Episode 1219 · Thursday, 27 February 2020

Peak Nuts

Mainstream media outlets spiral over the rise of socialist rhetoric while the intelligence community undergoes a leadership shakeup amid fresh claims of foreign election interference.

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About this episode

The Democratic establishment faces a perceived existential crisis as Bernie Sanders gains momentum following the Nevada caucus, prompting MSNBC pundits like Chris Matthews and Lawrence O'Donnell to deploy hyperbolic comparisons to the fall of France. While the New York Times and Maggie Haberman report on classified briefings alleging Russian interference to aid Donald Trump, secondary reports from Adam Goldman suggest Chinese disinformation campaigns are being ignored by mainstream outlets. The sudden appointment of Richard Grenell as Acting Director of National Intelligence signals a shift in the administration's approach to handling intelligence leaks and House Committee oversight.

In the wake of the South Carolina primary, Senator Tim Scott predicts a surge in African American support for the Republican ticket, citing Opportunity Zones and HBCU funding as pivotal drivers. Meanwhile, Rod Blagojevich challenges Anderson Cooper on CNN regarding systemic corruption in the Chicago justice system following his sentence commutation. International tensions rise as the European Union's Frugal Four—Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark—clash with southern nations over post-Brexit budget shortfalls. In the Middle East, Iranian parliamentary elections saw record-low turnout after the Guardian Council disqualified thousands of reformist candidates, while South Sudan leaders Salva Kiir and Riek Machar finally formed a unity government to end years of civil war.

Reverend Al Sharpton provides a moment of levity by confusing online trolls with sea trawlers during a segment on digital harassment. The episode also features a deep dive into the hygiene of hotel Keurig machines and a TSA security tip regarding the specific way to pack audio interfaces to avoid manual searches. Baron Andrew Jones introduces his new fantasy novel, Children of the Broken Moon, released under the Value for Value model, as the show acknowledges major contributions from Sir Gene and Dame Dreya.


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CHAPTER 01 / 50 Discussion

Keurig Coffee Machines, Hotel Room Brewing Frustrations

A discussion regarding the mechanics and hygiene of Keurig coffee machines in hotel rooms. One host describes the specific process of using a newer model in a Fort Lauderdale hotel, expressing frustration over being left with only decaf pods and the perceived inability to properly clean the internal components of the machines.

keurig· coffee pods· decaf· hotel amenities· fort lauderdale

00:00 Let's scupper the deal. Scupper! Slummin' on the A1A and broadcasting live from Fort Lauderdale, jewel of the Sunshine State. In the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where i'm not smelling cheap hotel plastic container coffee! I'm John C DeVore. It's Crackpot & Buzzkill in the mornin'! Right which is why you should appreciate who I am and what I do for this dying show

00:40 Not dying. It's a dying sheep, well it is today! It gets worse the only coffee that was left was that you know its pods decaf but that makes it just that much more insulting Oh, you made yourself a... Wait a minute. So this is what we're talking about in your hotel room motel room where you're doing the show. It's a hotel but yes they have one it's just okay quote unquote hotel Yes They have one of those cheap plastic coffee machines. Yes, a Keurig. Where you have these little buckets, these little baskets or... No no no stop! This is a newer version this is a Keurig

01:26 Oh, is that actual Keurig? Yeah. Well it's a whole... You can't actually clean a Keurig so roaches get in there and next thing you know the thing is filled with bugs I wonder what that spice was! That's nice well this is actually a hotel just to be honest here this is a hotel or let me descriptive this is a hotel keurig where you, and it's very clear instructions. Press the button that flips open you put in the pod You close it then another trap door opens And you're supposed to fill up your cup with water pour that into the trapdoor Close the trapdoor place the cup hit the brew button The problem is they give you two regular coffee

02:06 two teas, and two decaf. And of course after all the prepping this morning I thought I had four coffee but this is one of the two decaf so... Well you have a tea! Well, I'd already committed to it. By the way, stop right there. No. Keurig tea? I mean come on! This is part of why didn't have the tea. You seriously want me to put a teapod into a coffee machine that's been just leaking coffee for months on end? No. I don't think so. So you're drinking decaf for todays show. Yes. Now i know what you mean Yeah exactly

CHAPTER 02 / 50 Discussion

Fort Lauderdale Wedding, Hotel Ownership Transitions

The hosts discuss a recent trip to Fort Lauderdale for a wedding and a listener meetup. They observe a trend in the hospitality industry where hotels frequently change ownership between major brands like Marriott, Hilton, and Sheraton, noting that many properties appear to be in constant states of transition or construction.

fort lauderdale· florida· hotel industry· marriott· omni hotels

02:47 You're starting to fade. There goes the Zephyr, by the way. How are we doing on car count for the Zephyr? Five six seven eight... they're normal nine So it's nine okay so economy is stable it's good to know yeah stable economy so we here in lovely Fort Lauderdale for We originally we were here for a wedding one of Tina's best friends. I thought you went to the meetup Well, we created the meet up before a whole day before the wedding because we were coming here It made so much sense So it became about the meet-up But of course it was real and you know, you know Susan you met Susan at our wedding Yeah, yeah, she married no Her daughter was getting married. Oh, yeah, but it's interesting cuz this hotel it is actual hotel. It was sold as

03:38 So it's in one of those transition periods where half of the hotel is under construction and then, you know... Oh so they're pounding nails all the time? Yeah. It's kind of the older side here Yes, the hotel is transitioning so I hope you'll respect its choices and just leave it at that But it was a beautiful wedding. It was fantastic, too bad they couldn't do the ceremony outside because of course you know you got to be in Florida You gotta have a wedding when it rains and its windy and that was yesterday And today is beautiful which is always Isn't that always? Always the way it goes but now Yes You were mentioning this hotel as being bought and sold by some new company yes

04:25 Have you noticed that every hotel, old place used to go to all the time they're owned by Omni then they're owned by Hilton and then they're owned by Sheraton. And then Marriott and Renaissance. Yeah yeah They just keep changing ownership what is the deal with that? You said you had some insight into this No! Your... no?! I thought you had insight into it. I have no idea why. No, I only had insight into the phenomenon or I don't even know about the inside part of it. I know about the phenomenon but I figured there's some tax scam involved and I've never heard a good explanation for it. I have no idea what's going on and maybe someone else will know but this is a group...it was a Marriott that's being sold to some other group which I'd never heard of before so I don't

05:08 It's perfectly functional. It's great, it's Florida! They've got nothing to complain about here In fact people in Florida should not complain about much. It's pretty good. They generally don't except at weirdness in Florida because there is a lot of weirdos down there and there are a lot of strange news stories Well...Florida man. There's a nexus of screwball-ness That's true So, Friday morning the Keeper and I flew down to Fort Lauderdale. Pretty uneventful. Checked in and then we had a couple hours and then went off... Did you get pre-check? No of course not but i did learn something! You paid for pre check?!

CHAPTER 03 / 50 Discussion

TSA Security Tips, Traveling with Audio Gear

An account of a recent experience at airport security while traveling with podcasting equipment. A TSA officer provided a tip for travelers with electronics: removing the audio interface and microphone from the bag while leaving the cables inside reduces the likelihood of a manual search, as coiled wires often trigger secondary inspections.

tsa· airport security· pre-check· audio equipment· travel tips

05:50 No, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you pay for it They only give it to you If they feel like it and because we're flying back on American Because JetBlue doesn't know doesn't have the times or that or even direct flights that we wanted when you do a one-way flight? It doesn't matter who you are You're not getting prechecked they all they'll never do that on a one way ticket ever But I did learn And this was interesting because it wasn't all that busy and I had a good chat with the friendly TSA agent or TSO, the TSA officer. He said well you know because I said well I'll take the mic out so what's in here? Yeah some of my studio gear and he says can i take a look before we went through the x-ray

06:37 So I take a look, yeah sure. There's just a lot of wires and well do you have any gear in there? Well really I've got the audio interface. Well if you take that out and the microphone...and the mixer but leave all the wires in then they probably won't have to open it up on the other end And that turned out to be true so I'm gonna try that on the way back because there's nothing worse than having someone else open up your studio bag and pull- cause the wires! It's mainly wires that are rolled up and then they pull it out like, ah look at all these wires! And then it takes me a good half an hour to figure out what goes back into what. So that may be some help. So he gave you a handy helpful hint? A tip yes. You just take those three pieces of gear out... Yeah and then I don't have to... There's a bunch of wires that look like connected to a bomb. No problem. It went right through not a problem

CHAPTER 04 / 50 Discussion

No Agenda Meetup, Cracked Magazine History

A report on a listener meetup in Florida attended by approximately 60 people, including security expert Patrick Kobel and Dick Culpa, the former editor of Cracked Magazine. The hosts compare the satirical edge of the podcast to the legacy of Cracked and Mad Magazine, noting the presence of life-sized cardboard cutouts of the hosts at the event.

cracked magazine· patrick kobel· dick culpa· fort lauderdale· meetups

07:33 So we had the meetup and this was, I have to say one of my favorites because there were so many people. And I don't think i've ever done a meet up this far south and there's a lot of people that we have in our merry little group Who are in this general area. Some even flew in from, wow I think we had some people flying in from New York but a lot of people who are from Florida and of course who's the first guy that we see when we show up? There he is! Koble! Patrick Kobel yeah! Kobel what are you doing here?! He says hello I'm the Duke of The South this is my protectorate

08:17 The guy's unbelievable. He kind of came in between his trip to Langley. Ah, who knows? Well I did inquire and said are you still a penetration expert he says yes i still get paid to penetrate so not much has changed in that regard I guess. That's a plus business this was organized by Crystal and David Culpa and their dad or David's dad was here as well his name is Dick Culpe does this bring a bell for you I know his sister Maya. It's with a K. Dick Culpa was for several years the editor of Cracked Magazine. Ah, Cracked! Which...I mean, I remember reading Cracked when I was a kid and I loved it. Yeah it was the only competitor to Mad. And it felt more radical than Mad magazine? Maybe politically edgy if I can recall correctly

09:10 It's possible. I'm glad to know that we got that guy as our one of our guys Yeah, and more producers well he so he says you know I listen yeah, I guess he only really just heard about the show because David and crystal of course dragged him along to this to the meetup He says you know listen to this said you guys are, you know... You're very similar to what we were doing with the magazine. Yeah, you got humor but your... you got a sharp edge to you and he just thought we were cool which was nice. We're the Cracked Magazine of Podcasts!

09:46 don't need to have a better endorsement than that. And so he signed, he brought along a nice I guess an anniversary edition of Crack Magazine he signed for me. He also- Oh that's nice! Yeah he drew two caricatures one of the Keeper and me and one you and Mimi which he also signed. So I will send that to you as soon as you send me all this stuff you still promised to send me. I have it sitting right here i just need your address Of course you do of course you do so we had about I'd say 50 60 people And you know, we'll talk about some of them in the donation segment

10:28 But the couple looking crowd very good-looking, Florida crowd. Well also and I know you saw it They had made printouts of you the animated no agenda version of John C Dvorak And these were like little kid height. Yeah, they're very pretty And everywhere there's there's there's Dvorak just looking over with his glasses and then we kneel Of course did the picture? There was two of them made even funnier They had really good printouts of our heads and I felt very loved. Well, Florida's can do it right? Yeah. I see Tommy Ramirez was here Tommy I don't think no, I'd never met him in person but he remember when I did the The first Pachinko special on the show He went over there to mic him up and so it was nice to meet Tommy and Sir Captain Pete of the seven equatorial oceans He's a

CHAPTER 05 / 50 Discussion

Michael Bloomberg, Vaping Industry Lobbying

A discussion regarding Michael Bloomberg's financial influence on public policy, specifically his reported $160 million contribution to Parents Against Vaping (PAVE). The hosts analyze Bloomberg's liquidity and his role as a major donor to various causes, comparing his influence to that of George Soros.

michael bloomberg· vaping· e-cigarettes· pave· lobbying

11:25 a yacht captain and kind of like a gun for hire. And so he's waiting for some catamaran to dock, and then he's going around the world with the owner did really interesting people who were there? Yes, it sounds like a very interesting crowd when you got a guy like that we had one of our insiders in a year one of our ends excuse me Insider, she's not I think she's not registered as a lobbyist because she stays just under the threshold so she can be consultant to the vape industry and she gave me a full rundown on exactly... Oh and the scam. Oh yeah! And Bloomberg is you know apparently Bloombergers put 160 million dollars into PAVE which is Parents Against Vaping? So vaping in e-cigarettes I guess what it would be

12:16 That sounds like Bloomberg. And you know and also just where everything's at... Bloomberg is the new Soros I don't know if he's even that new, i mean just briefly on that people say he has unlimited money but eventually that's not true! It is possible to spend and a lot of this is is what he's worth, it's not necessarily liquid. I think they count a portion of his ownership in... Well he's got more money technically than Soros does and It is unlimited if you consider the fact that the kind of money doles out a hundred million two hundred million here and there which is really what it amounts to. And considering how fast his total nut is growing... Well, he has cash flow I think that's... You would...

13:08 is unlimited. I mean if he started dropping five and ten billion dollars on something, yeah it's not unlimited if you start doing that but he's just doling out like a million here, a million there, couple million, 10 million... It's unlimited! Well it's not technically unlimited but it seems like he can go quite a ways. He's gonna die before runs out let's put it that way Oh happy thoughts Let me think, we'll thank some people in the donation segment. I mean we had one of our producers who drove five hours from down south he is THE guy if you see any picture of Florida oranges

CHAPTER 07 / 50 Discussion

Iowa Caucus Results, MSNBC Reaction to Bernie Sanders

An analysis of the media coverage following the Iowa caucus results. The hosts review a supercut of MSNBC commentators expressing panic over Bernie Sanders' trajectory as the potential Democratic nominee, with pundits comparing a socialist ticket to a "death sentence" for the party.

bernie sanders· msnbc· iowa caucus· socialism· democratic party

15:29 You know, it's like what's going on? What's going on is just not okay. But I did have a chance to tune into most stuff that was going on And it was quite interesting to go to the wedding, which started four o'clock here East Coast time. We were back in the room by around I guess 1130 midnight and I flip on the channels say oh the caucus results were 15 percent? Are you kidding me? CNN gave up!

16:05 At certain points at midnight CNN just stopped reporting. They played the Road to the White House special like we're not even gonna do it and this was really in... The Bing Crosby Bob Hope movie? No, you know exactly what it is It's just one of their filler specials that they throw in there So MSNBC was at Fox they weren't covering anything. They were running Gosh, I know they would they were at that point into repeats I guess of whatever they whatever Long-form programming and the only one really following it was MSNBC and their heads were just blowing up And we're just flipping out those guys well They hate Bernie so that's probably why but it wasn't even that

16:52 Let me see, I think I have a super cuts someone gave me. Yeah yeah this will give you little idea of what was happening and this was in the afternoon. I thought it was a great night for Bernie Sanders. I thought it was a great... Well I guess it wasn't the afternoon Night for Donald Trump. I thought it was a terrible night for the Democrats The truth is Bernie Sanders is on its trajectory to be the Democratic nominee To me he..I just don't see him having any shot And in general election I'm panicked I am absolutely mad. No one but Bernie, Stephanie. Come on! He's an anarchist he would love to burn down the United States if we nominate a socialist like Bernie Sanders we're gonna lose it'll be like George McGovern it'll be a blowout and nobody just says the obvious Bernie you're full of it they're just pandering to the Bernie people and you know what pandering gets you nothing it certainly doesn't get your respect

17:43 Tom Perez needs to step down. He's a joke, he's a clown! He can't run the Democratic Party anymore It- it's lost its way I don't see how Democrats do anything but bleed out when they put a socialist at the top of their ticket It is a death sentence for the party and it will lead to Donald Trump's re-election. The loser, as Leslie put it are the Democrats They've got to get out there and say I disagree with socialism! I believe in the markets! Right? I think he is wrong! I think you'll never get it done And this country will never go that direction By the way we'll lose 49 states Corbyn didn't work in England Bernie ain't gonna work in the United States Anyone but Bernie

CHAPTER 08 / 50 Discussion

Maggie Haberman, Russia 2020 Election Interference Claims

The hosts deconstruct a New York Times report co-authored by Maggie Haberman regarding a classified briefing to the House Intelligence Committee. The briefing alleged that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election to assist Donald Trump, a claim the hosts characterize as an opinion-driven narrative lacking factual evidence.

maggie haberman· new york times· russia· 2020 election· house intelligence committee

18:28 Before we actually dive into that, something happened Thursday after the show on a show day of course. That was...that so fit into what I call the national security bureaucracy this was the breaking news and it was around four or five in the afternoon a show day of course and it broke on well all three cable news networks but simultaneously we had CNN and MSNBC, two different people who had worked on this story. CNN got Maggie Haberman and MSNBC got Adam Goldman both of them work for the New York Times And so I want to play what each of them said because Habermann is she's very slick in fact looking at her

19:19 I was looking at her Wikipedia to see kind of where she came from and she's really like an... She came from the New York Post, and kind of the gossipy side of news. But she's very good when someone just gives her the story and packaging it And she sounds like a spook! I mean she so slick maybe she is or just like someone feeds her stuff and she rolls it out And let's just listen to this breaking news because now of course we find out that, oh my gosh! The intelligence community which is a total horse crap term because we have what 17 not including the State Department's little deal over there. Is it seventeen intelligence agencies? Yeah

