Episode 1192 · Sunday, 24 November 2019

Balderdash!

Impeachment hearings reveal the circular nature of military aid while Ukrainian officials demand an investigation into multi-billion dollar money laundering schemes involving prominent American political families.

By The No Agenda Show | 2h 55m listen | 38 chapters
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The No Agenda Show · No. 1192

About this episode

The impeachment hearings led by Chairman Adam Schiff and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman take center stage as the broadcast deconstructs the mechanics of security assistance and Foreign Military Financing. Representative Mike Turner’s questioning of Ambassador Gordon Sondland reveals a lack of direct orders regarding a quid pro quo, while Ambassador Kurt Volker confirms Ukrainian officials were unaware of any linked investigations. The narrative highlights how taxpayer funds for Javelin missiles cycle back into the American military-industrial complex under the guise of promoting democracy.

Ukrainian MPs call for an investigation into Franklin Templeton Investments and the Yanukovych family for allegedly laundering $7.4 billion through schemes linked to Hunter Biden. In the Democratic primary, Elizabeth Warren faces scrutiny for mathematical errors regarding her wealth tax, while Andrew Yang proposes a World Data Organization that critics view as a framework for global surveillance. International tensions rise as Australian MPs Andrew Hastie and James Patterson are denied Chinese visas following their criticism of Uyghur detention camps and the erosion of autonomy in Hong Kong.

Satirical edits from Lucky TV parody Prince Andrew’s BBC interview and his unusual medical claims regarding Jeffrey Epstein. The hosts analyze the viral Fartgate moment involving Eric Swalwell and Chris Matthews, debating the acoustics of MSNBC’s studio. Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, attempts to censor a 60 Minutes Australia interview, providing a stark contrast to the decentralized investigative power of the internet.


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CHAPTER 01 / 38 Discussion

Pickled Cauliflower, Turnips, and Television Week Criticism

The hosts open the broadcast from Austin, Texas, and Northern Silicon Valley, sharing culinary tips regarding pickled cauliflower and turnips. They criticize the recent week of American broadcast television as the worst in history due to boring programming. Specific frustration is directed at networks for interrupting regular shows to air impeachment hearings and political debates.

austin· silicon valley· pickled cauliflower· pickled turnips· broadcast history· impeachment hearings· television programming

00:00 Boomer equals winner. Looking for our share of some USAID and broadcasting live from Opportunity Zone 33 here in the frontier of Austin, Texas. Capital of the drone star state In The Morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where there's nothing better than pickled cauliflower...I'm John C. DuBois It's Crackpot & Buzzkill! Can always count on a food tip at the top of the show

00:39 Indeed. Pickled cauliflower. Do you pickle it yourself? No doubt! No, I don't actually pick my own turnips but it don't do the cauliflower. You pickle your own turnips?! Oh pickled turnips are the best. Okay very nice. Hey John this was hands-down The worst television week in American broadcast history. I know, and these networks decided to actually interrupt their own programming and put this debate on TV so you had to go find a station that was showing something that he could watch. And the shows were boring! Yesterday was particularly bad

01:28 The whole impeachment hearings which just dragged on, although nicely back timed by Chairman Schiff into the 8 o'clock news hour. He did that perfectly so the pre-debate shows could start everywhere Oh my god! And then the snooze fest of a debate It's like, this is so wrong. This is ruining television and even the debate just for a second This format if we can just talk as executives this format is wrong it's not a debate It's a bunch of news models asking questions to each candidate What was the deal with four women and no men? I think that was an obvious statement

02:14 But that didn't bother me that much. It bothered me? You know, it's like these candidates...it's dumb! You just you get a 45 seconds to follow up answer questions and they just ask different questions of everybody and once in awhile there's a little bit of interaction but if you want this to succeed if you want people to care we have to have the candidates do some challenges you know like three-legged race or build a bike together as a team That now that would be a good show. That's what I want us That's where I'll see some leadership, but no just the same put Gordon Ramsay in front of the gas Have him cooking exactly it cook off chopped You're off you've been and maybe do a diary room Where the can is well? I really didn't like what Tulsi did to me that was just not so nice But okay all soldier on mean this with this is how you do a show

03:11 And they still got the music and dum-dum-dum, the debate. No one cares! This is not how people watch video anymore Just my opinion but God I mean spice it up a bit If only they would give us a little bit of control over the production of this show It would be so much better Everybody would be watching Well, and it's the trend. You know we got comedians running to show that you guys have to go through a labyrinth of punching bags and things hitting them and swinging... American gladiator or American ninja! There is one that is better than that called knocked out or punch out. Oh yeah, and its really violent because those big padded things hit you pretty hard they knock you over. Yeah, they knock into your drink. Now with those guy going through that would be great That would be good exactly

04:06 Exactly. So where do you want? I think we should just start with this television week so we can get through it and maybe we'll do it in order of appearance starting with the continuation of the hearings. Well, okay, I'll tell you what I have. I have no clips from the hearings because Because I'm going to take a look at the transcripts do some analysis of the end of the days and things like that And then maybe important may be have something for Sunday. Although, I doubt it important analysis There's no important analysis So I do all my clips are from the debates and there's just a couple just a ridiculed them two people that were there although I do have the Tulsi

CHAPTER 02 / 38 Discussion

Impeachment Hearings, Ambassador Appointments, and Political Hearsay

A critique of the impeachment hearings led by Chairman Adam Schiff focuses on the reliance on hearsay and policy disagreements rather than concrete proof. The discussion highlights the tradition of awarding plum ambassadorships in the EU, London, Paris, and the Vatican to wealthy campaign donors and bundlers. Elizabeth Warren is noted for her public stance against appointing big donors to such positions.

adam schiff· impeachment hearings· ambassadors· donor bundling· elizabeth warren· european union· vatican

04:53 I thought it was chicken shit by the way they had Tulsi, uh... They threw our softball to start yakking about. Wait wait you're going into the debate? I have clips on the hearing! Okay well then i wanted- I'm gonna skip my clips on the debates right now we'll do them after the hearings and then that we can talk Exactly because the hearing Well first of all if I can just preface this these hearings with a lot of hearsay and people going back and forth, and how they felt about policy. And policy being upended. And ambassadors you know people paying $1 million to become ambassadors this is all just the asshole of what politics is in America nothing interesting no proof. You didn't find it interesting that number of the candidates I think Klobuchar was one... I'm talking about hearings! No wait

05:43 that a number of the candidates would all go on later and say, oh yeah these hearings said the impeachment they it's unbelievable. That this guy got this ambassadorship only because he bundled money for are they kidding us? Well let's look at all of the ambassadorships and let's go back to Obama come on it's stupid! Go back to Teddy Roosevelt Yes, exactly. The plum ambassadorships the ones to right now the plumb ones are EU which is what that guy was Sonderheim whatever as worth a million bucks? EU Yeah, it's a bundler the EU ambassadorship We said this before in the show Vatican Ambassadorship is a killer London you don't have to do anything want to be in London You want to be in Paris and Paris Rome?

06:39 Rome, Singapore. Singapore's a winner. And yes Elizabeth Warren who said hey if you're billionaire and if you're rich and if you want to get an ambassadorship don't donate to me okay that's good noted but what an idiot all right back to the hearing because I do have one central premise that I'm interested in and we'll get into that because I did kind of a deep dive So while everyone's going on about security assistance, which I love this word.

CHAPTER 03 / 38 Discussion

Ukraine Security Assistance, Foreign Military Financing, and Javelin Missiles

Congressman Will Hurd questions Defense Department official Laura Cooper regarding the mechanics of security assistance and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Ukraine. The explanation details how taxpayer funds move through the Treasury to purchase US military equipment like Javelin missiles, effectively cycling money back into the American military-industrial complex. The hosts characterize "security assistance" as a euphemism for weapon sales.

will hurd· laura cooper· ukraine· security assistance· fmf· usai· javelin missiles· military industrial complex

07:15 This is a new term for weapon sales. Security assistance! I wasn't buying a gun, Ossipher! Bullets! I was getting some security assistance that's all just some security assistance it's not a big deal So you know we gave $1 billion dollars We have Joe Biden saying he wouldn't give it if something didn't stop prosecution but a billion dollars nowhere at any point did anyone well I have kind of half a clip Did anyone say, well what is this billion dollars for? What are they doing with a billion dollars. So let's kind of start with that. Will Hurd, congressman or senator I think he's congressman from Texas. They're all congressmen in this area Yes and he's actually not going to stand for re-election He's done with everything And it seems like a nice guy but you know former spook who brags about it a little bit too much

08:14 And he asked Ms. Cooper, who is the Defense Department's envoy for security assistance exactly what kind of money was put together and where it comes from and what it's meant for Oh before I say that! Ms. Cooper she looks like Meg from Family Guy Did you notice that? She's totally Meg from Family Guy with the glasses, the haircuts. She had a little cap! If she had that it would be perfect So here's Hurd asking her about this aid and where it comes from and what buckets is from and what its really for And is it really javelin missiles showing up in

08:58 in crates or is it something else? Can you explain, I know FMF, Foreign Military Financing and State Departments but can you explain the difference between FMF and USAI funding and also how the Ukrainians get lethal aid. So there are three separate pieces to our overall ability to provide equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces The first is The foreign military finance system, which is a state department authority and countries around the world have this authority. That authority is used for some of the training and equipment. There's also the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative that's a DOD authority unlike the state authority, the DOD authority is only a one-year authority. And then third there's opportunity for defense sales

09:53 And that is something we're working with the Ukrainians on now so they can actually purchase US equipment. But the Javelin specifically was provided under FMF initially and now the Ukrainians are interested in the purchase of Javelin And there wasn't a hold put on purchasing of equipment, is that correct? Not to my understanding. No. Yeah! FMF Foreign Military Financing and it's a great system the taxpayers send their money to the Treasury The Treasury then at the command of typically Congress sends that in the form of foreign military financing Of course I don't think they actually send anything but let's just pretend Here's a check

10:40 And then they take the check and say, great who's got some javelins? Oh let me hand it right back to you. And it goes into the military industrial complex this is a round-robin game and we might as well just recognize that that's what its about and those javelins were not held up there's no...they could purchase in any way believe me The US Military Industrial Campus store does not close You want to show up with some money No problem As long as your preapproval give it to ya So I'm trying to figure out where all this money has been going to Ukraine. And if you look at the... so there was an office and management budget request that of course comes from the executive branch, from the president

CHAPTER 04 / 38 Discussion

Ukraine Aid Transparency, NGO Funding, and USAID Involvement

An investigation into $5 billion in aid sent to Ukraine since 1992 reveals significant funding directed toward non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for "civic engagement" and "investigative journalism." Concerns are raised regarding the lack of transparency in OMB memos and the role of USAID in funding groups that influence foreign electoral processes. The narrative suggests these funds are often used to install preferred political regimes under the guise of promoting democracy.

omb· ukraine· usaid· huffington post· barack obama· non-governmental organizations· democracy promotion

11:26 which had a whole list of items, which were all financial codes. And the request was hey here's all this money which equals about 39 billion dollars you're going to give away in 2019 could you please tell me just itemize this shit so we understand what's going on? This has been a campaign promise I'm happy that it is happening and there was no news on it but... I finally got ahold of the inter-office memo which spells us out quite clearly But if you go back, we've given $5 billion to Ukraine in recent history. And funny enough the only place I could find anything because this OMB memo if you trace it back and you look at the foreign military financing... Banks names aren't filled in, recipient name is completely void of any information and in 2014 when we really cranked up the aid because of course we were about to replace the government in Ukraine

12:24 Of all outfits, Huffington Post tried to figure out where all this money was going. However, having imposed review of disclosures of the $5 billion aid given to Ukraine since 1992 might give us some insight. Much of the aid has gone to programs combating human trafficking or the proliferation of arms dismantling of Chernobyl and groups promoting democracy and civic engagement. Now President Obama has already said that some of the new aid will go to this latter group if a fact sheet released this week The administration said quote the United States will provide technical assistance

13:07 to train election observers, help bring electoral processes in line with international standards and promote robust participation by civil society organizations and a free an independent media. So the focus there is a billion dollars, a thousand millions, a thousand million dollar bills going to non-governmental organizations... let me see I have the to fund groups promoting civic engagement, the rule of law investigative journalism and oversight of elections. Come on! And subsequently we overthrew the government put our own people in? This is quite funny. In addition... This is unbelievably bogus Yes, in addition to that USAID contributed $200 million dollars as a part

14:01 of this thousand million. USAID in these situations reminds me of these venture capital companies where you have one guy, a bunch of guys jump in on something and then some laggard not gonna say who but let's just say any number of them look hey all these guys are investing in this I have to get my piece of the action let me put my money in Exactly. That's what USAID does a lot of times, yes and it comes back multiple fold although USAID gets a lot of money from the National Endowment for Democracy which is also taxpayer money but there are... Which is something we should be part of

CHAPTER 05 / 38 Discussion

Franklin Templeton Investments, Hunter Biden, and Money Laundering Allegations

Ukrainian members of parliament have called for an investigation into the alleged legalization of $7.4 billion by the Yanukovych family through Franklin Templeton Investments, a firm linked to Hunter Biden. The report, initially carried by Interfax, suggests a round-robin money laundering scheme benefiting DNC donors. Additionally, the role of former Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko is scrutinized regarding her management of investment funds before her move to a financial oversight board in Puerto Rico.

interfax· franklin templeton· hunter biden· viktor yanukovych· natalie jaresko· money laundering· ukraine

14:43 Looking at these numbers, yes I totally agree. We should just be the National Endowment for Democracy's podcast! We'll take care of you. Now yesterday a news release came out about a press conference And this was Interfax, which is a throwback to the 70s I think. I didn't know Interfax still existed. Isn't this kind of the Eurasian news service? Like the Eurasian Associated Press? Yeah, yeah I've heard of them. So Interfax releases a news report and a YouTube video to go along with it which i'm having confirmed as if what the article says is what they actually said in this press conference two Ukrainian members of parliament have now demanded

15:38 that the presidents of Ukraine and the United States investigate suspicions of the legalization of 7.4 billion by the family of ex-president Viktor Yanukovych through the American investment firm Franklin Templeton Investments, you know who is a part of Franklin Templeton Investments? No. Hunter Biden, he's consulted for that. Yes of course. So anyway the... This guy is in way too deep What they're saying is that and this is one of the Dirk Haasch

16:18 One of these two members of Parliament. Several facts indicate Franklin Templeton Investments relationship with the US Democratic Party, the son of Templeton's founder John Templeton Jr., was one of President Obama's major campaign donors and other fund related characters Thomas Donilon managing director BlackRock Investment Institute Uh, let's see. Presidents... where is it here? Four billionaire Democrats! Well what they're saying is there's this round-robin money laundering which goes through the Franklin Templeton investments and it directly benefits the DNC and many Democratic donors and politicians so I mean you know still interfax or this will get no play

17:02 Although, yeah I think Shapiro's outfit picked up on it. Well Interfax is Russian! Of course it's all... So that's why it's not gonna get any play like Sputnik and RT. Right but it's interesting the Russians are reporting on the corruption of US citizens in Ukraine Yeah, well that's more likely that they're gonna report on than anybody we've got working over there. Well this is true Which is the State Department? But if you look at Kerry all the people who have been involved in the State Department with Ukraine all of this money going to NGOs Who are going to oversee elections come on and then the one person yeah Do you remember

