Episode 1220 · Sunday, 1 March 2020

Sloganeer

Global markets face a reset as pandemic fears trigger CEO resignations and political maneuvering from San Francisco to the World Health Organization.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 1220

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The New York Times and CNN face scrutiny over conflicting reports regarding Russian election interference as intelligence official Shelby Pearson briefs Congress. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak analyze how Representative Adam Schiff may have leaked a creative interpretation of these briefings to the press, while media outlets simultaneously weaponize Donald Trump's germophobia against CDC-recommended hygiene protocols.

Global markets react to the coronavirus outbreak as San Francisco Mayor London Breed declares a state of emergency despite zero local cases. High-profile CEO resignations at Disney, Mastercard, and Salesforce coincide with the World Health Organization's refusal to declare a pandemic, a move linked to Director-General Tedros Adhanom's ties to China. In Italy, reports from Florence describe public psychosis and discrimination, while the World Bank's Pandemic Emergency Financing Bonds remain un-triggered due to specific death count requirements. Meanwhile, Joe Biden erroneously claims 150 million Americans have died from gun violence since 2007 during a chaotic South Carolina Democratic debate.

Willow Curry provides a firsthand account of the lockdown atmosphere in Italy as the Deputy Health Minister of Iran, Iraj Harirchi, tests positive for the virus. Sir Texas Dragon joins the No Agenda Roundtable as a newly knighted producer, and the show concludes with a musical tribute to the potential destruction of Milwaukee should the Democratic National Convention go awry.


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CHAPTER 01 / 54 Discussion

No Agenda Stream Technical Issues and Pre-Show Banter

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the broadcast discussing technical difficulties with the morning live stream at noagendastream.com. Curry explains how a configuration error led to dead air during Darren O'Neill's pre-show segment. The hosts briefly mention a song about burning down Milwaukee that will be featured in the end-of-show mix.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· darren o'neill· noagendastream.com· milwaukee

00:00 He's anti-science! Protecting you from the Kung Flu and broadcasting live from Opportunity Zone 33 in the frontier of Austin, Texas. Capital of The Drone Star State In The Morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley I am looking out at the weather and wondering where's Mr Rogers? I'm John C. Dvorak It's Crackpot & Buzzkill In The Mornin' Not much improvement, but there you have it. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood! For those of you who don't know what happened because you're listening to the podcast we started over but that's... We do this live stream in the morning well we have at noagendastream.com is 24 hours a day seven days week and about an hour before the show Darren O'Neill typically will jump in he'll do a whole show get everyone pumped up

01:00 Get everyone ready. And of course I'm set up in the studio and i really am doing this clips, I'm prepping, I'm not paying much attention to everything and uh...I'm like okay it's got about 20 more minutes let me see where Darren is on the show and then open up the stream to listen to it and its dead! Like oh man so I think my volumes are dead? Dead air on our stream well so I think my volume is dead so you know do one of these Where you turn up the volume on the computer and I hear it coming back. I hear like an echo, like what's going on? I had captured the stream for like an hour-and-a-half And people just listening to blings and blongs mainly silence It was very odd

01:45 What whoa so somehow when I when I set up the stream, I guess I clicked it on or something. I don't know No idea how you screwed it up Of course, I screwed it up Oh that makes sense because that's why I screwed up the opening in there for Yes as long as we can blame the guy yeah, no, that's fine by the way That song they burning down Milwaukee is really a dynamite tune oh Yeah That's gonna be an end of show and if show A mix fantastic. It's just a solo it's only so long, it's very long. Full production! Yes well we don't mess around here we've got tons of producers with tons thousands of producers here on the No Agenda Show. They criticize their weight come on

CHAPTER 02 / 54 Discussion

Russian Election Interference Claims and Shelby Pearson Intelligence Briefing

The hosts revisit reports from The New York Times regarding alleged Russian interference to aid Donald Trump's 2020 re-election. They contrast breathless reporting from Maggie Haberman and Adam Goldman with a later CNN report suggesting intelligence officials may have overstated the evidence. An NPR interview with Shelby Pearson, the intelligence community's election threats executive, is analyzed to suggest that Representative Adam Schiff may have leaked a creative interpretation of the briefing to the press.

maggie haberman· adam goldman· shelby pearson· adam schiff· new york times

02:26 I think before we, because so much has happened since Sunday. Before we get into anything We need to revisit the Bogative Russia is meddling to help Donald Trump win which isn't now off the radar already because of the debate and coronavirus etc But you recall... I'm gonna stay. No, but you recall that we played two clips of the breaking news the two authors of The New York Times piece Maggie Haberman is it Haberman? I think it's Halberman no it's Haberman

03:04 Anyway, yeah I think it's Haberman and Adam Goldman Maggie was on CNN. Goldman was on MSNBC like just breathless and like oh my god it's happening! And he's trying to... the Russians are trying to get into win! AHHHHH! And I think we pretty much laughed at it Said this sounds like a bunch of bullcrap and lo and behold Not one day later None of this is really cut-and-dry Alex, and it is complicated And it is nuanced what we are hearing from three national security officials Is that pure this by the way as CNN who of course you know were part of the problem? May have overstated the extent of the US intelligence

03:43 as it relates to Russian interference. She said that Russia was interfering in the 2020 election with the goal of trying to help President Trump's re-election campaign. Now, those three national security officials tell us that this is actually what the intelligence says on the one hand, that Russia is indeed interfering in the 2020 election and secondly, that Russia views Trump as a leader that it can work with But the U.S doesn't yet have the evidence to actually conclude that Russia is interfering in the election because of the fact that they view Trump as a leader he can, uh, they can work with because they have a preference for President Trump now one official said that Pearson's characterization of the intelligence was misleading another official said that it lacked nuance

04:23 Now, we know Alex that after the 2016 election the US intelligence community definitively concluded that Russia did indeed interfere in the 2016 election in order to help Trump get elected. But that information, we should note was based in particular on a high-level Kremlin source at United States actually relied on and the United States doesn't have that source there anymore. That source was extracted and brought back to the United States. And so now, the United States doesn't have that information as of yet to conclude conclusively that Russia is interfering to help the United States. It's not a stretch, of course, to say that perhaps that is ultimately what Russia will be doing if it looks to interfere in the 2020 election but as of yet US intelligence community has not made that conclusion according to those three national security officials who me and my colleagues spoke with

05:11 So a lot of word salad there instead of just saying, oh I guess we shouldn't have believed the New York Times who were so breathless to let us know that this was a fact and this was true and this was happening it was breaking news. Brolf was all over it but I think uh...this is also untrue Shelby Pearson, who is a career type of person in the intelligence field who was brought in by Dan Coats I guess. So she's been around for awhile so she apparently overstated what was going on? I don't believe that! Because he's the one that usually leaks this stuff, that he took the information and overstated it to The New York Times. And I based that upon a January 22nd interview on NPR with Shelby Pearson and the way she rattles this off

06:06 And you can even hear little pieces of it. If you recall, Adam Goldman did mention China briefly in his report I think this is pretty much how she briefed the intelligence community and the oversight board...oversight committee Will 2020 elections be secure from interference either foreign or domestic? Yesterday, I asked Shelby Pearson. She is the first ever intelligence community election threats executive. She was appointed by then Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats in July of 2019. Her job is to work with intelligence agencies like the CIA, the FBI, the NSA and the Department of Homeland Security to identify and fight actors that are trying to interfere with our voting process.

06:50 The Russians, for example are already engaging in influence operations relative to candidates going into 2020. But we do not have evidence at this time that our adversaries are directly looking at interfering with vote counts or the vote tallies." Is it fair to say we don't know what Russia is going to do yet? I think that is a fair characterization and would also say that this isn't a Russia only problem where still also concerned about China Iran non-state actors hacktivists And frankly, certainly for DHS and FBI even Americans that might be looking to undermine confidence in the elections. What'd you say? Yeah, with advertising. Certainly for DHS and FBI even Americans that might be looking to undermine confidence in the elections after Russia interfered in the 2016 election there was this push for transparency about attempts to influence our elections Pearson told me she's walking a line between not wanting to frighten people but also wanting to keep them informed

07:50 Transparency enables resilience and sunlight is the best disinfectant. So, the more that we talk about the threat potentially more we empower voters to understand this as merely a reality of today's landscape and that despite all those challenges were managing them or countering them and they should vote And I listened to the whole 15-minute interview. She sounds pretty level headed, she doesn't sound like she's some kind of nut job...I'm pretty sure that someone on the Intelligence Committee and i'm just gonna say it looks like Schiff would be the obvious one, just took some of those words and made it his own! And gave it to The New York Times. He is a creative guy! You know he even wrote some screenplays, he's a fiction writer. This is true this is true. He is a very creative guy

CHAPTER 03 / 54 Discussion

Coronavirus Economic Impact and Digital Thermometer Scanning

The discussion shifts to the economic ramifications of the coronavirus, referred to by the hosts as the "Kung Flu." They note the downturn in financial markets and job losses at travel companies like Expedia. Concerns are raised regarding the use of digital thermometers at checkpoints, which the hosts liken to scanning pets or a precursor to human barcodes.

kung flu· expedia· barry diller· digital thermometers· barcodes

08:39 Maybe before we go into the humorous portion of the show, which would be the most recent debate because let's face it somebody heard our message and they made the show not boring anymore. I appreciate that. Well it is not boring but also most of it was unlistenable. Which I have a clip to prove. Let's just talk about The Kung Flu for a second. Was Kung Flu fighting? Your podcast was talking about the economic ramifications of this five weeks ago. I hope people put puts in or whatever you do to bet against the market because right after the Sunday show, Monday and Tuesday it was interesting to watch what happened with the financial markets and for sure exactly what we talked about is starting to happen travel in fact my brother-in-law got let go from Expedia

09:39 You know, they're losing a lot of money on... Just quick. Real quick like whoosh! That's the thing that's bad about it. And you gotta know Barry Diller. Wait wait wait, this is gonna go on for a week and I'm done? What?! Exactly but we have so many... Let's first talk about the lethality itself And I think the biggest problem we have here is this testing. And I'm not even sure if there's a real test yet, all the testing i see is basically pointing a digital thermometer at someone's head and say you're good, you're no good pass, no pass which by the way is a good precursor to a barcode We are just getting used to it. Ooh! That was good First thing I thought is they are scanning us like pets You know like hey where's your chip?

10:34 That was kind of my first thought because really And I'm just looking at pure dad. I know could you just not ring the bell all right? Yeah, I'm getting people complaining about the bill more than the lip smack and so every time you go So uh I'll do that to stop it. It's oh why because it's annoying but I let you go cuz I love you Yeah, you did. You know that we got one bell ring? Wow! Okay I'm done. Thank you This is not a health crisis in my mind from all the data I'm seeing. And the data we're not seeing, but we shared with you on Sunday is that this is killing older people, people who already have respiratory issues or immune deficiency issue just like seasonal flu does now this is not an influenza it's a respiratory virus

CHAPTER 04 / 54 Discussion

San Francisco State of Emergency and Coronavirus Testing Costs

San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared a state of emergency despite a lack of confirmed local cases, which the hosts suggest is a move to secure government funding. They report that coronavirus testing in the United States can cost up to $3,000 without insurance coverage. The segment concludes with a comparison of coronavirus lethality to annual deaths from hospital errors, gun suicides, and opioid overdoses.

san francisco· london breed· medical insurance· lethality rates· opioid overdose

11:27 But it is survivable the way the seasonal flu is survivable. I think we both agree on that, John? Yes and I'm also going to take it further because JC has been looking into this because he has to work in the city Besides stepping over poop. Which is on in a state of emergency I understand, San Francisco. Oh yeah no cases but state of emergency. Somebody said hey you know what if you just get declared State of Emergency get all this money. Yeah oh really? Yeah that's pretty much it and so she our mayor

12:04 declared state of emergency. So he says, for one thing if you want to get tested for this thing in the United States it's 3 000 bucks no insurance coverage. Uh-huh see there you go that's info right there so what are they what all these so called tests for? Oh I got tested! Got tested oh i got tested! They will pretty much deny you getting a test unless you want to pay for it uh... There was this is um I'm gonna would I I'm not 1 000 percent in line with your thinking but I don't even have a clip, but everything that I'm gonna say is backing you up. So the tests are a jip and so now we're looking at there's some new tests coming out and they keep changing the test because it says not good. JC actually believes they're going to start testing in a fake way to get the market kind of relaxed a little bit. And then when we go to Europe, now Europe either wants

13:03 on a has a suicide pact with itself or it's got another clue that's pretty much well hold on before you before we go too far because there's there's a couple of parts to the story one is is the actual lethality of what's going on uh That seems to be quite low when it comes to the amount of noise that is being made about it and the measures that are being taken. I just want to remind you, hundreds of thousands people die in hospitals in the United States every year 50,000 people died. 30,000 people die from gun deaths of which the majority is suicide. What? I thought it was 150 million! 70,000 die of opioid overdose so we're really talking very very low numbers particularly for something that has been out there for about three months now

CHAPTER 05 / 54 Discussion

Geopolitical Agendas and Corporate CEO Resignations

The hosts speculate that the coronavirus outbreak serves various political agendas, including a market reset for Xi Jinping and a distraction for underperforming corporations. They note a wave of high-profile CEO resignations at Disney, Mastercard, and Salesforce. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is criticized for politicizing the response by requesting $8 billion in emergency funding.

xi jinping· bob iger· mastercard· salesforce· chuck schumer

13:56 So this is three months. Yes, it's spreading but of course if you're testing everybody and I don't know what these tests are there's no mention exactly how that works or if there's a real test that works well yeah you're gonna find people and then the media is doing the bidding of multiple agendas one eye from the beginning thought that this was a Xing GP move to reset his market because they were already in trouble. The Trump trade tariffs was having an absolute impact, there's this whole secondary debt market on pieces of paper and IOUs and it they needed to let some air out similarly

14:41 It was fine here to let some air out of the market. This thing was exploding, clearly I think overinflated just everyone's oh it just can only go up can only go up a nice reset is desired i think everybody was kind of looking for that but also what an opportunity to get rid of all kinds of crappy news I mean you've got companies saying, oh bad numbers it's all gonna suck. We have CEOs resigning from big companies although Bob Iger may not be related to anything business-wise it could be something else with the CEO of MasterCard the CEO of Salesforce just a lot of news that gets buried because of what's going on and then most importantly

15:28 We can blame Trump for not being prepared. That's the new one, that's what we love doing Chuck Schumer came along oh what an idiot we need eight billion dollars and now that another news cycle is just filled with he fired they cut the seed to cut this to build a wall So, I want to add to that. You have to add this part which is very important he appointed Pence as the head of the operation and everyone's freaking out. Pence doesn't know anything! He's anti-science! Exactly exactly even though you know Joe Biden was in charge of big things and that guy's anti speaking right? It's just no

CHAPTER 06 / 54 Discussion

Media Politicization of Trump Germophobia and CDC Preparedness

The New York Times is accused of politicizing the virus by mocking Donald Trump's germophobia and his advice to wash hands, despite the CDC offering the same guidance. A CDC official's conference call is played to demonstrate that the agency has been preparing for a respiratory viral pandemic for 25 years. The hosts critique the audio quality of the government's press briefings.

katie rogers· new york times· mike pence· centers for disease control· pandemic

16:15 Luckily, we do have some CDC people. You know we have the president's little spiel he did yesterday which I think he made a strategic error there should've been at least two people in lab coats. I don't understand why he of all people didn't do that you just gotta have your lab coats that what gives people good feeling so it didn't do that And of course the New York Times politicized it this morning. Laughing! Laughing! You know, I gotta read this to you... For something that apparently is going to kill us all Trump's coronavirus strategy Stay clean Wash hands Avoid friends That's the headline in The New York Times and this is written by Katie Rogers She must really hate the president

17:05 He says, Mr. Trump self-declared germophobia as well documented in his 2004 book How to Get Rich he detailed what he called a personal crusade to replace the mandatory and unsanitary handshake with Japanese custom of bowing And it's all about, oh yeah his stance on combating illness as president has in some ways matched how he behaved as a private citizen. Keep them out of here! He wrote on Twitter in 2014 about an American aid worker infected with the Ebola virus so nothing actually about what went on except bitching at the President and then the funniest thing? In this same article answers to your most common questions How do I keep myself and others safe

17:45 Remember what the headline was and the big laugh? Their answer, washing your hands frequently is the most important thing you can do along with staying at home when you're sick. So they went out of their way to politicize this and of course they have their own reasons because Trump is suing them but The CDC did one of those phone calls where reporters would call in. These are typically much better than any press conference, and here was the specific question to a 25-year member employee of the Centers for Disease Control. Thank you very much for doing the call today. There has been some political back and forth now that Democrats are accusing the president which essentially means the administration

18:31 everything that falls under that is being ill-prepared for coronavirus, requesting too little of amount in terms of their request for $2.5 billion dollars? Do you feel that we are ill prepared from a financial standpoint I know you are a clinician and I don't want to get into politics but do you have what you need to do your job? What I can say from my perspective is that I've been at CDC for 25 years And that if you asked public health officials over the course of that time what they feared as an expectation, it was something exactly like this. So the idea that we might have a pandemic of influenza or a pandemic of respiratory viral infection is something that we've known about

19:15 and have been planning and preparing for. That's why we at CDC have been exercising with our state and local health departments, that's why the whole of government exercised last year, that's why we've invested so much in the foundation on which we are now responding. But that being said, we are never going to ever be able to be so completely prepared that we're prepared for any inevitability We always are going to find that diseases surprise us and there is some consideration that it's slightly different from what we planned for.