20:09 So, it's like who said what but apparently there was a briefing and here is Maggie Haberman very slick explaining what this is about. members of Congress that Russia is interfering in the 2020 US presidential race, hoping to get President Trump re-elected. Let's bring in our political and legal experts Maggie Haberman of The New York Times one of our political analysts with us as well. Maggie you're one of the coauthors of this article give us the upshot Sure, well... By the way what does this give us the upshot? Sure. Yeah but what is upshot I mean is he expecting it to be good news for the show or...? Some psychological problem yes Okay and of course you caught it sure sure The co-authors of this article give us the upshot

21:04 Sure, well there was a briefing given by intelligence officials to the House Intelligence Committee last week on February 13th and in that briefing officials said that they believe or one official said their intelligence is that Russia is interfering or attempting to interfere in the 2020 election with the goal of re-electing President Trump. This angered Republicans on the committee who pushed back. And when the president learned about this briefing, he was very upset and berated McGuire who until today was the head of... He was the ODNI overseeing National Intelligence Office and

22:03 administration members argue that same thing that Republican House members argued, which is they can point to a lot of areas where they suggest the president has been aggressive against Russia. We also have obviously seen a lot of commentary from the President in public where he has sounded appeasing to Russia. Appeasing? Where he's negated the intelligence community findings that Russia interfered in the last one and we know the President sees this as some kind of an asterisk on his own election in 2016, but it really tells you a lot about how the president is viewing intelligence and how it's being presented and handled in the context of his re-election campaign. So total opinion piece as far as I'm concerned not a single piece of factual evidence other than someone briefed the Senate committee from the... No no

CHAPTER 09 / 50 Discussion

Adam Goldman, Chinese Election Interference Briefing

A critique of New York Times reporter Adam Goldman's appearance on MSNBC. The hosts highlight a moment where Goldman mentioned that the intelligence briefing also included concerns about Chinese disinformation, a detail that was largely ignored by other media outlets focusing exclusively on Russia.

adam goldman· new york times· china· election interference· house republicans

22:49 House committee? It's a house committee. From the... Schiff! ...intelligence community, which is not a community they're all really compete in competition with each other, but they also collaborate. This is why I see it as the true evil bureaucracy But she really doesn't have that much Other than well here we go again and When it wasn't until I and I flipped over and so I didn't get the whole lead-in on MSNBC but I'll give you what I have of Adam Goldman Now this is a total truth wants to come out moment. You'll hear him correct himself continuously when he says that he thinks, and then he even slips in a little other piece of information because thinking logically

23:40 Russia, sure Russia wants to influence our election and you know by now the typical American if you're on the street you say did Russia do something? Yeah they changed the votes. That's how it has been drilled into people meddling or whatever these wishy-washy terms are But of course Israel probably has an agenda and maybe even the EU, and there are lots of countries that would like to influence our elections as we do in other countries. But no! We have to do this on the eve of the caucus which I think there was a specific reason for that which will get too but first listen to Adam

24:18 Goldman. The same business they did four years ago, Facebook ads some you know is it Russian bots on social media do we know for sure what it is? I think that I was told its gonna be the same- Right off the bat listen he'll do this continuously I think I mean I was told...I think I was told! I think that I was told it's going to be the same playbook from 2016 and added concerns about Russians going into possible voting infrastructure There are separate concerns about the Chinese getting in and disinformation. Now, I don't think he was supposed to say that but apparently the briefing also contained information that the Chinese might want to do that so this sounds like a pretty standard briefing hey lots of people wanna do stuff

25:05 But no one else reported on China except this guy who keeps messing it up. Am I misinterpreting this? The guy keeps correcting himself from his own made-up story to, I'm told... Are you hearing it that way? I don't, yeah. It doesn't sound like the guy knows anything! Well i think he's making it up but then he corrects himself by saying oh i was told... I think what Russia is going to do is gonna be well what i'm told what russia intends to do from its 2016 playbook and Chuck let me just make an interesting point here

25:50 You know Republicans had been grilling Sorry, and Republicans have been faulting. You know the Obama administration for not being tough enough right Main talking points not being tough enough Not sounding the alarm fast enough not doing enough to prevent Russian interference right? Right rupted in 2016 election and here we are it's you know It's a reduction we were now now that Republican Republicans are getting the same information and you know what happened in this hearing was quite concerning to people. The Republicans just went ballistic, they went crazy They were furious that somebody would have suggested that there was a suggestion that Putin would favor Trump And we're not going to hide any of this from them

26:33 So this is the House Republicans at Ipsy when they were getting this briefing, they didn't believe the Donald Trump intel officials? No. You know some of the toughest questioning of this DNI hostage czar was done by Mr. Hurd You know, the former CIA official, the Republican representative from Texas who is now running for re-election. But he we are told was one of the fiercest questioners. All right Adam Goldman I'm guessing you have more reporting to do? I appreciate you taking a few minutes and getting in front of a camera for us. Oh yeah really important reporting to do please!

CHAPTER 10 / 50 Discussion

Eric Swalwell, Bernie Sanders Russia Briefing

Representative Eric Swalwell discusses reports that Bernie Sanders was also briefed on Russian efforts to assist his campaign. The hosts interpret the timing of these leaks as a "Plan B" by the Democratic establishment to disqualify Sanders as his momentum grows.

eric swalwell· bernie sanders· russia· classified briefing· intelligence

27:08 It's, you know to me very weak. Who is he reporting for? New York Times! He co-wrote the article with Haberman that's why they had this dual prong approach but all of this... They're given marching orders yes and this was a setup for the story I don't think he broke it but Swalwell now with some kind of five o'clock shadow Don Johnson beard going on which doesn't make him look any more masculine But I think he kind of broke the true news behind this, which was maybe a plan B or maybe even a Hail Mary because oh my goodness Bernie's going to win. The reporting is that Donald Trump not only was briefed that both he and Bernie Sanders, Russia was trying to assist both he and Bernie Sanders. That is the reporting we have this evening and I absolutely

28:00 understand and appreciate that you don't want to talk about anything that occurred in a classified setting, but as you mentioned since Bernie Sanders confirmed that he was briefed do you have any question- uh, any reason to question the reporting that you all were briefed on this as well? Again, I won't go into that other than our committee has consistently for the past year been looking at what Russia is trying to do in our elections and we believe that The upcoming election should be free from interference. The voters voted for that in 2018 when they gave us the midterm election was if they wanted more oversight of the elections But again just a finer. Oh yeah What's going on here with Bernie Sanders? You can't hold it against Bernie Sanders that this may be a preference of Russia

28:40 But you can hold it and ask questions about Donald Trump if he again is working as an agent of Russia by seeking not only one To tweet at Bernie Sanders and try to amplify his campaign to get him as a general election opponent but two if he is indeed firing people on his staff who are telling others about Russia's preferences Again, that's Donald Trump trying to cover up things to help Russia. So this is what I saw after midnight. Hashtag BernieNew blowing up everywhere! Bernie has to drop out of the race!!! Because you know he's misleading. He didn't tell anybody that the Russians were also helping him he should have disclosed it. He's disqualified now This was a very pathetic attempt to get some kind of actually brings me to the bonus clip Yes, indeed because I think and I have again not a new interpretation of this clip Okay

CHAPTER 11 / 50 Discussion

Lawrence O'Donnell, Trump-Putin Regime Rhetoric

The hosts play a clip of MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell claiming that Donald Trump is a "Russian operative" and describing the administration as the "Trump-Putin regime." They argue this rhetoric is actually intended to damage Bernie Sanders by association, as the media attempts to link any non-establishment candidate to Russian interests.

lawrence o'donnell· msnbc· vladimir putin· donald trump· russian operative

29:35 And this is the bonus clip where Lawrence O'Donnell goes off, off the deep end into the point where even Senator Ted Cruz had to comment on it. And he makes a... and this is new and this is a crazy, crazy, crazy clip. Play it! But we begin tonight with another test of America's ability to be shocked by Donald Trump who has very deliberately shocked America to the point where he hopes that shock has been replaced by acceptance. The president is a Russian operative! That sounds like the description of a bad Hollywood screenplay, but it is... I love that addition by the way

30:17 Yes, it does. Real and it is Vladimir Putin's greatest achievement decades after America's victory in the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union The president of the United States Is now helping the President of Russia Help the President of the United States to get re-elected So that the president of Russia will have four more years Of the president of the United States who he wants In the Oval Office This is one of those shocking news days if you retain the capacity to be shocked in the Trump era by the Trump regime, which might be better labeled the Trump-Putin regime. And it's one of those breaking news situations that suddenly makes recent news make more sense like the recent news that Donald Trump has outdone himself by appointing one of the most ridiculous incompetent stooges in the Trump administration to be nothing less than

31:13 the acting director of national intelligence. The president gave that job to his current ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell who intends to remain ambassador to Germany while being the acting director of national intelligence and Richard Grenell will be replacing Joseph Maguire who was serving as an acting director of national intelligence And he expected to be nominated by the president to be confirmed by Mitch McConnell's Senate as the official director of national intelligence until Vladimir Putin showed Donald Trump that he needed an even more incompetent director of national intelligence because Vladimir Putin is working hard to re-elect his favorite president of the United States in history. That was, I love that clip it's a it's an evergreen we must keep it and cherish it And so I'm looking at this slightly differently now

32:09 This clip was completely off the rails or so it seemed. Yeah, but this is actually an anti Bernie clip yes MSNBC hates Bernie. Yep, and so they're gonna push the Trump-Putin thing as hard as they can which is old discredited nonsense and I don't believe that the public thinks except I said the Lib Joe's and the people had dinner with it said all Putin's calling his shots there's no evidence of this there's no connection between Putin and Trump They rarely communicate. All the things that we've been doing, considering oil pipelines and the rest of it is all anti-Russian. It's ridiculous but okay let's just say that Putin is really running things but the real point is to make if it's so bad that Putin is supporting Trump its even worse with Bernie

CHAPTER 12 / 50 Discussion

Richard Grenell, Acting Director of National Intelligence

A discussion on the appointment of Richard Grenell as Acting Director of National Intelligence, replacing Joseph Maguire. The hosts review Grenell's background as an ambassador and his initial efforts to investigate the source of leaks coming from the House Intelligence Committee regarding election interference.

richard grenell· dni· joseph maguire· intelligence community· house intelligence committee

33:02 Yes, but you have to put do you have to connect the dots yourself because they're NMS NBC's already spent there We spent the wad on this now I want to play says we were talking about this Grinnell that Grinnell was appointed What is the first thing you're gonna? Do if you're the new guy and national security because there's no evidence that any of this really took place It could all be made out. Well can I just give you a data point oh Last show on Thursday I had because I saw this on Monday. I think I saw some notice about this Grinnell guy and he was going to replace McGuire and from what what the article said, and I put him back in the show nice shown us for today But the article stated that it was kind of a known thing that Grinnell over that McGuire Was you know gonna do something else? And he was kind of on his way out and yes, and the Grinnell guy is interesting

33:52 First of all, he's at this point now the highest ranked openly gay official in the administration. Not that we could mention that it only works if its Democrats I guess. Also you know he and his partner had cancer and then He went into remission after a couple years. This is, you know maybe four years ago and he and his partner made this app that helps people with chemotherapy. It seems like a really nice guy he's also not a total schlub I mean he was permanent UN... let me see who was the... he was the spokeshole for four ambassadors in the United Nations You know it worked it would always been on a Republican

34:34 But he's not just like all of a sudden some dipshit who shows up the way they make it sound. You know, he has been around and on the international scene for quite awhile including being ambassador to Germany. And probably got some intelligence connections anywhere wouldn't be an ambassador to Germany. That's what embassies are for! It's for spooks... that's what they do. Spooks go get their orders Let's let's go from the point where he gets the job The first thing is going to do is check out this bullcrap that's leaked from the Intel Committee of the House, which is a leak centralist where Adam Schiff is. And he leaks everything you can make stuff up as anonymous sources does all these things

35:14 And they heard from someone, the Republicans are saying this is bull. But it gets leaked out that you know there's Russians working on already working on the 2020 elections and this is all about the same time that it turns out to do real intelligence is that Bernie is really one that the Russians like. Let's just ignore that for a second So Grinnell gets the job. The first thing he's going to do is because Trump says, go check into this sounds like a bunch of hogwash that they're just promoting the same old Russia meme so he immediately obviously it's the first thing you do get the job You start poking around asking around what's going on and well turns out that one guy did interview him

35:54 about this specific thing, and this is the clip asking the new guy about the House Intelligence Committee. This is not reported. As the national security advisor to the president have you assured the president that this US intelligence finding Israel? Well, I have not seen the finding. I think what he's referring to and what folks are talking about is a briefing that took place last week at the House Intelligence Committee... Yeah! Exactly That was leaked to the press And I have not seen that report and from what I understand about the report is there was no...and again I get this second hand but from Republican congressmen who were in the committee There was no intelligence behind it. I haven't see any intelligence to support reports that were leaked out of the house

36:38 But it's just hard to comment on that because again I wasn't there and these are leaks that were coming from a House Intel Committee hearing. And I haven't seen any intelligence that would back up what i'm reading in the papers In fact, part of the lie that M5M was propagating was that Trump went nuts and bitched out McGuire! No No, it was even... what happened was Will Hurd who we know. Will Hurd is a you know he's on his way out he's a CIA- He's a little too boasty for a CIA guy but he's in a lot of covert ops and he was really grilling because he didn't buy it at all this is bullcrap this briefing that you're doing I think he was kind of onto it but to cover that up you know oh yeah Trump was living! Oh my god! It's I mean we are at peak

CHAPTER 13 / 50 Discussion

Chris Matthews, Bernie Sanders Fall of France Comparison

MSNBC host Chris Matthews compares the rise of Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary to the fall of France in 1940. The hosts criticize the hyperbolic nature of the comparison and Matthews' visible distress over Sanders' frontrunner status.

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37:27 peak nuts now, specifically MSNBC. Now MSNBC the rest China checked out but I mean just to add to what you were saying here this is Chris Matthews who we already know he hates Bernie's he compares Bernie that back in the Cuban Missile Crisis if it had turned out differently they probably would have executed Chris Matthews in Central Park! He says all these things are horrible so here is him nowhere near. Bernie on the other hand did his job he got more than a majority, more than a majority of that 67 percent. That is the name of the game it is pretty much over unless that changes I was reading last night Brian and you're history guy too I'm reading last night about the fall France in the summer 1940 and the general Renault calls up Churchill says its over and Churchill said how can be? You've got the greatest army in Europe

38:21 How can it be over? He said, It's over. So I had that suppressed feeling...I can't be as wild as Carville but he is damn smart and i think he's damn right on this one." So you know for the younger amongst us, he's referring to the capitulation of France against the Nazis! What is the man thinking when he does this stuff?! That's not necessarily healthy behavior And he's referring to James Carvel. This, I think this is a two-parter clip. He's another guest off the rails! Well...I really loved the first clip which i'll play for you because here He admits something very important to Nicole Wallace Another otherwise that used to be an intelligent human being has just gone off the rails of idiocy

CHAPTER 14 / 50 Discussion

James Carville, Mainstream Media Power Diffusion

James Carville argues on MSNBC that the mainstream media has lost the significant power it held during the Lyndon Johnson era. He suggests that candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are able to bypass traditional media gatekeepers, while simultaneously claiming that Putin is orchestrating Sanders' success to help Trump.

james carville· wolf blitzer· media influence· bernie sanders· vladimir putin

39:15 And he lays down the line for her and tells her exactly what the problem is. I think he's right. James, you and Mary live outside of media hubs as a mother of 8 year old I interact with people outside my media life Is part of the blame? John do you ever get chance to live outside your media life? It's really hard because we're in the media life Well I agree with other mothers who have other eight year olds There are some boys there are some girls they're fun to play with Yes, it's way outside my media life. Is part of the blame that the media shoulders in this is that we respond to the squeaky wheels? I learned everything I knew as a press person from watching The War Room and from studying The Clinton Campaign but the Sanders campaign and the Trump campaign they've taken these things too dark arts of abusing the press, bullying the press... What do we miss in terms of paying attention to a squeaky angry minority and ignoring the majority

40:09 I don't know. Everybody complains to me in the media and the press, that's it. I'm not going to tell you this. The press has not near as much power as they had when I was young remember Lyndon Johnson said if I lost the war because I lost Walter Cronkite? Yeah. And, and if you lose Wolf Blitzer you're not going to lose anything! That's just the way America...and I don't mean to pick on Wolf, but I like him. You did mean to pick on Wolf but that is the most salient point he has ever mentioned in this election cycle and probably ever will is you do no have power anymore mainstream media, you don't have it. You don't have the same powers that used to be and these people still haven't figured it out! Same thing about any of our hosts on my own network right now It just had this diffusion Of media power and media authority And you're right Trump and Bernie Sanders are able to...

