Episode 1221 · Thursday, 5 March 2020

Biden Reset

A primary victory in South Carolina resets the Democratic race while global tensions rise from the Syrian border to the Olympic swimming pool.

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About this episode

Joe Biden secured a dominant victory in the South Carolina primary, capturing 50% of the vote and reclaiming his status as the Democratic frontrunner. Reports indicate the win was bolstered by Republican cross-ballot voting and the steadfast loyalty of African American voters, whom CBS News analyst Antoine Wright described as the party's most vital constituency. Biden's recent public appearances have drawn scrutiny for verbal slips, including a peculiar moment where he spelled out the word water while addressing China's environmental crisis and the detention of Uyghur Muslims.

Democratic superdelegates are reportedly preparing to block Bernie Sanders at the convention if he fails to reach a majority, potentially triggering the first brokered nomination since 1952. Meanwhile, Michael Bloomberg faces intense criticism from SiriusXM host Karen Hunter over his stop-and-frisk legacy, even as his campaign saturates California and Texas with television advertising. Internationally, President Erdogan opened Turkey's borders to Europe, sending thousands of migrants toward Greece as fighting escalates in Idlib, Syria. In the Pacific, Chinese swimmer Sun Yang received an eight-year doping ban after his team allegedly destroyed blood samples with hammers.

Dr. Anthony Fauci denied allegations of being muzzled by the Trump administration, clarifying that he was simply coordinating communication through Vice President Mike Pence's task force. The episode features a tour de force cover by Joshua Pettigrew depicting Pete Buttigieg as Alfred E. Neuman. Adam Curry also previews his upcoming appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience to discuss the Super Tuesday results.


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CHAPTER 01 / 44 Discussion

South Carolina Primary, Cross-Ballot Voting Strategy

Joe Biden secured a significant victory in the South Carolina primary with 50% of the vote. Reports indicate that South Carolina's open primary system allowed Republican voters to participate in the Democratic ballot, potentially voting for Biden to disrupt Bernie Sanders' momentum. This cross-ballot strategy is common in several states, though prohibited in others like California for registered party members.

joe biden· south carolina· primary election· bernie sanders· cross-ballot voting

00:00 Just tell me what's happening with your banana. Adam Curry, John C. DeVora It's Sunday March 1st 2020 This is your award-winning Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 1221 This is no agenda Unstuck in Time and broadcasting live from Opportunity Zone 33 here in the frontier of Austin Texas capital of the drone star state In The Morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley we're Joe Biden's back I'm John C. DuBois. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill! In the morning... Ha, ha, I gotta hand it to ya, if you had said to me Joe Biden would win South Carolina with 50% I'd pfft no, nah You were absolutely right about this Yeah However, I did learn something about the primary elections in South Carolina I learned something which i didn't realize

00:57 Let me see, I have a note here from one of our producers. Apparently you do not have to declare or reveal your party on the ballot when you vote. You can only vote for one candidate in the primary so from what i understand a lot of people who would normally vote for Trump since there's kind of like no contest for him on the Republican side went in and voted for Joe Biden Why would they not vote for Bernie? I have no idea. I'm just telling you what I've heard. You can do this cross-ballot stuff in many states. I didn't know that, I had no idea! I thought that only registered Democrats can vote in the Democratic primary... In California for example if your a registered Democrat you can't do that

01:49 But independents can vote Democrat if they want. The Republican Party in California, for example says no you have to be...you can't do it you can't come over here and vote with us that's your problem but the other states is just like it is in South Carolina so the way I saw it in terms of it swinging the election towards Sleepy Joe was, I thought it would if you were a Republican pulling that stunt which is not uncommon. Yeah i think it would spread out a little bit more. I think Bernie gets some, I think Bloomberg would get some or Bloomberg or get a write-in. I don't know!

02:28 Republicans would be going all in for Biden, although... No I think they were doing that to me. He is the funniest guy! What I understood was they're doing it to mess with Bernie by voting for Biden that's what i understood Yeah, well I never heard... that would have to be a concerted effort and there was no wind of that. Oh no, I got a couple tweets about it but that doesn't mean anything. It's possible. Now- I think you would have beat him anyway but... Well good! I'm glad Joe is still in the race however this is perhaps one of the saddest couple days he has had. Kurt Vonnegut

CHAPTER 02 / 44 Discussion

Joe Biden, Cognitive Health and China Policy Comments

Joe Biden's recent public appearances have drawn comparisons to being "unstuck in time," a concept from Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, due to frequent verbal slips regarding his past Senate runs and current Supreme Court nomination plans. During a speech, Biden spelled out the word "water" while discussing China's environmental challenges and potable water scarcity. He further addressed China's competition with the U.S., citing the detention of two million Uyghur Muslims and political unrest in Hong Kong.

joe biden· cognitive health· slaughterhouse-five· uyghurs· china

03:13 wrote Slaughterhouse-Five and in that he introduced the concept of unstuck in time referring to a person living from one moment in life to another instead of day today like most people do. And I think Joe is witnessing this, in real time and we're seeing it! We're seeing it happen with him He has... everybody has programming For instance you can probably wake me up in the middle of the night and I can do the intro to the show verbatim You know, I'll still say Thursday even if its Sunday But it's a program. You can run it off, you know? There are other things like... Hey everybody! It's Adam Curry! Top 40 that's right Z100. You can do these things and Joe has done things about

03:54 running for Senate and just the Senate is somehow in his mind I guess that was the only time he actually you know He's never won a presidential race. So, he has won senatorial races And maybe that's what stuck in his head by just got a couple examples That are just really bothersome Well, I'm looking forward to appointing the first African-American woman to the United States Senate I think he means Supreme Court But there it is he's going to nominate someone to the Senate now. We know that's not the way it works There's another unstuck in time moment I just hmm if this were anyone else except the

04:47 the person that the establishment of the Democratic Party really needs for, you know whatever their strategy is. It would be ridiculed across-the-board! Now it's only us! No one else is ridiculing the fact that he's just not 100% on board I don't want my president... Well if it was Trump he'd be checked on a checklist as a lie Oh man we'll get to coronavirus and lies in a bit I do have another kind of odd example. Yeah, Biden. He's talking about China. I got a couple Bidens too for you. No throw this one out then we'll switch over and here is the last point if you take a look at it China

05:31 And it's not I'm not happy about this China doesn't have enough water w-a-t-e-r They're talking about spending tens of billion hundreds of billions of dollars To try to turn around the river so their population have potable water to drink 40% of our land is blue with cadmium. It can't grow things they're in a situation where they have two million Uyghurs, Muslims in prison camps in the mountains. You see what's happening in Hong Kong and now what they're trying to do with regard to Thailand? Folks! The idea that they are our competition, they're going to beat us is bizarre!"

06:13 Wow Joe. Wow! And it's water, W-A-T-E-R Why did he spell water? What possibly could I confuse water with or is he just doing like... Andy tell you this but i'm giving a borderline clip of the day for that find Like a hip hop guy I'm Joe to the B got my w-a-t-e-r WATER I don't know what he's doing. What is he talking about? No, but it's so on its...I really feel uncomfortable about it! If you were making these mistakes, I wouldn't make fun of ya'. No wait, I would. What am I talking about? You better! It's just...I dunno. What do you got on Joe? Well let see what we got. I've got a bunch of uh... First thing, there was a Joe clip here. Try to bite into..now this probably not a good idea

CHAPTER 03 / 44 Discussion

CBS News Analysis, African American Voter Loyalty

CBS News analyst Antoine Wright characterized the South Carolina primary results as a "reset moment" for the Biden campaign. Wright argued that the victory was driven by the loyalty of African American voters, whom he described as the most loyal constituency in the country. He compared the win to a sports championship, suggesting Biden has reclaimed his position as the frontrunner to lose the nomination.

cbs news· antoine wright· african american voters· joe biden· south carolina

07:13 I thought i had a Joe clip that fell and thinking, I had yours but let's listen to some Biden analysis. This is the Biden win is a reset on CBSN I want to start with you. The grin on your face could not be wider Tell me what you're thinking right now Well, there are a couple of things that said from the very beginning of this process South Carolina will be the place That will set the tone and temperature for this race I think everyone can agree with that now because they'll be participation from the most loyal constituency in the country african-american voters number two I said this

07:50 It was always Joe Biden's race to lose and everyone else has been fighting for second place. And I also said this, loyal African-American voters are going to show up and they're going to display their loyalty to Joe Biden because Joe Biden has been loyal to them. And low and behold Elaine, I think I'm right. All right so let me Let me ask you though, Antoine. So is that it? Is a win-a-win or as we get more numbers in...is that something though that on all seriousness because we saw what happened in the other early states people are going to be still examining pretty closely here? There's several things to look at from Joe Biden's victory tonight number one he's moved up to second place in the delegate count

08:40 So that means, and we all know this is a game of numbers. Delegates are important. That mean he's behind now Bernie Sanders for number delegates Number two I think he will end up having a very handsome victory tonight And the strength of African-American voters is going to be important setting a tone For those type of voters in Super Tuesday and number three you know I like to connect sports and politics together The Golden State Warriors won their NBA championships I don't remember and i'm sure you do not remember either the score but all you know is they won the championship. So tonight Joe Biden won his championship this is the first time he's worn a primary or caucus, I think this is a reset moment for this campaign

09:23 No, okay. Not quite sure I understand the analogy or the logic but fine. Well i don't understand why he's talking about the warriors. The Warriors? How did that come into play? But this guy was amenable He did predict all this like a couple days ago And who was he He's a guy that is a CBS analyst. No, I'm sorry he does work for CBSN and he is a Democrat strategist. Well there was a... excuse me it was Friday or Saturday the New York Times published a piece well maybe that was just Thursday I can't remember now where they interviewed I think 95 of the 500 superdelegates

CHAPTER 04 / 44 Discussion

Democratic National Convention, Superdelegate Rule Changes

The New York Times reported that a vast majority of interviewed superdelegates are prepared to block Bernie Sanders at the convention if he fails to secure a majority. Current DNC rules, influenced by Sanders after the 2016 election, moved superdelegates to the second round of voting. This setup increases the likelihood of a brokered convention, a scenario not seen since the 1952 nomination of Adlai Stevenson.

superdelegates· bernie sanders· brokered convention· adlai stevenson· democratic national committee

10:13 And 93 of the 95 they spoke with said, oh well you know we're totally gonna make sure that Joe Biden wins. Or I think what they were more specific about was make sure Bernie does not win in some version of a second round superdelegate come swooping in or might call it contestant convention and I thought that was pretty rude Just for the process itself. I mean, that's The New York Times really mucking around here! Yeah you know...I'm taking all The New York Times stories nowadays as comical. But what it does is it feeds into the machine—here are little super cuts

10:56 of the media's response and how they talk about this particular article. This is what people need to remember, the Democratic Party has a party. The party decides its nominee. The public doesn't really decide the nominee. The public gets to vote for president United States where people who are active in the party who participate in the party, they decided to nominate and just because you're a pledged delegate for Bernie Sanders or a pledge delegate with Joe Biden doesn't mean when you get to the convention floor that you'll stay a delegate for Biden or Sanders. 93 Democratic Party officials are willing to have a brokered convention if Sanders does not receive the majority of delegates by convention time They're also willing to risk damaging the party, stop his nomination The Times notes that such a situation may result in a brokered convention A messy political battle the likes which Democrats have no seen since 1952

11:47 when the nominee was Adlai Stevenson. I can't even imagine the rebellion among his supporters if he doesn't get the nomination. There would be, but his supporters helped write those rules The way i see this is you write the rules before you know where everybody stands and then you stick with those rules Everybody got in the race thinking that was the set of rules I don't see how come you get to change it just because he now thinks there's an advantage for him doing that This is not a done deal and so that's why I think we should tamp down on the anxiety about Bernie Sanders and figure out how it is that we're going to get to a nominee, have a convention where we all do come out as a unified party. And if somebody wants to beat Bernie, get out there and beat him for Pete's sake! It looks like entirely possible Bernie Sanders would have a significant plurality but not majority of votes and he said if that's true he demands the nomination other people are saying we'd like to deny it to you

12:40 made this mess for himself and he has to live by those rules. And if we have someone, if he's one delegate ahead than somebody else that doesn't make you the majority winner in all of this and he's gotta face his own rules. You're gonna have two or three candidates going into the convention that are probably gonna be really strong. That's why even Bloomberg has been talking behind closed doors with the super delegates already to try to go ahead and maneuver himself into a good position if Biden should fail and Bernie is the nominee he can swoop in and be the savior for the party. I don't understand exactly how this went down it something doesn't make sense what i keep hearing is, the rules were changed it was requests that Bernie Sanders made he was there he wanted these change I don't know if that's true but that's what being said and when the question was posed specifically to the candidates Bernie said well you know if I got the most votes I should be the candidate

13:37 I'll tell you what I think, or my understanding of what I think. The major rule change that was made was to take the superdelegates out of the first round. And that was Bernie's thing because he felt he got screwed on a deal last time because of the superdelegate being in the first round, so they're in the second round as Bernie wanted but And the rules have always, as far as I know, have always been for the majority. You can't have Adlai Stevenson or anybody for that matter. The rules of all has been you have to have a majority in the delegates in the first round. Remember last year Trump? Oh Trump will never make it! He won't make enough delegates he wont get the nomination. Broker Convention

14:30 And he just swept it. So that's always been in place, the only change was this superdelegate thing and Bernie knows that if that comes into play he's done! Just like last time now maybe he'll change the rules again in his 80s when he runs again well and he's gonna say let's move to super delegates till the third round Maybe he can pick up some of those Tom Steyer voters Poor Tom Steyer. Spent $250 million dollars, didn't get a single delegate. Man you could have at least sent some to the podcast! Yeah we would have talked you up a bit and maybe gotten your delegate here or there. Well it shows that money doesn't really buy you love

CHAPTER 05 / 44 Discussion

Bloomberg Support, Karen Hunter and Stop-and-Frisk Criticism

SiriusXM host Karen Hunter has faced criticism for her support of Michael Bloomberg despite his history with stop-and-frisk policies in New York City. Guest Laurie Daniel Favors detailed the negative impact of Bloomberg's policing and gentrification policies on Black and Brown communities. Despite these criticisms, Favors admitted she would still vote for Bloomberg if he becomes the Democratic nominee to defeat Donald Trump.

michael bloomberg· stop and frisk· karen hunter· laurie daniel favors· black media

15:21 At least... Well, if you're unlovable it's pretty difficult. You know Bloomberg of course now... So I talked to Mo about the Ados vote for Bloomberg and he's adamant like no people have not forgotten Stop & Frisk but it's interesting that some of the black media and I don't know if African-American Ados or black but who knows Karen Hunter on SiriusXM is really pushing, and she's black, pushing hard for Bloomberg. And it was... this is a clip that is so bizarre she brings on this other African-American woman Laurie Daniel Favors who well I'll let you hear just how mad she is at Mike Bloomberg but the end is kind of surprising. Bloomberg is responsible not just for stop and frisk furthering it systematizing it

16:16 glorifying it, defending it up until last year when he decided he was going to run. But he was surrounded by intellectuals black activists, activists of color across the entire spectrum who outlined for him the problems New York City Lawyers Association Night Clue that data the statistics he had facts he had information and he was committed to a racist policy that jailed black people, arrested black people stop and frisk black people. I had 32 students Bushwick 30 to 32 students who were on their way to our funeral had permission from their principals had letters from their parents accosted by the cops held for 36 hours had to go to trial had to get in my husband is beat up in court by court officers at their defense

17:01 defense trial because the way in which police and court officers were militarized against black and brown communities, and you expect us to just eat that he's got money so he's going to be the best candidate? Gentrification. Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, East New York, Flatbush, Harlem, The Bronx! Black people driven out of this city under policies that favored wealthy white people and developers we cannot even sustain our communities right now. Education undermine the ability for us to have culturally competent education. You want me to say because he can beat Trump so Trump gonna, he's gonna do what he do Bloomberg gonna do what he doing yeah He might win but guess what all y'all getting arrested all y'all getting stopped in prison if he implements the same policies across The country that he further and supported in the state of New York give me a break We can do better than this and I'm sorry I got to agree with Meghan McCain, but now I'm upset

17:50 I'm sorry, i didn't mean to add that. If he's the nominee are you going to vote for him? I don't think he should be the nominee if he's the nominee because that's a strong possibility... If he's the nominee knowing and having said everything that i just said because i am aware about how the politics and the system in this country works yes i will have to vote for him Explain that to me! I can explain it to you. Okay... Democrat, Democrat, Democrat, Democrat, Democrat, Democrat Oh my goodness I only think of a Democrat. I gotta vote Democrat, Democrat! I'm a Democrat and vote Democrat!" I guess even though everyone's gonna be stopped and frisked all over the country now... Yeah, I'm a Democrat, vote Democrat! I'm a Democrat, I vote Democrat! I'm a Democrat, I vote Democrat that's what I do, I vote Democrat Wow you just gave someone all the makings of an end-of-show mix You know? That's why I gave him a little extra. You are completely toast on that one. He had a little extra bit there nice

CHAPTER 06 / 44 Discussion

Michael Bloomberg, Height Lifts and Physical Appearance

Speculation regarding Michael Bloomberg's height has intensified following claims he wears four-to-five inch lift shoes to appear taller during debates. Comparisons were made to Robert De Niro's footwear in the film The Irishman and Tom Cruise's use of lifts in Hollywood. Donald Trump has frequently used Bloomberg's height as a point of personal ridicule during the campaign.

michael bloomberg· height lifts· the irishman· tom cruise· donald trump

18:48 It's already toast, I might as well at least give it a bit so they can do something good with it. So just one other thing from MoFax... The Liftgate man, some YouTuber and it doesn't make any sense for a clip here because it's in the show notes. Discovered that Bloomberg even though he was not standing on the box of course we know the lecterns were lowered a little bit He is wearing 4 to 5 inch lift shoes and once you see it You can't unsee it And so he has his pants are very long and it's almost like he's standing on a version of male pumps. That's how high up is but you don't see it because his pants flow over it, but you can see his foot is four inches from the bottom of the ground. It's kind of popping out at the sides, but when he walks

19:42 You see his knee bend, he's like the longest shin in human history. This guy is so frustrated about his height that he is willing to do anything! Anything! Well I'm of the opinion...I agree and I think Trump was the one who pointed this out and he just hounds him about it But I'm of the opinion that they should have had the apple boxes for people so they could even out the heights to make it more fair. I don't think he should have to go through all this agony now, now I used to work for a guy at their pollution district who was the guy around the whole thing is an ex-admiral from the Navy who must've been ridiculed by his crew and always wore lifts. He was always you can just see the lifts what? Was his name Louis

20:32 That's the kind of guy I envision. Louie, Louis! So he always wore lifts? He'd wear these lifts all the time and i think Bloomberg probably always wears you know the normal lifts which are just is just a heel lift they... No no no these are elevated shoes. Oh normally. Always generally yes yes yes normally. I would say he just generally wear some lifts because most that some of these guys do that and you can spot those because the back of your foot is basically the top of the, the top of the back of your shoe. Yeah exactly! And uh but if you're gonna wear these big giant things which in fact there's an example that went around the net of El, of De Niro in that The Irishman they had a shot of him in this scene and he had these like five inch lifts on both feet Right

21:28 Walking around because it cuz Scorsese wanted to shot the yeah, these are guys to be even Heidi weren't shooting his feet he's wanted to shoot him walking down the street and He didn't want one guy real short That's that's not that abnormal in Hollywood at Tom Cruise wears them all the time next a certain leading ladies or ex-wives So that's... I don't know, it's just- I think the crate. I still don't think the crates a bad thing but they shouldn't be visible No i'm not against the crate. I'm just looking at look these two guys are trying to get under each other skin What Bloomberg is trying to do is say no one likes you we always laugh behind your back You were the joke

