 10 percent of people now I

02:33 To say completely decimated. Yes, that's even better. Does that mean it is accurate to two decimal points? 10 point zero zero yes, its exact right on the nose Completely decimated I think it's okay if you ask for decimation otherwise. It's just Devastated would have been better Devastated would have been probably correct and we're making light of it but holy crap decimated please Yes, so when you hear the word decimated think of the no agenda show. Yes and remember that means one out of ten it means 10% Decimated yeah ever since I've ordered the two of us together we discovered they would discovered Hey

03:22 You idiots are using the word wrong. It's like, you know eight years ago I think so yeah And so we started and I guess we went on a little rampage about it nobody paid attention So they're still using the word improperly Let me see if it's still uh let me see if it's if they still now it's changed a little bit Let's go to Miriam Webster which way? I think we've used consistently so now Definition of decimate to select by lot and kill every tenth man. So that is the correct definition or to exact a tax of 10% To reduce drastically especially in number so now it gets little funkier

CHAPTER 02 / 42 Discussion

Donald Trump, Sharpiegate Weather Map Controversy

President Donald Trump displayed a modified National Hurricane Center map in the Oval Office that included a hand-drawn black line extending Hurricane Dorian's path into Alabama. The incident, dubbed "Sharpiegate," led to a public dispute between the White House and the National Weather Service, which had previously stated Alabama would not be impacted. Critics and mental health professionals analyzed the president's refusal to admit the forecast error.

donald trump· sharpiegate· alabama· noaa· hurricane dorian

04:05 And so that's 3a and 3b is to cause great destruction or harm too. So the language is changing. It's a minor new... Minor and new usage, yeah I don't know if that's as bad as Sharpie gate But we were done with it in 45 seconds, so we're done with bitching about decimated. But this Sharpie gate thing did I'm sure you followed this to some or you know like not brother call it map gate 2019 the question this morning Did President Trump show a doctored map hoping to prove he was right when he warned Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama? The president displaying that map in the Oval Office That was the original

04:48 chart, and you see it was going to hit not only Florida but Georgia. It could have...was going toward the Gulf that was what we...what was originally projected and it took a right turn. Take a closer look the black line projecting that Dorian would move from Florida to Alabama appears to be drawn on by a marker here's the original issued last Thursday by the National Hurricane Center, Alabama in the clear President Trump has repeatedly insisted Alabama was in Dorian's path. Alabama could even be in for at least some very strong winds and something more than that." The National Weather Service even forced to correct him, saying Alabama will not see any impacts from Dorian but he's still not backing down. I know that Alabama was in the original

05:39 forecast but Alabama was hit very hard and was going to be hit very hard along with Georgia. Now FEMA and NOAA referring all questions about the seemingly doctored map back to the White House where President Trump said he knew nothing about it So this was... Hold on a second, I know about this event i didn't know what's called Sharpiegate Well first of all The fact that this is because the national conversation on so-called news while While all the Bahamas are decimated? What do these people have time for? By the way, I used a photo in the last newsletter that was this Sharpie gate type image because there's a bunch of these memes going around. And then what I put on the newsletters quite funny but

06:27 This is like yeah, this is kind of a mountain out of a molehill kind of a Well looking for anything. I guess I don't know and my favorite one. I think was one of the newspapers said it's illegal to mark up But but legal but Noah actually came out and said yeah Actually the president's right that there was an actual 10% the chance, 5-10% of Alabama. Yeah it wouldn't be with all the spaghetti stuff that came out sure And that's another thing that is so fantastic No one in the mainstream bats an eye at 15 spaghetti strings so called models none of which actually appear to be correct at least not initially

07:11 That's okay, but then you know this little extra line Which I don't think Trump drew that it maybe he who cares But what was the point of him like Vouching for Alabama so much and to distract from the fact that this was a Chinese weather weapon that we're combating. Maybe oh Let's not look at second half his show Okay They'd already be wiping us out. But this went pretty far, Yale psychiatrist explains the dangerous mental pathology behind Trump's unhinged Sharpie gate fiasco I mean they're really taking it that far

08:01 He's unhinged. He wrote up with a sharpie, he made a line! Dr. Bandy X Lee... now that's the woman who... Part of China? Chinese? Well she wrote the book and has all the psychologists signed on to it. She said Trump is incapable of backing down no matter how wrong he is in a sense becoming his own worst enemy and the ramifications for the country beyond one silly viral moment So, anyway that's the news everybody. That's what the news is doing... ...is they're talking about Sharpiegate and meanwhile Cannabia is getting decimated

08:41 At least parts of it. I don't think one of the models, maybe...I mean, I have to go back and look because they do have that spaghetti chart somewhere in my files if any other model showed that thing just taking a right and bouncing up the coast hitting North Carolina then hitting Nova Scotia this is pretty much of a long shot model. I'm curious if there you should go back and take a look at that Because it's a... do we have a lot of echo? I mean they had models going every which way. Yeah, hold on second. Do we have a lot of echo today at sound you sound echoey to me maybe not but what do think chat room do i sound echoey so we're witnessing something moving along here

CHAPTER 03 / 42 Discussion

Juul Labs, Big Tobacco Vaping Lobbying Strategy

Juul Labs, partially owned by Altria (formerly Philip Morris), is accused of utilizing Big Tobacco's historical playbook to secure market dominance through state-level legislation. The company employs hundreds of lobbyists to push for state laws that preempt local city ordinances, effectively making it harder for independent vape shops to operate. This strategy aims to position Juul as the primary FDA-approved option while eliminating smaller competitors.

juul labs· philip morris· altria· lobbying· vaping

09:26 We're witnessing something in real time which is fun to watch. True manipulation of the media and by the media, and by PR consultants and lobbyists... ...to change perception and usher in laws that solidify a small number of large companies. Sounds familiar I'm sure! But I wanted to get this out right away because this is something that i want everyone to be aware of and To watch, because it's really fun when you understand how It works and how long have we been tracking the vape wars about three years now maybe a little longer Well ever since you met dexter vape wars

10:12 My lungs are like a seven-year old's. Adam Hergenrader has been in an Illinois hospital for a week, sick from vaping. They told me if we didn't bring him in when we brought him in his lungs would have collapsed and he would have died The Centers for Disease Control has now identified 450 possible vaping related illnesses in 33 states Vaping is the only common factor in these injuries to date Many individuals have reported vaping THC, the ingredient in marijuana or other substances. The CDC says it's too early to point to a single common substance in all cases but earlier this week New York State health officials said vitamin E acetate found in some vaping products is a focal point of their investigation

10:59 Like most who fell ill, Adam Hergenrader says he used THC vapes and also vaped nicotine in a separate product made by Juul. The largest e-cigarette maker in the country. When I first started juuling, I didn't know what nicotine was so I just thought it was just In a statement, Juul Labs said the ingredients of our products do not include THC or vitamin E compounds like those found in THC products. Regardless health officials warn don't take chances. Not using these products not vaping until more is known about what is causing these lung injuries The Food and Drug Administration Is also investigating and it has collected 120 samples It's now testing to determine which chemical compound may be causing so many bad reactions So that's kind of the headline, which most people have heard. Yes Yeah

11:59 Did somebody slip in the word, that guy did. Slipped in the word when I first started dueling Oh yeah, no of course. This is about putting Juul the company that sold 30% to Atria formerly known as Philip Morris for $18 billion and Reynolds is in this as well The idea is to make Juul in particular the only vape you can buy And let me explain a little bit how this works because this has been done exactly the same way by Big Tobacco who now effectively owns Juul

12:34 So first let's start with these Juul, the founders of Juul have a kind of weird part to this story. They created the Juul device as a smoking cessation device so that you will stop smoking That is actually kinda negative for them because they are being sued now for making false claims and unproven claims but that is little bit of side issue I went as deep as i could to find out who these three people were who died from vaping. Let's just leave in the middle what they were vaping, it turns out two of them were gentlemen over 65 years old who had serious lung issues and had vaped THC

13:19 So they died and you know no one is conclusively saying these people are getting sick from this or these people died from this But for sure, they're conflict. They can conflating not conflate they are intermingling vaping of e-juice Vaping of THC and jewel into one nice little bundled story And here's how it's supposed to work They have 600 lobbyists right now in Washington for vaping. For vaping! The company alone before the purchase, before the partial acquisition had 88 lobbyists they all want to do the same thing which is how big tobacco did it previously you want to swoop in and create state laws

14:10 And it's happening everywhere. It's happening in Texas this month, age is going to 21 there are a couple other things in there Why do they want the state laws? Because they have much bigger control on state representatives particularly tobacco states but they have a lot of control over them and a lot of money going into this the minute they get the state laws in place cities can no longer create ordinances and they put in all these pre-emptions. So there's many different little subtle things like, oh it doesn't count for veterans you know if you got one leg and your near a school you can buy it anyway... There are all these little things and it makes

CHAPTER 04 / 42 Discussion

Michigan E-Cigarette Ban, Flavored Liquid Restrictions

Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered Michigan to become the first state to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, citing deceptive advertising aimed at children. The ban includes menthol and mint flavors, which industry leaders argue are necessary to help adult smokers transition away from combustible tobacco. Independent vape shop owners warn that the removal of flavored products will force their businesses to close.

gretchen whitmer· michigan· e-cigarettes· flavored vapes· nicotine

14:51 It makes the policing of the measures much more difficult. This is exactly what RJR did, there's nothing new except that media is either playing into it half of them probably are and the other ones are too dumb not to know history and here's an example of Michigan... And a big story snuffing out in epidemic. Michigan becoming the first state to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes Governor Gretchen Whitmer today... this very important Flavored e-cigarettes, flavored. Accusing e-cigarette companies of using deceptive advertising and candy flavors to hook kids on nicotine. Whitmer ordering the health department to issue emergency rules to ban sales in the state All this after a series of mysterious respiratory illnesses right here in Michigan and all around the country

15:39 all associated with vaping. The vaping industry already responding, leading manufacturer Juul Labs pushing back on the pending ban including menthol based products like mint flavoring saying we believe that to encourage adult smokers to switch from combustible use the number one cause of preventable death in the world they should be available at retail alongside tobacco. Vape shop owners sounding the alarm that the ban will will bulldoze their business. I've never witnessed one transaction that doesn't have flavor in it, so if this continues we're gonna shut down and that's the point they want the little vape shops shutdown because true almost all e-liquids

16:22 are flavored. It's very, I like tobacco it is very hard to get a tobacco flavor unless oh guess what you go to Juul who are the main manufacturers of tobacco flavored products yeah they have some menthol but i'm sure they'll figure that out So it's very simple. Get the state laws in place, squash all of the independent people who created the industry, scare people into using nothing unless it's FDA approved and Juul is going to be the ruler right on top! That's what's going on here and you can watch it in everything Well, I do believe that there is one competitor. I've seen them advertising which is on a jewel level as tobacco company. Yeah there's one other product to forget the name of it but yeah. And they have some gimmick going on but looking back on this is that for couple things people could note this all came out of the blue all of sudden everybody reporting across the country indicates some sort of PR

CHAPTER 05 / 42 Discussion

Vitamin E Acetate, THC Vaping Illness Investigation

The CDC and FDA are investigating a surge in respiratory illnesses linked to vaping, with a specific focus on vitamin E acetate found in black-market THC cartridges. While mainstream media reports often conflate nicotine vaping with illicit THC products, health officials suggest the thickening agents used in unregulated oils are the likely cause of lung damage. The regulatory response is expected to favor large, established companies capable of navigating expensive FDA approval processes.

vitamin e acetate· thc· cdc· fda· lung injury

17:25 PR scam and the other thing was, if you remember just two or three years ago when The whole scene was just really I wouldn't say vibrant But it was rocking and there's all these shops everywhere. And that's when those guys had these 25 volt DC boxes that they'd breathe Oh, well this is the giant vape cloud. They blow it out and it would fill a room with smoke and you see this... Why aren't those guys all in at the hospital? You'd think! No because it's untrue now It's very possible that uh this

18:04 Tycophyral acetate which is vitamin E acetate that is... Where's that in a vape? Well, that's in the THC which is typically home-built stuff. You know people get carts off of Alibaba they throw some stuff in there they throw some dab basically you know highly extracted THC and they want to you know get some oil there so that it can vaporize. And now that may actually be hurting people, absolutely! But you don't want to do this kind of experimentation or gets stuff off the street There are reputable companies if you want to vape your THC they're very safe approved and you can get it from California mainly anything else is of course dangerous

18:51 And there's all kinds of, you know... You can get popcorn lung and all these different things that people warn about. But having been a lifelong tobacco smoker and having stopped and pretty much moved to vape There are some definite side effects such as I am not short of breath. I can bicycle longer at spin. There is whole bunch of side effects that seem to be quite beneficial but i don't Do some hokey cartridge that some guy's palmed off to me on the corner of the street That's what may have been happening there But it it's kind of moot because this is a hill and Nolten job or some other company who knows exactly how to do this And they're succeeding. It's great, and now it's the CDC versus the FDA well guess who's gonna win You know it's gonna be the FDA

19:46 And they'll give the go-ahead to Juul, and if you want to make a flavored liquid that will be okay. But you have to pay about $1 million dollars to get it to go through the approval process At least that's what Juul will set it at so no one else can compete Yeah, it's an old scam It works, it's the American way And just like the marijuana industry, you can totally ignore it. You can make your own e-liquid at home You don't need to go buy anything if you don't want to and you can ensure that it's safe Like marijuana, you don't have to buy it in the dispensary. You can actually take a seed and grow yourself It's quite fun to do though But I do want everyone to pay attention to this because you'll see it. You'll see more and more of

20:28 Apparently galling you if nothing else. Well, it's not galling me! It's fun to watch once you're aware of what's going on then it's fun to see how they're doing it and how news media is all in completely no questions asked just... No interest in actually digging into the story even just superficially which is all you need to do to get to the bottom of it but they won't even do that much work this is beyond them To get the video press release from some, oh look at this. This is all packaged up! All we need is a voiceover." There was another one of these that came out and I think I know where this is coming from and this is the Oxford report on vegetarians? I hope you heard this one

CHAPTER 06 / 42 Discussion

Oxford University Study, Vegetarian Diet Stroke Risk

A long-term observational study from the University of Oxford involving 48,000 participants suggests that while vegetarian and vegan diets lower the risk of heart disease, they may be linked to a slight increase in the risk of stroke. Researchers speculate that deficiencies in certain vitamins, such as B12, could contribute to this risk. Media coverage of the study is criticized for potentially being influenced by the meat industry to counter the "meatless" movement.

oxford university· veganism· vegetarianism· stroke· heart disease

21:19 I believe so. Yeah, let's listen to the intro. Plant-based eating has momentum more and more people giving up meat here in Atlanta you'll find a long line like this at the restaurant Slutty Vegan last month KFC tested plant based chicken is that the name of the place? I think it is yeah There was no video while they were saying that. It sounded like slutty vegan to me too. 600% increase in people identifying as vegan in the United States from 2014 to 2017. But a new study links vegan and vegetarian diets as increasing chances of having a stroke, so we wanted to talk more about this. So first she's already mixing up vegan and vegetarian the study was about vegetarians

22:14 and I like how it's been tied into the meatless movement, which is why i think the study came out in the first place or at least the study is being abused for this. So oh! meatless, oh everyone's going meatless but all the slutty vegan Oh who knows this could not be all what's going on so you're set up to already not want to eat the meatless burger. So you know who is behind this? Joining us now is Dr. Shijrath Reddy. Could this really be a legitimate side effect of giving up meat well this was a pretty impressive study it was done through the University of Oxford in England and they looked at four

22:54 48,000 people in their 40s and followed them for a very long time. And as they follow them they talk to them about their diet and they found out what we've known before that a vegetarian and or vegan diet can lower the risk of heart disease but there was no data on stroke and in this study there was a slight increase in the risk of stroke now the authors are quick to say this is not cause-and-effect It's an observational study and more research needs to be done. But I think it is really worth talking about as we see more people embracing a plant-based lifestyle." But the study is quick to point out that this is no does not prove causation the same Oxford Three years ago 2016 released the interim report of the same people Except they'd been following for 16 years instead of 18 years And I said actually 35% of people who don't eat meat seem to have healthier heart didn't mention anything about stroke but then just listen to the news folks and

23:57 who are all in on the meatless generation. These are not doctors, these are the news people talking after this report just so you understand where the money's coming from You're gonna feel better. It's easier to digest you are going a little longer That's just how it is necessarily easier to die through the generations The more meat you eat the more physical maladies, you're likely to possess well in full disclosure Who? T-the news guy And but listen here's the uh Here's the doctor who is doing the report. She is against it. Physical maladies you are likely to possess? Well in full disclosure I am a lacto-ovum vegetarian. Lacta ovum vegetarian? Oh! I had not heard of this. Yeah well that is very common out here, means you drink milk and eat eggs.

