Episode 1402 · Thursday, 25 November 2021

Sour Crude

A massive release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve fails to cool the energy market while global leaders navigate supply chain chaos and shifting vaccine definitions.

By The No Agenda Show | 3h 22m listen | 42 chapters
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The No Agenda Show · No. 1402

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President Joe Biden released 50 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in a coordinated effort with India, Japan, and the UK to combat rising energy costs. Despite the historic move, Brent and WTI crude prices surged as market analysts questioned the political timing of the release. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm defended the administration's projections while admitting that predicting fuel costs remains more of an art than a science.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced sharp criticism from the BBC after a bizarre address to the CBI where he imitated engine noises and praised Peppa Pig World. Meanwhile, NASA launched the DART mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 to test asteroid redirection, and the James Webb Space Telescope faces naming controversies involving LGBTQ discrimination during the Truman era. In the legal sphere, the House Select Committee issued subpoenas to Roger Stone and Alex Jones regarding the January 6th Capitol investigation.

Dr. Anthony Fauci introduced the concept of vaccine durability to justify a shift toward a three-dose definition of being fully vaccinated. Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Moderna projected record-breaking annual revenues of $36 billion and $18 billion respectively as global mandates intensify. From the deployment of the Australian Defence Force in the Northern Territory to the Turkish Lira's collapse under President Erdogan, the global landscape remains in a state of high-stakes transition.


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CHAPTER 01 / 42 Discussion

WTBS Superstation Concept, Podcast Holiday Schedule

The hosts open the Thanksgiving broadcast from Texas and Silicon Valley, reflecting on the origins of their holiday production schedule. The strategy is modeled after Ted Turner’s WTBS Superstation, which counter-programmed major network time slots by starting movies five minutes late. This approach ensures content is available when traditional media and Hollywood go on hiatus.

wtbs· superstation· ted turner· holiday broadcast· television hiatus

00:00 Thanksgiving! And broadcasting live from the heart of Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region Number 6. In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where this Thanksgiving's a sunny one. Sunny and clear, I'm John C. DeVorell. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill! In the morning! I kind of had to remind myself why we do this.

00:38 We do what why we work on holidays instead of sleeping in yeah This is wasting time wasting time when the world's spinning is spinning out of control There you go. That's the reason no that's not the reason I remember why we started doing this Yes, I had to think about it. It was based on Ted Turner's WTBS Superstation concept and It was? Yes. I thought we just did it because we had nothing else to do. Listen, I'm telling you the history. I like yours too though, that's probably true. No, if you recall what TBS used to do is, I think it was when the evening

01:27 When the primetime shows came on, basically every single time there was a major time slot on traditional network television such as talk shows, Saturday Night Live or the news. I think really the 10 o'clock news was the big spot. And people would watch the headlines, okay let me see what the headlines are of the news and then WTBS, Superstation WTBS would start a movie five minutes after. Don't you remember that? I really don't. Oh yeah, they may still do that actually. And then from there I think we extrapolated into what is this all of Hollywood and all television goes on hiatus? So we're not gonna do that, we're just gonna show up. And that was of course because we had nothing better to do, obviously. And here we are. Well I feel like, to be honest about it, yes there is that but that holds true for all the shows.

02:25 I think it's annoying, personally, to watch television. They do that over the summer? Yeah. They don't spread themselves out? Yeah. And now they're doing the 10-episode thing where they go and work their asses off for a month? And then like, you know, union teachers, rest of the year they just take it off. Yeah, and I really don't like the fact that you watch you know you regularly watching Well, I do the three by three today. There's a bunch of substitutes that came in on that including Becky Worley and Fly her out to New York during Thanksgiving. We'll go take some time off right it's like it's just annoying to me and

CHAPTER 03 / 42 Discussion

Thanksgiving Menu Alternatives, Turkey Inflation, Family Secrets

Rising costs and transitory inflation lead to a discussion about foregoing turkey for cheaper alternatives like Italian feasts or mac and cheese. One host reveals a family tradition of serving cioppino, a fish soup, because a family member dislikes the smell of turkey. Personal anecdotes regarding turkey-induced heartburn and the quality of heritage versus commercial birds are shared.

turkey· inflation· cioppino· mac and cheese· heartburn

06:56 The priciest item on the menu since this transitory inflation has hit us. And while we are on the topic of something that could be controversial, perhaps forego the turkey. Bear with me. I know that is the staple of the Thanksgiving meal. However, some people think turkey is overrated and so it tends to be the most expensive thing on the table. Maybe you do an Italian feast instead. And I will say this. If you tell everyone you're having a Thanksgiving without turkey, some guests may drop off the list and that's a way to cut costs too. You know what? You just don't invite him, you cheap bastard. Well, what's really interesting is that for almost 14 years on this show, we have finally reached that place where it is so bad that we, on Thanksgiving, we don't have turkey instead!

07:47 You slaves can get used to mac and cheese mac and cheese mac and cheese macaroni and cheese cheddar melted together mac and cheese mac and cheese mac and cheese mac and cheese Hey everybody It's been it was predictive. I'll give away a family secret then the mac and cheese the family the family mac and cheese secret no that says the The offshoot family offshoot the shill family. Also known as the shills. The shills. They don't have turkey for Thanksgiving. Yeah, they have the more traditional Thanksgiving of cioppino.

08:32 What's Chepino? Chepino's a fish soup. No. Wait, that the Indians made for us? It's like boule base, only the Indians used to make Chepino. No, it turns out that D hates turkey. That's D, man. So much. She hates it so much. Really? She refuses to have it anywhere near the house because it's, yeah, maybe it's the stench. I don't know. If you get heritage turkey, it doesn't stink so much. Right. Some turkeys. I love turkey. Some turkeys stink. I love turkey. I do too. I think it's good. That's very funny. I've noticed that as I've gotten older though that I get heartburn from turkey. Huh. Interesting. You're supposed to just get sleepy and pass out.

09:19 You know, I don't think it's just, I don't think the, I think the cheap Foster Farms turkeys are the ones that make you pass out. What do they have in them? Some bennies or something? What's going on there? You know, what do you have to do to fatten them up? Ludes. That's what happened to all the ludes. Hey man, the turkeys took the ludes. The never-ending... That's right, every single Thursday, even on Thanksgiving. John C. DeBoer checks out the Big Three morning shows from the Big Three networks. And, John, what have you been learning today? Well, at first I expected there wasn't going to be much to report because it seemed to me that these guys would be doing just a bunch of Thanksgiving's Day special. Yeah.

10:09 You'd expect so they had live shows though because it isn't the the the Macy's parade is today Which is NBC I guess the NBC has the broadcast rights I don't know because the ABC is the one that cut to the parade at the end of their segment. Oh, okay. There's some Yeah, anyway, I don't go into that but so they so let's start with a today show which is the one that's on the ropes and Wait a minute, it's on the ropes based on... Nobody watches this show. Oh, okay. Makes sense. And what I thought was interesting is that they had... It was an uplifting Thanksgiving show they're gonna do. It was a cancer survivor report on how this cancer survivor meets her Olympic hero. Oh no. Who happens to be the Olympic... Wait, hold on. One, two, three, four, five, six...

CHAPTER 04 / 42 Discussion

Today Show Analysis, Marlo Thomas, Harry Smith

An analysis of the Today Show’s Thanksgiving broadcast highlights a segment featuring a cancer survivor meeting an Olympic trap shooter. The appearance of 83-year-old Marlo Thomas is noted, with observations on her longevity and voice. Reporter Harry Smith is praised for his physical condition and vocal delivery following his move from CBS to NBC in 2015.

today show· nbc· marlo thomas· harry smith· trap shooting

09:19 You know, I don't think it's just, I don't think the, I think the cheap Foster Farms turkeys are the ones that make you pass out. What do they have in them? Some bennies or something? What's going on there? You know, what do you have to do to fatten them up? Ludes. That's what happened to all the ludes. Hey man, the turkeys took the ludes. The never-ending... That's right, every single Thursday, even on Thanksgiving. John C. DeBoer checks out the Big Three morning shows from the Big Three networks. And, John, what have you been learning today? Well, at first I expected there wasn't going to be much to report because it seemed to me that these guys would be doing just a bunch of Thanksgiving's Day special. Yeah.

10:09 You'd expect so they had live shows though because it isn't the the the Macy's parade is today Which is NBC I guess the NBC has the broadcast rights I don't know because the ABC is the one that cut to the parade at the end of their segment. Oh, okay. There's some Yeah, anyway, I don't go into that but so they so let's start with a today show which is the one that's on the ropes and Wait a minute, it's on the ropes based on... Nobody watches this show. Oh, okay. Makes sense. And what I thought was interesting is that they had... It was an uplifting Thanksgiving show they're gonna do. It was a cancer survivor report on how this cancer survivor meets her Olympic hero. Oh no. Who happens to be the Olympic... Wait, hold on. One, two, three, four, five, six...

11:10 There's nine cars today on the Zephyr. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a holiday special report. Breaking news. Alert the boys over at Squawk Box CNBC. We have a nine car Zephyr. Nine car Zephyr. Bitcoin currently at $58,935. Oh my God! Listen to that horn! Things are looking up. So this Olympic hero, she was a trap shooter. This girl is a trap shooter and having shot both traps and skeet, I would recommend skeet. It's a better choice, but she's a trap shooter, which is hard. And then they brought on, they went to the set and then they brought on Marlo Thomas, who had seen her. How does she look? How does she look? She must be 70, 80 by now, almost.

12:08 For 80 she looks good. Yeah, if she's 80 And she's getting a little gravelly voice than this she's fine, but you know it was depressing segment. So who's watching this stuff? It's just Thanksgiving. It's not a day to be watching this but meanwhile they had I thought it was 83 83 oh she looks great for a while. Yeah, she's she's at work. Sure no doubt about it So they had Harry Smith over there and he's doing part of the reporting and Harry Smith who look up Harry Smith's age He's also been around for a long time. Yeah for sure. He looks terrific this guy. He still got the big he's got the pipes He's just the dynamite guy, but he's always just so I've always associated him with CBS Yeah, well, he left CBS for NBC in 2015. I think 2015 he's 70 and

CHAPTER 05 / 42 Discussion

CNBC Personalities, Kelly Evans, Courtney Reagan

CNBC anchor Kelly Evans is evaluated for her news delivery, posture, and facial expressions, with a comparison to the mannerisms of evangelist Robert Tilton. The discussion extends to her credentials as a scholar-athlete and her marriage to reporter Eric Chemi. Additional commentary focuses on Courtney Reagan’s expressiveness and a tangent regarding the physical traits of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.

cnbc· kelly evans· courtney reagan· robert tilton· jennifer granholm

13:05 Well, he's in great shape. He should move Nora out. And I will mention this, since this is a show where we do media deconstruction. The girl that you have to keep an eye on, and I have some clips of her later, they're minor, but is Kelly Evans. Now Kelly Evans was one of the hosts on one of the CNBC fast-talking show. It wasn't, I know it was Fast Money or, fast-talking's the way I call it, they go from person to person. She was on there. She's a- Power lunch, power lunch. Power lunch. She is a beautiful woman.

13:41 And she can present, I never heard her do the news before so she's taking over from Shepard Smith while he goes on hiatus because it's Thanksgiving. I'll bet she's really good. I watch her on CNBC. I don't like the show but I see her come by. She is terrific as a news reader and the thing is about her, besides being, she's got more facial expressions She's got... Hold on, let me just explain to everybody who may be tuning in because someone hit you in the mouth. This is your hearing television production producer talk here. So we talk about the length of her hair, her posture, all the women on CNBC.

14:18 have great posture. Admit that. They all have the straightest backs in the business. They have to have good posture. Yeah, they got great, great posture. Yes. Okay. Now, uh, and she has a, isn't she a lawyer? She's got to be a lawyer. I don't know. It seems like everybody's a lawyer. Co-captain of the women's lacrosse team. Oh yeah. Oh, Hartford, Connecticut. So anyway, so she comes on and the thing about her, there used to be an evangelist on television. You don't see him as much anymore cause he keeps getting busted by the government. named Robert Tilton and he's out of Texas, Dallas I believe. And Tilton, you'd watch him and you'd get, you kind of get hypnotized by the way he did just weird stuff with his lips.

15:00 Kelly does the same thing. Oh really? Her lips, she pronounces words and their lips go into kind of convoluted and you can't keep your eyes off her lips wiggling around in some awkward way and it's like you're just there okay. Here's the question, when she says bye do you then do it? Well for CNBC probably. No wonder there was a bull on that show. So, so she did, and she is more personable. She should immediately, I don't think, you know, they have to move them up slowly, but she should be in how Nora O'Donnell got the job she's got is beyond me compared to this girl. She's got better. She's just more, she just don't mind listening to her forever. And then, and then a cohort. Wait, wait, let me, let me, let me just put some credentials to her.

15:49 graduated magna cum laude from high school oh no not high school George Washington bachelor's degree in business journalism four-time scholar athlete oh my god good for her and she's married to Eric Chemi the sports reporter on CNBC. They probably sit around and watch football. No they go to work together he's also at CNBC oh that's nice Well, the other girl I've always liked at CNBC who's a character called Courtney Reagan, who is just stuck at CNBC. She's a lifer. And they should team the two of them up because when Courtney and Kelly work together, it's actually kind of fun to watch.

16:36 Because Kelly's expressive, but Courtney Reagan is so expressive she's never gonna go anywhere. She is just... She's making more... She is the Emilia Clarke of broadcasting. She's making so many faces. Yeah, but she'll never be on primetime network because of the nose. Her nose is distracting. You know what's weird about that? When I first met her... We're horrible! When I first met her, her nose was not that big. She's got one of those genetic traits where your nose just keeps getting bigger and bigger. There's two kinds of... there's people in the world whose nose just keeps getting bigger and bigger and other people whose ears... Oh my goodness! Who did I see who had huge ears? I didn't realize it. Granholm, the energy secretary.

17:31 It's like she's got saucers on the side of her head. Granholm, yeah. I was pulling some clips today, I'm like, holy crap woman, your ears are so big! Yeah, she probably... there's some people whose ears just keep growing. We have a local wine importer here whose ears are so big now, they're bigger than his head. Sure. Really? Does he have good wine though? All right, let's move on. This is getting creepy. I got distracted. Promoting Kelly Evans while we came. Yes. Okay, that's fine. So they went on to CBS. I'm sorry. That was the that was today's show which had Marlo Marlo Thomas on. So let's cut to CBS.

CHAPTER 06 / 42 Discussion

CBS Morning News, Milk Bar, Christina Tosi

CBS is criticized for a segment promoting Christina Tosi’s children's book, "Every Cake Has a Story," associated with the Milk Bar bakery chain. The hosts mock the interviewer's attempt to find a deep "takeaway" for children in a book about cake. The segment is characterized as a "stretch" by producers to fill airtime during a slow holiday news cycle.

cbs· milk bar· christina tosi· children's books· every cake has a story

18:18 CBS has nothing more than a book promotion for a child's book and they never do a lower third or anything for the writer of the book who is the woman who owns all of the, what's the name of these stores, Cake, I don't even, God didn't write it down. There's some, there's a chain of sweet shops all over New York and elsewhere. And the book is called Every Cake Has a Story. If you look that up and get her name and, Milk Bar's the name of the book. Oh, okay. Yeah. milk bar and every cake has a story is it's a children's book about cakes and yeah cakes it's good so they're trying to stretch this this interview with this woman whose name is never mentioned and so they say they've the interviewers go so what what's the children's takeaway? Cake good! Cake good! Christina Tosi, Christina Tosi

19:19 Yeah, so I'm thinking, why does there have to be a takeaway for children reading a kids book? Well, no, that's a question that someone asked who has no question. I don't know what to ask. I don't know what to ask anymore. Tell me David Bowie, now that I've asked everything I can think of, what's people's takeaway of the album? What's the children's takeaway of the cake? What is the market's takeaway of the interest rate? I mean, that's just a lame-ass question you throw out there because the floor producer is doing stretch, stretch. You know how they do like a stretching silly putty? Stretch, stretch.

19:58 So, what's the takeaway? The author, who really doesn't have a lot to say, says, you are who you are. Oh, deep, deep thoughts. And then he goes on, and there's someone that said, well, that's the secret to life. Okay, so I could hear sets turning off around the country. This is kind of the anti-socialist view of things, I don't know. So that was boring. And so then I, okay, let's go to CBS. Wait, so ABC, I'm sorry to go back. I'm sorry, let's go to ABC. Yeah. That was CBS. CBS had the book review of a children's book. Today had a cancer survivor that uplifted. Oh, another uplifting moment.

CHAPTER 07 / 42 Discussion

Becky Worley, ABC News, QVC Audition

ABC’s Becky Worley is discussed regarding her holiday assignment in New York and her background as a rugby player. Her "Strategic Savings" segment is compared to her previous work ridiculing direct sales products like the ShamWow. One host shares a personal anecdote about auditioning for QVC and failing to secure the job after making an inappropriate joke about a shaving brush.

becky worley· abc news· tech tv· qvc· shamwow

20:40 And so ABC, we go to ABC, there's Becky Worley. Ah, our friend Becky Worley. So Becky's been shipped out of California, leaving her wife, she's married to a woman, leaving her wife and kids, she's got a couple of kids, behind for Thanksgiving. So whoever it is, the other, the dinghy blonde that does deals and steals can take a hiatus. And Becky is now stuck in New York. I believe that they would not have flown out the whole family. I mean, it's possible that she could make that deal happen, but it seems unlikely. She has that kind of juice, but I don't think she would want to.

21:18 Yeah, because you know you're gonna be up early. It doesn't really make sense. How was she looking? I was Becky looking these days. She looks good. Yeah, she always looks good. She's one of the best-looking women on television. Yeah, and she's got the right size head. Yes, a big smile. She's very personable. She's fast with it. So she's got I don't know why she just doesn't move to New York and get a job. And what people don't realize is that she's basically a dude. She's She's very, very funny. Very fast, crude and funny. Okay, so here's the story. This is going to take forever to do this segment. So Becky used to produce over at Tech TV and I knew her pretty well. I still see her once in a while. And she's never more proud than when she'd come in

22:05 And just say, how do I look? And she says, you look fine, you look great, you do. And she says, well, here's what I really look like under all this makeup. And then she'd show pictures of herself because she's a rugby player. Yeah, that's right. I forgot about that. She plays rugby. Yeah. She plays rugby. And so she'd bring us some photos. Check this out. And it was to be a picture of her face. Completely muddied. All black and blue. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just beat up. And I say, what is this? She says, yeah, that's my match over the weekend. Yeah, we had a great time. Yeah, the scrum was awesome. So, OK, that's basically Becky. And good for her. Good for you. She probably doesn't want to live in New York.

22:52 There's obviously some reason because she can move to LA too and probably get work down there. But she does this, I don't know what she does most of the time, but she's good on both sides of the camera. Now, on here, I have the sense of the following. Now, she took over, I think this should have been deals and steals. But no, they had a segment. I turned right, I'm telling you, I flipped right to this. There's Becky with strategic savings. Oh, it's a new kind of strate... Okay, let me guess. Tofurky? No, there was nothing like that. It was mostly like Amazon had their television is going to be on sale for $599. I didn't know they had one. Oh, so it's deals and steals just with a different label.

23:42 Yeah, and also without the codes and without the direct selling. And I think it's like Macy's had a Macy's deal and they had a Target deal. These are all high-end stuff, but there was not direct selling. And I think the following. Becky started off doing these segments on ABC years and years ago, and they essentially took her up, took her idea, ridiculing direct sales operations. Oh, she'd take on the sham wow guy. Remember that? Yes. Yeah. In fact, she gave me a couple of these things. She gets, she picked up like a, I don't know, hundreds of these sham wows and she's giving them to everybody.

24:20 And she would talk about the ShamWow and how it works and if it's any good and it was kind of mediocre. But it was always direct sales ridicule. And I think she decided that she's not going to do direct sales, the kind of direct sales that she used to ridicule. No, of course not. And so they gave her this other thing, strategic. Oh, so they, oh, strategic. So that she, well, the minute you pop up a QR code, you got to pitch it. That's where she walks away, I'm sure. Like, I'm not doing that. QR codes was pitched anyway. You know that I once auditioned for QVC? Oh, you would be perfect. In fact, I thought I was. But it didn't work out. I can't remember if it is because they didn't offer enough or, but it was weird doing that, man. What did they offer?