22:09 And I don't know if that gets under Trump's skin. It might, I can see where it might and so he knows Bloomberg's weakness his Achilles heel to coin a phrase is truly his height it's just you know these guys who are so successful and then can they just be happy with what they got? That's a good one Now Bloomberg... this guy is tone-deaf He's doing shtick now I mean, we saw him do a little bit of shtick on stage which fell flat. It's no good! Now i think im the only candidate to come to Wilmington but all of them should visit

CHAPTER 07 / 44 Discussion

Political Advertising, Obama Cease and Desist Order

Barack Obama's legal team reportedly issued a cease and desist order against a Republican PAC ad that used audio from his memoir. The ad featured Obama's voice describing "plantation politics" to criticize Joe Biden's relationship with the Black community. Critics suggest the legal move may have been a marketing tactic to draw more attention to the ad's content.

barack obama· joe biden· political ads· cease and desist· false advertising

22:47 Senator Warren could go to Elizabeth's Pizza on Market Street. Klobuchar could do a Flaming Amys restaurant. Senator Sanders could go the KGB bar! When my speechwriter came up with that one, I thought that was pretty good too Oh my god, cringe. Cringe! First it doesn't land... Then he's gonna blame it on the speechwriter and say he thought it was pretty good? Ugh, that is dreadful Yeah

23:30 It's like, I'm gonna miss Trump whether it's in November or whether it's four years. I'm going to miss him for that! Somebody is going to have to use the line here we have an unfunny Jew. And where does that line come from? That's got to come from somewhere. The comedy community is going to have to do it because how does this happen?! Let's see what else I have. Yeah, you know, I finally got a hold of the ad that Obama issued a cease and desist order over? Have you heard about this? Yeah, I know he... Trump had some counter- No it wasn't Trump! It was like one of his PACs. One of his PACs yeah like a Republican PAC or Defend Trump PAC. I'm not quite sure what it was

24:25 And and so the at issue was that they took of course what everyone has done I mean actually we haven't done that but how many times have you heard someone or would someone a saint euclipse? Oh look, here's what Obama said is from his audio book. And it's just him saying some crazy shit Yeah, but it's like okay ha ha ha ha he read a book It's completely out of context But in this case He's actually said something in the book which he reads from the book, and I don't think there's any reason...I don't see how a cease-and-I don't know if it worked or not. I haven't followed up on that but I don't see why it would be for Bolton to put it together in an ad like this Joe Biden promised to help our community It was a lie Here's President Obama Plantation politics black people in the worst jobs the worst housing

25:14 I mean, how is that a problem? He's saying what was a lousy ad for sure. Give us some work! In this case, they actually got a lot of bang for the buck Got it by accident. Yeah, well who knows but I just like...I don't see the illegality of it. I don't see why there should be a cease and desist over that It's like it's well known that the black vote has gone en masse to the Democrat as a block and that though that there are elements Who aren't just not thinking of doing that anymore? They're like not voting or doing something else this is well-known That was my little bit. I just did a minute ago right but somehow this was false advertising And I don't know what that it would

26:16 I don't understand. They probably did the cease and desist to make somebody feel better Well, what they did is they brought attention to it! It doesn't make any sense! Yeah, if they would just let it slide nobody would notice. Perhaps a cease and desist was a scam? There wasn't no cease-and-desist that was part of the whole marketing scheme Do we know that for a fact? No, no, no... That's an excellent point It was in the New York Times, I believe is where it went. Oh, even better! Proves it even more. Steve Bannon was on with The Money Honey, the original Money Honey, Maria Bartiromo

CHAPTER 08 / 44 Discussion

Steve Bannon, Bernie Sanders and Establishment Alternatives

Steve Bannon appeared on Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the Democratic establishment's efforts to find an alternative to Bernie Sanders. Bannon suggested that if Joe Biden and Michael Bloomberg fail, the party might look toward Hillary Clinton. He characterized the current political climate as Donald Trump's "Churchill moment," requiring him to manage both the coronavirus and economic contagion from China.

steve bannon· maria bartiromo· bernie sanders· hillary clinton· establishment

26:57 I still like her no matter what's happened to her. She is still the money honey and this is Fox Business maybe yesterday? I think it's Bernie versus the anti-Bernie movement you know last night you saw Biden obviously had a big night, I think one of the most important things is that African American vote which is obviously so critical party is not buying what Bernie's selling. They're not buying the socialism, they're not buying the radicalism, they're not buying the revolution these are very practical pragmatic people and I think you'll see on Super Tuesday how that plays out look Bloomberg's capital is going to back one of the establishment alternatives whether thats Biden or Hillary Clinton or somebody else okay against Bernie. They're gonna try to steal

27:38 nomination from Bernie again and that's why I think many Bernie supporters will come to President Trump at the end of day. There is nobody on that stage, there is nobody in the ballot in South Carolina, there is nobody in the ballot on Super Tuesday that is going to defeat Donald Trump. You still think Hillary Clinton might make an appearance in this election? I think that the Democratic Party is gonna look for any alternative to Bernie if Biden can't do it with Bloomberg's capital obviously Bloomberg doesn't have charisma or president Obamas and the Clintons will look for any alternative to try to defeat President Trump. Remember, their number one objective is defeat President Trump That's why they've had so many snarky... you know they accused suppression of information Dr Fauci stood up there on national TV and said I haven't been suppressed What we're trying to do is get accurate information out And that's what you need right now The Democrats will do anything To destroy Donald Trump And that's why I think they will come around Any candidate they think can do it So this thing is still wide open But here's a point This is Trump's Churchill moment

28:51 This is he's got to bring the country together which he's doing. He's got a confront not just the virus, but the economic contagion That's coming out of China that Rubio talked about he does that you don't need to worry about 2020 Circling overhead any minute now Even Maria Bartiromo is not buying anymore Really? You think that still possible dope, you know she is starting a podcast and Hillary yeah, I know right now at this actually give you a little pre-shoot has her team talk to you because you know you invented the podcast Maybe Benjamin there in Austin Here's a little preview of our end is starting a podcast There we go

CHAPTER 09 / 44 Discussion

Media Narratives, Russian Hacking and David Brooks Analysis

Media coverage has shifted focus toward potential Russian hacking in the 2020 election as Bernie Sanders gains momentum. Analyst David Brooks was criticized for his commentary on the "Latino African-American community" in Watts and Compton, which hosts described as out of touch. Brooks suggested that only Barack Obama or Bill Clinton could unify the Democratic Party to prevent a Sanders plurality.

russian hacking· david brooks· pbs newshour· watts· bernie sanders

29:50 All right, you have to listen to the end for the full song. Wow! That's a goodie. Of course we have the best producers in the universe and we all know that Yeah, so we should probably talk about coronavirus but before that the one thing that we haven't heard much of in the past few days because obviously you know the president's crazy. We're all gonna die from from coronavirus and Bernie is getting screwed just all the news is anything but anything worldly anything else But oh no No, we forgot to talk about the Russian hacking

30:26 And will we see a repeat of 2016 and 2020? I'm pretty sure you heard this clip. Well, I don't want to go off the rails right away. I do have a couple more clips about Biden and... Oh, I'm sorry! Oh, I thought you were done. I'm sorry. No, I got a bunch because I wanted to get these in. All right good This is more analysis that needs to be discussed because this was uh, this is Brooks You know, the Democrat who poses as a Republican on PBS NewsHour. From Brooks and Dunn. Yeah. Talking about Sanders before this South Carolina. These are some comments I thought were interesting. ...in Compton in south central LA last week and I talked to 15 people saying there's a Latino African-American community who is making sparks in this community... Can I just? I've just got to stop

31:17 Whenever you hear someone talking about the Latino African-American community, they're full of shit. This is not a thing! Unfortunately I don't have the very beginning of this where it's even more full of shit He says...this guy writes for The New York Times he's in New York He says, I was wandering around Watts. Really? He was in Watt's? Yeah he was in Watts just yesterday! Oh talking to people they are people in the black and brown community In Watts. In Watts, ugh! ...in Compton in South Central LA last week and... I was in South Central LA last week as an old white dude and actually it's pretty gentrified now to be honest about if you could find still find black-and-brown communities 15 people are saying who is a Latino African American community

32:08 who's making sparks in this community. And of those people I'd say a bunch, maybe the majority certainly couldn't name the candidates like they were against Trump they knew that was clear but they didn't include it and you ask about local politics they've got a lot of opinions and so the national politics swoops in and all of a sudden people have to make a view but... Do notice that a lot of people are using the term swoop now? I'm glad you caught that. That's very interesting. Everybody is using swoops! Everyone is using a swoop, swoop, swoop! The national politics swoops in and all of the sudden people have to make a view but they've been focusing on frankly more important things than their lives. I would make a call to Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. I think Bernie Sanders represents a challenge to their style of Democratic Party And the only two people who can create unity are Barack Obama and Bill Clinton

32:57 And if they came in and said we're going to organize so we don't divide the vote five or six ways, then they could be the only ones who do that. They're probably not gonna do it. They're gonna sit on the sidelines but I do think if they want to defend the Democratic Party as they understand it this is the week this is the moment when It's going to be Biden and we're all gonna work together or it's gonna be X and we're all gonna work together. I do think there has to be some leadership, otherwise it looks extremely likely that Bernie Sanders just won't take the way with it." Wow! So this guy says he is a Republican? Is that the guy? He's, you know he says he represents that side of the argument but he never does. It was just a different kind of Democrat than the other guy. Why in the hell? So what is it in essence saying is that no we just can't have Bernie Sanders and everyone agrees. Do they realize they're making the exact same assumptions and mistakes they did with Trump this will this is going to give Bernie a certainty

33:59 Well, maybe. But the Democrat Party still is behind not getting rid of it... I mean the party itself as i said i followed that. Yeah and I can't disagree because you were right and Joe Joe's gonna have trouble on Super Tuesday. I don't think there is any doubt about that. Joe is going to have trouble with his cereal in the morning! It's so easy to make these jokes but I feel bad about it because one day, I'm gonna be 78 and then... And I know I am gonna be... Yeah they'll be making jokes about you but if you're gonna out running for president- I deserve it then. ...it's little different than just being around the house all over again using a fork to eat his cereal

CHAPTER 10 / 44 Discussion

Bill Maher, Coronavirus Politics and Mask Shortages

On Real Time with Bill Maher, guests including Buck Sexton and EJ Dionne debated the political implications of the COVID-19 outbreak. Maher expressed concern that the virus would expose the administration's incompetence, while others noted that the shortage of face masks is a result of decades of U.S. manufacturing moving overseas. The discussion highlighted the deep partisan divide in how the public health crisis is perceived.

bill maher· buck sexton· coronavirus· face masks· manufacturing

34:42 With a joint in my mouth. Uh-huh. Yeah, with the blunt! Hey kids... So okay thank you I'm over it now screw him guys off his rocker Let's play another this is another Brooks clip Brooks also discusses the COVID 19 thing and the elections I mean here's the thing we'll get into this eventually but This thing is not gonna get through the summer And if it doesn't get through... But anyway, let's just play this so we can get a little background. I got one more clip with Shields talking about the election too. It could become like it could take over the election. I mean, I really no idea as I'm not qualified to know how big this will spread but I saw an article that most Americans will get some form of it and not a bad form but

35:30 some form and if we start cancelling events, if the economy goes down, if we can't gather in crowds that's suddenly a gigantic event. And so many people who are Trumps critics or who even sympathize with him but didn't think he was great manager, great leader suddenly they all say it- We've been saying this for years well at least we haven't had a real crisis And then suddenly we get a real crisis. And so to look at it in the crass political terms, I don't see any upside for Trump and I do see significant downside and a lot of upside for the Democrats since they are the party of health care since they are the party of government. So you know, it could really shock us how big this becomes as it already is another country. All right? I have to play this clip from The Bill Maher Show because it's about the politics of it. This was last night

36:19 But wait before you play that I should mention how come nobody mentions that maybe the Trump crowds will diminish a bit because of kovat I Have a lot. I have a lot of coronavirus stuff to talk about but I'm just interjecting this then we can come back to the shields clip because it was I mean, I saw and i think I can see sometimes when Mar is really just in his act and he'll say something kind of rational after he does his whole thing. But last night he was truly a little... it was Friday night but the keeper and I were watching we turned it off halfway through there's like you know we're gonna go to bed make love I don't want to hear this crap that I can't have this in my brain anymore uh It was so Mar of course and the first person he had on with some

37:06 some shill epidema epidemic a padma hapasi epidemiologist he couldn't say it either which was interesting epidemia how does it go again epidemiologists epidemiologists thank you epidemiologists I got enough and so the first ten minutes was about you know she basically was saying nothing new she's uh no I don't know I don't know why he had her on but then he had EJ Dion who some I don't know is he do we know him? EJ Dion, Jane Klebb. Yeah, do you know her? Do you know her? No. Hi, I'm Jane Klebb and she was very annoying and then I don't know why he even agreed to go on Buck Sexton

37:57 And it's like, wow. When you see that I don't care how much of an ex-CIA guy you are You're in enemy territory and you're gonna be chewed up and you're gonna get shouted over I'll set it up that Bill Maher is convinced along with some version of the establishment that he rolls in, that Trump is a complete bumbling idiot does not care. We're all going to die basically because of Trump. That was the premise And here's Outland. So Donald Trump had a rally a few hours ago... By the way, I've edited it for sanity. So Donald Trump had a rally a few hours ago he is calling the coronavirus their new hoax so i'm going to look on the bright side of this and say that I think the corona virus is going to change people's views of Donald Trump finally

38:52 Not for the better. I think there are two simultaneous conversations that are happening from the president's side and really cross-country one of them is this is one of the very few issues out there up there with foreign military invasion right where everybody goes this is something we have to deal with, I was at Long Island Railroad JFK yesterday people got the masks on everyone's freaked out markets are tanking and nobody wants us to be a pandemic The administration doesn't want to be a pandemic. So all of our interests are aligned, but he is lying his ass off about it Do you do you really not have? i'm just

39:27 Donald Trump has like one go-to which is deny do you really have no buyer's remorse with a guy who is lying who says we're gonna have a Vaccine soon and when there isn't trying to come wait he said there's gonna be a vaccine, but there isn't there will be a vaccine This is like Trump is terrible therefore. He's bad at this and that's actually not talking about This is a crisis. It's a serious crisis and the guy is a liar who is putting into place people who are not competent to handle something like this. Do you think he wants zero debts from this? Do you think he wants zero debts from US oil? What he really, what everything in his power does that? What he cares about is the stock market. That's all he care- that's what he said

40:18 At some point like there's just a derangement where the president's interests are aligned here if he wants to get reelected He's going to do the best job. You can list no matter how terrible anybody here thinks he is but here's I almost admire you because somebody who tries to do the impossible should be admired, but trying to to argue that this president is dealing with this in any other way but to protect himself, not protect the country. Why did he tell the Chinese... why didn't say the Chinese are doing a great job here?

40:56 he intervene there and say wait a minute we gotta get in. Why did he cut off flights from China when some experts initially said that was a bad idea, now they're saying actually it's probably a good idea? And why don't have more kits and why don't we have more testing kits all across our country especially in our rural communities? Or masks! You know what its so interesting you know in World War II as soon the war started they closed down all of the car factories and in weeks they were making bomber planes tanks. We can't in this country make masks, nobody can get a mask because they're sold out on Amazon and everywhere else." This guy's freaked out! He is and by the way memo to Bill Maher masks don't come from the magical Amazon warehouse you know? Masks are made somewhere and it was policies of many other presidents before us and Congress who decided it was much better to move everything overseas

41:47 So, but that they can sit there and say he doesn't care. He only cares about himself! He doesn't care about winning because I don't understand it's unhinged behavior. They're totally on the hinges is embarrassing I think so and just to people, I don't know. I just can't understand it but also what level of Paranoid do they have out there in California? I guess Los Angeles maybe specifically It doesn't make any sense has been one death Do you oh well can we do you want to do anymore? 20 yeah, I got the one she's gonna play the one last let's do that about biting anybody election Yeah even though it's gonna our show next Thursday is

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Biden Campaign, California Presence and Advertising

Reports from California indicate that Joe Biden has a minimal physical campaign presence, with padlocked offices and few volunteers. In contrast, Michael Bloomberg and Tom Steyer have saturated the Texas and California markets with "carpet-bombing" levels of television advertising. Analysts question if Biden's reliance on "vestigial good feelings" for the Obama era will be enough to compete on Super Tuesday.

joe biden· california primary· michael bloomberg· tom steyer· political ads

42:31 is going to be a whopper because it'll be after Super Tuesday and we will have analysis you're not gonna get anyplace else. This is the Biden campaign in California shields In California, as David's paper reported yesterday in a terrific piece he has one office and when the reporter went there was paralyzed Oh stop stop stop I have to set it up. The clip is about Biden's campaign in states other than South Carolina and now he's talking about Biden has one office go. In California, as David's paper reported yesterday in a terrific piece he has one office and when the reporter went there was padlocked

43:07 And when he went back the second time, they had tables set up for volunteers and there were more tables set up than there were volunteers. I mean you know so if he does win it's a great tribute to his popularity To the vestigial good feelings that people have for Barack Obama and Joe Biden but its not any campaign that has been persuasive What did he say? Oh, yeah. Sorry what he said is that there's zero presence of Biden in California He's not gonna get a vote what Bernie's just gonna take the whole state? No I don't believe that well There's no there's no ads the only has that we've seen have been for Bloomberg Bernie and Steyer

43:54 Yeah, and I've seen all of them. I know we don't get the full gamut but Bloomberg ads rampant here in Austin Steyer ads Mayor Pete adds You are probably going to argue there Bloomberg is sending the whole gambit, the whole range of ads to Texas is one of his targets. Ah well I'm also hearing from people that they're hearing two to three Bloomberg ads in one ad block Which means you will get to look at your carpet bomb if you're doing that which I don't know if it really is effective It might be but your carpet bombing. I mean, that's I mean That's the stuff that you know tied marketers people who sell soap dream of that How much money can you have to do that? It's really incredible and again, I'm very happy he's doing it because we'll learn if you can actually buy something I think we should

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Malcolm Nance, Information Warfare and CFR Podcast

Former Navy cryptographer Malcolm Nance appeared on a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) podcast to discuss Russian "information cruise missiles." Nance argued that the 2016 election involved hacking the mindset of the American voter through the spread of digital misinformation. The podcast's production style and the hosts' vocal characteristics were noted as typical of modern Brooklyn-based media.

malcolm nance· council on foreign relations· information warfare· 2016 election· podcasts

44:53 Consider moving the coronavirus to after our first break and do a couple other things since there is some other news. But first, sticking kind of with the election this is the Malcolm Nance clip I think you heard this one one of our producers sent it to us And it's from... I couldn't clip it. I found one thing, Malcolm Nance who's Malcolm Nance? Well, Malcolm Nance is a chief petty officer who was in cryptography and the Navy Yes And somehow spun that off into being some sort of an expert He doesn't know jack shit this guy That's why I like him so much

45:32 And now he's on a podcast. He is already unhinged when he is on television, but now he is doing the podcast rounds and this was him on the Why It Matters Podcast. On a scale of 1 to 10 how strongly... By the way John I think that this would be the right voice for our podcast! What do you think? We should do auditions!! On a scale of 1 to 10, how strongly do you think we respond in 2016? Zero. Oh that's... I didn't even have it on the scale! It's not on the scale. It's-it's not on the scale We're not prepared at all for 2020 The way Russia had attacked us was using truths, half-truths and lies as sort of like information cruise missiles. And the air that they glide on is the internet. The explosive payload

46:23 is the lie that's embedded in there. And the problem is, unlike a regular cruise missile where the payload hits and explodes this is more like spreading a virus Right it's like a rumor or a lie and once its out even if you say it was a lie or a rumor But it's more insidious than just a rumor or a lie What was hacked in 2016 wasn't the Democratic National Committee It was the mindset of the American voter. And the way they hacked it was to enter it, pour in misinformation allow you and your loved ones to spread the virus and now completely infected You refuse to believe that anything is wrong with you Well thats bleak and scary I'm good at that Yeah your'e an idiot

47:15 I love the music. I love the whole production it was perfect This is done by the Council on foreign relations of all places who apparently have they have money? I know why they budget this girl this girl is a New York writer is the CFR is CFR she's a CFR chickie Don't think so. I think she just was hired to do these podcasts She might be but she's too low-end She is a she writes a lot about her own tattoos and how to get the whole essay on what you have other troubles she had to go through to get one removed You did up Oh research honor, she does solid Brooklynite Seems like a very lonely woman to me

48:04 What is her name? I'm so happy you did all this work. She's a wreck! So she's doing this podcast with this guy and he's not the worst, they brought in a woman that has more vocal fry than she does and up talks a lot. Gabriella Sierra there we go Yeah that's her And they brought some other women in on that same thing and she's worse And unfortunately, they both have such similar voices that you can't tell one from the other and it's like it becomes confusing to listen to the podcast. You nailed it! She does look like a solid Brooklynite. You're so right and yes I can see why she'd be lonely

48:44 Not because she's not because of her appearance I could just that no, she's actually in her mid-30s. She's good looking actually Yeah, but I know this type right stay away Stay away What do you mean? You know, I know that you don't know well, you know the time I know that we had you talking about the Oakland media there what we had one of it We have a an imposter that came in and was a spook Oh No, it's a girlfriend of one of the guys is trying to show. Hey these guys are okay and you can tell I know Okay, let's go to Brexit yeah, and I love that people are yelling at me on Twitter Saying you wrong

CHAPTER 13 / 44 Discussion

Brexit Negotiations, UK Trade Bravado

Conservative MP Ian Duncan Smith stated that the European Union is panicking over the UK's potential competitiveness post-Brexit. The UK is prepared to move to World Trade Organization (WTO) terms if a favorable "Canada-style" trade deal is not reached. Proponents of a hard Brexit point to the UK's 100 billion pound trade deficit in goods with the EU as a point of leverage.

brexit· european union· ian duncan smith· world trade organization· trade deficit

49:25 Brexit happened, man! Brexit happened. Brexit happened, man! No it hasn't. Oh what hap- yeah they took the flag down... Yeah so they say that because the deal was signed you know they give me the date and time when it was signed I know that but there's still kind of negotiating The entire deal is like getting a divorce but signing the papers and then saying let's split up the assets which is a very odd way of getting a divorce And I didn't evoke the divorce meme That was everybody else But now, according to Conservative Member of Parliament Ian Duncan the EU is panicking.

