Episode 1557 · Sunday, 21 May 2023

Stern & Wrinkled

A massive Pentagon accounting error and a sudden F-16 policy reversal highlight a week of high-stakes diplomacy from the G7 summit to the Arab League.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the G7 summit in Hiroshima to secure F-16 fighter jets, prompting a major policy reversal from President Joe Biden. The diplomatic charm offensive included a stop at the Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia, where Zelensky appealed to regional leaders regarding the plight of Muslims in Crimea. Meanwhile, the Pentagon revealed a three-billion-dollar accounting error in Ukraine aid valuation, potentially funding the immense logistical tail required for Western jet maintenance.

Evgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group claimed total control over Bakhmut, while Syrian President Bashar al-Assad marked his return to the international stage in Jeddah. In the United Kingdom, British Telecom announced 55,000 job cuts with plans to replace 10,000 roles with artificial intelligence. Trade between China and Russia surged 30 percent at the Heihe border as energy exports shifted away from Europe. In North America, the Bank of Canada initiated public consultations on a Digital Canadian Dollar while generic drug shortages reached record highs across the United States.

Sir Eric of Ye Olde Forge received a knighthood for his contributions as the community gathered for meetups from Idaho to the Netherlands. The show examined the Scarred Woman Experiment regarding victimhood ideology and the latest corporate virtue signaling from Ford and the TSA. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. championed financial sovereignty at Bitcoin 2023, drawing parallels to the media suppression of past grassroots campaigns.


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CHAPTER 01 / 41 Discussion

Sumo Wrestling, New York Weight Discrimination Bill

Taro no Fuji, a Mongolian-born Yokozuna, is currently leading the May sumo tournament with eight consecutive wins. New York City officials are moving to pass a bill prohibiting discrimination based on weight, which is characterized as unnecessary virtue signaling. The discussion contrasts the stability of traditional sports like sumo against modern political trends and global conflicts.

taro no fuji· yokozuna· sumo wrestling· new york city· weight discrimination· virtue signaling

00:00 Ah! Incompatible hardware. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak It's Sunday May 21st 2023 this is your award winning People Nation Media assassination episode 1557 This is no agenda Chasing a charm offensive 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 we're all cheering Tara Nafuji who has won eight In a row in the May tournament, I'm John C. DeVore. Never ceases to amaze me we're in the middle of on the brink of nuclear war We have all kinds of horrible things happening climate change But we still have sumo wrestling to fall back on yeah and the big Yokozuna is back Are you all jacked? How long has it been going on the the Tour or the competition eight days and even watching every single day

00:59 I missed the first day. Okay and who are we supposed to vote for? You vote... I mean root, how many roots do you have? You vote for the leading goal scorer Taro no Fuji, he's the Yokozuna is the big guys a big giant Mongolian. Oh really? Aren't all these wait a minute don't you have to be Japanese by default? No no mostly the big guys are big boys of the last say couple decades have been Samoans and American Hawaiians but these big Mongolians are really showing it well and this guy is the top guy and he's a Mongolian yeah okay so then 100 pounds

01:42 200? That doesn't seem like it. 400! Oh, 400... We know now in New York they're passing a bill where you can't discriminate against fat people which I thought was already... Can't you already not discriminate...? Yeah, that's already a rule. Ehh..I think it's just virtue signaling New York what do you expect? No they're just virtues yes we got a um... Let me kick it off with the supercut little mini-super cut from uh from clip collector Steve Jones I missed it. I didn't even realize this was going on, but we know that a lot is happening G7 Zelensky touring around not just the tour though Tonight charm offensive Ukraine's president makes us show stopping visit to the g7 summit in Japan Vladimir Zelenskiy pushing for more war aid and rallying allies to stay the course against Russia's invasion

CHAPTER 02 / 41 Discussion

Volodymyr Zelensky, G7 Summit Charm Offensive in Hiroshima

President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, as part of a broader European tour to secure military aid. The visit resulted in President Joe Biden reversing his stance to support the acquisition of F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine and the training of Ukrainian pilots. Critics note the irony of world leaders discussing nuclear war in Hiroshima, a city previously decimated by an atomic bomb.

volodymyr zelensky· g7 summit· hiroshima· f-16 fighter jets· joe biden· charm offensive

02:39 Volodymyr Zelensky knows there's a growing debate across Europe about how long Ukraine's war effort can be supported. For now, he is hoping the charm offences can keep up the pressure on his Western allies to turn solidarity into action. As for President Zelensky, he has been on another charm offensive around Europe over the last couple of days whether it has been Germany, the Vatican France and now the UK what he needs what he wants Unsurprisingly, it's more weapons and it seems like Britain is going to give him some. But he also a much needed charm offensive? So there is a lot of backroom bargaining and charm offensive that needs to be done And he'll hoping to go home with a locked in his bank pocket F-16 fighter jets from America From the Netherlands 18 million pounds apiece wants the full arsenal The full money so look He's on a charm offensive and I think Eddie will probably get a result Lord Mierzalinski has tripped to Japan

03:31 uh... brooded about reported online but now he's actually there again he is here right today and this comes right in the middle of an extended charm offensive from telling him and well i think that this is a worldwide phenomenon to charge did the charm offensive it's every station all around the world This smells of collusion. I guess they got their talking points from someone. Yeah, it smells like collusion to me! Well if we're going to talk G7, I have the G7 report from uh...I believe this is NPR All right well there's nothing like a little NPR in the morning. NPR White House correspondent Scott Detro joins us from Hiroshima. Scott thanks for being with us

04:10 Was it really? I stopped it there. Did we need to clip that? I did because I wanted to mention this thing now why are the Hiroshima instead of her Hiroshima well, well, I don't care about the pronunciation I'm caring about the point that they dropped an atom bomb on that town Yeah and It wasn't like a nuclear power plant that melted down or anything it was a bomb that released all of its fissionable material across the whole area. But yet just really within recent memory they're having meetings there so how dangerous is nuclear power? I don't know and also I think Nagasaki was booked so they had to do it Hiroshima

05:02 So the point is, why is the left so still freakishly weird about nuclear power when they're having meetings? I think that's a very astute point. Where an entire place was decimated... not decimated but blowed up by a nuclear bomb! Flattened! That's right. That's why I stopped that clip there but let's go on with the rest of it. No but really that's a very good point because you know oh we still can't go to Chernobyl There apparently there is an expiration date on nuclear fallout and radiation. Well the expiration date is coming for Chernobyl. Vladimir Zelensky's trip to Japan, brooded about reported online but now he was actually there I gather? He arrived today... What kind of intro was this guy giving? No I guess he's like he's there huh exactly they're together. Is he disinterested in his job

06:00 Listen to this. I guess people were brooding over it, i have no idea. He is he arrived today and this comes right in the middle of an extended charm offensive from Zelensky which is coming ahead of what we expect will be a major military offensive from Ukraine. Zelensky remember had not left the country much for obvious reasons for much to the first year before Then he had that dramatic trip to Washington at the end of last year. And more recently, Zelensky has been visiting heads of government in several countries to pressure them to keep supporting Ukraine as military costs keep going up and as the war keeps dragging on

06:48 The trip to the g7 comes immediately after Zelensky made a similar case to the Arab League in Saudi Arabia together day We do not know much about his exact agenda here in Hiroshima though The White House is indicating he will almost certainly have a one-on-one meeting with President Biden on Sunday and I gather there's a major welcoming gift in the offing President Biden now indicates that he would support an Ukraine acquiring F-16 fighter jets from Western countries. That's a change, isn't it? And it's much larger gift than they had in the gift bags for the reporters covering this summit. Wow! I bet you... You know what? I'll bet you they actually get gift bags. Well see that is why I stopped to clip there This is a dynamite little thing

07:35 Now the question in my mind is, gift bags are very commonplace. In Hollywood at the Oscars. In Hollywood and in entertainment reporting Entertainment reporting being the key Exactly And so I'm thinking is this guy either... Are they giving away gift bags? Because they don't make it very clear that there not They joke about it the two of them laugh and yuck or is it just that this guy is like everybody else I guess on TV an Entertainment reporter forced to do real news coverage Which is kind of my guess, but I could be wrong. Maybe they did get a gift bag I got to give it to you right off the bat. It's early but still We've never heard the gift bags in reporting and this is NPR

08:27 You can't horse around on NPR. Not when the world is on fire! You can't do that I found it peculiar. I like it. I think we have one more at least? Yes, we do But on a serious note this is a huge escalation in how the US and its allies are arming Ukraine Ukraine had been begging for these jets for more than a year Biden resisted he was worried that this could be something that would lead Russia to broaden the war and perhaps retaliate against other countries But now, this week Biden has told other G7 leaders the US will support efforts to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets and begin conversations about how to get F-16s from other countries to Ukraine. And at a briefing today National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the U.S. has adjusted its position based on how Russia has waged its war and how Ukraine is responded

CHAPTER 03 / 41 Discussion

Pentagon Accounting Error, Ukraine Military Aid Valuation

The Pentagon discovered an accounting error that overvalued military aid sent to Ukraine by $3 billion, effectively freeing up more funds for future weapons shipments. This surplus may be utilized for the high costs associated with F-16 maintenance, infrastructure, and pilot training. Military insiders emphasize that deploying these jets requires significant "boots on the ground" support for technical upkeep and base preparation.

pentagon· department of defense· ukraine· accounting error· military aid· f-16 maintenance

09:18 He also told us that as the US has increased the magnitude of the weapons it's providing, one key thing has been getting promises from Ukraine that it will not use them to attack inside Russia and he indicated that promise would be key when it comes to these F-16. What kind of bullcrap promise is that? What's the point in having them if you can't fly over Moscow?! So this is not showing any signs of letting up? No, I know you're correct. It doesn't well but there's a couple of things that all happen in the same few days including this little report. An accounting error at the Pentagon overvalued US aid sent to Ukraine by $3 billion. Reuters cited two defense officials who said weapons taken from the U.S. military stock had been assigned a much higher value than they should have been. The officials also say there are inconsistencies in how the equipment sent to Ukraine has been valued, The error could result in the U.S sending more weapons to help in the war against Russia

10:16 So we just magically made three billion appear thanks to an accounting error. So you can send them more? Yes, so we could send them three billion more! I thought were sending him weapons they needed...I didn't think we were sending them like value that they need In other words, why are they counting the nickels and dimes here? Because if you want a bullet you'll want to bullet whether it costs a nickel dime or $1. Well it's because of the amount of money that has been appropriated by Congress so they needed a little more apparently for the

10:53 training. Now we know from our insiders in the currently active military that F-16s are fine, but you've got to train the pilots, you need to have ongoing maintenance, you need to have parts... The maintenance! You can't rewrite all the manuals in Ukrainian so you need Americans there boots on the ground which is what you've been saying would happen. You need to have a right facility for airport. So it's a lot of things that have to happen and And that might cost 3 billion. It's not like buying a simple drone... And also, according to our contact most of these Ukrainian fighters will need quite- jet fighters pilots will need quite a lot of training because they're just gonna ruin these jets it's not as simple as oh I'm flying the MiG 29 and beat up old piece of crap i'm going to jump in an F16 and fly it you know takes a little time

CHAPTER 04 / 41 Discussion

F-16 Deployment Timeline, Netherlands Draken International Deal

Military experts suggest that F-16 fighter jets will likely not be operational in Ukraine until spring of next year due to complex training and logistics requirements. The Netherlands recently canceled a sale of 40 F-16s to Draken International, sparking speculation that these aircraft will be diverted to Ukraine. Effective deployment would require at least 30 jets to make a strategic impact on the battlefield.

f-16· university of portsmouth· netherlands· draken international· spring counteroffensive· military logistics

11:50 Now, let's go to France 24 the most honest foreign news service I've been able to find and we bring in a...the head lecturer. What is this guy? Wait is this the guy where's the lecturer guy here we go The lecturer guy military lecturer guy from University of Portsmouth Oxford. Biden's U-turn, is it going to be too late for the spring counteroffensive that we hear so much about? The spring counteroffensive?! Oh completely! Wait a minute... Yeah I would say if it goes into summer yeah it's too late for the spring counter offensive but you can do a summer We're not even gonna get Summer this is gonna take years! Biden's u-turn Is this uh is it gonna be uh too late for the Spring Counter Offensive that we hear so much about

12:42 Oh completely. These jets will not be deployed in any numbers, we may see some cosmetic deployment before the end of the year but I suspect it'll be spring next year before you see them operating to their potential and that's when we may see them flying around but that isn't operating into their potential these jets just as any component of air power are part of a much more complex picture they need to be trained exercised maintained based to to form part of that system and putting that system together from not quite from scratch but there's a lot to do will take many, many months. Not least the training of the air crew ground crew and preparation of the bases and a lot more besides James I'm so amazed French 24 is really the only honest outfit out there

13:30 And so of course the question is what really, what change does this make? What will realistically change here. Well nothing much they made same sabre rattling threats for the HIMARS the long-range artillery system indeed much earlier in the war calling all that escalation this against the background of course constant bombardment day after day by high end cruise missiles most of which of course are shot down by the gift of anti aircraft missiles by tanks and now we hear it over jets I don't think we have much to worry about just yet. One question is which of Ukraine's allies are likely to deliver on these jets? How many are they going to need for this, actually make the difference? They'll probably need an excess of 30 to make any sort of impact

14:12 I think we won't know yet who the donor countries are. All countries that operate right now are acquired by those countries, there are constraints as to the types that are sent, there are constraints also on the avionics inside the jets which may need to be modified in order for them to be sent to Ukraine So we won't know that I think just yet, but the coalition which certainly exists of F-16 donating nations will be thinking about that very carefully right now. But if I would suggest it'll probably be a couple European countries Yeah and wouldn't you know in excess of 30 is what he said The Netherlands just cancelled the deal between the country and Draken International US arms dealer private company for the sale of 40 f-16 fighters hmm

CHAPTER 05 / 41 Discussion

Zelensky Arab League Address, Muslim Outreach in Crimea

President Zelensky addressed the Arab League in Saudi Arabia prior to the G7 summit, appealing for support against Russian "cages" and illegal annexations. He specifically highlighted the plight of Muslims in occupied Crimea to resonate with the regional audience. Observers noted unusual audio quality during the speech, suggesting potential post-production edits or "glitches" in the broadcast.

volodymyr zelensky· arab league· saudi arabia· crimea· muslims· russian prisons

15:00 Have they finally gotten the Netherlands to pony up? Looks like that's where... It is a possibility. So meanwhile, while this is all taking place and we'll get to Bakhmut in a moment King Zelenskyy is over in Saudi Arabia addressing the bros there. Well here at the summit who have different view on the war. Hold on stop! Let us get the timeline correct he was inside of Arabia before you went to G7 Okay but this is all happening in the background Yeah. Okay. Well, here at the summit we have a different view on the war on our land calling it a conflict I'm sure that we can all be united in saving people from their cages of Russian prisons The cages of Russian prisons? It doesn't seem to me about an attack on Ukraine anymore Unfortunately there are some in the world and here among you who turn a blind eye

16:00 I to those cages and illegal annexations. What cages? Have we missed something in the reporting of cages or people being thrown... He's talking about that journalist that was picked up and thrown in jail. Oh! I to those cages and illegal annexations, And I'm here so that everyone can take a honest look no matter how hard the Russians try to influence There must still be independence. In the occupied Crimea are Muslim and more than... Now I don't understand why this happened, the audio is almost like it was an insert? The audio goes way down and then we get something about the occupiers of Muslim listen again there must still be independence in the occupied Crimea are Muslims And the occupied in Crimea are Muslims so that's his appeal I guess and I'm not... Yes see there was noted on

16:56 either NewsHour or NPR that this he was appealing to the Muslims claiming that Ukraine is like a mother you didn't never said it and I think they had to I think there's some purpose. I think the sounds inserted after the fact because of Ukraine is not a Muslim country. There's a pocket or two of Muslims in Ukraine and he's trying to make it sound as though you know they're gonna help their fellow members of the UMA. This is a chat GPT glitch, something went wrong! There must still be independence. In the occupied Crimea are Muslims I'm more than sure that none of you will agree to surrender a thwart of your country to the invaders

CHAPTER 06 / 41 Discussion

Wagner Group, Battle of Bakhmut Victory Claims

Evgeny Prigozhin claimed that the Wagner Group has completely captured the city of Bakhmut after months of intense fighting, though Ukrainian officials initially denied the city had fallen. Prigozhin indicated his forces would hand control to the Russian army for rest and replenishment. Meanwhile, NATO leaders are preparing secret military plans for the upcoming Vilnius summit to address potential Russian aggression.

evgeny prigozhin· wagner group· bakhmut· russian army· nato summit· vilnius

17:42 And I'm more than sure none of you would watch without a fight how foreigners steal the children of your people. Oh, we're back to stealing the children! Okay that's what we need to do is the children got it okay so now we have the news that Bakhmut has been taken has been taken By of course our favorite the Wagner group and if you want to which clip do you have because I have one from NPR that is oh well, I have a Deutsche pure BS. Well let's do yours first and because Deutsche Welle is the CIA so let's listen to yours first hold on What's it called? Oh a bull crap no. It was called Ukraine. Oh got it okay here we go

18:32 The head of a Russian mercenary force say they have completely captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. And Piers Charles-Mains has more. In a video posted to social media, the head of the Wagner Mercenary Group, Evgeny Prigozhin said after more than seven months fighting in what he called the meat grinder of Bakhmut his forces had seized the city in its entirety Yet even as Prygorzhin spoke into the camera, explosions could be heard in the distance. Prygorzhin also re-upped complaints that the Russian Defense Ministry's top brass had intentionally starved Wagner of arms during the siege costing thousands of additional lives even as he said responsibility for holding the city would now pass to the Russian army while his forces took rest Meanwhile Ukraine denied Prygorzhins claims with officials in Kiev saying heavy fighting in Bakhmut continued

19:20 Okay, now a couple of things didn't we hear that this guy whose name I can't pronounce? Purgosy, Purgosy. Whatever. Rand Wagner Mr.. Wagner he Just recently said well We're gonna leave we're quitting we're gonna leave this and leave it to the Russians screw them Yeah as though they were gonna just bail yeah Well now it says, well we took over the place and we're gonna leave it to the Russians. I mean these stories are just annoying! Their reporting sucks...it's dreadful. But also what is so social media video shows this dude this Pudge Meister, Pudge Meister Purgosian

20:06 And he's got a Russian hot dog man, the hot dog man. He's got a flag He's got like eight guys behind him who look I'm telling they look like dad's army They don't look like the killing machine that you know The the fiercest killing horrible fighters smashing people with sledgehammers that we heard about and that's it That's the whole and then yeah There's that forgot about that aspect of it this these bull crap stories about the sledgehammers Yeah And, and... Come on. Alright so here's Deutsche Welle which is always approved by the CIA. Breakthrough!