19:51 Have we made a lot of progress in the 25 years I've been here? Yes. Are we better prepared today than 20 years ago? Yes, but are we completely prepared? Diseases surprise us and therefore we need to be reacting to the current situation even if it differs from what we planned for So, pretty normal. We're prepared this is all bullcrap. They weren't prepared for the sound system they should have spent some money on! I even tried to EQ it a bit without much success Now why has this thing not been actually called a pandemic yet? Because that's what everyone's talking about Pandemic, pandemic, pandemic but no it's not a pandemic The World Health Organization calls it a public health emergency of international concern

CHAPTER 07 / 54 Discussion

World Health Organization Leadership and Pandemic Emergency Bonds

The World Health Organization's refusal to declare a formal pandemic is linked to Director-General Tedros Adhanom's ties to China and Ethiopia. The hosts highlight that flights between China and Addis Ababa remain open. They also examine the World Bank's "Pandemic Emergency Financing Bonds," noting that specific death and infection triggers must be met before the $500 million bond pays out to poor countries, potentially influencing the pandemic declaration.

tedros adhanom· world health organization· ethiopia· world bank· pandemic bonds

20:38 And that was announced by the head honcho there at the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom. Now this is a new head of the World Health Organization... If it was the Chinese woman it would have been called a pandemic Yes exactly now she was replaced by this guy but there's a lot wrong with him First of all, he met with Xi Jinping in Beijing on January 28th. And this was already after Wuhan had been shut down

21:19 So on the 30th, a couple days after he comes back from meeting with Xi Jinping which was closed-door meeting then he says well this is I've taken a look and this warrants a proclamation of a public health emergency of international concern. so not a pandemic and this guy is not a doctor I think he's the first director general who has not come from the medical field also the first African to head up the World Health Organization. But what's interesting is that he made his mark in the political world in Ethiopia and flights are shut down to and from China almost globally, of course there are exceptions here and there but guess what is open? The Addis Abab... What is it? Abbaba Addis? What's the airport in

22:16 Addis Ababa. Yes, that's something like that in Ethiopia it is open as the gateway for China into Africa and of course we have a million Chinese in Africa there's no stopping you can go right to the airport then they're not even testing for people they just going in and out in and out China to Africa continuously what do we not have on Africa any mention of any cases of the Wuhan flu There was one that they thought was in Egypt, but it turned out not to be that. So is this guy doing... allowing this travel between China and Ethiopia because it's where he came up in the political scene? Or is it really not all that bad? Why is he not calling it a pandemic? Well there's another piece of data The Pandemic Emergency Financing Bond which we missed And and of course why wouldn't we

23:13 The pandemic bonds were written in June of 2017 for almost $500 million. It was purchased, or most of it by Germany a little bit by Japan but I think 75% or 80% percent by Germany and it's fantastic! It is very high yielding bond there are two different categories but combined about an average 10% annually on your money And this was touted as a great idea and fantastic, and oh! This is just the best ever. This will give poor countries an opportunity to have access to fast cash in case there's a pandemic and they don't have any cash but if there is a pandemic then all the money can be triggered can be sent out to poor countries and the investors have nothing

24:08 And they have very specific guidelines for what triggers a pandemic in this bond. And I think that's probably a good way of looking at it instead of some fuzzy wuzzy stuff, they literally say you have to have 20,000 infected 2,000 dead and at least 20 other dead in a single country outside of the country where it starts. Which we haven't hit yet We may or depending on the counting but I'm thinking given this guy because it'll be though the and this from The World Bank The World Health Organization will be the one to declare if the world bank bond gets triggered and can be paid out different countries

24:52 I have a feeling that if this were, let's just put it this way. If this isn't a pandemic he doesn't want to call a pandemic because you'll have a bunch of really pissed off investors if they find out that you triggered that and all their money is gone for some bogative reason so either they're being super careful about it or... This is a good catch Or its just not true! It's just not at pandemic stage seeing that we have Chinese going in and out of Africa on a continuing basis. It never slowed down at all So I'm very, very skeptical. What is baffling to me is the amount of noise the media is making. I mean...I tried to clip Tucker Carlson from last night. It bleeds! It bleeds! I mean it's irresponsible here that asshole Dr Mark Klein whatever his name ummm....I forget his name and he was at the airport these reporting all people are coming in a flu

CHAPTER 08 / 54 Discussion

Italy Coronavirus Lockdown and Public Psychosis Anecdotes

A voicemail from Adam Curry's daughter, Willow, describes the atmosphere in Florence, Italy, during the lockdown. She reports widespread discrimination against Asian people and public panic, including an incident where bus passengers called the police on a driver discussing his test results. The hosts discuss how media and entertainment products like Netflix's "Pandemic" have primed the public for a fearful response.

florence· italy· discrimination· hoarding· netflix

25:49 It's just irresponsible. They're making people crazy and And now to get to your European story cheese because of the Italy stuff What do we do? We send a little message to willow, we haven't heard from Willow in several years on the show I think Willow has lived in Florence for She's 28 years now, I think with her family and her two kids. Willow is a small amygdala species of course she's a curry and she's currently studying her masters in psychology

26:29 I said Willow could you please tell me what's going on there because I think this is bullcrap But I'd like to know what's happening and she left me a voicemail which I'm going to share with her too with the with everybody here It's a disaster. It's disastrous it's crazy it started out with a ridiculous psychosis against Chinese or any oriental looking people So already I'd say two weeks ago people weren't going to Chinese restaurants anymore somehow thinking that you know anything Chinese Doesn't matter if they've been to China were born here. And there was a lot of discrimination against Chinese people couldn't even come into shops Psychosis total ridiculous stuff in the meantime Italy was one of the first who really start testing everyone so I went to Madrid and

27:18 uh... twelve days ago i think and i went to spain and nothing going on in them when they came back to florence uh... babies apt me with a thermometer so ready at this really goes to prove how you know if your testing everyone first of all your gonna find cases and that's what happened they found people who didn't have any symptoms at all and whatever I think the government is, everybody's giving information that you know is very contagious yes but it's not lethal and only old people only. That's the problem of course poor people with you know immunodeficiency problems or the elderly with issues so the government and the media sort of are giving them...I think they're giving the right information but the actions are just a

28:10 opposite. So closing museums, closing schools... I mean and the final thing is of course cancelling football games or doing football games in closed stadiums. That gives a big message. Yesterday, passengers from a bus called the police to come because they overheard the bus driver talking to his doctor about having coronavirus so they called the cops The cops came and turned out the bus driver was just telling his doctor that he had done the test because he had to for his job, and that it was negative. So I mean can you imagine people on the bus freaking out and calling the cops because they hear the bus driver talking about the coronavirus?

29:03 That said, so Mateo's school is closed. I'm doing an online university and of course the online stuff goes on but i had two exams programmed for Friday the 27th of March until further notice those have been suspended On the other hand at University of Florence is open and Sabi started classes again yesterday she said it was packed So, and then you hear stories about supermarkets raided in Milan and even here in Florence. People are hoarding and we don't do this stuff. We just go...we're trying to go as many Chinese restaurants possible. Alessandro is doing his usual shopping at the Chinese junk store so we're trying to contribute to normal life of course I'm a remote worker so not really touched by any of this

29:59 But you know even if I were, we're treating it normally but unfortunately the sheep are just going behind what everything's happening. The human species through entertainment, movies etc. has been primed for this response we have been primed and yeah Netflix by coincidence had that pandemic movie a couple of months ago but there's been numerous types of entertainment products that talk about this you can go back to the Tripp's disease Stephen King

30:39 Somehow we were so ready for this and the media as you said if it bleeds it leads It's just seeing the results. All you got to do is throw some fear in there boom You get right of Fox News now has four million viewers, it's insane And they're doing a lot of this monk fear-mongering So For the small amygdala Possessors amongst us really Do not believe all this and why? countries and cities and municipalities are taking these steps to really ruin economics is beyond me. I mean, I understand why the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix... Trump! Well yes part of that is Trump, I totally agree but you know Japan just said school is closed until April

CHAPTER 09 / 54 Discussion

Iranian Leadership Infection and Pope Francis Illness

Pope Francis canceled events at the Vatican due to a slight fever, leading to speculation about his health. In Iran, the Deputy Health Minister, Iraj Harirchi, tested positive for the virus after appearing symptomatic at a press conference. President Hassan Rouhani characterized the outbreak as a "threat of the enemy" designed to spread fear and close the country.

vatican· pope francis· tehran· hassan rouhani· iraj harirchi

31:33 The Pope, this is a great one by the way. The pope cancelled the Vatican event because he was sniffly and had a bit of fever after touching hands and kissing heads at mass Now how could... I mean i don't want anyone to die but man would that be a big one if they could get the pope to die from this? Oh bam! And the guy's prime candidate He's old You're up there you know you get a respiratory disease it can be pretty bad So, you know I would keep an eye on the Pope. There was the Iranians now of course Iran does a lot of business with China here's an interesting report and that leadership in Tehran is also pissed off about the noise versus the reality. So the Corona outbreak in Iran is becoming deeply troubling. The epicenter was in the holy city of Qom and it spread rapidly from there

32:32 One of the main reasons it has affected Iran so badly seems to be that Iran has kept its flights open with China during the outbreak there, and because Iran has such close ties to China both politically and economic links with the Chinese. which have been a lifeline for Tehran to combat sanctions, they didn't close access from and to China. And it also seems that senior officials are not immune to the virus either. Members of Parliament, the mayor of Tehran's 13th district have contracted the virus and even the deputy health minister who is in charge of countering the coronavirus has tested positive for it. In a video that has become viral

33:16 Iran. He's seen standing next to the government spokesman during a press conference with the media, he sweating profusely and constantly wiping his brow with a handkerchief. The government spokesman then attended meetings with other senior officials that same deputy health minister also gave an interview on state TV last night where he was coughing and spluttering away. And today, in a live speech Iran's president Hassan Rouhani said that this is one of the threats of the enemy, the USA to spread fright amongst Iranian society in Iran to lead the country towards closure

CHAPTER 10 / 54 Discussion

Lab Animal Consumption Theories and Tucker Carlson

The hosts review a segment from Tucker Carlson on Fox News discussing theories that the virus originated in a Chinese lab. The theory suggests researchers may have sold infected lab animals, such as bats and snakes, to local meat markets for extra money. The hosts express skepticism toward these claims.

fox news· tucker carlson· wuhan lab· wet markets· bats

33:57 I mean the moment we're in right now when you hear these things like that assistant deputy minister of health was and it would you saw the video probably he's coughing, he's wiping his brow. He's sweating then you have the Pope...I mean this is how these types of disaster movies start! You get these little clues and everyone- I think that were programmed now to be on our edge like okay And something horrible is going to happen and then we all know, we're all gonna die. It's gonna be the end." Here's Fox News' Tucker Carlson! But there's another way it could have gotten out of the lab because we know that in China some researchers, not all but some researchers have actually taken their lab animals after they're done experimenting with them. After they've been infected with various viruses and so forth if the lab animals aren't dead

34:51 They take the bats and the rats and the snakes to the local fresh meat market, And sell them on the fresh meat market to make extra money. So the virus may have passed through human beings by that means Through the avenue of someone's stomach I can't wait to drive by our Asian place after this show See that no one is there People believe this! Oh yeah they sell their lab animals in your Chinese meal Come on people The only other town's are supposed to be deserted. So there's two other things and I listened to DH unplugged and Don't think you guys brought it up, although even after I tried to calm Andrew Horowitz his fears at our dinner in Delray Beach He's kind of going off about the flu he's kind of into it

CHAPTER 11 / 54 Discussion

Global Financial Reset and US Manufacturing Growth

A potential global financial reset involving gold repricing is discussed in the context of market volatility. The hosts contrast this with positive domestic economic news, citing Micron's expansion of semiconductor fabrication plants in the U.S. following the Trump tax cuts. They question if the current crisis will finally trigger the long-predicted bond market collapse.

max keiser· gold· micron· trump tax cuts· bond market

35:44 Yeah, you know he's kind of bought into it which is fine but the from the financial markets perspective for a long time there's been talk about a financial reset This is kind of conspiratorial, but you know China's been buying up all this gold and the theory goes that we'd all kind of have equal amounts of gold. The US and China maybe we throw some other countries in there And then we reprice all the currencies everything goes down It's a reset somehow Max Kaiser is really big on this financial reset idea so that could be what's in the works I don't know Personally, I think within

36:25 About a month or so markets will start zooming back up and it'll all kind of be over and we'll forget about it. Maybe some other fantastic piece of news will cross our paths, and it'll drown into the background but I the only thing this is what we started with five weeks ago from a financial standpoint This is for you in the economy It's a huge problem on the other hand as I think I laid out a couple of shows ago There's a lot of good that has come from what Trump did when he first came in, namely the Trump tax cuts. An example is a buddy of mine works at Micron. They make chips – I don't know who they sell to... Everybody! And Micron three and half four years ago they were laying people off

37:14 enter the Trump tax cuts with the repatriation of the overseas money, they opened up another fab. They're going to open yet another fab. They can't hire people fast enough and that's because they you know people will no longer want to do business in China or even maybe India for that matter although I think Trump has tried to keep that from dissipating that relationship. But there's good things that could actually, if this was you know Trump anticipated something like this and he gets this magical coronavirus after all the steps he's taken against China we're in a pretty interesting spot in the United States I just don't know with his financial reset is something that anyone's angling for and I have a question for you Is this the tipping point for the bond market that you've been looking at for several years?

38:06 Bond seemed to be strong. Okay, so not yet I don't know if that's ever good. I mean that whole thing is like got me That's the most annoying thing about the market in general is this bond collapse has never happened a couple It's annoying it hasn't collapsed yet damnit Yes, it's like you have there's two extremes as the Asian extreme which is this clip Olympics to be cancelled. Oh yes man that completely cancelled and the Japan Times which has got an interview with Dick Pound who is the longest-standing member of the international what's the guy's name dick pound dick

CHAPTER 12 / 54 Discussion

Tokyo Olympics Cancellation Warnings and Dick Pound

Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the International Olympic Committee, warned that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could be canceled if the coronavirus outbreak is not contained within three months. Fortune Magazine reports that a $900 million reserve fund exists to cushion the financial blow of such a cancellation, which would be the first since World War II.

dick pound· ioc· tokyo olympics· fortune magazine· nbc

38:47 Pound. And the Japan Times, which has got an interview with Dick Pound who is the longest standing member of the International... and he's the longest come on! Dick Pound is the longest standing member are you kidding me? I wasn't going there. And the Japan Times which has got an interview with Dick Pound who is the longest standing member of the International Olympic Committee, the IOC and he is warning of a possible cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics no less. He's arguing that measures now need ramping up in terms of this coronavirus outbreak

39:23 in terms of security, food the Olympic Village the hotels and if those measures do not go ahead Stuart then you are probably looking at a cancellation that's the quote from him. Another quote from him this is the new war and you have to face it this of course with four deaths in Japan from the coronavirus And of course, one US publication you found looking at the story saying a reserve fund if you like could actually cushion the blow if the games are not able to go ahead. Well this is The U.S. magazine Fortune which says there's around $900 million dollars to help finance global sports it's pointing out that a number of global sporting events and Olympic qualifiers specifically in Asia have already been cancelled because of coronavirus

40:11 Now, if there was a cancellation Dick Pound is saying that it's still to get to that point. There are still three months to reflect on that If it did happen It would be the fourth time since when was it? The first world war there was a cancelation and twice in the second world war Huh! This is going far That's that's yeah, well you know the NBC has got to be concerned about that. They've got the contract and then we have this curious EU response to the coronavirus which I found to be based on everything else

CHAPTER 13 / 54 Discussion

European Union Border Policy and Migrant Visa Exemptions

European health ministers met in Italy and decided against closing internal borders, calling such measures "inefficient" for stopping the virus. Simultaneously, reports indicate a surge in asylum seekers entering the Schengen area from countries like Venezuela and Colombia due to visa-free entry requirements, complicating regional security and health monitoring.

schengen area· venezuela· colombia· illegal immigration· health ministers

40:50 discrepant and interesting. They met in Italy, now the epicenter of the coronavirus in Europe trying to coordinate the response to the disease while taking measures to block the outbreak Europe's health ministers decided against canceling all major public events and against shutting their borders We have decided to apply a set of common principles in the next days, weeks and months. Principles based on good cooperation and mutual assistance. And we have decided that it is unthinkable to even consider closing our borders such measure would be inefficient."