17:50 Her name is Natalie Jaresko and Natalie Jaresco was named specifically by in previous documents and by these two Ukrainian politicians saying that she was the one that was shepherding this money laundering. And if you recall, she's a US citizen who was born in Ukraine naturalized US citizen big wall not big but she had 600 million dollar fund of investments private investments in Ukraine and then she was asked to be the finance minister when they had that big switcheroo

18:30 when we came in and we laughed about it of course because you know what kind of person are you putting in there to take care of the country's money when she has a vested interest. And she was removed and I think they shipped her off to some god-awful place, let me see where she is... Oh no! I'm sorry, she's now been shipped off to Puerto Rico and she's, yeah she's executive director of the Financial Oversight and Management Board but she is the one that actually shepherded according to the Ukrainians, shepherded a lot of this money. So I found that really eye-opening that that's not discussed because we're giving away a lot of money everywhere! Everywhere! It seems to me that the hearings

CHAPTER 06 / 38 Discussion

Ambassador Gordon Sondland, Mike Turner, and Media Narratives

Representative Mike Turner's questioning of Ambassador Gordon Sondland is highlighted as a pivotal moment where Sondland admitted his testimony regarding a "quid pro quo" was based on personal presumption rather than direct orders from President Trump. Despite this admission, mainstream media outlets like CNN and MSNBC are criticized for framing the testimony as a "bombshell" or "blowtorch" against the administration. The hosts argue the hearings serve as a smokescreen for deeper corruption.

gordon sondland· mike turner· donald trump· cnn· msnbc· impeachment· presumption

19:26 these impeachment hearings, especially when you bring all this stuff up and the Interfax story. It's just really to create a huge smoke screen to cover-up Biden. Yes! Well maybe not just cover-up Biden? And I don't think Biden is alone that's the thing... Yes it's a whole bunch! If Biden was alone wolf exactly they would have thrown them in. Goodbye! Who gives a shit? But everybody's involved because they all get a piece of it, they all have a taste... There were always rumors about huge financial contributions coming through Ukraine into the Obama campaigns what if it's rife

20:04 What if 50%, maybe 100% of these fuckers in Congress are all in on the deal? They're all in on the take, they're all getting round-robin kickbacks or they get a Franklin Templeton investment account which by the way invests. They have a huge Ukraine fund course You know, maybe there's a whole bunch of people in on this and then they look at that and go holy crap we're gonna get revealed. What do we do? I don't know let's uh let's do a TV show! Impeach Trump! Let's do a tv show! Impeach Trump that'll do it all right so then we have the typical Fox News proofs that this was a big nothing burger i love playing that This is... In two..in both cases Republican Mike Turner

20:50 really got straight to the heart of the matter. Each segment about a minute in length and that was all we really needed to understand what this was about first she's going he's going to ask Ambassador Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union if he actually ever heard anyone anywhere say that Trump wanted something in return for letting the security assistance flow. After you testified, Chairman Schiff ran out and gave a press conference and said he gets to impeach the President of the United States because your testimony And if you pull up CNN today right now their banner says Sondland ties Trump to withholding aid Is that your testimony today Mr. Ambassador Sondland? That YOU have evidence that Donald Trump tied the investigation to aid Because I don't think you're saying that! I've said repeatedly

21:45 Congressman, I was presuming. I also said that President Trump... So no one told you? Not just the president Giuliani didn't tell you? Mulvaney didn't tell ya? Nobody- Pompeo didn't tell yet nobody else on this planet Told you that Donald Trump was tying aid to these investigations is that correct I think i already testified. No answer the question is it correct no one on this planet told you that Donald Trump was tying this aid to the investigations because if your answers yes then the chairman's wrong and the headline on CNN is wrong, no one on this planet told you that President Trump was tying aid to investigations? Yes or no? Yes So... You really have no testimony today that ties president trump

22:31 to a scheme to withhold aid from Ukraine in exchange for these investigations. Other than my own presumption? Which is nothing! You're worthless, this is no good Well, that is it. That's the debt probably should be Highlighted as clip of the day well then I will take that award in recognition now Because it really negates the entire testimony that every news source New York Times, CNN and MSNBC obviously even Fox probably. Oh yeah, Fox definitely! I'm talking about Deutsche Welle, France 24 and all these other guys they all have

23:15 spewed the misinformation that this guy tied everything together and his testimony has sunk Trump. And they all did it, every news organization around the world. Well in fact after the hearing they had that you know like 40 minutes to fill before the debate pre-show would start here's a little compilage of some of the M5M comments now we know that every fantasy about how corrupt this administration was is actually true. In addition to that, in the bombshells we've heard about this was an IED from Mr. Sondland As you said taking a blowtorch to every defense Donald Trump has offered We don't say this very often anymore because it's rarely true But i think today changed everything It's really true this time! This time is really really true Blowtorch... Blowtorch testimony

CHAPTER 07 / 38 Discussion

Ambassador Kurt Volker, Media Collusion, and Public Perception

Ambassador Kurt Volker testified that President Trump never explicitly tied Ukrainian aid to investigations into Burisma or the Bidens, and that Ukrainian officials were unaware of any such link. The discussion posits that the impeachment process is a political tool designed to shape public opinion through media repetition, comparing it to historical propaganda efforts like the Gulf of Tonkin incident. The hosts assert that media organizations prioritize ratings and progressive agendas over factual reporting.

kurt volker· burisma· joe biden· media bias· gulf of tonkin· global warming· ratings

24:22 Love me some blowtorch. Who came who comes up with this? That's a good line like that low torch testimony So the same Mike Turner questioned ambassador Volker Did the president ever mean he wanted something in return? Did the Ukrainians ever think he wanted something in return it really only comes down to What did the President of the United States intend and what did he say and what do the Ukrainians understand or hear Ambassador Volker you're one of the first people that we've had in these open public testimony. That's had conversations with both So I get to ask you

24:58 You had a meeting with the President of the United States and you believe that the policy issues that he raised concerning Ukraine were valid, correct? Yes. Did the President of the United States ever say to you that he was not going to allow aid for the United States to go to the Ukraine unless there were investigations into Burisma, the Bidens or the 2016 elections? No, he did not Did the Ukrainians ever tell you that they understood that they would not get a meeting with the President of United States, a phone call with the President of United States military aid or foreign aid from the United States unless they undertook investigations of Burisma, The Bidens and 2016 elections? No. They did not. You know pretty much Ambassador Volker, you just like took apart their entire case

25:42 No, he didn't because the entire idea is to shape everybody's mind and to make you think that this president is a horrible man has done blowtorch testimony shows. He's only in it for himself because this process is not illegal one It is a political process You've heard them say this a million times what it means Is you just have to convince everybody and you know kind of like global warming? That's the whole idea and it does work eventually if you get all the mainstream media saying this over and over again people go like well, you know Everyone says it 97% promotion of World War two. It worked with it works And its worked in worked and work we've done it with the Gulf of Tompkin I mean there was a million Tonkin not Tompkins on Tom but Tom skin Tonkin

26:36 T-O-N-K-I-M. It works, it just works like a champ and always has worked you just keep...it only works by the way when the media is in cahoots and this isn't media wants this the media which And no matter what anybody likes to say, well they actually stopped denying this some years ago that the media is rife with hardcore Democrat progressives. It used to be an argument oh no yeah but now it's not yeah so what? But it's both sides. When it comes to television, all they want is ratings that's why you get words like this This is exactly what the pundits say in a break during a wrestling match Oh blow torch attack! Blow torch! You see them butt slammed him! Butt slammed!

CHAPTER 08 / 38 Discussion

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, Adam Schiff, and Whistleblower Protection

During the impeachment hearings, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman's testimony was interrupted by Chairman Adam Schiff when questioning by Devin Nunes neared the potential identification of the whistleblower. Vindman, appearing in full military dress, discussed his coordination of interagency policy regarding the July 25th phone call. The hosts highlight the tension between the committee's stated goal of protecting the whistleblower and the witnesses' claims of not knowing the individual's identity.

alexander vindman· devin nunes· adam schiff· whistleblower· national security council· purple heart

27:29 They need the controversy. They need a fight That's what people want to watch which is why I'm very disappointed in how they handled all of this week's televised events because they did not bring it they didn't bring The fire anyway, that's a largely due to shift well Shift was out there communicating coded messages NPR heard it and responded time isn't that with a minority for 20 minutes? I'm sorry 33 minutes I believe you said 33 minutes. Interesting number there, Daniel Goldman has finished the questioning That's NPR catching it too! Oh 33... Guys! Uh oh! We got a thirty-three on this law, thirty three on this law You know what it means Assume your position Interesting number the guy says Wink wink And then what I thought was the funniest bit This Vindman I'm sorry Lieutenant Colonel Vindman

28:30 address him properly, which I think is in this clip. Apparently isn't he a national security guy? He doesn't really have to wear uniform ever No he was dressed up for the occasion and his opening statement He talked about his you know yet why he's even asked about his purple heart And yeah so he serves can't blame for that But that was the whole idea is dress up and show some official You know official nature also Just like the finance minister, he was also asked by Ukraine several times publicly even to serve as Ukraine's defense minister. It's just an interesting detail and that did come out. He didn't take the gig but it's just interesting

29:17 So then now we have Nunes asking questions, which is clearly drilling down into hey man where did all this come from? Who is the whistleblower? Vindman actually opens his mouth and starts to give us a clue as to where the whistleblower is located. And then Schiff steps in. Lieutenant Colonel Vindman did you discuss the July 25th phone call with anyone outside of the White House on July 25 or 26 and if so with whom? Yes, I did. My core function is to coordinate US government policy interagency policy and i spoke to two individuals with regards to providing a some site some sort of readout the call

30:01 Two individuals that were not in the White House? Not in the White House, cleared U.S. government officials with appropriate need to know And what agencies were these officials with? Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent who is responsible for the portfolio Eastern Europe including Ukraine and a individual from the Office of... Individual in Intelligence Community. What, as you know the intelligence community has 17 different agencies what agency was this individual from? Stop it! If I could interject here we don't want to use these proceedings It's our time Mr Chair but we need to protect the whistleblower Please stop

30:52 I want to make sure that there's no effort to out the whistleblower through these proceedings. If the witness has a good faith belief that this may reveal the identity of the whistleblower, that is not the purpose we are here for and I wanna advise the witness accordingly. And now, of course what's interesting is Schiff says that he doesn't even know the whistleblower. Doesn't know who he is yet apparently he does know that when Vindman about to say office and maybe it was gonna say Office of Management and Budget, Office of the Director of National Intelligence It's in office if something there's a number of them but the minute he's ready to spill the beans shift steps in

31:38 Well that's interesting since he supposedly doesn't know who it is. Yeah, exactly here's Vindman telling Nunes to shut up Mr. Vindman you testified in your deposition that you did not know the whistleblower Remember its Lieutenant Colonel Vindman please. Lieutenant Colonel Vindman You testify Shut Up Slave! What? Play that again. I wasn't expecting it to go that way. Mr. Vindman, you testified in your deposition that you did not know the whistleblower. Ranking member, Lieutenant Colonel Vindman please. Lieutenant Colonel Vindman, you testified... Shut up! I would rank you.

CHAPTER 09 / 38 Discussion

Old Media Rules, Internet Investigation, and Fartgate

The hosts contrast the "old rules" of legacy media with the decentralized investigative power of the internet. A viral moment dubbed "Fartgate," involving a loud noise during an MSNBC interview between Chris Matthews and Eric Swalwell, is analyzed. While Swalwell denied responsibility, the hosts debate whether the sound originated from a leather chair in the studio or the halls of Congress, noting the entertainment value such gaffes provide in an otherwise dry news cycle.

m5m· new media· eric swalwell· chris matthews· msnbc· flatulence· viral video

32:20 Of course, with all the touchy-feely stuff I could have pulled a million clips about how people felt hurt and it was wrong. No president should subvert our foreign policy as if that's true but okay. So it's very easy for... The President is the foreign policy! It's very easy for either side And when I say side, I'm talking about M5M. It's very easy for them to cherry-pick bits and pieces and create a story around it which is really what this is about the only thing the only solace I take is that these politicians and The m5m are still playing by the old rules The old rules are give it you know give a

33:04 interview to the New York Times, they'll publish it on Wednesday. You know Wednesday night will be on the CBS 6 O'clock News then everyone else will copy that and that's how you get the narrative so you get the message into the ether and of course we have this internet thing And we have our own ideas now. We're doing our own investigative work, so the rules of the game have changed but these hearings, these day-long hearings prove that they are still operating on the old system So eventually that's not going to work. It may not be this time around, but eventually that's just going to fall apart And with shows like this with zero entertainment value it's gonna be over pretty soon What's funny is the stuff on YouTube where people insert different you know different words They make funny little clips about it or like no animated No Agenda That's also its that's how people want to get to this information

34:00 And that's how things are exposed and oh, I didn't know that moments. So that change is a coming well i mean the kind of thing that really made the Made hay wasn't even on the hearings it was after the It was a I guess a discussion After the hearings or on one of the shows? I guess it was msnbc where eric swalwell farted supposedly I have the clip yes uh fart gate I have But before we go there, can I just play two clips in relation to the old media new media and then of course I want to get right back to Fartgate because... Of course you do. See this is the thing this is your old media I'm new media Okay, alright. You're proving it! Alright hold on New Media okay Boomer by the way

CHAPTER 10 / 38 Discussion

Sarah Ferguson, 60 Minutes Australia, and Media Control

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is shown attempting to control a television interview on 60 Minutes Australia by demanding the deletion of footage regarding a past cash-for-access scandal. The hosts use this as an example of how "old media" elites attempt to manage their public image. The segment highlights the friction between the interviewer's questions and the Duchess's refusal to discuss topics not related to her book promotion.

sarah ferguson· duchess of york· 60 minutes australia· prince andrew· media elites· book promotion

34:47 I have magic powers. Everyone's reporting when i say ok boomer their ok google fires up so here we are going to use my power right now okay boomer bark like a dog! I tried this earlier with the in fact, I can probably show you here's what happens here is what should be happening to thousands of people around the world let me see if I can...I gotta fire this up because don't normally have it on let me see bark like a dog So hopefully everywhere around the world Google talking devices start barking like a dog. Maybe we set off a whole lady in the tramp thing Alright, so just to show you how the elites think that all the way old media is done here's a quick example 60 Minutes Australia Fergie who used to be married to Randy Andy the royal

35:49 is being interviewed about her book and of course the interviewer digs back into the you know, remember that if you recall a long time ago video where she's got 40 grand in cash being given to or secret hidden video in a hotel room very scandalous and She just doesn't want to talk about it. And here's how the old elites in the old media handled these situations I mean did you take the money at one stage? You had $40,000 cash Sitting in front of you. Did you take absolutely yes? And it was given to me and I got it in the car and then returned it straight away once the scandal broke As soon as I knew is a scandal not once it broke Michael But don't try and trick me now because I'm not going to play this game delete that bit John Can I sleep it please that way because I don't want to go down this Duchess I'm asking very fair questions of you know I just to tabloid John he's Sarah's Australian agent off-screen

36:40 This is everything you've written in your book though. Yes, I know but it's the way... And you're releasing your book and you've agreed to do the interview because of this? The book has already been released and the thing is that I'm not going down to this point! I am going to answer your questions but that's done, its finished, thank-you very much moving on to the next question. Thank-you but this just a starting point for this year in your life that you have written about as a pubitalist what started the whole thing. Just delete that, delete it right away, go away get rid of it, I'm not gonna answer these questions So her ex-husband, Prince Andrew... This is how we laugh and learn at the same time. This is the lucky TV guys that actually one guy this guy in Holland and he does these

