Episode 1538 · Thursday, 16 March 2023

FedNow

The sudden rollout of a real-time federal payment system signals a new era of financial surveillance as global banking giants swallow failing regional competitors.

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The No Agenda Show · No. 1538

About this episode

The Federal Reserve announced the July launch of FedNow, a real-time digital payment system that critics argue provides the same level of government surveillance and control as a Central Bank Digital Currency. This move coincides with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and a $54 billion liquidity lifeline for Credit Suisse, signaling a massive consolidation of the banking industry into the Big Six institutions. While officials claim the system eliminates the need for a CBDC, the infrastructure allows for immediate government disbursements and peer-to-peer transfers that could bypass regional banks entirely.

In the Netherlands, the Boer Burger Beweging party secured a massive victory in provincial elections, though its branding as a grassroots movement is challenged by co-founders Wim Groot Koerkamp and Martijn Voortman, who have deep ties to Bayer and Monsanto. Domestically, Robert Kennedy Jr. claims Pfizer lobbyists Scott Gottlieb and Alex Azar co-opted the Trump administration to kill a proposed vaccine safety commission. Meanwhile, Chinese billionaire Gua Wengui was arrested by the FBI in New York on fraud charges, followed by a mysterious fire in his $32 million penthouse. In the Black Sea, a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed after an encounter with Russian Su-27 fighter jets, as President Xi Jinping prepares to position China as a global peacemaker in the Ukraine conflict.

Artist Roger Roundy achieved a rare hat trick by winning the show art competition for three consecutive episodes with his manual ADHD-themed illustrations. The show also recognizes Dame Cicerone of Catland and Dame Shopska Salad for their contributions to the Round Table. A special request for support is issued for Sarah Lane of TechTV fame as she faces significant health challenges.


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CHAPTER 01 / 38 Discussion

Hogan's Heroes Popularity, Over-the-Air Television Standards

The 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes has seen a resurgence in popularity among younger viewers due to syndication on MeTV and free-to-air television. The show, produced by Bing Crosby and DesiLu Productions, was considered controversial at its launch in 1965 for its mockery of Nazis. Discussion shifts to the technical standards of Over-the-Air (OTA) television, including the lack of 4K broadcasting and the potential for interactive streaming features in future standards.

hogan's heroes· me tv· bing crosby· desi arnax· ota· 4k broadcasting

00:00 You're the one that's all lockstep with Fox News. Swiss cheese and 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 where I'm still counting the SVB jokes in the Oscars. Can't find one yet. I'm John C. Dvorak. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill. In the morning. Alright, you win a dollar, but you don't just win one dollar, you win two dollars.

00:39 Two dollars! Hooooooogaaaaaannnnn! Because I was wrong on everything the last show. Everything. What was the other one? Well, besides there not being a single Silicon Valley bank joke in the Oscars, besides that... Hooooooogaannnnn! I have 50, count them, 50 detailed emails of No Agenda producers under the age of 40 who are very familiar with Hogan's Heroes. Well you are too. Well, I was wrong. You're not under 40, sorry. No, but neither are you. Neither are you. I want to thank, I want to thank, now I do suspect there was some rigging going on. Not by me. No, no, no, not by you. And the reason why is a lot of people said this same line. I'm in the same boat at like maybe 10 of the 50. And I went back and looked at the transcript. You never mentioned boat at all. So I'm wondering if there could have been some spiking.

01:40 by the Hogan's Heroes fan club. A massive Hogan's Heroes fan base. I'm thinking now that there actually may be a massive Hogan's Heroes fan base. I was surprised. Now a lot of the producers who wrote in. They had grown up with Hogan's Heroes. Dad or brother, older brother may have been watching. But I mean, we had, here's one, I'll just pick one or two out here. I liked how this one started. Hey, hello, Mr. Producer man. I don't know how that sounds funny. My name is Brian I'm from Liberty Lake, Washington in your last two episodes you talked about Hogan's heroes I'm 23 and I've seen the show do it to it being rerun on me TV, which is exactly what you said John

02:29 Then he goes on, what you guys have failed to mention about Hogan's heroes is how they showed swastikas and had people going Heil Hitler on national television, yet everyone knew it was a joke. You could not get away with such a show like that today. Well wait a minute, isn't it on, unedited? Yeah. Oh we should have this show cancelled. They're a bunch of Nazis. I'm telling you. The show was, when I remember when the show came out, it was very controversial. And it was Bing Crosby who pushed, and with Desi Lu, those are the two people behind it. Really? Desi Lu, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, they were behind Hogan's Heroes? Really? Yeah, yeah, that meant BC and Bing Crosby Productions. And Bing Crosby didn't do that many things, but they're always winners. And so they teamed up with Desi Lu and they did this show.

03:21 And it was a hit right off the bat because it was high mockery. It was fun. Now when did this start in the 50s or 60s? I think 65. It shows me something else. First of all, there's a lot of people who I think are watching Free-to-Air TV, which is very good. I encourage that. I think we have a lot of cord cutters and that the cord cutters are bored and searching for something and then they find Hogan's Heroes and something is attractive about it. Because probably in general we just like Nazis, it's kind of fun. But also, you know, we're in the second generation of this show. I mean, if you take into account seven years as kind of a cycle, you know, we're now 15 years. We've dragged a whole new generation into this nonsense. Which I'm pretty proud of. We've got 20 year olds listening to the show and they're hip to the heroes. I mean... Oh God! Thank you, Fletcher. It's really cool.

04:25 I'm surprised by that. I've come to the conclusion that you don't get OTA. No, I don't and just as this was coming in over the past couple of days in between shows, I started to look up OTA sets because I think I should get on the bandwagon. This is where you have an OTA set. Well, it's built into the television, but I want to get, you know, one that like one of those new ones, the OTA three that has this new, you know, they have the new like 28 K whatever's going on. They've got something going on with it. There's no, those don't bother, but okay. Yeah. But okay. Cara fine. Yeah, it's fine. There is a new standard that's floating around that nobody has used. They're not even broadcasting in four K yet unless you're, you know,

05:14 streaming. Fox will be the first to do 4k over the air. And I think that this actually will be interactive that you somehow what I've been reading you can stream over the air you will be able to do things on demand somehow I'm not sure exactly how it works have you looked into this? I wouldn't get my hopes up. Okay. Believe me, I'm not basing my happiness on OTA streaming. Just get a cheap antenna, a good antenna. Although I don't know where you're brought, where you're... My stations are? San Antonio probably. Maybe Kerrville. I can get Kerrville. Are they all in the same direction? You're going to have to get an antenna with a motor on it? A motor? You mean a rotator?

CHAPTER 02 / 38 Discussion

Boer Burger Beweging, Dutch Provincial Election Results

The Boer Burger Beweging (BBB) party achieved a massive victory in the Dutch provincial elections, securing approximately 33% to 35% of the vote. Despite its branding as a grassroots farmer-citizen movement, the party was co-founded by marketing professionals Wim Groot Koerkamp and Martijn Voortman of Remarkable.nl. These individuals have extensive ties to big agriculture and biotech firms like Bayer and Monsanto, leading to claims that the party is a corporate shill using "Build Back Better" (BBB) branding.

netherlands· boer burger beweging· bbb· wim groot koerkamp· big ag· marketing

06:05 Hold on baby, I'm tuning into Hogan's Heroes. Let me just tune the antenna to the southwest. Hold on, don't move. Yeah, I got a real short picture of that. Hey, big news in the Netherlands that I need to deconstruct right away. Because I started getting messages about this the 15th yesterday. The Dutch had their provincial elections, which is kind of like electing the Senate for the US, you know, for the higher house. Although it really is more like the House of Representatives. But it doesn't matter, it's part of the government. Massive win out of almost nothing. A party that started in 2019

06:54 which is interesting, before COVID, before these big protests by the farmers, the Boer Burger Beweging, the farmer citizen movement, direct translation, Scores huge numbers in this election. Now it's a parliamentary system, so there's no real winners, but they could be up to 35, it was like 33 which is always a nice little number to look out for. Could even be as big as 39% of all the votes in really outside of the cities. And people, and I had missed this too, people are going like, wow, this is great. The farmers, they finally, people were silenced, but then they voted for the farmers. And yeah, no, this is the biggest scam the Dutch have ever been submitted to. This Boer Burger Beweging, the three B's, which we'll get back to, is actually a huge shill.

07:54 This party was started by some lady, you know, just doesn't really matter even, but was assisted by two gentlemen who are now in this party and who are celebrating the win with her. There's all the three of them side by side. And as it turns out, these guys come from remarkable communications. This is the marketing communications company. They started together. One guy's name is Wim Groot Koerkamp and the other guy's name is... I forget his name. What is his name? I think Martijn Voortman. Yeah.

08:35 And if you look at who they have provided marketing communications for, it's for the entire big ag and food sector right down to Bayer, Monsanto. These guys embrace getting rid of the farmers. But because they marketed it so well as the farmer citizen movement, everybody fell for it. And now... Wait, are you sure that they're not just guilt-ridden? Nope, nope. These guys, the marketing communications guys have been in business for quite a while. You can go look at their website. Remarkable... What is it? I think it's literally remarkable.nl. Yes, remarkable.nl. And you can see, I'm just looking at client list, Clunton. Oh man, it is like the biggest...

09:29 biotech, GMOs. I love that they just put Bayer on there. And then they have some non-agricultural clients. It's all big pharma, big ag, bio. It's disgusting. And the Dutch people just fell for it through marketing. And please take note of the BBB that their name is. They are the BBB party. Explain. It's so interesting that you didn't catch it either because it took me until Ancilla actually had to tell me. They actually have signs that say BB Better or BB Baiter. So they are the BBB party and they have signs that say BB Better. I mean this is the Build Back Better team. It's unbelievable.

10:32 And the worst part is, you know, people everywhere like, oh, it's so great, the Dutch man, the farmers did it. They got people to vote for him. No, no, no, no, no. So it was a very sad day. And they've got power now. I don't even know how long they'll be in the parliament. They probably won't be in the majority. But it just shows you what a little bit of marketing can do with a population that has been beaten to death with propaganda and bull crap. Beaten to death with it and that's different than us how not at all so we this is a What this is is to be stay alert be on the lookout for scams like this You know like I don't know maybe Ron DeSantis. I'm not sure what I'm literally not sure but there was a very cool a couple of interviews from Robert Kennedy jr. And

CHAPTER 03 / 38 Discussion

Robert Kennedy Jr., CIA Propaganda and Smith-Mundt Act

Robert Kennedy Jr. has publicly criticized the CIA for its history of coup d'etats and social control experiments like MKUltra. He highlights the 2012 overturning of the Smith-Mundt Act during the Obama administration, which previously prohibited the U.S. government from directing propaganda at its own citizens. Kennedy asserts that intelligence agencies have resurrected Operation Mockingbird to control domestic press and social media narratives.

robert kennedy jr· cia· smith-mundt act· mkultra· operation mockingbird· propaganda

11:30 who has been doing the rounds because as we know he's considering his run for president, which you can't actually say until you're going to do it because somehow the financing changes. And he had some really good comments on the swamp. And I want to play them out of order, actually. The first one is literally about propaganda. Because when we've been doing this show for 15 years in 2000, I think it was 14 or 16, maybe 14. No, it must have been, no, it might have been earlier than that. 2012. When was the Smith-Mundt Act overturned, which we followed? Was that 12? That was pretty early on. 2012 probably, I'm thinking.

12:12 Smith-Mundt, just as a reminder, was started after the Church Commission hearings where we found out that the CIA had reporters and people inside news organizations literally propagandizing the American people. So we couldn't have that. And Smith-Mundt, they created a bill and that was passed and that said, okay, you can always propagandize the voice of America, you can do it to other countries, you know, broadcast your signal into Russia, into East Bloc countries, whatever, but you can't do that to your own people. like they actually expected the CIA to adhere to it, but at least it was a law and it was put into practice. And then during the Obama administration, it was kind of slipped into one of those huge National Defense Authorization Act bills, which are hundreds of billions of dollars, up to almost 900 billion these days, and that overturned Smith-Mund, and the reason why is the government, whoever, probably military intelligence and central intelligence said,

13:13 Well, with the internet, you know, we're putting propaganda out and Americans might see it because it's the internet after all. So you have to, we can't be breaking the law so you've got to overturn the law and voila, they did. And Kennedy refers to this and dives a little bit deeper. The CIA was involved in coup d'etats or attempted coup d'etats between 1947 and 1997 against a third of the nations on Earth, and most of them were democracies. And so the CIA does not do public health. It does coup d'etats. That's what they specialize in. And they had, during that period of MKUltra, they were paying social scientists

13:59 devised ways of social control, and some of those were individual. They were using psychedelic drugs like LSD. They were using sensory deprivation, torture techniques, and then fear and propaganda and authoritarian messages, et cetera, and experimenting with all these things to figure out what worked. in beginning around 2016, you know, with the election of Trump and with Brexit, it seems like at that point the intelligence agencies made a decision to turn all of those weapons onto the American people. And we saw this extraordinary propaganda campaign at the beginning of the pandemic and to the extent that people

14:54 Just say, oh well, the CIA wouldn't do that to America. It's illegal to propagandize America. It isn't anymore. During the Obama administration, that law was essentially, that old law that is forbidden was overrided and it was also overwritten in the Patriot Act in 2001 during the Bush administration. The CIA has gained all of these increasing powers to propagandize American people and to use these techniques on Americans. And more and more we're seeing, you know, the control of the press in our country, the old resurrection of Operation Mockingbird. When Operation Mockingbird, which is the operation where they controlled hundreds and hundreds of reporters and editors of the most important papers in our country,

15:45 It was uncovered in 1973 and the CIA kind of said, okay, we won't do it anymore in the United States, but they've been doing it abroad. And there's no, again, that's not controversial. The CIA admits it. They fund these programs mainly through billions of dollars a year through USAID. The US government is the biggest supporter of finance, of journalism throughout the world. This, what Robert Kennedy Jr. is saying today, 10 years ago, he would have been locked up. This is what we were talking about. I mean MKUltra, people hadn't even heard of it 10 years ago. Now it's just, oh yeah, of course. Of course it was real.

CHAPTER 04 / 38 Discussion

Psychological Control, The Lost Art of Healing Experiment

A 1936 experiment detailed in Bernard Loon's book, The Lost Art of Healing, describes a prisoner who died of heart failure after being led to believe his blood was being drained, though only water was dripping. This anecdote serves as a commentary on how fear and belief can induce physical death. The discussion extends to the negative psychological impact of pharmaceutical advertisements that promote self-diagnosis of ailments like irritable bowel syndrome.

bernard loon· psychology· placebo effect· medical advertising· fear-mongering

16:29 And now you've got to think how much of a hand did the CIA have in this lockdown situation and the fear-mongering that we went through for a virus which, regardless of where it came from, wasn't the killer that it was made out to be. I mean, we have the data, but now it's just, oh yeah, 1.1 million Americans died from COVID. No, no. With COVID maybe, if we even have accurate records, So how much were they doing this and for what reason? Well, it's the for what reason that comes to fore. Yes, that's very important. For what reason? Besides ultimate control, which of course is always fun to have. I think it was a controlled test. It was testing. Yeah, well, test successful. Yeah. It worked. I was reading about this book called The Lost Art of Healing.

17:31 Nobel laureate Bernard Loon writes in here about an experiment that was done on a condemned prisoner in 1936, that he was given the choice between being hanged or having his blood gradually and painlessly drained. So now what would you choose? Like, do you want to be hanged or are we going to just slowly drain your blood until you die? Which one would you use? I think we'd all choose, well, drain me slowly then. So they strapped him to a bed, blindfolded him, but what they did is they didn't actually drain his blood. They attached water containers and had the drip buckets so he could hear the dripping, which he thought was his blood. His heart ultimately stopped because he really believed he was dying. He didn't lose a drop of blood. This is

18:24 Yeah, that kind of thing. Deadly stuff. That kind of thing. I'm like, wow, you could tell people you're going to die from something and they'll believe it. Well, that's why it's really not good to listen to some advertisements which are promoting weird diseases and ailments. Exactly. And this is why that, well, that should definitely be banned. It's not, it's horrible. It should have been banned years ago. I don't understand it. Even if it comes on, you should turn off the sound and turn away. Because I agree, I think people's, I mean we've talked about this a lot, but you see that thing, oh I might have that. I think I have that. I think I have irritable bowel syndrome. Pretty sure of it actually. Now one more.

CHAPTER 05 / 38 Discussion

Pfizer Lobbyists, Donald Trump's Vaccine Safety Commission

Robert Kennedy Jr. claims Donald Trump was co-opted by the pharmaceutical industry early in his presidency. After Trump initially asked Kennedy to lead a vaccine safety commission, Pfizer reportedly donated $1 million to the inauguration. Subsequently, Trump appointed Pfizer lobbyists Scott Gottlieb and Alex Azar to lead HHS, effectively killing the commission. Gottlieb later joined the board of directors at Pfizer.

donald trump· pfizer· scott gottlieb· alex azar· vaccine safety commission· rfk jr

19:08 A little more accurate clip from RFK, who I think is looking really good with this, at least for a fringe of the American public like myself. He explains exactly how Trump got duped by the swamp in a massive way. Presidential candidates, whether it's Obama or President Trump or Biden, come into office saying, I'm going to get rid of the swamp. I'm going to get rid of the corruption. But then they get in there and something happens. Trump got in there saying, I'm gonna get rid of this swamp. He asked me to be on a vaccine safety commission. When that news got out, Pfizer gave him a million dollars for the inauguration and then for his inaugural party. And then he appointed two of Pfizer's lobbyists, Scott Gottlieb and Alex Azar to run HHS and they killed the vaccine safety commission. And then Gottlieb went

20:05 serve on Pfizer's board. That is the swamp. And when these guys get in there, what happens to them, they either get co-opted because all the money and because all the congressional chairs are captured by those agencies, so they can't do anything unless they do what they're told. Or they just get overwhelmed because these agencies are so huge And the corruption is so entrenched in that, that they don't know how to fix it. They don't know how, they're not gonna go in the weeds and fix it. So they appoint somebody safe to run that agency, you know, somebody like Pete Buttigieg, who's not gonna fix it, who's going to basically make sure that he doesn't embarrass the presidency over the next four years.

20:56 And he's safe and he doesn't know how to run that agency or fix it. He relies on the guys who've been there for 20 years to make sure nothing bad happens that's going to embarrass the president. And they also have all these different capacities. or committing civil disobediences, if he does something they don't like, they know how to kind of bring the economy down, bring the country down, bring the, you know, they're the guys who make the railroads run on time. And if they, if you do something they don't like, they can stop the railroads from running on time and cause, you know, a lot of embarrassment. I mean, it's not that you wouldn't think this, but to have a Kennedy say it out loud, I think is remarkable.

21:39 Well, the real problem here is why is somebody going to ask him the following question? How would you make it any different? That question may have been asked. I do not, I have not had the time to listen to all of the full interviews, but I would presume any producer worth their salt sending these clips or sending time codes would probably have waited for that as well. But we'll see if that pops up. I don't even know if he wants to answer it because that could also mean he's running. What is the deal with not yet when you announce you're running something changes with the finances? What exactly is it that you then can't do or can't do with the money? Do you know? I knew some of it. I don't have...