25:10 Not enough money. I don't remember exactly what it was, but I would have to leave MTV essentially. I'm like, I don't know about this career move. You got to come up with a lot of cash for me to go from Headbangers Ball to the Beaver shaving brush. Which I thought in my audition I said, I love the feel of beaver on my face in the morning. That's probably why you didn't get it. I think that's why I didn't get it. That was my mistake. They said, offer the guy less, he'll never take it. Yeah. Well anyway, so that's my report of the various segments. Yes, long report but of course that's... A lot of inside baseball in there, people need to know, they like to hear this stuff. Well this is how the executives talk about their news models. In this case we discussed at least two, probably three, who are all very highly qualified and highly educated and smart and good at it because I watched all three of them.

26:08 But Becky is my favorite because you know that she's just sitting there and thinking different things. We can see it. We know you're thinking about rugby with the girls. Come on. You don't want to do these deals and steals. Anyway. Well, why don't we talk about the most important thing probably going on in America today as people are talking about gas prices. And this show is uniquely positioned to talk about this topic because I have the clips and you have the knowledge when it comes to oil and strategic reserves etc. So we will start with the president's announcement and I think it's important we do the full minute 20 because he bumbles through it and it's worth listening to what he's trying to say. So today I'm announcing that

27:00 that the largest ever release from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help provide the supply we need as we recover from this pandemic. You know, at that first, you already know that there's behind the stage going, oh crap, I don't know if he can make it through this minute. Oh God, Lord, please help. Well, they only put him up there for 10, so that was a plus. And then he walked right off the stage. Yeah, I thought, I think you pegged it at 12 is the max for him. 12 is more like 15. I think 12 is all he can do before it really gets bad. So anyway, here we go. We need as we recover from this pandemic. In addition, I brought together other nations to contribute to the solution. India, Japan, Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom have agreed to release additional oil from their reserves and China may do more as well. This coordinated action will help us deal with a lack of supply, which in turn helps ease prices.

CHAPTER 08 / 42 Discussion

Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Joe Biden, Oil Market Reactions

President Joe Biden announced the largest-ever release of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve in coordination with India, Japan, and the UK. Despite the announcement intended to lower gas prices, Brent and WTI crude prices rose in market trading. Experts suggest the move is political rather than technical, noting the reserve is intended for emergencies like war or natural disasters.

strategic petroleum reserve· joe biden· brent crude· wti· energy policy

26:08 But Becky is my favorite because you know that she's just sitting there and thinking different things. We can see it. We know you're thinking about rugby with the girls. Come on. You don't want to do these deals and steals. Anyway. Well, why don't we talk about the most important thing probably going on in America today as people are talking about gas prices. And this show is uniquely positioned to talk about this topic because I have the clips and you have the knowledge when it comes to oil and strategic reserves etc. So we will start with the president's announcement and I think it's important we do the full minute 20 because he bumbles through it and it's worth listening to what he's trying to say. So today I'm announcing that

27:00 that the largest ever release from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help provide the supply we need as we recover from this pandemic. You know, at that first, you already know that there's behind the stage going, oh crap, I don't know if he can make it through this minute. Oh God, Lord, please help. Well, they only put him up there for 10, so that was a plus. And then he walked right off the stage. Yeah, I thought, I think you pegged it at 12 is the max for him. 12 is more like 15. I think 12 is all he can do before it really gets bad. So anyway, here we go. We need as we recover from this pandemic. In addition, I brought together other nations to contribute to the solution. India, Japan, Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom have agreed to release additional oil from their reserves and China may do more as well. This coordinated action will help us deal with a lack of supply, which in turn helps ease prices.

27:55 The bottom line, today we're launching a major effort to moderate the price of oil. An effort that will span the globe in its reach and ultimately reach your corner gas station, God willing. God willing. We've worked hard these past few weeks on calls and meetings with foreign leaders, policy makers to put together the building blocks for today's global announcement. And while our combined actions will not solve the problem of high gas prices overnight, it will make a difference. It will take time, but before long you should see the price of gas drop where you fill up your tank. And in the longer term, it will reduce our reliance on oil as we shift to clean energy. But right now, I'll do what needs to be done to reduce the price you pay at the pump.

28:43 from the middle class and working families that are spending much too much and it's a strain. And you're the reason I was sent here to look out for you. That's my favorite. Hey man, you're the reason I was here to look out for you. And here, how am I doing? Before I ask you to weigh in particularly on the strategic petroleum reserve, first, I find it interesting that every president up until this one Not even Obama, I don't think. It was always, we want to reduce our reliance on foreign oil, reduce our reliance on foreign oil. Then we got that done and now it's reduce our reliance on oil. Just oil. We just don't want to have oil. So this clip, Clip Custodian got this for me. This is from NTD Business.

29:33 Tom McNulty talking about the impact of the strategic petroleum reserve release. So joining us is Tom McNulty, energy expert and the managing director of the Houston office of ValueScope. Tom, great to see you. Thanks so much for coming on. It's great to see you. Great to see you. Tom, this new move from the Biden administration to start releasing some of the strategic reserves, I believe the idea was to help ease oil and gas prices. But today on the announcement, we see Brent crude up considerably. What do you think is happening in the markets? WTI is up as well. I think it's you first understand what the SPR is for. It's really for emergencies. And that means war, conflicts.

30:18 blocked canals and also massive storms like Hurricane Katrina. It's not really designed to move gasoline prices. WTI traded up and Brent, a couple of reasons. I think, I mean, it's not a lot in the scheme of things. It might be less than the market was expecting, but really above all, the market is not going to reprice based on this amount of crude. detail in this. I mean, I think it's a lot of heavier, sour crude. I don't know that our refinery complex is set up at this time of year to crack that crude. I think a lot of it will wind up in China and India. I mean, energy is complicated. It's a global market. It's also very physical and very technical. And I think this is

31:06 perhaps more of a political move than a physical technical move. So in 14 years of doing this show I've learned that when stuff is going the opposite direction of intended particularly when it comes to oil we're talking Brent and WTI there's only one man I can turn to you and that's you. What is going on? Well, I'm not sure that his analysis of the nature of the strategic reserves is correct and that it's sour crude. I don't think so. Well, he kind of sounded like he didn't know what the mix was or... And what is sour crude? But why would you save the worst crap in the world, which is sour crude, as a strategic reserve? I don't know. Trump did it. Trump did it. Maybe he thought he was getting a deal.

31:58 Yeah, well, so I don't know about that. But the other part which is noted, was also noted by Horowitz, which is that as soon as he announced the deal, the price of oil went up again. Both the WTI and the Brent, which is two different types of oil. I think it's just a joke and I think the guy's dead right, which is that this is supposed to be used in cases of dire emergencies. That's why we have a batch of it, a bunch of it. You just don't dump it on the market to try to control prices. It's just grandstanding the way I see it. Nothing's gonna come of it. Prices will probably go up.

CHAPTER 09 / 42 Discussion

Jennifer Granholm, Gas Price Predictions, Energy Information Agency

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm faced questioning regarding the impact of the petroleum reserve release on low-income families. Granholm predicted gas prices would drop to $3.19 in December, a claim the hosts find dubious given the time required for refining. The discussion highlights her lack of specific data on daily U.S. oil consumption and her description of energy projection as "more of an art than a science."

jennifer granholm· gas prices· eia· clean energy· opec

32:40 There was a secretary, the energy secretary Granholm, you know the one with the saucers? With the ears. With the saucers. You gotta look at him. Once you see him, it's like holy crap. So she did a little bit of the press thing with Psaki and she got two questions that I wanted to highlight which really just shows you without her having to say it. Lots of people might have seen the clip of her saying, we're in the transition. This is just, I think we might've even played it on the last show. But this kind of lets her tie herself up a little bit more with stupidity. But it's important because she is in fact in charge of energy in the United States. And I'm sure that these types of idiots are all over in every country, in every administration. And it's April Ryan teeing up the question, April Ryan, you know, April Ryan.

33:29 It has to be about poor people. How is this helping poor people? You said your effort is primarily targeting working and low-income families. What do you say to those families who are feeling the pinch right now at the pump? Pinch at the pump? Yeah, no doubt. This is why the president has been really thoughtful about this. You know, we've looked at every angle of what the tools are to him. He feels so strongly that all Americans are feeling the pinch as a result of gasoline at the pumps and short term, we have to do everything in our power and that's why we have the strategic petroleum reserve. But he also feels very strongly that long term, the strategy really is... Hold on a second. There's a tell in there. She has a chuckle tell.

34:16 Is that a chuckle or a nervous reaction? Listen, because it could be the nervous reaction to the lie she just told that this will short, she said short term this will help at the pump. That's what she said. Maybe she's laughing because of that or what comes next. Zoom in, rotate, enhance. We have to do everything in our power and that's why we have the strategic petroleum reserve. But he also feels very strongly that long-term the strategy really is to go clean. I mean... Long-term? Okay, maybe that's it. He feels really strongly, long term, the strategy is... She's laughing right in the middle of strongly. She's laughing because she knows that this clean energy is laughable. To do everything in our power and that's why we have the strategic petroleum reserve. But he also feels very strongly that long term the strategy really is to go clean. I mean right now the price for example of solar and wind... Now she sounds nervous.

35:11 Yeah, well hold on, but see now this is where she starts to mess it up. Now she's gonna get into specifics. Listen to this. That long-term the strategy really is to go clean. I mean right now the price for example of solar and wind is cheaper than in most places in the country because it's free fuel. Okay, so okay let me just let me just make sure we're not conflating everything. Prices at the pump But it's free fuel from solar free. She said free free fuel then then more traditional sources of energy so he wants to bridge that time and it's and Double down on investing in clean while creating jobs, but do what we can within our power to lower the cost today And notice the the term is now just clean. We're investing in clean. What are you doing? I'm investing in clean How do you heat your house clean?

36:06 The clean is kind of the new hip way of saying, or at least she's trying to introduce it, dish head lady. But then... You know, so she told all these lies, which surely she must know that short term this will not affect the prices at the pump. I mean, even if it's just to if it has to get refined or I mean, petroleum is not something you can't just go to the strategic reserve and put it in your tank, right? It's just it has to be refined. No. Yeah. You can't siphon it off. Let me get a little bit of strategic reserve here. No. So she knows that that can't even be true. But then it must have been Peter Doocy from Fox News. So he

36:43 So he came up with a calculation. Well, wait a minute. It's 50 million barrels. You know, that's that's not that much. Thank you Madam Secretary for doing this. There's various figures... Oh no, it's not Ducey, it's someone else. How many barrels of oil does the US consume per day? I don't have that number in front of me. Oh, so she... Right. How many barrels of oil does the US consume on a daily basis? I don't have that information. Can't you get that from Wikipedia? I could look it up right now and have the number in 10 seconds. Okay, nine. No, I'm not doing it. It's a lot. Yeah. Yeah, it seems like something the energy secretary would know if there was a number being released. How much we pump and how much we have. Yes, that's kind of requisite for the job, you think. She should know which refineries are not doing any work. They're down. That's what you do. What else does she have to do? Yeah, just track the dashboard, lady.

37:43 There's various figures about this. I'm curious if you know how many barrels of oil does the US consume per day? I don't have that number in front of me. Some suggest it's about 18 million, which would suggest you're releasing less than three days worth of supply from the petroleum reserve. Why is that enough? Well... Okay, so in case you couldn't hear... So some suggest it's about 80 million barrels a day, which would be your release of 50 million barrels is really for less than three days. How can that be enough to affect the price? What we are doing, plus what other countries may be doing... Humina humina humina humina. You're gonna love this. You're gonna love this tap dance. Which will be less than what we're doing because we have the largest amount of strategic... We got the biggest lady. Yeah, ours is the biggest. Petroleum reserves.

38:35 we believe will be this bridge. I mean, the Energy Information Agency has said, for example, that in December, this is what they have projected. Now again, it's probably more of an art than a science. Projecting is subject to a lot of different volatility. Oh, you mean like COVID? Global warming and vaccine efficacy? That kind of stuff? Yeah, thank you. Global warming's even better. Really? It's more of an art than a science. Oh, well, this is new, Ms. Clean. That were science, science, science. Science? No, no, it's art, art, art! This is what they have projected. Now again, it's probably more of an art than a science projecting is... Wait, what was the name of this agency? I got it. Who are these jimboxers? This clip is unbelievable. Yeah, no, this is scary is what it is.

39:22 we believe will be this bridge. The Energy Information Agency has said, for example, that in December, this is what they have projected. Now again, it's probably more of an art than a science. Projecting is subject to a lot of different volatility. But that in December, the price will be $3.19 a gallon, and then in January, continue to go down. Okay, so she's doing the craziest thing. Why would you ever predict prices down to the penny down to the penny yes the end the US energy a tissue said by December yeah 319 she's giving numbers weeks yeah

40:05 U.S. Energy Information Administration, independent statistics and analysis. Independent, mm-hmm. And right there, Today in Energy posted today, average U.S. gasoline prices are higher this Thanksgiving than any since 2012. Yay. All right, let's go back to the videotape. Volatility, but that in December the price will be $3.19 a gallon and then in January continue to go down. So this is really a question about a short-term strategy. Oh you heard it here, this is supposed to pay off short term. It's not even possible. That allows us to make this bridge. So it's not, we're going to not supply all of the oil for three days obviously. Oh, oh John, it's going to work differently. We're going to spread it out. We want it, we will be releasing it over a period of time.

40:55 It's like OxyContin, it's time released. We will have a certain amount that each particular cavern is releasing. But we're not saying that we're going to be supplying all oil for the country. We're just going to try to do what we can to temper. And it's coming over several weeks then you said? It will be. Well, first of all, we're not going to release it all at once. I love this! She has no idea, does she? She really doesn't know. She doesn't know what she's talking about. She's in over her head. It's great. It will be thoughtfully done over the next... Thoughtfully done? Thoughtfully done! Oh, I thought it was... Science! It's art! Thoughtful art science. Art science. Thoughtfulness. Thoughtfulness.

41:44 How would you invest, thoughtfully? We are not going to release it all at once. It will be thoughtfully done over the next bit of time. Bit of time? Bit of time? What kills me, what kills me, the only thing that made it onto social media of this entire answer was the point where she says, I don't know the price right now. And everyone's like, she doesn't know the price! Christ, look at this clip! It's like if you idiots would listen for five minutes to what this lady is actually saying, it's much more entertaining. First of all, we are not going to release it all at once. It will be thoughtfully done over the next bit of time. And it will be dependent on those who bid. So that takes a little bit of time. Okay, okay. Wait, wait, they're buying this stuff? No, what she's saying is they've got partners, you see.

42:44 They got partners to help them out. You know, like Japan. Yeah, Japan's gonna release their strategic reserves. I'm listening to you just now, it sounds like you're saying the price is gonna hit a certain amount in December and then down into January. Yeah, it'll be over a few weeks. It'll be over... So we're looking at increased prices continuing through the Christmas season. She's gonna hang for this. Well, we're hopeful that this will because it's increasing supply and it's the largest effort ever. We are hopeful that there will be a lid. Hopeful? Although some of this honestly has, there has been movement on oil, the price of per barrel has dropped about 10% since this conversation. Is that true? It went up. I don't know what oil is she looking at? Did any of the oils go down? No, they all went up. She's lying. She said 10%.

43:37 10%? Take a look at that. It's possible it did a dipsy-do, but I don't think it was 10%. A dipsy-do? Well then she should have said dipsy-do for extra points. On oil, the price of per barrel. Has dropped about 10% since this country. I think she means olive oil as station started and was out there So we're hopeful that Prices will be stabilized. Oh start to move down. Oh, we are not saying that there is going to be some dramatic difference But we all she said you said $3.19 in December. That's 18. Let's get it straight I thought she said 19. I think she said 18. Oh

44:18 also are recognizing it. Everybody needs to, I think, be a partner in letting people know that last year was an anomaly because... Wait a minute. Everybody has to be a partner in letting people know. This is interesting talk. We are not saying that there's going to be some dramatic difference but but we also are recognizing it. Everybody needs to, I think, be a partner in letting people know that last year was an anomaly. Wow! Scary stories about the gas price. Get on board, you A-hole! Be a partner. Be a partner in the messaging. Wow, you were so right on that. Dramatic difference, but we also are recognizing it. Everybody needs to, I think, be a partner in letting people know that last year was an anomaly because demand

45:18 during COVID for gasoline was so low that the prices were so low. And when demand is high, the price goes up and demand now has exceeded supply. We are doing our part to make sure that we can alleviate as much of that pain as possible. Well, she's going to eat a lot of that. No doubt. OPEC and Russia are already talking about pausing. pausing production just to jack up the price. They're not gonna- Yeah, that'll do it. They're not gonna stand for this. These guys have been studying this since the 70s how to do this correctly so they don't lose market share. That's so stupid. They know how to do it. That's so stupid. While we're on this topic, we do have to go back to Biden because I would have to say when he left, you know, we talked about the 10 minutes versus 12 minutes versus 15 minutes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It would be up to so long. I had to catch a clip of him

CHAPTER 10 / 42 Discussion

Biden Food Kitchen Visit, C-SPAN Coverage, Arctic Ice

President Biden concluded a press event by stating he was heading to a "food kitchen" to serve meals, drawing criticism for his phrasing and refusal to answer reporter questions. C-SPAN's coverage of the event is analyzed for its framing. Meanwhile, reports indicate a dozen ships are stuck in the Arctic due to early ice freeze, contradicting long-term climate narratives.

joe biden· c-span· arctic ice· cop26· carbon emissions

46:09 Telling us why he had to leave this Oh conference. I don't know if you got this No, no, I'm sorry, it's the eyes Biden ISO Oh I'm heading to a food kitchen to serve meals right now. Thank you for your time and effort a food kitchen That's what he said at the end of his little speech there. And then, after he left, they went nuts because he just walked off the stage, or I should say staggered off the stage. And it's not his gait. He moved left, he moved right, he barely made it out. And then he heard this. I couldn't understand it. What'd he say?

46:58 Well, it was just a bunch of people yelling and then it was very clear at the end. Why won't you answer our questions, sir? Well, he's gotta go to a food kitchen. And so, yeah. But a food kitchen is where he eats. Does he know that I need to go to food kitchen for food? Food kitchen. So I'm thinking about this because the way they left that on the clip at C-SPAN was notable because they used to always do that with Trump. They'd be yelling at him as he left. And one reporter, normally Jonathan Karl, would loudly ask some embarrassing question.

47:36 And so this guy did the same thing and they left it on. And I said, well, that's interesting. So I guess they're trying to balance things a little bit because it's the way they handled Trump. But what was more interesting is when C-SPAN went to the clips you just played from Granholm, who came in right after Biden left, they left the end of the Biden thing on the clip. Huh, so they had Biden staggering off the stage and then they had this little Little thing at the end. Why won't you answer our questions sir? And then they cut the Granholm and and Pisaki so Well, I got the Granholm from C-SPAN. I mean you can't trust anything there's especially if you get a clip where you're laughing your ass off like what an idiot and

48:27 You gotta go look at these things in full context. No, you do. I agree. We try to do that most of the time. It's hard. And if you get the same clip from a whole bunch of people, you can just over... Oh, this is great. You overlook it. And that's where I run into trouble because I'm always like, oh, clip, this is great. So I have to go back to C-SPAN whenever possible just to get as much as I can. So all of this is predicated on climate change, which is going to kill us. Meanwhile, we have about a dozen ships stuck in the Arctic as the ice freeze came early. Oops. Don't think we'll have many stories about that. I did like CNN... No stories, no stories, please. No, no, no. Let me see who published this. It ruins the long-term narrative. We're hurting the people by telling these stories. Yes, this is not good. It only fuels conspiracy theories. We should not be passing this information on. But CNBC did a funny one.

49:22 The COP26 conference set a record for CO2 emissions with air travel the main culprit. So they put the numbers to it. According to estimates, the two-week COP26 summit which ends on Friday will emit about 102,500 tons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of a total average annual emissions for more than 8,000 UK residents. That's a good one. Yeah. Because that won't get much press. No. Well... CNBC is a very small market. No, this is their version of humor. This is like a weekend holiday story. Hey, let's laugh. Let's laugh at what people might get upset about.

CHAPTER 11 / 42 Discussion

David Suzuki, Extinction Rebellion, Michael Crichton

Canadian activist David Suzuki participated in a "funeral for the future" protest in Victoria, organized by Extinction Rebellion. The hosts link the rhetoric of climate emergencies and pipeline threats to Michael Crichton’s book "State of Fear." Speculation is offered regarding Crichton's death following his public skepticism of climate change alarmism.

david suzuki· extinction rebellion· michael crichton· state of fear· climate activism

50:00 But meanwhile, it is, you know, they're starting to ramp it up again. They might as well. I have seen, I have two clips here. Oh yeah, this first one, this is David Suzuki. I don't know if you remember David Suzuki. I think he's like a activist, scientist, you know, millionaire, television type guy. He reminds me of Michikuchu, our nut job over here. Oh, the guy, the string theory guy. Yeah, the string theory guy. So this is David Suzuki and he's in, I think this might have been a protest in Ottawa. He's Canadian and listen to what he says is next. Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Victoria today holding a funeral for the future.