41:30 While China has applied drastic measures to stop the outbreak, imposing lockdowns on tens of millions. Europeans say that closing their borders, imposing ID checks or examining travelers will not stop the disease. Scientists say it can still slow its expansion. Controlling the flow of travellers can slow down the spread of the disease but I believe it can't stop at all together Since the latest spate of infections in Italy, COVID-19 has reached new countries. Switzerland, Croatia and Austria through people who had traveled from Italy Germany France and Spain have declared new cases Yeah that's interesting in light of An article I saw just this morning about Euro land

42:23 where there's an increasing number of what we used to call migrants, illegal asylum seekers traveling to the European Union. Well now what they've done is that they've... There's a huge uptick and I'll read this from the article Most of the increase is accounted for by large number applications lodged by applicants who are exempt visa requirements when entering the Schengen area So the visa-free applicants are mostly from Venezuela, Colombia El Salvador and Honduras. So if you want to go to Europe You got one of those countries And you just fly and it's kind of like your ESTA visa. You just fill out a form and you're good to go so this is This no border security at all for this if they think they need it Yeah well there's that

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Biotech Stocks and Coronavirus Vaccine Development

The hosts analyze the stock performance of biotech companies like Moderna and Gilead Sciences following mentions by Larry Kudlow. They clarify that Gilead's drug, Remdesivir, is an antiviral treatment originally developed for Ebola, not a vaccine. They emphasize that a viable vaccine is likely at least 18 months away despite market hype.

moderna· gilead sciences· larry kudlow· remdesivir· novavax

43:21 Well, we'd have to conclude from this exposition that This is a much ado about not not much right But it is hurting lots of people in businesses because of the media hype and I think that's It's egregious and people also now luckily. No agenda heads And we think a little bit clearer but I've seen enough I've seen enough people tweeting and and I can smell the fear but I just don't think it's warranted Now for you and I, a little different. We're in the danger category 50 to 75. Well i'm pretty healthy think you're pretty healthy just so you don't want to get it no but such is life but this big scare its not Ebola people! You don't get it and you don't bleed out and you don't have... you know just walk around with blood coming out of your eyeballs or wherever exactly

44:22 So I think we're pretty safe. It's now just a matter of management, managing expectations and my eyes on the market. Well my eyes should be on the company that comes up with the vaccine! There is money to be made! Well that money has already been made there were two companies both of them down severely from big all-time highs yesterday The first one is What is it? Something manned with an M. I don't know, either one of them. Hold on, I have it here. Yeah because they're a recently listed company... It's uh... hold on a second. I have to get it here. Ah yes MRNA is the symbol what is the name of this company? It's Moderna. Moderna there you go. Moderna shot up from where were they like at

45:27 16 bucks or something, shot up to 38. Today down to 26 and the other one was...and I followed this because i heard the tease from no one less than Larry Kudlow Think I have the clip. Yes, this is he was on CNBC But I'm not at all convinced that we can't get hold of what we need here in the US We have stockpiles. We also have the capacity to produce more in all these areas I'm no expert in this but we've seen some of these biotech companies Gilead being one of them

46:08 probably coming up with a vaccine in a much shorter time than people realize. Now, Kudlow is full of shit here. Gilead is not working on a vaccine. Thank you! Now let's update on various aspects of this story first of all Gilead is in what the late stage testing of a virus? Yeah they are Remdesivir which was originally brought out to treat Ebola but they've shown in studies that it can be quite effective they believe against coronavirus They're now going to test Human tests are mainly in China and Asia a thousand patients They're gonna be put on five day and ten day dosing regimes, and they're gonna monitor the patients after that for 14 days This is lightning-fast. We talked about this yesterday normally this is such a long drawn out process They are on a fast fast track yeah Okay, so Gilead also down sharply today after all this news it's not a virus It's a retroviral which might be able to help you and our experience from

47:09 Yeah, our experience from doing this show and these types of pandemic scares is that there's all you know I can list you the stocks. Novavax, you know there are all these little biotech companies where people get excited and then oh we're going to have a vaccine but we don't have vaccines A year, a year and half is fast. That's about right if you can even do that so you know I think that everyone gets all excited and then the stock price is zooming in then they are well wait a minute it's gonna be another year-and-a-half and there's just so little good information in the market except for here sadly you had to come to a podcast to learn that you're not going to die but of course why it's the best podcasting universe

CHAPTER 15 / 54 Discussion

Project Veritas ABC News Sting and David Wright Suspension

Project Veritas released a video featuring ABC News correspondent David Wright expressing socialist views and criticizing the network's promotion of Disney products over hard news. Wright was subsequently suspended. The hosts discuss the prevalence of socialist ideologies in major newsrooms and the immediate resignation of Disney CEO Bob Iger.

project veritas· david wright· abc news· disney· socialism

47:57 And so then, you know we talked about those CEOs. I've just found it very interesting that we have MasterCard Salesforce This is a lot of people believe and I'm one I'm on board with this as the Veritas project Yeah They just came out with the video yesterday In fact the guy got fired an ABC at the guys been there forever He's a thing he got fired for saying That ABC doesn't really care about the news. Yeah Doesn't he see part of the giant entertainment empire called Disney? It doesn't care that much about the news He feels bad about it interesting how they don't fire the guy or I guess II know if he's fired no, they hired him Oh, I thought it was put on Not my understanding was fired couldn't be could be out the door but

48:52 Yeah, I don't know how it all ties together. By the way, I listened to that right and listen, I read the transcript. I'm not going to listen to that crap. It's impossible to hear it but I've read the transcript and what I found interesting was he felt bad about Trump Not getting accurate coverage. Yes, and then he but what really got my attention was that he himself Claims that he is a devil fledged. Yeah social I said Democratic Socialist I think no No He eventually said I've been democratic socialism But I must but it in fact I'm a socialist Fury the Transcript, he says he's a socialist. And I found it fascinating that we have both socialists running in the news departments of big major networks and this guy was up there

49:40 Also, a socialist with some sympathy for Trump. I just found the whole thing to be just kind of... Here's the quote you're right Are you a democratic socialist? Oh yeah more than that! I would consider myself a socialist like I think there should be national health insurance I'm totally fine with reigning in corporations I think there's too many billionaires and I think there's a wealth gap problem but my two favorites were You can't watch Good Morning America, his answer. Oh no he said you can't watch Good Morning America without a Disney princess or Marvel Avenger appearing which of course is you know that's why they have the morning show to promote their other Disney entertainment products. Yeah totally! What does he expect actually? Yes and people in New York are constantly I think fascinated by how can people like Donald Trump well you know

50:34 Fuck cross the Hudson now and then come out and spend some time. You'll hear why He's telling his own news Colleagues that they live in a bubble get out of the office get out yeah, I get out of the office once in awhile Yeah Well so I don't know what's good? I mean the key word of course is resigning immediately which is highly irregular for Not giving even a day's notice. I'm not here yeah So I'm thinking more like a me too thing or worse. I was saying it at first, but then the it's possible the Veritas thing is enough because he knows what kind of... He doesn't want to deal with...he's already got you know his life is complete. He said yeah and so does he want to deal with the aggravation that he's gonna have to go through? And no! It's because that's what's going to happen. It's going to be hounded The only other thing

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Disney Plus Streaming Performance and CEO Resignation

The hosts speculate on whether the sudden resignation of Bob Iger is related to the performance of the Disney Plus streaming service. While some suggest the platform's growth may be slowing after the initial trial period, Dvorak notes his family's satisfaction with the service, comparing it to Netflix and Hulu.

bob iger· disney plus· netflix· hulu· streaming wars

51:31 that they launched the Disney streaming app, and which everyone is saying is really competing with Apple or Apple's competing with them. I don't even know how the two compare It's very possible that in addition to whatever else is happening The streaming experiment is a flop it started off with the bang you haven't heard much about it I don't see it as a flop. Okay, because we use it. It's possible. There's the death knell right there! No? Everybody that Dvorak's are using it We use Netflix we use Hulu and we used Disney and everybody is quite happy with it And the thing of that I didn't like about it was it seemed to be put together

52:18 at the last minute with bailing wire, but it streams fine. Yeah I mean just maybe people aren't...maybe they took their free trial? Maybe that comes out in the annual report and that's nothing a CEO is going to quit about! It seems to me that is going to be Not wanting to be hounded about this Trump thing and now and then I agree my first thought was a me too thing But it's just like you know, it's aggravations enough to be at CEO Disney didn't well. That said I'm not here going back to this This reporter who says he's a full-on socialist if there's a question I'd like Asked is there gonna be another debate? Do we have one more please tell me there's another debate There's got to be a debate We need more debates

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Economic Fluidity and Time Magazine Editor Rant

Anand Giridharadas, an editor-at-large for Time Magazine, is criticized for a televised segment where he compared economic systems to gender fluidity. Giridharadas argued that roads and Social Security are "socialism" while cars and banks are "capitalism." The hosts mock the "economic fluidity" concept and the decline of legacy media brands.

anand giridharadas· time magazine· capitalism· socialism· gender studies

53:08 I would like the question posed to the contestants, as Mike Bloomberg astutely said. Could you please tell me what a Democrat is? And I'd like to know what is a socialist? I'd like to know each candidate's definition and for that matter I'd like to know what Trump's definition of Democrat and Socialist is and we'll throw in Republican But when it comes to the socialists and democratic socialist in the news media, nothing is better than the editor of Time Magazine Anant Girharadas I think his name is. I don't know if he's editor at large but he's billed as editor It looks like you could be on Queer Eye for The Straight Guy He's an Asian-as-an Indian Pakistani type guy with bleached white hair

54:00 And he goes on this rant about the difference between capitalism and socialism, and we can laugh and hoot and holler but will just let the minute 20 play out. It's mind-bending. We have come to a place in America which I find fascinating where our understanding of gender is more fluid than our understanding of capitalism, socialism and democracy. It's remarkable! I never would have expected that we've made tremendous progress in understanding that it's not like men women nothing in between its complicated people fall all kinds of places on the distribution but capitalism and socialism no no no...it one or the other The reality is for any person who has actually traveled to read a book every country world maybe couple exceptions has some mix capitalism and socialism when you're on the highway

54:51 thing beneath you socialism the things on the highway capitalism the cars and trucks carrying stuff when you are on wall street, the banks? Capitalism. The regulators that make sure brokers aren't stealing their money? Socialism When you work for 40 years at IBM, capitalism. When you retire and have Social Security and Medicare take care of you, socialism. It's early in the morning! I have already in the course of this day by eating certain things engaged in capitalism. By taking a car here engaged in capitalism but I've also benefited profoundly just by 8am from socialism from the fact that

55:32 people, you know there were roads. It was nice to have roads on the way here made it much faster commute You know all the ways in which capitalism and socialism are actually part of every hour of our lives Let's end this ridiculous binary and have some understanding of economic fluidity Economic fluidity John there we go. This is it this is where they're starting to turn gender studies into economics Fluidity I mean this guy should be fired immediately from his position he has no idea what he's talking about Well the days of Time magazine actually being a magazine now, I know and having anybody where I mean It's a blog

56:13 Time magazine and Newsweek are both blogs. I'm down with that, it's so true. So the guy is a head of a blog. Just thought that was quite fascinating Fascinating. I think your idea is good, it's solid it would be interesting to hear what Elizabeth Warren says about it and it'd be interesting to hear Bloomberg. Bloomberg was the only guy... we're not gonna do the debates this second because I think we need a break after an hour of SARS. Oh wait wait I meant swine flu! Hey everybody its Adam & John here yes this is The SARS Hour Radio Show

CHAPTER 18 / 54 Discussion

No Agenda Art and Executive Producer Acknowledgments

Adam and John thank "Melodious Owl" for the Episode 1219 artwork, which referenced a classic George W. Bush jingle. They explain the "value for value" model, emphasizing that the show has no corporate sponsors, allowing for independent deconstruction of news and media.

melodious owl· noagendaartgenerator.com· value for value· podcast art

56:57 And with that I'd like to thank you for your courage and say in the morning to you, the man who put the sea in the collapse of all markets. John C. Dvorak! Whoa... You've been taking lessons? I know working on it glad you liked it In the morning to you and in the morning all the ships, the sea boots on the ground feeding the air subs in the water. The dames and the knights out there Yes! In the morning to all of our shills and trolls or as Al Sharpton would say trolls Trollers in the troll room at noagendastream.com who tried very hard to get my attention when I was pre-streaming I was streaming emptiness for an hour and a half this morning but they were obfuscated

57:45 Whenever I'm doing just give me your phone call number. Well lots of people have my numbers and data so surprisingly now there's lots of DMs Anyway, let's give a quick count see how many trolls are in there this morning. We do the command for troll count 1048 good to see you all there also in the morning to our artists who brought us the artwork for episode 1219 1219 melodious owl Who has melodious owls scored art before I believe a couple one or two This was a classic

58:23 We both looked at it, went yeah. It's just...it fits in particular because I couldn't find the jingle that it refers to which is don't send us water don't send blankets just send your cash The classic George W Bush Jingle that we use from time-to-time when we can find it and it was good! It was exactly right And I don't think there were any other contenders Do you have other contenders? Can't remember There was a couple we thought there's maybe three or four that were usable but that one just had the nice. It just was it would add a softness to it and I got to the point and it was funny in a funny way this fantastic and we love the work that our artists do is incredibly important

59:07 To the whole, the whole operation. It's a big deal for our visibility in podcast apps Even on Twitter is just you see it like what is that? It draws attention and we're very very happy and proud of the work that our artists do And you can join in if you want no agenda art generator comm you can sign up this pretty easy to, now that it's all functioning, pretty easy to get your art up there and we choose it right after we close down the recording for every single broadcast. And thank you again, Malodi Yassal, noagendaartgenerator.com. That brings us to our executive producers for the show absolutely zero commercial interest or corporate money comes into this program which is why we can speak freely the way we do and not give you the same fear-mongering message meant

CHAPTER 19 / 54 Discussion

Sir Animas of Dogpatch and Goat Karma Request

A long-time producer, Sir Animas of Dogpatch, contributes $1,318.18 and shares a story about his canceled trip to North Korea due to the virus. He requests "goat karma" for his herd following the death of three animals. The note also pays tribute to friends suffering from Gulf War syndrome and Agent Orange exposure.

lower slobovia· north korea· gulf war syndrome· eid· goats

59:58 Entertainment property seems to be doing and that is why we have our star Producers that we like to thank right, and that's why we haven't yeah, but we don't have any movies the plug No It's okay. I'm cool so I've got sir not saronimus a dog pet showed up ah and Laura Slobo via yes And with another coded amount thirteen hundred and eighteen dollars Well, the 18 would be a we never understand his codes But the 18 would be maybe the Jewish code but were pretty sure he's Muslim. Oh, he's Muslim Yeah, I wish I understood his codes it did you write a note? He usually does of course she did okay good By the way, did you see as your line three missing lines? Yes it is Wonder what supposed to be there Hey man who's been doing my lines

1:00:59 So he writes in his normal note, but of course this time. He's got some some Well he's a lot like Fugazotto in that he has stories to tell yeah, we love the truck these guys are on the road Yeah On the run I thought you're gonna say on the road on the lamb man I have an unusual request goat karma whoa did you want right off the bat? No get to him at the end Goat karma. Three goats in my tribe died in the past two weeks." Oh boy! I am the owner and I need it to last longer than a horse race, the karma but not too long as Eid is coming... The E-I-D, the party time. Party time but not for the goats Yes and it's coming and several of their lives will be cut short anyway

1:01:56 But good health until then would be nice. Thanks for all the producers that make this the best source of news and analysis in the known universe to non-contributing listeners, come on! Your alternative is the M5M, a commercial entertainment and opinion platform. The M5M offers information that has been approved by their advertising departments or is the opinion shared by their owner elites. The M5M is not part of the fourth estate!

1:02:34 Good point. The quick shutdown by North Korea against all Chinese gave me pause, as you recall his last note which he was talking about going to North Korea. Yep, yep. Suffering from a cold I thought better of heading to the peninsula with a cough less fearful of issues in the peninsula than being penned up like my goats with other sick people upon my return Yes exactly It turned out to be a correct conspiracy assumption since my intended return date coincided with the quarantine of America's returning from China. I get enough SSSS on my tickets thanks to the programming bias

1:03:21 And that's who he is referring to on your boarding pass. There are these codes on there, different airlines have and that is one of them you don't notice it but when you go through the... Sir can you come over here? We need to talk. We have a special line for you sir! Thanks to the programming bias. As Adam has reminded people, until you re-enter you are a foreigner and as many have learned you are innocent unless you're alleged to be guilty of a crime! And some groups are automatically alleged by the programs. He's bitching himself being one of them Despite these hassles as a weary traveler returning to the US I want to thank the many border officers for two words they often say Welcome home Yep, they do I know which brings me to a point? I was thinking about earlier because I've heard about this and

1:04:21 Would you, if when you go into Texas from an international outlet outpost and you come in. I know that they see your residency if they see your residency is Texas and you're coming into Texas? And I'm just asking because this never happened to me do they say welcome home doofus? No! I was told that they say welcome home doofus no to anyone from texas. Okay, I just wonder but that was pretty much you know. Oh, I've had a lot of different treatment for different reasons But in general it's I get a I got a welcome home yeah, I get welcome home too Yeah Which I do also find nice. I heard this recipe makes you make sure feel good makes you feel good

1:05:05 Yeah, as opposed to welcome home doofus. Yeah who told you this? He continues his note very difficult start to the year agent orange took a close friend of mine while another has significantly deteriorated from his Gulf War syndrome either has had a single regret for their decision to serve and defend our Constitution great Americans no jingles well except for the goat karma yeah we said no jingles I just wanted to say one thing before we give him and his flock some car- is it? What is a bunch of goats, not a flock that's a herd. A herd of goats yeah. Goat yes should be maybe not last night the keeper and I wanted to watch Eliza Schlesinger on Kimmel

CHAPTER 20 / 54 Discussion

Jimmy Kimmel Live Native Ads and Eliza Schlesinger

The hosts criticize the excessive advertising on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," noting a 12-minute block of commercials and "native ads" featuring Guillermo. They point out that guest Eliza Schlesinger received less airtime than the advertisements, which they describe as "whorish" behavior by ABC.

jimmy kimmel· eliza schlesinger· abc· native advertising· deez nuts

1:05:53 Yeah, I was gonna stay up for that too but i went to bed. Well so she was second guest which means first you get the first guest and then you get the second guess is yeah if she was the first guest I would have watched it well So we bit the bullet and we were invested now before they got to her they had an ad break Which was two breaks, and in the middle they came back to the studio and they did a native ad acted with Guillermo and Kimmel for Deez Nuts. The total block of time because we rolled it back and looked at time codes was 12 minutes! Twelve minutes of ads!!