20:48 Evgeny Progozhin claims in this video that his forces have fully captured the eastern city of Bakhmut. Ukraine's military has been quick to deny the ruined city has fallen. Kyiv says its troops are still defending their positions. Matthias, what should we make of Progozhins' claims? It's hard to say now at the moment what the situation is. But we are really talking about a few streets that were left under Ukrainian control yesterday, or until recently it was precisely these streets where the Ukrainian military says that fights are still going on

21:24 that they would put up resistance, but the situation was critical. So it's very hard to say what's the exact situation on the ground? But it is not unlikely that by the end of the day or this weekend Wagner will have full control over the city if they don't have it yet It's also possible Of course that Ukrainians can hold on further This could be It's clear that the Russians in check in order to retreat or it could be an attempt to keep them there. It is hard to say, but it's clear that has really advanced until a very small patch of the city

22:11 All right, so for weeks this was it. This was the pinnacle of the whole war hinged on Bakmut, Bakmut, Bakmut... Now it's a couple streets maybe? Does it mean anything? Dude, and what's the significance if it does take all of Bachmuth? Does it change the strategic situation? It changes maybe The situation on the ground with for the Russian troops because it would be their first success in many months And that's of course something that's also significant in a war but who does not? Strategic place that it has been sometimes made of

22:50 in the discussion. It is a place that sits at a crossroads, Russia would need to take it if it wants to advance further but its also not that the roads are open for them to advance as they please if they just control this town more of a symbolic victory because remember this fight around the city has been going on for many, many months and it's been the most heavy the hot spot off the war for many, many months so it would certainly be a symbolic victory. Hey is this guy was this guy trained by CNN? Remember the stud stud yes yeah left oh my god there's a looking left looking right was he wearing a helmet

23:36 No, he wasn't. He was just in his office. He was in his office in Kiev! But this is my point... This is wag the dog It's just a bunch of... This was the most important fight but screw that we got F-16 coming Yeah it'll be in a couple years but you know and then Reuters reports A couple years? Yeah, Reuters reports that in the forthcoming July NATO summit in Vilnius Leaders are set to approve thousands of pages of secret military plans that will detail for the first time since the Cold War how the alliance will respond to a Russian attack. These people are insane! They love war, they just love it! They're raising money Well yeah of course but you know this like is stupid Now I have a couple of clips also from NPR

CHAPTER 07 / 41 Discussion

Bashar al-Assad, Syria Reintegration into Arab League

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended the Arab League summit in Jeddah, marking the end of a decade of regional isolation following the Syrian civil war. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is positioning Saudi Arabia as a global mediator by hosting both Assad and Zelensky. The move signals a shift in Middle Eastern diplomacy away from U.S. influence and toward regional normalization.

bashar al-assad· syria· arab league· mohammed bin salman· jeddah· iran

24:34 of this, of the Arab summit, the Arab League Summit because who shows up all of a sudden? Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's buddy Assad. Leaders from across the Arab world are meeting in Saudi Arabia, and someone who hasn't been in the room for over a decade is making a reappearance. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is officially ending years of isolation by the region's powers over his brutal civil war that has killed an estimated half million people Washington has condemned the kingdom's normalization of ties with Assad and the invitation is seen as another sign of a strained relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia. And Piers Ayyab Atraoui is in Jeddah, that's where this year's Arab League summit is taking place Good morning Aya

25:20 Good morning. Good morning, Leila. Hello, Leila! This NPR stuff has got to stop. Good morning good morning good morning It is taking place... Good Morning Leila! So the return of Bashar al-Assad who was something of a pariah over his crackdown on the opposition to his rule The torture in prisons and hundreds of thousands who've been killed in the civil war Now he's just being welcomed back? This is such bullcrap we this was all a hoax all the bombing, you know the chemical weapons of his own people. The white helmets... The whole thing was a hoax! I mean this is as if it never happened that was never deconstructed NPR just goes oh yeah memory was killing his own people His dad did that for sure but this what does he isn't an eye doctor? I think he's an eye doctor. An ophthalmologist Yeah this horrible guy with the lisp

26:19 Well, yeah. I mean that is pretty much what's happened Look there are countries important ones like Egypt and the United Arab Emirates That had already been building back their ties with Syria for years now But the big shift really happened after February's earthquakes that struck Turkey in parts of Syria It gave Saudi Arabia and other countries around the fence in this region What they needed to re-engage with Syria at least for humanitarian purposes at first But not everyone in the region agrees with this embrace of Assad. Qatar and Kuwait are both opposed, and the image of Assad being welcomed here on the red carpet yesterday when he arrived in Jeddah is jarring to many Syrians as well

26:57 We've got to figure this out. You know, I've gotta figure this out. This can't this works out with Zolensky going to Saudi Arabia and slamming the Russians because the real problem was Syria and us in our people is that the Russian stronghold they use it as a docking port they have any every you know bases there for all practical purposes And it's their kind of outposts why we use other places. Plenty of them! So they have their outpost in Syria and we make a big fuss about it, try to get roust them. Well there is more...

27:37 And so you have this phony baloney Zelensky going into Saudi Arabia for no good reason except to slam the Russians because that which is part of a effort to keep Syria from rejoining with the Arab League, which didn't work because no one's gonna believe this guy. He's a midget There's more from NPR. I think Zelensky comes up too Just to remind people how the war started in Syria It was protests against Assad's rule that were violently repressed, that turned into a civil war Saudi Arabia the host country today backed the rebels trying to topple Assad and today this return means what? That Assad has officially won

28:19 Well, I mean his country is in economic crisis right now and US sanctions are really impeding efforts to normalize with him. But yeah! The effort to topple him failed when Russia and Iran rushed to his side And now Syria's civil war is at a stalemate Millions of Syrian refugees are waiting to return and that it going to require rebuilding Syria and Arab states do want a piece of that They're hoping Syria can reorient itself back to the Arab fold and away from Iran which still has very big footprint there Ahhhh...Iran comes into play They're only two weeks away from having the nuclear bomb. So as you mentioned... Oh, but yeah that was two weeks ago! It was about two weeks ago and maybe it's two week more? So as you mentioned Saudi is the region's power broker lots of influence economically politically religiously what's Saudi Arabia hoping to get out at this summit

29:07 The kingdom wants to flex its diplomatic muscles. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was long seen as a brash, impulsive even unpredictable leader but he's reversing course on that and trying to rebrand Saudi Arabia as a mediator including in the war between Russia and Ukraine I'm hearing from diplomatic sources that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to attend the Arab League summit in Jeddah So this is Prince Mohammed really flexing that ability, resisting US pressure to pick a side go against Russia while also inviting Assad, a patron of Russia to a summit where Zelensky could be in attendance. It's really the Crown Prince showcasing his power as a broker on the world stage. And PRS Ayah Batrawi in Jeddah thank you Ayah. Jeddah! That analysis stinks horrible

CHAPTER 08 / 41 Discussion

G7 Summit Sanctions, European F-16 Training Sites

G7 leaders in Japan agreed to a new round of sanctions against Russia while coordinating the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s at sites in Europe. Discrepancies exist in media reports regarding whether training will occur in the United States or at European bases like Ramstein. The move is viewed as a boon for defense contractors as European nations look to upgrade their own fleets to newer models.

g7 summit· rishi sunak· emmanuel macron· ursula von der leyen· f-16 training· poland

29:51 But that's NPR for you. It's bricks, obviously. You know it's the bricks... Everyone is putting together little groups and we look like the dicks! We can't even count right! Oh it was three billion? Oh well we can give a little extra money So stupid. I have, let me see...I have a Kirby clip here? We can't even count right. Overseas President Biden- Yes hey! Hey you know what they should do? I have an idea. Oh what? You want to straighten things out don't worry about the- Audit the Pentagon? Yeah, how did you know? I don't know. It's just one of those things we've been talking about for 15 years Overseas President Biden is at the G7 summit in Japan where world leaders today agreed to a new round of sanctions against Russia CBS's Elizabeth Palmer reports Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky will join the meetings when he arrives this weekend Hold on a second

30:46 What the hell's he got to do with the price of bread when it comes to making this sort of decision which is an American decision? Was he gonna throw his two cents in? He, yeah. He's the token... What is he a consultant now to our government?! I love seeing Rishi, Macron and then Queen Ursula I mean, so they have their two countries in well of course the UK is now but France is in the EU. Yeah! So but then that I mean don't other country oh and the German guy too The German Chancellor was there But there's a whole bunch of other countries They don't get to go? I guess it's because they're not G7...but then Ursula Does does the EU count as a g7 or she also just a consultant Because she's not the leader of any well She's the you know the president of the European Council

31:43 And by the way, she didn't get the memo. She's wearing a pink jacket and everyone else is black and dark blue. But she was sure wearing blue and yellow! The Ukrainian president will be the summit special guest due to arrive here this weekend. Zelensky spent the day at the Arab Summit in Saudi Arabia looking for support from some leaders with close ties to Moscow welcomed the announcement from President Biden that the US would back the plan to train Ukrainian pilots on us-made F16s. This, he wrote will greatly enhance our army in the sky It's called an Air Force douchebag Army in the sky this he wrote will greatly enhance our army in the sky

32:29 The Ukrainian leader has been asking for months that the US provide F-16s to help turn the tide of war. A US official said Mr Biden is now committed to helping Ukraine get the jets, although they may actually be supplied by European allies. No he doesn't need F-16's now Originally, Mr. Biden had been reluctant to supply the planes as they have the capacity to hit targets deep inside Russia. that as we support Ukraine, we aren't making it worse for the Ukrainian people by having this war escalate to be exactly what Putin wants it to be and claims it to be. A war about the West versus Russia or NATO versus Russia." I love how he just projects this all out there! Putin claims that? No, that would be anti-war people like us and other people who just don't want war We see what's going on

33:37 No, no that's what going on too. That is exactly what Putin said! Now it's gonna take time to... Where are all these F-16s coming from? Holland Train those Ukrainian pilots at sites in Europe and we still don't know which countries exactly are going to supply the... Hold on a second stop So now this report is discrepant because I was under the impression from the reports. I've been listening to that They're gonna train the Ukrainian pilots in the United States She just said they're gonna train him in Europe oh Well, that's not that could Poland maybe Poland Germany Rammstein? I have no idea where

34:12 Now it's time to train those Ukrainian pilots at sites in Europe and we still don't know which sites in Europe countries exactly are going to supply the aircraft so It's safe to say JB that we won't see them in combat for months to come Jb. Just jb Doesn't this so if the Netherlands now is shit, that was CBS yes CBS Okay, there's probably a dare gonna trade him in Europe then yeah But let's say the Dutch send their 40 F-16s to Ukraine. Doesn't that mean the Dutch will logically be buying new stuff? I mean... Hello! What do you think this is all about?! Hey, hey new stuff we can buy new gear! Listen people of The Netherlands

CHAPTER 09 / 41 Discussion

F-16 History, Lockheed Bribery Scandal

The F-16 Fighting Falcon, first flown in 1974, remains a cornerstone of many air forces despite its 50-year-old design. Historical context includes the 1970s Lockheed bribery scandal involving Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, which nearly led to the company's downfall. While the airframe is old, modern versions continue to be manufactured by Lockheed Martin.

f-16 fighting falcon· general dynamics· lockheed martin· prince bernhard· bribery scandal· netherlands

35:02 We have to do this for Ukraine. Whatever it takes, don't worry we'll tax you and buy some more." Well the F-16 is at the end of its life cycle I think... The models, I'm gonna look it up but the models have changed substantially since its first release. And so the old pieces of crap F-16s... That's what they're giving them! The ones that run on coal! That's the ones that the Dutch have given them. The old ones that run on coal are going to be the ones you know that... You have to hand crank the engine to get it started. Okay, let's see what NBC had to say. Tonight, NBC News Learning Zelensky is poised to get a major victory The US and allies now planning to provide F-16 fighter jets This is an interesting word usage Zelensky is about to get a major victory on the battlefield, Bakmut Anything? No he's gonna get some f-16s That's the victory

35:59 When I'm gonna use pop quiz pop quiz pop quiz when was the first flight of the first f-16? I'm going to guess 1984 1974 oh The plane is 50 years old Well, that's just a model. It doesn't mean that the actual planes are that old they still they still crank them out Don't they don't this don't make him there'll make him anymore Well, this is a number built has been 4604 built as of June 2018. I'm not gonna look I'll look into it But I don't think so Let's continue our NBC report tonight NBC News learning Zelensky is poised to get a major victory the US and allies now planning to provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine according to a senior administration official It's unclear which

36:48 countries will provide the jets. Still, it's a move the Biden administration previously opposed." Same report as CBS but exact same words except they did slip in the US will be providing them which is not true. Hey Kristen we have a bit of breaking news tonight in Kiev getting late word of more explosions more air defense measures being deployed and even though President Zelensky had said those F-16 fighter jets would be a game changer It's not going to happen overnight correct? Tom, that's right. It could take weeks even months to deliver them the White House had been concerned the move would provoke Russia there was also the worry about the cost how long it would take... How is that breaking news by the way? What was the breaking news we have reports of some scud missiles oh no wrong script We have some reports of some breaking news! Tom That's right it could take weeks even months to deliver them The White House has been concerned the move would provoke Russia There was also the worry about the cost

37:42 How long it would take to train the pilots when Zelensky comes he's expected to praise the move and likely ask the US for even more aid. Oh wow this guy really has a chokehold on us, He is going to praise us? Good boys! Oh yeah this guy... This is out of control I need more information F-16 backgrounder Okay And by the way I'm sure we'll have our boots on the ground set up straight by Thursday show Watch that straight, that is actually bullshit which is what we're thinking. So the first jet these first planes which were went into service in 78 were made by General Dynamics from 74 to 83 Lockheed picked them up and 93 started making them for a couple years then Lockheed Martin which was they combined firm started making them from 95 to the present so they're still being manufactured

38:37 Wasn't that not like for some reason and someone I'm sure the general dynamics of old Whatever old planes there are the ones are going to the Ukraine There was Prince Bernard Of The Netherlands, and this was I think in the 70's probably it was involved in something known as the Lockheed scandal When the prince of the Netherlands received a 1 million, which was a lot of money back there. Back then... A one-million dollar bribe What was it for again? It's reasonable bribe At that time yeah I was in 1970s negotiating the sale of aircraft There were The Netherlands West Germany Italy Japan Which nearly led to Lockheed's downfall Anyway

CHAPTER 10 / 41 Discussion

Biden F-16 Reversal, Ukraine Military Strategy

President Biden's decision to allow F-16 transfers to Ukraine represents a significant policy reversal after months of claiming the jets were not needed. Critics argue the delay was performative and that the eventual goal is to transition European allies to the more expensive F-35 platform. The administration maintains that the jets are intended for long-term defense rather than immediate use in the current counteroffensive.

joe biden· volodymyr zelensky· f-16· military escalation· f-35· netherlands

39:25 For some reason that just came to mind. Let's listen to the final report from ABC. Today a senior administration official tells ABC News that President Biden has informed the G7 allies... What is this Yankee Doodle pipe in the background? Listen to it, it's like some kind of patriotic Fife and drum thing happening. I had no idea. A senior administration official tells ABC News that President Biden has informed the G7 allies here that the United States has agreed to allow Ukrainian pilots to begin training to fly American-made f16 fighter jets this move represents a major reversal for Biden and a wish fulfilled for Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky Major reversal?

40:11 That's bullcrap, that major reversal he just get growing into it we know this was gonna happen. Well I think they have some clips of Biden saying... Never! ...represents a major reversal for Biden and the wish fulfilled for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky who has pleaded for F-16s from months We have artillery yes thank you We have it. Is it enough? Honestly, not really. No never! Listen to the... Now you stepped on it This guy The crowd laughs It's a laugh line when he says this This group must be A bunch of arms dealers Yes Thank you We have it Is it enough? Honestly not really What is that?!

41:08 Is this a laughing matter to you? You should have boosted it. I'm just noticing this message, is this... These people are horrible! So we're supposed to believe this is some existential war, existential war for Europe and the West in general. And he says well you know thank you thanks for that thanks for the tanks and whatever else old stuff... Thanks for billions of billions! Billions and billions of dollars a gear Was it enough? Not really! Yeah you know why they're laughing then yeah because billions more it's gonna flow We have artillery Yes, yes. Thank you we have it is it enough very much honestly not really

41:54 The F-16, the backbone of the US air fleet can travel twice the speed of sound to drop bombs on ground targets and fire air-to-air missiles. Ukraine believes these planes provide a distinct advantage in disguise enabling them to shoot down incoming cruise missiles and fighter jets fending off Russia's punishing aerosol Wait a minute I thought our Patriots were doing all that? The Patriot installations... Yeah! That's already so successful But up till now... How is the F-16, now we can get some boots on the ground report when I say the next thing. How is the F-16 a 50 year old plane? The backbone of our Air Force!