50:52 Protesters marched from Centennial Square to the legislature in what they called a funeral procession. This event comes after the COP26 climate change conference and protesters say the talks fell short. With this funeral for the future, Extinction Rebellion Vancouver Island hopes to bring attention to the climate emergency and are calling on the government to act on it now. Did she say extension rebellion? I think she said extinction. I hope so. With this funeral for the future, extension rebellion? Yeah, she kind of flubs it a little bit. Extinction! Yeah. We would call her into the office and tell her to work on addiction.

51:31 Get get her a coach get a what is it a logo but logo podiatry of logo addiction coach With this funeral for the future extension rebellion Vancouver Island hopes to bring attention to the climate emergency and are calling on the government to act on Now, these two things combine with the elites jetting off to the conference with the clear threat of pipelines are going to blow up.

52:17 That is state of fear. That is Michael Crichton's book right there completely on on message interesting because that's exactly what it was they were there they were going to sabotage an ice sheet and blow it up to have this huge ice sheet, you know move off towards God knows whatever and They were all justifying their private private planes because you know, they're they're helping so many people And of course they had to kill him Michael Crichton Because of that book. I don't know if that's true, but sounds sounds right seems kind of fishy dies shortly thereafter He did pretty quick after it, but then and he was a healthy guy I mean if you look at him, I mean I've seen him interviewed quite a bit. He's kind of I actually tried to get a hold of him for something I was doing Very difficult to get a hold of he's got a bunch of like layers and layers of

CHAPTER 12 / 42 Discussion

Boris Johnson, Peppa Pig World Speech, BBC Takedown

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered a widely criticized speech to the CBI conference where he lost his place for 21 seconds. During the address, Johnson compared himself to Moses, imitated the sound of a petrol engine, and spoke at length about his visit to Peppa Pig World. The BBC’s decision to highlight these gaffes is noted as a significant media shift.

boris johnson· bbc· peppa pig world· electric vehicles· tyneside

53:16 secretaries that won't let you get... Well, he should have had layers and layers of something else. Food tasters or whatever. Food tasters that would do it. So I don't know what happened to Boris Johnson. Well, we know he went into the hospital with COVID, but... It came out a new Boris Johnson. Now, he's gone apeshit. So bad that BBC did a full... I only got like a minute and a half, but did a full takedown of some speech he did Which might have been, you know, I'm sure it was politically connected, you know, whatever, but he's just, I mean, it was what, it's gone insane. He's gone climate insane. These are important and pressing times for British business. Again, this is BBC. And today in the northeast of England, the CBI's annual conference was addressed by the Prime Minister. Good morning, everybody. It's fantastic to be here in Tyneside, one of the big net exporting regions in the whole of the UK.

54:13 It was an orthodox start to the speech, but soon we were into more unusual territory. When presenting his ten-point plan to support businesses going greener, Mr Johnson compared himself to Moses. He also quoted Lenin and then made this pitch for electric cars. EVs may not burble like sucking doves and they may not have that rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr As the Daily Mail noted, Mr Johnson attempted an impression of a traditional petrol engine issuing a series of guttural sounds to confused delegates in South Shields. Mr Johnson also began to list some of the policies he's promoting. With safer streets, with great local schools, with fantastic broadband. But at this point, the Prime Minister lost his place and for 21 long seconds couldn't find it again. I left it in.

55:11 He's glitching No doubt to his relief, Mr Johnson then returned to the script. And before he was finished, he wants to talk about a family day out. Yesterday I went, as we all must, to Peppa Pig World. I don't know if you've been to Peppa Pig World. Who's been to Pansy? I don't know if you've been to Peppa Pig World. Not many hands went up. Peppa Pig World is several hundred kilometres from South Shields. The Prime Minister went on. Peppa Pig World is very much my kind of place.

55:57 It has a very safe streets, discipline in schools, heavy emphasis on new mass transit systems, I noticed. What happened? That was very bizarre. Yeah, I heard part of that. I didn't hear the missing pieces and I just heard about the Peppa Pig. Yeah, yeah. Some sums up. I don't I just I don't know what that was that was really weird. Well, I don't I I think it's probably more Common than not his this whole nuttiness that he's been exhibiting. Oh, yeah, but this was a lot in it But I don't know whatever reason the BBC doing this seems like a big deal that they're gonna take down the prime minister making him look like a buffoon which he had a fine time doing by himself and just Take a lot of work interesting. I thought I

CHAPTER 13 / 42 Discussion

James Webb Space Telescope, NASA, LGBTQ Naming Controversy

NASA is preparing to launch the James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana, a project described as having 300 single points of failure. The telescope faces controversy from the LGBTQ community due to its namesake’s role in the Truman administration’s discrimination against gay employees. The hosts discuss the technical risks of the "origami observatory" which cannot be repaired once in orbit.

nasa· james webb space telescope· hubble· lgbtq· french guiana

57:04 Unless you have anything else on climate change. Oh, let's see what I got. Because it is what's coming next. Actually, that's not true. That's not true. I know what's coming next. Migrants, I got NASA news, which is kind of interesting. Well, yes, let's do that. I have the clip. I have two clips for that. I know exactly what you're talking about. But unless it's not climate change. No, it's not. No, I have got nothing on climate change.

57:42 Uh, well let's do the NASA news for a second. Now to that breaking news. Well there's two things that are going on. They got some, two things that are happening. One, they're setting up a new telescope, which sounds like a fiasco waiting to happen. Do you have a telescope clip? Oh, this telescope. Listen carefully to this telescope clip and tell me that this is not a fiasco waiting to happen. Well, meanwhile, NASA's about to embark on another historic mission, launching a new telescope in the search for life on other planets. Its massive size and capabilities, they say, make the Hubble Space Telescope look like a child's toy.

58:21 The Hubble Space Telescope has been beaming back images, transforming our understanding of the universe for more than 30 years. Now, its successor, a telescope 100 times more powerful, is just weeks away from launch. The James Webb Space Telescope is designed to answer humanity's most existential questions. Are we alone in the universe? And where did that first light in the cosmos come from? I think its greatest discoveries are going to be answers to questions that we have yet to ask or imagine. Webb's deputy project manager, Paul Geither, was hired by NASA 30 years ago to help fix Hubble.

59:02 It was the mechanical version of eye surgery. Endeavour's 11-day fix-it mission in space was to install corrective mirrors so the near-sighted and nearly $2 billion Hubble Space Telescope can do what it's supposed to do, see. But once in space, Webb can't be repaired by astronauts. It'll be too far away, orbiting the Sun at a distance four times farther from Earth than the Moon. The telescope is also so big, about the size of a tennis court, that it can't fit on top of a rocket fully intact. We had to design it so it could be folded up and then unfold in space. So it's the origami observatory. With more than 300 single points of failure, and each one could prove to be fatal to the mission's success. Now the telescope's going to launch no earlier than December 22nd on a European rocket from French Guiana.

59:56 300 points of failure, launching with a European rocket in French Ghana. What could possibly go wrong? What could possibly go wrong? Well, I'll tell you what's going to be sent into the middle of nowhere. This is an incredible problem, this telescope, because they're going to name it the Webb Telescope instead of something new and the LGBT community, LGBTQIAPK+, is very angry because as we all know James Webb was... I have it here. James Webb, influential administrator at NASA during the 60s and 70s, worked in the Truman administration as Undersecretary of State at the time when the department systematically discriminated against gay and lesbian employees. You see,

1:00:51 So, because of that, it cannot be named the Web Telescope, but they're going ahead anyway, which I think dooms it. It is doomed. They should rename it immediately. They're going to get all the bad LGBTQ karma. You also get one bad LGBTQ employee, Nick and a wire. Yeah, anything is possible anything well with 300 points of failure. I mean come on So on Monday and I and I wish I had come up with it Sunday on the show would have been much more impactful But on Monday, I was saying to the keeper what can they do next and that was kind of in context of you know?

CHAPTER 14 / 42 Discussion

DART Mission, Asteroid Redirection, Don’t Look Up

NASA launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to test planetary defense capabilities. The mission aims to crash a spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos to alter its course. This real-world test coincides with the marketing for the Netflix film "Don’t Look Up," starring Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio, which depicts a planet-killing comet.

dart mission· nasa· spacex· elon musk· netflix

1:01:35 the vigilantes, you know, nothing really scares the American public. COVID is no longer scary. And maybe it's, maybe just not the American, but I think everywhere. People are done with being afraid of COVID. People are done with being afraid of terrorism. Because, you know, it just, it doesn't quite pan out the way that the fear was put in. It lasted too long. And, you know, climate change, obviously no one's afraid of that. Wouldn't it be great if we could make people afraid again, and I've always been a fan of project blue beam which would mean Aliens would would come over us and tell us to shape up and the world leaders would say we should all agree and Go ahead with the the new world order based upon what the aliens say yeah I would go along with anything some crazy alien told me to do so I was kind of being on that and then I

1:02:25 And like, yeah, let's have some, how about this? And all of a sudden this pops up. Now to that breaking news overnight, the NASA mission, that sounds something like out of a sci-fi movie, a rocket on its way to crash into an asteroid and try to actually knock it off course. Kaylee Hartung is tracking the latest on this trial run and that's the key. It's a trial run in preparation for a potential threat down the road. Kaylee, good morning. Yeah, good morning Whit. This is a test. I repeat, this is just a test. It's NASA's first ever planetary defense mission and the goal of this crash is to knock this massive asteroid off its path which scientists say could prevent a truly catastrophic natural disaster one day in the case of

1:03:07 and asteroid threatens this planet. So overnight, NASA launching the DART mission. That's short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test. This SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base here in Southern California. And in about 10 months, a spacecraft the size of a vending machine will crash right into an asteroid about 7 million miles away from Earth at a speed of 15,000 miles an hour. Now this mission, it amounts to target practice and the asteroid they're targeting, it's a rock the size of a stadium, 525 feet across. It's called dimorphous and it is not on a collision course with Earth. But after it takes this direct hit, NASA will be tracking it to see if it's knocked ever so slightly off its course. And if this works,

1:03:48 Scientists say this technology could save the world one day, guys. And Kaylee, we appreciate that you reminded us it's only a test. So when it comes to COVID, we had all this pre-programming. We had all this fear stuff that we, you know, outbreak and oh my goodness, Fauci even advised on outbreak. There were many CDC people. We even laughed about that and that came before swine flu. And there's just been countless examples of Hollywood. Now this already harkens back to, oh, don't worry about Bruce Willis isn't on this one. But then,

1:04:26 To solidify the thinking of could we make people very afraid of something, in this case an asteroid or a comet, all of a sudden Netflix comes out with this which is launching December 24th. While you hear some of the sound, I'll tell you the cast. Jennifer Lawrence, Jonah Hill, Meryl Streep, Ron Perlman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Ariana Grande, Tyler Perry. I mean, this is one of the biggest movies ever. It's called Don't Look Up. Oh, good for you. It's headed directly towards Earth. This comment is what we call a planet killer at this exact moment. I say we sit tight and assess Sit tight and assess sit tight and then assess the sit tight part comes first, and you got to digest it That's the assessment period this is not worth anyway, so the the plot of this movie Which is just coincidence with the dart mission the plot of this movie is these two

1:05:29 astrophysicists, they figure out that this comet is going to kill the Earth and when they finally get it up the flagpole far enough, they're in the president's office, that would be Meryl Streep with Jonah Hill, and those guys like, wait a minute, there's trillions of dollars of riches and minerals on these things. And so, you know, I guess hopefully they save the planet, I don't know. But it just seems like one of those things, like we're ready for it. Do you think we could scare the world with a comet? Which would be easy to do video-wise, of course. We've had a million of these. So you're telling me that you've changed your whole, your entire philosophy of life, not to the point where we have a situation with NASA sending this stupid little rocket to knock this asteroid off kilter.

1:06:18 Not the setup for the movie so we can sell more tickets. Well, that was gonna be my second question It seemed that is the second question is what I think right? Well now well notice one thing. There's one twist. There's one twist It's going up on an Elon Musk rocket which and and I noticed that yeah, but okay, so it's on Elon Musk rocket and I think that all these Jamoaks, the Penis Mobile, Bezos' rocket, I don't know if Branson is really a player. I think these guys really all want to go after, because we've heard these stories before, they want to go after the trillions of dollars of minerals on the asteroid. I think that's what this is about. I think that's what this is about and now Elon Musk is going to go and do it.

1:07:03 Well, this rocket is going to hit the asteroid. It's a very strange situation that they didn't talk about the report you have there. First of all, the asteroid is a small moon. Yeah, they're going to hit the moon. Right, they're going to hit the moon and then the moon is supposed to hit the asteroid. Well, no, they just hope it just knocks it out of its orbit. But since it's circling, it's not going in one direction, it's circling. It's going the whole thing, the whole compound of moon asteroid are going in one direction, but this thing's spinning around. If they hit it wrong, they could actually knock it into a pattern to hit us. Has anyone questioned that part? No, I have not heard that. That would be a really sucky movie promotion. I don't think this is gonna have any effect at all. And they also it has to be it has to hit. They're not targeting this moon because it's spinning around there. This thing, uh,

1:07:59 This rocket has its own, it's self-automated, it's like a self-driving car adding a little more interest. I thought they'd pick up on that in the news stories. But it's a self-driving car, once it gets to a certain point it has to find the moon. Oh, it has to go and target it and drive into it. The video is going to be great, all the CGI we get. That's the only thing, man, the CGI you can do with spacecraft Is phenomenal because you'll believe everything because you've seen it all you've seen the asteroid hurtling towards the earth Watch it Christmas. Yeah How about your report is that the same was there anything different in there? Yeah No, mine was just another version of that the best report which I didn't record because it was too long was from the NASA channel where they discussed all the aspects of including the then they showed like

1:08:48 The thing spinning around the other asteroid and the self-driving car nature of the rocket. It turns out that the rocket will come and hit one of the freeway barriers like all the other self-driving cars from Elon Musk do. Okay, we need to work on the material. I couldn't work that. We gotta work on the material. It wasn't bad, but we need to work on it. Yeah, it could have been better. Talking about jokes, if you want to take a break. I finally isolated the who's on first bit, Abbott and Costello, who's on first so we could understand better the thing we were talking about from... You want to do that now? You want to do a little more news before we do this? Well, let's do it before the break then. Okay, because it'll be funny. Well, it's amusing because it's

CHAPTER 15 / 42 Discussion

January 6th Investigation, Roger Stone, Alex Jones

The House Select Committee is seeking testimony from Roger Stone and Alex Jones regarding the January 6th Capitol events. Media coverage by Kelly Evans is analyzed for its description of Jones as a "conspiracy theorist." The hosts discuss the use of the term "podcaster" as a disparaging label by traditional media figures.

roger stone· alex jones· house select committee· january 6· kelly evans

1:09:46 The history behind this gag actually goes back pre-Abbot and Costello. It was done as a various other, who's the boss and all these other... anything with the word who in it is a reference to these old jokes. It's also racist. Is it? Yeah, who? Who? Who was gonna be Chinese of course? Or Korean? So it's racist. No, no, if you call it who is there any who Koreans? This should be as racist. There should be rooftop who Koreans that's what it is. I get an ask Adam which is kind of newsy. Okay. Alrighty. Newsy we go to this is like two of them. Beginning in the end. This is about the

1:10:29 January 6th, the investigation is going on in Congress and this is taken from the Shepard Smith news cast with Kelly Evans doing the news reading. And it's kind of interesting. Start with part one and I'll ask you the question. The House Select Committee is seeking documents and testimony from five more people, including Roger Stone, a high-profile ally of the former president who urged his supporters to defy the election results. And a statement Stone told NBC he had no advanced knowledge of the events that took place at the Capitol. Also, Alex Jones, a... All right, I'm ready for the question.

1:11:12 Now, Roger Stone was described as an ally of the president of some other... How is Alex Jones... Connected? Question, Adam. How is Alex Jones described by Kelly Evans on this news report? How is he described by Kelly? I'll give you some options. Is he a podcaster? Is he a news personality? How is he described? A conspiracy theorist podcaster. Wow. Almost. Okay, let's listen to the answer. Also, Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist who reportedly helped organize the rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol. Okay. And a statement Jones wrote, quote, Congress's attempt to chill ordinary Americans in the exercise of these rights is terrifying. Yeah, yeah.

1:12:06 What's funny is when these news people are doing a podcast, it's like, hey, catch my pod, you know, my podcast. I've got the Toddcast. It's great podcast. It's really good into the issues we're talking about. But when you want to disparage someone, you go, podcaster. Am I right? Well, she didn't call him a podcaster. She just called him a conspiracy theorist. And yes, you are right. They always disparage podcasting and they do it in a kind of a snide snide way like you just said but when they described their own great pod their own great pod is the is the bomb yes I wanted to give the producers a little piece of audio and you can get it in the show notes under all the clips

CHAPTER 16 / 42 Discussion

Vaccine Policy Supercut, Transmission Claims, Anthony Fauci

A supercut of government health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci and Rochelle Walensky, tracks the evolution of COVID-19 vaccine claims over seven months. The audio highlights the shift from assertions that vaccinated individuals do not carry the virus to admissions that vaccines do not block transmission. Data from Israel is cited regarding waning immunity and the necessity of boosters.

anthony fauci· vaccine policy· transmission· boosters· israel

1:12:55 seven months of vaccine policy in under 120 seconds. And there's been different versions of this and they at first I was like I don't know if I like the music under it because it's a super cut, it's a mega cut if you will, but when you listen to this specifically and this just quote after quote after quote It might help you in breaking some of the mass formation that some of your loved ones or friends and family are in. You're okay, you're not gonna get COVID if you have these vaccinations. These vaccines are highly, highly effective. Vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don't get sick. Everyone who takes the vaccine is not just protecting themselves but reducing their transmission.

1:13:40 to other people and allowing society to get back to normal. Get your first shot and when you're due for your second, get your second shot. Our key goal is to stop the transmission, to get the immunity levels up so that you get almost no, almost no... infection going on whatsoever. When people are vaccinated, they can feel safe that they are not going to get infected. If you're vaccinated, you're not going to be hospitalized. You're not going to be in an ICU unit and you're not going to die. If you are fully vaccinated. You no longer need to wear a mask. Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing. But what they can't do anymore is prevent transmission. We didn't have vaccines that block transmission. We got vaccines to help you with your health, but they only slightly reduced the transmissions. We need a new

1:14:34 new way of doing the vaccine. The level of virus in the nasal pharynx of a person who's vaccinated and infected is the same level as the level of virus in the nasal pharynx of an unvaccinated person. Reports from our international colleagues including Israel suggests increased risk of severe disease amongst those vaccinated early. And if you look at Israel, which has always been a month to a month and a half ahead of us, they are seeing a waning of immunity not only against infection,

1:15:12 but against hospitalizations and to some extent death. A booster might actually be an essential part of the primary regimen that people should have. The plan is for every adult to get a booster shot. Clearly one of the best investments I've ever been involved in. And there's video of it too. Kinda shows you. What? Did you play that clip because it had the punchline of the best investment I've ever been involved in? Yes. I have a clip about the profits that are made. Let's see if I can find it.

CHAPTER 17 / 42 Discussion

Pfizer Profits, Moderna Sales, mRNA Market

Pfizer expects to earn $36 billion from COVID-19 vaccine sales this year, potentially breaking the record for a single pharmaceutical product previously held by Humira. Moderna is projected to reach $18 billion in sales. Analysts discuss the uncertainty of long-term mRNA revenue and the industry's current focus on maximizing sales through booster shots.

pfizer· moderna· humira· mrna· pharmaceutical profits

1:15:51 COVID profits NPR. The COVID-19 vaccines are making the pharmaceutical industry a lot of money. And while there are still millions more people to vaccinate and boost around the world, it's not clear exactly how long the boom will last. NPR Pharmaceuticals correspondent Sydney Lupkin reports. This year Pfizer expects to bring in $36 billion from worldwide sales of its COVID-19 vaccine. That would shatter the previous record in annual sales for a single pharmaceutical product, about $20 billion for the anti-inflammatory drug Humira, and make the Pfizer vaccine the best-selling pharmaceutical product ever. Moderna will deliver fewer doses but is still expecting up to $18 billion in sales for the year for its COVID-19 vaccine.

1:16:35 But the long-term measure of financial success for the company's mRNA vaccines isn't so simple. Here's Richard Evans of SSR Health, an investment research firm. The benchmark Humira has been churning out tens of billions of dollars a year for multiple years on end. And it's not entirely clear that the mRNA vaccines will do that. Evan says that just because Pfizer and Moderna are selling billions of doses now doesn't mean that will last forever. The vaccines could work so well they eliminate the need for further boosters. Though it's also possible COVID shots could become routine like flu shots. Still, Evan says the uncertainty puts a premium on maximizing sales now. Man.