1:06:37 It's unbelievable. Wow! So either they're... What did Liza get? She didn't even get 12 minutes, she got one segment Yeah that was just five minutes max I think yeah it was i mean i was blown away both of us were seeing like another ad and another ad then there was a 60 and then two 15s and as you recall if you recall on this show I'm always pointing out the native ads on ABC News and Kimmel's on ABC. ABC is the king of the native ad. Yes, but so they broke it up these two blocks of pre-produced ads with the native ad that's like either they're really raking it in which I'm sure they are but this is whorish

1:07:24 And by the way, if our camera like you I can't have a nice chat with uh with Eliza Schlesinger. It was funny she's gonna be in it in a movie with Wahlberg as a big no it's probably not an ABC movie and that probably not a Disney movie so that's why you know ah not even a clip shut up It's a Netflix movie, that's why. Oh yeah I would give her short scripts get her out of here! In and out 12 minutes it is unwatchable and all of it is stuff you don't want A group of goats is called a tribe or a trip. Oh, well that's what Sir Animas said he said my tribe I thought you meant... Yes, Tribe of Goats! I thought he meant his tribe like Oonga Boonga I don't know what he's talking about No it wouldn't be Oonga Boonga But thats racist very good Very funny Stop trying to be as racist as possible People are innocent until alleged to be involved in some type of criminal activity Alright here for your tribe there Sir Animas of Dogpatcher Lower Slobovia You've got

1:08:25 And we'll throw an extra one after it just to make sure they're all nice and juicy for the fest. Thank you, sir! Well I mean it well... Goats? Goat's delicious meat?! We don't eat it much in this country. Yeah, I've had a bad Mexican goat dish but otherwise like Jamaican goats But I had a Mexican goat which it's just like there's like I was taste the goat was still bad They're going like that. I don't know if you can get if you can get a goat leg or a leg of goaded Like a lamb and then get the bone out of the thing Yeah, be great what you have to do by hand sometimes which I've done yeah It is a better version of the lamb. It doesn't have a goat flavor except the one that I Don't know what they did guy peed in it. I don't really

CHAPTER 21 / 54 Discussion

Robert Slaght Donation and Bank Check Systems

Robert Slaght of Glendale, Arizona, sends a $333.33 donation via a bank check system. The hosts discuss the various automated check-mailing services used by banks, noting that some systems are so inefficient they likely cost the banks money in postage and processing.

glendale· arizona· zelle· chase manhattan· bank checks

1:09:18 You know, I've heard. Anyway thank you very much sir onerous of dog patron lowest Lobo via good to hear from you love your notes and Well, you got your karma for the tribe? Okay Reopen the spreadsheet go on it was Robert slack and I don't know how that's pronounced slack but he claims it is You tell me anyways SLA gh T. I'm not gonna argue He came at 333.33 from me, he's in Glendale Arizona and he sent a note in saying hello from Glendale I sent a bank check yeah okay I would like to say in the morning to you and that it has been awhile since I donated so he needs a deducing You've been de-duced! He sent a bank checking through one of these systems

1:10:21 And rarely, I mean most people just send a mail with the check in it and then have a note attached. You received it? Yeah I did! I picked up on Tuesday. Was that Zelle maybe? No no there's one of those checks you get as a physical check. Oh yeah, I like the checks But it came into through the system and it was like... What is this what does this email what is the system you keep referring to well It's like people can go to various check payments organizations, pay by mail. There's a whole bunch of them and you can or you go through your credit union say I want to make a payment to the No Agenda Show every month or every week or every whatever can use set that up and they usually have a system it's like a time payment system that the banks put together and then you get a check we get a check to know Jenna sure gets a check

1:11:12 in an envelope that's printed by the bank. It's got, you guys, it's not, there was just one step removed there and there's two or three of these systems out there that one of them is this one company that consolidates where you get an envelope full of... 20-30 checks. There's another one has one check in it which Chase Manhattan's notorious for each check could cost him 50 cents to send it They're losing money. And then there's this other one, which is a little foldy-foldy envelope thing that you have to tear the top off and tear the sides off. My favorite! Those are ones that usually look like junk mail and throw out? Well they never really...they don't really look like junk mail but junk mail looks like them. Yeah right right right. That's what he did. He got that one came through with that so I sent him email then

1:12:05 Anyway, this is a long story. I don't know why it went on either Keep up the excellent work and let's see many more years of the best podcast in universe to my lovely wife I don't know whether you think that says Mel G Meiji Meiji Mellie Mel G Mel G and baby girl Audrey Mm-hmm. I love you They are avid listeners in just as long as they are with me on long road trips Just as long, oh they're avid listeners just as long as their on a long road trip to Maine. You mean when you have them quarantined in your vehicle? Yes okay I get that. Woo we love the show daddy! Can you turn on some music? Give him a climate gate of Sharpton and a karma. To the gate, to the gate, to the climate gate

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Adam Curry Joe Rogan Appearance and Super Tuesday

Adam Curry announces his upcoming appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience on March 3rd, which coincides with Super Tuesday. Producer Chuck Boyce Jr. is elevated to the rank of Baronet of the Data following a donation, requesting specific jingles related to the "2030 Omnipocalypse."

joe rogan· super tuesday· baronet· chuck boyce· data

1:12:53 President Trump said that because of the killing of Al Baghdadi, Baghdadi, that the world is a better place. You've got karma. Charles Boyce or hashtag blessed in Yarmouth, Maine 333. We're always in contact with Chuck ITM John and Adam good luck on Rogan, Adam. Oh yes you're coming up on March 3rd on the Joe Rogan show so Tuesday listen yeah it's Tuesday Tuesday big giant Tuesday! I'm very excited lucky Tuesday what do they call a lucky Tuesday? No it says super Tuesday that's it It's Super Tuesday but it's also 33 which is a good number for us 33 the magic number

1:13:46 And I've kind of been prepping in my head for days and days. You're going to overthink it anyway, he continues. I've decided to go freelance and retool my skill set that means no more steady paychecks. I could use some SQL server freelance and anti-anxiety karma. We don't actually, well I think that most of these would work. I would appreciate if you would play the Cavacava jingle and the 2030 Omnipocalypse jingle. I believe this donation allows me to become a baronet. Can I please take the title of Baronet at Chuck Boyce Jr., of The Data?

1:14:31 Warm regards, yeah you can have that. Now what is this Kava Kava thing? Do you know what that is? I only- Kava Kava thing I know is they add for the coffee it goes... KAVA! KAVA! Mmmmm....I mean.. I don't have anything- I don't remember us ever playing it. I personally remember it. I mean I had- KAVA! KAVA! That was kind of good well if you do that one more time then I'll play the other one Okay ready? Yep! 20 30 Of The Fuck A Laps You've got karma. There you go Chuck and we'll see you later on with your title changement Duane Long's comes up next to me he's an associate executive producer from Louisville, Texas 270 97

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Texas Dragon Barbecue and Knighting Ceremony

Duane Long, owner of Texas Dragon Barbecue, is knighted as "Sir Texas Dragon Knight of Flavor." He offers a discount code for No Agenda listeners and proposes a future barbecue meetup in Northeast Texas. The hosts discuss the merits of Texas-style brisket versus other meats.

texas-dragon.com· brisket· knighthood· bourbon· ribeyes

1:15:22 ITMBPITU, I'm preparing for a long life. Another long life change in my family. Another guy with the life change in my family so thank you for keeping all of us sane with your excellent news deconstruction and entertainment. The producers and the douchebags are truly blessed. Come on douchebags it's never too late to donate! It only took me 10 years! Thanks for all the producers who have purchased products from my website, texasdragon.com. Oh yeah this is the barbecue stuff. Texas-dragon.com Yes rubs and scrubs and sauces I'm glad you have been enjoying the products and appreciate all of the great reviews You all rock! I met up with Sir O'Taku

1:16:18 Duke of northeast texas in the red river valley at a steak cook off last weekend he's a great guy i might assist him and some barbecue cook offs this year that's interesting yes some wins. John, maybe we could have a No Agenda barbecue meetup in Northeast Texas in the future and you can get out of the house. This is actually an interesting thing... Yeah you laugh but this is an interesting thing I really have this is the real- I know you want brisket! You'll do a lot for us to learn how to do some good brisket Yes Texas style. I have a coupon code for no agenda listeners for 2020 Have you ever been to Northeast Texas? Maybe that's why I was laughing

1:17:05 North, name a city there. Exactly! You're making my point for me. Yes. Well I've been yeah...I probably have been in Northeast Texas because they took a drive up through the panhandle up into Oklahoma once and but it was just to drive through. Is Texarkana out that way? I think isn't Texarkana out there? I don't think so. Enter 20, okay here's your code, NA2020 at the checkout and save 20% on orders over $20. Check out our seasonings and sauces. I will donate 50% of the discounted amount to no agenda throughout 2020. Lastly with this donation I've achieved knighthood accounting below. I would like to be known as Sir Texas Dragon Knight Of Flavor. Does he have something for the table?

1:17:57 Well, no. He didn't say... Not everybody has to have something for the table. No I'm just asking! Well it's right here you got in front of you. I'm doing other things! I'm knitting and other things to do. Okay okay we know yes bourbon and rib eyes ah there you go bourbon and ribeyes Which I would think brisket would be more appropriate, but okay. Anyway, jingle request jobs jobs jobs Trump Pelosi version the combo OMG can you see the juice and goat karma boom? Okay hold on a second so

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Saudi Arabian Traffic Snitching App and Window Tint Fines

Sir Dave reports on a new Ministry of Interior app in Saudi Arabia that allows citizens to report traffic violations for a share of the fine. He shares an anecdote about being fined for dark window tints and jokes about using the app to fund future donations. He also needles Adam Curry about John Tesh.

saudi arabia· inshallah lane· window tint· snitching· john tesh

1:18:37 Trump and Pelosi version. Okay, and I'll do the OMG for you. Let's do it! Oh my gosh Can you see that juice? Jobs jobs jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs You've got karma All right Sir Dave comes up at $234 dollars and 56 cents two three four five six Fugazotto like I'm guessing I think it's fugazotto Oh yeah, I see it's Fugazotto. Yes good news this Noto is only 188 and even better i just found out that there's a Ministry of Interior app one can download that will make snitching on the scofflaws who are driving 160 kilometers per hour in the breakdown lane

1:19:29 make it that much easier. Around here, they call it the breakdown lane, the Inshallah Lane because inshallah I won't crash into a broken down dump truck at 160 kilometers an hour! I downloaded it of course because I want to do my part to support a civil society and it has nothing to do with... isn't Waze kind of the same thing? And it has nothing to do... So I guess you're turning these people into the police. But the way that police were looking at Waze- This is real snitching, that's a little different. I think Waze is just to report accidents and speed. It's actually, you're on the good guy side but I don't know. Okay, it has nothing to do with the fact that someone narced on me for over dark windows tint oh I see, that cost me 500 Saudi rials

1:20:22 That's a fine for having a window tint that is too dark. We have that in California, you can't really darken windows too much. Or if someone gave $500 realifying the conscientious citizen who turned them in gets half! Oh now this an app I'm down with! I like this! So you get a part of the...you get a VIG That would be great. This is... Hello, Saudi Arabia! Of course, if I did happen to turn someone into the Ministry of the Interior and received a cut of their fine, a portion of that would come back to support The Best Podcast in the Universe. So win-win! In the meantime here's an advance on my first payout...I mean reward. Please dispense a Hey Citizen if you see something say something and a Goat Karma for good measure. Thank you for your courage. Oh PS

1:21:15 And by the way, this is a note meant for Adam because Adam is a big fan of John Tesh. And he says P.S., Yanni would kick John Tesh's butt! Thank you very much Sir Dave He is... Is he Earl? Or is he Duke now I think maybe Duke don't think isn't Earl anymore I think he's up there somewhere You may be Duke Now we love hearing from your sir Dave thank you so much and of course We've got what you need Hey citizen If you see something Say something You've got karma. Matthew Scott's next to 1220 in Springfield, Missouri that was the special donation for last show Yes is my first associate executive producer donation I'm now over halfway to knighthood

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End of Show Mix Submission Process

Matthew Scott of Springfield, Missouri, inquires about the best way to submit end-of-show mixes. Adam Curry clarifies that there is no "pay to play" system and apologizes for any lost submissions, confirming that Scott's mix about bicycles in China is scheduled for the current episode.

matthew scott· springfield· missouri· audio production· remix

1:22:04 Wait a minute. Okay, so he's probably accumulated through cheaper donations? Yes No jingles no karma but if Adam could please please please Please explain the best way for producers to submit end of show mixes I would be grateful and I'm gonna put you can do that at the end I produced a track about three years ago And have tried it few times to contact Adam To get into the center show rotation even using a pay to play method by sending it with a donation last year but no avail i send a separate email was subject and of show mix about bicycles in china incase adam is able to get into them mixed despite being about an old topic.

1:22:45 Sincerely, Matthew Scott in Springfield Missouri. Thank you Matthew there is no pay to play what likely happens it's a fun idea but no there's no pay-to-play sometimes yeah could you imagine Sometimes it just doesn't work out and that can be because there's a whole bunch of mixes that came in and I always try to carry them over. Sometimes stuff gets lost in the shuffle, even though we have thousands of producers out in the universe It's really just Adam here with a big-ass hard drive and a search tool So sometimes it just doesn't work and I apologize, but I do have it lined up for you today. And and I will say that I pretty much will play anything as long as we have the time to play it or if It's not just completely

1:23:33 Rude, I mean I personally the shittier the better. I think that's funny and And I also think it's encouraging if it's just good enough to play at the end of show So nothing personal slip through the cracks and it's lined up for the end of show today, and thank you for your courage Wow Okay Did you expect something else yeah expecting something less amenable I would have said something like, well you know it's possible it's no good. No it is good and I just don't even remember so maybe he sent it? It's lined up but happens but nothing personal Stephanie Simons actually in Fort Lauderdale $204.20 she's our last associate executive producer for show 2012-2020 and by the way next show numbers a palindrome 1221

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Palindrome Dates and New Human Resource Felix

The hosts note that the next show number, 1221, is a palindrome. They congratulate producer "Void Zero" on the birth of a new son, Felix, referred to in show parlance as a "new human resource." Stephanie Simons of Fort Lauderdale is acknowledged for her donation and "de-douching."

palindrome· stephanie simons· fort lauderdale· void zero· human resource

1:24:33 So think about that. It's nice because there are no more dates this year that are palindromes. It is also a really nice palindrome, you know it really goes up and down like a tent. Yeah but if you take the two one two three three thirty-three. That is the magic number. The magic number palindrome so next show on Sunday when we need donations. My name is Stephanie Simons of Fort Lauderdale Navigator of the seas. Thanks to my smoking hot boyfriend, Sir Ramen Noodles and his equally- Wait your boyfriend is Noodle Boy?

1:25:13 Ramen. Oh, so ramen noodles. And his equally hot brother, Sir Hagus. I have developed a healthy habit of listening to your podcast It has come to my attention that a good old-fashioned de-douching is necessary You've been de-douched Please grant this request which we did and accept my first donation towards my future dame status Why don't we give her a gratuitous karma? You've got karma. Good idea! And that's our good social executive producers, executive producers for show 1220 want to thank each and every one of them for helping support this show and keeping our analysis

1:25:58 Which is very singular nobody else does this stuff like we do even close actually I want to thank them for making it all happen. Yes, and these credits are completely real you can use them anywhere credits are recognized in the entertainment industry People like to put it in their profiles on social media We also like to suggest putting it in your LinkedIn profile. That is where people do seem to get jobs off of that, but also just know it's a proud badge you know I love seeing people who are on Twitter but also send emails and the email signature you know proud producer executive producer associate executive producer these things matter and we really appreciate as part of our value for value network

1:26:41 And of course, we'll have another show on Sunday. There will be the show where I'm getting ready to go out to Los Angeles and who knows what will happen in the next few days? Please support that for our Sunday Show! Go to... And of course now you know that Dick Pound's member is standing up Our formula is this We go out, we hit people in the mouth Order Shut Up Slate And I just want to make a quick little mention Congratulations to void zero and his lovely family, his wife and His son they have a brand new human resource Felix. Felix was born

1:27:34 Now I think it was now is my is it three four five days ago? I don't remember the exact date anymore. No complications mom and baby are doing fine Steven's very happy with his new brother, and we could not be happier for the void zero family Congratulations as we say in the dude named Ben world it worked yeah congratulations That's great isn't that nice well debates debaterinos Great show. I have a lot of clips most of them are very short, and they have only one clip over a minute. I loved this show! Well if you love the show i'm going to play the most annoying clip I've ever produced yeah it's one of those clips that if I don't put this warning out in advance you would like bitch about it but you can pre-bitch if you want now I'm not gonna britch about nothing now this will be...this is essentially the entire debates

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Democratic Debate Audio Mashup and Pete Buttigieg

Adam Curry plays a condensed audio montage of the South Carolina Democratic debate, highlighting the chaotic nature of the event. He notes that Pete Buttigieg frequently interrupted other candidates and suggests the moderators may have been protecting him from certain lines of questioning.

democratic debate· south carolina· bernie sanders· pete buttigieg· cbs

1:28:33 Boiled down into a 108 one minute and eight second clip by an I will say it could have been ten minutes if I wanted it to be Yes Responded the question alienating hey Amy that the United States government look Obama said to restore American credibility. Did I say that? Only way. Do we think raising the minimum wage to a living wage, do we think building the millions of units of affordable housing that we need... If you're going to ask that rhetorical question let's go behind the scenes first. ...do we think raising taxes on billionaires is a radical idea? Let's talk about what's radical about that plan Senator please. The things you just named are things- The truth is Pete that the Americans

1:29:23 No, I was talking to Bernie. I was talking to the other respondent. He's always talking and he hasn't called on me before. We would like to bring Mr. Steyer in on this conversation. Mr. Steyer. And why am I able to beat him? We've got to open this up. Universal health care for example... Donald Trump's Bernie is half his time. You acknowledge that but you don't have trade love lessons with us. This is 2020 we're spending it reliving the Cold War. Thank you Mayor Bloomberg. That was not edited. There were no overlays, that was app-edited!