42:35 I thought the F-22, even though there's not that many of them or the F18. We have a lot of gear! Yeah i'm just gonna say when you say that a 50 year old plane... The planes are not built fifty years ago. Yeah I understand they're build to last but because they're still flying B52s let's go okay I get that too What I'm saying is they still build them in 2018? yeah and they're building newer versions But they're not gonna get the new version I can assure you. They're gonna get the 50 year old ones Yeah, it's like like you and your Lexus That old car It's a great car Exactly! but its not fifty years old Well its getting there how old is your Lexus 30 years old? Its gotta be thirty years old I have two Lexuses one of them is about thirty years old The other one is 2005 You can do the math

43:24 But up till now, providing F-16s has been a red line for President Biden. Reluctant to provoke an unpredictable escalation from Russia. Oh! Oh! Oh but let's do it now? Still in a February interview with David, Biden did leave the door open just a crack. We know President Zelensky continues to say what he really needs are F-16s Will you send F-16s? Look... We're sending him what our seasoned military thinks he needs now. Our Seasoned Military Our seasoned military, what? I don't understand these terms. This is all just... It's a big joke to these people They're all laughing their ass off because they're gonna make hundreds of billions of dollars. Our F-16s Will you send F-16s? Look We are sending him What our seasoned military thinks he needs now You don't think he needs F-16s now No, he doesn't need F-16s Is that a never

44:24 Look, first of all the idea that we know exactly what's going to be needed a year or two three now but there is no basis upon which. A year or two or three? We know exactly what's gonna be needed a year or two three now but there is no basis upon which There is a rationale according to our military now, to provide F-16s. But you're not ruling it out? I am ruling it out for now For now... But no longer! The administration now says they hope Ukrainian pilots can begin training in the coming weeks

45:00 As for who will actually provide the jets tonight, that remains an open question. And administration officials saying our coalition of countries participating in this effort will decide when to actually provide the jets how many we will provide and who will provide them Maybe they were just waiting to train African Jet Fighter pilots That's where everything else seems to end up maybe this is not about Ukraine at all maybe they want to send these things down to Africa Well when he says a year or two or three that's yeah, we did we miss thinking well They're gonna rub alize this place like nothing. We've seen in Europe This is a rebelization program That's what sounds like I don't think we're being told the full story you don't think Meanwhile there's another pop quiz okay pop quiz pop quiz what's the nickname for the f-16? The jalopy

45:59 No? Did I get it wrong? What a fighting Falcon. Oh, yeah, I guess I did know that the fighting fuck Well anyway we got the F-35 and maybe maybe we're just waiting for production after wasn't given to F 35 isn't that supposed To be them that's plane too that were supposed to sell overseas all these suckers Yeah But no one's gonna pay for this is the whole point the Dutch are gonna Gonna they were gonna get rid of him. Anyway, they were clearly going to sell them So now the Dutch give him two or sell them I don't know that they won't be selling there'll be it'll just gonna go to Ukraine and the Dutch have To buy some new stuff and those will be 35s. I would presume more 22s Maybe I don't know no we don't sell a 22 We don't sell that one. I don't think so. Well, it's for sale somewhere Yeah to us All right

CHAPTER 11 / 41 Discussion

Biden Ukraine Freeze Strategy, 2024 Election Tactics

Reports suggest the Biden administration is considering "freezing" the Ukraine conflict to avoid a definitive conclusion before the 2024 U.S. presidential election. This strategy is characterized as a way to maintain the status quo and prevent political instability at home. The focus on the Wagner Group is described as a "branding" exercise to simplify complex troop movements for public consumption.

joe biden· politico· 2024 election· frozen conflict· wagner group· theater

46:58 Meanwhile, according to Politico and they're you know Politico they there on the inside of the beltway Joe Biden is reportedly considering freezing the conflict in Ukraine for their foreseeable future instead of pushing for the country's victory. This really falls right squarely into your theory that the Biden administration wants to have a way to be, you know never change your winning team in a war and keep get boots on the ground and keep everything going so that he doesn't get voted out for Big Mike. Yeah, but he's gonna need knows the playbook the political election playbook I you know it's me it feels like

47:51 They're just keep, this is all to keep Biden kind of in play for the next year because we still have a year to go before we even really get into any kind of election noise. Action. Action yeah the noises now but in any election action so this could be the only reason why he's not being run out of town Yeah. This whole thing is... I'm telling you, and we never hear about Russian troop movements only about Wagner group the magical Wagner, Wagner group! We never hear about Russian troop movements No no you don't hear about that

48:29 No, only Wagner. Is he in the war or is it just some remote control thing? It's Brand-Wagner. A cruise missile where every so often... Yeah it's a brand! Brand-Wagner. Sounds like there was massive attack going on here I love how people push back like Wagner group is real no no something happened some things happened around the world and Africa that was real but they're just to stick out they just put a sticker on it Wagner Wagner was here It doesn't make a little drawing like Kilroy was here in World War II Yes, you know it just they should have an assigned tagger. Let's be modern yes Get a moderate spray can and tag everything Wagner Wagner of us here a new one because for all I'm for all we know it's our it's us It's the CIA or whatever we use Actually, it could be never thought of that one

49:23 Related to this is the strengthening ties between Russia and China. By the way, I think what we're saying is this all theater and all of this is meant to spin people up and get you all jacked and excited. Voting for Democrats? Yes And you know, even the G7 being held in Hiroshima is all just a whole nuclear war on the brink of nuclear war. They said it over and over and over again. It keeps it in the back your mind Yeah! Its all set up to spin you up and get you want to keep Joe in Oh goodness lets not anyone... certainly no Trump oh that would be horrible He's lying he's horrible Don't change horses in midstream

CHAPTER 12 / 41 Discussion

China-Russia Border Ties, Heihe Trade Surge

Trade between China and Russia has surged by 30% over the past year, with significant activity observed at the border city of Heihe. Russian energy that previously flowed to Europe is being diverted to China via massive pipelines to fund the ongoing war effort. Despite the close economic ties, U.S. officials report no evidence that China is currently providing lethal weapons to the Russian military.

china· russia· heihe· xi jinping· janice mackey-frayer· energy trade

50:04 Tonight, squeezed by Western sanctions Russia is relying on its neighbor literally next door. We're on the Chinese border and that's Russia. This flag just across the half-frozen river... Here the two countries are so close Russia is just a few hundred yards away. A lower 2600... She's right there! Oh my god! Where's Sarah Palin when we need her? I love it like oh my god Oh my God, Russia is just right over there. Here the two countries are so close Russia is just a few hundred yards away Along a 2600 mile border signs of deep China-Russia ties are everywhere on streets and buildings it's stores stocked with Russian goods

50:49 Where vendors greet foreigners in Russian. There's even a Russian style bar! Has anyone who watches the report ever been on a trip anywhere? Do they know anything about the world, I guess not right? Wow you're right this is the stupidest report...I can go to a grocery store in San Francisco and get greeted in Russian or Chinese for that matter it's both Chinese for sure Where vendors greet foreigners in Russian. There's even a Russian style bar! A Russian style bar? What is a Russian styled bar, it's not like an AR-15 style weapon what is a Russian styled bar? Is this a good question it has to be like that like the Lennon Bar at the Mandalay Bay in Vegas

51:37 With hot chicks with furry hats. And lots of vodka! Yoyyyy! And they say comrade a lot. Oh, dog home? Where owner Tong Lu says Chinese people can mingle with Russians. Ooh! Mingle it's almost like that bar... You can mingle Yeah on uh is it Star Trek The bar we can mingle with the Star Wars, the three-eyed people. China's President Xi Jinping declared a no limits partnership with Russia from that diplomatic boost for President Putin with the recent state visit to a critical economic life here trade between China and Russia surging by 30% in the last year

52:23 This is, I love the breathlessness of this report. Where'd you get this report? This is NBC and there's a part two! It's Janice... Oh my god have they been out of town?! It's Janice Mackey-Frayer who was reporting for us. Oh brother Let's take a look at Janice Mackey-Frayer for a second let's see Janice what does her deal Mackey Fray she got that she got the gig though She got to go so that's kind of cool It's a great traveling gig. You get to hang out in Russian bars, it could be better! She is Canadian, check it out. Correspondent for NBC News based in Beijing. Give me her name again and I have to look it up. Janice Mackey Freyer previously worked at CTV as Asia Bureau Chief she was the network's Middle East Bureau chief in Jerusalem. She has got some good gigs

53:10 She studied... What do you mean? She was at CTV, that's... Oh, CTV Canada. Yeah yeah, Canada. Her she she studied international relations and French at the University of Toronto. I don't know if she is spooky. She might be slippery let's see. Well if she's spooky... A little spooky. If she'd been in Beijing and then in case even all over so it's kind of a sign. Oh oh you need to look at her picture She's got that... I'm just talking as a producer. She has kind of that war-worried face, you know what i mean? Like how can I explain it? I bet when she looks spooky very stern and wrinkled

54:03 Stern and wrinkled. There you go, that's a description she is going to love hearing. Let's go to part two! And this is where a huge pipeline delivers Russian gas to China energy that used to flow to Europe all of it keeping Russia's economy afloat funding the war in Ukraine. Aha damn Chinese! Trucks loaded with goods will come and go from Russia across this bridge that was built and paid for by China Russian truck drivers told us they're crossing to China every day. We are good friends, he says of China. Still relations during wartime are a sensitive topic here we were tracked by Chinese authorities

54:45 U.S. officials, including the U.S. ambassador here tell NBC News there is no evidence so far that China's support for Russia includes weapons. John C. Dvorak School of Journalism, ladies and gentlemen! No evidence? I want to hear that one again. So far? It's an extra twist on the no evidence, no evidence so far this is a good... Yeah that's actually advanced. That's it's advanced! and finding one close at hand. Janice MacIyfrayer, NBC News, Heihe China. Heihe? Heihe! Jackie you need to go to Heihe. Heihe what?! Huh? Heihe This is all just so pathetic Do they not understand the No Agenda Show sees right through them that we understand what they're doing here They're just trying to make everybody crazy

CHAPTER 13 / 41 Discussion

AI Hardware Incompatibility, Local LLM Testing

Attempts to run a local version of a ChatGPT-style AI on a home computer failed due to hardware incompatibility and massive data requirements. The process required downloading six gigabytes of models, which the host's Windows 11 machine rejected. This personal anecdote highlights the current technical barriers for average users trying to run sophisticated AI locally.

ai· chatgpt· windows 11· hardware compatibility· large language models· gpu

55:52 It works for most people. Yeah, you know I see that of course...I'd like to remind everybody as more and more people join the No Agenda show they join No Agenda Nation and some people are new and it is important understand that John and I pretty much never speak during the week. The extent of it might be hey look at this great story about AI! And then you'll say something horrible and I'll regret sending in the story. That's not- And I loaded that product Oh, you did? I sent John an article about using chat GPT type AI on your computer and you loaded the product. So i loaded the product then I tried to run it and says hey no you gotta load now have to load some sort of some back you know I had to load them the basis that data

56:43 Yeah, you have to download the six gigabytes of data. Of course! Yeah because so I tried doing that and it says incompatible hardware and i said what wait a minute but it has me a bunch of choices there's like various models...I had to load the models that's what it is had to load them up so let me try the other model Incompatible hardware. Not using a machine running Windows 11 if you can't run something on Windows 11 which is picky about the Hardware compatibility this bullcrap product, okay? All right Thank you for this report So far so far AI is failing on the no agenda show the ruining it at home all right Can't stop laughing

CHAPTER 14 / 41 Discussion

British Telecom Job Cuts, AI Customer Service Replacement

British Telecom (BT) announced plans to cut 55,000 jobs by 2030, with approximately 10,000 positions expected to be replaced by artificial intelligence. CEO Philip Janssen stated that AI tools like GPT are now capable of handling customer service tasks traditionally performed by humans. This move is part of a broader trend in the tech industry to reduce "bloated" staff as interest rates rise and free money disappears.

british telecom· bt· philip janssen· ai· job cuts· customer service

57:32 That's great. Hold on a second... Meanwhile, over in the UK... BT British Telecom are going to be cutting 55 thousand jobs but crucially 10 thousand of them are supposedly be going to AI You can see at the front of The Daily Mail that they asked the question is this the start of the great AI jobs bloodbath? Bloodbath! Oh my god! You can see the news making the front of The Guardian here as well. BT to replace staff with AI and also the Financial Times they call it the But also, Chief Executive Philip Janssen says that AI tools such as GPT are ready. They've shown enough progress to show that they can replace humans especially in customer service over the next six or seven years. It comes on the same day if we look at The Times – the same day that Rishi Sunak spoke and said that rules need to be in place to curb AI and that yeah, look, AI might be a great thing but we need to be wary of its progress despite it being transformative

58:49 technology. If we look at iNews here, they expand on that UK warns new rules are needed to tame AI... New rules! ...that global regulations needed the PM made the comments during a flight to Japan whether G7 is of course taking place in Hiroshima So let's analyze this just for a second and by the way it's too bad I knew the former British telecom CEO Gavin Patterson Because when we had Podshow, we had Podshow London and he was up in the management of BT but eventually when the Dutch guy left who was a real dick. When that guy left then Patterson became CEO I still have his number i'm going to ask him if he knows what's going on but he left in 2018 or 2019 But what I hear

59:39 is that, okay so 55 thousand jobs. That just sounds like we've got to cut back because we're bloated and there's no more free money. Yeah obviously! That's what everyone is doing in technology but of those 10 thousand is customer service This I believe, I completely believe that chat GPT can function just as poorly as humans in BT customer service But I think that's perfect And I'm sure that's what they're doing. I'm sure the customer service representatives... Yeah, it's gonna suck as usual and you don't have to pay anybody It won't suck any more just yeah it'll suck cheaper. Suck cheaper? Yeah, it will suck cheaper there is a show title. Suck cheaper! We are loaded with show titles today. Yeah and that makes total sense

CHAPTER 15 / 41 Discussion

German Listener Feedback, Triggering Accents

A discussion regarding host accents revealed that some German listeners find "Nazi-style" voices triggering or traumatizing due to historical context. One host defended the use of accents as a "work of art" while acknowledging the feedback from serious producers in Germany. The segment also touches on the lack of recent donations from Dutch listeners despite their active local meetup scene.

germany· netherlands· accents· triggering· podcast production· listeners

1:00:29 By the way 570 dot AI Five seven zero dot a I at J. A Donnelly one of our producers he's loaded up and no agenda show stuff in there you can literally ask things like What are all the give me the Red Bull is it called five seventy what five seven zero dot AI? And you can look you can go in there, and you can say oh Give me all the Red Book predictions or what episode I mean it has a lot. Okay, yeah, I'm gonna try it Yeah, yeah, okay you mentioned something about these debate the bad Dutch CEO? Yeah So we got a note from someone I'm not gonna bust the guy mm-hmm But he says that somewhere along the line and III didn't think I didn't think it was serious but then I thought about it And I said you know I think this might be true You you knuckled

1:01:20 I knuckled under to pressure from a couple of Dutch producers who said we're offended by Adam's Dutch voice. No, bullshit! And i said yeah Adam's dutch voice is a work of art how could anybody be offended? This is completely bullshit! I don't believe this who said this give me his name. I already said I wouldn't. But you have to You don't have to do anything. You must, you must repent! No I don't think so why what why the only... Here's what i did there was a Dutch producer Hendrik and he said

1:02:04 When you do a German voice, whenever German comes up and you do a Nazi Schultz voice Yeah He says that is actually traumatizing to many Germans. They've been trying to get away from that for decades And so when let me say it's all good just following order That's trauma I can assume yes, I have to assume so yeah, and so I stopped doing that Why? Because that's your job. The number of listeners, let's just go on the statistical aspect of this The number of German listeners we have that would be offended by that, I want to hear from them. John at Dvorak dot org Yeah John said it to me, john at dvorak dot org We have about five serious producers, Sir Ignited Producers that are from Germany and helped us over the year including our friend in Mulrose

1:02:58 I want to hear that they're offended by you doing that crazy German voice. I didn't say, I didn't say offended...I said it's triggering. Oh traumatizing okay. Triggering not traumatizing triggering triggering but okay. Traumatizng and triggering. 999999! Traumatising to me and triggering is pretty much the same thing is just a new version of the old word Well well you know what if they say it's absolutely not true Well, then we're gonna go straight back doing it. Obviously! Obviously... Wait here's my favorite one. Remember Rosie O'Donnell? Oh yeah vaguely Some good times people Anyway Those were the good old days of the show I did not buckle but you know what we don't receive

1:03:56 There's no more here's what here's the problem. The Dutch aren't donating there's no notes to read That's the problem they come in you know under under associate executive producer level so sometimes Well, the other thing about the Dutch is they're having nothing but fun with these parties that they're throwing on behalf of no agenda. They are having a good...they've really stoned over there man! And so it's like yeah you know dad you know we even if this show folds We still have parties. We got our own mailing list which by the way I advise. I know that Union local number one in Michigan has a pretty large mailing list of people That's a hotlist

CHAPTER 16 / 41 Discussion

Netherlands Cow Restrictions, Homeless Veteran Hoax

Leaked reports from the Netherlands suggest new environmental regulations may limit farmers to only two cows per 0.8 acres to combat nitrogen emissions. Meanwhile, a widely reported story about homeless veterans being displaced by migrants in New York was revealed to be an elaborate hoax. These items are used to illustrate how both real and fake news can be used to "spin up" public outrage.

netherlands· farming· cows· nitrogen crisis· new york· homeless veterans

1:04:42 It's a hot list so they can just mail to each other, hey let's get this Friday where we're gonna do it. Yeah yeah awesome! Let's do some climate change please I need some climate change in my life because the stories are off... let me just read some headlines. Netherlands well in the Netherlands it is leaked out that the Netherlands is going to have new requirements only two cows per field So you have a whole field which, let me see the size of this. How big is the field? 0.35 hectares What is that in acres? Double it up to about three quarters of an acre It's not very big But only two cows?!