50:01 And it's panicking over a number of things, you know the fisheries. They may starve without the UK I don't know but here he is talking from I think a renewed sense of F-U EU Well Europe is in panic now because they suddenly realize that Britain going is an enormous deal They've tried to pretend its not It is an enormous problem for them And so now what they're doing is panicking over how competitive the UK will become. And we will become incredibly competitive compared to the European Union, which is just bogged down in rules and regulations, bureaucracy... We're going to break free of all that's what people voted for to make our own rules

50:41 on migration, on our fishing waters and borders. All these things are really important so we're very clear that we're not going to accept this negotiating position because this negotiating position is all about trying to tie us down so that we can't compete and we need to say I'm sorry but we aren't going to do that and if that means at the end of it all we move to WTO World Trade Organization terms then so be it. And the countries that will really be damaged by that will of course, be in the European Union not us! After all remember we run a trade deficit in goods and foodstuffs over 100 billion pounds a year now That's 100 billion pounds worth of goods and foods they sell us more than we sell them

51:24 That is a point for the European Union. You now are at risk to a minimum of 100 billion a year, you make your minds up in Europe do you want to trade with us because we want a Canada style and other words normal free trade deal And then we're going to go and make free trade deals with America, or make them with all the other countries like Canada Japan Australia wants to do one New Zealand once India is now begging us to do a deal huge possibilities for the UK being tied to Europe is not the answer to Brexit. I like their bravado! I think they have some there's certainly with the fishing they have some

52:03 Some advantage. I'm not sure what else that hundred billion, where does it all come from? What are they selling? Who? The UK. Brits? Yeah! What are they selling? Cars? Pfft... Parts? What cars? Tea? What cars?! Well... Isn't everything owned by BMW or Mercedes? They still make the Morgan cars? The wooden- the plywood car yes! Fine British motor vehicle. I don't know It just seems like they've I mean everything points towards a crash out Screw you type of deal is what that's what it looks like. Yeah, but the EU is faltering They're having so much trouble right now that they can't really afford to let just blow it up like that They're gonna have to do something yeah and and the problems So we have a couple of things first all the migrant issue

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Turkey Migrant Crisis, Opening the Gates to Europe

President Erdogan announced that Turkey has opened its borders to allow migrants to travel into Europe, claiming the EU failed to uphold the 2016 financial aid agreement. Approximately 18,000 to 30,000 migrants have reportedly moved toward the Greek border following escalated fighting in Idlib, Syria. This move threatens to reignite the humanitarian and political tensions seen during the 2015 European migrant crisis.

recep tayyip erdogan· turkey· greece· syria· migrant crisis

53:00 all over Europe is, you know doesn't really bubble to the top of the news because you know Trump at least in these parts but I think even what i'm reading in the EU papers probably no one told you about what was going on in Paris A massive fire in the center of Paris forced the partial evacuation of one of the capital's busiest train stations, Gare de Lyon. The fire has been brought under control. Demonstrators reportedly set fire to scooters and bins during a protest against the congressman. Scooters! Scooters and bins...

53:36 While you're talking about, since you're going to play some of these clips... Do I have the clip for what's going on? Turkey opening the gates again at France 24. That is exactly where i was going and I have looked into this somewhat. For weeks Erdogan has been warning that his country is struggling to cope with a growing number of migrants in Turkey In recent years millions have fled war-torn nations to Turkey in hope of using it as stepping stone to reach Europe An agreement in 2016 saw the EU promise Ankara 6 billion euros worth of financial aid. But Turkey says Brussels has failed to hold up its side of the bargain and that borders into Europe will once again open. What did we say months ago? If things continue like this, we'll be forced to open the gates. The EU didn't believe what we said but what did we do yesterday? We opened the border gates

54:31 The decision means the migrant crisis that so polarized European opinion in 2015 will probably flare up again and for millions of people, that a new life in Europe could be in reach. I just came from Izmir. I am going to Greece and then to France. I will wait there for two or three days...or a week. If they don't open the borders, I will go straight to the Eros River." The mood comes after one of the bloodiest weeks since Turkey's military intervention in rebel-held areas of Syria began in October. On Thursday, dozens of Turkish troops died after an airstrike by Russian-backed regime forces. And Turkish drones retaliated with an attack that killed dozens of Syrian soldiers The Syrian government has also failed to comply with an ultimatum from Ankara to pull its troops back from Turkish observation posts meaning further retaliation seems likely Yeah so the gates have been opened I think 30 thousand migrants

CHAPTER 15 / 44 Discussion

Syria Conflict, Idlib Displacement and Media Silence

The conflict in Idlib, Syria, has displaced nearly one million people, yet the situation has received minimal coverage in Western mainstream media. The geopolitical struggle involves Turkey, Russia, and the Syrian regime fighting for control of strategic motorways like the M5. Observers noted that the displaced population consists largely of young men, raising questions about the demographics of the current migration wave.

idlib· syria· russia· turkey· humanitarian crisis

55:33 were let out of their containment, 18000 already made it into Greece. Greece is trying to stop them and I'm trying to... this is all about Idlib in northwestern Syria and its a little complicated understand what's going on. I can only really see as being oil, oil refineries specifically. There's a M5 motorway in Syria goes right past Idlib it's strategically very important there's the connection over to Latika, Latakia I think it is Latika, Latakia where they have you know it was actually beautiful part of Syria on the west side on the coast

56:14 The way I understand it is when, and now the strategy starts to come into play but i don't understand it yet. Is when we Trump took out Soleimani that completely upset the balance in the Middle East in particular as it relates to Iran and so now you have Rouhani and Erdogan's or the president of Iran and the president of Turkey talking saying okay, you know we have to have a political solution to this They're gonna try and split stuff up But the Russians are in there And they're not having any of it but really The Turks are kind of the aggressor as far as I can see in this. They're the ones that are messing around In something that's not their country They're getting pushback and then so you have Russia Syria? and then Iran is also tied to Syria but not really

57:07 And it's confusing. It is confusing, but the Turks will tell you that their problem is there's all this action taking place in Syria that is causing these people to want to flee... Right! But the Turks are there themselves they should get the hell out what are they doing? Well we would have went- I don't want to say that we suckered them into going in there. But it looks like it to me too. I mean, we were there for... We weren't supposed to be there in the first place because we had set up this phony baloney revolution that was gonna take place and take him out. Never happened never worked out so either send some troops and that wasn't doing us any good. And so, uh, and we shouldn't have done that either but we did. And then Trump comes along and he's trying to figure out how to get out of this deal somehow

58:04 cajoles Turkey into taking over our role of screwing things up with the excuse that, hey you guys have to take the brunt of all these refugees. Why don't you just shoot at them instead of letting them in? Hey, I got an idea for you. Well... The Turks are getting the pushback like you said and so it's like okay screw it then we're just gonna open the gates let the refugees come through we're gonna create a trail they'll go right through Turkey right into Greece is not our problem anymore And we're talking from you know the reports that 900 thousand people have fled Idlib

58:43 Interestingly, when I look at the video and pictures of what's coming into Greece. I don't see families. I see young men. And that may just be the ones who are the first to go? I don't know there is not a lot of information and what is disappointing although gee! I'm not surprised where is the mainstream media on this you recall only six weeks ago Oh, just throwing the Kurds and some Syrian people. They're just... No one gives a shit they're killing them! It's Trump, Trump bad, Trump good!" And now there is actually almost 1 million people who have been displaced because of what is going on there no one gives a crap Not a single second have I seen on television that yes crickets total cricket

59:29 And that's a real humanitarian crisis that is going on there. But of course, I have to remind myself it is American mainstream media those are brown people who live in sand! Unless we can tie it to Trump who cares? That's how they think... People have been trying to... It's R.M.5 M racist media! It truly is and I've just been trying to get some good information and it's everything is sketchy you know but Bottom line, Iran and Turkey have to work out some difference. They have to work something out and otherwise this is only going to get worse. And what they need to work out I'm not sure but Erdogan says we need a political solution which means he doesn't want more war...and i guess no one wants it But any help from the producers would be fantastic certainly anyone who's boots on the ground We know you're out there

CHAPTER 16 / 44 Discussion

BBC Production, Cavendish Banana Extinction

The BBC produced a report on the potential extinction of the Cavendish banana due to the TR4 strain of Panama disease (Fusarium oxysporum). The report was criticized for its "overproduced" style, utilizing dramatic sound effects and music to describe agricultural science. Researchers in the Netherlands are currently working on soil-free greenhouse solutions to save the global banana crop.

bbc· cavendish banana· panama disease· fusarium oxysporum· overproduction

1:00:32 I don't know what to do with this. I really don't, you can do and we do dart We do what we can and then just to show you how stupid the overpaid media is This is a report from the BBC And I'm sure that it's sure it's important to know that the Panama thing is the Panama virus is killing bananas You've probably known about this you'd be someone who would know about the bananas. Yeah, the Cavendish banana is about to go extinct Yes Thank you And and that's it I think of big deal like bananas will all bananas go extinct or just the cavernous Just as one what the good the one good banana That's left and apparently it's not even as good as another one that went extinct. I'm told mm-hmm The one good the long

1:01:23 You know yellowy banana that did that ripen slowly and it ripe as you go some green at right? Yeah, yeah That banana is gonna be gone in probably a decade or two. So I hear about this I'm looking around and you know, you've already heard Boris Johnson say I'm gonna cut funding to the BBC Well when I hear this, I just want to learn something about what's going on with the banana This is the production and just imagine the video with it, but you'll hear they almost like the Council on Foreign Relations podcast there with Malcolm Nance. They need to dress it all up and give your sound effects in and set the tone Just tell me what's happening with your banana The banana is one of the world's favorite fruits

1:02:06 But in the fields where they grow, a fungus is creeping through the soil and ruthlessly destroying one banana crop after another. So work is underway... Just so you know I didn't put that in there! You know this is the BBC who have so much... They put a scream in here? Yeah this is all the BBC- I did not touch this all I did was cut it off after a minute because I couldn't take it This is how they produce a simple story They got way too much money So work is underway to rescue the banana. This man thinks he might have found the solution. Using the bananas he's grown in a greenhouse in The Netherlands. People fixing, people fixing the world! These are Cavendish Bananas which are the best known variety in the world but before long they could become a thing of the past... The killer is a fungus called Fusarium Oxysporum

1:03:11 And when it gets into the soil, it causes bananas to develop the TR4 strain of Panama disease which has wiped out crops on farms in Africa Asia Latin America and Australia. Once its in the soil is almost impossible to get it out again So could be answer just take the soil away? I just realized what's going on this is a sickness and this sickness probably started when a lot of NPR people went to podcasting And you know, it's like what's that radio... Radiotopia? What's the name of that podcast? Everyone has this or everyone there are these producers out there with this desire. This insatiable need to dress up everything and put the scary music under everything to make you feel like you're really in the mood for it! People

1:04:14 People! Oh, stop. There's a reason why Joe Rogan has 100 million subscribers because he doesn't have any of that crap Get a clue You know what? Don't you think it's some kind of sickness or this overproduction I mean just give me the- give me a little bit...I don't mind a little bit but just give me the news Well its'a little bit like our jingles Which we do to mock the model. And which a lot of people don't understand, but you can see that's it. A lot of people got put off by it. Oh this is terrible what are they doing? It's just...it's this high amateur. Ooh I like that term high amateur. And I would put myself in that category. I like a lot of noise and stuff but I would never produce something that actually was finished product

1:05:08 I mean on the fly, i think it's fine because you're just doing a live show and you just do throw shit in there yeah throwing stuff in but when you sit down and actually produce And you bring the music about a banana about a banana About a banana. It should be just straight And I just want to hear about that. I want to understand The mechanism is taking place with regarding the banana. What's the point of the music? Put me in a mood? Music is to put you in a mood. I don't need to be in a mood! Yeah, when we heard it in that piece like oh the banan- the Cavendish bananar... ...is dying off. Scary music and then people will save the world doot doot doot loot just no We used to call that uh Well, it works better on television It's just it I don't understand it. I don't understand

1:05:57 It's not necessary. I find it annoying and i think you're wasting time no one is like the videos instead You know these guys who produce these high clip video? Dutch cameras everything's angled a shot of the guys face with its tongue sticking out then a shot of cutting something in by boom-boom-boom, you know Do you see this on The Food Network and some of these other places where you have these production companies that use this old tricks of Fast cut, you never learn a damn thing watching this show. They try to kind of keep you hypnotized. Bloop sounds occasionally, boing-oing-oing. It's the whole thing! I don't know...I never liked it personally. I got an...I looked for it and couldn't find it. Well, I shouldn't say because I do like it but I don't like the way they're doing it. It's kind of a part of the...I don't know maybe they're playing into the 1.5, 1.3 time speed listeners

CHAPTER 17 / 44 Discussion

Podcast Playback Speeds, Psychological Effects

Listeners of podcasts at accelerated speeds, such as 1.3x or 1.5x, have reported experiencing nightmares and psychological distress. These digital speed-up features often chop out silences while maintaining pitch, which may affect how the brain processes information. Some producers advocate for returning to 1x speed to preserve the intended timing and pauses of the dialogue.

podcasting· playback speed· nightmares· digital audio· user experience

1:06:53 There's something wrong. I got an email from one of our producers who said that he started listening to not just our show but lots of podcasts at 1.3 and he says that he got nightmares, and then somehow he deduced that might have something to do with it and went back to one time speed and the nightmares went away I don't know. If anyone else has that, let me know because this... That is interesting! Now there's a couple of different things we should talk about just for split second Is the speed up like the 1.3 or 1.5 is usually what it is but is this a manual speed up where you're actually just accelerating everything and then changing the tone? No no digital and it really chops out silences Okay The digital ones which YouTube employs

1:07:45 is very interesting to listen to because it's mostly chopped out silences. So you chop out the silences and then you... Mostly. A lot of chopped out silence and you speed up the voice but you change the tempo but not to pitch Yes And so it still sounds like a person, but they're talking real fast because it's time for us we could probably tie that and people who are listening at 1.3 speed right now They're really starting to freak out because they have no idea what's really going on and with that I'd like to thank you for your courage today in the morning to you John C. DuBois Wow, it's a lot better than I can do. Well in the morning to you Mr.. Adam Curry We are good

CHAPTER 18 / 44 Discussion

No Agenda Art, Pete Buttigieg as Alfred E. Neuman

The artwork for episode 1220, created by Joshua Pettigrew, depicts Pete Buttigieg as the Mad Magazine character Alfred E. Neuman. The hosts praised the piece as a "tour de force" and encouraged other podcasters to change their album art for every episode to increase engagement. The No Agenda Art Generator continues to serve as a hub for community-contributed digital art.

joshua pettigrew· pete buttigieg· alfred e. neuman· podcast art· value for value

1:08:30 In the morning to all ships and sea, boots on the ground feeding the air, subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there. In the morning too! The trolls in Le Troll Room! La Chambre de Trolls! Let's see how many trolls we have in the chambre... Oh nice 1450 good showing and they're pretty amazing that is noagendastream.com if you're a troll if you want to learn how to be a troll as you live under a bridge head over there and join the merry band of trolls the entire point is to troll You can also say something interesting, give me a one-liner or some feedback. It's always in the corner of my eye it seeps into my brain somehow and that you can do that while listening to the show or any show because is there 24 hours a day seven days a week lots of podcasts no commercials all talk all fun twenty four seven trolling NoAgendaStream.com

1:09:23 And we're going to thank our artist for episode 1220, titled that was Sloganeer. And this we had promised to do I think you said it was time for us to do it and I even thought we had used it before but no we had discussed And this was from Joshua Pettigrew, and this was the infamous Pete Buttigieg as Alfred E. Newman and it is one of the best versions we feel that has ever been out there It's the best I've ever seen! Yes. And I have searched for somebody trying to do a better job No one has ever beat this particular piece of art. And actually... It's actually astonishing. Joshua made this let me check this out for a second

1:10:09 He made this a long time ago because, what is it? 13... So, phew. It doesn't have an upload date does it? I think this must be- No but it was for show 1130 or something like that. At least almost 100 episodes ago Yeah In general Joshua has interesting pieces which we don't think we've used many of But he does put some good stuff together And we've actually used we've used quite a few of me. He's the one who does the book covers all right, right? Right right? Does this DC Comics look yeah for this you're right he does those and he was always good doesn't any I will say he fell off

1:10:55 No, he didn't fall off. He did the Buddha Jejuan which was a tour de force as anyone who looks at it can notice Tour de Force and then he didn't get picked and he quit Well we're hoping to bring him back into the fold here I sent him a note! What happened? Why don't you send me some art in once in awhile And he never responded to that note either I think he's overboard On his no agenda Art Generator page he has Crafting fine album arts since Thursday June 23rd 2011 So that's when it started and sadly he's gone. Well, maybe he'll come back Matters not we love it We appreciate it It's I think this really helped for the previous episode When you see a piece of art like that pop up on your podcast app You want to click it so and it's such a good reminder. We are one of the few people who do this

1:11:47 And you know Podcasters if you want to make a difference to what you're doing change your album art with every show it does work people say oh That's interesting something must be new click done good Don't rely on the app to update and people to see it no agenda are generated comm You can check out all the artwork and what we love the most is having artists come in and create stuff We pick it right after or done with a live show and this is truly incredibly creative and stunningly quick work that these people do. A lot of them are real pros or should be pros and do it professionally NoahGenArtGenerator.com, thank you all and now continuing in our value for value network where all we ask is what kind of value did you get out of the show? Send it to us at Dvorak.org slash NA We like thanking our top supporters producers who we label as executive and associate executive producers right off the top here at the show So let's thank some of them

CHAPTER 19 / 44 Discussion

No Agenda Knighthood, Global Producer Donations

A series of significant donations were acknowledged, including the dubbing of Sir Will and Sir Quitty. A report from Baronet Horatio of Arabia detailed a missed meetup in Manama, Bahrain, which left another producer, Sir Dave Fugazotto, alone at a pub. Fugazotto later requested "travel goat karma" for an upcoming trip to India, highlighting the global reach of the show's producer network.

knighthood· donations· saudi arabia· bahrain· 1221 club

1:12:42 We had a lot of them today because apparently show 1221 had magic to it. It's the palindrome, it's the 1-2-2-1 which is a 33 all the elements that we love were in this show number and it's funny we've noticed this before because you have to explain these different people oh let's all donate let's not donate they donate for the show stuff specifically but they don't donate necessarily for dates Like if it was 1221, 12 it wouldn't get the attention. Although that did get a lot of attention back in the day but um... It's just very funny to study. You know people like numbers and they'll choose the numbers they want. William Hale II is at the top of the list from Clarkesville Tennessee with twelve twenty-one. He also members of the 1221 club Yes! He actually gave quote 21 and 12 cents. ITM Jets jets jets first off

1:13:42 I believe that a de-douching's in order. You've been de-douched! As someone who is often looking for the machinations hidden away where no one dares to look, I found The Noah Jendis Show a natural inclusion to my day and a humorous source of infotainment. When I realized that this show was the last palindrome for awhile and a combination of The Magic Number 33, 333 in total the way he does it, I could no longer resist the call to donate

1:14:26 With this donation, I understand that I become an instant knight and would like to be dubbed Sir Will with one L. Knight of the Crossed Cannons. And he'd like cordite and Coronas at the round table." I already had it on order! It'll be there good-to-go. "...to accompany my mutton and mead because there's nothing like the smell of Cordite in the morning or any time really!" It's never the wrong time for Cordite For jingles, I like chemtrails. You're gonna die that's true and to do they had also a healthy heaping of international relationship karma for myself and the rest of the Gitmo nation as we can all use it in one shape or another thanks for all you do and keep it coming and a shootout shot out. To Sir Dave for being the humbly awesome guy he is well thank you very much William and will see you at the roundtable later on

1:15:24 You might die. That's true! You've got karma. Oh, I got something special for you today in case people want to request this for the next show... You've got corona Just in case anyone wants some we have it on tap Sean newcomers next on the list from Clinton New York 56665 Dear John and Adam, with today's donation for show 1221 I have finally achieved knighthood accounting attached. Where is he from again?