1:17:20 Maximizing sales now. Do you remember around March, April, May, probably of 2020, long before the vaccine, when I played More Democracy Now clips and there was all these organizations that were forming in advance of the vaccine saying, we want these vaccines, they need to be free. Yes, yes. They needed to be released and there's all these organizations that cropped up the free vaccines for the public, for everyone should get a free vaccine because it's so important. Because COVID, this is like your commentary about, you know, things are so important, let's put it off a month. Yes, January 4th. Yeah, because the virus will wait. It's okay. The virus will wait for the mandates. It's fine.

CHAPTER 18 / 42 Discussion

Vaccine Mix and Match, Breakthrough Statistics, WHO Advice

The policy of mixing and matching different COVID-19 vaccines is examined, with reports from Germany suggesting mixed doses are not counted in breakthrough statistics. The timeline shows the World Health Organization initially advised against mixing doses in July, followed by a shift in U.S. policy promoted by figures like Dr. Lena Wen. The term "topping off" is identified as a marketing phrase for boosters.

mix and match· breakthrough infections· who· lena wen· germany

1:18:12 And so it was the same thing. It was like we have to, this COVID is so deadly that it's imperative that the vaccine be developed and then be given to the public for free as a public service. Whatever happened to that idea? 36 billion in profit from government money? Well, I have some thoughts. I have some thoughts. because they saw it going in the wrong direction and people developing heart issues. We just got to say it, it's not even in the UK, they're now saying, hey, two more soccer players from the Premier League dropped on the field. Is anyone going to be brave enough to ask what's going on? So that's kind of sparking up. Turns out the mixing and matching of the vaccines may have been a very evil ploy.

1:19:05 as I have now come to learn that breakthrough infections after a mix and match of vaccines are not counted as breakthrough because they can't tell which one caused the breakthrough. What? In Germany this is in the news. Mixed vaccines in Germany not counted in breakthroughs. So all along, first of all let's do the timeline. When they first started off with these vaccines, it was critical that you didn't mix and match. Not mix and match, that's right. It was a big deal. No, no, no, no, no, you got to get this and then you got to get the second one's got to be the same thing.

1:19:46 And then out of the blue, months later, well probably more than months. It said July. It was July 1st is when we had the, hold on a second, July 1st was the first report. And Eva, there's an unrelated new study out of the UK about mixing vaccines. What can you tell us about that? That's right, Rob. And so this study looked at mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca and it showed that mixing and matching the vaccine does work. Okay, there you go. July, new study from the UK. We have reports of people talking, the term topping off. Yeah, but wait, right after that, the World Health Organization. People who are thinking about mixing and matching. The World Health Organization's chief scientist on Monday advised against people mixing and matching. There you go. So they came out and said mix in July, mixing and matching. Yeah, study looks good.

1:20:40 World Health Organization two weeks later, at least according to our clip timeline, do not do this. It will create deaths. And then, and then Lena Wen, our friend Lena Wen, she comes back in October. October. Well, I hope that when the FDA and CDC review data around the, around Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, that they will allow a mix and match approach. Mm-hmm. Okay. And there was a bunch of other pro mix and match stuff in the public. And it was topping off was a term that came up. Well, if you had a Johnson & Johnson, you should top off with a Pfizer. Which isn't even mixing and matching. That was like the boost. There was a boost, but there was all... Yes. They were using... If you had a Johnson & Johnson, they wanted you to boost, although they used the term top off because it has a nice sound to it.

CHAPTER 19 / 42 Discussion

Pfizer Paxlovid, HIV Drug Integration, Dutch Regulators

Dutch regulators have raised concerns about the marketing of Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill, Paxlovid, on public television. The medication combines an investigational antiviral with Ritonavir, a drug traditionally used to treat HIV. Pfizer claims the treatment reduces hospitalization risk by 89% if administered within three days of symptom onset.

paxlovid· pfizer· ritonavir· hiv· netherlands

1:21:35 Except in California, we're not supposed to top off your tank by the way. You're not supposed to top off human beings in the UK So they topped them off with this other thing and then now if that's all part of a scheme to screw up the statistics That's great. Very smart. This is genius. Well at the same time in the Netherlands the the Dutch telecom regulator has raised issues with one of the talk shows on the public television, so that's run by the government. I think I told you that they had the Pfizer medical director of Holland, he's kind of the spokes guy now, going around all the talk shows, very similar to Scott Godley, board member of Pfizer.

1:22:17 And what they said is he gave so much information, so much solicitous information on this talk show that it sounded like he was actually marketing the Pfizer Plaxovid COVID pill. So when someone gets pulled back by the regulators because they think he's doing that, he's probably doing that. And the Plaxovid, we have a little more information, is a combination of Pfizer's investigational antiviral PF 07321332 and a low dose of ritonavir an antiretroviral medication traditionally used to treat HIV. Hey feeling good? According to an interim analysis

1:23:05 Paxlovid, Paxlovid I think it is, reduced the risk of COVID-19 associated hospitalizations or deaths by 89% in those who received treatment within three days of symptom onset. The drug was also found to be effective. Just 1% of patients who received Paxlovid were hospitalized. Okay, so that may be on deck because this is not working out very well. In particular, if you listen to the nurses, and I have two nurses, they look like nurses, they were dressed as nurses, they were at a protest, so they were angry about what's happening with their nursedom. And this is... Why would they not be nurses? What kind of phony baloney is going to come out? I mean, it'd be nice unless there were, it was a set up so you could bust the set up. So look at these are phonies and, you know, the vaccine is safe and effective.

CHAPTER 20 / 42 Discussion

Ontario Nurse Report, Stillbirth Increase, Cardiac Issues

A report from a nurse in Ontario, Canada, claims a significant spike in stillbirths, citing 86 cases between January and July compared to a typical rate of five or six per year. The nurse also describes hospitals filled with patients suffering from cardiac problems and cancer flare-ups, which she attributes to vaccine adverse reactions.

ontario· stillbirths· cardiac arrest· vaccine adverse reactions· nursing

1:23:55 Here is a nurse from Ontario. She'll be talking about the number of stillborns. Oh yes, this is a good clip. 86 stillbirths between January and July. And normally it's only one, it's only five or six stillbirths every year. So about one stillbirth every two months is the usual rate. So to suddenly get to 86 stillbirths in six months That's highly unusual. I had one consultant on my last night, she stood in front of our big board with everybody, all the patients and all their symptoms and she said, what's going on? Why have we got so many patients? It's all cardiac, cardiac, cardiac, short of breath, you know, collapses, falls. And I just can say tick, tick, tick, this is adverse reaction, adverse reaction. All of our wards are full.

1:25:08 You know, of people having cardiac problems, people with flare-ups from their cancer, like you name it. It's just, I guarantee a hospital is full of vaccine damage. It's just, people are blind. People just cannot see it. Mass formation. People are blind. People just can't see it, she says. It's crazy. I know, it's fantastic. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization... And by the way, there's nothing worse than a stillbirth. Ugh. And not only that, but it doesn't... women really don't... I mean, it really affects them because it's like, you know, they give birth to a dead baby. This is not something that takes forever to get over that. It's bad. Some never get over it. And dads have issues too. It's not easy for dads... for families. It's horrible!

CHAPTER 21 / 42 Discussion

Global Lockdown Rhetoric, Botswana Variant, German Mandates

The World Health Organization expresses concern over a "false sense of security" among vaccinated populations as the new Botswana variant, featuring 32 mutations, emerges. In Germany, the Health Minister warned that citizens would be "vaccinated, recovered, or dead" by the end of winter. The hosts discuss the potential link between the new variant and HIV patients.

botswana variant· germany· lockdowns· tedros adhanom ghebreyesus· mutations

1:25:55 Tedros says in many countries and communities we are concerned about the false sense of security that vaccines have ended the pandemic and that people who are vaccinated do not need to take any other precautions. No country or region is out of the woods. Right measures are in place to avert the worst consequences of any future waves. You had a good beginning. If I listened to him I could do it. If you listened to him and maybe practiced for five minutes, you know, so you could really nail it. Yeah, well there was no clip, but thanks for the advice. You're welcome.

1:26:38 Okay, we got that There was another nurse in Slovenia. I have a clip but it's in Slovak So I won't bore you with it now She claims and this isn't being being played up as a scandal in Slovenia she claims that and she showed color codes on the vaccine labels and there are codes one, two or three in the digits in the code. And she had decoded these numbers. If you have a number one vaccine, that is the placebo, saline. If your vial has number two on it, that is the RNA. And number three is an RNA stick that contains the oncogene associated with adenovirus, which contributes to the development of cancer.

1:27:33 I don't know if that's true, but I just wanted to put it out there. Sounds far-fetched, but again, it was one of those nurses looking like a nurse outside reading this, looking real worried about what happened. Well, the adenovirus is the one that's used in the Johnson & Johnson shot. It's not unusual. Oh, is it a known carcinogen? Not that I know of. Oh, okay. I don't know. I don't know. What I do know is the new Botswana variant is coming. This is the one. This is the killer. 32 horrific mutations. And experts say it may have emerged in an HIV patient. I mean, this is, they've got a lot of HIV connected to this. Go wild. A lot of HIV connected to this. I'm telling you, it's a little crazy. Coincidentally, the new treatment from Pfizer will help that problem.

1:28:30 Yes! Because it's got the HIV drug in it. Yes. The German health minister as... Coincidentally. I don't think so. We just need to look around the world what's happening because they're locking down tight. Germany is considered going 1G which would mean you're vaccinated. Germany's got a screw loose. What's wrong with Germany? Translation from the German health minister, by the end of the winter, German people will either be vaccinated, recovered or dead. Those are your choices Germany. And this was a shock that he said this. Europe is kind of like, whoa, what did he just say?

CHAPTER 22 / 42 Discussion

Australia Quarantine Camps, Northern Territory Mandates, ADF Deployment

The Chief Minister of Australia’s Northern Territory has implemented hard lockdowns and deployed the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to transfer positive cases and close contacts to quarantine camps. The mandates target teachers and remote Aboriginal communities. The rhetoric classifies anyone opposing mandates as "anti-vax," regardless of their personal vaccination status.

australia· northern territory· quarantine camps· adf· aboriginal communities

1:29:21 and they don't know how to parse it, you know? It's like, well, we're in all these lockdown conditions because they say it's so scary and now he's saying we're gonna die from it? He didn't say how they're gonna die. Yeah, well, no, that's true. Let's go down under for a moment. The Chief Minister of Northern Territories, Australia, Who as far as I know we're having a jolly good time hanging out roaming around they could go to sports games Well that has been shut down and locked tight and this guy he wasn't having none of it you either you either Just you can't even say it if you are anti-mandate you are absolutely anti-vax I don't care what your personal vaccination status is if you support champion give a green light give comfort to support anybody who argues against

1:30:07 against the vaccine, you are an anti-vaxxer. Absolutely. Your personal vaccination status is utterly irrelevant. If you campaign against the mandate, if you campaign against people being vaccinated in vulnerable settings, teachers in classrooms, I'll be really clear, at that point in time, people are actually supporting the idea of a teacher being unvaccinated in a remote community classroom. with kids who cannot be vaccinated. I reject that. I still reject it. And if you are out there in any way, shape or form campaigning against this mandate, you are absolutely anti-vax. If you

1:30:42 say, pro-persuasion, stuff it, shove it. We are absolutely going to make sure as many Territorians as possible are vaccinated. That is our best protection against this thing. As you look at the DoDI modelling, which has only come out since, that says if you double dose 80 in remote communities, five and up, I think you'll see our vaccine mandate is absolutely crucial to protecting lives, particularly Aboriginal lives. And I will never back away from supporting vaccines and anyone out there who comes for the mandate, you are anti-vax. What is wrong with him? And as if, you know, it's time to take that back. Just because someone speaks English doesn't mean that they have the same kind of thinking. Americans have a distinct form of thinking that shows up in situations like this as being a little different than what you get there in Australia.

1:31:36 It's like, let's take back the term anti-vax. If you wanted to mean that, fine, who cares? It's like, oh, you're really harming me by, oh, no, I'm an anti-vax or whatever. People call you that anyway. But these Northern territories, they're serious. If you look at the videos of Aborigines who don't want this and they're kind of hunting them down and, you know. is beyond coercion. Australians have been trying to kill off the aborigines forever. Finally, finally we have a chance. Here's a new gimmick. Let's try this. So what they're doing now is they're going to burn the villages too if they won't take the Vax? Oh yeah, they're going to burn that Ayers Rock and torch that fucker.

1:32:18 They're using their version of the FEMA camps, the quarantine camps. They're open for business and they're filling them up even with people who are just in contact tracing. Urgent action to escalate our response in these communities, immediately implementing a hard lockdown. That means residents of Njari and Rock Hole no longer have to fire reasons to leave their home. They can only leave for medical treatment in an emergency or if required by law. It's highly likely that more residents will be transferred to Hale Springs today, either as positive cases or close contacts. We've already identified 38 close contacts in Binjari and that number will go up. Those 38 are being transferred now. I contacted the Prime Minister last night. We are grateful for the support of about 20 ADF personnel as well as army trucks to assist with the transfer of positive cases and close contacts and to support the communities.

1:33:11 So they're bringing in the Australian Defence Forces to transport close family and contacts to the quarantine camps. Man, I'm glad we have guns! This will be happening to us. I'm convinced of it. This is the plan. And New Zealand's even worse. New Zealand's the worst. But they... but... Anyway, what is interesting is you saw the note from Sir Mark and Dame Astrid? Yeah. Boots on Japan, boots on the ground in Japan. Do you want to read it? Yeah, I think we should because what's interesting is their takeaway is masks work. They've been huge masks fans since the get-go. Yeah, well Japan is a mask country. That's their culture. And most of, a lot of Asia, if you travel a lot, you'd go there, especially if you went during the fall, there are people wearing masks. Years ago.

CHAPTER 23 / 42 Discussion

Japan COVID Success, Ivermectin Use, Entry Restrictions

A "boots on the ground" report from Japan details the country's low COVID-19 case numbers despite a late vaccine rollout. The report highlights strict entry requirements, including a 14-day quarantine and government tracking apps. While masks remain culturally ubiquitous, the legal availability of Ivermectin in Japan is discussed as a potential factor in their success.

japan· ivermectin· pcr tests· masks· quarantine

1:34:08 They wear masks when they're driving because of the pollution that comes right through the mask. Yeah, the pollution. I remember it was mainly for the pollution back in the day. At least that's the way I saw it. Boots on the ground situation in Japan. Yesterday there were 17 new cases in Tokyo, a city with a population of 30 million and 150 cases for the whole of Japan. Population 120 million. So right there I would say they probably are not using the dialed up PCR test. Maybe they just don't want to terrorize their people the way everyone else is doing.

1:34:44 But he just returned from the UK yesterday and he gave us a little rundown of what it takes on arrival. It takes three hours to go through the entry process which involves showing your papers, waiting in line, checking your vaccine papers, checking your pre-departure PCR test, getting a new PCR test, installing three government apps on your phone, checking all your app settings to give full access to your phone, Then you are released into a 14-day quarantine at home or in a hotel. No public transport from the airport, only private cars or special shuttle buses to designated hotels if you don't live in Japan. You must answer three track and trace calls a day with video and location on.

1:35:28 And he says, compare this to the UK where there was no check at Heathrow, only a lateral flow test with what you must order before you travel and take it two days after arrival. This may go some way to explain 30,000 cases a day in the UK, only 150 in Japan. Again, I'm just going to say, I think the PCR, if I went back in the show notes and I looked, you might see that Japan was a little more normal about that. But then, What else is going on is everyone still wears a mask in Japan. No ifs, no buts. You cannot go anywhere without one. Peer pressure is enormous, especially if you're a foreigner. The UK had pretty much given up on masks except for the underground where about 70 to 80% of people were wearing.

1:36:09 He says the packed five guys that went to Piccadilly Circus, no one had one on, only the staff. The vaccine program started late in Japan, July to August, about 70% were vaccinated in the first two months, so it's still strong across the nation. Ivermectin is approved for use in Japan, but Sir Mark thinks this is more to do with aftercare than reducing the spread. I don't know, ma'am. I mean, I just, I think the mask, yeah, of course, mask is gonna maybe help something when people are sneezing and snottering the flu around. I'm just not even really thinking you guys have any COVID there on the island at all. It's just not there. No one in or out, hard to get in, no one wants to go.

1:36:55 What do you think, John? You can't get in and you can't get out and you gotta be locked down for 14 days and Ivermectin's available? Yeah. I'm sure that Ziv pack or whatever that thing's called is all over the place. Ziverto kit. Ziverto kit. Ziverto kit. I'd like to know more about that. I'd like to know about specifically about the Ivermectin use in Japan. Well, he's been, he's of the belief that this doesn't mean anything, but we're of the exact opposite belief because of what we've, because of reports not because of what we know or of this and the science if you go to IVM meta dot

1:37:32 ivmmeta.com and look at all the research. And if you even go to the FDA site, they have another set of research, 75 studies being done on ivermectin, even though it's horse wormer. Why are they studying it so much? Hello. Why did the guy who discovered it, the Japanese guy, want to do a study out of one of the schools and Merck refused to do it? I mean, this whole thing is, this ivermectin thing, that's a real scam that's going to be exposed one of these days. There's no doubt in my mind about that. It's got, it's got, it's got the scam is of course not using it. It's, it's got it written all over it. It's just, there's too much information, man. It's way too much information, man. Uh, appreciate it, sir. Mark. Uh, I think we only have two more clips. I think you've got any COVID stuff you want to do. I just had that one COVID clip. Okay. One, uh,

1:38:29 Yeah, I wanted this is kind of a cool like a compendium almost. It's Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner on the board of Pfizer, TotalShill, CNBC. He's there all the time to hype up the stock. He's going to talk about the breakthroughs and the fix and that will take us to the boosting. Well, look, I think at this point we need to accept that there's a lot of breakthrough infections happening for people, particularly people who are out a significant portion of time from their original vaccination. And there are people out almost a year at this point, or coming up on a year, people who were vaccinated back in January, December and January.

CHAPTER 24 / 42 Discussion

Scott Gottlieb, Antibody Prophylaxis, Sophisticated Physicians

Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb appeared on CNBC to discuss breakthrough infections and the lack of real-time tracking. Gottlieb advocated for the use of antibody drugs as a prophylaxis for immunocompromised patients. He noted that "sophisticated physicians" are already using these treatments off-label, though they are not yet widely available to the general public.

scott gottlieb· pfizer· regeneron· prophylaxis· cnbc

1:37:32 ivmmeta.com and look at all the research. And if you even go to the FDA site, they have another set of research, 75 studies being done on ivermectin, even though it's horse wormer. Why are they studying it so much? Hello. Why did the guy who discovered it, the Japanese guy, want to do a study out of one of the schools and Merck refused to do it? I mean, this whole thing is, this ivermectin thing, that's a real scam that's going to be exposed one of these days. There's no doubt in my mind about that. It's got, it's got, it's got the scam is of course not using it. It's, it's got it written all over it. It's just, there's too much information, man. It's way too much information, man. Uh, appreciate it, sir. Mark. Uh, I think we only have two more clips. I think you've got any COVID stuff you want to do. I just had that one COVID clip. Okay. One, uh,

1:38:29 Yeah, I wanted this is kind of a cool like a compendium almost. It's Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner on the board of Pfizer, TotalShill, CNBC. He's there all the time to hype up the stock. He's going to talk about the breakthroughs and the fix and that will take us to the boosting. Well, look, I think at this point we need to accept that there's a lot of breakthrough infections happening for people, particularly people who are out a significant portion of time from their original vaccination. And there are people out almost a year at this point, or coming up on a year, people who were vaccinated back in January, December and January.

1:39:04 So there's probably more infection happening among the vaccinated population, more spread happening in that population, the unboosted portion of that population, than what we're picking up because we're just not systematically tracking this. There's going to be retrospective studies that identify this, but we're not doing a good job of tracking this in real time. Yeah. And this is the argument for people to go out and get boosters. The effect of the boosters is almost immediate. Wait a minute. Because they're not tracking it in real time or effectively, that's the reason to go out and get a booster? That's what he's saying. But we're not doing a good job of tracking this in real time. And this is the argument for people to go out and get boosters. The effect of the boosters is almost immediate. The original premise of the vaccine in terms of the 95% protection is restored.

