Episode 1515 · Friday, 2 June 2023

Scop Christmas

A massive spending bill sails through Washington as tech giants face a dual threat from internal spying scandals and the rapid rise of conversational AI.

By The No Agenda Show | 3h 1m listen | 39 chapters
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About this episode

Representative Chip Roy of Texas delivered a blistering floor speech condemning the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill, which allocates $45 billion for Ukraine and $900 billion for military projects. Critics argue the legislation was drafted behind closed doors to bypass open debate, while the exclusion of child tax credit expansions signals a shift in legislative priorities. Simultaneously, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey agreed to dismantle a shipping container border wall following federal litigation, even as the Biden administration opens bids for $400 million in new wall contracts.

In the tech sector, ByteDance admitted that employees accessed the IP addresses of journalists from BuzzFeed and the Financial Times to identify internal leakers. This security breach coincides with a Senate vote to ban TikTok from federal devices and a massive LastPass data leak involving stolen cloud storage keys. Meanwhile, Google CEO Sundar Pichai issued a Code Red in response to ChatGPT, as the AI demonstrates the ability to generate functional code and conversational search results that threaten the traditional ad-supported model. In the energy sector, Bill Gates lobbied Senator Joe Manchin for nuclear projects that remain dependent on Russian uranium exports.

Sir Matthew Januszewski and Dame Sabine join the peerage during a special holiday knighting ceremony featuring a discussion on the proper way to eat nuts on an airplane. The show honors the passing of ABC producer Dax Tejera while maintaining a strict veto on AI-generated episode art. Nancy Pelosi provides a festive sign-off with her now-infamous Schwanza remix, and Mimi Dvorak launches a value-for-value cookbook for those burdened by a surplus of backyard chicken eggs.


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CHAPTER 01 / 39 Discussion

Bomb Cyclone Weather Events, Texas Power Grid Reliability

Severe winter weather across 45 states prompts a discussion on the technical definition of a bomb cyclone, requiring a 24-millibar pressure drop within 24 hours. The 2021 Texas power grid failure is compared to current national grid struggles during extreme cold. Claims are made that recent flight cancellations attributed to weather were actually caused by pilot shortages and staff walkouts at Southwest Airlines.

bomb cyclone· texas power grid· weather phenomenon· polar vortex· climate change

00:00 It looks like the Great Wall of China. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's Sunday December 25th 2022 this is your award-winning Get My Nation Media assassination episode 1515 This is no agenda Celebrating Christmas and unlike the M5M we're broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region number 6 in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley Merry Christmas! I'm John C. Dvorak It's crackpot and buzzkill! In the morning... Woohoo! Well, Merry Christmas. Jean? Joyeuse How is the weather? How is your bomb doing? Funny you should ask 45 states from Washington down to Texas up to Maine are on alert right now for severe cold wind snow and flooding New York is among the latest states to declare an emergency shutting down part of I-90 to commercial traffic blizzard warnings have been issued in 10 States but the biggest story

01:00 is the extreme cold extending all the way to Florida. Some areas of the country have seen temperatures drop 70 degrees in 18 hours and today a so-called bomb cyclone setting up over the northeast, a flash freeze will be making travel treacherous. A flash flood will make travel... a flash freeze will make travel treacherous. Nice alliteration! Yeah, the big story is that maybe it wasn't the Texas, the crappy Texas grid two years ago Maybe, maybe it just wasn't that As we are burning 90% of all our energy right now coming from coal and gas primarily, coal and nuclear

01:41 and a small bit from wind, and now we see that all the other states are having the same problems we had because you know their grid is shitty I guess. It's really quite amazing. Yeah it just suits the narrative so i picked up this clip because this is... You keep hearing this two years ago we had a bomb cyclone yes Although this is the one once in a generation according to everybody. We had one two years ago We've actually had one it turns out for every year for the past three years I don't remember when last year no well, let's play your clip first and then we'll Why is this explanation of bomb cyclone? Do you know what the there's an actually technical explanation? I found it Is this bomb cyclone defined

02:31 Yes, it is defying. What is a bomb cyclone? It's a weather phenomenon when you have a low-pressure system colliding with a high pressure system It drives down a bunch of cold air creates a bunch of wind and usually precipitation It is marked by a drop in the barometer of 24 millibars over a 24 hour period now I've been tracking I've tracked 14 millibars, so unfortunately for all the suffering. I think we're going to fall a little short of earning your bomb cyclone merit badge will be our final call to the meteorologist and just a hack at these things what you did get is a lot of flight cancellations Seattle Tacoma Airport in particular they got dumped on with freezing rain and that ice storm

03:08 Yeah, this is again a lot of horse shit. Merry Christmas. This was once, yes there were some weather events in the aviation system but I have all kinds of reports mainly Southwest was canceling and they canceled the most flights because they had no pilots remember it's near the end of the month they literally did not have the pilot they also had a hundred and fifty rampers walk out in Denver

04:01 Walked off the job and I have proof of that. Yeah, I have a memo what's in the show notes So none of this was really that necessary Of course maybe you know Maybe some airports really had bad weather but a lot of it is just the same old lack of personnel lack of staff that they just keep covering up with all kinds of weather events and And here's proof that we've had three in the past three years. From 9 News Colorado A single storm like this can't be blamed on climate change and its occurrence can't refute it either. Here's what the research is showing about the connection Scientists have proven that human activity is causing the entire atmosphere to warm, but they've also discovered that the Arctic is warming at a much faster pace

05:00 than it is in the United States. That can cause more chaotic weather patterns, leading to more extreme polar vortex outbreaks in the future Here's how it works The polar jet stream controls the weather patterns in the US When the Arctic is extremely cold that jet moves fast and remains in a tighter circle reducing the chances of the most extreme polar air from escaping to the south But since the Arctic- Holy crap did he say Xscaping? Did he say Xscaping?! Let's watch this again. ...of the most extreme polar air from escaping to the south... You did! Yeah, you did. But since the Arctic is not as cold as it used to be The smaller temperature gradient is causing the polar jet stream to slow and become more wavy That increases the chances of arctic outbreaks in the states A possible result is more extreme single-day cold events while overall seasonal temperatures increase

05:55 And there's data to support that. There has now been three extreme polar vortex outbreaks in three consecutive years. Besides this week, there was one in February of 2021 which crippled much of the nation's power grid in Texas and another one in September 2020 that brought the earliest freeze in history to Denver Colorado and yet the average fall and winter temperatures on the front range have been steadily on the rise over the last 60 years. Science! Yeah, there you go. Well hold on... Science! I disagree with your thesis My thesis? I have no thesis He talks about the polar vortex The polar vortex and the bomb cyclone are two separate entities Good point

06:42 The polar vortex did take place last year, but we didn't have a bomb cyclone for two years. It was two years ago because that's the first time I ever heard the term bomb cyclone and now of course this guy who talked about bomb cyclone on my clip mentions the fact that it is technically supposed to be at 25 millibar drop in 24 hours of the barometer, but he only could record 14. So maybe this is not really a bomb vortex either or bomb cyclone I miss getting mixed up. Well how about 30 millibar drop? Is that what you said? 24. 24 millibars...is that anything like two quarters of negative GDP because that's exactly just saying just so you know that's not a recession anymore

07:31 That's not them. Oh goodness, well anybody everybody how you doing? Merry Christmas to all We are live which is what we always do if the show falls on a by any day holiday We're always rolling and we're happy to be here and happy to see lots of trolls hanging out and everyone having a good time Yeah, most of the country is frozen under I feel bad for... Not here, it's 60 degrees here. It's fine. No! It's about let me see i think it's 20 probably about 25 right now where we are so not too bad and beautiful clear skies is just that the perfect to it's the perfect Christmas day really is you didn't get your snow? You didn't get a white Christmas? Did not get a white Christmas at all because its racist but also ice is racist these days too did you know that

CHAPTER 02 / 39 Discussion

Black Ice Safety, Global Cooling Media History

A discussion on road safety regarding "black ice" leads to a suggestion that the term be changed to "invisible ice" for accuracy. The conversation shifts to historical media coverage from 1979 and 1980, where news outlets reportedly warned of global cooling. These past reports are contrasted with modern climate change narratives, which are characterized as a "scam" or psychological operation.

black ice· road safety· global cooling· nasa· weather patterns

08:26 Oh, you know I'm all ears. The infamous black ice the thin coating of ice that glazes the road after frigid temperatures that can create dangerous and deadly road conditions but you may be surprised to learn that your first instinct to slam on the brakes maybe the wrong one This is a news story Don't slam on the brakes on black ice How can this be good? how can they call it black ice anyway That doesn't fit with any narrative at all Well, the funny thing about that story... we have black ice in Washington State and all along the Tahoe area. I mean it's very common and sometimes on bridges north of Sacramento but the thing is about black ice which makes it interesting is that you can't see it right

09:18 That's why it is dangerous because it basically an ice form that just kind of becomes semi-invisible. I would like to change the name to Invisible Ice, I think Black Ice is wrong. That's probably a better name to be honest about but... Yeah, I think its really wrong Why would you not slam the brakes on black ice if you don't even know your on black ice? Thats the point Well here is their advice Experts say take your foot off the gas and keep the wheels steady If you need to brake do it gently riding out until you're clear Steering as best as you can combined with braking or accelerating increases your chances of losing control. I wonder how Tesla's do? How does the self-driving car do in this case? Can someone go and test that, would like to know... Anyway we clearly have a trend which is cold but just so you know that has nothing to do with global warming anything it's just anything

10:15 NASA even says, yes just because it's cold for a day or week or season doesn't mean global warming is over. All months... Sorry? My promise for the first of next year is I'm going to dig up some clips which I have recordings from the 70s 1979 1980 era of news shows Don't ask me why I have these. Yeah, why do you have those? Why do you have those? I'm not even sure but I have them and they talk about global cooling and they report everything in just the opposite of being reported today And it's hilarious! These are by lefties

CHAPTER 03 / 39 Discussion

European Energy Crisis, Russian Oil Price Caps

The European Union's decision to cap Russian gas and oil prices results in Russia threatening to cut production rather than sell under the restrictions. Energy costs for consumers in the Netherlands have reportedly doubled, impacting heating and electricity bills. The mechanics of utility billing and annual rebates in California and Europe are compared.

european union· russia· oil price cap· energy prices· anton siluanov

11:03 It's so disappointing all of it is a scam It's a scam and an op. It's a scop I'm telling you Scam up see do we have anything else? Well this, you know obviously Climate change is going to be still going to be big on the agenda that you know the What's happening in Europe with energy is just nuts. The European Union decided to cap what they would pay for gas and oil, and Russia right away went okay good we just won't sell it to you then

11:50 Yeah, what kind of bargaining position are you in? I mean how did they a buyer with no options How do they even come up with something as stupid as that. I'm not going to pay more than $5 for your hat Okay, I'll keep the Hat exactly this is now This is from TASS which of course is the Russian news agency which I'm sure is disinformation And here's the headline from today, Russia could cut oil output. We won't sell supplies under Western price cap says the Energy Minister of Finance minister Anton Silnyanov says no no we just won't tell it to you makes total sense and why would you?

12:33 It's a buyer-sellers market thing. You just don't have a choice, you pay what you pay or if there is too much surplus and they're trying to dump it then you lowball them I mean it's just common sense. I think it was just virtue signaling to their own public We are going to be tough with these Russians Well the virtue signaling is very expensive virtue signals My daughter is paying twice the amount she paid last year for energy, electricity and gas which is the heat in her home is gas, hot water is all gas. That's now twice as expensive!

13:11 And you know how they do that is they just say, okay now you need to pay double the amount at the end of the year. We'll find out if you paid too much or didn't pay enough That's kind of universal I think but certainly in The Netherlands it probably works in lots of countries that way They don't do it here They don't do it here either But that's very normal where they'll say, what is like? Why? They can't do pricing. No, because the pricing fluctuates obviously and because it's a scam they say okay you'll just pay every month you'll pay 150 euros for the year that at end of the year we will see if you use more or less I think that what...I've seen this work this way in California Also they don't pay by cubic foot It is just flat fee per month and then calculation at the end which you really owe Yeah yeah how they make an estimate

14:01 It stinks. Yeah, I think I remember seeing this... I mean it doesn't stink if you get a big rebate but it stinks at the end of the year if you get hit with a $500 bill for something. Yeah? I'm thinking that this was-I remember this in California Los Angeles for some reason. I thought they did the same thing No no. No? I remember as expensive That'll be the day! It was very expensive Come on Now on the Russian front We would do is we overestimate, overcharge you and then apologize. You might get a rebate once in awhile but I don't remember ever getting one. It'd be all for a couple of bucks. It's like that random check you get from the state franchise tax board for state income taxes and they'll send your check for $6. What is this? Those guys, the franchise tax guys, they have tried... How long have I not been in California

CHAPTER 04 / 39 Discussion

Personal Anecdotes, Dental Surgery Complications

A host recounts moving to Texas in 2010 and the frequency of relocations over the past twelve years. The conversation turns to a recent dental procedure involving a temporary bridge and stitches, which is currently affecting the speaker's ability to enunciate clearly.

texas· california· dental bridge· speech enunciation· personal health

14:57 Oh, long time. 12 years? No! Yeah yeah yeah. No no it hasn't been 12 years I'm pretty sure it has...I've been in Texas for twelve years. Okay well the show's been going on 15 years and for three years of this show you were in London for at least a year and then you were in Los Angeles for at least a year and then San Francisco for at least a year. I moved to Texas in 2010 that's 12 years Anyway, uh... You've been bouncing around like a madman. I don't even know what i was going to say now that you distracted me. I had something important to say about that. You moved to Texas and you moved three times while you were there? Except no more than three times many times! I think I moved six times. That little house? Six times six times

15:51 Geez yeah, by the way you're gonna hear a little bit of slicing today. Which is kind of pissing me off But what has happened with the temporary teeth which are now? cemented in is The gums have risked you know that stitches are out the gums have receded from the swelling and now there's a gap between my gums and my upper bridge I don't hear a thing. Good, if you don't hear it i'm happy but i'm spitting on my screen like a maniac! It's disgusting. You're spitting on the screen? Yes because... Oh you mean your coughs your uh windscreen little thing in front of the mic No no the screen and the display

16:32 How close are you to it? It doesn't matter, I'm projectiling. It's like... because i'm trying to enunciate! Get out of his way! You do not want to be near me when I'm doing a podcast. I might have to have an uh new one made up A new bridge that's a little bit higher. Eh, just stick some cotton in there Thank you, Dr. Dvorak that sounds like a dynamite idea Put a piece of wood we all We all block we all remember the inflation reduction act And I think we had a clip or two about it or maybe a story how Bill Gates personally Went to Joe Manchin had multiple meetings and he really remember the I think we had a clip of that

17:17 saying that he convinced Manchin to get on board and the reason why is, and this is from Wall Street Journal. Bill Gates sold West Virginia's Senator Joe Manchin on this year's Democratic climate spending blowout which was called the Inflation Reduction Act but okay Climate Spending Blowout it's another name for it as a way to put unemployed coal workers to work building advanced nuclear reactors Which makes sense because we know Bill Gates has invested heavily in nuclear, which it wasn't supposed to be green until it was. And now says the Wall Street Journal we learn belatedly these projects all depend on Russian fuel order to operate. Because yeah cuz we sold all our fuel interest Hillary did that to the Russians as a scam. Yes exactly! As a scop

CHAPTER 05 / 39 Discussion

Bill Gates, Nuclear Energy Fuel Dependencies

Bill Gates reportedly lobbied Senator Joe Manchin to support the Inflation Reduction Act by promoting advanced nuclear reactors as a solution for unemployed coal workers. However, these TerraPower projects are noted to be dependent on High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU), which is primarily sourced from Russia.

bill gates· joe manchin· inflation reduction act· terrapower· uranium

16:32 How close are you to it? It doesn't matter, I'm projectiling. It's like... because i'm trying to enunciate! Get out of his way! You do not want to be near me when I'm doing a podcast. I might have to have an uh new one made up A new bridge that's a little bit higher. Eh, just stick some cotton in there Thank you, Dr. Dvorak that sounds like a dynamite idea Put a piece of wood we all We all block we all remember the inflation reduction act And I think we had a clip or two about it or maybe a story how Bill Gates personally Went to Joe Manchin had multiple meetings and he really remember the I think we had a clip of that

17:17 saying that he convinced Manchin to get on board and the reason why is, and this is from Wall Street Journal. Bill Gates sold West Virginia's Senator Joe Manchin on this year's Democratic climate spending blowout which was called the Inflation Reduction Act but okay Climate Spending Blowout it's another name for it as a way to put unemployed coal workers to work building advanced nuclear reactors Which makes sense because we know Bill Gates has invested heavily in nuclear, which it wasn't supposed to be green until it was. And now says the Wall Street Journal we learn belatedly these projects all depend on Russian fuel order to operate. Because yeah cuz we sold all our fuel interest Hillary did that to the Russians as a scam. Yes exactly! As a scop

18:12 It's exactly what is going on. And so now we're gonna have to go back to the Russians for the nuclear... Hat in hand, yes. TerraPower. What is the kind of fuel that they need for that? Must be high assay...what is that?...low enriched uranium H-A-L-E-U E-U, Helium High Assay Low Enriched Uranium. Very specific. What is that? I don't know. Good, I wish i knew okay but i'm writing down the some type of uranium is it has to be you know safe to handle it without uh and then i don't know i guess pre-enriched i have no idea well whatever words out there i'm throwing every word i know i like it and i like it enriched yes um centrifuged yeah well

CHAPTER 06 / 39 Discussion

Omnibus Spending Bill, Chip Roy Floor Rant

Representative Chip Roy of Texas delivers a floor speech criticizing the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill and the lack of open debate in the House since 2016. The bill includes $45 billion in emergency assistance for Ukraine and nearly $900 billion for military projects. Critics argue that the legislation was "cooked up" behind closed doors by a handful of leaders.