1:30:05 absolutely the straight feed from the debates that I put together there. There's different segments, but it's the straight feed. There's nothing going on other than that and it was mostly Buttigieg stepping on everybody... Did you get the idea that the CIA broadcasting system did not go to Buttigieg a lot? Kind of like leaving him out. I felt to me like he was a bit protected They didn't ask him, I thought he got a lot less time than everybody else and was just at it wasn't really asked A lot of questions well He was butting into everything he was the worst up there in any and it was not funny And lame when he did well everybody was not funny and lame I have to say oh Everybody was funny this is what do you know they're only funny because they were goof doofus's

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Tom Steyer Globalist Foreign Policy Message

The hosts critique Tom Steyer's debate performance, specifically his focus on climate change as the primary global threat. They characterize his rhetoric as a "globalist message" and mock his performative speaking style, which they find repetitive and ineffective.

tom steyer· foreign policy· climate change· globalism· leadership

1:30:58 But let's listen to a couple of things that went on. Okay, I love this show! Thank you CBS finally made politics entertaining again we're riveting stuff there was I mean, I don't know which to go to. Let's start with this one. This is one of the longest clips it's 47 seconds and this is Tom Steyer or I thought he put a clip of him in there and I was listening to this time saying this guy if you listen to what he has to say which is all lies

1:31:37 Here's the problem with the Democrat Party is this guy. This is all globalism and here's the globalist message, listen to this clip I want to say something about foreign policy which is this We keep acting as if we're in the 20th century or 19th century If you look at the biggest threats of United States were talking right now about coronavirus that cannot be solved within the borders of United States We are talking about climate change which is a global problem where US leadership for countries around the world. In fact, Mr. Trump's policy of us going it alone of America first having no values, no allies and no strategy is disastrous for us The biggest threat to America right now in terms of our safety of our citizens is climate And its time for us to deal with that way Every single foreign policy issue is about American leadership and coalition New topic Senator Sanders

1:32:34 No, sorry Tom. No good that was not happen now is no good anyway so much time by saying I want to talk about something and this is what I want to say I want to talk about it and I want to say this and then he talks about it Yeah What's the point of this performative at the beginning? That just lingers He's no good he's no good all right let's go to Let's go to, let's start with the little gem that was at the beginning. This is the warrant this is debates D basis doesn't have the E in it War killet is a little killit thing which is kind of cute At least I didn't have a boss who said to me Kill It! The way that Mayor Bloomberg never said that said to one of his pregnant employees There's so much going on with this first

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Michael Bloomberg Simpson Comparison and "Kill It" Comment

John Dvorak compares Michael Bloomberg's facial features to Homer Simpson. The hosts discuss Elizabeth Warren's attack on Bloomberg regarding a "kill it" comment allegedly made to a pregnant employee. They debate the context of the remark and its relationship to Warren's own political stance on abortion.

michael bloomberg· elizabeth warren· homer simpson· abortion· kill it

1:33:32 Bloomberg's eye rolls were great. I also noticed his mouth is and that means not just these lips but above it's shaped very similar to that of Homer Simpson Have you noticed that he has a world like? If you look at his younger, some of us as he's taken these off the air But they're early ads where you only get this he is as we do So they got these ads of him when he was fired, when he was 39 and started building his business after that which is commendable. And they show pictures of him at 39 and had those duck lips! His upper lip was sticking way out very much like a Simpson character. He looked like a goofball I think he's had work done on that lip. There is another thing that bothers me about this clip

1:34:20 Maybe it's just me being overly sensitive to all messages because kind of what we do, but isn't the whole idea Of a woman's choice To do that if she wants to continue her career I mean for Warren to say that this was of course the way he said it is But isn't that kind of what abortion is, is killing it? You know to me It felt like the whole...it didn't belong in the conversation but also from the standpoint that she's supposed to be coming from. Yeah which is kill it! A little weird a little weird I didn't need look at it from that perspective but now did you mention it I now do and before We go on with these clips and there's a few more I want to get a couple ISOs out of the way Ah here we go

1:35:13 So it'd make it a little more entertaining. So I've got, I've got killit. All right let's check it out. Killit! For an end of show ISO? Nice in fact that's going straight into the end-of-show slot just in case all right what else you got? Just above that how many hours? How many hours do you have which was not a great iso for the end of show but to me that was the end of Bernie's chances of anything He cannot explain how it's going to be paid for. How many hours do you have? And apparently, it will take forever as many hours as you have in your lifetime to understand it I thought that was the worst answer he could've given. I'm not gonna argue with that Now we got piss up a rope Piss Up A Rope Wait a minute who said- That's no from the debates No its not, they didn't say what Where is it from

1:36:09 Alex Jones. Oh, okay. No disqualified all right next President is a Russian the president is a Russian operative that's an old one we've heard it So you're like and kill it I am what time love and kill it especially at the end of the show are you kidding me? That's almost perfect Yeah Let me just let me just see if I didn't have anything to I have nothing to compete. Nothing competes with the kill it, I think. Kill it! It's great end of show yeah that's just perfect. Well she so emphatic. Yeah kill it because that's how he said it she's doing the entire impersonation very good sure very good

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Bloomberg "I Bought Them" Gaffe and Campaign Spending

Michael Bloomberg's debate comment that he "bought" the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives is analyzed. The hosts discuss Scott Adams' commentary on the gaffe and speculate whether Bloomberg would withhold funding from the party if Bernie Sanders wins the nomination. They question the actual efficacy of massive advertising spends in political races.

michael bloomberg· nancy pelosi· scott adams· campaign finance· house of representatives

1:36:54 Okay, so here's the thing. I want to save the Biden stuff for last because there is actually... There is Biden stuff that goes beyond the debate. Because it's so funny! You know? It's not and I've decided that it is so sad. We're picking on him. It is elder abuse The man is... They don't love him they hate him someone really hates him putting through this This is not okay at this point We have some evidence. I'm with the side that says, yeah it's okay! Well for the show i'm happy of course but I am starting to feel bad about it Now here is a thing that took place in the debate that well let me keep the Biden stuff at the end Here's Bloomberg this is the clip everybody has all worked up about and this is the clip Scott Adams had some thoughts on

1:37:49 This is the bought them clip. You heard it? Of course, it's the truth always wants to come out Let's just go on the record They talk about 40 Democrats 21 of those were people that I spent a hundred million dollars to help elect All of the new Democrats that came in and put Nancy Pelosi In charge and gave the Congress the ability to control this president. I got them I bought or got them Yeah now we all heard it Okay, so here's now to skip the Scott Adams and this is his little commentary on this. And he caught that too and he says Bloomberg is a very important element in the money machines at the Democrat Party and he thinks that there's some…

1:38:33 that this is another reason they're gonna try to screw Bernie. Now here's the other hidden magic of what Bloomberg is doing, do you think that if Bernie is the candidate, Bloomberg will spend his hundreds of millions to get Democrats elected in Congress? Would he? Because remember, Bloomberg thinks that Bernie's policies would be a disaster so if Bloomberg... If you can imagine scenario where Bernie gets the nomination Bloomberg might turn off the spigot, right? If I understand Bloomberg's position he thinks that Bernie would be a disaster. So i don't think he is going to vote more Democrat or help fund more Democrats

1:39:20 to have a stronger position in Congress if that would make Bernie capable of getting what he says he wants. So the biggest problem that the Democrats have is if they nominate a centrist, even it's not Bloomberg they probably still get Bloombergs money you know what I mean? That doesn't seem like a crazy assumption. I mean that... No, it was something i wasn't thinking about Oh well! I was only thinking about that part and its really a little bit more if we replay the original Let's just go on the record they talked about 40 Democrats 21 of those were people that I spent $100 million to help elect All of the new democrats that came in put Nancy Pelosi in charge Now that part

1:40:08 And then he goes into the, I bought. He also owns Nancy Pelosi this is the message that he's giving us here they put Nancy Pelosi in charge no you bought Nancy Pelosi the Speaker of the House The next part i'm wondering about this Is all it takes is four million bucks per candidate on average to win over Republicans In these states and these it was quite a number of house seats 20 x 100 is 50 No, I'm sorry. It's not 50 it with 20 to reify 5 million Okay on average on average for but thank ya Bernie How many hours do you got?

1:40:48 How many hours you got? I mean, was it purely a matter of $400 million for these races that the Republicans didn't have 100 million bucks. Trump couldn't raise that. I find that interesting. I'm not sure and... Well you have to always assume that is above and beyond Yeah, but these most of these yes But still a hundred million for majority in the house It's worth 100 trillion when you think about it or 100 billion at least a majority in the house You're kidding me. What what? What a joke what a bunch of losers The Republicans are if it was only $100 million and they could have or maybe as they put 125 did but point I'm making is Yes, I agree 100% to lose the house

1:41:38 For a hundred million dollars, but I'm also not agreeing with what he's saying. I don't think the money buys that I just don't and i love Mike Bloomberg being in this. Let me finish, I love Mike Bloomberg being in this race because we will know if you have unlimited funds if you can buy yourself into the presidency he clearly thinks so! He talks about bought-bought-bought but I'm not so sure...he's probably more frustrated that he doesn't seem to be able to buy himself the presidency the way he believes he bought the House seats for the Democrats. I don't think it's true, I don't... A lot of people have had these ideas. William Randolph Hearst I with all his newspapers thought he could push himself into high positions in the government and never could do it. Bloomberg is a very similar character

1:42:26 He's underestimating the American public. I've written in the newsletter a couple of the essays, like not the recent ones but some of them discuss this. This is a big deal because the media wants everyone to believe that it's true that you could by spending spending spending more money spending spending spending more money you will be successful. And this little message about Bloomberg and the 100 million is a good example where the media's gotta go, yeah, yeah, yeah! This just shows ya that if you spend more money... In other words give us, the media, more money, you'll be successful. We of course especially you, more than me say no it's not true advertising stinks it doesn't even barely works

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Joe Biden "Not a Joke" and Debate Gaffes

Joe Biden's debate performance is scrutinized, including his pledge to appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court and his repeated use of the phrase "not a joke." The hosts discuss the high ticket prices for the debate audience and Biden's "why am I stopping" moment when his time expired.

joe biden· supreme court· south carolina· e-ticket· gaffes

1:43:11 Yeah, I think it does. Trump won the presidency with much less money It wasn't because of advertising it was because of the non-stop news cycle They don't really have a non stop news cycle on anybody except Trump still not really on any other candidate Now I got Amy's little thing at the end. They said give us a motto and what you feel about life or some stupid thing." I love Steyer when they did the the motto thing, and he closed his mouth... And he might have wanted to say something but they took it away from him immediately He is a schmuck! All right this is Amy. He IS a schmuck! Politics is about improving people's lives. Got it, got it. Vice President Biden? Biggest misconception. It was pretty good one. Yeah, it was very good one. Very good one Thank You

1:43:58 No, it was... What the hell was that about? It was not pretty good. Wait a minute! I got something here hold on we just play your clip again Politics is about improving people's lives Got it, got it Vice President Biden biggest misconception Pretty good one Yeah it was very good one Very good one Thank you Pretty good You like that one, huh? Yeah. John Benson put that together for us. That was nice! I like that. Okay so let's go to Biden and some of the stupid shit he said now and this is on the debate house have something after the debate he continued he's these likes he's a

1:44:43 He just a gift that keeps on giving. Here's debate Biden and the black woman is not a joke clip I'm looking forward to making sure there is a black woman on the Supreme Court to make sure Not a joke, not a joke! I pushed very hard for that Oh wait don't...I guess Sotomayor as a brown woman she doesn't count? Is that the deal it's like No,no The deal for me,the deal Here's the deal He said that, by the way. I have the transcript of the whole debates he said here's the deal five times and once he said here's the deal here's the deal yeah you had a double-deal double-dealing

1:45:27 The way he presents this, it was pure pandering to the audience in South Carolina to say that in the first place. And then they applauded him and then he says, It's not a joke! What is he talking about? Is not a joke? Does he assume that because they clapped that they thought it was a joke? Well let's talk about that for a moment The audience was very vocal during this debate and the reason why, and Trump complained about this in his initial debates when he was candidate. This was the donor class tickets were $1700-$1800 a seat just to sit there that's why...and there were a lot of Biden people who came in and very few Bernie people so this was a rigged audience

1:46:21 Alright, well that still doesn't explain. It's not a joke it's not a joke Well hello what this says is people are willing to pay $1800 to see Joe make a fool of himself This is this isn't a ticket ride baby. This is the one you this is like this could take us to Vegas Yeah technically e-tickets your top tickets You know I thought I thought the E ticket was But someone corrected me years ago, and it's somebody corrected you wrong in fact I used to go to Disneyland when they had the tickets yeah with a kind of backing And the eight tickets were like that free rides. You know they were just junk There's the e-ticket is the e-ticket whoever told you that was gave you was I don't know what they were thinking Anyway, let's go on to here's another one This is the why am I stopping clip? Yeah this was a second this was another one of my favorites

1:47:15 Well, where's oh yes got it. We are going to continue to move closer to make sure that we can in fact prevent China prevent North Korea from launching missiles to take them down and if we don't Why am I stopping you no one else stops? Okay Okay, so my Catholic school training Sad this is this is where although funny It was sad. Can I do two that you don't have on your list? Yeah, are they Biden? Yeah! Well you're free to go They came up with the internet and they came up with the internet they came up with the whole idea of stealth technology and the rest... I'm gonna do the same thing Where did that come from?!

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Biden Claims 150 Million Gun Deaths Since 2007

During the debate, Joe Biden erroneously claimed that 150 million people have been killed by gunfire in the United States since 2007. The hosts highlight the absurdity of the figure—which represents nearly half the U.S. population—and criticize the lack of real-time fact-checking by the moderators.

joe biden· gun control· nra· brady bill· statistics

1:48:05 The piece I wanted which I didn't get where he's like that DARPA, which is the advanced thingy But I mean it said and this this I think was the best. I provide for the opportunity for a first-time homeowner homebuyers Homebunner homeowners The homeowners. Okay, you've got-you've also got the gaffe that's from the debates about the 150 million shot dead. Yes I have it all in context for ya. Because i'm the only one that ever got it done nationally and beat the NRA twice I got assault weapons banned, magazines that could not hold more than 10 rounds in them. I got them eliminated except we had an election with hanging chads in Florida and it was not reauthorized In addition to that, I passed the Brady Bill with waiting periods but my friend on my right and others have also given gun manufacturers absolute immunity

1:48:59 Imagine if I stood here and said we give immunity to drug companies, we give immunity tobacco companies. That has caused carnage on our streets 150 million people have been killed since 2007 when Bernie voted to exempt the gun manufacturers from liability more than all the wars including Vietnam from that point on Carnage on our street and i want to tell you If I'm elected in or I'm coming for you And nobody called him on this? Yeah, but you know obviously because he doesn't have orange hair. You know it's not fun to do that to old Joe! It's sad...it's so sad and the funny thing is as he's going on and on about all these immunities got immunity this he never mentions immunity of vaccine manufacturers

1:49:49 No, well he makes a point. There's immunities to lawsuits and he says that gun manufacturers have this immunity He says can you imagine if? And then he says pharmacy Right but you're not actually taking him serious anymore I mean You know he was just here for entertainment It can't be upset that Joe didn't do something right Well I'm more upset that somebody said, hey Joe there's not a hundred and fifty million dead. It was like since 2007 that's 12 years... He has a real issue with numbers he'll say 50 million instead of 50 billion

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Biden Confusion Regarding Dead Leaders and Senate Candidacy

The hosts play clips of Joe Biden appearing to believe he is currently running for the U.S. Senate rather than the Presidency. They also note a gaffe where Biden claimed to have worked with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping on the Paris Climate Accord, despite Xiaoping having died in 1997.

joe biden· deng xiaoping· xi jinping· south carolina· senate

1:50:26 He just has issues. It's cruel! Yeah, well let's go on with the cruelty segment Okay this is after the debates This is the debates after and this is a little Biden one minute clip where he said... I'm gonna... play it Well I don't know what the hell that is Debates AFTER Biden I'm sorry? You see debates? I see debates? I don't see... you don't see the word after? No It should be debates after Biden, Freudian slip. Oh you know what? Okay I'm sorry it's because you've misspelled things never mind not your fault. I didn't misspell anything in this line okay i will explain to you if you're looking for debate after right so you have D-Battis

1:51:16 You have debate lowercase, debate uppercase, debates with an S so it's no longer in alphabetical order if I'm looking for the next word after debate. Just saying it's not your fault? I clearly need to anticipate better When I got a chance to say something and said what I had to say And look its all about whether or not we're going to give people an even shot The idea that, you know, progressive is what we're looking for and not a revolution. This idea of a revolution... It's not going to happen! People want progress they wanna build on what we had, not go back but build on what we had And the idea- We should have a healthcare policy that covers people or if we do that it can afford it, we can get it done Is the very notion of revolutionary politics within the Democratic Party disqualifying?