1:39:48 The final point here is that I also think we're not making effective use of the antibody drugs. For people who are truly vulnerable, who are immunocompromised, who we know aren't going to develop a very robust immune response from the vaccine because they're on steroids or they're on chemotherapy, we could be using these antibody drugs as a prophylaxis to prevent them or reduce their chances of getting an infection, getting a severe infection. I know plenty of people who are doing this, sophisticated physicians who are... Coffee but listen to what he's saying listen to this deuce their chances of getting an infection getting a severe effect, but he's marketing That's why I know plenty of people who are doing this sophisticated physicians who are you know unfortunately on chemotherapy or other immunosuppressants are doing this the problem is it's not available to the masses you have to be in the know that these drugs are available for that what this guy is now doing is

1:40:39 He's saying sophisticated doctors, listen to the wording, sophisticated doctors are prescribing something off-label, which I'm sure is a Pfizer product. It could even be the Pfizer pill, because they kind of know, they're in the know, they know what they're doing and only people who are in the know can get a hold of this because, you know, it's, I mean, it sounds a little bit like what we were doing with ivermectin, only Somehow this in the know drug is not is not being outlawed using these antibody drugs as a prophylaxis to prevent them or reduce their chances of getting an infection getting a severe infection. I know plenty of people who are doing this sophisticated physicians who are you know, unfortunately on chemotherapy or other immunosuppressants are doing this the problem is it's not available to the masses you have to

1:41:29 to be in the know to know that these drugs are available for that kind of use. Regeneron is making them available on a compassionate use basis. The FDA is currently considering an emergency use authorization, but we should be getting on the ball trying to make these available to immunocompromised patients. So he's marking... Tell us specifically what's he talking about? What doesn't he say? He... Oh, I'm sure... Why doesn't he say the Pfizer pill? No, why does he say well is it the Pfizer pill? I think that's exactly what he's talking about. Well I mean that's probably what it is but is it? They didn't ask! That's the yeah, hello didn't ask. I know it's like you again media for asking. Holy crap I mean if I was the guy doing the interview, although these are these are rigged these interviews are fixed They're like, yeah, like give me a number man. Who do I call? Who do I get? How do I get in this club? So the guy would sub the interviewer would say well specifically What are you talking about? Just tell us yeah

1:42:23 Specifically, because you're just generalizing here. Let's be specific. What exactly are you talking about? And name names. And he would either not do it, which he probably wouldn't, because I don't know, since I'm a board member, I can't start promoting my own stuff. This is like the same guy you got busted in the UK that brought up. It's the same thing. Where's our government? This is bull crap. Where's our government? Go back and watch Dope Sick everybody. I can teach you how it works with pharma and the government. Two clips left. This is, we might as well get the words straight from the horse's mouth. I'm so sick of listening to the guy, but Fauci was on ABC. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla recently said there's a high chance boosters would be needed

CHAPTER 25 / 42 Discussion

Vaccine Durability, Annual Boosters, Anthony Fauci

Dr. Anthony Fauci introduced the term "durability" to describe the longevity of vaccine protection during an interview on ABC. Fauci expressed hope that a third mRNA shot would increase the maturation of the immune response. The hosts analyze "durability" as a new marketing term intended to justify recurring booster shots.

anthony fauci· durability· boosters· mrna· immunology

1:43:08 annually? Do you think that's a possibility or do you believe it might be even sooner like every six months? You know we follow the data and there's always it's so easy to predict, Martha, about how often you would need it. We would hope and... Did he say it's so easy to predict? Start over. You know, we follow the data and there's always it's so easy to predict, Martha, about how often you would need it. We would hope and this is something that we're looking at. How do you say it's so easy to predict and then say we would hope? Well, this is the double speak of the week.

1:43:46 You know, we follow the data and there's always, it's so easy to predict, Martha, about how often you would need it. We would hope, and this is something that we're looking at very carefully, that that third shot with the mRNA not only boosts your way up, but increases the durability so that you will not necessarily. How does that work? It's the bris... What is this, a magic pill? How does it increase the durability? This guy is so full of crap, why is he on the air? Useful idiot. Not only boosts you way up, but increases the durability so that you will not necessarily need it every six months or a year. We're hoping it pushes it out more. If it doesn't and the data show we do need it more often, then we'll do it. But you want to make sure you get the population optimally protected

1:44:42 and you do whatever you need to do to make sure you do that. My hope as an immunologist, as an infectious disease person, that that maturation of the response, increasing its strength and power, will be followed by a greater durability. That's what I'm hoping for. If it doesn't happen, we'll act accordingly. This is a new term, durability. We have never heard the vaccines about the vaccines durability, and I'm not even sure I know what it means. Durability. What does this mean? It's not efficacy, right? It's durability. Does that mean it lasts longer in the fridge? For all practical purposes, that's what it means. Yes, but I think... Only your body's the fridge. So the thing is in there and it's lasting, it's doing its job, whatever that is.

1:45:35 and then it starts to do less and less of a good job and it just falls off. It's just not durable. I understand what it means, you know what it means. What it really means is it's no good. It doesn't work at all. I'm only identifying that they're using a new term. So there's reasons why you use a new term and durability something that I think is easier to grasp this is a marketing thing it's a change yes to get you to take take the booster durability and at the clip the only clip I had was the clip on sales and at the very end says we got to figure out some way to keep the sales going well let's talk to the head sales guy one more time Scott Gottlieb now on CBS face the nation the labor-to-

CHAPTER 26 / 42 Discussion

OSHA Mandate Suspension, Three-Dose Definition, Corporate Mandates

The suspension of OSHA’s vaccine mandate enforcement and Disney’s halt of requirements in Florida are discussed as national political conflicts. Scott Gottlieb predicted that the CDC will eventually redefine "fully vaccinated" to require three doses. The discussion suggests that the government is shifting the burden of enforcement onto private corporations.

osha· biden administration· cdc· florida· corporate mandates

1:46:18 Department's OSHA division said it's suspending enforcement of that Biden requirement to test or vaccinate business employees. We also saw Disney halt vaccine requirements in the state of Florida after the governor there said businesses can't carry out that kind of mandate. In both cases, you have the government telling businesses what to do. If you're a business owner, if you're an employee, I mean, what should you be doing right now? Well, look, I think it's not inappropriate for businesses to mandate vaccines and certain businesses absolutely should be mandating vaccination in their workplaces. Healthcare settings, settings where you can't protect employees with other tools other than to make sure that you can keep the infection out of that setting. So settings where you have a lot of employees working very closely together, it's hard to work in a massed environment in perpetuity.

1:47:08 I mean, this is the unfortunate consequence of government officials getting into these private decisions. If we ultimately left these decisions to mandate vaccines up to states, local districts, private businesses, I don't think you'd see this be a political fight at a national level. Now it's become a political fight at a national level. Unfortunately, you're going to see some governors trying to position themselves on this issue, like you've seen in Florida. And you're going to see the federal government, the Biden administration now fighting those states and fighting to implement these OSHA rules. The end result is that businesses that were going to move forward on mandates have moved forward, and businesses that are reluctant to do it are probably going to wait in place and see what happens with the outcome of this litigation involving OSHA. By the time this lawsuit ends up getting resolved, probably we'll be through the surge that we're seeing right now, this Delta surge, and maybe on the back end of the pandemic here. And for that, you will need to be fully vaccinated. That needs to be determined.

1:47:59 You've already seen governors in Connecticut and New Mexico say three doses is fully vaccinated. Should the CDC say you need a booster to be considered fully vaccinated? I think at some point they're going to, but not this year. I think eventually this will be considered a three-dose vaccine, but I would be hard-pressed to believe CDC is going to make that recommendation anytime soon, in part because of this debate about whether or not younger people who are at less risk should be receiving that third dose. In states where governors are looking to do this, and I think some local communities will do it, Some businesses are probably going to do it quite soon. I think in cases where entities are going to mandate three doses for people who are six months out from the second dose, they're doing that because they're using the vaccine as a way to control transmission and try to end this pandemic. Transmission? You know, there are people in the public health community who don't think that that's an inappropriate way to use the vaccine. But this is a debate that's going on right now in the public health community. And CDC sort of stuttering approach to how they've embraced boosters is reflective of that debate.

1:48:59 Yeah, they just want the corporations to mandate it. Do it! Do it! Three now! Did you notice the little thing he slipped in there? Which one? The three-dose vaccine? If it's a three-dose vaccine... Then you need a fourth as a booster. Yes, exactly. Or a fifth. Isn't that cool? Or a sixth. And my question is, what's your number? What's your number? The Passe Sanitaire in France, now we know it expires seven months after your second dose until you get a booster and there's gonna be a fourth and there's gonna be a fifth and and the six may be something that you don't really think is good for you. What's your number? What's your number John? My number is private my own personal business. With that I'd like to thank you for your private courage and say in the morning to you the man who put the C in the sour crude ladies and gentlemen Mr. John C Dvorak

CHAPTER 27 / 42 Discussion

No Agenda Social, Mastodon, Value for Value Model

The hosts promote No Agenda Social, a Mastodon-based social network within the Fediverse that operates without algorithms. They discuss the "value for value" model that sustains the podcast and thank the "trolls" in the live stream. The segment transitions into a discussion of the show's holiday listenership and the impact of high gas prices on travel.

mastodon· no agenda social· fediverse· value for value· trolls

1:50:03 Okay, so we're not gonna do who's on first and here we go with who's on first John tell us about who's on first Let's do it. No. I know I said it's a timing thing. Let's do they do it. I'm sorry I completely forgot I completely forgot, but we spent 20 minutes talking about Becky Worley I want to make sure we got some some news in Introduce the segment again so I can... And with that, I'd like to thank you for your courage to say in the morning to you the man who put the sea in sour crude ladies and gentlemen Mr. John C. Dvorak! And in the morning to you Mr. Adam Curry. In the morning to all ships at sea, boots on the ground, feet in the air.

1:50:50 Subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there and in the morning to the trolls in the troll room Let's get right to it. Let's count these trolls. See how many we have today. All right hands up Let's see Yeah, yeah, I figured it'd be a little low 1625 that makes sense But we're here. That's low especially it's a holiday People should be listening to the show. Yeah, what's wrong Sunday? What's wrong with them 23? Well, this is what I said in the newsletter. I think we're back to normal normal ish And that and we did have a kind of a slow day, which is one of the things that never didn't happen during COVID that 2020 was a better year for the for everyone being around. Yeah, but this is normal. Everyone's taking off. They've all they're on their cars. They're driving here and they're driving there and paying $5.50 a gas out here in California, at least for premium. I am completely happy with people being with their family, not listening to the live show, because I know that half of them will be listening to it during the football.

1:51:51 Like, ugh, I hate football. And the other half will be listening to a drunk. Nobody's listening to, watching football saying they hate football. No, well, the family's watching football, you know what I mean? Oh yeah, a lot of people don't like football. That's what I just said! I think it was just you expressing your own feelings. No, I love football. I love watching it. Oh, no. I love the Army-Navy game. I love the Super Bowl. I love, you know, I'd like to see if anyone falls down from the VACs. I don't really want to see it. You know what happens in soccer? Soccer is bad. Soccer, the guys are dropping. I'm not sure why it's not happening in our sports. Listen, I'll tell you why. First of all, in Europe, the European Union, but it's happening in the UK, they're compliant and they do whatever they're told to do.

1:52:42 The sports teams, the franchises in the United States, let's just think about it logically for one second. You and I own a football team, an NFL football team. We are multi-billionaires, all right? We have wives, but we got wives who have wives. We got everything. We got planes, we got the whole, everything's happening. And we're going to risk these assets with some crazy vaccine that we know nothing about millions of dollars each individual player no way uh-uh get the saline I don't believe they're vaccinated at all well if that were true you'd have to explain the situation with Kyrie Irving he has a turf toe

1:53:31 Oh no, that's Rodgers. He's the basketball player that refuses to take the video. I know, but I don't think the players know. The players can't know. The owners know. Oh, I see what you're saying. You're saying it's like a deep conspiracy where they're shooting these guys up. Why would you? These players are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. You're not going to jab them? Get your franchise, you're not going to jab them? No way! Do the players think it's... Well they find ways to get them steroids that are all totally illegal and they're all righted up. Yeah, so... But in the UK and in Europe, they're dumb.

1:54:12 It's that dumb. They don't get it. They bought into it. Listen, if you and I had a team, I know we'd have had that conversation. What would the outcome? I don't know. But I'd say a high likelihood. I think if you and I, knowing what we know and knowing that we do a lot of research, but knowing what we know, and I'm sure a lot of these Guys like Robert Kraft who own the Patriots. These are anti-vax guys to start with. Yeah, they're pretty skeptical about stuff like this. How much money? I'm sure you could arrange it. You could arrange it to get a bunch of saline shots repackaged. No, you just get the COVID with the number one ID number. Don't take the two or the three.

1:55:00 Yeah. All right. Well, whatever the case is, they're dropping like flies, but not here. Anyway, we do want to thank the trolls for being here, the ones who are here, and thank everybody who is joining in the conversation at noagendasocial.com, which is a mastodon social network, no algos. It's connected to the Fediverse so that anybody from anywhere can come in, flow in, get the flow in, get the flow out. All you have to do is follow someone over there and And even if I think if you boost a post, then it all starts flowing. You boost the post. Follow Adam at noagendasocial.com or John C. Dvorak at noagendasocial.com. Unmask the Don. It's easy. It's free. It should be free everywhere. You can always set up your own instance and make it work. It's beautiful. We have some people to thank for, well, we need to thank our artists for episode 1401. We titled that Boost or Based. This is a very controversial piece that Tante Neal did.

CHAPTER 28 / 42 Discussion

Episode 1401 Art, Delft Blue Tile, Twitter Threats

The album art for episode 1401, a Delft Blue tile design by Tante Neal, sparked a controversy on Twitter involving threats against a host's family. The hosts discuss the creative process behind selecting art and the criteria for avoiding "stolen" or clip-art designs. They emphasize the importance of original artwork in the show's production model.

delft blue· tante neal· album art· twitter· kenny ban

1:55:57 Tontenhaal, which was the beautiful Dutch Delft blue tile. Yeah with a Dutch boy masked throwing a bicycle Yeah, this is your piece you you identified and promoted I did and and Some Dutch person on Twitter took offense to it and started threatening my daughter. What? Yeah, he said Oh curry you think that's funny Well, we know where your daughters live where your daughter lives. See if you think that's funny. I And I reported it to Twitter and of course they said, sorry no violation here. That's a threat. Of course it's a threat. And they said, no that's not a threat. What's the reason for his complaint? That apparently we were glorifying protests, which I don't think we've ever done. What? Yeah, I'm just telling you this is crazy. People are going nuts man. Well this was a very pretty piece. It was a

1:57:04 It was a Delft tile, which is a type of tile that's done in the town of Delft. Well, it's the Delft blue. If I recall correctly, tourists in the 70s used to just buy up as much as they could. It was really expensive. It was, oh, I got a tile. There's something about the color, I believe, of the blue that was made with some... Which is called Delft blue. Yes, Delft blue. made with some ingredient specific to the Delft process. And people used to be crazy about it. I don't know if they still are, if it's still a collectible thing. And I don't think it's that identifiable with Holland anymore the way it was. So for me, it was nostalgic. I liked it a lot.

1:57:52 Yeah, and I like that like you put a bike in there. It's just the bikes in there and the stupid wooden shoes and the little guys got a mask on. The shoes, wooden shoes aren't stupid. They're very useful for cows not stepping on your feet. Yeah, okay. Steel-toed shoes work too for that kind of thing. They're very hard to walk in. Well you have to have a huge... No John, that's the tourist shoe you stood in with two feet. No, they're not difficult to walk in but you need to have the grey wool socks.

1:58:33 I think they're goat hair actually. That's the proper sock. You gotta have really thick ones to wear the wooden shoes. You have a pair of wooden shoes at the house? I used to. I used to. Bullcrap. Oh yeah! When I was a kid we walked in wooden shoes sometimes. When I was kid kid, young. Not anymore. Then they came out with the clogs and I was like, that's ugly. Anyway, there's a lot of art that was potential here. we could have used. It was a... I liked the piece from Kenny Band which had a running turkey and a head chopping thing. The problem with that piece is it's a stolen art. Oh, that's right. That's right. We looked at it, didn't we? We checked it. Yeah, I was going to pick the piece because it was probably one of the prettier pieces. It had some action going in a lot. Then I looked it up and said,

1:59:26 t-shirt art somebody had developed. Now it's possible because Kenny Ban is a professional, I believe. It might have been his to start with. His or hers. This was the live or die, the booster based, he had the whole thing in there. Yeah, it says she, isn't it? Oh yes, Kendra. Yes, she. I'm sorry. You're misgendering people. I'm sorry. But that, I just didn't feel it was, it was probably technically usable but I didn't feel comfortable with it, so. And I felt the same way with the comic strip blogger had a rooster. I know he didn't draw that rooster. Or I'm sorry, not rooster, turkey. There's no way. So those didn't get picked. And I would like to inform artists, you know, you can do most of your stuff. I mean, Roundy did a piece which was, it wasn't that exciting, but he had two hands and pulling a wishbone. And his hands are,

2:00:30 I'm pretty sure those are the ones he drew. I don't think he used clip art, to be honest about it. I'm sure he has plenty of hands around. And there was nothing else that was that... Did he have that on the previous episode? The Happy Thanksgiving with the wishbone? Yeah, it was there. I don't remember that. I was trying to think if there's anything else. Well, I recall we had agreed on the Kenny Ben. And I was already making different sizes until you said, and you were going to research it and then you said, no, no, it's too blatant this one. Something like that. Yeah, it was a t-shirt. Somebody has a t-shirt with that thing around it. So no, that was eliminated. And I would dissuade future use of these, some clip arts if you're not really doing something.

2:01:24 Or you own the clip art, but that clip art was on a t-shirt. I didn't see it for sale. Now it's possible, most artists have a lot of clip art. They just buy it. And you can use that. That's legal. And it's possible this was legal. But since there's no way of knowing, We just went with the other piece, which was actually somewhat more creative. Adam was all jacked up about the Delft piece. I was not, but then after a while I decided it probably was the most creative of the pieces. even though it resulted in a threat of life. Well there's your creative briefing everybody, thank you for participating in this round of Get the Album Art for the NO Agenda Show. It is a very important piece of the value for value model that the NO Agenda Show maintains.

2:02:18 We employ employees. Thank you. Time, talent, treasure. And this is some big talent and time to people have to do this when they're listening to the show live because we post produce pretty quickly get it out within 30 minutes. Usually around 30 minutes is about what it takes now. I will say this, if you're an artist listening to this show, because you're listening to the live stream, I can't think of anything better to do with your time than... Doodle around. ...to doodling to a professional. Let me just, you know... Because what else are you going to do? You could knit? It seems to me that the artists have got, you know, this is like a great thing to do while you're listening to the show, which is do something other than sit there passively. Yeah, really. Why should we even thank them?

CHAPTER 29 / 42 Discussion

Executive Producer Donations, Knighting Ceremony, Nutcracker Party

A series of high-tier donations are acknowledged, including a $611.57 contribution for a knighting in Sonoma wine country. Producer Andrea Cody donated $500 and invited listeners to the "Nutcracker Party," a reimagined holiday show by Dance Houston. Several other producers are knighted or elevated to Dame status following their financial support.

knighting· donations· nutcracker party· dance houston· andrea cody

2:03:05 I mean, we're doing him a favor, really. Screw him! Tante Neal, thank you so much. And check out all of the artwork that we discussed and a couple more as Dreb Scott puts the chapters together. You have to do it on a new podcast app, which will also help protect and extend podcasting, newpodcastapps.com. Now, on to our treasure supporters for episode 1402. We have a nice list and I will kick it off with Dame Damey. From Healdsburg, California. Oh, is this our wine day? No, no. It's a different day. In the morning, gents. Oh, jingles. Orange scream, China's asshole. Switcheroo and split between two and a bidet list. Please credit $611.57 to my husband, Chris Spraulding, in honor of his 34th birthday.

2:04:01 Alas, he can finally... Alas? Alas? Alas. But alas isn't it like sadly? No, alas. Well, you know, it's funny when you say s that because alas does have a kind of a sadly kind of a feel to it. I thought alas, he could not attend. And so this is alas, he can finally join his dame at the roundtable. I guess it means at last. Alas? I don't know what, yeah, it was, it got a lot of... Well it sounds like she's sad. It sounds like she's sad she's joining him. It also means, kind of means finally. Okay. So now it's kind of a, finally he can finally. I'm gonna think she wants him there. Please knight him sir, crush a lot of Sonoma wine country.