chip roy· omnibus bill· house of representatives· ukraine aid· military spending

19:07 It doesn't matter because that was just a spit in the bucket or a spit on my monitor compared to the $1.7 trillion bill, which we've still been trying to figure out and again every person who talks about the waste particularly Republicans all they can say is you know it's like oh it's 10 billion over here and ten billion over there that's horrible I'm like whoa how about the other trillion People can't do the math anymore. But Chip Roy is a representative from Texas, I like Chip Roy he's not my district representative but i like this guy alot so the Senate, this how it works in America The senate signed off and said this good 1.7 trillion dollars this is groovy everybody send it to the house! And I think that has to be done this week otherwise we don't fund the government

20:02 And because it's a spending bill? Well, they're going on vacation tomorrow I guess. No! The Senate already went on vacation and this irked Chip Roy to no end He had a six minute rant...I just pulled the little clip from it which is worth it to hear how most of Americans should be thinking about what their representatives are doing Thank you Speaker, thank you gentlemen from Pennsylvania and I can't help but amused that the gentleman from Massachusetts says we refuse to come to the table As if the gentlelady who will soon be the chairwoman of appropriations, Ms. Granger my colleague from Texas doesn't want to sit at the table with colleagues on either side of the aisle To come to consensus about how to spend taxpayer dollars or better stated How to borrow money we don't have as if that's actually true What table is the gentleman referring to? What table does he want us to come sit down and negotiate It's not this table

20:58 I don't have the power to offer an amendment on the floor of the House of Representatives despite being elected by 750,000 Texans. I don't have the ability or right to be able stand up for them and have a debate on the floor of this chamber Everything the American people is watching right now is a complete sham. It's a fraud, a fraud being perpetrated on the American people right before their eyes, right as we head into Christmas sitting here on the 23rd of December and we had 18 Republicans who joined with Democrats in the Senate get on their fancy planes and go home And were sitting her trying to do the work for the people

21:35 Not spend money we don't have, not drive up more inflation. Not have 7500 earmarks for 16 billion dollars for pet leftist projects across this country What you see here on the floor of the House of Representatives should make everybody ashamed The People's House. Not one amendment has been offered on the floor of this body since May of 2016 in open debate, when in fact what you see here is a 4100 page bill cooked up by handful people behind closed doors brought before the Rules Committee with no ability to offer an amendment, no ability to debate, and no actual discussion on the People's House floor! And my colleagues on the other side of aisle know it

22:18 And we're spending money we don't have. Yeah, now notice he says 16 billion in projects why doesn't he mention the 45 billion going to Ukraine or perhaps the 900 billion because this is it 900 billion of this 1.7 trillion so almost half it's going to military projects Or pockets. Well, pockets of course it's pockets but no one dares mention this I don't think Chip Roy said it either No of course not they're all in on it And they just got 800 billion in the National Defense Authorization Act This is double what we typically spend on these assholes

CHAPTER 07 / 39 Discussion

Child Tax Credit, Nancy Pelosi Sign-off

The exclusion of the child tax credit expansion from the Senate spending bill is highlighted as a failure to address child poverty. Outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is criticized for her holiday sign-off, where she used the term "Schwanza" alongside Christmas and Hanukkah.

amy goodman· child tax credit· nancy pelosi· kwanzaa· christmas

23:06 So let's listen to this budget analysis, a little 22 second clip. But you have to play the... Oh goodness! Sorry I'm gonna... This is just the little end of year thing. Hold on a second. I gotta put this on a main button? On the main thing yeah so it was an Amy trigger there we go I could just say it Amy... It's taking me too long already I feel stupid about here we go Warning, Amy Goodman clip inbound. I'm gonna have to put this in the hot button seat. This has been three times as many shows... It's like the bomb cyclone of the show!

23:47 The bomb cyclone, here we go. The Senate bill contains a record $858 billion in military spending about $772 billion for non-military programs it earmarks 45 billion in emergency assistance to Ukraine It does not include a child tax credit expansion Democrats say would have sharply reduced child poverty and hunger Okay the reason I put this clip in there is because they left out this child tax benefit which would reduce, you know, child poverty. Which they really like to brag about. Screw the children! And the thing is it's the Democrats... They're the ones we... The Republicans had nothing to do with any of this because they didn't have any votes in the House as Chip was bitching about. They didn't have it there's no majority in the house that the Democrats have that and they have nothing to do with the Senate

24:45 Because the Democrats have the Senate too. So the Democrats themselves left out the child poverty stuff and they're gonna blame it on the Republicans! That's what you do! Won't somebody please think of the children? Yeah, that's how they'll position it... They could've easily chipped away at this and that And the other thing to give the poor kids some food kids don't need to eat. We're just going to give them less nutritious food at cheaper prices, don't worry we got sawdust coming! We'll fix them." This is how out of touch and stupid these people are Nancy Pelosi was...and I'm just really negative on the representatives here in the United States. Yeah Merry Christmas. Yeah Merry Christmas indeed in fact Nancy Pelosi wished everybody if all denominations all face a merry

25:39 festivals, a merry holiday season. A happy holiday season as she left the chair of Speaker of the House. Did our fabulous Catholic speaker of the house even say say the word Christmas? Let's listen. Strong bipartisan I vote yield back the balance of it my time and which everyone a happy healthy and safe New Year Happy Holidays Merry Christmas Happy Schwanza Happy Hanukkah whatever is you talked over it Merry Christmas Happy Schwanza Happy Hanukkah whatever is... Happy schwanza

26:17 Are you kidding me? Schwanza is a Kwanzaa for people with big dicks. New Year, happy holidays Merry Christmas Happy Schwanza Happy Hanukkah Whatever it is you celebrate Be safe She did say happy Christmas Merry Christmas but she did throw in a schwanza You gotta love the schwanza We got the schwanzas here coming in This woman is horrible What an idiot Oh goodness. Hey congratulations to Mimi! I saw that she f- the Dvorak family has launched a book ladies and gentlemen Yes, you spotted this yes? Yes too many eggs is what it's called well how could i miss it

CHAPTER 08 / 39 Discussion

Too Many Eggs, Mimi Dvorak Book Launch

Mimi Dvorak launches a 750-page cookbook titled "Too Many Eggs," featuring 800 recipes born from the family's surplus of backyard chickens. The book is being distributed via a "value for value" model, offering a free PDF while encouraging donations or physical book purchases. The hosts discuss the niche market for egg-related content and the rise of synthetic, laboratory-grown meats.

mimi dvorak· egg recipes· value for value· cookbook· chickens

27:01 Everyone was posting about it and people were talking about... It's a great product. I mean, it looks fantastic! What is it? 800 egg recipes?! Well 750 pages. 8000 egg recipes And it's also you can buy the book or also get the PDF value for value. I'm very impressed, I like it! How are sales? Do we know is it going well? Well she just rolled out to 300 people that live on her Facebook so... Oh, well. The numbers look good for that small test but anyone can go get it I mean we're gonna push off mentioning on the No Agenda show until after the New Year. Oh, I'm sorry. Now that you brought it up... Well, I'm sorry! I got marketed to what can I tell ya? TooManyEggs.com Go get a copy. I got marketed too this was the problem yeah and its really..I think is really good have a book about healthy protein

28:00 Real protein animal protein in these horrible days of fake food about four years to do this book But the thing that's interesting is that it stems from our ownership of chickens Yes, you had too many chickens and therefore too many eggs. You five chickens is too many chickens Three chickens is too much actually a chicken It eventually becomes too many eggs. Too many eggs? Because you get sick of these eggs, so she decided that she was going to find recipes for multiple eggs, you know, so a recipe is take 12 eggs and do this and so she started collecting these recipes and then she found these contradictory

28:44 stories behind the recipes and so she started doing research on the recipe story. So there's a story behind every recipe, and so she started grinding this thing out and moaning about it hating eggs but then became this egg expert in this book It's a labor of love so I said it is all books are labor of love you don't actually make money on books So I said, I think you make money on if you do what we're gonna. Do which is the value for value? Yeah just go download the book. It's a PDF files free and donate to whatever you feel like or

29:22 Like most people do, say sheesh this book is too big for downloading. I'm gonna buy a copy which is the other... But my idea was at the beginning to give the book away is to let's make this book important. Let's flood the market with a 750 page egg book and see if anybody comes in that compete with it How can you? That's impossible. Yeah, that's the idea so what becomes seminar I didn't is there is there a market for egg books I mean this It turns out that everybody you mentioned this eight book to and this has happened to me too. Yeah, they go Oh, I need that book yeah, I can understand and anyone with chickens oh my god I've had chickens. You know how many chickens we have now

30:11 Zero? Exactly. Egg-zactly! Oh, heyo! It's some egg humor on the show. Anyway too many eggs dot com. Good well congratulations to the whole Dvorak conglomerate because I know it's not just Mimi is that everyone chips in It's actually gonna be Mimi J and myself. Yeah, and I'm teaching Jay a sales copy how to write this copy Doing cold calls hey hi do you like eggs? You want to have so many eggs There's a lot of chicken operates chicken and egg Co-ops and stuff that went this book yeah Oh really yeah

30:55 Well, I think what I would like to see and this is what you typically publish a book so she can get on the speaking circuit. I want to see her on the speaking circuit Oh sure She's gonna have to do that Yeah yeah She has to go around and... She got plenty when she gets turned onto egg mode she's like Robin Williams It's like you know she just goes to eggs You can talk about eggs till she's blue in the face Good well we'd love to talk to her on currying the keeper about her eggs Hey, we'll help you. Yeah she'll come on! Of course it would be insulting if she didn't I mean this is a top show. You know the two of them Jay and Mimi have both done research on egg podcasts and there's lots of them by the way like thousands of podcasts about eggs. And so they... I haven't even considered looking at that. So they both come back with this like oh my god

31:50 These podcasts, and they're just so amateurish. Oh you know this is interesting! I just went to podcastindex.org the definitive authority on all things podcasting Yes it is We have Eggs the Podcast Green Eggs & Dan The Fried Egg Golf Podcast which combines eggs and golfing tossed salads and scrambled eggs That's a couple of those. The Good Egg, the Egg Whisperer... Ooh! The Egg Whisperer! Dr Amy Iwazadehida She has a weekly egg whisper show Oh no sorry that's for human eggs I'm sorry Okay they get you to have birth okay that's different Yeah there are a lot of eggs...egg podcasts that are not chicken eggs

32:46 And it's also guarding your nest egg. Okay, okay all right so it's not all that bad okay cool and feel free to promote it again in January on schedule yes the actual rollout takes place and this is for people who do not want to have synthetic meats which is really ratcheting up its wall street journal The synthetic meat will change the ethics of eating. Yes, that's the headline? Subhead? Consumers will soon be able to dine on chicken and other animal proteins grown in a factory upending the way we think about nature and technology! Yikes Yeah It's... it's yeah

CHAPTER 09 / 39 Discussion

Synthetic Meat Ethics, Christmas Meal Plans

The Wall Street Journal reports on how synthetic meat grown in factories may change the ethics of eating, though critics express concerns about its health effects. The hosts share their personal Christmas meal plans, including a three-rib roast and a ham sourced from specialty meat providers.

synthetic meat· national chicken council· christmas dinner· rib roast· food ethics

33:36 A century ago, a chicken in every pot was an ambitious political slogan. It has long since become an everyday reality Americans will consume... By the way today's chicken is crap! Americans will consume nearly 100 pounds of chicken per capita this year according to the National Chicken Council Up from 67 pounds in 92 when chicken first surpassed beef. Well, of course that's when the psyop came in and you were told that beef would kill you and give you cancer And they wouldn't live in your colon for a hundred years and everyone went to chicken and then they started You know injecting the chickens with crap Yeah this uh... They're really pushing

34:18 the synthetic grown in laboratory food. Yeah, it's gonna turn out to be indigestible. It will kill people! Hello? I think that is pretty much the whole idea. Another scope. It is a big time scope. Ugh...it makes me sick What are you having for Christmas meal? Well, everyone's having Christmas scattered around. We're having our true Christmas will be around January 12th? No it's right it's gonna turn out to be around the January 1st okay but we have to have suns again at Christmas so tomorrow JC and Jesse and Theodore mm-hmm I will be over with a three rib roast oh nice for me

35:10 Oh, that's today. I'm sorry that's today they'll be over today Are you ready for him? Make sure you're ready make sure you got the three ribs. I gotta sell her full of wine is i'm always ready uh-huh so Uh, they'll be over today with that and so on that mimi will be having she's up stuck up north because of this Of course she did and so should be up there with eric and the three kids And uh, um and d and they'll be eating something Something up there and then Jay and Brennan will be serving a Christmas meal that she's gonna prepare for his relatives ah And are you invited to that with his relatives or I actually am but not gonna go obviously well It's because Jays JC is doing something, and the show is kind of eating into it cuz we really early so it's possible. Yeah

36:00 Yeah, well Tina the keeper is cooking up a ham which we got from Nolocheckmeats this year. I'm very excited about that That'll be delicious those guys do good work know what they're doing yeah We all we got I got some bacon and I got sausage all kinds of stuff from them Okay so that that covers the food aspect yes, we're done Now there's a lot more that's there's a lot more going on I think this is the story You know, this is the story that obfuscates what's really going on in the world as we continue to get now I think it's Twitter files a seven or eight which shows something that we always knew. That the FBI and OGAs other government agencies i.e., the CIA have really been

36:55 embedded in these tech companies and certainly in the social media companies for well over a decade. Started during Obama's reign, maybe a little bit earlier but it really was 2008 that's really when we saw Twitter grab hold Facebook was well underway and so the FBI then CIA an NSA have been communicating with these companies and nudging them to do things for a long, long time. But no no let's not be outraged about that let this be the story. This morning new revelations that employees of TikToks parent company were spying on users in the US including several reporters. You're right we are totally exposed right now all this data is flowing back to China. ByteDance the Chinese company that owns TikTok

CHAPTER 10 / 39 Discussion

TikTok Spying Scandal, Federal Device Bans

ByteDance admits that four employees accessed the private data and IP addresses of journalists from BuzzFeed and the Financial Times to track internal leakers. This revelation coincides with the U.S. Senate voting to ban TikTok on federally owned devices due to national security concerns. The hosts argue that such surveillance is standard practice for tech companies but is being used as a pretext to protect Silicon Valley competitors.

tiktok· bytedance· spying· journalists· ip addresses

36:00 Yeah, well Tina the keeper is cooking up a ham which we got from Nolocheckmeats this year. I'm very excited about that That'll be delicious those guys do good work know what they're doing yeah We all we got I got some bacon and I got sausage all kinds of stuff from them Okay so that that covers the food aspect yes, we're done Now there's a lot more that's there's a lot more going on I think this is the story You know, this is the story that obfuscates what's really going on in the world as we continue to get now I think it's Twitter files a seven or eight which shows something that we always knew. That the FBI and OGAs other government agencies i.e., the CIA have really been

36:55 embedded in these tech companies and certainly in the social media companies for well over a decade. Started during Obama's reign, maybe a little bit earlier but it really was 2008 that's really when we saw Twitter grab hold Facebook was well underway and so the FBI then CIA an NSA have been communicating with these companies and nudging them to do things for a long, long time. But no no let's not be outraged about that let this be the story. This morning new revelations that employees of TikToks parent company were spying on users in the US including several reporters. You're right we are totally exposed right now all this data is flowing back to China. ByteDance the Chinese company that owns TikTok

37:44 now acknowledges four of its employees access journalist private data as part of an effort to find who was leaking company information this year. Journalists from BuzzFeed and the Financial Times were reportedly tracked, and Forbes says its journalists were also spied on saying ByteDance monitored journalist physical location using their IP address. ByteDance says their employees behavior violated the company's code of conduct none of the individuals remain employed at ByteDance Security risks like this have long been a concern of US lawmakers who warn China is gaining access to user information of the more than 100 million U.S. TikTok subscribers, The Senate recently voted to ban the app on federally owned devices. The House could follow suit as soon as today when you start getting a look at what China could do with information

38:34 they could do things potentially like use it to further target people for hacks. 19 states have also banned TikTok from state-owned devices and Indiana has filed two lawsuits over security and child safety concerns on the app I love what is happening with Mastodon where these journalists, they're still posting on Twitter but now they're cross-posting and they're doing some original posting on the Fediverse. And I have a little instance that it's just me just myself so i can follow all these people and keep track of what they're doing...and this is the story! Wait hold on

39:10 Is that like spying on them? Yes, I get their location from their IP information. But that's the point they when it comes to what's being revealed at Twitter That's just Elon Musk he's crazy He's red-pilled He's just working for Trump and the GOP and he's ruining Twitter which is true This has been not a story this craziness lies disinformation But this, oh no! They track journalists with their IP address?

39:46 You know, this is the funny part. I have a clip of this too. This is 51 second clip from again Amy. I won't play the warning that you don't know the one he only needs me only once to show it once we're ready. We are ready now tick-tock security scrutiny. Oh by the way tell me that she doesn't instead of saying app in this clip. I'm going to instead of asking her look for and I'm going to tell you an advance instead of saying app because it's an app. She calls it an Apple No, no. We should have a trigger warning. The video sharing platform TikTok has revealed some of its workers track two reporters who cover the company gaining access to their IP addresses and user data one journalist was from the Financial Times the other wrote for... Hold on we just have to stop for a second and say this is standard fair! This is what tech companies do

40:42 IP addresses? No, how about location keystrokes. How you hold your phone. I know it's idiotic. Are you walking? I mean all of this stuff and these... Where is your eyeball? Yeah! They could jump sure they can track that too microphone listening in who's next to you who's on the same network all of this totally this surveillance is what they do to everybody but oh they got journalists up location data from my IP address cover the company gaining access to their IP addresses. Gaining access? You mean looking at the log? And user data. One journalist was from The Financial Times, the other wrote for Buzzfeed and now works at Forbes. Forbes says at least two more of its reporters were targeted for surveillance which was undertaken as part of an internal investigation into leaks at the company. ByteDance, a Chinese parent company of TikTok says it did not approve the spying tactics and fired the worker who led the effort

41:38 This comes as the US Senate Thursday passed a provision banning TikTok on most U.S. government devices Some lawmakers have been fighting to ban the hugely popular Apple together amidst ongoing tensions between Washington and Beijing saying it poses a national security and privacy risk And there it is because the whole point is we need to get rid of TikTok to help out our very good donors in Silicon Valley because TikTok is the most successful app, Apple at the moment. The most successful Apple that is taking away all of the good advertisers because they're just a better interface for hypnotizing people and sitting in front of this thing for hours an hour. Yeah, well not to just... yeah!