1:05:35 I think two cows could clear that area. By the way, it's not. It is 0.8 acres. So it should be able to have more than two cows on the acre? I don't know. How many cows could... let's look up here we go knowledge no how many acres does it need to sustain one cow? Consult the book of Knowledge! How many cows, let's go this is great they don't do this on network TV at all how about how many cows per acre is acceptable how about that

1:06:16 Try that. Okay, well this is interesting according to chat GPT one to two cows per acre is acceptable! I got right here the general rule of thumb is one-to-one one cow per acre so this so this is another spin up bull crap thing they're doing to us we're thinking because we're not farmers we're thinking this isn't outrage But it's really not. They're cramping and this cramped, too many cows! The official no agenda position now is that there are too many cows per field A cow-calf pair will typically require closer to two acres Well there you go That's just a cow and calf I'm telling you we're being spun up...I should probably mention

1:07:03 The story about the homeless veterans being displaced by migrants in New York was an elaborate hoax. I'll bet it was! But we believed it, we bought it Sure because its believable that's the problem with a good hoax Yeah now who did this? It is unclear who did this hoax But the one about the cows or the ones about homeless. No, the cows it the cows is not hooked The cows is a reverse hoax Is that gender jamming too many cows? It's still a hoax bull crap were outraged by the wrong thing That's what so funny because we should just fold man I mean We should fold we're getting duped everywhere left and right well this things cuz they do ping is getting better. It is getting better Thank you Internet

CHAPTER 17 / 41 Discussion

West Oakland Climate Justice, Toxic Soil Reparations

A KQED report claims that rising sea levels in West Oakland are pushing toxic groundwater into residential areas, leading to calls for "climate reparations." Critics argue that West Oakland is largely inland and that the narrative is a pretext for gentrification and land seizure. The report links historical industrial pollution and "racist home lending" to current environmental risks.

west oakland· kqed· climate justice· reparations· sea level rise· gentrification

1:07:51 So, all right. Let's go to climate change. I do duping too occasionally. Well you want to talk about climate change? I got a horrible five-parter. Nice! I'm ready for it. This turns the table on everything this brings in a new idea and it's based on nothing but bullcrap. Nice okay and mind you this comes on the heels of the UN Was it the world the world? World meteorological one more time. I'll stop the world meteorological opera operation

1:08:32 Climate justice and reparations part one now to northern California and the threat one community of color faces because of rising sea levels KQED climate reporter Ezra David Romero takes us to West Oakland in the San Francisco Bay Area Those rising sea levels make residents. They're vulnerable to flooding and toxins that have long polluted surrounding areas And residents say protecting them from that threat or what's known as climate justice a form of reparation Hold on, stop. First of all what is now the makeup of Oakland? Because when I hear Oakland here in Texas I think that's poor blacks. Couple of things they're talking about West Oakland. I'm very familiar with West Oakland. I've worked in West Oakland

1:09:25 There's a big BART station in West Oakland which they don't, they will never say it's BART. They'll talk about as some sort of transit thing trying to screw the poor black community. West Oakland is mostly black I don't know if they're mostly poor black, I think that's East Oakland but it's mostly black living in old Victorians which are quite lovely by the way. Lovely! You know they're run down and this place is ripe for gentrification another word... That's my question is any part of Oakland gentrified? Yeah Old Town Okay But Oakland has resisted pretty well because there isn't really much you can do

1:10:07 This report, I can walk from this house to what they're talking about. Almost so you might be able to take me all day but i could get there You could are you in line for some reparations? It's about uh...I'd say ten miles from here Oh no that's outside the reparation zone So um...this story starts off talking about rising sea levels is bullcrap. You said it again, you said you were gonna fold if you'd said it one more time! I said that again... Oh man But I can't help it because this report is from top to bottom a lie and the rising sea levels in oh what in there's rising sea levels in West Oakland? This is the craziest story I've ever heard. Why? West Oakland is more or less inland There are no real docks there anything

1:11:02 Part of, you could almost say that the where the cargo containers come in. You could call that West Oakland but it's not It's the inner channel but no this is Bull and there is just okay I get worked up just listening to this nonsense Play on. Which is the point of it? Thousands of people live in West Oakland, a bridge away from San Francisco boxed in by freeways, a port and numerous industries Margaret Gordon shows me around the northern edge of the neighborhood So where are we gonna go We passed charcoal gray and white coniminiums about a half mile from San Francisco Bay. As seas continue to rise, Gordon who founded the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project foresees a looming disaster.

1:11:57 rise. And not only from surface flooding, between these homes and the bay are hazardous sites like an old army base contaminated with petroleum and other chemicals that contamination can move around as water under the ground rises those toxic soils will be a hindrance to the community they're gonna be surprises and they're gonna be real health risks well you know you say this but what about the storms of 1962 Oh, 1962 there may have been a flood. Yeah there was now storm flood The abandoned arm... Oakland Army base is there yes

1:12:35 It's an army base. I will say there are, and by the way...I was very aware of all the toxic crap that was getting into the air because i was working for the Air Pollution District for nearly a decade Yes And that area is one of the areas that I worked in There's nothing they're talking about as bullcrap! There's nothing going on out at Army Base If you talked about the Naval Air Station over in Alameda having toxic spills yes Tons the Navy's always made a mess wherever they've been and they just leave stuff And then they they waltz out of there hunters point same thing problem. Yes

1:13:16 East Oak, West Oakland? No. West Oakland no and this idea that it was the blacks have been forced to move there that's nonsense too! It was always a mixed ethnic area from the get-go you can look at go people should read the wiki page for west oakland california and just read the pages got a good history there there's none of this there's no sea level threat Anyway, onward. Christina Hill directs the Institute for Urban and Regional Development at UC Berkeley. Rising seas move inland on top of the land and underneath it The seawater actually comes under the land almost like it's sticking its toe under the freshwater That seawater pushes the fresh water up where can mix with contamination

1:14:04 As the pollution loosens, it can release poisonous gases in and around sewer and water pipes. The gas can enter buildings, workplaces schools and homes. Oh I think we need to rebuild! Through cracks in the concrete slab foundation? Yeah, gentrify Across West Oakland there are more than 130 active toxic sites. West Oakland grew up as an industrial powerhouse some... I'm gonna call it right now. I'm gonna call it right now what's going on here And I think you'll get a lot more of these stories about, you know that area. This is to run everybody out of town tear it all down and completely build a whole cheap... Cheap! Cheep cheep cheep the reparate- Take the land this is the Jay Z approach to life. This is the Jay Z approach Actually Sir Anonymous of Dogpatch he sent me a great documentary about Chicago and Southside It's called The Area

1:15:01 And this is exactly what it is, except in... you know that's different. Yeah, MoFax is on to this. In some cases they say oh its migrants are coming in and other case they just let all the drugs go rampant and then when the area is completely burned out... So they can buy it out cheap? Exactly! Or do a Black Lives Matter demonstration, burn down Minneapolis. So now it's climate change. That's what's going on. Oh, poisonous gas is gonna kill everybody! We're gonna give you some reparations for leaving! Leaving! That's what's going on here!" West Oakland grew up as an industrial powerhouse some 150 years ago when the Transcontinental Railroad ended its long journey here

1:15:44 Over time shipbuilding metal foundries auto yards and dry cleaners filled this corner of Oakland racist home lending policies like what? That's very odd. Is that a racial thing is like Chinese what I'm saying why why throw in the dry cleaners? I don't understand early dry cleaners until I don't know The 50s or 60s. Mm-hmm I used to use a lot of carbon chloride Chemicals said yeah, they dump in the backyard. Yes. I don't know over time evaporated by now But that's beside the point shipbuilding metal foundries auto yards and dry cleaners filled this corner of Oakland It's a clue John it's a clue racist home lending policies like redlining relegated black people to this neighborhood

CHAPTER 18 / 41 Discussion

Eminent Domain, Racial Injustice in Urban Planning

Urban planning history in West Oakland, including the construction of freeways and BART stations, is being reframed as a history of racial injustice and "diminishment of population." Professor Olufemi Taiwo argues that climate justice and reparations are the same project aimed at changing who faces displacement and disease. The hosts suggest this framing is a "psyop" designed to facilitate property transfers under the guise of social justice.

eminent domain· west oakland· bart· racial injustice· olufemi taiwo· climate reparations

1:16:31 They got screwed. Oh, I get it! We're going to give you some reparations so you can leave that toxic infested area from the dry cleaners. No, are you gonna die if you stay there? Yep, it's coming through the cracks in the foundation That's right. This is great, what a fabulous report! Can I go to the next clip? Yes please. It is a lesson in discrimination and disregard and diminishment of population that is helping build the city. Dorothy Lazard grew up in West Oakland she retired two years ago as the managing librarian at the Oakland History Center

1:17:10 Lazard said the policy of eminent domain decimated black neighborhoods and business districts, allowing governments to seize land and destroy... Now when they say decimated do you think just 10% what the word really means? I don't think so. Or do you think they mean 90%. We're the only ones that do that. Okay. Lazard said the policy of eminent domain decimated black neighborhoods and business districts Bullcrap! Allowing governments to seize land and destroy homes to build freeways in a commuter train line Lazaard says racist policies exposed residents.

1:17:58 They put a BART station, which is the convenient... Bay Area Rapid Transit. The BART station in the middle of West Oakland it's called the West Oakland BART Station and which is the most convenient way for anyone in that area to get to San Francisco or downtown Oakland or beyond It's kind of a favor to the community and now they're complaining. This is a great report. You know, it's kind of like we can use this as our dumping ground because we've already devalued this space. Lazard says racist policies exposed residents to life-threatening environmental pollution without their consent Those impulses are still there

1:18:46 What's this? Oh those imp- Wow! Oh I gotta hear that again. So, let me just hear this again... This was fantastic. Value this space. Lazard says racist policies exposed residents to life threatening environmental pollution without their consent Okay so it was a bunch of racists Who didn't ask for their consent? I mean, what kind of report... This is racist and they were racist and they hated black people. And they didn't ask for their consent to be racist! Lazard says racist policies exposed residents to life-threatening environmental pollution without their consent Those impulses are still there

1:19:28 Those impulses. I think they meant that they put them into an area that was contaminated, which is not without telling him But those impulses are still there means the racist are there. The racists kill the black man That's right. That's all you do you racist Californians Wow! I can't believe you're doing that Do they pin the tail on this donkey who did this? Well, no they don't go that way. They go the other way which is I think are we in the last clip? Yeah They go the other way and this was this is the eye roller clip of

1:20:06 of the group. Margaret Gordon sits on a park bench in front of her apartment as semi-trucks crawl the street and a commuter train zips by she tells me climate justice must mean reparations to me, the reparation movement is the next level of civil rights for Gordon reparations mean more than payment to the descendants of slaves They mean actions that restore consent to the community, like cleaning up toxic sites, economic opportunities and power in planning decisions about climate resilience. We will have longstanding sustainability. I would know that there's going to be housing for my children, grandchildren is gonna be a job for them

1:20:49 Climate change and reparations in terms of a response to the history of racial injustice have the same roots. Olufemi Taiwo is an associate professor at Georgetown University, he's the author of the book Reconsidering Reparations with a chapter on climate reparations Even if you didn't buy the historical story about why reparations and climate crisis are linked there is a straightforward practical story of if you want actually change who faces what level of death, disease and displacement. This is something that you should pay attention to." He says climate justice and reparations are the same project. Oh! And I'm going to agree with this report because i feel

1:21:33 that the black family, Obama they need to be compensated because they were forced to buy a mansion right on the shore of Nantucket there and they were forced to do that. It's totally racist! They need reparations so that they can move away from there. So can you believe they're trying to make this association now with climate change climate justice and reparations all the same, come from the same roots. What are they trying to do here besides steal this property like you mentioned earlier? This is now completely nuts! I should probably go back and listen to some of these organizations who are doing this and look at them and see who they are because clearly there's people who really believe in this

CHAPTER 19 / 41 Discussion

Elon Musk CNBC Interview, White Supremacy Debate

In a recent CNBC interview, Elon Musk challenged the characterization of the Allen, Texas mall shooter as a white supremacist, citing "psyops" by organizations like Bellingcat. Musk argued that the evidence for the shooter's ideology came from obscure Russian websites. The hosts analyze Musk's rhetoric, suggesting he is "dangle-opping" by appearing to speak truth while navigating complex racial politics.

elon musk· cbc· bellingcat· white supremacy· allen texas· psyops

1:22:27 I mean people have been influenced and psy-op from all directions. And so of course they truly believe that it's racist, the people who are in these organizations trying to help... Climate change is racist! Climate change by itself is racist because it was industrial white nationalists and colonialists who did this White supremacists Oh man, I got a great clip from Elon on that and then I want to play this Here it is This is still from that never I couldn't find a full interview with Elon the full thing it's all chopped up in little bits thanks CNBC. No, I need that so i can do my normal edit So here he is and what he's very slick what he's doing here because He's almost like he is the

1:23:20 When you blow your nose, it's like a clown honk sometimes. Like a Canadian... My wife is always saying how can you make all that noise? You're like a bird flu infested Canadian goose. It was flying over just infesting us all. A Canadian goose! Bird flu! So what he does here is... What do we have in... Oh, a dangle up. He said dangle-up He's dangle-opping because what he is doing here, is he saying look at me I speak the truth. I'm not afraid to speak the truth but at the same time he justifies the entire existence of white nationalism listen to this But when you link to somebody who was talking about that guy who killed children in a mall in Allen Texas

1:24:11 You say something like it might be a bad psyop. I'm not quite sure what you meant In that particular case there was A Somehow that's not not that the The it was I think incorrectly ascribed to be a white supremacist action. Oh, I'm sorry It's even worse its white supremacists there you get white supremacists That is he's going to justify killed but the if

1:24:47 I think incorrectly ascribed to be a white supremacist action. And the evidence for that was some obscure Russian website that no one's ever heard of, that had no followers and The company that found this is Bellingcat. Right. Do you know what Bellingcat does? Psyops. I couldn't really even follow exactly what it was you were trying to express there. Are you stupid, CNBC guy? Are you truly that stupid?! So that's part why I was curious but... I'm saying that I thought the ascribing it to white supremacy was bullshit Okay And and uh and and and that the information for that came from an obscure Russian website and was somehow magically found by Velencat which is a company that does psyops

1:25:36 And there's no proof by the way that he was not. There is no proof, I would say that there is no proof that he is and thats a debate you want to get into on Twitter? Yes because we should be ascribing things to white supremacy if it's false Okay So at first I kind of thought yeah like go Elon yeah throwing Bellingcat under the bus Yeah I totally agree with that but then I realized what he's doing He's in essence saying white supremacy is real, white supremacy is alive in America and you can't put that brown man into white supremacy.

1:26:16 It's really, it's a dangle up. It's truly subversive. It's very... That is interesting you come with that thesis! Very evil but what Elon Musk is doing here the white supremacist I don't know that he knows he's doing that Oh yes that's all he does. That's his whole raison d'etre I think that is what this guy does. In this case, that's his whole Twitter thing Well you know he is from South Africa and... You've been there? Or you haven't been there but you know the Dutch that are there Yes They're a bunch of white supremacists The white supremacists are Biden, Ursula, Queen Ursula Prince Charles These are the... it has nothing to do with skin color

1:27:06 Those are the true white supreme. That's what this is, the supreme who come from white Europe and there were people in that's where we get the Venetian White from is brown people in Europe who are still part of white supremacy and they powdered themselves up to be white The Supreme! The people who still kind of run the world. You're talking about the band? No it's average white band you confused I do have a question for you as you mentioned, you work for the air pollution brigade. The government.

CHAPTER 20 / 41 Discussion

Forever Chemicals, PFAS Regulation in Canada

The Canadian government is investigating "forever chemicals" (PFAS) found in consumer products like clothing and takeout containers. These substances have been linked to liver damage and cancer, with elevated levels found in northern indigenous communities. The hosts discuss the marketing of the term "forever chemicals" and the potential for new regulations to impact the textile and detergent industries.

pfas· forever chemicals· health canada· environment canada· clothing· indigenous communities

1:27:46 And you are a chemist by trade, so I can ask you a question about this rather short report from Candanavia. The federal government is investigating so-called forever chemicals in Canada A growing body of evidence points to toxic chemicals on our clothes making their way into our bodies The question is how much harm they potentially are doing As the CBC's David Thurton reports Ottawa wants to regulate the products linked to them Health Canada and Environment Canada are reviewing the science behind forever chemicals. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are a group of chemicals that hang around in the environment for a long time. Exposure has been linked to liver damage and breast cancer. Still these chemicals are quite common in clothing compostable takeout containers and many other consumer items according to the government's later science review tests show PFAS

1:28:41 in the blood of many Canadians and even more elevated levels among people in northern indigenous communities. The government wants to consult more Canadians but with this scientific review it's putting industry on notice saying it intends to regulate forever chemicals So they're calling this forever chemicals, which I love as a term. It's PFAS, which is polyfluorochlorical... By the way most chemicals are forever chemicals but you react with something. This is why I come to you hat in hand asking what is that what does the deal with these polyfluoroichofluorofluorochol? How come I can't pronounce this?