2:04:52 The remaining $153.86 please credit towards the Dame Hood of Mary Ann, mom-in-law of the Monterey Peninsula. Please give her a proper de-douching. You've been de-douched. Now we do it on the honor system Dame Damey so you can track all of that. You do your own accounting. Roundtable request Damey's braised beef raviolis and smoke wagon. Happy birthday to the keeper of my heart. No, there is no better gift to myself than to elevate you to knighthood So my purse is no longer holding your seat at the roundtable kidding aside I could not ask for a better partner in life. Cheers to the best that is yet to come There you go That's the kind of birthday wishes. I love to hear Andrea Cody's next on the list from Houston, Texas

2:05:46 She writes, and that's $500, and she writes, I would like to invite you to a party, oh that's a funny note, yeah, that would not exist were it not for No Agenda. I was hit in the mouth in 2020 by my producer friend, Eva Shea. Karma be upon her. No Agenda provided data and insight that confirmed my conviction that the whole thing was a scam. which gave me the confidence to create jobs jobs jobs for Houston dancers that were otherwise being hit hard by the fear-mongering. Wait a minute, are we helping the dance community?

2:06:27 It seems like a nine and a half, but these are the high-end, this seems like the ballet dancers. Yeah. That she's talking about. Yeah. As opposed to the dancers I always associate with Houston, which is a slightly different group of dancers. Mm-hmm. Calling all No Agenda producers, you are cordially invited to the Nutcracker Party. Oh! It's a Christmas party. Family special of the famous holiday show. It's available on Vimeo and Amazon Prime Video for $1.99. Dance Houston tells the classic tale with the new moves. Oops, I just jumped out here with the new moves. The new moves to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite rearranged as hip hop, Latin, country, reggae, and more. It's the Nutcracker Hamilton.

2:07:16 It's a nutcracker for Hamilton. I love it. The amazing soundtrack is also available on all music streaming platforms. ITM Jets, I started listening in 2011 and haven't missed an episode. Wow, that's a while. Wow. And haven't missed an episode since. It is truly the best podcast in the universe and it seems to be doing some good for this community of dancers and this is proven by the what's going on and you can check it out on Amazon Prime. Yeah, what's it called again? It's called Nutcracker Party. Nutcracker Party! Here's one of the dancers. Straight from Reseda, here she is, Raven! And here's the karma to bestow upon her. You've got karma. I think I may watch that. Ella... I'm sure it's interesting. Ella Kopistecki?

2:08:17 334. Happy Thanksgiving, John Adams. Today is my 34th birthday. It's also my Dame Day. Hey, hey, accounting attached. I have forced kismet. I'd be like to known as Dame Noodle Nooker, Dame Noodle Nooker, blowing minds one day at a time. And I'd like to request a bottle of Robert Sinskey Blanc and thinly sliced prosciutto at the round table. Is there any other kind? Of the prosciutto or the Blanc? Of the prosciutto. Are you familiar with the Robert Sinskey Blanc? Yeah, I've heard of it. Is that is it what it what's so special? I've never had it I can't say I hope you both have a glorious day celebrating with your families. Love is light No jingles, no karma, and we shall see you at the roundtable and I will have your Robertson Sinski Blanc and thinly sliced prosciutto Brian Burgess in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota 333 dot 33 ITM gents I started listening in 2011 another 2011 listener. This is interesting

2:09:22 Uh, kind of a... there's your random number at work. Yep. And haven't missed an episode since. It's truly the best podcast in the universe. Another coincidence. Today's donation brings me to knighthood accounting below. What better way to get my knighting than on Turkey Day? Tofurky... Tofurky Day. Tofuki day, whatever. You know what it is. We know what he's talking about. If you please, I'd like to be knighted as Sir Minnesota Sticks. I'd also like to request kratom and clonies. I think it's kratom and clonies, like Klondike's maybe? Oh, that's got to be, yeah, kratom is a drug. And some clonies to wash it down, yeah.

2:10:08 Uh, jingle request, bite and hold load, whoopee, get out of my vagina, wash your hand after touching any raw meat. That's true, and two to the head. I'm gonna give you the whole load today. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get out of my vagina. Get Thank you, Brian. Dame G Money, 333.33 this year more than ever. I am grateful for Adam, JCD and all the producers in Gitmo Nation. Thank you for your courage. R2D2 Karma, please. Thank you very much, Dame G Money. You've got Karma. Sir Carries, Viscount of Greater Boston, 333.33. ITM Jensen, thank you for your courage. Happy Thanksgiving and Karma to all producers.

2:11:14 A few jingle requests which include get vaccinated, Obama you might die, and a Hillary laugh. There's another little story. Thank you for all you do, Sir Carys Viscount of Greater Boston. Get vaccinated. You might die. That wasn't the one I expected, but that's what you get. Oh, and a little bit of karma to all the producers, of course. You've got karma. Paxton Sanders 33333 Madison Alabama my birthday falls on Thanksgiving this year just as it did on the day I was born 50 years ago haha it's been a while since I became a knight I hope this donation makes amends of course I'm thankful for my wife and children and all the karma is for them karma for them you've got karma and we move to Andrew Johnson

2:12:12 K I 7 Y LG 73's in Tiggered, Oregon 333 33 and he has a card. I think it's Andrea Johnson. It's an actual card copy. It's a she. It's a she. It's Andrea Johnson. Oh Andrea. I saw it said Andrea. Yeah. Oh Andrea. Well I never... that's funny. I'm being sexist? Yes you're being very sexist. You misgendered her dude. I did. I misgendered her. I apologize for that. It's the worst thing you can do to anyone. And uh... Pretty much. And I just stupidly assumed that because I didn't even think of reading the name correctly. I think I was pushed into it by the fact that you're a ham, who I always associate with men. And that's very sexist of me. Yes, very wrong. Happy 1400th episode. Ah, it's a late donation. It has to be a woman.

2:13:09 There it is. There's the Dvorak we all love and know. There he is. All right. Thank you. You've made amends. You're good. Can I get a big, uh, big round of jobs, karma for all the people who are jobless because they decided against accepting the vaccine into their lives? I love the show. She writes Andreas KJ seven. This is KJ. I said, it's K. I just KJ KJ seven. YLG 73 is Newberg the People's Republic of Oregon. Yes 73 is Q5 alpha Charlie Charlie. Jobs jobs jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. I do not believe we have a note from Dan Bull.

CHAPTER 30 / 42 Discussion

Associate Executive Producers, Dweezil in Detroit, Anonymous Donors

Associate Executive Producers are recognized, including "Dweezil in Detroit," who requested a "de-douching" following a mishap at a local meetup. Anonymous donors requested specific jingles, including Jill Abramson’s vocal fry. The segment reinforces the community-driven nature of the show's funding.

dweezil· de-douching· michigan· anonymous· vocal fry

2:13:55 I don't believe we do either. He's in Olive Branch, Missouri, at 333. We thank you very much for that, Dan. He's our last executive producer for this Thanksgiving episode number 1402. Our first associate is Dweezil from Detroit. Dweezil? Dweezil, that's right. The Dweezmeister, aka the Dweezus of Hazardous. $250 Detroit, Michigan. In the morning, dear Mr. Curry, Mr. Dvorak, dweezil in Detroit here. I'm making a donation to be officially de-douched and to grease the rails of forgiveness from Mr. Curry. Well, let's de-douche first. You've been de-douched. It seems that I inadvertently had a Bo-Jayden moment at the Michigan Local 1 meetup after a couple of pops and mistook Adam for another 80s, 90s long-haired icon in the process, and while doing so gave my shout out.

2:14:45 I have no idea what he's talking about, but alcohol was involved apparently. I was recently punched in the mouth in August by my friends Steve and Ferndale. I anxiously await each episode. You shouldn't be anxious. You should be anticipatory. I anxiously await each episode and I'm excited to begin my journey to knighthood. Well, you're on your way. I do need to call out Duncan and Roseville for being a douche at this time. In this season of giving, I would like to give Jobs Karma to all producers and listeners facing the mandates and some jingles to get us by in the ways of Noodle Boy and Much Resist. Thank you very much for your courage, gentlemen, and happy holidays. Dweezil, aka Dweezus of Hazardous. Yes, you want a noodle gun and a little bit of sharp and resist and the Jobs Karma. I'm gonna shoot you in the face with my noodle gun. You racist piece of shit.

2:15:37 I got my pasta glock locked and loaded. But resist, we much. We must and we will much about that be committed. Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. Let's vote for jobs. Yucca. Karma. Anonymous comes in at 23456. A fave. Please keep me anonymous. Okay, we just did that Thanksgiving greetings crack pot and buzzkill Would you please play the following jingles the Jill Abramson vocal fry? fact-check false

2:16:20 Orange and stay safe followed by an R2D2 else karma. Thanks for keeping me anonymous That's interesting. It's two two times in this program that Orange has been requested and months and months and months have gone by without that You know, obviously I read I read the New York Times like all day long Mainly on my iPad app check false Good to see you. Please stay safe. You've got karma.

CHAPTER 31 / 42 Discussion

Single Muscle Butchery, San Francisco Mandates, Meat Industry

Sir Mark of the Midwest, a 40-year veteran of the meat industry, provides a report on "single muscle butchery" and its rising popularity in high-end shops. He also shares a "boots on the ground" account of circumventing San Francisco’s vaccine mandates at a Giants game using an Iowa carry permit and an Alibaba receipt.

butchery· meat industry· san francisco· vaccine passports· alibaba

2:17:03 So, hoping this makes Sunday's show, 1401, well this is Thursday's show, 1402, for a birthday shout-out to Travis M. celebrating his 27th on the 23rd. Two days late, but here we are. He's the greatest douchebag any mom- douchebag boy any mom could ask for. Thanks for hitting me in the mouth, son. I submit this donation as a birthday gift to him requesting his dedouching. You've been dedouched. This is a great mom. I would also like to request some vaccine mandate karma for the boy so he can keep his much beloved job at the shut up slave railroad. If you could please play OMG listen to that horn clip in honor of my foamer boy. I know I've asked for a lot but believe me, he's worth it. Thank you for your bi-weekly therapy session. Now that's a nice mom who does stuff like that. Oh my god!

2:18:01 Beautiful. All right. We've got Sir Mark of the Midwest with $202.11 and an extremely long note. Well, he has basically a report, which I don't think is... I think we'll just read the... Okay, Boots on the Ground Report COVID restrictions in San Francisco. Well, I'm here. Background, I'm 63 years old, live in the Midwest and have been in the meat industry for 40 years. We have no other meat experts. I recently accepted a job with a software startup, that makes sense around here. Well, he's no longer a meat expert then. Yeah, we lost our meat expert. That was him, we lost him. I would like an explanation to the popularity of single muscle butchery.

2:18:53 which is the trending thing in all the high-end meat shops. Single muscle, well you have Mitch the meat cutter, so he might be able to answer that. Mitch might help. I need some write-ups on this, why it's become so popular. What is this? What is going on with this? Well this is where instead of, for example, with a chuck roast, if you have a chuck roast and you see, say you have a big chuck and you look at it, you'll see there's a number of different like muscles in there, it cuts across a bunch of muscles. And so that's when you're eating a chuck roast, you have, oh, this is a really tender piece. The tenderness varies on something like a chuck roast because of its nature, which has maybe five or six different muscles within the crosscuts, a crosscut. Single muscle butchery only cuts out the individual muscles.

2:19:47 So you would have like you get that whatever that long strip is that's within the Chuck stays one long tender strip of something I don't know what it's called, but they have different names has a whole different name nomenclature It's a whole different way of cutting meat, but that is that people seem to prefer some people do but it costs more Which is probably why people are doing it. Because there's probably more that that isn't usable after that maybe? I don't know. We need a meat expert. I can add Lib, but I can only get so far. All right. Well, Mitch the meat cutter can probably tell us. I recently accepted a job continues our guy. I recently accepted... I don't have his name in front of me. Sir Mark. Sir Mark of the Midwest.

2:20:31 I recently accepted a job with a software startup in San Francisco directly related to the media. Oh, okay. We're back. He's back. The president, we don't, we should read these in advance. The president of the company is in his early thirties, which is typical. And the entire company is woke. Of course, San Francisco, come on. My reason for taking the job and creating this crazy situation are quite entertaining, but not relevant to the boots on the ground report. Okay. Well, he has quite a long story about how he circumvented some mandates, which is just a little bit long. But Mark, let us know about the single muscle cut. Cross muscle cut. What did you call it? Cross muscle cut? Single muscle butchery. Single muscle butchery.

2:21:22 Yeah. Well, if he's working at a meat industry software company, he'll be 3D printing some soy pretty soon is what I'm thinking. You know, not to mention it, what else could it be? Right? Yeah. Now, now we got an interesting guy. 3D printing single muscle, this will be single soy. Single soy with a side of cheap cheddar. Mmm, yummy. Our meeting we all attended the San Francisco Giants playoff game at Oracle Stadium. It would be, which has been a while ago, it would be the ultimate test of VAC's mandate chicanery by the time we walked into the stadium visiting several bars including one along I was ready I presented my Iowa concealed carry permit as ID and flashed my trusty Alibaba receipt and was promptly waved through.

CHAPTER 32 / 42 Discussion

Nolichek’s Meats Litigation, USDA Case, Freezer Logistics

Lindsey Fox provides an update on Nolichek’s Meats and their litigation against the USDA with the help of the Liberty Justice Center. The law firm is the same one that secured a stay on the federal vaccine mandate. The hosts praise the quality of Nolichek’s bacon and transition into a domestic discussion about purchasing a large chest freezer.

nolichek's meats· usda· liberty justice center· wisconsin· litigation

2:22:24 No jingles, no karma. Okay, so he has some... I'm gonna have to go back and read this. It sounds like he has an interesting way to circumvent vaccine passport. Yeah, he shows a piece. Yeah, exactly. Basically shows... flashes his gun. I'm gonna give you a goat karma for that. Thank you very much, Samar. You've got karma. I'll do these two. Anonymous20102, a palindrome. Thank you. In the morning, no jingles, no karma. Also, I do hope you... I hope you do find your exit strategy. Because you suck. But that... But you would also keep doing the show. That's not much of an exit, now is it?

2:23:07 I mean the whole point is the holidays, the Sundays, the constant grind, the numbness that you receive from watching. What numbness are you getting? I think you better check yourself. You watch MSNBC all day and you're trying to follow what's going on. Oh, you watch MSNBC, I don't. It's mind numbing. Samantha Hoffman, Associate Executive Producer, $200. Please credit my husband Brandon, Pinball Wizard of the Freak Show, with this donation in honor of his birthday on Friday. Let's go, Brandon. I'm sure he's hating that shit right now. Brandon, okay. I was hoping to request a Let's Go Brandon jingle. Oh, well, maybe we're right in the right spot here.

2:23:52 But I don't recall hearing any. I have one. Maybe someone with talent can create one. Until then, can one of you say let's go Brandon followed by the kazoo? Thank you for everything you do. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving and holiday season sincerely from Sammy. No, I actually have... Where is it? I have two kids doing that. Yes, here we go. This will suffice. And it's cute. I like that one. It is kind of cute. Yeah, she's got a cute little voice on her. You have your kazoo handy? Uh, yeah, okay. Do you have your kazoo handy? No, I don't know where my kazoo is. Oh man, the case... I get the slide whistle for a company mission. No, no, no, no, no, no. We just... She just wants the kazoo. Let's not overproduce. Okay. Onward with, uh, who we have here? Lindsey Foxx. Ah, Lindsey. Lindsey's here. Lindsey Foxx, uh, $200. She's in Thorpe, Thorpe, Wisconsin. Thorpe.

2:24:59 ITM so many good things to be thankful for for the past year and what a year, what a year it was. Yet we persevered, learned a little bit about standing up and speaking out and we're all still here fighting the good fight. Oh the Nolichek Meats family, yes of course. Oh Nolichek yeah we just had the bacon by the way they have is absolutely fantastic. And the regular, the regular diet, they have all these, we went through all their meats except a couple. They only do pork though, right? They don't do beef. I think they only do pork. Am I wrong? I don't know. You might not be. No, I could be wrong. I could be wrong. Well, yeah, they do that beef stick. My favorite, the beef stick. Yeah, there's sticks, the sticks, the people in Wisconsin eat those things. Meat on a stick is great.

2:25:48 Their bacon is outstanding and so is their, just their stock. They have all this cheese filled brats. They definitely do beef, I'm sorry. They got cheese, they got sausage, bacon, ham, specialty meats. Yeah. Damn. Anyway, they're fighting the government now. Go buy their stuff by mail order. Anyway, we persevered. An update regarding Nolichek's meat. The case with the USDA, FIS Notice 44.21, our story reached the Liberty Justice Center, a non-profit constitutional law firm, and we are working with them to move forward with litigation. This is the same law firm that received our

2:26:31 the indefinite stay on the vaccine mandate in the Fifth Circuit Court. Oh, good. You got the right guys and get the right guys. So onward and upward. Wishing the entire Noah Jenna nation a happy Thanksgiving. I thank you, John and Adam, for bringing us the best damn podcast in the universe. Jingles. You've got karma. And if you're including or if you're looking for Wisconsin brat sausage or the best bacon, by the way, the bacon is stunning. It's a holiday and it's got a nice hickory flavor. It's not overdone. It's very good. Visit nolacheckmeets.com to shop from the comfort of your home and receive a commemorative ornament with each order. I'm going for that. I'm going to pick up on that item.

2:27:17 Asterix, some restrictions may apply. Please visit website for details. We just got our freezer so we're gonna order. We just got our freezer. Oh you bought it? You finally got a Texas-sized freezer. 16 cubic foot? 16? I don't know. I can't remember. We have a couple of freezers. You can put a cow in. Oh, if you can put a cow in, that's the right size. Gotta chop its head off, though, otherwise it won't fit. Now is it a horizontal, vertical, or are you just dump stuffing? It's the one with the lid that opens from the top. Oh, okay, so then you put stuff in. You know, I have a couple of those. It's the kind that kids get in and die. That's the kind? Well, you can kick the door open pretty easily. They're not the old-fashioned locking kind. I'm just kidding. It had that sticker on it. Kids, don't sit in here.

2:28:05 But to be honest about I've got two of these kind of things we open from the top. There's stuff that starts to very slowly gravitate toward the bottom. You never get it out. Yeah, but you can get a big vertical one. You don't know my wife. Well, maybe she will. There's nothing going to be stuck at the bottom like the Dvorak's. No, no, we got stuff stuck at the bottom. We got it from Costco. The whole thing out every once in a while. Oh my God. I knew I bought this thing. I knew I bought this duck. And then do you still cook it up?

2:28:46 Well, it depends. You open it, if it's all freezer burned and damaged, but most duck is pretty nicely wrapped. So, why don't you go answer the phone? So, these are our associate executive producers, executive producers for show 1402. I want to thank each and every one of them for helping us out on this show, and I'm going to go away. I don't know who's calling me, this is desperately calling me. Professional podcasters, you know, like the Toddcaster with his pod, they turn off their ringer when they do their podcast, but no, you're putting us in the podcaster group, making us look all unprofessional. Thank you to these executive and associate executive producers and happy Thanksgiving to you. We give thanks to you, you give thanks to us. It's the value for value model. It has kept us going and we'll be able to continue doing this as long as the value flows in both directions. And we'll thank more people in a little bit. If you'd like to be an executive producer or even an associate executive producer, just go to this website.

CHAPTER 33 / 42 Discussion

Thanksgiving Safety Rules, Rapid Testing, Abbott Labs Marketing

ABC News is criticized for promoting "safety rules" for Thanksgiving that include masking between bites and requiring guests to take rapid tests. The hosts suggest the segment functions as a native advertisement for Abbott Labs' BinaxNOW tests. They discuss the cultural shift toward home testing and its potential integration into travel protocols.

binaxnow· abbott labs· rapid tests· abc news· native advertising

2:29:43 Thank you for bringing your time, talent and treasure for episode 1402 of No Agenda. Our formula is this. We go out, we hit people in the mouth. Order. Shut up. Sleep. We should probably give a little bit of Thanksgiving advice for everybody when you got the family coming over. You know, let's say like you're really, you're really worried about the COVID. You've been hearing all this advice that's been given on TV? No. Yeah, it's really good. Here's ABC.

2:30:29 What are the general safety rules for 2021? Well, I think first acknowledge that there are people with considerable amounts of stress this holiday season about the pandemic. You know, this is our second Thanksgiving during the pandemic. So there are some steps that I think people can take and the test as you mentioned, are really number one because they're much more readily available. They can be kind of pricey. They can be about $24 in most retailers for two tests. But the tips really to kind of increase that safety buffers, yes, you can ask people to do these rapid tests right before they come into your gathering or party. You know, masking, obviously, when not eating or drinking, especially if people are high risk or if they feel more comfortable.