41:03 The happiest person right now. It's about 115 Moscow time this thing is going very well for Vladimir Putin How crazy are you I mean do you think they really believe this Yes, Carvel actually believes this. It's frightening it's like they're clinically insane Let's take the second part of this That's absolutely right and James there is reporting that that is exactly what the intelligence agencies think is going on I mean Sanders campaign was briefed that Putin um...is helping him or plans to help him in the primary Amazing And I don't think Sanders wants Putin to help The only reason why would Vladimir Putin be helping Bernie Sanders? Of course because he wants Donald Trump to win

41:54 I mean, it's a straight line. It's a straight line by the way. I kind of missed that logic, but okay. Straight line! Hey, it's a straight line and I don't think that Sanders' campaign in any way is collusion or collaboration...I think they don't like this story But the story is a fact And the reason that the story is a fact Is Putin doing everything he can to help Trump including trying to get Bernie Sanders a Democratic nomination If you remember when Bernie ran in 2016, his chief strategist was Paul Manafort's sidekick in the Ukraine. I mean this thing just didn't start right now

42:40 And it's something that people need to know about, they need to be made aware of it. The candidates on the debate stage in South Carolina on Monday night need to quit attacking each other and start talking about where this country is and how do you push it forward under some real choices that Democrats have to make? And this was really truly an MSNBC thing and I don't know why no one else really participated in it to that degree. They were just... Is there something that they're missing? Why is so important to them specifically maybe they had, maybe they're in charge of it. They are closer to the spokesholes for the Democrat Party Okay, that makes sense. The party doesn't want Bernie and so they are just pulling on us No kidding

CHAPTER 15 / 50 Discussion

David Brooks, Democratic Party Mental Equipment

David Brooks observes on PBS NewsHour that the Democratic Party is well-equipped to attack billionaires but lacks the "mental equipment" to effectively oppose a socialist like Bernie Sanders. He notes that Sanders' clear narrative regarding corporate greed resonates more effectively than the messaging of his moderate opponents.

david brooks· bernie sanders· socialism· billionaires· democratic primary

43:31 I like the kind of screwy stuff. Now, the one...I did get a good clip that relates to the first Bernie clip you played but also this last one too and it was one of the few times that David Brooks was somewhat insightful being a Democrat even though he's posing as Republican on PBS NewsHour on their phony baloney back-and-forth with Mark Shields As a Democrat, he would make this observation and I think it's pretty – I think it's borderline profound even though … It's hard to say. This is Brooks discussing both Bloomberg and Sanders, and he makes a very salient point. Yeah partly it's practice I mean you know he doesn't even do media interviews particularly well now so in his been guarded from this and all the other candidates have been playing this game for a year now. This was their ninth debate! And when your up on the debate stage your not thinking your repeating something you said 50 times before

44:29 and so he didn't have any practice, he didn't have any of that. What strikes me also about the party First Sanders tells a very clear narrative Corporations screwing us. That's just a very clear narrative, everybody gets it, it resonates with a lot of people I don't think anybody else on that stage has a narrative that is quite that clear And so if the power like Trump had a very clear narrative those cultural elites they're ruining life for us and having that very compelling clear narrative is a great advantage The second thing that struck me was Democrats growing up in where the party is now have the mental equipment to go after billionaires It's like baked into the belief system of the party. They do not have the mental equipment and categories to go after a socialist, and what struck me is that they don't really quite know how to take down Sanders And so there they let him go Now they regret it I guess He's a monster of their own creation

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Joy Reid, Working-Class Rage and Sanders Voters

Joy Reid discusses the "unadulterated rage" of young working-class voters who support Bernie Sanders. She warns that the Democratic establishment needs to "sober up" and recognize that Sanders' base is more determined and angry than the supporters of moderate candidates.

joy reid· bernie sanders· working class· millennials· democratic party

45:20 Here's a joy read finally seeing the light Joy Reed of course Oh also on MSNBC I think that the rest of us that sort of look at politics have underestimated The sheer unadulterated rage the anger of working-class people especially young people who are living in with three roommates and have a lift job and an uber job And they can't make it, and they're looking at my generation gen next who we could have it all in the Clinton years and we were living well, and our parents and grandparents. And they're like throw the tables over there turning the tables over and they don't care what the potential result is. They are the hungriest! He only had to consolidate them and the moderates, the sort of mushy moderate think that they have luxury of luxuriating on whether they'll have someone who can speak six languages you know maybe today I want this woman from the Midwest and you know maybe i'll go with the vice president even african-american older voters

46:13 like we're gonna go with who we know. No one else is as hungry, angry enraged and determined as Sanders voters. Democrats need to sober up and figure out what the hell they're going to do about that because if he's the nominee that's the top of your ticket for Senate races House races, everything." Which she saying is and that means AOC Rashida Tlaib are really the new Democrat party who we saw come in in 2016-2018. Justice Democrats? Yes! It's... Now, so Bernie is a problem what are we going to do about the Bernie problem this is a serious problem they didn't expect it somehow I think even though it was obvious well to us to us I think well I want to play one more clip then this is again Brooks and Shields this is Shields and he makes uh he's

CHAPTER 17 / 50 Discussion

Mark Shields, Revolutionary War Analogies

Mark Shields uses an analogy from the American Revolutionary War to urge Democratic unity against Donald Trump. The hosts also discuss a comment by Brian Williams regarding the establishment's desire to "kill" Sanders' candidacy, which they interpret as a potentially dangerous metaphor.

mark shields· pbs newshour· revolutionary war· bernie sanders· democratic unity

47:09 stammers and hammers. And we should point out that Brooks and Shields is a, you know this is serious it's almost like public broadcasting in other companies like the BBC when they're on PBS even though it's not true but that's the illusion. That's the impression you're supposed to get yes so Shields is not happy about anything either and he also has kind of commentary I thought was worth replaying on the show just one thing about The Democrats that it just what kinda fits in here And that is, the Democrats I think after that debate are in danger of fragmenting and fracturing themselves. And I think there's a page in American history, The Revolutionary War. The revolutionists sought the active alliance with

47:56 uh... charles the sixteenth of uh... and that came france with sixteen and and trials inserted in spain monarchies to help them i mean but one thing a single objective and that was to defeat the king of england to to get independent monarchy they don't know market right the democrats better say that they have been a come together and helluva harry if because their Well, yes.

48:32 The message went out, Brian Williams delivered it. Listen... Hey Chris I'm not above quoting Chris Matthews and i have this written down on my legal pad from your last segment about Bernie about his new exposure as the frontrunner and about how they're going to come at him They're gonna kill him but they may not stop him which is unique to politics A fascinating quote I think you are probably 100% right What? Wow, that was a good one. This guy doesn't matter he has nothing he can do to protect himself It's not gonna be small aviation is not gonna be the hot tub it's not gonna be canoeing somewhere He already has a heart issue it's so simple this guy is a walking dead man I'm sorry but you hear stuff like that oh that was just a metaphor can you imagine

49:28 If, uh... Some metaphor. Tucker Carlson or Sean Hannity or Judge Dineen or any- Fox and Friends! Shoot man imagine if I had said that? You did. Oh I did? No I'm just explaining how they're gonna do it They're gonna kill, they can kill it. They're gonna kill him but they won't stop him that's right! Well they're not gonna kill him until after... I talked about this at the dinner table and My thinking is if it's, and it's gonna have to be one of these I don't know. It has to be an intelligence agency that just fed up or...I don't know how this going to happen either How they're gonna get away with it? But they will because you what you said is the premise is fine He's yelling his scream in one of the clips They didn't have is shields again saying and there's all like all a setup You know he's old these days. He's that we're getting set up for something bad to happen Yeah kinda

CHAPTER 18 / 50 Discussion

South Carolina Primary, Joe Biden's Black Voter Coalition

An analysis of the upcoming South Carolina primary and Joe Biden's reliance on African American voters. The hosts discuss entrance polls from Nevada showing Sanders gaining ground with minority voters, while Biden maintains a lead with the "ADOS" (American Descendants of Slavery) demographic.

joe biden· south carolina· ados· nevada caucus· bernie sanders

50:28 And so, yeah. Well that was expected. That was expected is that Shield says Bernie Sanders is the most angry politician he's always mad. He's raging Maddie shouting he screaming. He's at the top of his lungs during all those speeches I mean Trump has to but for a different effect And it's just like he's the angry guy. Oh, he's so angry is too angry was they got to him It's just that that whole thing looks like a setup to me But nothing's gonna happen until after South Carolina which Biden can salvage yes and I have Well now I have some numbers of course not laughing at you You're with me here my partner. Let let me give you the numbers

51:14 Okay, because Biden will have to win South Carolina and that will be cause of the Ados vote. And this is from The Hill so very anti-Trump. The entrance polls show there was one thing Biden was right about when talking about his coalition in Nevada... Is it Nevada or Nevada? It's Nevada. Okay, if you say Nevada... No it's Nevada! It's Nevada! I know if you say the wrong way people scoff at you so I always thought it was Nevada? Yeah it is Nevada okay If your live in Nevada its Nevada and if your outside of Nevada its Nevada. Which is okay. Connecticut is Nevada

51:59 So talking about his strong lead with black voters, Biden received the most black votes. Whatever that means but I think in this context Ados 39% a demographic which Sander trailed the former vice president winning 27%. So not that far apart but Joe even though and are the results in is there a final tally yet I haven't even seen it. I know what you know this 59% of all Hispanics are voting for Sanders yeah this yeah the brown community why don't you need to say Brown community Well, on the list that I looked at it said specifically Hispanics. Brown community? Well... The brown community may be different. It may include Chinese. That's the M5M man! Now this is a this is the issue I believe. This is where the presidency will be won or lost is on this particular demographic and unless if I can stray for a second over to- Let me finish my point

53:06 I was saying that Biden has to win South Carolina. We're talking about an unfortunate accident that could happen to Bernie, but it's not going to happen if Biden wins South Carolina and then they go into Super Tuesday and it gets all jammed up now If Biden loses South Carolina and then Super Tuesday, you still have to wait to see what happens on Super Tuesday. Then after that then all everything's up for grabs. You gotta keep everybody running there nobody wants to drop out because they want to create a brokered convention and they made a point of asking about this at the debates Bernie is the only one who says if I get the most I'm in! I don't care what the convention rules are so already he is asking for trouble

CHAPTER 19 / 50 Discussion

Tim Scott, Trump's African American Support Predictions

Senator Tim Scott predicts a significant increase in African American support for Donald Trump in 2020. Scott cites the administration's work on Opportunity Zones, permanent funding for HBCUs, and criminal justice reform as key factors that will drive black voters toward the Republican ticket.

tim scott· donald trump· hbcus· criminal justice reform· opportunity zones

53:49 And of course he would get screwed, because that would be the idea. And then they'd burn down Milwaukee which was the threat to the creeps behind the Bernie campaign. So this whole thing is out of control. I will remind you that I floated the idea for the Brokered Convention very early on and I was kind of scoffed at Kind of. Not by me! Okay, so here is the problem for the entire Democrat Party and anyone else who was running I don't know if Vermin Supreme is running again? I hope he is It's always good to have the independents in here. This is Tim Scott, Tim Scott is a Republican black Ados Republican from I want to say he's from Arizona South Carolina. Is he South Carolina? So he is the architect behind Opportunity Zones He is the one that president called out amongst his many black friends at

54:40 he had the State of the Union. All three of them? No, what do you mean?! He had wall-to-wall black friends! He's got Kanye. You don't need that many if you've got Kanye. He had the State of the Union, he had the Tuskegee Airmen... You got all the black friends are out there. This is Tim Scott's prediction President Trump will see a 50% increase in his African American support it will go from 8 percent and 2016 to a minimum of 12 percent in 2020 he may even get to 15 percent of the African Americans say that game over

55:18 Well, listen to what the Democrats are saying. They have top tier candidates that say redlining was a good thing having a negative impact on African American home ownership and what is President Trump doing during the same time? Simple! He said he had an executive order to increase affordability of home ownership and African-American homeownership since he took office is up about 2%. Think about having a top tier Democrat candidate that talks about harassing African American males through stop and frisk.

55:55 Compare that against President Trump's criminal justice reform packages that are making the justice system more fair for African-Americans disproportionately than it has been in a long time, at least 30 years. Think about the conversation you had with Jim Clyburn around full employment during slavery versus higher wages, more jobs. Seven million more jobs during this administration, more than half of those jobs going to African Americans and Hispanics. The wealth gap closes as the home ownership goes up. President Trump

56:36 is not just talking a good game, he is walking a good game and the icing on the cake. Think about this President Trump got permanent funding for HBCUs for the first time in the country's history I think he has got the numbers right and that will determine the election no matter what anybody does I'm not going to argue with his points I mean, you still see the adamant left liberal black voter that are activists. They hate Trump and they're never going to like him anyway. There's a core group that was always going to vote for Trump no matter what as a core group is always going to vote Democrat and socialist if they can. And it says huge group in the middle that makes all the difference.

CHAPTER 20 / 50 Discussion

Donald Trump, Colorado Rally Stand-up Routine

The hosts review clips from Donald Trump's rally in Colorado, where he mocked Democratic candidates including "Mini Mike" Bloomberg, Amy Klobuchar, and "Little" Pete Buttigieg. They discuss Trump's use of site gags and his persona as a "stand-up comic" president.

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57:30 Part of that is a large black contingent that sometimes doesn't even bother to vote because they don't like anybody. Trump has done a good job at getting people, in fact although I have to say...I was a little scared- I got some Trump clips from his speech he's been giving a speech today in one place or another. Oh yeah rally thing? Rally rallies yes big rallies and they're pretty funny! I want to play two of these because it's, they contrast greatly with what the Democrats are doing. And one of them is he's talking about how all these voters came in from all over the place to vote for him on the last election is going to be even bigger than next time but he praises a funny phrase and this particular clip this is Trump and Colorado. I can't say bigger cause what was bigger than that? They came from the hills they came from the mountains they came out of their rivers

58:28 They came all over the place. Okay, get your mind out of the gutter Dvorak! What? Anyway so now meanwhile NBC of all places they clipped a bunch and I would listen to same speech I believe this was that I think there's the Colorado speech too. Yeah I saw part of this They clipped a bunch of excerpts that were all kind of funny and they put it together as a package. NBC did Lester Holt intro'd it, and It's not exactly what I would have clipped out of this but I was actually stunned at what they did. They clipped out a lot of funny stuff And I'm thinking they were doing it to kinda ridicule Trump Thinking oh look what a A-hole this guy is to say all these nasty things But play this clip This is the

59:20 Recent Trump stand up on debates. And I don't know if anybody watched last night's debate, it got very big ratings and you know what? Mini Mike didn't do well last time! I was gonna send him a note saying it's not easy doing what I do is it how about Klobuchar did you see her she choked she choked she couldn't breathe Alfred E Newman looked at her and said something slightly derogatory And she said, are you accusing me of being dumb? Who would make a statement like that because that's really what he was doing. But he doesn't want to say that. Alfred E Newman, Buddha judge, little Buddha judge. I said, I've had you up here. They had Little Buddha Judge leading Donald Trump in Texas these people have out sleepy Joe. How about his performance? What? Great to be

1:00:16 It's great to be with the great people of Ohio Joe Joe you're in Iowa. You're an eye Bloomberg made a fool out of himself last night he choked here's another one who's gone, huh? Oh I can't breathe. I can't breathe Don't ask me the question. Please! I look at my wife, and say let's send him a little note it is not so easy up there to do what i did right? I did great in the debates. I became president because of the debates because unlike minnie mike, I could answer questions

1:00:57 Yeah, yeah. Now the funniest gag he did a sight gag in there but nobody's you know I guess they didn't care no you didn't get any laughs from it but i saw it and I've seen it a couple times he says Pete Buttigieg is I've had it up to here with him and then puts his hand by his waist across this chest To indicate he says I've had it up to here and is a little short guy. So that's what he's indicating Yeah, it was a funny site gag done it a couple times. I think he's gonna drop it because he's not getting any response from it Well because the site gag did doesn't work on the no agenda show so he's like, well, there you go What a waste what a way we're gonna big rally either but so Trump does his biz bitch stick

CHAPTER 21 / 50 Discussion

Nevada Caucus, Non-Disparagement Agreements

Reports from the Nevada caucus indicate that precinct captains were asked to sign non-disparagement agreements (NDAs). The hosts link this to Michael Bloomberg's frequent use of NDAs and discuss the diminishing influence of mainstream media outlets like the New York Times and MSNBC.

nevada caucus· nda· michael bloomberg· tom perez· democratic party

1:01:40 And you either appreciate it or you say, well no this is unpresidential. This is not right that we have a wannabe I mean I've heard better stand-ups but he's not bad considering where his position and what he's doing so We have a stand up comic as president of the United States and some people are very offended by this Oh oh yes Very if I find it to be great. I think it's a respite from what we've had in the past, the seriousness of phoniness and the rest of it rather than enjoying this guy. It is the ying to the yang! Of course here at the wedding a lot of anti-Trumpers half...it was a half Jewish wedding which was so we were on the bride side the Jewish part

1:02:31 Some boots on the ground, just some anecdotal talk. Hate Bloomberg hate Bernie yeah Warren's kind of interesting which I found fascinating why? She says she is the one fading. Yeah she's fading out well i think it's because of how she attacked Bloomberg for some reason that hit a lot of anti-Trumpers here they like that And you know Bloomberg is not seen favorable. Well, the Bloombergs are Trump and Democrats clothing as far as they're concerned. He's actually what they accused Trump of from what I'm seeing he truly is little frightening guy who has absolutely no compassion for human beings that's the way I see him yeah but she's not likable and I didn't get any clips but all of a sudden

1:03:29 there was this little blip of problem in the afternoon at the Nevada caucus and they were talking to the McCuddy, McCuddly I think his name is? The second McCuddy. He's the chair of the Democratic Caucus in... the Democratic Party in Nevada and first African-American! And he was there with what's his name? The chair Perez. And all of a sudden, well so we hear that people have to sign an NDA if they are captains and they'll be reporting, and some people say I'm not signing this NDA. Why? And so I can't say anything about it even if it goes wrong of course that's why they put in place but John their response is as if they listen to the show they said oh its a non disparaging agreement not a nondisclosure agreement. Well we all know what NDAs are now because we heard about that from Michael Bloomberg he won't release them even though he's released three