24:53 So full disclosure, I'm a lacto-ova vegetarian. I do egg and cheese but I've been a vegetarian for many years and it works for me but this is a personal decision. There are also ways that you can be a healthy meat eater and there are ways to be unhealthy vegetarian. If your going to eat a vegetarian diet of refined carbohydrates and sugars, that is not good for you. You also as a vegetarian have to be cautious to make sure your getting your protein and calcium and focus on vitamins because the authors in this study speculate that some of the vitamins vegetarians are often lacking may be contributing to increased risk of stroke

25:30 I think you can eat meat and be healthy. I think everything in moderation, maybe avoid too much red meat, avoid processed meat for sure limited. I'm not saying eliminate it but limit it. These are the same global warming doofuses. Now, couple of things. The woman before talking about the Oxford report said vegetarian lifestyle? I thought that was interesting just the idea of it being a lifestyle is life choice. It's a choice. Lifestyle, I live the vegetarian lifestyle. I'm pro-lacto-ovum.

CHAPTER 07 / 42 Discussion

Veganism Anecdotes, Dietary Hypocrisy in Tech

An anecdote from the CeBIT computer conference in Hanover, Germany, describes a self-identified vegan who advocated for the diet while privately consuming large quantities of cinnamon buns and danishes. The story highlights the performative and political nature of some dietary choices within the technology industry. The discussion notes the ongoing cultural conflict between the traditional meat industry and the rising meatless movement.

veganism· diet· cebit· hanover· cinnamon buns

26:12 And then the lacto-ovum woman. I mean, why don't you... Could you slip the word meat in there? I'm a vegetarian who eats... It's like this commercial that is going around where this guy says Dude, what's the, he says to his wife in the Volkswagen, it's a funny commercial on the West Coast for 76 products. And there's couple of hipsters and one of them says to his wife, do they have a vegan menu? To the restaurant they're trying to find. She said no you're not a vegan! He says I am a vegan when I don't eat meat! So this is flexibility going on like this as people are just kind of like well be vegan for a day now i'm reminded

26:54 of a story when I went to see bit once with this guy with the group of people one of these guys was Wait CB is that is that the computer conference in Germany? Yeah, the big giant one at Hanover. Mm-hmm And so this guy's adamant vegan Vegan he made a big scene about it and here's a big fat guy mm-hmm which you run into in tech and But it was effect out of the Big Gut And I'm thinking, this guy's a vegan. He should be skinny as a rail! I mean he doesn't...I don't get it." And so went to breakfast one morning and there he was eating candy bars. What did you think his breakfast consisted of? Candy bars, cereal Well not candy bars but nothing but danishes like a pile of them like 10 or 11 cinnamon buns It's like his main diet was cinnamon buns and this is veganism to him Are you sure he wasn't vegan

27:47 Well, he said he was. And he made a big stink about it and how it would be better if everybody was. This is political you know? Yeah. I don't eat meat! Well we have dueling factions here... We have the Meat People Yeah, as you said the cattle ranchers whoever the meat people are and the meat people are fighting the meatless movement. And they should be! They better that's their job at these associations You pay into these clubs and they're supposed to do that business so they're doing something finally Finally. Yeah, now we're all for meat I guess i am for meat actually We cooked some meat last night as a birthday gift Tina and I took a cooking class What kind of gift is meat? It's a great gift Happy Birthday dear here Here's some meat No, I went to a cooking class Oh! I'm reluctant to talk about it because you're just gonna make fun of it

CHAPTER 08 / 42 Discussion

Sur La Table, Date Night Cooking Class

A personal account of a "date night" cooking class at Sur La Table involves learning to prepare creme brulee, popovers, and a creamy kale dish with shallots. The instruction included specific techniques for dicing shallots and searing meat in a cast-iron skillet. The experience is described as a birthday gift that combined culinary education with social interaction and wine.

sur la table· cooking class· kale· shallots· popovers

28:50 Oh, I'm not. Okay well if i guarantee not to make fun of it? No then it won't be a good segment okay well then okay let's out i'll moderate myself so in fact i'll take it seriously is that cooking session i would maybe go to because we want to learn some very fine specialty about how to use phyllo dough in a certain way i'm sure they have a class like that This was the date night cooking session. Oh, this is just a date night? We learned how to make creme brulee we made popovers and check it out I was skeptical but we actually had a kale dish that didn't taste all that Kaley Yeah if you cover it up with enough bacon fat No cook it to death

29:38 It was shallots and it was creamy, creamy kale. Loaded up shallots is a good one that's a good cover-up thing to use And I learned how to properly dice the shallot which i didn't know there's a good way to do it Oh what way is this? Well you put the shallot down and then you slice horizontally seven eighth of the way through then you go on top Then you get your perfectly small dice. Yeah, so it's done with onions too the same thing? Oh no I'm sure it's more... It was new! I learned that and um.. It was good though. And you're doing that there with a couple other people and you're drinking wine and its fun. I had a very good time. There is a lot of fun. And we made a beautiful piece of meat

30:25 What was the meat did you I thought you were making a popovers and dessert stuff Yeah, that was all there too is so it wasn't nice. It's the meat that your head what was so special about that? Well with that we cooked in it was no it's like You cook me before it was a of course I mean I cooked to meet the same way except I do it and yeah, I always Seared on each side and then into the oven it goes in the in the cast-iron skillet And that was basically the same So there was nothing new for me there other than the The topping, which was this huge butter and more shallots and you know seasoning and just melted all over it. It was so good! And not very vegetarian

31:09 See, it's no fun if you don't make fun of it then it doesn't work. Well there wasn't that much to make fun of. Putting butter on meat is not that new a concept. There ya go! But yeah its done in this place called Sula Tabla which is kind of a Williamson- Sur la table they got their Berkeley operation. You get Berkeleyized. And then you walk out like, I really want that knife that I just used. You know? That pepper thing was kind of good. Price full retail sharp knives save lives. Yeah they got one of those operations here on 4th Street and they got one up in Seattle and there's a couple more on the West Coast I think yeah but yeah Boston is an obvious place for the suckers to go there no problem. Not suckers it was a fabulous evening

32:02 Well, happy birthday. Thank you. What were you doing? Meanwhile Hopefully you were prepping for the show while I was off cooking watching football It's the beginning of the new college season. Yeah, okay got to watch that Oregon rack up 77 points Wow Doesn't mean anything to you But it means a lot to me but I was also trying to follow what's going on with Brexit which they do want To talk about for a minute yeah And the reason is because I didn't realize this because they never hadn't followed him but on Twitter Boris Johnson is doing a Trump Oh he only he's up the ante I think and Trump is following suit oh

CHAPTER 09 / 42 Discussion

Boris Johnson, Brexit Twitter Strategy and Parliament

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has adopted a direct-to-voter communication style on Twitter, releasing selfie-style videos to explain his Brexit negotiations. Johnson accused Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn of attempting to force a "pointless delay" by begging Brussels for an extension until 2020. Speculation regarding Johnson's strategy includes the possibility of him refusing to follow new laws, potentially facing contempt of court to force an October 31st exit.

boris johnson· brexit· jeremy corbyn· brussels· parliament

32:40 Boris puts on videos. He's much like Adam or Scott Adams or OJ you mean like really like oh, jay like really shitty videos They're pretty shitty as a selfie. It's like hey everybody so he's got Does he actually start off with? Hey everybody that would be great close it's close yeah not quite doesn't have the doesn't have the little singing at the beginning or OJA, Twitter World. So this is Boris Johnson and this is a long clip but it's a little I think slightly dull because he's a Brit so he speaks with this kind of style that is like ugh! But he does go on and makes his case for what's going on regarding Brexit which is a little bit bullshit we heard the Farage clip last

33:26 show about him sneaking over to Brussels and trying to do a deal. Here is Boris Johnson on Twitter explaining himself. Hi folks, a lot has happened this week and I wanted to update you. I've been negotiating over the past five weeks to get us a new deal. EU leaders were willing to negotiate a deal because they knew we're going to leave on October 31st – Deal or No Deal? Last night, Jeremy Corbyn and others voted to wreck the chance of a deal. Their new law tries to force the government to go to Brussels beg for another delay until 2020 or for as long as Brussels demands People don't want another pointless delay but this law is even worse Brussels could demand that I hand over billions of your money in return for this pointless delay

34:18 refuse to do this. My view is that if Parliament tries to force another pointless delay, and I refuse to do that then voters should decide what happens next People can choose Jeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister, go to Brussels on the 17th of October to delay Brexit again and do what Brussels wants. Or people can choose me to go to Brussels on the 17th of October try to negotiate a new deal and I'm confident that i can but leave on 31st October in all circumstances so that the country could move on

35:02 Last night Jeremy Corbyn voted to stop you, the public deciding this. He's now voted to destroy the negotiations, delay again for no reason and to stop YOU deciding whether we delay or not. It seems he doesn't trust to make this decision. I do trust you, it will be totally wrong for Parliament to force another pointless delay without your agreement so if you want Brexit sorted out before October 31st then please ask your MP to vote on Monday so that you can have your say on who goes to Brussels to sort this out me or Jeremy Corbyn thankyou

35:51 That was actually pretty good. I appreciate what he's doing, but where are we exactly? It's not entirely clear to me What is the status of everything now? You know it's not entirely clear to me either. I can say that you know apparently they're pushing and pushing and pushing to extend to date again. Well, yeah I understand that. Half of his ministers have been fired just over the last few days they've been firing him left and right because there's been turncoats... I just want to hear this call-to-action again at the end let me see what he wants people to do. Force another pointless delay without your agreement

36:37 So if you want Brexit sorted out before October the 31st, then please ask your MP to vote on Monday so that you can have your say on who... Right. So this is a Monday is when the Parliament has the vote and then we're and then if that law passes them Boris's basically screwed he can't do anything then he's locked. He's locked in. Locked out? Yes. It was like somewhere I think it was comic strip blogger of all people So take that with the authority of which it comes. He said that the plan, and remember there's a Cumberbund- no Cummings is running the campaign That's the guy who ran the Brexit campaign That's the smartest guy in the room type algo meister And he is running a lot for Boris Johnson and you don't hear much from him but apparently

37:31 The idea is for Boris to refuse the law, be held in contempt. That's what he hinted at in that little Twitter speech And then go to jail and then the Queen would pardon him He'd come out and then he could do whatever we do because the date has passed and he is in charge somehow So there's something...there's like some strategy which sounded pretty wild to me Kind of like I don't know. It's a pause, I mean there's all kinds of possibilities and it is not beyond Boris Johnson to pull a wild stunt It would make things a little more exciting yeah because this is not really working for me We don't have any excitement in this like and just get this another vote coming up And this was you got your prediction on the line what that Boris won't make it happen Yeah That's my prediction he will not make it happen let me see I had a

CHAPTER 10 / 42 Discussion

BBC Brexit Coverage, EU Settled Status Scheme

The BBC is criticized for using "sob stories" to influence public opinion against Brexit, specifically highlighting the case of an EU citizen living in Bristol. The report focused on the emotional impact of the "settled status" scheme on families who have lived in the UK for over a decade. The segment argues that such media portrayals ignore the potential economic benefits of the UK establishing independent trade deals with the United States.

bbc· brexit· eu citizens· settled status· propaganda

38:27 That was this, of course what's more interesting to me is... the propaganda that goes around and this was a piece, where is this from? I think this might have been BBC of course. This is about the settled status scheme for those who are not Brits living in or who are EU citizens I should say living in the UK but don't have...don't have the proper paperwork possibly to stay after Brexit so they bring out This woman who's from an East Bloc country, she's been married to a guy. She lives in Bristol they have a son together and she's worried about what's going to happen to her And there is this hole in the report with just no words...the music goes down little bit

39:17 And they put a title on the lower third, which I will read for you after the bit passes. I'll go back and read it to you so you know why this is the kind of bullshit they're doing there. Worry about my future? Worry about the future of my children? What will happen to me on the first of November? What will happen to them by its impact on them as well? It's also feeling of being rejected... To-to do the contrary, you call home I've been living in the UK for 16 years. I've had the same employer for 15 years and i'm married to an Englishman. I actually replied that day my little boy turned 13 thinking hey let's celebrate his birthday and celebrate my safe home status So here's this hole in the report

40:01 And so what she's saying is, you know I've been here for 16 years. I've been employed for 15 years my little boy turned 13. It was like oh i'm going to celebrate my official status and I'm gonna read it for ya. Lily's application had insufficient evidence to be instantly approved in other words she had no right to be there but okay I never actually saw it would happen to me. I feel that my voice is not being heard, I think my voice and the voices of 3 million EU citizens living here is not being heard No one is asking us how its impacting on us or our day-to-day life on mental health. I want to remain positive but I've lost trust. I've lost trust! So they're using these sob stories

40:50 And get everybody into the right mood. Tell everyone, oh we can't be Brexiting this is no good! The poor woman oh no! Meanwhile in the UK... She could be a plant for all we know she works for public relations agency and this is all malarkey Absolutely think about the business the United States could do with the United Kingdom if they were freed from the EU and Trump is doing okay it's always but then now we have 20 was it tariffs, 100% tariffs on dairy goods and even some Gouda cheese which is kind of upsetting to me. It's one of my main sources of protein so that's EU sanctions going up I think the US and in the UK could have fantastic trade we could make them our manufacturing base

CHAPTER 11 / 42 Discussion

People's Vote March, NationBuilder Campaign Tools

A massive "People's Vote" protest is scheduled for October 19th in London, with organizers demanding a second referendum on the UK's departure from the EU. The digital infrastructure for the march's fundraising utilizes NationBuilder, a platform originally developed by associates of the Obama administration. Critics suggest the march is being orchestrated by globalist consultants to stall the Brexit process.

people's vote march· london· nationbuilder· protests· brexit

41:46 Put those Brits to work. Yeah, we're gonna put the Mexicans back to work Oh really? Yeah that's what it looks like and send some Canadians too but they're uh It's just this whole thing is just is dragging on too long I can't believe the public They're gonna when's the redo that's what they're gonna have to do yeah Well on the 19th of October Uh they have uh was it 19th of October Yes, the 19th of October is another march. The People's Vote March and they're pushing that big so I think that's the plan. The 17th they're all back. The 19th we have...and this will be a big protest let me see because it's like the people's vote march who was sponsoring that last time with all these professional signs?

42:41 I don't know, it's probably some French company. Yeah let me see... October 14th? I do have a report from the PBS and the minor Brexit protests that are taking place now they're expected to grow. Hold on a second what which is this Minor Brexit protests. Dueling marches collided in London's Parliament Square today, one side in favour and the other side against the UK leaving the European Union without a deal. Members of the pro-Brexit Democratic Football Lads Alliance clashed with the anti-Brexit group March for Change. European Union flags waved besides a flying beer can police managed to keep the two groups apart

43:19 The UK's departure from the EU under a no-deal Brexit is still set for October 31st, but debate continues in Parliament. Okay here it is... It's the People's Vote Saturday 19th October 2019 London People's Vote March Let Us Be Heard And 15 towns and cities across the country culminating an enormous historic march in London October 19th because it is now clear that this is a crisis that cannot be settled Let me see FAQ says to say who's No funny doesn't really say who's behind this but when you hit the donate button, which is usually what I like to hit first You're hardly gonna believe this

44:07 Chip in whatever you can afford towards the march now they're using that chip in language so they probably got the same consultants have the same people rights there nation builder is nation builder isn't a part of share blue. I think it is. I think it is, yeah... It's probably the same thing as Cher Blue and these guys are and the American Democrats are all against the idea of Brexit because it really slows down the progress to one world government Yeah which is where we're supposed to be going That's your real target And that's gonna take a while You can't do it with stuff like Brexit Yeah Throwing this makes a mess Now God now we gotta go What are we gonna do about that?

