Episode 118 · Sunday, 2 August 2009

Deconstructing 'Law & Order'

From scripted medical dramas to the World Health Organization’s pandemic powers, the hosts dissect how state and corporate interests shape public perception and agricultural policy.

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About this episode

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak deconstruct the intersection of entertainment and public health policy, focusing on a Law & Order: SVU episode that serves as a vehicle for vaccine propaganda. The hosts analyze specific clips from the NBC procedural, comparing its measles outbreak narrative to historical data from the BBC and Wikipedia to expose factual exaggerations. This media critique extends to the appointment of former CDC Director Dr. Richard Besser as a medical reporter for ABC News, suggesting a blurring of lines between government messaging and independent journalism.

Global health initiatives take center stage as the World Health Organization asserts authority over national infrastructures during Level 6 pandemics, while the Netherlands considers mandatory H1N1 vaccinations for healthcare workers. Domestic concerns include the $8 billion Transbay Transit Center project in San Francisco, which threatens local property through eminent domain, and the Smartronix contract for Recovery.gov that remains shielded from public view. Agricultural shifts are also noted with the approval of Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences' SmartStax corn, a genetically engineered product featuring eight novel genes that bypasses traditional independent safety testing.

Technical failures and cultural oddities provide a human backdrop as Adam Curry recounts a navigation mishap on Mount Tamalpais caused by Google Maps errors. The hosts also celebrate the expansion of the No Agenda community, officially knighting Scott Rodriguez and Margaret George for their financial support. Between discussions of body bag production surges at Trevor Owen Limited and the historical banking ties of the Knights Templar, the episode captures the eccentric and skeptical spirit of the Gitmo Nation.


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CHAPTER 01 / 26 Discussion

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak, No Agenda Episode 118 Introduction

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 118 of the No Agenda podcast, broadcasting from San Francisco, California. Curry discusses technical difficulties with his MIDI controller and his recent order for a replacement from Germany. The hosts establish the "Gitmo Nation" theme and exchange banter regarding their respective locations and equipment setups.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· no agenda· gitmo nation· midi controller

00:01 You look like a British banker in Hawaii. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. Ah, it's August 2nd, 2009. It's time for your Gitmo Nation audio publication episode 118. This is no agenda. Coming to you from the Minimum Containment Center. Or should I say cell, better known as the Cat-Crackpot Command Center. Oh man, I'm slow today. Hey, from Gitmo Nation West in San Francisco, the undisclosed loft location under eminent domain destruction, I'm Adam Curry. Slow and long-winded, I'm John C. Dvorak. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill! In the morning! The reason why, John, is I still don't have my MIDI controller working. Oh. So I'm like switching back and forth. Did you order another one or are you just gonna gripe about it? No, I ordered another one and it has to come from Germany. Hochter Lieber. Although I had an idea, there's this... Apple has some kind of thing with a single fader you can switch back and forth.

00:59 Hmm. No get what you used Okay, I will tell him to expedite the order. Ah, what is expedite in German? You know, I'm gonna mosh now Yeah, I hooked it up again today just to see if it would work all of a sudden, you know, sometimes that does oh, yeah Yeah, well, you know that actually yeah, that's reasonable to think that way with this gear. Yeah Because it's true with any gear essentially. Oh Hey John, dude, we did your Sunday trip. Dude, we did your Sunday trip yesterday on Saturday and we checked off a number of items off of the list of things to do when you live in the Bay Area. Right. And let me tell you something very interesting. You sent us a note with a link to Mount Tam.

CHAPTER 02 / 26 Discussion

Google Maps Navigation Failures, Mount Tamalpais Driving Directions

Adam Curry recounts a weekend trip to Mount Tamalpais where Google Maps provided incorrect driving directions, leading him through gated roads and dead ends in Mill Valley. Despite the navigation errors, he describes the scenic views and a lunch stop near the summit overlooking San Quentin. The discussion highlights a distrust of automated GPS directions over physical highway signage.

google maps· mount tamalpais· mill valley· gps· navigation

01:49 Which is one of the places you have to go if you're in this area, right? Yeah. So I click on the Google link. It shows me the spot on the map and then of course I say, you know, get directions. And we follow the directions exactly, John. Let me tell you, Google has a very interesting way of trying to send you to Mount Tam. And it does not work. I don't trust Google at all. And it does not work. So when you're driving north on 101, there's actually a sign that says, get off here to go to Mount Tam, right? And our instructions said no no no go up another two exits and then get off there and so we wound up going through was it Mill Valley is that it? Yeah did you go through the tunnel at all? On 101? No no no. Yeah we went through that tunnel. No the little one.

02:38 I'm not sure which tunnel you mean. Never mind, keep talking. No, so I don't think so. And so what happens is you wind up going around the back route trying to get up to Mount Tam and I'll tell you we saw some amazing things. No one would ever, ever for any reason be on these roads. and for good reason because you can't actually get to where you want to go according to Google's description. There's a fork in the road where you're supposed to go on via Van Dyke and it's like a gated road, you can't get through it. And you know, and you get into this point where it's like, I'm following the directions, are you sure? And this is the directions, you gotta go left. Wait a minute, this is, this is, exactly.

03:20 And you cannot get there the way Google tries to send you. So finally we wound up backtracking after like an hour. I mean it's only 15 minutes outside of the city. After an hour of driving through, I must say beautiful, beautiful small roads with amazing homes that are up there in the hills of Mill Valley, we finally wound up going around the other direction of course, it's like a highway. You get there no problem. But it was disconcerting to see that Google on four different attempts kept saying go this way, which it just doesn't work. The road is not a through road. I love it. No, I don't.

03:58 When you see a big highway sign that says turn off here for Mount Tam and Google's telling you not to, I tend to believe the highway sign. Yeah, yeah. And I have to say I'm loving the G-phone, you know, it's got your directions, it's got the GPS, it does everything exactly. You can see the route is mapped out, everything works, but it's just, it is impossible to get there the way they sent us. So we finally wound up going around the other way. Had lunch about five miles before the summit. There's a, now of course I forgot the name of the place. I'll put it in the show notes like Summit Inn or something like that. Where it's amazing, you sit on this deck outside and you look out over all of, I guess that's, what are we seeing, San Quentin? You can see, you're looking at San Quentin from there, my future home. It was nice, man. It was absolutely awesome. But there's so many rules. There's so many things you're not allowed to do.

CHAPTER 03 / 26 Discussion

Mount Tamalpais Park Regulations, Sausalito No-Name Bar Anecdote

The hosts discuss the restrictive rules at Mount Tamalpais State Park, including early closing times and smoking bans due to fire risks. Curry mentions visiting Sausalito and the No-Name Bar, which he found disappointing, leading Dvorak to admit he had never actually been to the establishment despite recommending it. They also touch on the rare occurrence of snow on Mount Tamalpais and Mount Diablo.

mount tamalpais· sausalito· no-name bar· muir woods· park rules

04:57 Yeah, there's lots of rules. Like, you know, you have to be out by 7. God forbid you're in the park after 7. You know, you can't walk on certain parts. It's like, don't walk here. It just feels a little restricted. Yeah. For a park. Well. Well, is that normal? Obviously people have been abusing it. Yeah. And there's a lot of no smoking signs. That kind of makes sense to me. You don't want to burn to the ground. Man, one spark would just torch that entire area. It is so dry right now. It's always dry every year. I'm amazed that it doesn't just spark up regardless. Happens all the time. Did you go to Muir Woods? Yes, but only really kind of like grazed it. Didn't have a lot of time. And then on the way back, we did not go to Sam's Bar.

05:55 Sam's and you say it's a little bit. Yeah, Sam's anchor or whatever cafe. That's it We did go to Sausalito and we did go to the no-name bar Why the hell did you send us to the no-name bar just so you could say you went there? Yeah, okay. Well, that's about it It's like it's dark it smells of urine and there's no one in the place. Oh It's a, it's a, it's a pickup bar tonight I think. No dude, there was like an 80 year old with a colostomy bag sitting next to me at the bar. This is not a pickup bar. Oh well maybe it's changed. I haven't been there for 20 years. Or maybe you pick up different kind of chicks than I do. Nah, it's possible. Godda boom ja.

06:33 I haven't been there for 20 years or longer or actually now they think about it even longer. Let me get this straight. Let me just tell you the truth. I've actually never been in that bar. Why did you send us to you douche? That's horrible. We took a picture. Because everybody talks about it all the time. I like to say, I always like to send you know a scout. No, well, I don't want to be your scout, okay? No more scouting. That's bullshit. But thank you very much. Mount Tam was a fantastic trip. A great idea. There are a couple pictures. I'll point to him. I think Mickey's putting on a Facebook page or whatever really really fantastic easy drive to get to from San Francisco if you're not following Google's directions follow the big sign that says Mount Tam this way that's pretty much the way to go

07:19 So there's a, uh, occasionally it snows up there in that mountain. Really? Doesn't it? What do you think the elevation is? A couple thousand feet? It's not very high. It's 2,500 maybe at the most. I don't know. Yeah, it didn't seem that high. So really you get snow up there? Yeah. If there's a snow cloud that comes over, it will drop, uh, usually a dusting on the top of Mount Tam and Mount Diablo. You usually get a batch. That's it. Mount Diablo gets hit pretty hard sometimes where it is actually, you could actually, you could actually, uh, sled. Huh. That would be cool. I don't know about that. If you really just get on your car, drive up to 80, you know, head to Reno if it's like during the middle of winter, you get snows everywhere. You're breaking up a bit. Are you uploading porn again? Yeah. I'm going to send you to Reno on one of these trips. Yeah. Wait until I get the plane. It's coming in about a week. No, it's not the same. No, of course it's not the same. It's better. I want to fly to Reno. That'll be much cooler.