1:52:01 No, it's not disqualifying. It is worth competing about but the fact is that Bernie is going to bring out more people than Barack and I brought out in 2012 or 2008. And look what has happened so far you have got to be able go out and get mainstream Democrats and you've got to be able to go out and get independents, some Republicans that vote. To bring this country together And you do that by talking sensibly about what's at stake? I think what we're talking about now is spending 60 billion dollars... I mean it just not... I believe the number we raised and others raised on stage was $60 trillion dollars over 10 years. Freudian slip

1:52:43 Don't eat me Bojard and you're scary so scary Freudian slip how is that a freudian slip does he know what a freudian slip is no I have two quickies from Joe in South Carolina not at the debate which I think are worthwhile listening to this one In context, I mean there was a little snippet on Twitter people were sending around that went back and got the full thing in context He confused himself by speaking about the past and I think he wanted to say this is how I did it But it came across as this is what I'm saying to you now. This is the first-in-the-South dinner Speech South Carolina's gonna determine who the next president United States going to be You really are? You're the ones that sent

1:53:38 Bill Clinton to the presidency, and you're the ones that sent Barack Obama to the presidency. And I have a simple proposition here—I'm here to ask for your help! Where I come from, you don't get far unless you ask. My name's Joe Biden, I am a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate. Look me over if you like what you see, help out if not vote for the other guy. Give me a look though okay? That's all I've really gotta say to ya. I got two minutes and thirty seconds left, I'm looking at the clock down here This is ultra sad. Hold on, this would have qualified a year ago for our show as a drunk or not drunk question I don't think it's drunk or not drunk! He has programmed all of these candidates everybody they have things they say they spouted off pop-pop-pop and this has just been programs into and he was taking himself back

1:54:32 previous times, old times Bill Clinton you know he's thinking about that and I got a simple proposition and he said that thousands of times running for Senate. And it just came out! Everyone was like okay... give him the hook and here's another one this is another... He's not up to date literally. One of the things I'm proudest of is getting past, getting moved, getting control. The Paris Climate Accord! I'm the guy that came back after meeting with Deng Xiaoping and making a case that I believe China would join if we put pressure on them. Deng Xiaoping has been dead for what? 25 years? He died in 1997 Oh yeah there you go 23 years Xi Jinping...I know it's complicated

1:55:28 But you know how I was gonna give him a little more leeway on that gap bullcrap How can how can people still actually be putting their money behind this guy? Do you want to beat Trump so bad that you'll put a weekend at Bernie's in the in the White House. This is this is delusion from Democrats who are actually supporting this guy they need to help top Democrats. Top big money, big money! Big money yeah I know it's unbelievable here is the one i've got for...I do have another ISO which is from the debates and this is Biden this was the best look look look

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Biden and Buttigieg "Look" Verbal Tics

An analysis of the debate reveals that both Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg frequently used the word "look" as a verbal crutch to interject into conversations. The hosts mock the repetitive nature of these tics and Biden's "here's the deal" phrasing.

joe biden· pete buttigieg· verbal tics· debate strategy· look

1:56:13 This is Biden's here is the deal look. Here's a deal, heres their look. Here's the deal, here's their look. Okay anyway, here's Biden 2... Do you think that anyone Who loves him, like you love me. We'll ring the bell and say hey man just like you with the lip smacking Like Joe You gotta stop with here's to do- You stopped lip smacking in that entire show ever since that first bell rang today The only reason why is because I'm now continuously wetting my lips? Now you've made me very super conscious of it And I kind of hate you for it But for the show it's important

1:56:58 You love it. I have cotton mouth again. Here's a... Hmm, I wonder why I have cotton mouth? Bite into this another double deal. Uh bite... Here's the deal! Look at what's happening here look at what's happening here yeah this is good it's not end of show it's too long but I like it. No it's too long. Here's the deal here's the deal look Look at what's happening here. Look at what's happening here. Wow, he also said fact of the matter a lot Yeah and by the way did a list of uh of the here's the deal in the looks to look

1:57:45 The look thing, that was very... Who do you think the second guy was on that stage who said, Look to Biden. Biden really ran away with it took a while but halfway through he started taking over But who is keeping up? Who is keeping the pace of all the people on that stage? Let me think Steyer Nope Bernie Nope Then I give up Buttigieg was he doing a lot of looks really? I'm checking the boxes. Look look look what is it was kind of more like a Like us, you know, he like a grease stain He really had no personality He didn't shine at all be seemed really guarded. I think

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Pete Buttigieg Intelligence Ties and Obama Comparison

The hosts discuss theories that Pete Buttigieg is a "manufactured" candidate with deep ties to the intelligence community, noting his service with Peter Strzok and his time in Malta. They compare his rhetorical style and cadence to Barack Obama, suggesting he was selected to be a "white Obama."

pete buttigieg· barack obama· cia· malta· peter strzok

1:58:30 I think he was just trying to stay out of the way, but then he would butt in and it would be dumb. And he'd try and make quips that didn't land. Well that's why he kept saying look because he was trying to get into the conversation. Yeah trying to get people to look at him. Look! Look at me! Have you heard this? I'm sure you have go ahead yeah go ahead i was gonna say and by the way this should be the show cuz there's our last chance cuz i think Buddha judge is done to run the Joshua Pettigrew art, which we've never run as a show cut right? Oh is it Alfred E. Newman? Yeah I'm pretty good with that because although I disagree, I vehemently disagree that this is it for him. He's got all the money he needs He's got backing and did you see the side-by-side of him and Obama Yes!

1:59:23 I have it here somewhere. We already know where he's coming from, he has this totally manufactured military background... He was an interpreter in Afghanistan they call him White Powder Pete He was part of the... Where did you get that one? From the military guys. He actually served with Peter Strzok in Afghanistan, this guy is super connected so he helped put together the Iran deal

2:00:01 Pete is total intelligence, pop to the top and he is so good that they said okay we want you to be the white Obama. I don't know if it works that well without the visual but at least she'll get a good idea and he studied him and he's got the cadence, he's got the language this is not plagiarism this is what the CIA does. The way we do every other election by giving it to the person who got the most votes just a thought Obama I'm sure also got the training. He's a CIA, there is no doubt about it

2:00:53 Maybe the conversation was, all right listen man I'm thinking we need another Obama this time. We'll make him white and We'll have him actually admit he's gay This will be great the guy is gonna be president. I can just see that meeting at Intel headquarters Well, we do have you know? We do have sources that say that Pete was never gay in Harvard Yeah It wasn't gay until They had a meeting, him and his buddies. They had a meeting and then he was gay! They had a meeting in Malta which is a known CIA kind of clandestine meeting spot yeah And he comes out at the Malta meeting... ...and he's gay I think it was after you met Dick Pound Dick Pound came later

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Buttigieg "Anti-Gay Pill" Comment and LGBTQ Reaction

A clip of Pete Buttigieg saying he would have taken a "pill" to not be gay when he was younger is discussed. The hosts find the comment counterintuitive to his public persona and speculate on the reaction from his husband, Chasten, and the broader LGBTQ community.

pete buttigieg· chasten buttigieg· lgbtq· gilead· anti-gay pill

2:01:46 So the guy's a very sketchy character. But he's done because I mean next to Bloomberg is like a small town guy. And understand what they were trying to do and they make him the new Obama, maybe that's why they wanted him to be gay cause when he did this... That's what I'm saying! Exactly Yeah cause they needed a minority you know there was should be a minority whoever in the CIA came up with the gay idea i think that was a mistake here's the Pete and the Gay Pill clip Okay hold on a second Leaning back if you could if there was a pill hmm, there's a pill that I can take and not be gay anymore. I would have jumped on it When did he say this when did he say this? This was recently because is that he's got his mind there in the God No, this never heard this one no Oh and play it again played the whole thing oh my god If you could if there was a pill

2:02:46 Hmm. There's a pill that I could take and not be gay anymore, I would have jumped on it And thank God I didn't because then I would not Have the amazing marriage that I have now to Chasten And now here's Wow I'm confused by his use of past and present tense in this day well hold on you're gonna get him People who ask are skipped. In Holland we say, mensen die vragen worden overgeslagen. Translates to when you ask you get skipped. Let me just hear this typical Dutch by the way... If there was a pill that I could take and not be gay anymore, I would have jumped on it And thank God i didn't because

2:03:35 Wow, well I do not understand why the LGBTQQIAPPK community is not outraged by this. Well a couple things... First of all, yeah you're right there's a mixed... If you're saying when I was a kid I was so freaked out. I was so confused because could take an anti-gay pill? Okay but that's not exactly the way it came out and just... And since this is a visual they cut to his husband and he had look on his face like what?!

2:04:17 It was not a good look. I hear Gilead's working on that anti-gay pill, Pete. In the world of gayness... What? I don't know what he was thinking to say that and you could tell he was stammering Yeah but in the world of gayness i think most people I know and love would say what a dumb ass shit thing to say I that just it seems like counterintuitive to the whole message that he's Portrait supposed to which sounds like something Pence would say Yeah, yeah exactly all right so Anyway, I thought that was kind of revealing. I have a few random clips that Tom Starkweather sent to me well I got one more out of the debates okay one second ISO and

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Debate ISOs and Elizabeth Warren Selfie Lines

Short clips from the debate are reviewed, including Amy Klobuchar's comment about vaccines and Michael Bloomberg's awkward phrasing regarding black people. Elizabeth Warren's claim that she learns about the country from "selfie lines" is mocked as an out-of-touch source of information.

amy klobuchar· michael bloomberg· elizabeth warren· selfies· south carolina

2:05:16 One this was not this is not a good clip But it was suggested by one of our producers and I heard it and I said, oh I'll clip to see if It works but it doesn't work as well as I'd like. This is the Barack Obama was abroad you clip Barack Obama was abroad No, it doesn't work where he can't clip it tight enough. It's not funny No, it's not funny. Okay here is just some random clips Amy Klobuchar because I know the vaccine is out there in the head of some kid right now in school in Columbia South Carolina or Houston Texas and its investing in education no Amy we already knew Gilead was going to solve all your problems so no

2:05:55 Bloomberg, a favorite of the ADOS community. And I know a lot of black people that if they were white it would have been a lot easier for them. I know a lot of black people! It's just not... you don't start sentences like that if you're trying to appeal to everybody. Bloomberg again. But right now I'm sorry if she heard what she thought she heard or whatever happened. I didn't take any pleasure in that. Okay? And here's Pete. I'll tell you what the Russians want, they don't have a political party They want chaos and chaos is what is coming our way Okay...and Warren. I talk to people in selfie lines every day. Oh she's an amazing woman She talks to people in selfie lines every single day

2:06:44 I want to say something about that. And by the way, that's the stupidest thing i've heard in a whole debate is talk to people in selfie lines yeah yeah In other words people...that's who she talks to That's her source of information They're lined up to take a selfie At the end of the debates Joe went down and mingled with the audience, and was doing selfie after selfie. Everybody who had a phone! 1800 dollars a seat donors that's not just an audience of course he is going to go down there and talk to them Oh...there you go That's right I forget that element but the thing i noticed is that Joe no matter what phone they gave him knew how to do selfies

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Chris Matthews "Putin's Weird Ass Interest" Comment

MSNBC host Chris Matthews is featured in a "drunk or not drunk" segment after using the phrase "weird ass interest" to describe Vladimir Putin's alleged support for Bernie Sanders. The hosts discuss the theory that Putin wants Sanders to win because he would be the easiest candidate for Trump to defeat.

chris matthews· msnbc· vladimir putin· bernie sanders· drunk or not drunk

2:07:27 Wow! You're piling on, man. That's really bad and by the way unlike you I remember to give you your clip of the day. Well deserved John well-deserved. I'm not like you that tries to get away with not playing it. You mentioned... You're got the other man with a button Wow, opening clip right there. Thank you! Here is speaking of drunk or not drunk Chris Matthews talking to Pete White Powder Pete after the debate Speaking of bad countries Bad leaders Putin apparently has decided I love that pronounce that name that way Putin has decided it's in his weird ass interest

2:08:12 to promote the chances of Bernie Sanders winning this nomination fight. What do you think he's up to? What scurrilous effort is he up to here? Drunk or not drunk... Well, it sounds drunk to me! Yeah but since when does he say real ass? Real ass, real ass, real ass, real ass... Ummm... Couple yeah... Alright you got it I'd... Play that clip again because they reminded me of something and I gotta get back to that thought Before getting into tonight's news I want to oops wrong one sorry Speaking of bad countries bad leaders Putin Apparently has decided. I love the pronounce that name that way putinist decided It's in his weird ass interest to promote the chances of Bernie Sanders winning this nomination fight What do you think he's up? To what? Scarless effort is he up to here

2:09:08 Well, I know what the scarless effort is supposedly at least from this perspective of a Lib Joe. And there was some analysts that actually came up with this. The only reason Putin wants Sanders to win is because he doesn't expect him to win and it would be the best candidate that Trump could beat. Of course! Well, Putin's a smart man we all know that. That Putin...that Putin yeah okay I have two clips related not to the debate but to the 2020 race if you feel you've done enough debate here. I'm over with the debates and iIm ready to go to international news. All right so three clips excuse me first Chris Matthews, you'll recall that he said

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Chris Matthews Apology for Nazi Analogy

Chris Matthews issued a formal apology for comparing Bernie Sanders' victory in the Nevada caucus to the Nazi invasion of France in 1940. The hosts discuss the pressure from network executives that likely forced the apology and the general hostility toward Sanders within the establishment media.

chris matthews· bernie sanders· world war ii· nevada caucus· msnbc

2:09:59 About Bernie they're gonna kill him, but they can't stop the message repeated by Brian Williams to he's such a fool They made Chris come out and apologize And maybe that's why he was drunk before getting into tonight's news. I want to say something quite important and personal As I watched the one-sided results of Saturday's Democratic caucus in Nevada, I reached for an historical analogy and used a bad one. I was wrong to refer to an event from the last days or actually the first days of World War II Senator Sanders, I'm sorry for comparing anything from that tragic error in which so many suffered especially Jewish people to electoral result in which you were well deserved winner This is going be hard fought heated campaign of ideas

2:10:45 In the days and weeks and months ahead, I will strive to do a better job myself of elevating the political discussion. Congratulations by the way to you Senator Sanders and your supporters on a tremendous win down in Nevada. This is the one of the by the way I should remind people that this is one of the things that really makes this show special because except for the two of us condemning each other you don't have this sort of thing where you got something awesome. Top quality entertainment, people! It's like you don't have

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Debate Winners and Losers Post-Analysis

The hosts share their final assessments of the South Carolina debate. Dvorak argues that Bloomberg appeared the most presidential by remaining calm, while Sanders relied on repetitive slogans. They dismiss the performances of Warren, Steyer, and Klobuchar as ineffective or awkward.

michael bloomberg· bernie sanders· elizabeth warren· amy klobuchar· south carolina

2:11:25 Some boss some third party that's not even on the show. That tells you what to do It is it's a hidden hidden in the shadows coming up and saying hey, but you like a gig Yeah, really? You'd like this you you're like you like being able to pay your mortgage mmm well you can have to do this Exactly thank you for pointing that out But keeping each other in check as always good I totally agree with somebody's got to do it Before we before I play these two external clips Who did you think came out best of this debate? Who do you think the winner was well, I think that I have to say I think Bloomberg and here's my reasons other people feel Bloomberg and other people feel Bernie. Um, some people thought Warren when I thought Warren made a fool out of herself. Yeah, I thought she was an idiot. Yeah Well, can I... Wait! The reason why I like Bloomberg is he was calm

2:12:20 He wasn't holding his hand up the whole time going, call on me teacher. Call on me teacher! And he was just seemed like a normal kind of presidential type of guy. He wasn't, come on me teacher and or screaming. He wasn't yelling like Bernie does. In fact I got something...I don't know if you listened to this thing or watched it later and I could be wrong about this but in the live feed that first came out that was live on the air The second hour, Bernie was screaming into his mic and popping his P's. Yeah over modulating even Over-modulated but if you go back and watch the tape he is not over-modulated anymore Oh really? I think they fixed it. Huh Because that was going to be one of my clips But then i went back to get it there wasn't anything to get Okay, uh...I thought Bernie

2:13:20 Had nothing new, it's just slogans. Look! I tell you! It's just slogans and then a little... Look! I tell you! A little over modulated because he is always bowing down into the mic He gave us nothing new Nothing exciting Slogans, he is slogan man So that... Slogan-eer! Slogan-ear That's a very good term I don't know if its real one but it is now Oh yeah! Slogan-ear so he is good at that I agree with you on Bloomberg I think he came back nicely. He needs to stop trying to do the humor, and you know...I didn't clip it but at a certain point he said well I'm amazed all of you are here that you even showed up after my great performance the last time! Yeah, he's not funny. But he didn't land it, you know? The punchline wasn't right, it didn't land right. It was uncomfortably dumb. Elizabeth Warren, I believe they had

2:14:15 has a contingency that I'll call kind of like my Austin Obama bots who divorced me and I'm never allowed to go have dinner with them. They won't talk to me People like that enjoy the vitriolic attacks thinking, yes Elizabeth can attack Trump. If she could take on Bloomberg she can take on Trump I'm pretty sure there's some of that in there and that was the only thing she was really trying to achieve to appeal to that. Well it's not helping no PUT was no good

2:14:51 Steyer was no good. He tried the reparations thing again, which he keeps messing up by saying I think we should have reparations for African-Americans and we'll have a committee and will learn history! Believe me this is not what my ADOS friends Michael Bloomberg would appreciate so i think Bloomberg overall did pretty well Joe is just sad. And who's left? Oh, Amy! Amy?! Look, she looked pretty good for a while. But then she just loses it on dumb stuff and I thought that was... Well the thing at the end where she complimented herself awkwardly. She's awkward! I still think she is a really good senator and represents her state well The Keeper and I have been going through all of the policies Actually it was interesting