CHAPTER 11 / 38 Discussion

Prince Andrew, BBC Interview, and Lucky TV Parody

A satirical edit from the Dutch program Lucky TV parodies Prince Andrew's disastrous BBC interview regarding his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and accuser Virginia Roberts. The parody mocks the Prince's unusual medical excuses, such as his claim that he cannot sweat. The hosts discuss how such comedy and "deep fake" style parodies are becoming a primary way people consume and process news events.

prince andrew· jeffrey epstein· bbc· lucky tv· virginia roberts· satire

37:24 They're not really deep fakes. He does the voices or he'll just, the voices of like the Dutch king and queen and they'll make him say different things... And he did this to Prince Andrew during the BBC interview where we uncovered that he is actually a reptile and doesn't sweat But there was enough in that hour-long interview for the lucky TV star our guy in the lowlands To turn it into this one of Epstein's accusers Virginia Roberts has made allegations against you She says she dined with you danced with you. She went on to have sex with you to have possibly a slight problem with with with with the sex because I Have

38:12 peculiar medical condition which is that I have a very tiny you know pp but that's just the way it is so it's impossible for me to have sex with somebody you know. I'd love it but I'm afraid I can't, not in a position to do so because But that's very difficult to be able to prove. So, I... That's the best explanation I can give you. Your Royal Highness thank you Thank you very much indeed

CHAPTER 12 / 38 Discussion

Dutch Christmas Traditions, Sinterklaas, and Stale Bread

A listener from Holland sent a care package of traditional Dutch Christmas treats, prompting a discussion on stroopwafels, pepernoten, and Sinterklaas traditions. The hosts joke that many Dutch holiday foods are essentially different forms of "stale bread." They also briefly mention the cultural controversy surrounding "Black Pete" (Zwarte Piet) in the Netherlands, which has become a focal point for social debate in recent years.

holland· sinterklaas· stroopwafels· pepernoten· black pete· christmas food

39:02 Now on... Just as an aside, since you brought this Holland. So some one of our Holland Dutch knights I don't know if he wants to be named or not He sent me a care package from Holland with a bunch of food in it for Christmas. Mmm, Dutch Christmas food! Including a giant Sinterklaas cookie Yeah yeah like a ginger cookie? Brown? Yeah big giant thing Something called stroopwafels Stroopwafels yes my favorite By the way of all the things he sent those are delicious But we've talked about stroopwaffles for years on this show Have you forgotten? Never had one You never had one

39:40 Yeah, it's two wafers with some molasses inside very thin. Yes They're really good Oh no that especially everything he sent by the way was just a different form of stale bread You know this strobe waffles are really good after you do a shot of that jambo juice That's when that's when you pop the stove off well that those things are pretty interesting there's something called I think is a pepper nothing paper note Paper Nolfen. Very small, ginger, you know like half a ball and that is what the Black Pete's actually throw to the children in the parade or in the classroom where they put some in the kid shoe Well those things are weird And then there's a thing called a Bokker's Groupennoter Can you say? They're a bunch of little...they look like chocolate and vanilla

40:37 It looks like chocolate vanilla candies. It looks like giant M&Ms, but inside there's stale bread Basically you're right the Dutch a lot of the Dutch traditions are based on stale bread I think it's a war thing No Well gee I wish I had some of that goodness because I love me a good Sinterklaas pakket Yeah, well that's what we love into that yet All right. All right fart gate anyway Thanks to Holland for sending that yes Meanwhile meanwhile back to the news of the day Now I don't know is this do we know has this been verified as easy did he admit to this was just been just doctored Well trust but verify

CHAPTER 13 / 38 Discussion

Eric Swalwell, Chris Matthews, and Public Flatulence

Returning to the "Fartgate" incident, the hosts provide a technical breakdown of how flatulence sounds are captured by lavalier microphones versus boom mics. They speculate on the acoustics of the MSNBC studio and the reaction of Eric Swalwell. The conversation shifts to the social stigma of flatulence, particularly for women, and the perceived "punk" attitude of certain politicians.

eric swalwell· chris matthews· msnbc· fartgate· leather chairs· social stigma

41:27 I'm pretty sure it was real. You can't know for sure, because i wasn't watching so... Okay well if it was real he's miked with a lavalier Thank you but I have the answer to this! This is the whole point Let's first let's play the clip. Did they have a boom mic? No, you're oh my god when I tell you the answer You're gonna laugh your ass off okay first the clip of fart gate we have Chris Matthews MSNBC interviewing Eric Swalwell Who just fresh from the hearing and he's in the halls of Congress

42:06 So far, it's uncontradicted that the president used taxpayer dollars to ask the Ukrainians to help him cheat an election. So yes, the analysis that you started is spot on because when I saw it...I'm just gonna assume its real This is very simple. This is Chris Williams, what's his name? Wallace Matthews. He asked the question they switched to Swalwell he sitting on a chair in the studio he's like alright Swalwell I'm just gonna let one rip here for second it bounces off the chair that's why you could hear it was it was Matthews! Matthews dealt it! Alright here's the problem with that uh Swalwell paused

42:54 Like he couldn't talk through the fart. No, no no! He heard the fart and it scared him It was a blast. He was like what the hell did you just do? Someone's fart Okay I'm not gonna buy that because there's no real time here There's always a lag and the lag is long enough to know it would have been oh I looked at that angle They have they have a hardwired connection between the halls of Congress and the studios This is almost zero lag But it doesn't take away from the fact that there's no way you can get that direct a sound from flatulence in the halls of Congress with just a boom mic or even with a lavalier, but in a studio against the backdrop of a chair...

43:37 I mean, especially if it's a leather chair. Yeah but he's gonna... Okay well it's up for debate But so far it appears as though this actually this event was not a fake No this is the real event and they call old dudes like that an old fart for a reason Come on! It's logical Old fart Why isn't an old fart? Because old guys fart They need to take some of those And I think it's shameful that he didn't at least tweet and let Swalwell off the hook Okay, and that's the fart gate. It didn't last long but man it was a nice break in the day wasn't it? It was a break! It was a nice little break... But anyway I think I know a bit about farts and especially when miked because you don't want to- there are a lot of things you got to be careful of And I think Matthew just sat there on his leather chair like oh man while he is answering the question

44:44 And I'm sure it seems to me that okay, well it just seems that would have happened more often than once with the anchor. Swalwell looks like a guy who's into public flatulence That thing could have just been a loud boomer that just echoed through the halls He may be proud of himself. With the palms bursting in air! If you look at Eric Swalwell, he looks like the kind of punk guy... he's a punk. He looks like one of those punks jocks who would do something like that in public just as a joke Well, in general I think we should be a lot more open about flatulence Now I feel especially bad for women who just will not fart

45:24 And they just won't, you know I understand the stigma of it all but i think it hurts women. It literally hurts them because they just won't let it out and when you're not looking that's when your woman also goes flying around the room like a balloon Uh-huh okay onward to the debates You brought it up! I did you're right I'm sorry I did No I'm not... You're just making me regret it Onto the debates. All right, so the debates of course were useless as you mentioned earlier and I don't have the deep dive You know, I can't I don't I don't have what you did which was that dynamite by the way It's a good show opener Thank you That brings in you know Especially that one clip of the day which I'd almost want to hear again if it's so good But so here we get mostly they're looking for the gaffes and the arguments into beef So, of course

CHAPTER 14 / 38 Discussion

Joe Biden, Eye Discoloration, and Debate Gaffes

Observations from the Democratic primary debate suggest Joe Biden's eyes appeared unusually dark, leading to speculation about the use of tinted contacts to hide subconjunctival hemorrhages or the effects of medication. Biden's performance is criticized for multiple verbal stumbles regarding Medicare and his inability to clearly articulate his policy plans. The hosts characterize the campaign's management of Biden as "elder abuse" and mock a follow-up fundraising video featuring his campaign manager.

joe biden· medicare· nancy pelosi· sclera· amphetamines· debate gaffes· elder abuse

46:23 Got a gaffe now somebody wrote a note. I'm gonna read this Do you have a Joe gaff because then I can play the jingle if you're uh no, I do have a Joe gap That's I'm gonna start with the Joe gap Okay so producer bill writes in and ITM Jens, look at the pics of Biden from the Democrat debate. He looked different and odd on camera. Oh his eyes! I finally figured out they put dark contacts in Biden's eye to hide his sclera

47:05 Well, however you pronounce it SCLERA. That's the bleeding of the eyes. The bleeding eyeball. Mm-hmm In case he gets another bleed like he did during the Clinton Town Hall Yep And then he says I take this as a 100% proof that they're jacking him up with amphetamines and at a certain moment I think the meds kicked in but if you if you go because I got not that note and some other notes from people who said hey cuz we talked about it If you go back and look Joe actually has nice kind of his normal eyes a couple years back are clear Kind of now I'm colorblind, but it looked kind of lightish blue to me Good-looking. He's a charmer he's got those eyes of a guy Hey baby how you doing? Look at looking in my eyes one of those guys yes, he is

47:56 And so they were completely dark. Dark, dark, dark... and his left eye is drooping a little bit and his brain is scrambled I mean you could just hear what he's saying He has no idea where he's going It's abuse Elder Abuse It is. Elder abuse remains abusive. I guess it could be all right so let's go with the Biden. I got two ISOs from this particular clip which is the Biden gaffes on Medicare play the whole clip you'll hear to To me, two gaffes in here that are worth noting.

48:48 Nancy Pelosi is one of those people who then thinks it makes sense. We should build on Obamacare, provide the plan I put forward before anybody in here adding a Medicare option in that plan and not make people choose Allow people to choose I should say Yeah, I feel bad when I see that just shit It's shit man He needs to go home Well he's always been this way, he does this. This is what we... years ago when he was vice president we used to have the drunk or not drunk segment of the show Yeah but then he was plastered and it was funny now it's just sad Well so the two gasses you catch both of them?

49:34 Possibly. The first one, I didn't catch it the first time i heard it and then I said wait what did he actually say? And now im reminded by the way people the old timers out there are they all farts they will remember professor Irwin Corey He died by the way recently at 102 years old. Professor Erwin Corey was a double talks comic, one of the few left in the history of comedy nobody does it anymore and so he'd be babbling about something then he said that umbra ganga debag and he'd be talking along and then he put a double talk in there and it would sound reasonable and then you put a bunch academic terms together made no sense

50:15 He'd be fit right in, in today's world as a comic doing this act. So Professor Erwin Corey kind of did this stuff as a comedy act but Biden just does it and I want to play the two ISOs which are the mistakes and I'll start with... Let me see here I'll start with the one that's the obvious one, which is the one at the end. Which is the Biden gaffe. Shoot! It says Choey. Sorry...I understand you after all these years. And not make people choose. Allow people to choose, I should say. Yeah and that's it- The problem with that gaffe as it came at the end of his statement and really disempowers everything he just said. That's why it's a huge fail

50:59 Yeah, that's a bad. That was his payoff you know that was the payoff of his plan and he mucks it up anyone would be upset with that now He does the Irwin Corey thing in the middle And this is the double talk I so before we play it I want you to listen carefully and then tell me exactly what he said Nancy Pelosi is one of those people who spend things make sense Okay, I'm glad you did this Nancy Pelosi one of those people. I think he said who tends to make sense But I see Pelosi is one of those people who spend things makes sense whose stem sticks make sense What's your problem? It's a great. I understand perfectly what he's saying vote for me Sam sings take stance do you know what he said oh

51:48 I think he's trying to say, he just rambled over it because he does this a lot. A lot of guys do this is what Ron Paul used to talk like this and so does a couple of other people. Nancy Pelosi talks like this. And Trump for that matter! He has something to say. Trump does some of this too. Not as bad But he has something, he wants to say something that's on top of what he just said. And so he is reiterating but instead of actually going through the process and actually saying everything He just jumbles it together as some sort of shorthand and then continues on. It's so bad! Let me play it one more time. Yeah sure. You'll hear Nancy Pelosi kind of is along with me on this I can't say

52:36 Okay. Nancy Pelosi is one of those people who then thinks it makes sense. Yeah, who stands to say it makes sense? I totally get that. This was so bad that after the debate... Biden's campaign manager had to do the video. Now we know that Joe has had some bad luck recently with the self-generated content, we've had the overmodulated microphone, we've had him in a bucket shot on an iPhone so now they can't trust Joe he's had a horrible evening his brain is seeping out through his eyes and I say that with love And so the campaign manager has to do the pitch. Hi, I'm Greg. I'm Joe Biden's campaign manager here at our Philadelphia headquarters. Joe Biden had a great debate tonight he proved he is ready to be commander in chief on day one So join the team chip in five dollars now. Chip in! Don't participate don't get active just chip in slaves.

CHAPTER 15 / 38 Discussion

Cory Booker, Virtue Signaling, and Gender-Neutral Language

Senator Cory Booker is criticized for using gender-neutral pronouns like "they" when referring to a singular future president, which the hosts label as "virtue signaling." An anecdote from a former Boeing employee illustrates the long history of such linguistic shifts in corporate and media environments. The discussion explores the perceived awkwardness of replacing "he or she" with "they" to satisfy "political police."

cory booker· virtue signaling· gender-neutral· pronouns· political correctness· boeing

53:36 So there was that and I thought that was the highlight of the whole thing. Let's go with another one, this is Cory Booker and this by the way is what The Linguist did, that guy who wrote that nasty note we got two or three shows out about to draw the T's. He did this too Which is an improper this is using the language for the sole purpose of virtue signaling and tell my story which I told before and shows on the compilation.