22:21 I don't know right now to give you the list. But there's a lot of reasons. And it has to do with the way you collect the money, how you collect the money. Like you can't collect, you know, there's limits. There's no limits right now. Some of you just want to donate. Oh, you could just donate a million bucks if you want, no problem. Or seven or 10. Yeah, I see. Can't do that with the election thing, election rules. Well, he is shining a light on something. And how about that? Trump got so bamboozled he brought that moron and the guy's now, he's on the board of Pfizer. I mean, can you believe it? No, Trump was totally taken. Yes, which shows he knows how to fire, but he really doesn't know how to hire.

23:09 Or just he hires on gut instinct and doesn't do the background checks or whatever. A little bit too much. Oh man. He did have some good people that he hired but you know, at least half of them were no good. In fact, many of them were just turncoats. They were backstabbers. Yes. He really, looking back on it, it's a miracle that you know, he did as well as he did. No kidding. And now, of course, DeSantis is out there doing the same. Well, you know, I'm just I'm just I just happened to be in Dallas to go on Glenn Beck show. Glenn Beck, probably, I think, very clear example of of the big money conservatives in the United States. I'm just guessing. I don't know for sure, but it kind of feels like that. And he's a recruiter. We have to remember that Beck and Michael Savage

CHAPTER 06 / 38 Discussion

Ron DeSantis, Florida COVID-19 Policy and Epidemiologists

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis defended his state's decision to remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic, contrasting his policies with federal guidelines. He criticized 2,000 epidemiologists who signed a letter supporting George Floyd protests while condemning other public gatherings, calling the move ideologically captured. DeSantis credits his advisors, including Jay Bhattacharya and Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, for guiding Florida's response.

ron desantis· florida· covid-19· jay bhattacharya· joseph ladapo· lockdowns

24:02 Well, no, not Michael Savage as much, but Glenn Beck and the great one, Marc Levin, they were Trump haters when Trump first started to run. They weren't gonna support him in the more years. Oh, I forgot about that. Well, yeah, can't forget these things. Yeah, that's why there's two of us. And so DeSantis has a book out, which is irrelevant because the book is just cover to get on shows. And he goes on the long form interview podcast, the same one I did with Beck with the white hanging microphones. And you gotta like what he's saying. When in American history, has this been done and what were the results? Because I kind of feel like we're flying blind here and we may be doing things that could be damaging. And as she said, it's kind of our own science experiment that we're doing in real time. And that didn't sit well with me. You're a citizen of a republic. You're not a guinea pig.

25:08 And so I think that there's a whole bunch of other things I talk about in the book. You remember the George Floyd riots, the epidemiologists. Because people were saying, you've been telling people you have to stay in your home. And like in Florida, they were killing us. Because even in those early days, when we were following federal guidelines loosely, but we were following some. We were playing golf, I mean the villages, they're setting record for golf, people are boating, all this stuff. They were so mad at Florida for doing that, people on the beach, all this stuff. That was their position. You are killing people if you leave your house. So then all these people are, like thousands of people are protesting. 2,000 of these epidemiologists write a letter saying, we do not condemn these protests because of COVID. Indeed, we think they're vital for public health because they're fighting racism. It's a bigger disease.

25:55 Same COVID. And so that's when I knew. This public health, this public health clan of people, they are sick. I mean, they are ideologically captured and these are not people that should be anywhere near the levers of power. So I basically from that point on, I would exclusively listen to a very handful of people. You know, Bhattacharya from Stanford, Martin Kaldor from Harvard, Scott Atlas, Sunetra Gupta from Oxford, and then my surgeon general, Joe Latipo, we brought in from UCLA. Now, you got to give him points for that answer. No, they got him geared up to do the right thing in terms of presentation. There's no question about it. Totally, totally, totally. And that's also true. I mean, we saw that with our own eyes. We saw what Florida was doing. Yeah, I remember that the lockdown time was a very interesting period because some people took it so seriously. But I, of course, at least on the West Coast, had found the loopholes

CHAPTER 07 / 38 Discussion

Lockdown Loopholes, Essential Personnel and CIA Social Tests

During the 2020 lockdowns, individuals utilized "essential personnel" loopholes for podcasters and journalists to maintain normal movement. Observations from the period include the lack of traffic enforcement and the varying levels of compliance between California counties like Marin and Alameda. The widespread voluntary compliance with stay-at-home orders is characterized as a successful large-scale social engineering test by intelligence agencies.

lockdowns· essential workers· marin county· cia· social engineering

26:54 which were in writing and I always printed them out just in case. Remind us, what were the loopholes? Yeah, the loophole was that if you're a journalist, specifically a podcaster... Essential, essential personnel, we could go out and do whatever we needed to. you could go out and do whatever you needed to. And I had printed out that and I just wrote about my normal day-to-day the way it was. I didn't do anything different. And I noticed a couple of things. One, that people, there weren't very many people on the freeway, but those that were drove like maniacs and nobody pulled them over. Nobody pulled them over, no, of course not. The cops weren't gonna do anything because the cops were all in. And so they were scared to pull anyone over because they'd get COVID and die. And so it was like crazy. You really had to drive carefully, but fast. And it was fun because there was nobody on the road. And the other thing I noticed was that from place to place, it's slightly different. When I went to Marin County,

27:53 on a little journey. A jaunt? A jaunt. Marin County was so, it was like the polar opposite of Alameda County where Berkeley and these places are. Marin County, people were out on bikes, they were hiking, they were jogging. It was like night and day. It was like the Marin County Democrats, they're more of an elitist Democrat, it's a ritzier area. They had some other rules. And the last thing I noticed is that you'd I carried around these papers, you know, no one there wasn't anybody policing any of this. This was all stupid voluntary stuff. You locked yourself in. Correct. That I think was the big test that must have surprised everybody, all the sociologists at the CIA. You just

28:43 You know tell people to lock themselves in jail, sir. Okay. I'm sure they had it all hands to celebrate like all hands everybody Let's hey CIA-ers could you know they talk like Googlers? Hey CIA-ers good job. I mean it had to be it had to be I think it was I'd be disconnected. It's disconcerting because it tells you that the public is just a bunch of Drones sheep sheep sheep correct a sheep with a bad herder. That's right. Oh Well, of course, this nonsense continues. I personally am still waiting for the ridiculous COVID vaccination mandate to be removed so non-citizens, non-residents can enter the United States. It's bad for business, it's bad for morale, it's bad for tourism, it's just bad and it's stupid. And now check this. Get a note from one of our producers. I have a friend who is Ukrainian.

29:36 She was on a multi-month trip to the US in January 2022 when the war hit. The apartment where she lives in Kiev was hit, I said it on purpose, was hit with a missile shortly after the war started and she was afraid to return. The US rolled out a plan to allow citizenship or residency for Ukraine refugees and she applied. And so of course they could, she could stay. But now they're telling her she has to leave or get vaccinated. So this tells me this is not going to end. Or, the war in Ukraine is ending, that's probably more likely, you know, let's get these Ukrainians out. But that's, I mean, if you're going to be friendly to the Ukrainians, you're going to start that crap up and say, no, you have to get your COVID vaccine, otherwise you have to leave, go back to Kiev. So, I think we're getting close to the end here, as witnessed by the Wall Street Journal.

CHAPTER 08 / 38 Discussion

Ukraine War Negotiations, China's Diplomatic Role

President Xi Jinping is reportedly preparing to facilitate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to end the ongoing conflict. This move is viewed as a strategic attempt to position China as a global peacemaker while portraying the United States as a warmonger focused on arms sales. Critics argue the U.S. military-industrial complex benefits from the continued fighting by depleting old stockpiles and justifying increased spending in the Pacific.

xi jinping· vladimir putin· ukraine· russia· military spending· diplomacy

28:43 You know tell people to lock themselves in jail, sir. Okay. I'm sure they had it all hands to celebrate like all hands everybody Let's hey CIA-ers could you know they talk like Googlers? Hey CIA-ers good job. I mean it had to be it had to be I think it was I'd be disconnected. It's disconcerting because it tells you that the public is just a bunch of Drones sheep sheep sheep correct a sheep with a bad herder. That's right. Oh Well, of course, this nonsense continues. I personally am still waiting for the ridiculous COVID vaccination mandate to be removed so non-citizens, non-residents can enter the United States. It's bad for business, it's bad for morale, it's bad for tourism, it's just bad and it's stupid. And now check this. Get a note from one of our producers. I have a friend who is Ukrainian.

29:36 She was on a multi-month trip to the US in January 2022 when the war hit. The apartment where she lives in Kiev was hit, I said it on purpose, was hit with a missile shortly after the war started and she was afraid to return. The US rolled out a plan to allow citizenship or residency for Ukraine refugees and she applied. And so of course they could, she could stay. But now they're telling her she has to leave or get vaccinated. So this tells me this is not going to end. Or, the war in Ukraine is ending, that's probably more likely, you know, let's get these Ukrainians out. But that's, I mean, if you're going to be friendly to the Ukrainians, you're going to start that crap up and say, no, you have to get your COVID vaccine, otherwise you have to leave, go back to Kiev. So, I think we're getting close to the end here, as witnessed by the Wall Street Journal.

30:33 Who says, oh, looks like President Xi is going to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiation table. Gonna step in and make it happen. What do you think? Well, I think Xi definitely wants to do this because it would be the... put us in our place. Yeah, this would make just it look just because the kind of the the image of the United States that you want to push out there is just a bunch of warmonger assholes. True, it's all true. So we didn't even we have made zero as a country.

31:11 As a complete society, we've made zero efforts to end this war with negotiations, pushing for negotiations, talking about negotiating anything. All we're doing is throwing money and arms and bullets and we're cranking up the shells and we're making more and we're responsible for rubble-izing the place. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, we put Ukrainian flags in our profiles? And we got Ukrainian flags and we're war mongers. We are! We're horrible. So if the Chinese can come in and straighten this mess out... They'll walk over, look hey, and they're pointing the finger at us all the time. What's wrong with these people? What is wrong with these people pointing the finger at us? Like we discussed on the last show, I think the benefit is obvious. Xi gets to look like a great world leader. The US is like, fantastic, now we can go position ourselves with more money, more modern weapons, more money for the military-industrial complex in the Philippines and all around

32:12 Taiwan and oh China's bad, we're gonna stock up Japan. They don't care about the war, they just care about how much money they can keep flowing and they were tired of it. They were tired of, you know, they tried the Putin is gonna die, he's got cancer, he's got Parkinson's. Now they have no credibility left, zero. And you know, and he wants to ramp up military spending too. I'm sure he's in on that stuff himself in his country. Yeah, but they can produce everything. I mean, those guys are out of control with their manufacturing capability. We're so screwed, it's unbelievable.

CHAPTER 09 / 38 Discussion

Moldova Protests, President Maya Sandu

Pro-Russian protests have erupted in Chisinau, Moldova, targeting the pro-Western government of President Maya Sandu. Demonstrators are calling for Sandu's resignation, accusing her of being a puppet for the European Union. Tensions remain high in the region due to the presence of Russian troops in the separatist territory of Transnistria and the ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine.

moldova· chisinau· maya sandu· transnistria· pro-russian protests· european union

32:51 Well, we're continuing to try and follow some kind of playbook expanding to Moldova, maybe move some focus over there. In Moldova, pro-Russian protests are underway in the capital, Chisinau. It's the latest in a series of demonstrations that have taken place in recent weeks against the pro-western president, Maya Sandu, and the Moldovan government, who have accused Russia of plotting against them. Pro-Russian forces have been resurgent in Moldova since Russia attacked neighboring Ukraine more than a year ago. Thousands of Russian troops are stationed in the separatist Moldovan region of Transnistria in the east of the country.

33:30 I'm looking at these protests. I'm not seeing professionally printed signs. I think this is real. People are like, come on, stop it with your EU nonsense. Get out. They want that EU shill lady to step down. I want to get rid of her. The Queen? No, no, the president of Moldova. Or whatever she, whatever they have. You know, our QQ guy, he says that she's a total all-in shill for everything, all things Euro and European Union. Yeah, that's what you do. So this is probably true. And then we have this very pathetic event that happens with one of our drones, which by the way a drone is controlled by some dude sitting in a container somewhere in Nevada. Or a woman. No, no. We never see the women controlling him. It's always the dudes. But in this case... Yeah, but we even knew a woman who was...

34:23 Drone driver. No, she was the IT manager and the admin of the drone. She did not drive it Okay, she didn't drive the drone. So we have this Pentagon have women drone drivers. I don't believe for a minute's old men well Okay. The Pentagon admits it will be very difficult to recover the US surveillance drone that was ditched in the Black Sea. But two officials now confirm Russian ships are at the scene and may have already picked up pieces of the wreckage. The US says the drone went down at about 5,000 feet of water after being struck by a Russian jet. Officials say after the collision, they were able to remotely wipe out the drone's sensitive information.

CHAPTER 10 / 38 Discussion

Black Sea Drone Incident, US-Russia Collision Claims

A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed into the Black Sea after an encounter with Russian Su-27 fighter jets near Crimea. The Pentagon claims the Russian jets dumped fuel on the drone and clipped its propeller, while Russian officials deny any physical contact, suggesting the drone crashed during sharp maneuvering. The incident highlights the ongoing surveillance of Russian-held territory and the risks of unintended escalation between superpowers.

mq-9 reaper· black sea· crimea· pentagon· su-27· drone crash

33:30 I'm looking at these protests. I'm not seeing professionally printed signs. I think this is real. People are like, come on, stop it with your EU nonsense. Get out. They want that EU shill lady to step down. I want to get rid of her. The Queen? No, no, the president of Moldova. Or whatever she, whatever they have. You know, our QQ guy, he says that she's a total all-in shill for everything, all things Euro and European Union. Yeah, that's what you do. So this is probably true. And then we have this very pathetic event that happens with one of our drones, which by the way a drone is controlled by some dude sitting in a container somewhere in Nevada. Or a woman. No, no. We never see the women controlling him. It's always the dudes. But in this case... Yeah, but we even knew a woman who was...

34:23 Drone driver. No, she was the IT manager and the admin of the drone. She did not drive it Okay, she didn't drive the drone. So we have this Pentagon have women drone drivers. I don't believe for a minute's old men well Okay. The Pentagon admits it will be very difficult to recover the US surveillance drone that was ditched in the Black Sea. But two officials now confirm Russian ships are at the scene and may have already picked up pieces of the wreckage. The US says the drone went down at about 5,000 feet of water after being struck by a Russian jet. Officials say after the collision, they were able to remotely wipe out the drone's sensitive information.

35:00 They're probably not a lot to recover, frankly. As far as the loss of anything of sensitive intelligence, etc., as normal we would take, and we did take, mitigating measures. So we are quite confident that whatever was of value is no longer of value. How about the price tag on that surveillance drone? About $32 million. All right, so they released video footage of this event. What a bunch of horse crap. By the way, it kind of... What? Well I have a couple CBC clips about this which I thought were funnier. Well can I explain what I saw first? When you hear this, what comes to mind is how the

35:41 Excuse me, in World War II, the British Spitfire guys, they used to knock the V1 flying bombs out of the sky. They'd wingtip them and stuff like that, hit them off course. That's not what happened here. There were two, first of all, the Russians say, well, the drone was not flying with its identifier on. Okay, now whatever, this plane, so you see the drone flying, and the drone is just like a Cessna, basically, a very expensive Cessna. And it's got one propeller on the front. It just kind of, you know, drones around. It's got all the expensive stuff. Isn't that the one with the propeller in the back? No, this is the one propeller in the front. And at least I believe so. It could have been a rear view. That's possible.

36:26 In fact, that's more likely you're right. But I see the Russian jet come up, passes by twice. The first time it kind of, it's just accelerating and pulling up and moving right in front of the drone, which really what you get then is jet wash. But there was no touch, there was no contact. Then the Russian plane comes back, does it again. There's no contact. The plane is not off its access, it doesn't go out. What they do is they disrupt the signal and you get kind of the, oh, a test pattern. Bull crap, this thing was knocked out of the air. Unless something else happened that we didn't see on video, which they're not explaining, then they ditched this thing themselves.

37:07 This was not a, we crashed into the drone and destroyed it and it sank to the ocean. This is, I don't know what it is, but it's not the way they make it look at all. So let's hear your entertaining clips. Well, I think that the thing that was funny, according to all the reports, is that the Russian jet also dumped a bunch of fuel on the thing. No, there was no dumping of fuel. That was jet washed. They're saying that that was... No, no, the way it's... Well, here, listen to the CBC reports. I think they're pretty complete, part one. We are also watching the skies over the Black Sea where the US says it was forced to down its own drone after it was struck by a Russian fighter jet. Paul Hunter now on concerns this could escalate tensions between the two superpowers.

37:57 It's known as a Reaper, a US military surveillance drone seen here in Defense Department video. Now in a high-stakes drama with Russia after something happened over the Black Sea near Crimea. Spotted and intercepted midair by two Russian fighter jets. It was not shot down but, says the US, There was contact. One of the Russian Su-27 aircraft struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing US forces to have to bring the MQ-9 down in international waters. Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless and unprofessional manner.

38:42 President Biden was briefed on it immediately. Russia's move described as dangerous and brazen on Capitol Hill. I want to tell Mr. Putin, stop this behavior before you are the cause of an unintended escalation. Underlining the severity, Russia's ambassador was then called into the US State Department for talks. Anatoly Antonov later told reporters Russia does not seek confrontation with the US and he denied contact with that drone. There was no collision. You see that the problem is that we didn't contact to this drone.

39:21 We didn't start firing. It's very important. But he underlined Russia's view. It considers Crimea to be Russian territory. Well, here's a question. I have a question. What if, okay, we sprayed fuel on the drone? What is that going to do? You know what I think? I think the Russian pilots were jokers. One of them dumped fuel on the plane, they go in front of it and try to set it on fire. Yeah, with a match. He leaned it out the side, the passenger side window. Put the afterburners on, throw some flames back there, maybe he'll catch up. Police, police. No, grow up.

40:00 No, it's all bullcrap. They were just playing back and forth, just messing around, and the drone operator decided to ditch the thing. There was no contact, there was no fuel dumping. That was... This is all stupid. Those are people that said there was fuel dumping if you heard that was a guy yeah, but oh, I'm sorry Let's believe the Pentagon guy. I'm just telling you that's where I got that information I don't know that you have better information. I saw what I saw they if that video is true That's what the power is believe the video what? Now I'm just going to take your argument and put it back at you. Let's go with part two of these things. I'd just like to point out that they say that they knocked it down. There was no contact. That everyone saw. That's the video they put out, so it discredits the contact, whether that was fuel or jet wash that they're showing.

40:56 You know it's not like the it's not like gasoline on the ground where you throw some gas on something you throw a match and it'll light up. It's bullcrap. The thing that's interesting about that last clip If you just play the very end of it, this is the issue. This drone was not in the middle of international waters. This thing was surveilling Crimea. Play the last end. We didn't start firing. It's very important. But he underlined Russia's view. It considers Crimea to be Russian territory. Isn't that kind of a given now? Now that they are in Crimea?

41:35 Well that's what I would think but we still don't recognize it so we make the claim that this thing was flying around international waters. It was surveilling Crimea. Yeah of course. And that's why they mentioned at the end of this clip that's never mentioned by any of the other reports in American media. No why would you do that? That makes us look bad. onward considers crimea to be russian territory this uh... What will be reaction of United States if you see such Russian drone very close for example to San Francisco or New York? What will be reaction of United States? For me it's clear.