CHAPTER 04 / 26 Discussion

Transbay Transit Center Project, San Francisco Eminent Domain

Adam Curry explains that his studio location is under threat of demolition due to eminent domain for the Transbay Transit Center project. The hosts criticize the $8 billion project, describing it as a "fascist" undertaking involving a massive terminal for buses and a proposed high-speed train to Los Angeles. They express skepticism regarding the project's feasibility and the displacement of local residents and historic buildings.

transbay joint powers authority· eminent domain· san francisco· high-speed rail· transit center

08:17 So you were going to take a trip on this plane, but now you apparently aren't going to. Yeah, the idea was end of August, because I'm going to take a short vacation, the idea was to... by the way, not from the show, just from work. What am I saying? uh... and i'm still planning on video in my undisclosed location on a private aisle i will still be doing the show not quite sure how the bandwidth is going to work but we're gonna figure it out one way or the other it by the way you keep talking about this uh... under eminent domain every week and you have not explained it to anybody okay we found out uh... last week or a year but a week and a half ago this entire area where the uh...

09:01 where the minimum security containment cell is located, that it is being bulldozed under eminent domain. i.e. the government is forcing everyone to leave because they're taking it over. It's not even the government. The government sold the rights to the, what is it called, John? The Trans Bay Joint Authority power, which sounds like something right out of 1984. It's the Trans Bay Joint Authority powers. We have the power, which of course is a completely commercial organization. They are building between, I think it's like Harrison or whatever, like Folsom and Market. I don't know. This huge terminal which has been talked about for I think seven or eight years now. And there is indeed a parking lot not far from where we are that is the beginnings of it.

09:53 but it's like this eight billion dollar project for a state and a city that is bankrupt and they're going to build a terminal for buses for buses to Oakland. It's unbelievable and this thing is a monster. No, no, it's not just a monster, it's an obelisk, okay? It's a complete New World Order fascist project And this thing is going to be the largest building in, well, even larger, taller than the Tower of Death apparently, which is already the tallest building west of the Mississippi. And they're going to, and check this, they're talking about a high-speed train to Los Angeles. I mean, how can you even believe this shit anymore? It's not going to happen. There's not going to be a high-speed train to Los Angeles.

10:43 Although very, you know, train experts have long said that you can't really do a high-speed train in Los Angeles because of the, there's a mountain range between here and Los Angeles called the Grapevine. And it's pretty high, in fact it snows there a lot, and this is in Southern California. And it's just too steep, and I don't think they're going to spend the money to drill a hole through the thing. I think they're going to call it the John Galt Railroad. Yeah, where's John Galt? So anyway, so they're gonna do that and then the other thing they're supposed to do at this terminal is supposed to bring in the Marin County bus system for the Marinites and then they're gonna bring in the the Cal train which is which is actually parks itself over there on Fourth Street, right? It's a beautiful train station. It's fantastic, functional, it's great. Why do we need to change it?

11:35 And meanwhile, how are you going to get the trains from there over to this piece of crap? Well, more eminent domain. They're just going to remove people. Yeah, but are they going to run a bunch of rails right through all that important part of the city, which is bypassed? It would be a disaster. They have to drill another hole, and I don't see that they can afford to do that. I'm going to put a couple of links to some of the PDF files that they've published about this when you see it. I mean, it's going to be a big shopping promenade. It's all going to be beautiful for families, lots of trees. In fact, where I'm sitting right now will be a tree. If you go to today's Transbay Journal, which we're going to film, it's just got a bunch of bums. Yeah, it's their home.

12:16 Yeah, panhandlers. No, they're not even panhandlers. They just live in there, man. That's their home. They got their boxes set up. It's nice and dry. And no one takes the bus there that I know of. I do. You take the bus to that terminal? Yeah. If I come into the city on Wednesdays for those meetings, I always take the bus. It's the easiest way to get in and out, and it's cheap. Hey, you know, you don't have to say it like that. Those meetings. Oh, by the way, the cool thing that they do have, they have these big giant green Transbay buses over here in the Oakland, Alameda County actually. And they have Wi-Fi on them and they're very big comfy buses. They're not like, you know, a typical little bus. Well anyway, so all these beautiful buildings here, which are really, you know, some of them I believe are historic. I think our building is not historic, but it is architecturally interesting. They're all going to be leveled.

13:10 So what we're finding out is to block to block two buildings down is in phase one they have to get out by December and It's still not sure or not We're not certain whether we're in plan one or plan two if it's plan two I could be good for another couple years if it's plan one Merry fucking Christmas Well, you can always move to Marin. I'm not going to move to Marin. Then you can take the bus into the terminal. And meet interesting children from other lands while on the bus. People like you ride the bus, John. Enough said. I don't think so. I'm all for public transportation. Yeah.

CHAPTER 05 / 26 Discussion

CDC H1N1 Marketing Strategy, Swine Flu Vaccination Propaganda

Adam Curry analyzes internal CDC marketing documents and PDFs regarding the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccination campaign. He highlights specific "key messages" intended for news media distribution, noting the government's focus on social media and proactive reporting of adverse events. The hosts characterize these communication efforts as state-sponsored propaganda designed to sell vaccines to the public.

cdc· h1n1· swine flu· vaccination· marketing strategy

13:54 Let me get some swine flu stuff out of the way right off the bat just so we can kind of deal with it because you know there's so much and it just continues the ridiculousness of what's happening goes on but I signed up for website alerts at the CDC website. And it works. They sent me an alert that all the PDFs were updated from their July 29th presentation for the advisory committee on immunization practices. And so they have a whole bunch of PDFs and one of them was titled the marketing PDF. Of course, I'm very interested in that. How are these guys going to market this?

14:36 They have all these you know, what do you well, you know what a squat analysis is right John? We have an access and access and you have strengths weaknesses opportunity. Oh, yeah, right rats You know, it's a it's like marketing 101 and so they have a couple of those charts and you know What if it's this type of a threat? What if it's that type of the threat and then they have all of their? key messages and their social media Efforts but then there was like some There were some quotes that you could use if you're trying to communicate to the public. And by the way, top of the list is how they're going to communicate this through the news media. I love that. It's like, what's the best way to communicate our message? Through the news media, of course. We own those fuckers.

15:25 So I just want to give you a couple of quotes and these are literally quotes and you can watch them show up because this is the official messaging, the overarching key messages and themes. Let's see, this is the extra, the additional messages, here we go. So that's what was most interesting, the additional messages. And I'm quote, everything is literally in quotes on this slide or on these series of slides and of course I'll put links to it in the show notes at noahjenn.mevio.com. While the novel H1N1 influenza virus has been the focus of attention since the spring, it is important that we do not forget the risks posed by seasonal influenza viruses. So that's probably the most innocuous of all of them. We hope that people, especially those at high risk for serious complications and their close contacts, will start to go out and get vaccinated in September or as soon as vaccine is available at their doctor's offices or in their communities. Another quote.

16:20 The seasonal flu vaccine is not expected to protect against the new H1N1 influenza virus. Scientists at the NIH, the CDC and the FDA are working with vaccine manufacturers to prepare and test a safe and effective vaccine. As medical and public health professionals, parents and grandparents, ensuring the health and safety of our children is a top priority. These are actual messages you will see showing up in the news media first. CDC is working to enhance our safety monitoring systems and will actively encourage providers and vaccine recipients to report to us adverse events following vaccination and then in parentheses whether or not they believe the vaccine caused the event. They are so aware of what's going to happen John. They are so aware of the adverse effects that they actually have it in their messaging now.

17:06 And when you read through this, you will say to yourself, my God, this could have been a marketing deck for Microsoft. They are selling this to the public and it shows you exactly how they're going to do it. And you can follow it and you can check back. It's all propaganda. Well, marketing propaganda, whatever you want to call it. I would call it propaganda. Marketing is propaganda, but when it's done by the government, then it's propaganda. What is TIV? Do you have any idea? I'm sorry? TIV as it pertains to vaccinations.

17:52 Maybe it has to do with the, I don't know, IVs, you know. Intravenous? Intravenous or whatever. What would the T stand for? Maybe somebody knows. Trouble. So there's another slide here that talks about how the trials are going to be conducted. And so they talk about adjuvanted CSL vaccine, unadjuvanted SP vaccine, one versus two doses, and then sequential administration of TIV and H1N1 vaccine in adults. Trivalent inactivated influenza. Ah, so that makes sense. So they have a couple trials which are going to be with active virus, a couple trials that will be with inactive virus. Yeah, let's just test it on the public. I'm telling you.

CHAPTER 06 / 26 Discussion

Law and Order SVU, Measles Vaccination Plotline Analysis

The hosts critique a specific episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit that focuses on a measles outbreak and the prosecution of an anti-vaccination mother. They play several clips from the show, arguing that the dialogue and acting serve as blatant propaganda for the pharmaceutical industry. The discussion focuses on how entertainment media is used to influence public opinion on medical choices.

law and order svu· measles· vaccination· big pharma· television propaganda

18:36 21 days apart. I mean it's all here if any of the news media would just download some of these PDFs and maybe someone who has a The words are too long Yeah, it is it makes my head spin I'm more interested in the in the just a general kind of propaganda that's that's pushed out there by the by big media and I have a bunch of clips and We've talked about this before, unless you have more to say about the swine flu. I have plenty more, but it can wait until we're further along. I want you to play some of these clips that we have collected here. There is a, I think this is just abhorrent, but the Law and Order show,

19:26 decided somewhere along the lines to do this measles show that they did which was just basically a promotion of getting vaccinated. Now Law and Order is a drama series, correct? Yeah, but this is special victims unit. This is the one that has all the weird... Wrong order. New York elevator version. You actually watch this shit, don't you? Oh yeah. And so I think the stuff's well written, but this particular episode I thought was just, it was so filled with propaganda and propagandistic techniques. And this is regarding vaccinations? They were having back and forth argument. I'm sorry, they'd have a back and forth argument that was lopsided, for example.