54:15 of my stories, which is the time that I worked with a guy. I was at Boeing with the guy who was interviewed and did some or no he wrote an article for PC World which was our competitor at PC Magazine. He wrote an article for him and then they changed some of it and he couldn't figure out why? And what they changed was he said, and the representative for the company was blah blah blah blah blah And they changed it to, and the spokesperson for the company was blah blah blah. So he's questioned why did you change representative to spokesperson? The woman copy editor said we don't use sexist language at the magazine. Yes, we don't! He says what well how is representative sexist language

55:05 She says, oh well let me put it this way we make it clear that we don't use sexist language and so spokesperson is a better word. It's called virtue signaling. It's virtue signaling and this was like 20-30 years ago So this has been going on for awhile. Here's Booker's version Booker was actually pretty lit last night. He had a couple of good moments and I missed this one, thank you

55:50 But it would have been cool if he said, if he'd either said they in Spanish or had said Z. That would have been even cooler than you know He would have gotten the clap out of that one So the idea is that you now substitute anything with they instead of the proper words You don't say who's ever... Let's go play it again so I can get that sentence straight Or maybe he's so used to there being two presidents ie 2 Obamas that he's just used to talking about they. So look, this president has broken norms as you've said he uses platforms to demean degrade and divide this country in ways that are repugnant and appalling the next president whoever they are is going to have to be someone who can heal and bring this nation together

56:42 Yeah, they were the next president whoever they are. There's not gonna be a horde of presidents It's not gonna be like a great shouldn't have said whoever they is that would have been better Well done. You're just ruining my... you're just going to keep eating away at me! No, I'm adding to your fantastic segment, i'm sorry go ahead So whoever they are is not correct but that's what you use because it has been determined by the political police that you say they instead of he or she so you don't say the next president who ever he is the next president, whoever they are. The next president whoever she is the next person who ever they it's always day when in fact it should but if you were not going to signal you'd say the next president whoever it is yeah that that's good way to say or you could if you want to be whatever so it doesn't sound so awkward you'd say the next present whoever that person is

57:38 Or the next president, whatever that is. Because dogs are people too... No I'm being serious! Yeah you're on a roll So he did this and to me it stood out like a sore thumb It was like what do you mean whoever they are? And they has he in the middle so even that's iffy Ify, ify, ify. I liked when Corey smoked Uncle Joe I thought this was really good. What makes this funny is that before the debates, he was...I got to pre-stream and it was online and they had some crazy looking woman who looked like Pink, a singer interviewing a bunch of millennials about it

CHAPTER 16 / 38 Discussion

Cory Booker, Marijuana Legalization, and Privilege

During the debate, Cory Booker challenged Joe Biden's stance on marijuana legalization, famously quipping that Biden might have been "high" when he made previous statements. Booker argued that marijuana is already effectively legal for "privileged people," a line the hosts find effective despite their skepticism of Booker's overall platform.

cory booker· marijuana· criminal justice· privilege· cancer survivors· debate

58:29 And they went to Cory Booker who was being interviewed before the debates and he says, you know The one thing we can't do is condemn each other. We can't say anything bad with fellow Democrats course He made a big stink about that Well, he got a big laugh out of this week I hear him literally say That I don't think we should legalize marijuana. I Thought you might have been high when you said it Marijuana, marijuana in our country is already legal for privileged people. I love that line! That's a good line actually from Booker. Marijuana is already legal for privileged people you know? People have cancer and other things where they can get medical marijuana they're extremely privileged. Yeah those cancer survivors are very very... so privileged Corey exactly

CHAPTER 17 / 38 Discussion

Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris, and Regime Change Wars

The Democratic debate featured a sharp exchange between Tulsi Gabbard and Kamala Harris, which the hosts believe was a coordinated setup by moderators to help Harris's struggling campaign. Gabbard criticized the "Bush-Clinton-Trump foreign policy doctrine" of regime change wars and the influence of the military-industrial complex. Harris responded by attacking Gabbard's past appearances on Fox News and her refusal to label Bashar al-Assad a war criminal.

tulsi gabbard· kamala harris· hillary clinton· regime change· military industrial complex· syria· bashar al-assad

59:20 So I thought the most important part of this, and this is why I bitched about the four women. These four women who were doing the headlining thing with Rachel being the queen bee they had made it clear that it was Warren who was gonna be the center of attention. Yeah, it's totally her platform yeah They just threw everything to her and they gave her extra time It was ridiculous especially at the beginning And people say well you know it even out which beside the point, the beginning of the base is what most people are gonna watch and they're gonna tune out. So Warren pretty much had to hold began in the first 35 minutes was mostly her. What do you think? What do you think? Well let's throw it back to Elizabeth Warren so they kept her in the spotlight and then now its faded after a while but everyone was already tuned out by that but the thing that I thought was really sick

1:00:11 Was they knew and I guess you know Pamela was like bitching and moaning about the time that Tulsi two or three episodes ago mm-hmm jumped on her and condemned her for being a lousy DA, and yeah And you know leaving innocent people are rot in prison was their main thing whoo so and so they decided to set Tulsi up so Kamala could excoriate her and call her a phony. And it was, I thought the whole thing was setup to be... It was sick! It was just sick So i want to play the two-parter here which is the beginning which they finally after an hour or so throw out the Tulsi but as a setup for Harris and this debate says TLSI Set Up For Harris Congresswoman Gabbard you have criticized

1:01:01 Hillary Clinton as the quote personification of those yeah I'm sorry just to set the clip up even further this is one of the problems i have with the format. The format is not really a debate it's asking a-hole questions to each of the candidates let's see what's the controversy? Mary Pete you got no black people, Tulsi you know your hating on Kamala is completely counterproductive. Oh no, she's hating on Clinton which is worse! Oh I'm sorry, Clinton yes not even in the stage or even in the race as far as we know so that to me was what really made this whole thing kind of offensive Congresswoman Gabbard you have criticized Hillary Clinton as the quote personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party What is the right you see in the Democratic Party?

1:01:48 But our Democratic Party, unfortunately is not the party that is of by and for the people. It's a party that has been and continues to be influenced by the foreign policy establishment in Washington represented by Hillary Clinton and others' foreign policy, by the military industrial complex and other greedy corporate interests I'm running for president to be the Democratic nominee that rebuilds our Democratic Party, takes it out of their hands and truly puts it in the hands of the people of this country. A party that actually hears the voices of Americans who are struggling all across this country and puts it in the hands of veterans

1:02:30 Americans who are calling for an end to this ongoing Bush-Clinton Trump foreign policy doctrine of regime change wars, overthrowing dictators in other countries. Needlessly sending my brothers and sisters in uniform into harm's way to fight in wars that actually undermine our national security and have cost us thousands of American lives these are wars that have cost us as American taxpayers trillions of dollars since 9-11 alone. Dollars that have come out of our pockets, out of our hospitals, out of our schools, out of our infrastructure needs As president I will end this foreign policy and these regime change wars work to end this new cold war in arms race and instead invest are hard earned taxpayer dollar actually into serving the needs of the American people right here at home Thank you Connie Tormann Senator Harris any response?

1:03:22 So no reason, no reason at all for a response from Harris. She didn't mention Harris. Lame! That's the only time there is a response was always if you mentioned another person then they have to risk- You give them the time to respond. Yeah so out of the blue Senator Harris woman on the dais throws it to Harris knowing full well the background on this Was it a quid pro quo? What was the reason for throwing this to Harris? Harris needed a bone. She's suffering, she needed some help so here is your moment to shine Kamala And it did catch her a little bit I don't know if it caught her completely off guard but she knew there was something big It seemed to have and then she kind of laughed about it and didn't you're surprised that she didn't wink at the girl maybe she's going to date her How about this theory

1:04:20 It was already known, hey we're gonna pitch it to you so you can jump and I truly believe this goes on. Camelot, we're going to... Truly believe or you believe? No truly believe. Truly holy all the way in belief You know it goes on! You don't believe it goes on. I know what goes on no I don't I don't know what goes on I have no proof but But you know it goes on Thank you for correcting the record Delete that Charles So they told her, you know we're gonna toss it to you so you can trounce all over Tulsi. Just know that's coming up and then she's ready for it... She may have not been aware this would be the time No! That is exactly the point because this was not a good time. This was the wrong time completely wrong here we go Senator Harris any response?

1:05:13 Oh sure. Yeah exactly, oh sure yeah of course I knew this was coming i just didn't expect it right now Senator Harris any response? Oh sure! Um...I think that um..it's unfortunate that we have someone on the stage- I'm sorry to stop your clip again This is exactly what I am talking about They should've done 20 versions of this. This is what the people want! The audience was dead throughout almost the entire evening, there's no clapping and hooting and hollering only a laugh once in awhile when there is some tension which is what you need for the television show so this was a good moment except she was unprepared Senator Harris any response? Oh sure

1:06:04 I think that it's unfortunate that we have someone on the stage who is attempting to be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States, who during the Obama administration spent four years full time on Fox News criticizing President Obama. That's ridiculous. criticizing people on this stage as affiliated with the Democratic Party when Donald Trump was elected, not even sworn in. Buddied up to Steve Bannon to get a meeting with Donald Trump in the Trump Tower fails to call a war criminal by what he is as a war criminal and then spends full time during the course of this campaign again criticizing the Democratic Party. What we need on the stage in November

1:06:54 It's someone who has the ability to win. And by that, we need someone on that stage who has the ability to go toe-to-toe with Donald Trump and someone who has the ability to rebuild the Obama coalition and bring the party in the nation together I believe I am backhanded it. Thank you Senator. Congresswoman Gabbard? What Senator Harris is doing is unfortunately continuing to traffic in lies and smears and innuendos because She cannot challenge the substance of the argument that I'm making, the leadership and change that I am seeking to bring in our foreign policy. Which only makes me guess she will as president continue this status quo, continue the Bush Clinton Trump foreign policy of regime change wars which is

1:07:43 deeply destructive. This is personal to me because I served in Iraq, I left my seat in the state legislature and Hawaii volunteered to deploy to Iraq where he served in a medical unit for every single day. I saw the terribly high human cost of war. I take very seriously the responsibility that the president has to serve as commander-in-chief. Yeah, I had to cut it off she went on and off but Kamala said something in there She says that Tulsi wouldn't say anything about a war criminal. Was she referring to Trump? No, Assad of Syria. She's the apologist for Assad. Yeah she is the apologist. Another programming note...

CHAPTER 18 / 38 Discussion

Elizabeth Warren, Wealth Tax Math, and Media Bias

Elizabeth Warren is called out for repeated mathematical errors during the debate while explaining her proposed wealth tax, specifically confusing "millions" and "billions." The hosts argue that the moderators' failure to correct her demonstrates a clear bias in favor of her candidacy. They describe the event as "The Elizabeth Warren Show," noting that she received a disproportionate amount of speaking time in the first half-hour.

elizabeth warren· wealth tax· msnbc· math errors· media bias· billionaires

1:08:30 It's time to ditch the white, it's time to ditch the hip-hugging pants with a jacket that accentuates what you don't want to accentuate. I think there could be a different color of blue that would look good on her but she has got to stop with the white hat stuff. This is now the third debate where she is in the same outfit It's just a you want people to vote for you listen to the curry Dvorak consulting group Well, I agree with that but no one's gonna vote for her anyway. I might vote for her You won't she won't be on a ballot for ya Oh Okay right in the biggest gap of the night. I'm somewhat surprised you didn't catch it nor have I heard Anybody mention this and this was during the Warren

1:09:21 the plateau where she was just involved in everything the four moderators were discussing or the grillers, not even moderators, just grilling people. And that was about her wealth tax! I think it's a way we achieve our goals and bring our country together as we talk about the things that unite us and that is that we want to build an America that works for The people not one that just works for rich folks. You know, I have proposed a two-cent wealth tax That is a tax for everybody who has more than 50 billion dollars in assets Your first fifty billion is free and clear But your fifty billions and first dollar you got to pitch into the sense And when you hit a billion dollars, you've got to pitch in a few pennies more Here's the thing Yeah The Thing Liz Liz you don't understand the difference between millions and billions she says

1:10:11 Your first 50 billion. Well, that's like a 50 guys. Did she say that? Twice! She not only said that but then... This is because... Okay here is the reason I missed it It's like the reason I missed the Biden gaffe with Nancy Pelosi blah, blah, blah. The first time I had to record it. People know how we do these clips. We record them and then we pile them up and then we start producing a clip for this show which means you gotta cut it down. So you gotta listen... Yeah marinate it. You gotta listen to it a couple of times and when you listen to it over and over again, you start to hear things that you didn't hear originally

1:10:52 Most of the goods fines that we've had are from that process. Now, I didn't record the war and stuff because pretty much my eyes were glazing over. I fell asleep too! And so i'm listening to this so I did not catch this but Well, listen again. I'm hearing it in my head and i realize she said your first 50 billion which is idiotic! She says it wrong a couple of times she says 50 billion and then she says so after you're after your first billion...she's just all over the map she's just confusing it listen again. I think the way we achieve our goals and bring our country together as we talk about the things that unite us and that is that we want to build an America that works

1:11:38 The people not one that just works for rich folks. You know I have proposed a two-cent wealth tax That is a tax for everybody who has more than 50 billion dollars in assets your first 50 billion is free and clear But you're fifty billions and first dollar you got to pitch into the sense And when you hit a billion dollars, you've gotta pitch in a few pennies more Here's the thing so she says fifty billion And then she says billion again, and then she says when you hear still hate your first billion So it's I know it's ant-effing, but someone should have said she is the woman about the trillions of dollars of Medicare. If she can't keep this straight maybe she meant... How are you going to be able to be president and can even do simple math? Maybe she meant quadrillion instead of trillion. I don't know but that I think she should have been called ... The moderators should at least

1:12:30 corrected her on that, but that shows their bias. They didn't and you even hear the- No they're not going to! All four of them want Elizabeth Warren to be this candidate And you heard the crowd respond Yes and I think it's shameful That MSNBC and NBC put four women by no men, no real woman of color there was i think an Indian woman uh and just Pretty much promoted one candidate. It was really it was ridiculous one days called Elizabeth Warren show yeah, and Then I do have one more final clip this was Andrew Yang's disqualification

CHAPTER 19 / 38 Discussion

Andrew Yang, World Data Organization, and New World Order

Andrew Yang's debate performance is scrutinized for his proposal to create a "World Data Organization" (WDO) similar to the WTO. Yang argued that data is the "new oil" and requires international oversight. The hosts interpret this as a call for total global control over personal information and dossiers, leading them to "disqualify" Yang for his explicit embrace of a "World Order" framework.

andrew yang· vladimir putin· nato· world data organization· wto· new world order· data privacy

1:13:11 as he was asked what he would say, when he picked up the phone to speak to Vladimir Putin. Mr Yang if you win the 2020 election what would you say in your first call with Russian President Vladimir Putin? Well first I'd say I'm sorry I beat your guy! Good line that was funny And second, I would say the days of meddling in American elections are over and we will take any undermining of our democratic processes as an act of hostility and aggression. The American people would back me on this! We know that they have found an underbelly and they've been clawing at it and it's made so that we can't even trust our own democracy

1:14:07 The third thing I would say is that we're going to live up to our international commitments We're gonna recommit for partnerships and alliances including NATO And it was James Madness that said that the more you invest in diplomats in diplomacy, the less you have to spend on ammunition That has to be the path forward to help Bill. Okay stop right there This was the first thing I took issue with More, and we're gonna do more bureaucrats. That's what you that's your plan? More of these a-holes that I watched during the day during this these hearings just people all over the place

1:14:44 spending, sending our money to whoever they deem necessary. That's it? More bureaucrats?! I don't see that happening. That has to be the path forward to help build an international consensus, not just against Russia but also to build a coalition that will help us put pressure on China in terms of their treatment of ethnic minorities and what's going on in Hong Kong. I want to propose a new world data organization, like WTO for data because right now unfortunately we're living in a world where data is the new oil and we don't have our arms around it. These are the ways that will actually get Russia to the table and make us laugh to join international community and stop resisting appeals to World Order." So there it is disqualification because he's all-in on the New World Order He actually says The World Order

1:15:45 Second disqualification, data is not the new oil. It is the new bacon everybody knows and a world data organization let me understand what data exactly as he talking about? The WDO Yes I think he's talking about the data that is collected from us Dossiers is what he's talking about Thank you this is total... He's proposing total control at a World level because the data is us that Data is every single piece of data that they have is you it's you It is who you are and if you think about it once I have all of that data What is what does our money really just a little just in a couple more pieces of data look? They're coming for that too. That's your world order your data world order disqualified yang disqualified well

CHAPTER 21 / 38 Discussion

Executive Producer Contributions, Luge Goat Karma, and Dirty Dick Bangs

The show acknowledges significant financial contributions from "Executive Producers" and "Barons," including a lottery winner and a donor who sent a "War and Peace" style note. A discussion on generational labels arises, with a donor claiming Generation X is being unfairly lumped in with Boomers. The segment concludes with "Luge Goat Karma" for a professional athlete and a birthday shout-out for the children of a donor known as "Baron Dirty Dick Bangs."

reed gilbert· david fugazotto· generation x· luge world cup· washington dc· karma

1:20:03 Well we get a lot of art. Reid Gilbert meanwhile from Everett Washington gave us $333.33. Dear John and Adam, thank you for the excellent show. I meant to donate earlier but now that i have, I feel a wave of relief! This is your one third of my lottery winnings." Wow So he won a grand in the lottery Congratulations and thank you Thank you for your courage Yeah Your perspective on current events is very accurate and predictions as story trends are worth so much more than I can pay Best of all the show is hilarious. Please keep up to fantastic war it's a double threat info sane mint and Hilarity all in one that's right Keep Up The Fanta it's fantastic work or read and we'll give them a give him a karma Of course, we'll give him a karma. I bet you you've got Karma Well looks like our Baron Earl