1:04:29 Which are very, very mild. They probably another what do you think? Another 15 million dollars he spent on that paying people off an extra 5 mil per NDA but they took it straight to non disparaging agreements okay fine Producers around the world pay attention to this stuff. This type of M5M propaganda is coming your way too, it's not unique to the United States I'm sure this template will be used and we've got elections coming everywhere It's something to sit back and enjoy because i think its once in a lifetime that we go through this...I think Well there's a couple...maybe not

1:05:17 There's a couple of things that kept you brought up. One in particular was that the or no, it's not one of the guys talking to Chris Matthews is one of those one of the talking heads and you know, the mainstream media is not as important as it used to be right? Which is probably true, but it's only not as important as it used to be by a notch or two. Because the whole idea of that Putin calling the shots at you here at dinner table with the Lib Joes are all glued to mainstream media It still important to them Yes Yes, and it's at least half the public. Well I think maybe half the public has gotten a clue because it's been brought out and hounded pounded that The New York Times and The Washington Post in particular and MSNBC are stooges for the Democrat Party

1:06:08 But if you look at their total circulation, they still have a lot of influence because they get their radio stations pick up on their stories and replay them. It's also it's still NBC I mean there's still the NBC big network part of it and then there's a lot more than just MSNBC Yeah MBC is part of it too. Yeah that's the main... And your cable bill for that matter. Comcast! Yeah Comcast, it's the mother load exactly Well with that, I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you the man who put the C in MSNBC John C. Dvorak! Good morning to you Mr. Adam Curry also good morning all the boots on the ground feet in the air subs in the water and all the dames nights out there Yes in the morning to the trolls in the troll room ho-ho this is up there 1408 I don't think we've had it quite that high recently

CHAPTER 22 / 50 Discussion

Episode 1218 Artwork, Darren O'Neill Contribution

The hosts credit Darren O'Neill for the artwork of episode 1218, which featured the Elgin Marbles. They discuss the "Value for Value" model and the history of various artists who have contributed to the show, including a mention of Martin JJ's prolific output.

darren o'neill· elgin marbles· podcast art· value for value· martin jj

1:07:00 That's a good number. Very good number. It's getting there. All right, trolls! Good to have you here and of course this is noagendastream.com where you can listen to our show live many shows are live You can troll in real time and also discover great podcasts that you want to listen to it's kind of a fabulous little deal there and cost zero to you then you meet interesting people or trolls Also in the morning too Darren O'Neill second-in-a-row He's going for the hat trick. He brought us the artwork for episode 1218, uh... The title of that used quite often at The Meetup people enjoyed saying existential and this was the marbles, the UK- the Elgin Marbles that had been spilled and it was obscure We agree it was obscure but there were like two or three we liked I think

1:07:55 There was actually, yes. There were quite a few that we kind of liked. Yeah let me see what we had there... We had the marbles The tainted cupcake from Commissar Blogger was nice except he screwed up on the branding He could have used a better No Agenda logo So it just didn't really promote the show as much as it could have You liked the Mike Reilly fake nuke cloud. Yeah, you didn't see it that was you say oh I looks like I thought was Lisa Simpson. Lisa Simpson yeah and so that was enough for us to say no

1:08:32 John Bolton, he's just tired of putting people on the cover art. It's not necessarily a great idea Yeah we've used Bolton way too often yeah we have So Darren O'Neill thank you very much for bringing us that artwork that is highly appreciated it is part of our value for value system where People are who don't listen to well they listened to the show but they're not listeners their producers Everybody chips in in their own way Darren does an incredible amount Not just with pre streams and his own live shows don't podcast does a lot But the artwork is guys multi-talented. He will be missed when he finally keels over So thank you. Thank you Darren O'Neill for your car We got to be careful of these people I try to warn them John You and I have been doing this show for this is our 13th year we've seen people burn on burnout and keel over

1:09:23 Oh, I see what you mean. Yeah that's what i mean it's more of a protectionary thing so you know make sure you're okay man...man Man, yeah. It's no I mean that actually with super love Noah Jenna art generator calm. That's what happened to Martin JJ Yes, well Martin chasing went years and years without getting picked any guy on a roll They started getting picked all the time And then he stays I'm gettin pick too much He started backing off But this is like anybody else even if you're a performer people or professionals know this you'd back off You don't see it stop doing it

CHAPTER 23 / 50 Discussion

Executive Producer Donations, Sir Gene and Dame Dreya

A segment dedicated to acknowledging high-tier donors. Sir Gene contributed over $660 from Great Britain, and Dame Dreya donated $333, requesting a birthday shout-out for her partner. The hosts use "Squirrel Mail" to track down listener notes associated with the contributions.

executive producers· donations· squirrel mail· sir gene· dame dreya

1:10:01 realize oh my god I've been killing myself doing these things. Yeah Martin JJ is by the way he's still in every single during every show he's live in the troll room yeah so but there's a couple of people... I used to be a contender! You're talking about me now do I go through the Delray Beach meetup Donations first because Eric did not integrate them into the original spreadsheet That's what he shouldn't have done because we don't want a big mix cuz you're beginning out in and out Okay, very easy then so let's let's just do this one. And then we'll take us We're gonna do three breaks today. Oh, okay the Delray thing just before the last donation segment Okay, that's fine. That's perfect yep

1:10:54 And we do have people that are in that segment, the Delray group that will be executive and associate executive producers. They'll get mentioned. And even a knighting I believe so yes. A knighting which you have to put on the list. Yeah it's... Sir G is at the top of this main list which is he comes in with $660.91 from Brackley North Hamptonshire Great Britain. All right, thank you for the sanity 533 dot 33 in real money pounds is actually 500 pounds yes Just karma please love you guys Thank You very courage

1:11:30 Sir Jean yes, thank you for your courage sir gee you've got karma. Thank you very much Sherry Maxim comes in $333 and 33 cents from shit as Castle Rock Colorado I cannot find a note from her and I've looked up her first name or last name And then the word donation in the subject line using squirrel males fabulous search features can't find anything Yeah, I don't have anything either from her So, Sherry you got anything you want to let us know? Let us know. Separately and thank you very much Dame Dreya in Albany Oregon $333 she said oh that's the notes I had to get play the squirrel male song

1:12:15 Ladies and gentlemen, he's not the only one. Because there were definitely some dudes named Ben at the meetup here who said that they've been using Squirrel Mail with an equal amount of success as your very own John C. Dvorak! So now watch how within the span of 45 seconds he can go find a note that belongs to this donation all he has to do is go to his very trusty old email system it's known as the one-and-only... Yes its SQUIRREL MAIL! It's actually a handwritten note on the desk. Oh, man I tm John and Adam first off Please give a birthday shout out to my smoking hot sweetie M of the Mid-Valley. I believe he's on the list I will check today We celebrate his big 44 and it also is birthday apparently the enclosed check and associated producership should be credited with

1:13:12 To him. Okay, so he gets the credit so M of the Mid-Valley is there gonna be this? Yeah, oops is your mic falling off again You could be a little professional about the show Like check your equipment check your equipment your Mike had just fallen off the stand man what's next Hold on do you want to put it back on are you holding it now in your hand? It's how fast I am. Okay, yeah Sure Just right as back on before you start bitching Should be credit to his to him last February He purchased my Dame hood and I eagerly awaited his presence at the roundtable. No she's buying a Nighthood for him nice there you go

1:14:04 She needs some goat health karma to you too. And all the listeners out there fighting off viruses, that's nice. Corona or otherwise thank you for all you guys do all the best Dame Drea and then yeah $333.32. And she also has a... Yeah that's it. That's it. You've got karma. On the list is John Soltis. Ah, this is DJ Powerboy who has been a part of the show for a long time He always sends tunes and stuff for pre-streams And yeah he's been around for quite awhile I'd say yes a good six or seven years maybe

CHAPTER 24 / 50 Discussion

Sir Powerboy Knighting, Tiny House Communities

The hosts knight "Sir Powerboy" and discuss a donation from Joe in Austin, who mentions a collaboration with Michael of Mutual Wind. The project aims to build a network of tiny house communities to provide affordable living for veterans and travelers.

sir powerboy· knighting· tiny houses· michael of mutual wind· veterans

1:14:54 He's now a knight, is gonna be. So name me Mr. Sir Power Boy, a Knight of the Subatomic Realm! I would like dab hits and duck at the round table." Jingles and duck dab hits. Yeah, I gotta write that down. Yeah Space Force To the gate to the gate to the climate gate and two to the head and a karma or I would think so I'd hope so Okay You've got karma. Okay, let me just see... dab hit and duck. Alright. So this is next is serve face replacer the replacer of faces Joe in Austin Texas $333 mm-hmm I haven't donated since my nighting last year and the smell of douche Douche has been detected by the smaller amygdala

1:16:04 One, I'm not a plastic surgeon Adam so i can't help you. Guess you wrote him? I don't know what I said www.mutualwin.com it's a gamer tag I play FPS games add face place with no agenda as a note and i'll fringe you on PS4 yeah okay that'll happen yeah well i might with somebody out there too please de-douche me douched. I line up the following clips, I'd like 69 dudes and that's wrong for my Catholic upbringing Michael of mutual wind houses yes

1:16:50 Yeah, he's the guy with the tiny house community that is. Yes, it's Michael of Mutual Wind. He's the tiny house producer in a smart and focused duties, smart and focused. He and I connected this week and we hope to build a network of interested people in helping communities veterans and travelers with the concept of affordable modern living. Please mention our big dumb mouth as a podcast We have a ton of crossover fans. I bet, no doubt! Joe thank you very much and nice that you mentioned Michael there Mutualwin.com I think it is here's what your requested 69! 69 dudes! That's wrong You've got karma

CHAPTER 25 / 50 Discussion

Rev Al Sharpton, Trawlers vs Trolls Slip

A humorous look at a clip of Reverend Al Sharpton discussing Bernie Sanders' supporters. Sharpton mistakenly refers to online "trolls" as "trawlers," leading to a discussion about his frequent verbal slips on air.

al sharpton· trolls· trawlers· bernie sanders· msnbc

1:17:42 Jeff from Portugal in Bourbons and Great Britain. Okay, so 278 he's a associate executive reduced to $78 39 cents I TM gents from Jeff in Portugal Please sirs can I have a random Sharpton followed by Bush just send your cash? Thank you always asking for that again Now I'm on the road so it makes total sense to ask me for that no man On the road again? I don't think, uh...I don't think i can find that. Okay, we can for some reason it's gone. But I do have a brand new Rev al ah that's even better 35 seconds the state Democrats and me and the established Democratic Party slayed back off Bernie because they were For date underestimated him also think a lot of people were intimidated by the trawlers at all The trawlers he's trying to say trolls oh

1:18:40 But he says trawlers instead. Does he also say indemnitated instead of intimidated? Oh, gee I hope so! The state Democrats and the established Democratic Party slayed back off Bernie because they were for...they underestimated him. I also think a lot of people were intimidated by the trawler. No, he kind of says intimidate. Yeah you got it. Thanks Rev Al, the gift that keeps on giving. Yeah, the trawlers. You've got karma Dame Anonymous of Colonial Place comes in next with $229.12 and she sent a card, we love the cards by the way. Love them. It's got a nice dog running in the cover there. In the morning Saturday is my niece's birthday Lexi listens with her mother Dame looks like Dame Anne yeah Dame Anne of Grey Rock

1:19:34 This donation is for Lexi, and I am sure she will be thrilled with this birthday present better than a toy! Hey Lexi. I hope you think this is better than a toy. I sure hope you do like yeah that's great thanks For her birthday please play Pretty Good It's True and Little Girl Yay Thank You Dame Anonymous of Colonial Place Okay, I wasn't quite ready for that. Pretty good! What's the next one? Pretty good. Uh... what's the next one? Pretty good. It's true. Yeah, that's true. And little girl yay okay and it's with the notes you know I get takes me a second Well no because otherwise you would astonishing that you get any of these working so quickly anyway Okay we'll do that again are you gonna be quiet? I think that sounds pretty good

CHAPTER 26 / 50 Discussion

Baron Andrew Jones, Children of the Broken Moon

Baron Andrew Jones announces his new fantasy fiction book, "Children of the Broken Moon," which he has released under the Value for Value model. The book is available on his website, where he also shares notes on his writing and editing process.

andrew jones· fantasy fiction· tolkien· value for value· book publishing

1:20:32 It's not a bad combination. No, it's a good combo! I hope Lexi likes what she heard and she is on the birthday list Good And we'll make sure to give her this donation Give her credit for this donation too Lexie? Does she have a last name? Just Lexi This is anonymous people Right so...it's just Lexi Okay, I'm changing it for the administrative part of the show Baron Andrew Jones in America's mountain someplace, mountains. Colorado, Colorado. Colorado! $222 and 22 cents. Ah another note and here it is on top of the pile I organized this pile so I don't just scrounge through notes and that's what why left them on my desk

1:21:18 So they wouldn't be messed up dear Jeb and Alan I would like the Noah genders. I would like to thank the no agendas for waiting so patiently for my next book Ah, the new book children of the broken moon. No, Sanford Jones our writer Yes Seven years in the making this book is a rip-roaring fantasy fiction bound to amuse and astound And it won't bloat your amygdala you'll find You'll find no sneaky social engineering in this book and the only agenda is mine, which is to write the best piece of fiction since Tolkien took up his pen. Of course! I'm excited He says... Is it? You be the judge The entire book is currently posted on mandrewjones.com all one word

1:22:08 And if you find great value, give value. Still napping for humanity... Oh I like this! I like that he's doing that Value For Value. That's good Still napping for humanity, one of our fabulous promotions that went nowhere. P.S., the website also contains what I currently have of the second book as they slowly flesh it out and it will soon house the bones of a third and fourth book as they place my notes online for all the world to see and follow though I imagine only my fellow word nerd scribes in grammar Nazis will be interested in this slow process of writing polishing and editing

1:22:47 So you can check it out. Long live no agenda and long live the value for value model. Ed, does he ask for any jingles or karmas? No! Doesn't matter I'm giving it to him. Little book karma. You've got karma. It's tough enough as is...it's hard to publish a book. It's hard. Yeah it is. Yeah you would know. I would know. I would know. I would know. Yeah, you're the one that knows I am, I'm the one who knows. Dave Cardenia in Evergreen Colorado 220-220. Ah this is our promotion at 220 too! I was trying to guess how many people there were that would do it we have 1 2 3 4 5 i guessed two then the five is actually four so as off by 100 percent So that's a palindrome yesterday's palindrome yeah and I would see Andrew Jones would qualify in some odd way for that

CHAPTER 27 / 50 Discussion

Job Karma, PayPal and Cash App Friction

The hosts grant "Job Karma" to a listener who recently trained his replacement in India. They also discuss the technical difficulties of international donations via PayPal and the rising popularity of Jack Dorsey's Cash App due to its low friction for users.

job karma· paypal· cash app· square· jack dorsey

1:23:47 It's the last palindrome until 2021, actually. Dave Cardania, Jobs Karma... Oh I'm sorry you get to do it, I get everything. Jobs Karma please he writes just got back from India where I trained a replacement for my team of dudes named Ben. Huh, time to start the job search. 73s! Servido K E 0 I N X Yeah 73's k5acc thank you for your courage Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs You've got karma Stephanie Norlander 220-220 uh and she's in Holland

1:24:35 So it's probably Nurlander. Nurlander. Stephanie Nurlander. Stephanie Nurlander, is that a guy or girl? No it's a girl. Stephanie. Stephanie. Stephanie. Nurlander. Stephanie. Yes. It forced me to open a PayPal account. Stay funny! Stay funny, Stephanie. She said I'm forced to open a PayPal account or else I could not donate. It's annoying but the show is worth it Most of the time, I don't... Is it true that in Europe? Because in the United States you can go to the links that are on this newsletter there are PayPal links and you just put your credit card. You do not have an account

1:25:17 Yeah, I think that's true. I do know that PayPal accounts are a problem if you want to connect it to your bank and like takes weeks for that to take place but i think you can just do credit card... You know what all the kids are using? And we've talked about it this cash app thing is crazy That's what people really like Cash App which is part of the PayPal universe or is it part of Square I don't know what you're talking about. Well, there's this thing called Cash App and that's where a lot of people the youtubers use it to donate money And i guess its has very low friction

1:25:57 It's very low friction. Is that anything to do with what you were talking about moaning and groaning about these scammers that were stealing all your data? No, no it might... I think Cash App like Square I think they have their own because that's... What's his face? Jack Dorsey's other company? No is it not Jack Dorsey? Yeah Jack Dorsey's other company Square Yeah. And so Cash App is part of Square, so I don't think they're part of the Plaid network give us your login will do anything but they might be i don't know all i know is that people like donating money with it that's that's the data point i'm giving you All right we're done Sir John Knowles next on the list

CHAPTER 28 / 50 Discussion

Global Listener Reports, South Korea and Guyana Elections

Listeners from South Korea and Guyana provide local updates. The report from Guyana mentions an upcoming election and the influence of ExxonMobil and international intelligence agencies, while also referencing the Netflix documentary "The Great Hack" regarding Cambridge Analytica.

south korea· guyana· exxonmobil· cambridge analytica· the great hack

1:26:43 He's the Baron of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 222.20 he is part of it and all he says is that he's the Baron of Murphy's Burrow. No message other than that. Okay well we know you sir. Listen no jingles no karma! And thank you for your service Charles Brochetti 220.20 I mean where's the KR? Is that Korea? Is it? Well, I don't know. We might as well look it up. It shouldn't be too hard to find out. He didn't send a note and there's no note on PayPal and there is no note in my email. I have correspondence from him but all dates back to 2015. South Korea! Yeah KR is the ISO 3166-1 alpha dash 2 WMO country code for South Korea

1:27:30 Nice. Yeah Okay, well let us know what's going on. Yeah, please shut down the country It looks like yeah be nice to know Charles Wilkinson 220 dot 20 in Ottawa Ontario and he says One Canadian dollars eagles point seven two seven three US dollars Thanks Trudeau Love the show guys I've been listening for 11 years Wow I have CP and other and use a power chair when I started listening I was on disability, living on mac and cheese when i said fuck this. I want more! I enrolled in a three-year college program four years later have a permanent job as a server administrator making money that I had never managed... managed like I never imagined I could thank you guys for the work you do I feel is though you guys have been with me on my journey Never thought I'd be able to send you a donation but here you go

1:28:26 Thank you very much Thomas. It's a very nice story. I can't believe that the dollar rets man 72 cents to the US dollar Yes, that's bad drives Should drive Americans to take Lua jaunts Well how about buy a house or a car or something? Their houses are really high oh yeah nice and the cars You know they're no what do i know I don't know what you know. But let's do we see what Chris Black knows he's in Gitmo Caricom, and he sent a note in. Great yeah, I got it. Let me guess so you got it? Yeah no I was you know since the stuff been sitting on the desk starts getting moved around nervously He has sent to $200 even and he's uh...I gotta note he sent by check

1:29:25 ITM, it's been some months since my last donation but I was curious if I'm supposed to track my donations. Yes because I forgot the shows that donated too figure it out anyway I was on my way to pay my Fed loan student loan and I thought I would put aside a few dollars for my favorite podcast I have to watch my budget now that I'm stocking up on cheap Chinese supplies in case the Wuhan bat flu shows up On a different note, March 2nd marks the election date to see if the operation to oust the current administration of Guyana is successful. Our version of Obama – David Granger was elected in 2015 in ExxonMobil and the spooks followed!