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UK National Health Service Headlines and Transgender Wait Times

In response to "Medicare for All" proponents, the hosts read recent headlines regarding the UK's National Health Service (NHS). The stories include nurses being trained for surgery to reduce wait times and transgender patients self-medicating due to long delays in state-provided care, which the hosts present as evidence of a failing system.

nhs· united kingdom· medicare for all· transgender· healthcare

2:15:52 Against all better knowledge, she replied to something on Twitter and it was about the... Oh someone said it was about Medicare for All. And you know Tina is rightly she's like hey well you know I like my private health insurance and I'm not so sure I want to give that up and then she's serious about this and I understand She's one of these people and I get it and I like her private health insurance too quite honestly because I can piggyback along And so someone said, you have no idea what you're talking about. Here in the UK the NHS we love the NHS it is our pride! The NHS this is what you want this is where it should go and so just on a lark I went to news.google.com and just typed in UK NHS here are the top four stories

2:16:46 Couple who fled Wuhan over coronavirus fears told they can't have free NHS maternity care. And that's because it happened outside of the UK. Nurses to be trained to perform surgery to ease NHS waiting times, okay? Wiltshire NHS bosses accused of treating disabled man like inconvenient rubbish and my favorite...and this would fry people's brains transgender patients self-medicating over NHS wait time. Can you imagine how people's heads would explode if that headline were here in America? So the most protected class, the transgender community have to wait long and are now self medicating. That's not a system that is working I'd say

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Bernie Sanders Opposition Research and 1970s Essays

A Bloomberg campaign advisor highlights controversial essays written by Bernie Sanders in the 1970s regarding rape fantasies and childhood sexuality. The hosts discuss how these writings emerged from the "revolutionary thinking" of the sexual revolution era and speculate on their impact if they become a mainstream campaign issue.

bernie sanders· opposition research· 1970s· sexual revolution· essays

2:17:38 Now, the two external clips. This is a Bloomberg senior advisor and this is something that we can look forward to. Let's see does this guy have a name? I don't believe I have his name. Bloomberg Senior Advisor to His Campaign Clearly they've done some oppo research on Bernie and here's what they came up with. We've got a candidate who has risen in the polls because of his track record. Bernie has all of this loopy stuff in his background saying things like, you know women get cancer from having too many orgasms or toddlers should run around naked and touch each other genitals to insulate themselves from porn Why is this stuff not been more surfaced? He's written about women's rape fantasies

2:18:21 That hasn't been surfaced. That's the loony side of Bernie, the policy side of Bernie is he has not been good on immigration He has not been good on criminal justice reform. He was an avid backer of the 94 crime bill. He's bad on guns Bad on immigration and as a legislator as a member of the Senate I think he's only sponsored seven pieces of legislation two for post offices in Vermont that's the opposition research i'm waiting for the stories Have you ever heard of any of this? Yeah, I have heard most of it. Oh There was a I didn't know where I got it but there was all that stuff about his he wrote a novel or some book when He was like in his 30s and it had to do with pedophilia And and women's rape fantasies and that's good That's pretty much out there and that's I think it's available hmm

2:19:11 And his legislative prowess or lack thereof is pretty well known. I mean, Warren Harbson... That part I know but I didn't know about the kids should run around touching each other's genitals so that they won't be obsessed with porn? Yeah, actually he was more of a socialist than he is today when this was during this 70s era. Well that is the socialist way! Hey let's touch each other's genitals we're socialists yeah Well, there's another clip for opening show. It was the 70s thing and he in the 70s you have to remember this guy is old and so in the seventies he was like he was at his he was in his 30s I guess and he was thinking along the way just crazy stuff that came out of the 60s this revolutionary thinking it a lot of it was sexual it was the sexual revolution this was when

2:20:04 birth control pill first showed up within 10 years of it showing up. So I was having sex, this is all pre HIV. Yeah, I'm okay you're okay what color's your parachute these days? And in all these books there was a number of books written from about 1968 to about 1975 on sex yeah there was the joy of sex started yes and there were slew of little paperbacks and everything else. And it all was, I would look back on and say, I think a lot of it was about kind of perverted sex that they were promoting. And it was very interesting to read this stuff, to be honest about it. That's when Marquis de Sade material destroyed the whole thing. This period that was Bernie. And so Bernie is right in that. And then he's jumped in these jumps. He's all on board with all this stuff

2:20:55 Where is Dr. Roos when you need him to talk about this? He kind of screwed up by putting it all out there like that, he doesn't...it's not gonna fly! And then finally and this breaks a rule we have certain rules there are certain people we do not play clips from on the show can you name three Well, I can name three we're supposed to not play clips from. One is Rachel Maddow Yes correct Another one is Alex Jones Correct Although we give... We break that from time to time Because he's always sometimes you can't avoid him Fantastic yes And the third one who would be a third one? There's a couple of thirds or fourth ones but I guess Well there's two there's Mitt Romney. We don't do him Oh yeah! We don't do Watermelon Head John Kerry

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Mike Pence "Monster Truck" Campaign Speech

Vice President Mike Pence is featured in a rare high-energy clip where he compares the Democratic primary to a "demolition derby." He tells a crowd that Donald Trump is the "monster truck" that will eventually drive into the infield and crush the remaining Democratic candidates.

mike pence· demolition derby· monster truck· donald trump· midwest

2:20:04 birth control pill first showed up within 10 years of it showing up. So I was having sex, this is all pre HIV. Yeah, I'm okay you're okay what color's your parachute these days? And in all these books there was a number of books written from about 1968 to about 1975 on sex yeah there was the joy of sex started yes and there were slew of little paperbacks and everything else. And it all was, I would look back on and say, I think a lot of it was about kind of perverted sex that they were promoting. And it was very interesting to read this stuff, to be honest about it. That's when Marquis de Sade material destroyed the whole thing. This period that was Bernie. And so Bernie is right in that. And then he's jumped in these jumps. He's all on board with all this stuff

2:20:55 Where is Dr. Roos when you need him to talk about this? He kind of screwed up by putting it all out there like that, he doesn't...it's not gonna fly! And then finally and this breaks a rule we have certain rules there are certain people we do not play clips from on the show can you name three Well, I can name three we're supposed to not play clips from. One is Rachel Maddow Yes correct Another one is Alex Jones Correct Although we give... We break that from time to time Because he's always sometimes you can't avoid him Fantastic yes And the third one who would be a third one? There's a couple of thirds or fourth ones but I guess Well there's two there's Mitt Romney. We don't do him Oh yeah! We don't do Watermelon Head John Kerry

2:21:45 Yes, John Kerry's been banned but because his clips are so it's impossible to get a good clip from him and Mike Pence I don't know that he was banned Well, I thought it was just a kind of like what you're gonna get from Mike Pence. Well he was... I got Mike Pence all fired up and i thought that this is we should at least listen to it this is not a Mike Pence I recognize! Did y'all see that debate in Las Vegas last night? Yeah I didn't watch all of it either. I mean that wasn't a Democrat debate that was a demolition derby

2:22:24 What a train wreck. Now, look, Midwest we know what a demolition derby is right? And it makes a lot of sense I mean seriously. You know I grew up in a small town County Fair comes to town right so everybody with the crummiest cars in town would drive them into the infield and crash them into each other until only one was driving So now you've got all these Democrats with the crummiest ideas in politics smashing into each other and eventually there'll still be one still running. But I think we all know how this is going to end There's gonna be a monster truck with a T on the hood that's gonna drive into the infield and roll over top of them

2:23:17 How's that? Pence has material! Nice, someone wrote something for him. I think somebody did write that for him Well of course he can't do that by himself He can't do it by himself It was all visual, good material like that is all visualized and so you can see it in your brain You can see the cars crashing into each other then you see a giant monster truck This is a midwestern group The monster truck, which you see even if you've never been to one of these things. The big monster truck is huge and it does crush everything it drives over. So it's a good visual. It's good clip. And just one other quick note thank you very much village people for finally telling the truth

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Village People Response to Trump Using "Macho Man"

The Village People issued a statement clarifying that Donald Trump's use of their songs "Macho Man" and "YMCA" at rallies is legal as long as venue fees are paid. They declined to join other artists in banning the president from using their music, stating they want everyone to enjoy their songs regardless of politics.

village people· macho man· ymca· india· intellectual property

2:24:03 as there was outrage, as per usual when Trump went to India. He was in the Patel Stadium and they played Macho Man by The Village People and YMCA which is you know it's a it's a Trump thing and all these bands like You'll play a music man!" Which of course they have no right over and we've discussed this many times in the show that as long as the venue is paying for their performance rights, you can play whatever you want. There's no way you can stop it. You can't ban it even though they make big noise about it and the village people after all this yelling and screaming on Twitter said

2:24:47 Since our music is not being used for a specific endorsement. The president's use is perfectly legal He has remained respectful in his use of our songs and has not crossed the line if he or any other candidate were to use any of our songs in the manner that would suggest our endorsement on promotional advertisement that would cross the line and they went on to say That we are inclusive And we want everybody to enjoy our music well Thank You village people I like that. Finally someone set the record straight! And of course now... It's like the very fine people hoax. They set the record straight and the next time Trump uses any song there'll be a big fuss! Well, even funnier is that now people are tweeting if I hear The Village People come on the radio i'm changing the station! I'm gonna show my support by donating to No Agenda imagine all the people who could do that oh yeah they'd be fab!

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Producer Credits and De-Douching Ceremony

The hosts read the names of producers who contributed $50 or more, including Mark DeWitt and Corey Ainsworth. Several listeners are "de-douched" for finally contributing after years of listening, and the hosts acknowledge the global reach of the audience, including a donor from Dubai.

mark dewitt· corey ainsworth· brian kaufman· gary blatt· de-douching

2:25:48 And we do have a few people to thank for show 1220. We're starting with Mark DeWitt in Linwood, Linwood Michigan 12345 followed by Corey Ainsworth in Edgerton Wisconsin nearby 12345 but some house buying karma for him at the end can do doozling 100 Sir Brian Kaufman in Scottsdale, Arizona 7575. Gary Blatt 6660 Steven Sandoval 6633 Scott Richardson and New Orleans 6006 happy Mardi Gras and he's got the right donation for Mardi Gras John Carney in Alpharetta Georgia 6006 jobs karma work from my smoking hot wife

2:26:39 SirGummyNerdz comes up, he's the Viscount of the troll room in Green Bay Wisconsin. Love and Light 5555, Robert Gusek in High Point North Carolina 73s NC4RG Peter Chong in Lakewood Washington 5510 Matthew Durney 5432 You think he has something to say there? You might want to read that over and see if we have to go back to it. Kurt Lebanowski in Ramsey, New Jersey birthday donation coming up

2:27:16 Yeah, what Matthew Derny said is worth just briefly mentioning. He said I want to know how much...I appreciate all you do this week. I was reading an article about how the Boeing 737 Max was causing the airlines to use the force majeure clause in their labor contracts due to disruptions of the plane being out-of-service he says I would not have known what force majeure was unless I had listened because i listened to The No Agenda Show when we talked about it in light of the Chinese phase one deal So the more you know, the more you learn. No agenda. That's right. Scott Nelson in Melbourne Florida is up next $50 and one cent to following people as a short list today I want to mention that the people that follow me are 50 dollar donors name and location if I have it starting with Scott Porter in Frisco Texas then John Munden will Willie West

2:28:10 No, Will. Will West in Peoria Arizona? No! Michael Kaufman in Hillsboro Oregon? Jeffrey Zellin in Oakland Michigan? Richard Gar... Sir Richard Gardner I think he's in New York Julian Robbins and Aptos California Darren Danikowicz in Dubai Arab Emirates Cole Candler in Lynchburg Virginia Now he needs a deducing does he no? The next one. Our tabac in Mepple, Mepple is it Mepple? Yes its his name is Rene, Rene Tabak which is... Rene Taback in Mepple. And Tabak is tobacco

2:28:58 And it says, last time I forgot my de-douching so if you please. You've been de-douched Thank you Renee That's followed by Jesus Ellen in Austin Texas Joe Winky Yo Jumbo Joe John, yes. He's in California here. That's it! We're done. Did Jombo send you something new? No. I got a notification, an email that said something was coming so... Oh, I didn't get anything. I love that. I love you, Joe Well, thank you very much to these supporters of the program and we call you producers because that's what you are. You're putting it together, making it happen and we really appreciate it also everybody who supported us who supports us under $50 as you read every or hear every single show there is people who are making knighthood after 8 years 9 years 10 years that is so amazing to hear

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Jeff McDougall Glass Art and Anniversary Shout-outs

Glassblower Jeff McDougall is thanked for sending a piece of custom wall art to the hosts. Additionally, a message is read for Michael Lease to celebrate a wedding anniversary, noting the diversity of the No Agenda audience and the "funny jingles" that attract new listeners.

jeff mcdougall· glassblowing· chandeliers· wedding anniversary· michael lease

2:29:55 that we've had people stick with us and I think, you know... We make an outstanding product. Everybody helps us with it. I didn't smack my lips! I rang the bell for the goodwill of the people that help us Thank you so much! We really appreciate it And before I do the final karmas and shout out for donations I have a couple quick make goods From the Delray meetup Shawn DeSantis who was listening to the show Sunday says my donation was not read out I gave $70 cash. Yes, and some funny stickers yes, I got them Just want to make sure you got them and yes Thank you very much Sean appreciate it not quite sure what went wrong? I also forgot to thank Jeff McDougall Jeff Gave us a gift

2:30:44 And he's a glassblower. It is a piece of wall art with the dish and turtle that goes on top of it I'll take a picture once it's on our wall, its really beautiful He wrote a note Well, thank you right honorable gentleman for the podcast. I'm grateful i got to thank the podfather in person. I have many many hours of time to listen to podcasts while working on my long-time obsession with blown glass it was the most difficult thing I'd ever tried so I accepted the challenge 24 years ago and have been happily playing with fire ever since! I make everything from pipes... yeah he does a lot of... He has his special glass material so he makes pipes uh weed pipes

2:31:24 But lately it's mostly my own designs of chandeliers. John, I will make something for you in the near future thank you for your fisting! I mean thank you for your courage no jingles but some art business karma would be greatly appreciated yes we'll do that for you Jeff McDougall thank you and final In the morning, Adam my husband said he donated as a surprise for our wedding anniversary I heard you read out his name for $50 on Sunday show He has no clue how the show works and just asked about quote those guys with the funny jingles. He'd put a mess He put a message in but didn't realize you only guaranteed to read out higher donations

2:32:02 And yeah, if I had caught it and of course a roadshow sometimes you just don't catch these things. But yeah typically it's guaranteed if its associate exec or executive producer any chance you could read this message next show yes his name is Michael Lease and This is signed by Tom saying gay wedding anniversaries Just show how diverse the no agenda audiences and it Fact in point people who know agenda together stay together Maybe you could get Michael to listen a little bit longer than just to some of the jingles But thank y'all very much. And here's the karma, you all deserve You've got karma and remember visit us at Dvorak org slash n a

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Knighting of Sir Texas Dragon and Baronet Hashtag Blessed

Dwayne Long is officially knighted as "Sir Texas Dragon Knight of Flavor" for his $1,000 contribution. Producer "Hashtag Blessed" is also elevated to the rank of Baronet. The hosts perform the traditional knighting ceremony, welcoming the new members to the No Agenda Roundtable.

dwayne long· knighthood· baronet· peerage· roundtable

2:32:51 It's your birthday, birthday. Oh so much yeah! Moving right along it's a shorty today Andrea O'Hagan I believe i met her at the meetup in Delray Beach she celebrates her birthday tomorrow and we also say happy birthday to Kurt Lubanowski Happy Birthday for everybody here at The Best Podcast In The Universe! It's your birthday yeah! Don't change yesterday That's right, we've got one title change for the No Agenda peerage map. Sir Hashtag Blessed is a baronet as of today thanks to his additional $1,000 in support of the no agenda show congratulations sir hashtag blessed Baronette hashtag blessed and thank you for your courage and then we do have one nighting to do so if you can grab your blade

2:33:43 There you go. Up on stage please, Dwayne Long! Dwayne thank you for your support of the No Agenda Show and your lovely barbecue sauces and rubs With your support of $1,000 you hereby become a member of the NOA Jenga Roundtable and I'm very proud to pronounce to Kate the Sir Texas Dragon Knight of the NOA Jenga Roundtable. For you my friend we have Hookers & Blow, Rent Boys & Chardonnay, Bourbon & Rib-Eyes, Parliaments & Pale Ale Goatchops & Goat Milk, Polish Potato Vodka Redhead & Rye's Rubin S., Ruben & Rosé, Geishas & Saki Vodka and vanilla, bong hits and bourbon sparkling cider and escorts ginger ale and gerbils breast milk and pablum and of course Mutton and mead at the round table. And thank you! Head over to noagendanation.com slash rings and give Eric the shill all of your information and we'll get everything off to you as soon as possible

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No Agenda Meetup Policy and Administrative Changes

Adam Curry clarifies the policy regarding group donations from meetups, stating that he and John prefer to keep meetups focused on social interaction rather than administrative fundraising. They discourage "random donations" from groups unless a vetted official like a Grand Duke is involved, aiming to keep the process simple.