CHAPTER 11 / 39 Discussion

Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai, Limited Hangout Claims

Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai alleges that figures like Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, and Matt Taibbi are participating in a "limited hangout" regarding the Twitter Files. He claims his 2020 federal lawsuit regarding government-directed censorship was ignored by these individuals to protect intelligence agencies. The hosts discuss the concept of a limited hangout as a tactic to release partial information to maintain control.

dr. shiva ayyadurai· elon musk· limited hangout· twitter files· whitney webb

42:28 And the whole point is, I mean it's disgusting. Now and there are a lot of interesting things going on with not so much about this but you know the obfuscation of it and do you remember Dr. Shiva? He's the guy...I think he ran for Congress unsuccessfully but he also claims he invented email Oh yeah, that guy. Which may or may not be true... There's a bunch of these Indian pretenders that claim to have invented this and that they never have Well it's okay but people give him a lot of credence for that oh yes so he invented email So he's going out on the circuit and he's mad He's saying that Tucker Carlson Elon Musk Glenn Greenwald Matt Taibbi Barry Weiss etc

43:20 are all participating in a limited hangout. Yes, they are in fact working hand-in-hand with the intelligence corporations... I mean agencies which I believe to be true but not for the reasons he says. He says that he filed a federal lawsuit against the government in 2020 after he received irrefutable evidence that the Massachusetts government used the Twitter partner support portal to cancel him on Twitter and that Tucker and others knew about it, they didn't do anything with this story therefore they are in a limited hangout! What?

44:00 Well, you know limited hangout. This is something Whitney Webb kind of launched and other people like her. Limited hang out is where people related to the agencies will bring some information to the forefront kind of like giving prisoners in a prison the idea that they're not captive by letting someone escape from time to time That's what a limited hangout I guess is what they're saying. A limited hang out was like a small group of you like a users group This, I don't know. I mean this Even so if they're hanging out it's like in some Club near like a like no No, no It's really that your letting some information out to make it look like You know your do and by the way, I agree with the general premise

44:53 Because of course everything is redacted. I'm looking at all of these files, they're redacting names but really redacting dates. It's dates! They're redacting it because we can't let anyone know that Obama started this. We can't start that So it's, they're totally in on it one way or the other. But also I think Shiva is just... What was going on? Was there anything happening in 2020 that might have had precedence over his issue? Yes! Yeah COVID! Exactly so it's very interesting Well I have one clip about Twitter and the reason it's even in there, in the pile here is because again it comes from one of these swords. In this case New Tang Dynasty I never heard this one and this is like

CHAPTER 12 / 39 Discussion

FBI Payments to Twitter, Government Chargebacks

Reports indicate the FBI paid Twitter nearly $3.5 million as reimbursement for staff hours dedicated to processing legal requests and law enforcement projects. While some lawmakers view this as evidence of state-sponsored censorship, the hosts explain that "chargebacks" for data requests have been standard procedure for Silicon Valley companies since at least 2012.

fbi· twitter· scale· reimbursement· mark zuckerberg

45:41 The mainstream's not talking about it, the Amy is not talking about it but these guys are. This is FBI paid Twitter." The FBI is staying mum on what other social media companies the federal agency gave money to this after the FBI's payment to Twitter of almost three and a half million dollars was confirmed. NTD's Daniel Monahan has more A Twitter employee wrote in a February 2020 email that the company's Safety Content and Law Enforcement, or SCALE had collected nearly $3.5 million dollars in less than two years from the FBI The payments were reportedly for law enforcement related projects The email stated that SCALE had set up a reimbursement program in exchange for devoting staff hours to processing requests from the FBI and was entitled Run the Business We Made Money

46:30 Kellyanne Conway addressed the FBI's- Dude, is this a robot voice? It almost sounds like a robot voice now. Do we know this guy from NewTag? It sounds robot. Well you've heard him before but... The possibility that he's a robot voice is there. Yeah, let's continue. Entitled Run the Business We Made Money, Kellyanne Conway addressed the FBI's activities on Fox News This is frightening to me as an American citizen to think that this is going on under the guise of some official operation. Conway is concerned about the First Amendment implications They're sitting on the scales of free speech they're sitting on the scales of justice

47:08 FBI officials remarked that the government is required to reimburse reasonable costs and expenses associated with their response to a legal process, and that money for complying with legal requests is standard procedure. The FBI officials also said that Twitter isn't the only social media company that the federal agency provides compensation to saying quote We don't just reimburse Twitter. The officials refuse to elaborate on what other companies the FBI reimburses." Rand Paul wrote on Twitter that, "...the FBI paid Twitter to censor speech...this is strong evidence of the government employing a private entity to censor..." Meanwhile Kentucky Congressman James Comer says the FBI was never granted any authority to create a disinformation task force to police social media sites

47:56 I want to remind everybody that we have an outstanding search engine of all of our show notes. You can find it at bingit.io, B-I-N-G-I-T dot IO. I did a quick little search because I know that this is not news at all indeed on episode 603 we discussed Microsoft charging the FBI for giving them user data and this has been going on for a long time $145,000 for a number of requests for information. We're charging about $100 back in 2012 every single Silicon Valley company charges the government... Chargebacks? Yeah chargeback this is nothing new! Well here's the way the story devolved if you listen to that clip it went from FBI coughing up 3.4 million to censorship to some sort of a disinformation program where

48:53 when in fact it's the FBI being charged, they're being invoiced for work that Twitter has to do on behalf of the FBI. And so it goes like this hey who is this guy? What's his IP address and where does he live? Do you have any of this information on this person okay we'll put our guys on it and then they say yeah we found him blah blah it's not a robot or he is a robot here's your bill for $1100 that's how much So they're charging probably top dollar. Sure they are! But this is a little more than $140,000 3.4 million means the FBI has got their nose up Twitter's ass Yes well not just Twitter

49:36 Remember the big the big boy has got to be Facebook. They gotta be remember offing up a lot more than 3.4 million of Facebook 2010 Mark Zuckerberg man-of-the-year Facebook front cover of Time magazine here we go I just gotta say it again in how you love it Robert Miller? I just happen to be in my office in the different floor and that been the building and this one to say hi How are you doing yeah, of course this is all this has all been going on for such a long time Well here... Let me just say something. By the way, show 640 is a long time ago. And so it's not necessarily news but it's new and the point is that this is taxpayer money! These guys are just squandering money like there's no tomorrow. Weaponizing against us? That's great So back to the journalists who are you know leaving they said oh we're leaving Twitter

CHAPTER 13 / 39 Discussion

Mastodon Quote Tweets, Racial Dynamics of Social Media

The absence of a "quote tweet" feature on Mastodon sparks a debate, with some activists claiming the lack of "call and response" functionality is exclusionary. Journalists like Taylor Lorenz and Jeff Jarvis argue that quote tweets are essential for providing context, while critics suggest the feature is primarily used for "dunking" or online harassment.

mastodon· fediverse· quote tweets· taylor lorenz· jeff jarvis

50:35 And you're like Rob Reiner. Now no one's leaving this hole has talked about leaving immediately and he only does now is sit there and bitch, but it's more interesting to read the journalists and you can find them a journal dot host. There's a couple other of these places and they're happy to tweet out all the or two doubt all the profiles of all the great journalists who are now on the Fediverse but just like the black Twitter professor who came on to say, Mastodon is racist because it doesn't have quote tweets. Quote tweets! No quote tweets is racist black people can be their whole entire selves because it's a call and response mechanism of Black America and as long as mastodon doesn't have that they are racist

51:26 And the worst thing you can say is, hey why don't you build that yourself? It's open source. No that's the wrong answer That is a white supremacist answer obviously but what I've noticed is the journalists also rely on this mechanism the mechanism of quote tweeting and this did not... The way it started on Twitter is people would make a screenshot of a tweet, and then they'd tweet that out with their commentary. And the whole idea is- Well wait don't forget actually what really got to Twitter's upper echelon was using RT Yeah this came after the RT The letters RT That was driving everyone crazy

52:12 Right. So after that, Twitter then implemented the quote tweet And the reason why the quotes tweet is not available in Mastodon, although it could be per... It works on other types of Fediverse systems and people have customized it. It's really something that will show up if you know…it's a client side thing. It's not like a network thing. You can do this very easily but people on Mastodon never wanted to do this because really the only thing that achieves is Create your own little sub thread of people bitching about someone's tweet without them really being a part of it. And what happens...

52:59 the past couple of days is Taylor Lorenz pops up onto Mastodon and she's saying we need journalists will not stick around this app, she said. App? Journalists unfortunately will not use this because we need quote tweets in order to provide context. Context so we can do our news better, do our journalism better and here's the interesting thing if you are anything but a leftist, communist comrade or journalist. It's all the same when you quote tweet you are abusive it's violence You're an asshole! You know? You're... really committing violence against people without even letting them know that they're being violated However if you are

53:56 Like Taylor Lorenz, you're a journalist, a comrade, a leftist. It's called dunking. Kara Swisher uses this all the time when you say something horrible in a quote tweet about someone else and you're a leftist it's called dunking yeah that's just dunking on someone then it's not violence this is very interesting to me Well, I always thought the quote tweet was useful for making snide remarks. Dunking! Dunking John! And so you would...I don't know why they just don't say snide remarks dunking is like a basketball term or a donut term in dunking and coffee. It's everywhere the quote tweet

54:49 For those who are left, it's called dunking. The quote tweet for those who are right are basically Nazis That's how it works But I don't think that is important What? The quote tweet? Yeah you can live without it Of course you can It was just fun to... It's not like anything and this idea of this response thing the black guy's talking about that's a church thing. I mean is this a religious product that we're dealing with here? He's a professor man, he's a professor of black and he says oh no... Well can be a professor of anything you want but i'm familiar enough with that process that it's something that you- It's a church

55:38 Call-and-response happens in the church and this is not a church. No, I am I'm in agreement with you But what you're seeing now is people like Jay Jay Rosen today J Rose know what's the Jeff Jarvis? I'm sorry, Jay Rosen Jeff Jarvis same guy Jeff Jarvis He's now using that Yes, we need to have quote tweets because you know not just journalists don't just need it. It's racist if we don't have it You can't get any documentation of Jeff Jarvis saying that Okay, okay. Ha! Okay I'll toot it out later. I'll defend Jeff Jarvis in this regard You're gonna defend Jeff Jarvis? Yeah in this regard because I just don't think he's going to be taking that tact. Well okay well I have the receipts and not gonna look for right now but definitely... I have the receipts and will make a public statement on the next show if you prove me wrong. Okay well start writing. Start writing

CHAPTER 14 / 39 Discussion

Fediverse Infiltration, Undercover Persona Strategy

The hosts jokingly strategize creating a fake persona—a 16-year-old high school journalism student who likes Emily Dickinson—to infiltrate and observe journalist circles on the Fediverse. One host rejects the idea as "creepy," while the other suggests it could be a potential "exit strategy" for a new podcast project.

fediverse· undercover· journalism· emily dickinson· social engineering

56:39 Come on man, I have this instance specifically to spy on these a-holes. Well good! I think you should keep this up... This is good stuff. And it's very difficult.. You're gonna end up being a journalist by osmosis. I'll bet you do. The minute that I do that, the cover's blown and then it will be like... Why don't you go in? Here okay let's strategize this right in real time Would you like me to get an account on my secret server so that you can also follow them No no I'm good I got plenty of due with my time but lets do this Get yourself a account as young woman about a

57:18 16 year old yeah, can you please send me your young woman profile so I can use hold on she's gonna be a young woman 16 at journalism student but issues are in the high school newspaper and they just would develop a character here She's on the high school newspaper. She's a really cute blonde Kind of ditzy, speaks a little bit with an uptalk. Doesn't really know that much and doesn't like history but she's always wanted to be a famous writer because she likes reading novels and she's a big fan of who is the one famous novelist that all the girls read? Emily Dickinson. So she's a big fan of that

58:04 she is look why don't you write the profile for me and you go in there you can ask dumb questions and if you wait let's get a pic we'll get a picture of her that you can post John I'm not gonna do this. This is your beat, you know how to do this! I'm gonna get you an account and you can make up your little lady there and you can roll Do you know how creepy it is? Even what you're saying is creepy. Pretend to be a 16 year old girl who likes Emily Dickinson, that's creepy! Creepy! It gets even better when you get the responses from these horny old dogs You gotta screenshot them... It is worth the price of admission This is a project we can do together In fact this may be our exit strategy I think there's a whole podcast in just doing this

CHAPTER 15 / 39 Discussion

Meta Privacy Settlement, DOJ Diversion of Fines

Meta agrees to a $725 million settlement over the Cambridge Analytica privacy lawsuit. Referencing Vivek Ramaswamy, the hosts discuss how the Department of Justice under the Obama administration allegedly diverted bank settlement funds to left-wing non-profits like La Raza and the National Urban League instead of the U.S. Treasury.

meta· cambridge analytica· vivek ramaswamy· doj· la raza

58:52 We could get hired by Spotify. I'm telling you, this would be great if we never revealed who we are. Yeah this is a total exit strategy totally a great idea Meanwhile, things just going from bad to worse over at Facebook. I'm sorry Meta. Facebook's parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million dollars to settle a privacy lawsuit that claimed Facebook illegally shared user data with the research firm Cambridge Analytica Lawyers say the settlement is the most that meta has ever had to pay To resolve a class-action lawsuit Now i bring this up

59:31 Because on the last show we were talking about Wells Fargo, who also were fined by the government and we were asking ourselves so where does this money go? Where does the meta-money go? Where does the Wells Fargo when they get fined...where does it go? And it turns out one of our producers says you know you answered this question yourself quite a while ago on the podcast And that answer comes from Vivek Ramaswamy. And this is how government fines are handled. That the government cannot use companies to do indirectly what the government can't do directly, is something that echoes and reverberates today in ways that are really hard to see because we're designed to be hidden from seeing it I talk a little bit about the book about one of the practices from the Obama administration for example talking with the 08 financial crisis right? Well on the back of the 08 crisis guess what there were multi-billion dollar settlements with each of the banks they were supposed

1:00:31 pay it to the fisc of the US Treasury. Well, guess what? Not a lot of those dollars reach the U S treasury which is by the way shut up and listen! What is the fisc public fisc that Americans each have a stake in now what happened was that the Obama administration had tried to get a lot of left wing nonprofits funded through Congress The Republican controlled Congress said No call an obstructionist That's life in a two party system But they had a creative idea. They went in the other direction and they said, actually organizations like the National Urban League or La Raza, they used the DOJ to say that we're actually going to settle with you big banks and we're going to say that if you give $1 to one of those organizations will give you a two dollar offset for how much you owe on this settlement

1:01:14 to the US government. And guess what? It makes for a much better press release to say you give $1 to La Raza or the National Urban League than it does to give $1 in a settlement fine to the DOJ, oh those are 501c3s, a fancy way of saying that's tax deductible, oh that's nice benefit too and by the way you end up paying less money in the end so the Obama administration wins big government wins The banks win, they pay less money and being fond of money that's actually a very good thing if you're a bank but also get great reputational benefit out of it giving out to non-profits instead of the US government. And this permanent left... Huh? I didn't say anything Oh i thought yo said.. well doesn't matter the crux of what we needed to hear was there Yeah yeah we got the point We forgot all about that though Forgot about it So this is where their money goes It goes into little favor projects It's a scam! It's a scop! It's another scop!

CHAPTER 16 / 39 Discussion

IRS Reporting Delay, Central Bank Digital Currency

The IRS announces a delay in implementing the $600 reporting threshold for third-party payment apps like Venmo and PayPal, citing taxpayer confusion. The hosts discuss the logistical burden on banks and payment processors, suggesting that such tracking will eventually be automated through Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).

irs· venmo· paypal· 1099-k· cbdc

1:02:04 The only thing that's not a scop that got turned back, and I don't know if this is like end of year news. The IRS has come out and said yeah we're not gonna implement that rule just yet of requiring reporting of anything up to $600 or more from Venmo or PayPal or anything like that it seems confusing for people So, but no it's too much. It's too much work I mean they have to right now it's 10 thousand is what gets reported when you make a transaction and they're gonna drop it to 600? Yeah that's like you know chicken fee some people might drop that at the grocery store! It's too much work yeah well but so much work But why should they have to do all this extra work they got enough to do

1:02:52 But what I understand is that it's the payment companies themselves who have to do the work. It's not the grocery store that has to send it to you, the payment app itself says okay You spent $600. Yeah, no it is the bank who put when you do a ten thousand dollar transactions The bank has to do the reporting right but the banks have got a lot of power and they and they're gonna have To do this six hundred dollar stuff now They can't do it and there'll be bitching and moaning and groaning There's no way it's gonna ever happen Well, I wouldn't go that far. Well maybe with computers it can happen some somebody maybe can code it in and then they just be automatic? I mean that's possible once we get the CB the central bank digital currency though It'll be built right in no problem. Yeah, that'll be the day okay all right Just keep saying that keep you know You keep talking about your SDRs to why you're a no No, I gave up on SDRs and thousands of sealed indictments years ago

CHAPTER 17 / 39 Discussion

Google Code Red, ChatGPT Search Threat

Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly issued a "Code Red" in response to the perceived threat posed by OpenAI's ChatGPT. The hosts compare search results between Google and ChatGPT, noting that the AI provides concise, conversational answers that bypass the ad-heavy interface of traditional search engines.

google· sundar pichai· chatgpt· openai· search engines

1:03:53 Which reminds me, where is Joe Digenes? I did like the report in the register. Keeping with big tech for a second... Report in the register and I liked the register they're pretty good apparently Google is very upset about that open AI chat GPT Why? Well yeah! I will read parts of the report to you Sundar Pichai he's the CEO is apparently in a pickle and is gearing up Google to meet the perceived threat. And this is according to an internal memo seen by The New York Times, Pichai has upended the work of numerous groups inside the company to respond to the threat of chat GPT, is plucking staff from other divisions to meet the threat! It's a code red!