1:16:02 New York, okay I get the voice. And I started listening some time ago, some years ago after hearing it sounded like it was in Chicago. It sounded like a Chicago guy and after hearing about the no agenda from the podcast formerly known as Unfiltered yes they were... Those guys were good! Sad they're gone They modeled their show out your arch The mistake they made Yes they tried to do video Well that was mistake one Mistake two was they produced. Oh, yeah all in post everything is posted up so this show didn't come out for days We're not for the knowage and it's that took a lot of time that then I'm aware you down Where's it down? Yeah, we're not for the no agenda show ago But then again not everybody has an Adam Curry at the helm. Well thank you for saying that honey It's true We're not for the no agenda to show my current job in an undisclosed area

1:16:59 social media company in the Bay Area. That's one of two or three. in the Bay Area and perpetual state of being surrounded by amygdala swollen sheep. My goodness! Certainly would have driven me insane by now... Wait a minute, so I wouldn't mind in future Sean you know maybe some more anonymous boots on the ground updates is it truly that bad? Is that all there is around you are you by yourself are you the lonesome the lone wolf In the flock of amygdala swollen sheep? Wow, that was good. Yeah he probably is I live in the area thank you for all that you do i respectfully request the title sir

1:17:56 Quits three circuits circuit sir sir sir sir quitty Yes, sir. Quitty sir quitty of Central New York and Southern Adirondacks Wow yeah jingle requests Huntsman Chinese to or chance men Chinese that's true former and he's got the phone oh I'm just saying they ain't that he's got the accounting anyone fomer okay hold on a second i didn't understand Oh, uh... It's FOMA. Give me some FOMA. Where are you? Here we go. That's true. OH MY GOD! WOOOOO! LISTEN TO THAT HORN!!! You've got karma And you wonder why people are confused when they hear our show for the first time. Yes. Alright well I- yeah

1:18:50 The quaver is on here and i thought i had an email from him it made me something for just got lost in the shuffle. Yeah, I don't have anything from him. So I know Eric sent a saying that with that note was MIA I looked I don't have anything now Milton Cuevas came in with 407 I will continue to look and hopefully I'll find it before the end of this During the second donation so well then let me give them just a karma Just in case because our everyone can always use that and I don't know what his 407 number is about some shirts important And I hope we find this note Milton Thank You you've got Karma Baron Horatio of Arabia, 333.99, forgive me this by the way people use this a lot, forgive me podfather for I have sinned not only has it been awhile since I last donated but I feel like I have to let my fellow producer Sir Dave Fubisoto Earl of America's Heartland in Saudi Arabia let him down on February 14th I was in Manamanamana Bahrain

1:19:53 Bahrain in the meetup day and chose not to go to Sherlock Holmes the bar And have been there many times. I live just over the causeway in the Magic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia I chose to celebrate my 59 birthday brunch with my friends leaving sir Dave alone Yeah, that's hold on a second. I just want Was it by rain? Just listen to how sad Sir Dave sounded. This is Sir Dave Earl of America's Heartland in Saudi Arabia, I'm at the Sherlock Holmes pub in Manama, Bahrain for the most marvelous Middle East meetup in Manama Unfortunately, I sit here alone and didn't have any takers today Awwww! I hope you feel really bad about this Yes, I would Yeah

1:20:50 Anyway, not much of a party. My guilt has made it even worse when I heard Sir Dave was all alone in the pub. There you go! I have donated $333.99 for my sins and would hope Dave will plan another meetup and I'll do my best to turn up and make it like a party. Thank you for the best podcasting universe. I continue to enjoy the crazy stuff that The Know Agenda covers and M5M never covers It has been so since episode one and I think my whole worldview is significantly enhanced by my two Sunday listens every week. 10 in the morning! Thank you, Baronet Horatio and your sins have been wiped, my friend... My son

1:21:36 We have a note from the Fugazotto that I'll read at the end of this. The donation never came in, but the note came in so there's some confusion now. Okay? I did dig up the note and maybe should read the note now let me find it. Yeah yeah once you do that. Fugazotto Fugazoto Fugazotto of course big talker I'm like leading up to here it is In the morning, earthlings. First things first, Baronet Horatio of Arabia a loyal citizen of my extended earldom confessed to missing the most marvelous Middle East meetup in Manamana to celebrate his birthday

1:22:14 If it hasn't already been done, can I request a de-douching for him? Yeah of course. You've been de-douched! No problem. I think a birthday celebration certainly trumps a meetup although you can combine them... Mmhmm just saying Especially since we don't know how many we have left because of CORONAVIRUS He wants to die We're all gonna die, you got the de-douching Wait, no no. No that's not what he... Oh you mean we're gonna do Dave Fugazotto? No I don't have those What does he want We're all gonna die and he's the end of deducing you already did to deduce. Oh Given my recent history I request a double dose of travel goat karma in a few days I head off to India for temporary position as a Yanni groupie At an upcoming cage match in Kerala Against his arch enemies is our nemesis John Tesh this stuff going on there man

1:23:12 Also, I will ask around and see if I can locate our one Indian producer. Wow very elusive You'll never find him. I don't even think he listens anymore We had one India when not that there's other Indians around the world One in one Indian producer who would actually donate you was in India? Yeah Yes, yes one yeah That was years ago My main concern is being away for a week and half, and having the Saudi government decide to stop travel into the country. I'm returning via Sri Lanka and it looks like a long walk back to Riyadh! The only other option is to hire myself out to run the bilge pump on a leaky dhow

1:23:59 sailing to Yemen, then join a camel train hauling brass coffee pots, frankincense and cat across the empty quarter. It all sounds terribly exotic but I'm reasonably sure it would suck! And you have to deal with the questions next time you come back to USA that's a sure fire way to get SSS on your boarding pass. Come on goat karma keep those airports open So he needs a... We're all gonna die. We're all gonna die in a go-kart. You've got karma! There you go. So that matches well, okay? We keep these superstars in the family happy. Yes. So receipts comes up at $333 and 33 cents it and jingles at the beginning as you see those

1:24:57 Today I surpassed a halfway point to knighthood even though my alias was sir seat sitter long before. I discovered the best podcast in universe the feeling of stolen valor Due to having sir at the beginning of my username keeps me donating so soon, I shall be Sir Sir see oh he's not actually a knight He just know that's his name Good fooled me It's like one hour cleaners. Yes, indeed! He'll be Sir Seat Sitter. Okay So he'll be Sir Seat Sitter I got carried away making jingles mixes and songs that are a bit long for the show sometimes so follow me on Twitter at SirSeatSitter For full versions of the No Agenda songs and mixes that only get partially played on the show

1:25:44 I'd be remiss if i didn't call out K-Bob Stevenson, Noah Beams and Logan Quallops as douchebags. You need three douche bags for these guys. There we go! I would call out Seth Emmers as a douchebag but...I'm pretty sure he hates the show. Let's call him a douche bag anyway. He's probably the only real douche bag. I need some jingle making karma and some preventative F cancer karma for myself and all those who need it. I don't think I have cancer, but I smoke too many cigarettes and I leave my cell phone in my pocket way too often. It's radiating my balls! For jingles can I get a JCD? Radiating My Balls Alex Jones is real and that's true. That's true! Crackpot when Joe Rogan inevitably be inevitable

1:26:42 Crackpot, when Joe Rogan inevitably invites you back on JRE due to you being the pot father, please bring buzzkill with you. Huh? There's 33 more years of the best podcast in universe boom I don't think that well, I mean, I don't think that would be a good show We are we are so uncomfortable in real life together That's no good because we're we don't want to ruin the show now get into a fight No, we don't get any fights. We just don't really know what to do I mean, you really do reckon people have looked when you were here for the wedding. People looked at us and went are you sure? You actually do that show together to you guys like we're so uncomfortable It's like this magical wall of microphone and headphones is very very handy Well, we've actually decided did to eliminate one of the elements of radio Which is a good one But I mean when I was working with Leo a lot it was available to me then which his visual cues to the other guy Yeah

1:27:42 No, we're beyond that. We got some kind of telepathy. We have magical cues from Reggie. But the visual cues are very handy! With my Tourette's you'd be like what? What do you want? Oh yeah... Here we go. Never work with animals, children and Tourette's guys that is that your show business tip for the day. It's electrifying my balls! IT'S REAL! IT'S REAL! IT'S REAL! That's true. You've got karma. There you go

CHAPTER 20 / 44 Discussion

John Vogel, The Trouble Film and Independent Distribution

Producer John Vogel, now dubbed Sir John Vogel of the Shameless Plug, promoted his independent feature film, The Trouble. The film is a spaghetti western crime thriller set in the South Bronx and was produced without Hollywood influence. It is currently available for streaming on Amazon Prime and Tubi, serving as an example of successful independent distribution.

john vogel· the trouble· amazon prime· independent film· south bronx

1:28:26 Bernet Ho-Gee-Hung. No, no you're missing Bob Deegens. There we go! Bob Degens. Bob Degens in Grrr... Gore. Gore. Bob Dagens in Hore Netherlands. See once you get... I know you're able to do the grr It's just shortened. It's a ba-up-deh-fence in ghor. In ghor? Yeah, very sexy yeah G-O-O-R for those taking notes Yes But apparently it is pronounced hore Hore And ghore... ghore? Ghor is also an adjective and when someone will say that is really disgusting you'd say dat is ghor

1:29:22 Interestingly. Dat is gore! Dat is gore, man! Excellent you're nailing it. Greetings Crackpot and Buzzkill I've been a long time listener without your donations so this magical episode I'd like to donate a magic number and ask for some baby making karma from my beautiful wife and I Please continue the awesome value you are providing the best to both of you and everyone in the no agenda family regards bob from the beautiful region. Twente in the east of the Netherlands. Yeah, Twente, the Tukkers we call them They're really nice people these are the salt-of-the-earth Dutch people who live in in Twente and Apparently we can help them out with a little bit of baby making karma happy to do that you've got karma

1:30:15 Now we got baronet hoji hung yes, and he sent a note in of course. This is really a problematic I didn't get it to Eric I did but it got lost you know It was the names aren't don't match But luckily I found the notes my Senate donation to via PayPal thought it would show me Allowed me to add a note, but I used one of the links and the newsletter. I didn't snow that he missed it Is what happened? What are you saying? He sent a note He says that he sent a note on PayPal, but he didn't see the note to put it. He tried to. Okay. In other words... Okay. So you should get a donation for $330. Yeah okay we got it. The email matches my baronet name Ho Ji Hung and he actually has an email I apologize for any confusion thanks

1:31:04 It doesn't really have any desire for anything. It says, thanks Ho Chi Hung aka John H Barron at Mong Kok Hong Kong spending these days stateside to avoid the bat eaters and Wuhan flu. The bat eaters? What that doesn't happen in Hong Kong Oh, they do. The Cantonese in Hong Kong eat everything. They chomp and they're chomping the bats. Well that's what he's saying... No, no, he's probably referring to the Hongkongers for the bat-eaters. Ah okay good! Okay onward. Well thank you very much Baronet Ho Chi Hung

1:31:42 John Vogel in Bronx. Oh, yeah this is the guy I was talking about okay got it Yeah 312 21 with this donation and accompanying executive producership I finally take my seat at the roundtable to know agenda nights and days like to bring no key and Kosher wine to the round table nice I like it well they have the attention of the what kind of which kosher manischewitz When I have the attention of the Value for Value Network, I would like to plug an independent feature film that I am a lead actor in. It's called The Trouble and it's a spaghetti western crime thriller set in South Bronx

1:32:19 It's an 84 minute feature film that was self-produced and self finance with any Hollywood MSM influence. Having no marketing budget, we picked up enough awards and good... Oh yes right I remember about this guy a word of mouth to earn a producer distribution deal he's got disre... Wow. Woody Allen's Rainy Day in New York can't get on Netflix or anywhere, Amazon. Can't get a producer deal in the U.S., he has been blackballed by Jeff Bezos Yeah yet the trouble from our very own knight joining the table today has nailed it I can't wait to see this! I'll watch this! This could be the beginning of a massive career which then maybe this is my end

1:33:04 For your cameo! My bit parts. Yeah, man You can be in the director's cut Despite having no marketing budget we picked up enough awards and on and on It is to my knowledge the only feature film starring a No Agenda Knight And it's available streaming on Amazon Prime free for subscribers or Tubi free with ads Okay so this is on Amazon Prime and this will be...and it's called The Trouble So everyone should go check it out. Even so, the douchebags can watch it with a clear conscience. The trailer and more info can be found at TroubleFilm dot com. Hold on a second... hold on a second I'm on to Amazon's As We Speak Let's see... You know what? Go to TroubleFilm dot com. Let's just see what this is There he is! Okay... See now that I told you I've been going to these underground poker games No Limit Texas, hold him. Lemme get- Okay, I can't wait. I'll s- Oh, I'm gonna watch that tonight That's fantastic Congratulations! That's great! I love that

1:34:05 Made it into the system, snuck in backdoored it. Please spread the word if you like to film we rely heavily on word of mouth that you've done I shall duly request the title Sir John Vogel of The Shameless Plug. Now also requests some jobs Carmen hopes a booking another good role. I don't want to send guys Warren could send more and peace to you so here are some stray notes you should either read or not I want to give a big shout out to Sir Cal of Lavender Blossoms Probably helped me with a movie in some way. I recently switched from another brand and LB works much better Hi, it cost less hi. I'm John Vogel you've probably seen me in some of my work like the trouble I Recently switched from a different brand to lavender blossoms

1:34:52 I'm a happy customer. I know you guys hate it when producers specify they don't agree with everything you say, but if there's a growing sense among the younger generations that one should only consume media that matches their ideology for whatever reason millennials in Gen Z may need extra encouragement to seek and support interesting perspectives. They don't always agree...support perspectives they don't always agree with Five or six years ago, I experimented with my podcast Playback Speed to 1.3x. I started getting horrible nightmares every night. This is who you're talking about and when I went to sleep when I turned my playback speed back to one the nightmares stopped that being said i still use a setting

1:35:39 I use the same account to silence and pause it so he still compresses them. Yeah, which i think is...is still a mistake you do whatever you want and I encourage...I encourage the user manipulation but your Adam is a fan of the pause big fan It's very important that lets everything reset let things sink down lets you catch your breath for a second And then we can continue. I am a fan of it, but it's okay! I enjoy anyone being able to mangle it any way they want that's fine of course Thank you John and I will be giving a review of the movie on the next show

1:36:22 And also by the way humor sometimes requires pauses Jack Benny of course being a premier example of guy who could use them But sometimes you need to be, you know You need to say something where you need to drop something in and he has to be timed a certain way and that Sometimes it requires a pause or sometimes a long pause. There's sometimes a long pause is funny And so you just taking all that out at the show? It's it's okay It's a minor insult. Okay, there goes my role but right so much for your bit part Alright anyway onward though did she have some karma requests as requested? Hey he's getting it you've got karma Yes, I'm sorry. He actually needed jobs jobs Jobs and jobs let's vote for John

CHAPTER 21 / 44 Discussion

Oakland Meetup, Sucker Babies and Relationship Karma

Dame Sarah Rupert shared her story of finding a partner and having a baby after ten years of requesting "relationship karma" on the show. She attended the Oakland meetup with her six-month-old daughter, whom the hosts described as a "sucker baby" due to her calm demeanor. Rupert is now organizing a North Bay meetup at the Russian River Brewery in Santa Rosa.

oakland· meetup· relationship karma· human resources· sonoma county

1:37:19 So next time let's just say Dame Sarah Rupert who was just recently married has a baby and she was at the Oakland meetup. Oh, okay And it says and the baby was there and everybody even when she left you talked about this baby and Tell us about this baby What was what wasn't the bait was like this second only? almost perfect sucker baby that's been to one of these meetups. We had a sucker baby show up at, I think it was some Chicano fan had a baby at the thing. It was same thing. This baby was a girl, perfect beautiful, calm good looking.

1:38:03 Every sort of thing a baby should be. It was just, it was like what I... and we talked after she left, you know that's a baby! That is a good looking baby Those are the ones that once they hit two they become terrorists Well not necessarily but when they're little babies Mimi always calls them sucker babies And a sucker baby is a baby that you bring out in public and other women and even guys go, oh, that's all I want one of those. Did you guys bring Theodorable? Yeah, he showed up. Did he take the L train? The adorable was there. Did you get a picture of The Adorable with the sucker baby? No I did not have the sucker baby but just the adorable. Touching cones or anything like that no. It could've been fisting ya know. John... Well you know what i mean Richard Bill Bobham. Fist bump. Fist bumping! So uh

1:39:01 Yes she was there the sucker baby and there was an interesting meet up i do want to tell when we had one woman there who was. I think she wasn't she was a woman at work for a quango of some sort and people should look into that add, She had she was that she was a girlfriend of a guy. That's a real fan of the show But she's not so much and this is all you know, I think he brought her there and she did Look at the group picture. She's not she's not gonna show her face but she is a classic and I spotted her as like oh I've seen this type before and which course would really ignore just saying it tape tape and It's the type of words go pretty

1:39:46 with very little makeup, if any. But pretty which is always a good thing. Kind of frizzy hair and look which looks like she should be squinting her eyes when she looks at you but you can see the thought bubble in her head as she's looking at you with this kind of virtual squinty eyes looking at you and the thought bubble says men! Oh, oh Okay Yeah and not to insult her or her boyfriend where I won't mention She it would be the type to convince him to get a vasectomy in his 20s. Yes. Okay story done All right, and she was gonna tap bastard I just thought I'd throw that in there so but Dame Sarah did write a note in and

1:40:44 Go right to it. Good morning from former Baroness Sarah Bradley now in need of a name change She needs to be uh, needs to be put on the list for a name change Okay, just baroness. Yeah Sarah Rupert You got it this donation is a special thank you for the no agenda community for helping me Make my repeated requests of relationship karma work It really took a long time, nearly 10 years and now I finally met the right person. At 45, I was afraid it was too late for me but with my no agenda karma i'm now married to love of my life and have had the best little human resource six month old baby Violet. Nice! And she's how old?