20:03 But it was, you know, interesting. And the more emotional people were, you know, on one side and the other. But play clip Measles 1 so you can kind of get a feeling for it. This is after some... Well, just play it. Sarah Walker's death wasn't a homicide. She was just dug out of a shallow grave. She didn't fall in there playing hopscotch. Well, whoever put her in there didn't kill her. Encephalitis did swelling of the brain brought on by measles Wow you can hear how bad that acting is we don't see the picture though isn't that awesome like terrible I know welling of the brain did swelling of the brain brought on by measles are you sure it's measles no signs of abuse or neglect no bruises or abrasions either her teeth weren't in great shape but mostly from a diet high in sugars that's it but measles how does that happen this day and age

20:49 She wasn't vaccinated. Oh, dude, dude. First of all, it sounds like Rachel Maddow. No doubt about it. But how bad is that acted? That is so horrible. And of course, I don't think they're into playing this role, these roles so much. And the funny thing is they're using the medical examiner, who's the black woman, who's not generally there's this one woman, this white blonde who's been doing the medical examiner for since the beginning of the show. She is probably the richest person in the world on residuals. and i think she did and i i don't know that i think she's on this show but i if she was she wasn't on this episode i think she's just screw you i'm not doing this one is just terrible but did you know as there is to piece of propaganda no one was the teeth were in good shape thanks to sugar yes of course there was a case that i was the first one yes that was the first one right right but then it goes in the vaccination most the rest of the show and this is uh... is essentially condemning one woman uh... who didn't get herself

21:48 The story's about a woman who didn't have her kid vaccinated, he got the measles and he accidentally bumped into this other girl who died. And so they decided to charge her with not homicide or anything else, but with murder. Alright, what do I play now? Play the clip, I think it's, what's on the list? I think a clip three. I went to see a girl. After you had recommitted to your new life. There's this English girl named... Oh wait, wait, stop. That's not the one. I have... No, that, no, this is the Amish one. I have measles nutcase, I have measles neighbors, and measles MMR.

22:26 Okay, go did the one that you were playing we're gonna play again But I want to set this one up because this is like they decided to go and to an Amish guy Who is it who's who got the beard and he's like a fanatic old man? Of course, it's really Amish. He thinks everything sucks and it's stupid. Wait a minute. I just wanted to hear it Yeah, so anyway he goes on and on and and is and they make him look like he's a complete maniac And he's obviously an idiot because he doesn't have he's against vaccinations right right? And the kid who's having second thoughts about being Amish, and here's the clip play it I went to see a girl after you would recommitted to your new life. There's this English girl Megan I had to see you had to see one of those harlots Is that why you went to the hospital for a venereal disease? No? It was just a rash. It's the measles

23:17 We don't vaccinate. There's a lot of things we don't do. Oh my god. There's a lot of things we don't do as old-fashioned people. First of all, he sounds like he's Irish for some reason. Why? Who pays for this show? Okay, let's go to the clip of the neighbors. Okay, do you need to set it up? This is the woman who ends up getting charged with murder. What, do my neighbors call you? Why would they do that? Because they're upset at the choices I've made for my family. Like not vaccinating your son? I won't put my son at risk because Big Pharma and their lackeys in the media try and jam vaccination down our throats. Even if that puts him at risk? What risk? He had measles two weeks ago and the immune system he was born with kicked in and now he's fine. Well, Sierra Walker isn't fine. She's dead after being infected by your son. Okay, look.

24:10 First of all, how can you watch this, John? The acting is so atrocious. It is beyond atrocious. They are reading the script from the Ministry of Truth. I can just hear Big Pharma and their crazy lackeys. Oh my God! Okay, now we're going to go to... Now here's the one... This is the nutcase clip. This is where they be they find someone who's really against that no no they did this they're talking about this woman They talk about her as a crazy person for having these thoughts about big pharma and vaccine by the way I want to mention to people out there my all my kids have been vaccinated against measles I'm not of the opinion like that it might be that it's bad, and there's you know it's

24:54 Generally, I just think that there's some other message here and what they're trying to do is set people up to just take any shot that they bring up. Which is of course what we're talking about with Twins. Can I just say one thing? I'm not against all vaccinations. I am against adjuvanted crap and oil and water. Yeah, I'm weird and that's crazy thing. Right? Yeah. Okay. Right. I am too. So let's go and play the nutcase. Here's where they berate the woman behind her back and then they bring up a phony argument so it sounds like they're being objective but the guy they have to take her side is one of the nuttier guys and nobody takes him seriously and the whole thing is about

25:33 beautiful piece of propaganda listen to this. That lady is a lunatic what she's doing is a danger to society. Yeah but not illegal. Oh you defending her? Maybe he's right, I mean sometimes parents know what's best for their kids. Right and we decided to vaccinate our kids so they'd be safe. Well that was your choice. Telling parents how to raise their kids, that's a quick slide down the slippery slope of government tyranny. Monica Stewart's son got the measles and nothing happened to him. I mean, it's not so black and white. Wait a minute, wait a minute. Sierra got the measles from Monica's son and died. Now all of a sudden my little boy's at risk because of some nutcase mom? Well, she's not the only nutcase mom. Ashley takes that price. But her kid was too young to be immunized. Every child under a year old is at risk. It's just stupid not to vaccinate your children. You want stupid?

26:16 Richard Belzer should be taken out back and shot. I mean, this is, you're right, this is 100% propaganda. I can just see the producers going, hey, did the government send over the scripts this week yet? We're ready for them, we gotta do that German measles episode. It's just it's it's deplorable how much you know we should really I really like analyzing this with audio only John because you have no distraction you really hear clearly what they're doing when you just listen to it the minute you I think if you if you have all the the pretty moving pictures and Everything flashing on the screen. You're probably just not aware of what's being said, but man when you listen to it you hear you just hear how

CHAPTER 07 / 26 Discussion

Measles Eradication Claims, UK Outbreak Data Discrepancies

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak deconstruct the medical claims made in the Law & Order episode, specifically regarding the "eradication" of measles and an alleged epidemic in England. They compare the show's script to Wikipedia entries and BBC news reports from 2006, concluding that the show exaggerated the scale of outbreaks to promote the MMR vaccine.

measles· mmr vaccine· united kingdom· bbc· medical examiner

27:02 Some guy in the Pentagon wrote this. It's unbelievable. He had a uniform on. Is there one more clip on there? Because there was one... MMR? We haven't done MMR. Yeah, the MMR clip. And this is the one, by the way, I only took a little piece of this. This is the medical examiner, the doctor, on the stand, on the witness stand, going on and on and on about how everything is, you know, hunky-dory and MMR so important. But just play it and this will be the last one. Measles is one of the most communicable diseases on the planet. It stays in the room for up to an hour after the infected person has left. It's transmittable from up to 200 yards away. I thought measles had been eradicated. It was. But right now, England has a measles epidemic because people are refusing to immunize themselves and their children. Total horseshit, by the way.

27:55 And the last serious outbreak here in the early 90s led to 123 deaths in unvaccinated children. Why would people choose not to vaccinate their children against something so dangerous? The most common reasons are for religious beliefs, It's like she's reading a Wikipedia page. Suspicion about the science behind immunization. Is the science behind immunization faulty? Is the science behind immunization faulty? Absolutely not. Measles is totally preventable with the MMR vaccine. Not being immunized is irresponsible. Despite any side effects from the vaccine, there is a minimal risk.

28:37 But it's more dangerous to drive a car than to take the MMR vaccine. Thank you. It's more dangerous. Now here's a couple points in here. One, it's more dangerous to drive a car than just about anything. Yeah, thank you. That's the most dangerous activity you can participate in. So let's go over this one comment. It says, I thought it was eradicated. It was wait a minute if it was eradicated. There's no way that means it's eradicated eradicated means done eradicated Done Finn and then there's like there was a measles app there is I think she said there is a measles epidemic in the United Kingdom there was something about a year ago there was a small outbreak there's nothing going Keep talking John. I'm gonna Google measles outbreak in the UK

29:20 So anyway, she goes on with, if it was eradicated, How could it be it was and then but I mean if something's eradicated that means it's gone forever here June 14th was eradicated although it wasn't quite because they kept a few of these little vials around in case they want to kill us all but the point is it was obviously wasn't eradicated so the outbreak referred to as reported by the BBC was June 14th 2006 where 156 cases in South Yorkshire were reported I don't think there are any deaths but it's hardly an outbreak. An epidemic is what she called it. Are you sure? I think so if you play it against you. There's an epidemic! Measles is one of the most communicable diseases on the planet. Is that true? Is it one of the most communicable diseases on the planet? I don't know. Look at the wiki page. I swear to God she's reading the wiki page.

30:22 I swear to you. Let's see what she says. Okay, this is funny. You got the wiki page? No, I don't. Well get the wiki page! Oh god. No please. I gotta get the typewriter keyboard off the floor. I'll go. Come on this is funny. You just like to hear me type. Yeah it's hot. Let me see. I'm gonna do it too. Measles. Yeah, infection of the respiratory system called by virus, but she but that I love the genus more blue varietals Measles is one of the most communicable diseases on the planet It stays in the room for up to an hour after the infected person has left. It's transmittable from up to 200 yards away I thought measles had been eradicated it was it was it was

31:12 But right now, England has a measles epidemic. Right now, England has a measles epidemic. It's a lie! When was this aired? Is this an original episode? I think it was a 2008 show. Because people are refusing to immunize themselves and their children. Damn British! Kill them! The last serious outbreak here in the early 90s led to 123 deaths in unvaccinated children. Is that true? I don't know. I don't find any documentation for that. I mean, it's possible. Why would people choose not to vaccinate their children against something so dangerous? The most common reasons are for religious beliefs. You religious kooks, you! Or suspicion about the science behind immunization. Is the science behind immunization fa- Do you hear how that flows? How that goes? It's like question and answer. It's like an Obama press conference, actually. It is totally like an Obama press conference. Absolutely not.