CHAPTER 11 / 38 Discussion

Inflatable Decoys, Ukraine Grain Export Deal Extension

A Czech company has reported a 100% increase in the production of inflatable military decoys, including tanks and jet fighters, used to deceive Russian forces in Ukraine. Separately, Russia has agreed to a 60-day extension of the UN-brokered grain export deal. This extension is half the duration of previous agreements but allows for the continued shipment of over 24 million tons of grain to global markets.

inflatable tanks· czech republic· grain deal· united nations· military decoys

42:28 And Paul, it sounds like there's word tonight that Ukraine might get some jets of its own. Yeah, it may well be, Adrienne. And you know, fighter jets are precisely what Ukraine has been asking for. Poland's prime minister now saying that country may give Ukraine its Soviet-made MiG-29 jets within weeks, though he's also said Poland would do that only if other countries follow suit. Slovakia is also now saying it's ready to hand over its MiG jets if others join in. There's still no signal, however, whether the US will send Ukraine F-16s, though discussions are believed to be ongoing on that. Oh, of course. Well, there you go. We need jets because, you know, we need jets. I love the guy. Iku kere bombs. Yeah, yeah, the Reaper drones can have some armaments, but you can't carry like a nuke. You know, it's a single engine thing. It's not like a bomber.

43:24 But this story that I picked up just makes all of this seem so phony baloney, this whole war. Listen to this. Russia's war in Ukraine has sparked a surge in demand for weapons and vehicles. But the conflict is also inflating demand for blow-up weapons that are being used to deceive the enemy. This Czech company produces more than 30 different inflatable military decoys from pretend tanks to jet fighters. It's output has jumped by a hundred percent in the past year. If you were 200 or 250 meters away and you didn't have binoculars, you wouldn't be able to tell if it was a real weapon or a fake one. The technique isn't new. At the end of the century,

44:09 So are we even sending real weapons there? Or are we just sending some blow-up stuff? Well, we'd be saving money if we were sending blow-up stuff. No, we know where the money's going. We know that's not going to Ukraine. We know that the money is going into everyone else's pockets. But now I'm thinking how many of these blow-up things are there? I'm thinking there's probably a lot more than we'd like to imagine. I'm in agreement. I'm in agreement. This has got to end. This stuff is stupid now. We're really going into wacko territory.

45:06 In the meantime, you won't hear much about this, but the Russians did agree to something very important. Russia has agreed to extend the Ukraine grain export deal following talks with the UN, but only for 60 days, half the term of the previous agreement. The grain export pact has helped to ease the global food crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. More than 24 million tons of grain have been exported under the deal. So there's your 60-day timeline. Maybe, maybe, maybe. It actually might be what it is. It may be just telling us in 60 days this is over. This is over. Yeah. I mean, because he... Maybe. Maybe. But at least he's letting food out or whatever, whoever, whatever the thing really is all about. That's pretty good. So maybe just go through China real quick because, you know, China is now on deck trying to help this, trying to fix this.

CHAPTER 12 / 38 Discussion

Gua Wengui Arrest, New York Penthouse Fire

Chinese billionaire Gua Wengui, also known as Miles Kwok, was arrested by the FBI in New York on charges related to a $1 billion fraud scheme. Hours after his arrest, a fire broke out in his $32 million Sherry-Netherland penthouse while federal agents were still on the premises. Gua is a known associate of Steve Bannon and is accused of misappropriating funds to purchase luxury assets, including a yacht and a Ferrari.

gua wengui· miles kwok· steve bannon· fbi· fraud· gtv media

46:08 And it just seems like everyone wants to hate China. Everything we do is all about bad, bad China, China, China. And this very surprising news that came in today. Well, the FBI is now investigating a fire in a New York penthouse that started hours after agents arrested a Chinese billionaire. Gua Wenge was taken into custody and six hours later, flames erupted while agents were still in his apartment. The former ally of Trump strategist Steve Bannon is now charged in a billion dollar fraud scheme. Yeah, this is the the GTV guy.

46:52 Sorry, who? The GTV, the Guangdong TV. This is the guy who's financed everything that Steve Bannon does. We know him as Miles Kwok. This is the guy who finances the whole operation. You know, Bannon is always like, you know, playing that song, you know, down with the CCP or whatever. This is that guy. So now they went after the main financier of all the anti-China stuff or whatever he was doing. And so they arrest him and then his $32 million penthouse catches fire. Oops.

47:36 Now where was this? New York! This is kind of disconcerting. You think? Here, Contra... One thing, it was only just recently, we had some clips, I never played them, but about the police, the Chinese CCC police department, there's one in... Everywhere, yeah, everywhere. There's one in Toronto, there's one in, I think there was one in Manhattan and they closed it down. What are these guys doing with their own police departments in New York City? So here's the assertion. He allegedly used some of the money raised through his company GTV Media and other entities to buy a 50,000 square foot New Jersey mansion, 37 million dollar yacht, three and a half million dollar Ferrari, 140,000 dollar piano. What such thing as a 37 million dollar Ferrari? No, 3.5. It's a 37 million dollar yacht, a 3.5 million dollar Ferrari, 140,000 dollar piano. I mean, so what are they going after?

48:33 And they apparently seized $650 million in alleged fraud proceeds from 21 different bank accounts. Now who's they? You keep referring to the FBI. Prosecutors. New York State prosecutors? Government? Who? Let me see. I think it's New York State, yes. Southern District? Which one? Which group? I don't have that information. It's NBC New York reporting. So I let me see SEC separately accused him of misrepresentation in raising hundreds of millions of dollars So it probably is the Southern District and you know what this could easily be connected to the banking crisis I don't know. I mean or they may want to connect it to the banking crisis. That's always fun do that but this is very weird and it's also a You know, it's a it's a big downer for Steve Bannon because that's his that's his sugar daddy as far as I understand

CHAPTER 13 / 38 Discussion

TikTok Ban Legislation, Data Privacy Concerns

The Biden administration is demanding that ByteDance sell its stake in TikTok or face a potential ban in the United States. Senator Marco Rubio and other lawmakers cite national security concerns, alleging the Chinese government could harvest user data. TikTok has proposed a U.S.-based data protection plan with third-party monitoring, but bipartisan support for the RESTRICT Act continues to grow in Congress.

tiktok· bytedance· marco rubio· national security· data harvesting· commerce department

49:35 And meanwhile in in Washington DC we're continuing to The go against China by getting TikTok banned. This morning, the Biden administration is demanding that TikTok's Chinese owners sell their stake in the company or the app could be banned in the United States. The demand marks an escalation from the administration as the White House looks to resolve national security concerns about the app, with many worried the Chinese government could force TikTok to hand over Americans' user data. The director of the FBI last week said the app quote, screams of security concerns. Could they use TikTok to control data on millions of users?

50:19 Yes. What does that even mean? Could they use TikTok to control data? Security concerns. Could they use TikTok to control data on millions of users? What kind of question is that? This guy eagerly says yes to. Isn't that Rubio? Yeah, of course it's Rubio. He's all in. What the hell is his dog in the hunt here? Money? Well he's on the Senate intelligence committee, which is the people doing this. So, you know, he's very important in this deal and a deal it may be because you don't know how many... Yeah. What?

50:57 Again, well let's go back to your question which is what the hell is he talking about? Exactly! This is propaganda. I have some thoughts but listen again to his question that this guy eagerly says yes to. Security concerns. Could they use TikTok to control data on millions of users? Yes. Reigning- Yes, they can control my data. What does that mean? It doesn't mean anything. It's a dumb question and a stupid answer. Exactly. Yes. Reigning in TikTok has won bipartisan support, but some Republicans want an outright ban. This company should be banned. I don't know why they're allowed to operate in the United States. Republicans overnight responding to the administration's new threat. I think they're right. On this phone that everybody has,

51:45 TikTok is able to harvest your data all the time. Listen to what she, listen to what they're saying. This is really, this is scandalous. TikTok is able to harvest your data all the time and provide it through ByteDance to the Chinese Communist Party. Okay, so let's just break that down in pieces. Hold on. Yeah. Do they have proof of what you just said? I have no, none has been demonstrated. And mind you, these apps are running on Google and Apple devices. Apple in particular has locked down a lot of what your data, whatever that means, your data can be given to the Chinese government. You know, your data is given freely, in fact for pay,

52:33 by Silicon Valley to the United States intelligence all the time, daily. Well, you want this? It costs 3,500 bucks, we'll give you that person. So this is so specious. And, oh, so your data, they just say your data. They're not even specifying what data. So what data can you really get from apps that run on these phones? I argue that's pretty locked down and only really revealable the kind of stuff that you'd want to U.S. intelligence organizations, but we can... Well, generally speaking with almost every app, they ask you to release.

53:11 permission to follow you around, release your GPA tracking, release your contact list, which makes no sense to me why you should give anybody your contact list, let alone a map app. Almost every app does this. They all do it. Thank you. And you can... somewhere in the show notes you have to look for it. You can even get a software development kit that you put into your app that literally allows you to replay what a user did, which is meant, of course, to see if you can find out why the user experience is not working or what they're tapping on, what they're typing in. This is not secret. Every app that puts that in there, which will get into these app stores, can do this, but they're singling out

53:57 a bipartisan legislation that could be used to ban the app. In a statement, TikTok said the best way to address concerns about national security is with the transparent US based protection of US user data and systems with robust third party monitoring, vetting and verification, which we are already implementing. TikTok's chief executive is scheduled to testify before a House committee next week.

CHAPTER 14 / 38 Discussion

TikTok Search Ads, Computer Vision Technology

TikTok has officially entered the search advertising market, directly challenging the dominance of Google and Meta. The platform's "secret sauce" is identified as advanced computer vision technology that analyzes video backgrounds to identify products and books for targeted advertising. Lawmakers are accused of seeking to ban the app not for privacy reasons, but because it operates outside the established U.S. national security and censorship apparatus.

tiktok· google· meta· search ads· computer vision· algorithm

54:39 Alright, so there's a couple of things going on. First of all, this really started with the projected $10 billion next year that TikTok is taking away from specifically Google, Facebook or Meta, anyone else who, you know, Apple is now also entering into the advertising market after they basically put some anti-competitive moves in on Facebook and you know and Facebook arguably lost 10 billion dollars a year in revenue because of what Apple did with how Facebook was able to track. I'm sure they didn't just give that to TikTok but this story came out. Lo and behold your no agenda show on the leading tip. TikTok enters the search ad market challenging Google and Microsoft as if we didn't predict it.

55:32 We know that users, one out of two from Italian Google numbers, which is probably the same everywhere, go to TikTok first to search for something. So now TikTok says March 9th, yeah we're going to enter the search ad market. I'll bet that got some people moving. Now what does TikTok actually have? They have an algorithm that is killer. Everyone's trying to replicate it. They're trying to replicate the whole, what they call UX, the user experience.

56:07 Reels, Twitter, everybody is now trying to do the video that you scroll up and get the next one. You've seen it, everyone sees it, it's happening on Twitter because they think that's what it is. That's, oh, it must be because of that that you can scroll and get the next video. Now, here is what I think TikTok actually has. One of our producers helped me with this, Tokyo Matt, who has some experience with it. Tokyo has something called computer vision which analyzes in very in great detail the videos that people are uploading. Now what is mainly being uploaded? I'd say teens, millennials who are dancing in their houses, right? That would be kind of the main one.

56:59 So they can zoom in, look at the book titles on the bookshelf, identify products on the floor, posters on the wall. That's what they're doing. And I think they're miles ahead with doing this from Silicon Valley. And that's the data that they have. And Silicon Valley just, I don't think they were ready for it. They were focused on Metaverse and now chat GPT and all this bull crap. And I think that that is literally the secret sauce. That's how they know who you are is because you're showing them you are showing them and it's not the Chinese Communist Party No, it's it's the advertising department. Yeah, I'm surprised that they that they just usurped everybody with this but now of course, it's well, I disagree this Notion that you just described is hardly new. It's at least a decade old old and it it first cropped up and

58:02 in the tech scene when Microsoft brought out those Connect or whatever they were, kind of. stereo cameras that you could put on your computer and you could play a game, one of their games, you could jump around, you could play paddle ball and you could do all this stuff and a kind of a version of you would be on the screen because it would be looked at by these two lenses. It was determined that those two lenses that were looking at you, those two cameras, were actually being used for the exact same purpose, which is to look around the house, see what books you had, see what posters were on the wall, and on and on and on. And it turned out to be a big flop. They don't even sell those things anymore. So I don't see how they're ahead of anyone. It sounds like they're just trying to redo, kind of rework an old idea that was a flop to begin with. I think you're missing the point.

58:59 You're missing the point that none of these other companies have been able to get the children to dance in their living room so they can see all this stuff. The technology is not new, but they've got the formula. They've got the song catalogs, which they purchased outright for huge amounts of money that are being used. Yes? That, I will back up a little bit and say, that was genius. And I still don't understand why YouTube had to take down video after video because someone was doing the washing their cat and there was a you know some song in the background and so they got pulled down. Yeah exactly well now we get to the part that is really annoying because for whatever reason

59:49 TikTok is not, and I think this is what the, so Silicon Valley has an ad problem. We all agree on it. TikTok's moving to search ads. Red Alert, Defcon 1, we've got to do something. So we leave that to the side. Now we have the politicians. We know that all these very same companies, probably except for ByteDance slash TikTok, whatever, or whatever the entity is, they're not in on the national security apparatus. They are not saying, oh yeah, we'll take those people down. No. No, if you go on TikTok, and I've had to do some research on this, there's a lot of stuff that would not fly on Facebook and probably not on Twitter either. Because Twitter is not the free-for-all that you think it is by any stretch of the imagination. So they didn't go woke, and they're not going broke.

1:00:37 And I think these politicians realize that they can't control, take to, this is control. They want control. Why else would they, you know, oh yeah, we're going to take your data, give it to the CCP. No, they want to control what you can see and they want to spike what they can spike and they want to amplify what they want amplified. This is all in the Twitter files. And they want to suppress that which they want suppressed. And I think the politicians who scream the loudest are the a-holes. This is your Marco Rubio. Oh, I got no control over them. It's the whole model is breaking. I don't know what model is breaking. The control model. The control model of Silicon Valley being in bed with our national security slash intelligence apparatus. Sure. I think that's obvious. There's no argument with me on this one. Yeah.

CHAPTER 15 / 38 Discussion

Net Neutrality Hypocrisy, Oracle Data Hosting

The push to ban TikTok is contrasted with previous U.S. advocacy for net neutrality and a free internet. Critics point out the irony of the U.S. government threatening to ban a foreign app while criticizing China and Iran for similar actions. The proposal to have Oracle host TikTok's U.S. data is noted for Oracle's long-standing role as a primary database provider for the CIA and other intelligence agencies.

net neutrality· oracle· cia· censorship· tiktok

1:01:34 So, but now mind you there's not a bill in Congress to get rid of TikTok. No, there's a bill that gives the Commerce Secretary the power to get rid of any foreign technology he or she wants. I would like to know and I've asked this before I'll ask it again just to remind everybody where I might take on this which is How can they rationalize this after we had to listen to years and years of net neutrality talk, free internet, and banning the internet in China. Oh, the Chinese are banning the internet. Oh, Iran is banning the internet. They won't let American companies, you know, they won't let YouTube in Iran. They won't do this, they won't do that. And now all of a sudden we're doing it and we think it's great?

1:02:24 The funny thing is... Does anyone explain this to anyone? No, of course, net neutrality, we forgot that a long time ago. Shh, shh, X-Nay on the net neutrality-nay. We don't talk about that anymore. No! But, you know, also there's probably not a single politician that will go to bat, an electable politician, that will go to bat for this. Do you know how insane people will go if TikTok actually gets banned? At this point it's too late. I mean you have people like zombies, like junky zombies killing each other on the street. It's an actual addiction. No politician's gonna say, yeah I did that, I took TikTok off your phone. Uh-uh. No presidential candidate will do that. So I think what they want to do is they want to bring this company to heel, bring them into the national security state,

1:03:22 And the question is will they? I mean, yeah, if you get rid of all the Chinese, I mean look at what they're proposing. Yeah, you got to sell, you got to become part of America's system somehow. Get rid of your Chinese shareholders. Keep the data in America. Oh, yeah, let's give it to Oracle. That was Trump's idea. Oracle, the database of the intelligence services. They are literally the guys who do that. So they run the servers for the CIA Yeah, but that's low who knows nowadays could be switched around. They could have I'm sure basil's got his fingers in the pie Did you have anything on? Did you have anything on? Wait, here it is. Actually this this is the report. I think about the no we had that one Do you have anything on the hunter Biden stuff?

CHAPTER 16 / 38 Discussion

Kathy Chung Deposition, Biden Document Investigation

The House Oversight Committee, led by Chairman James Comer, is preparing to depose Kathy Chung regarding her role in handling Joe Biden's documents. Chung, who served as a personal assistant to the then-Vice President, is a key figure in the investigation into how classified materials ended up in private locations. Her voluntary cooperation is seen as a significant step in the influence-peddling probe.

kathy chung· james comer· house oversight committee· joe biden· classified documents

1:04:17 Because that's coming up now as well. I got lots on the Hunter Biden stuff. You want to do that? We got to do two breaks today because people got long notes and all kinds of stuff we got to talk about. Let's do your Biden crime family. Yeah, the Biden crime family stories. There's this guy Comer, Coma, Comer. This guy that's a Kentucky house member, he's digging into everything. So I have, I got a sidebar I want to play first, which is just a tease. It's got Maria Bartiromo asking him a question. The money, honey. All right. You know, they got her miked so she sounds screechy. You don't think that's just her?

1:05:03 She sounds notably scre- I know, I think they're doing it on purpose. Let's evaluate. Welcome back and I am back with the chairman of the house oversight- Oh come on, stop, stop. They've definitely taken out all the low end. There's no low end. Or mid-range. They're definitely not doing her any favors. Welcome back, I am back with the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Congressman James Comer. Congressman, talk to us about Kathy Chung. She's coming in to get deposed by your committee. What are you expecting? Well, we're going to have a transcribed interview with Ms. Chung. We have a lot of questions about her role in moving documents. We all know now that Joe Biden had

1:05:41 to What we see from bank records and from the emails and text messages, with all the influence peddling he's done, we wonder why was Hunter Biden so concerned about Joe Biden's documents. So we have a lot of questions for Ms. Chung, and she's fortunately going to come in voluntarily. And we'll have an opportunity to hopefully get some answers. That way, who is this Ms. Chung?

1:06:18 Well, see, we don't know any of this because the mainstream media is not covering any of this all impeachable offenses that's going on right now with investigating the Biden crime family. And Fox actually pushing back on it, as you'll hear with the next few clips. Yeah, she's in Fox business. Which no one watches. But the next part is Fox. You can hear that they're pushing back. And you'll hear what I pointed out when it happens. She was hired as kind of a private secretary to manage the loads and loads of these documents. For the Bidens? Yeah. And so her name is Chung. Chung. Not Connie. Whatever happened to Connie Chung? She retired a long time ago.