1:04:43 It's Code Red, this is a problem. They're just irked about people going to that company? No they're worried that Google's core product search is going to be displaced by some so-called artificial intelligence that makes people believe that they are talking to something intelligent and the answers are better even though there not. So you think... okay let me at least give a little impression I am on the computer and i want to find out what's the best restaurant that sells uh...

1:05:19 smoked ribs in Oakland. So I go to this thing and say, hey what's the best restaurant? And it seems like I'm in a conversation now and the thing says to me do you like a sweet sauce or do you like Missouri style, Texas, Georgia what do you like? And then I respond and he asked me a couple of fake things asked me more questions than gives me an answer which is probably paid for by the company that The answer comes from me, which is what Google does. Of course that's how you roll out of course! So I get okay Joe Smokehouse there on 40th Street... Now what was your question again? The question is that what they're fearful of? No no no your question about the what was your actual query? The query was what's the best smoked ribs in Oakland

1:06:05 Okay, let me just type it in. Let me see what comes back. What you have this thing running there? Of course I do! What do you think I am a techno techno dweeb? There are many great places to get smoked ribs in Oakland including Smokey J's Barbecue Brown Sugar Kitchen and Everton Jones That kicks Google's ass. Let's try whether it's true or not is irrelevant of course So when we hit that into Google, the same question I get smoking wood and I get ads. Smoking woods smoke rings Smokehouse champion Smokehouse the 10 best ribs and I mean I don't get a list of answers i think this is the core is the course this thing just

1:06:50 just came back and gave me an English answer whether it's true or these are these will of course also be ads. It will not be the best smoked ribs but it will feel better to people, and the funny thing is didn't Google fire a guy who said hey I got sent in at AI running? Didn't they just fire a guy Was that Microsoft? I thought it was Google. People get fired all the time. Yeah, but it was a big deal because this guy said... It could be Google! But this is interesting you may be onto something Well, it's not you. Google may be onto something and you're going to get screwed! Yeah yeah I think this could kill them that wouldn't kill them because search engines are good for more than just answering the best smokehouse but but you know what it might do wait a minute you got the two systems up let's see here's the question I always bitch and moan about... I know exactly what your question is The question is What is the best weed whacker? Exactly Would you like to phrase the question perfectly for me? What

1:07:53 Brand of weed whacker is considered the best by most experts. Hold on, by most experts... Okay so we have what brand of weed whacker is considered the best by most experts? I'll do a question mark and let's see give me an answer come on oh most experts agree that the steel brand of weed whacker is considered the best now let's go to Google Let's see what they say. S-T-I-H-L? Yes, steel yes. How about that? Yeah! That's a pretty concise answer. I'm impressed So if we go to the Google first of all it doesn't like the way i spelled WACKER with an H Did you mean Wacker with w-a-c-k-e-r

CHAPTER 18 / 39 Discussion

AI Accuracy Testing, Coding and Recipes

Testing the capabilities of ChatGPT, the hosts ask for recommendations on weed whackers and egg recipe books. They note that while the AI is useful for generating JavaScript code—threatening sites like Stack Overflow—it still lacks real-time knowledge of very recent publications and occasionally provides generic or outdated information.

stack overflow· javascript· open ai· weed whacker· stihl

1:06:50 just came back and gave me an English answer whether it's true or these are these will of course also be ads. It will not be the best smoked ribs but it will feel better to people, and the funny thing is didn't Google fire a guy who said hey I got sent in at AI running? Didn't they just fire a guy Was that Microsoft? I thought it was Google. People get fired all the time. Yeah, but it was a big deal because this guy said... It could be Google! But this is interesting you may be onto something Well, it's not you. Google may be onto something and you're going to get screwed! Yeah yeah I think this could kill them that wouldn't kill them because search engines are good for more than just answering the best smokehouse but but you know what it might do wait a minute you got the two systems up let's see here's the question I always bitch and moan about... I know exactly what your question is The question is What is the best weed whacker? Exactly Would you like to phrase the question perfectly for me? What

1:07:53 Brand of weed whacker is considered the best by most experts. Hold on, by most experts... Okay so we have what brand of weed whacker is considered the best by most experts? I'll do a question mark and let's see give me an answer come on oh most experts agree that the steel brand of weed whacker is considered the best now let's go to Google Let's see what they say. S-T-I-H-L? Yes, steel yes. How about that? Yeah! That's a pretty concise answer. I'm impressed So if we go to the Google first of all it doesn't like the way i spelled WACKER with an H Did you mean Wacker with w-a-c-k-e-r

1:08:41 And should be spelled with an H. Yeah, there you go and what I get is an ad at the top of course find Find 10 Beast best weed whackers then I get a top ten Top eight top string trimmer I don't get an answer. And people love this... You know what? The thing that a lot of technical people are using is, how do I you know, what JavaScript code do i need to create this particular action or I mean people go to what's the main place where everyone searches for their code answers? No no no

1:09:21 for your code answers. Oh, there is some... Yeah, I forget everyone yeah can't remember they all go come on trolls tell me what it is. They will eventually stack overflow so stack overflows where you go and ask you and now with this open AI because its code the open eye AI system actually gives you just the code says here go ahead So even though it's not better in the background and as far from intelligent I agree, I think this is an interface that blows Google away and the fact that they fired a guy who said yeah I've got it. I made it! It's even funnier. Well that was ironic more than funny. Yeah okay so now... Cyclically ironic but you know it's not that they don't deserve such things but this happens to every company at the fire you know they fire the inventor of this or that

1:10:15 I'm fascinated now. What is the website that i have to go to get the answer ask these questions? It's chat dot open ai dot com Chat dot open AI dot com Now you're going to have to um You have to sign it, it's gonna take a little while because you have to have a... Well im not gonna do it now You gotta have a bogus phone number because it does ask for a phone number So if I said, why... Why do you have to ask it? Why do i have a phone number you dipshits. Why don't you put that in there so he says.. I already did this! What is the number I gave you to sign up with and it says well what number do you think it was yeah okay bye so it's not intelligent

1:10:59 What number do you think it was? This is like Eliza from 1977. Yes! What is the best book of egg recipes? I bet you this changes over the next two months. Oh, I hope so There are many books that contain great egg recipes So it really depends on what you're looking for here are a few suggestions one the ultimate insta pot to a Recipes by DK three the four and twenty black and this just is going on It's not stopping. So yes, there's will this should change This should stop it dead. No, it keeps good. It's already given me five

CHAPTER 19 / 39 Discussion

History of Search Engines, No Agenda AI Profile

Reflecting on the late 90s, the hosts recall how Yahoo dominated search before Google's rise, suggesting it takes a decade to unseat a market leader. They prompt ChatGPT for a description of the "No Agenda" podcast, finding the result surprisingly accurate and comparable to a Wikipedia entry. A brief mention is made of Mycroft, an open-source alternative to Siri and Alexa.

yahoo· google· wikipedia· mycroft· podcasting

1:11:38 Yeah, ultimately the best book will depend Okay. Okay? What do I do with too many eggs? I'm trying I'm I'm trying hard-boiled them came out they have not It hasn't been scraped yet No Of course not but the point is great and it'll be at the top of the list by January 15th I believe Google is in real trouble No, no I'm gonna say. I do believe Google is in real trouble you can do believe whatever you want But let's let me go back in time mm-hmm without the sound effect right when I was doing Silicon spin in the late 90s it was from about 97 to 2000 we did four years III was there for years and then they killed a show because they hated me and It's not hard to do

1:12:31 No, what are you gonna do with it? Nothing. It's a two-edged sword my personality so all during that era when I'd ask certain kind of stock questions I do this constantly with different kinds of people in different professions and I asked people generally So what are using for a search engine And this is between, and Google had been in business already. I think they were even public by then. No, they got published shortly thereafter but they were major in business in 1996-97 and everyone said Yahoo! Without... Right sure, I'm sure they did. Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo! Yeah. And they said Yahoo right till the year 2000. They kept saying Yahoo

1:13:21 And it takes half a decade before you can unseat somebody like Google. It would take a decade to kill Google, and they're gonna go out of their way to buy this thing. You watch... Well the-this-you can't buy this thing! This is part of the OpenAI project. Oh so it's just completely open? Yes! You can't buy it! So its public domain?? Kind of kind of Well, anybody can hook up to it. So I mean if so If you do a question like what is the best podcast in the universe? You know you get an answer like it's difficult to determine The best podcast. There are more questions that she doesn't even know

1:14:03 Some popular podcasts that have received critical acclaim and have a large following include This American Life, Radiolab, The Daily and Cereal. Alright so this is my point it's shit but it does talk to you well and here's another question what do Adam Curry and John C Dvorak do together? Now that's a reasonable question. And answerable Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak are both media personalities who have worked in the tech and media industries, they co-host a podcast called No Agenda which is a weekly show that discusses current events in media from a libertarian perspective. The podcast has been running since 2007 and has a large following correct?

1:14:44 Curry and Dvorak are known for their irreverent and often controversial takes on current events, and their show is known for its offbeat humor and critical examination of the media. Correct! In addition to No Agenda both Curry & Dvorak have had successful careers in their respective fields with Curry working as a media consultant – incorrect – and entrepreneur – correct – and Dvorak working as technology journalist and commentator. This is not bad! This could be the new... That's not right, but it's not bad. It is as good as Wikipedia! This is the new book of knowledge as far as I'm concerned. It's funnier. It's funny. Half of that is obviously and when they say... I mean half of that is from Wikipedia. That's obvious to see. Regenerate response? What does you read can get another response anyway so this is just as crap as artificially intelligent AI created art

1:15:41 which I do not support. Well, I'm reminded for some reason what came to mind is your affiliation with and adoption of for a very short time of this open source Alexa. Oh Mycroft! Yeah, Mycroft. Yeah, whatever happened to that? Oh they're going quite well. They have a new box out and everything but it's just bad It's an open... Just a bad Siri. Yeah, pretty much it gives you the same answers more or less it just recognizes you poorly and speaks poorly because you're not communicating with the very expensive data set that Google or Apple have put together so it's okay its open source but meh but if you want to say okay Mycroft turn on the lights alright I mean we used to have a thing for that was called The Clapper was much faster

CHAPTER 20 / 39 Discussion

LastPass Data Breach, Password Security

LastPass notifies customers of a significant security breach where hackers stole cloud storage keys and customer vault data, including encrypted passwords and personal metadata. The hosts advocate for decentralized password management solutions like VaultWarden or physical notebooks over centralized cloud services.

lastpass· data breach· cloud storage· encryption· vaultwarden

1:16:42 Clap on, clap off. So I just thought that was very interesting also in the news I guess Leo's gonna have to close down the studio The LastPass Studio as Last Pass got hacked and if you don't know who what Last Pass is You do but most people won't It is a all-in-one store all your passwords in here you're safe trust us So hackers stole the customer vault data in a cloud storage breach and data includes master passwords, sensitive customer information has been taken right before Christmas. Can you imagine that meeting over at the last pass? What happened this I did i know nothing about this hack okay well then let me read to you

1:17:34 Customer account information related metadata including company names, end user names, billing addresses email addresses phone numbers IP addresses were compromised. Cloud storage access keys dual storage container decryption keys the threat actor copied information from backup that contained basic customer account information Also copied a backup of the vault data from the encrypted storage container which is stored in proprietary binary format. This is not good! Now I don't know if they can break into it easily, but this shouldn't be happening and just shows centralized stuff is dumb. No you know I've always avoided those password keepers

1:18:21 Even though all these tech guys are always recommending them, it seems to me well you know if somebody hacks that then what? Yeah I'm not a fan of the LastPass. I've never used it. I use Vault Warden on my own server on my umbrella. I use a notebook! It's probably better yes Code in and stick it in a drawer Tina does the same She also has a... Smart girl yeah Well she's a keeper Hello We all know this So there you go, that's going on in your tech world everybody. There is your tech report for the day wow! And with that I'd like to thank you for your courage saying good morning to you The man who put the C in the scop Ladies and gentlemen please say hello to my friend on this Christmas Day Mr John C DeVore

CHAPTER 21 / 39 Discussion

Show Introduction, Dax Tejera Passing, AI Art Veto

The hosts acknowledge the passing of ABC News executive producer Dax Tejera at age 38. They discuss the artwork for the current episode, "Holiday Heart," and reiterate a strict policy against using AI-generated art for the show, arguing that it produces subpar results and harms the careers of human artists.

dax tejera· abc news· ai art· nessworks· podcast artwork

1:19:10 And in the morning to you, Mr. Wet Pants also in the morning all ships and sea boots on the ground feet in the air subs in the water and all the dames and knights out there. And in the morning for the trolls in the troll room who are very loyal they've come by to hang out and stay with us for our Christmas Day live celebration we do it on all holidays it doesn't matter including New Year's day will also be live for that as well and we appreciate let's see how many trolls showed up today. Let's count them shall Well, I'm surprised. We had 1777 on the last episode today despite it being a Christmas day 1357 trolls listening in this is nice

1:19:54 1,300? 1,357. So that's about half the normal audience. Well actually recently no it's about a third less yeah well good for them I'm glad that they got something at least maybe we can cheer them up because they're obviously home alone or they were listening with their family there could be a bunch of them it could be a room full as six that only counts is one when you do the troll count yes I think many could They could be around the tree as we're opening gifts and I got to show in the background. Yes, as we speak If you want to join the trolls and you can do it for our next show as well go to troll room dot IO And right there you can Log into the troll room and you can listen to the live stream no agenda stream calm And there's more lives in life shows today. I think we have one coming up after today after today's episode

1:20:46 You can also be alerted as to when we're live on the air and many other shows with a modern podcast app CurioCaster and Podverse currently supporting it. Fountain coming up, newpodcastapps.com or follow us at the aforementioned noagendasocial.com where we've been living for five years without a quote tweet never thought about it but there you go now it's a problem! Quote tweet Follow Adam at noagendasocial.com or and John C. Dvorak at noagendasocial.com Actually when you sign up as a new member, now You're automatically following us I set that up so yeah we're the most important ones obviously

1:21:30 And a big thank you to Nessworks for bringing us the artwork for episode 1514. We titled that Holiday Heart, which is a big thing. It's never heard it before! The drop in left and right! Yes, oh we had another sad passing... hold on a second... it was Departure. Yes, Departure. Here we go he was only 38 This is and this came from ad week as you know we subscribe some very very sad news to report on Christmas Eve Dax Tejera Tejera the executive takes Sarah knows te y e r a okay, okay? But you know The executive producer of ABC this week with George Stephanopoulos died from a heart attack Friday night He was 38 almost 38 years old how about that never had a heart issue died suddenly happens

1:22:28 So that was the title and the artwork that Nestworks brought us was very simple, actually kind of cute at the same time. We wanted a holiday piece of art it was a request card to Santa Dear Santa donate! It's kind of instead of a Christmas gift we just want you to donate Santa can't you do that for us please? Now this is interesting because this came in on The Evergreens and it was a last-ditch...we were stumped for art. It was difficult and we you know the one I liked which was... You liked the car, the powered by methane? I liked a car with Paul Couture but it didn't have any Christmas colors and then he did a Santa Claus with it with a snowman in black-and-white as though it was a black-and-white cartoon but were looking for holiday colors. Holiday cheer!