44:53 Yeah, it's just he's a fly in the ointment. Yeah nation builder Started in 2008 surprise surprise From some of the Obama people yeah there you go that's where it's all coming from yes But I think they'll get a lot of traction III think there will be a lot of people Marching whether there are or not it will be portrayed as millions let's put a number on it I would say they're going to say something like over two... mmmm, has to be good. Has to be good. Now I don't believe this okay but give us a number. I have my number They would have to say three million people nationwide or something of this ilk so not just London but 3 million nationwide That's hedging but okay i'm gonna say there's a half a million people Half-a-million will be the number they use and it's gonna be in London It'll be all footage from London

CHAPTER 12 / 42 Discussion

Hong Kong Protests, US Flag Symbolism

Protesters in Hong Kong marched to the U.S. Consulate, waving American flags and singing the U.S. national anthem to request diplomatic intervention against the Chinese government. Despite Chief Executive Carrie Lam's withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill, demonstrators continue to demand an independent inquiry into police brutality. The movement has entered its 14th consecutive weekend of unrest, characterized by clashes in subway stations and the use of tear gas.

hong kong· carrie lam· democracy· us consulate· police brutality

45:53 But they have to go bigger than a million because they've already done that one before. So it has to go little further. I don't think they're going to dig and pull it off I think they can say half a million and it'll get the same impact. I don't think you need to say a million, half a million marching in London's a lot of people. Well bottom line Hong Kong Bottom line two million you know to make it number make it happen Yeah, Hong Kong is great that we are doing such a good job in Hong Kong now We've moved it. We've shifted everything Oh my goodness, it's not just that people don't want the Chinese government. They want America! Hong Kong protesters are taking their demands straight to the US consulate Huge crowds are gathered now ahead of an authorized march to the Consulate building

46:41 It is the 14th straight weekend of demonstrations. Many are waving American flags, these are live video we have for you right now and they hope their pleas for democracy will resonate with Americans On Saturday, the U.S. Defense Secretary urged China's government to show restraint in dealing with the protest movement there are more American flags in this live video we're showing you now. China is asshole! And they're singing the national anthem and they're waving the flags. It's fantastic I mean this is, it's been a while since you've seen protesters in another country saying we want America to step in. How un-21st century is that? No one says that anymore! Yeah that...I don't know who's orchestrating that but that takes a lot of nerve. It's chutzpah I think is the term yeah wave these flags and say you want us

47:45 Come on, then you think Brexit is a bunch of phony baloney These reports are now people have serious issues and they're very pissed off and maybe they are extremely frustrated And all they can can hope for is that somehow the United States does something to help them Because it's no joke what they're going through No, here's a more normalized report I do have which is from CBC. Which in other words doesn't really talk about the American aspect but it's pretty complete report which is unusual for CBC Hong Kong Report. Let's turn now to Hong Kong where it is already Saturday morning It's also where officials are bracing for yet another weekend of protests

48:32 Setting the stage, protesters trashed a subway station overnight. An act of destruction aimed at disrupting traffic to the airport It wasn't supposed to be like this Protesters filling the streets and taunting police The police shooting back with rubber bullets The concession by Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam this past week was supposed to leave most people satisfied. Does that change anything? Of course not, if anything it makes her angrier than before Why Because we know is a lie It is a lie she's trying to do something She's trying to divide us and were no going let that happen

49:21 Instead, tonight's crowd seemed united. Further demanding that Lam call an independent inquiry into perceived police brutality something she has refused But the protesters refuse to forget this scene from last week beatings in the subway by police looking for them This man too afraid of police to reveal his identity got in the way. Today he showed a handful of reporters his bruises, he insists it was just a passenger. I was pushed to the floor and beaten with their batons, he says called a cockroach

50:03 That anger spilled onto the streets here again tonight, met with police warning flags. So they're moving away from the police station right now there's been a black flag meaning tear gas is coming and an orange flag meaning there could be shooting Right now they're trying to get everybody who doesn't have gear doesn't have equipment out of the danger zone Indeed, the tear gas came quickly after as did more shots. The police did manage to regain control of the streets but as they left, jeers from bystander showed they have not regained Hong Kong's respect

CHAPTER 13 / 42 Discussion

Bridgefy App, Mesh Networking in Protests

Hong Kong protesters are reportedly using Bridgefy, a Bluetooth-based mesh networking app, to communicate without relying on traditional internet or cellular networks that can be monitored by the state. While the app offers a way to bypass censorship, concerns remain regarding the inherent trackability of Bluetooth signals in retail and urban environments. Other niche apps, such as the "5% Club" for users with low battery, are mentioned as emerging digital trends.

bridgefy· bluetooth· mesh network· hong kong· privacy

50:45 Now, we had one of our producers wrote a nasty note in saying this is interesting and all but why is there so much emphasis just on these Hong Kong things when the yellow vest revolution in France has been going on consistently predating this. And continuing to this day and there's zero news coverage of it. He's leading him to believe that this like staged and not staged by any means in so far as it being a fake but staged by the American public relations machinery to be promoted. Oh, of course! Just to embarrass China... Well we have to promote the right story at the right time Yes and there's nothing good about these protests in other parts of the world which are going on I mean there is nothing good that can come out for us as a you know in general Let's be factual

51:48 This is only about what we're shown and that's a downside to the to the type of show We do is we can really only respond to what is out there Although again, I'm dipping more into podcasts and other alternative forms of media because it's so boring So boring with mainstream is doing and just over it. Just they just regurgitate Same story, do it again. Yeah you see the same thing at every news outlet bang bang bang exactly the same thing as like you brought that up with the Sharpie gate how is this a new story at all? It's not it should not be the lead when people are being decimated! The decimation of Nova Scotia and then there was this report I had and of course I can't try it anymore uh and I won't try it Bridgefiy

52:39 the Hong Kong protesters, since they... well now they were doing using all kinds of different apps to communicate with each other. The smartest one I thought was Pokemon Go where they were using the DM feature or chat feature to communicate but now apparently they're using Bridgify which is a Bluetooth peer-to-peer chat app Which I don't know and again, I can't try it. I will not to try it on anything I have. I'd like to know how it works? What's going on what else is it talking too? They think it keeps them safe now. Now I don't see how it keeps them safe Is there some kind of encryption can you identify people could a law enforcement official come in and listen along? But the idea is cool but

53:34 Bluetooth is one of the number-one snooping mechanisms used at retail. It's got your bluetooth on Oh, we know exactly who you are all that data is known Don't know yeah well Maybe one of our producers can give it a shot or maybe if someone in Hong Kong just gets somebody to break it down for us Yeah I would like plenty of guys can do that yeah Just I can't contaminate my cloaked iPhone 5. Why don't you use Tina's gear? I Tell you she hates the fact that she has to have gear but yeah her job requires her to have some stuff with her on the phone and Of course, but I'm always like hey try this no No She's taking most things off that she really doesn't need But she has to have the so some social media apps on to complete the job

54:31 But no, thanks. Maybe I'll ask the millennial. I'll ask the millennial! She'll do it. Ask the millennials they will be glad to help. She got this app which is the 5% club Which actually kind of like this when you can enter a special chat room When your iPhone battery is below five percent And so you just have people chatting with each other, but I'm at 4% now. I'm about to go out in flames and they have these huge rallies around people dying that would really their battery going but them kind of dying in real time Armageddon is upon us. That's the silliest thing I've ever heard It's it's funny in a way Yeah It just goes to show wrapping up this first hour with A few unhoused pieces

CHAPTER 14 / 42 Discussion

Austin Town Hall, InfoWars Protest Incident

During a rowdy town hall meeting in Austin, Texas, InfoWars host Owen Schroyer was removed after shouting at Mayor Steve Adler and the City Council regarding the city's leadership. Schroyer criticized the recurring nature of such meetings and blamed Democratic leadership for the city's ongoing issues. The incident reportedly encouraged other attendees to express their frustrations more aggressively to the local officials.

austin· owen schroyer· infowars· steve adler· town hall

55:27 I told you about the town hall that we had in Austin, which was at Edwards University. And again the mayor was there and a couple of council members and it was not quite as clean...it's little rowdier than we thought or then previous previous town halls had been. And I said that there was someone who got kicked out it was actually Owen Schroyer from Info Wars who does what is he has to show on The War Room? I think is what its called And I want to play two pieces here one is and this did make as parts of it made the news But not not as much not the full minute where he's just sitting there. He's got his he's got a camera He's got his InfoWars mic, and he just stands up and starts yelling at everybody, and I thought it was kind of cool Just

56:19 My staff and I were there every week at the Arch talking with our social service providers, helping to provide support for a pilot program that helps point us in the direction where we need to go as a community. I can't take this anymore nothing is going to change in this city with meetings like this! This is pathetic! Nothing is gonna change in this city with meetings like this and leaders like this! This is pathetic how many times do we have to have meeting's like this? We should be We should be sounding like me right now, not like them. You want to know why nothing changes in this city? Because of bad leadership! Nothing is going to change in this city or your city with this bad leadership. This is pathetic. This is pathetic. Nothing is going to change in this city and notice how every city he mentioned is run by Democrats.

57:12 this to cities. Nothing is going to change in this city with this leadership, nothing! Absolutely nothing! We need a new mayor!" Now I like this because the expression on the Mayor's face and the Council is one of total lack of understanding, they just cannot believe that someone would do this in their holy presence. You can see them! They're like oh my god how dare this peasant? You can really see it, and what I like about this is an old tactic is that sometimes spur other people on to take a little more aggressive stance such as this young lady with double privilege.

58:11 Now when you get a double privilege minority and a woman, we're not going to throw her out. We're going to listen to what she has to say now will it help? Doubtful No, of course not. But thank goodness people are pissed off! Are there any meetings in California that have people angry? You never see it...

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National Hobo Convention, Ethical Code of 1889

The 1889 National Hobo Convention in St. Louis established an ethical code for "tourists" (hobos) that emphasized self-reliance, respect for nature, and community assistance. The code instructed travelers to stay clean, help in "jungles" (camps), and avoid causing trouble for railroad crews. This historical context is contrasted with modern homelessness issues, suggesting a loss of the self-governing standards once held by transient populations.

hobo code· st. louis· tourist union· ethics· history

58:50 Well, they don't put it out but this happens all the time. It's constant. You're screaming at each other in the Oakland City Council, they're screaming at each other Berkeley, they're screaming at each other in San Francisco. We need some reports! They are constantly screaming at each other. We need some reports we need to know how to do it or how not to do it I think that guy from Info Wars has the right idea and then he triggered the other woman which is perfect as you doing it fine a couple of bills going through through the House of Representatives, I think to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for non-recognition of gain on real property sold for use as affordable housing. So they're still trying to do the housing thing so it's the Affordable Housing Incentives Act. Pfft! I know really and Void Zero asked me to please post a link in the show notes which i've done under the unhoused topic to the Hobo Ethics code

59:49 Because people should be living by that. This was from the 1889 National Hobo Convention in St Louis, Missouri You remember it John? It must have been a good time. It was great! Lots of hobos though... It's the ethical code created by the Tourist Union And it has things like decide your own life don't let other tourists... By tourist they mean hobos Yes well That's what hobos were back in the day there were the national tourists Well now they're neighbors They're neighbors who are camping You have neighbors who are camping next to your house. I have a look at that, the hobos ethic code which doesn't even come close to how the hobos are treating our cities now but yeah... Yeah they used to have a code! It was like be helpful don't get in the way don't do crappy stuff. Now they feel entitled Oh totally

1:00:45 When jungling in town, which I guess is what panhandling used to be called. Respect handouts do not wear them out! Another hobo will be coming along who will need them as bad if not worse than you Always respect nature Do not leave garbage where you are jungling Maybe jungle from jungling jungling jungle jungling yes If in a community jungle, always pitch in and help. I think it means this is where the tent...the tent city? Yeah, tent city yes jungling Try to stay clean boil up wherever possible When traveling ride your train respectfully take no personal chances cause no problems with the operating crew or host railroad act like an extra crew member There's all kinds of fine things to adhere to as a hobo Well this proves that this problem is not new Oh heck no

CHAPTER 16 / 42 Discussion

Affordable Housing Incentives Act, Real Estate Speculation

The "Affordable Housing Incentives Act" is scrutinized as a potential real estate scam designed to benefit property owners rather than the unhoused. By removing capital gains taxes on properties sold for affordable housing, the bill may incentivize developers to flip real estate in rapidly expanding cities like Austin and San Francisco. Critics argue that the "affordable housing" narrative is used to bypass local ordinances while failing to address the root causes of homelessness.

affordable housing· real estate· capital gains· san francisco· austin

1:01:35 So if it's not new, why is it such a problem now in certain specific Democrat-run cities like San Francisco and Austin and Seattle? It appears because they want to transition people from hobos to camping neighbors. I think that's where the problem started. It doesn't solve anything for them What? There's something else that's bothersome and it's going on. And I can't put my finger on what it is, but this... It's too coincidental that we have these and I don't want to just call out the Democrats on this but these cities are all run by Democrats

1:02:20 And they all have this same exact problem. And they're all, oh I can't do anything about it but this problem has been around forever and it's always been dealt with in one way or another usually law enforcement does part of it because they're told that if somebody breaks your car window like in San Francisco maybe it should be taken up by the police and maybe the guy who obviously did it cause he was walking up to street could be arrested something could be done about it but no. You break a car window? No big deal The law enforcement has been neutered. They can't do anything and that's consistent, maybe this bill this Affordable Housing Incentives Act maybe that has something to do with it when you think about the answer to I can only speak about Austin but i think the same is for other cities where this is happening Portland Los Angeles San Francisco Seattle you keep going

1:03:11 It's always the answer is always, oh we need more housing. More affordable housing and what happens is you create the affordable housing which the young people move into because they can't afford what's going on and then the rents, the revenues for people who own and lease out real estate, they just keep making more money. So that's the only... Somehow it is a real estate scam. It seems like a real estate scam and this Affordable Housing Act with no capital gains taxes could be part of that! I would expect so. And, I'm recalling the reports that we have here which are not recording but local news reports. Oh! One of the problems with homelessness is because no one can afford a home in San Francisco where the median house price and they say this and it's a good number The median house price in San Francisco is 1.1 million. Well that has nothing to do with homelessness Nobody can afford those kinds of rates unless you're... You know? That's why most people don't live in San Francisco

1:04:11 unless it's, you know... he's just not affordable at all. But it's not affordable in a lot of places. It's not affordable in Beverly Hills! They don't have a homeless encampment there!" Well I think they have specific city ordinances there so yeah and their real estate market is tightly controlled they got it all they they don't need to have more real estate to sell Austin isn't fantastically expanding city And yeah, you just have to think that this is all a big real estate scam. Keep saying the answer is affordable hou- Oh! Oh my gosh now they're camping everywhere because we dropped the ordinance We need to speed up affordable housing. We need to get more money. We need to raise more money How can we see it any other way as a real estate scam?