1:21:05 Whatever he is, he's an Earl. Fugazotto, David Fugazotto who is in the middle of nowhere-ville $333 and 33 cents And he says war and peace! This is a meta joke It's funny It's a meta joke that I'm gonna explain because I don't think everyone's gonna get it I'm always bitching with these, some of these notes that are way too written. They're just too long and they just go on and say oh another guy has written war and peace so Fuga Zoto actually writes War And Peace Oh man That's all he does He says war and peace thank you for your courage no jingles no karma That whole family is funny man

1:21:54 Funny guy Melody and he's funny guy. Yeah, the funny guy they're cool I like him now like them a lot night upon non Hill Pete He's our first associate executive producer $236 and he's in blue some he's getting up Upgrade being raised by the X-Files this show has saved my life No never that one be I like it Baronet finally after 10 years. Wow seen John many times at the Bay Area meetups, but really want an Adam and John Bay Area Meetup Well not gonna happen keep it keep hoping Keep hope alive

1:22:34 Make it happen y'all hit three now nights in a mouth and two others propagate the formula folks Keep up the great work. We love you night upon non Hill Pete Thank You Pete, and we'll see you for your upgrade in the second segment today. Thank you for your courage Sir James 202 and Whistler BCO whistler one of the most beautiful places on earth I've skied it From the desk of Sir James of Whistler, okay boomer? John Adam and I are not boomers. No that's not true Wait read his notes! It says okay Boomer John Adam and I are not boomers That's not true Read his note Okay

1:23:17 Well, I'm just going by the technicality. Growing up i was told that we would pay for the boomer retirements as there are so many of them and so few of us from the early 60s Douglas Copeland comes to along with his book Generation X and we all get demoted to boomer class oh that's interesting Is that like premium economy on United? No window exit seat. Premium economy on United! Doesn't recline, exactly. Human resource... by the way which is disgusting human resource number one has similar dilemma too young to be a millennial too old to be Gen Z

1:23:59 or zoomers as we call them. I have similar issues with bike frames, too tall for medium too short for large We're in between-ers! Please pity our souls this weekend also marks the start of the luge world cup season i request jobs and luge goat karma for reid who is racing in austria this week this weekend home of several mountain goats Luge Goat Karma from Sir Chris Wilson donation, audio link. So anyway so okay he claims that it was Copland a Canadian novelist of some reputation very experimental style He created it with his book Generation X by you know maybe he may have something to do this or you might be in betweeners both of ya

1:24:57 Yeah, but we don't get a badge or rank. We're just in between. That's why you should just hook onto the boomers! Boomer equals winner I'm making my decision this weekend if i want to be... If I want to hook up with the boomers Or if I want to hang out with the X-ers I gotta think about it. Well, you can hang out with the extra guys I got a clip later in this show that says you should probably hang out with the extras more than you do Anyway his son Reed is a professional Professional he's a world-class loser What are you man? You loser. I'm a loser. Loser But he's actually does quite well and uh, maybe we can find the root for him Yes i want to see i'd like to know when it's on if it's on tv i'd like to see i mean I've watched losing just because it's fun to watch. Can you imagine? It's the funniest thing you've ever seen can you imagine if you're watching losing and there's A guy, you know, I think it's I think luge is fun but skull is more fun You've got

1:26:06 With the panorama luge and Did it was there a goat scream in there? Yeah, I heard it. Okay or that was somebody screaming Well just I'll just add ago Just in case you never know can never have too much goat Meanwhile out of Washington DC is barren dirty dick bangs And he comes with 200 bucks for the note saw the beagle knew what to do shouts out that nobody else did Shouts out to Team ABC and another, there's some issues with getting deliveries. Shouts out to Team ABC Archer Campbell bangs age two but if you ask him he'll tell you he's three. Loves hearing the drone... Another in-betweener but he's latching on to the zoomers He's getting onto it yeah. Loves hearing the drone taking off effect

1:27:00 Barrett Alexander bangs age barrett alexander banks age three but he'll be turning four on twelve seven so let's do an early birthday call out. We don't hold on to this second, what is it you want to do it today instead of said okay so that's barrett alexander bangs Maybe it'll be on vacation during the month of December. Okay, turns four on the 7th of December... okay I'm putting it in now Big fan of The Goat Scream 2? The kid. All kids! Of course kids love goats! Colton Reed bangs six months just throwing out smiles and laughs with some babble in between but the good news is he can say da-da. Da-DA Thanks for all you do team ABC loves John and Adam as they call it

1:27:53 Uh, daddy is a big fan of the sanity you provide. Baron Dirty Dick Bangs of DC PS holler if you're ever in town top notch dinner on me." Well I was going to go down there did DC sometime soon. Oh nice well well during the winter and of course i'm a big talker as you know yes this is true if cold I have actually I have actually had set up huge events we're gonna go someone to take a flight when you turn around And I just stay in bed. I thought you actually were in the car on the way to the airport and you turned around like... I've never done that yet! Or like, ah, I forgot my belt. Ah screw it, I'm gonna go home. I talk myself out of going someplace usually in the morning when I'm getting up. Especially if have to get up at 5. Yeah. Why am I taking this trip? I don't really need to go to this thing. Can I just still go?

1:28:50 It works out great. I'm going to give the whole Dirty Dick Bangs family some karma, but I would say though that if Colton Reed likes saying da-da then he could also say douchebag! Let's teach the kids something useful. We're teaching Theodore to say douche bag, he's almost got it. Here is Campbell this is for you! Here comes the drone! You've got karma. Nothing like a little drone karma! And finally, Chaz Major in Los Vegas Nevada $200 and he writes in from Chaz Thanks for all the media deconstruction my fiancee and I love your show and it's really helped us maintain sanity

CHAPTER 23 / 38 Discussion

Off The Grid Phone, Geolocation, and VPN Skepticism

The "Off The Grid" (OTG) report features a review of a new flip phone that lacks advanced tracking features. The host notes that using the phone's hotspot causes geolocation services to incorrectly place him in Dallas rather than Austin, providing a layer of privacy. The segment also touches on skepticism regarding the security of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), suggesting they may be compromised by state actors.

otg· flip phone· at&t· t-mobile· geolocation· vpn· privacy

1:36:47 OTG? You mean O-T-G? Yeah, OTG. You know... OTG I'm an OTG It's your song baby! I'm an OTG kinda guy That's right everybody we're going off the grid! OTG goin' OTG Because I'm an OTG kinda guy He's an OTG kinda guy That's right Off The Grid day Report I have now been using the brand new OTG phone for almost a week. Tomorrow will be the complete first week, I am loving this device! It is even better than i expected The battery life is phenomenal The keeper's in Dallas for the next couple days. She called me last night, it was the first call I did on it because... I got no one to talk to! It's really nice even with hearing aids you can use Bluetooth for your hearing aids and has that too but I don't just flip it open which is a nice way to answer. You look at the front and say... Jello! What? Jello thats what you say. Jello? Yeah when you answer the phone.

1:37:53 It's functioning extremely well. It does everything I need and really nothing very well, which is exactly what you want And as a part of this exercise because now that I think that this phone will be the one by the way and apparently AT&T also sells the go flip 3 As does T-Mobile but critical difference The AT&T version does not include a hotspot for some reason So you do not want that. You want the hotspot? That's pretty lame Well, of course they want to sell you their own little hot spots This thing is about the size of a hotspot when it's folded Yeah, and and it doesn't get hot or anything I try oh here's a cool bonus so you know yeah Oh, I know I got all jitties for a moment

1:38:44 Well, jitty about it. Oh listen you know they have these geolocation services if you just search for one to you know what's my geo location I think it's originally a Google API that they expose but hundreds of sites have it and If I go online from my house from the Wi-Fi on my laptop And I look at this site. It not only shows that i'm in Austin, Texas it shows my zip code and it shows my longitude and latitude That's pinpointing my house precisely they know exactly that i'm in that house when I connect the laptop to the hotspot on The go flip 3 it shows me being in Dallas

1:39:33 This is a huge benefit. It's so low-tech this thing, whatever it's doing... And maybe that's what they said! You know? Like we don't hand off geolocation you can turn it off and specifically say geolocation not GPS So the minute I check it out through the hotspot, it's probably locating me at some switch or some exchange that T-Mobile has in Dallas. But I found that to be nice and like oh okay! I'll be in Dallas much better. Hmm you ever heard of a VPN? Yeah but the VP... yes of course of gee John why don't you explain it to me?! No I'm just being sarcastic I don't need to explain it. You know I don't trust the VPNs

1:40:14 Most of oh yeah, you and JC buzzkill jr. He doesn't trust him either I think they're completely compromised Yeah You can use VPN but you better use three of them go from one VPN subscribe to another VPN through that VPN That's the third VPN from the other VPN out brother point your second data like a turtle sucks a straw It's still pretty fast Well, I like hearing that he's at least concerned about that And then we talked briefly about Windows and Windows being...

CHAPTER 24 / 38 Discussion

Windows 10 Privacy, O&O ShutUp10, and Linux Frustrations

To combat Windows 10's built-in advertising and telemetry, the hosts discuss the "O&O ShutUp10" tool, which allows users to disable dozens of spying features. They also recount the perennial frustration of trying to install Linux (specifically Ubuntu or Mint) on hardware like the Surface Go, citing BIOS issues and inconsistent installation instructions as major barriers to leaving the Microsoft ecosystem.

windows 10· microsoft· o&o shutup10· linux· ubuntu· surface go· bios

1:40:51 Really a spy this it's called Microsoft advertising and if you look up their website They tout all the great things they can target about you based upon what you're doing on your desktop your desktop searches What's happening with? Cortana which you can't remove or of course don't email me. There's tons of things you can do so I Please but so there's two things you can you can remove it. Oh, yeah So there's two things first we go into the registry Exactly there's limits to To the registry make a backup set amount point recovery. No, I'm already done um There is a cool little group I'm going to the website right now and this group is called Who are they it's the O&O software group

1:41:48 And they have the ONO Shut Up 10 software tool, an anti-spy tool for Windows. And several people recommended this to me Now use at your own risk I mean i don't know who the hell these guys are it's an executable so you know anything could be going on with it but what it does is when you download and send they seem very transparent on their website about who they are and you know that looks legit let me put it that way and you fire it up, and it's a control panel of about 75 different switches. And every single switch is a thing that Microsoft does or possibly... Give me the name of this again? It's O-M for SandO ShutUp10 Free AntiSpy Tool for Windows oo-software.com

1:42:41 And you fire it up, and it shows you about 75 switches that is either spying or compiling data that can be used to spy. You could select individually which ones you want on and off Which is nice because if you turn some things off they could affect the performance They have recommended settings so everything stop everything block some things... And the machine Runs faster and I have a surface go which is the lowest end model of the surface tablet combo thingamabobs, I really love the form factor love that it's a tablet a nice size tablet and So that is some I installed that. I have not seen any other issues with it I took their not to complete block everything but they're advanced recommendation

1:43:32 And the machine I mean the processor is at an all-time low So you know it cripples a lot of stuff, so that's one thing that. I would recommend people take a look at again I can't recommend downloading it installing it But I am recommending because I'm doing it but I don't know anything else about these guys The second thing is I try I went through my annual oh Let me just figure out how to install Ubuntu That'll fix my problem Now, I was not willing... I've got that down to once every two years. Go through that because I if you look up the surface go and can you run Linux on it? absolutely Everything works apparently except for the cameras, but when you look at all the 5,000 different versions of installing it they all pretty much say well You have to the BIOS is a bit tricky. That's where I tune out. I cannot deal with it I had enough bios BIOS problems with Windows let alone putting

1:44:36 Another operating system on it. So I This is a daily driver. I'm not willing to mess with the machine, but I did try virtual machines and I tried because you know Windows 10 has some stuff built in the windows subsystem for Linux. I tried that with RDX RDP remote desktop and even tried it with VNC Crap, I tried Hyper-V which i didn't know that it has a Windows 10 has a virtual machine in there Which you have to enable with hyper dash V Also completely crap. I mean the performance sucks What I am still going to try is the virtual machine The free Oracle VirtualBox

1:45:22 But really, I think for my daily work, I could totally go 100% Linux but i want it on my Surface Go. I don't want a big laptop...I want to be native and when there's a surefire way, I think I'll give it a shot or maybe Maybe when the when a new surface go comes out and these are in a couple hundred bucks. They're already quite cheap I'll get another one and try it on that But I think not not for product producing the show, but I think in normal life It could probably get through the day because a lot of this stuff is good I looked at a whole bunch. I installed all kinds of different distros man mint unity

1:46:06 Lubuntu which is the mince the one that keep telling you is the one you want for multimedia cinnamon mint cinnamon mint yeah I've still got 90 a long time to go before run through this crap again then there's this story which is from some letters but we have a Linux nuts out there hey well if anyone wants to install Mint or something good on a surface go, you know and I'll pay for it of course because it should only be about 400 bucks Even with the 8-8 gigs and the SSD hard drive. I would love that but I'm afraid and I quite honestly It's very stressful

1:46:55 to do this stuff. And everyone's instructions are never exactly what your machine does, that is just the law of the jungle. Very annoying! Oh yeah that happens once in a while How about this? Browser crashed input output error channel not available You should Google how many people have that issue and there's no fix. So, oh it's your hard drive? No it's because its in the wrong directory you don't have the right permissions Hey just type this changemods plus xxrdw529 good to go! Backslash backslash And I know what to do I understand what all of that does but it never works exactly right and thats too bad

CHAPTER 26 / 38 Discussion

Google Fitbit Acquisition, Health Data, and Dame Sarah

The Australian consumer watchdog (ACCC) has issued a warning regarding Google's $3 billion acquisition of Fitbit, citing concerns over the long-term use of sensitive health data. Despite Google's assurances that the data will not be used for advertising, critics point to past instances where tech giants changed their terms of service after an acquisition. Australian media personality Dame Sarah is credited for highlighting these privacy risks.

google· fitbit· accc· health data· privacy· australia· dame sarah

1:50:20 regardless of who has consent, but a number of states do not most notably California. But in general we have to start thinking about what is happening with acceptance of these types of recording systems I think i can make the case that your uber doorbell being able to track me on the other side of the street or walking by... It's not an Uber doorbell it's a ring doorbell Is a violation if you're, because they're not just watching your recording it. And I know it's... Oh that's a good point! If you look it up, lawyers have different opinions because you have a reasonable expectation of privacy when you're walking around. If you walk up to someone's door that reasonable expectation diminishes but these things go much further and also we have guests and every article you read about this from a lawyer says you should probably disclose to your guests that you're taping them This acceptance is what I'm concerned about

1:51:21 Because this is why where yang comes in with his world data organization. Yeah, let's bring it all into one place Wdo that's right bring it all in And then Dame Sarah this will be I think that's the last bit here Dame Sara from down under you know She's a very popular host of a very popular morning show studio 10 as she is an official Dame It should probably are they she over a dame now? Is she? She have another title? I think she's on her way to maybe Viscountess or something. Well, well...I like what she is doing here just a minute of the topic. She is bringing OTG to the down under. Australia's consumer watchdog has issued a stark warning over Google's plan to buy Fitbit