CHAPTER 17 / 38 Discussion

James Comer, Biden Family Bank Records Investigation

Chairman James Comer revealed that Bank of America records show a $3 million wire transfer from CCP-linked entities to an associate named Rob Walker in early 2017. Following this transfer, funds were allegedly distributed to multiple Biden family members. While Comer declined to name a new family member involved, reports suggest Hallie Biden, the widow of Beau Biden, received a portion of the funds.

james comer· rob walker· bank of america· ccp· hunter biden· hallie biden

1:07:05 I think she's still married to Maury Povich. Maury Povich, right. Okay. Alright, so they hired a chung. and to manage the documents and they've got the fix on her now? No, that's just, this is the sidebar. The real story is this one and this is the Biden crime family, Comer 1, and this story is hair raising and it's not being covered by, and even Fox is pushing back on it, and they're doing it in a very subtle way. It's like, well, okay, And it's one it's just a standard Fox stooge interviewing Comer here we go meanwhile the Republican led House Oversight Committee expanding its investigation into hunter Biden newly subpoenaed financial records stacks of documents dating back 14 years

1:07:51 are now under review. The chairman of the House Oversight Committee, James Comer, out of Kentucky, is with me now. Sir, good morning to you. Thank you for your time and for being here today. I want to try and clear up a few matters. You were on with Sean last night, okay? Okay. So you have received through Bank of America thousands of these records that go back 14 years. One of them includes an associate by the name of Rob Walker. And you said last night that two months... You can already hear by the way he's setting it up, he's kind of getting ready to discredit him somehow. I can hear it. The whole thing is, the purpose is discreditous. And listen carefully to it because it's dangerously good. The guy has taken on the aura and

1:08:30 And you've seen him before, I can't remember his name, but he's just one of those standard hosts that does news. Yeah, a Fox and Friend dude. Yeah, exactly. And he's got a disdainful quality in his voice. He's sounding more and more like Rick Sanchez, if you can just remember him. And it's just, and it's like, okay. All right, here we go. Yeah, let's continue. In the name of Rob Walker. And you said last night that two months after Joe Biden left the office of the vice president, so that's January, February, March of 2017. I love that. This is him showing that he's okay. So that's what? That's true March. And this is him trying to give himself some credibility. This is what dumb news models do. I'm guessing around that time, he received a $3 million wire

1:09:21 from two people directly associated with the CCP in Beijing. What is that all about, sir? You made the claim. What did you discover? Well, we discovered that they got a $3 million wire two months after Joe Biden left office. And then the very next day from that account, that Walker account that appears to be a pass-through account, then they started wiring money to Biden family members, plural. And there were three different Biden family members that received a cut from that $3 million, including a new Biden family member that's never before been included in any of these investigations. So our question is, what exactly did they do to receive that money? What was the purpose

1:10:07 of that $3 million wire. Now that's just the first wire that we've actually been able to obtain bank records on. There are many, many more. Okay This is great So this just began this because this all came from the laptop and and the Republicans finally got in they could do some investigating and so we now have a committee looking into Biden and the Biden family crime family and now it gets good as he tries to explain more what happened as as the douchebag from Fox tries to undercut him

1:10:43 Okay, you put your finger on it there a second there. Okay, you said what were they doing in return for that money? Do you have an answer? I do not but you know the the media says well, this is a hunter Biden investigation This is an investigation of Joe Biden and we're investigating the Biden family and and again after this new batch of information It expands there are more family members involved in this than just the president's son. I And what they've said in the media, this was for business. We can't identify any business. It appears it went into their personal accounts. So if China's investing with the Biden's in a business, we can't find any business. They don't manufacture anything. They don't sell anything.

1:11:25 They don't own any real estate. We don't know what the business is. My theory is it's influence peddling. And if so, then that's wrong. That's what we call a foreign agent. There are rules with who could be foreign agents and you have to be registered to be foreign agent. So the question is, what were the Bidens doing to receive these massive amounts of money from China. Now we have the first wire and we've traced it from China to the Biden family members. We have many more to obtain. Okay, two more points here in the time we have left. You said another name popped up. Whose name is that? Are they a relative directly tied to the family? Well, they're a Biden.

1:12:04 I'm not going to disclose that new name because that really changes things. Because what we assumed was this was just about the president's son and two brothers. But now there's a new name that's emerged. And they are a Biden. Oh, this is juicy. Wait a minute. First of all, So we need to know who this Rob Walker guy is because he's, you know, clearly there's a straw man in the middle. So, you know, there's always something like, oh, we didn't get it directly from China. Do we know who this Rob Walker guy is? Do we know who that is? Well, they say they say determined he's a pass-through, so they've already kind of dismissed him. All right. Now, my, we need to figure out who the Biden is. I already figured it out. Is it Jill? Because that's what I want. It has to be Jill.

CHAPTER 18 / 38 Discussion

Fox News Pushback, Bill Hemmer's Interview Style

During an interview with James Comer, Fox News host Bill Hemmer appeared to push back on the Biden family investigation by claiming it had been ongoing for five years. This characterization is disputed, as the House Oversight Committee only recently obtained the relevant bank records. The exchange is cited as evidence of a shift at Fox News toward protecting the current administration or operating under fear of legal repercussions.

fox news· bill hemmer· james comer· biden investigation· media bias

1:12:52 It's gotta be Jill. She's the mob boss. She is the copy, the toothy copy. She's running everything. We figured this out a long time ago that Jill Biden is the boss of the Biden family, crime family. Oh man. Do you think they have to address her by a certain name? Like boss? I don't know why. Do you think the president goes, yes ma'am, comes to mind. Okay boss, oh my, oh my, oh my. Now he's very good at not saying who it is because it becomes, except on this show, it would become, but on Fox or with this guy that's gonna bring out a couple other stupid points,

1:13:39 It's open for ridicule to say that. Oh, to say Jill Biden? If you said it was Jill Biden already. Oh yeah, good point. So this guy is pretty smart, this Hick sounding dude, Comer. Yeah, you know, just because you talk like this doesn't mean you're stupid. Yeah it does. Yeah it does. So here we go with this. This is good. So we've got a problem. No, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. I'm gonna give you a clip of the day for that one. I'll take it. And that's not just generosity. That's well deserved. Okay, next clip. So we've got a problem here with respect to trying to determine what exactly this family was doing to receive these transactions from China. And I think every American should be concerned about that. This is an issue of national security. Yeah, let's see where it goes, okay? It's been five years and what do we have for it? Five years, long time investigating.

1:14:42 Now, the troll room is suggesting it's Hallie Biden. No, she's too much of an idiot. She showed up recently. It's because she came down the plane with him. Now, the key to this last clip, which was overlooked by the troll room. Yeah, let's play it again. Let's play it again. So we've got a problem here with respect to trying to determine what exactly this family was doing. to receive these transactions from China. And I think every American should be concerned about that. This is an issue of national security. Yeah, let's see where it goes, okay? It's been five years and what do we have for it? Five years, long time to investigate. Wow! I need to know which Fox dude this is because that's, he's, in what world, in what world ever does Fox News try to protect a Democrat president?

1:15:34 The Biden crime family. You know what? Fear. I smell fear. Oh, these guys must be really powerful. I mean, we heard this 10 years ago. There was some black guys. We had a clip of, I'll never forget it, and I wish I could find it, about these black guys who were like gang bangers. There was one guy, they were analysts, but they were also gang bangers. And one of them said, you know, people don't overlook Joe Biden. He's the real guy you gotta be afraid of. And everyone laughed at him, and that was the end of it. And I always thought that was kind of weird to say that out of the blue. So you're standing by your it's not,

1:16:13 The young one, the Haley, isn't it? You're sure it's not? The New York Post is saying it's Haley. Haley? Yeah, Haley. Haley Biden. Sorry, Haley. Haley Biden. That's what they're not reporting. Why wouldn't it be Jill? I want it to be Jill too. I want it to be Jill too, for sure. But let's get back to this guy. First he says, okay, hold on a second here. Let's let this play out. It's been five years, over five years. They haven't been investigating this for five years. He's implying that this investigation has been going on for five years. It just began this month.

1:16:53 Well, I mean this just shows you and that I'm telling you that's fear. There is some fear going on at Fox. Play that clip one more time before we go to the final clip. So we've got a problem here with respect to trying to determine what exactly this family was doing to receive these transactions from China. And I think every American should be concerned about that. This is an issue of national security. I get it. Let's see where it goes, okay? It's been five years and what do we have for it? Five years, long time to be investigating. Wow. Bill Hemmer. It's Bill Hemmer. Five years, long time to be investigating.

1:17:32 Who's been investigating for five years? Who's been investigating this for five years? They just got the Bank of America records. Investigative reporter Bill Hemmer. He's been on it for five years. He's found nothing. He hasn't been investigating anything. Of course not. Let's finish off. This is the last clip of the series. And Hemmer if that is who it is, I think it might be. He brings this five-year meme up again. What is wrong with Fox? What's going on at Fox News? That's the question I'm asking. I don't even... The Biden thing, I think we're way beyond that, at least on this show. But now I'm really concerned about Fox.

1:18:18 and being the straw man and the target for everybody. Well, hold on, hold on. I mean, you cannot argue that Tucker Carlson has been the I hate using it. Limited hangout of Fox News once in a while give- and what happened to the January 6 video? That ended real quick. That ended within two broadcasts. Done. No. It ended with one broadcast. Well, he did a follow-up. He did a follow-up. Yeah, but using the same clips. Yeah. It ended. It ended. Why? Because they're all phony. They're phony.

CHAPTER 19 / 38 Discussion

Tucker Carlson, Jamie Raskin and Political Theater

The credibility of Fox News and Tucker Carlson is questioned, noting Carlson's background with the CIA and his father's role at Voice of America. Meanwhile, Representative Jamie Raskin has accused the House Oversight Committee of conducting a "political dragnet" on behalf of Donald Trump. Chairman James Comer denied any coordination with Trump's legal team and demanded an apology from Raskin for leaking information about the Bank of America subpoenas.

tucker carlson· jamie raskin· fox news· cia· biden crime family

1:17:32 Who's been investigating for five years? Who's been investigating this for five years? They just got the Bank of America records. Investigative reporter Bill Hemmer. He's been on it for five years. He's found nothing. He hasn't been investigating anything. Of course not. Let's finish off. This is the last clip of the series. And Hemmer if that is who it is, I think it might be. He brings this five-year meme up again. What is wrong with Fox? What's going on at Fox News? That's the question I'm asking. I don't even... The Biden thing, I think we're way beyond that, at least on this show. But now I'm really concerned about Fox.

1:18:18 and being the straw man and the target for everybody. Well, hold on, hold on. I mean, you cannot argue that Tucker Carlson has been the I hate using it. Limited hangout of Fox News once in a while give- and what happened to the January 6 video? That ended real quick. That ended within two broadcasts. Done. No. It ended with one broadcast. Well, he did a follow-up. He did a follow-up. Yeah, but using the same clips. Yeah. It ended. It ended. Why? Because they're all phony. They're phony.

1:18:57 You gotta agree, Tucker is, I mean yeah, he puts out some good information, just like the Twitter files have some good information. This is giant. Fox is not your friend. And people are sucking that up, they jack it into the mainline the minute they get out of bed. This. So yeah, and then look at the, it's kind of stupid that MSNBC and CNN are revealing, you know, we have these text messages from Tucker Carlson who seems to be, if anything, a company man. This is bad for our stock price. I hate Trump, but you know, we've got to be careful. He can blow up the company. He doesn't give a shit about America. If these text messages are true,

1:19:47 So they need to pump the brakes on that even because people are gonna start catching on. Fox is not your friend. We have to realize, what's Tucker Carlson's background? Oh his dad was Voice of America, a propagandist organization. He was at MSNBC. And he interned for the CIA. He was at MSNBC with a bowtie. With the bowtie? You cannot trust a grown man with a bowtie unless he's over 70. Or in the publishing business. They all think they should wear a bowtie. You never see a drug dealer with a bowtie, do you? Uh-uh. No. This is the nail in the coffin, I think.

1:20:30 This bill finishes them off and brushes them off. Here we go. Apparently you have found suspicious activity reports and you've been assured by the bank that they're going to give you that information. So what that reveals I do not know. The ranking member on your committee, Jamie Raskin, says this. I fear this wildly overbroad subpoena suggests that your interest in this investigation is not in pursuing to find facts or informing public legislation. Wait a minute, who, who, Raskin? He's quoting Raskin now? He's quoting Raskin. Raskin is like, is the biggest shill of all. Oh man. I fear this wildly overbroad subpoena suggests that your interest in this investigation is not a pursuing to find facts or informing public legislation, but conducting a dragnet of political opposition research.

1:21:18 on behalf of former President Trump, meaning you're doing the work for President Trump potentially as a candidate. What would you say to your fellow congressman, Jamie Raskin? I'm very disappointed that Raskin would issue that letter. He issued it late Sunday night. Obviously, he was working in conjunction with the White House. This is the second time the White House has pulled a prank after 10 o'clock at night so they can have the first story in the morning. I haven't spoken to Donald Trump since he left office. I don't even know who Donald Trump's attorneys are. In that letter, he accused me of working with Donald Trump's attorneys. That is not true. And Jamie, you're asking owes me an apology.

1:21:54 But really at the end of the day, the purpose of that letter was to leak to the press that I had subpoenaed Bank of America two weeks ago. That was the purpose of the letter and he just threw in a bunch of other false accusations. You know exactly what happened here. I got it let's let's let's play it with the with the third mic open. The purpose of that letter was to leak to the press that I had subpoenaed Bank of America two weeks ago. That was the purpose of the letter and he just threw in a bunch of other false accusations. It's very disappointing that Jamie Raskin would stoop to that level and that's one reason why we don't take

1:22:30 the ranking member seriously in our quest to get to the truth of what exactly the Biden family was doing with our adversaries in China. Okay, we're officially screwed. No one is on the side of the people. Trump was too dumb. He hired stupid people who put us into lockdown. He allowed that to happen. That's that is the fatal flaw in my mind. Everything else I like but that was a fatal flaw. Allowed the American economy and by the way as we'll find out in after the break he did a lot that set us up for this financial crash too.

1:23:19 You know, putting the Treasury and the Fed so close together, all this stuff, it's... I don't know if we can come back from it. Well, and I think Fox is no good. I mean, surprise, surprise, but this is really blatant. No, we've been saying this. In fact, you, probably the first one to say it. Fox is run by Democrats. Over 10 years ago that they were an arm of the Democrat Party. Good report, Mr. Dvorak. And with that, I'd like to thank you for your courage. Say in the morning to you, the man who just put a big C in the Biden crime family. Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to my friend on the other end, Mr. John C.

CHAPTER 21 / 38 Discussion

No Agenda Art, Roger Roundy Hat Trick

Artist Roger Roundy achieved a "hat trick" by winning the show's art competition for three consecutive episodes. His winning piece featured a "Mrs. Pillman" ADHD theme, beating out competition from AI-generated submissions. The hosts discuss the loss of "artistic voice" in AI-generated content and praise the manual effort in Roundy's work, while also acknowledging other notable pieces like Janet Yellen on a slot machine.

roger roundy· janet yellen· ai art· comicstreetblogger· hat trick

1:28:50 the last show and so luckily people stepped up. This is also why we have a newsletter to bring you news in a letter form but also to remind you that we have a show and people remember and we appreciate that. Like Anonymous who was in North Ridgeville, Ohio. We're gonna thank the artists today? No? Oh I'm so sorry. No. No. Oh no! Oh no! We have to thank the artists! Ladies and gentlemen! I completely forgot. We had a hat trick! This is, you know, I had it in a special spot to talk about Roger Roundy's hat trick and force of habit made me just skip over it because I don't look at that section. Thank you, Roger Roundy, for bringing us three genuinely beautiful art pieces in a row that hit home, that hit all the buttons, that outdid the competition. Competition was stiff from time to time.

1:29:41 But the no agenda Mrs. Pillman ADHD throwback to the Mrs. Pac- Ms. Pac-Man was by far the best piece of art. Which that was on 1537 we titled that Dig It Up Canada. I mean we loved it. There were some other things that came close and by the way we're not just giving away hat tricks. Because you know we actually discussed let's just screw with Roundy. Remember that I think that was me hey, they always do that with everybody who has a hat trick coming out Let's not give it to her That's the way judging goes. We've talked about this on the show before and people should understand that. Actual judging, yes. This goes for, and I've done a lot of judging in different venues, and you will actually get with someone and you'll make a judgment, you'll say, let's give it to these guys because it'll piss everybody else off. That happens and it happens a lot.

1:30:40 And there's also, I wouldn't give him an award if I had to. So that never happens. Top ten lists are the same way. When you were taught, you know, Forbes and all these magazines do all these lists. Oh, even the Forbes 500 is bullcrap. Even how much money or how rich someone is is bullcrap. They have no actual idea. Yeah, let's leave this guy off to see what happens. Exactly. Hey, this guy didn't do an interview with us, so we'll put him at number four. Oh yeah, yeah. The whole thing is, and I'm not saying that, I mean we do the best we can to get the best art that we can. I ended up, the one piece we both liked and laughed at the most. Janet Yellen. Janet Yellen on the slot machine. Which you put in the newsletter and that was. I used it as a newsletter because it's so funny looking. I mean as it comes to funny, it was on the mark, but it was so easy to do.

1:31:31 that we just felt the amount of effort that had gone into what Roundy did, which by the way, Comedy Street bloggers slagged off. He was like, oh, Roundy gets that, oh, Roundy gets heart trick just because he took existing thing and turned that into metal, into a pill, man, ah. A pill. Yeah, well that would be him. Yeah under all circumstances. Yes. Actually didn't come as your blogger put one in didn't he submit something as well? Well, you can't tell anymore because his style is gone because he doesn't actually do anything He goes to the AI engine and says create for me get dream something up and he says create this and then a art fake art comes out and he puts a Logo around it and then you so you don't spot it as his material. He has this distinctive voice and

1:32:18 The voice of an artist is gone. Well he did this Roger Hattrick incoming inspired by Roundy's. I don't know what he did there. That doesn't look like it. It's not his typical art, that's true. He lost his artistic voice to the AI, the first casualty of artistry. Yes, AI casualty. Comicstreetblogger is the first one to fall on the field. Down. He's down. He's down. I don't know if he could be resurrected. So we both like Death Jar Jar's Yellin', which I actually used for the Bat Signal and use it for the newsletter, so it got a lot of exposure. It was funny.

1:32:56 A number of people had done by the way anyone who's gone to a big casino you see that woman Is all over it is usually hanging on to five machines Now there were a couple of man you are mass bumping your beer thing is all over the can you just move that? I'm just not touch it for like two hours why I Don't touch my mic. No cuz I gotta get rid of this thing is in front of that another get a different boom or something It would be the same thing. Well, it's funny. I never hear that on any other podcast, but ours whenever you talk Somebody sent me a letter Saying they don't hear anything and you're right there you go. That's what you do. That's what you do I don't know why doing it now just get back to work if

1:33:49 Yeah, I mean I haven't said anything the whole morning and now I just I can't handle it anymore. I haven't been moving it at all. You've been bumping it. I know people say I don't hear it. It's more annoying that Adam says it. That's correct. Well, it annoys me. It's a new bit. It's not a bit. A lot of bank run stuff Which just wasn't the Monopoly guy, no, Bank on Fire. We're not using the Monopoly guy. No. A lot of vasectomy stuff, which was kind of funny, but it's not, because we joke about it. But he overdid it with the vasectomy phase.