1:05:04 The problem with it being a real estate scam is that this is an unhealthy condition they're creating. Well, as the former New York banker said things are so great they don't give a shit. Ha ha ha we got people pooping on the street who cares? Who cares! We're doing great and we don't live in the city. Yeah well there's that I think there's some truth to that I hate to do this on a sour note but with that i do want to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you, the man who put the C and D in these centers for disease control John C. Devorak! Well good morning to you Mr. Atticoree and good morning all ships at sea boots on the ground subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there In the morning too the trolls are in our troll room they are to be found at noagendastream.com where they're always hanging around

CHAPTER 17 / 42 Discussion

No Agenda Art, Bongo-Bongoland Title Controversy

The selection of podcast album art and titles involves a collaborative vetting process to avoid inappropriate imagery or offensive language. A proposed title, "Bongo-Bongoland," was rejected after research revealed it is a pejorative British term for Third World countries, potentially originating from the name of Gabon's former president, Omar Bongo. Similarly, artwork featuring a drowning child was deemed unsuitable despite its technical quality.

darren o'neill· nick the rat· bongo-bongoland· gabon· racism

1:05:54 Trolling mainly, but they often have good little suggestions and that's the place where you can find all kinds of fine entertaining shows Which you will not find in the mainstream anywhere and it's on 24 hours a day seven days a week no agenda stream.com It's all a part of our value for value network which I do want to talk about later But these are things that people do to help us out including what our artists will do and artists make album art for our podcast so that it's different with every episode. It has shown to be very effective with getting people's attention, and for the four... This is I don't know if we've had this happen before? Four times in a row now one artist the one and only Darren O'Neill has scored- How many more JJ did this? Now this was uh well now we had quite a combo quite a combo about this

1:06:47 And by the way, the title of the show was generational justice and Darren's artwork was a typical Well, I said it was just interesting. It was the no vaping papers Please sign of the bathroom which did relate to the show But there was a number there was a number of things and we have the trifecta that we that we like to pull together Which is the opening clip? We want a title and we want a piece of art, and if at all possible we don't want them to be the same. No crossing over. Now you wanted... Okay so there were two pieces of art that I liked a lot. I like Nick the Rat where the kid was drowning under a sea of lies which would be The Climate Hoax

1:07:38 And you made a compelling argument to say it's just not a great idea to have drowning kids as our artwork. Yes, that was and you couldn't really argue that I couldn't make similar points But I could argue against your chosen title which is Bongo bongo land I had well I had was an error in judgment but let's go back to bongo bongo land Which was my choice for a title? And I said that's an incredibly racist thing that Brits like to say I never knew this. Yes, Bongo-Bongoland! I thought that was just kind of an offhanded thing that this guy was bitching about on the Udo because it came from a clip, Bongo-Bongoland Yeah And i thought it was the funniest thing I've ever heard because its so ludicrously stupid sounding and it turns out if you do some work and do some research as you as ill do right now Well you can just go to Wikipedia there's not a hell of a lot of research

1:08:28 Yes, no there's something good in Wikipedia that talks about this. Let me see if I can find it In British English bongo-bongo land is a pejorative term used to refer to third world countries particularly in Africa or to a fictional such country and When did this start? Well this is the problem There's no clear cut There's no clear-cut movement when Bongo, Bongoland came up and they think it was named... They think it may have been. Let me see if I can find this. Oh the president? Yeah! This one the President of Gabon Omar Bongo which is his actual name yeah one of these guys one of the Alan Clark a conservative referred to Gabon as Bongo, Bongoland because it was this guy's country Omar Bongo

1:09:20 Yeah, well then that just deteriorated apparently. Oh yeah? Well the thing is you kind of have to give up It's like decimated You know we can bitch all we want but people now use it to mean total destruction and Bongo bongo land is just a racist term Well so he didn't use with bunk I mean it's not like I mean that's not racist Although now, yes go ahead. So the point is this one of the things we should recognize about the show I mean there two of us are different personalities But we both have a were skewed enough off of each other that we can spot the errors. We both make them, and it's like I would have used Bongo-Bongoland and everyone would have been condemning me but no he squelches and then he would've used a drowning child which was another... Well it didn't take much convincing for me to agree that probably wasn't a great idea with drowning children on the front of our podcast

1:10:20 Yeah, although it was a good piece of art Nick Technically Nick should have had that that piece because it was a good piece It worked but it was it would just had that element. That was not not appropriate so and there were there were other ones but these were really the the toppers and I Really appreciate the work that everybody does on this And this value for value system is just something I wanted to pause for, just for a second. There was an article about this that I tweeted about and very few people understood what i was saying. Surprisingly a lot of big time producers of the show also got enamored by the technology of it and didn't really understand the point

CHAPTER 18 / 42 Discussion

PodPass Protocol, Value for Value Model

The "PodPass" proposal for an open podcasting protocol is criticized for encouraging a "premium content" model that hides the best work behind paywalls. This approach is compared to the unbundling of music albums by iTunes, which reduced the perceived value of individual tracks. The "Value for Value" model is presented as a superior alternative, allowing listeners to determine the worth of the content through transparent, voluntary donations without artificial price floors.

podpass· patreon· value for value· monetization· marshall mcluhan

1:11:07 Podpass, proposal for an open protocol to enable direct listener relationships. And to summarize pod pass is a technical way... Well stop! You're not backing up enough. I'm not? What is pod pass where did it come from and why are you talking about that? That's what-I'm just about to explain it. I said pod pass is a technical way and you tell me to back up. How far back do you want me to go Where did you run into this? What is it about? I mean, PodPass is a proposed protocol to enable podcasters to make money without disintermediating Patreon and other companies like this.

1:11:51 I read their paper and i thought it was... for one thing you're gonna have to explain what this is in the first place because this made zero sense to me, any of it. And I thought that they were kind of encouraging people who still use Patreon So they're proposing the solidification of a model And the part that I liked is they say, hey people are having a hard time making money with advertising on podcasts. Duh! Okay you could have called me and would've told you that So they say the way it seemed the way it seems to work which you and I disagree with is to give away free content that people can listen to freely and then have special membership bonus and premium content Yeah, which behind the special paywall now. Why don't know how we're disagreeing on this? Well, let me finish Okay You and I aren't disagreeing

1:12:48 but I thought you said we disagreed. No, i said people who produce this podcast not you! You're not a producer? Oh no this whole premium member... oh just go on. So my point was It's not about a technical solution while I'm all for disintermediating Patreon and having you get the money yourself. What this does is something very, very evil and it's the same thing that iTunes did with music They unbundled the album And sold each track for 99 cents Making a song which takes a shitload of work for most people

1:13:30 into a 99 cent piece of fucking candy. And so what these guys are saying is, huh you do your podcast it has zero value nothing no value at all and then for $5 a month you can get all this other stuff I'm like this is the worst artificial marketing in the world It does not let people determine the true value of the product And that's what the value for value model does. And there are people like even Chris Wilson, well we can do it with this and JavaScript! It's not about the technology! Please see it's a dead-end street. Why would... Even if you're making $100 million off of your premium content why would you continue to make the shitty no value content which everyone else can get? It's stupid! It's not the way to do it

1:14:29 This is where you weigh in. Well, there's a thing that comes and goes which is this oh why don't you do I mean it would work by the way with DH unplugged Horowitz and I and I could explain how it would work there but 99.999% of all... Well stock tips is a little different Stock tips is different But on most shows, you have your content and then there's... And you see this on Patreon. Oh become a Patreon and then you can see our special content! And they have like this little 10 minute bit that they do that's outside their show And people have told us that we should've done this before, and I always have the same response. Why? What exactly are we gonna do a second little show that only a few people listen to that might have important content that now we may have to refer to and nobody else ever heard?

1:15:18 I mean you can't have these mystery shows out in the middle of nowhere where you have references because this show is like a tangle of news analysis that goes back for a decade. over a decade. The Patreon people are suckers for this. I don't know that anybody even if you sign up for, for example Briney's congressional dish to listen to her show... Does she have premium episodes? Please tell me she doesn't do that

1:16:06 I don't know that she does or doesn't, but i think she offers something. A little you know one of the after hours kind of thing uh bill you know after the show Bill Maher continues on the podcast during this year which is also free from Bill Maher and I don't think it's free you have to be a patron I mean did but the patreon people all yeah I know Tom Mary oh you get this you get this you get that you get to listen to this you would never get to listen to otherwise It makes no sense to do that You're hiding content from people. Why are you doing a show and then hiding most of it from your main show, putting a little bitty 10 minutes of something else on the side? On Stock Tips it makes sense but everything else it makes zero sense. That's because it can be translated directly to money and this our show gives people lots of stock tips without even knowing I got an email from a guy who said the minute you guys were talking about Juul and the Atria

1:17:02 Acquisition is I bought stock in Atria immediately and I'm doing great then he says he's gonna donate but you know So that's the kind of stuff we want to help with but it never shows the true value This is and that's why I was surprised that people got into huge technical conversations when I clearly said You what? You want if you want The market you want the people who produce the show with you to determine the value. And it's okay if it's nothing, It's okay if its $1 a year, Its okay with 100 thousand...it is up to you! and that keeps everything and everybody honest particularly when we just tell you everything transparently out in the open which I think we should do right now

1:17:48 Well, we could and I should mention another thing that bothers me since we're in a grousing mode about regular you know the podcast. Well just don't want people to be led astray when there's a great way to do it and people get oh this is great. I am the podfather listen to me! This is the old let's uh here's your offer you can subscribe for two dollars a month It's like, why are you limiting people to anything? Let alone two. I mean this is so old fashioned. It's not like a magazine where the costs are all valid and you can say well the magazine is gonna cost $2.45 cents a month or $2.47 cents because you have the numbers down. It's like the $2 a month, what're you trying to accomplish? Why don't you let people pick their own damn number

1:18:40 And it turns out that's what you want and you have people picking numbers that are sometimes two dollars a month. Oh, by the way as I've been studying my Marshall McLuhan and I've been watching after the last episode I had no idea that you would study him I started reasoning understanding media We have we and when I say we now you and I the no agenda family then all know a gender producers in gitmo nation have succeeded in converting money into content And that's because of this model. It's not something we intended, but when you see how people use numerology... specific donation amounts, they've turned a transaction into content! It's mind-blowing except no one really sees it that way or we see it that way That's something that is not done anywhere

CHAPTER 19 / 42 Discussion

Executive Producer Credits, No Agenda Donations

A segment dedicated to acknowledging high-tier donors includes the induction of new Knights and Dames into the No Agenda Round Table. Contributors from various locations, including Austin, Calgary, and New York, provided donations ranging from $200 to over $1,000. The hosts discuss the "transaction as content" phenomenon, where specific donation amounts and accompanying notes become part of the show's narrative and community interaction.

executive producer· donations· knightings· karma· paypal

1:19:36 Well, I think it was intentional. By you? So our first guy is anonymous in Austin Texas $1,011 and 12 cents and he sent a check in with his note A friend of mine hit me in the mouth when he invited to the Austin meetup last March By the time I arrived at the meetup, I had only listened to about 15 minutes of the No Agenda show. I was not really impressed with this show but curious... Well, fifteen minutes is not gonna... I'm also curious what show he listened to for fifteen minutes? But okay continue! It can happen some of the shows are boring

1:20:15 I did meet open-minded people at the Meetup. He was curious enough to go to the Meetup, but that's kind of weird. How do you know about the Meetup? Well no he says a buddy of his dragged him to the Meetup. Oh okay got it! I'm sorry i'm not paying attention what I'm reading... I didn't meet open minded people and the group was impressed with the show but what the Meetup and the group was energetic nonetheless had no interest in two celebrity yahoos that everyone was fawning over Oh, thanks for fawning over us. The celebrity Yahoo's? Yes it says. It would be me I guess. Two celebrities he says two celebrity yahoos and those are your two people after the meetup I gave a show to a serious listener who would like to support it by becoming a knight so he starts off with a big donation yeah this is right off the bat here I find that the only thing that I regularly listen to now

1:21:11 We hooked up show notes are great I consider any commentary that doesn't reference sources just a bunch of hot air hats off to the best podcasters in the universe Please knight me you get your pen out. Oh, yes Get your pin out it. I think is on the list what he did this has the extra here Please night be sir Henry of flower field at the roundtable please include a lactating wench and a rack of lamb. Lactating wench, and a rack of... Well he certainly has slipped into the community with some comfort Yeah no kidding! And he would like a little karma That will be concluded Well fantastic Thank you very much sir to bee Let me see Get your little karma He didn't ask for goat karma so we'll just hand out some straight up-and-down You've got Karma And I'll see ya at the night table The round table

1:22:08 Servido, meanwhile from Evergreen Colorado thinks the show is worth $333.33! Just spent 8 hours at booth 33 at the Evergreen Chili Cookout to fundraise for local first responders. Got the message, signed up for the NOAJ social immediately. Thanks from my last jobs karma, the new gig started nine weeks ago. Your pal Sir Vito." Congratulations Sir Vito and so there's a perfect example of... I did a JCD!

1:22:46 My mic came off the stand That hasn't happened to me in a while What are you doing? I'm run put it back on there we go darn sorry about that So there it is. There's there's a transaction as content 333 33 he got a 33 He got the message signed up for no agenda social by the way, no agenda social comm and Some people have said, well I don't want to be a part of something that censors because they've read something about Mastodon and Mastodon itself mastodon.social says we don't publish any Nazi websites KKK quadroons just cuz they don't listen doesn't mean that we don't work and doesn't work perfectly so you're what everyone's welcome to join noagendasocial.com Thank You sir Vito that's really appreciated

1:23:46 First social executive producer be Michael Howie in Calgary, Alberta $265 or 350 key these guys had a meetup. This is the first Calgary Meet up last night Yeah, they had a whole bunch of people there So this 350, these guys bumped up to the executive level. Yeah because they came in with... 350 CAD donation in the name of the first Calgary meetup from last night great group including three nights and two games I think that meant games But it says games. CAD $50 of this donation came from Grimerica, who were there at the meetup. Yeah! One of the guys from Grimerica tweeted a picture him with my head on a stick and he said oh at least I got to interview Adam at the meetup so yeah... Didn't you just do them? No no i have to do it but you know it's always Saturday night. Somebody else didn't you just do something?

1:24:48 I thought you did. No, no, they America wants me to kind of and I have to go on it's just their timing is always 11 p.m. Saturday night like no Saturday night and it just got paid just haven't recorded any time now they do it apparently not. Ah, I'm a tough guy. $201.11 Hi Lou John and Adam my name is Hunter at 24 year old originally from the desert in Southern California played college baseball at Northwest Missouri And I've been listening for about a year. And I'd like to note that my uncle John in South Carolina introduced me to the show and glad to say that I'm no longer a douchebag, but I must say you two are the only true place of news anymore! I finally said enough is enough! I have to give back. I am migrating back west with my siblings in Phoenix here on the 16th September and would love some jobs karma and recent college graduate looking for career

1:25:44 Oh he is a recent college if anyone needs a rare and a type of millennial in the area let me know. And he does have a yeah why don't you if you have something it's a tough email address so email me I can say that people play backwards on this looks like is that an S528421, 528421 at NorthwestMissouri.edu or NWMissouri.edu Anyway, thanks again. Yes So I think he also deserves a de-douching of this is his first His first donation and he wanted a douching in a jobs car You've been de-douched Jobs jobs jobs and jobs Let's vote for jobs! You thought karma

1:26:36 Paul Crowe, Crowe, Schulich $201. Paul Crowe, Schulich discover credit card has a 5% rebate on PayPal so I thought I'd buy an associate executive producer credit. You got five back? Five percent back! Wow five percent yeah that's a good deal it is i know i've always thought about getting one of those i don't like cards thank you very much paul Thanks, Paul. Matthew Lomar $200 Mind adding myself the 11th for birthday and my mother the 12th for the birthday For this show wanted to add this on the note But don't know if I screwed up or PayPal changed the ability to send notes with donations around 73 since 73 is to you kilo 5 alpha Charlie Charlie

1:27:31 You're on the list. Dame Pamela Haag in Allegheny, New York 200 jingles Trump Space Force and shut up stop rafting and go karma please I've been inspired by your situations in Austin to San Francisco your new exit strategy is this create an uber type system in which drivers answer calls from people who want to remove people experiencing homelessness from their community The driver is then directed to take this persons or person to one of the upscale communities. Please pitch in an extra $15 per person to give them a meal and large cardboard box."