1:23:21 And cheer, look for cheer. Yeah and then he had another thing some S&M thing Christmas Horrors Unimagined which I was not gonna be picking up a little weird and the other pieces all came in with you liked The Z Parties United or Two Parties United i'm sorry. Oh yeah the uh... Comma Strip Blogger Yes, but that had nothing to do with the holidays. Nope I liked happy holidays 2.0 by Ness works Which was the little cheesecake a cartoon girls 50s drawing which I used on the newsletter Because it's just a nice piece well done It was just and we have too much cheesecake is can't just be our go-to all the time. It's you know I'm against it yeah, I wouldn't want to promoted it and I I now I eschew it

1:24:12 Because it's just people overdoing it for the purposes of doing and they're not doing it right. That's the problem She's it's not something you just throw a pretty girl on there and expect, you know that to be picked Well, that's what people have come to come to expect from you Oh if I throw this on Devorah go like hey by the way Santa Claus on the cross No, no There was a couple of things not happening Carishwisher. By the way, comic strip blogger keep putting in your art that it's AI generated so you guarantee will never be chosen because I will veto every... He does this for your benefit! Right well as long as he knows that i will veto every single piece of art that is AI generated Because I think its ruining careers with subpar crap that people go just it's no different from the chat GPT Wow that artist great

1:25:11 No, it's not. It's a mess personal opinion but no so I'll outlaw all of that so...I think we chose the right one though and we got the best bang for the buck and it was in The Evergreens wasn't on the main page which is interesting Yeah well this happened probably two or three times over 15 years or 12 years ago maybe more I'm I think we've selected from I don't think has been that often that we hit The Evergreen to get the art Well, we really appreciate it Nessworks. It was good and looking forward to what we choose today You can always follow this in real time if you're listening by going to NoahGeneralArtGenerator.com coincidentally Maintained and built by Sir Paul Couture so we don't give favorites just because he built something although he is good And you can refresh it see stuff coming in a real-time. We already see stuff coming in for today

CHAPTER 22 / 39 Discussion

Executive Producer Donations, Knighting of Sabine and Matthew

A $1,000 donation from the Netherlands leads to the knighting of Sabine, who recently underwent major jaw surgery. Matthew Januszewski is granted a dukedom in Chicago despite never having been formally knighted, leading to a discussion on "insta-duking" long-time contributors.

donation· knighthood· netherlands· chicago· peerage

1:26:06 And in those same modern podcast apps we have chapters which show it's our show shows all of everything that we're talking about pretty much everything that as long as is not too offensive or too Horrible, it'll show up in the chapters a Dreb Scott does. That's really cool cool way to show off everybody's art as part of our time, talent and treasure requirements for sending value back to the program. We also like treasure and we're going to thank our executive and associate executive producers right now. We also have some Christmas nights and dames I believe so we'll kick it off with Dorn, is it just Dorn? Wait I'm missing something here. That's what it says. No no no, it's Sir Gust Cadaver. I was only seeing the location hold on gotta resize this for a second. Sir Gust Cadaver in Dorn in the Netherlands, Nederland $1,000 and he says in the morning crackpot and buzzkill Adam & John

1:27:05 Thank you to and all the producers of The No Agenda for the outstanding, entertaining overwhelming amygdala shrinking experience in the form of the two weekly sanitation. This is Dutch so I'm reading it verbatim Much appreciated this comes with a donation of $1,000 for the instant Damehood For The Love Of My Life Sabine To be dame bien boost of the ultra... What do you think that is? Ultra... ultra... Ultracatum. But it has an I in there! Tree all tree. I'll trach them. I'll try to make them Hillridge forest stubborn as she is, I have hit her in the mouth so many times that she had to have jaw surgery Okay, ah as a result of the jaw surgery. I lie in bed at night next to a jaws like experience dental brace I'm not complaining She has to go through it and she did it with grace and admirability And admirably after her broken jaw which was done for medical reasons and wearing braces for two years Oh, she really did get hit in the mouth

1:28:08 The end is near and we celebrate with a short relaxing road trip to Friesland, Friesland Boppa! Where we will refill the barrel of friske hindert whisky. She seduced me on Christmas Eve 10 years ago and I am always grateful for that And she became the love of my life and she will become a No Agenda Dame because no agenda dames and knights stay together Anyways, a shout out for the No Agenda Lowlands community and the best Christmas and New Year wish from the producers of No Agenda. The best podcast in the world will add universe to that! And he would like a do-dee-shak-dee-doosh... You've been de-dooched. ...and a jobs jobs jobs karma and for the roundtable bean boost homemade risotto and frisk hinder whiskey in its own cask we got it lined up for you no problem

1:28:59 And let me give you a little bit of Jobs Karma here. Here we go. Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs! Let's vote for jobs! You've got karma. Onward with Michael Cheney in Katy Texas. Switcheroo! Woohoo! This hat... this is to celebrate the 51st anniversary of my darling wife and me meeting on Christmas Eve. This will make Becky Cheney a dame Call her Dame Becky of the Great Katy Prairie. Double Karma, please and give her steak and Texas sheet cake. Sheet Cake? You've got... Karma I don't know what a sheet cake is honestly

1:29:48 I don't. I guess it's pretty sheedy. Ah, Matthew Januszewski is no stranger to this list he's in Evanston Illinois F me Duke me! I'm sorry? No go on sorry. F me Duke me accounting sent separately this donation puts me well past duke level however i have never written into the show not even for knighthood While I've recently participated in white flight and moved to the suburbs for a larger woodshop space, i am still a Chicagoan and heart so upon arrival of the peerage committee. I would like to claim Chicago as my dukedom and hence if you want it you can have it I'm sure and henceforth no problem! As Duke Matthew the unknighted of Chicago

1:30:33 Good talk, let's do it again at Archduke. Thanks Matt! Love this guy doesn't I mean we're gonna we're going to give you the title whether you want or not. Well there is something... It needs to be discussed. Which is? He's never been knighted, so how can he get the dukedom without ever going on a podium to get knighted? Why don't we insta-duke him? Instaduke? Okay... But put him on the night table and do it! So he gets like you know... Gotcha hold on second yes we can do them yeah I think we can do that let me see so instead of this up to you no no do this I'll do this Januszewski will put him

CHAPTER 23 / 39 Discussion

Associate Executive Producers, Fisting Nuts Anecdote

Donors contribute various amounts, including a "333.33" sequence. A health karma request is made for a producer's son recovering from a motorcycle accident. A recurring anecdote about "fisting nuts"—an annoying method of eating snacks on an airplane—is revisited at the request of a donor.

neil degrasse tyson· motorcycle accident· airplane etiquette· peanuts· donations

1:31:09 Up on the night table. He's definitely been contributing forever Yeah, so whether he likes it or not the word we're putting him there done consider it done Onward with sir Walkman a Duke of Buckeye and he's in Louisville Ohio I think is Lewisville Could be. Lewisville, Ohio. Could be Merry Christmas and thank you Adam! You too John Sir Walkman the Duke of Buckeye he is in at 500 bucks Nice 450 for sir Nacho Alcatraz from Ciudad de Mexico Neil Degrasse Tyson can roll up his cheap smart-ass seasonal zingers and stick them up his... Merry Christmas Sir Nacho Alcatraz Great one I like it thank you very much

1:31:56 Benitis, ben-a-i-d-u-s in San Francisco 333.33 dined with Sir Pete Boyle and got the 33 placard ordering food and decided to donate In other words, they put the thing on there. 33. Later was listening to Peter McCullough's sub stack took notes viewed source code became founding member purchased audio hijack to ISO time talent and treasure hit me up with an I got information man If time permits, good luck on your oral surgeries. My man Merry Christmas! I've got information man new shit has come to light All right brother thank you i'm good with the next surgery in about three months from now so far so good Michaela King is in California in Temecula?

1:32:50 With my monthly donation since Rogan 2020, this additional donation brings me to Damehood. Nice! My son Luke needs a health karma He is in in a care center after motorcycle accident but he is in room 333 Please no sad aww from Adam I can take it love you both Okay alright we're happy we're happy he's doing good but I will give him a goat if you don't mind You've got Harm luck. Bike accidents suck, man. Motorcycle accidents suck. Sir Chris in Walnut Creek California Dear John and Adam, Merry Christmas to you and the entire No Agenda family. Please add a lovely Dame Kristen to the birthday list as she's on. I experienced a regrettable donation failure for The Thursday Show so here is slightly belated donation. She celebrated 29 years yesterday September or December 24th Happy Birthday Bird! No jingles no karma thank you for your courage in all the best

1:33:47 To you in the new year, Sir Chris of Caramel by the Sea. Jared Smith Fort Wayne Indiana switcheroo! Okay, I'll do a switcheroo right away Please give the credit to my beautiful wife Shelly Winky...I think Should have sent along a pronunciation guide. Wanky, wanky would like some karma for the new year? Thanks for everything you do guys. You got it no problem. You've got thank you karma This note yet is from Rita Harrington She's in Sparks Nevada she comes in with the same amount of three three three dot three these people are all be Special executive producers for the Christmas special which is what we're doing yep Merry Christmas John and Adam Thank you for the best podcast in the universe

1:34:36 That's it. I love that Kyle McInnes, Calgary Alberta, Canada Peace on Earth Merry Christmas to you all would love some family karma for everyone and hope everyone finds some joy and hope this holiday season stay warm And too many blessings in the future and fortunate tidings and support for those in need beautiful Thank You Kyle. You've got karma And it looks as though I get the second best note Besides the best note, second-best note comes from Vincent Visconti II in Lantana Texas. Thank you both and all the producers out there for making this Christmas a merry one! Vinny, Sinead and Aoife. How do you pronounce that one? Maybe it wasn't supposed to be an l I think it was supposed to be an l maybe its Alfie No It wouldn't be Alfie

1:35:33 A-O-I-F-E. Anyway, good luck in your future at school! Yes. Sir Goon Kansas Overland Park 333 33 Hello John Adam Merry Christmas Merry Christmas to you this donation brings me to Baron alright please name me Baron Goon I'd like my pierge to be grid square 14 Sierra You got it. I'd appropriate some R2-D2 jobs, Karma as I'm pursuing a new job My current job has me doing a lot of traveling and I keep remembering John's story about a guy eating nuts on the plane Would you mind playing?

1:36:11 It's called fisting nuts. It's not eating nuts, it's fisting nuts. Just go for it John tell us your peeve about the fisting method of eating snacks on an airplane I see this on the airplane and its very annoying And I think it will result in fights breaking out because they're just so annoying to watch Guy takes his bag of peanuts Throws a pile into his palm of his hand and then he makes a fist around the nuts and then he shakes his fist to try to bring a nut to the little hole

1:36:49 throws a nut in his mouth from his fist. Then he does it again, he shakes and throws and shakes and throws. It is annoying as hell to watch! Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs! Lupa Karma David French is in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania He also joins up with the 333 33 Crackin' Buzz, happy Merry Christmas to you and all the dames and knights out there. Please spread some joy with a random Reverend Al jingle... ...and an R2-D2 karma for all Sir David French Baron of Bits, Bytes & Bourbon! You've got Karma

CHAPTER 24 / 39 Discussion

Christmas Special Producers, De-douching Ceremony

The hosts read notes from "Christmas Special" producers, including a woman living near a nuclear bombing range and a donor celebrating a 41st wedding anniversary. A lengthy note from Alex Bell results in the "de-douching" of several family members and colleagues, including a "troll" awaiting a kidney transplant.

hanford nuclear reservation· f-cancer· napster· kidney transplant· de-douching

1:37:52 And there's our buddy SirCal from Lavender Blossoms. Lavenderblossoms.org in Northville, Michigan Merry Christmas! Thanks for all you do please give a health karma to all those who support our little business lavenderblossoms.org From Sir Cal and the family wishing all of you are very happy New Year's great product You've got Karma We love that product Yeah, they do good work. Onward with Sir Yogi and Sir Yogi is... Parts Unknown came in as a mail-in check I have the note and it's $300. On show 1499 The Wife and I became instantites my note was read and hers was lost in the shuffle due to my not knowing how to properly send notes

1:38:44 She was the last person named at the roundtable and was given the title Dame Janice. I am requesting this $300 executive producer be credited to her... Okay, so that's a switcheroo. So this goes to Dame Janice. Dame Janice? Okay got that And then her title be changed to what she had originally requested Oh Jane... okay, that's a little longer than Jane. What is it? Dame Janice of The Bombing Range Nice. We live near the Hanford nuclear reservation, think WW2 plutonium production and our bedroom community has an actual bombing range in the back!

1:39:22 Also, add her name to the birthday list as she turns 64 on December 26th. Happy Birthday babe! I'm assuming that's on there because it is highlighted here. Yes Please give her a GOAT KARMA for her birthday Thanks for keeping us sane Sir Yogi You've got... Karma It is night of the carnival midways Dame Kim and Sir Rob are in the Netherlands near Loon, and he comes in as I'm drunk. Kim is feeding the horses Merry Xmas! Regards. Dame Kim and Sir Rob... Perfect

1:40:04 That's it. Oh, I'm sorry Joel Nelson is up next and he's in Rochester Minister of Finance. Before we go there Rolando Gonzalez who as a...I think even we have an end-of-show mix from him again today. Rolando sent in executive producer donation but somehow The PayPal's decided to put him in abeyance? This does happen from time to time. Yeah, I told him we'd give him credit he came in and he'll be on the list as a Christmas producer He said I think $333.33 or something like that Yeah, 300. And he says that it was 330-333. He got... This happens on PayPal's called Pending Transaction they randomly pick someone every few thousand donations to just take one and take a look at it like quality control is like doing QCN hard disks you just randomly take one from a certain batch. Like tasting a chocolate just to make sure it's good

1:41:04 Yeah, and so he got stuck in this little vortex. And he'll probably show up... It passes in about two or three days and he'll probably show up on the next list. We will probably double credit him because we're just going to read away but he is gonna be on today's executive producer list. He has been around. You can take the next one. Joel Nelson Rochester Minnesota Merry Christmas thank you for your continued effort on this twice weekly InfoSainment R2D2 karma for my mama and human resource number two due May 2nd preparing a knighthood so that he can sit next to his sister Dame Ada at the roundtable. Mom, of course we got an RTD2 for you. You've got karma. All right Sir Grease Monkey's in here for $250 from Odessa, Texas And he just says Cavalier donation birthday December 27th

1:42:03 Sir Greasemonkey of the West Texas oil fields. There you go. Okay, hold on a second I see...I gotta get two little things set up here we have Sean Stedman, Merry Second Thursday and thank you for your courage and work! Yet another holiday show this donation makes me night please knight me sir face tension Night of the retail space. F-cancer karma for my anonymous mom and a Job's karma for all the retail slaves during the season, yes indeed there is a lot of people working.

1:42:47 And that's Sean Stedman donation was for 244.54 Yes, sir foam finger number one in Louisville Kentucky 215 15 delays Navidad comrades Jingle request rubble iser in honor of our Ukrainian charity efforts keep up the great work boys Sir foam finger number India, hang out. Mike standby 33 33 33 Robilizer out. Chris Daly checks in with 215 dot 15 was there a reason I'm seeing the 215 15s? What kind of what was this?

1:43:29 These are ad-libbed versions of I said there's a it was 15 show 15 ah yes and I said may go for see what you can come up with this organic we got a lot of 215 fifties 115 fifteens and 1515 so like that that's pretty good okay This donation brings me to knighthood. Please knight me Sir Chris of Cascadia at the roundtable I'll have the house standard bong hits and bourbon you got it But could we please also have some catnip and dog biscuits for the pets of the Knights in the dames? You got it Thanks, no jingles No karma says Chris Thank-You seat the podium Isaac Contreras in Chula Vista California 233

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CHAPTER 25 / 39 Discussion

Southern Border Wall Contracts, Shipping Container Removal

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey agrees to dismantle a makeshift border wall made of shipping containers following a federal lawsuit. Simultaneously, the Biden administration opens bids for $400 million contracts to close gaps in the official border wall. The hosts characterize this as a "scop" where one wall is removed to make way for a more expensive, politically connected version.

doug ducey· border wall· shipping containers· biden administration· arizona

1:47:32 We'll be thanking more producers later on and if you'd like to become a producer of the NOAH Agenda Show, and would like to do that from the old boring website. We got a new one coming Q1! Dvorak dot org slash NA Time, talent treasure we appreciate it all thank you very much for supporting The NOAH Agenda Show Our formula is this...we go out, we hit people in the mouth I got some, I'm gonna play a few clips about the border wall. Oh good because i got some stuff on that too that'll be good good good. I have three clips I want to play cuz they're contrasty and uh... Contrasty?

1:48:29 They're contrasty. So let's listen to border wall contracts for starters. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it is accepting bids from contractors for construction of barriers along the southern border Meanwhile, hundreds of migrants at the border are weathering out harsh temperatures waiting for Title 42 to be lifted so they can cross into the US Okay, there's contracts going out to put up border walls. How about that? Yeah but I'm gonna play before I play part two of that clip...I want to play this clip which is an Arizona report from Democracy Now! Amy and

1:49:10 about taking the border wall down. Listen to this Arizona's Republican Governor Doug Ducey has reached an agreement with the federal government to dismantle his illegal makeshift US-Mexico border wall built with double stacked shipping containers and razor wire Ducey's administration has spent over $80 million on the project since August, which he said was needed to fill in the gaps left by former President Trump's incomplete border wall. Ducey hasn't until January 4th to remove the barrier one day before he leaves office. And what happens if he doesn't do it? Is the Federali's going to come and arrest him? I don't know how he is gonna do it, have you seen pictures of this thing? It looks like The Great Wall Of China! It does...it does. It goes up and down its beautiful actually very creative I thought I never even heard of this

1:50:07 until this lawsuit. But hold on, I have a question just a regular constitutional states rights question do you not as a state have a right to do whatever the heck you want? Can't you just put up...I would think so yeah if i just wanna put up hey I decide right there in this line I wanna put some razor wire and stack some containers why is that illegal I don't understand any of this. And so they're going to take this, they spent 80 million to put up there gonna take it down now let's play part two of the other clip border wall to us customs and border protection or cbp is accepting bids of up to four hundred million dollars per task for the construction of barriers and other infrastructure along the u.s mexico border the agency's posting says it's awarding five-year contracts involving design in construction our border infrastructure including border barriers anti climb features enforcement zones roads gates bridges drainage control cattle guards lighting detection systems

1:51:07 cameras, towers and communication fiber. The posting comes after the Biden administration this month announced that it will start work to close gaps along the border wall. Those gaps include seven in the Border Patrol's Yuma Arizona sector and one in the El Paso Texas sector new work will also be performed in the San Diego sector which covers western Arizona and part of eastern California. Construction costs for each contract range from 50 million dollars to 400 million dollars Oh, okay. We have to take it down because we have our own contractors, our favorites all lined up to take over? Is that what I'm hearing? This is the Biden crime family at work! Yes, that's exactly what you're hearing. Nobody can bind those two stories. Take down your illegal wall... No of course not. Well done well done

1:51:55 But yikes. So it's an illegal border wall so that we can put up a legal one? That's like the $10,000 toilet seat! It's crazy. It's expected but it's crazy. Build the wall! Now I know where this leads because something happened yesterday that I'm seeing this, it's going to happen all over Europe and if we continue to keep the US borders open and allow people to just come in en masse and don't really have a place to put them because you know we're busing people around and it's ha-ha-ha-ha. We'll throw them in San Diego, ha-ha-ha-ha! Throw them LA, ha-ha! San Francisco, ha-ha New York

1:52:43 It's not really solving anything. This will be the result what happened in Paris is coming to every country in Europe and to the United States if we keep this up Good morning, Janay and clashes once again breaking out between protesters and police here where thousands had gathered In support of the Kurdish community We just saw protesters charging police this coming just a day after after a gunman opened fire on a Kurdish cultural center, killing three people and injuring at least three others. They are now in stable condition. A suspect was arrested. He is a 69-year old man who was under investigation for allegedly attacking members of a migrant camp last December with a sword. Officials saying this attack this time around was racially motivated and that he was clearly trying to target foreigners. Now last night, a vigil was held by members of the Kurdish community.