32:07 It's like it's... Yeah, go ahead. It's just ridiculous. Every time I run into... That's why I watch this stuff. I mean, I think that the propaganda... People need to deconstruct what they're watching on television and decide if they're watching a good drama or... What are the elements of propaganda within this that they're trying to brainwash the public about? In this case, it's obviously take whatever shot they tell you because it's a way to go and you're irresponsible if you don't. The way the story went, by the way, the woman got arrested and charged with murder and she got off somehow. Gee, like because of the constitutional rights? I remember there being a version of the show where she didn't get off.

32:55 But it may have been a different show. They may be doing this show over and over on different versions of Law & Order. I don't know what the deal is. But whatever the case, she got off and then the mom who and the dad of the dead granddaughter will go berserk and start throwing bricks at her house and then the dad runs in. to like get her as the crazy mom by the way who's just a complete lunatic is screaming killer killer and he goes in there with a gun the the the father grandfather oh my god loved the little girl goes in there with a gun pulls it out and then blows his own head off saying now you've killed two people oh shit

33:32 So the cops walk in and this woman's shaking like a leaf saying oh and then they're all looking down and then that one cop who's the pro-vaccine guy gives you you know like give her a dirty look for all the damage she's done. The fact of the matter is if she wasn't indicted to begin with that guy would have been alive. Oh my goodness. Well, that's just one side of it. And by the way, it makes total sense because it's very expensive to put a show like this together. So having government funding, and I will see if we can find out some of where the funding comes from, who's producing it. I mean, we should delve into that a little bit.

CHAPTER 08 / 26 Discussion

Dr. Richard Besser, ABC News Medical Reporter Appointment

The hosts discuss the hiring of former acting CDC Director Dr. Richard Besser as the senior medical reporter for ABC News. They suggest that Besser, who led the government's H1N1 communication efforts, is more effective at delivering the "mission" when perceived as an independent journalist rather than a government official.

richard besser· abc news· cdc· swine flu czar· medical reporter

34:10 Wolf, I mean I don't know what the connection is with the government. I don't think there is any, but whatever the case is... Dude, of course there is. What is this air on? Is this in syndication or is it air on... It's on NBC. Well, thank you very much. NBC. General Electric. Right. So now on ABC we have Dr. Richard Besser who has now been hired as ABC's medical reporter and he'll be on, I guess, what is the morning show on ABC? Of course he was the government's swine flu czar. Why didn't he stay in that job? The swine flu thing's not over yet. No, but he serves better.

34:52 Much better when he's when he's perceived as a medical doctor giving you really sound advice He has that whole face that like hey believe me. I want your kids to live So now he's gonna be the senior medical reporter. You know what that is. It's just like that Gupta dude who's on On CNN gonna work for Obama, but then he decided he didn't like Rahm Emanuel or something Oh, no, he's he serves the mission better if he's not directly related to the government Yeah, you're right makes so much sense So what's this guy's name? Dr. Richard Besser, B-E-S-S-E-R, the CDC director who led the government's communications efforts during the swine flu outbreak. He currently heads the CDC's coordinating office for terrorism preparedness and emergency response. Doesn't he look like you want him to treat your kids?

CHAPTER 09 / 26 Discussion

Smartronix Recovery.gov Contract, Website Accessibility Delays

The hosts revisit the $18 million contract awarded to Smartronix for the development of Recovery.gov. They mock the General Services Administration's excuse that the contract cannot be released yet because it is not "508 compliant" for the disabled. Curry and Dvorak argue that the high cost of the project is unjustifiable for a standard website.

smartronix· recovery.gov· gsa· transparency· government contracts

35:42 He's got the authoritative doctor slash professor kind of look for a young professor. Totally. Oh, doctor. Oh, please, please, please vaccinate my children. I feel so good. Smartronics, remember them, John? Oh, yeah. These are the guys who got the $18 million, as far as we know, no-bid contract to build recovery.gov.

36:18 So they're supposed to, you know, in the auspices of transparency, they of course were supposed to release their contract so that we could review that to see exactly... Oh, that's never going to happen. Well, it was going to happen, but according to the General Services Administration and the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, Quote, the only thing that has delayed getting this document 508 compliant, which I guess is the code for transparency, said board spokesman Ed Pound, another ex-cop, referring to the law that requires agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. We are not going to put information up on a website that is not accessible to the blind or disabled.

37:09 It's a text file you dick It's so funny and and it's a redacted version of the contract we can't even see the whole contract it's going to be redacted Why does it have to be it's a website? It's a website. It has to be redacted. Oh Thank you John Steck. I haven't read it yet but I just got a follow up email from one of our listener producers John Steck and he says that he has here what he thinks is a version of the document that they're supposed to put out. I just haven't had time to look at it. He actually says note who their partners are so I'm afraid to go look at that document.

37:58 But I love that. I love saying hey, man, we can't put this up yet because we're not compliant yet It has to be accessible to the blind and the disabled They're probably still working on trying to say how are we gonna rationalize 18 million dollars for this $50,000 job? Yeah, they're probably it's probably easier for them to just kill us to stop talking about it Don't you think would be cheaper? somewhat Oh my goodness. Yeah, I thought that was pretty damn good. We gotta get on this gravy train. I'm sick of talking about it. We sound like a jealous couple old farts. Look at these guys. They made 18 million dollars on a 50,000 dollar job. How come we can't do that? Uh, yeah. Yeah, you're right.

CHAPTER 10 / 26 Discussion

Cash for Clunkers Program, Global Economic Stimulus Initiatives

The hosts discuss the "Cash for Clunkers" program, questioning its true purpose as a global initiative appearing simultaneously in multiple countries. While the program is marketed as a "green" effort to remove gas guzzlers from the road, Curry suspects a deeper agenda behind the synchronized international rollout. They also comment on the poor build quality of modern American cars.

cash for clunkers· car allowance rebate system· stimulus· global economy· environmental policy

38:40 Okay, the thing that's really bothering me in the media as we're kind of on that track right now and you know whenever something's on Glenn Beck show is like that's a big like warning warning This has got to be some cover-up some bullshit going on here. So there's two stories The story that everyone is now jumping on is if you go to the government's Cash for Clunkers website. Have you heard about this, John? I'm sure you've blogged it or someone has mentioned it to you. The bloggers have done a bunch of Cash for Clunkers things. Right. So this is all over the place. It's like, well, when you go to this website, you come up with a

39:16 you come up with a part that says by using this application your computer now belongs to us and the government and all the files on it and basically it gives the government free reign to hack your computer and access all your files in perpetuity. Something like that, right? I should be doing this with my blog. Well, that's a good idea. So let me ask you this question. The Cash for Clunkers program, as far as I understand it, was an incentive program under, I believe, maybe the stimulus package to get people to buy more automobiles. Is that correct? Is that the basic premise of this program? Well, actually it has dual or tri-fold, I'm thinking of the way you fold an envelope or a letter. Anyway, it has a number of purposes. One is to get people to

40:12 off their butts to get a new car, because a lot of people have been putting it off. The second was to get a bunch of old clunkers within a certain range that are gas guzzlers off the road in exchange, because you have to get a car that gets better gas mileage. So it's also green. I don't trust this initiative and the reason why I don't trust it is because it is not just a US initiative. This is happening in Germany, this is happening in the United Kingdom who have no car industry whatsoever to speak of. It's happening in the Netherlands, again, no car industry at all. There's got to be something extra to it, John. It just, this Cash for Clunkers, it's a global initiative which once again just shows how great they are at rolling this shit out on a global scale because I guess we pretty much are one big Gitmo nation now. But it can't all be to stimulate the car industry.

41:00 I don't see where, you know, not every car is a huge gas guzzler. It just doesn't make sense. It just doesn't make sense to me. Every car is a huge gas guzzler. Help me out here. I want to understand. I don't know. All I know is that if I'm going to take the TARP money, 700 billion, and I have a choice of doing two things with it. One, giving it to bankers, or two, giving it to the public so they bring their old cars in and it boost the car industry I would rather have number two take place right but it's a bit of course is not really boosting the car industry and by the way we rented a car for the weekend what is it with American cars are made of plastic yeah a lot of them know all of the car did you have this bridges tell what that was the car the Ford Escape it's a midsize SUV it's plastic everything about this automobile is placed probably toxic it's one big plastic toxic to kill us with these cars telling you

CHAPTER 11 / 26 Discussion

German Catholic Bank, Knights Templar Banking History

A news item about a German Catholic bank divesting from contraception and weapons firms leads to a discussion on the historical banking power of the Catholic Church. Dvorak shares a theory from the History Channel suggesting that the Knights Templar fled to Switzerland and established the foundations of modern Swiss banking after being suppressed by the Pope.

catholic church· knights templar· switzerland· banking· history channel

41:58 A German Catholic bank has apologized to investors and promised to sell its shares in a contraception producer, a weapons firm and tobacco companies. Gotta love the Catholic Church. Obscure headlines. No, we have a different jingle for that, John. And now, back to Real News. I really didn't think it was that obscure. People don't realize the Catholic Church really is a huge bank. Yeah, well they always were. Yeah, but people don't realize that. In fact, they're the ones who had to put the Knights Templar out of business because they were becoming a bigger bank. They were becoming a syndicate, right? The Knights Templar, they had money everywhere and you could basically syndicate your money. You could say, well, I'm going to borrow it here and pay it back in a different country. Didn't they invent that? Yeah, they invented most modern banking tricks.