1:29:26 That's I don't know if you're coming to me for that. I don't know why you can't pronounce it What is it and and why is it in our clothes? They're bad well, do you remember they about Eight years ago on this show we talked about We talked about you using Oh detergent downy and fabric softeners yes And then everybody jumped all over and said, you can't do that. Don't use these things are going to kill you! I wound up using some nuts in a bag. Yeah remember we had those? Oh yeah, I used the balls. No, it's soap nuts in the bag and tennis balls in the dryer. Tennis balls. Tennis balls in the dryer. It does the job. Guess how long that lasted

1:30:12 Well, as soon as you met Tina. She's all in on the tennis balls we still use the tennis balls but I think she slips in a sheet or two little softener sheet to make it smell fresh Yeah, well that's the stuff that we're talking about. And it's used for that same reason. It's like these things, these weird chemicals I don't even know how they develop them but they use in the fabrics and modern fabrics seem to take a liking to them and say yeah you put that mix out with me and I'm gonna be soft I'm gonna feel a lot more expensive than I really am anyone who has owned a cashmere sweater and tried to find something

1:30:54 that's as nice made with some other fabric, sometimes you do and it's because it has been treated. And so these guys are like, oh well you know this is not good for the body. It's probably not good for your liver and it's probably not I'm probably in agreement with most of these assertions Correct but whenever i hear a cool marketing phrase like forever chemicals and they're also racist because or you know it hurts indigenous people more... By the way that I don't get Well because there's something behind it. This is clearly an op! Yes, there is always something behind and it is a cool phrase you're right forever chemicals great It's an Op! No agenda your OP show Hey everybody welcome to the Op Show Andrew Sullivan The OG gay blogger

CHAPTER 21 / 41 Discussion

Andrew Sullivan, Queer Theory and Children

Blogger Andrew Sullivan published a critique of how "queer theorists" have taken over the gay rights movement and are now targeting children in schools. Sullivan argues that the movement is attempting to abolish the sex binary by encouraging toddlers and kindergarteners to choose their own pronouns and gender identities. This shift is described as a departure from the original goals of gay and lesbian acceptance.

andrew sullivan· queer theory· lgbtq· gender binary· education· children

1:31:55 Yeah, yeah. Very famous. Wrote quite the sub stack. Oh did he now? Oh he did! He dove right into the queer theorists. Is he against it? He knows he's cis Of course, he is against it! Finally what we have been saying is that gay and lesbians are under severe attack they're being erased Yes because they're cis They are being erased I must have received from 15 different people I didn't get it once Well, you know that's right. You're like this is your beat This is my that's my beat everybody the trans man I'm gonna go on Glenn Beck and say hey Glenn just so you know, I'm not the trans man I'm going Tuesday by the way should be fun Although just as an aside Tina was watching my previous appearance on back And she noticed something that I forgot to bring up but bothers me a lot

1:32:58 The setting for him is a table, round table in a giant studio. It really is a big studio it's all empty they got you know some lights at the very edges. Right, for effect it looks great! Looks great and he's got the hanging microphones and everything almost like I should be you know like... Let's get ready to rumble!! What? I don't like the hanging microphones. He had that when he had Rodriguez or whatever that guy's name was and Mike was slowly twisting it was like off-center, I didn't like it. In my first appearance actually hit it by accident with my hand. It was weird. Bang! It was swinging back and forth. And there are two chairs... The guest chair is lower than his

1:33:39 Yeah, this is an old TV trick. I know but i hate it and I want to say somebody can have a phone book Glenn? I'm gonna ask him for that It's not cool It isn't old and I think he probably does that on purpose it seems like he would be a guy really yeah This is the Johnny Carson Johnny Carson started that I think I think Johnny Carson started it yeah It's annoying And I'm six five and I'm going to sit there like a little boy Like a little boy at the table Hey can I have some more peas So Andrew Sullivan, he unloads a great piece that's in the show notes and what he says is to be homosexual it

1:34:21 contrast is meant to be attracted the same sex. Gays and lesbians run the gamut of tastes, politics backgrounds religions some are conservative some radical some indifferent some gays or queers but most aren't and the queers now run what was once the gay rights movement for a longer piercing reflection on The Takeover read something he has some reference here but he says unlike the gays and lesbians who definitely fought a fight in the United States and came out okay You know, it's more legal in America to have same-sex marriage than it is in most countries in Europe. It's more accepted even! More accepted than the Netherlands you get spit on by the Moroccans if you're same sex holding hands in the street but then he says that queers upped the ante and did something we gays never did they targeted children

1:35:11 If they could get into kids minds bodies and souls from the very beginning of their lives They could abolish the sex binary from the ground up And so they got a pliant woke educational establishment to reprogram children From the very start telling toddlers that any single one of them could be living in the wrong body therefore before they could even spell Kindergarteners were told to pick a pronoun, thereby sex as soon as they arrived. Endless kiddie books reiterated the queer theory mantra about gender you can be a girl or boy or both or neither or something else entirely and if the sex that child chose did not match their physical body they were told they could just change it and change it back if they needed to no questions asked fun! If a boy said he was a girl vice versa It was in fact unethical to ask any further questions from now on He Was A Girl Parents

1:36:03 problem to overcome. And that's just an excerpt, but it was a very very good piece very thoughtful and I'm glad that we now see a leader of gay America unlike Kara Swisher who should be with Andrew Sullivan on this instead. 105%! You saved yourself Wow I triggered 100% meme in you just by saying Kara Swisher Didn't I said 105? Yes correct I have to read this piece, and i'm sure it's right on the money. He has always been a good writer. It is really mind-boggling but its great!

1:36:47 his compadres to address this problem. There's nothing, I mean we bitch and moan just generally speaking but we can't really bring it home like people in the community can and it's like Muslim radicals! It's the Muslims that have to bring them to justice not us. Right so let's just start by eradicating things as THE COMMUNITY LGBTQ is NOT THE COMMUNITY It's a brand and it's all about the Q. And the B, even just by the mere nature that B is in that lineup... The B is out! Get rid of the B! ...stand for bisexual, by definition means that this T and Q is ridiculous in the community So let's play a clip Oh I was gonna have a whole thing oh you've got something please

CHAPTER 23 / 41 Discussion

Big Pharma, Financial Incentives for Gender Transition

The hosts claim that the pharmaceutical industry has a massive financial incentive to promote gender transitions, estimating each transition is worth over $7 million in lifetime revenue. They argue that organizations like the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics are influenced by "Big Pharma" interests. The segment links the rise of "trans Maoist" ideology to the isolation of children during COVID-19 lockdowns.

big pharma· gender transition· american psychology association· cdc· rachel levine· money

1:41:02 Which is why we're never going to be really successful. Because we're not using the model of success, We are using the model of honesty so that we can look at ourselves in the mirror and hopefully calm people down And this is coming a lot of this is coming from big pharma once again because they are the ones benefiting each child that decides to transition Is worth 7 million dollars over their lifetime At minimum... 7.2 You have it down to the decimal. I'm impressed 7.2 and think about the restrictions that big pharma put on COVID you can't even talk about ivermectin, but that's horse paste

1:41:46 You can't, if you go against Big Pharma's wishes then you lose your license. Your scrubbed off the world your business will close and you get no insurance for your business all this is big pharma is doing this again when I say big pharma I'm also talking about the American Psychology Association The American Association of Pediatrics CDC Rachel Levine it's a big part of it All the Pritzkers who own medical device companies, it's all about money for them and they don't care. And it is all about power and this is the worst part is Democrats in general

1:42:29 are the ones that see, oh wow this is perfect we can grab these people. These are the people that will be affectionate towards them and I would say today's Democrat is a Maoist socialist Marxist So, no we can grab these children early on. Someone else is grabbing them! It's Big Pharma thank you very much that's great Oh media is just helping out Parents are afraid! Parents were afraid to speak up about masking in schools Parents were afraid to say hey I really don't want my kid to get this shot I really don't want my kid to get the shot without me knowing about it

1:43:07 So, and this trans Maoist movement happened during COVID. That's when children were left alone to their own devices literally their devices beaming this crap into them and so you need to take charge of your inputs of yourself and your children This queer ideology which to me as I look at it is nothing new It's just we have the...it's plus the internet We in the 70s We had punk, and we'd be sticking safety pins through our earlobes and through our nose and through our cheek. And we had leather jackets with a A on it in a circle, anarchist! Yeah! And yeah...we had the sex pistols and God save the Queen she ain't no human being Now it's just been turbocharged

1:43:54 And it's really just people who want to be against everything and against the establishment. And the establishment is now in charge and is running your children into the ground! Here are two people learning how to be teachers... How do you feel about LGBTQ pushing their agenda on the youth? There is no agenda. You are speaking to the LGBT. I feel as though that's great, I feel as though every child should be gay Yeah! I think every single child on earth... I'm actually gay and i am studying to be a teacher right now and im going to make every child in my class gay Now these people are completely captured they're completely brainwashed And you need to avoid them get them out of your school get your child out of the school but you also

CHAPTER 24 / 41 Discussion

Senator Machaela Kavanaugh, Nebraska Trans Rights Protest

Nebraska State Senator Machaela Kavanaugh engaged in a repetitive chant during a legislative session to protest a bill banning sex change procedures and puberty blockers for minors. The bill, which passed narrowly, restricts medical interventions for those under 19. The hosts characterize Kavanaugh's behavior as being "under a spell" and compare the chanting to a religious ritual.

machaela kavanaugh· nebraska· trans rights· puberty blockers· legislative protest· chanting

1:44:44 have to watch, check yourself. These are still people! They're just... they have been mind-controlled and they're literally under spells and this is the only clip that I really need to play because it shows how the spell has taken charge of otherwise probably normal adults And I'm glad I could find this in context because the spin you up make you crazy version was the only thing you saw about a minute on social media. I got the full three minutes, this is Democrat Senator Mikhaila Kavanaugh of Nebraska Now let's take the context of what was happening here

1:45:30 They were discussing a bill, which by the way in Nebraska passed narrowly. Which if signed by the governor will ban sex change procedures for minors under 19 as well as- Hey wait! I thought that sex change for minors under 18 was already nobody did it? Yeah that's just not true And with sex change we also mean chemically altering the state of your body, so testosterone estrogen etc. None of it is reversible as they claim and again parents are just... We know parents of these trans children and we know these people John you and I look at them when we say they've just been captured

1:46:20 They're afraid to say no. They're afraid to stand up. They are not afraid to say, No they won't say no their completely captured to the extreme that their righteous but there's difference between the people who are afraid to say no than the people who have been captured and are righteous about it I still have sympathy for them because they're under some form of spell which is very similar and maybe just 30% of people are lost but it's very similar to vax versus unvaxxed. And it doesn't matter how many times you show that you were lied to about the vaccine working, they'll never accept it

1:47:03 It's like many experiments that show that people have heard mentality and they will just go along with it, but it comes from a place of fear. So by the way this is not even such a crazy law 12 weeks of pregnancy I mean fill in your own version of what you think is acceptable and 19 is older than most states, you know it's 18 for this type of work but includes puberty blockers. And so the senator comes up and there were people protesting out in the hallway and she starts off

1:47:48 very normally saying that she doesn't agree with it and this is the piece you didn't hear and certainly didn't see. And then she just goes into a chant that I think has been, its'a spell, she's under a spell and she is not the only one and I have compassion and love for her but it is very troubling to see! Senator Michaela Kavanaugh are you recognized to speak? Thank you Mr. President, trans people belong here we need trans people we love trans people that's what they're saying out there so that's what they're saying out there? That is the chant! They are standing in a circle in the rotunda saying that over and over again Trans People Belong Here We Need Trans People We Love Trans Peoples

1:48:47 Trans people belong here. We need trans people, we love trans people. Trans people belong here. We need trans people We love trans people. Trans people belong here, we need trans people, we love trans people. Trans people belong here, we need trans people, we love trans people. Trans people belong here, we need trans people, we love trans people. Trans people belong here, we need trans people, we love trans people. Trans people belong here. We need trans people, we love trans people!

1:49:43 Trans people belong here. We need trans people, we love trans people! Trans people belong here! We need trans people, we love trans people.

1:50:28 Trans people belong here! We need trans people, we love trans people. Trans people belong here! We need trans people, we love trans people. Trans people belong here! We need trans people, we love trans people You matter! YOU MATTER And I am fighting for you and i will not stop I will not stop today, I will not stop tomorrow You are loved! You matter! You belong here

1:51:15 This is this is a very very disturbed individual I am reminded of a Hari Krishna. Yes, exactly That's how it just exactly at chance and chance are very very powerful And this I think is in this may be done behind closed doors We got a very rare peek at what and this isn't this is a person who was in government Doing this in front of her peers This is something that is way beyond the pale. And it was fun kind of watching the troll room like, stop! Stop! I'm leaving, I'm checking out You have to face this you have to face what's going on these people need to be embraced and like excuse me you need to calm down let's have a beer A Bud Light perhaps But some...this is very very very sick

CHAPTER 25 / 41 Discussion

TSA Transgender Policy, Ford Pride F-150

New TSA policies allow transgender passengers to request either a male or female agent for pat-downs, leading to pushback from some agents. Additionally, Ford has released a "Pride" themed F-150 with rainbow colors, which the hosts view as corporate virtue signaling that may alienate traditional customers. These examples are cited as evidence of "mama bears" and the public beginning to resist institutional gender ideology.

tsa· transgender policy· ford· f-150· pride month· corporate marketing

1:52:15 And this is the internet, it's the food people are eating. It's the media they're consuming. It's the words you use...it's pronouns! This is where we have to just stop. We have to stop. We do! Yeah good luck Well, people are standing up to it Here's a TSA agent producer Good afternoon, I was hesitant to reach out as i know how much you love the TSA. We love you that has nothing to do with your TSA or not but now transgender passengers can request if they want a male or female TSA agent and this agent is saying I'm not going to do it! As a man I am NOT going to pat down on women even if they requested them. Not going to do it

1:53:13 And the only thing we have... Did you see Ford? Ford now has the Pride LGBT colored rainbow F-150. You sure that's not a hoax? No, no it's not! Specifically that..no it's not a hoax It's NOT a hoax But these companies are all a little bit behind, you know. They haven't quite figured out that people are not going to take this anymore the mama bears are out they're stopping this stuff in schools and but to them I also said you gotta calm down You don't have to go crazy but when I hear this this chanting clearly these...and oh and this is the latest This is the best

CHAPTER 26 / 41 Discussion

State Department Pronoun Glitch, Matt Lee Briefing

Reporter Matt Lee questioned the State Department about a "glitch" that automatically added pronouns to the "From" field in internal emails. The department reportedly offered free therapy to employees upset by the misgendering caused by the technical error. The hosts criticize the imposition of pronouns in corporate and government environments as "virtue signaling" that ruins the English language.

state department· matt lee· pronouns· outlook· microsoft· workplace policy

1:54:04 This is your government. Matt Lee, finally we have a Matt Lee clip! We've been missing Matt Lee from the State Department. Finally saw him again and there's a new state spokeshole...state department spokeshole who was pretty funny by himself and Matt Lee has gone very very gray it's kind of like wow man we haven't seen you around and you went gray on us and he's old he's getting up there And he started off the briefing with a question. What's your question? Are you able to look at them right now my email I'm not gonna pull up my email from the boat. Oh, no You don't need a show it to me Yeah, I want to notice oh, I want to know if you've noticed anything different in the from

1:55:00 line where it gives the sender Matt this would be a lot better if you would just what your question was well I mean you so you haven't noticed anything no okay, so within the last hour and a half two hours the State Department's internal email system And I tested this so I know that is true has added pronouns to to people's, not their signature but to where it says from. So it will say him he his or her you know she hers. Why?