CHAPTER 26 / 39 Discussion

Paris Protests, Kurdish Community Attack

Violent clashes erupt in Paris after a 69-year-old gunman killed three people at a Kurdish cultural center. The suspect, a retired train driver with a history of attacking migrant camps, had been released from detention just 15 days prior. The hosts link the unrest to broader European tensions regarding immigration and national identity.

paris· kurdish community· racially motivated· migrant camp· great reset

1:51:55 But yikes. So it's an illegal border wall so that we can put up a legal one? That's like the $10,000 toilet seat! It's crazy. It's expected but it's crazy. Build the wall! Now I know where this leads because something happened yesterday that I'm seeing this, it's going to happen all over Europe and if we continue to keep the US borders open and allow people to just come in en masse and don't really have a place to put them because you know we're busing people around and it's ha-ha-ha-ha. We'll throw them in San Diego, ha-ha-ha-ha! Throw them LA, ha-ha! San Francisco, ha-ha New York

1:52:43 It's not really solving anything. This will be the result what happened in Paris is coming to every country in Europe and to the United States if we keep this up Good morning, Janay and clashes once again breaking out between protesters and police here where thousands had gathered In support of the Kurdish community We just saw protesters charging police this coming just a day after after a gunman opened fire on a Kurdish cultural center, killing three people and injuring at least three others. They are now in stable condition. A suspect was arrested. He is a 69-year old man who was under investigation for allegedly attacking members of a migrant camp last December with a sword. Officials saying this attack this time around was racially motivated and that he was clearly trying to target foreigners. Now last night, a vigil was held by members of the Kurdish community.

1:53:32 sadness turning to anger as protesters clashed with police last night. They were hurling objects at police, setting trash cans on fire and police firing back with tear gas today. Clashes once again breaking out at this demonstration we could feel tear gas in the air many pointing out that Kurdish activists were also killed back in 2013 and many questioning whether French officials are doing enough to keep members of the Kurdish community safe here in Paris I don't think that these protests are just about keeping the Kurdish community safe in Paris. No, people are sick and tired of all European countries just letting people come in and giving them food!

1:54:15 Dutch children, I'm just gonna take it to where I know what's going on. Dutch children are going to school hungry never happened before that I can remember but the asylum seekers they get rooms on a cruise ship they get three meals a day and this is you're going to breed this contempt and this is going to happen here as well It's the same thing committed a crime was let out committed the same crime committed another crime people go apeshit over that The Interior Minister, when he was at the scene piecing things together He talked about this 69 year old retired train driver who quote was clearly targeting foreigners So nothing yet to indicate that he was targeting the Kurdish community as such What is clear is that he was targeting foreigners Yeah. He has what the in French judicial jargon would be a racially motivated antecedents

1:55:09 meaning that where he has been on the record with law enforcement authorities in the past, it has involved violence against people he perceives as being foreigners. The most recent obviously being almost a year ago exactly here also in central Paris area an attacker with a knife a saber actually against the migrant camp, for which he was only recently and when I say recently very recently in the past 15 days freed from detention. Which is obviously something now also raising a lot of eyebrows in certain quarters

1:55:45 of the French political establishment. Why did he get out? What were the reasons for his release from detention? Was he not still considered potentially dangerous given his past record, he was not unknown to police authorities but it is important as you did to stress Francois that at this moment broadly believe that he has had a record of attacking foreigners, those he perceives as not being French, un-French but not specifically. No hard link motive wise to attacking Kurds specifically." Thank you! Thank you! That is correct It's really interesting the French I mean they're acting as if the French should be all accepting and stuff But you know the French they're very nationalistic

1:56:29 They always have been. They had their own television standards, CCAM when everyone had regular headlights on their cars they had yellow ones. Those were yellow! They had yellow ones... They dropped that for some reason I still can't... Understand what European Union came in and made a big stink about it. No, but it was good It was a real thing for a long time But it's just like what this is part of the great reset It has to be to let someone out 15 days after they've already committed a similar crime And the guy hates foreigners yes This is what you get

CHAPTER 27 / 39 Discussion

Dutch Slavery Apology, Reparations Debate

The Netherlands formally apologizes for its historical role in the slave trade, committing $210 million to awareness and a museum. While some advocacy groups in former colonies like Suriname welcome the move, others demand direct reparations. The hosts compare the situation to post-Holocaust settlements and predict further claims regarding Indonesian colonization.

netherlands· slavery apology· suriname· reparations· golden age

1:57:07 I just go back to the Netherlands for a second. I told you, and I think we discussed briefly that now the Dutch are admitting that they were part of slavery and reparations are on deck and this has been going on for years and years and years it started with Black Pete Sinterklaas and the black pete, and it was racist and that brought up the racist history of The Netherlands which no one has ever heard of you never heard of the Dutch being a bunch of racist dicks who actually transported slaves But now we have to apologize In an effort to come to terms with its colonial past Colonial past! The Netherlands has apologized for its role in slavery. The country once had an extensive

1:57:54 An apology for slavery that some say is long overdue. Posthumously to all enslaved people worldwide who suffered from those actions, to their daughters and sons and to all their descendants until today But ever since it became known that this apology would take place, there's been controversy surrounding it. First there is the timing. Groups in Suriname for example a former colony of the Netherlands say they would have much rather had it on July 1st 2023 which marks 150 years of abolition of slavery there

1:58:51 The way it's presented, no. We don't accept the apology." Then there is what happens after the apology. The Dutch government says it will dedicate around 210 million US dollars to raise awareness about the history of slavery here in the Netherlands and another 28 million to build a slavery museum Advocacy groups welcome the idea, but they say it is also time to have a conversation about recreations. From my understanding does not include direct payments to descendants who have families or ancestors were enslaved I think that's still questions that are being asked and not yet fully answered After all the slave trade funded the so-called golden age in The Netherlands by expanding

1:59:37 some 600,000 people between the 17th and 19th centuries. And the template for this...and this happened I want to say 25 years ago? All Jews in Europe descendants of...I think it was just if you're Jewish you were automatically descendant of the Holocaust and there was a lot of money that got paid! A lot! So that's what everyone is going to be measuring this by And so right now it's these slaves, but then it's going to be you enslaved the Indonesians. You enslaved... which is true! But now this is how it all starts. I don't know what to make of it? Well

2:00:33 Yeah, I don't know what to make of it either other than that. It's going to happen is gonna happen That's just a money grab come on yeah But you want to go up there and say it's just a money grab You want me wanna try the money grab how that works out for ya? Why'd you sit here? A lot of people almost even throwing tomatoes at me but okay Let's talk a little bit, I got a bunch of clips on the J6 report came out during our show. Yes yes yes During our show yeah on Thursday and so i got some clips about it. I've got some Amy Goodman clips is the best person you want to listen too because she's not gonna like Donald Trump much but she knows she probably should

CHAPTER 28 / 39 Discussion

January 6th Report, 14th Amendment Eligibility

The House Select Committee's final report recommends barring Donald Trump from office under the 14th Amendment's "insurrection" clause. The hosts use an AI chatbot to analyze the legal validity of this claim, which concludes that the 14th Amendment does not specifically disqualify presidential candidates based on past conduct without a conviction.

january 6th committee· 14th amendment· donald trump· eligibility· insurrection

2:01:16 Because he's against the man. Yeah, let's go with the jab I'm gonna play these clips Let's start with J 6 report number one The House Select Committee is urging Congress to consider barring Trump and other people involved in the insurrection from holding public office Citing the 14th amendment there it is how does that work with a Fourteenth Amendment? Let's let's analyze this open up the 14th amendment. Okay, discuss Well what am I why are we even let's just consult the the open AI chat

2:01:53 Oh, do that first. What is the question? What do I want to ask it? How does the 14th Amendment keep Donald Trump from running for office? Oh good one! Amendment keep Donald Trump running for office... oh i'm excited about this. I mean should I spelled everything right more or less okay running before office here we go The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution does not specifically address the issue of presidential candidates or election. However, it does contain a provision known as the Equal Protection Clause which states that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction equal protection of laws. This clause has been interpreted by courts to mean that state must apply the law equally and cannot discriminate against certain individuals or groups including on the basis race ethnicity religion other characteristics

2:02:47 It is worth noting the 14th Amendment has no direct bearing on the eligibility of presidential candidates or their ability to run for office. The requirements for becoming president are outlined in Article 2 of the Constitution and include being a natural-born citizen, being at least 35 years old having lived in United States for fourteen years there's no requirement that a presidential candidate must be protected by the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in order to run for office I'm impressed. I'm impressed too because this thing basically said no It's bullcrap is bull crap Let me just see is it bull crap question mark cuz it's a chat, I'm sorry But I'm not sure what you're asking about oh well yeah okay never mind Okay, so as bull crap and they're gonna do it They're trying to push this and there was like night, but and of course Amy did not question

2:03:37 question this any. I mean, the dumb AI robot did a better job? Yes! Unbelievable. The robot wins. Let's go to clip two. The January 6th committee is also calling for reforms to the electoral college certification process and expanded efforts by the government to combat far right and white supremacist groups who played a key role in the January 6 insurrection The report documents how many of the first rioters to break into the Capitol on January 6th were members of the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, believers in QAnon conspiracy theories and other white nationalists. The report was issued Thursday night—three days after the House Select Committee voted to refer Donald Trump to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution

2:04:27 And I ask the dumb bot, can Trump run for president in 2024 just to offset Amy? Answer. Under the United States Constitution any natural born citizen who meets the age and residency requirements is eligible to run for the office of President there are no provisions in the constitution that would disqualify someone from running for president based on their past actions or conduct Therefore, it is technically possible for former President Donald Trump to run for president again in 2024 assuming he meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the Constitution. It's worth noting that whether or not Trump will actually run for president again in 2024 is a question only HE can answer!

2:05:06 Well, you should that you silly bot he already answered that there's been much speculation about his plans But at this time is not clear what his intentions are. You're behind but yeah Bad boss behind about too many eggs bad bottom bad bottom B budget bus always gonna be about a month behind I said bad bought and it says I apologize if my response was not helpful As an artificial intelligence, I'm not capable of having personal feelings or intentions. Okay? So they bring in this guy John Nichols from The Nation and he's now going to discuss because he analyzed the J6 report. And he is gonna tell us what he thinks and it course it's all you know

CHAPTER 29 / 39 Discussion

Electoral College Abolition, John Nichols Analysis

John Nichols of *The Nation* discusses the January 6th report, labeling the event a "coup attempt" and expressing disappointment that the committee did not recommend abolishing the Electoral College. The hosts defend the Electoral College as a vital "safety valve" for American politics that prevents purely nationalist or majoritarian rule.

john nichols· the nation· electoral college· coup attempt· constitutional reform

2:05:47 Trump should have been shot, according to him. But let's go with J6 report John Nichols Nation DN. Well it is a significant report there simply no question Amy it uh It is very long It has an immense amount of detail and I think one of the most striking things Is the clarity with which this report says what committee chair Benny Thompson has been saying since the start of their public hearings And that is that this was a coup attempt and that Donald Trump was at the center of it. The report comes back to this again, and again, and again... So the whole preoccupation- This is the whole left! The whole left believes this. Oh, of course! It was a coup attempt And they're right thinking it's just some sort of riot coordinated by the FBI gone bad But okay Let's go to part two of this guy

2:06:41 propose taking steps that will allow to have much more clarity as regards Article 14, Section 3 of the Constitution which says that a office holder who supports an insurrection or gives aid and comfort to an insurrection participates in an insurrection can be barred from office. And so they want to give clarity to that so Congress can act on that issue in the future Now all of this takes us back, Amy to the reality that this Congress particularly this Senate failed back in February of 2021 in the impeachment process. Had Donald Trump been convicted by the Senate then we would have had clarity

2:07:24 on these issues at that point. Because that didn't happen, now we have a series of recommendations which in some ways are an admission that Congress doesn't think the impeachment process will ever work so they want to have another vehicle to bar those who participate in insurrections. Is he saying Article 3 Section 2? Of the Constitution This is bull crap! I think it's all bullcrap by this guy, but you can see that he doesn't like the Constitution. He doesn't like anything when you listen to which is one of my points about the whole thing. Listen to the last clip from this guy and you're gonna see where he's coming from and why he should not be listened to. He might as well be like Fareed Zakaria. Let's just toss the Constitution aside and write something new that we can rewrite every year

2:08:14 The final thing I'll mention as regards the recommendations, and it's a disappointment on my part is that the committee did not make a clear statement that the electoral college should be abolished because of fact. There are deals. Electoral colleges, of a lot of these problems. I think not! This convoluted mess of the system, which has the votes being counted at certain points and then transferred to Congress and all that created the real opening for Donald Trump and his allies to do the things that they did And while abolishing the electoral college would be difficult

2:08:51 It's something that clearly the committee should have recommended. Okay, that makes sense So what they really want to do is just get rid of the Electoral College The safety valve of American politics. To keep us from having President Al Gore and to keep us from having President Hillary Clinton it was a mechanism put in place for the purposes of keeping people like that from winning the presidency and it works fine and But they want to get rid of it because they think that you know a national vote, a national government A nationalist states should go to by the way. The same people that feel that Electoral College should be ousted also don't believe in state's rights and think we should be just a nation Yeah one Nation under God with a federal police department Federales

CHAPTER 30 / 39 Discussion

Trump Prosecution Roadmap, Media Framing

ABC News reporter John Carl describes the January 6th report as a "roadmap for prosecutors" and a "historic initial step" toward criminal charges for Donald Trump. The hosts argue that the media is attempting to "psyop" the public into believing there is a clear legal path to disqualify Trump, despite the decision ultimately resting with the Justice Department.

john carl· abc news· merrick garland· justice department· criminal referrals

2:09:46 Yeah, they'd love that. That's a long shot though I mean that's not something you're going to fix in the remaining two years No it's never gonna get... To get to that is gonna take I don't know what but is nothing on the horizon These guys are living in a dream world They're just complainers! I do have an ABC report on this You DO have? I do have and I do believe It's Good by John Carl Thanks for nailing me on that But go ahead The January 6th committee's final report... What's bad? Tina did that to me the other day. She interrupted me and said, go ahead and I was like what?! She is listening too much to this show. The January 6 committees final report details Donald Trumps plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election and it recommends that he not be allowed to run for office ever again

2:10:39 In its 845 page final report, the January 6th committee says the violence that day was the fault of one man. The crescendo of Donald Trump's quote multi-part plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election I love the crescendo this multi part plan that's beautiful Kepping 18 months of investigation, the January 6th committee's report lays out that plan in meticulous detail. Mirroring their dramatic public hearings and offering some additional new details making several recommendations the boldest that Donald Trump and others who engaged in insurrection be disqualified and barred from holding government office no man who would behave that way at

2:11:23 that moment in time can ever serve in any position of authority in our nation again. He is unfit for any office." The committee's recommended reforms include changes to the law on certifying the presidential election and increased penalties for threatening that process and for threatening election workers. Over the course of eight chapters, the committee describes Trump's plan from his constant lies about election fraud that his own advisors repeatedly told him were false to the pressure he and his allies put on nearly 200 state-level officials to overturn the election results. When that effort failed, Trump then turned to his supporters. In the end, he summoned a mob to Washington, and knowingly they were armed

2:12:10 and angry, pointed them to the Capitol. They were armed? Armed and angry! 200 state-level officials to overturn the election results when that effort failed Trump then turned to his supporters in the end he summoned a mob to Washington and knowingly they were armed and angry, pointed them to the Capitol and told them to fight like hell. The report is a roadmap not just for the American public but for history...and for prosecutors. The committee is also releasing thousands of pages of transcripts of witness interviews and other evidence

2:12:49 This is fantastic. They are going to psyop the entire world, certainly the American public into believing that there's a legal way to stop Trump from running for office or anybody who was part of the insurrection! This cannot end well this is a time bomb and I don't even think Trump would win if he runs but just to stop him and others from running for office, this can only lead to Parisian reactions.

2:13:28 Do you not think so? Well, they can't stop anybody. This is bullcrap! They're not a criminal operation that... Is there legislators that put this thing together and then they send a little recommendation? No I know that but they're saying the Justice Department has to do that. The Justice Department can't do that either it's illegal. I know it's illegal but doesn't mean that they won't do it. They won't do it They're not nuts. They're gonna try everything they can, why would... Well yeah that's true I'm not gonna argue about they're not gonna try everything they can including just but it's just all bit trying to just create bad publicity and trying to make Trump look like a bad guy You don't think you know what? You just said yourself that these people are all in they completely believe it Yeah so what and I think the majority of the country The vocal majority let's put it that way

2:14:20 We'll say, oh yeah. No that's... he can't run and we agree with the Justice Department. Merrick Garland said it in fact this is unprecedented historic! The committee says it hopes its final report and its public hearings are just the beginning, an initial step they have also recommended criminal charges for Donald Trump and others in his inner circle of course that decision is entirely up to the Justice Department which has its own investigation well underway Will? that historic initial step. John Carl, thank you very much. Historic! You know you and I should probably start recommending criminal proceedings to the Justice Department for the Biden crime family using this same rationale well you know they could take it or leave it which is what the real... What Carl's really saying there they recommended the Justice Department do but they can take it or leave it

CHAPTER 31 / 39 Discussion

Kari Lake Election Lawsuit, Ballot Sizing Issues

A judge dismisses Kari Lake's lawsuit to overturn the Arizona gubernatorial election results, citing a lack of evidence of intentional fraud. Testimony is highlighted regarding "19-inch ballot images" being printed on 20-inch paper, which allegedly caused tabulators to reject ballots in Maricopa County.

kari lake· arizona governor· katie hobbs· maricopa county· ballot tabulators

2:15:13 Yeah, they yes. They'll take well when it comes like I do when it comes to the justice system in the United States We're seeing a lot of things that are I think out of the ordinary this This Arizona governor race with Carrie Lake and was pretty pretty tight 17 thousand vote difference And you know now there's all kinds and by the way she she didn't win her lawsuit to overturn the insurrectionize that election. Here's a quick clip. To politics now tonight Republican Carrie Lake has lost her bid to overturn her loss in Arizona's governor's race, A judge said that lake did not provide evidence that the election was stolen The official count shows like loss of Democrat Katie Hobbs by about 17 thousand votes and I agree there is no evidence that was presented that showed it was stolen Stolen! That's the key word

2:16:08 But there was a lot of weird stuff like ballots that had different sizes so they would either not be scanned or be shrunken down. It could provide for a different... Oh, it's just a pot full of every... Every trick in the book. You've heard previous testimony, were you here for Mr. Jarrett's testimony? Yes sir I was and did you hear Mr. Jarrett testify that in the November 2022 general election a 20 inch ballot was used yes or idea would a 19 inch ballot image projected on a 20-inch piece of paper used in the election in Maricopa for November 2022 have when it was placed into