42:51 What happened to the Knights Templar? They got run out of town by one of the Catholic Popes who just took a disliking to them because apparently the church owed them a lot of money. So the way to deal with it is just to get rid of them. So they rousted them and most of them ended up, they think, nobody knows what happened to them because a lot of them just disappeared. Very few of them actually got captured. And it seems as if Switzerland absorbed them and Switzerland suddenly went from being a backwaters dumb screw-up country. The banking country of the world. So I believe that the Knights Templar are either Swiss or British bankers today. And you base all of your information of course on the Tom Hanks movie? On a History Channel special. I base it on the Da Vinci Code. That's how I know about the Knights Templar. No, there's a History Channel special on this. I'm watching it going, well that's interesting. Seems right. The trouble is every time the History Channel, I should mention this to people,

43:44 I do have, since I have a degree in history, there's certain parts of the history that I know way too much of and they will go into something that I'm fairly knowledgeable about and I've read most of the literature and to be honest about it, they're wrong. Yeah, it's full of shit. This has become another Gitmo Nation communications channel. I can't watch it anymore. Well, I still like the nice Templar theory that they're all Swiss bankers. Was that one of their theories though? No, apparently some historian came up they tried to hear where all these guys went and they trade they know a lot of them disappeared into Switzerland and they made the point that Switzerland was just a bunch of farmers one day next day. They're a bunch of bankers. Oh, I mean coincidence perhaps read the book I had not expected this to happen of all the guys who has been anti-establishment throughout his career and his music lives on and

CHAPTER 12 / 26 Discussion

Robert Plant CBE, British Empire Honors System

The hosts react to Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant accepting a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) from Prince Charles. They discuss the irony of counter-culture rock stars joining the "establishment" and debate whether they would personally accept such titles or honorary degrees.

robert plant· led zeppelin· cbe· prince charles· british empire

44:39 Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant has now joined the establishment after accepting a CBE from Prince Charles. Ah, he's a knight. Yeah, well not quite a knight. It's kind of like a knight light. It's kind of like a knight layaway program is what it is. What is CBE? It's something of the British Empire. Citizen of the British Empire is that it maybe everybody's a citizen of the British Empire. I want one of those nifty looking medals That looks cool. But you know throughout the years many particularly artists have refused these types of awards from From the kingdom for this very reason saying hey, I don't want to be a part of the establishment That would basically go against everything that that I stood for my art Commander of the British Empire commander Wow, that's

45:30 That's a good title. Yeah. What do you get with Commander of the British Empire? Is there any uh, you get any pennies in the eye with a sharp stick? Are there any bennies there man? Should we get one of those? I was kind of disappointed to see that. Would you accept one if you got uh, no absolutely. Yeah of course you would. I need this stuff for the walls. I mean I don't have enough art. I mean, I've collected a lot of stuff, but I would love to have a couple certificates. The only thing I've managed to get is the Kentucky Colonel. I'm a Kentucky Colonel. At least I have the Connecticut School of Broadcasting. I actually have a... I went to the Paul Allen School of Broadcasting, but they never gave us certificates. No, I did a speech once. They said, hey, would you come and talk at the Connecticut School of Broadcasting? For those of you who've never lived on the East Coast, this is like

46:16 for years they ran infomercials the connecticut school of have a career in radio have a career in television the connecticut school of broadcasting can get you this career and so they asked me to come and speak one time i said yeah i'll come and speak no fee but i do want to have uh... you know a diploma one honorary degree from the connecticut school of broadcasting is like no i don't think that yes yeah this walk over to the laser printer pick it up no So are you familiar with the Krakatoa rock? I'm not pronouncing that I'm sure properly. Krakatoa rock. Krakatoa? Krakatoa, yeah.

CHAPTER 13 / 26 Discussion

Krakatoa Volcano Activity, Daily Mail Reporting Skepticism

Adam Curry shares a report from the Daily Mail regarding increased volcanic activity at Krakatoa. John C. Dvorak expresses skepticism about the high-resolution photos provided in the article, suggesting they may be artistic renderings or fakes. They discuss the historical impact of the 1883 eruption on global climate.

krakatoa· volcano· daily mail· marco fuller· geological activity

46:53 About the volcano? Yes. Yeah, I'm very familiar with it. Do you know that it's active right now? Oh, it's always kind of active. It could blow at any time. Yeah, well there's a report from the Daily Mail that says it's really kind of, and there's some beautiful pictures by the way, it's just outstanding. This thing is not just, it's spewing John, there's lava building, it's twice as big as it was a couple years ago. This thing is really on fire right now. Here let me see. Well you know we don't want that with that unfortunately Krakatau. That's a bad one right? That one killed a lot of people. Or Krakatau, it depends on how you. Here there's a link on your Skype. The problem with this volcano it's one of the five or six super volcanoes on the globe. Then when they go off, we have serious problems. The last time that happened in, where is it I think, here it is.

47:41 1883 eruption killed more than 36,000 people and radically altered global weather and temperature for years afterwards. Yeah, you end up with a two or three year cooling period, crops fail, there's famines, all kinds of bad things happen. Look at that link man, these pictures are spectacular. And that wasn't even one of the big... apparently this thing has gone off a couple of times, it's really been astonishing. I'm clicking on it, it's not doing anything. I click, I click, nothing happens. You sound like MeVio QA. Let's try it again. Oh, there it comes. You got it? Krakatoa rocked the world again. Last time it killed thousands and changed the weather for five years. Now it could be even deadlier. It is the Daily Mail, okay. This picture's bogus, of course. What do you mean bogus? This is a drawing. Wait a minute, what are you talking about a drawing? This is drawings. This is not what the volcano is doing.

48:46 What are you looking at? I'm looking at pictures. Are you looking... I'm seeing pictures here. I'm seeing pictures of beautiful high-res pictures. I don't know what you're talking about. It's not a drawing. These are... Well, the biggest, the biggest, the largest part of the volcano is actually underwater. Right. This is just a little offshoot. Though these are not drawings, John. These are high-resolution pictures. I'm telling you, this top picture looks like a fake. The one that's taken through the trees on the beach? Yeah, it's artistic. It's a beautiful picture. It's taken by Marco Fuller of Barcroft Media. Okay. Well, we'll see what happens. All right.

CHAPTER 14 / 26 Discussion

Mandatory Vaccinations for Healthcare Workers, Netherlands Health Policy

Adam Curry reports on a proposal in the Netherlands to make H1N1 vaccinations mandatory for healthcare workers. He mentions receiving emails from listeners in the medical field who are considering quitting their jobs to avoid forced immunization.

netherlands· mandatory vaccination· healthcare workers· minister of health· h1n1

49:40 Yeah, no, it's something worth watching. I mean they keep talking about, you know, the worst case scenarios if Yellowstone ever blows up. Yeah, we were following that for a while and just kind of went away. Is it no longer? I mean we were having like a hundred earthquakes a day. The road still melts. In the Netherlands, Gitmo Nation Lowlands, they are now seriously talking about mandatory vaccinations for health care workers and there's a big brouhaha started about that.

50:17 I get so many emails from healthcare workers who listen to this show, who pass on information and they're like, wow man, I'm going to quit my job. I really don't want to take a mandatory vaccination for anything. But now the Minister of Health is saying, well I'm sorry, we're really going to have to make this mandatory. You know, I hate to stop you during that thought, we'll go back to it, but I'm looking at news articles about Krakatoa. Yeah. You know, under news, it's the only people that are even talking about it is the Daily Mail, so this means there's nothing going on. All right, it's bullshit. Let me then just go back to the cash for clunkers for one second. I guess the reason that this whole thing kind of irked me is, you know, this program was so out of money, they did, the House did, on last Thursday,

CHAPTER 15 / 26 Discussion

Federal Reserve Ignorance, Bill Maher Show Critique

Curry critiques a recent episode of Bill Maher's show where the panel struggled to explain the function of the Federal Reserve. He expresses frustration that mainstream media figures and the public do not understand that the Federal Reserve is a private entity that prints money and lends it back to the government at interest.

federal reserve· bill maher· monetary policy· interest rates· c-span

51:09 Friday did a very quick $2 billion additional budget approval for this program. $2 billion. Wow. Yeah, no, they get one a day put a billion in to begin with and they're gonna put another couple billion to keep people buying cars because it would apparently is a very successful way to get rid of some of this tarp money I Believe me. I'm not against them. Is it the tarp money? That doesn't sound right? No, I'm just I'm just saying did no but it's all come on this face. It's all coming out of the same pot somehow Yeah out of our pocket Well, out of our pocket and into at least these people be driving cars that are safer. I should have pulled a couple of clips from the Bill Maher show from Friday. This was a fantastic show. Oh, I can't that would that's impossible. Let me tell you why let me tell you why because they have on the panel some British guy. They got I don't know these people. I didn't know who they were. It doesn't matter and they're talking about the Federal Reserve and not a single person

52:09 on the show could explain including Bill Maher could exceed actually I don't know what the Federal Reserve does and then the British guy starts telling everyone what the Federal Reserve does it's like all day they control the interest rates you know it's really good thing like what this fucking shill from from this line is all of a sudden in telling these stupid idiot Americans with the Federal Reserve does they don't the American people people television don't even understand that the Federal Reserve prints our money and then lend it back to us at interest. It was an amazing show. Actually I do have it recorded. I'm gonna pull a couple clips from that because you will shit yourself. I got a bunch of clips I didn't throw in this week which was including, because I ended up watching C-SPAN half the week. But you know you want to shoot yourself. Yeah it was just a bunch of idiots. I got some more Waxman material coming for the next Thursday show. Okay good.