1:41:25 Six months no no dame sarah was forty five. No god bless you girl nice Yeah, she looks like she's about 36 okay good maybe 32 very young looking good skin yeah Goodskin actually I've been listening since episode one. Sorry about that. The Noah Jenner Show has been there for me all these years to support the InfoSainment, keeping my amygdala small and for the karma. My donation requests is relationship karma to be given to all of the producers that are listening and need it now like I did! Also, I'm the protectorate of Sonoma County and like to add it to Napa County because as they now live in both spots, I'm bi-valid. Right?

1:42:11 It's time for a North Bay meetup. I'd really like to see the Santa Rosa and Sebastopol producers, I hear them in the donation segments Russian River Brewery home of Pliny the Younger and Elder in Windsor would be a great spot actually it's not in Windsor, it's in Santa Rosa, hopefully some steps Into set up the date time post on meetup page blah blah blah violet and i will come if it's posted in announced but i never seem to get organized enough to do it myself love and light bearing is sarah rupert and baby violet still hitting my husband jonathan in the mouth. Gently and i should mention there say yeah,

1:42:54 There's an operation that Jonathan is part of, which is this giant wine and food dinan de luca. competitor, Dina DeLuca went broke and these guys kind of took over. In fact the place in Santa Elena is Gary's Wine Market and Marketplace or something like that and most of them are in New York and New Jersey and there's one in Napa for some unknown reason and it's interesting place I would say they probably have a lot of good apparently nail out a good wine

CHAPTER 22 / 44 Discussion

South Africa Travel, Dutch Radio History

Producer Mark Menzik reported on his vacation to Cape Town, South Africa, where he encountered the "magic number 33" multiple times. Another producer, Wouter Slooten, reminisced about Adam Curry's 1980s radio career in the Netherlands, specifically the "Curry and Van Inkel" show. Slooten recalled an interview where Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees scolded a young Curry for being disrespectful toward Michael Jackson.

south africa· cape town· rotterdam· curry and van inkel· michael jackson

1:43:29 Yeah, but anyway she's married to this guy and he's like a skeptic about the show already. And she dragged him along to the meetup? No! He didn't show up it was just Violet little baby Violet so we'll see Anyway Relationship Karma for everybody else You've got karma I should probably mention that because of A. The palindrome on the on the show episode Along with, which means we have a lot of donation notes to read. Along with all the meetups on the 29th, the leap day show's gonna go long so if you're an affiliate be on alert You want me to pick up one and alternate a bit? Because these are long Yeah! Go Mark Menzik $233.33

1:44:24 Jingles, Sanders on the President AOC who's ready for the revolution you pigs in human clothing goat karma for all Trump Pelosi jobs karma from my daughter-in-law Brittany I was compelled to donate after I was hit in the mouth with a couple of 33 during a vacation with my smoking hot wife and Cape Town South Africa huh we wandered into a random restaurant in the harbor area and sat at a random table that happened to be Table number 33. While later while sightseeing I noticed a sign displaying all of the cities in the world on the thirty-third degree south longitude line including Cape Town Finally when the latest newsletter explained the 1 2 2 1 palindrome and hidden 33, I knew I could no longer ignore these signs and I must donate!

1:45:10 The 23333 represents the two 33s I saw in Cape Town. One final observation, my wife and I spent two weeks in South Africa in Joe Berg Johannesburg but I guess that's what you call it if you're in the hood Joe Berg so they call it on a day or there to Joe Berg on a safari and in Cape Town during that entire time we tuned out all new sources In fact, we did not turn on any TVs And Maya Migla has never been smaller or healthier Very good. Is that the end of the note? I think that's the end of the note, isn't it? Yes Yes in a Trump Pelosi jobs karma. I'm the president of United States. I have all of the power Jobs jobs jobs jobs and jobs Karma

1:46:04 Next on the list is Wouter Slooten. Wouter Sloten? Wouter Sloten! Yes, close. But he's in Denmark 233 sounds like a Dutch name I think he is This my first donation since the two of you started accompanying me during my daily commute for a little more than a year ago Uh, de-douching would be appreciated. You've been de-douched! No jingles but a little goat Carmen ever heard I'm a Dutch civil engineer living the American dream in Denmark Well we know that's where people according to Pete was it Pete Buttigieg you said that people live the American dream in Denmark more than America? Yeah yeah yes nice did you know

1:46:51 Pete is actually Maltese? Yes, we've been over this. Okay Antidepressants, Aquavit and blonde shield maidens all around. It's the love of a king or the life of the King. This is to live I tell you John as the other producers have stated earlier Adam used to be a big cultural hero for Gen Xers like myself growing up in Holland in the 80s key phrase used to be hmm Has been what an actual hero? Hello! I'm the has-been cultural hero

1:47:27 Friday evenings around driving around in Rotterdam the Curry and Van Inkle show has always been playing on the car radio. And boy do I miss this even to this day have difficulties as to when my weekend actually starts without the official curry and Van Inkle The weekend has started jingle you have it? No, I know how it goes met the beacon for the deer honey. I'm at the beacon something like that Okay, okay If you can get it to be great and on one of the previous shows You mentioned your interviews with musicians on the Dutch national TV while drinking milk? Mm-hmm. I think one of your first big interviews were done Johnson. You're probably

1:48:06 around 20 years old and I remember how proud i was on your behalf. Oh that's right, that's right! I remember that, that's true. Finally we had a Dutch show host who could actually have a conversation in English without that terrible Dutch accent What are you talking about, Wouter? Wouter what you talking about boy. When you thanked him for the interview I remember him saying something like hey this was a good interview Adam you also had the Bee Gees in The Countdown Show at one time where he pissed off Barry Gibbs by asking how much it was to work with Whacko Jocko

1:48:44 Do you remember that? Yeah, I do. He turned to you and answered well i can tell you that Mr Michael Jackson is a very good friend and deserves respect And let me tell you something hear now believe later That one moment in time changed my attitude forever And I thought, you know it's so easy to call famous people names. Now let's just forget this show for a moment. Let's forget this show! Forget the show for a moment but when and i really like that uh The Gibb Brothers

1:49:21 Of course, the only one left is Barry now. And I was young, 19-20 years old and he flipped his head to say yeah you know Mr Michael Jackson to you basically and I remember feeling so small and so stupid for trying to be a cool hip DJ it taught me a big lesson and so I appreciate that well I should mention That calling, you know using nicknames and being disrespectful. Trump for example makes a habit of it I think it's more... You can use the checkbox, it's okay after you're 50 years old. When you're 20... It's not cool! If you were 15 and said something like that it would be like yeah whatever. And when you are my age in the 60s plus

1:50:16 Wow, you just got free pass. Yes of course do whatever do as you like old man who cares? All right are we uh I want to thank the two of you continues he wants to thank the two Of us for a great show and following up on a discussion had a while back i would like To conclude with the following i'd like to taste a good swiss cheese is determined by The holes it's the pauses in your dialogue oops whoa this This is good the pauses in your dialogue that proofs That proves the quality of the best podcast in the universe Best regards. Wienerling Hilsen, so he says like good Swiss cheese is determined by the holes the pauses in our dialogue prove the quality mm-hmm thank you I will take that to my grave sir thank you and he wanted a goat I think a karma of goadage here we go. You've got karma. Dankjewel Wouter. Leuk. Heul leuk. Krapig

CHAPTER 23 / 44 Discussion

Vaping Industry, New Tobacco Regulations

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that seeks to regulate the vaping industry under the same strict guidelines as traditional tobacco. The legislation includes mandates for "photorealistic" graphic warnings on packaging, which some studies suggest can paradoxically increase product appeal. The bill also targets synthetic nicotine, despite its lack of tobacco-derived components.

vaping· tobacco regulation· nicotine· propaganda· juul

1:51:11 Joseph Goss in Wilmington, Delaware $229 and all he says is purple 313 Okay, okay Eric Noyan knew I think this house pronounces the Vietnamese name Nguyen 228 20 Richardson Texas Hi John and Adam, thank you for your hard work. I want to give a shout out to my friend Sir Chaotic Mask for hitting me in the mouth half year ago. Ever since that moment i've been hooked listening every show for the past six months. I deserve a douchebag callout for not donating sooner!

1:51:53 Yeah, I always question that. A proper donation and a de-douching is long overdue but just in time for my 29th birthday on February 28 of 22820. I also want to thank you uh give him the deduction. I'd also like to thank you, Ann for your media deconstruction especially for your coverage of the vape wars in recent times. I work in the vaping industry and have been seeing the trends come and go but the past few months have had a profound effect on the industry and the capitulation of Juul, the THC cartridge scare

1:52:29 and sweeping new regulations. I look forward to the inevitable knighthood as i make regular donations for the value model please accept these jingle requests Pelosi and Trump jobs, Al Sharpton resists we much little girl shut up slave China is a-hole it's true and goat karma Eric from Richardson, Texas. Yeah I'd just like to add some content to this because i would have brought it up otherwise anyway there's now a bill that has been passed in the house and still has to pass the Senate but the president already said he will veto it and it lumps in the vaping industry with new tobacco regulations and is very negative it completely compares

1:53:14 e-cigarettes and vaping to tobacco products, which is no comparison. They even go so far as to say that they have regulations for synthetic nicotine, not even nicotine derived from tobacco. So there are a bunch of jimokes who are doing that I think it's a fine cessation product also they're putting regulations on that look like they want to kind of capture the vaporizer inhaling methodology I'm not quite sure where that is, but the point i wanted to say is that they are now going to do something that we learned is counterproductive and we learned this years ago when i was still living in the UK. They're now going to mandate all tobacco products just like the UK and EU have pictures on it of horrible lungs and hearts and bleeding crap

1:54:07 And what we've learned, and I remember we made quite a study of this is that actually makes people want to smoke more. Believe it or not you remember? We had the daredevil man your daredevil It has a very odd effect of pulling people towards the product But here's the thing that it may be different What they're doing here. It's not going to be pictures. You'll be photo realistic images So they're actually going to draw, if you will, creating graphics horrible looking lungs and say that's what your lungs will look like if you use this product. It is a type of propaganda that I find very interesting coming from the government itself and I hope the president vetoes it because its ridiculous what they are trying to do to people. People want to kill themselves let them do whatever they want

1:55:00 But to then employ photoshoppers to make it look horrible and not even from a real picture? Interesting. Here are your jingles! Jacob Schlachter is next on the list from Fairview, Texas. It could be Schlater pronounced that way. 22787, nice note, long time listener first time donor currently listening to the podcast on my 33rd birthday and enjoying every minute request a de-douching an old jobs karma. You've been de-douche jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs

CHAPTER 24 / 44 Discussion

Dubai Airport, Coronavirus Hub Concerns

An anonymous producer raised concerns about Dubai International Airport acting as a major hub for the spread of COVID-19 due to its high volume of transit traffic from Iran. Terminal 2 specifically services regional flights from affected areas, while Terminals 1 and 3 handle international connections to the U.S. and Europe. The economic impact of potential travel restrictions in the Emirates remains a significant concern for global trade.

dubai· iran· coronavirus· terminal 2· aviation

1:56:01 And I'll grab anonymous here, 222.22 regarding the spread of the coronavirus considering the spread of it amongst the higher levels of government in Iran i would be concerned about Dubai as a hub for spreading it. I lived and traveled the region for many years The Dubai airport has a regional terminal that services Iran as well as many other countries in the region, many with a lot of expats from the EU and Asia. There's also a considerable number of USA OGA, Other Government Agencies people that transition through that terminal entering exiting the region

1:56:38 Considering the amount of third world traffic that enters Dubai through Terminal 2 and then leaves the region via terminals 1 & 3, I think there would be cause for concern. Not to mention the economic impact worldwide from local seaways being shut down if they are spread within the Emirates The majority population is just there for work and lives in cramped quarters. Yes anonymous, however we will be talking about this once we get through all the donations I don't think you have to be that worried but thank you very much for your support of the best podcast in the universe on a priest er 221 did he send us a note or is that just I have it? Okay good Hello pod fathers

1:57:18 I have sent my donation for show 1221 through PayPal, a small token of my appreciation of your great work. As by the, actually I wish you could have this and read it in a Dutch voice. Small token of my appreciation to your great work as by the Mueller reports omission surely the best podcast in universe happy to send you The Brothers of Karamazov to read out on Sunday's show last Thursday show left me troubled Certainly, the Frog 24 account of the extinction level of the skiing industry in the Alps to investigate

1:58:06 Snowmageddon in person. I bullied my human resources and my smoking hot better half in the car, in Gitmo Nation plus 31 and made my way to Austria also on John's behest I must go...I must go yes on John's behest a must-go country for lovers of the outdoors it is beautiful place! I am pleased to report that the death of the winter sport at least in this part of The Alps is highly exaggerated More snow than you can eat and I may leave with some for people who wish to visit the country after me The region where I am in is just north of the Italian region of Lombardia And so hopefully we can get locked up in quarantine here for an extra two weeks. Oh Okay, get your pencil out By the way this donation propels me to knighthood. Oh okay

1:59:02 I also donated Julian Nauss's as Dame Drive. Gee really likes that Noah Jenner meetup report The title, I would like... aspire to is Sir Lather of Indecision Okay For the roundtable please serve me a case of Corona and a shock-tal vlamitz Hold on V-L-A-M-E-T-J-E-S Case of Corona and a what? Spell it. S-C-H O-T-E-L, shotel. Mmhmm. Vlamet's v-l-a-m-e-t J-E-S Is that some sort of fish? VLA and then... And the whole thing is this. Vlamets met road naus Yeah just spell it. V L A M E T G E J-E-S Yeah and the next word? Met, M-E-T Road R-D-E

2:00:06 Yes, sauce. That's a US What is it? Schotel flammetjes met rode saus. Come on! Yeah, that's what I said It's...it's uh... It's a very Dutch thing. Yeah look forward to John reading the letter. Yeah the later. The latter Very funny glad you put us through this. Roter schans okay whatever. For Jingles i'd like the special helping of 33 is the magic number yeah John's fist of nuts. Oh brother, you don't really have that and a karma Thanks again for all the value for value gave it the show from the show special thanks to Dame Jennifer For ANA best of luck animated no agenda best of luck with this week's JRE another program I look forward to okay anyone

CHAPTER 25 / 44 Discussion

Expressive Voting, Mike Schwab Book

Author Mike Schwab introduced his book, Expressive Voting, which proposes alternatives to the current U.S. two-party system. Schwab advocates for unranked approval voting, allowing voters to select multiple candidates without ranking them. He argues this method would reduce the influence of primaries, eliminate the "spoiler effect," and discourage negative campaigning.

mike schwab· expressive voting· approval voting· election reform· two-party system

2:00:56 Keep up doing your sanitation media declassification and the invaluable amygdala trimming. Okay, then just a regular karma? Well... 33! That's the magic number! You've got karma Mike Schwab from Brooklyn 212.12 and he says I put a two in the middle of my donation and the show number to suggest that the two-party system is in the center of many of the problems we are discussed, that are discussed on this show

2:01:40 In my book, Expressive Voting I explore several ways to reduce the two-partiness of the system we use to run elections. The main idea is to vote for as many people as you want with no ranking this would reduce the role of primaries and introduce a lot of independent variables that candidates could learn from it would also deflect the spoiler effect and change the role of negative campaigning in campaign finance Ranked choice is more famous at the moment, but I prefer unranked approval voting. The book is available on Kindle and Apple. I'd love some feedback from No Agenda producers. Also for those who love numerology and karma feel free to try out a project I helped with at Life Elevated

2:02:20 Life prayers get a birth card reading from the deck of playing cards then check the readings for your friends and role models Have a great experience on Rogan and thanks for bringing us so much show to look forward to every dang week at jangles for jangles Jingles for Biden's big day gay gay bath houses could not find it. I don't know what that is I'm gonna give you the whole load while we're underwater. We're doomed Mike Schwab the boy in Bushwick Brooklyn Do you know what? The gay gay bath house is jingle is never heard of it. I'm gonna give me the whole load today You've got where'd that come from, but I had it

CHAPTER 26 / 44 Discussion

Three Mile Island Meetup, Austin Hipster Migration

Producers held a meetup near the Three Mile Island nuclear site, featuring a diverse group of attendees. Meanwhile, a producer from Fort Worth announced her departure from Austin, Texas, citing the city's transformation by "campers and hipsters." The segment also touched on the sociological impact of the workplace communication tool Slack, describing it as "pavlovian slave-oriented groupware."

three mile island· austin· hipsters· slack· joe rogan

2:03:08 Wow, I don't remember. I don't either but we had it did you look up gay gay maybe find something many variations? Yes nothing bath houses bath nothing take this one too Matthew Weaver, 202.02 requesting AIM and fist bump John and Adam the second ever No Agenda Three Mile Island meetup wanted to chip in for an associate executive producership of course this happened just days before the official pronouncement on episode 1220 that this shall not be done anyways We didn't have any water or blankets, so here's your cash. Another great time was had near the banks of the Sasquahan River The highlight was definitely the appearance of Brendan F all the way from Connecticut Wow! On a mission to endure diversity in all meetings in the Northeast US Is that Brendan our token black who is running around? Is that what going on?

2:04:05 That's fantastic. Thank you for your courage sir 737 photo and audio report sent via email to Adam and John yes, I have that for the For the for the meetup segment and we'll throw in a karma for you three mile islanders You've got karma something different Okay, almost as a this is one of the meetup guys at Jim Van Beveren and Concord was there $201 and he dropped off it check with a note No agenda is the best podcast in universe but watching animated no agenda has made the show even better I used to listen Oh by the way. He's got two jingles lined up. I'll tell you what they are Listened to that train and little girl yay, okay?