1:28:12 Pamela Hague from Allegheny New York. That's a great idea! Sign up to my app it's like hey you want some food? Yeah, you wanna ride? We laugh, but it's not really funny. But hell what a great idea. Yeah we laughed What does she need? Oh she needs her jingles and a goat karma well Thank you very much Dame Pamela Support and exit ideas always appreciated Space Force don't laugh why you are laughing shut up you've got

1:28:59 And last on our list with $200 is Nushka Blikwardy in Lafayette, California. And she sent a note and a check wishing you a hip-hip hurrah and gif something in Dutch. Hip hip hurrah and gefeliciteerd. Oh! Hip hip hurrah en gefeliciteerd? Exactly. From a fellow Virgo who has been hit in the mouth by my sister Julie Blick, well it's probably Anoushka is a guy not a girl. Possibly I'm guessing maybe my sister Julie Blick from Hamstead

1:29:40 Himstede this summer. Yeah, Himstede of 2017 I'm a bit overdue in donations so here's my birthday gift to Adam and the show and as I cannot get my smoking hot husband out is it woman? Yep, I knew it Anushka that's a woman's name. I cannot get my smoking hot husband This is an interesting dilemma. I cannot get my smoking hot husband to get hooked on no agenda He will for sure not request a happy birthday wish to surprise me when listening to the show this Sunday Therefore, I'm asking for a happy 55th birthday wish for myself on September 7th hoping Adam will share the Dutch way of celebrating birthdays again. Oh boy... With a good Dutch accent please. Hold on! I have to put her on the list now but wait a second what is her name? Anushka? Anushka Blikwardy dashed it's a dash name her last name was Blik. B-L-I spell it

1:30:42 B-L-I-K dash W-A-R-D-Y. Blick Vardy, what for name is that now? She's married to some guy who hates the show. Thanks to the guy who hates the show! Okay Anoushkava we do that, we do you a very happy heap heapura today for you... great Fantastic. And that is our last associate executive producer want to thank everybody for helping produce show 1171 Yes, and for all who have donated in this segment we like to do it like Hollywood these are the amounts that get you an executive producership or an associate executive producership

1:31:27 For this very show, for episode 1171 it's a title that you can use and can display proudly. Put it into your CV, your bio put on LinkedIn people do respond to the title Executive Producer if there is any question we will vouch for you with great glee! And if you would like to support us please remember us for our show on Sunday just go to devoreag.org I mean the second Thursday of the week, that's what i'm talking about. And of course... You learn that transactions can be content only here go propagate it! My formula is this we go out We hit people in the mouth Always confused with what the day is

CHAPTER 20 / 42 Discussion

Donald Trump, August Jobs Report Video

President Donald Trump released a video on Twitter celebrating a record-setting jobs report for August, highlighting historically low unemployment rates for African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians. The segment notes that both Trump and Boris Johnson are bypassing traditional media gatekeepers by delivering edited soundbites and economic updates directly to the public via social media platforms.

donald trump· jobs report· unemployment· twitter· economy

1:32:24 We're talking about the you have that little ISO. You stuck in there I have one I took Boris Johnson his little Twitter thing I so want the best I could do I don't think I Have anything better than over end of show iso now. You can give it a shot. Thank you It's pretty simple. Thank you. I actually had one let me see I had an ISO And now I don't know where it's gone and was part of a different hmm Well, I while you're doing that. I do a contrasting Boris on Twitter to Trump because he's like a trump clone Mm-hmm Trump has also decided to put more videos on the Twitter But and I don't think they're quite as good as the Boris Twitter because it's just essentially Clips but here was the truck. Here's the Trump example of him on Twitter me talking about

1:33:18 It was just announced that we had a record-setting jobs report for the month of August. And African American jobs were the lowest unemployment rate in the history of our country, likewise Hispanic job report just came out lowest unemployment rate in the history of our country. The women are doing great Asians, also lowest in the history of our country. It's incredible what's happening. Our economy is strong. Our country is great. We've never been at a better position. More people are working today in the United States than at any time in the history of our country almost 160 million people so

1:33:59 To all fellow American citizens, I say one simple word. Congratulations! that the President of the United States, that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom surpassed the entire system. The editing, the soundbite culture, you know really suppression or amplification of news that matters to certain stakeholders and it goes straight to the people! That is something we just have to stop and admire for a moment

CHAPTER 21 / 42 Discussion

KFI Los Angeles, Fresh Loaf ISO

A report from KFI Los Angeles regarding homeless encampments near residential areas inspired a new "ISO" (In Search Of) soundbite titled "Fresh Loaf on the Ground." The segment describes the deteriorating sanitary conditions in California cities, where residents frequently encounter human waste on public sidewalks. The hosts use the anecdote to highlight the failure of local government to maintain basic public health standards.

kfi los angeles· homelessness· sanitation· iso· public health

1:34:39 Yeah, that is really the main of our existence eventually well now that may be true I found the eyesaw. I wanted to play for you it actually pertains to the unhoused KFI in Los Angeles think isn't kfi are they Samford yeah? The Los Angeles 50,000 watts power KFI So they're doing, they do a morning show and if you and I were doing a morning show in Los Angeles you know that we would already have come up with hey John let's have the Monday morning poop report. You know and talk about what poop is on the street etc so yeah so they have one of these pictures are on both the website and the Instagram for KFI

1:35:17 John Cobell took some pictures of a homeless encampment, what? A mile or two from your home. Yeah my wife called me this morning and said it's really bad today and she ended up stepping in some poop because she went to hairdresser appointment down the block and she saw the guy who made the poop! He was still he was standing nearby pulling his pants up. So it was a fresh loaf on the ground so I thought the ISO would be fresh loaf on the ground That's quite good, that's quite the good ice on the ground People please This is going too far Oh speaking of Speaking of poop. Uh, I have our guy

CHAPTER 22 / 42 Discussion

American Airlines Sabotage, Abdul Alani Arrest

Abdul Mahid Maroof Ahmad Alani, an American Airlines mechanic, was charged with sabotaging a jetliner's navigation system at Miami International Airport. Alani allegedly told investigators he tampered with the plane to secure overtime pay amid a stalled union contract dispute. The flight, carrying 150 passengers to the Bahamas, was forced to return to the gate after pilots noticed the equipment malfunction.

american airlines· sabotage· abdul alani· miami· union dispute

1:36:03 Who's the reporter that sounds so constipated? Oh, Jeff Begay. Jeff Begays! Yes yes yes He was one of the best reporters I've concluded...I've said this before in case he ever gets irked about you calling him constipated and i think he does some of the best packages they're very objective and he's not like a douche I've never said he wasn't objective or wasn't good. And there was a very underreported story about some sabotage on an American airliner which if had gone undetected by the aircrew could have had disastrous results

1:36:46 An American Airlines mechanic appeared in my Miami court today after being charged with sabotaging a jetliner. The plane was filled with passengers and set to take off Jeff Pagay is on what happened next at 10 30am on July 17th, American Airlines flight 28 Come on man the guys I'm not gonna tell you this story, but I don't know if I can make it. 1030 a.m., on July 17th American Airlines flight 2834 pulled out of gate 49 at Miami International Airport headed for the Bahamas. Tower American 2834 we just uh... We got work and maintenance issues here. Just had some flights come on But the pilots noticed a problem And as the plane with 150 people aboard moved into position on the runway they were forced to turn around So we're going have to return to the gate

1:37:34 Investigators say American Airlines mechanic Abdul Mahid Maroof Ahmad Alani, who appeared in a Florida court today was seen on surveillance video tampering with the plane's navigation systems just an hour before it was scheduled to depart. Investigators say Alani, who's worked for American since 1988 said that he tried to sabotage the plane because he was upset about a stalled contract dispute between his union and American Airlines and that it had affected him financially. Investigators say that Alani told them that he hoped, by sabotaging the plane he would get overtime to fix it. American Airlines calls all of this disturbing and says that is cooperating with investigators. Nora? Deeply disturbing Fresh loaf on the ground! Deeply disturbing I think its very disturbing and you hear a name which should have raised some questions

1:38:32 I can't even repeat that guy's name. It goes on for days! Yeah, it's obviously bigoted and it's targeting a certain group but yeah when it comes to airlines you have to kind of think that way since 9-11 Man we're coming up on 9-11 again aren't we? Well this guys logic...this mechanic's logic is really sick He thinks he'll get some overtime Well that his excuse! Well no it could be just the terrorist act But you see we can't we can't even mention that on the m5m because that would be racist They can't we can't erase this. We can't do that I'd like to do a few OTG reports if you don't mind there's some very disturbing news which so far has only been reported by Forbes, so You know take that for what it's worth What they call an exclusive

CHAPTER 23 / 42 Discussion

DOJ Data Request, Obsidian 4 GunScope App

The Department of Justice filed a court order demanding that Apple and Google hand over the personal data of more than 10,000 users of the "Obsidian 4" gunscope app. The app, produced by American Technologies Network Corp, allows users to calibrate high-end rifle scopes via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Privacy advocates view the request as an unprecedented move that potentially violates Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches.

doj· apple· google· gunscope· obsidian 4

1:39:30 that the feds have demanded from Apple and Google, that they hand over the names and it's about 10 or 10 thousand plus users of a specific app. And this is the GunScope app for the Obsidian 4 Or I think it's obsidian and is this, I believe this is some type of gun sight that has a camera? You have a camera and then its connected to your phone. And then you can see that. Is that the idea? This is all news to me Oh including this whole story Yes Okay

1:40:09 Owner rifle got a scope to, oh it's the scope. Got a scope to go with it? The US government... I'm reading from Forbes might know soon who you are where you live and how to reach you that's because the government wants Apple and Google to hand over names phone numbers another identifying data of at least 10,000 users of a single gun scope app It's an unprecedented move According to an application for a court order filed by the Department of Justice on September 5th, investigators want information on users of Obsidian 4, a tool used to control rifle scopes made by Night Vision Specialist American Technologies Network Corp. The app allows gun owners to get a live stream and take video and calibrate their gunscope from either Android or iPhone device."

1:40:58 And so apparently they want all of the data. Now I don't know if this data has been handed over, uh...I don't know- I have not seen the application there's no link to it in the story but for sure that's a problem So what is the problem? Well The problem is you are now getting the name well here's one problem these are 10 000 people who apparently have a gun I thought you meant the app was some sort of a problem. Yeah, you can't turn over people to have... well maybe they just have a scope it seems unlikely. Yeah sure just the scope. Okay but let's go back up a little bit and tell them what is this? Does this scope got Bluetooth or something? It talks to your... yeah i think it does. It's a bluetooth enabled scope? I think so

1:41:47 I think so. We could look at it... They want everyone who has the app, which presumably means you have the scope unless you're just a nutcase and download apps about everything. There are people that collect them. Sure What does the government care about this? Is there something is this some secret code in the scope or is there something that we don't know about? There's something missing piece of this puzzle I'm trying to find the website for the scope, but of course all you see now is this story. But this isn't a cheap scope! These things started... holy crap like $2800 bucks. Yeah that sounds right That's a serious scope so Wi-Fi GPS Bluetooth oh yeah this is the whole kit and caboodle Digital thermal monocular Got all kinds okay So there are all kinds versions of these

1:42:46 Yeah, it's the gun version of the ring doorbell I guess. But okay so anyway Forbes reports this i don't know what it means uh...I don't know if it's been given or they're going to block it but it's something too maybe they found that somebody killed someone using one these scopes some sniper and still doesn't still is complete fourth amendment stay out my shit not arguing at point But since there's third parties involved, the Fourth Amendment is really pretty loose. I mean it's not like if Apple has the information on its servers about a shooting... Mm-hmm Oh that's different! I think that is different but that's what they're angling for No they're saying we want all the names We want everyone who has one of these scopes and uses the app to have their information Well if Apple has that information and wants to give it to them

CHAPTER 24 / 42 Discussion

FCC Spectrum Auction, 5G Transition Rescan

The FCC has ordered approximately 1,000 over-the-air (OTA) television stations to reconfigure their broadcast frequencies to make room for 5G cellular networks. This transition requires viewers who use antennas to rescan their television channels to maintain access to local programming. The move follows a multi-year spectrum auction process where broadcasters sold off frequencies to telecommunications companies.

fcc· 5g· ota tv· spectrum· digital television

1:43:42 It's too bad for you if you're on that list. Oh, of course! Why'd you get on the list in the first place? Of course it's more about hey what are Apple and Google going to do but also why does the government want it? Somethings amiss... Next story as I think Monday is it Monday? I believe it happens Monday You and I John will have to reprogram our over-the-air free TV channels What yeah, but so we often say it a read distro. I didn't never heard about yeah, where am I? Where have I been hanging out well that's why we do the show together and The FCC has ordered About 1,000 over-the-air TV channels to reconfigure and move around and this is to make room for 5g

1:44:37 So they so most places... 5G got to do with OTG, over the air OTA. They gave up some of that frequency The spectrum for 5g is being taken away from the digital over-the-air transmission. Well 5 G's a millimeter wave product at its base It's got nothing to do with it these frequencies Somethings amiss A few years ago the FCC auctioned off Local spectrum forcing many channels to switch channel numbers this auction freed up space for things like 5g now the time has come for many local Yeah, you're right for many local TV stations to switch channel number starting now through the next year or so 1000 TV stations will be changing their TV channels with many of them making the change This week or this fall meaning. You will need to rescan your antennae to stay up-to-date

1:45:31 So it is a spectrum issue. I'm not sure exactly who or what well, you know the funny thing is typically Typically that local news stations of the local stations will give you an announcement if there's a rescan necessary Yes for your over-the-air and we've heard nothing in the Bay Area Well, you guys are all his West Coast man You're always little bit behind and leading the way In many in many aspects There is a consortium of senators who are up in arms that the Department of Motor Vehicle, in many states, are selling off people's data. Doesn't surprise me. This isn't new! It's kind of surprising... The post office has given everyone my new address too which I found disturbing. Like I get all kinds of emails and mail showing up here now

CHAPTER 25 / 42 Discussion

Credit Access and Inclusion Act, Social Scoring

The "Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2019" aims to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to include utility, telecommunication, and subsidized housing payments in consumer credit reports. While framed as a way to help the "unbanked" build credit, critics argue it creates a social scoring system that tracks the behavior of the poor and young. The segment also warns against using apps like Credit Karma due to their data-sharing ties with Google.

credit karma· fico· social credit· utilities· hud

1:46:36 They gave away your email address? Oh, home address. But I'm getting emails saying hey just for your convenience we've changed to a new address the post office told you that you changed. I didn't ask the post office to tell anyone that. I probably didn't check a box to say no Well did you have forwarding from your old apartment Yes But forwarding... You did tell the post office. No, that's purely for forwarding and they put a sticker on it and goes to my new address this is happening behind the scenes this is happening with bank statements with utilities mainly utilities are automatically changing. They're not gonna let you hide from the long arm of the law! That's for sure. And then what do I have? Oh yes

1:47:25 I've been all over these social scores or what we call credit scores in America, which is really just a way of engineering people into good behavior and I found a bill that is Has just been introduced House of Representatives. Let me see who introduced this one. Mr Hill of Arkansas and this was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, it is the Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2019. And so what we have...what we've uncovered is that

1:48:03 These companies who are using a so-called credit report, which really has nothing to do with the official FICO score. Which is very different credit agency but now it's kind of a mashup of the three that was at TransUnion Equifax and and the one I never remember and some other magic sauce thrown in. It's just really a number that is in an app, and the whole idea is to help you manage your credit—how much debt you are going to have by giving you loans that are applicable to your situation. So it's really easing you into the great American system of debt

1:48:44 And this bill is intended to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to clarify federal law with respect to reporting certain positive consumer credit information to consumer reporting agencies. So, the idea of these apps is They will help you raise your credit score, which is your social standing. Your credits for everything from getting a job to renting an apartment or purchasing a car financing in the car you need that credit score To incorporate your behavior and here's what is going to change so as a positive

1:49:28 The following information should be added to credit reports if positive and it should be reflected as such. It is utilities, telecommunication services and leasing information so the term utility or telecommunications firm of course means services through public pipes, landline wireless cable other connected facilities radio electronics transmissions lease agreements utilities we have

1:50:10 Subject to the limitation and notwithstanding under provision of law, a person or the Secretary of HUD Housing and Urban Development may furnish to a consumer reporting agency information relating to the performance of a consumer in making payments. under a lease agreement with respect to a dwelling, including such a lease for which the Department of Housing and Urban Development provides subsidized payments. So they're going to report into your credit score if you pay on time even Even especially if you are in some kind of subsidized housing, if you pay your cell phone bill on time If you pay utility bill on time. These are now going towards every single credit score in effect showing You have good behavior as a slave of Gitmo nation Yeah That's targeting the poor and the young

1:51:04 Yeah, the poor and the young. Who else would be leasing a subsidized housing? The meek! The poor, the young and the meek. Yeah, they all have to snap too And just a reminder Credit Karma's massive if not main owner and investor is Google Stay away from them If you can stay away from these apps Stay away from Google Also don't try to buy anything like a house or car but I'm just saying You can't live, I mean we're being forced into it. And eat your bugs! Shut up and eat your bugs! Yes, eat bugs you're in good shape Pay your bill pay your electric bill on time pay your cell phone bill on time pay your housing on time any bugs that's basically what they are saying. Cinnabons and cinna-bugs That is basically what they are saying yes Well i want to talk a little bit about Kamala Harris

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Kamala Harris, Plastic Straw Ban Gaffe

Senator Kamala Harris faced criticism for her response to a question about banning plastic straws, where she giggled while discussing the difficulty of using paper alternatives. Observers characterized the laughter as inappropriate for a presidential candidate discussing policy. The segment suggests that Harris's inconsistent positions on environmental bans and criminal justice are contributing to her declining poll numbers.

kamala harris· plastic straws· innovation· climate change· gaffe

1:51:57 Do we have to? Yeah, well because she's fading and she's going to be out of this production. We won't be able to have any fun with her anymore But I did dig up that clip of her talking about plastic straws and giggling like a 12 year old. Leaders have to lead, and we can- Plastic straws are big thing right now? Yeah! Do you ban plastic straws? I think we should... Yes. Look, I'm gonna be honest it's really difficult to drink out of a paper straw when you had if your just like if don't gulp down immediately starts to bend and then the little thing catches it so we gotta kind perfect that one a little bit more Dude, she's high!