1:34:30 Yeah, I think that was peak vast face. I don't think we can go much further than that. So a couple of Silicon Valley bank things. We actually did talk about Sir Paul Couture's China rising right on schedule. It was a beautiful piece, well made, but it just didn't quite cut the Mrs. Pillman. You know, which it just hit it all. It was such a good effort that we could not not give it to Roundup. Actually, Couture's material recently has been very interesting because it's top-notch. And I would say that people should try to get a hold of him if they need a logo or something for their company. Yeah, no kidding. Seriously, he's got some nice stuff. Yeah. Let's see.

1:35:17 Yeah, another Janet Yellen on the burning bank building. You know, a little too obvious maybe. Buckle up for safety. I'm not sure. It just, it was just the best one. And it completed the hat trick. So we're very happy that he did that and we really appreciate it. Thank you very much. Yeah, we'll never hear from him again. Roundy will be back. We had a bunch of artists that did that. They work and work and they throw a bunch of stuff at us and they get a hat trick out of the blue after years. And then they drop off. Give us some names. Well, Martin JJ is the best example. Although changing our time to an hour later also screwed some people somehow. I'm not sure if that screwed anyone. Martin JJ bailed long before we did that. Yeah. He still listens. He's still around. I know he is. Well, he's on the social media. He's like a ranter. He's on the social ranting about one thing or another. My God. Well, Martin JJ, come on, man. Come on back into the fold. Let's give some people a run for the money.

CHAPTER 22 / 38 Discussion

Producer Donations, No Agenda Rings Website

The show announces the launch of noagenderings.com, a dedicated site for producers to order rings, sealing wax, and certificates of authenticity for their knighthoods. Several high-tier donors are recognized, including Sir Anonymous from Arapahoe County. The hosts also invite intelligence community members ("spooks") who listen to the show to provide feedback if the analysis is significantly off-base.

noagenderings.com· knighthood· arapahoe county· spooks· whistleblowers

1:36:21 We'd love to see it. All right, now we're going to do our executive and associate executive producers because we love them. They keep the train rolling, so to speak. Anonymous, North Ridgeville, Ohio, $1,033.33. Thank you from Procrastinator. I was going to donate many months ago, but I didn't get around to it. Please email me to tell you what I need to do to get my ring and certificate of credit. All I need is a simple de-douching. That's all. No jingles. You've been de-douched. We can't talk about the new ring website yet? That's a no-go for now, for today?

1:37:01 There's a couple changes that Mimi wants to make on the site. Okay, so we're not quite ready for that. But you know I could tell you what the URL is and people could suffer. Okay. It's noagenderrings.com. Hello, hello. Are we genius in the marketing department or what? Noagenderrings.com. That's where you'll get your ring and your sealing wax and your certificate of authenticity. Now I get grief. Oh yeah, you're gonna grieve for a long time over that one. But I goaded you into it, I'm proud. Thank you, Anonymous, Procrastinator. We appreciate it. And we'll be... Does he or she even have a night name or is it just Sir Anonymous? Or what are we doing here? Procrastinator. Sir Procrastinator.

1:37:54 Okay, that's what I'd call him for him teenator. Okay on the list now on the list James Brist goes up. He's in Bayshore, New York 6 1 1 1 5. Hey fellas Haven't had much time to listen recently. Oh, that's too bad. He's an old-time listener Mmm, just hope this helps and he said no jingles. No karma. Give him a double up. You've got a Karma Now we do get a lot of notes coming in today Do you have this one in front of you by any chance this particular is which one Dame Susan? Hold on. Yeah, I have it right here. I'm Susan Buffalo, New York, and it's a switcheroo 525. Okay, what's going on? I have the note and this is proof of my proof of purchase

1:38:49 Alright, uh... warning! Switcheroo ahead. Please credit this donation of $5.25 to my daughter, Jessica. This will bring her to Damehood for her birthday on March 12th. Please Dame, so she's got a birthday and a daming. Please Dame her as Dame Whatchamacallit. Whatchamacallit. Dame Whatchamacallit. Okay. And add her to the birthday list. Thank you. Dame Susan of the Parkways. She's got a really pretty writing style. Yeah. So it'll be Jessica, Dame Jessica, Dame Jessica of the Whatchamacallit.

1:39:32 No, just Dame Whatchamacallit. Oh, okay. Well, I'm gonna put Dame Jessica, I'm gonna put Jessica Dame Whatchamacallit. Okay. Well, you mean for the credit? Yeah, for the credit, for the credit, exactly. Then we get SDG from Oakland, California, 456. Nice one. Thanks, Shortino. SDG, that's what it says. Thanks, Shortino. Thanks. Is that Shortino? Shortino. Yeah, Shortino. Thanks, Shortino. Well, you're welcome, Shortino. That's all I got. I have nothing else. I'm working with Sir Anonymous in Aurora, Colorado. 369.99C attached note, page one. Sir, let's see if I even have that here. 36... Oh, yeah. Good. Okay, this is the note from our anonymous friend and he is the one who we had to remove his name, which we actually put up somewhere.

1:40:29 This is a note from Shur Anonymous, a vice-county of ADFC and Arapahoe County. Correcting the record, this is another make good. And then he talks about some... So he also made good with a donation, so I guess... Yeah, make good with a donation, which is the way to go. And so he got credit for show 1500, he got a knighthood, and now he wants to add to that for a title change. Is that what I'm understanding from his note? Yeah, he wants to be... He wants to be the vice. Well here it is, here it is. As of March 1st, 2023, I'm Sir Anonymous, the thrice-knighted black knight, Viscount of the ADFC and Arapaho County.

1:41:10 That works for me. That works for me. Yeah. All right. I say this is important. I'll just read this. As always, I shall remain a faithful promoter of the No Agenda Show surreptitiously hitting people in the mouth. I have to be very careful within the walls of my government facility where everyone is literally a you know what. No jingles, no karma. And as we know, a lot of those you-know-whaters listen to the show. They love it because they love to hear how much we got right and they always think it's humorous when we get things right and also when we get things wrong. Yeah, and I want to mention this because I was thinking about this, you know, we don't get necessarily, we don't really

1:41:51 looking for in you know secure information we don't we're not looking for this we're no we're no James O'Keefe brother we're not we're not looking for whistleblowers or anything like that but If a spook is listening and we get something so horrendously wrong that it makes their skin crawl, we don't mind hearing that we were way off base. No, we appreciate that actually. We appreciate that a lot. And we appreciate David Hazan from Brooklyn, New York, 333.33. A round of nuclear war karma for all producers and douchebags please, especially the ones in the subs. Underwater. You've got karma.

CHAPTER 23 / 38 Discussion

Lithium Mining in Nevada, Thacker Pass Concerns

Producer Betty Bloodlust provided a report on the environmental and agricultural impact of lithium mining in Nevada. The Thacker Pass Concerned Citizens (TPCC) group is currently negotiating with Lithium Americas Corporation to manage the effects of a massive mining project intended to supply batteries for electric vehicles. The group claims the mainstream media is ignoring the local ranchers' and farmers' struggle against the "green energy giant."

lithium· nevada· thacker pass· green energy· agriculture· mining

1:42:36 Yeah, we got a lot of submariners in the in the crew. We love them all Zach McClellan and Frankenmuth Michigan three three three out to see I don't know any note what's not for him. You have no notes. Oh, that's a double up booming it out. You've got Karma. Okay, now this one I got, this one I got because I made sure that I would be able to redact this one on the fly. Betty Bloodlust sent us probably the longest note in No Agenda history. Would you say it's close? It could be. It was just like holy crap it was so long.

1:43:17 So I'm going to summarize because I do understand why it was so long and what she was saying. Hold on a second, I've got this note here. And she says, in the morning gentlemen, here's some money, $333. You're the best. It's been a while since I donated so I wanted to add some value for value boots on the ground information along with my donation dollars. This will probably be long so I don't expect you to read it all on air, correct? But what she is saying is she says you don't need to dig up Canada. There's so much lithium in Nevada Nevada Nevada Nevada is Nevada or Nevada Nevada Nevada that they are going they're trying to dig up, Nevada Yeah the lithium America's lithium Nevada corporation now she is in the agriculture business small agriculture business and she is fighting against this and

1:44:09 Let's see, I am one of the leaders and founding members of this volunteer community group comprised of mostly local farmers and ranchers, but all community members have a seat in it. With my Gitmo Nation goggles firmly in place, I am helping to lead my community through direct negotiations with Lithium America slash Lithium Nevada Corporation in managing the impacts of this project. Now does she explain what the name of her oh yes the Thacker past concerns citizens TPCC Thacker past concerned citizens, that's what you want. Media is not covering any of this that I can tell. Of course not but this is where your battery is coming from.

1:44:49 Anyways, I could go on and as it's hard to paraphrase the crash course knowledge I've gained on this topic over the past two years but I'm happy to share it if you're more interested. If there's anyone out there in Gitmo Nation who can offer advice or support, I'm on no agenda social. This is not an active tutor or anything, just there. Perhaps a Yoko dog howling stereo goat karma would do the trick for all of us here on the front line fighting for our livelihoods against the jolly green energy giant. Also, a douchebag call out to my brother and his fiancé. And that other lady in my town she knows who she is. Thank you very much. You've got... Karma. You've got...

1:45:36 There you go, Asian dog and luge karma. Thank you very much Betty Bloodlust, we appreciate that. And I don't know who you are on Noah Jindal's social, but you'll probably post something and I'll happily... We will follow up on this eventually. Yeah, this is good. So no one else, no one else is talking about digging up Nevada for your cell phone battery and your Tesla. Dakota in Sherwood, Oregon. Thanks guys and $333 also would seem as bloodlust lady. Thanks guys. You're great. I call out Ted and Riley. I think it's R Y L E as douchebags.

CHAPTER 24 / 38 Discussion

Bitcoin Decentralization, Homeland Security Satoshi Claims

A discussion regarding claims that Homeland Security has identified the individuals behind the Satoshi Nakamoto pseudonym. Despite these claims, the hosts assert that Bitcoin remains decentralized because the open-source protocol has no master key or backdoor. Even if the original creators were identified, they would have no technical power to alter the existing blockchain or its supply limits.

bitcoin· satoshi nakamoto· homeland security· decentralization· blockchain

1:46:23 And ask Adam, if I may, are you aware Homeland Security knows who the four Satoshis are and who created the Bitcoin? So it wouldn't be decentralized, right? Are you familiar with this clip? I am not clip. Is it a clip? Did you get a clip? I have a clip. I didn't put it on today's show. Is it a clip? I had no idea. The problem I center a note back Uh, where's the clip? Because I thought the clip was uh... Was cut off. I didn't think that there was it was a complete there was it was a hearing with Homeland Security Where one of the people went and said I you know I'm gonna talk to this Satoshi guy because they they had confiscated billions of dollars the guests in bitcoins from some crooks Part of the Silk Road deal part of it. Yeah, and so they went and found and he went and found his he found supposedly again You know what I mean?

1:47:20 Satoshi with the three other guys who created Bitcoin and they had a long chat and I never find what they didn't get the rest of it So I'm holding the cliff. I would like to hear more about that. However, it makes no difference There's no master key that unlocks the power of Bitcoin that turns it back So it is still completely decentralized. There is nothing that the four Satoshis or 40 Satoshis or 4,000 Satoshis could do to change it. So no, it's still decentralized. And you know that for a fact. You don't have a backdoor. Yes, of course. The code is open. I'm running the code. I can look at the code. I've looked at the code. Everyone sees the code, the protocol. No, there's no backdoor. There's no secret sauce. No one runs it. It's run by the people who run nodes and mine, of which I'm both. So no.

CHAPTER 25 / 38 Discussion

Executive Producer Credits, St. Patrick's Day Meetups

A large segment is dedicated to thanking executive and associate executive producers for their financial support. Notable mentions include Michael Bernstein's "Mutual Win Tiny Homes" project, which is converting a decommissioned prison into an RV community. The hosts also list numerous upcoming St. Patrick's Day meetups across the United States and Germany, emphasizing the importance of the producer-organized community.

st. patrick's day· tiny homes· etsy· meetups· executive producers

1:48:09 No. Onward. Onward. Barron Sir John, Herber Springs, uh... Heber. Heber Springs. Is that Arizona? Or Arkansas? Arkansas. Arkansas. Heber Springs, Arkansas. Happy St. Pat's! Wait, is that... when is it St. Patrick's Day? That's tomorrow I believe, St. Patrick's Day, 31723. Anyone want to do a donation? Do it tomorrow! 31723! Another donation opportunity missed? Or did you have... We don't have a show tomorrow, we don't have a newsletter tomorrow, I don't know what I can do. Well thank you Baron Sir John, he thought about 31723. Happy St. Pat's, Baron Sir John, Knight of St. Patrick, Patron of Saint of Engineers, let the green beer flow! All with you, thank you very much for your courage.

1:48:52 Anyone who wants to do 731.72 would be good. Yeah, we'll take that. Kevin Pramod in Newport Ritchie, Florida. 317.06. ITM, and thank you for your courage, gentlemen. This is long overdue transfer of value from my smoking hot wife and myself is in honor of our 17th anniversary. Your show consistently adds value, depth and new topics to our marital discourse. Thank you. I don't know if that's something you should be thanking us for, but okay. Another marriage saved or created. You're welcome. Kevin Weinstock is in Tucker, Georgia. 234.56. We love that. He says, I'm still a douche, but no jingles, no karma. Okay.

1:49:32 You got it. And Sir Jeff is in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 233.33. Thank you for your courage. He says go karma if you don't mind that is Sir Jeff of PA Route 33. You've got karma. Alright so now we have Doosan. Is it Doosan? Doosan maybe? Yeah, Doosan. Doosan. Doosan Mellectic in Bartlett, Texas. Mm-hmm. There's a pair. Two, two, two, two, that's a bunch of... Ducks. Roa ducks. Roa ducks. Now he's sending a note, handwritten, and I have it here. I'll struggle to read it. In the morning, two, two, two, two, two, two, you.

1:50:17 Value for value and shameless self-promotion, I am making a fundraiser, a fundraiser, items, okay, he's making some items for Etsy, for establishment of the small solar observatory in Bartlett, Texas. For purposes of science, local educational outreach and art, like seen on the www.etsy.com slash shop, M scientific gallery. Okay, so look for M Scientific Gallery. Stop by, get some striking merch. Merch! And support science. Doosan. Meletic. I'm trying to get, you know, it's not very handy that he wrote that in. Oh, here I have it. Okay, I'm gonna put that in the show notes next to his credit because there's no way anyone can ever remember that.

1:51:13 Don't do that people, send us something I can copy. What does he have here? Oh, it's kind of interesting. Scientific stuff. No. I'll check it out later. He's doing a fundraiser. Alright, thank you. Jasmina Hrapovic, Alicante, Valencia, España. Switcheroo, switcheroo, switcheroo, 2-2-2. Short row of ducks. This donation is for my dearest brother, Adi Hrihrapovic. Happy birthday on the 16th of March. So that is today. And we will have him on the list. Birthday, birthday. Enjoy the sabbatical, she says. So let me put that in as a switcheroo. And there we go. Another. Michael Bernstein in Raleigh, North Carolina, 20401.

1:51:56 Here is money for an excellent product. Speaking of an excellent product, my company, Mutual Win Tiny Homes, we know this guy. We know this guy. He's got nice tiny homes. He's always got these stories like this. It's always fascinating. That's why it's a good reason for listening to the donation segment. Mutual Win Tiny Homes bought a decommissioned prison I've seen the pictures. I've seen the pictures. And convert it into an incredible RV campsite community. For example, the prison guard tower will become one of the most unique Airbnb stays in the Carolinas. He's not lying. He's not lying. It's pretty intense. It includes a machine gun turret.

1:52:45 We're having a viewing party on Saturday April 1st and all Gitmo Nation members in the Raleigh Richmond area are welcome. Please contact me on Instagram, mutualwintinyhomes, and mutual wins one word, or by email michael at mutualwin.com. for this free April 1st event. Cheers! Michael, please add to the show notes the Facebook invite." And then he's got a URL. I got that. As much as it hurts me, I got that. 20401. And then we have Darius Unity, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, 202.42. And of course, the smaller the amounts, the larger and longer the notes. It's amazing how it happens.

1:53:23 He says, in the morning gents, thank you for your unwavering courage, all the value and for the gracious opportunity to repay y'all with some coin as the young folks call it. Really? Y'all helped me win a decent bet on the Super Bowl believe it or not. Oh that wasn't because of what I said. Although, I don't know, maybe it would have helped. You know, it's kind of like the inverse Jim Cramer stock ticker. Also congrats to my pal Roundy on the hat trick. 202 because I'm a child of a certain swamp with that area code. 42 because that's the trademark flagship of my apparel brand, War & Tease. W-A-R-N-T-E-A-S-E. So, shameless plug, I'm still running the promo code ITM for a lucky 3% off everything in my unique 150... about 150 product catalog.

1:54:10 Okay, well congratulations in closing a humbly request to deduce You've been D do as this is my third executive producer credit in as many quarters no shade It's because of my fat fingers and my non proofreading self with Gitmo Nations help though I plan to become a 420 born day night with what likely will be an easily shelled out $420 yes, it's coming up April 20th. It's a show day for those that plan meetups in the DC area No jingles just an all-purpose R2D2 karma Which I have. Thanks again. 333T. That's trillion. Apologies for the blog post of a note. I shall atone. Peaceful tidings. Darius. You got it, Darius. Thank you, brother. You've got karma. All right. Now we have two donations combined. And this is Kara Spangler in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.

1:55:07 $200 and then George Biggs in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania $200 and so they sent two checks Oh, so so they want two credits which they're gonna get and then but one note that now you're talking efficiency good work Good work. Yeah In the morning to you, John and Adam. Greetings from the southwestern Pennsylvania. We're starting, we started listening to and enjoying the show for the past one and a half years, and it's time to give back. The best podcast in the universe, please deduce us. You've been deduced. Those who know agenda together stay together. Adam is always great to listen to, especially when he makes appearances on some of our other favorite shows, such as the survival podcast.

1:55:57 Survival podcast donation. Survival donation. Survival podcast donation. Yeah! JCD brings humor whimsy and joy to every show. It doesn't seem like a buzzkill to us. You're clearly not an end of show mixer, okay? Keep up the good work, gents. Thank you for your courage. If any of the... and meanwhile, that goes on. Shameless plug portion of the note. Go for it. If any of the producers out there are stained glass artists and are looking for original stained glass patterns, please feel free to check out Hallowed Oak Designs on Etsy. Lastly, we'd like some business exit strategy, Karma, and the quote, you're gonna need a Bitcoin jingle. Thanks, George and Kara.

1:56:56 You've got karma Caban dross it I'm thinking drastic. Yeah, I think yeah Brentwood, California is a fancy area $200 Thank You gents abracadabra homes abracadabra to you I'll do the next one as well since that was so short Lisa Bernier Clarkston, Michigan Oh, no, that's uh, no. No, we're gonna do that in a moment because we that was all our donors That was our execs and associates. We're gonna save the rest for later. Okay? All right, on with the show. Hold on, let me check, let me see. What are we doing here? 1628, so we lost about 300 trolls on that pass-through. 300. 300 trolls. Yeah. Actually, I think it's not too bad when you think about it.