1:30:09 I transport high-profile... He's, yeah yes this guy. I transport he runs a limo service for high profile clients. Yeah that's where you can get some info! I transport high profile clients and there is surely a lot going on between the US and the bordering Venezuela so we will see so he's in Guyana but yeah He's got limo places all over the place. He's got one apparently in Georgia, so I will see if the Chinese backed Indian opposition party will get back in. Funny after watching the documentary The Great Hack alleging Cambridge Analytica has influenced neighboring Trinidad's elections. Enjoying this show and mofax! Thanks." Did you watch The Great Hack?

1:31:05 No. Because I, you know we'd already seen kind of the there was a do the document or the mockumentary not mockumentary... The dramatized version of that what was it? The Brexit thing where they went into the same material and so I started the great hack like it's completely repetitive There's nothing new here and I'm not that impressed with Cambridge Analytica Well, it was just a straw man Okay yes but this is such Praise is lauded. Praise is lauded over this film, I cut out of it It was like repetitive and it's like okay... I'll check it out but you're probably right Yeah felt a bit like oh boy Oh yes so smart over there at Cambridge Analytica mm-hmm no

CHAPTER 29 / 50 Discussion

Political Fundraising Spam, WinRed and ActBlue

The hosts critique the aggressive and often misleading nature of political fundraising texts from both the Republican "WinRed" and Democratic "ActBlue" platforms. They note the repetitive use of "matching" offers and urgent "membership expiration" warnings.

winred· actblue· fundraising· spam· trump campaign

1:31:53 No. And if those guys were truly so smart, why is the Trump administration who would have learned so much from using Cambridge Analytica... Why are they still sending me nutty texts? Do you want the latest? Of course. Yes, okay well now what have they been texting me for the past few weeks? What is the issue? We're giving you 5x. No I had yes but i have not renewed my membership which I don't know what membership they're talking about I never signed up. You probably have some spam list No, this is WinRed This is the... Oh you mean their spam list? Like I'm just a loser and that's why? No this is- Yeah exactly Well they know what's going on because now they said Uh oops hold on Here it is And of course I will read the things in all caps with emphasis Your membership expires! 131

1:32:55 You've been granted special open enrollment until 11 59 p.m President Trump's allies need you renew today! What? Like it's... Baffling, baffling I tell you. Is it one company doing all the Democrats and all the Republicans? No we have the blue guys Act Blue Share Blue they do the Democrats But they always have the same thing $3 chip in... The codes are all the same These guys don't use chip in They do five time match And they yell at you. I've got some of the mainly move on stuff, but they don't yell at me They just say hey, you know chip in three bucks Neil will help you out You know, I haven't even read where they came with a $3 thing and found no research that indicate that That's a good number Well, it's probably better than two. I mean isn't that how they think? No, I don't think it could be much much more than that

1:33:53 I don't know that's usually lots of these campaigns are this big or highly researched and tested. Regardless we thank all of our executive producers and associate executive producers for episode 1218, 19 i'm sorry 1200 one two one niner is the episode and you can put that into your resume into your profiles, certainly consider that for LinkedIn as just an item there executive producer or associate executive producer. It makes a world of difference. All the top people who have good jobs, you'll see it is right there maybe not in their profile name but certainly on their list of achievements and an achievement it is thank you as part of our value for value system. It is the only way that we can make it work and we can discuss these horrible things that are taking place where they're talking about taking hits out on politicians

1:34:49 No one else can discuss that or at least they joke about it and we can dive into it. That's because of you, that's because we all produce this together and will be thanking more people including those from the meetup here in Fort Lauderdale And if you'd like to help us then I think you should for our Thursday show go to devorak.org slash N A no doubt your up-to-speed on all things hashtag Bernie New I think Our formula is this We go out, we hit people in the mouth So we had a couple of interesting television moments. Again I'm going to contrast two of them on the previous show, we talked about Rod Blagojevich and the reasons for the president commuting his sentence.

CHAPTER 30 / 50 Discussion

Rod Blagojevich, Obama Corruption Allegations

Following the commutation of his sentence by Donald Trump, Rod Blagojevich appeared on Fox News to discuss alleged corruption within the "Chicago system." Blagojevich suggests that his imprisonment was tied to covering up actions involving then-Senator Barack Obama and the Illinois hospital board.

rod blagojevich· barack obama· jesse watters· chicago politics· commutation

1:35:57 The way that read to me was very simple. We went back into the history and there was a lot of corruption, it was interesting how Obama came to power, it was interesting who was involved at the time, when he got his Senate seat and what kind Chicago politics took place to remove his two contenders, essentially with sex scandals or relationship scandals. But the main issue being he was thrown in jail for so-called... even though the news reports will say for trying to sell Obama's Senate seat no it was for corruption involving a hospital

1:36:40 Which is you could say it's part of everyday politics, but certainly is because it happens all the time But when you're after someone you can use that as corruption I think it was because the actual corruption Mentioned was for a hospital and at the time. It was President Obama then Senator Obama who was on the Illinois Hospital And I want to say medical board. I think he ran the board And so he was clearly involved in this and that needs to be covered up. And if you look at the news articles, when President Obama was about to leave at the end of 2016 Rod Blagojevich was there saying hey well I hope he does the right thing and pardons me! Of course it wasn't not 2016...I'm sorry That had been the first term 2012?

1:37:32 Yeah, 2012. Of course President Obama did not and never pardoned him and now Blagojevich is out the president Trump is kind of acting like yeah I know him a little bit we knows them better than that because he would they were in the in the reality show together but he didn't appearance on Fox any didn't appearance on CNN Are you like a diamond and pearl here now? Why don't you just say- I'm waiting till you get to 10. What is it, ten what?! Lip smacks! Oh okay... You could have just said it by the way. That was number ten by the way. No no no no, I was waiting for you to stop me on the bell. I just wanted to catch enough of them because I thought I was imagining it

1:38:22 And so now I'm not. Okay, well thank you it could also be because i mean a shitty hotel room... By the way being in that shitty hotel room I want to mention something You turned away from the mic or something a little while ago and got this beautiful resonance This huge echo Were you talking towards the bathroom? I don't know what it was but it was like wow! I should have stopped ya Something like this? Like this?! Was I talking like this somehow Yeah. And you think that's beautiful? Well, no it just sounded cool It's undermodulated but it sounded pretty cool Wow man my whole setup is...you've interrupted to such a degree I don't really know what to say Just keep going! I'm so sorry though I'm so sorry that I was lip-smacking No we're supposed to call each other out I called ya out its not a big deal Okay

1:39:18 Do you remember what I was talking about? Yeah, Blago. The hospital. Okay thanks. It was a scam! I hope other people remember better than you do so here he is on Fox And this is Waters' world, Jesse Waters who clearly knows what's going on. And this was a very clear drive and if you listen carefully You'll hear that it's in there A drive towards what we were talking about on the last show before anyone else kind of figured it out Are you angry at Barack Obama? I'm disappointed in Barack Obama. I'm not angry at him he had an opportunity Do you know things about Barack Obama that you haven't spoken to anybody about? Well, let me say this generally...I know a lot of different people who I knew in politics but I haven't spoke about and would not exclude him from that list Are you planning on speaking about what you know about Barack Obama and how he came up with the Chicago system obviously notoriously corrupt city

1:40:18 Well, I'm interested in telling the truth and doing it without any spirit of meanness or malice but to be truthful and talking about things that might be of interest and that actually might serve the public good. Is there anything you want to get off your chest about the former president with regards to that? That you haven't told anybody before? Yeah, I'll say that for the former president... well let me just say this The current president has trumped the former president when it comes to the testicular virility necessary to do the right thing and undo injustice. I went to prison and spent nearly 8 years in prison for things that aren't crimes, routine politics a lot of the same fake stuff they tried to do to President Trump

1:41:05 I think it was kind of leading the witness a little bit, but Yeah, I think. It was clear what was going on there the other side...I don't think i've seen Anderson Cooper so mad on air before can you ever remember a time when Cooper was mad like just mad and saying bullshit? You have a clip of it?

CHAPTER 31 / 50 Discussion

Anderson Cooper vs Rod Blagojevich, Criminal Justice Reform

A heated interview on CNN between Anderson Cooper and Rod Blagojevich is analyzed. Cooper criticized Blagojevich for "besmirching" prosecutors and failing to admit wrongdoing, while Blagojevich claimed his time in prison gave him a new perspective on the corruption of the justice system.

anderson cooper· rod blagojevich· cnn· criminal justice· prosecutors

1:41:47 Join me in the fight to reform our criminal justice system and actually do something about the problem of over sentencing blacks and Latinos. Right? I learned that when i was there Okay, what's sad is that you hadn't actually learned that when you mattered When you actually were the governor You work-you talk about working for the criminal justice reform There's a lot of people in Chicago There's a lot of people Illinois who actually like spit up when you say that because when you were actually in power and when you were actually governor, and you could have helped thousands. Who do you think Cooper is talking about there with a lot of people spit up? When you talk about that And by the way Anderson Pooper is of course part of the national security bureaucracy he was CIA's like everyone knows that at least he was there part of the time what is his connection to all this That he so mad and people are spitting up when they hear him talk like this

1:42:37 People you mean what? You have to ask the question. What is blog Oh saying that has set him off on this tangent of anger What he said, is that no I know what he I mean, I understand what he said technically Mm-hmm But why does what's it got to do with him? What's it got to do they would did so personal to Cooper and That is the right question. to try and pressure you to actually pay attention to clemency cases instead of extorting people for money and campaign contributions. So it's a little ironic, and frankly, a little sad, empathetic, and hypocritical—you talking about commuting getting... You get a commutation of the sentence which is within the president's right but you ignored a whole hell of a lot of other people who are hoping you might give them clemency when you actually matter

1:43:38 So actually, you know what? I'm happy to... There wasn't a question. It was a statement. I'd be happy to work with people on criminal justice reform but i wouldn't work with you And why does Pooper all of the sudden say he is happy to work with people? Is he a politician? He's happy to work with people? You know, isn't he supposed to be a journalist host? Someone who's been told to take this boy down is what's going on. Oh, yeah, you're right Okay, can I answer that? But oh this is what it is and question okay, I'd like to address that when you've been put where I was and you have all the time that I Was given to think and look back on some of the things you might have done different That's certainly an area that you talked about but I certainly wish I would have done more on there's no question about that Fair enough among my biggest regrets

1:44:28 I didn't know how corrupt the criminal justice system was until it did it to me. Oops, oops, oops, oops! This is- Now Pooper at this point his mouth is scrunched up his eyes are spitting fire and that was a wakeup call having said that I want to say one thing about me as governor when the cases came to me and I was given files about people who were seeking clemency or pardons I acted appropriately Actually no they sat on your desk and thats why you were sued that is what i did clemency and i did proper uh... right part of the day didn't do nearly enough it wasn't a priority i would acknowledge that heading go to the office everyday doing that instead i was giving health care all the children and wait for a patient or seniors in the disabled you were here when i read one thing i really much money two hospitals in order get campaign contributions but with them who's going on today at the back that's a big lie they got eight million dollars from me and i'm not a pretty after you have lines they got hit after you might promise that

1:45:24 I ordered it before that happened and they got it while I was governor. That is not factual. Okay, Governor Blagojevich, I do wish you the best. Really, I'm glad for your family that you're out... And by the way you were asking me questions, I appreciate you having me on! But just honestly look, I have no problem with you getting out. The president can commute to wherever he wants. You know, you're besmirching prosecutors who actually who are no longer in government, but prosecutors are important in our system and you're going after the very basis of our justice system which has plenty of problems. But part of the thing is that if you got out, you do have an obligation to at least admit what you did wrong. And you refuse to do that and your creating a whole new alternate universe of facts. That may be big in politics today but it's still frankly just bullshit

1:46:13 Well, no it's not bullshit. I lived it myself. It's not bullshit at all So Anderson is now the hero of prosecutors? Hero of the ju- protecting the state you have to be reminded that had a slew of people on death row and two or three young journalists I happen to know one of them went in there as a project, I think at the University of Illinois or one of the schools. And they discovered that all these cases were all bull crap cases and a judge had to release us ton of people from the Illinois prison system for phony baloney prosecutions that were all crooked. So this is why oh, of course got to protect those guys let's not drag anything up it's quite disappointing

1:47:04 Although fun. I just find it fascinating and then I give you 10 points, so I'll give you Clip of the Day for that Oh, you're just trying to make me feel good What? Because you've been smacking your lips all day long I got cotton mouth! What can i tell ya? Cotton mouth It's like I'm sorry Take a drink of uh... Yeah, I have been drinking decaf coffee from a plastic machine Yes exactly And all you can do is not commiserate but you can call me out on smacks Smacks it's a smackdown So that was that was that was phenomenal set of clip. Well, I got a phenomenal set eclipse to okay This one I went to your beat. I started which I decided to step over there That's okay now we didn't play this. I don't think but it's so outrageous that I'm not how we couldn't have played it This is the Assange deal and call me It's fairly new nobody's covering this except

CHAPTER 32 / 50 Discussion

Julian Assange, Comey Intervened in Immunity Deal

A report from One American News (OAN) alleges that former FBI Director James Comey killed a potential immunity deal for Julian Assange in 2017. The deal reportedly involved Assange providing evidence that Russia did not hack the DNC in exchange for not releasing the CIA "Vault 7" materials.

julian assange· james comey· wikileaks· vault 7· mark warner

1:48:05 OAN. Which I, by the way find it offensive! What? That OAN does it or that's the only one? Both! I like the way- Play a Assange deal killed by Comey. In 2018, The Hill reported that FBI Director James Comey directly intervened to kill WikiLeaks' immunity deal. Assange's legal team had reached out to the Trump administration to strike a deal in January 2017 and cut this deal with U.S government. Assange offered not release CIA's Vault 7 and was willing to discuss technical evidence ruling out certain parts

1:48:42 in a controversial leak of Democratic Party emails to the WikiLeaks community during the 2016 election. The US government believes those emails were hacked by Russia, however Assange insists they did not come from Moscow. The name of the person who took Assange's offer? Bruce Ohr Later on as negotiations continued it seemed as though the deal was set until one day suddenly a message was sent to Assange's team. James Comey, still head of the FBI at this point, sent a stand down message to Assange's legal team Now this happened through the back channel of Democrat Senator Mark Warner. Apparently, Comey and the Democrats found out about the negotiations between the Trump administration and Assange and decided to send a message that the WikiLeaks deal was off without actually talking to Trump about it. Shortly thereafter, Assange took the message and released the rest of Vault 7.