1:52:35 I'm telling you, she is high. This is a weed smokers humor laugh. So we gotta kind of perfect that one a little bit more. So you'd ban it but rely on innovation? Yeah, innovation is a process right? You don't just do it. Innovation is a process but let's encourage innovation and yeah I think we could do a little better than some of those flimsy plastic straws. I'm calling it high Hi, this is funny you would say this because I never considered. This is a possibility high as a guy No, I know the laugh I know exactly what you're saying mm-hmm And I never considered it when she did giggle once about the fact that she does smoke pot Mm-hmm even though She doesn't mind throwing people in jail for doing the same thing which is why she'll never get elected by any buddy in their right mind but

1:53:27 That you're exactly right. That is the nervous, stupid laugh at everything pot laugh when somebody see a lot of it's called laugh. I don't even know what to call it but there isn't you know, it's like uh There used to be a term for potted by making you laugh a lot It's like a laughing gas thing But well we have all the laughs kick off its I'm glad I played the clip now Yeah me too I mean when you're talking about a straw and you're cracking up like that, you're high. This is what we do here. Yeah, you gotta be! That's funny... Okay well now we got that settled now the other thing is this controversy over somebody calling Trump retarded at one of the big camelas. So she goes on it says

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Kamala Harris, Mentally Retarded Action Controversy

Kamala Harris was involved in a controversy after an attendee at a town hall used the phrase "mentally retarded action" to describe President Trump's policies. Harris, who is half-Indian, was accused of pretending not to hear the specific wording despite responding "well said" to the questioner. The incident sparked a debate about the use of the "R-word" in political discourse and Harris's subsequent attempt to distance herself from the remark.

kamala harris· r-word· indian accent· political correctness· controversy

1:54:19 No, no. It's bad you can't use that word and it's not a good to cancel a mentally retarded was the exact phrase by some Indian guy and he she's on I don't even remember hearing that and she makes a big stink about him backs off She's a wimp by the way Which is again? She's what she's never gonna get elected anything She wouldn't stand up for herself because I have the clip of the guy calling Trump mentally retarded. She clearly hears it What happened to people of color? So I don't buy that argument that impeachment does not make sense and it will acquit. I didn't buy the argument there needs to be accountability. And what are you going to do in the next one year to diminish them mentally retarded action of this time? Well said, well said

1:55:08 Well, I plan to win this election. I'll tell you that now if I may He's now the headline that I read everywhere is the guy called Trump mentally retarded That's not true he said Mentally Retarded action yes So that never said Trump was a little different set to Kamala Harris is half Indian She understand it very well She's half Indian, she understands the accent. Yeah she is in that subculture. Total horseshit that she didn't hear! That milieu of Indians makes that... and that guys accent was thicker than the one I do when i do one. Now he could have been Pakistani but still I think Kamala Harris would have understood both. It's just a same accent and it's a different dot

1:55:56 And so she heard him very clearly, and she said well-said and then did her high giggle again. Right but third... Third it is not socially acceptable to use the R word! Where is that in the convo? You're not allowed to say retarded That IS in the convo I think thats why she backed off so quickly You know the whole thing is really I haven't heard any clips of her back and well She's done, but she's she's done because she just says yes to everything do we need the band straws? Yes. I think we should we need to have that conversation Do we need to let everyone in jail free? Yes, I think we need to have that conversation Now the real news to me at least is Liz Warren Siding up with Hillary Clinton

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Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton Secret Talks

NBC News reported that Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton have been holding secret discussions as the 2020 Democratic primary intensifies. The closer relationship between the two women has led to speculation that Clinton may be positioning herself to influence the race or potentially re-enter the political arena. Meanwhile, media outlets appear to be shifting their focus away from Joe Biden as his polling numbers begin to decline.

elizabeth warren· hillary clinton· 2020 election· nbc news· joe biden

1:56:52 They're talking behind the scenes, which I find fascinating. Let me see this is NBC News Warren and Clinton talk behind the scenes as 2020 race intensifies Analysis neither camp wants to talk about it but the two women have recently grown closer Now if i may make a hand out some advice Elizabeth Warren, you should not get into hot tubs. You should not fly any small aviation You should definitely go canoeing in any waters in DC The Hag team is out for ya! The Hillary assassination group has their eye on you What other reason would Hillary have for being close to Elizabeth than to kill her and then go Oh wow I was so close to her I'll just step in Well I think those days are over

1:57:52 What the killing days or the stepping in days? I think that's killing days. The stepping in days are just are still with us Well, she's gonna under she's going to undermine Warren something is going to happen Why would you trust Hillary Clinton in your camp well first of all this is an NBC report yeah and that Notoriously Democrat they may be playing They may be playing some game on us to get Hillary's name back into play. Oh, that could be true. Yeah that could be true. Let me see RT which of course would be anti-Hillary. Hilary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren secret talks ignite outrage and mockery on social media so it's all reportedly reportedly... oh they refer to the NBC report okay So it's all in NBC job but there's no denying there's no denials of it from Lizzie

1:58:50 Or Hilly. That doesn't mean that they didn't deny it, it's just that hasn't been reported? Yes I haven't seen it yet but I find it an interesting change in her name the bottom line is Hillary Clinton's name is back in the news in relation to the 2020 election and with one of the front runners if not the front runner well it's apparent to me at this point Although I'm gonna wait for the third debate. Mm-hmm, which is coming around the corner It's coming right coming it's coming up. I do have a Just gonna say that NBC in particular so as to New York Times they're all Decided to turn their attention to they've given up on Joe yeah See his number start to plummet

1:59:35 And some of the polls came out recently with Joe already plummeting, but then they pulled him back because oh wait a minute we don't release that one yet. They got to roll it out so it doesn't look ridiculous so he's going have to be lower and lower. He has gotta be ratcheted down, you can't just drop like a rock. So they're gonna bring him down again push Elizabeth to the top And who's just with her arms waving all over the place. And then they're going to have to decide whether Hillary is going to step in, in other words she has to show herself as being a very strong candidate? Well she definitely has friends in the State Department I rarely see a judicial watch video and Tom Fitton has been doing his videos for awhile now and usually they're pretty boring you gotta

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Judicial Watch, Hillary Clinton Email Discovery

Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch reported that the Justice Department continues to protect Hillary Clinton by opposing additional discovery regarding her private email server and the Benghazi incident. Fitton argued that the "Russiagate" investigation was a diversion intended to suppress the Clinton email scandal. The segment expresses skepticism toward Attorney General William Barr's willingness to prosecute high-level corruption from the previous administration.

tom fitton· judicial watch· hillary clinton· doj· benghazi

2:00:25 Kind of skip through them, but this was the this was the opening of his His judicial watch and I like judicial watching a bunch of lawyers that they're trying to do something now Of course They're very right-wing very anti Hillary Clinton And here is the latest opening from Tom Fitton the CEO of Judicial Watches latest video We were in court last week Trying to get additional discovery per the courts or good. The court wanted us that wanted an update on discovery we said we needed more And who was there fighting us? The Justice Department, protecting Hillary Clinton on her emails in Benghazi. So last week the Justice Department is protecting Hillary Clinton and this week the Justice Department has confirmed to have given James Comey a get out of jail free card

2:01:10 Do you share my concerns? The Justice Department was attacking Judicial Watch. Yes, the Justice Department was attacking Judicial Watch for wanting to ask additional questions about one of the most significant government corruption scandals in recent American history, the Clinton email case which by the way is the very basis for the Russiagate case because they needed their Russiagate scam on President Trump to keep uh, the Clinton email issue suppressed and to protect her So he has little faith in the Justice Department led by that bastion of truth, William Barr. Mr. 9-11

2:01:50 Speaking of at this point I have to assume and let's go back to the Clinton era when she was in the State Department doing whatever she was doing besides hiding emails And supposedly got into a plane wreck in Iran Killing one of her aides who is then mysteriously shown to be dead under some other bullcrap Circumstances, she hurt herself in that plane playing wreck and cracked her head which caused these issues where she had to wear the weird eyeglasses and all the rest until she kind of healed, which they blamed on her falling down in that their inner office. Which makes sense I think it wasn't the bathroom or something?

2:02:29 or something. And so she's been in this healing process from this concussion, apparent concussion from this plane wreck and for secret negotiations going on there is so much I think there was so much left undone in the Obama administration that was... Barr needed to go in to clean it up! Well, there's that element and a bunch of other stuff that just needed to... It was all the cover up for something that we never know about including the Hillary plane crash which nobody wants to talk about any of this stuff because there was some underhanded dealing going on or something. I think that was perhaps you do uranium one deal or something

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Joe Biden Gaffes, Anthony Scaramucci Criticism

Joe Biden committed several verbal gaffes during recent campaign events, including a Freudian slip regarding Donald Trump's re-election and struggling to pronounce "existential." Simultaneously, former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci has become a vocal critic of Trump, claiming the president is in "severe mental decline." Scaramucci called on Republican officials to "clean up" the situation for the sake of the country.

joe biden· anthony scaramucci· 2020 primary· gaffes· republican party

2:03:14 There's something going on with that. Yeah, there was a lot going on and they're just not gonna tell us what it is or what it was and Trump's not gonna tell us. And Mueller came in, Mueller covered up the stuff he needed to and then he was kind of failing at it and didn't do a good job and then Barr comes in you know that there are some sacrificial lambs here and there we're throwing out... We should probably talk about that but I think we should talk about the MIT Media Lab again You know Joey Ito resigned Oh yeah, well I think he had to. Oh yeah but it's gotten pretty nasty what's been going on there But let's stay with the 2020 candidates for a second Biden another gaffe which he recovered from nicely good recovery and then he screwed it up We cannot and I will not let this man be re-elected president of the United States of America Limited to four years

2:04:13 I believe history will look back in this present day and see as an aberrant moment in time. But if Donald Trump is re-elected, Freudian slip! If Donald Trump is re-elected... So you see he did a good job he called Trump hump which and then he recovered Freudian slip funny and then listen to what happens. If Donald Trump is re-elected, Freudian slip If Donald Trump is re-elected, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation. Donald Trump does pose an existential threat to this... It's not hypothetical his threat to this nation." So we can't say existential... Existential... Fuck I'm gonna give up! It's not a hypothetical

2:05:07 Donald Trump does pose an extra strength to this. It's not hypothetical, his threat to this nation. You can hear the crowd go... So close! Oh Joe you almost had the sound bite of the day No no no And to make the wrestling circus more complete, The Mooch is out doing interviews anywhere he can get an interview. I believe that Donald Trump will not be the Republican nominee. I'm not saying that the current announced candidates against him will be but i think he's in severe mental decline

2:05:50 And I think he is in some he's severely impaired at this point Yeah, and I think that they're going to say hey you pitch five or six good innings The ball's going over the backstop now. You got to take a powder because your can't put sentences together anymore Now you spoke too much I have but I have, by the way. I have a longer clip of him going off on Trump on the CBC he's been up in Toronto and so love Bruce bring them on and yak yak yak do you want to play it? Do you have it here that you got the gist of it? Oh yeah. Yeah. I spoke to him right but I mean he was something somethings amiss but isn't go ahead. You don't because he was a he wasn't I wouldn't call him a trump apologist but he was not not

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Anthony Scaramucci, Trump Racial Trope Criticism

In an interview with the CBC, Anthony Scaramucci stated that his "red line" with President Trump was the use of racial tropes against minority Congresswomen. Scaramucci compared the rhetoric to the discrimination his Italian grandparents faced a century ago. Some analysts suggest Scaramucci's public break with Trump may be a calculated "WWE-style" performance rather than a genuine ideological shift.

anthony scaramucci· cbc· trump· congresswomen· racism

2:06:39 He wasn't doing this. There's something he is doing for some reason, because he just switched the flip... switch the flip? Flip to switch me and Joe Biden Where is my vitamin B12? He flipped a switch and became this... Now you can play my clip from CBC which shows more evidence of it Which one is it? It says Scaramucci or something Is the president the same behind the scenes as he is in front of cameras? Well, I mean listen. I haven't seen him in a long time you know it's been probably a year since I've seen him face to face but uh... I can tell you and people are critical me they're saying well

2:07:21 He's acting the exact same way that he did in 2016 or 17. Why are you breaking him from them now? There is absolutely no difference and so I can accept that criticism but i actually think it has gotten worse and I think there are objective standards to look at whether its his personal mannerisms, his communication style some of the things he's doing on Twitter equating President Xi for example to Jerome Powell and saying who was the bigger enemy of the United States See there...that where he has his beef He has I think he has his beef with with the with Trump going after Powell. There's some financial thing Actually, that's one beef and I think it's because he's in that business yes Yes But the real beef is actually the next one mean this is stuff

2:08:05 That is, I think way outside of the even normalcy for President Trump. And so for me enough was enough. The red line for me was really with the Congresswomen using those racial racist tropes in a Twitter feed is nonsensical from the leader of the free world and somebody that is running a country whose first name is United. And so they told my grandparents that 100 years ago, and I spoke out against that he didn't like that in since he's a demagogue You can't be in 7th-10 support for him or 8th-10 support. You've got to be like some of these Fox News announcers, you've gotta be in 11th-10 support for Trump and so I can't do that. I can't disavow my personal history or my integrity or things about my life to try to give somebody a level of loyalty that they don't deserve and so I spoke out about it

2:08:59 And I think the situation has gotten worse. I said that Jonathan Swan from Axios a few weeks back, that he's in full-blown meltdown It's like the episodes of Chernobyl where the reactor... Talk about it! A nut job equivalency It's G and Powell or Trump in Chernobyl. OK, full blown meltdown. It's like the episodes of Chernobyl where the reactor is melting down and now people are trying to figure out whether they're going to cover it up or they're going to clean it up. And so as a good standing Republican I'm calling on Republican elected officials

2:09:37 We have to clean this up. We have to clean it up on behalf of our children, on behalf of our country and let's face it, on behalf of the world and so I'm hoping that happens. So what was the second issue then, according to you? What he said. He says the red line for me is when he went after those Congresswomen...the Arab women of color and then he says this is the kind of thing that my grandfather had to go through when the Italians came over and he felt that was the real thing that bugged him Hmm, I think you know. I know it sounds like no. It's me it sounds like he's that what he said He said yeah, which is redline yes to me? It sounds a lot more like he's

2:10:23 Working for Trump and doing a WWE scam like here's the bad guys out there on the outside the ring yelling I believe what you just said right? There is absolutely probably Absolutely, probably. Yeah, he's like one of those absolutely Probably yeah one of the Samoan brothers Yes It makes sense because WWE and you know that trump trump is from that school of thought Having even been in the rain. Yeah, of course One last thing I wanted to mention about the Biden clip, just want to go back to it. There's something that i've been noticing and some producers have mentioned this to me as well As you know I'm a real stickler for the lack of saying our country Everywhere you turn on the news It's this country is bad for this country This country, this country Very few people say our country That's one of the things I liked about Trump from the beginning Is he said our country

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Democratic Rhetoric, This Nation vs Our Country

A linguistic analysis of Democratic campaign speeches, particularly those by Joe Biden, notes a preference for the phrases "this nation" and "our democracy" over "our country." Critics argue that the use of "this nation" creates a sense of detachment, while the emphasis on "democracy" ignores the United States' constitutional status as a republic. The segment suggests these word choices are intentional rhetorical shifts designed to frame political arguments.

linguistics· joe biden· democracy· republic· rhetoric

2:11:19 And I've been on this for a long time and i've noticed now, and I think it's in this Joe Biden clip. The Democrats they say something different They always talk about this country that we need comprehensive government reform for this country We need comprehensive immigration for this country But when it comes to something else... We cannot and I will not let this man be re-elected president of the United States of America Limited to four years I believe history will look back in this presidency as an aberrant moment in time. But if Donald Trump is re-elected, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation."