1:52:12 The proposed $3 billion acquisition of the exercise tracker has prompted the ACCC chair Rod Sims to warn consumers over their health data, which is an increasingly valuable commodity. Google has said that Fitbit users' health data would not be sold or used for its ads but Sims flagged previous cases where digital platforms changed their stance years down the track Do you trust tech giants to take out health data and not sell it on? Absolutely not. And they do, every time I get when it comes in they go well we wouldn't do that and then when everybody stopped thinking about it they change the terms and conditions hands up anyone in the history of mankind who reads The Terms & Conditions all the way through their changing and say oh by the way were going to start selling now when everybody doesn't notice and its too late! What those owners said is we have absolutely no plans yes to use your health data yeah after that they get plans

1:53:07 Way to go Dame Sarah, propagating the OTG life. Well it's illegal in this country to do that but you know it's going to happen Oh of course its going to happen! But what they're saying is not untrue They're not gonna sell the data They are gonna compile it use it share with the World Data Organization and just add it your portfolio your file your dossier So good on Dame Sarah for propagating the formula down under, I like that. And the final thing somewhat concerning...I think i told you that uh I met a couple of the millennial kids in Holland who were doing the Google rating which means they have your money or your life rule so they are actually the ones determining what is a good result for google voice searches

CHAPTER 27 / 38 Discussion

Black Pete Controversy, Google Assistant Racism, and Bricked Phones

The ongoing social conflict in the Netherlands over "Black Pete" is discussed, with reports that millennials working as Google Assistant raters are hearing an "unparalleled" amount of racist queries from Dutch users. On a personal note, one host reports that his new "Off The Grid" blue phone has bricked and refuses to boot, leading to a joke about the ultimate privacy phone being one with no battery.

black pete· netherlands· google assistant· racism· sinterklaas· tech failure

1:54:00 Are vaccines safe? You're not going to get Mike the Health Ranger. No, they're going to choose WebMD for you so it is actually completely unqualified people who are making these decisions but that's not the reason I bring it up Right now we have Sinterklaas and the racist Black Pete policy in the Netherlands of the helpers of St. Nicholas, and you know this is ongoing are we now in our sixth year I believe which started as just a way to rile people up for reparations for colonies the Dutch dominated hundreds of years ago has now turned into a full-blown social war with people where kids are there waiting for the good, the good Saint Nick to come in with his black Pete helpers and adults are yelling and screaming and protesting and fighting with each other. It's it's a shit show but the worst part is these kids who are listening to the Google searches are one of them about ready to give up

1:55:01 The racist questions the Dutch are asking answers to regarding this issue is apparently unparalleled. Just the way that... Now, this is according to two millennials? Yes who are actually hearing the Google assistant or you know the hey boomer, the hey Google queries and the queries themselves are incredibly racist and hateful, extremely hateful. And these kids are like I don't think i can do this... Is this what our Dutch society has become? But were they getting paid an hour? Uh..I think the equivalent is about

1:55:45 $13 an hour. Yeah, go find something else to do is very it's very unhealthy that's what I said to us until you tell your friends they shouldn't do that and of course once you really find out what's going on inside people's minds is a little disheartening agenda show listeners well this is what will help them exactly That's the OTG segment. I got my blue phone, a 75 buck phone so the thing boots up and then it says hey you got no SIM card? So now i've got a sim card then it drops dead! What?! Yeah It wouldn't even let you get past the boot

1:56:29 No, I did. Just dead as we speak. I have to tear it open take the battery out luckily I can do that which is you don't can't take a battery out of your phone You got a lousy phone and I think I may be able to get a reboot again But I don't understand what happened. Yeah, yeah, I'm working on it but the thing is I'm you know Don't use the phone that much so I care well Did you get it working again or is it still no? It's just dead as we speak its bricks because it doesn't recognize your sim Well yet, but it bricks, but it didn't won't boot now It won't turn on. I'll have a report on Sunday, and I'll work it out." The true OTG person actually uses the blue phone without the battery! Just have it with you and just consult it and just hold it up to your ear from... In fact, I think you've stumbled upon the ultimate OTG phone! Yeah. A blue phone with no battery! Hold on a second, hold on so we can get this call

CHAPTER 28 / 38 Discussion

Australian MPs Denied China Visas and Uyghur Muslim Detention

Two Australian Members of Parliament, Andrew Hastie and James Patterson, were denied visas to China after criticizing Beijing's human rights record. The Chinese embassy suggested they could visit if they "repented" for their mistakes. The hosts discuss the growing international focus on the detention of one million Uyghur Muslims in re-education camps, noting it has become a significant geopolitical "meme" used to pressure the Chinese government.

australia· china· andrew hastie· james patterson· uyghurs· muslim minorities· human rights

1:57:28 I didn't hear it ring, it's vibrating. Hold on a second. It's telepathic! It's telepathic! Exactly. Well, since we're closing this segment I should mention the or since we just mentioned Australia. I do have an Oz story Okay Which i thought was interesting because it reminds me of you know The Chinese are they're making a lot of errors here in judgment But let's play there's a couple of MPs from australia have been refused entry into China even though they were invented to some invited to some some walkthrough for something or other like the Chinese do constantly. But play this because it's got some interesting little tidbits in it. Two government MPs who were denied visas for China say they will not back down from their criticisms of Beijing The Chinese embassy says the pair could visit in future if they repent and redress their so-called mistakes

1:58:28 Liberal MP Andrew Hastie is standing firm. There will be no repentance, no apology let me be very clear we will not repent for standing up for Australian sovereignty our values our interests and those who can't speak themselves After he and fellow China critic Senator James Patterson were denied visas for a study tour the Chinese embassy says the door will open if they repent and redress their mistakes They want a one-way conversation. We were surprised, surprised not to be invited, surprised by the strength of the condemnation of us Andrew Hastie and James Patterson have been critical of Beijing's attempts to exert influence in Australia and its human rights record There won't be any repenting Far from backing down both criticized China's treatment of Muslim minorities following a major leak of Communist Party documents to The New York Times

1:59:20 shedding light on mass detention and indoctrination camps in China's West. The New York Times report is most troubling because it reveals exactly what the regime is thinking on the inside Up to a million Muslims are detained in internment camps for re-education, and that's profoundly disturbing thing The Foreign Minister Maurice Payne has described the report as disturbing She says Australia has previously raised concerns with China And will continue to do so I like this clip for a particular reason. I don't know if you want to say anything about it first? No, go ahead This is now the...I've heard this a couple of times and i'm glad that we're now hearing it from Down Under and believe we even heard in our earlier clips from

2:00:09 the debate, this million Muslims incarcerated. This is a meme it's being pushed and there's a reason for it and I think it's going to be used It's being pushed and pushed you got a million Muslim... The e-gurus? The new gurus what are they called? Yeah we yours the Uyghurs. Chant Uyghur. A chunk Uighurs somethings going on with that and there's some movement afoot that were not Privy to yet it will unfold itself, but I think it's a it's a common. It may be used as a wedge You know what? I mean? Yeah There's some things up with this now The reason I have the because I got a kick out of this well if they repent and redress Oh, yeah, so sorry we said does anything bad right done repentance done quite sure what that even means But hmm, it sounds very Chinese II

CHAPTER 29 / 38 Discussion

Global Unrest, Georgia Protests, and Hong Kong Autonomy

Protests have erupted in Tbilisi, Georgia, after parliament failed to pass electoral reforms, leading to clashes with police. This is framed as part of a larger wave of global unrest, including gasoline price protests in Iran and the ongoing crisis in Hong Kong. The hosts criticize China for failing to honor the "one country, two systems" agreement that was supposed to guarantee Hong Kong's autonomy until 2047.

georgia· tbilisi· iran· hong kong· carrie lam· proportional representation· china

2:01:07 But since we're just discussing this sort of bigger pictures, I want to get it this one out of the way which is my list of pretty much. I mean Zimbabwe is one of them. I don't have a clip from it but that's another rioting situation. Do you want do the world is on fire or? Well the world is on fire so I do have one clip when new part of the worlds on fire. Hold on a second what just tell me where the part of the world is first This is Georgia George, okay hold on a second. No agenda with Adam Curry and John C Dvorak Your world's on fire! Iranians are taking to the streets again to protest gasoline price hike

2:01:52 Rougonville may become a new country they want to separate. It's crazy over there in Georgia! It is too, Georgia now and thousands have taken to the streets of the Georgian capital Tbilisi for days after parliament there failed to pass a bill to change the electoral system to proportional representation Earlier this week police cleared protesters using tear gas and water cannon Demonstrators say the electoral system is unfair and puts too much power in the hands of the ruling party That's right. It's burning all around the world your world is burning in under 30 seconds Just working on it seems like a lot of work People seem to like the segment so there was actually about a five-minute report on this Georgia has all these issues that school and you have to wonder who we if New Newland is over there AC might be

2:02:45 She might be we've lost track of her. I mean it's just if we got a president United States that has his own ideas about foreign policy and he wants to stop a lot of this stuff, but they're still going on there nothing stopping anything And when he tries to stop this stuff, you know he's all of a sudden accused of like trying to bust Biden in Ukraine which is again sketchy enough. But yeah this is still going on and in fact it may be worse if we really start listing the countries with all these hell breaking loose there are quite a few of them. And China man or Hong Kong. Oh Hong Kong is a mess!

2:03:25 and they won't let this Carrie Lam quit. I don't understand, well yes I do understand China's asshole! Those definitely uh... They're not playing this correctly and like i made a point in the newsletter The Chinese have this reputation for being these long-term thinkers And every if you do a deal with China they're always going to be there for you because you're gonna be You know this thing long term long term long term This is a long-term deal they did with the UK to do Hong Kong, which was supposed to give Hong Kong independence for 50 years from 1997 with the turnover year to 2047. And the Chinese aren't abiding by this! So what kind of long term deal can you do with the Chinese if they can't even do a deal like this and make it stick? Well, the British Army... The British Navy shall have to sail and go kick their ass. Well… That'd be something to see.

CHAPTER 30 / 38 Discussion

Donald Trump's Walter Reed Visit and Neurological Health Speculation

President Trump's unscheduled visit to Walter Reed Medical Center sparked intense media speculation about his health, with some outlets suggesting a heart attack. Trump dismissed the claims, stating he was completing part of a routine physical and visiting an injured soldier. However, a CNN medical analyst questioned the "routine" nature of the visit, suggesting potential neurological issues or "small strokes" based on the President's occasional verbal slips.

donald trump· walter reed· nancy pelosi· usmca· neurological health· cnn· heart attack

2:04:25 Hey, the thing that conspiracy theories are made of I really love this one was the president's unscheduled stop to Walter Reed Medical Hospital. Yeah, this had a couple of good background stories I got the... do you have anything? I got a CNN report Do you have anything on it? I don't have a report on it but in Nusset it mentions he might've been poisoned Yes and the food taster figured well let's hear the report The food taster is in the hospital Let's here the report One other thing that I thought I'd bring up while we're here Oh this is from CNN but this Trump who went out his way to mention that this was just, what are you all nuts about this? What's going on?! One other thing I thought I'd bring it up while we're here. I went for a physical on Saturday my wife said oh darling that's wonderful because i had some extra time because it looks like January could be a busy month if she's able to get the vote

2:05:21 Which she should be able to. Woman's highly overrated, woman is highly incompetent and if she's able to get the vote so maybe you should get it by using USMCA but I went for physical and came back my wife said darling are you okay? Oh they're reporting you may have had a heart attack I said, why did I have a heart attack? Because you went to Walter Reed Medical Center. That's where we go when we get the physicals. And he said, I was only there for a very short period of time. I went and did a very routine — just a piece of it. The rest of it takes place in January — did a very routine physical, visited the family, visited a couple groups but visited the family of a young soldier who is very badly injured who was in the operating room. I toured the hospital for a little while

2:06:07 I was out of there very quickly and got back home. Okay, okay i'm gonna call bullcrap on almost all of this first of all interesting that he says Nancy Pelosi may use USMCA to get the impeachment vote He kind of slipped that in there did you check? Did you did you catch that? I heard that but what is he talking about? And I didn't realize it was talking about Nancy. I thought he was talking about someone else It slipped it in too quickly. Yeah, so the USNCA is the revamp of NAFTA as the United States Canada Mexico agreement which Republicans have been bitching about for quite a while now is like why won't you bring that to the floor? We should vote on this everyone wants to pass it but in order to get the impeachment votes

2:06:52 And I don't think they need that because if all Democrats vote to impeach or the articles of impeachment. No, they don't need it at all this is nonsense right but he i don't know why he slipped it in there but he did second of all because they're gonna they're either they have the votes They're just afraid of pulling the trigger. No, they're not! They're totally gonna pull the trigger...they're going to do the vote. They have to otherwise all the Ukraine scandal comes out. They gotta do something but they have time it right? That's that's gonna come out anyway well there is a decision you get couple Democrats One of them says, well we should probably just get the impeachment over with and do our job because then that's a Senate. Senate is going to vote okay I'll be one of the guys advocating you were gonna talk to each other go.

2:07:41 Well, what side am I on? I say right now we should do the impeachment vote. Get it out of the way if the Senate rejects it's fine No no no no We need to keep the media show going as long as possible so that no one... It's a hello! It's a fail! It's not working! We have got to get this out-we gotta get the vote done. We can't give Trump an entire year to unmask the shenanigans in Ukraine He needs to be stalled. We need to dominate the media and every podcast How does this How does not running here's what's gonna happen We're gonna look like idiots if we don't vote to impeach because we've been talking a big game and doing nothing. We're gonna do it But we just have to get we need a winner anyway that we're good We're gonna do it in February, and then we need to make sure that that turtle McDonald What's different from February from what? Today we need to stall

2:08:34 We need the media and we need to hijack the media. We cannot have anyone doing any stories about anything but impeaching Trump That's the mission that's it. We can't have people are getting awfully close They're gonna figure out hunter They're gonna figure out Joe. They're gonna figure it out, new shit has come to light we have to own and dominate the media which is working pretty well so far It hasn't worked well at all in numbers and secondly let the Biden stuff should go out earlier not later what happens if it comes up just before they busted wide open like a day before the election you can't this is what happened to Hillary when Comey came out said well I gotta reopen the investigation

2:09:17 This is gonna be screw Joe. No, we got to get this done now Okay I think it's a I think there's a debate going on We had is the debate that's going on. Thank you right but now back to the president and his health Intermission, I don't know what else to call it health scare. I mean yes Yeah, no, I mean you know this is not not common that its unscheduled as you say Possible time delayed chemical agent the food tester apparently is gravely ill according to Ranger Mike natural natural news but I found that

2:09:58 CNN had the, I mean you want a conspiracy? You wanna hear some great conspiracy? Bring on the CNN doctor who's there with Aaron Burnett and man! The president is on his deathbed. Does it sound plausible to you that this would be part of his routine physical? Not at all. Absolute nonsense. You don't take apart your physical one time and then month or two later take another part of your physical. I've never heard anything like that also his physical for the kinds of things he needs The whole thing could have been done at the White House. There was no reason. Blood tests, electrocardiogram... Everything could've been done- He's had stress tests done before. There is no procedure that is a part of routine exam that could not be done in the White House So that's absolute balderdash. I think he handled it- Balderdash! Wow! Balderda- What? Now that's okay Boomer. I think that's appropriate here

2:10:58 Boulder dash. Wow! Here it comes again. Not been done in the White House, so that's absolute boulder dash I think he had what i would call not an emergency necessarily but an urgency something went wrong now maybe had chest pain maybe had some neurologic...I think he is someone who has some neurological issues which no one has ever really addressed. The other thing is the cardiologist after his last physical exam said that he was in the upper 20% in terms of cardiovascular risk