meetups· mimi· peerage· donations· administration

2:34:39 It's like a party! A number of meetups and Meetup reports. Two reports, the Durham meet-up Now, as organizer TJ says was a bit rocky. Says but much thanks to Dave from the Garner meetup for helping host also thanks to Derek for helping with my memory loss there were nine of us plus two human resources and then there was a note here we'd like to suggest peerage committee consider a group of knights is an order and a group of nobles is a house so a meet-up group that donates $1,000 will be upgraded from

2:35:21 a local to an order and I've been thinking about this, and i've had some chats with Mimi. And I'm sure you have been clued in...I would like to stay away from meetups with this type of activity unless John or I are there for donations. I think it kind of takes away from the whole point of getting together meeting people face-to-face just having conversations chime in anytime you want John because I didn't discuss this with you beforehand No, Mimi did. Okay, a union agreement I presume? More or less yeah. There are situations like we have a couple...like a Grand Duke for example. Mm-hmm. I think that's you could direct everything at him

2:36:06 But these vetted people, I mean just to have random you know really random donations that are floating around it just doesn't seem to be a little out of control. It's an administrative nightmare and we really want everyone to enjoy each other's company that that's the way i see it mainly is let this enjoy each other's company you can always send in a donation But I think pulling it together like that for a group is just maybe a little bit too much. Keep it simple, exactly! So thank you for that report from Durham we have our Kitchener Meetup Report. This is the Kitchener meet up

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Kitchener and Springfield Meetup Reports

Audio reports from meetups in Kitchener, Ontario, and Springfield, Missouri, are played. Listeners describe meeting "like-minded people" and enjoying the community atmosphere. The Springfield report was recorded at Lindbergh's Tavern, the oldest tavern in the city.

kitchener· ontario· springfield· missouri· lindbergh's tavern· meetups

2:36:48 Local 420.33, this is our second meetup we've got seven people here great turnout great time no amygdala swelling This is Chris W and I arranged the meetup and I'll just pass the phone around This is douchebag Tim had a great time tonight Don't eat me Bojydon you're scary so scary! This is Sir Kilgore Trout of The Dudes Named Ben I've been propagating the formula since 2008. I'm gonna hand you off to my smoking hot wife Mary, I think she might be the spook! This is Mary Ratter and I've had an awesome time tonight meeting all sorts of wonderful people so thank you for including me. Great time with like-minded people, thank you for your courage! Hi yeah this is a dude named Jamie had a great time with the crew at Kitchener and hopefully no longer douchebag thank you This is Sir Brian in the slow and steady night

2:37:44 Had a great time at the meetup again. Thank you for your courage! We had a really good time, it's kind of funny because it's not a party but... It's like a party! In the morning!!! And then the Springfield, Missouri meetup report in the morning. This is Caleb Brinkman here from Lindbergh's Tavern The oldest tavern in Springfield, Missouri In the morning subs in the water dude named Jim it's not gay if you're underway in the morning This is douchebag Greg longtime listener long time boner as well have a good time in the morning

2:38:21 A dude named Matthew here, and a long time listener. Long time donor but recently a boner so I'm gonna make good on that today In the morning. Yes, thank you all good glad you had a good time It's nice to see these meetups working well quick overview of the list because we have a leap year surprise surprise We got a lot of meetups on the 29th of February first though tomorrow. We have the Bay Area troll moot That's in Oakland at Drake's dealership. I heard a rumor you might try to show up there I don't want to go to this if people want to donate and

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Upcoming Leap Year Meetups and Oakland Troll Moot

John Dvorak announces he will attend the Bay Area "troll moot" at Drake's Dealership in Oakland. A list of upcoming Leap Year Day meetups on February 29th is read, including locations in Montreal, Zurich, Chicago, and Busan, South Korea.

leap year· oakland· drakes dealership· silicon valley· south korea

2:38:56 Because we just talked about it. I will be there. Excellent! I am going to the Drake's meetup, I may have Buzzkill Jr., and Theodorable may show up? Oh a Theodorable that's like...that's a special event?! So i will be there you'll find me out come wandering and I'm sure that somebody always say hey we're over here in the corner with the very surly waitresses and mediocre and a-hole staff that works at that place I'll be there and don't forget your envelopes. We'll be looking for it. Yes, with notes so we can track it please. We need the notes! Saturday is our Leap Year Day. A lot of meetups...we have the Meetup in Montreal Canada, we have the LeapMeet Oklahoma City

2:39:44 We have the Kansas City, Missouri meetup. We have the Lakes County Minnesota Meetup San Clemente California Zurich Switzerland at Rivington's and Sons Bar same as the last time Rolf is organizing we have Chicago Illinois at Revolution Brewing on Saturday Busan, Korea. Man I hope people show up that's Jesse Coy Nelson he's out there traveling around the world doing meetups so if you're anywhere in South Korea and you're not locked down and haven't heard from Jesse's hope he's okay that's what is upcoming this week up until Saturday noagendaatmeetups.com is where you can find all the information about these meet-ups and if there's not one near you all you have to do was make one yourself it's easy as like a party

2:40:31 I should mention that, you know these Friday meetups in Oakland or the Bay Area generally Northern Bay Area are very inconvenient for anybody and we don't expect the Southern Valley folks to actually make it up here. Although Sir JD Barron of Silicon Valley showed up to Drake's last time, but a lot of people that work at Apple and they just can't get up here because the traffic is horrible. We are going to do a Southern Silicon Valley meet-up. Nice! So stay tuned

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European Farmer Protests and Milk Substitutes

European farmers are protesting major cuts to agricultural subsidies and restrictive climate change policies. The hosts discuss the "milk is murder" movement popularized by celebrities like Joaquin Phoenix and criticize the proliferation of nut-based milk substitutes, which they argue are environmentally taxing and unpalatable.

agriculture· subsidies· climate change· almond milk· joaquin phoenix

2:41:24 All right, somehow we've gone long and I feel like we should do a little more show before we get out of here. Well, we got the international news that we gotta deal with first of all there's this farmers thing going on... Yeah! It is completely out of control nobody is covering it We have been covering for months and months Yes, I've got the EU's farmer report here to help us catch up on that What's going to happen to the budget for European agriculture? Even as the EU's 27 member states gear up for what are certain to be tumultuous finance talks, the continent's farmers want to be certain they'll still get their slice of the pie. What we see today are severe cuts within the agricultural part of the European budget and severe cuts in a sector which is already suffering today. We have European farmers who are on an average 40% of the income of the average European citizen so farmers who are already struggling

2:42:20 Stretching back nearly 60 years, Europe's common agricultural policy has seen often badly needed subsidies go to farmers across the bloc. However funding set aside could now take a major cut of tens of billions of euros The result not just at the 75 billion euro hole left by the United Kingdom departure but changing priorities within Europe that seeking to make up that shortfall Historically farmers are the ones Governments need to look out for and I don't mean like take care of them. You got to look out for him They have all kinds of weapons and they've historically used them against their their governments They've been you know, the farmers in there There's a huge strikes in Spain and New Netherlands had theirs Germany France Yep everybody and The problem with farmers is that without them we'd starve to death That's how annoying

2:43:15 And it's like, you know yeah there is a lot of subsidies that go to these farmers and some of them do get rich but rarely they don't become Bloomberg rich. It's really, you know... they're taking a little too much for granted in a lot of different ways and they can starve us out. And I'm surprised that the French are close to about to do that. The EU thinks they'll just bring in American farm goods. But it's also the reason why they're angry is mainly because of climate change policies Yes, so their production is being cut in true socialist fashion I might add. Their production is being cut under non-understandable for reasons that a typical farmer just doesn't get he's like I'm still growing crops what are you talking about? Crops suck up CO2, crops

2:44:12 produce oxygen. I mean, I don't even see how the climate change thing works it out well mostly the dairy farmers you know let's get rid of them so let's have instead of drinking milk let's drink almond milk do you know how much water it takes to make one almond tree produce one almond? It's out of control there are no people who are nuts about some of these policies but okay Anyway, this is going on right now. We need to explore this eventually because this move and it's part of the Oscars with Joaquin Phoenix This move about the cruelty towards... The cruelty of drinking milk that's kind of how it's been being presented warrants some investigation Where? Is this coming from the nut industry or is really truly a movement that people are all in on

2:45:06 It's got to be coming from the nut industry. Those nuts, they're cleaning up milk is murder if you go to milk is murder If you go to Whole Foods there are more milk substitutes and the thing that needs to change is they have to change the name of these products This is not milk But okay, but there's more products coming from nuts and soy and cashews. I mean which is a kind of a nut but the point is that there's more of than actual milk products And when you start trying soy or nut based cheese Or try some yogurt made from nuts It's really disgusting Yeah

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Syria Humanitarian Crisis and Alpine Ski Industry Extinction

The hosts briefly touch on the humanitarian crisis in Idlib, Syria, where a million people are displaced near the Turkish border. They also mock French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the Alps to "save" glaciers, questioning the "extinction level event" rhetoric surrounding the ski industry and the lack of a defined "optimal" global temperature.

idlib· syria· turkey· emmanuel macron· mont blanc

2:45:57 Do you have anything on Idlib, Syria? Neither do I but I will for Sunday. It is interesting to me that we went through this maybe two months ago Orange man bad. What are we doing? We're you know, we're killing the Syrians were killing the Kurds What do it this is horrible the humanitarian crisis But now we actually have a million people Who are in the winter in Syria and moving into Turkey turkey won't even take them anymore I think Turkey's mainly to blame for a lot of what's going on zero Zero zero zero In fact This is the mainstream media

2:46:41 That's the mainstream media on Idlib in Syria, and I'll dive into it but all right good. It's insulting Now let's play the extinction of the Alps ski industry Oh, this I do not know anything about. A moment ago Emmanuel Macron is in the French Alps today he says he will be saving Mont Blanc He will also be saving the country's biggest glacier which is shrinking very very rapidly because of climate change and some activists though are less than impressed it has to be said That's right and we'll get that in two seconds but just a look I'll start with this tweet by Greta Thunberg 20.7 degrees Celsius on Seymour Island off Antarctica, that's the first time... Not minus 20 but plus 20! No no, plus? What is that all about?! And okay it is summer time down there so maybe this has something to do with it but this is the first time a temperature over twenty degrees

2:47:33 been recorded ever in Antarctica. That was just today, this is a report also in the Guardian going back a couple of weeks now but this kind of brings us to the point of Emmanuel Macron being in the Alps so basically what you have here... Because he's had quite a few public spats with Greta hasn't he? He has and and you know that the fact now is that I suppose in terms of communicating the urgency at activists have as much power if not more power than heads of state. But this particular glacier that Emmanuel Macron is visiting, a lot of French websites have been pointing to the dramatic reduction of ice over the last number of years and indeed this report in The Guardian is talking about an extinction level event for the skiing industry

2:48:20 Brother. It's 28 degrees last night in Austin, Texas that's Fahrenheit so that's freezing and this is Texas I have one question Extinction event for the ski industry in the Alps That'll be the day If I ever met Greta I would say could you please tell me what is The optimal temperature for the earth Just tell me what it is So we know where to stay Yeah, I know. It's a brain teaser isn't it? All we hear about is two degrees, two degrees, 2°C. Well what is the optimum temperature? What should the world be at any given moment? This insanity... You're not going to run into her. One more little French toy. These are all from France 24, France Vancat market report

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Hot Pockets Heiress Sentencing and Wells Fargo Fine

Hot Pockets heiress Michelle Janavs was sentenced to five months in prison for her role in the college admissions cheating scandal. In other legal news, Wells Fargo agreed to a $3 billion settlement with the DOJ and SEC over its long-running fake accounts scandal. The show concludes with a preview of the Sunday broadcast.

michelle janavs· hot pockets· college admissions scandal· wells fargo· sec

2:49:15 Okay. Okay, since I find this segment kind of like throwaway. There's no analysis or anything let me do something. Tonight after ducking into federal court one last time Hot Pockets heiress Michelle Janis finally learned her fate the judge sentencing her to five months in prison after she admitted to paying $300,000 to cheat college admissions for three of her daughters

2:49:58 Just love Hot Pockets jingle we used to use that a lot. This is the guy who talks like this on network TV But you know, hey I'm gonna be on television with Joe Rogan Tuesday and I've got Tourette's so I'm not making fun of that guy Apparently well yes, yeah you don't want the jinx, you want the curse It's gonna come but the karma is going to come back and bite ya in the ass. Oh alright, I'm already screwed Yeah, probably. Let's do something fun to end with not just another France 24 report that's just... Well, I got this but this is kind of fun. This is Wells Fargo who got fine three billion dollars It's still phasing business Wells Fargo agreed today to pay 3 billion dollars to settle criminal and civil probes into its sales practices it's part of a settlement with the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission The company acknowledged that its employees opened millions of unauthorized bank accounts in an effort to meet unrealistic sales goals

2:51:01 Excellent. Yes, yeah we're good with it I got three billion five three billion and fine that's crazy We got a number of end-of-show clips to roll out here so if you don't mind i'm going to end it Alright, you can get it wait. You mean end the show this show yes I'm just only okay only this show does you get? Maybe a choking on the Rogan thing and you're gonna end it no No, I'll be able to handle it somehow But before that we'll have time to prepare and that will be Sunday's show And get me all psyched up and already did you do little prep you got to tell me tell me what I'm gonna Do come up with some some screaming in your ear and eat some prep yeah

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CHAPTER 54 / 54 Discussion

End of Show Mix: Burning Down Milwaukee

The episode concludes with an extensive musical remix featuring debate gaffes, Joe Biden's "look" and "here's the deal" tics, and a parody song about "Burning Down Milwaukee" if Bernie Sanders is not nominated. The mix also incorporates segments about shared bicycle programs in China and Michael Bloomberg's "bought them" comment.

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2:52:29 and such. You have been name-checked, you are allowed to respond. I think we were talking about math and it doesn't take two hours to do the math because let's talk about what has happened but we don't. Let's talk about math indeed okay so here's the math thing no here's the math. I talked to people in selfie lines every day And i know a lot of black people that if they were white it would have been a lot easier for them. I provide for the opportunity for first time home buyers

2:53:05 Because I know the vaccine is out there in the head of some kid right now in school, in Columbia South Carolina or Houston Texas and it's investing in education. Also here's a majority of the American people who I think right now just want to be able to turn on the TV... Uhh..I'm surprised they show up because I would have thought after I did such a good job in beating them last week that they'd be a little bit afraid to do that We are going to need to be in your country you have to be open You have to be clear. We have to know what's going on, we have to be there with you." So the answer is one size doesn't fit all. Bernie Sanders analysis is right! I'm hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight... I wonder why?

2:53:46 Well the way I see this is that... I mean look, if... Here's the thing. Look a guy who is a friend of mine down here named Fritz Hollings said you want to know what a man in Rome will do? Look what they've done! I've been coming her for years and years They came up with the internet, I mean they came up with the internet They came up with the whole idea of stealth technology I'm going to do the same thing Why am I stopping? No one else stops Okay All I know is if we spend the next four months... Divisive, toxic, exhausting. The biggest misconception is that I'm boring because I'm not.

2:54:33 Also, there's a majority of the American people who I think right now just want to be able to turn on the TV. They want chaos and chaos is what is coming our way. Here's the deal! I'm not out of time you spoke over time and I'm going to talk here's the deal Look at what's happening here look at what's happening Pretty good. It's pretty, pretty, pretty...pretty good? Looks like Bloomberg met his fate By this chance Don gone away Lover, child look pretty good Nobody is going strong DNC won't nominate

2:55:38 Clunky. Okay? So let's play this clip. Bicycles Everybody has a bike, okay? Everybody's bike gets stolen. Dropping these bikes When your bike gets stolen Since you brought it Bicycles You just look at the bridge Talk about, yeah just a little switcheroo here. And you steal someone else's bike! Just jump on one and take off. Cruiser? A dumb bike... Whatever the case

2:56:32 shared bicycle action going on in China. If you visit any of China's major cities this spring, you're sure to notice a myriad of colorful bikes going around. Occupy the parking space. Jump on a random... Occupy the parking space. Jump on a random bike. Occupy the parking space So he's a professional. He's pumping his ass as fast as he can, he's wearing all the gear, pumping his ass as fast as he can, so making huge mess and he's pumping his ass as fast as he can plowed into by one of them and he's pumping his ass as fast as he can on bicycles.

2:57:33 Something on the back so you can carry your girlfriend on the back. Hey! Stop it! Just throw this bike in the bush Put on my Bernie shirt and I boarded a bus Picked up a bunch of illegals And paid them to come vote with us Comrade Karl Marx, won't you look down Because if Bernie doesn't win

2:58:36 Then we're all gonna be burning down Milwaukee Burning everything down to the ground Burning down Milwaukee Till capitalism goes down Saw the roast of Bloomberg upon the debate stage Followed him back to his fancy limo So I could call him a fascist, took space But his security immediately stopped me Even though I told them I was a reporter

2:59:22 But there's a guillotine that size too small enough for Mike and gulags for all his supporters. And we're gonna burn down Milwaukee. We'll burn everything down to the ground, burning down Milwaukee so there ain't no free markets around. We'll be caught With our fists in the air And Reverend Dax will be your When you haven't got healthcare But boy, you'll have health care in Milwaukee After we burn Milwaukee to the ground Like after we rebuild it Then you get the healthcare is what I meant

3:00:30 Now Buttigieg plays the gate card, but we still call him Wall Street Pete. So I went to one of his rallies to try and cause a scene. So I yelled real loudly that Mayor Pete is alright! And Pete said tell me do you work for the Kremlin man? tonight. Burning down Milwaukee, I really tried to burn it down, burning down Milwaukee. But then I got arrested and they should have tried to work out their will. Burning down Milwaukee, where's Aunt Bob when you need them? Burning down Milwaukee,

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