1:49:37 In response, the US government ended the negotiations and then CIA Director Mike Pompeo slammed Wikileaks as a hostile intelligence source. Just one month later James Comey was fired as FBI director. Huh! Yeah that's pretty good one huh Let's finish it up with part two. In 2018, The Hill reported that FBI Director James Comey directly intervened to kill WikiLeaks' immunity deal. Assange's legal team had reached out to the Trump administration to strike a deal in January 2017 and cut this deal with U.S government. That's the same clip. I'm sorry? It says two

1:50:18 Uh, two. Oh I see what happened! I joined the two that's going to be the whole thing. Well i can move it up a little bit. Assange and decided to send a message that the WikiLeaks deal was off without actually talking to Trump about it shortly thereafter Assange took the message and released the rest of Vault 7 In response, the US government ended the negotiations and then CIA director Mike Pompeo slammed WikiLeaks as a hostile intelligence source. Just one month later James Comey was fired as FBI Director. While it remains to be seen if Assange's legal team would seek to cut another deal with the U.S. Government there of course will be strong argument that his actions were consistent with Supreme Court decisions in the First Amendment for journalists and publishers though his charges may be related to the Espionage Act

1:51:05 The prospect of a deal is still on the table. Julian Assange is a subject matter expert on cyber security, geopolitics information leaks and the shadowy world of online intelligence operations Should the Trump administration offer him immunity from prosecution imagine everything the United States would stand to gain for bringing in Assange as an expert Let that sink in I'm Jack Posobiec One American News So how do you read this now with what will happen? What are the options? Well, what happened was they were going to do a deal. Apparently Trump wanted to get Assange out. Which sounds right! That's what he should do

1:51:46 Of course he should, and he was doing it until Comey stepped in and the other bad actors that were in the Justice Department of FBI and queered the deal. Not caring about right with a few white right wingers that are talking about this mentioned the following. Comey didn't give a crap about Vault 7 which had a lot of good stuff in it. Yeah, there's all CIA secrets so what? CIA can go pound salt that or Vault sevens are fake Also possible. Yeah, and it didn't make any difference whether they released it or not because it's all stuff that we know bad Who cares so it's one of the two we don't know maybe never will I probably at least for a while? Meanwhile the idea was to keep this guy hold up because it ruins the narrative about the Russia hack of the DNC Because the songs knows it wasn't the Russians

1:52:41 William Binney knows it wasn't the Russians. He did the calculation on it, It was somebody in the office that put it on a thumb drive and thats been confirmed and reconfirmed And the narrative keeps getting killed left and right The media refuses to talk about it But thats what happened We don't want Assange floating around making saying anything So lets lock him up in a British hell hole and leave him there Maybe he dies if we get lucky Poor guy Yeah, he got screwed on this deal. But again here's what was really interesting to me is you have these do-gooder Democrats social justice warriors are big fans of Assange and it's the Democrats that keep or keeping him or kept him in the prison along with I would also put Pompeo into that category of being a crook. Yes yes definitely. Pompeo really is not a guy who can be trusted but at least a guy

1:53:36 Not a leaker, I don't think. Well...I don't trust- Is the CIA? No! Sorry, but I don't trust them at all. So there's where it stands to be. That makes so much sense Yeah, we'll sit. We gotta keep this Russian narrative going and that's where you had Lawrence O'Donnell come out with that horrible Now an evergreen clip that will play once in a while where he says Trumps are Russian asset Give me a break Hey guess what I just found yes? I know a lot of people want to send blankets or water Just send your cash

CHAPTER 33 / 50 Discussion

Delray Beach Meetup, Donor Acknowledgments

The hosts read a list of donors from the Delray Beach meetup, including Tyler O'Brien and J.A. Hayes III. They acknowledge the hospitality of the Florida "No Agenda" community and mention the band Rogue Theory, recommended by one of the producers.

delray beach· florida· meetups· donations· rogue theory

1:54:16 Well, talking about sending cash I think this is now a good time to talk about the meetup at Fort Lauderdale and read from our little spreadsheet. We got some special donors that came in Yes we do and i'll do it in reverse order First of all we have Tyler O'Brien who... Now Tyler's been listening since episode number one And I don't have, he gave a check on premises for $500 and he'll be in night today. So we sent in his night name so will be doing that in the moment then we had J A Hayes III and J A Hayes III this is $333.33 beautiful morning as I sit in the parking lot waiting for my

1:55:09 S-S-Oh, Smokin' Hot Wife to return. The sky is clear the windows down the ride of the Valkyries fills the air accompanied by Curry's Manic laughter! The person in the car next to me gives me an askew glance I say to them in the morning citizen look on their face grows more incredulous and has been followed by nervous laughter Don't laugh I say why are you laughing? Can you imagine? It's amazing that J.A. Hayes made it to the meetup, he didn't get rousted on the spot. Please dedouche me! You've been de-douched This is so that when I next sing the No Agenda Anthem is with pure soul and a smiling continence

1:55:52 I'm retired. I don't want Jobs Karma Let's go straight to the money shot! I wants money karma shout out to the best band in the universe Rogue Theory Listen to Shoulder, She's The One and their other fine tunes on Apple Music Amazon Music or Spotify John A Hayes III he was there with The Second and it was great to see both of them And here is your karma as requested You've got karma. Robert and Andrea O'Hagan, and I believe that they were also there on behalf of Dame Patricia Worthington who could not be there so i had these index cards in the morning John & Adam 333 on 227 by bank So I guess that went separately

1:56:44 I think it came in, Western Union to be exact from Rob O'Hagan and Dame Andrea. A night Rob O'Hagan and Dame Andrea O'Hagan! I want to give a shout out to Viscount Craig of Northeast Georgia who hit us in the mouth before show 200 and there is Dame Patricia Worthington who we have shared numerous private meetups with near South Biscayne Bay. We owe you our Feel tea We love your deconstruction of plaid on show 1208 and have shared it with our Millennials. We'd love to hear more I'd like a birthday shout out for Andrea tomorrow on 2 20 wait 228 so we'll do that for next week and They are from Palmetto Bay, Florida under the protection of Dame Patricia Worthington And thank you very much Please resend that the birthday so that we do that on the next show Micah sir minotaur of South Florida wild card

1:57:36 And he came in with $214.20, now he wrote a very long note so I will redact some of that on the fly Thank you for your courage and consistency in providing what is without doubt the very best podcast in the known universe I've been a faithful listener since 2012 with this donation. I think he means the year, this donation of 21420. I humbly ask for a proper deduction. You've been de-douche'd! I recently heard that John's 21420 promo bombed... Did that bomb? The 21420 promo? That was the Valentine's Day always bombed. Oh it bombed yeah. Father's day Mother's day and Valentine's day

1:58:22 Always bomb. Yeah, love is so old-fashioned. It's out of fashion! Love... I have a hot Texan milf named Kimberly who was worth every penny as far as cool wives go she is at the top of the list She didn't blink an eye when I asked to drive across the state meet strangers in bar and make a cash donation To offset douchebaggery and then make fun of the media The show needs more producers I'd love that on and on, and then some your friend Micah Serminatore of the South Florida Wildcard. Then I will go into Cynthia Cabrera Hollander Beach. I think i have her note these were those are the oh yes here it is

1:59:11 No, Lou Pert. That's who I'm missing $200. Lou Part, PERT, I believe executive producer associate executive producer but he is an executive previously. Adam and John thank you for keeping us sane in these interesting times we are living in todays world me and my smoking hot wife Marcella had a great time at the meetup in Delray Beach And thank you, Adam Attina. We hope to see John soon around here. I think he's a banker. Nice guy and nice couple too! Then just go it's a short list. So I'll just go down without reading the notes We have of course crystal and David Culpe, but thank you very much for organizing the event $100 Cynthia Cabrera $100 sir captain Pete at the seven equatorial ocean $60 Michael from Royal Palm Beach 50 a non M house 3333 Stefan boots which was delivered this was very nice by his parents he couldn't make it and

2:00:05 And so he had his parents, John and Shirley drive to the meetup to hand us a $20 donation. They were kind of like surprised? Like what exactly is going on here but it was very nice to see them there and Tommy Ramirez... Tommy who has helped us out many times on the show, $20 from him we thank you all for your courage And it was a great meetup. Loved, loved being here love seeing everybody and look forward to the next time Now do we go straight into the donations or can we do something else as a... I think we could take a little break and then go donations Alright! I have some Brexit news what's kind of semi-Brexit news

CHAPTER 34 / 50 Discussion

Florida Buttermilk, Grocery Store Aficionados

A brief aside regarding the high quality of buttermilk found in Florida and Georgia grocery stores. One host describes a habit of purchasing half-gallons of buttermilk while traveling through these states, specifically praising the freshness found at Publix.

buttermilk· florida· georgia· publix· grocery stores

2:00:49 It's important, you know that I am smacking John but it's something about my mouth today. I can't help it. I'm trying...I'm really...it's almost distracting me from how to speak now that you've brought such incredible attention to it. Well then keep smacking away! I mean there is nothing you can stop because you're right in Florida which is lit-smackin' good. Yes it is so a number of people have certainly emailed... Oh by the way stop So Florida and Georgia both have one interesting phenomenon that goes on, and I don't know what it is. But the buttermilk you can buy from the store... Make sure that the date is really out there. You want to buttermilk to have a expired date that's at least two weeks out maybe longer if you can. Okay. But the buttermilk you can get in Georgia and Florida in particular

2:01:36 for buttermilk aficionados, myself being one of them is unbelievable. I'll be driving around in one of those two states and I'll just pull over to a grocery store Publix whatever it is and find a good buttermilk that's got a good date on it. It'd be like half gallon, big giant thing. And I get back in the car and I will down the whole thing within a few miles or more driving I have to go to the bathroom shortly thereafter, but it's besides the point. The buttermilk is unbelievable! Anyway... Go on. Sorry for the interruption. No no there was an interesting part there um is about going to the bathroom? My man... Thanks for the info.

CHAPTER 35 / 50 Discussion

EU Budget Crisis, Frugal Four vs Southern Nations

The European Union faces a significant budget shortfall following the UK's departure. The "Frugal Four" nations (Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark) are resisting calls to increase their contributions to fund southern and eastern European countries, leading to a stalemate in budget negotiations.

brexit· european union· budget· frugal four· emmanuel macron

2:02:24 I think I've tasted buttermilk once as a kid, was disgusted and I don't think I've ever had it since. Yeah well that's the place to have it okay you have to have the right attitude yes or no what anyway just continuing with what you were saying you don't need to be a buttermilk guy Brexit. I have received quite a few sarcastic scoffing notes on email and other social platforms that go something like this, Oh! You guys said it would never happen! Brexit! Do over! How about you now? Huh?! Have you received any of that, kind of similar type feedback? No but I see it on Twitter. Yes yes no i haven't as a matter of fact that you're the guy that gets these sorts of notes. I will say this Brexit hasn't happened well thank you and the big thing is that they they'd signed the deal so the paperwork

2:03:17 The signature has been put in but the rest of the paper is blank and they have to have this done by the 23rd December. Here's the problem that we're seeing in the EU, the Euro lands, the United States of Europe so they are doing their budget for next year And there's a hole in the budget, dear Liza. So they're trying to fill up this hole and no one wants to chip in anymore especially because they know where the money is going and this has led to quite What would the... The friction, in fact they came out of the EU ministers. The members of Parliament came out of the meeting no budget! The summit ended? No budget! So as predicted it looks like we're heading into another at least one round of budget talks

2:04:07 Is there any movement that we've seen in positions or are both sides really digging in here? Well I think the only positive that Charles Michel could see from this summit was that everyone was able to put on the table what they wanted to see, Oliver. From this latest round of budget negotiations but my word how long have you got in terms of a list of demands and the gap The chasm being quite so big between the different sides of all this. For Emmanuel Macron, the French president it was the common agricultural policy he was not happy with potential cuts to that for Angela Merkel it was not a strong enough clause on rule-of-law issues particularly involving countries like Poland and Hungary therefore those frugal four countries and the budget will simply going to be... Sorry, the frugal 4 is Austria, the Netherlands

2:04:56 and Sweden, I think Norway. Too high and for countries... Norway's not in the EU! I'm sorry? Then it wasn't Norway but there are four including the Netherlands and Austria Countries and the budget was simply going to be too high and for countries in the south and east that rely on EU funding to transfer from those wealthier nations to the poorer ones at the cuts were simply too deep so So, essentially everyone could find a complaint with the proposal that was on the table. Are we any closer to a deal? In many regards we're not but I think Charles Michel does have a point in that everyone understands their positions a little bit better and also

2:05:43 You know what may have scuppered this deal also in the end is the fact that for probably the first time EU leaders are having to seriously contemplate at the views of MEPs. Ultimately they have got a say in this process, they're pretty belligerent in this Parliament it's a pretty fractured parliament and its clear that there was a real possibility if they couldn't get a good compromise deal then MEPs in the end would simply veto it Sounds to me like the UK was paying more than we really We really knew I would say more than their fair share sounds like it Yeah, so that was outlay with no not no incoming exactly now you said they all At the beginning of this thing. You said they knew where it was going and you never what are you talking about? What do you mean? They knew what was going you said at the very beginning

2:06:37 You said they can't get anyone to chip in more because they know where it's going. Oh, I'm sorry the money is going you heard that in the middle of the clip that the rich north are pissed off that they're gonna send money to those poor schlubs down south! I see you Greece I see you Italy, I see you Spain. That's what they're all pissed off at because that's what Britain was good for UK was good hey have them send the money over there they vacation in those countries anyway that's a but i can imagine that's what they're pissed off about now to what now we have to send the money to those low-lifes let's scupper de deal scupper this is not uh this is not what I'd call one happy family

2:07:22 No, at all. And then somehow and this is what I found interesting in the report somehow that the members of European Parliament have some power in this but I don't think so. Don't they just have to approve or not approve and eventually it goes to Starfleet command? He used the word veto! Yeah but yeah they can use the red card I think they have a red card veto and then it has to go back to the commission who do it in secret. It's very vague where they go from here, but I see this as part of the Brexit problem! They need to soak up some stuff from UK on this exit deal and its going to be a big ass bill I think. Well the thing is that it's apparent if you look at this clip

2:08:17 That the UK has more money than brains. And they were like paying for a lot of stuff that the EU is soaking them for, and they were doing it stupidly! Now that they've pulled out its become apparent what the problem was... They were a bunch of dumb... dummies throwing money at the EU as part of their, well we're all part of the same team. Oh you mean the Brits? The Brits were doing that? Yeah, the Brits! You said the EU but you meant the Brits... yeah of course! Well I should have said they were throwing money to the EU or giving money to the EU that they shouldn't be because they were just being soaked

2:08:55 The problem is they still have a deadline. The actual Brexit deadline is December 23rd, 2020. It could be no Brexit. I don't think it's going to be. No Brexit deal? Oh no our no-deal Brexit. A crash! It will crash out. Crash out! They won't do it. They haven't got the guts to do it. They've lost their way. You were bitching about this when you were living over there. Yeah, you were talking about how the Brits are just a bunch of drunks and they lost their way. I don't know if I characterized it exactly like that but... That's my summary What i saw in society having lived there for five years I saw no family unit very poor, very poor family unit where kids would always stay over at other people's houses and wherever was basically warmer had great good food

2:09:51 And the rest of the time they did spend drunk. A lot of it, and that's part of its culture but now... You're coming from Holland saying this! I know oh no it's not to be compared. It's incomparable how in my experience and young people too you know My daughter was Christina was 15 growing up there so I saw a lot just like ho my goodness So, yeah well what do they really have going on for them? There's nothing. What does the UK actually do? Well apparently they produce enough so that they have excess to give to the EU! Well that was the banking stuff... The banking part of the business. That's all gone

CHAPTER 36 / 50 Discussion

Donation Segment, Connection Anxiety and Flip Phones

The hosts process a series of donations and discuss "connection anxiety." A donor describes the benefits of using a flip phone and keeping it turned off most of the time to avoid the constant distractions of modern smartphones, a sentiment echoed by the hosts.

donations· flip phones· connection anxiety· baby boomers· digital detox

2:10:32 I'm sure someone will be happy to correct us and let us know exactly what's happening. Yeah, let us know where the money is coming from. Yeah exactly. And talking about money, we have some people to thank for money. Starting with Adam! Hey Adam! Oh this is the Adam in Utah 12345 He's got a birthday call for somebody thanks you for many years of the best podcast job karma works he says nice

2:11:09 Okay, my career has been rock solid ever since he got some. And he's got a birthday count Donald Borowski and he does have an OE feel obliged to read his notes in this is actually a good one. He is the. Sir Donald the fire bottles count of Eastern Washington and Spokane Valley Yes, very famous. Very famous here on the show Here's my rate was somewhat regular donation one two three four five keep up the OTG segments of the program will do if you have ideas about avoiding connection anxiety They should be helpful for many people

2:11:46 I'm a baby boomer so i grew up without connection anxiety. As, I'm sorry just as a note yes last night at the wedding it was quite interesting I went you know had to suit on no phone didn't have the flip phone or anything the amount of people who were at the tables and I understand taking your phone for pictures but just on their phones and just doing stuff is like wow you know it's a party! It's a party! No they're on their phones It's bad. Yes, it is rude used to be considered rude I think it still is no but nobody there so many people do this like a video the majority that was the bride and groom I mean come on just kidding not right we're getting move along anyway I am a baby boomer so I grew up without in connection anxiety I do take my cell phone along when I'm out and about but I leave it off unless I'm expecting a call or have a sudden need to make a call

2:12:47 So my flip phone is turned off 95% of the time even better. Yeah, sir Donald That's all he has to say just wanted to make that clear Thank you very much pretty much the same way yep I got a nice blue phone It is nice when you show up to a meetup and people are like hey And they flip open their phones in front of ya hey brother It's cool it's like a it's like a club greeting it's like a party oh Ian Field, $100 from the UK. Sir Greg of Parts Unknown, sir, 9999. Sir Kevin McLaughlin Earl of Luna in Locust North Carolina 8