2:04:57 I used to listen to the show and visualize you in your respective studios based on photos. I'd seen not any longer After watching animated no agenda, I see you guys as cartoon figures in a cartoon world What an improvement? Agreed Your media deconstruction simplifies and clarifies the m5m now I have a simple vision to accompany my Simple understanding keep up the good work PS. I forgot to mail the check in jail. Yes, it's checks dated January 10th

2:05:35 I hope it's still good. Jim Van Beveren, yes anyway thank you Jim and thank You Jennifer Buchanan for always for the fantastic animated no agenda go to animated no agenda on YouTube subscribe if you haven't already done that You've got karma Anushka Wardee from Lafayette, California. Oh this is for you But I'll read hey John last time I donated were shortly after an Oakland meetup you called me out Where were you? I planned to show up yesterday but was on a winning streak playing mahjong So I couldn't leave love the love the show catch you next time

2:06:21 It's true. When you're on a winning streak of mahjong, you just can't leave it's like bad form I guess Yeah Well we got other meetups coming up maybe she'll show up i wont recognize her Who? Heather Isaacs next on the list for it worth Texas $200 She writes Can I get a de-douching so my smoking hot boyfriend can stop threatening to call me out as a douchebag Done You've been de-douched Done I am cutting my financial ties to Austin, Texas and selling my home so that i can escape the campers and the hipsters that have taken over my beloved home. I've lived in Austin for 10 years by the way TBD which is worse for ATX...I'm not sure what that means

2:07:13 Oh, to be determined when she's gonna leave. I have lived in Austin for 10 years and while i have some great times I'm running away for multiple reasons mostly that the city I fell in love with has changed drastically and Cleveland Ohio is pretty good! Well hold on a sec It's okay, Heather. I understand however i will stay here and fight back! I will fight the hipsters! I will push them back in their place. I think it's still worth a try to save Austin Anyways... Jingle request gonna get a pretty good it's true real estate buying and selling karma for me and my boyfriend thanks

2:07:56 Thanks, shining a light on the M5M. Epstein didn't kill himself and neither will Blago! Thanks Heather I think that sounds pretty good That's true You've got karma Also from the Oakland Meetup And by the way there is a note that came in from our producer of The Meetup She works for Slack Yeah, she's one of the slags. She dropped off stickers for everybody. Oh wait this was Heather? Is it Heather yeah oh my goodness I wish i was there. I have so many questions. I think that as much as I despise it and think it's very damaging...I believe that slack

2:08:48 despite what Andrew Horowitz thinks, is the groupware of this generation. I think it will continue to grow and be a very successful company there's no lack of demand for the demand of Slack It's very interesting how people come into companies and they expect Slack to be there. And i think it's a long-term winner We actually had a something of it, of a conversation about slack. Jennifer, Jennifer Chang not Heather. Oh I'm sorry

2:09:24 We had a long conversation about Slack and its implications, and how many people have the special ring that comes with it. It makes some sort of noise. And sociologically in all the families or the people that are working in the company that require Slack they're always bitching about their phones on the phones all the time I'm in agreement with Andrew, but i'm an agreement with you. It is it is Pav- Slack specifically is pavlovian slave oriented groupware Yes And that and that's better than better than zoom and all that other stuff Yeah, I don't know what her position is at the company She dropped a lot of stickers so she gave me a slack bag

2:10:13 Wow, you are such a lucky man. I may put that on...I got more stuff to sell! Oh yeah you sold the Frisbee? You sold your Bob Frisbee? Sold the Bob Frisbee and got other things to sell. We'll hopefully get to it in this show otherwise we have to wait This show will end on Monday if we don't continue. Onward, onward We're just, a lot of the commentaries in this segment. This is the last donation is Ron Pepper who was at the meetup and he sent a note on very interesting paper accounting via email please oh yeah okay get your pen out sorry. Please write me Sir Pepperazzi. He may be listed there because I thought I sent that to Eric. Yes he is, sir pepperazzi's listed. And just the jobs karma for my photography business

2:11:05 Panorama Network, all one word. panoramanetwork.com Also just back from Mexico so he also dropped in an extra 25 bucks by dropping off 500 pesos which I didn't account for because I'm just gonna put it in not gonna do anything with it. I think you'll like the photos from Mexico at instagram.com rpepper slash rpepper So there's photographs for everybody. That's it, he doesn't have any requests so he is good Wow well these are an extensive list of executive producers and associate executive producers of clearly an important episode 1221 the palindrome to end all palindromes thank you so much for doing this it also makes me feel

2:11:58 I'm really excited to go to Joe Rogan, be appearing on Super Tuesday. Actually leaving tomorrow gonna take my time and I'm staying at the airport you know I'm taking...I'm getting like you now John old and curmudgeonly like you know this This is the best place to say it's at the airport. And just all of this... Because you don't have the hassle of going anywhere! Exactly, but all of this support is incredibly encouraging and I feel on top of the world people thank you and Please take these titles seriously because they are, they're completely accepted wherever credits are recognized. So you can say that you were an executive producer or associate executive producer of no agenda so 1,221 thank you for your courage and if for those so inclined please support us for our next show which will be on Thursday the big super Tuesday review show. Devorak dot org slash N A Can't wait remember 3-3 Our formula is this

CHAPTER 27 / 44 Discussion

New England Journal of Medicine, COVID-19 Fatality Rates

An article in the New England Journal of Medicine, co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci, suggests that the COVID-19 fatality rate may be lower than 1% when accounting for asymptomatic cases. This would make the clinical consequences more comparable to a severe seasonal influenza rather than SARS or MERS. The lack of widespread testing kits in the U.S. has made it difficult to establish an accurate denominator for the infection rate.

anthony fauci· covid-19· mortality rate· influenza· testing kits

2:12:59 We go out, we hit people in the mouth. Words, order Shut up, slave! Alright Kung Flu, Kung Flu It's really, I'm gonna give the most important piece of information right up front. This is going to be a big spoiler and I posted this but this is from the New England Journal of Medicine which as far as I know is a reputable source Is it a reputable source that we can see? Yes yes okay So when people read this they're not just gonna say ah conspiracy theory! Not like The New York Times no

2:13:47 This is written by Anthony S. or written and researched by Anthony S Fauci, Dr. Fauci, Clifford Lane and Robert R Redfield these are people who have been around in the business for a very long time I'm... The most important paragraph of this i am going to read for you Because this is the problem that I'm seeing with the numbers. And the numbers is the mortality or fatality rate which people are throwing out there, and the fatality rate is based upon number of cases who have it and number of people who die

2:14:32 Now, unfortunately there seems to be a problem with testing kits. Some of the testing kits don't actually work as a kit you have to draw blood to do it so we really don't know how many people are actually infected I could be infected right now and not know it I may or may not get symptoms but I'm certainly not counted because no one knows it this is a little different than severe influenza which has different symptoms and that's much more is known throughout decades and decades of witnessing this. So it's very easy to say, oh it has a 2% fatality rate! Well yeah that's with the people we have tested now

2:15:16 And I should mention that as JC pointed out, and I think I mentioned the last show to get tested. If you're like here and I want to get tested, the fee is $3,000 in the insurance companies won't pick it up. Yes, and so this really doesn't...this skews our numbers. And I'm actually very tired of people telling me that I'm not taking this seriously or you know send me all this stuff to look at let's just look at it and I think we've always taken the New England Journal of Medicine seriously We don't take a lot of things seriously but with this we have

2:15:56 So I'll read you the most important paragraph. On the basis of a case definition requiring a diagnosis of pneumonia, that's what people die from or not, The currently reported case fatality rate is approximately 2%. In another article in The Journal Guan et al. report mortality of 1.4% amongst 1099 patients with laboratory confirmed COVID-19, so that's an official they got almost 1100 people and they got one point four percent of those people dying these patients had a wide spectrum of disease severity

2:16:32 If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, that's what I just said. So I may have no symptoms or i'm feeling just a little uneasy, I'm not reporting it, I'm not going to the emergency room, not going to my doctor... if that is the case, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%. This suggests that the overall clinical consequences, which I believe to mean death of COVID-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza, which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%, or a pandemic influenza similar to those in 57 and 68 rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS which have had case fatality rates of 9% to 10% and 36% respectively

2:17:32 So this confirms what we have been suspecting and from all the reports we've received that this really is not a big deal. It is a media big deal for a number of reasons, and I have a few things to back up all assertions here. The first thing is Sanjay Gupta who literally agrees with what is being said here but this guy doesn't agree with it in real life, but he's saying the following. Do we have the means to test everyone? I don't think we do and i think that this has been a glaring problem to be candid you know again look at other countries around the world including Korea they have the testing they've been doing the testing up to thousands of tests today We know that some of the original tests kits were sent out to what are called POC point-of-care locations

2:18:22 were flawed for various reasons. They didn't have the right control, they didn't have the right reagents whatever it might be but I think you know the numbers change a little bit but maybe only seven different hospitals and locations around the country where you can actually get this testing done and look anecdotally i talked to my friends in the medical community and they say hey there's patients who Maybe fitting the criteria here. They weren't necessarily in China, but they were in Korea they fly back They're sick they go to the doctor They say I should be tested there told no you don't fit the criteria and by the way we don't have the test anyways Anyway overstate what the hell did you hear him? The doctor said anyways nice good anyways No You don't fit the criteria and by the way We don't have the tests anyways

2:19:08 I don't want to overstate this, but the concern is from a public health standpoint readiness really one of the first criteria is surveillance. And it's not clear to me right now that we have had adequate surveillance in this country over the last several weeks to really get an idea how significant this coronavirus outbreak is here in this country We could be missing people Okay, no you are missing people. You're missing lots of people and therefore this magical two some people throwing around three percent is completely unproven not scientific not based on actual data that you have so if we can't test it you can't be throwing these numbers out and this was in exchange

CHAPTER 28 / 44 Discussion

Sanjay Gupta, Trump Press Conference Misinterpretation

CNN's Sanjay Gupta was criticized for his interpretation of Donald Trump's comments regarding the flu and coronavirus. Gupta claimed the President did not understand that COVID-19 is significantly more deadly than the flu, despite the President's ambiguous phrasing during the press conference. The exchange highlighted the media's tendency to frame administrative responses as incompetent without seeking clarification.

sanjay gupta· cnn· donald trump· flu mortality· media bias

2:19:48 that took place during the press conference with Sanjay Gupta and actually it was Scott Adams who brought this to my attention. I'm still not sure i agree with Scott Adams but the Sanjay Gupta definitely wanted to interpret something the president said, the way he wanted to interpreted. I'm not so sure that he got it right but for sure there should have been some clarification before you went off reporting that the president is complete nut job. There were many times of the President expressed surprise about certainly the severity of the flu. He kept saying that this was news to him, he didn't know how serious the flu was and man if you watch a lot of TV you'd think that one would have come up but here's... Can you believe this smug woman? He watches a lot of TV! Really?! That's okay. And he didn't know how serious the flu was

2:20:42 He watches a lot of TV, you'd think that one would have come up. But here's your exchange with him. We don't know exactly. And the flu is higher than that, the flu is much higher than that. But this is spreading or it's going to spread maybe within communities. That's an expectation. Does that worry you? Because we're ready for it. Now before we continue with this clip of Sanjay back at home base how did you John how did you interpret what the president said when he said it's much higher

2:21:24 He said that the flu is much higher, but it could have been the flu is much higher in number of cases. It could have been the flu's much higher than 0.01% that he said. So it was implying that the flu cases were either much higher or that the right value of the flu is much higher but not much higher than coronavirus just much higher than whatever Gupta was saying to 0.1% higher than what you're talking about because we're ready for What did you take away from that exchange Sanjay? Well, I mean there are a few things. First of all the president earlier was talking about the similarities between this coronavirus and the flu in terms of how it spreads and there are similarities though these are both very contagious pathogens

2:22:12 I think there's two things that really surprised me. One is that, like you point out we've been talking about the fact that flu does kill tens of thousands of people every year and apparently he didn't know that up until right before this briefing He was told this apparently by Dr Fauci right ahead of time But also in the midst of our exchange all of a sudden he said well no flu mortality rates are higher than coronavirus Did you hear that John? No, I didn't hear that at all. Well that's how Dr Sanjay Gupta is interpreting that! I didn't hear it either! This is the way Dimension B people interpret everything wrong Let's just listen to one more time. Flu has a fatality ratio of about 0.1% Correct. This has a fatality ratio somewhere between 2 and 3%.

2:22:59 Given that we think we don't know exactly And the flu is higher than that the flow is much higher than this spreading. It's gonna spread maybe within communities That's it may expectation Does that does that worry you because I see no worries even though because we're ready for so again Here's what Gupta interprets all of a sudden he said well, No flu mortality rates are are higher than coronavirus. I don't know... He never said that's not what he said, he did not say flu rates are higher than corona. You never used the word coronavirus this i could listen to it the second time and see the misinterpretation being there and nobody asked for clarification and then you make the assumption that that's what he is saying? This very common yes

2:23:45 But when you're talking, when you're scaring people on television it's not such a good idea. They should have at least asked for some clarification before... That would have been smart. Let's finish that up. He said well no flu mortality rates are higher than coronavirus. No he didn't! I don't know why he said that, where he got that it's not true but here is the concern if you have two transmissible pathogens flu and coronavirus they're both pretty transmissible flu mortality rates are about 0.1% so .1 percent of the people who get an infection with the flu will die in it

2:24:22 With coronavirus so far, the largest studies show the numbers closer to 2%. That's a 20-fold difference. So if you have the same transmissibility but one is twenty times more lethal it is clear why public health officials are concerned about this and I guess I was a little worried in an effort to sort of reassure people. I'm not sure that President understood that particular point at least than our exchange. It's a big deal Sanjay And that struck me as incredibly worrisome. It's dangerous if the president doesn't understand the coronavirus is 20 times more deadly than the flu. You see, they're just now they're just making stuff up so we already reviewed. They don't really have the mortality rate. We don't have a lot of second. Can does anyone have a calculator there? Because if the flu was point oh one is what they said right

2:25:19 20 times is point two not to know that's I don't think you're correct on that John. I'm totally correct on this It's point it's 0.1 not oh .01 is oh point one You sure, it's all point one or not point Oh one. No, it's oh point one Why would they just say point one then? Not OPA? I don't think so I think they said point go back to the good go back to the original clip and To goop does with the president that clip? Yeah, where they say where they drop these numbers out. Okay. Sorry here we go Did you hear it in the beginning yeah I said point one okay

CHAPTER 29 / 44 Discussion

Washington State Death, Dr. Drew on Media Panic

Conflicting reports emerged regarding the first U.S. COVID-19 death in Washington State, with the President identifying the victim as a woman while local officials identified him as a man. Dr. Drew Pinsky criticized the press for overreacting and creating a "panic," noting that thousands die annually from influenza and homelessness without similar media scrutiny. He urged the public to follow CDC guidelines rather than sensationalized news reports.

washington state· dr. drew pinsky· media panic· homelessness· influenza

2:26:02 So they're doing the math correct, but they're doing it based on no information. They don't have the test they don't know so it's very simple Very easy to say well we have this many people who've gone to the hospital this many people have died That's what its got to be But you can't compare that to two decades of understanding influenza and when people show up, so I find it irresponsible Irresponsible. It's just more anti- I said this to Mimi, I said it's just you know anti... Anything that can do to pound Trump is good And so there's a lot of he doesn't know what he's talking about, stupid. This was an interesting little Trump rotation. This was an interesting little controversy here is we had one person die in Washington state. Here's the president talking about it at this moment where we have 22 patients in the United States currently that have coronavirus unfortunately one person passed away overnight who's a wonderful woman

2:27:00 medically high-risk patient in her late 50s. Wonderful woman and now we go to CBS Washington State public health officials gave new details in an afternoon press conference about the circumstances that led to the man's death The person who died was a patient at Evergreen Hospital who had underlying health conditions it was a male, in his fifties So when I hear this, i'm like okay is the president lying? Is he stupid?! and a release from the governor of Washington referred to, our hearts go out to his family and friends. The president then said that it was a woman in her 50s. The governor of Washington's press release has been changed to make reference to there so we are unclear but we do not have confirmation, we're trying to get confirmation but we do know that the first US citizen has died

2:28:08 I still don't know if it was a man or woman, but this just goes to show you how stupid everything is. Dr Drew are we overreacting? Yes yes. I'm hearing this from doctors left and right! And we're not over reacting the press is over reacting and makes me furious. You're the press. The press should not be reporting medical stories as though they know how to report them. Yeah, Dr. Drew is really irked about this. know how to tell that we're actually having a pandemic because everything is an emergency. People that are infectious disease specialists, the CDC, the epidemiologists need to take this very seriously. The press needs to shut up because you're more likely to die of influenza right now." However I'm not trying to go against you but i have a question it has now beat SARS in terms

2:29:10 fatalities, 362 and they're saying it spreads. But its fatality rate is still lower. Right but they're saying it spreads fast. It's a mild illness! It spreads all over the place and it's only out of these 17 thousand documented infected I bet there are hundreds of thousands of cases 300 deaths. Okay And always in immune compromised people always in people that are at risk for these sorts of things if they get a severe viral respiratory infection whether it's flu or corona or whatever All of these can hurt people who are compromised They can. The rest of us need to wash our hands carefully, get our influenza vaccines listen to the CDC if there's a problem they will let us know this. He made it very clear that 5000 people just in the last two weeks have died from the flu here in America alone are we panicked about that? Three people died on the streets of Los Angeles this morning from homelessness were coronavirus People freaked out right Why aren't we putting our parties in the right place It's the press

CHAPTER 30 / 44 Discussion

Tim Cook, Apple Share Repurchase Strategy

Apple CEO Tim Cook addressed the short-term market volatility caused by the coronavirus, stating that the company remains focused on long-term value. Cook noted that the lower stock price provides an opportunity for Apple to execute its planned share repurchase program more effectively. Despite manufacturing disruptions in China, Cook expressed optimism about the company's future growth.

tim cook· apple· stock market· share repurchase· china manufacturing

2:30:03 Yes, the press and there's reasons for this and there's beneficial reasons. This was just something could not be it could be something maybe I'm just reading too far into a Tim Cook was interviewed by think it was CNBC And of course because China is where all their stuff is made, the issues came up. Also the stock price. The stock market obviously is reacting and Apple has been down in the past few weeks for someone that creates value inside America's largest company do you think there's value that investors are missing?

2:30:40 Well, my perspective of it. I don't really focus on the short-term gyrations of the market. For me and with the way we run the company We work to the long term and I see no long term difference between what was happening four weeks ago versus what's happening today The market takes time to recognize that And so forth then it'll do what its gonna do and I'm the last person to be able to predict it But I would, you know for me. I look through that look through the noise and Concentrate on the future and the future looks very bright You might be able to get Apple at a discount out of 15% discount We are a buyer right we have a share repurchase planned And so yes this might be an opportunity to maybe up the ante

2:31:30 those sharing purchases for Apple? I don't want to announce anything on the air but everybody knows that we're buying shares and if the stock is lower you buy more shares for the same amount of money. Bonanza this is gonna be a bonanza for these dick wads No, what not? I mean Apple's been as net buyer since Carl icon first got involved in the company couple years ago They've been doing this of course very consistently month after month. Of course of course I still think they're buying high but okay if you think it's a bonanza Can we play the CBS report? This is the yesterday's this is yesterday's and

CHAPTER 31 / 44 Discussion

CBS Breaking News, MERS Comparison

CBS News reported on new travel restrictions for foreign nationals visiting Iran and warnings against travel to Italy and South Korea. The segment included a historical look back at the 2012 MERS outbreak to provide context for the current coronavirus situation. The administration is currently pressuring the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 50 basis points to protect the economy from the outbreak's impact.

cbs news· travel restrictions· iran· mers· coronavirus

2:32:09 update of the coronavirus story from the mainstream media on CBS and I just so we can get a little perspective on what they were with the meat is actually doing breaking news tonight President Trump addressed the nation today announcing the first corona virus death in this country, a patient in Washington State. The president says there's no reason for panic He plans to meet with drug companies on Monday to discuss vaccines. The outbreak has now spread with at least 65 cases across nine states, there have been three new cases today all in Washington State and Wall Street has been infected the Dow lost more than 3500 points this week a 12% drop CBS's Steve Dorsey is at the White House

2:32:54 There's no reason to panic. In an abruptly arranged White House news conference, President Trump tried to reassure the country his administration is taking unprecedented actions to contain the virus It comes after he accused Democrats of trying to weaponize it against him at a South Carolina rally last night This is their new hoax. And today, he doubled down The hoax was used with respect to Democrats and what they were saying It was a hoax what they were saying But the president's critics say HE'S the one putting politics ahead of public health The problem is when you have the highest levels of the Trump administration actively using words like HOAX it sends a very dangerous signal to American people We want folks who take this seriously

2:33:36 Meanwhile, the White House is announcing new travel restrictions on foreign nationals who've recently visited Iran. It's also now telling Americans to avoid traveling to areas in Italy and South Korea most affected by the virus. It certainly not a good situation when you lose travel that's a big part of market But for a period of time we're going to have to do whatever is necessary. Safety, health number one that the markets will take care of themselves." The president also stepped up pressure today on the Fed to cut interest rates and help protect the economy. They're talking 50 basis points! Yeah...