1:55:37 This is not an optional thing. This is something that has been just arbitrarily imposed and I understand that people could have their pronouns attached if they wanted them to a signature before, but this is not something that anyone has a choice about." So you have the premise here? That the State Department was automatically putting pronouns in the from field? Yeah. It's scandal! Scandal because of the glitch So I'm just wondering why and who made this decision. Well Matt, I have not seen this phenomenon for myself. Okay but i have and ill show it to you. Is is just so let me ask you a question? Is it just for internal state department people- As if that would be okay! No because I tested it and I got an email from someone in this building And whereas before it did not have any of these pronouns attached to the sender's name It now does

1:56:33 And I've also been told from other people that's that many of them or at least when you send it does it doesn't have the? I'll show it to you So anyway, the state department indeed there was some kind of glitch because they were indeed um Or have been planning to add automatic or maybe you should be able to choose pronouns To the from field which now this is an out. They use outlook So I'm just going to presume this is a Microsoft feature that they will be adding and the State Department is now offering free therapy to any employees who feel hurt or upset by this unfortunate glitch if they were misgendered. Yeah, your name's Andy for example could be a woman

1:57:23 But you get to he her and might be a the fact this would hurt your feelings is such an extreme so We need to come up with us a couple of we've done this in the past. We need to help people with ways to Stop the pronoun stuff if someone says oh no, that's a he she them or hers or no I said it's butchering its ruining the English language Mm-hmm makes it harder to write and it's idiotic, and it is a very small sub 1% of the population demanding this. Why such a small group calling the shots? Well obviously because this is part of the trans Maoist system so we need to have a comeback which we've done in the past

1:58:14 It's like when someone sends you an email and then there is a pronoun in there. I think that we have to start saying, excuse me... ...I cannot converse with you if you're doing this but it needs to be a better comeback Yes, yes. I agree a better comeback than that We need to have something! I'm looking for something Maybe somebody out there will write something... we have writers that have talent maybe they're on strike They can give us some free material and they'll come up with this one-liner Because i see this in corporations all the time now

CHAPTER 27 / 41 Discussion

Podcast Value for Value, Modern App Adoption

The hosts discuss the "Value for Value" model and encourage listeners to use modern podcasting apps like Fountain, Podverse, and Curiocaster. These apps allow for "streaming sats" and real-time interaction through the "troll room." They also promote their own social media instance, No Agenda Social, as an alternative to algorithm-driven platforms.

value for value· fountain· podverse· curiocaster· podcasting 2.0· no agenda social

1:59:01 And it's virtue signaling, it's political. It has no business in business and we have to find a polite way to tell people... No I can't. One way? I didn't know you were a Democrat! And with that I'd like to thank you for your courage saying the morning to you the man who put the C in the forever chemicals Ladies and gentlemen please say hello to my friend on the other end Mr John C DeMora Sorry. In the morning to you! I was making so much noise, they couldn't hear ya. In the morning to you Adam McCurry also in the morning all ships sea boots on the ground. In the air, snugs underwater! Yes! And to all the pronoun virtue signallers let's count our trolls in this troll room how many do we have here? Oh wow were two hours into the show and still have 2206

1:59:58 That's not too bad. No, that's good Normally we break one hour in why are we breaking two hours in? Well it's very hard We got no donations! That's right the less donations the more show It's amazing. We must be doing something wrong and maybe they were just not giving enough value I think...I think we bring in the value people say we're bringing the value but what do you mean Maybe they're tired of these topics Really? I mean it's possible Well, all right. We can go but well alright I don't know what other topics there are we just deconstruct whatever news there is that's pretty much what we do yeah Anyway nice to see you there trolls. We had a holiday coming up that might help even though it never has in the past Nothing ever helps

2:00:48 Trolls! Hello there. You're listening live now at trollroom.io supposedly or presumably you might be listening on one of the modern podcast apps and we welcome Fountain to the party, the big app along with Podverse and Curiocaster. Fountain now also does the live podcast where you get an alert when we fire off the bat signal so you always remember to tune in and it's the same app where you get the podcast or any of your podcasts. You can import podcasts from your old legacy app and to find those go to podcastapps.com Or of course you can always continue to follow John and myself at our non-algo eyes. So, it's just... You start on your timeline and you end where you've read something already read before. You don't hang out that long It's noagendasocial.com Follow Adam at noagendasocial.com John C. Dvorak at noagendasocial.com We're always there we're always looking at what's going on People like the tag us in long conversations which is sometimes fun

CHAPTER 28 / 41 Discussion

No Agenda Art Generator, Artist Leaderboard

The No Agenda Art Generator, managed by Sir Paul Couture, now features a leaderboard tracking the most successful contributing artists. Tantaniel and Capitalist Agenda are currently at the top of the charts, while long-time contributor Nick the Rat remains the all-time leader. The hosts debate the merits of AI-generated art versus hand-crafted pieces and the difficulty of predicting show topics in advance.

no agenda art· tantaniel· paul couture· nick the rat· ai art· leaderboard

2:01:49 And as part of our value for value initiative, where people can help us with time talent and treasure. We definitely got some some talent the artwork we want to thank the artist who brought us the artwork for episode 1556. We titled that uncertainty complex maybe was the title? Maybe the title didn't bring people didn't motivate people to support us I thought yes I was gonna say when you're gonna since we're going to talk about the art We should point out that on the front page has been changed for the art generator Oh, I have not seen the chain and Paul Couture has created a leaderboard. Oh Leader board top ten past year. I see it well this is The art came from Tantaniel And it was something not discussed in the show at all which was a point of contention Before I said we didn't discuss this at all

2:02:44 And you said, but it's a beautiful piece. I couldn't argue with that! That's the problem...I could not argue with it being a beautiful piece This was the Department of Plumbers Dustbusters and Fixers which I believe was something Matt Gaetz said in one of his performances in Congress Which is why we probably didn't play it It was an FBI agent he said oh they're just plumbers dustbusters and fixers then they had a you know and the FBI agent has a wrench pipe wrench and a dust buster. A dust buster, yeah. It was the best piece but... Well that was it did that that piece and there's also another piece next to it nearby by also by Tantaniel of her trying to predict in advance what the show is gonna be about which is a bad idea yes Is she doing this again?

2:03:35 No, I'm just saying she did it twice. If you look at the piece that she did over two there is another piece similar... It's not similar it's not half as good but it's got the Dustbuster done by her also done by her so she was all in on predicting what we're gonna talk about and trying to predict what we're going to talk about is not necessarily... We don't talk about what you think we're gonna talk about generally speaking Well here's a question for you Seeing the low donations, are we talking about the wrong things? Well I'm all in for playing these whack job clips. In fact right here in the middle of the donation segment I have one! Oh here we go alright

2:04:20 So this is the kind of clip that, you know it's not much to talk about. It was just silly and the Dustbusters thing was too but this is Lindus now they had a bunch of whistleblowers right right who have been there? And it was really interesting because the Democrats were excoriating them because they were even though the Democrats are the ones behind the whole idea of whistleblowers. They were big onto the whistleblowers because, you know all going back to the Pentagon papers they were the ones all trying to protect the whistleblowers but now they hate whistleblowers! Surprise surprise! And so these guys... So we have Linda Sanchez who is arguably one of the two or three stupidest representatives in the house there

2:05:06 There are trying to burn one of these whistleblowers with an idiotic question and let's listen to Linda. Mr Allen have you ever used Twitter yes or no? I have utilized Twitter, Yes Okay And is your account at Marcus A 970 50645 That is absolutely not my account Okay that's not your account 5, 2022 an account under the name Marcus Allen retweeted a tweet that said- That is not my account ma'am. You haven't let me finish the question sir! I'm not even the football player... you haven't let me finish the question on this and the time is mine on December 5th 2022 an account under the name of Marcus Allen re tweeted a tweet that said quote Nancy Pelosi staged January 6th retweet if you agree end quote

2:05:58 Do you agree with that statement? Yes or no. That is, I don't know ma'am that's not my account at all. I'm asking whether you agree with that statement yes or no Can you please rephrase the statement? Rephrased? Do think that name Pelosi staged January 6th? I just want him to answer this last question He'll answer it yeah he'll answer it I'm just telling your time's up Do you believe that Nancy Pelosi, do you agree with the statement that this person tweeted? That Nancy Pelosi staged January 6th. Yes or no? No Thank you I yield back Oh my goodness Yeah yeah exactly I mean maybe we need to play more stuff like Listen to that! You! Hold on let's do it So Tantanile also tried to do something about the Durham report

2:06:45 Which, you know and she put in there which didn't quite work. You know what you say being yourself met your cop door to health. Yes, we put the Dutch on that which was cute But what maybe we should be doing this? You know, they're so crazy those Democratic rates from matter a second thing We are keeping an eye on tonight is the reaction particularly the reaction on the political right man. She was totally you know Trump was right He was exonerated to the long-awaited Durham report. Oh no, Durham report! Listen to that mad cow! What? The long awaited what?! What what oh like she doesn't know what it is?? Well the reason we're watching for the right and their reaction to this is because the Durham report is only really long awaited by them and they really have been awaiting this report

2:07:33 Boy, they have been excited about this for a long time. Literally for years former President Trump and his allies have been invoking the name John Durham or sometimes Bull Durham as the man who would save them and smite all of Trump's enemies For years they've been heralding the great revelations John Durham would soon reveal about Trump's political opponents and the deep state in all their evil ways That's exactly what is in the report! Along with the fact that No Agenda is the best podcast in the universe. When that didn't seem to be happening, Trump and his allies started pounding their chests and yelling at the clouds about why Durham hadn't acted yet, why he hadn't yet smote all of Trump's enemies, why there were Democrats who weren't yet at Guantanamo. Yes right! Hillary Clinton isn't in Guantanamo. We are not. That's what people want from us John

2:08:29 That's clearly what they want. They want us to do that kind of material like every other podcast out there Everybody does that! That's what I mean Who else can tell you how they're going to take the good neighborhoods and Oakland from the property. That's not as interesting as excoriating Rachel Maddow on her once a week show where she always looks down like she is so concerned about what's in the next block. One of the most uninteresting people. Oh yeah, oh yeah, of course

2:09:06 Now, ComicstripBlogger had an interesting little thing but it was so AI we just couldn't stand it. No I liked the rabbit head his AI thing developed that was a very good job for the AI Yeah for the AI We should give AI the credit you know? That's what we should be doing He did some work on that piece though because he had to, I know the AI won't give you anything like no agenda at the top in Kareem Devoree at the moment so he had to put that on by hand and so he did it in such a way that they have the rabbit overlay it. So we had to do that using some trickery. I think a lot of people are using AI and Cognitive Bloggers really kind of flooded the zone with some of his AI stuff. Darren O'Neill

2:09:58 You had Pinocchio. I don't what was the point of Pinocchio with the NBC logo and BC reports? We had some about them lying all the time The problem I had with that piece was it but I don't believe That Darren licensed at Pinocchio character and Disney's really Tight about anything use of their characters, and I don't want to even talk yeah before you know they'll leave your state Taking all their business with you with them. So the point of that is like no they tend to sue They and I'm not do Paying doing anything with a Disney character, you can forget it

2:10:36 There's other good, there was good stuff to use. It's just that I was arguing because of the prettiness and the professionalism of this one piece which you made their argument hey we didn't even talk about that! Yeah but it was it was the nicest piece amongst all the other things And it was the nicest to an extreme. That's if it was less nice, that's the problem It wasn't I and you were like oh we can do the AI with the car which is just no No, that was just not cutting. I actually liked the I really liked at a I with the car piece I just suggested it was usable

2:11:16 I like the Sir Paul Couture, the bill as the shill but of course you pointed out that it was very unclear because the shill was way too small for the artwork which is always my gripe and so i couldn't get out from under that one obviously. I didn't get that piece yeah well because we were talking about bills and you know...I don't know It had something to do with the show at least maybe maybe Tantanio's not even listening to this show Just gets up in the morning looks at the news look possible Twitter and I'll just do one of these see if I can get on The leaderboard and she did it early ended in the game that piece would take some time. He's young a leader where she's number two Currently now with the top ten ladies gentlemen at number 10 Darren O'Neill comics for blogger Number nine Roger Roundy, then he'll be off the chart soon as you stop. Oh, he's not gonna do anything easy

2:12:08 basically a married man with a job. Dame Kenny Ben comes in at number seven, Nico Syme who's relatively new to the chart number six correct director at five Sir Paul Couture who is the purveyor of the entire art generator number four Ness works at number three Tantaniel who just had her 16th win at number two and number one on top of the chart Capitalist Agenda with 18 wins we also now need For next week we need to know if someone went up or down on the chart, if someone is a... Oh yeah I need arrows. We need bullets, we know if someone enters the chart with a bullet there's a full leaderboard as well oh my goodness there's like a full leader board of how many artists? 213! We have 213 artists?! Well 213, also it says all-time leader board

2:12:56 All-time leaderboard, okay. But like Nick the Rat is all time winner with 189 wins Martin JJ with 107 and unbelievably The non artist Darren O'Neill at number three of all time with 99 wins There was a moment in time When Nick the rat you can go look at his page and see this he's got pay He's got ten twenty pages of art Nick the Rat was submitting serious stuff for about two or three years and it's still there. I mean you can still look at his old stuff, and you see this that is stil usable. Nick the Rat was really quite a phenomenon for him...for awhile. Some of this stuff is phenomenal. He got to start doing hi own show, got a big head lost his touch. Yeah exactly once I went on the show

2:13:48 as a guest then he was just getting senators, heads of state all kinds of people on his show and you're right. He got Mimi on the show. And then he got a big head and then he just quit that's not true he has tried a few things recently Once in a while he does something. Well, I lost his touch somewhere. Anyway, NoahArtGenerator.com is where you can follow along or if you're using that cool new podcast app i told you about You'll see these many of these pieces that we discuss used throughout the duration of the show as Dreb Scott puts those in this chapter art and now

CHAPTER 29 / 41 Discussion

Executive Producer Donations, North Idaho Meetup

Sir Scott the Jew led a successful "North Idaho Sanity Brigade" meetup where attendees pooled their funds to support the show. New producers were "de-douched" following their contributions, and Lucas Tayema was granted the title of Baronet of the Muehlertaal Luxembourg. The segment highlights the importance of community meetups in sustaining the podcast's financial model.

sir scott the jew· north idaho· meetup· donations· baronet· luxembourg

2:14:25 I believe Podverse and Fountain, they have Android Auto and CarPlay. So you can actually see the art change on your dashboard while you're driving. Nice! Yeah it's actually pretty cool Thank you very much, artists. We appreciate all that you do now we're going to thank our executive and associate executive producers for episode 1557. We kick it off with our top donor and executive producer one of two Sir Scott the Jew from Post Falls Idaho who I believe also sent in a meetup report in the morning John C & Adam J H N S I please accept this donation generated at the latest North Idaho Sanity Brigade third Thursday monthly meet up every oh this is nice

2:15:11 Every attendee chipped in all via the fistful of cash plopped down into the middle of the table. They're badass up there in Idaho The following people are first-time donors and need deductions Claude the Gypsy You've been deduced And Dave Gibson you've been deduced Yeah, I like that I like it when I like it when they pitch in at the meetup. It's kind of cool Not all meetups do that, but i think its a good trend Please play trains good planes bad thank you for your courage and stay safe All aboard! Trains Good Planes Bad Jack Tinkler comes in with 333 Columbus Georgia

2:16:04 And he's, you know there is another thing that is going on. Is that the MailChimp changed something in the... I'm not getting my opens What? To the normal number. Down by only about 10% but it's down But now your blaming that on MailChimp and no just the fact people don't read the newsletter No Blame it either on a male chip or maybe Google cuz they google's changing stuff all the time But I'm still my basic got the guys Guys out there are the base check and see where it comes through there. They're still checking in with a positive note So good, I'm guessing is male chimp okay alright

2:16:42 So I'll start with Jack Tinkler here in Columbus, Georgia. And then we and I would say that because we got no three three three three threes today We just got this one jack. Yeah de douche me please You've been d-douched This is no jingles. No karma PS John and Adam y'all my best friends. Oh He says y'all like a Jew wouldn't do in Georgia Well, we're happy to be your best friends. Yeah it works! Then we go straight to Associate Executive Producers Kenny Corson in North Haven Maine $205 and 19 cents and he says see attached note which I have here it's long so I won't read at all but he does say In the morning John Adam Adam congratulations on your anniversary that's right Tina and I celebrated on Friday four years of blissful marriage and last Monday was eight years that we've been together

2:17:36 He says, my wife and I happen to share the same date. 22 years! And we've never had a fight See the last three digits of the donation? This is my third donation in three years so it seems as though... ...I should be de-douche'd You've been de-douched Speaking of douches can you call out Chris Hutchinson? Douchebag! And Emerson Tremble? Douchebag Assholes. And then he says enjoy the first run syrup from our farm did you get the syrup? Did we get all this? Yes I did, i have not tried it yet but I did... We also-I want to mention this there's another guy and I wish I could find his note who sent me a couple of syrups also from Pennsylvania and he sent me a handwritten note and I can't find his email so I can't get back to him with a little advice So the syrup uh he sent

2:18:29 The commercial stuff, and then he sent something called a cooking syrup which you can't sell commercially as a syrup. Oh I got these too! Yes i got his syrup the regular syrup and the cooking syrup yes yeah the cooking syrup if it was rebranded...I'm telling this is a money maker oh really? This cooking stuff if its rebranded as maple flavored coffee sweetener even though it's real stuff Yeah, it's real stuff but because they got this. It is very intense and very maple-y. In a cappuccino... not just... A cappuccino! In a cappuccino it is unbelievable Now are you making cappuccinos at the house these days? I make cappuccinos sure. I've been making cappuccinos since the 70s now I will mention one other thing

2:19:21 Also, I make an iced coffee made in the form of a chocolate egg cream which anyone Jewish people who live in Brooklyn would know. So I make an iced coffee like...I call it a coffee egg cream. I use the maple syrup in that for the sweetener to drop dead! I used his cooking syrup on, this is what i do when i make salmon which i bake in the oven. I will drizzle a little bit of maple syrup on top of the salmon and then i put lemon

2:20:01 lemon pepper on top of that and then I'll bake it in the oven. And, and I really enjoyed the cooking maple syrup. I will try it in the coffee though, that's a good idea. Apparently he gave us three dollars in Canadian money And with that he says it stems from the comments, of course people are mad about what I said about two and one dollar Canadian bills. I don't know what i said but he says keep up the good work can I get in New York? You said it was cheesy! Yeah well there you go Can I get a New York Times vocal fry my son Odin and his friend Rami love it followed by a bit of Sharpton oh I didn't grab any Sharpton for ya

2:20:46 Hold on, R-E-S-P-I-C-T. Yeah I got that no problem You know obviously i read the New York Times like all day long mainly on my iPad app R-E-S-P-I-C-T And he is from Four Acre Farm in North Haven Island Maine Thank you Sank my her in Fort grass shut there's a way of pronouncing it. I don't know remember how Grashit grushed you almost said it right grass rash it or grash crash shit grass You kind of swallow the shit, but its grass shit In Michigan night me sir Eric. Oh and I got a there's an Osprey flying around here. I heard it oh