2:31:11 distancing when possible so maybe you're not gonna cram people in around the table like we used to and then lastly if you use these tests and you get a positive result believe it act on the positive and do not go in or stay home obviously if you're feeling sick with anything not just COVID. So do it before don't make it like part of the dessert. No exactly no it's not for the dessert. Now this is interesting because... Where did you get this clip? It's ABC. These people should be ashamed of themselves. Good morning America, Dr. J. Ashton. They're just promoting fear. Well, not only that, but this test, they're talking about the Binax test that's made by Abbott Labs, and this is now becoming a thing. They're pushing it, and people are really enjoying the idea of... Atina went somewhere last weekend,

2:32:04 And it was going to be, I don't know, 15 people. And so they all agreed that, you know, because some were nervous. that you would get a test and this, and it's 14 bucks. I don't know why she said 24. That's interesting. Maybe the price is going up. There's two tests in it and it's, you know, you stick it in your nose, you swirl it around, you jam it in the thing and it has two lines just like a pregnancy test and it says COVID or not COVID. And people are completely accepting of that result. I mean, you could have put it in the dog's nose and you could do anything. You could do it from home. You could, it's completely spoofable

2:32:39 But this is becoming a cultural thing, specifically with the Binax from Abbott Labs. I'm not quite sure... It's marketing. But it's good because no longer... it's not a PCR. You don't have to go through the so-called official lab test. It doesn't pressure the validity is mediocre. No, that's not the point. That's not the point. I'm guessing this was a native ad. Yes, yes it is. But I'm trying to understand or trying to See if you're curious why they are moving away from the laboratory official test and will we soon be able to just bring our $24 Abbott lab test to the airport?

2:33:18 Will they always or they have a proctor service? You know what I'm saying? They're gonna have to watch you do it. They can't just have you come in with a little tablet. But people are already now and they're getting them used to this. I don't know. I don't have the answers. I'm just identifying things that are out of the ordinary. I think it's just possible that they would have the instant thing there. You give them 20 bucks. Sounds like another way of making some cheap money. Yeah. You can be tested at the airport. How long does it take for them to get the results? About 10 minutes. Jeez. Yeah, we need an insta test You and I could make one very easily It's the test we just market it apparently though as long as you got the you can buy the ad space you can put anything on the market Yeah, so I'm thinking this money to be made. I got an interesting note about this Belarus Poland thing yeah, and and part of it was actually was a

CHAPTER 34 / 42 Discussion

Turkish Lira Crash, Erdogan Policy, Baltic Pipeline

The Turkish Lira has crashed following President Erdogan’s pressure on the central bank to cut interest rates despite 20% inflation. The economic instability is discussed alongside Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems. A producer report from Poland suggests the conflict in Belarus may be related to the expiration of Gazprom contracts and the completion of the Baltic pipeline.

turkey· lira· erdogan· gazprom· putin

2:34:20 was an article that these immigrants who, the Iraqis, who have been, you know, who fly into Belarus then try to get across the border, they're just flying home now that it failed, which is kind of suspicious for refugees, do you think, refugee migrants. And from what I understand, this is Erdogan. Erdogan is the one sending the refugees. And I'm I'm not quite sure how all the dots fit together. That may be why he's in the outs right now. Well, there's other... Yes, and listen to what's happening to Turkey. Joe, yeah, we have some charts that you don't see that often. Turkey providing the world a lesson this morning of what happens when a central bank loses its independence.

2:35:06 Take a look here, the Turkish are crashing this morning against major currencies after Turkish President Erdogan applied pressure on the central bank to cut rates and the central bank of course complied several days ago. It now takes, oh what is it now, 12 point something, that's going down, I'm looking at it the other way, 12.7, Turkey's here to buy a dollar as recently as September was around 8 and change. Now, this one you don't see often either. The central bank has cut rates by 400 basis points or 4 percentage points since September, while inflation has risen from 8 percent to nearly 20 percent. They don't usually go their separate ways on policy rates and inflation. The largest move in the lyra since the previous central bank chairman was dismissed back in March. And it comes after Erdogan called for lower rates. He said in an interview overnight, I reject policies that will contract our country, weaken it, condemn our people to unemployment.

2:35:55 hunger and poverty. Erdogan said he wants a lower exchange rate to spur exports and investment. Of course, it means higher inflation and sharp declines in people's standard of living as foreign goods become dramatically more expensive. A place where, remember that, Joe, when I lived in Moscow, you'd go to work in the morning, a Snickers was 25 rubles, then it would be 50 when you got back home. I hesitate to use the term, but let's unpack this. What the hell is going on with the lira? I mean, is this is he trying to inflate him his way out or deflate? I mean, do you have any idea what's happening? I have no idea. I've been trying to follow it. I understand what's going on. There's something, something's amiss. Now I know that that they're on on deck to buy the S-400 anti-aircraft guns from Russia.

2:36:48 That could be part of it. And so then you have Russia, Belarus, Russia, and I'm sure there's problems with the gas supply, their transit, just like Ukraine. Russia now seems like everyone's saying, oh, they'll be invading Ukraine any day now. Yeah, sure. That's what Washington is saying. Let me see, I had producer Bart. If they're ever going to do it, it would be a good time. Here we go. Producer Bart is in Poland. In the case of Belarus, he even spells it that way, Belarus and Russia, there's one aspect I'd like to mention. At the end of 2022, the contract between Poland and Russia, Gazprom, for natural gas deliveries will expire.

2:37:36 At the same time, the Baltic pipeline has been finished and starting October 2022, Norwegian gas deliveries will start. I don't think Putin's very happy about that. Aha! So this is what may be going on. Well, something like that, that's for sure. Yeah, remember the Nord Stream 2 got shut down by the Germans. We can't overlook that. For no apparent reason. Well, political. So this has got to all be related and maybe maybe Erdogan is how about this Putin's pissed Putin's pissed so he gets his little boy Erdogan he says hey I'll give you those a those s400s AS400s that would be funny I'll give you this s400s but you got to start sending some some towel heads over there I'm just talking the way Putin would talk right?

CHAPTER 35 / 42 Discussion

Kyle Rittenhouse Media Coverage, Tucker Carlson, Stephen Colbert

The media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial is analyzed, with a focus on a roundup by Tucker Carlson regarding factual inaccuracies in mainstream reporting. A clip from Stephen Colbert’s monologue shows the audience cheering for a change in the law following the acquittal. The hosts argue the media narrative was a "tapestry of lies" designed to incite division.

kyle rittenhouse· tucker carlson· stephen colbert· kenosha· media bias

2:38:27 That's how he's talking. You misgendered early in the show how you're doing this. And these accents. Oh my god. The show is no good. It's hurting the show. How about that? Something along those lines. You know, we can speculate all we want. There's something's up is all we know for sure. No, we can't expect... It involves Erdogan and I think, I don't know, it's beyond me. I mean, I'll keep looking, trying to find out, but I don't think I'm gonna get anywhere. I do have two associated clips about the Rittenhouse situation. Yeah, you know, holy crap. Is this thing like a psy-op the way they put this all together? There's some psy-op aspect to it, that's for sure. I mean, I want to play... I don't... I'm apologizing in advance for playing anything from Tucker Carlson since he's banned from the show, but

2:39:24 I want to play overview one Rittenhouse and this is Tucker Carlson's roundup of the media coverage and we've pretty much followed it closely and the media coverage of the Rittenhouse thing was slanted. And it was bullcrap and it was lies. And let's listen to Carlson's rap. In retrospect, it's remarkable just how dishonest, how thoroughly and intentionally dishonest the media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse story turned out to be. All of it was a lie. Rittenhouse was not a white supremacist. He was never in a militia. He never crossed state lines with a firearm. The protest in Kenosha was not peaceful. It was a riot, chaotic and violent. Many of the rioters, by the way, carried guns. Rittenhouse was hardly alone.

2:40:05 Rittenhouse didn't go to Kenosha looking for trouble. His father lived there. Rittenhouse himself worked as a lifeguard in Kenosha. On August 25th of last summer, Rittenhouse went downtown to stand guard over a car lot. Here's the context. The night before, police in Kenosha had done nothing as the mob burned businesses, including another car lot, all the way to the ground. So the business owner needed Kyle Rittenhouse's help. He was looking to a 17-year-old for help, if that gives you some perspective on how bad things were. And he asked for it. As Rittenhouse stood there, rioters threatened his life. Then they attempted to kill him. In the end, Rittenhouse shot three attackers as he tried to run to the safety of the police. A number of media outlets claimed the men Rittenhouse shot were black. In fact, all three were white and all three had serious criminal records. We could go on. Again, the media coverage was, from beginning to end, a tapestry of lies. If you watched the trial last week, you know that.

2:41:00 Yes, I saw this episode. That's a very good rundown. So we agree that the media is... and I blame, by the way, not the media necessarily, I blame the New York Times. They were the ones who triggered this whole barrage of nonsense. But they are ground zero of the media. They're ground zero for shit like this. Yes. So I just did that now the media has perpetrated a lie and the result of it is kind of frightening and I think it's irresponsible. Well, it's obviously irresponsible because I want to play a clip now. from Colbert from his monologue and I want you to listen for the memes that Colbert has in here about the crossing of the state lines this and that and then the audience reaction and this is just the beginning of it. You know what's funny? You say the audience reaction and I'm literally looking at the waveform of the audio and I'm like, mm-hmm. How sick is that? I can see the waveform and hear it in my head.

2:42:03 You can and he goes on after this to be even worse, but this is the gist of the whole thing Big news on Friday was that after being accused of crossing state lines Killing two people and wounding another last year during a Black Lives Matter protest Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all counts Okay Yeah, okay cards on the table. I'm not a legal expert So I can't tell you whether or not Kyle Rittenhouse broke the law But I can tell you this if he didn't break the law we should change the law. Yeah Yeah, yes, this is why I say a psychological operation I have it I could just analyze it from what I see

2:43:00 Colbert is right on message and holy crap did it work I mean that sounded like more than just a rent-a-audience that was happy don't you think that sounded pretty sincere? It was sincere and the audience was whooping it up. They boo the name Kyle Rittenhouse and they clap when Colbert says we need to change the law. The law is fine. It's really disgusting because it's not that these people aren't instance, or they're phonies, or even Colbert, well Colbert is a phony, he's an actor, but they sincerely believe this because they've been brainwashed by, they've been reading the New York Times

2:43:43 and getting this information this way and it's like a lot just just outward lies that are I don't know what the point of it is. I do and Stephen Colbert just just hit it the nail on the head. This is I'm going to give the Democrats credit. The Democrat Party of the United States, Merka, had a long-term operation set up. This was planned, these court cases all scheduled around the same time, everything was set up beautifully. We had the media had their script so it didn't even matter what the outcome would be. The prosecution was aired incessantly on MSNBC and CNN. Actually I don't even think, I think Fox

CHAPTER 36 / 42 Discussion

Waukesha Parade Attack, Media Narrative Shift, Young Turks

The horrific attack on a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, is discussed as a disruption to the media's established narrative following the Rittenhouse and Arbery trials. Anna Kasparian of The Young Turks is noted for admitting she was misled by her sources regarding the facts of the Kenosha shootings. The hosts contrast the coverage of the Waukesha suspect with previous cases.

waukesha· christmas parade· anna kasparian· young turks· media coverage

2:44:29 did cut away from time to time because the op is on all sides. Then when the defense came up MSNBC stopped carrying it live as did CNN that's when Fox News went in. So this was this is creating this division and the whole plan the talking point of cross state lines, vigilantes, kids with guns. This is all about new laws, new gun legislation. It's going to be introduced any day now. It was set up perfectly. Problem, the president is an idiot, can't speak right, can't do anything, can't appeal. Where's Obama when you need him? And then to make matters worse, this happened. This morning, the family of Obama. I'm sorry.

2:45:15 This happened. We're going to begin tonight in Waukesha, Wisconsin, a close-knit community that is reeling in grief following a horrific attack at its annual Christmas parade. So they had the Rittenhouse set up, they had the Aubrey trial set up, which is true vigilantism, and I think that's a correct verdict, guilty, and everyone sees that. But because of the, they went too far They went too far and people are seeing two things. One, they're seeing that they were being misled by the media or their own misreading of headlines. Even Anna from Young Turks, she said, holy crap, I thought it was black guys. I thought this guy was clearly like, you know, a Trump murderer. She said, I have to evaluate my sources. People have seen that. People are also seeing... Anna said that? Yes. Yes.

2:46:10 So she was at the point where she thought the guy had shot black guys? Yes. How out of it are you to think that? But more importantly, she's one of the 40% in the mass formation who just went, holy crap. Or maybe she was one of the 30% and woke up. Something happened. They broke it with this. And now people are seeing with this parade attack, with these killings, with the murder, People are seeing the difference in the coverage. They're seeing all the differences. It came so quickly. And the legal system, look, if you got money in America, you're going to be okay in the legal system. I think people saw that too. Look at OJ. So this has broken something and they almost had it right.

2:47:00 Well, I don't think it was they. I think it was the Democratic Party. I think they totally had the schedule. No, no, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the guy in the SUV plowing through the parade. That wasn't part of the scheme. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. That broke it. That broke it. Yeah, I know, but when you say they almost got it right, it assumes within the sentence structure that this had something to do with it. No, no, it says that that interrupted it. They almost got it right. This interrupted it. That's what I said. They did. This screwed it up. Yeah. But they're doing everything they can.

CHAPTER 37 / 42 Discussion

Retail Crime Spree, San Francisco DA, Low Bail Policy

A wave of organized retail thefts in San Francisco’s Union Square and Oakland has led to a debate over California’s Proposition 47 and low-bail policies. A news crew was robbed at gunpoint while covering the burglaries. Court reports indicate that several suspects in the Louis Vuitton heist were released on $5,000 bail, which the hosts argue provides little incentive for them to return to court.

retail theft· san francisco· union square· louis vuitton· prop 47

2:47:39 It is this actually fun to watch the scramble. Yes. Oh, he was being chased by the cops and all these things are trying to come up with him. None of them make any sense. And what are we learning? He had just tried to mow down his girlfriend with a car that he was let off. He was he was a low bail by one of the low bail guys. Uh huh. And this is now starting to come to a head when you look at what's happening in context of California. Well, we have some right I got some riot coverage here. Yes, I'm talking about the mass robberies You mean the organ organized crime? It's organized organized crime because of low bail They just let people out and this is not working this we do know that the Seattle a DA one of the pioneers of this not Jabber, ah ma got kicked out and now we still have this guy in San Francisco there was

2:48:31 irked about but here's a couple of interesting points here's the a news crew in the middle of the day in Oakland which has also got this problem with it with the soft DA KRN news journalist they get jumped in the middle of the street listen to this last month now that break-in happened on Monday night it was today just before 1230 a news crew from Cron television was here to cover that burglary when an the gunman's gun. He was shot in the stomach. The gunman was shot in the stomach. The armed robbery crew pulled up. Now I spoke with two eyewitnesses who did not want to appear on camera. They say the gunman ordered the news crew and their guard to get on the ground, and it was just a few moments after that. That shots were fired and the guard was hit. Now Oakland police have not released any details on the shooting other than to say that the guard was hit in the stomach and no one else was

2:49:25 We are asking if you are in the area, have a business or live nearby to please check your surveillance footage as you may have captured the crime before, during or after it occurred. The guard who was shot works for Star Security. That's the same agency used by KPIX and other Bay Area television stations. A precaution that was started years ago after a string of robberies targeting television news crews. We're here in Oakland, Wilson Walker, KPIX 5. I have a clip from the Lieutenant Tracy McCray from the San Francisco Sheriff's Department. It comes from Fox News, but she is speaking on behalf, I presume, of law enforcement.

2:50:10 quite lucid. of any type of repercussions. So people are coming into the city and just causing havoc, knowing that they can get away with it. And they covered up their license plate numbers. Do you think that any of these people will ever be tracked down and prosecuted? I mean, I'm hopeful. We did catch eight people that night. But that level of sophistication, what you just said, covering their license plate, right? No ordinary

2:50:55 or criminal is going to do that, right? So here you have a very sophisticated network of thieves knowing what they're doing, targeting what they want to go after. You know, the big lie here is about, you know, Prop 47. When the ACLU supported that and said, oh, we'll make your neighborhoods and schools safer. No, they didn't. Thieves have figured out what the game is. You mean I could steal up to $950 and I can only get a citation if I get caught? And those citations will never be prosecuted. And this by the way helps when you have a group in the case of the San Francisco robberies, a hundred people. They all take a thousand dollars worth of stuff or $9.50 as it were. Do you think similar to parents who have children being taught things they disagree with that San Franciscans and others but San Franciscans certainly of all political persuasions will start to realize that there's something wrong with the system?

2:52:00 Well, let's hope so. I have the Crime Spree update which is about the San Francisco robberies and there's a couple of kickers in here. The late details in that retail crime spree. Within the past hour, suspects arrested for robberies in San Francisco's Union Square went before a judge. KPIX finds Max Darrow live in San Francisco with more of the details for us. Max? Yeah, the event just concluded less than an hour ago and what we found out is five of the defendants listed in the Louis Vuitton crime spree pled not guilty to all felony charges that they have been charged with. Take a look at some of the video reminding you what the scene looked like just over the weekend in Union Square. Ivan Speed, Tomiko Miller, Francille White and Kimberly Sherry appeared at the same time. These four defendants all face felony charges related to burglary and theft.

2:52:48 A judge ruled two of the defendants, Miller and Speed, are not to be released from custody, citing their extensive criminal histories. He did not set bail for them. The judge did set bail at $5,000 for the two other defendants, White and Cherry. The judge said since this seemed to be a purely financially driven crime, setting bail for these two defendants seemed appropriate as an incentive to get them to return to court when they're asked to. They just stole $20,000 worth of Louis. Yeah, they don't care. Well, they said, well, it's because it's a financially incentive. Most crimes, except murder and even murders, often is a financially incentivized crime. Pretty much. So what difference does it make? And so then they also said, there was also in that report, he says, well, we get a little bail that might encourage them or will encourage them to come back.

CHAPTER 38 / 42 Discussion

Rashida Tlaib, Prison Abolition, BREATHE Act

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was interviewed by Axios regarding her endorsement of the BREATHE Act, which proposes emptying federal detention facilities within 10 years. Tlaib appeared to struggle when asked about the release of human traffickers and sex offenders. The hosts conclude that Tlaib likely endorsed the sweeping legislation without fully reading its specific provisions.

rashida tlaib· breathe act· prison abolition· axios· incarceration

2:53:46 Not after you're told to just leave. That says to me that these no bail, no bail, no bail, let them go. They're not coming back. They're just going. Yeah, they'll leave the state if they have to. This is crazy. And there's all these left-wing district attorneys who run for these offices in these cities They had it in mind they're gonna change things. That Tlaib woman just did an interview with Axios saying... I have it, I have it, I have it. Oh, well let's listen to this maniac. Now this is about the Breathe Act which comes from the... I can't breathe... Michael... Say his name! I can't remember his name... in New York and he suffocated. So this is the Breathe Act and this is Axios interviewing her about it, reading verbatim from the act but

2:54:33 But also Axios is more left-wing, left-leaning than right-leaning, and they're astonished. Even they're dumbfounded. In 2020 you endorsed the BREATHE Act, which is a series of proposals to transform America's criminal justice system and create, quote, a roadmap for prison abolition. The Breathe Act proposes emptying federal detention facilities within 10 years. To what extent have you wrestled with any potential downsides of releasing into society every single person who's currently in a federal prison? Yeah, again, I think that everyone's like, oh my God, we're going to just release everyone.

2:55:17 That's not what I'm saying. But did you see how many people are mentally ill that are in prison right now? No, I know, but the act that you endorsed actually says release everyone in 10 years. But think about it. Who will release you? But there are like human traffickers, child sex. Do you mean that you don't actually support that? Because you endorsed the bill. No, I endorsed the Breathe Act and looking at federal policies and how we incarcerate, absolutely. But it says in there- But you cannot just blankedly say, oh look, she wants... That's not what I'm saying. But that's like in plain text. But what I'm saying is look at who's in prison now.

2:55:54 No, look at the folks that are mentally ill, they have substance abuse problems. I'm not disagreeing with you that there are people who should be in prison. Yeah, but then why aren't you asking me about them? You're asking me about the human traffickers and others that should be able to be held accountable. No, no, no, what I'm trying to understand is your proposal is so sweeping. It does release everyone. And what I'm trying to say to you- Within 10 years, and obviously there's a process of looking at how can we get away from mass incarceration and move towards care first. But what I'm trying to understand, because it is such a sweeping concrete proposal, do you believe that there are still categories of people who should be behind bars? There are absolutely folks that- Folks.