2:12:12 Donald Trump does pose an excellent sense of this The it's not hypothetical his threat to this nation He does pose a real threat the core values in this nation are standing in the world our very democracy Everything is made America that is it this nation this country, but they always say our Democracy we don't have a democracy you see the subtle difference Oh no, I think this is a good little examination here. And just now that i'm thinking of it the Democrats always talk about its bad for our democracy we don't have a democracy we have a republic you can say democratic Republic even to stretch it a little bit but that's always this country this country this nation our democracy

2:13:03 Maybe it's ant fucking but I think it's a it's an important difference in a little bit words man. I like this nation thing that they you pick up on because he said it about four times in there and then our Democracy this nation this nation this nation our country are democracy democracy now He could say our nation, but he doesn't he says this nation and our democracy words matter Finally before we take a break from a podcast Nick Gillespie of the Reason magazine interviewed Nick Tombolides, executive director of the United States Term Limits Association or what is it? Anyway some group that wants to

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No Agenda Donor Acknowledgments, Birthday Wishes

The hosts acknowledge a wide range of donations from listeners in Australia, Germany, and the United States, including several "de-douching" requests and birthday tributes. Notable contributions came from "Black Knight Sir Lineman of the Net" and "Dame Pamela Haag," who proposed an "Uber-style" system for relocating the homeless. The segment reinforces the "Value for Value" model by thanking producers who support the show's independent operation.

donations· birthdays· knightings· de-douching· value for value

2:13:43 Have term limits and he makes a very good point and for us term limits you guys are pushing for what would be the limits? How many times could you serve in Congress in the House of Representatives how long could you serve in the Senate so my personal preference is one term in office one in prison Imagine all the people who get to do that. Oh, yeah I And starting with the singer, we do have some people to thank for show 1171 beginning with Dame Jennifer who comes in with $100 and is supposed to be applied toward the knighthood of Kevin Dandridge. Very good keep a track of it for us as you do that everyone will be happy Dick Monda

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2:15:15 Happy belated birthday to Adam from Black Knight Sir Lineman of the Net. Thank you 5555 double nickels Matthew Don Dorniman, not Dorniman in Lincoln Nebraska 5531 He said yeah he said yeah I know you don't always read these lower donation notes on there but I missed Adams birthday due my mom passing away at age 66 oh man that's it Yeah mine passed 65 sucks She battled cancer for seven years never complained was always happy The 31, oh yeah it's a 31 cents is for my brother who died shortly after being born premature. This is a downer note he wants an F cancer of course we'll get that for you and thank you for supporting us Matthew. Downer note. You read it Jeff Kenyon in Klontarf Australia Queensland

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2:19:43 Thank you to these producers who have supported us once again and we have a couple people joining the roundtable which is nice. These are the people who keep the show going it is a part of our value for Valley Network, we talked about that extensively in the first break You're producing it and this is how you produce. And there's many ways people help but this certainly keeps the two hosts of the show going so thank you very much and also thanks everyone who came in under $50 even the three dollar person who was down at the bottom I saw one penny the other day on the list Yeah, there's some guy who donates a penny. Which costs us two pennies. It gets pulled but PayPal takes the penny. You might as well just send it to PayPal instead.

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No Agenda Meetups, Global Community Gatherings

A schedule of upcoming No Agenda meetups includes events in Orlando, Toronto, London, and Portland. These gatherings are described as opportunities for "like-minded people" to socialize without the risk of being "triggered" by mainstream political discourse. The hosts encourage listeners to visit the dedicated meetup website to find local events or organize their own community meetings.

meetups· orlando· toronto· london· portland

2:21:30 Anushka Bilkwarty turns 55. Happy birthday from all your friends and lovers here at the best podcast in the universe! And well-timed schnoz, yes Ah yes, The Meetups you heard a very successful meetup in Vancouver that was their first one A quick rundown of what's going on with these meetings of like minded people It's like a party Here's a quick list what's coming up in September. On the 11th, in Orlando 6 p.m., Grumpy's Underground Lounge and Eatery Christian Coffins is hosting that it was also his birthday on the 14th Saturday in El Paso Las Cruces we have that'll be 2 30 at the Happy Monk in El Paso come sip cocktails while watching migrants try to climb the wall

2:22:20 So they say, says the amazing Jen who was hosting. Saturday the 14th Pittsburgh 6 o'clock at the Riverhounds game this is the soccer game they've had one there before meet in the parking lot about an hour before the game after the game go either to the station square or the plaza with and The Hard Rock Cafe in it Sir Ryan Brady as your host Thursday the 19th Toronto Meetup MEAT 5 p.m Come out to meet Toronto's finest no agenda friends Bishop India tango Mike sir Dwight the knight at the Chick-fil-A Toronto because according to the host protesting sandwiches is a big waste of time. Friday the 20th in Nelson British Columbia 6 p.m. at the central it's the backroads brewing and Nelson British Columbia look for Matt Burns in the red ball cap and say, In The Morning Eh?

2:23:11 Friday the 20th, Southeast London. This is the fourth one for them a pint of privilege is the title of it six o'clock Free beverage for anyone who can recite the Gitmo Nation national anthem in full there's a challenge your host is GWFF He invites you to ponder and pontificate at The Real Ale Way in London and Kent on the 20th Friday Oregon local 33 in Portland Salem That's the third meetup 630 that'll be at the Wilsonville Oregon and Wilsonville, Oregon to the noodles and company look out for noodles boy They'll have a special No Agenda wheel of fortune game Tim is organizing executive producer of episode 962 Saturday the 21st

2:23:51 Eastern North Carolina, 3.30 in the afternoon, No Agenda Shills of Eastern North Carolina time to join us hosted by David Fox at the Cleveland Draft House in Garner, NC. Hopefully the weather is better by then! Saturday 21st we have the No Agenda Minneapolis meetup 5 o'clock Dr. Hammer invites all No Agenda slaves to The Abel Seed House and Brewery in Logan Park, MN The 21st, the PsyConVal Secret Santa Cruz Mountains Meetup 3.30 in the afternoon. The Baron of Silicon Valley will be hosting that for you at a secret location but go to noagentomeetups.com for details You can also RSVP now and please provide a method for private contact. Ooh sounds kind of scary there

2:24:38 Bloody Marys and Bacon Sunday the next morning on the 22nd. And finally we have the Arlington, Virginia meetup and voter registration at noon on Sunday the 22nd. Brunch, brews, and update your voter registration or absentee ballot applications Meet at The Upstairs Bar Cafe Pizzaiolo in Shirlington Bill Patterson is your host If you've never been to a NOAH Agenda meetup, I highly recommend you go to one. It's kind of like a high school reunion... But you like everybody and you have no anger. It's just a nice place to hang out with people who won't get triggered, and y'all have something in common which is that you are all slaves of Gitmo Nation Go to NoAgendaMeetups.com to find out more or create your own! Here's my blade two knightings on deck do ya have yours John? You walked to the bathroom didn't you bastard

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3D Printed Ring Stands, Knighting Ceremony

The knighting ceremony for "KD Sir Plus" and "Sir Henry of the Flower Field" includes the traditional reading of the "Hookers & Blow" list. Listeners are also directed to a 3D-printable No Agenda ring stand project, which allows producers to display their knighthood documents and rings. The project, developed by a community member, features two versions including a single-piece solid frame.

3d printing· knighting· round table· producers· community

2:25:40 Michael Fulgenzi and Anonymous, hop on up to the podium gentlemen. You two are about to be inducted into the Noah Jenna Round Table of our Knights and Dames thanks to your support of this show in the amount of $1,000 or more I am particularly proud to pronounce that KD Sir Plus of The Queen City and Sir Henry of The Flower Field Gentlemen for you we've got Hookers & Blow, Rent Boys & Chardonnay a Lactating Wench and A Rack Of Lamb pepper in a quick handy bourbon and bong rips beers and blunts geishas and sake vodka vanilla bong hits of bourbon sparkling cider and escorts ginger ale and gerbils breast milk and paladin cowgirls and coffin varnish. And of course we have our mutton and me go to know what generation comm slash rings out the show will take care of you and get that out to us as soon as possible also in the show notes for today I have the link

2:26:31 What I put it here, I have the link to the no agenda ring nightstand so you can put it on your 3d printer Which is a very cool project Actually there's two versions of this. Oh no, there's one that doesn't in pieces and there's the new one which is the one that's in the photo That prints the whole thing without the extra with the frame being outside of it So what's the one that PD Daddy Love did? Is that the new one? He's the one who did them both, I think. Oh he did both of them? The new one is the one that prints the whole thing as one solid piece. Anyway there's a little frame you can put your little document in and then you put your ring on it It has a spot for the ceiling lights! No its very very... Its a cool project! You know its a cool nerdy project if you have a 3D printer

2:27:27 Or access you can go to a make place and get one of the really good 3d printers anything be dynamite now Make it out of aluminum high resolution We needed to talk before we went to the two our donations. There was something we needed to talk about It was important Well, while you're waiting for that I do have a clip we can play in the meantime. Okay Which is some little bit of unknown news that died and they've never heard about this nobody's talking about it was played on PBS none of the mainstream people picked it up and Thought to be worth at least playing which is the weird Ukraine Russian

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Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Exchange, Volodymyr Zelensky

Russia and Ukraine completed a major prisoner exchange involving 35 individuals from each side, a move Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called a first step toward ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The exchange included 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia and a suspect linked to the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Zelensky, a former comedic actor, has faced a unique media reception due to his unconventional background.

russia· ukraine· prisoner exchange· volodymyr zelensky· mh17

2:28:08 people trade. Russia and Ukraine freed prisoners today in an exchange that Ukraine's president called the first step to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine, that has killed more than 13 thousand people since 2014. Planes took off from Moscow and Kiev at almost the same time today carrying 35 prisoners each Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed home two dozen Ukrainian sailors Russia captured last year along with 11 other prisoners The freed Russian prisoners included a journalist accused of treason and a suspect in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014 that killed 298 people. Now, we don't want to talk too much about Ukraine anymore because the president is a comic

2:28:59 And it says he got elected. Yeah, yeah he's the comedian they elected a comedian an actor who was a comedic actor as president of the country and in his acting role he played the president of the country and everyone seemed to like the job he did as an actor so they made him the real president And this is like, does not just flies in the face of all liberal thinking. Yeah and so nobody now Ukraine's been taken off the don't talk about that she's going to get to talk about this guy. So anything that involves Ukraine and this was kind of a positive step forward I think except for the journalist

2:29:37 Was the journalist that was shipped from Ukraine to Russia, did he commit treason in Russia and then go to Ukraine to get away from it? And they're just gonna shoot him. I mean is that what they're doing here? I don't know they don't explain any of this but we were going to get very little news from your knowledge. No nothing at all because this new president who's a comedian! That's the best part Yeah, that's a very good practice. I think we should do more of that because comedians tend to tell the truth It's kind of this guy at the basis of their existence elect Rob Reiner Okay, you just unliked the idea okay? Robert Mugabe died yes, I have a clip oh good cuz I have a clip too old will play yours first What do you have?

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Robert Mugabe Death, Zimbabwe Political Legacy

Robert Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe, died at the age of 95 in a Singapore hospital. While initially celebrated as a liberation hero who ended white minority rule, his 37-year tenure became defined by economic collapse, corruption, and human rights abuses. An anecdote from a former farmer describes Mugabe as having a "reptilian" and "cold" physical presence, reflecting his reputation as an "evil genius."

robert mugabe· zimbabwe· harare· bbc world· death

2:30:29 It's just an overview. Mugabe dead. This image of a young Robert Mugabe leading his people from the tyranny of white minority rule lives at a burial ground called Hero's Acre on the outskirts of Harare It was that freedom fighter image that fed the cult of personality that saw Mugabe through 37 years in power. He deserves his place in history for that heroic status, but then when he had the chance to lead this country as it promised on becoming president better future, he did the very reverse. Early promise with a focus on education was replaced by an emerging brutality fueled by personal greed and sustained violence and corruption He lived a life of extravagant opulence while his people stood in bread lines and his political opponents languished in jail Tindaybiti was one of them tortured he says

2:31:27 He was part of a brief power-sharing government between Mugabe and the opposition. So too did the country, finally in 2017 You know, if you want any type of Africa news and I'm not saying it's correct news. You always wanna go to BBC World because they seem to pretty much have 80% programming about Africa all the time and then they have some... It's a BBC America, I guess is... It just always African news, African news

2:32:03 And they interviewed this farmer whose farm was taken away by Mugabe. In fact, his dad died in the struggle – it's a horrible story – but there was something that he said that no agenda nation will that your ears will perk up when you listen to this. Death in Singapore at the age of 95 comes nearly two years after he was forced out of power Ben Freith is on the line, he had a farm in Zimbabwe but it was burnt down by Mugabe supporters after he tried to take the then president to court when he was served an eviction notice Thanks for being with us I wonder what words you would use to describe Robert Mugabe

2:32:41 Well, I think he was a genius. An evil genius who managed to retain power for many years for his own ends but in the process destroyed his country and the lives of so many people in it. I met him a couple of times but i remember one occasion very particularly where um, I was asked to make a speech in front of quite a few thousand people out in the rural area on a very hot day in Mugabe's presence and the crowd really enjoyed what I had to say. I talked about a piano, how pianos have black keys and white keys, and a great player was able to play that piano with those black keys and white keys in great harmony! And the crowd really loved that but Mugabe clearly hated what I had to say

2:33:40 And I went to shake his hand afterwards and his hand was cold and clammy, reptilian in fact. On that very hot day! And I will take that touch of his hands to my grave. It was uncanny it was very very strange Well, that would explain him dying at 95 after being such an evil person. Yes! That's what all reptiles live a long time. Yeah they always get to at least 90-95 easy And also it was a very hot day Not 100 Who else is cold and does not transpire when it's hot? Yeah thats Hillary she doesn't sweat And Obama Both Oh I didn't know that Obama didn't sweat Yeah remember Reggie, Reggie Love his body man

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Gun Violence Statistics, Suicide vs Mass Shootings

A report from The Guardian and NPR highlights that two-thirds of gun deaths in the United States are suicides, while mass shootings account for only 1% to 2% of fatalities. The analysis suggests that the national conversation on gun control is often "racist" because it prioritizes rare suburban school shootings over the daily violence affecting minority communities. Activists from Parkland have been noted for acknowledging this disparity in media attention.

gun violence· suicide· npr· the guardian· parkland

2:34:33 Yeah, he did an interview. He said yeah I couldn't believe whenever we were in the beast Obama would turn off the air conditioner and laugh at him as he was sweating Obama did not sweat Hillary did not sweat Reptiles so the guy won't forget it obviously it felt like a reptile. Yeah, probably was I have a question a journalistic question which comes after this two-parter This is NPR with a surprisingly accurate report, although the report comes from Louise Beckett from The Guardian. Kind of surprising it comes from The Guardian as well about the actual numbers of gun violence in the United States

2:35:14 After this clip, I have a second one with a question about journalism which i hope you'll be able to help me with. Our whole gun violence conversation is driven by mass shootings which are incredibly horrific and statistically still even now very rare events If you look at the people who are dying from gunshot wounds in this country, it is primarily people dying from suicide. That's two-thirds of it and people dying in everyday shootings in local cities and places where there has been concentrated gun violence for decades and mass shooting victims make up maybe 1 or 2 percent. So we continue to have the same conversation over and over, trying to prevent one percent of people from dying and not caring about the other 99%.