2:21:37 You can hear it, they're very noisy. Yeah I heard a minute ago, I heard it break through the noise. Night me sir Eric of ye old forge consulting change of career. Okay Oh I'm sorry considering change of career night me sir Eric of ye old forge considering change of career one offering hand hoping to beat it smoking hot wife just got hotter jobs karma milf goat Got it. Coded message. Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs! Let's vote for jobs! And we're at 200 from Luukasteima in Oerstgeest the Netherlands This is the yearly 2022 podcast fee that was still pending yes I hope everyone realizes there's fee for listening to this show

2:22:32 Also, you should make me a baronet in this case Baronette of the Muller Thal Luxembourg Mueller thall luxembourg keep up podcasting special. Thanks to the troll room for correcting Adam Lucas time are from who's faced? All right Thank you very much I think he actually on the list. I think we have an error No III believe we do have let me see Where is my I remember seeing a title change? Yes. Oh, no that we don't have him on the list. I shall add him now while we do this Lucas Tama Okay And he is a baronet He's a Baronette Baron Baronette you can go ahead and do the next one onward to Viscount of British Columbia in Langley BC

2:23:22 Just enjoying the weekend, no jingles no karma. The Viscount of British Columbia we can give him a double up karma Happy to do it You've got... Karma Alright then we... that's it? No We have Charlotte Worcester from San Francisco Also a note that was sent in which I happen to have here as well Charlotte says and that was $200 It's Worcester, Worcester, Worcester. It has a pronunciation guide. Worcester, shout out to Worcester! Dear John and Adam time to make a donation your show is a national and international treasure so here is my donation to the treasure chest thanks for balancing heavy topics with

CHAPTER 30 / 41 Discussion

Associate Executive Producers, Birthday Shoutouts

A list of Associate Executive Producers is read, including Amy Zipkin, Jason Bible, and Aaron Campbell. The hosts provide "karma" for cancer recovery and "de-douching" for various listeners and their partners. Birthday wishes are extended to several community members, including a "shit hot pilot" named Rob and a long-time listener in Las Vegas.

donations· birthday· karma· de-douching· pilot· testosterone therapy

2:24:11 Jocularity. Jocularity, wittiness and occasional sarcasm oh we try not to do too much sarcasm much gratitude from San Francisco, California Charlotte Wushter all right Charlotte Wuster it's our pleasure thank you very much and these are executive an associate executive producer shortlist which means it'll be real easy for you to get top billing on the next show That's usually the way it works. If you'd like to support us go here and we've got title change, we have a couple of people joining the roundtable and some meetups John is going to take us through the 50s Yeah let's go with the rest of these folk Amy Zipkin in Greensboro Georgia came in 155 70

2:25:01 And she says, everybody out there considering supporting the good work of No Agenda. Thank you. Jason Bible in Austin Texas 12012. Aaron Campbell in Kemah? Kemah Texas 100. Skyle Kilbury in Belfair... Skye Kilbury in Belfair Washington a hundred he's on testosterone therapy and hasn't noticed any rage Yeah, well no if you're doing it done right. It should be are you a girl normal? Are you a girl? Are you with this guy is a busy androgynous name we don't know I'm just saying Dowlet Zang was in in Santa Clara California 100 no jingles no car my Lisa Maya yeah Maya and a bit of a bit of Springs in Louisiana the biggest not too much just a bit

2:26:00 Just a bit of springs. Brian Lillard in Prosper, Texas 8888 David Byrne in Staten Island New York 8888 Adam Frederick and Orange Vermont 8066 Let's see if we get to who we're looking for it there is Kevin McLaughlin in Locust North Carolina 8008 lover of boobs Sherilyn Phillips and Meade Washington 7337 Sir Vegas in Las Vegas, 69-54. A birthday donation for himself coming up Jay Kenyon and Kabutur these Australian names are great Cabot tour I'm thinking 6262 and he's a birthday shout out we got you on the list also needs an F karma for f cancer recovery karma will do that in a minute Robert Willson Riverside California 5566

2:26:58 Ask her if he saw Efteling in Holland and if Disney copied him. No, no answer no. Troy Funderbuck Thunder Burke in Spokane, Washington 55. Sir Pauly Bravo in Greeley Colorado 5280. Baron Henry and Rancho Palos Verdes 5242 Bob Butler in Cumming Georgia 5069 Andrew Benz an imperial sir Andrew in Imperial Missouri 5005 And the following people as we wrap this up

2:27:36 are $50 donors and I get you their names and the location starting with Andrew Gusek in Greensboro, North Carolina. Joe Oswald in Lithia Florida Chris Cowan in Austin Texas Robert Case in Mill Spring North Carolina Christy Jones in DeMorist Georgia a lot of Georgians today Matt Illingworth in Montclair New Jersey Molly Swift in Jefferson City Missouri with her birthday Daniel Leboy Sir Daniel in Bath, Michigan Julian Robbins and Aptos California Nicholas Rude which in Harpers Ferry West Virginia anonymous in Toronto he's an Edito be co

2:28:22 Maryland Plaza in Garwood, New Jersey. Alan Bean in Beaverton Oregon. Sir Baron Alan Bean. Leanne Shipley and Covington Washington last but not least sir Jerry Wingenroth and Michael Statum. Jerry's in Saugus California. Michael's God knows where Okay, then we let me just two things since we do have a little bit of time said because of the low number Of donors. We have the F cancer recovery karma as requested. We got that for you You've got karma

2:29:04 That was I guess for him sir Jake of the IT and Molly Swift she donated $50 And requested a de-douching of her quote shit hot pilot boyfriend Rob who's turning 28 on the 23rd, which is coming up You've been He douched. He apparently hit her in the mouth three years ago during COVID, avid listeners ever since please give him a biscuit on his birthday! They always give me a biscuit on my birthday And we thank you all also people who came in under $50 for reasons of anonymity You know who you are or maybe you're one of those many programs that are sustaining donations which we need today now more than ever learn how here vorac.org Slash N A.

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Knighting Ceremony, Sir Eric of Ye Olde Forge

Eric Sankmeyer is officially knighted as "Sir Eric of Ye Olde Forge" for his cumulative contributions of $1,000 or more. Additionally, Baron Sir Economic Hitman is upgraded to the rank of Viscount. The ceremony includes the traditional reading of the "hookers and blow" list and a reminder about the availability of No Agenda rings for knights and dames.

knighting· roundtable· sir eric· economic hitman· viscount· period status

2:30:08 It's your birthday, birthday. I'm so much younger. On the list today is Sir Jake the IT Bogan wishing his dad Jeff Kenyon a happy birthday he turned 62 yesterday the 20th Molly Swift you just heard wishes her shit hot Pilot Boyfriend Rob, a happy birthday turning 28 on the 23rd. Sir Vegas Ray turns 54 on the 23rd and also celebrating in the 23rd Mike Schultz! Happy Birthday to all these people from The Best Podcast In The Universe. We've got two title changes. We have Baron Sir Economic Hitman upgrades to Viscount, another thousand dollars checked up to his account thank you very much and Lucas Tayema we just heard is now the baronet of the Muehlertaal Luxembourg and we thank the baronet welcome him into that period status along with our brand new Viscount thank you both very much. We have one only one today on

2:31:12 At the roundtable, Eric and let's see he sent in a note. Greetings from Baron soon to be... Oh that was the economic hitman! Oh that was his note well how did we get how do you get Eric Sinkmeyer in there? Hmm interesting so we already came in with a bunch of like four dollars over period or something He's yeah, I don't have a note on how he got. I don't think there is a note But it doesn't matter because I've got a sword for him Do you have a sword for him course? I get the good one this time nice after your complaining Look out for that good blade, Eric Sankmeyer. Hop up on the podium here! You my friend are about to become a knight of the Noah Jenner Roundtable thanks to your contributions in the amount of $1,000 or more doesn't matter how long it takes you get there we welcome you and I am very proud to pronounce the cape thee as Sir Eric of Ye Olde Forge yes for you we've got hookers and blow rent boys and chardonnay we've got lots of goodies for you ma'am

2:32:12 all you diet soda and video games, fish pie and fellatio harlots and howled doll red heads and rise organic macaroni and plasticizers beer and blunts we got Brazilian hotties and cachaca. We got cowgirls in coffin varnish. We've got ginger ale and gerbils sparkling cider and escorts but of course you are always here for the mutton and for the mead and you can enjoy that while you surf over to noagenderings.com anybody can take a look at those rings you'll see what they are they're beautiful for knights and for dames and they include some wax to seal your important correspondence with, and of course a certificate of authenticity. And we thank you very much for supporting the NO AGENDA show!

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Global Meetup Reports, Huntsville to Leiden

Meetup reports arrived from Huntsville, Alabama; Leiden, Netherlands; and Post Falls, Idaho. The Idaho report humorously mentions a "Russian playbook" and debates over "Flat Earth" theory. Listeners are encouraged to visit noagendameetups.com to find or start local gatherings in their own areas to connect with other "knights and dames."

meetups· huntsville· leiden· albuquerque· indianapolis· flat earth

2:32:54 Noah Jenna meetups, they take place everywhere around the world. A lot of the big ones seem to be in Indiana or the Netherlands just saying now there was a an inaugural Huntsville Alabama Meetup Tom Thomas Gallucci shepherded that he says it was a smashing success 100% of the folks who RSVP attended there were four of them and all Dave's certificate, Boomer Bob and himself Professor Tom. Many stories were swapped over adult beverages and he wants to remind everybody that you too can even if you're not a night or day you can get your No Agenda ceiling wax which is wax for your ceiling at noagendasceilingwax.com And he was wearing his t-shirt during the meetup We had a couple others East Bay Meet up took place You should have been at the East Bay Meet Up

2:33:44 You know, I was thinking about it last show and then i forgot all about it. Oh man we're gonna have to have a system because The chicks dig you, man. Live from the divided and conquered East Bay meetup this is lavish deep in the bowels of FEMA region 9 it's the Cali flat smacker space is fake! This is Sir WD-40 making it all the way across the bay bridge to be here this is just one one of the James' not a night yet in the morning... This is James from Alameda there's no real conflict And in the Netherlands, in Leiden it's where all the students hang out. They were studious alright and stoned! Good morning this is Sir Henrik from Leiden Here is the group here one of our organizers this is sir

2:34:31 Rob! Baron Rob in the morning. Do his back house. Sir, who's that? Stay safe. Sir Doris from the Jop Klepseike room. Sander surrounded by sirs and a baron. Just Wouter. In the morning Eldoradochi greetings. Sebastian in the morning. Rea in the morning. In the morning Ruth. In the morning Natalia lady of the Lithuanian butler. Dame Bambab in the morning. Sir Stinkfinger here This is our group in the morning. They were very relaxed North Idaho Sanity Brigade also had their meetup sent in the final report for today once again at the Selkirk Abbey in Coast Falls, Idaho It's Sir Scott the Jew and it's not that the CIA planned this meeting is that they couldn't prevent it from happening

2:35:16 Good morning y'all, it's Tucker from Edmonton Alberta. The earth may be flat after all... THE EARTH IS FLAT! Sir Ily Fons, I've had a great time here in Idaho and now i'm heading to Texas so look out Adam, I'm coming for ya. Sir Devo here, Spookadjason, shape-shifting to get my fix on TikTok Claude the Gypsy showed up after two no-shows and I'm converting everyone to flat earth. Dave Gibson, not all of us have been converted to flat earthers. Idaho Bob here this meetup is a part of the Russian playbook. And here's what's happening today MeetUpWise The 505 Meet Up in Albuquerque New Mexico so they are

2:35:56 Probably still underway. This is Jeff to week who was hosting that sir, Jeff crossroads of America tribe Southside prodigy edition That is underway in Indianapolis Indiana the prodigy burger bar the Bitcoin pizza day 2023 in Rotolo's Pizza Longview Texas sir dirty Jersey whore hosting that and on Thursday the next show day North Georgia monthly meetup six o'clock at the Barley Garden, the rooftop look for the 33 golden balloons in Alpharetta Georgia. And one more at The Roadhouse 630 at Lincoln's Roadhouse in Denver Colorado That's just a smattering of meetups that you can enjoy they are all over the world They go all the way through the end of June and You do not want to be One of those people who?

2:36:42 Like John has a meetup happening right near you and you miss out. I can't even keep a straight face Go to noagendameetups.com take a look find one near you, look for your state You can even see some MeetUp reports... If you can't find anything near you start one yourself! Noagendameetups.com it's easy! Sometimes you wanna go hang out with all the nights and days You wanna be where you won't be Triggered or held to blame. You wanna be where everybody feels the same It's like a party, it is

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Bitcoin 2023 Keynote

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a keynote address at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami, where he praised the cryptocurrency for its role in resisting government overreach. He cited the freezing of Canadian truckers' bank accounts as a turning point in his understanding of financial sovereignty. The hosts compare RFK Jr.'s grassroots momentum to Bernie Sanders' 2016 campaign and predict similar media suppression.

rfk jr· bitcoin 2023· miami· canadian truckers· bernie sanders· dnc

2:37:25 I only have one ISO and i didn't even play the clip that the ISO was taken from. That's interesting, you only have 1. You also only have one? Yeah Well since I went first the last two times im gonna play yours first Okay here we go Thank you Here is mine Hello Bitcoiners! I couldn't hear it Which disqualifies right off the bat Im going to play this clip for you This is presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was out on the campaign trail and he stopped off at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami. Hello, bitcoiners! There's a lot of people who are not in this room

2:38:21 for whom Bitcoin may seem an issue that's too trivial for a presidential campaign. David Bailey at the party we were at last night asked me how I got sold on Bitcoin, and I told him it happened to be in an instant when I saw what happened with the trucker strike in Ottawa. I thought this was really interesting. He did a keynote address, 25 minutes knew what he was talking about and I think it's very interesting constituency to go after it's pretty big yeah I think he's well the guy could beat Joe Biden if they actually let him... If they covered him honestly but they're not gonna do that you know there's fact that you could even get that clip is amazing

2:39:16 Well, it's the Bitcoin conference. They do protect... they're pretty good about getting the word out I'm hearing people who traditionally might vote Republican discussing him as a potential Yeah And i think that's interesting It is! The whole thing is interesting and I think he's a good candidate except you're not gonna let him win Yeah, that's usually followed by, but he won't win because the elections are rigged! That's usually how that conversation goes. He won't win. You don't have to rig the elections if you just keep the guy... it's like they did with... we'll go back to 2016

2:40:04 When Bernie Sanders was a viable candidate, he would draw the same crowds, the same massive crowds that Trump did. But they would never let him...they would never cover it." Well and that was in the DNC emails in case everyone forgot there was ample evidence that the Clinton campaign had basically screwed Bernie Sanders over Yeah, they screwed him over and what's her name out of Florida that horrible woman. That's the still in the Congress Debbie Walsh was a showman She had been running the Dems to DNC And she made it clear in her emails that they weren't gonna let Bernie get anywhere yeah So they just told the media hey media people you listen to us Don't cover these big events that he's having all these kids coming out because he would have

2:40:53 you know he's too much chance that he could upset the apple cart. He had a thing going with with the young kids they it was like grandpa Bernie and they thought it was endearing and, you know as a socialist people like that the young kids think that's all cool and groovy... It's not your grandpa socialism mm-hmm it's a new kind of socialism but he was cut off at the knees so this is what you do And all I did is woo good! He didn't even fight No course not because he's a good boy. A good little Democrat Now, on the heels of... Even though he's an independent technically which makes it funnier. On the heels of RFK Jr.'s speech and in that he went into quite some detail about the Canadian truckers protest and he said you know this is exactly what they plan to do with central bank digital currencies or money that the government will control through programmability

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Bank of Canada, Digital Canadian Dollar Consultation

The Bank of Canada has launched a public consultation regarding the potential issuance of a "Digital Canadian Dollar" (CBDC). Officials claim the digital currency would function like cash but without the need for physical bills, while critics worry about government surveillance and programmability. The hosts reminisce about old manual credit card "knuckle buster" machines as a more private alternative to modern digital payments.

bank of canada· cbdc· digital dollar· privacy· cash· credit cards

2:41:52 and he made a very good case, and I think we would agree with that. And lo and behold the Bank of Canada which is also the Central Bank of Canada in a way their money printing Federal Reserve they came out with a pitch! How Canadians pay for everyday things is changing Some are using less cash in favor of other payment methods. To keep up with the changing ways that people pay, The Bank of Canada is exploring a digital Canadian dollar also known as a central bank digital currency Simply put this would be a digital version of cash but it wouldn't replace cash

2:42:37 It would have the same dollar value and it would be accessible to anyone and everyone. You could use this digital Canadian dollar to buy everyday things, just like you use cash or a bank card but it would be different Unlike cash, you wouldn't need to carry multiple bills or change. Like a bank card it would work for both in-person and online purchases Similar to bank notes it could possibly still be used when the internet is not available Just like the cash in your wallet It wouldn't earn interest But it would be secure and private

2:43:17 You could keep your digital dollars securely on a phone, a card or another device. At this point at the Bank of Canada we're still studying the possibility of issuing a Digital Canadian Dollar and how it might work Tell us what you think about a Digital Canadian Dollar by taking part in our public consultation You better run over there people tell them no yeah Different than a traditional credit card which works without the internet remember those old cars They used to have an embossed thing you put it in the little machine. You scrape back and forth I love those I love Those were the best, I love those! I have two of those old machines

2:44:05 Yeah, you got him from the bank. I know it yeah, I remember when they're like hey mechanics Bank Hey just give me just you just said well. Yeah we need to take some credit cards Just give me those doesn't you just wanted to have them that was the yeah? That's what the good old days with a bank Oh yeah Here's one take it Remember you if you were in a cab and your stock and have any cash Then there'd you know he take your card And then he put it on a book like the Quran and then he rubbed it With a hand crew. It was true do that on a Quran it's blasphemy in New York City I've seen it done seeing the done have a couple of clips. I want to play on the default Oh, yes Are we still defaulting what? I read was that Kevin McCarthy house leader Kevin McCarthy said he could not negotiate until Biden returned from the g7 Mike No more no can't can't do it

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Debt Ceiling Negotiations, Game Theory Tactics

As the U.S. approaches a potential debt default, media reports are focusing on the "human cost" to Social Security recipients and federal employees. Analysts suggest that "game theory" dictates that an agreement will not be reached until the final seconds to maximize political leverage. The hosts dismiss the alarmism as a recurring "horse manure" tactic used by both parties.

debt ceiling· kevin mccarthy· joe biden· social security· game theory· default

2:44:56 Here's a couple of clips. So this isn't about the default or anything else, these are just kind of sub-clips that say something I think is interesting. This is notes on default usual Because they've done work on behalf of the US taxpayer. We also owe a whole lot of people money who are entitled to benefits like Social Security About 70 million Americans receive social security benefits more than one in five of us, but for many isn't the money supplemental? Some people can afford to wait a little bit before they're paid by the federal government, but many tens of millions of people who receive Social Security can't afford to wait. In fact for 40% of beneficiaries social security is their sole means of support The impact on them would be dramatic Can't pay the rent, can't buy food, can't pay essential medical bills I mean that would just be a horrible horrible human cost And what about America's millions of federal employees?