2:13:27 Oh, six is the lopsided boob donation. It is John Heller in Missoula Montana 6969 Sir Dwight Knight 67896789 and he has got a birthday coming up shout out Sir Paul the Black Lady Sparrow and Saskatoon Canada Saskatchewan 66 dot 6 6 another birthday with a happy birthday Raleigh North Carolina 633 that runs at sixty three thirty six Raleigh Stephen Shevlin in Southampton, Massachusetts. 6-006 small boobs. Kirk Struik in Hull, Iowa 5555 Sir Slam Bob Rolling Night of the Guadalupe Trail and San Jose California 5522 Stas Gumberg 5510 Anonymous 5333

2:14:24 James Durante another birthday boy, San Diego California 52 23. Forrest Martin 5005 and the following people are $50 donors name and location is not that many factors only four which is low. Alexa Delgado on Aftos California, Daniel Leboy in Bath Michigan Michael Lee's in Manchester UK and finally Sir Patrick Maycombe in New York City want to thank these folks for contributing and supporting and producing show 1219 And special thanks also to those under the $50 cutoff and those on subscriptions. That, if everyone took out a subscription in addition to whatever other things you do when you produce the show and certainly when you produce it with value

2:15:09 That is just something that helps incredibly if you can so please consider that. Remember us at thevorac.org slash NA and thank you also to our executive producers and associate executive producers I did want to mention a disturbing trend that i'm going to stop right now, I am going to stop the emergency karma it's starting to become...I would say abused People have heard it now and we've done it for, of course you know with like a knight who has something horrible happening but this idea of emergency karma like people just throw it in well my buddy's sick that okay

CHAPTER 37 / 50 Discussion

Atomic Insights, Nuclear Energy Art Request

Sir Atomic Rod is seeking a "No Agenda" artist to create a "smoking gun" image for his blog, Atomic Insights. The image is intended to illustrate the relationship between competitors who discourage the use of nuclear energy.

nuclear energy· atomic insights· graphic design· copyright· hit list

2:15:46 I'm sorry, but also then and it has to be anonymous. No that's not how it works at least I don't think that's how it works and I think that we should Put the kibosh on emergency karma that people admit there's like four requests a show now We can't do that Can we? I'm asking you jumble them together in one big giant Karma at the end all right Here's one big anonymous giant health Karma. You've got karma Yeah Okay I do have a request from Sir Atomic Rod. Now, Atomic Rod has a specific request in fact it is a gig! He's offering a gig he's doing a revamp of atomic insights and you can find that his blog

2:16:33 to highlight some of the article series they've published and he says, can you ask if there are any No Agenda artists who would be interested in creating a smoking gun image that we can use freely to draw attention to the posts that describe the relationship between competitors and actions to discourage the use of nuclear energy? I'd be willing to pay for an unrestricted copyright. So email siratomicrodadams, atomicrod59 at gmail.com I'm not quite sure what he's looking for but he's looking for something that apparently and I look it for a hit list Yeah, I think that the no agenda artists are the ones who can do whatever he wants or probably email him That would be helpful

CHAPTER 38 / 50 Discussion

Birthday Shout-outs, New Knighting Ceremony

The hosts conduct a birthday segment for various listeners and perform a knighting ceremony for Tyler O'Brien, John Soltis, and Mark and Tracy Hamra. They provide instructions for new knights to claim their No Agenda rings and certificates.

birthdays· knighting· knight rings· value for value· roundtable

2:17:14 Then we have a thank you to everybody and reminder for our show that you possibly would like to support us for the Thursday go to Dvorak.org slash NA It's your birthday, birthday on NOVA JANDA! And here we go with our birthday list for today. February 23rd 2020 Dame Anonymous says happy birthday to Lexi who celebrates on the 29th. Dame Drea happy birthday to M of Mid Valley turning 44 Sir Paul The Blacks says happy birthday too sir Sashka Shittison of the Gitmo Living Skies turning 33

2:17:57 Adam in Utah turns 33 today. Sir Dwight, his brother sir Hank Scorpio celebrated yesterday he says happy birthday. Sir Paul the Black and Lady Sparrow say of course happy birthday to Sir Shashka Citizen Gitmo Knight of the Living Skies as well and finally we say happy 42nd birthday to James Durante uh... forty two days today! Happy Birthday from everybody here at The Best Podcast In The Universe! We've got one two we got three nights and a day. I'm very proud of this so let us get some Sorted out time swords, so there you go here you go all right

2:18:35 Up here on the podium, please can we have the following contenders? Tyler O'Brien John Soltis Mark Hamra and Tracy Hamra. All four of you have supported The Noah Jenner Show in the amount of $1,000 or more that puts you at the coveted Noah Jenner roundtable and I'm proud to pronounce the KC of the spray-painted walls, Sir Powerboy, knight of the subatomic realm. Sir Red The Healer and Dame Tracy for all of you! We've got Hookers & Blow, Rent Boys and Chardonnay, Dab Hits and Duck Cookies and Vodka we got PogPoi, Kebab and Persian Wine Harlots and Howl Doll, Bong Hits and Bourbon, Vodka and Vanilla, Geishas and Sake, Ginger Ale and Gerbils or of course Mutton and Mead And all you have to do...and there's several people who I saw at the meetup

2:19:23 who just haven't done it yet, they have achieved knighthood. All you gotta do is go to noagendthenation.com slash rings You give your accounting, you help Eric the shill with that he already has that actually by now Just give him the current mailing address and we'll get everything out too The No Agenda Knight Rings always nice to see them at the meetups People walking around displaying them proudly And we get you the sealing wax and the certificate as well. So go to noagendanation.com slash rings You know what it's like. Yes, it is like a party! And we have a short meetup report from Magnolia Texas local 667 Adam John this is Texas Joe coming to you from the Magnolia Texas Meet up at Lone Pine Brewery

CHAPTER 39 / 50 Discussion

Global Meetup Schedule, Leap Year Events

A rundown of upcoming listener meetups in San Francisco, London, Vancouver, and Nuremberg. The hosts highlight a "bonanza" of events scheduled for the February 29th leap year, spanning multiple countries and cities.

meetups· san francisco· london· vancouver· leap year

2:20:17 It's currently like 44 43 degrees and we're freezing our asses off But we're drinking good beer eating good food, and I'm here with my podcast meetup guys Guys say hi in the morning. This is Rob In the morning surprise. I'm a douchebag but I'll fix in that tonight This is Tom from Texas and hey mom. I'm on a podcast Alright guys, we got a surprise for y'all one two three Hey mom look no hands I want a podcast. Thanks guys Here's the list of meetups that you can see there is actually one today at which is in San Francisco at 333 p.m.. This is just before the big RSA security conference The meetup will start around 333 at Chesty's bar JCD has been invited, but who knows this is organized by the Baron of Silicon Valley? I will not

2:21:14 Put you under pressure there and this is by the way. This is at the Marines Memorial, which is a marine hangout And it's open to the public now, and it is a very cool bar and venue. Very cool! Okay so but we don't know if you'll be there for sure? There will be a head... I already told them that I can't make it. They've got a big dinner tonight. Yeah, you gotta clean up the studio. Sunday's a tough one for me. Well of course show days are very tough. I'm gonna try to do next Friday's Drake's thing in Oakland Oh good well let me tell you what's coming up before then Monday That'll be tomorrow. It's a London UK, that's at the Victorian near Paddington station. I guess that is the monthly one 6 o'clock. Also Wednesday next, this coming Wednesday No Agenda Styli Musical Marijuanical Meetup for the masses. That will be in Vancouver British Columbia 12 Kings Pub Adam Bowen organizing for you also Wednesday Nuremberg Embedded World meet up

2:22:12 That is at, well it's Deutschland. Meet at Kloster. Lawrence DB is going to be your host for that on Friday the Bay Area Troll Moot and that is indeed in Oakland Drake's dealership Jennifer and Sean organizing what is Drake's? Is that a car dealership or a weed dealership what is it It's a big bar there used to be a car dealership that has been converted into a big open air bar Oh nice It's a nice place except the ownership of that place are a bunch of dicks. Make sure you let them know when you go to the meetup, hey! Are you the owner? You're a dick

2:22:55 Then, for some reason...no an obvious reason the 29th of February that is a once in every four year occurrence it is a leap year we have meetups scheduled in Montreal Canada Oklahoma City Oklahoma Kansas City Missouri Lakes County Minnesota nuts South Orange County California Zurich Switzerland Chicago Illinois and Busan Korea Please go to no agenda meetups calm and on Thursday show we will give you more info on those specific meetups it's a it's quite a bonanza and If you want to know more about any of the meetups You've heard heard about today. Go to know agenda meetups comm if there's nothing near you It's very simple all you got to do is start one because it's great. It's like a party Sometimes

CHAPTER 40 / 50 Discussion

Karlyn Borisenko, Knitting Community Social Justice

Karlyn Borisenko describes her transition from a "Trump hater" to a critic of social justice movements after witnessing "roving gangs" of activists attacking members of the online knitting community. Her story gained national attention after she attended a Trump rally and wrote about the experience for Forbes.

karlyn borisenko· knitting· social justice warriors· glenn beck· trump rally

2:23:46 I wanted to catch up on one just kind of a fun thing that we talked about a long time ago. I don't want to give it away because I'll play the clips not too long. You may have heard about this, I think she was a reporter for Forbes magazine and she went to a Trump rally and she was a super Trump hater and it convinced her that you probably had been living in some kind of

2:24:31 filter bubble is how she described it and all of a sudden she's like holy crap this is all wrong and she's a complete social justice warrior. I don't think she's voting for Trump but she wrote about this, and wrote about in Forbes and it struck a chord for a number of reasons which I'm not going to give away but we talked about her very specific instance probably a year ago or maybe longer as she explained here to Glenn Beck on his radio show. Oh yeah, absolutely I definitely went through a phase probably for about a year and a half where i really thought that you know anyone who supported President Trump was at best supporting racism and it were downright racist themselves yes And where did that come from?

2:25:20 I was watching a lot of MSNBC. And then why did you become uncomfortable? Well, I'm a knitter and in the knitting community and I know this sounds bizarre... Do you remember this do you remember the knitting community story No. political community at the moment where they have these kind of roving gangs of social justice warriors just attacking people and mobbing them indiscriminately. Knitters and roving gangs of social... something just doesn't fit here! It's not what I expect

2:26:11 Well, listen I understand the feeling because I didn't expect it either But I started seeing this happen just over and over and over again And at some point I started speaking up within the knitting community and saying guys This is wrong We shouldn't be doing this then then they came after me and At that point and III didn't get it as badly as a lot of people did but um at some point. I just said I Cannot align myself with these people politically It's just it's wrong what they're doing. That's too bad you don't remember that we had a good laughover some of the trolls remember The knitting community. And then something from one of your clips, from the last show... Who was this woman? You never identified her Oh! Her name is... I'm sorry. I have it in the clip. Her name is Karlyn Borisenko B-O-R-Y S-E-N-K-O There was something that I was listening to on the last show and I always listen to the show again just mainly because a lot of stuff that you say

CHAPTER 41 / 50 Discussion

Telemundo Debate Question, Anti-Capitalist Rhetoric

The hosts criticize a question asked during a Democratic debate by a Telemundo moderator regarding companies "responsible for the destruction of our planet." They characterize the framing as unhinged anti-capitalist rhetoric that has become mainstream in political discourse.

telemundo· joe biden· climate change· capitalism· democratic debate

2:27:12 and sometimes even clips you play I'll miss because i'm doing other things in the production and I want to make sure I heard it. And there was something in your clip from the last debate that I just wanted to stop and say what the hell is going on with NBC, and in particular their Telemundo partnership? Because the question that was asked of Joe Biden—and this was from your clip where Biden was going nuts trying to explain stuff Really, I found it to be an incredibly nutty question. Listen, look here's the last point on my time is going to run out. Here's the last point I want to make you day one when I'm elected president. I'm going to invite all of the members of The Paris Accord to Washington DC they make up 85% of the problem. They know me. I'm used to dealing with international relations.

2:28:08 She is actually saying, what are you going to do to the companies that are responsible for the destruction of our planet? Yeah. This is crazy! The planet has not been destroyed I mean, how else can you interpret this? Oh they're going to destroy it now. No no no! This is unhinged behavior and i don't think that belonged in the debate. Now I think the tell him what was her name... It was just anti-capitalist...No as part of the major major anti capitalist

CHAPTER 42 / 50 Discussion

Nevada Caucus Logistics, Iowa Delegate Discrepancies

A listener report from the Nevada caucus explains the use of Google Forms as a math-checking tool for delegates. The hosts also discuss the final Iowa caucus results, noting that while Sanders and Buttigieg had identical vote percentages, Buttigieg received one more delegate due to the state's weighting system.

nevada caucus· iowa caucus· delegates· bernie sanders· pete buttigieg

2:28:53 And she's an anti-capitalist. She's a socialist! This is part of the argument that capitalism is no good, and these corporations aren't doing anybody any favors. Meanwhile let's take a break here on MSNBC and get some capitalist cash... please? Yes exactly I have a letter I want to read before we go on so you don't have to Because this is one of our guys, you got it too from Anthony the bad wolf. He's one of the caucus guys in Reno. Yes. Nevada caucus guy I read it. I'm a no agenda listener lives in Reno who recently participated my local precincts caucus. I listened to Thursday show with report about use the Google forms and wanted to provide some additional information that Google form was a cop

2:29:35 of the hard copy poster that was used to count votes and do the math for the delegates. The form assisted party officials with double checking their math, it was more a calculator than anything else." Okay so there's that. It was an interesting experience everyone voted for their candidate in the first and second early votes were added in and they were provided via the app form at the end of the second round of votes all through the candidates who did not get enough votes were eliminated. It came out even Amy, Pete and Bernie and Warren with each splitting the amount of delegates evenly. So that wasn't kind of told to us? No I was elected be one of the delegates to go to the county convention and i will follow up with another report one additional thing i did notice is that

2:30:18 What I would call Bernie gals that went around to each of the hard copy posters for each precinct and were reporting the numbers. This is what Bernie's been doing He's been double-checking, he has his people Double checking to make sure he's not getting screwed over because he expects to be Yes That was nice little foots on the ground report Well there's something else you know they finally got the...they haven't really touted it Widely, but the Iowa caucus results are now 100% in and complete. And I'd like to share them with you Amy Klobuchar has one delegate Joe Biden has six Elizabeth Warren has eight Then we have Bernie Sanders with 12 delegates and Pete Buttigieg with 13 delegates But here's what's interesting The final count is in

2:31:09 Bernie Sanders has 563 votes, 26.2% of the vote equals 12 delegates Pete has 563 votes 26.2 percent of the votes exactly the same yet he is 13 delegates explain that to me Same way you explain the fact that Trump won the election by not getting California and New York which have most of the Delegates in the Electoral College. Trump got lost a popular vote, and this is the same thing they do delegates from each area in Iowa aren't equal So if you win one little area might get an extra delegate oh so the area actually has extra delegates

2:31:55 Interesting. Or something like that, it's not even it's not like perfectly even one man one vote It's not a one-man one vote thing Got it got it got it So thats how he stole the delegate according to the Bernie people Yeah I think he pinched one Pete pinched probably did Pete pinch the delegate. It's obvious yeah, yeah Pete the pincher That's what he does hey do you have an end of show I can't buy we have an ISO ISO for consideration to good I have a Trump speech brilliant minds think alike yes What do you have nuts? They've gone nuts if it's fun that's good. I don't have any any eyes so they're gone nuts That's good for me. They've gone nuts. Yes exactly

CHAPTER 43 / 50 Discussion

Harvey Weinstein Trial, Jury Deadlock on Predatory Assault

The jury in the Harvey Weinstein trial is reported to be deadlocked on the most serious charges of predatory sexual assault while reaching a verdict on lesser counts. The hosts analyze the legal implications of a hung jury and speculate on the potential for a not-guilty verdict on the major charges.

harvey weinstein· rape trial· jury deadlock· predatory sexual assault· court tv

2:32:39 I have a Weinstein rape update. Oh, well there's nothing like a Weinstein rape update on a Sunday! I'll be watching Court TV this week because there seems to be a deadlock. I have two different reports, one from PBS and one from CBSN. I think the PBS one is more concise. Let's play that. The jury in the Harvey Weinstein New York rape trial is deadlocked on 2 of the most serious counts of predatory assault They carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. The jurors have reached a unanimous verdict on the other three charges, but those verdicts have not been made public yet. The judge ordered the jurors to resume deliberations on Monday to try and reach an unanimous verdict on all the charges

2:33:27 So for people who don't understand our justice system, which is probably most Americans. What exactly... how does this work? You have four counts but only they only agree on or they agree on three but not do they have to agree on all counts and otherwise it's a hung jury or what is the typical procedure Well, they're supposed to agree. They're supposed to they got different counts. Well how do you agree on count one guilty or not guilty? I'd agree like the judge doesn't want them being hung on it One or two of the counts and then be secure in the other ones Okay so if you're gonna I think the process is supposed to be that if you have five counts

2:34:11 You have to decide guilty or not guilty on all five counts. You can't just have a hung jury on one of them because then it really puts everything in doubt, so they either say not guilty on those ones that they're hung on or it depends. So they'll get out of it because typically if they're agreeing already on two out of the three and there's two more that are hung on, they'll come to grips with that cause they don't want to be in this jury room forever So this should be finalized by Wednesday of next week. That's my guess. So the deal is you have to have at least a decision on all of the counts, it can't be... You have to have a decision on all of them if you don't have it on one or you could be hung on all them generally speaking. You only get...you can have a hung jury say we do not know, we're not going to do...we are hung and we can't do it right because there's one guy who votes No in everything forget it It's such a bad term Hung Jury Well not if your're a guy Wow I hadn't even thought about that way