2:16:51 One of these vote center tabulator it would cause it to be rejected Anyway, doesn't matter there you go so they'll do that and there's an interesting There's no outrage not real outrage but it's coming very sad. Very sad what's happening here? There's also no outrage. I mean gosh So amazing to watch all these people sucking up to Zelensky. You know, it looked to me like Zelensky came to DC in Air Force Two I saw him getting off Air Force Two Did we fly that guy in? This I don't know...I do have one Zelenski supercut Okay Yes, I've seen this one It's good Politicians and the press often toss around

CHAPTER 32 / 39 Discussion

Zelensky Washington Visit, Churchill Comparisons

Media outlets and politicians draw extensive comparisons between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Winston Churchill following his visit to Washington D.C. Zelensky returns to Ukraine with a $1.8 billion aid package and G7 support. Meanwhile, reports claim Russia is seeking weapons from North Korea as its own resources allegedly deplete.

volodymyr zelensky· winston churchill· joe biden· ukraine aid· wagner group

2:17:42 Because when they steal from us, we're never credited. But the supercut appeared on Tucker Carlson Yes So I want to make sure that the credit goes where it's due Politicians in the press often toss around comparisons to Winston Churchill but this time, minus cigar and whiskey It fits President Biden face-to-face with a man who was who has drawn comparisons to Winston Churchill. And in a dramatic wartime appearance reminiscent of Winston Churchill in World War II... This was historic, some people have compared it to when Churchill came. Zelensky is very much acting in the Churchillian tradition. Looks like he's a Churchillian moment He is a modern Winston Churchill with an iPhone Someone who probably

2:18:27 is the most courageous and inspirational leader since Winston Churchill. Where Winston Churchill stood generations ago, so too President Zelensky stands. So you're almost saying that Zelensky's had a harder job than Churchill has? That's exactly what I'm saying! This is an historical figure this guy actually can be compared to Winston Churchill, to Lincoln in 1860 Man, were there Republicans in that bunch too? There must be. Well technically Margaret Hoover was in there. The Council on Foreign Relations spook that's got her own show and she was nodding her head going on about his... She said this job is harder

2:19:11 Winston Churchill. I just love the Churchillian, it just sounds cool. A Churchillian is great! He's very Churchilian let's listen to Zelensky now that he's back home this is coming to us from ABC we do move now to the latest on The Warning. We do move now now this is even better I Do Believe Now I think we should end which had introduced this into the lexicon you have to add a now to the do so whatever you do I do think now. Good morning. We're fresh from that very important trip stateside. Zelensky is now back here in Ukraine with the extra US backing of 1.8 billion dollars in a video message saying he's returning with good results, with things that will really help and thank

2:20:07 the Biden administration. Zelensky also getting a boost from the G7 this morning announcing 32 billion dollars in economic support and as that worldwide aid comes, Russia's resources are depleting and Moscow appears to be growing more reliant on private military company the Wagner Group. The US now confirming it received weapons to help Putin's war from North Korea, something Pyongyang denies. Now this is fighting in the east rages on both sides claiming they've caused heavy casualties there and Putin also saying he wants the war to end as quickly as possible now that's the first time he's called it a war instead of a special military operation is this another sign of an escalation? This is incredible to me if you're reporting that he wants to end the war

2:20:58 Your obvious next line is, well he's finally calling you to war isn't he then? How about let's stop this insanity. No none of that. But there is also some insanity within the reporting when did Russia lose all its ability to make armaments they still got Sukhoi and they got the MiG people There's a bunch of jets they make and they make planes. I think Ilyach is still one jet maker, there's a bunch and they mix they still make the rocket engines for the world even though we you know Rocketdyne makes some but they've got our nuclear fuel! And they got our nuclear... I can't even say it, fuel?

CHAPTER 33 / 39 Discussion

Patriot Missile Systems, Putin Proxy War Claims

Vladimir Putin characterizes the U.S. supply of Patriot missile systems to Ukraine as an escalation of a "proxy war." He dismisses the Patriot as an aging system inferior to Russia's S-300. The hosts recall the Gulf War era, claiming the Patriot's effectiveness against Scud missiles was historically exaggerated for public relations.

vladimir putin· patriot missiles· proxy war· scud missiles· trt world

2:21:45 and they can't make a bullet. They have to get weapons from North Korea! Does this make any sense? No, and if the US mainstream media was honest then they would've played a little bit of what Putin said or what the Kremlin is talking about We don't get that from US media, we get it from the Turks. TRT! The US remains Ukraine's biggest single supplier of weapons and money. Zelensky told his people it had been a good trip. We are coming with good results ones that will really help when you say patriots in Ukraine and in the U.S., we mean the protection of state and the people this issue is solved there was also financial support there are other agreements

2:22:31 We will speak about them later. Not surprisingly, reaction in Moscow to Zelensky's US visit has been negative President Putin accused the U.S of conducting a proxy war and risking escalation with its new weapon supplies but then appeared to discount the effectiveness of the Patriot missile... I'm just going to stop for second please note that the ABC report said he referred to it as a war The Turkish radio and television report that he said it was a proxy war. Small, slight difference there in obfuscation ABC. Not surprisingly reaction in Moscow to Zelensky's US visit has been negative President Putin accused the US of conducting a proxy war and risking escalation with its new weapon supplies but then appeared to discount the effectiveness of the Patriot missile systems just granted to Kiev

2:23:25 It's a fairly old system. It doesn't work like our S-300, but our opponents say it is a defensive weapon. Okay we'll keep that in mind and there is always an antidote so its deployment will be in vain. It will only prolong the conflict." Let's not report on that people! Well, we remember the days of the Patriot missiles after the Scuds. The Scuds versus the Patriots? That was no good! Those things were funny and I was in Israel shortly after that war broke out and the Scuds and the Patriots are going after each other and I was told that

2:24:07 Israelis were sitting outside watching because it was a highly entertaining fireworks display. Yes! Because the Scuds would go up and the Patriots had never hit them but they blow up and make a nice explosion. That's an exercise, very good. And the Scuds he said all this supposed... This guy says he knew He says all the Scuds that was supposedly knocked down by the Patriot none of them were They were just no good and they blew up on their own They embedded themselves headfirst into the ground and did nothing off, and we saw a lot of that. And then you'd have just shots over and over and over of this...and this is the sound from that era. America!

CHAPTER 34 / 39 Discussion

Sam Bankman-Fried Bail, FTX Fraud Investigation

Sam Bankman-Fried is released on a $250 million bond following his extradition to the U.S., despite reports that no actual cash was required for the bail. His associates, Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang, plead guilty and begin cooperating with federal investigators. Media figures like Jim Cramer are mocked for previously comparing Bankman-Fried to J.P. Morgan.

sam bankman-fried· ftx· jim cramer· bail bond· caroline ellison

2:24:54 I've got one more, I only have one more supercut which also took from Tucker. Oh! You've been all over Tucker and Amy... No this is the same show What are you doing? What are you doing man? Amy, Lasset, Amy... I'm getting supercuts. I want to see what they're stealing from us. They weren't actually Yeah, so I want to see what they're taking from us and if they have these super cuts because you know super cuts are entertaining. They mock the media but this one has actually got Tucker on it and it's not as much of a supercut as a funny cut And this is about Bankman Freed and how NBC crew were... It's so in love with this guy because yeah, I don't know why

2:25:42 Because he's, you know, sketchy to begin with. But they were just falling all over themselves and the worst case was Jim Cramer They fell in love with Sam Bankman Freed. They wanted to be Sam Bankman Freed, they told us Sam Bankman Freed was the new JP Morgan! Here's a tape we're going to watch at least once a month for the rest of our lives... It's that good. vegan, fidget-spinning crypto billionaire who occasionally sleeps on a beanbag chair. During the so called crypto winter the 30 year old CEO has been referred to as cryptos white knight JP Morgan of this generation Sam Bank and Freed's FTX is he the Jay Gould of our era or is he the JPMorgan? I think it's yet to be determined yet to be determined Is he Vanderbilt? He could be

2:26:38 Is he Harriman? Possibly. Is he the accredited Moliere scandal? Is he Carnegie? If he gives a lot of libraries, yes! Oh man they don't have the one where he cries or it where he says I was wrong they didn't put that in the supercut that's too bad Kramer, I was wrong. Kramer did this with what it was like Bear Stearns he was encouraging the same thing yeah exactly I mean I don't know how long...I mean I don't like Kramer when I was doing spots for CNBC he would always hog the airtime oh I'm sure he's a dick and uh I'm sure he is and this continuous kind of mistake

2:27:27 CNBC and these financial operations that pick stocks for you, they're not supposed to be so unskeptical of a guy like this who's an obvious freak of some sort. And fall all over themselves like that. They should do a little work maybe and warn people. The guys who do all the work and warn people are off never on CNBC. Oh please! This is now what... I think the reason why everyone was falling, fawning is because the connections that Sam Bankman-Fried has are very deep and well known. So well known in fact that SEC General Counsel Dan Berkowitz is leaving the agency and that was mainly because he was whining and dining with Sam Bankman-Fried. He's a regulator!

2:28:25 He's a regulator and he was hanging out and they caught on to him. So that guy has got to leave, well after 34 years of public service it is time for me to pursue something new with different challenges and opportunities and spend more time with the kids. More time with family exactly Now to the latest on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Friede who has been released on a $250 million bond as he faces multiple fraud charges and the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange he founded. Aaron Kutersky has the latest, Aaron good morning. Good morning to you. Before we go any further with this a 250 million dollar bond am I mistaken that you'd have to put up at least 10%? Yes but if if you recall it's been exposed that no money was put up No but isn't that typical... First of all what happened to no cash bail What happened to that

2:29:17 That's right there. He'd put up nothing, there was no cash. So it didn't work out it just has a number attached to that is meaningless. a fraud of epic proportions. Released on a $250 million bond, Bankman-Fried left court with an ankle bracelet, strict monitoring and a ban on doing any business worth more than $1,000 although the judge said Bankman-Fried achieved sufficient notoriety after the collapse of FTX

2:29:53 So it's unlikely anybody wants to do business with him. Bankman Freed said only three words in court when asked whether he understood the consequences of bail jumping, he answered yes I do his release followed the guilty pleas of his ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison and FTX co founder Gary Wang The FBI said the pair admitted they were willing participants in the fraud And now they're cooperating with the feds will Nah, heehee Yeah exactly yeah Let the real culprits go Then let the f- screw the beanbag floppy dude. Oh man, I feel almost bad for him

2:30:29 Well, some people have speculated the parents were really behind it. Some people? How about your partner on the podcast? Yeah! They abused this child and now he's living with them and don't worry Sammy we'll take care of you no one really serves any time don't worry about it but maybe this time they'll actually throw this kid in jail and toss the key Just to make an example out of somebody. How about this? The guy's a freak, maybe the parents never liked him What can we do with Sammy

CHAPTER 35 / 39 Discussion

Final Donation Credits, Christmas Day Producers

The hosts read the final list of "Christmas Special" donors, including creative amounts like "80.08" (boobs) and "151.51" (episode number). Contributors from across the U.S., Canada, and Europe are thanked for supporting the show on the holiday.

grand junction· lynchburg· boob donation· value for value· producers

2:31:06 I got an idea. I'm going to show my support by donating to KnowAgenda, imagine all the people who could do that? Oh yeah that'd be fab! Yeah on KnowAgenda in the morning Creating your own punchlines. Hello JetSticketer is one of the people we want to thank he's in Grand Junction Colorado and he came in with $151.51, there's a good example and he let house buying karma expire. He is looking for some house buying karma we'll give him that at the end. Cole Candler in Lynchburg Virginia 150-150. Sir Don in Lago Vista Texas 150-150

2:31:55 Sir Charles, Robert Charles and Dame Christina... I don't have the whole name on here because it's... Dave Christina Pearl. Ah yes! We know Dame Christina Pearl very well actually. Yeah, they're in Deputy Indiana 150-150 those are our creative donations based on show 1515 Very nice. James Buell in Spring Hill, Texas 141 41 for a 41st wedding anniversary! 41 years and they never had a fight? Three kids eight grandkids Wow nice oh he says we've had plenty of fights okay I had plenty of fights. Plenty of fights ah good. They didn't have makeup sex John Taylor in Fluorescent Colorado what there are people into that

2:32:43 122.50 Edward Museal in Waterford, Michigan 111.11 which we used to get a lot of and now we get a row of sticks Dicks John Paul in Cavan Ontario You're very penis oriented today $100.01 it's because...it all started with what was it Schwanze? Schwanze! Merry Christmas, the best podcast in the universe from John. In Mount Pleasant Wisconsin 100 these are $100. Shana Benson in Smithfield Texas Demetrios Nath Pilotis in

2:33:26 Des Plaines, I think is how it's pronounced. Des Plaines Illinois another $100. Mary Ellen Smith in Stewart Florida 100 Kevin McAtee in Centennial Colorado a hundred Sir John and Heber Springs Arkansas 100 and there's your sir Mike Gates who's been on and off of the emails forever in the last week or two, in Colorado Springs. And he's becoming a counter something you want to play? Well let me read it my latest $100 of value for value moves me from Viscount account I've had a monthly donation going since March 2013 with additional donations sprinkled throughout the years money well spent with information and analysis found nowhere else

2:34:09 With the insanity that has consumed M5M since 2015, your analysis brings perspective that aids my mental and emotional health. Thank you for what you do! Mike Gates soon to be the Count of Colorado. Uh...what is this name? Elon? Is it Elon? Oh, Elon!! Elon Hamburg in Bellingham, Washington. 90? With a happy Hanukkah Sir Kevin McLaughlin Locust North Carolina what could he possibly be donating? Oh! Boobs! 8008 boobs John Gilbert Peekskill New York 8008 boobs Sir Tooth Fairy hmm Nvell Paraiso Indiana 8008 No 8006 Lopsided Oh that's right the lopsided

2:34:55 Sarah Pelequin in Niagara Falls, slowly I turn Ontario 75 Christian Tierhart in Abbotsford BC 69-69. Sarah by the way is donating for the coolest uncle and dog dad around Johnny from Canada so just want to add that. Hey Jenny! Johnny from Canada Brian Aguilar in Belafontein, Ohio. 69. Sir Dodger and Dame Meme in Barton, Vermont 6789. Sir Brian in Powick... Oh he's in South Africa or Zimbabwe one of the two. Now ZA is South Africa and that's where we count Africans

2:35:49 He is doing 6425 and he's got a birthday, couple birthdays we've got him on the list. Mark Rzynski in Los Osos California. Oh with a reverse lopsided boob? This is the cheap ass version of the same donation! It's a cheap-ass lopsided boob! 60-0A Cheap James Story and Laura Hutt, New Zealand 60 Tobias in the real estate services in Gardner Kansas 58 88 Jim Andrea not goes in Glenview Illinois 5557 and this brings him to knighthood he will be sir Jimmy tree the Christmas night. Oh good yeah, then a Nielsen Linnea Nilsen in

2:36:41 No. Chalalum, I think...I don't know how it got Cle-elam? This is a screw up but this has gotta be Chalalum. Makes you wonder. Washington. 5555. We've got a bunch of 5555s here for some unknown reason. Matthew Dropko our friend in Delaware Ohio, 5555. Robert Wills in Riverside California, 5555. Casey Garrett and Wawachichka, Florida? Never heard of it. 5555. Dame Teres in Urbana Illinois, Urbana. 5550 Marcus Muller in Montebauer, Deutschland. 5522 Chris Engler in Ancaster Ontario Canada

2:37:36 It's interesting that Markus, who is in Deutschland says Merry Christmas and Chris who is in Ontario says Fröhliche Weihnachten which is German. They're only interesting to us after 15 years of reading notes. Eric Ortega... Oh, I found something cool on the notes finally John! Look at it! Eric Ortega in Sioux Falls South Dakota 5110 John D Carney in Alpharetta Georgia 5110 Sabode Peth, hey! Where's Sabode Ben? Been a while. In Metairie Louisiana 5510 Dean Roker 5510 Stephen Atwell Steve Atwell and Bloomfield Township

2:38:20 5432, Merry Christmas No Agenda Show. Devin O'Connell, Boylston Massachusetts 5151, bunga bunga. Sir Silverin, Silver Springs Maryland 5151 and we're getting there almost done. Catherine Morton in Charlotte North Carolina 5111 thanks for working on Christmas you are welcome. Manuel Urbando in Miami Lakes Florida 5033, Reg and Meg Hufford in Tempe Arizona. Look at that wall when you get the chance! 5033 And now we have the $50 donors name and location Kate Haskell's at the top of the list followed by Alexa Delgado. Kate is in San Rafael and he's in Aptos both in California Forest Scott Brinkley in Christianburg Virginia April Davis in Austin Texas You know her

2:39:16 Baron of Belmont in Belmont, North Carolina. Timothy Brashears in Cookville, Tennessee Tom in Hangelo, Netherlands. It'd be Hengalo? James Woodhouse in Dalmany California Chris Stewart in Princeton, Ontario. Dame Janice Oliver she actually sent a nice card in she's sweet she's always doing this isn't she Dame Knight? Yeah she's Dame Knight I'm sorry that's right Dame Knight she is uh sent us a nice little card nice card Merry Christmas but she crossed off the stuff that was printed in there and

2:40:00 Repurpose the card. Good work! As one does, of course Andrew Butterfield in Bettendorf Iowa Charles Boyd in San Marcos Texas Danielle First in Kaukauna, Wisconsin. I got that wrong, I'm sure John Walter and Wenatchee Washington Michael Romano in Sebastopol California John Lawrence in Hootersville Texas Oh no Hellots Hellots Hellots Texas Bart Beekwalder in Vigel North Brabant Close enough

CHAPTER 36 / 39 Discussion

Knighting Ceremony, Peerage Title Changes

A formal knighting ceremony is conducted for several producers, including Sir Uppenbutter and Sir Bing. The hosts describe the "Roundtable" perks, such as "bong hits and bourbon" and "mutton," and provide instructions for new knights to receive their official signet rings and certificates.