CHAPTER 16 / 26 Discussion

Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder, Pesticide Contamination in Produce

The hosts discuss a PBS Nature episode regarding Colony Collapse Disorder in bees, linking the deaths to the Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) potentially imported from Australia or China. They also discuss a report on high levels of bug-killing chemicals found in 90% of sampled pears and other produce in the United States.

colony collapse disorder· bees· iapv· pesticides· china

53:05 You have a couple more clips lined up if you want to talk about that, otherwise I just can go into all kinds of crazy shit. Well, go to my bee clip number one. Now the thing about bees, of course we talk about this every so often, but they finally found that there's a really good nature episode running this week on PBS, you should check it out, it's about the bees. And they found what's killing all these bees, which is really a big threat to everybody. Is it too many clips to play the whole thing? No, clip one, yeah. DNA tests have isolated a single suspect. A virus found in nearly all of the CCD hives. It's a virus that until now was found only in Israel, called IAPV, Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus. The group believes they've found the culprit. The team now turns to the more difficult question. How did the virus get to the United States? All test results seem to point to one likely source.

54:06 Australia. Ta-da! Okay, that's good. What? That's enough of that clip. Play clip number two. Australia did it. Where did the virus come from? We buy a lot of bees from Australia and they come in packs. Really? I'll take a six pack of bees. Some of them Aussie bees. Where did the virus come from? One thing that gets missed is that we found this particular virus in royal jelly from China as well. We cite it as being present in the US, Australian bees, and royal jelly from China. So the question of where it's come from and who had it first, that's really unanswered at this time.

54:45 Of course, China is always in the background of these things and they apparently make royal jelly which they sell to the US and other bee areas and they feed it to the bees and so that's you can really obviously get a, you know, they're killing us. There's a whole part of China where there's in the southern area somewhere they were doing a piece on that where there's no bees anymore. And so they've had to hand, but they killed off all the bees with pesticides the Chinese have. And so they have to hand pollinate all these pear trees and then they ran out some stats on the fact that, you know,

55:22 hive of bees can do like billions of flowers and to do it by hand takes you know you only do like you know a few a day it's ridiculous. It's interesting you say that because I read I was just reading today that of pears specifically 90 here it is 94 nearly every orange 94% of pineapples and 90% of pears sampled in the United States are Laced with chemicals used to kill bugs. High proportions of apples, grapes and tomatoes are also tainted as were parsnips, melons and cucumbers. So the stuff that we're eating basically still has sample traces of chemicals that are used to kill bugs and I'm sure some of that would kill bees. Yeah, no, the problem is in fact I'm going to start doing this on our show.

CHAPTER 17 / 26 Discussion

Pesticide Proliferation, Whole Foods Organic Produce Longevity

John C. Dvorak discusses the massive increase in new chemical pesticides, miticides, and herbicides approved since 1997. The hosts question why "organic" lettuce from Whole Foods remains fresh in the refrigerator for up to three weeks, speculating on potential undisclosed preservation methods or GMO involvement.

pesticides· whole foods· organic food· gmo· food preservation

56:11 Which is the pesticide of the week? Oh, yeah, we need one of those jingles to go along with I start to do the bit and won't take that long but the because I've been looking at pesticides and because I've been Working on two stories. One is the don't tell me you're writing another book Another book I work in a white nose syndrome, which I think we need to discuss once in a while Isn't that a Hollywood problem? That's a good one. Badoom-tsch! Yeah. Finally! Yes, it's about time. But I ran into this fact sheet which I'll send you the link to and you can post it. It's a fact sheet of pesticides, actually new chemicals that's been added to the list of things that you can use since 1997. And it's just pages and pages and pages of weird crap that just keeps being brought into the market and always very dubiously tested it seems to me.

57:11 miticides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, herbicides, you know, on and on and on. Stermicides. It's just like, well, no, those aren't usually sprayed. The, um, you haven't seen me. I miss page after page after page of weird things. Anyway. Yeah. And meanwhile, the lettuce you buy from a whole foods organic stays, stays good in your fridge for three weeks. What's up with that? Well, it's probably fresher for one thing. Oh, please. Three weeks? Well, it's obviously they got, you know, there's a bag, they may have that chemical that's in the, no I don't think they do that. Well, they're not supposed to, it's supposed to be non-GMO and non-pesticide. Yeah, I think there's something going on, something, well maybe, I have no idea. Maybe one of our producers out there can tell us why that... Why does lettuce from Whole Foods stay good in the fridge for two to three weeks? It just doesn't sound right. It's a little too long.

58:08 So if you want to know what's wrong with America, there's a great clip. This is a town hall meeting or a council meeting I believe in Santa Cruz, California where a fine young, a fine upstanding young member of America's youth goes into some detail about how we can actually say, have you seen this? Yeah, well I actually have a clip of it, I didn't send it over but I want to say something about it too before you run it. which is basically this woman is typical of the people who live in the Santa Cruz area but there there is a cult of people who record the Santa Cruz City Council just to get these sorts of clips because they're just priceless. Here it comes. City Council testimony May 13th. Play.

CHAPTER 18 / 26 Discussion

Santa Cruz City Council, Public Testimony on Organic Farming

The hosts play a clip of a young woman giving nonsensical testimony at a Santa Cruz City Council meeting regarding organic crops, "perfect pesticides," and mining silk worms. They use the clip to mock the local culture of Santa Cruz and argue that such displays represent a failure of the public education system.

santa cruz· city council· public testimony· homeschooling· education system

57:11 miticides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, herbicides, you know, on and on and on. Stermicides. It's just like, well, no, those aren't usually sprayed. The, um, you haven't seen me. I miss page after page after page of weird things. Anyway. Yeah. And meanwhile, the lettuce you buy from a whole foods organic stays, stays good in your fridge for three weeks. What's up with that? Well, it's probably fresher for one thing. Oh, please. Three weeks? Well, it's obviously they got, you know, there's a bag, they may have that chemical that's in the, no I don't think they do that. Well, they're not supposed to, it's supposed to be non-GMO and non-pesticide. Yeah, I think there's something going on, something, well maybe, I have no idea. Maybe one of our producers out there can tell us why that... Why does lettuce from Whole Foods stay good in the fridge for two to three weeks? It just doesn't sound right. It's a little too long.

58:08 So if you want to know what's wrong with America, there's a great clip. This is a town hall meeting or a council meeting I believe in Santa Cruz, California where a fine young, a fine upstanding young member of America's youth goes into some detail about how we can actually say, have you seen this? Yeah, well I actually have a clip of it, I didn't send it over but I want to say something about it too before you run it. which is basically this woman is typical of the people who live in the Santa Cruz area but there there is a cult of people who record the Santa Cruz City Council just to get these sorts of clips because they're just priceless. Here it comes. City Council testimony May 13th. Play.

58:59 Well, the crops are growing very well and they're organic and some of them have pesticides and I think that we should make a perfect pesticide for the crops. But it is good for people and healthy and keeps the crops preserved too because we need the food because it's food and stuff and organic food is good also. She has a huge rack by the way. Um, and the businesses downtown, um, really need to lower their rent because if the rent was lowered, those people would really have their own businesses. If the rent was lower, these people would really have... This by the way is fiscal year 2009 cooperative retail management business real property improvement district assessment meeting. They have enough stuff, they're very good at making things, they're like experts, they're really good and we can really be a community and make the things and sell them in our stores and I really

59:56 I really believe that it can be a California thing, that it can really work out because we can be rich in cotton and mining metals and silk worms and we can make things, we can make things, cars. We can make things, cars. We can make it for us and we can have the community and the city in San Francisco and we can make things and put them in the store. On the East Coast they have slaves and they believe in slavery and made in China but... What? What is this? On the East Coast they have slaves? Yeah, and made in China. And they believe in slavery? On the West Coast, the New West Coast, we don't believe in that. We believe in the Union and

1:00:41 And that's what we are. Alright, so the best part is at the very end. Where someone actually applauds her. Thank you. That's because of her boyfriend. Now this woman... She's a total nut job. I wonder... You know what, we need to kill five billion people. Let's start in Santa Cruz. It's a good start. Santa Cruz is notorious for people like this. Really? That's kind of discriminatory of you to say that. Santa Cruz has got a lot of these kinds of people. They move there and especially in the hills. And at one point Santa Cruz was like the murder capital of the state. Good! Because it was always going on in the hills. God knows what these people are up to. Good.

CHAPTER 19 / 26 Discussion

WHO Pandemic Authority, Sovereign Government Dissolution Treaty

Adam Curry discusses a 2005 World Health Organization declaration that allegedly gives the WHO authority to oversee national health infrastructures during a Level 6 pandemic. The hosts debate the implications of international treaties on U.S. sovereignty and mention rumors of "shadow government" bunkers for high-level officials.

world health organization· pandemic emergency· sovereignty· united nations· shadow government

1:01:29 I don't know. It's just like when you watch that you go, this is beyond a failure of the educational system. This is actually a PSA for homeschooling, dude. That's what this is. Alright, so I just can't resist. The World Health Organization determined in 2005 it has the authority to dissolve sovereign governments and take control should there be a pandemic. This goes back to what your wife apparently discovered even though I've mentioned it several times to you, that the United States is one of the 194 nations who have signed the treaty and are part of the constitution of the World Health Organization. And yes, these rules apply to any country signed on to the WHO which of course is the US.

1:02:15 from the WHO 2005 declaration and I quote, under special pandemic plans enacted around the world including the USA in 2005, national governments... are to be dissolved in the event of a pandemic emergency and replaced by special crisis committees which take charge of the health and security infrastructure of a country and which are answerable to the World Health Organization and the European Union in Europe and to the United Nations in North America. So the question of course is, will we actually do that? Because we're now at threat level 6. Of course not. Well that's what you say. There was a report that they're setting up the quote shadow government when everyone in Washington has to be sent off to the hills.