2:34:14 I don't know much about the stock market. I've done some technical day trading, and I see a beautiful double bottom on the SPY and the spider. It's done! We've hit the bottom unless the Pope dies – that is like if he has been holed up in his chambers for the past three days. If the Pope dies, then all bets are off. We can keep that... Yeah he's in a strike zone Keep that mofo alive and we're pretty good Let's compare SARS to coronavirus for a moment Aaron authorities here do not know exactly how or where the man contracted this virus All we know is that a Qatari man is in critical condition with a coronavirus This is the same class of virus

2:34:59 that causes the common cold but also SARS. Now, unlike SARS this virus doesn't just cause severe respiratory illness it also seems to cause kidney failure now fortunately it doesn't seem to spread as quickly as SARS but this is something that medical authorities still are trying to figure out What they do know is that a second patient was diagnosed earlier in June with that same virus. That patient died and what authorities are looking at now is to see whether or not these two patients were in any way connected, how or where these two may have contracted the virus and that will help authorities figure out

2:35:36 whether or not this virus is spreading, or whether it is already much more widespread. Just to show you we've been around a bit... Well that was MERS though, that clip? That clip was from 2012 Yeah that was a MERS! That wasn't SARS No I just wanted to put in there Oh yeah okay Just to show We've been through this We've seen it We've been around the block We got the DVD The tee shirt The bumper sticker Calm down! Calm down people And you're right, it is just more reason to go after the president which I find that's when you talk about life and death even though it's not all that horrible. It's really messed up what the press is doing in fact this is Fauci

CHAPTER 32 / 44 Discussion

Anthony Fauci, Muzzling Allegations Denial

Dr. Anthony Fauci explicitly denied reports that he was being "muzzled" by the Trump administration. He explained that he was asked to "stand down" on a few media appearances to coordinate communication after Vice President Mike Pence took over the task force. Fauci stated he has never been muzzled in his career spanning multiple administrations since Ronald Reagan.

anthony fauci· mike pence· muzzling· white house· media narrative

2:36:27 Who is you know, I'm not a fan of Fauci by the way. The guy owns patents on viruses He's a total douchebag but he's been in In this business for a long time through multiple administrations people trust him So he cancelled several appearances on the Sunday shows and immediately this is what the press does. Thank you Mr President, I'm just going to ask you directly about this with regard to the flow of information from the very beginning we received a lot of criticism regarding that in particular about Dr Anthony Fauci

2:37:03 He is world renowned in contagious diseases and there were reports out there that he was being muzzled. Can you tell us that this widely respected expert, Dr Fauci will have every opportunity to tell us the truth? That's a very dishonest question because he has had that ability to do virtually whatever he's wanted to do. In fact, in fact... He was never muzzled? Okay I think you can speak to that. Very dishonest question but that is okay. Let me clarify it. I have never been muzzled ever and i've been doing this since the administration of Ronald Reagan. I'm not being muzzle by this administration what happened

2:37:50 which was misinterpreted is that we were set up to go on some shows and when the vice president took over, we said let's regroup and figure out how are going to be communicating. So I had just stand down on a couple of shows and resubmit for clearance And when I resubmitted for clearance, I got cleared so i have not been muzzled at all That was real misrepresentation of what happened Yeah well can't wait until the media says he has been co-opted He's been hypnotized by the president. Oh, that yeah, that's good. He's gone off the reservation we can't trust him anymore Fauci is one of them! Yeah this is what they did with Barr

CHAPTER 33 / 44 Discussion

Pet Medication Supply, Handshake Alternatives

The FDA warned that six companies manufacturing pet medications could face supply disruptions due to a reliance on active ingredients from China. In response to the virus, public figures have begun adopting alternatives to handshakes, such as "fist bumps," "knee bumps," or "foot bumps." These anecdotal shifts in social behavior reflect the escalating "fear factor" in the country.

fda· pet medication· china· handshakes· foot bump

2:38:31 And you know, you've reached... Go ahead. No that's very funny that you make that observation because that's exactly what they do. First they accuse the president of something that didn't happen and then they do a dishonest question as he says and then the guy who gets to focus is says hey no nothing happened. Ah! The guy sold out. Sold out. That's the one. He's a multi-millionaire owns patents to multiple vaccines in sellout sure But you know you've reached peak coronavirus when Fox Business News brings you this one. Four-legged furry friends, we're talking about all ourselves were focused on ourselves buying perishables trying to prepare for whatever's going to happen in the next coming months or weeks or so but what about our pets? The FDA is now saying that six out of the 32 companies here in the United States that make active drugs for pets

2:39:26 could be facing supply issues. Why is that? Because they get some of their active ingredients from China, they've already issued just- they're talking about the fact that there could be disruptions There haven't been any disruptions so I don't want to alarm any of our viewers right now Okay! But we know on the CDC- I like it when she's not trying to alarm me by shouting! Website they are warning us to get non-perishable items and to stock up on possibly medication. Now you may have to consider that for your pets given this industry true is worth about 75 billion dollars I'm not sure if we can see it on the screen right now but there's some stocks that pulled up Zotus they're well known in the industry in the United States for animal health, I was just speaking with an investment banker earlier this morning who said he flew down to Texas for a deal He went to go shake the CFO's hand And the CFO refused to shake his hand

2:40:15 something and it wasn't just the CFO, it was one of his colleagues as well. So I feel like the fear factor seems to be escalating a little bit even though we haven't seen this spread yet here in the United States but people are definitely taking precautions especially when it comes to your pets But those anecdotal stories actually are very important. Very important! I know they're anecdotal, but they are important because that's the mood of the country and we need to assess the anxiety level in the country Good stuff Christina, thanks so much indeed Yes cover your kids ears Fuck you Swarni I was watching Kimmel and if, I don't remember the guest. But one of the guests comes out and refused to shake hands or hug. And so Kimmel came up with a fist bump? Yeah

2:41:00 And the guest, no no he said let's do a foot bump. No knee bump! I think it was a foot bump did you watch it? Wasn't that one with Schlesinger but that was their first... It wasn't the one before Schlesinger? Yeah yeah wasn't it Better Call Saul the actor? Yeah that guy and I didn't know if it was a knee bump I thought it was a foot kick Whatever it was stupid! It was totally stupid Come over here or I'll put my tongue in your mouth Well, no I won't do that. But you know what? Just kind of is the idea. You can do that with Rogan Now one other thing I want all producers to pay attention too

CHAPTER 34 / 44 Discussion

Coronavirus Spending Bill, Patriot Act Reauthorization

Lawmakers are negotiating an 8.5 billion dollar coronavirus spending bill, which critics fear will be used as a vehicle for "pork" projects. Specifically, there are concerns that the bill will include a quiet reauthorization of the Patriot Act, which is set to expire in mid-March. This tactic of jamming controversial legislation into emergency funding bills is a common practice in Washington.

chuck schumer· spending bill· patriot act· pork barrel· surveillance

2:41:44 We've heard the calls for, the president said two and a half billion dollars which is really only a billion because we already had this money set up. January 29th the President announced his coronavirus panel of experts and if you recall what was the media's response? Do you remember what CNN said about the president's Coronavirus Task Force? Losers! No Look at the picture! Coronavirus task force, another example of Trump administration's lack of diversity. No black people." That's all they can say about it on the 29th of January and the people who are in and on the task force are quite accomplished but of course no one is going to look at that now what you need to look at is Chuck Schumer said no no we need eight-and-a-half billion minimum we need a billion this will all be put together if

2:42:40 the coronavirus spending bill. I was talking to Keeper about this yesterday, she didn't know this and it warrants re-explanation when big bills go through National Defense Authorization Act you know any spending bill there will often be line items in there known as pork which will have zero relation to what is at the topic at hand. So, the National Defense Authorization Act will have something in there for a post office lawn These are all the goodies this is the negotiation that goes on and the smoke-filled rooms to get the bill passed The Patriot Act which has enabled massive spying on United States citizens by the government

2:43:34 is due to expire on March 13th, 12th or 13th. If it's not reauthorized the authorization to spy and many other things within some good but most of them egregious and crap in the Patriot Act will not get reauthorized Pay attention to the coronavirus spending bill. I guarantee you there's going to be some little gotchas in there that'll be jammed through, that will reauthorize some parts of the Patriot Act We've gotta pay attention to that because that's how these a-holes would do it Big fear, oh gotta spend it! Gotta put it through! Gotta do it don't pay any attention and they slip it in

2:44:17 And that should come up any day now. It should be on the house or the floor perhaps this coming week, it should be at least and that is your coronavirus update. You've got Corona. We live another day. Well, all this is going on the big story that what do you think? The big worldwide story is at least I have my opinion

CHAPTER 35 / 44 Discussion

East Africa Locust Plague, Food Security Threat

A massive locust infestation in East Africa, particularly in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia, is threatening the food security of 19 million people. The UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) warned that the locust population could explode 500-fold by June if left unchecked. Despite the severity of the crisis, international donors have only pledged a fraction of the 138 million dollars needed for pesticide spraying.

locusts· kenya· somalia· food security· bill gates

2:45:03 That's not reported at all. We don't care, screw it! Because I see your clips, I know what it is already... I can already line it up. Line it up? It's locusts! In northern Kenya the next generation of locust has already been born but as the plague multiplies and spreads a quicker on the horn of Africa governments hit by violence or lack of supplies are struggling to hold back the tide In a region where 19 million people already go hungry, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization representative to Kenya Dr. Tobias Takavarasha says it is a disaster that eclipses all others. It is a big threat. It is the biggest threat. Much as we say drought is a threat much as we say floods can be a threat but if you are trying to rank them I think their own threat by desert local situation is an unprecedented threat on food security

2:45:58 A single square kilometer swarm can eat as much food in a day as 35,000 people. And the FAO warned last month that left unchecked the number of locusts in East Africa could explode by 500 times by June When eggs hatch, as they have been doing recently in Kenya's Archers Post, the young locust or hoppers are earthbound for two weeks and are more vulnerable to spraying. But this month, Kenya, the region's wealthiest and most stable country ran out of pesticide for about a week-and-a-half leaving residents and farmers to watch helplessly as the crops they count on to feed their families were devoured

2:46:38 Yeah, I have been following this a little bit but only when you turn on Pluto TV will you see this report anywhere. Yeah, this is unbelievably horrible. Nobody's reporting on it. It's good... I mean if i was a news director, yeah? It's good material to horrify people. Videos are fabulous! Let's play part two. It's disturbing because we've never seen anything like this and also when they land on vegetation they eat everything even the grass If this continues they will eat all the vegetation In neighboring Uganda, the military has been deployed. Hand-spraying trees in the morning before locusts take flight. Somalia where the infestation was first reported in December can't provide security to exterminators

2:47:25 Ethiopia needs 500,000 litres of pesticide for the upcoming harvest and planting season. But the country's single pesticide factory is struggling to produce its maximum 200,000 litres as foreign exchange shortages have delayed the purchase of chemicals. The pesticides are available But the pesticides require financial resources before they can be released. The FAO says containing the plague will cost at least $138 million US dollars, so far donors have pledged 52 million. And where's Bill Gates? Where is Bill Gates? All he's writing about it... Yeah if it's 138 million which is a lot of money to kill some bugs

2:48:12 138 million, Bill Gates. You can name him you can name Bezos there's all these guys this is like junk change! Because they're black John they don't care they're racist I know if that's true but it sounds good Let's look at the ten plagues of Egypt of which the locusts is one Water turning to blood. I don't think we have an example of that yet the frogs Ebola Ebola, okay frogs The frogs lice or gnats lice is definitely all over the place Wild animals yeah hmm. No no pestilence of livestock boils thunderstorm hail and fire

2:48:57 There you go. Darkness for three days and death of firstborn babies! We're ahead of the game so far, I think we're doing okay. Yeah sounds good. Doing okay but yeah it's very interesting how Actual news is just pushed away by something that is handy to scare people with and it's done by amateurs. These these news people are amateurs, they don't know what they're doing and they don't care! They don't care! You're incompetent It's like why does anybody read these publications or watch these TV shows? They don't give you anything! There's nothing else Is this... By the way The Lucas story is exciting if you're a news person

2:49:42 No, that's not for these news people. Or it's bad. It has to do with Trump. Yeah gotta have some...Trump Well the only bit here's how I would spin it now Here's how I would spin it let me see if I can do this you would have to be something like Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse the president already ignoring coronavirus Now the heavens above are showing us How scary he is with locusts! I could turn it into a story There's some ways, there are just ways of doing it. The only major other... I got other international stories but i think we need to take a break but i do want to get this one out the way which is the there is an Afghanistan story flow now that this was on... Just a small story! Small one

CHAPTER 36 / 44 Discussion

Afghanistan Peace Agreement, Taliban Withdrawal Deal

The United States signed a peace agreement with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, aiming to end the 19-year war in Afghanistan. The deal outlines a full withdrawal of U.S. troops within 14 months, provided the Taliban severs ties with al-Qaeda and enters power-sharing talks. Skeptics suggest the deal may be focused on maintaining regional drug trade routes and protecting lithium deposits from Chinese influence.

taliban· afghanistan· mike pompeo· peace deal· troop withdrawal

2:50:29 Yeah, we've only been fighting this war for 18 years. But this was actually on CBS so it's not completely... I think it was on Saturday It is not completely ignored by the mainstream but it could have been...I think its a little more important than Trump calling a man a woman The United States today signed an historic peace agreement with the Taliban that could end America's longest war which began after September 11th 2001 MTS Tayyip has the details For a war that started with such fury, the first real step towards ending it was a gentle pen stroke. The agreement signed by the US and Taliban's top negotiators was also quite literally written on the wall. A peace deal nearly 19 years after 9-11 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was there to witness it We recognize America shouldn't fight in perpetuity in the graveyard of empires if we can help Afghans forge peace

2:51:28 We believe that the Afghan people are ready to chart their own course forward. The course forward follows more than a year of tough negotiations, the Trump administration is promising to pull out 5,000 of the roughly 13,000 US troops currently in Afghanistan within 135 days and in 14 months a full withdrawal. The job we've done has been fantastic one in terms terrorists and terrorism, and it's time for our people to start coming home. But only if the Taliban keeps up its side of the bargain which requires it to sever ties with al-Qaeda

2:52:04 and to negotiate power sharing with other Afghan political factions. Not part of the deal? Protecting the rights of women and minorities who were so brutally repressed last time the Taliban was in power, but after a trillion dollars spent and thousands of lives lost few want to see the fighting continue. I hope this really is the beginning... ...of the end. In Fiaz Time CBS News London Yeah did you look at the details of this deal No, I didn't. I did and i think it's a drug deal. Oh, I'm sure of that because we're going to leave 8400 troops there which is kind of what we had before we put in a few more so this and we're going to allow 5000 Taliban to be let out of incarceration

2:52:56 as part of the deal. So I think to me it's like, okay you got your guys to get the drugs and you got us to go ship them back? There is no way we can leave there! We need to continue to ship the drugs. Yeah well were at the drug dealer and also have to protect the lithium from Chinese Exactly And Iran is not happy with any of this Iran is really like they don't like it. They're the one well, they haven't been happy since we first talked to the Taliban Pointed telling us that I think they're the ones that you know killed a few people when there were supposed to go To Camp David and and have the meeting and then Trump blew him off He said out of these wise guys But I think their Ronnie ins did part of that it's a messy part of the world let someone else have it

CHAPTER 37 / 44 Discussion

Producer Credits, Birthday and Job Karma

A final round of producer donations was acknowledged, celebrating the 1221 palindrome episode. The hosts granted "job karma" to several listeners with upcoming interviews and celebrated birthdays for members of the "No Agenda family." The segment reinforced the show's "value for value" model and the personal connection between the hosts and their supporters.

donations· birthday· job karma· 1221· peerage

2:53:41 Yeah, the Turks. There you go. I'm going to show my support by donating to No Agenda. Imagine all the people who could do that! Oh yeah, that'd be fab! Yeah on no agenda in the morning... Oh yeah too few people to thank for a show 1221 starting with Tommy Barnes $122 He's always waiting knighthood sir daddy cast 122 10s Sean Lukaczek 107 51 sir milkman 104 oh one Dodie de Jong is that right? I'm sorry. I'm setting up the next segment. I'm done in a whole different place It said Netherlands Dodi dodie de jong yeah, you're absolutely very good Chris Lavin in San Juan Capistrano

2:54:37 Although, let's say France for us and one Capistrano. I don't know he needs a de-douching You've been de-douched Kirkhampton Fort Worth Texas 8008 Josh Wilson has got a birthday 7777 Donating for his sexy wife Nicole's birthday on three ones put some duck job karma at the end for you Sir Jim Zuckel, 69-69. I haven't heard from him for a while. Sir Chaotic Mass in Dallas Texas, 69-69. Spencer Pearson, 69

2:55:20 And it should be credited to Daris of Omaha, O-ha-ma. Johnnie O., Knight of the Firearms 6666. Michael Locke 6660. Add this some karma for you at the end robert case six oh six and we have to do spank all offer trevor ward's a dirty bag. Do you speak bruh scott richardson new orleans six oh six thomas wood,

2:56:03 60 in Graniteville, South Carolina. And another de-douching? You've been de-douched! Robert Bruckner 5555 Pete Federici 5555 little jobs karma coming for you at the end. Nish... Nick... Nick Secord or Nich... It's Nick Seacord. Nick Secord And he needs a jobs calmer to boost his upcoming interview Wednesday for a new job. He's an aspiring dude named Ben, you bet we'll do that for in a moment 5510 for him Scott of the tall corn and Davenport Iowa 52 33

2:56:52 Steeler Gromali, 50. Now these are following our $50 donor in the name and location. And he also needs a jobs karma for himself and significant others that looking to other ventures and both have interviews on Monday. Yes Steve Steeler Gromal I think it is, Gromal. Oh, Gromal Vladislav Tchetskovich, Tchetskovich I'm guessing. Something like that. Robert Fittler, Mars Pennsylvania. Jeremy Cartwright Rockford Illinois Eric Dutro in Flint Michigan Anonymous Michael Zavala in Concord California He's also says call out to sewer and smoker in the chatroom he is lavish

2:57:43 Don't know and that's it. That's our group as a group of well-wishers And when I also we had a lot of people did donate at 3333 you want to thank them for doing that because that was a tribute to this particular show and These people all produced show 1221, and thanks for all the nice notes in the well wishes for Joe Rogan experience on Tuesday I'm very excited about it. I think it's gonna be a lot of fun. I'm trying not to overthink it And I hope I do justice for all of the producers of this fabulous program. Because you've certainly shown that you have trust in us and we trust that you will think about the next show, which is on Thursday and we always need the continuing support please go to Dvorak dot org slash N A by multiple requests for your interviews and the jobs you want Jobs! Jobs! Jobs and jobs Let's vote for jobs

2:58:37 Nick thought, Karma. Well here we are brand new month and here's what we're looking at birthday wise in our calendar We've got Sir Cum-Size Shaft of the Darby Holler says happy birthday to sir Aaron Yoho celebrating today Eric Nguyen Ning Nguyen, celebrated two days ago on the 28th. Jacob Schalpter celebrates today and Josh Wilson says happy birthday to his smoking hot wife Nicole as she is celebrating today that is March 1st 2020 Happy Birthday everybody from the best podcast in the universe!