knighthood· peerage· signet ring· roundtable· donations

2:40:36 And last on this list is David Perdue in Snow Hill, North Carolina. I want to thank all these folks for making our Christmas a good one and thanks for listening and supporting this show that we work! We got a number of night notes. I'm not quite sure are these night notes that we have not mentioned? There's one that is confusing, but you might as well read them Stephen Judd the Christmas night offer made me do a double donating December with double nickels on a magic number to push me over the amount To get my knighthood. I started listening to Noah Jenna after Adam showed up on Twit with his guns

2:41:12 Plus, I was already a JCD fan since the days of reading tech mags. Haven't missed a listen since 2014! Only the amygdala of a No Agenda listener is as healthy as mine. To everyone who's been listening for more than a month and not donating you know the value that you receive so sign up for monthly plan of any amount and I mean ANY amount make sure to sustain this product. I myself am example of steady sustaining contributions and call out all freeloaders. That's douchebag! And he will be knighted, sir, up in butter. And he will have fried chicken and Belgian waffles at the round table. Did I get those? Let me see... Belgian fried chicken and Belgian waffles Okay hold on a second let's make sure i have that. I don't think we had that set We do now Then we have Ron Sprouse Adam & John, I hope this note makes it in time Oh guess it did

2:42:11 I want the title of Sir Ron of the Nueces River Canyon for The Roundtable. Wacko whibs and a flagon of mead. Flag on? Flag on, flag on? A flacon? What is it? It's like a decanter Okay we'll take it Brian Rodeger, good morning Crackpot and Buzzkill. No jingles just karma with this donation of 333 dot 33 or bring myself to a long-awaited knighthood I would like to be known as Sir Bing Knight of the BMWs and Bulldogs have the usual fare at the roundtable? I've been waiting seven years to ask this question Adam Did you approve of the hilarious Jonathan Coulton chipmunks Christmas spoof pod safe Christmas And is there story behind it home man

2:43:00 That's a long time. When was that? Seven years ago, I thought it was longer than seven no that's longer than that way back much longer than that pre-show It was it was maybe 17 years ago Yeah, you know 2026 That was because the pod safe music network And of course I approved of it. It was kind of hard to hear and someone sent, I think he might have sent it to me Brian and going back and listening to it is like a take off of Alvin & the Chipmunks very hard to understand what the chipmunks are saying actually so yeah did not disapprove of Scott Bagwell says Merry Christmas Happy Holidays hope this finds you in yours well I don't believe I received...I don't believe this is new I don't believe I receive credit for this donation

2:43:47 For this donation for show 1499 if I missed the recognition, I apologize for the inconvenience If I didn't get acknowledged Please throw me in somewhere as soon as you can if you're in You're in. If you can't find my original submission all I asked was jobs karma the original Pelosi one Thanks for the big for the best podcast and universal coming up for you Oh, and that's it. Those are the four night notes so let me just give the jobs karma and the regular karma. Whoa! You got... Oops not that one. You've got jobs. You've got jobs karma. That's exactly right Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs Let's vote for jobs! You've got

2:44:28 Harmless. And if you'd like to become a No Agenda producer, and we also love all the people who came in under $50 go to our website devorak.org slash n-a There we go Yes! We do have a birthday list on it Sir Chris who wishes Dame Kristen a happy birthday She turned 29 in December 24 yesterday sir Brian 64 when he's 64, that is today December 25th. Happy birthday there in South Africa Sir Grease Monkey of the West Texas oil fields 41 on the 27th Dame Tara wishes her mom Barb happy birthday on January 1st and her nephew Owen on January 3rd both happy birthdays and Sir Yogi says happy birthday to Dame Janice of The Bombing Range And those are your birthdays! We say happy birthday to everybody here from The No Agenda Show

2:45:23 And no douchebags with lots of title changes Sir Goon becomes Baron Goon of the grid square 14 Sierra sir Mike Gates Viscount of Colorado become sir Mike gates count of Colorado Duke Never been knighted? Who's Duke never been knighted. Oh, Sir Matthew Januszewski will become Duke Matthew the Unknighted of Chicago and we have also put him up on the stage for For his because he never been knighted so we got to put him up there and I've got a sword We got some dames. We got some knights. I got a great sort a brand new one nice

2:46:10 Up on the podium, ladies. We want Sabine, Sabina, Becky Cheney, Michaela King, The Dudes Matthew Januszewski, Steven Judds Ron Sprouse Brian Roediger Sean Steadman Chris Dailey and Jim Andrianakos I am proud to pronounce the KB as Dame Bien Boust of the Ultra Centrum Hill Ridge Forest, Dame Becky of The Great Katy Prairie, Michaela King. Dame Michaela King Duke Matthew the Unknighted of Chicago Sir Uppenbutter Sir Ron of the Nueces River Canyon Brian Roetiger Sir Bing Knight

2:46:46 of the BMWs and Bulldogs, Sir Face Tension, Knight of the Retail Space, Sir Chris of Cascadia and Sir Jimmy Tree. Christmas night! And for you we do have hookers & blow, rent boys & chardonnay, homemade risotto, friska hinder and whiskey in its own cast, steak in a Texas sheet cake, fried chicken and Belgian waffles, cat nip and dog biscuits Wacko whips and a flak on of mead and as requested bong hits and bourbon sparkling cider and escorts ginger ale and gerbils And of course mutton in meat you need to go right now the know agenda nation comm slash rings grab yourself No, don't grab anything. Let us know where we can send the ring your way

2:47:23 your wax, which goes with the Signet ring for stealing your important correspondence and the official certificate of authenticity. We need a ring size we need your address and in the meantime enjoy all of the goodies we have here at The Roundtable thank you all for coming in almost to last show 2022 it is highly appreciated our brand new No Agenda Knights & Dames! Parties be had! Parties everywhere, parties and reports of the parties. Hi everyone this is Leo Bravo at No Agenda Meetup number 35 I'm passing the phone around some folks have something to say

CHAPTER 37 / 39 Discussion

No Agenda Meetups, Nancy Pelosi "Schwanza" Remix

The hosts list upcoming listener meetups in cities like Anchorage, Canton, and Toronto. They play various audio "ISOs," including a remix of Nancy Pelosi's "Schwanza" comment, and discuss the difficulty of finding high-quality "That's All Folks" clips for the show's sign-off.

meetups· anchorage· canton· nancy pelosi· swanza

2:46:46 of the BMWs and Bulldogs, Sir Face Tension, Knight of the Retail Space, Sir Chris of Cascadia and Sir Jimmy Tree. Christmas night! And for you we do have hookers & blow, rent boys & chardonnay, homemade risotto, friska hinder and whiskey in its own cast, steak in a Texas sheet cake, fried chicken and Belgian waffles, cat nip and dog biscuits Wacko whips and a flak on of mead and as requested bong hits and bourbon sparkling cider and escorts ginger ale and gerbils And of course mutton in meat you need to go right now the know agenda nation comm slash rings grab yourself No, don't grab anything. Let us know where we can send the ring your way

2:47:23 your wax, which goes with the Signet ring for stealing your important correspondence and the official certificate of authenticity. We need a ring size we need your address and in the meantime enjoy all of the goodies we have here at The Roundtable thank you all for coming in almost to last show 2022 it is highly appreciated our brand new No Agenda Knights & Dames! Parties be had! Parties everywhere, parties and reports of the parties. Hi everyone this is Leo Bravo at No Agenda Meetup number 35 I'm passing the phone around some folks have something to say

2:48:05 Hey, this is Sir Robertson of Two Sticks and I'm glad to be here in the morning. As a bro from San Diego, I'm going to San Diego! What what? James Swagger Prance wife of the dude with the hydrogen car This is Steven of The Orange Curtain and I love... THE GREEN HYDROGENE IN THE MORNING! GIDDY UP Well, if you have a green hydrogen car would you please send us some details? We're very interested in this. After all we are hydrogen aficionados! We do have a couple of meetups just before the end of the year. On Wednesday, 28th Lunch with the Night RSVP please noon Alaska time Bear Paw Bar and Grill in Anchorage Alaska we also have the local one Cash If Freedom sit down dinner I think it's cash is freedom at the LA Bistro Canton in Canton Michigan very

2:48:58 Very confusing that certimony of no fixed title arranging that coming up in January, uh Kernersville North Carolina Keyport New Jersey Knoxville Tennessee New Paltz New York Milwaukee Wisconsin Snohomish Snohomish Washington Indianapolis Indiana Camp Hill, PA. Peterborough Ontario Canada Charlotte North Carolina Wyoming Minnesota Los Banos California Durango Iowa and Toronto Canada just a few you can find them all at noagendameetups.com if you can't find one near you You got to start one it's your obligation and your right! Sometimes you wanna go hang out with all the nights and days Univ where you want me

2:49:39 Like a party like a pot I got headache, you know why no, why because I'm these These temporaries like um, i'm grinding my teeth a little bit and it's just give me a headache at the base of my neck It happened yesterday too. I gotta stop that Sucks. Doctor, doctor it hurts when I do this Only when i laugh doc only when i laugh ISOs what do we have Jean-Claude you have isos? Do you have isos? I have a couple Oh let me do mine then because uh um i only have one Ready? Ready Teddy Happy swanza How could i not do it That's actually not bad Uh huh

2:50:34 I'd be the winner if i... Okay, so I've got two. Uh..I don't have them on this list What are they called? You have ummm.... I see SoLong and AllFolks Okay uh Start with SoLong Happy Swan Oops sorry Sorry sorry sorry SoLong Folks! Okay, so that's an unintelligent. Try the other one. That's all folks! No I think Happy Schwanza is the winner. Yeah unfortunately yes those were taken from a post of every That's All Folks endings of Mary Melody cartoons for the last 50 to 100 years on how many years and they weren't as crisp as i'd like

CHAPTER 38 / 39 Discussion

Taliban University Ban, Afghan Worker Compensation

The Taliban bans women from attending universities in Afghanistan, leading to protests and the resignation of several male professors. A separate report finds the U.S. failed to compensate foreign workers from Nepal and the Philippines who were injured or killed while supporting the U.S. military in the region.

taliban· kabul university· afghanistan· humvees· foreign workers

2:51:16 The schwan's is good. I mean the idea of what you were doing there was all right, but it just didn't quite cut it unfortunately Well... It's hard to top Nancy No one wants a top Nancy Do we have anything else you want to do or just wanna leave? Well he might as well at least do this one because poor women in Afghanistan might as well Give them a little love and at the same time blame Joe Biden for this. In Afghanistan, a group of women took to the streets of Kabul Wednesday to protest the Taliban's ban on women and girls attending universities. Taliban forces arrested five protesters in three journalists some of the women said they were beaten by security forces guards also prevented hundreds of women from entering their colleges a day after the ban was announced

2:52:14 This is Mariam, a student at Kabul University who was turned away from her campus Wednesday. When I got close to the university, I saw a strange environment. Taliban Humvees were parked at the entrance gate and the Taliban were behaving so badly, telling us return to your homes. Girls have no right to study anymore." This situation has a very bad impact on every female student. Dozens of male university professors have resigned to protest the ban and some male students reportedly refused to take their exams Meanwhile, a new report finds the US unlawfully failed to compensate foreign workers who suffered injuries or death while working for the US-led coalition in Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of foreign workers from countries including Nepal and the Philippines supported the U.S. military working as guards cooks and construction workers. Afghanistan she did it! She does it I have other clips we can play on the next show where she

2:53:16 She's even more aggressive about pronouncing it weirdly, but I wondered about that clip. Humvees! Thank you US government for giving them the humvee so they can keep the girls from going to school there in Afghanistan Joe Biden I need to play a couple clips at the end because we have to alert our producers as clear that China is now grappling with its largest ever wave of COVID infections. Shanghai's health authorities are now urging residents to stay at home over the holiday period, it's difficult to get a clear picture of what's happening on the ground because of lack of transparency from Chinese officials but in a rare acknowledgement by one senior health official on Friday in just one city alone, a staggering half-a-million people

CHAPTER 39 / 39 Discussion

China COVID Surge, End of Show Mixes

Reports from China indicate a massive wave of COVID-19 infections, with half a million cases daily in some cities ahead of the Lunar New Year. The show concludes with musical mixes featuring "Winter of Severe Illness and Death" clips and a satirical Santa Claus message regarding ESG and the World Economic Forum.

china· covid-19· lunar new year· esg· world economic forum

2:52:14 This is Mariam, a student at Kabul University who was turned away from her campus Wednesday. When I got close to the university, I saw a strange environment. Taliban Humvees were parked at the entrance gate and the Taliban were behaving so badly, telling us return to your homes. Girls have no right to study anymore." This situation has a very bad impact on every female student. Dozens of male university professors have resigned to protest the ban and some male students reportedly refused to take their exams Meanwhile, a new report finds the US unlawfully failed to compensate foreign workers who suffered injuries or death while working for the US-led coalition in Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of foreign workers from countries including Nepal and the Philippines supported the U.S. military working as guards cooks and construction workers. Afghanistan she did it! She does it I have other clips we can play on the next show where she

2:53:16 She's even more aggressive about pronouncing it weirdly, but I wondered about that clip. Humvees! Thank you US government for giving them the humvee so they can keep the girls from going to school there in Afghanistan Joe Biden I need to play a couple clips at the end because we have to alert our producers as clear that China is now grappling with its largest ever wave of COVID infections. Shanghai's health authorities are now urging residents to stay at home over the holiday period, it's difficult to get a clear picture of what's happening on the ground because of lack of transparency from Chinese officials but in a rare acknowledgement by one senior health official on Friday in just one city alone, a staggering half-a-million people

2:54:14 being infected by the virus every single day. There are images emerging of hospitals overwhelmed by the surge of infections, patients that are slumped on the floor and in corridors and intensive care units are turning away ambulances now China has a low vaccination rate among their elderly which could make a lot more people vulnerable and with the lunar new year coming up in January, a time when many people will be traveling across the country. The fear is the number of COVID cases are only going to rise." Exactly the same as 2019! Exactly the same and into 2020. Lunar New Year it's gonna spread everywhere. Hello Italy are you ready? Are you ready because you're gonna be psy-opped again... Oops You're gonna be psy-opped again I'm out of control

2:55:02 Well, you'll be scoffed again. That's right. Scuff this China mainstream media I mean it's everywhere. I'll play a couple of those on Thursday if it's still relevant If we don't all have COVID again Hey happy Happy holidays but more importantly Merry Christmas And and you know happy schwanza if you're into it John for you happy schwanza Schwanza. It's all the rage Thank you very much for joining us if you're listening live at noagendastream.com We do have another live show coming up right after this that will be the Lotus effect with Phoenix and phone boy Those two are those two are pretty interesting to listen to that's a no agenda stream calm Coming to you from the heart of the Texas Hill Country FEMA region number six in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from Northern Silicon Valley

2:56:01 where we wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I'm John C. Dvorak and we wind it up with end of show mixes from, let me see... We've got Wayne Yothers, we got Dee's Laughs along with Mr J, Answer Michael Anthony Please remember us at dvorak.org slash na Until next time Adios Mofos! Hooey hooey and such We are looking at a winter of severe illness and death. Get vaccinated, get your kids vaccinated, get a booster shot when you're eligible Wear a mask in public indoor settings There is action you can take to protect yourself and your family For the unvaccinated You're looking at a winter of severe illness and death

2:57:01 for yourselves, your families and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm. 400 000 shots per day now 202 are fully vaccinated 202 million are fully vaccinated 57 uh excuse me 570 excuse me i'm hungry I'm not sure I got the right number Boosters are free, safe and convenient. So go get your shot today! Get vaccinated. Get your kids vaccinated. Get a booster shot when you're eligible It's time. It's time. It is past time You're looking at the winter of severe illness and death And I understand why you believe crazy things... ...and I understand why you think crazy things. I'm the same way Derek Birch

2:57:59 Remember he has a moniker and Maddie J. What's the next thing they're gonna fear monger another virus climate change or world hunger They pass in our billions in every direction not a TV show But we divided by intersection, Marvin asked in 71 what's going on Finishing the year in 22 where did we go wrong? Pay attention to everything The truth reveals itself is what MoFaq said I say it to myself Metheny Manuel said hey release your Delph It's Christmas time. I'm always moving like the elf on a shelf But I don't play these childish games Only one I play is with my nephews, I cut off all my childish dames Forgot about the guitars like Eddie Hazel Funkadelic is funky not fresh like homegrown basil To all the producers thank you for their 3 Ts Time talent and treasure I think we all agree John C. Dvorak and my man Adam Curry Host of best podcast going into 2023 Value for value international lifestyle

2:59:01 Twice a week, yo we love it all the while You put a number meaningful to you Just donate don't be a shapeshifting you know who Shout out Maddie J for the uh instrumental We going mental I don't know, but it was one of the more serious ones. It goes way back in the day! This one now is probably... he probably got the same one that i got like a month ago which.. I'm not vaccinated well....I got the Johnson & Johnson... I got the ghetto vaccine and you know? I got the Johnson & Johnson right when it was first available which that that was probably just like syrup or for all I know something like that Ho ho ho, global citizens! This is Santa Claus. I am checking my list to see who is being naughty or nice according to ESG The worst punishment will be for the climate change deniers If you are naughty do not worry We will not put a lump of coal in your stocking Coal is made of carbon Und carbon ist verboten by ESG So we will just take your stocking und your other gifts

3:00:03 You will get nothing and be happy. Another tradition is the leaving of cookies and milk for Santa These cookies must be 100% vegan! And the milk must be soy milk Under ESG, there will be no more cow milk... ...and of course no more meat. You may also leave for Santa cookies made with cricket flour Cockroach milk, but even I will not eat this you will eat this maybe not this year Maybe not next year But we still have plenty of time to implement agenda 2030 So now is the opportunity for giving their hugs exchanging the gifts and eating the ham

3:00:48 Make the most of your unsustainable freedom while you still got it. We at the World Economic Forum wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New World Order! So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good luck! The best podcast in the universe! mofo devorak dot org slash n-a happy schwanza