1:57:50 It's only a 20% drop off and they do come back. They're probably, you know, they're pooping right now like, oh, okay. Probably pooping all the time doing these guys. Thank you very much to the execs and associate executive producers for episode 1538. These are forever credits. You get to use them for the rest of your life. You can tout them. You can put them into chat GPT so it'll be stuck there forever. And whenever someone chat GPT's your name it'll pop up as an executive producer guaranteed. Put it on IMDB you'll see all the big Hollywood big wigs there. But best of all if anyone ever questions you about this credit which is real we will vouch for you personally. Thank you for supporting the NO Agenda show. If you want to support us go here vorac.org slash N A. And thank you again for making 1538 a real reality. Our formula is this. We go out

CHAPTER 26 / 38 Discussion

Silicon Valley Bank Failure, Woke Bank Thesis

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has sparked a debate over the "woke bank" thesis, popularized by Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus. Critics argue the bank's focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and climate initiatives distracted from risk management. However, others point out that the bank was not technically insolvent but suffered a rapid bank run triggered by venture capitalists like Peter Thiel.

silicon valley bank· svb· bernie marcus· maxine waters· fdic· woke

1:58:41 We hit people in the mouth. By the way, the Dutch producers are pointing out to me that BBB is also analogous to 666 so that's the we got I think we need to talk about Silicon Valley Bank and and Credit Suisse and everything that's happening on the financial markets today just because everyone's talking about it so we might as well throw in our well or three cents I Have three clips good

1:59:25 Do you have an overview? Do you have an overview clip? I have no overview. I think we did the overview. You did a fine overview last show and I don't think we need to do another overview, but I want to get down to the what's causing the generalities and generalizations. I got all the funny clips. Oh, okay. All right. I'm going to start off with this is on one of the business shows. This is Bernie... This is the, I think, the origins of the Woke Bank thesis. Ah, yes, the Woke Bank thesis. Because this is the great 93-year-old Bernie Marcus. Wait a minute, we have to explain the thesis.

2:00:02 The thesis is that the bank went broke because they were woke. This is one of my favorite. They did too much climate change, too much Black Lives Matter. It's pennies. It's a drop in the bucket, people. And so the thesis I think stems from Bernie, although I have two other clips that back it up. I mean, first we have Kevin O'Leary, who was on Fox, for some reason saying, I don't care if I lost six billion in the bank, you know, and he goes on and on about bailouts when it wasn't a bailout, but OK. I don't know what his problem is. And then I have... Stop, stop, stop! What do you mean it wasn't a bailout? The bailout is when the taxpayers save a bank. Oh, okay. But do you consider the FDIC guaranteeing all deposits, not a bailout? Yes, I do, because the bank had net assets.

2:00:55 No, I don't. I don't think it's a bailout. I think it's just making the depositors whole and then closing down the bank and then moving all the assets someplace else. I don't think it was a... the bank wasn't in arrears. It wasn't broke like these banks that went bad in 2008 because of the credit, because you know they were burned by the mortgage. Okay, bonds fair enough. Although I do have something to say about what what assets did they have? I'm sorry just so I can follow that up later a lot of they had a lot of bonds that were that were they had to hold to maturity and they weren't gonna be able to do that. Okay, there's some other assets. The government can do it. There's some other assets we'll talk about in a moment.

2:01:35 Well, here let's go. I'm gonna save Bernie for the third clip then. Okay. Let's go with this one. Here's one reason this one cracks me up. This is all stuff on Fox. SBC is a Democrat bank. That's why they bailed it out. 98% of all political contributions from tech employees went to Democrats in 2020, with one insider telling the Post, Silicon Valley Bank is the bank of the Democrats. They're looking after their own. If it was the bank of MAGA, what are the chances it would be bailed out? There's not a chance in hell. Democrats say Biden did a bang-up job and is setting the stage for more handouts to Americans. How we were able to protect jobs and how we were able to get those payrolls done so that these owners of these small tech companies could pay their staff, etc. We did a miraculous job.

2:02:27 I believe that Fed did the right thing to protect depositors and a lot of these companies. But when you look at Jackson, Mississippi, when you look at East Palestine, Ohio, when you look at folks with student debt and medical debt, they see that the Congress isn't capable of acting in three days the way they were capable to act here. And that is a big issue in this country. Why is it that some people who deserve relief get the relief and others don't? I just have another question, and I'm not really pushing back too hard, but the FDA's Before you go to that question, I'd like to comment on this clip. It's Maxine Waters. It speaks for itself. No, no, the guy that came second, he says Congress won't act on this, won't act on that, but Congress acted on this. Congress didn't do jack about this bank. No, it was all the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and the federal home loan. That's where everyone's getting their money from.

2:03:17 The FLHM, I think it is, or what is it? There's money for federal home loans and that's what's filling up this backstop. But I just have to point out that the federal deposit insurance is $250,000 per depositor. And they're going, so Silicon Valley Bank chose to have no security, no insurance, anything above and beyond that. And so that is a change that is quite significant that, oh, it doesn't matter what happens to the bank. If I have 10 million in there or 250, I'm going to get my money back. You have to agree that's different. Yeah, the rules have been changed or seemingly so. But I'm not even sure that's true. OK. All right.

2:04:05 If FDIC can do what it wants, if it wants to save all the banks, you know, for their own deposit. They don't have all that money. They have a lot of money. Yeah, they don't have that much but okay, let's continue. Let's go. Well again, the bank is not insolvent So it's not like a big deal. That's your opinion. It depends on the answer an opinion. It's like it's a fact You heard it on Fox News. I agree. I didn't hear it on Fox News. They're all against this idea You're you're the one that's all lockstep with Fox News. I am NOT. Oh No, I don't think so. Okay, here we go. I'm gonna go let money go with Bernie on this one Right to Bernie Marcus that this is what I think triggered the woke woke woke stuff

CHAPTER 27 / 38 Discussion

Bank Bailouts, Kevin O'Leary on Nationalization

Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary criticized the FDIC's decision to guarantee all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank, arguing it effectively nationalizes the American banking system. He suggests this creates a moral hazard by encouraging bank managers to take excessive risks, knowing the government will backstop depositors. The discussion clarifies that while the bank's management was wiped out, the unlimited deposit guarantee is a significant policy shift.

kevin o'leary· fdic· bank bailout· nationalization· moral hazard

2:04:47 The Home Depot co-founder, kind enough to join us now. Bernie, always good seeing you. Do you think history is repeating itself? Should people stay calm? I can already... He's already not... Yes, he's got a Fauci wheeze in there, you caught it. Let's go back. The Home Depot co-founder, kind enough to join us now. Bernie, always good seeing you. Do you think history is repeating itself? Should people stay calm? What are you telling him? Well, all I know is that I can't wait for Biden to get on the speech again and talk about how great the economy is and how it's moving forward and getting stronger by the day.

2:05:28 And this is an indication that whatever he says is not true. And maybe the American people will finally wake up and understand that we're living in very tough times. That in fact, the recession may have already started, who knows. But it doesn't look good and I feel bad for all these people that lost all their money in this woke bank. You know, it was more distressing to hear that the bank officials sold off their stock before this happened. It's depressing to me. Who knows whether the Justice Department will go after them. They're a woke company so I guess not.

2:06:11 and they'll probably get away with it. When you say a woke company, that's in technology, venture capital funded startups and all of that. They might have been disproportionately exposed to this. Do you think there are others like this bank out there? I think there probably are, yeah. I think that the system, I think that the administration has pushed many of these banks into more concern about global warming than they do about shareholder return. And these banks badly run because everybody is focused on diversity and all of the woke issues and not concentrating on one thing they should, which is shareholder returns.

2:07:02 Yeah, it's an easy one. It's an easy one. I mean, there is a lot of money being returned by Democrats now. Oh, I got this money from Silicon Valley Bank. We'll send that back. They did have a lot of DEI initiatives. All that's the really simple stuff, I think, that is just... and it's all for political reasons, like everything today. If we can slam a politician from the other side, it's good to go. So I'm with you on this. This is bullcrap. It's also bullcrap what they were doing. You know? Oh, of course it was. Obviously. But 70 million here or there, that's not what got this bank in trouble. We got a note from someone who ran the... I don't have the note in front of me, unfortunately. I'm gonna have to get it. I have it here. Who is involved with the UK branch of this thing. Yeah, well, okay. So the title of that was Bank Bailout Happening As We Speak.

2:07:58 And they said that HSBC bought the Silicon Valley Bank UK. Yeah, read this note, it's quite interesting. I don't know if I have, I think I have the follow-up here. Okay, the Fed said it will establish a bank term funding program that allow US banks to borrow billions at favorable market terms if the loans are backed by Treasury bonds, high quality agency debt or mortgage-backed securities. There's our old favorite. I'm sorry, I don't have the the UK version. But the point was HSBC is a notoriously corrupt bank and they will do whatever is necessary to keep everybody safe and they bought SPV UK for $1.

2:08:39 Yeah, that was the one pound. Let's get that straight. I'm sorry, one pound, which is almost $1. What are you talking about? It's not a big difference. Yes, it was a very interesting takedown of the, he blamed the Bank of England, the whole thing's corrupt. It's corruption, but beside the point, it's always used as political, everything's a political football. Correct, correct. And so the woke bank, it's funny, I just got the biggest kick out of it. I like that guy, that old geezer, the old coot, that 93-year-old man who's still kicking and still yelling and screaming and get off my lawn is a great guy. So, I'm all in.

2:09:17 All right. That's me next. Next stop. That's all I got in the bank. You have the O'Leary clip, which I'm still waiting to play. Oh, you want to play? Yeah, O'Leary seems to be just full of shit. He's a shark tank guy. And he's also nonchalant in a very odd way. He says, yeah, we had $6 billion in the bank and we should have lost it all. We could take the hit. What's he talking about? Did I get this right that you had money in SVB? A lot of money? I had many companies that we invested in our private equity portfolio from Circle on down. Circle had about three billion and it was the largest depositor and others and you know when you're in my situation you don't care that much about politics you care about policy.

2:10:07 And so you make your decisions every day. My job is to get up in the morning and put millions of dollars to work. I really care about policy. And what I see here, you know, regardless of where you stand in politics, is a pretty bad policy because what we did, in my view, it's a personal opinion, over the weekend, is to nationalize the American banking system. We basically told everybody around the world, regardless of who you are and what bank you're in, No matter how much you have, we guarantee it. We don't care who you are or why it's there, but no matter what happens, it's guaranteed. So just think about it. I'd like to keep this very simple. I'm a bank manager in a bank today after this new policy decision and I get compensated on the value of my bank stock.

2:10:59 You just told me I could take all the depositors money, go to Las Vegas, put it on red, maybe I double it, maybe I lose it all, but it doesn't matter to me because you, the taxpayer, and the government guarantee all my depositors. Well, this is true. That's just a mischaracterization. Well, that's a simple way of looking at it. It's a very simplistic way, but there's no doubt that they changed the rules and depositors are safe, right? In an instance where the bank was not out of business, it wasn't broke, it wasn't without funds, yeah.

CHAPTER 28 / 38 Discussion

SVB Patent Collateral, Venture Capital Loans

New details emerge regarding Silicon Valley Bank's lending practices, specifically its use of patents as collateral for loans to venture capital firms. Approximately 20% of these patents were pending or inactive, complicating potential sales of the bank's assets. The rapid collapse is attributed to the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes, which devalued the bank's long-term bond holdings.

silicon valley bank· patents· collateral· venture capital· bank run

2:11:42 And it should be that way. I think what they did was the right thing to do. Hold on, hold on, hold on. What happened here is the Federal Reserve raised rates so quickly that many banks, including Silicon Valley Bank and many of these regional banks, because they saw the interest rates so low, they didn't expect... Why is a whole different thing. They didn't expect the Federal Reserve to raise rates so quickly, seven or eight times in as many months. And they had these long-term, very low interest-bearing instruments, which, you know, they had because they were insolvent. They ran out of money. They needed $2 billion. And then people like Peter Thiel and Jason Calacanis, who claims that he protected everybody by yelling so loudly.

2:12:31 They're the ones that sparked this run and the run is not the same as this. It's a wonderful life The run today is click click on your phone. You've transferred the money. So which brings me to the point I brought up on Dvorak Horowitz where I made the already the same points DHM plugged I thought it was illegal to create a run on a bank. I thought it was illegal. Is it? I don't know. I thought it was illegal to create a run on a bank and Peter Thiel in particular, Calacanis, I don't know what his involvement is on anything. He was yelling loudly. He takes credit. He takes credit for saving everybody. He takes credit for the bank collapse? For saving everybody. No, no, he says, I was warning everybody three days before this happened. Well, that's the same as creating it as far as I'm concerned. I think he was part of creating the run.

2:13:24 That's okay, then I would like to know what the law is about this my understanding was always it was illegal I don't know. I don't know Okay, well, we'll never find out. Well. Let's just do a couple of things here Because we will find some stuff out, but first I need to alert you to the fact that Silicon Valley Bank, okay, so venture capital firms. I know a little bit about this because I know some of the players involved and my company is also at Silicon Valley Bank. So they don't actually always put their venture capital money into these companies. They themselves have Silicon Valley Bank provide the loan

2:14:06 to these companies. The loan is to the venture capital companies, but they give the money to the companies they're funding. And I did not know this. Stek turned me on to this. You know, there's nothing like an old school lawyer, gumshoe lawyer, to go and look at this stuff. Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Silicon Valley Bank are the largest banks who take patents collateral, 20% of which are pending and a large portion which are inactive because they don't want to pay the $10,000 a year to keep them active. So when you see that no one has bought this bank yet, you know that this is what people are confused by.

2:14:59 I said, wait a minute, there's plenty of people who want to buy this bank. How come a deal hasn't been made yet? I think it's because of this, because now they have to, and I have all the patents here. He got tons of documents on it in the show notes. So a lot of these loans or these accounts, the deposit accounts, were actually loans to the venture capital companies, if I'm saying this right, secured by the patents that these companies had. or we're patent pending. So that needs to be taken into account. That is not going to stand up very well. And that's probably a big reason why no buyer has been agreed upon yet. But they're going to have to find someone if it goes. It depends on who gets this thing. But that's going to be that's going to be something of great interest if we hear about it at all. Now,

CHAPTER 29 / 38 Discussion

Insider Trading Allegations, FDIC Board Coup

The SEC and Justice Department are investigating Silicon Valley Bank executives for potential insider trading after CEO Greg Becker sold $3.6 million in stock weeks before the collapse. While the sale was part of a pre-scheduled 10b5-1 plan, the timing has drawn intense scrutiny. Additionally, the segment references a previous "coup" at the FDIC that replaced the chairman with a more ideologically aligned board.

svb· sec· justice department· insider trading· fdic· greg becker

2:15:56 A couple of things. Let's just play some some shortish clips here from the mainstream to see what they got right or wrong. We turn now to the banking industry and a new investigation into the Silicon Valley bank failure. Regulators want to know whether executives got bonuses and sold stock knowing that the bank was in trouble. ABC's Lindsay Watts has more on this developing story. Lindsay, good morning. Rihanna, good morning to you. We have learned the Justice Department and the SEC are launching investigations into the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. They'll be looking into whether any of the bank's executives got unusual bonuses. They'll also look for evidence of insider trading. The bank's CEO reportedly sold millions in stock just two weeks before the bank's collapse.

2:16:43 but it's not clear if there was any wrongdoing. A former SEC official says the investigation will focus on the timeline. The SEC and the Department of Justice both will be interested in Who knew what when? Normally the SEC and the other stock exchanges look at insiders of the company to see if maybe they had some unusual trading. All right, so I just want to put everyone's mind at ease. This is your typical bullcrap M5M messaging. Oh, they took big bonuses just before it collapsed. He sold stock just before it collapsed. Let me just tell you how this works in public companies.

2:17:26 any company really but the way this works with a public company if you're an officer an insider you get put on a schedule you have a schedule when you can buy and you have a schedule when you can sell and you register that it's registered far in advance it's published information the CEO had a scheduled sale for 3.6 million dollars he'd sold 30 million in the past year which should give you pause anyway but these are published and known the same goes for the bonuses they came they took bonuses on the day they collapsed! No, the bonuses are published well in advance and those that didn't make the cutoff didn't make it out. So that's important to understand that you're going to be inundated with that to trigger you to trigger you for political means.

2:18:10 Now let's talk about these buyers. There were buyers who are willing to step in and buy the bank and that the radicals at the FDIC basically weren't going to allow that to happen. I even heard, again someone told me this directly that was close to the situation, that the Biden administration had a white list of companies that were allowed to buy the failed bank and companies that weren't. And so basically you could imagine they're so concerned about some bank getting a little bit bigger that they've decided to put all these taxpayer monies at risk. And I think it's something we've seen from the Biden administration really from the beginning. This radical left agenda and it doesn't ever exude any even common sense. And so here we are in the middle of a potential banking crisis. We've got people willing to step up

2:18:59 and buy the company and the radical left-wingers at the FDIC won't let them do it. I don't think there's a single buyer and this is again just for political means. Oh Biden's so full of he's no good, no good. It's all political. This is not what's going on at all. Let's take a look at some of the regulators. Wait, he says the radical what at the FDIC? I have to listen to it again. Let's go. Let's see. Let's listen to the end here. What did he say? Potential banking crisis. We've got people willing to step up and buy the company and the radical left-wingers of the FDIC won't let them do it. The radical... Really?

2:19:39 No, of course not. This is all... The radical left-wingers at the FDIC won't let them do it. True, true. Hold on. First of all, true. There was a coup at the FDIC and they kicked out the chairman of the board. We reported on that. Yeah, we did. They usurped that person. I forget who it was. They're woke. They're woke, they're woke, but that is not the problem. That is all just being done to get you to vote Republican or Democrat, left or right. How about the oversight? How about the people who gave all these banks good ratings and how, oh no, don't worry. Hold on. Hold on. I never finished my thought. No, you can't. You got to be faster. Go ahead. But go ahead.

CHAPTER 30 / 38 Discussion

Credit Suisse Crisis, Swiss National Bank Lifeline

Credit Suisse shares plummeted 24% following a loss of investor confidence, prompting the Swiss National Bank to provide a $54 billion liquidity lifeline. This crisis is linked to global contagion following U.S. bank failures. The Federal Reserve had previously established a $10 billion swap line with the Swiss National Bank in late 2022, suggesting early awareness of systemic risks in the European banking sector.

credit suisse· switzerland· swiss national bank· liquidity· contagion

2:20:22 If it was a woke bank and the FDIC is filled with a bunch of woke a-holes, why would they prevent this from happening? It makes no logical sense. No, it's all just to turn you into a political bouncing ball and to drive you crazy. This is why your NOAA Gender Show tries to break it down. So we have people who look at these banks and tell you if they're any good or not. Oh, well, what are they going to do? They should have seen this coming. Oh, no. Fears of a banking crisis are keeping markets on edge this morning, both here and overseas. The stock price of one of Europe's biggest banks, Credit Suisse, plunging 24 percent to an all time low Wednesday. That bank also has a big presence here in the U.S.