1:03:06 Then there's like Obama I guess is you know, you know the story last week Obama's apparently somebody hacked into one of the computers I don't know something kept playing. I can't find the web page that is playing on. Oh, you had a web page open so Obama's some machine I lost the details but Obama's one of the White House computers something got Cracked and they just they found Obama's secret hiding place for his him and his family Where is it? Isn't it next door? Isn't it? Yeah, no hole somewhere. I thought it was next door where the where all the were all the guests day Isn't there a bunker underneath that thing? I don't know

CHAPTER 20 / 26 Discussion

Body Bag Demand, Scarborough Factory Production

The hosts report on an increase in demand for body bags, noting that a Toronto-based manufacturer, Trevor Owen Limited, has seen a surge in orders from senior residences. They joke about the customization options for the bags and the macabre nature of pandemic-related investments.

body bags· trevor owen limited· scarborough· pandemic preparation· investment

1:04:01 Didn't follow up I didn't care Then his World Health Organization thing is nothing's gonna come of it. Well, I don't know we got guns Yeah, well meanwhile As he tries to stretch the time between clicking the link and the actual article coming up demand for body bags has grown. Now there is an investment that we've missed. Yes, well we can still get in. It's a very small Toronto custom bag manufacturer, the Trevor Owen Limited Company. Recently they've been shipping thousands of thick plastic bags sewn in its Scarborough factory and touted for their ability to quote prevent leakage and seepage of bodily fluids.

1:04:50 Some seniors residences are even buying 5, 10 or 15 at a time and even in different colors. You can get it customized. You can get it monogrammed. Like that's so important. You can get it monogrammed. Well I think this is still a very good investment, John. I think we should look at jumping on that train. I think this is something. It might be nice. I wonder what they look like hanging on the walls, art. Okay. It'd be kind of cool. And we can't do a show without talking about our favorite company. Oh, shit. You know... You lost it. You blew it. This is because my controller is broken. Let's just pretend... I'll fix that in post. It'll sound really good. The most complex genetically engineered corn has been approved for use next year in Canada and the United States. Approved? Unbelievable. Approved.

CHAPTER 21 / 26 Discussion

Monsanto SmartStax Corn, Genetically Engineered Seed Approval

The hosts discuss the approval of "SmartStax" corn, a genetically engineered product from Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences featuring eight novel genes. They criticize the lack of independent health safety testing by U.S. and Canadian officials and express concern over the rapid expansion of biotech seed products in global agriculture.

monsanto· dow agrosciences· smartstax· gmo· corn

1:05:53 Without its potential health and environmental risk being investigated, neither US nor Canadian health officials have assessed the human health safety of Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences new SmartStax. This is the brand name, SmartStax. It has eight novel genes inserted into its DNA. This is according to the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, which I'm sure are a bunch of radicals. But basically they haven't really tested it. Oh, why bother? So they already have our wheat, they've got our corn, and the smart stacks is going to be in everything, according to... Who owns Dow AgroSciences? Is that Dow Chemicals? It has to be Dow Chemicals. By the way, people should go to noagendachat.com.

1:06:44 What's going on? Are they talking about it? No, no, no. Some guy said to do that. I forgot that. We always forget to mention stuff. This is a key early step in our commitment to helping farmers sustainably double yields by 2030 to meet the increasing demands for grain for food, feed and fuel, said Rob Fraley, Monsanto Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President. Next year's product launch would represent the largest introduction of a Calm Biotech seed product in the history of agriculture, the company claims. Up to 1.6 million hectares could be planted with SmartStacks seed in Canada and the US by 2010. It's all over, John. We have to eat this stuff? Yes, we do, sir. Yes, we do. So it's very simple. First, they get rid of all the farmers, make sure their crops fail with the Terminator seeds, and they come in with their SmartStacks.

CHAPTER 22 / 26 Discussion

Monarch Motel, No Agenda Listener Discount in Michigan

Adam Curry announces that a No Agenda producer, Robert Shepard, has purchased the Monarch Motel in Sheboygan, Michigan. The motel offers a $15 nightly discount to No Agenda listeners and features high-speed internet and a dedicated podcast server.

monarch motel· sheboygan michigan· robert shepard· listener discount· mackinac bridge

1:07:38 It's real simple. We have to follow this story more closely. SmartStax, I set up a Google alert for it. It's a good idea. How do you spell it? SmartStax with an X. Huh. Sounds like a record company. It does. Stax Records. I wanted to make a note and I think we're gonna put this up on noagenda.squarespace.com. One of our producers, Robert Shepard, once is has I guess now officially become the the innkeeper of the show. He is the new owner and operator of the Monarch Motel in Sheboygan, Michigan. Sheboygan. Wait, conveniently, this is another one for one of your columns, John. Sheboygan, Michigan.

1:08:30 conveniently located about 15 minutes from the Mackinac Bridge connecting the two peninsulas of the state together and for all NOAA agenda listeners should you find yourself in Sheboygan for as long as he is owner of this motel John you and I get 100% free stay in a room of our choosing with vibrating bed But if you show up as a no agenda listener and say I have no agenda Now where's my friggin discount or something like that? You get an instant $15 off each night of your stay. They have 10 megabit internet connection with 802 11 ng wireless networks as well as an iTunes server sharing out podcasts to anyone who wishes to listen Of course, no agenda is on the server go to monarch motel.com. All right, so

CHAPTER 23 / 26 Discussion

Media Censorship, O'Reilly and Olbermann Ceasefire Deal

The hosts analyze a report from Salon and the New York Times regarding a "gentleman's agreement" between GE's Jeffrey Immelt and News Corp's Rupert Murdoch to end the public feuding between Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann. They discuss how corporate interests and parent company reputations lead to self-censorship among high-profile media personalities.

bill o'reilly· keith olbermann· general electric· news corp· jeffrey immelt

1:09:20 Hey, we know we actually should have more people doing that kind of thing. Yeah, by the way that bridge is gorgeous It's on the list. It's on the checklist, but I think that's great. You know, it's 15% discounting I think we should get a little more really yeah, he should up it to 20 a little bit little uh So I'm so let's talk about So we have a we have some contributors this week I want to talk about but I want to preface it with a story that came out in Salon magazine. Yeah, I know exactly what you're gonna talk about. We're gonna talk about the media link to this Of course, and now I don't have it anymore on my page. You have it up. Yeah, of course only you want the link It's a fantastic story. It's about the the ongoing war between Glenn Beck and

1:10:10 and Bill O'Reilly. And apparently the two guys have been going at each other but it's been hurting somebody's business. Yeah, gee, whose business could it be hurting? Let me see, who owns what in these mainstream media outlets? So it looks as if, you know, apparently it was bugging the guy because I guess O'Reilly started going off on the CEO of General Electric, Jeffrey Immelt. I know you read a little quote from... He was even giving out his email address, wasn't he? Mr. O'Reilly continued to pour pressure on corporate leaders, even saying on one program last year that if my child were killed in Iraq, I would blame the likes of Jeffrey Immelt. The resulting email to GE from Mr. O'Reilly's viewers was scathing. Over time, GE and the News Corporation concluded that the fighting wasn't good for either parent.

1:11:02 said an NBC employee with direct knowledge of the situation. Notice the analogy by the way of parents and children in that entire article. Fighting children and parents. So they had a deal apparently between Immelt and Murdoch and it says, and then he goes into the, that's a quote from another article and then he goes on and says, the Olbermann denies he was part of any deal. The NYT, New York Times says that there has been virtually no criticism of Fox by Olbermann or MSNBC by O'Reilly since June 1st when the deal took effect. uh... apparently there was a couple of little things that did crop up and uh... but now it seems as though because of pressure from their uh... you know that corporate sponsors of the shows so this is this is exactly what we've talked about is not i don't think it's just the corporate sponsors of the shows although that may have allot to do with it but of course general electric is responsible for making a lot of the war material that is being used right now and when you directly relate

1:12:03 the president of the network or of the company GE and you personalize it. Well of course there are people dying at the hands of shit made by General Electric. So that is something they really don't want out And as we've discussed there's very little reporting from any reporters on any of those links and you know when we look at how Stupid stories show up on NBC or MSNBC or CNBC and how it relates up to its to the parent company GE No one's gonna report on that shit because of exactly this at the top people are gonna come down and say shut up Shut up, or you'll never work again. That's basically it. I

1:12:45 Now you have to know that most people out there should know and understand that this is rare. Most of the time you self-censor. Exactly. Which is actually worse. And I'll tell you why. Because self-censoring tends to do more censoring than is necessary. You actually go overboard when you self-censor. Big media companies on when they figured this out they realize they didn't have to ever say anything because there's nothing worse than telling somebody not to do something and then They get fired or they quit and then a couple years later They come out and say yeah, he told me not to do that and blah blah blah and it makes you look bad but self-censoring is when you know you actually say you really don't and that's the way you never see for example a

1:13:28 any stories on any of the networks about anything about Disney, for example, about Disney's hiring practices at its parks or about that crazy, you know, you're not an employee, you're an actor. Yeah, you're a cast member. Cast member. So you don't get any health benefits. You don't get a lot, you don't get the right pay. I mean, everything is crummy about it. But nobody would ever report on that because, you know, you're taking, you know, it's like a club. You got ABC News and NBC News and and CBS News and they're all owned by large giant corporations. Of course NBC being owned by General Electric. And so you're never going to see these guys attack each other because if somebody attacked Disney, ABC could just go mad dog on something the other guys are doing. So this is a gentleman's agreement. We're not going to discuss this stuff, okay?

1:14:18 And so this O'Reilly thing with... I think O'Reilly got a little bit too close. I think O'Reilly went a bit too far because he is brash, he's got a big mouth and he literally overstepped his boundary and they said, okay, dude, now it's ending right now. Stop this shit. And O'Reilly gets paid millions. And he's not about to, and he's a more of an entertainer than anybody. I wonder, I really do. I wonder how much money he makes. I think these guys get paid a lot less than you and I believe. I don't think so. O'Reilly is I think number one in cable. Do you know what his audience size is? We should look that up. I bet it's smaller than you think. It might be, but I'm...