2:36:01 Those students from Parkland, Florida were the first gun violence prevention group to really say clearly and explicitly that the American gun control debate has been racist for decades. That black and brown kids who are dying outside of school were not getting the same attention as primarily white kids dying at affluent suburban schools like the Parkland Students School. And then that needed to change. that we really needed to have a conversation driven by and focused on the majority of the victims. And I understood that not every solution is going to prevent every kind of violence, and what mattered was doing a lot of different things trying to make everybody safer, not just trying to prevent the kind of shooting that shows up on the news." So I really like that because... Conversation! The conversation. What she in effect is saying is that the news is racist, and I think we agree with that

2:36:51 News does not... You've been saying it for years. The news does not, the mainstream news does not report on 99% of gun violence in our country this country our country and that is because they're racist they don't care about black and brown kids Yeah, I agree with that and woo! Good on you NPR and Guardian for saying that. But then she came with this term which I was unfamiliar with... When we examined solutions journalism one thing that a very strong advocate Tina Rosenberg told us is that it's not always about solutions at work sometimes its solutions that don't If you think about the single policy that's getting the most attention right now as part of America's gun control debate, it's whether or not the country should ban military style assault weapons and whether there should be even a mandatory buyback of the assault weapons that Americans currently own. Public opinion surveys suggest that a majority of Americans support a ban on assault weapons. Even nearly half of Americans support a mandatory buyback something that until very recently was not

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Solutions Journalism, Activism in Media Reporting

"Solutions Journalism" is identified as a reporting style that focuses on responses to social problems rather than just the problems themselves. Critics argue this approach is a form of activism masquerading as journalism, as it seeks to catalyze social change rather than provide objective facts. The segment suggests that modern news organizations have abandoned traditional reporting in favor of "curative" or "constructive" narratives.

solutions journalism· activism· ethics· reporting· media

2:36:01 Those students from Parkland, Florida were the first gun violence prevention group to really say clearly and explicitly that the American gun control debate has been racist for decades. That black and brown kids who are dying outside of school were not getting the same attention as primarily white kids dying at affluent suburban schools like the Parkland Students School. And then that needed to change. that we really needed to have a conversation driven by and focused on the majority of the victims. And I understood that not every solution is going to prevent every kind of violence, and what mattered was doing a lot of different things trying to make everybody safer, not just trying to prevent the kind of shooting that shows up on the news." So I really like that because... Conversation! The conversation. What she in effect is saying is that the news is racist, and I think we agree with that

2:36:51 News does not... You've been saying it for years. The news does not, the mainstream news does not report on 99% of gun violence in our country this country our country and that is because they're racist they don't care about black and brown kids Yeah, I agree with that and woo! Good on you NPR and Guardian for saying that. But then she came with this term which I was unfamiliar with... When we examined solutions journalism one thing that a very strong advocate Tina Rosenberg told us is that it's not always about solutions at work sometimes its solutions that don't If you think about the single policy that's getting the most attention right now as part of America's gun control debate, it's whether or not the country should ban military style assault weapons and whether there should be even a mandatory buyback of the assault weapons that Americans currently own. Public opinion surveys suggest that a majority of Americans support a ban on assault weapons. Even nearly half of Americans support a mandatory buyback something that until very recently was not

2:37:54 even conceivable on the political agenda. So right at the start there, Solutions Journalism and this is a real term apparently it has its own wiki page and I think this is what people are engaged in. There's also some organization that does this? Well it's called Solutions Journalism Network Well, the wiki entry for Solutions Journalism as she just stated there is an approach to news reporting that focuses on the responses to social issues as well as the problems themselves. Solutions stories anchored in credible evidence explain how and why responses are working and not working The goal of this journalistic approach is to present people with a truer more complete view of these issues helping to drive more effective citizenship

2:38:45 Isn't that opinion? No, there's no opinion involved here. I'm looking at this page myself This began pretty recently 98 is tracked back to Solutions it sounds like everyone's doing a version of solutions journalism instead of just reporting the news as early as 98 journalists noted the emergence of a new kind of journalism that examined what people in institutions were to address and social problems, but people in this used to address social problems. Some journalism critics observed that the governing assumptions of traditional journalism is anchored in the belief that a reporter's job was to expose wrongdoing. That's not a reporter's job! A reporter's job is to report, it's not to expose wrongdoing

2:39:37 might not be university valid. Simply, actually whoever wrote this definition is obviously a social journalist. Simply reporting on problems that began to appear might not be the cure to all the world's social woes so now all of sudden journalism is curative based on this definition other forms of journalism has simply responded to a perceived excess of negativity in news media civic journalism which gained some momentum in the United States in the 90s There used to be a thing called the City Desk, I don't know if that's any different. Seeks to engage readers in public discourse in order to encourage active participation in the democratic process and catalyze change." This is activism it's not journalism. Solution journalism also related similar journalistic styles that have been practiced outside of the United States including constructive journalism which originated in Denmark

2:40:33 So this is a form of activism disguised as journalism. Masquerading as journalism, no matter how you look at it and if you read this page You have to come away with that and some of the loaded language that there's some of the bogus Some of the bogus history here as I mentioned as I read it where they make dimension that Examined what people in this issue it just social problems critics observe that governing assumptions of traditional journalism anchored in the belief that a reporter's job is to expose wrongdoing Is incorrect so did so they're they're using a false premise to build this definition It's just activism. Let's call it what it is okay? Well, they have another word for it

2:41:21 Yes, it's a word. Solutions journalism is a form of activism that is contrary to the real precepts of journalism but as being used as this bogus. It just it's a bull crap idea. Well they're talking about it like they are all doing it! They are! That's why our show exists. Damn I'm glad they put a name to it. Now we can look out for it, Solutions Journalism. Hmm...I gotta find- see if more people are doing this. Oh! I might have talked to the Lib Joes about that. Wooo! Yeah now you're talking and I know one of them is so even though he's the most liberal of the Joes his staunch you know kind of an absolutist. It's bad if you think this is bullcrap If you are the liberalist of the Joe's that's bad man You don't want to be that

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India Moon Lander, Canadian Swatting Pranks

India's space agency lost contact with its Vikram lunar lander just one mile above the moon's surface, ending its mission to explore the lunar south pole. Separately, a report from the CBC details a "swatting" incident in Alberta where an innocent family was held at gunpoint by police following a prank call. Criminologists are calling for better dispatcher training to prevent these dangerous and potentially lethal law enforcement responses.

india· moon lander· cbc· swatting· rcmp

2:42:13 Alright, we have time for something else if you want to make us happy. I got a bunch of stuff actually! I wanna play a couple things that are just short clips... Okay Not a clip blitz, but short clips. A couple of them I got. First of all the India lunar lander just disappeared off the face of the new moon Yeah... yeah well you know it's what you do when you try to crash into Israeli moon bases! India's space agency announced today that it lost contact with its Vikram Lunar Lander and the fate of the lander is presently unknown The craft was making its final approach to the Moon surface to deploy a rover at the unexplored lunar south pole

2:42:48 India's space agency said that the lander's operations were normal until it was just over one mile above the surface. Landing would have made India only the fourth country to successfully land on the moon Then we have this one, which I think is the funnier story of the day. Apparently swatting is becoming something of a thing in Canada and here's a story on The CBC about it. An Alberta family is telling a terrifying story tonight about heavily armed police showing up at their door out-of-the blue and demanding entry as young children watched or hidden fear. Rafi Boudjikanyan looks into the dangerous prank calls known as swatting

2:43:28 There was a police car kind of slanted in the middle of the street and I could see the front end of it. By the time Tasha McRae got downstairs, just out of her shower there they were wanting in They said get your hands in the air and I'm telling them I can't I am holding a towel, please don't make me do it. McRae's children and their friends were in the house as officers entered The eldest, Olive 10 years old stepped up My brother woke up too so I carried him into my room And then I told Molly and Madeline to be quiet. Though it sure wasn't easy They started searching with their big guns, and then I started crying because I was really scared The family says police left admitting they got an unfounded phone call possibly about an armed man on the premises

2:44:16 There's a lot of pieces to this investigation. The RCMP told us they're still looking into things and at the time that unfounded call seemed urgent High priority means that we believe there is imminent risk of loss of life for somebody They are not calling it swatting which is a popular prank online. Recent incidents in Canada have sent police scrambling to schools in Surrey and Calgary In the US, a swatting call by this man led to police gunning down an innocent person opening his door This criminologist says emergency dispatchers have a key role to play in prevention They can effectively sort the wheat from the chaff by asking the right questions

2:45:03 They're trained to do that and I think that is an area where we need to be pouring some resources. I mean, it's like they send a SWAT team over to some port and make a little 10-year old cry. No this is all just part of the technological world we live in and so it's all connected to everything Of course now you got a bad signal go kill people

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USC Admissions Scandal, VIP Donor Tracking

Court filings related to the college admissions scandal revealed that the University of Southern California (USC) tracked applicants using spreadsheets that labeled them as "VIPs" based on their families' donation potential. Some notes explicitly mentioned million-dollar pledges in exchange for admission consideration. The segment argues that the "American Way" involves direct donations to institutions rather than the illegal bribery schemes used by those indicted in the scandal.

usc· admissions scandal· donors· vip· bribery

2:45:40 Some guy opens his door and they gun him down. Yeah, yeah well it's the system that's in the US. In Canada they don't do so much gunning down like we did. We love to gun people down. Okay I have one last clip which is a college admission update because it did to me proves that you know if anybody had any brains they just give a bunch of money to the school directly instead into some consultant who then slips it to some guy who was a coach The college cheating scandal is shining a new light on the admissions process at the University of Southern California. A court filing reveals emails between USC officials showing how they tracked applicants and spreadsheets sent by an athletics department official, some applicants were labeled VIP with comments like donor potential donor one mil pledge given two million already 50

2:46:27 team from the crime victim that it claims to be. Responding in a statement, USC calls the filing illegal and public relations strategy to divert attention from the criminal fraud for which he has been indicted adding no athletic department official has the authority to compel admissions decisions. Steven Mercer is a college application consultant who used to work in USC's admissions office. There are people who see the words VIP and they think this system is rigged Is it rigged? The universities try

2:47:16 keep their donors feeling like they're being attended to. But I don't see universities bending so much that they're going to ruin their reputations." But the scandal is raising questions about the role of money in admissions. Oh man! Now, this is one of those stories it's the same like the Juul story... Yeah? That once something gets established the way you're supposed to do things And you go out of bounds and try to do it some other way, even if there's money lots of money involved? You know you're gonna get screwed. The way they do it at USC apparently with the documents that show...you just give them a lot of money directly! Yeah that's the American Way Yes the American Way don't go to some consultant and you go around the world That is the American Way If you have money Photoshop If you have money there's a whole different world that opens up for ya

2:48:08 Yeah, and it's transparent. It's not like it takes a genius to figure this out I think the people who are busted for the college admissions scandal should be excoriated for being idiots They did it wrong. There go ahead and take a look that there are open jobs for people who can do creative work with Adobe Creative Suite For $60,000 and up and they can't be filled because everyone's either way over qualified or doesn't know how to use the tools That's the job right now Or become a dude named Ben. That's maybe even a better idea And you don't need to go to college just get some of those books You know O'Reilly books I

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Show Outro, Mobile Loaves and Fishes, Alan Jones Mix

The program concludes with a preview of an upcoming tour of the "Community First Village" by Mobile Loaves and Fishes in Austin. The hosts sign off from their respective locations in Texas and Silicon Valley, followed by an "end-of-show mixer" featuring various soundbites and a musical tribute to Australian shock jock Alan Jones. The final segments include a montage of Joe Biden clips and satirical commentary on climate change.

austin· mobile loaves and fishes· alan jones· end-of-show mix· outro

2:49:15 I knew you'd like that. And remember to whiz on by Dvorak.org slash NA to support us for the next program, which will be on Thursday. I'll have an update from the Mobile Loaves and Fishes, The Community First Village here in Austin We're gonna go see that tomorrow get a tour from the CEO so hopefully have some info on that if not maybe an interview for a best of show one of these days And I will be coming to you from Opportunity Zone 33 here in Austin, Texas. Capital of the drone star state This is in FEMA region number six if you want to locate it on all governmental maps In the morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where

2:50:01 I don't have anything to say, anything close to what he just did. I'm John C. Dvorak Coming up on the noagendastreams.com we've got The Grumpy Old Benz with minimum wage be careful of the deep fake joke at the opening End-of-show mixers The Darby's Cyborg Dave and Jesse Koy Nelson and Tom Starkweather Thank you gentlemen until next show adios everybody! And such...I should have said mofos These people really want to be on the street for a number of reasons. One is that's where the drugs are! I do want you to hear The Narc speak. It turns out in fact, many violent individuals have been avid marijuana users. They said they're from Jamaica... Where they smoke the ganja... It's the holy earth

2:51:01 You see close up in a little box, and the screen in the corner while you're the guest is talking. You see some guy with these nasty yellow fungus ridden nails rolling up a joint, shittiest joint you've ever seen! It burns holes halfway down then the guy licks his fingers with a big saliva drop that's like trying to stop it from burning That is not how you consume the holy herb But I've pretty much been smoking every single day for the last 30 years. Xanax is also known to be a long time user of marijuana. Marijuana. Bulls, bulls, bulls! Smoke the ganja... Cause I get it so now... Take my marijuana! You must obey. Nobody wants your honey

2:52:08 I was feeling lots of stress Joe Biden, what you doing? How is you gonna get out of this mess So I'm a little worried about that. Joe Biden, he's answering questions last night about climate change and all of the sudden like his eye just starts filling with blood It's like the ending of a horror movie And they literally had to take the top of my head off You take a saw and cut your head off and go in to find the artery One was leaking The other it hadn't Now on the political scene, one of the Democratic candidates is Senator Joseph Biden. Have you seen the problem he's been having? He went around and made a speech and apparently I think it was a British politician took his speech and kind of paraphrased it as his own And then the press got on him and Biden says not to worry reassured his staff said we have nothing to fear but fear itself

2:53:03 I want to thank Rich Fitzgerald, the county executive, Algeda County Executive for being here and all my time in public life since i've gotten involved. The country wasn't built by Wall Street bankers CEOs and hedge fund managers if the enterprise hit hard times everybody took a hit union workers the UAW took incredible cuts in their future and their pensions to get GM working. They also got that last year and try to cut wages or freeze wages for their people right today the same is happening in big hospital systems I think we have to rethink how we define what constitutes a successful economy folks in America don't think their children are going to have the same standard of living they had it means investing much more in medical research to conquer devastating diseases like cancer and addiction and Alzheimer's

2:53:55 There is one less candidate in the race for the presidency tonight. Delaware Senator Joseph Biden dropped out of The Hunt today, saying the disclosures about his plagiarism in law school and exaggerations about his academic record made it impossible for him to continue I do with incredible reluctance and makes me angry. I'm angry at myself for having been put into position put myself in the position of having to make this choice. The Delaware Democrat is the second candidate to be forced from the race by questions of character and integrity It was WebSoccer diplomacy. What a week, what a week... Because it has consumed a lot of airtime on cable and in the papers this week You're connecting dots? What does it all mean? He cooked it up real good The city is dirty and its getting dirtier It used to be like the Wild West basically there were no limits Finally some brain damage we can actually enjoy

2:54:50 I believe in work. Take carbon out of the air to clean up the water, desalinization and by the way a lot of this stuff hasn't been invented yet Again when you take a deep breath and you take a step back and you think about it You say this is really, really crazy shit. We can take millions of vehicles off the road if we had high-speed rails And he wants to reintroduce four different kinds which I'm not going to burden you with but one of them is the candle shaped ones and those are a favor for a lot people by the way. We need the guys and the gals who've been sitting around for a long time One of the big problems in America is that we're measuring the wrong things Under my presidency will start measuring the right things and businesses will be willing partner in this Jerome

2:55:34 Maybe that's through camping. Jerome! Maybe that's more like it, that's more presidential I think. Jerome! Jobs and jobs... Time to reach area 7, I want it down to 33. 33 sir? 33 is right Yes sir. Packed a bong in me easy chair and I switched on the ABC A mad professor called Dave Caroli was bringing down my girl named Dee She was luxury eating with her scoob in her hand, relaxing in the bath With this mad buck I said if you don't stop burning coal it's gonna rip this world apart! She was sitting on a hoard of dilemma between a rock an art place He said your out of luck

2:56:28 And all your billabongs, well... they'll dry up! One third more pill each. And all your dingoes? They're gonna die! My baby! Then a long game Jones I'm Alan Jones Fat gut Jones I'm Alan Jones Slav talkin' flousy walkin' smart ass Jones Fat gut fat gut roll that number Suck more piss ya bastard! Well his climate wanker is a monkey spankah He fair brought me girl to tears So he got a lot of stock in that old shock jock And he's great to allay our fears Although sometimes I start to think The world is on the brink Why has this flog gone my deli? Start spoutin' that stuff That the worlds daft for me legs starts to turn To jelly! What flavour?! Shut your faces Listen you might learn some

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