2:21:08 Overnight, the firm announcing that it will borrow up to $54 billion from the Swiss Central Bank to shore up its liquidity and investor confidence. Back here at home, concerns still looming over America's regional banks. First Republic stock diving 21% after its credit rating was downgraded into so-called junk territory. Bloomberg reports the bank is now exploring a potential sale. The head of Wall Street's biggest investment firm, BlackRock, telling The Guardian, this is a slow rolling crisis with more seizures and shutdowns coming. But analysts say no matter what happens, your bank account is secure. If you have your money in First Republic, it is still safe. There's an implicit guarantee by the feds over the weekend that said depositors aren't going to get hurt here. We're going to look at all the regional banks and make sure the depositors get their money back. That's not the clip I wanted to play, but we'll leave it as it is.

2:22:02 It was actually Moody's has downgraded the entire banking sector just as a joke. Just, just, hey you know we're on top of this stuff we know what's going on. The Moody's rating agency has downgraded the entire banking system. It says conditions in the industry are rapidly deteriorating. Now the again the CEO of Silicon Valley Bank was on the fed board of San Francisco. Go look at, if you want to see woke, the woman who was the chair of the San Francisco Federal Reserve. Now that's a woke moron. She's doing everything but paying attention or was she ever meant to pay attention. These people are not doing anything that behooves the banking. They're just letting it all run nuts. But this Credit Suisse thing, there's something going on there. And we in

2:22:48 October of last year reported that the Federal Reserve opened up a 10 billion dollar swap line with Credit Suisse. I'm sorry, with a Swiss national bank. possibly bail out Credit Suisse now it's what 56 billion dollars? European markets are appearing to rebound after Switzerland's embattled bank Credit Suisse secured a big financial lifeline. Now concerns over the troubled lender had earlier sent Asian stock markets falling. Credit Suisse has said it will borrow up to 50 billion euros from Switzerland's central bank in a bid to shore up its liquidity, meaning how much cash it has on hand to finance its business. Now the sudden collapses of two US banks last week have sparked growing fears worldwide. So I consider that to be actual contagion if our

CHAPTER 31 / 38 Discussion

FedNow Launch, Central Bank Digital Currency

The Federal Reserve announced the July launch of FedNow, a real-time digital payment system. While officials claim it may eliminate the need for a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), critics argue it provides the same level of government surveillance and control over transactions. The system is designed to allow for immediate government disbursements and peer-to-peer transfers, potentially bypassing traditional regional banks.

fednow· federal reserve· cbdc· digital payments· surveillance

2:23:41 our, our Federal Reserve, nothing federal about it, but our Federal Reserve has been giving money to the very same central bank that is now going to bail out Credit Suisse. I think that is a connection, there's contagion, and who knows what's connected to that. And it really doesn't matter because this will all happen for political reasons, for whenever we need to change things, and I would say that it is just coincidental, just coincidence, that the Federal Reserve is now jumping up and down and saying we're so happy that in July the FedNow network will launch. Yes, long-awaited Fed digital payment system to launch in July. Is this a central bank digital currency? No. It's much better. It's much better. And read from the release. This came out yesterday. FedNow will be known

2:24:35 as it will be known, will create a leading-edge payment system that is resilient, adaptive and accessible. The system will allow bill payments, money transfers such as paychecks and disbursements from the government, as well as a host of other consumer activities to move more rapidly and at lower cost. Yes, program advocates say it will get money out to people much more quickly. For example, for instance, they said, Government payments like those issued in the early days of the COVID pandemic would have been credited to accounts immediately rather than the days it took to reach most people. Some Fed officials say the program could even supplant the need for a central bank digital currency. Correct!

2:25:18 Because we're going to where central bank digital currencies are being tested now with the Swift Network They've tested 25% of these of the countries that are connected have central bank digital currencies They did this this week. It all works. We're not gonna get a CBDC. We're getting direct complete control from the Federal Reserve put your money in your account it's If there's a COVID situation, we're going to add it to you. You can pay real quickly. We're not even going to hide the fact that we're monitoring you. This is what's happening. And the regional banks are going to go out of business. They're being sucked up into the big four or big six. I think that's by design. I really do.

2:26:00 Now, if we're going to have any true contagion and something like 2008, probably not. But I really am concerned that this is going to change your bank account. You'll go to a merger, go to the corner store and the corner store will say, could you please pay with Fed now? Because then I don't have to pay the 3% on the credit card. And if you still want to use your credit card, I want to charge you 3%. They're locking us in. This is how it's going to be done. July. We'll see what happens. I could be wrong, but I see this as the control grid closing. Well, in places like Berkeley where it's illegal to not take cash, I think we'll lead the way to a cash... There it is. Okay, you can put this in neon lights. John C. Dvorak says Berkeley will save America.

CHAPTER 32 / 38 Discussion

Banking Consolidation, The End of Regional Banks

A debate ensues regarding the future of retail payments, with a prediction that merchants will eventually favor FedNow over credit cards to avoid 3% transaction fees. This shift is seen as part of a broader plan to consolidate the banking industry, moving assets from small regional banks into the "Big Six" institutions. The Federal Reserve is characterized as a collection of private banking interests rather than a public entity.

fednow· visa· mastercard· bank consolidation· federal reserve

2:26:52 Yeah. Okay, all right. I don't think so. Everything you described is just a strike at the homeless. No, I think the homeless are going to get a bailout. You will get a free phone or they'll just give you a card either way. You'll get it at the post office and they'll load you up. Look, they give you a free phone for COVID tracking. They give you a free phone. Here you go. Now but it will not be peer-to-peer. That would be the true hallmark of a central bank digital currency I think they're going to circumvent that whole thing. It's your Fed now account that you're Feddie coin. It'll it'll be a dollar It'll work just like Venmo only it'll be faster and it'll be cheaper and you're gonna use it I think you're nuts, but okay, you know what July is not too long to wait No, you want to put a dollar another dollar you want to lose another dollar?

2:27:51 Yeah, I'll take your bet. Okay, but wait. You can't just take this. This can be some wide open bet. What is the... you have to have... the bet has to have parameters. Well, here's what I'm saying. I'm saying FedNow launches in July. And merchants, merchants, so people have stores, people have anything, event within, let's put this, within two months of July. So no, let's take it up until December, from July to December. No, you pushed it. Well, I'm still not buying it anyway. You're right, I should, from my perspective, it doesn't make any difference what month it is.

2:28:31 Look, you're the guy that wants more money printing. You've said this consistently throughout the entire history of the show. They should print trillions! Have you or have you not said this? I have never said that they should print trillions. I described a modern monetary theory but I've never advocated for it. Yes you did! Oh, many times you said I think they should but print it ten times more. Yes! And I defended you on this. Vivid dreams is something you've been taking, Orosco or whatever that drug is. And now you're accusing me of being a drug dealer when you can't... I never said you were a DAS. He misinterpreted it. I said taking is not the same as dealing. A drug user? I corrected myself? You, my friend, are a money printing fiend.

2:29:20 You love it. I've got so much. Let's get the parameter, go back to the parameters of the bet. Okay, so the parameters of the bet are the Fed, when Fed, I'll forget the timeline, we'll get to that. Fed now launches, merchants will be saying, please pay me with Fed now or you have to pay 3% extra to cover the credit card cost. That is my prediction. That is how it will work. That is how it will be implemented. So you think that the super wealthy and probably mean-spirited a-holes that run MasterCard and Visa and other corporations, American Express I would include, and others, are going to roll over for this? I don't think so. I didn't say that.

2:30:06 I didn't say that. I said merchants like your corner store will be saying please pay with FedNow just like that you say please pay with cash otherwise I have a card. Wait, let's start back it up. I have to have a card to pay with FedNow now don't I? No, an app. Do I have a code? Do I have a tattoo on my arm? Is that what it is? An app. You get an app. Phone app. Yeah, yes of course. And Apple who has Apple Pay is going to allow that? They're going to have to, yes. In fact, maybe Apple Pay will even integrate with it. FedNow through Apple Pay wouldn't surprise me. FedNow is going to be the new way that small amounts are going to be paid for in retail because they're literally calling for it. Get integrated now.

2:30:58 They're going to roll this out. They have to because they have to. Yes, they have to because your dream of money printing is coming true. What you always wanted, just pump more money into it, more money into the economy. They cannot stop. There's no stopping that. The small regional banks get rolled up into the big ones. That's happening before your very eyes. No, that's been going on for 40 years. But it's accelerated now. I don't know. You don't know. That's correct. I don't know. I don't see any evidence of acceleration.

2:31:38 When the Federal Reserve announces they are launching this and saying, by the way, we don't need a central bank digital currency with this wonderful system. What do you think they're trying to communicate? How about this? They're communicating the fact that they know that the central bank digital currency is DOA. Okay, all right. As we say in Bitcoin land, enjoy being poor. It's my favorite. Okay, Mr. Bitcoin land. Yeah, well that fixes it. So that's a whole other conversation. How does that work then? How does it take that to be kicked to the curb? Oh, you low soul. Why don't you go get that, the so-called four Satoshis clip and we'll talk about it. Please, please. No, no, no, no, no.

2:32:32 I've had my eye on this for a long time. I see what's coming. Yes, I know. I've noticed. People can go with the John theory or with the Adam theory. Or you can hedge your bets. What's the John theory? I don't know. Everything's bull crap. It's not going to happen. Well, then how can they go with the John theory? You don't even know what it is. Well, what is the John theory? I don't have a theory. I think things are fine. Things are moving along the way they move along. There you go. It's a slow process. Everything's fine. Everything's fine. That's your theory. Everything's fine. Yeah, I'm the guy. I'm the little dog sitting in a room full of fire in there. That's me. Everything's fine. It's all good. Don't worry about it. That's okay. I'm willing to take the opposite of that bet. I don't think anything is fine at all. I think we are going to see actual bank collapses, big ones, real ones, ones that have contagion that are connected. And this, you know, moving everything to digital is the way to go. And it has to come directly from the Federal Reserve, which by the way, in case you missed it, are the banks.

2:33:30 So the banks that you're talking about, MasterCard, American Express, these are all banking companies. It's the same thing. The Federal Reserve is nothing but a collection of these people and these corporations. It's not some other magic entity. Well, I know what you're ranting about, to be honest about it. No, of course not. I'm laying it out what I believe to be true and what I think is happening, and I'm warning people. I'm warning that this is not good, what is going to happen. And I don't think it's not a bailout, it's just a, whoa, ho-hum, nothing new, nothing new, nothing to see here. Uh-uh. No, it's all a house of cards and I think it will come down. It may be slow, but by the end of this year... By the end of this year? We'll be taking, okay, by the end of this year, the No Agenda Show will be taking donations through the FedNow Network. Oh, that's not happening.

CHAPTER 33 / 38 Discussion

O'Keefe Media Group, James O'Keefe Marketing

James O'Keefe has launched the O'Keefe Media Group (OMG) following his departure from Project Veritas. The marketing for the new venture is described as having a "spooky" or intelligence-agency aesthetic. The discussion touches on O'Keefe's history with undercover operations and his collaboration with figures like Jack Posobiec, questioning the ultimate impact of such "guerrilla journalism" on the political landscape.

james o'keefe· project veritas· omg· marketing· intelligence

2:34:32 If that's the only way it will. No, if yeah, I'm not gonna argue that. If there's no choice and it's like a credit card and everything the way you describe it, of course we will. But, no, it's not happening. Okay, well now there's a good bet. That's the dollar bet. That's the dollar bet. I like that as a good bet. Now, and you know what? If we really need to know the truth, we can always go to the O'Keefe Media Group. Yeah. Did you see this? Yeah, I did. Did you see his announcement? What happened to our guy? I've heard nothing from our guy. I mean, I think James O'Keefe is doing a masterful job of marketing his new group. I think he looks like a spook.

2:35:14 In all of his videos now, there's something very spooky about him all of a sudden. He looks very much like a spook. And he's going on and on about Acorn, which accomplished nothing from what I can tell. Which he screwed his co-collaborator on by titling her as just an actress who was hired to do the job. Right. It was actually, I think it was her idea. Very douchey. Very douchey. And he announces this stuff with like, Prosobic, who I think, you know, ex-naval intelligence. They all look like spooks. Yeah. Well, that's what you do. You just take over these operations. That's how the whole intelligence apparatus works.

2:35:55 And it does a good job. It does a very good job. I mean we mock it and point our finger and say there's another example and of course it accomplishes nothing either but at least people are somewhat aware instead of being duped by crazy ideas. All right so talking of crazy ideas we had President Biden coming out, we wish, coming out against guns. He has an executive order and this was a small, not quite the topic of the banks, but smaller. President Biden traveled to the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park today to sign an executive order aimed at increasing the number of background checks prior to firearm purchases. This executive order helps keep firearms out of dangerous hands.

CHAPTER 34 / 38 Discussion

Biden Gun Control Executive Order, Monterey Park

President Biden traveled to Monterey Park, California, to sign an executive order aimed at increasing the number of background checks for firearm sales. During his speech, Biden called on Congress to pass stricter gun legislation and accused "MAGA Republicans" of wanting to defund the police and abolish the FBI. Critics argue the President is using recent tragedies to push a pre-planned 2024 campaign agenda.

joe biden· gun control· executive order· background checks· monterey park

2:36:45 as I continue to call on Congress to require background checks for all firearm sales. Monterey Park was the site of January's mass shooting where a gunman opened fire inside a dance hall, killing 11 and injuring nine others. The president also met with family members of victims and first responders to that shooting. It's so sick, but you know, these guys literally will wait through shooting through shooting to make sure they have the right perp, the right perpetrators, so that you know, so that they can Now it's time to go out and we got to say something about it. If it's a black guy, oh, sorry, we can't do that. Black guys beat up that killed the black guy, black cops, no, we can't do that. It's so transparent and so cynical. And then again, he pre-announces his 2024 Biden crime bill. We invest more in safer communities and expand access to mental health services for those affected by gun violence. Congressional Republicans

2:37:40 should pass my budget instead of calling for cuts in these services or defunding the police or abolishing the FBI as we hear from our MAGA Republican friends. And where's Fox discounting this? It was not the MAGA Republicans calling for defunding the police. No, this is the biggest lie that he's told recently even though he had bigger ones on which I'll put on the next show from the uh Comedy Central show he's brought back the fine people thing you tease that in the newsletter. You didn't bring the clips No, I screwed up I get to this clip limit and I just stop

2:38:16 So but the point is the news it'll be good for next time. I get some funny stuff for the next newsletter All right, but let's let's go back. This is the second time we have him lying because he he is going to this is just the beginning but blatant blatant lies It's not just it's just a blatant lion and I think your point is taken Where is the fact check fact check false from Fox News? They didn't even pick out they nobody took that clip and did anything with it. No Where is it? But besides that, he is gearing up for a crime bill that is going to be unbelievable. I can feel it in every... maybe he'll do it before, you know, before the election.

CHAPTER 35 / 38 Discussion

Classroom Safe Rooms, School Shooting Security

Elementary schools in Alabama have begun installing $60,000 rapid-deploy safe rooms inside classrooms. These ballistic-walled units can be deployed in under 10 seconds to protect students during active shooter events or severe weather. The implementation is criticized as a form of "preconditioning" children to live in a state of constant fear, rather than addressing the root causes of school violence.

school safety· safe rooms· uvalde· alabama· ballistic walls

2:38:55 But he's he's teeing it up and it's again of course because everything is political y'all should just turn off the TV You know what get your over-the-air antenna and watch Hogan's heroes all day long everything else is damaging to your health now We're going to put children in jail in school We turn now to school safety and a new option to keep kids safe after a wave of school shootings It's a kind of safe room and it's right inside the classroom In less than 10 seconds, this Alabama teacher can deploy a safe room inside her classroom. I like to leave it out. It's more functional for me. I use this for instructional space with writing.

2:39:38 My kids love to free draw on this side. The city of Coleman recently adding these rapid deploy safe rooms in two of their elementary special education classrooms. It's an idea prompted by the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas last year. The ballistic wall unit is designed to shield the entire classroom until law enforcement arrives to do their jobs. Then we open the door, we go home. That's the key. We get to go home. Everybody wants their loved ones to come home. You can see here there's no handle on the outside. So in the event of an emergency, a teacher or administrator is able to close the door and lock it so the students are kept safely inside. The walls can be activated during other emergencies like severe weather. It's been really good so far. The kids love it.

2:40:24 And that's the most important thing is making it a safe space for them. These safe rooms are not cheap. They cost about $60,000 each. You've got to see these things. They're like fold out, I'll say 10 inch thick walls and a ceiling that you know on rails it falls out. You can jam the kids in there. You can probably put 30 in there. They can barely breathe. And then you got a big bolt, dead bolt, so you can't shoot through them. And now these teachers just, it's a safe space for them. We're just letting them draw in here. This is crazy. You're preconditioning these children to be fearful. Fearful. It's really, really disgusting. Safe, safe rooms for your, ugh. All right, it's been a long time.

CHAPTER 36 / 38 Discussion

Pentagon Mothership Report, Project Blue Beam

A draft report from the Pentagon and a Harvard professor suggests that an alien "mothership" could be in the solar system sending probes to Earth. This is linked to "Project Blue Beam," a theory involving the use of directed energy weapons and lasers to create holographic deceptions in the sky. The goal of such a "false flag" alien invasion would be to unify the world's population under a single global government.

pentagon· harvard· ufo· mothership· project blue beam· directed energy weapons

2:41:18 Now entering second half of show. Second half of show. It's time. I've been waiting for this. It's finally gotten to a point where I have to talk about what is going on now that the Pentagon is all in on this hoax. The Pentagon's expert warning about a possible mothership coming close to Earth. It may sound straight out of a movie, but the Pentagon and a Harvard scientist have collaborated on a new draft report questioning if we're alone in the universe and whether we've already seen evidence of life beyond Earth. Here's Gotti Schwartz. Move over, Chinese spy balloon or whatever else US fighter jets shot down last month. Tonight, out of Harvard University, a draft paper about mysterious flying objects sounding almost like science fiction.

2:42:07 I think it's very likely that we are not the most intelligent civilization. that ever existed. It could have been a mothership that released some probes in the habitable region around the Sun. If we have a visitor to our backyard, we should observe it at first. Harvard professor. Harvard professor, everybody. So this is now on NBC News. I can see Joe Rogan all getting all jacked about it. Yeah, that's right. The aliens are coming. Finally.

2:42:57 15 years later I get to talk about Project Blue Beam because that's what this is and this is Harvard scientist Robert Duncan to explain it to you. There's something called like Project Blue Beams. Yeah, good one. What is that? That's lasers, right? yeah I can I can actually talk about that one but that is It's really bad, but you know the people that see orbs in the sky Yeah, go around that flight faster than those. You know UFOs. Yeah, there's there's Navy pilots. There's an Navy pilots who talk about They got there so they were flying F-18s these these Navy pilots and one of them's coming in here in a couple in two weeks He's Ryan Graves. Okay. He he's a Navy pilot flying off the coast of North Carolina and they they got their

2:43:55 uh... the radar upgrade on the f eighteen all the sudden they were seeing these things darting around the radio uh... don't tell them what i'm about to say and see if he knows about it. So what we do is we play with our own forces to make sure our trickery will work on the enemy And those are directed energy weapons of where we do intersecting beams or focus beams into the atmosphere and notice they're always in the atmosphere to excite the electron orbitals of the oxygen and nitrogen.