CHAPTER 24 / 26 Discussion

John C. Dvorak, Dow Jones MarketWatch Self-Censorship

John C. Dvorak admits to practicing self-censorship in his professional writing for Dow Jones MarketWatch, now owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. He explains that writers naturally avoid attacking their employers or editors to maintain their positions, illustrating the broader point about corporate influence on journalism.

john c. dvorak· marketwatch· dow jones· rupert murdoch· self-censorship

1:15:07 I know that a couple of people that have been on it, I know a few that act like pretty sure they make a million a year and this guy's got to make more than that. So John, you write for CBS Market Watch. Do you find yourself self-censoring? Dow Jones Market Watch. I'm sorry, it's been sold. I didn't know. Dow Jones is a part of Dow Chemical? Dow Jones is a part of Dow Jones, you know, the Wall Street Journal. It can't be a coincidence that it's called Dow, okay? Yeah, well... But answer the question. Yeah, I self-censor. Of course I do. What am I going to do? I see something running, like for example in my own publication that I think is like crap, I'm going to say, well you know, I think the editors are idiots for running this. I'm not going to do that. What do you think, I'm crazy? Now what else does Dow Jones own?

1:15:54 They own the, well now they don't own anything because Murdoch owns them. Okay, so would you... So I'm actually working for Murdoch. I'm part of the news corporation. So I'm not going to write a scathing things talking about Murdoch or I'm gonna or Fox News being a bunch of you know whatever. I actually like Fox News so what can I say? I like Murdoch, he's a great guy. Okay, enough said. Oh God. Well anyway, On this show you don't appear to be self-censoring and that's highly appreciated. Well, that's because no one listens No, that's because we are we are we are actually we're not commercial let's put it for by our our producers and sponsors and the people who graciously Contribute and I want to mention a few today. And by the way, we hope we thank everybody who's contributed in the past and

CHAPTER 25 / 26 Discussion

No Agenda Producer Contributions, Knighting Ceremony

The hosts read a list of recent financial contributors to the show, noting a high volume of American donors. They officially "knight" Scott Rodriguez and Margaret George for their significant donations, celebrating George as a rare female "knight" of the show. They also acknowledge various creative contributions from the listener community.

donations· paypal· producers· knighting· margaret george

1:16:51 And I want to encourage people to continue this because this will help us get to our third show, which is really what you want us to do. I also want to thank a bunch of people like some people that are doing some free work for us, Bubba Ray Martin, for example, the New Agenda archivist. I've got a new guy that's going to do custom icons for us. Michael Kingery is a really talented artist. He's amazing. There's an applications programmer, Colin Nickerson, out there that might get some work out of him. He's going to make the application that says all of your computer files belong to us when you access the site? That's cool. That would be good. So but we got some good contributions. A lot of them came in late though and I kind of screwed me up a little bit. But let's go over a few guys who gave us some money. Paul Vela gave us $66. I wonder what that means. Yeah. He's in Touchester. Isn't he the guy that said most of the people... I'm sorry.

1:17:45 I'm just gonna say most of the people that gave us money are Americans this week. We got except for one last minute one that just came in before we started today's show. Nobody was in Europe or Australia. Really? Well, we had a good run with the Scandinavians, with the Australians, so now it's about time the US picked up. So we got John Matthews and Father Ralph of course in Chicago and John Matthews and parts unknown or part of the know They're going for the night Of the layaway program a great great. Thanks. This is fought the Reverend a phase of priest a priest in Chicago if we go to Chicago yet We have to have a beer with him. He insists a beer drinking priest. I love it. We have really I'm pet it GU I ll a u.m. E

1:18:36 Petit P-T-I-T or Petit. He's in Chamblee, Quebec. That's the only Canadian we got anything from, but the rest of it's all Americans. Max Lakritz, who generously gave us $250 and he's in Seattle. Wow, thank you so much. That's awesome. Eric Peterson, $68.31 in Glendale, Arizona. We have to obviously figure out what that means. $68.31? Yeah. Don't know. No, I don't know either. BB computers parts unknown $50 John Atwood $50 in Cotter Arkansas

1:19:15 Mark Workman, another generous person from Dayton, Ohio, a hundred bucks. I figure this is the last hundred bucks in Dayton, Ohio. And Mark Workman gave it to us. Thank you all of Dayton for that. We really appreciate that. DUI-help.com gave us $50, parts unknown. Larry Baldwin gave us $52 and he's in Buena Park. which is interesting because we have a couple of nights, one of them being in Santa Ana, I'll get to them at the end. Then we had some late comers, Peter Shmelikoff, who is, or Shmelikoff, 5744, and he's in Galloway, Ohio, another Ohio person giving money that they probably can't afford to give. And he said that we have to get to 5744, we'll have to work on that.

1:20:10 Unless you can do it while I'm going through these names. Matthew Bellamar in Wolcott, Connecticut. Again, Americans, $50. And then we have Paul, like I got Paul Vellad. Did I get Paul? Yeah, 66. Okay, here's one, the only one from Europe that came and just came in. Francois Proulx. And that's spelled P-R-O-U-L-X and it's pronounced Proulx. And it's from where? He's from Paris, France. Hey, Paris, finally. Good. That's the first person from Paris that's ever given us a cent. $73.31. You know that's going to be... I think they should just tell us what the codes are because we never follow up on it and I can't remember it. Well, they're going to have to send us an email. Francois will have to send us an email. It's highly appreciated though, obviously. $73.31. It's a good one. That's fantastic. And then we have two nights. We have two new nights?

1:21:06 Scott Rodriguez, who we mentioned on Thursday, with $1,000. And he's in Santa Ana, which is interesting because Larry Baldwin's in Buena Park, so they should get together for a beer. And then just coming in is Margaret George of Clovis, New Mexico. Wow. Now, unless they've transposed the name on PayPal and it's really George Margaret. This is not only a new night, but it's a new female listener to the show. Yeah, that makes five. Wow, Margaret. Including my wife. So much, that's awesome. What are you going to do for these nights, John? I think we should do something special. I'm going to have to get to work on the night thing so we get some... Could you please, I mean could you really please do it? I mean, you know what, don't come to the meeting on Wednesday and instead of that... I love that meeting. The meeting. Instead of that, why don't you work on some of the premiums for the nights, man? That'll be much cooler.

1:22:04 Well somebody just came up with a 5441 I wish they would re-hit it again because I lost their Skype message. Or 54, what was it again? 50... 5433? 5744. uh... anyway we decided to nice we're dealing with yours at margaret george clovis new mexico so thanks a million thank you so much dot rodriguez in santa anna who should go have a beer with larry baldwin uh... was down the street now there are many that are you done with the list yeah that's the list of minutes it's a it's a reason it's a good list is not as many as as usual in terms of the fifties and a hundreds but the big donors and uh... max in the rest of them

CHAPTER 26 / 26 Discussion

Army Internment Specialist Jobs, No Agenda Outro

Adam Curry highlights a job listing on the U.S. Army website for an "Internment/Resettlement Specialist," which involves managing civilian internee camps. The hosts conclude the show by promoting an upcoming listener dinner in Las Vegas and encouraging continued donations to support the "Value for Value" model.

us army· internment specialist· civilian internee camp· fema camps· las vegas

1:22:45 Piconi tell me what the 50s what it means instead of teasing me now there are a lot of people who send us it will of course we don't go just call them people or listeners their producers and they send us all kinds of information and Usually people say hey look man. I'm trying to lower my debt my wife, and I are really working hard We can't send you any money as soon as I can we will that's fantastic. That's fine I do have a couple of job openings and for people who are out of work and looking for, because I was looking myself just as kind of like a plan B and I figured it would be, it wouldn't be bad. I could, for $97,000 a year, I can become an unmanned aerial vehicle pilot because there are a lot of jobs with the reserves and the US Army. And the one that caught my eye, which wouldn't be bad to have a couple of NOAA agenda listeners in that position is the internment resettlement specialist.

1:23:38 Where did you find that one? On the Army site. And the best part is the description of the job, which they are in the show notes of course. One of the advanced responsibilities will be to provide command and control, staff planning, administration, logistical services, and custody control for the operation of an enemy prisoner of war slash civilian internee camp. Now if you're in the reserves, you will probably be working in the United States and you'll be running a civilian internee camp. Gee, isn't that interesting? That is interesting. Somebody should get that job. The quote from Wikipedia, civilian internees are civilians who are detained by a party to a war for security reasons. So that would be the FEMA camps that we've been seeing all over the country. And you could be there, you could be running it, making $37,000 a year. Not a bad gig. It's kind of low pay.

1:24:41 Well anyway, I want to remind everybody to go to devorek.org slash NA to help us out. And we need some more nights, that would be nice. Also, we're working on our first dinner. We have a lot of people who are interested. Noahjenda.squarespace.com. And we will have a link to a mailing list that you can put yourself on if you want to go to one of these dinners. We want to do the first one in Las Vegas, which would be centrally located. But you know, it's a timing thing. So if you put yourself on the list and we'll try to make it so everyone can do it. Unfortunately, it's an international show with listeners all over the world. And they're not like, except for the fact that we have two down in Santa Ana area, they're not centrally located. I mean, so it makes it a little rough.

1:25:31 Well, it'll be the first stop on our world tour, John. It's just the beginning. So that's dvorak.org slash NA. We really appreciate all your help. No, go ahead. Especially this weekend. I would just want to remind everybody to keep donating, especially those guilt ridden ones out there have been listening to the show since the beginning and are reluctant to help us. Coming to you from the minimum containment cell under threat of eminent domain demolishment in Gitmo Nation, West San Francisco, California. I'm Adam Curry. and 5744 refers to Adam and I's ages apparently, official ages I would say. I'm John C. Dvorak, see you again next week. That's right, Thursday, right here, same time, kind of, same place, for no agenda.