2:11:34 So he has got some real risk factors. His inability to say words sometimes worries me tremendously, he is having trouble word finding when he said United States, he's not slips of the tongue these are words that he can't find them and this is happening over and over again comedians joke about it but its not a joking matter I think there is a neurological issue that is not being addressed If he had an MRI of his head over there, I would be very pleased because i think he needs it. The worry that I have is that maybe he's having small strokes and you know we had that once before in the White House when Woodrow Wilson was president His inability to find words Is peculiar and has not been explained And one has to think about this as a possible neurological issue There ya go! He's almost dead

CHAPTER 31 / 38 Discussion

Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and Ferengi Comparisons

The hosts engage in lighthearted speculation about the physical appearance of presidential candidates, suggesting Bernie Sanders may have used Botox to smooth his forehead. They also compare Joe Biden's head shape to a Ferengi character from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, specifically Quark. The discussion touches on how cosmetic procedures like Botox can supposedly inhibit the ability to feel or express genuine emotions.

bernie sanders· joe biden· botox· ferengi· star trek· deep space nine· facial expressions

2:12:30 Well, of course we've explained the United States was like loose dentures. Loose dentures or perhaps... What else do we have? It was a There's something else he's taking something that would make him slur a little bit Yeah, like meth. Meth! Anything is possible. The United States yeah But it's fine with Biden Yeah, oh yeah. No problem at all. He's healthy as anybody, yeah. Biden is... If you look at Biden- There was also another thing that came up a little conspiratorial thing about Bernie's forehead Oh interesting I was gonna say something about Biden's forehead what about Bernie's forehead? Apparently they've done some analysis of the debate and his forehead is normally very wrinkled and it was smooth so he either had a- Little tocs

2:13:31 It could be Botox. I it's possible, I would guess it was Botox which also affect the way...it affects your emotions in a negative way Sure sure Oh! It can yeah And yeah turns out if you can't express yourself with facial expressions You actually can't feel those emotions anymore Yes we have discussed this on the show We've had it on the show. If you can't laugh, then you can't laugh! Or maybe he's getting some work done as possible? How about if you look at Joe's head straight on from the front and when he is looking down a little bit his... He has the skull bone or plate I guess of the front of his head makes him look like Quark from Deep Space Nine

2:14:24 Who? Was it Quark, who was one of those little dudes who are running... they're always in the bar. Oh the little Ferengi! Ferengi yeah he looks just like one of those Ferengis if you and you gotta look at a picture that's because I think after you have your head chopped off twice it will form out some sort of something's got to happen there with them in the bone heels Yeah but it was just Ferengi, Quark yes He was the bartender. That's what it was. Bwark! Yeah, he looks a lot like him. Just one of those No Agenda observations... I'm gonna show my support by donating to No Agenda Imagine all the people who could do that Oh yeah that'd be fab Another Time Is Flying episode?

CHAPTER 32 / 38 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony, Associate Executive Producers, and Marxist Accusations

A new group of "Knights" is inducted into the No Agenda Roundtable, including a "Wisconsin Millennial" who provided data on the video game industry's "loot box" controversy. The hosts respond to a donor's criticism that they unfairly label all left-wing thought as "Marxist" or "Socialist." They defend their analysis by pointing out that candidates like Bernie Sanders and AOC explicitly identify as socialists, and they reiterate their view of the Netherlands as a social-democratic state.

knighting· corey ainsworth· alexandria ocasio-cortez· socialism· marxism· netherlands

2:15:17 Well, let's thank a few people while we can. Okay. I'll re-mention Eric Argeaux from Stockholm 19999 John Strickland... hold on a second these are falling John Strickland in Bartlesville Oklahoma I'm sorry yes in Bartlesville Oklahoma 12345 Corey Ainsworth in Edgerton, Wisconsin. It's gonna be knighted or something here. Thanks for all the value provided. Wait who is this? Corey Ainsworth... Yes! Yes, Corey will be knighted today and I don't think Corey had any special requests for the roundtable but this donation brings me to Knighthood Accounting attached please knight me sir DataOps the Wisconsin Millennial

2:16:15 You mentioned last episode that there would be trouble for the video games industry ahead. I believe this is related to children gambling. Oh Wikipedia describes this on its loot box page if you're curious, and i'll look at that later...I am somewhat curious well I can't wait to see you on the podium! For your official pronuncication. Do anything about this? What? The children being gamblers? Well We have to look into it, so we don't actually know yet. Okay... Do we have on the night list is Ian Bussman on there? Yes he is! Just checking I don't know if its Ian or Ian Ian Ian okay alright Who would say anything other than that

2:17:15 Alexander Solzberger 8008 William Alston 808 in Baltimore boobie says and he wants to travel goat scream karma for all the visiting family yes we'll do that at the end you bet you bet Miguel Gonzalez or guns solves depends on what part of the world he's from Uh, you want some house restoration karma? We'll put that at the end. 69-69. Yeah but hold on a second he says also can I call out both Adam and John as douchebags? Not gonna read that! What the hell?!

2:17:56 You guys do to the left what the left does to Trump. Any signs of right-wing thinking means that they call him out as a Nazi In your case you call out any left wing or thought as Marxist socialist Bullshit! Bullshit! That's not true, find it Please send me all the episodes we call people a Marxist slash Socialist No And then he goes on. When they call themselves that, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez she calls herself a socialist. In fact... Bernie calls himself a socialist. I have a clip of AOC. That's actually AOC! That's Sandy at the beginning. She's the same girl. You know when you said to the end of this show, doing aside here for the audience

2:18:46 At the end of the last show you said that they sounded the same in that clip and the pigs clip. Yep, and there it is I thought to myself self I don't think they sound that much the same, but now that you play it. Isn't that crazy? How much she sounds like her It sounds exactly the same It's her Thank You sir Dave Thompson for putting that together and sending it to me anyway back to back to the note at hand And I really appreciate Miguel donating and bitching, and I think it's worthwhile to read it. By the way you notice he is in the UK? Yes he's in the UK very socialist Marxist No Adam! The Netherlands were never a socialist nor is Sweden or France nor is Gavin Newsom okay I've never said Sweden is socialists of net in France maybe Gavin Newsom never Austin City Council

2:19:51 I don't think so. But the Netherlands, yes we're totally socialist! Social Democrats... Oh okay whatever. I live there, I don't think you live there Miguel At best they fall under the big social democrat family. Okay, those that accept capitalism believe they can broker a deal between capital and workers yeah it's called socialist and commies. Wait wait hold on say most of these guys do not accept capitalism if you look at the signage that they have in there really it's got no capitalist and capitalism. Capitalism is the patriarchy

2:20:30 So I'm not buying any of this. Well first of all, I'm offended that he says that we call everyone... if you Ben Shapiro, Crowder Alex Jones go to all those guys! You can't pin us that whenever there's any signs of crazy thinking you call them Marxists and it's just not true and yes the Netherlands is completely everything socialized Onward. Anyway, thank you Miguel. Anyone who wants to donate 6969 and complain to us will pick it up Let me just read the final bit of his note

2:21:10 At best they fall into the big social Democrat family, those that accept capitalism and believe they can broker a deal between capital and workers. How's that working out? Marxism just points out that there is a problem with capitalism – the rate of profit as a tendency to go to zero whatever that means And when it reaches zero capitalism will no longer be possible in a communist society will then be possible It may be useful to read this so producers be informed or agree disagree love the show Okay, I don't understand exactly what you're saying at the end there Miguel But you donate with something like that. You're gonna get it read and appreciated. I really can't agree with your accusation though Okay We'll read the next one Tyler niche in Mount Vernon Washington 6033 and he has an interesting note. I want to read oh

2:21:59 Jobs Karma work after getting laid off from my job making rubber stamps. I'm now working in a local government agency, stay there until the depression's over. I got the right offer after I was laid off. That's why it says jobs karma worked. I've had to switch from listening to the podcast in my headphones while huffing rubber smoke to listening in the car but I'm glad I can still tune and pay the bills My last name's Roger the wretch. Well, thank you I'm so happy to hear that and but $60 and 33 cents here's the question was this a OG jobs karma or was it a Trump karma or a combo Karma? It was a regular Karma sure All right well we need to know these things And I need to know if the other karmas work as well as the other karma guys who have to report back They haven't reported So I guess not Jenna Fuck what oh, I'm sorry it was um it

2:22:57 It was confusing. It said second-time donor, please do not use my real name and Apparently she gave her pseudonym later in the in the sentence I was just trying to protect the innocent you're trying to predict yeah Jenna tolls and Chandler Arizona 5999 Miguel Lopez wait a minute another Miguel. Oh this is a different one he's from Flanders New Jersey That's right doing my part that can only be one no agenda. That's right Dean Roker, 5510. Subodh... Subodh? Subodh Peth in Metairie, Louisiana, 5510. He's got a birthday call out for his son who turned 16 on the 18th. Will do that. Sir Acid of the Candanavian Woods, 5510 Keith Stephens or Stevens who knows, 5510

2:23:55 Love you guys. Been a while since I last donated. Apparently since the Club 33 burnt down, he hasn't donated. Todd of the Nimbin Hinterland and yeah what's 5510 double nickels on the dime? Todd of the Nimbin Hinterlands 5225 another birthday Sebastian Louis de Haas very good in the Netherlands, 52. Andrew Gusik in Greensboro North Carolina 50. The following people are all $50 donors starting with Andrew following Robert Case and Mill Spring North Carolina Thomas Tullett in Shawnee Oklahoma Daniel Laboe in Bath Michigan Brad Taylor in Duval Wisconsin Scott Lavender in Montgomery Texas Sir Scott if I'm not mistaken Scott Fuller in Cumming Georgia

2:24:45 Jennifer Moore in Huntley, KC9VJC73 is the Jennifer. Lady Ham. Julian Chick 50. George Wuschet I'm thinking in Universal City Texas and that concludes our list of producers for show 1192 want to thank each and every one of them keeping the show going yes we'd actually like to come to your house and thank you Each and every one of you, and I mean that. If it were possible, I would do it Thank you so much! Thank you to the people who came in under $50 Many of you on our subscription programs which really do help if your a regular donator consider... A donor? Donater? If your a regular donor... DONATOR! Consider getting one of those subscriptions as well If everyone did that The segments would be shorter Then we'd be okay Boomer

CHAPTER 33 / 38 Discussion

Suicide Prevention, Knight of South China, and Meetup Announcements

The show acknowledges a somber request for "mental health karma" following a suicide attempt by a colleague's daughter. In a lighter segment, a donor from China is knighted as the "Knight of South China." The hosts also announce upcoming No Agenda meetups in The Hague, Sydney, and College Station, Texas, encouraging listeners to gather and "propagate the formula."

suicide prevention· knighthood· china· the hague· sydney· meetups

2:25:44 Also, I see under the 50 level at the anonymity number Please send out mental health karma to my colleague his daughter and family his 17 year old daughter attempted suicide this past week in The family's struggling to make sense of it all So like I won't mention who said this because he's under fifty at the forty nine ninety-nine even though. It's just a night name but That's appreciated there was also another Something we had to clear up here yes You recall on the last show we had an anonymous instant night which was, which came from China and was meant... We didn't know if it was from somebody. We didn't know what to do! So this was from an anonymous donor in China who wrote to me in Dutch he said he would like to nominate Hubert Pools

2:26:44 for knighthood with his donation, Hubert Pools. So he's clearly Dutch and he is the one who hit our anonymous donor in the mouth He says this show was super I love it could you please Knight him Knight of South China? And Of course I would like to give him the usual hookers and blow but also some vape juice as vaping will probably be banned in China Which we might have time to talk about later on. So, we'll make sure that we do that and We make Hubert Pools the Knight of South China. But first we need to do some karmas and thank all of you very, very much for supporting the show it is our value for value model and as you can see people assign different values to the show they send it to us and that's how this system works 12 years and were still going reasonably strong please help us out at Dvorak.org

2:27:38 slash and a jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. Let's vote for you've got karma 21st of November 2019, here's your birthday list for the No Agenda Show. We love saying happy birthday and we say happy birthday to Mark Johnson who turned 63 years old today. So both Pat and his son Ben turned 16 on the 18th so belated happy birthday

2:28:16 Happy birthday to Todd of the Nimbin Hinterland and Barrett Alexander Bangs is three but he'll be turning four on the 7th of December. Happy birthday from everybody here at The Best Podcasting Universe including Uncle John and Uncle Adam! That's right, we got a title change. We have KnightUponNonHillPete ups his peerage level to that of Baronette thanks to another aggregated $1,000 in total support of the No Agenda Show thank you very much BaronetteUponNonHillPete

2:29:02 We thank you very much for your courage and I think we should probably do a quick little check in with the no agenda meetups. The meetups for tomorrow, The Hague in the Netherlands that will be at 6 o'clock local time. The Fiddler in Den Haag Robin the Dunes of the Hague will be your host Saturday Kamloops BC Canada

2:29:39 I got a nasty note by the way. Someone said, stop calling my country Candinavia! It's rude So i'm gonna stop doing that That'll be Saturday... Hey! A bunch of the Candinavians are using the term they think it's funny Where is this humorless guy from? Candinavia? Huh Sunday the lowlands in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Sir Hendrik will be organizing that also Aggieland is the arch enemy of the Austenites and Longhorns but I personally love College Station. Bryant College Station it's a nice place

2:30:16 You got some good museums up there near the University. Moe's Irish Pub is where you want to meet Joshua McClain says he already has three people He'd like to see more let's see if the Aggies are if they have no agenda Sydney Australia on Sunday This will be the second official meetup for these Sydney based No Agenda producers located in Merrickville That'll be Sunday afternoon at The Gasoline Pony And that's it for what's coming up, and I'll do the rest on Sunday for you. And now we have let me see one two... We have three nights so if you can... Got it! Thank you just waiting for it. Here it is here I got it now. Ian Bussman, Corey Ainsworth, Hubert Pools all of you up on the podium gentlemen thanks to your contributions

2:31:09 and contributions in your name up to the amount of $1,000 makes you a Knight of the Noah Jenner Roundtable. We're happy to have you here and I'm very proud to pronounce the K-D Sir McQueen of Blighttown! Sir Data Ops the Wisconsin Millennial And The Knight Of South China for you we have Hookers N' Blow, Rent Boys & Chardonnay We got some Vape Juice & Jambo Cartridges Cookie & Vodka, Zucchini & Meatloaf Horsehead Pumpkin Ale Organic Macaroni & Plasticizers Bleer & Beer & Blunts Cowgirls & Coffin Varnish Breast milk and pablum, ginger ale and gerbils, bong hits and bourbon and... mutton? And mead is what you really want to eat at the round table of the Noah Gen The Knights & Names. And thank you to these three freshly minted knights You are requested as your first official duty to go to noahgenthenation.com slash rings

2:31:58 Give Eric the shill as much info as possible so that you can send it off to you And of course once you receive your night ring your your signet ring your sealing wax and your certificate Tweet out a picture. We got a couple of them in the past week It's always fun, and it's a good way to introduce yourself to the group and for everybody to thank you for your courage then and bow to your power So I have a little Ask Adam segment. Oh, okay Do I need the jingle for this or is it? No, come on let's do the jingles We're running out of time it's a podcast what are you talking about we're running out of time and doesn't running idea talking about life in general You have to be somewhere. Are you busy today? Donuts