CHAPTER 38 / 44 Discussion

Knighthood Ceremony, New Peerage Titles

Five new knights were dubbed into the No Agenda roundtable: Sir Will, Sir Quitty, Sir John Vogel, Sir Pepperazzi, and Sir Lather of Indecision. The ceremony included the traditional granting of symbolic items like "Hookers & Blow" and "Gnocchi & Kosher Wine." New knights were directed to the No Agenda Nation website to claim their rings and sealing wax.

knighthood· peerage· sealing wax· rings· roundtable

2:59:27 One title change on the docket for today. You heard her earlier coming in with a donation Dame Sarah Rupert becomes a baroness today, please bow before the Baroness. Baroness Sarah Rupert thank you very much and congratulations with your upgrade in title it shall be reflected on all peerage maps ITM dot I, uh, itm.im slash itm? No, itm.im... Actually she was just changing her name to Rupert and she always was a baroness It's well, it's still a title change. It's just not an upgrade it's a title change right I understand Then we have let me see and we have a number of nightings and daming's Do we have one two three no? We have nights today? Let's get some blades here There you go. Yeah, that's the big Big longs big long blade

3:00:24 William Hale II, Sean Newcomer John Vogel Ron Pepper Mike Schwab Gentlemen all of you up here on the podium You're about to become Knights of the Noah general roundtable and I pronounce the KV sir will with one L night at the cross cannons Sir Quinty of Central New York and Southern Adirondacks, Sir John Vogel of the Shameless Plug, Sir Pepperazzi and Sir Lather of Indecision. For you gentlemen we have Hookers & Blow, Rent Boys and Chardonnay, A Case Of Corona And Smoked Flammages With Rho De Souse, Cordite & Coronas, Gnocchi & Kosher Wine, Cookies & Vodka, Pepperoni Rolls & Pale Ales, Breast Milk & Pablum, Ginger ale & Gerbils and Mutton & Mead! Thank You for making this episode

3:01:07 special with a lot just jam-packed with everything good stuff here at the roundtable you gentlemen please go to noagendanation.com slash rings and we will ensure that your ring and your sealing wax and everything else that you deserve comes to you as soon as possible, and thank you for supporting Your NO Agenda Show Yes, it's like a party yeah just to jack it all into one show we had a number of meetups on leap day Of course how could you not want to do that and? We received increasingly improved

CHAPTER 39 / 44 Discussion

Global Meetup Reports, Vancouver to Zurich

Meetup reports were played from various locations, including Vancouver, Chicago, Three Mile Island, Kansas City, Zurich, and San Antonio. The Zurich meetup notably featured ten attendees, including a producer from Iran. The Bay Area "troll moot" featured a large gathering of long-time listeners, including "human resource" baby Violet.

vancouver· chicago· zurich· san antonio· bay area

3:01:50 or increasingly improving meetup reports. I'm really liking it people, you're doing much better you're keeping them short some of them appear to be produced which is incredibly appreciated and this of course is not only for people to see each other face-to-face to meet like-minded people who are not triggering as that which is incredibly healthy But it is also your way to feed back into the show, just like the donation segment. So we'll go through these reports The first one is the Vancouver British Columbia meetup. Thanks Adam and John! This is Adam Bowen on location at 12K Club here in Vancouver, Canada with a No Agenda Meet-Up You know not alot of people showed up but the people that did

3:02:31 We're really quality people. It was like a party! That's true Hey, this is Kevin at the Vancouver meetup in the morning Hi it's Adam In the mornin' Hey it's Dean Thanks for healthy amigula It's Al Baron of BC here Just at the Vancouver Meet-Up Hope to see another meet up here in the short future Hey its Laura thanks for the sanity Its Demi In the mornin'! Amen fist bump Isn't that one of the best meet up reports you've ever heard? The best so far. Doing like the outdoor yelling in the wind like Anderson Cooper. That's who it is in Vancouver! Chicago, Illinois And this is Brian and this is us live at the Chicago meetup we are sucking in soot and we are here In the morning! Yeah that's true From Chicago, Illinois to Three Mile Island

3:03:20 Greetings Gitmo Nation from the Three Mile Island Meetup. We'd like to say hi starting with our special guest, Brendan. Hi everybody! Thank you for your courage I went up and down the Northeast looking for another person of color and i found one That'll trigger them all because they hate us Mr 737 and my smoking hot bride Hi I'm token girl Chris Steve here in the morning and it's like a potass This is Chris here sucking in soot here in central PA. Good morning Gitmo Nation, this is Sir Fomgar. Good morning Adam and John! We're just having a great party! Boo-tion! You slay me... Kansas City

3:04:06 Alright, Sir Spencer Wolf of Kansas City here with another KC edition of No Agenda Meetups. Here in the city of Super Bowl champions we're gonna pass it around right now Hello this is Circumspect from Oak Grove Missouri I am officially requesting a name change I'd like to be sir Dick Pound the longest standing member of the no agenda nation thank you shout out to everybody in Omaha Made the one show hour trips down here. Shout out to Pastey, Jordan with an H, douchebags. Damn it can we start over? No! Damn! Messed it up I'm a douchebag anyway. Who are you douchebag? Darius from Lenoma the lower Platte Valley of Ashland. Here ya go. Let's just give it in the morning right? In the morning! From Kansas City to Zurich Switzerland

3:04:59 Greetings from Gitmo Nation Fondue here, Switzerland. We have 10 people here my name is Sir Swiss Senna Black Knight and let's hear from the other ones Hi, this is Cyrus the American virus from Iran. I'm feeling pretty good Hi, this is Phil I have an important announcement to make up there goes the suffer Hi, this is sir Lucas from Munich in the morning ITM here's Sir Philip is out and Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself I TM I am subspace from the Zurich islands

3:05:42 Hi, here's a dude named Stefan. ITM? All together! In the morning! Now that actually... I wish i could be at that meetup. That was fantastic. Zurich 10 people now San Antonio Texas Look, my name is Andrew and I'm having a fantastic time at the No Agenda meetup in San Antonio. Let me be clear...I am Jess and this is the San Antonio Meetup Listen there are good people Good beer Good conversations to be had We need more San Antonio slaves coming out here Y'all have a good time

3:06:20 Have a good one. Hi, I'm an formerly from California now happily at the San Antonio meetup Hello, I am God man. It's the douchebag on the internet And then finally the Bay Area troll moot meet up in California. This is the barrier troll In the morning. The anonymous gay accountant in the morning. At the meetup, it's a morning. In the morning this is Dave from noagendafund.com This is Nancy China is out asshole for the coronavirus. It's KM6TMZ, it's true! Roll Room The Sewer and Hog Story this is lavish In the morning it's Alex 1111 Night Shagong Wu I'm braving the corona-pocalypse for heads on sticks in the morning This is Jim from Conker This is Fairness, Sarah Rupert here with Human Resource Violet IN THE MORNING! This is Adriana my millennials stay woke IT'S A PARTY

3:07:15 Wow, wow. It's like my brain is just blowing up from this Thank you everybody these are fantastic reports very very good well done on the calendar Thursday Michigan local one Friday Winston-Salem North Carolina Oregon local 33 also on Friday and the day of the dude that will be a Friday where is that going to be? Miami, Florida. Meet at Hookah and More If you would like to know more about any meetups go to noagendameetups.com if you don't find something near you it's very simple just put something on the list NoAgendaMeetUps.com Sometimes you wanna go hang out with all the nights and days

3:08:00 Huh! You had a lot of fun at the Oakland moot meetup? It was great. Except it was at Drake's, which is the only drawback I can't believe the food they cook at that place Oh my god! It's just so inedible Really that bad Everything has to be french fries It's like french fries with this on it French fries with that on it Nachos were french fries Nasty Good group though Well...I mean Just listen to these people Who doesn't want to be apart of that

CHAPTER 40 / 44 Discussion

Roman Polanski, Cesar Awards Controversy

The 45th Cesar Awards in France faced a walkout by actress Adele Haenel after Roman Polanski won Best Director. Polanski, a convicted rapist who fled the U.S. in 1977, remains a polarizing figure in the film industry. The entire board of the French Academy resigned in protest, signaling a major shift in the country's cultural response to the Me Too movement.

roman polanski· cesar awards· adele haenel· steven spielberg· me too

3:08:47 I mean, I wanted to be there. There's a couple of them...I want to be all of them! It would be great. We played a little spot the spook? Yes. Oh just for your data points Steven Spielberg has pulled out of the new Indiana Jones movie which is supposed to start filming this summer Steven Spielberg pulled out of the French Academy for the César Awards after Polanski won it. I mean, play this Polanski causes stir clip. Oh interesting! I had a different take on it but good. The renowned French film awards the Césars held their 45th ceremony on Friday evening but they took a dramatic turn when convicted child rapist Roman Polanski won the award for best director

3:09:30 Actress Adele Enel, a figurehead of France's Me Too movement stormed out of the hall shouting shame while she was followed by a few others. A couple hundred protesters rallied outside the venue before the event started calling out The Choice to celebrate Polanski work One activist said that supporting the directors' work stopped victims from coming forward Polanski said this was a public lynching, but he was convicted of raping a 13-year old girl in the US in 1977. He pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and fled the country on the eve of his sentencing. He's faced multiple accusations of rape since then This is the fifth time Polanski has won Best Director at The Cezars But this time the Academy resigned en masse

3:10:13 Two weeks ago, the whole board of the awards stepped down. A general meeting will soon be held to elect a new board which the Academy says will work to implement reforms in modernization." Well this is interesting because it plays into what I was going to inform you of is that Spielberg pulling out of The New Indiana Jones movie is a big deal moreover because it is a Disney film and so we have apparently some very old audio and or videotapes of casting that Spielberg was doing asking very inappropriate questions of child actors. Remember Bob Iger just resigned from Disney there's a lot of pedo stuff circling around these guys. Something going on! Some smells bad, man So i don't know...I don't know what I know but I know a lot of people are like whaaat? He's not gonna direct that? Whaaaat? Sure

CHAPTER 41 / 44 Discussion

SpaceX Starship Explosion, Trader Joe Death

A SpaceX Starship prototype exploded during a pressure test near Brownsville, Texas, late Friday night. In other news, Joe Coulombe, the founder of the Trader Joe's grocery chain, passed away at the age of 89. Coulombe opened the first store in Pasadena in 1967, eventually selling the successful business to the German company Aldi.

spacex· starship· brownsville· trader joe· joe coulombe

3:11:09 You got any more gems like that? Oh, that's the gem of gems. That is pretty good We can just we can go right now you gotta come things just get out of the way these are short okay Let's play the SpaceX rocket blows up so we know that happened a spectacular explosion of a SpaceX rocket The Starship superrocket blew up late Friday night during a test near Brownsville, Texas The rocket designed to ferry crews to the moon and Mars was destroyed. The blast could be heard and felt for miles around Yeah I heard it. I heard it the ground shook Really? No. I didn't even know it until this morning! I have an example of lousy reporting. Oh, okay. Trader Joe has died. Joe Coulomb was 89. He opened his first quirky grocery store in Pasadena California 53 years ago

3:12:10 Now there are more than 500 Trader Joe's in over 40 states. In fact, the way I understood the story is that there were two brothers and they're going to take over this supermarket business in the United States. But then one brother didn't want to sell tobacco products so then he bought Trader Joe's

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Sun Yang, Olympic Doping Ban

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang received an eight-year ban from competition for a 2018 doping test violation, ruling him out of the Tokyo Olympics. The ban followed an incident where Sun's entourage allegedly smashed blood samples with a hammer. The story's lack of coverage in some outlets led to a discussion about Chinese influence in Western media, including their stake in platforms like Reddit.

sun yang· doping· olympics· china· reddit

3:12:46 Because he didn't want to be a part of the Aldi selling tobacco. But yeah, they had a tiff this whole Trader Joe was a hashtag Oh RIP trader Joe I love your place man For years Oh well, oh well Twitter. Now I've got a good story on another underplayed story that nobody's talking about but is it is a jam because you know I think if it wasn't for for coronaviruses would have been played up a little bit China Olympic doping scandal like the Russians! Oh boy... China's three-time Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang expressed his shock at being handed an 8 year ban on Friday for dope test violation that rules him out of the Tokyo Games

3:13:32 and said he would immediately appeal the decision. The Court of Arbitration for Sport earlier accepted an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency against a decision by swimming's governing body to clear Son of wrongdoing for his conduct during a 2018 test. Cass said the eight-year ban was imposed because the 28 year old already had an earlier anti-doping rule violation against him. Sun expressed his anger at the decision, saying in a statement, ''I firmly believe in my innocence, believe that facts must overcome lies.'' The Chinese swimmer is the reigning world and Olympic champion in 200m freestyle and won two gold medals in 2012 and another in 2016 but is also a controversial figure in the sport

3:14:17 At the Rio games, Australian rival Mac Horton accused him of being a drug cheat and refused to share a podium with Son at last year's World Championship whilst the appeal hung over him. As did British swimmer Duncan Scott, who won 200m freestyle bronze. Cass ruled that Sun's World Championship results should remain because he passed doping control before and after the 2018 test when his entourage smashed vials containing blood samples taken out of competition. The Chinese Swimming Association said it deeply regretted the ruling and supported Sun in defending his interests. You know I'm sure this is not being reported but the Chinese own so much

3:14:58 Media, I mean do you know that they own like 15% of reddit? No But why am i not surprised yeah well that explains every let's explain Why they're getting rid of the trump forums or whatever The donald or whatever it is. It explains why there's dicks on our reddit its Chinese Who hate us? I think Well maybe it wouldn't surprise me last story. I want to play as the new Trump has gone back to Radcliffe versus his head of the DNI yeah, DNI. Yeah, DNI Department of National Intelligence whatever is called and then course I'm making a story out of fuss about it ever didn't mainstream media because they don't like you know Trump picks the guys no good cuz let's this play so we can catch up

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John Ratcliffe, DNI Nomination and Intelligence Reform

President Trump re-nominated Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe to serve as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Ratcliffe, a staunch defender of the President during the Russia probe, has pledged to make the 17 U.S. intelligence agencies "entirely apolitical." Critics continue to question his qualifications, while supporters view him as the right person to reform the national security bureaucracy.

john ratcliffe· dni· donald trump· intelligence community· national security

3:15:47 Yeah, I'm just not sure. Intel honcho! Ah that's what i wanted. President Trump so praised John Radcliffe his pick once again to be the nation's top spy all right the guy he cut out because there was they were coming up with some oppo research on him that he had inflated his academic career or something? Yeah, he had some bullshit or something that wasn't necessary. So he took some time to go erase the problem and came in... He pulled a Biden! Catherine Herridge reports he's a controversial choice to lead the nation's 17 intelligence agencies In his first television interview since the announcement Texas Congressman Republican John Radcliffe pushed back against charges he is not qualified to lead the intelligence agencies

3:16:31 I've been handling national security issues as far back as 2005. But critics say you've never held a job in the intelligence community? I think what we have seen is that some of our most experienced intelligence officials have gotten it wrong with respect to important issues. I want you to respond to critics who say President Trump puts loyalty ahead of experience My experience as a U.S. attorney on national security issues, as a legislator almost exclusively in these areas That was important him loyalty, what we've talked about is my loyalty to the Constitution. Radcliffe was a passionate defender of the president during the Russia probe and more recently impeachment he was among the first to flag irregularities in the surveillance of a Trump campaign aide I had a very public role and i demonstrated that I'd been right on some of these most important issues radcliffe was tapped last summer for the job but it once withdrawn after allegations he padded his resume what's changed

3:17:25 I reconsidered because the president asked me, and when the president asks you to do something for your country you look at that. Just because someone in your business accuses you doesn't make it true The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff called him unqualified Can you get through the confirmation process? I think that i'll have the support of all Republicans at the end of the day. I'm going to work hard to convince some of my Democratic colleagues on the other side of aisle Congressman Radcliffe tells CBS News he expects the confirmation process to move quickly. And if confirmed, Radcliffe said one priority is ensuring the intelligence community becomes entirely apolitical Well this is the guy that has to do it This national security bureaucracy which I've named myself stands for NSB Look it up historically

3:18:16 It has to stop. We need these are these this is the problem is these Intel agencies 17 of them He's got he's got to do something about that yeah, well. He's gotta mine too so we'll see yeah I think I thought that I think you was had a mind to before and I saw they rousted him He's the one who withdrew his His Resume and his application. I know what you may be in the he got driven out tonight Yeah, back maybe in the purge of the National Security Council Maybe they got rid of some elements that were bothersome and now it's coming in no no could be Can we call it? I think we're good all right? I think we're very good But we're also at the end of the show and we're also late

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Outro, Joe Rogan Appearance and End-of-Show Mix

The show concluded with a reminder of Adam Curry's upcoming appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience on Super Tuesday. The hosts signed off with their traditional "Adios mofos" and played an end-of-show mix featuring themes of Hillary Clinton's new podcast and various show catchphrases. The next episode was scheduled for the following Thursday to review the Super Tuesday results.

joe rogan· super tuesday· end-of-show mix· hillary clinton· podcast

3:19:01 Eh, what's late? What's late? It does a podcast. There is no match. You got somewhere to go? You've got a job or something? Thank you all very much for listening to our... Oh it'll be three and half hours by the time we're done with our end of show mixes Thanks to Jesse Coyne Nelson Danny Luce Sir Fletcher Conan Salada and sir Seat Sitter For our end-of-show mixes And I, send me calm everybody for the JRE on Tuesday. It'll probably be out on Wednesday. I guess he doesn't stream live anymore

3:19:37 And I look forward to seeing y'all on Thursday. Coming to you from Opportunity Zone 33 here in the frontier of Austin, Texas, FEMA Region Number 6 and all the governmental maps in case you're looking for them In the morning everybody! I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where it's Biden country! I'm John C. Dvorak We return on Thursday right here on No Agenda, noagendastream.com Until then... Adios mofos and such Hillary Clinton is starting a podcast I wonder if she'll talk about the ever-growing Clinton bomb. I'm so happy with her podcast girl, her podcast gonna change the world

3:20:53 Will she talk about Lewinsky's dress? Or will she talk about the Lolita Express? How she kept steaming, nay nay Order recipe for spirit Hot jazz papi for the pot blast in her hair The Hillary Clinton experience just to rip off Joe Rogan right away Alright. Hit this I would appreciate if you would GOAT me

3:21:49 Straight up goat me. So, um... Goat me! Hello? Yeah Here we go With the invention of Sensei Oh that's when it started

3:22:26 Earthquake weather, earthquake, earthquake. Stop! Earthquake weather... STOP MAN! Oh I see what you're saying. Drill the extra hole. I can drill my own damn hole. Drill the extra hole? They would have the equipment to drill a hole precisely. You're using a stupid piece of plastic coffee maker in the motel room. Wow! It sounded time-delighted. It really did. Have you seen it? Computer algorithm failure, great show. Oh just a bunch of dudes. Computer glitch. Whoops. Yeah yeah. Wooo!

3:23:03 Yeah, yeah. Touch each other! Wooo! The human being does want to stay alive. Thank you? Whoops... whoops. It was a little too much ambience for me. What's the option? Sure, well I think that I was told it's gonna be this which is uh got an interview with Dick Pound who is the longest standing member. I'm told what Russia intends and thinks Russia is going to do. And the Japan Times, which has got an interview with Dick Pound. I would jump on. The president is a Russian operative. And the Japan Times, which is a... ...continental standing member? Are you kidding me?!

3:23:46 up with the internet and they came up with the whole idea of stealth technology. I'm gonna do the same thing, it's gonna be the same playbook from 2. Got an interview with Dick Pound is gonna be a member of the Internet. What's the guys name? Sure, well I think that i was told it's gonna be cheesed and if i got an interview with dick pound. I would have jumped on him It is going to be where i'm told what russian kids do. Russian the longer come on day is gonna be where you know are you kidding me? That came up in the internet i mean they put a 2016 playbook of stuff is a russian operative. Gonna do the same thing

3:24:29 There's a pill that I could take not be gay anymore i would have jumped on the deal is gonna be there's a pill or something what russian tends to do that I could take and not be gay anymore, I would've jumped on

3:25:08 The president is a Russian operative and the jippers appeal there's a pill I've got an interview with Dick Pound. I would have jumped on and remember of these internet Russian operatives and the Japan Times And the Japan Time with stick pound who is the longest stick pound? of the Internet what's the guy's name ding number oh And he's the longest compound times which is got an interview with kidding me. I would have jumped on Mofo Dvorak org slash n a how many hours do you have?