2:35:10 Since we have a little time, why don't we listen to the CBSN version of the report. while reaching a unanimous verdict on the other charges. Michael George is here with the latest, Mike what's going on? Good morning though jurors could not decide on the two predatory sexual assault charges it appeared Friday that the seven men and five women agreed with the other charges of first-degree rape third degree rape and criminal sex act

2:35:48 Criminal Sex Act. So what are they hung on? On which one? I didn't get it. They're hung on the big two where it's like some sort of a... He said it in there, but some sort of planned rape Conspiracy. I mean, he's just the worst possible kind of rapist. That planned rape... Good morning! Though jurors could not decide on the two predatory sexual assault charges it appeared Friday that seven men and five women agreed with the other charges of first-degree rape third degree rape and criminal sex act None of that sounds good for Harvey. I think they're giving him a not guilty on a couple of them or they wouldn't because if it was not here's what I'm thinking

2:36:30 From the I've been watching too much court TV. Yeah, their analysis which is dynamite by the way It's on most areas as usually on one of your little sub channels on one of the networks The way I'm seeing it they found him not guilty Yeah on these other charges and they're trying to do so because if the massive worst-case scenario charge is guilty Then who gives a shit what they give them on these other ones it must be just be guilty for that too Because it's all minor. So they had to have found him not guilty for the for the big boys And now there you know say well, maybe he should be guilty of this or maybe she'd be guilty of that I think they're going they're tending to not guilty Oh, well we've always thought that he would walk

2:37:13 Not that we feel it's right, but too much power at play. I think they may find him guilty on one of the minor charges and that's going to be about it. Otherwise they wouldn't have this situation there is no reason to believe this situation would exist if they're finding him guilty on the big charges Unbelievable. Guy is such a douche sleaze He's got two more trials to go, he has to go London and L.A My goodness I'm actually hoping it gets found not guilty so that we can go these other trials It will be more good coverage Even if he is guilty can't they just parade him out anyway? Just have fun and make him go to those too? They probably wont Last clip for me Is something that I picked up this morning

CHAPTER 44 / 50 Discussion

FBI Entrapment Tactics, Radicalization of Extremists

The hosts discuss the FBI's "six-week cycle" of arresting individuals they have allegedly radicalized through undercover operations. They criticize MSNBC's Katie Tur for suggesting these same entrapment tactics should be more aggressively applied to "white extremists" and domestic targets.

fbi· entrapment· domestic terrorism· radicalization· katie tur

2:38:04 And one of our big beefs with the FBI and what we casually call the six-week cycle is where the FBI goes out and You know, they find somebody who's said something weird on a social network or on 4chan. Or someone says this guy is acting weird and then they immediately go into undercover mode and they say hey man do you like terrorism? Do you like blowing shit up? Hey man! Do you hate people? Do you want to blow some stuff up? And they radicalize them essentially And then the minute he's ready to go, then they give him the phony bomb button to press and they arrest him and make a big deal out of it. That happens approximately or it has happened approximately every six weeks so that can continue to be relevant and get their budgets for anti-terrorism. This procedure we've been complaining about for years because you can just read how they do it in their reports, the special agents

2:39:02 But now, Katie Terger who was with the fine NBC organization MSNBC in this case She knows all about it, but she wants to take it one step further. You know when you're looking at ISIS or you're looking at radical Islamic terrorism I covered a number of stories where the FBI would track young kids and our young men and they would talk with them online and say here's how you build a bomb or heres where your bomb making materials and they tracked that person as that person radicalized and then arrested them before they could do anything bad why is this

2:39:40 Is the same not being done for white extremists? Or is the same being done, we just don't know about it. No it's time to seriously ask that question and to wrestle with it because politics does enter in and as you said As soon as you mention even a need for domestic terrorism statute right that addresses this You'll hear people start screaming This is the thought police! Your trying to suppress thought My answer to that is, we don't... this is not about thought. This is about verbalizing an intention to commit violence That's what were talking about and when you have that going on in droves online it's time to hit it head-on and do it in partnership between law enforcement and providers.

2:40:25 I would think so and the fact that Katie Turr is all in on it. Is such a dingbat that she would think this is okay And in fact, encourage it in another direction. Hey you know there's people over there that old woman? You can see that she has been wanting to jaywalk and let's help her get... Let's encourage her by jaywalking with her and then she can get arrested for jaywalking because she wants a jaywalk so lets see if we can get her to jaywalk. It is really disturbing! How is that different?! No its not different at all! Its so disturbing! Full on entrapment!

2:41:01 Yeah, it's full on entrapment. It says like you're taking some bulls I mean just because somebody sits around and talks about oh yeah Blow up the place Oh you would you wish and then your groom them And you could sure them it's okay to want to blow up the place and that Then you take him further down the line You get into gear and you find some other guys who say they wanted blow-up the place do or all one big club This guy is a loner anyway now he's got some friends. Yes this pathetic And I bring this up specifically for our trolls. Be careful who's in the troll room and what you guys say

CHAPTER 45 / 50 Discussion

Coronavirus Update, TikTok Misinformation

The World Health Organization warns that the window to contain the coronavirus is closing as cases surge in South Korea. The hosts discuss how "TikTok" has become a primary source of fear-inducing videos for millennials, showing unverified footage of the outbreak in China.

coronavirus· south korea· tiktok· wuhan· world health organization

2:41:37 It's not up to me, but you know this they're talking specifically about doing this on social media so you will have infiltrators doing this on social media and anywhere else they can't. And there'll be from the FBI and they're there to entrap you! Good paying FBI gig for a nerd who is always kind of wanted to be a cop. I work for the FBI what do you do? I'm online all day in Facebook oh what kind of job is that yeah man I got a big bunch of keys I have four news clips. I want to get out of the way so we can keep people up. Yep, good Let's go with a coronavirus update Okay PBS Yeah PBS The World Health Organization warned today that the window of opportunity to contain the international spread of the corona virus is closing South Korea has become the latest front in the outbreak The country declared a health emergency as cases there quadrupled

2:42:34 to more than 200 infections over the past two days. Officials closed schools and banned mass gatherings, including services at a church that most of the sick attended. No one has entered the church since Tuesday. We did disinfection work twice on Tuesday and Wednesday Right now all the disinfection work is complete and no one is entering the church Meanwhile in China, the number of new infections fell for another day Chinese officials have recorded over 75 thousand cases And more than 2200 deaths so far At least 12 more deaths have been confirmed outside of mainland China

2:43:15 One of our producers sent me a note and said, you know we were wondering why millennials seem to be a little more afraid than most groups of the coronavirus. In fact it's top-of-minds and he suggested various... oh tick-tock He says, TikTok is the worst. All you get are just video after video and these are short like bam-bam-bam in your face You see doors being welded shut people vomiting blood you know all stuff that may be from a completely out from a movie who knows but it's all bam-bam-bam in your face and he said that is what... It's TikTok! He says Tiktok is the main problem I'm in on it too And I think that's very possible Yeah man, makes sense This Tiktok thing man People sit there and watch that for hours

CHAPTER 46 / 50 Discussion

Iranian Parliamentary Elections, Low Voter Turnout

Iran held parliamentary elections with a historically low turnout, estimated at 10% in some areas. The low participation is attributed to the Guardian Council barring thousands of reformist candidates and public dissatisfaction with the economy under international sanctions.

iran· elections· guardian council· sanctions· voter turnout

2:44:00 Supposedly they do. Yeah, they do. I had to go to France 24 to get these stories coming at least this one. This is not being reported all we don't know you didn't even know what happened there's an Iranian election? Yeah, with like thousands of candidates I think. Well not really a lot of them were pulled but go on please. Well they had thousands and then didn't qualify or something. I've heard little bit about it but no much of course We have no one who has voted in this election people telling us well yeah fine you know we knew the results 10 days prior Why would we go and validate them? This is very much the state of mind. This is what these people were telling me, and they were also telling me indeed that they had been very disappointed with the previous parliament and the results of that government simply because there have been sanctions slapped on by the United States, by the international community, the pullout Donald Trump from the GPCA, the Iranian nuclear agreement, that have impaired the possibilities of resolving

2:45:03 problems of Iran which are dire at the moment. Of course there is also another element and that is the fact that the Guardian Council has decided to ban the candidature over 7,000 candidates in this election across the country but also 90 outgoing MP's which have been barred from re-election and Most of these MPs are from the reformist camp and people were telling us, well you know The stars of the party are not even allowed to compete So a lot of people chose simply not to vote And I'm not sure exactly what is the election for? Is it for the parliament? It was for the president... Parliament yeah, parliament. It's the parliamentary election You know what that turnout was Yeah i'd like to know 10%

CHAPTER 47 / 50 Discussion

South Sudan Unity Government, Civil War Peace Deal

Rival leaders Salva Kiir and Riek Machar have formed a unity government in South Sudan, aiming to end six years of civil war. The hosts note that this international news is largely ignored by US media outlets focused on domestic politics.

south sudan· salva kiir· riek machar· civil war· peace deal

2:45:50 It's where we're headed people Look at it now. We're on our way to that 10% Brother yeah Meanwhile, here's the another France 24 report on this suit another thing we don't get ripped We don't know anything about despite the fact that this civil war Well clueless you know what a thousand who Clooney doesn't Clooney has Sudan? Yeah Well, Cluny's apparently bailed. But they had something like 400,000 dead a million refugees or more this Sudan civil war over reported by France 24 South Sudan's longtime rivals have formed a unity government rebel leader Riek Machar has been sworn in as President Salva Kiir's vice president after two previous failures observers are hoping this time around the coalition will last

2:46:41 But as Naomi Lloyd explains, the two men have a long and bitter history. Sworn in as South Sudan's vice president former rebel leader Riek Machar watched by President Salva Kiir in his trademark cowboy hat The two bitter foes in an embrace and coalition government together, sealing the 2018 peace deal aimed at ending six years of civil war. Now you're actually watching Friends 24 when you get these clips I think right? Or are you not? Yeah! Hey babe yeah That's the problem is if you can't get and you can't get any of this online I mean they go to euro news or go to it's just it's all the same stuff It's like they're all copying what we're doing and that's no, it's all Trump Trump Very hard to get this news. In fact, I would like to recommend that We do some of this Spread it out a bit over the show and pop one of these in from time to time

CHAPTER 48 / 50 Discussion

French Police Reform, Stop and Frisk in "Ghettos"

France has introduced a new local police force to patrol "underprivileged" neighborhoods in cities like Lille and Strasbourg. While reported positively as a community safety measure, the hosts point out that the tactics involve widespread "stop and frisk" and identity checks.

france· police· stop and frisk· urban ghettos· identity politics

2:47:38 Instead of at the end of a roll, it's pretty hard to do. So I like to jump up. No, no, it's hard It's hard to jump into it from a topic but it's it's incredible now We're not being told or what's under reported Now this one report which is nothing that was you know? It's a big secret But they were over there does the French have decided to police themselves A little more by bringing cops on the street in some of these troublesome areas And I have to say, you'll hear a little thing in there where the guy says show me your papers. This is like this story in France it's oh this big deal this is helping and if you listen its very positive story but when you watch it which you can't see when you watch all your seeing

2:48:20 in parts of France now is stop and frisk. Stop and frisk, it's all stop and frisk! Play this police in France papers please. The uniforms the same but these police officers have a very specific beat They only patrol the underprivileged FIV neighborhood of Lille in northern France. Can we see your papers please? From random searches to enforcing parking rules, the team is meant to be a somewhat permanent fixture in the difficult inner city area. They're the first in a larger effort to combat the so-called urban ghettos The Lille team was rolled out in October and many shop owners say the atmosphere has already changed

2:49:02 You can work in your shop with ease. None of the young people bother you now." There were groups of youths hanging out, now with the police I feel like there's been a change Another disadvantaged suburb, this one in Strasbourg in eastern France. It has also been given the same label of having delinquency problems namely with identity politics and crime Here a former intelligence officer has taken on the role of mediator within the community We've managed to clean up the situation Little by little the dealers that were working in this entryway have moved

2:49:41 Over the next two years, some 60 neighborhoods are slated to get local police forces. More non-profits and social services attempts to keep the young people of France's toughest neighborhoods away from crime and involved in the larger community Yeah, go figure it works. Oh boy. No boy don't don't tell anybody don't tell anybody over here. Don't tell anybody a Good one I have one more You can end on a high but alright you can top it well, I think this is interesting because I've got a couple but at this one It's not a high

CHAPTER 49 / 50 Discussion

Algerian Protests, Hirak Movement Anniversary

Thousands of Algerians took to the streets to mark the one-year anniversary of the "Hirak" protest movement. Despite the election of a new president, protesters continue to demand a complete overhaul of the political system and the removal of the entire ruling class.

algeria· hirak movement· protests· abdelmadjid tebboune· political reform

2:50:25 But it will be at least as interesting and something that I didn't know was going on. But you know the French in the yellow jacket thing? Yes, protests. Yes. Well this has been going on in Algeria for a year now and nobody knows about it but here unless you listen to international news play one year of Algerian protests this has been going on so it's wild This weekend marks one year since the start of Algeria's Harak protest movement and Saturday thousands gathered in the capital to keep up their calls for a complete overhaul of the nation's political system. As the crowd started to march toward the presidential palace, riot police stepped in. Julia Seeger takes us to the scene

2:51:12 One year on, thousands of Algerians took to the streets again to demand deep political change. Chanting the same slogans as a year ago they tried to make their way to the presidential palace in Algiers but were dispersed by police with water cannons. They say their determination is untouched and that their demands have not yet been met. We are asking for the entire ruling class to step down. What we were asking for on February 22nd still stands today. The weekly protest now known as the Hirak movement started on February 22nd 2019. That day thousands flooded into the streets to protest against that then president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term Following 10 months of protests he was eventually ousted and replaced by the democratically elected Abdelmajid Teboun

2:52:08 While numbers dwindled, demonstrations continued. And on Friday the president tried to appeal to protesters by stressing the importance of the movement for the country's democracy. I want to congratulate the Iraq Movement without going into further details. I would like to say that it has helped protect the country from its total collapse. You know for certainly the US media being a bunch of globalist dicks they really don't tell you what is going on in the globe! No, none. Nothing! This is a real interesting situation because the protests began to get rid of this old fart that really needed to go and they got rid of him and then they had a democratic election And they brought this new guy in who got elected but that's not good enough Because some of these movements are just... They're really communist movements and they don't care about the democrat election or any of it They want out The whole group of you, out Chop their heads off

CHAPTER 50 / 50 Discussion

Outro, End of Show Mixes

The hosts conclude the episode with a series of audio mixes featuring Donald Trump, Leo Laporte, and various "evergreen" clips. They remind listeners to support the show via the "Value for Value" model and sign off with their traditional "Adios Mofos."

johnny benson· leo laporte· trump speech· china· wuhan

2:53:06 And this is going on, I think this is part of the Bernie phenomenon. This a worldwide phenomenon! We wanted to get this done we got it done now we still bitch Hopefully will get the election we deserve here in the United States of Gitmo Nation be the socialist against the capitalist that's what should be and we'll see That's what it should be no futz in there Yes coming up next on no agenda stream calm as we wind down this episode of deconstruction We have the grumpy old Ben's episode 51 end-of-show mixes some evergreens for you, we've got Johnny Benson I've got Fletcher and some Leo Lapuque And we would like you to consider supporting us with some value for the next broadcast that will be on Thursday For that go to Dvorak org slash na and

2:54:01 Coming to you from Fort Lauderdale, the jewel of the Sunshine State. In the morning everybody my name is Adam Curry and I'm from Northern Silicon Valley where I remain! I am John C. Duvorak We return on Thursday right here on NO AGENDA until then take care everybody and as always Adios Mofos and such I'm talking about dishwashers. I'm talking about dishwashers, sinks toilets... Sinks! Toilets and showers

2:54:48 You don't get any water. Try going and buying a new faucet, you turn it on no water comes out We won't talk about toilets But how about the shower? I have this beautiful head of hair i need alot of water You turn on the water drip drip drip Drop! It's a very unpleasant experience Drop! A situation where we're looking very strongly at sinks and showers, and other elements of bathrooms. I'm talking about dishwashers! Sinks!

2:55:30 toilets back up and a backup and the backup in the back he violated the Constitution That's astounding. You're fired. I'm looking forward to this, man!

2:56:12 You know what I'm talking about? This grand experiment we call democracy will have been fatally, fatally, fatally, fatally eroded. He's had enough! RIP, nailed it. So smart! Nailed it. I have the greatest idea. I am so smart. Let's go! My Republican opponent Let's go! I've gotten out of politics for good. And that guy started to cry... and that guy started to cry... This is a lot of fun. I think that sounds pretty good That's why i always say you have to thank yourself because nobody else is going to do it Don't trust China, China is asshole! China?

2:57:01 China is here. People are dying. I'm not scared at all! China would have solved the issue here! China! Wuhan. Somebody from China? Wuhan outbreak caused by animal virus. Wuhan. Because the city now locked down China. Wuhan. China all the time. Vampire bats Wuhan. Wuhan. Tastes like chickens! What does that mean? Huh, China is here I don't even know what the hell that means. The best podcast in the universe! Adios mofo. Dvorak dot org slash N A They've gone nuts