CHAPTER 34 / 38 Discussion

Child Brides in Nigeria and Deutsche Welle Report

A Deutsche Welle report on child marriage in Northern Nigeria is discussed, featuring an interview with a man who believes girls as young as six are not too young to be married. The hosts express shock at the practice and question the continued provision of foreign aid to regions where such human rights violations occur. They debate the limits of "cultural relativism" when faced with the forced marriage of children.

nigeria· child marriage· deutsche welle· kaduna state· cultural practices· human rights

2:32:50 Okay, ask Adam. I'm ready! So they're doing this thing on child brides in Nigeria, northern Nigeria. They just have a real problem it's everyone has a child bride. It caught your attention? Well it caught anyone's attention but I've got a question here because they discuss the problem and then there is a moment where questions are asked of some elder or some leader these are all bunch of people from northern Nigeria which was largely Muslim

2:33:25 And so I'm gonna play clip one and then there'll be, I'm gonna ask you the question that she's asking. It wants you to guess the answer. Okay here is clip one! Well child marriage is a widespread practice in many parts of the world it's common for example in northern Nigeria Now some parents there give their daughters away because of dire poverty. DW's Fahnaif Hachar traveled to Kaduna State to talk to people who support this very controversial practice and those who are fighting it. A Muslim neighborhood in Kaduna City, northern Nigeria I came here to find out about a girl was locked up in this place for two years without much light or food and left on her own Her name is Hassana

2:34:11 She was a child bride. These pictures were taken when she was released from captivity just a week ago. She was held here by her family because she refused to return to her husband, she was only 15 when she was forced to marry... A mother of four! A child bride, one of millions in Nigeria. This neighbor knows Hassana He says at the age of 15 she wasn't too young to be married he would marry his daughters off much younger And this was on Deutsche Welle? Yeah So they ask him how old would you bury your daughters off at They ask Adamus guess the age he said

2:34:59 Okay, do you mind if I just hear the last little bit of this clip of the clue clip so I can just get into The question hold on a child bride one of millions in Nigeria This neighbor knows Hasana. He says at the age of 15 She wasn't too young to be married he would marry his daughters off much younger Much younger he would marry his G. Um, I'm just going to take as Well since it's an ask Adam that must be a very surprising answer Now you're starting to try to outguess the thing is simple. You don't don't Don't try that you're trying to psych me out

2:35:43 Well, why would I do this? You're thinking to yourself. Why is he gonna do this stupid? Okay, that's getting unless it's a crazy answer No, so I think it would be a joke answer of course. I mean what do I know about this? It was probably much younger. It was probably 14 and that's the joke ready hit it He would marry his daughters off much younger at the age of six years in other sense And what age head of six years six yes Oh wow, six years?

2:36:20 Wow, so how much aid do we send in Nigeria cut that shit off right away? I would think now Did you end up with the child bride ISO oh That's I was just about to ask you if we had something for an ISO. Let me check this six years Yeah nice. It's done Yes Yes yes yes yes Six yes is the best I could say all kinds of things, but nothing would sound right. It's really quite disturbing. It is very disturbing! But you know that's their culture who am i? Who am I to appropriate their culture? Yes it's a prime directive You can't do anything Can't say it nope that would be totally wrong yes Of course Man oh man Yeah there's some

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Mitt Romney, Vape Legislation, and Trump's Policy Reversal

Senator Mitt Romney has proposed legislation to ban flavored vapes and impose new excise taxes on nicotine products, which the hosts view as a move to protect the Master Settlement Agreement funds tied to traditional tobacco. Meanwhile, President Trump appears to be reversing his earlier support for a total flavor ban, announcing meetings with vaping industry representatives to find a solution that balances children's safety with job preservation.

mitt romney· donald trump· vaping· nicotine· tobacco industry· excise tax· flavored vapes

2:37:20 There's some development in the vape wars, very interesting. Now this is a clip I've been holding on to for a week This is Junior Senator Mitt Romney proposing some vaping legislation. Senator Berkley and I put together a piece of legislation that does four things One it makes these flavors illegal. Number two, it insists on closed tanks a closed system as opposed to one that people can add THC and other products to three it puts a lot more money into advertising on social media and other media sources to go to kids and finally it pays for that advertising by putting in excise tax just like the excise taxes on nicotine and cigarettes if that legislation were to pass

2:38:04 My presumption is we would have a dramatic impact on reducing the number of kids that get addicted to nicotine. So now, of course, we know from following this whole story that the master states agreement basically called for taxes and penalty fees to be paid by the big tobacco companies as a kind of reparation for the destruction that they have caused and that this did not apply to vaping because it's not tobacco, its nicotine. So there is our big Bain Capital douchebag billionaire Romney coming in to don't worry we'll put some tax on it because all the states had already taken out written bonds

2:38:50 They were already spending the money before they got it. Smoking is down significantly because of vaping and that is part of this whole, well we've gone through this if you followed the vape wars This is all a scam The idea is get back on tobacco you stupid slaves There'll be none of this vaping We can't have that And it looked like everything was going in the right direction. The big tobacco companies were happy, we had the first lady all over this because of you know as the president said she has a son if you recall she has a son and she doesn't want him to vape oh shit that we have a son yeah that guy that kid who's taller than he is at this point

2:39:28 But now it looks like the president has done a little one-twozy, the old backflip, the old pull the rug from underneath the tobacco companies. Trump is reversing course on flavored vape ban leaving it unclear whether government will act Washington Post and Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will be meeting with vaping industry officials which I think is Justin The Drug Dealer as well as medical and political officials to discuss vaping and e-cigarettes. We will be meeting with representatives of the vaping industry together with medical professionals, individual state representatives... ...to come up with an acceptable solution to the vaping and e-cigarette dilemma. Children's health and safety together with jobs will be a focus," he said on Twitter.

2:40:17 Trump did not give time for the meeting. So he's putting squeeze on the tobacco guys He's figured it out him if he didn't realize it already, he was hoodwinked and the power of the I actually accused him of Kowtowing to the tobacco industry because he was all in on this and all of a sudden whoops so we'll see what happens Maybe you listens to the show. Oh god Can you imagine? Where's my invite Yeah, there you go. Where's my invite to sleep in the Lincoln bedroom? Well you could have done it in the past because when Clinton was president he just had a fee schedule yeah well I don't...I couldn't afford it and then there was a quarter of a million bucks spent on that night there And here is an interesting campaign you may have heard about

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South Dakota Meth Campaign and Reverse Psychology

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem launched a controversial anti-meth campaign with the slogan "Meth. We're on it." The campaign has been widely mocked on social media for its perceived double entendre, as "on meth" usually implies drug use. The hosts deconstruct the ad's effectiveness, noting that while the messaging is confusing, the massive amount of attention it received suggests it may have succeeded as a "shock" tactic.

south dakota· kristi noem· meth campaign· advertising· double entendre· social media

2:41:10 South Dakota has a meth problem and I'm sure that they have done work on this. All the northern states have a meth problem, right? But South Dakota has a very interesting campaign to combat the meth first we'll hear from these South Dakota governor. I'm Governor Kristi Noem. South Dakota's meth crisis is growing at an alarming rate it It impacts every community in our state and it threatens the success of the next generation. This is our problem, and together we need to get on it! If you see something happening or you know someone who needs help...

2:41:47 Call 1-800 920 4343 or go to on meth calm Let's get math out of South Dakota So the campaign took an interesting tactic a version of reverse psychology Which is why I wanted to deconstruct it here. This is the most recent 30 second spot Meth we're on it. I'm on math. I'm on milk. Oh I'm on it too. So am i so am i? I'm on meth Meth is not someone else's problem It's everyone in South Dakota's problem And we need everyone to get on it. I'm on it. I'm on it. I'm on the tube now universally mocked on the social media networks For uh, I need to get on it We need to get on it. I'm on it

2:42:49 Do you think this reverse, I'm not quite sure it's not reverse psychology but its kind of saying its a double entendre. I'm on the problem but I'm on it? What do you think? I am on meth is what the first one said and then the other says meth I'm on it. Now couple things that I noticed 1 is that use of flat key Key on to a front an untuned piano, but this play very loud It's reminiscent of the things that both of us have bought which is these these These sound makers that are used in some classrooms to get attention. Oh Remember that Yeah, I have the big I have the big energy chime right here. Yes energy anyway No

2:43:42 get you jacked up or get your attention. It does get your attention, it does work. Sure it does and then they bring this up I just think it was a completely stupid campaign. I hope you have something more than that because i just think it was a amateur hour from some agency up there in South Dakota saying, you know we could be as good as New York We can do this sort of thing and its slick It's not a sleep sleazy production No, well done Well done Its the messaging that is the problem Uh...I hate to disappoint but I don't have anything else I just thought oh my god

2:44:19 Am I missing something? Is this some new strategy that will really work?" Well, it got a lot of attention. So if that's the idea then it did work! Yes is a good point You know why are we talking about it So we're talking about it because it worked. Yeah, that's what you have to assume It's like those ads you know I see the really funny ad I always like to do this with like to do with the kids You get a really great ad on television everyone's watching and then they adds over immediately asking what the ad was for and they can't They can't name the car brand or anything. I know yeah. Yeah those slick ads usually don't work very well They get their win prizes you win

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Julian Assange, UN Child Custody Report, and Nancy Pelosi

The segment covers several brief news items, including Sweden dropping its rape investigation into Julian Assange and a retracted UN report about children in US immigration custody. The UN report was initially used to criticize the Trump administration before it was revealed the data was from 2015 during the Obama presidency. Additionally, Nancy Pelosi is mocked for a verbal slip where she referred to the United States as a "continent."

julian assange· united nations· barack obama· nancy pelosi· immigration· fake news

2:45:00 What do you win a little trophy? Well, don't you know yeah. What is the thing in in in France the festival the Lions Festival Yeah, there you go the Lions Festival Hmm I had got attention so I guess maybe it was did work and they just have to Unfortunately that'd be the humorless and the yoke in their stay right now. It was a waste of money Also Julia son Sweden drops rape investigation So I'm still not sure why he's in jail now. Oh, he's in jail for flight. No okay flight Mm-hmm yeah cuz he may be skipped out on his bond Isis I'm just going through stuff that's left over and case anything catches isis is preparing a deep fake of al baghdad II alive

2:46:00 I don't know how much video they have of him. Well, we've been seeing deep fake alive for the past 10 years. Yeah, maybe that was a hint. Hey hello! Dead forever...I thought this just came in before the show started there was a press release that came out from...who released this thing? It was AFP, Agence France Presse NPR and Al Jazeera all jumped on this report from the United Nations. And I missed all this, so I'm sad because i didn't get to download anything or maybe someone can still find some stuff at archive.org The United Nations reported that there are currently more than 100 thousand children in immigrated related custody which violates international law

2:46:57 And this was aimed squarely at the United States. So everybody jumped on it, of course until a day later Reuters and AFP clarified that the numbers were actually from 2015 when Barack Obama was president. So they all deleted their reports, gone! Wiped off the face of the net Hypocrite. Yeah, classic. Hypocrites! That's what you have to put up with. Well I got the Nancy Pelosi clip where she calls the United States a continent. Oh let's listen to this. Dishonor your oath of office who we are as people America as a people What is America? This beautiful beautiful continent from sea to shining sea and beyond. Sea to shining sea and beyond.

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Bill Barr's Federalist Society Speech and Show Outro

The show concludes with a clip of Attorney General Bill Barr speaking to the Federalist Society about the "holy mission" of progressives to remake society through state power. The hosts sign off with their traditional credits, mentioning Opportunity Zone 33 and FEMA Region 6. The final moments include a reminder that "Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself" and a series of "end of show mixes" featuring debate highlights and host banter.

bill barr· federalist society· progressivism· constitutional norms· jeffrey epstein· end of show mix

2:48:00 Poor old Mancy. Yeah, I think we're almost there man Well, I can play the little Bill Barr thing then Bill Barr gave a lecture that I thought was kind of funny One before one of his you know sympathetic group of people based lecture on politics and religion And it makes a few points at that We could make him to be a good way to finish this show off with something You know enlightening to people who are unfamiliar with the basics. This highlights a basic disadvantage that conservatives have had in contesting the political issues of the day, it goes back to the beginning of the republic it was adverted to by that old curmudgeonly federalist Fisher Ames in several of his essays during the early republican I paraphrase

2:48:52 In any age, the so-called progressives treat politics as a religion. Their holy mission is to use the coercive power of the state... ...to remake man and society in their own image according to an abstract ideal of perfection. Whatever means they use are therefore justified because by definition... They are virtuous people pursuing a deithic end. They are willing to use any means necessary to gain momentary advantage in achieving their end, regardless of the collateral consequences and the systemic implications. They never ask whether the action they take could be justified as a general rule of conduct equally applicable to all sides."

2:49:49 What would we think if the shoe were on the other foot? And yet, we hear them irresponsibly tabling proposals to do away with the electoral college or to pack in the courts. Who's shredding constitutional norms?" You know they could easily put that on TV it goes right along with the excitement of everything else. Yeah it was boring but poignant. Yeah, that'll be it for the deconstruction for today. And we are running a little late but... Ehh, it's a podcast Please join us for our next big show which will be on Sunday You never know what will happen between now and then But for sure we'll be all over it and remember to support us by going to Dvorak.org slash NA

2:50:46 Coming to you from Opportunity Zone 33 here in Austin, Texas. We are the capital of the drone star state You'll find us on the governmental maps in FEMA region 6 Until Sunday in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where apparently Yuzu juice is now a thing. I'm John C Dvorak end of show mixes from Tom Starkweather Jesse Koi Nelson and coming up after this on Noah Jenna stream calm mo facts episode 15 the NBA till Sunday adios everybody And Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself

2:51:34 When I was growing up in Holland, in the 70s... There was a large heroin problem. People who were addicted to heroin or opioids they received methadone treatments from the government The Meth Bus would literally drive through neighborhoods stop and everyone could get on the bus like an ice cream truck that had the jingle as he heard bells ringing as he goes down the street Mommy it's the Meth Bus! Okay, go ahead. I think a set of those Texas horns would be good. Dixie! Da da da da da da! The meth boss? It's the best boss! Mommy it's the best boss! I raised $17,000 from ex-boyfriends and i'd like to point out...

2:52:31 I think it is really important because here's the thing, where you put your head at night determines so many things about your life. These are the kinds of conversations that we're having in our town hall meetings and house parties in different parts of the country when you make a big when you make up really big when you make up which will be a tender moment in the life for this country until we get to that tender moment Because right now, unfortunately we're living in a world where data is the new oil and we don't have our arms around it. I thought you might've been high when you said it! Let me tell ya... because marijuana- Marijuana? Marijuana in our country is already legal for privileged people

2:53:15 They did one of all the candidates by wealth and I am literally the least wealthy person on this stage. To be commander in chief, there's no time for on-the job training What the American people understand is that the Congress can walk and chew bubblegum at the same time because i'm not insane We got gear Anybody wants to hear? They hear through the gear WE GOT GEAR Anybody wants to hear, hear through the gear? We two are only human. And we do this all by ourselves from John's desk drawer. It's actually a drawer in a... China cabinet! It's true it's true The show is run out of John's china cabinet

2:54:06 It's one drawer. Every once in a while I point and somebody comes over and says, you know the whole No Agenda show has run out of this drawer Is that an Radio Shack 101 project kit? That's what the show is running on here We do have gear Adam has more gear than i do Yeah we got gear We got gear He wants to hear us all by ourselves from uh from John's desk We got gear Anybody wants to hear, they hear through the gear All by ourselves from uh... from John's desk drawer We do that The best podcast in the universe!