2:56:31 I don't under, you know, I don't know because right now the way the prison system was supposed to be like rehabilitary, you know, it's supposed to be rehabilitation, right? Right. Really? That's how they, yeah. I don't think there's any rehabilitation happening right now for those that might actually have, you know, and again, a majority, there's so many that have mental health issues, other struggling issues. Do you think all people can be rehabilitated? I don't think so. I've been very clear about that. Okay. Um, okay. I know exactly what happened here. It's not so hard to figure out. She didn't read it. She didn't read it. Someone told her, hey, you know, you got to get on board with my thing here, you know, we want to, you know, get crazy people out of jail. You're absolutely correct because she didn't know that it says everybody gets released in 10 years. No, and that's part of the problem is all laws are written by lobbyists and people just go along with it and, you know, it's like us not finding the whole clip. You get burned and she got burned here. Yeah.

CHAPTER 39 / 42 Discussion

Producer Credits, Isle of Wight, Birthday List

The hosts read a list of donors and producers who contributed to the Thanksgiving episode. Credits include "Sir Chris Gray of the Isle of Wight" and several contributors from the Netherlands. The segment includes a "wish well" for various birthdays and acknowledges the financial support that makes the broadcast possible.

donations· isle of weight· amsterdam· birthdays· producers

2:57:32 Yeah, she's gonna regret this interview. Oh yeah, especially when she's uh... her head is shaven and she's being marched naked down Main Street. I'm gonna show my school by donating to No Agenda. Imagine all the people who could do that. Oh yeah, that'd be fab. We do have a few people to thank for show 1401 not including Bud Abbot and Lou Costello. Josh Jackson's on the top of the list $132 thanks for a great Thanksgiving he's got a wish well wisher. Ian Field 100 Netherlands. Doordi De Jong $100 from Holland.

2:58:18 Matthew Smith in North Royalton, Ohio, 1999. Sir Chris Gray of the Isle of Wight. The Queen owns that island. 8888 in Covington, Louisiana. I guess he lived in the Isle of Wight at some point. Andre Uh, another Hollander, thank you. And he's in Rizwijk. Pichu. Rijswijk. Rijswijk. Rijswijk. Rijswijk. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2:59:06 Weisswein, or Reisweik. Sir Kevin McLaughlin, Duke of the Luna. That's what I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving is that. Reisweik! Sir Kevin McLaughlin, Duke... You know, there's a lot of people that can't do that bit, that can't do the R roll. Well, that's why we did it instead of Abbott and Costello. My wife is one of them. She can't do the rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Sir Kevin McLaughlin, Duke of Luna, lover of America. Wait a minute! This is Sir Kevin McLaughlin again? Every single show, man. He loves the boobs! He does. 8008 from him. Bill Hine-Hine-Nigler in Henderson, Nevada. 7447. Mark Lyons in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 7410. David Forbes, 6006.

3:00:06 Phil Huxford in Easton, Connecticut, 57, 16. Paul Webb in Twickenham, Twickenham, Middlesex, UK. I've been to Twickenham. I've been to Twickenham. Twickenham, Twickenham. Yes. 55, 55. I think there's a stop from the tube. I think I landed there probably. Oh, did you now? Yeah. Sir Loudpipes, Baron of Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina. John, 5510, John Gaynor, 5280, Dustin Reed in Springfield, 52, Forrest Martin, 5005, and by the way, Dustin's got a birthday call out for somebody and he wants a biscuit for his birthday and so does Tori.

3:00:51 Oh, but jerk web bite bojerk was but jerk was I don't know in Mission Viejo. You gave up on that. I did is a dude de-douching for her dad Aaron. You've been 5001 Mission Viejo and then finally we got the $50 donors as shortlist today you should note for Sunday so we can maybe pick it up. Nobody will be around because they're all traveling around. Pamela Niman in Amsterdam, Jesus Allen in Austin, Texas, Patrick Macom, and he's a sir. He's in New York, New York, New York. Aaron Tanner, Alexa Delgado in Aptos, Simon Chong in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Gregory Elder,

3:01:49 Leland Smith, Todd Grubb in Capic, Michigan. Sir Alan Bean up there in Beaverton. And last but not least, Leanne Shipley in Covington, Washington, 50. I want to thank these folks for making this show possible. I thank each and every one of them and the people who came in with lesser amounts too. Yes, and let me see, we have some housekeeping here. make goods well first of all they always give me a biscuit on my birthday for those who needed that biscuit Robert Winter no Mike from yes Robert Winters to make good

CHAPTER 40 / 42 Discussion

Make Goods, Knighting Ceremony, Sealing Wax

Administrative "make goods" are addressed for producers whose donations or notes were previously misattributed. A formal knighting ceremony is conducted for several new members of the No Agenda Round Table, including "Dame Noodle Nuker" and "Sir Leadbelly." The hosts describe the fictional perks of the Round Table, such as mutton and mead.

knighting· make goods· round table· sealing wax· producers

3:02:27 Mike from Macaquita, Macaquita, hit me in the mouth about a year ago. I thought that it would be a good opportunity to make my first donation for show number 1400 and my 47th birthday on 11-19. For payment, I used my Smoking Hot Wives credit card and saw a comment box after entering the card information thinking that this is where I should leave my note. I proceeded to type in a short message only to find out during the show that the donation was credited to my wife, Jennifer Winter, and no note was received. Please correct the name to Rob Winter and add me to the birthday list. I would also like to ask for a de-douching and he says stay safe. You've been de-douched. I mean a real man would have said, hey you know it's okay my wife can have it because I love her. We'll change it for you.

3:03:12 And Cody Arden That was weird. We had two Cody's on the last show and there were some note mix-ups and oh, yeah We had too many Cody's we had too many we had the Cody cooties And so Cody Arden should have been night. We did read Cody's note, but we didn't night Cody So I think that makes Cody a black knight. I Yes, it's our screw-up. He's a black man. He shall be sir. Lead belly of the digital dystopia There you go. So all fixed all sorted out. Thank you very much everybody for supporting You have more no, there's this I've got them looking at the forces you're going head you bed you bed you bed you bed you better Yeah, this slow down is Robert and bass hole and I don't see it

3:03:59 Robert Bassel should be on the birthday list. He's down there. Somebody's calling him for a birthday and way down on the spreadsheet. Oh, that's all in Shelton, Connecticut. Happy birthday 36. He's going to be 36 one of these days. What number is he then? He's 36. No way down on the spreadsheet. I need to know the number. It's just it's within the donation to the donation amount. It's way down there. It's $15 from someone in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. Okay, well gee I wish we had done this earlier spread. Oh here we go Okay, Robert Bass whole Okay, Robert Bass whole and he will be 36 okay? Well, we don't want to disappoint anybody now Do we and was there was there any further notes? We had to read I just want to make sure we get everything in because it's a Note for someone this is a note that with no money attached. It was just a card for someone of our listeners and

3:05:05 And I thought it would be worth reading. It says it's very complimentary and heartfelt. And I think this person has donated before, because otherwise she wouldn't be Dame Jennifer Weta. Oh, Jennifer Weta, of course. We know Dame Jennifer. She says, I'm so thankful to have you. It's a nice little card too. It says it's a Thanksgiving card that says Happy Thanksgiving. You know it's real. You wouldn't be able to do that. It's official. wishing you all the love, joy, and gratitude that make Thanksgiving so special. Says the card, and she says, I'm so thankful to have you and no agenda in my life, John and Adam. Your work is so vitally important in this world of madness, and I am a healthier and happier woman for you, for you, oh, for it, for it. Love you both.

3:05:53 Dame Jennifer and she's got a little heart. Ah, well we love you too Dame Jennifer and all the producers of Gitmo Nation. This show would not be happening without you. You're the ones that bring it. We really appreciate that. Also the people we didn't mention under $50. Although we are bringing up one guy with his $15 for you. It's a birthday, we got it for you. And if you'd like to participate for 14.03 our next episode on Sunday, go to... And here is the full birthday list as we have it to document today Rob Winter 47 on the 19th Cheryl M's has happy birthday to Travis M 27 on the 23rd Bill Hagan

3:06:40 Hengeler, 74 on November 23rd. Congratulations Bill. Ella Kopisteke, 34 today. Paxton Sanders turns 50 today. Samantha Hoffman says happy birthday to her husband Brandon, celebrating tomorrow. Robert Basshole in Shelton, Connecticut will be 36. Dustin Rude celebrates tomorrow. Tori Borroquez, happy birthday to her father Aaron, celebrating on the 28th. And finally, Derek Allison, happy birthday to Travis Baggart, celebrating on the 29th. Happy birthday from everybody here at the best podcast in the universe.

3:07:16 We got a couple of knights and dames actually one two three we have one dame and three nights so I got the one dame three knight blade. That's beautiful. Alec Opusteki, Hop on Up, Chris Spaulding, Spradling, Chris Spradling, it is straight, Curry. Brian Burgess and Cody Arden, all of you have supported the No Agenda Show in the amount of $1,000 or more. Thank you very much for that. And allow me to welcome you to the round table by pronouncicating the Dame Noodle Nuker, Sir Crush-a-Lot of Sonoma Wine Country, Sir Minnesota Sticks and Black Knight, Sir Leadbelly of the Digital Dystopia. For you, gentlemen and lady,

3:07:57 We have hookers and blow, rent boys and chardonnay. We got dameys, braised beef raviolis and smoke wagon. A bottle of Robert Sinski Blanc and thinly sliced prosciutto. Kratom and clownies. I need a lozenge. And of course mutton and mead. So if that kratom doesn't work, the mutton and mead just might. And while you're chowing down, go to noagendanation.com slash rings. You can select exactly what you need, the size, maybe even the colors of your sealing wax. And with that, let Eric the Shill know by hitting submit and we'll take care of it for you. Get it out. Thank you very much for becoming one dame and three knights of the No Agenda Roundtable.

CHAPTER 41 / 42 Discussion

Meetup Reports, Three Mile Island, Amsterdam Superspreader

Producer-organized meetups are reported from Three Mile Island, Michigan, and Amsterdam. The "Amsterdam Superspreader" event is highlighted as a successful gathering despite local restrictions. Upcoming meetups are announced for Portland, Sydney, and Albuquerque, encouraging listeners to find or start their own local chapters.

meetups· three mile island· amsterdam· michigan· portland

3:08:36 Well, the meetup reports are back, people getting more creative. This is something that is becoming increasingly important in today's world where you need to be able to have human contact and not worried about what you're saying. Have open, honest conversations, have a beer. Dogs and kids welcome typically. It's just a good time, it's completely producer organized. We have a knight who came up with the whole noagenda meetups.com website. You need to try one of these out. Just as an example, listen to the meetup report from the TMI EVAC zone. In the morning from Cir 737, 10 miles west of Three Mile Island.

3:09:20 This is Mrs. Sir 737 and John I love the three-way three no joke in the morning from snob knob This is Chris here with my two human resources, and I'm not afraid to exploit them don't you don't drive a joke like love or Residential spook Maxwell Reeves. Adam, to who are these podcasts already? Sir T checking in in the morning. In the morning John and Adam, thanks for your courage. Let's go Brandon! Wanda in the morning, try RCP. John, check your pop money. And Adam, could you please give a de-douching to everyone here? They all bought a drink. Yeah, we can deduce everybody. You've been deduced. Just for this one time, don't put that in every single report. And we always encourage exploiting your children. Make sure you run a separate recorder because it's usually the stuff you don't rehearse with them that is great.

3:10:11 One of our OG meetup groups is Michigan Local 1. In the morning, John and Adam. This is Trish reporting from the meetup. Literally roller skating. This is Vick here with my two human resources and my husband Dan. In the morning, John and Adam. We're at this meetup. I don't see any spooks though. Adam, John having a good time here at the Michigan Local 1. This is SirNetNet looking for an exit strategy. No one's playing with camera. This is Trish from Ferndale, Michigan. Thank you for all you do. Let's go Brandon. Yo, this is Nick dragon of the four domains The beaches are back open. Whoa in the morning to you. This is dweezus of hazardous. I have not been de-douche yet I will be soon as soon as I can sell off the rest of these fake vaccination cards Thanks for the job that you do your Michigan local one meetups

3:10:58 brought to you in part by Oops I crapped my pants! You can also spew excrement just like our spokesperson Come on man, you too can do it too! Where's Jill? What's your name? My name's Joe Biden Let's go Brandon! Duncan My name is Annika, I'm 8 years old and I have a joke about Joe Biden So if he went for an interview in California he would get off the plane and say, where am I? I wrote the checks! Wow, my head is spinning. And to make matters even more interesting, the organizer of that Michigan Local One apparently has a private roller rink wherever I'm going. Which is like... Michigan Local One. I could have gone for that one. Yeah, I like the idea of that. And then we have the Lowlanders. My goodness, they are fighting the good fight there, speaking their own truth and meeting up against all odds and obstacles in Amsterdam.

3:11:50 On the outskirts of the crime capital of Ketmo Lolen, Amsterdam. Hello, this is Damien Bam Bam at the Amsterdam Superspread event. Hi, this is Alwin and we're having a party. This is Sebastian, host of the meetup. Let's go Hugo, let's go Mark. Thank you for the courage in the morning. In the morning, Sander Whisper speaking from Amsterdam, the crime capital of Holland. See you soon in the next meetup. In the morning, this is Pieter Uiltje. We had a great family time. In the morning! Hi, this is Arno. It was a nice birthday meetup.

3:12:35 It's John here again coming you from Amsterdam with a fantastic meetup from Sebastian. Thank you and everybody remember cats cats cats. Thank you very much It was very nice here in Amsterdam. We see the ducks in the morning ducks In the morning, it's dangerous Coming to you live from Amsterdam meetup. Thank you for your courage. Thank you everybody. Don't forget to take your b12 and There you go. That's a meetup report right there. The Dutch having a good time. But everyone's having a good time. That's what's so cool about it. And you can too. This Saturday if you're in Oregon, the local 33 Richards Early Patty Party meets at Dick's Primal Burger. The owner is also a producer and that's in Portland.

3:13:28 We have on Sunday the 28th the Sydney Freedom Meetup, 1 o'clock Sydney Australian time. I think it's actually already Sunday, 1 o'clock Australian time there. And there's a lot of details on the No Agenda Meetup website as to how to get there, where it is, and you can imagine why, because it's going to probably be completely outside of all legal boundaries down under. FEMA Region 9's first monthly meetup, 2 o'clock on Sunday the 28th at the Santa Maria Brewing Company. Also thankful for No Agenda 505 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sir Jeffrey Tuhig is hosting that. Good friend, good pal of the pod at Urban 360 Pizza. And the Maycomb, Michigan meetup, 7 o'clock at Mannegan's Irish Hut.

3:14:14 Mount Clemens, Michigan and that will be on Sunday as well And if you are looking for something to do in December, we already have at least 20 different maybe even more Meetups lined up and scheduled it is something to be a part of If you can't find one near you in that corner of the globe. All you have to do is set one up yourself It's easy. You can do it at no agenda meetups calm just like a party Sometimes you wanna go hang out with all the nice and Well, vacation holiday and we're still long. Well, that happened.

CHAPTER 42 / 42 Discussion

Jamie Dimon Apology, Spatchcock Turkey, Show Outro

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon apologized to the Chinese Communist Party after joking that his bank would outlive the regime. The hosts discuss the power of China over American corporate leaders. The show concludes with a discussion of "spatchcocking" turkeys for Thanksgiving and a preview of the next "MoFax with Adam Curry" episode.

jamie dimon· china· spatchcock· thanksgiving· mofax

3:15:08 Uh, I have- I really only have- let me see if I have any ISOs. We're like 20 minutes over. Let me see what I have here. What is this? Build your brain back better, man! Come on! What? I'm doing ISOs. That's what I'm doing. Oh, I thought you said you were playing clips. No, ISOs. Build your brain back better, man! Come on! Oh, that's no good. Someone sent me this a classic Long this one in the morning. I like her. I like that little Dutch girl. That's all I got All right. I got two but besides the Biden one, which is too long and I'm not gonna even suggest it Is I is dark? Why are we here in the dark? Yeah, it's a show ending. Mm-hmm

3:15:57 But I think this is a better show ending, lawyer. I'm calling my lawyer. Oh yeah, no perfect. That's good. Where's that from? Oh, it's from one of these... Sounds like a cartoon, like a cartoon. No, it was from a clip from NPR or something. Well, that's what I mean, cartoon, NPR. All right, let me ask you. Oh wait, before we go, I just need to play this. Just to show how powerful China is. That even Jamie Dimond is China's bitch. The CEO of the largest bank in America, JPMorgan Chase, is apologizing to the Chinese Communist Party. It's over a joke he made yesterday. At an event in Boston, Jamie Dimond quipped that JPMorgan would outlive the Chinese regime. I made a joke that the Communist Party is celebrating its 100th year.

3:16:54 So is JPMorgan. And I'll make you bet we last longer. I can't say that in China. The Chinese regime didn't directly respond to the comments, but Dimon clarified this morning that he was only trying to stress JPMorgan's longevity and that he was sorry for his comments. I mean, is that power? Oh, you know, we got the word that, you know, some friend of she guy was like unhappy with what you had to say. Not asking for an apology or anything, but you know, wouldn't hurt. I just find that like of all the people to have to grovel Jamie Dimon, huh? That is a cake taker. No doubt about it. That's really pathetic. That's as bad as

3:17:47 with that actor. No, John Cena. John Cena. John Cena. Yeah, he's another good example of a guy who had to grovel because he said something that he didn't say. And he groveled in Mandarin fluently. Hello. Yeah, he made it even more pathetic. Hello. So what are you doing for the cooking for Thanksgiving? I'm doing a spatchcocked turkey. Spatchcocked turkey? And on the side barbecue and then JC is doing a competitive spatchcocked turkey in his oven. And we're going to see what works better. It's a spatchcock off. This is interesting. What is this? What is the spatchcock? What is the spatchcocked? Oh, this is this. Oh, this is the thing. This is what the millennials is all they talk about now is spatchcocked. And I've talked I've mentioned on the Horowitz show. He's doing a spatchcocked turkey too. I feel left out. What is a spatchcocked turkey? It's cut

3:18:48 It's a turkey that's cut along the bottom and then split open so it's kind of a flat big thing. It's like flat, you cook it on, you know, it's more like a butterfly. Oh really? Yeah, it's a butterfly turkey. You need a really big pan for that then? You need a big pan or, well I got a barbecue, I got a Texas grill so I do it on the room. I'm gonna do it not at the grill I mean is the Texas bar is it Texas barbecue side cooker? I got a big giant a lot of space in there to put a spatchcock turkey Well horror, which is doing he's a chef. Do people know that he's a chef. He's a maniac Yes, really good cook. No. He's a maniac. Let's leave it at that I'm thankful for you too, Andrew

3:19:40 I'm not out, I'm not out spatchcocking Andrew. And I'm thankful for you John C. Dvorak. And I am going to tell you what's coming up next on noagenderstream.com. Which is, oh, MoFax with Adam Curry, episode 71. Brand new. End of show, we're gonna keep it short. We got one from, it's because we only got one, Tom Starkweather, but Tom Starkweather, man, when he does his historical stuff and gives you the timeline of the week, you know it's gonna be good.

3:20:18 And I'm coming to you from the heart of Texas Hill Country, here in FEMA Region No. 6 and all the governmental maps. In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Currie. And from Northern Silicon Valley where I remain. I'm just checking the traffic out. It looks like a lot of people on the road but it's not jam-packed. I'm John C. DuVora. We return on Sunday with Episode 1403 of the Best Podcast in the Universe. Please remember us and support us with value for value at Dvorak.org slash NA. Until then, adios, mofos! Such. You know, I oftentimes experimented. I'd have some people in, I'd give them absolutely perfect drugs. Tough cookies, rough cookie. And by the way, I'm heading to a food kitchen. It's a big one, not a small one. Bottom up and the middle out, not the top down.

3:21:10 Let's do that. No way! Are you an idiot? The wind is ruining our beautiful prairies and our beautiful fields and lands and everything else. And by the way, jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Rough cookie. Tough cookies. Space force. Space force. Russia. Russia. Russia. Fake. Fake. Right now. As I speak, high gas prices. The bottom line, high gas prices. This is a problem. It goes through everything from bicycles to ice skates. Are you an idiot? Are you an idiot? We're spending money and just like throwing it out the window. People working. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Abdul! They come back. Abdul! Abdul!

3:21:49 drugs and if so will they cost me an arm and a leg the latest model still in the boxes let's do that I would have done all of that I'm heading to a food kitchen magnificent and I have to devote time to that people working jobs jobs jobs and by the way people should have their freedoms no mandates this is a problem are you an idiot right now As I speak, high gas prices. People working. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Tough cookies. Rough cookie. No, no, Abdul, I mean it, they've left. He would often come to the White House trying to get goodies. This is a problem. It's terrible. Let's do that. The best podcast in the universe! Adios, mofo. Dvorak.org slash N-A. I'm calling my lawyer.