2:44:31 in our atmosphere, it causes a glow and it causes ionization. That ionization shows up on radar and it's like a cat laser pointer and we're making planes chase them. That's exactly how they describe these things moving, like laser pointers. Yeah, and so we can do it in three space and we can make it look like... In three-dimensional space. Yeah, and we can make it look like an entire fleet is about to drop bombs on let's say Europe and then just have them disappear and they get all their planes up in the air and we attack them from the other direction. Assuming we're attacking... Who is doing this? The Navy you said?

2:45:13 Somebody, let's just say a group. Space Force! A group, you know. And you know this for a fact. I know it for a fact, yeah. So anyway, don't tell your guests. A group within the US government. Yeah, okay, we'll leave it at that. Yes. And is this something that could be seen with the naked eye? Yes, because it glows. It glows. So it would be seeable, you can see it by the naked eye, and it would leave a radar trace. So it's perfect. as a deception and it involves the voice of God weapons that I was talking about. And this got leaked and so it probably won't have the effect and they probably won't do it but if you wanted to bring the world together as President Reagan said in several UN speeches

2:46:05 You would have a common enemy like evil aliens attacking. We forget our differences and we fight against it. So we look at each other as Chinese or Russian or American, we look at each other as earthlings. As humans, yeah, as earthlings. And so that was Project Bluebeam was to trick the human race into believing either God is coming down, everybody hears the voice of God, the microwave hearing effect, get along, whatever the new message is. Or it was gonna be the evil aliens attacking. And notice how they all of a sudden, all the governments release all their information on UFOs and there's a whole division dedicated and that's just deception. Project Blue Beam, there you go. So that guy talking? Yeah. He's one of those guys who refers to women as females.

2:47:00 Okay, everybody will know that what I'm talking about. Yeah, so we're who is that netball Robert Duncan? Oh, Duncan's off to deep end. I thought you were gonna call for theremin. I was ready for that, but no, you didn't call for it. You missed opportunity, John. What are you thinking? This is no good. You're slipping. I forgot all about the theremin noise. You're slipping, you're slipping. I am. I'm gonna show my school by donating to No Agenda. Imagine all the people who could do that. Oh yeah, that'd be fun. Yeah, on No Agenda. In the morning.

CHAPTER 37 / 38 Discussion

Damehood Inductions, Sarah Lane Health Update

Several producers are inducted into the show's "Round Table" as Dames and Knights, including Dame Cicerone of Catland and Dame Shopska Salad. A special request was made for "F-cancer" karma for Sarah Lane, a well-known personality from TechTV and the tech podcasting world, who is reportedly facing serious health challenges. The segment concludes with a final list of $50 donors.

sarah lane· damehood· cicerone· tech tv· donations

2:47:36 Brother Okay Finally second half of show I've been a long time Yeah, you know that I knew about this this whole thing coming down and and the Lester Holm and that whole thing I'm thinking I'm one of the Adams ever gonna pull this one out cuz I'm not going oh It's my job. This is what this is what I do to this is too dumb So Lisa Bernie is at the top of the list with you as you people to thank I She's in Clarkston, Michigan. You might want to read her note because she's becoming a Damehood. She wrote a very long note for $150, but she is a Dame and we're reading these notes so far. Well, she says after almost a decade of small monthly donations, contributing value for value, and hosting many of the Local One meetups, she's finally crossed the finish line. She wants to be known as Dame Cicerone of Catland. I think I met her. Oh, a Cicerone is a beer equivalent of sommelier.

2:48:31 The things you learn a title I haven't used professionally so I might as well use it here Saison, Saison, Saison and Pimento cheese. I don't know Saison, Saison, Saison Saison and pimento cheese at the round table calling out my smoking hot boyfriend Ray as a douchebag. Oops. I didn't get my my ray douchebag ready Douchebag he's listened almost as long as I have and has yet to donate Lastly she wants the full respect song and R2D2 karma shout out for my fellow nerds such as sir sir Slarty Bartfast and Baron Harkonnen that's quite an ask

2:49:09 I will say I'm gonna give you this short one short one. R-E-S-P-I-C-T And I will do it at the end of show. And if she wanted an R2D2 we can give her that at least. You've got karma. The next one is similar. It's from Dan Sullivan in Tinley Park, Illinois. And he sent a card, a nice card by the way, celebrating St. Patrick's Day. He came at 133.33 and he is getting knighted and so I'll read this from this card.

2:49:45 And it's from Dan and Tracy Sullivan. Tracy's involved, even though this is obviously not her handwriting. Gentlemen, Dan here. Thanks for doing the work. Please knight me, sir. Johnny Bananas, which I think is a great knight name. That's good. He also wants to give a shout out to his fellow South Side Irish slaves. Go to your meetups, people, and get your ass to church. 133.33. And we have a third knighting. Wait a minute. You are for the round wait. Oh the third one. You're right. No. Yeah, no you're right Sorry, your John is next young Kovar right you got it go next on the list is George George or Gorgon a Gorgon a Gorgon a Yankova in Chesham UK and In the morning the comment I've now reached the threshold to become a dame she writes I

2:50:48 I would like to be known as Dame Shopska Salad, whatever that means. And for the round table, I'd like some, any champagne will do. Bollinger's always a winner. Thank you, Gorgana. Bollinger champagne, I do like Bollinger. It's a go-to. It's not ridiculously overpriced by any means for the quality. Onward with the donations and starting Chris Rolled. R-O-A-L-D, I'm not sure how to pronounce that, he's in Norway. Hundred dollars. Carlos Estrada, Spring, Texas, a hundred. Lucas Williams in Roswell, New Mexico, yes, a hundred. Jan Bruggenik in Schmied.

2:51:40 8-0-0-8. Sir Kevin McLaughlin, our buddy in Locust, North Carolina. 8-0-0-8. Continuing the streak. Curtis Cool in East Stroud, North Carolina. I don't know what that says. East Stroudsburg. Oh, I'm sorry, I'm cut off. Okay. Pennsylvania. 77, 52. Got a birthday. For his mom, who was 71 on the 18th and his happy 46. 46 year old he says and vasectomy free.

2:52:17 He's got, but he spelled with an X. I know. Is that referring to a vasectomy or a vaccine? I don't know. It's a new word. I'm worried about it. I like it. Vaxectomy. Vaxectomy. I'm gonna write that down. Whittler of Wessex in UK, 69-69. Matt Lazari in Manchester, New Hampshire, who would like to get some emergency health karma for Ashley. This is for his wife Ashley and she has a really horrible, she's wheelchair bound, has some syrinx, which is like a spinal column thing. He asked for health karma previously and it worked and so he wants some more. We're happy to do that for her, of course. You've got karma.

2:53:04 Michelle and Stuart Oliver in Hoshton, Georgia 6666. By the way, Matt was 6969. Doug Andrews in Sykesville, Maryland 6283. That's a 20x pie donation. Good one. Who knew? David Spring in Anna, Texas 6008. Dame Tara in Urbana, Illinois, 60. Christopher Dector, parts unknown, 65, 678. Zachary Maywood, 55, 55 in Los Angeles. Richard Futterin.

2:53:46 London, UK, 5510. James Edmondson, South Plainfield, New Jersey, 5510. Troy Funderburk in Spokane, Washington, 55. Kyle Revelli in Bertram, Texas, 5333. Regan Tyson in Toronto, Ontario. Or Reagan, I'm sorry, Reagan Tyson. 5315, he needs to de-douching. You've been de-douched. Rick Bunch in Laverkin, Utah, 5150. Bob Butler in Cumming, Georgia, 5069. Barron's, sir, economic hit man, hey, I haven't heard from him from Tombow, Texas, 5001. The following people are $50 donors and we have a bunch of them today.

2:54:40 Real deals now in San Antonio, Texas. Real deals now in San Antonio, Texas. Patricia, Dame Patricia Worthington in Miami. Brendan Savoie, sir, in Port Orchard, Washington. Douglas Mook in Cochranton, Pennsylvania. Kevin Dills in Huntersville, North Carolina. Christian Freeman, San Marcos, Texas. Easy Landscapes in North Stonington, Connecticut. Big Papa Productions in Minneapolis, Minnesota. What does Big Papa do? He does productions. Yeah, productions. Kelly McDill in Mission Hills, Kansas. Philip Ballou in Louisville, Kentucky. Chris Lewinsky. Sir Chris has been with us forever. Long time. In Sherwood Park, Alberta.

2:55:32 I used to say where the money is and that's long been over ever since Trudeau got in. Michael Thompson in New Brownfells, Texas where the barbecues used to be. Tom Gable in Conroe, Texas. James Edmondson in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Josh Adair, parts floating around. Gary Singleton in Boise, Idaho. Gary actually asked for something I wanted to honor. He said he'd like to request some F-cancer for Sarah Lane. Oh yes. Of Tech TV. I did not know that she had some issues going on there. So we'll do that for her.

2:56:11 Yeah, I've worked with her over the years and she's a really nice person. She has a huge following of nerds who fell in love with her. Yep. And she is a sweetheart. Yes. And she's had some health issues before this and I don't know what this is but it doesn't sound good. No. Cameron Collier in No City Provided. Sarah Gordon, Tucson, Arizona. Jody Zolman in Topeka, Kansas. Regan Gushulik in Twinsburg, Ohio. Chris Oreskog in Charlotte, North Carolina. Aaron Lundquist in Sebring, Florida. William Kidwell in Dover, Delaware. William Heffeker in Seehaupt, Deutschland.

2:57:11 Harold McCoy in Old Monroe, Missouri. And last on our list of a lot of $50 donors today, wow. I want to say it is Michelle and Stuart Oliver in Hoshton, Georgia. Thank you all for making this show a very successful one and hopefully it won't drop off like a rock, off a cliff like it did last Sunday. Congratulations for being part of No Agenda Show 1538. And again thanks to our executive and associate executive producers who we thanked earlier with their forever credits. Again thank you all very much. We have John, we have a little under two weeks for the brand new donation page. We all await anxiously.

CHAPTER 38 / 38 Discussion

Birthday List, Meetup Reports and Outro

The show concludes with the reading of the producer birthday list and a final reminder of upcoming meetups in Idaho, Colorado, and Indiana. A final debate occurs regarding whether the show will eventually be forced to take donations via the FedNow network. The hosts sign off with their traditional catchphrases before transitioning into the "End of Show Mix" featuring listener-submitted audio montages.

birthdays· meetups· fednow· tucker carlson· end of show mix

2:58:00 Here's your birthday list. Renee Cicelo turns 52 today. Congratulations. Dame Susan wishes her daughter Jessica a happy birthday, celebrated on the 12th. Jasmina Haropovich wishes her brother Adi a very happy birthday. And he of course is credited in the upper list there with the producers. Tim Wright turns 36 tomorrow. Joanne wishes her son Curtis Kuh a happy birthday. 46 tomorrow and Curtis Kuhl, I guess it was the same one, wishes his mother Joanne a happy birthday. He turns 71 on March 18th. Happy birthday from everybody here at the best podcast in the universe.

2:58:43 Title changes Yes, this is a title change that we approved and are very happy with. So we have Sir Anonymous, the thrice-knighted black knight Viscount of the ADFC in Arapahoe County. Title is accepted and congratulations with that, sir. We're very happy for you. We've got two knights, three dames on deck, so that's a fiver. We'll take that right there if you got a fiver like that. Yeah, that's pretty good. I'll take that. Jessica, Lisa Bernier, Kergana Yankova, Dan Sullivan and Sir Procrastinator. Please all join us here on stage. You have all supported the NOA Agenda Show in the amount of $1,000 or more. I'm therefore very proud to pronounce the case. The Dame Whatchamacallit, Dame Cicerone of Catland, Dame Shopska Salad, Sir Johnny Bananas and Sir Procrastinator.

2:59:40 Crastinator, for you we've got hookers and blow, rent boys and chardonnay, by request, saison and pimento cheese, Bollinger champagne. We got some ruminants, women and rosé, vodka and vanilla, geysers and sake, bong hits and bourbon, sparkling cider and escorts, gin, drill and gerbils. And of course we've got the mutton and mead, which everybody loves. By the next show I'll be able to tell you where you can go and let us know what size your ring has to be and where to send it to. That will be coming up, but you'll keep that for myself. We already mentioned it earlier, but I don't think noagendarings.com is working yet. So stay alert, bear with us. It's visible. It's visible, yes, but I don't know if you can actually put the info in. And thank you very much for supporting your No Agenda show.

3:00:29 Meetups are cranking up again. We got a lot happening today. In fact, you can be at the Tucson Ladies and Gentlemen, start your livers pre-St. Patrick's Day meetup. It starts now actually. Oh no, in about an hour in Canyons Crown in Tucson, Arizona. The North Idaho Sanity Brigade, third Thursday meetup kicking off at five at Selkirk Abbey in Post Falls, Idaho. Also today mealworms are for chickens, not children. The conference, 6.30, Lincoln's Roadhouse, Denver, Colorado today. Charlotte's Thursday, Thursday, 7 o'clock tonight, Ed Stravern, Charlotte, North Carolina, so coming right up. And then tomorrow, Lake Effect, hooey-hooey, 4 p.m. at Hard Rock Casino in Northern Indiana. Gary, Gary, Indiana, at the Hard Rock Casino? Is there a Hard Rock in Gary, Indiana? I have to confirm this.

3:01:21 Also tomorrow, the getaway to the MO, corn, beef and conspiracy, 7 o'clock at Foley's Bar & Grill in St. Louis, Missouri. On Saturday, let's get social, belated St. Paddy's Day, 11 in the morning, Chicken Foot, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Flight of the NO agenda, number 38, that is in Pointe Mugu Airshow. Pointe Mugu, Mugu, Mugu. Somewhere in California, I guess, near LA. That is tomorrow. Also tomorrow, St. Paddy's Grip and Grin, 1 o'clock at Miller's Ale House in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey. The Goodbye Beetlejuice Cabbage Smash, 1 o'clock on Saturday. Wow! What? It's a cabbage smash. What is a cabbage smash? Well, you smash cabbages. Blue Island Brewery, Brew Island, Illinois. You gotta be there. Illinois, man. Star Chamber of Idaho, three o'clock on Saturday, El Mariachi, Star Idaho. The Deep State University Alumni Meeting from Munich and Upper Bavaria. This is Saturday. It'll be at 6.30 European Standard Time. Unser Dorf wird schafft in Schiepshaut, Bavaria, Germany.

3:02:24 Hop Chop is your host. And then on the next show day, Sunday, why would you even do that? Unless you're all listening to us collectively. Local 1, Suck It Greta, we're meeting at a gas station and they'll do that at 2 o'clock at Alex's Gourmet Market in Independence Township, Michigan. Central Ohio meet up also on Sunday, 2 o'clock at Pins Mechanical in Columbus, Ohio. And to round it out on Sunday, celebrating 105 years of time zones and daylight savings, three o'clock at Half Leader Barbecue in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Hoosiers are going nuts with the meetups. That's your NOA Agenda Meetups. Remember to send us some reports. We love them if they're tight. And you can do that to adammccurry.com. Thank you so much for supporting the NOA Agenda Meetups. This is where you find your community.

3:03:06 all producer organized. Enjoy each other because you have one thing in common, your no agenda show. NoagendaMeetups.com. Always a party. All right, how are we on time? Oh perfect, perfect to get out of here. I got a couple of isos. What do you have? I have three. Why don't you play yours first? Okay, first one. Whee! Always a winner. Second one. I want to iso this. Couldn't resist. And... Cringe. Eww. Vomit. Not so good. Maybe this one. Good to know. That's all I got.

3:03:58 I like the Wii the best, personally. Yeah, but it's... yeah, it's... yeah. Let's go with mine. Well, let's see what you have. First one is amazing. Okay. That is amazing. Underwhelmed. Next one. Nicely put. So nicely put. Thank you for that. The Tucker Classic. I'm actually inclined to go with that one. And the third one? It's a total Tucker Classic. That's why I saved it. What's the third one? What are they? What are they talking about? No, I think this is this is this is what Tucker says to every guest so nicely put but thank you for that You could have added so smart so smart. No, that was a different one He never puts smart and nicely put he used their separate so smart and I'm just I just got to consider him a shill at this point I'm disappointed but what can you do? Okay, you do you want to play one more clip you want to go wherever I'd say we're a little over time

3:04:58 I would like to play the Russian, I mean Russian, the Canadian election rigging clips, but I and they're about China and Russia and Canada. I'm sorry. I'm mumbling. I think you're done. I think we should end the show. I think I'm over, but I want to play the Canadian election rigging clips so that I can save it to Sunday. It's about China rigging the Canadian elections and this sounds like a bunch of bullcrap to me. Okay, so all that bullcrap and more on Sunday. I mean, Who knows what will happen between then and now and then? Anything could go. The whole banking system could collapse overnight. Project Bluebeam could be turned on. We don't know. But we will do our best to explain it to you. And we're looking forward to that. Coming up next on No Agenda Stream, if you're still hanging out in the troll room, we only lost like 250 out of everyone who was there, so. Brand new on the stream, the Culture War Radio.

3:05:59 So that's something to look forward to. New to the best podcast network in the universe where no one makes any money. And end of show, we've got, of course, we'll do the... The Sharpton Respect. And we've also got... who do we have? We have... I can't even find him now. We got a couple, I'll put them in the credits. Coming to you from part of the Texas Hill Country in FEMA Region No. 6 in the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry. And from northern Silicon Valley, where I remain, I'm John C. Dvorak. We return on Sunday right here with another edition of No Agenda. Until then, keep Keep your powder dry, everybody. Ahem.

3:06:44 Adios mofos, a hui hui and such. What is a mix? John is really out of sorts today. He feels that the end of show mixers are no good. They suck. It's not anything the way it's supposed to be. You get what you pay for. That short little jingle is better than all of the after show. You just hate everything. Everything! You hate it all. It's horrible. Let me teach you what is a mix. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a mix. She's a buzzkill. A mix. They mix? You suck. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why are you such a buzzkill? There's not one mix. It's a mix. What? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mix it up. Mix. You're a real buzzkill. Mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, mix. Mix, baby! The end of show mixers are no good. They suck. This is bullcrap. Not one mix in the entire collection. John at Dvorak.org if you agree with him. Well, they can't all be winners, can they?

3:07:42 Now beat it, buzzkill. She's getting lunch at Chipotle. The tortise in the race. Kim Kardashian, Sigournoy Weaver, Russia. R-E-S-P-I-C-T. They're all jitty. R-E-S-P-I-C-T. There's no real conflict. Resist. We must. We must and we will much about that be committed. Develop some land and let the shantytowns crop up. That's what I'm saying.

3:08:34 That's what we have to do, give them some land. Create a shantytown. Usually outside the airport's a good place. Nobody ever wants to be in the, you know, where the airport is. Surround the airport with shantytowns. Let them build their own thing. A lot of them are architects. Unemployed architects. the phase I can't forget the phase of heartbreak and regret declares my sentence and the pen in silence quits Xi Jinping, the song that summer sings will be the death that winter brings will kill a hundred different things within the measure of a day

3:10:03 will give me famine while he feasts will turn my every day from hell He may not be what he may seem inside his shell.

3:10:43 Who's always happy gassing crowds Whose eyes can be so hearty and so proud No one has ever seen them cry Cheating in the glory cannot last We'll fade like irons of the past This I will hope for till the day She I survived By his leave I am alive And yet I'll curse him through the dark and I'll grieve She turned all my laughter into tears And made my pain his souvenir All I do he'll always see The meaning of my life is in tears

3:11:43 She's a she.