2:45:53 Why do they bring a Brit into this story? It's not a British story. I don't know, but this is the...I just played this clip because it's the same old same old instead of saying yeah well we could stop sending tens of billions of dollars to Ukraine and we could maybe I don't know audit the Pentagon no no Social Security, let's scare the old people. You can't pay your bills! I mean he literally just came up with three billion due to an accounting error in your favor we could use that... So I just want to remind people that this goes on and on but this is this other clip this one says default GT This i didn't quite know but this is actually what has to be going on listen to this

2:46:40 In game theory, it does not make any sense to reach an agreement before the last second. Oh its game theory is it? In game theory, It doesn't make any sense to reach an agreement before the last minute. So guess what's gonna happen? Second, second! Before the last second. Last second... Oh they're going to spin everybody up everyone is gonna be flipping out like Republicans bad Democrats bad all the podcasters will be like I can't believe this is crazy

2:47:22 Is that what's gonna happen? That's over the top, sorry. Okay that's the way I remember it yeah so this is this whole thing is a horse manure you know the internet really made things worse It really did not improve life. I've said that since day one Now that I'm old like you and yelling at the clouds I'm with ya! I'm with ya! Yelling at kids on the lawn Yes get off my lawn and the Internet sucks I need that t-shirt. Get off my lawn! And the internet sucks!" I have a big pharma clip which is kind of fun because it's about Ozempic. Oh, oh, oh, Ozempic? Man, the big pharma people they are...they really truly are bad so first of all you know we have drug shortages now which i think is also a spin up

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Generic Drug Shortages, Big Pharma Market Cornering

U.S. drug shortages are reaching record highs, particularly for generic medications, leading to rationing in some hospitals. The hosts argue that large pharmaceutical companies have "cornered the market" by acquiring generic manufacturers and then intentionally limiting supply to drive up prices. The FDA has reportedly formed a small team to investigate the financial strain on the generic drug industry.

drug shortages· generics· big pharma· fda· supply chain· price gouging

2:48:17 But I figured out what this is. So here's the headline, drug shortages near an all-time high leading to rationing The New York Times Drug shortages reach public health emergency levels doctors say Daily Mail And what is it about? The scarcity of generic forms of drugs Now we need to tell everybody how this works so when a drug goes out of patent which is a statutory amount of time. Six years or so and then everyone can make this drug and probably around 10-12 years ago we noticed that the... it was pretty good business you know, you could have a generic drug company they just crank out stuff at a reasonable price and then the big pharma companies went you know what we're gonna do? We're gonna buy these generic companies and then we cornered the market and now we can start raising the price again

2:49:17 And so now they're saying, oh generic companies supply chain blah blah blah. Oh problems blah blah blah blah. Oh we need help and so what is happening? The FDA has put a team of 10 people looking at these drug shortages and they're going to Congress, and the White House. The generic drug industry is under severe financial strain we need to help them out this is the big pharma drug companies it's not enough! It's never enough for them They just want more money from us

2:50:02 because they it's the big pharma owns them. They own the generics! It's something to see I'm telling you, never seen anything like it and in The New York Times they're all in oh yeah this is horrible no these news organizations are clueless we have got to fix the core economics of the generic business if we're going to get this situation fixed uh-huh The obesity drugs, now this is a marketing initiative. It showed up in Reuters so you know it's PR This is the Nordisk drug which is the what is it Wagoni...Wagovi?

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Ozempic and Wegovy, Weight Loss Side Effects

The popularity of semaglutide drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss has led to reports of side effects such as "Ozempic face" and temporary hair loss. Dr. Jen Ashton on Good Morning America addressed these concerns, framing them as manageable risks compared to the benefits of treating obesity. The hosts criticize the push to offer these "transformative" injections to teenagers instead of encouraging diet and exercise.

ozempic· wegovy· semaglutide· hair loss· obesity· dr. jen ashton

2:50:47 I don't know what it's called, I can't remember. Yeah so we have Ozempic and that's you know that's not pretty much only used for weight loss but you know it's for diabetes So Wagovi which was supposed to be only for diabetes and is more expensive now it's being used for weight loss as well but they have an extra benefit according to Reuters the... What was it called again? Wagovi has an extra heart benefit You won't get a heart attack as quickly. As you would with Ozempic? Yeah, well they're not saying that but they're just saying oh our drug all not only does it make you lose lean body tissue... It'd become a weird looking person and now the sagging face And now there's The Independent which is kind of reliable They try. It's been a piece of shit for years Teenagers with obesity

2:51:46 Should be offered transformative weight loss injections, say experts. Oh yes! So if you've been eating colorful things from your supermarket which is not really food... Now we should be giving YOU the shot because that's all you need You don't need to improve your intake No no no no no Weight loss jab can halve the obesity rates in teenagers This is phenomenal! What an invention. Please do not exercise, do not look at what you're eating... Stay on the phone. Oh I saw this other great video so the iPhone every five seconds it scans your face with infrared which you don't see unless you use a infrared camera then you can see every five seconds its beaming light at your face

2:52:37 for the ID to unlock or whatever. But it's not like it just does it when its time for you to ID yourself, no every 5 seconds it is taking an infrared scan. For what purpose? To affect your nervous system I would presume That's what I can do red pop is going to affect your nervous system It's well known that any type of light flashed in your eyes whether you see it or not Definitely can affect your nervous system Anyway, let's go to the ozempic commercial. I'm sorry

2:53:16 Op-ed I'm sorry a news story on good morning America with dr. Jen We do have some news to talk to you doctor about it's news American Hair Loss Association has issued a pretty strong warning advising against the misuse of Osempic and other drugs that are similar for anything other than diabetes aha You see this is the story we had like oh, you get ozempic face well? We can deal with that but the hair loss we've got to stop that Dr. Jen, here's your script. that are can accompany these medications can trigger temporary hair shedding and hair loss the hair follicles can shrink and produce thinner and shorter strands, and this can lead to certain patterns of hair loss male pattern hair loss andogenic alopecia misuse Can cause progressive hair loss that could become permanent And that by the way we have to emphasize is

2:54:30 can be seen with rapid weight loss due to any reason, but they're just flagging it here. And we have to remember the FDA has approved ozempic and similar semiglutide GLP-1 agonists for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity I can't emphasize this enough you guys this is risk benefit This doesn't mean these drugs are all bad or all dangerous It just means that you have to be aware of risks and benefits, and not take any medication unless there's a really good indication. So what about the people who need to be on the drug but they're still losing their hair? Well I think you either treat the symptom in in the case of hair loss or hair thinning or you remove the cause which if you're taking these drugs not

2:55:12 for the right reason would be removing the medication. So you have to treat the whole person and that's what this headline is really about. Oh, well done! Well done! You've debunked a stupid headline Dr. Jenn Keep on taking your Ozempic people nothing to see here it's all good Yeah when your hair all falls out and you're bald as a billiard don't worry about it at least you're thin And pregnant moms pregnant moms you need an mRNA shot for your unborn baby Dr. Jenn back again Back to Jen, back with us and some promising news about RSV vaccines and expecting mothers. Yes so we talked in the COVID pandemic about why it is so important to do clinical trials in pregnant women when you talk about a vaccine now the maker of one of the RSV vaccines that we may be seeing in the general population soon Pfizer has cleared one hurdle there are many more towards getting that vaccine approved

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Pfizer RSV Vaccine, Maternal Immunization Science

Pfizer is seeking FDA approval for an RSV vaccine to be administered to pregnant women to transfer antibodies to their fetuses. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla characterized the growing skepticism toward vaccines as an "assault on science" and "politicization" of health. The hosts question the sudden emergence of "RSV season" as a marketing concept and express concern over the safety of mRNA technology in maternal care.

pfizer· rsv vaccine· pregnancy· mrna· albert bourla· science mistrust

2:56:11 for use in pregnant women between 24 and 36 weeks of pregnancy. Their clinical trials showed very good efficacy, no significant safety concerns and an independent committee advised the FDA yes you can go forward with this now the FDA has to decide then the CDC has to weigh in so there are a lot of hurdles that's a good thing but it possible that we may be able to see this vaccine in the fall, in time for the next big RSV season. And again the concept here is that if you vaccinate a pregnant woman those antibodies, that immune protection gets transferred in utero through the placenta to the fetus. Antibodies? It's mRNA! Hey, three years ago

2:56:57 or let's say pre-COVID, all the shows we did 10 years of shows I never heard of this disease. RSV season no it's not RSV season like the fighting season in Afghanistan so i've never heard of this but now all of a sudden they're making a vaccine for it? This is unbelievable It's big pharma, I'm telling you. And they're gonna throw an mRNA vaccine just a random one and into pregnant women? Oh! I'm sure they're going to be lined up for that, the idiots... You are exactly the problem. YOU! YOU are the problem What you're saying right here is a huge problem and Reuters addressed this by leading The Witness

2:57:40 The CEO of Pfizer. Another legacy of the pandemic, and we have seen this as we tried to report on it has been growing mistrust of vaccines and including in general routine childhood immunizations It has contributed, as you know to the rise of figures like Robert F Kennedy. That horrible guy is also the problem, Robert F Kennedy Jr., anti-vaxxer! What needs to be done to counter this wider assault on vaccines? Kill them, remove them from society, Dvorak and Kennedy

2:58:18 I think it's a very difficult situation and unfortunately, it is not an assault on vaccines. It's an assault on science! An assault on science? John you are anti-science! Everything that is scientific right now is disputed And not only science as a whole, but very specifically the credibility of iconic institutions like CDC or FDA or EMA in Europe. Oh prominent institutions who had everything right! Everything right! Disputed as objective and scientific competent to have an opinion on those topics. Academia, like opinions that are issued by Harvard, by Stanford, by French universities, by UK universities, by Italian universities are disputed just in social media

2:59:12 We are living a situation that I never thought we would live and clearly, I never thought we would live. after pandemic where science is who saved us. Science saved us, John! Science! Science saved us. Science beat the evil pandemic germ. It is science that won the virus right? Science won the virus whatever that means. But right now unfortunately it happens very often any health issue is getting caught into politics. And unfortunately, at large in the world the political life is heavily polarized right now. My goodness! No thanks to him... Yeah it's just politics you see? It's only politics he was trying to say Republicans but he can't because it's also RFK and it's not just social media its podcasters but they have a plan and the plan

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Mpox Resurgence, CDC Summer Warning

The CDC has issued a warning about a potential resurgence of Mpox (formerly monkeypox) this summer, following a cluster of new cases in Chicago. Many of the new cases occurred in individuals who were already fully vaccinated, leading to concerns about waning immunity. The majority of cases continue to be reported among men who have sex with men.

mpox· monkeypox· cdc· chicago· vaccination· gay men

3:00:19 It all comes together, the trans Maoist society. We're going to get rid of the social media people who are against science and we can get rid of the podcasters or you can get rid of stupid politicians and while were at it let's get rid of the gays In tonights health watch federal health officials are warning that the nationwide outbreak of mpox previously known as monkey pox is far from over The warning comes as a cluster of new cases have emerged in Chicago. CBS's Roxana Siberi reports only 23% of the 1.6 million Americans considered at high risk have been vaccinated more than 20 cases that the impacts virus have been reported in Chicago since mid April, the majority are in fully vaccinated people Dr Karen Kruger says immunity to the virus might be waning but

3:01:12 Recent cases treated at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital have been mild to moderate. I think a lot of individuals probably felt protected to some degree by either having had the infection or having been vaccinated So people just became more relaxed about it? That would probably be my best guess On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning saying it was very concerned about an mpox resurgence this summer More than 30,000 people in the US have already contracted the disease. The overwhelming majority are men who have sex with men." And this is where it goes wrong... What is a man? What is a woman? So that's the only way you can say get rid of the gays Men who have sex with men

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Scarred Woman Experiment, Victimhood Ideology

A sociological experiment involving women who believed they had facial scars (which were actually removed before their interviews) showed that they perceived significantly more discrimination than they actually faced. The study suggests that a "victimhood ideology" primes individuals to look for oppression even when it isn't present. The hosts relate this to new laws in New York regarding weight and appearance discrimination.

sociology· victimhood· discrimination· experiment· psychology· perception

3:01:58 It's really, really evil what these people do. Evil! The science is end! Science! You got anything else for us? I have one last clip that's kind of interesting because if you don't know what it applies to but it's a sociologist whose name, I didn't get from the guy who sent me this clip. But it's a good one. This is the scarred woman experiment discussion 56 seconds. It's a good way to end on scarred woman. Where are we? Okay, scarred woman experiment. Here we go.

3:02:51 The women saw themselves with these scars and as they led them out of the room, they said we're just going to touch it up a little bit. And as they touched it up, they removed this scarring completely so that women went into the job interview thinking that they are scarred but actually being their normal selves and the result of the experiment is those women then came back reporting massively increased level of discrimination indeed many of them came back with comments that the interviewer had made that they felt were referencing their facial disfigurement. And this is why I think this ideology of victimhood is so dangerous, because if you preach to people constantly that we're all oppressed then that primes people to look for that Wow! That's like a mind bender Isn't it great? That's real mind... Well New York will make a law Adam Curry Oops sorry New York will make a law If you have a scar then you cannot be discriminated against

3:03:49 Just like if you're fat, you cannot be discriminated against. They're gonna make a law! Well they've been pushing for that law in California for a long time... ...for the benefit of people who have a lot of facial tattoos and screws in their nose. Your favorite kind of person? Those guys We got a classic end-of-show mix for ya, The Robotic I am expecting some end of show mixes with our Nebraska representative. I would expect some kind of snappy beat to be mixed under that one, just a thought in case you're into it and we will return on Thursday please support us! We do need support from you otherwise we have to find other things to do

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Outro, Shithole Countries Mix

The show concludes with the hosts signing off and playing a classic end-of-show mix. The mix features soundbites of Donald Trump's "shithole countries" comments, media figures talking about "connecting the dots," and the 2018 Hawaii false missile alert. The hosts remind listeners to support the show at dvorak.org/na and announce their return for the next episode on Thursday.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· shithole countries· connect the dots· hawaii missile alert· end-of-show mix

3:04:41 Coming to you 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 recommend people go to nhk.com and watch those sumo matches. I'm John C. Dvorak We return on Thursday with another minimum 3 hours of deconstruction Please remember us at dvorak dot org slash na Until then adios mofos a hooey hooey and as such I know a lot of people want to send blankets, serve water Just send your cash I know a lot of people want to send blankets, serve water Shut up! Rain We just need cash Shut Up! Rain Shut up! Rain Shut up! Rain Shut up! Rain Shut up! Rain

3:05:40 There are rules, and then the world's out of your hands. I do it as a support committee. I do it as a support committee. I do it as a support committee. I do it as a support committee. I do it as a support committee. The Pope wants to be considered a candidate, and he got it! I don't think he was going to meet the Pope. It turns out that he wasn't ever going to meet the Pope.

3:06:25 Mario Using vulgar language, President Trump today questioned why the United States would allow people from Haiti and Africa into the country. Describing those places using an expletive The president said why are we having all these people from shithole shithole shithole shithole quote excuse me shithole shithole countries

3:07:10 I wouldn't say that. I don't think you should say that, I'll say that. Shithole countries It's a bad word This is how some people talk Shithole countries Is it graceful? No! Shithole shithole Is it polite? Absolutely not! Shit hole shit hole shithole country I just think its offensive Of course it is All countries in Africa are shitholes Shithole countries This is a new low Racist Vulgar Un-American This is a freak show. There's shithole communities in America! I'm a proud shithole, people from shithole countries Donald Trump has turned the Oval Office into our shitholes Of course it may not be appropriate for some of our younger viewers. Here's what I've said, we need the information We need to connect the dots and we gotta drill down, we gotta connect the dots Get the facts! Connect the dots Do everything that i possibly can To help connect the dots? I've said we have gotta connect the dots I always say if we connect the dots I believe they should have to connect the dots

3:08:13 We're able to connect the dots and if we determine The facts if that the dots are connected, let's get to the bottom of it all Let's see. If the dots connect The u.s Pacific Command has detected a missile threat to Hawaii a missile may impact on land or sea within minutes This is not a drill If you are indoors, stay indoors. If you are outdoors seek immediate shelter in a building remain indoors well away from windows if You're driving pull safely to the side of the road and seek shelter in a building or lay on the floor We will announce when the threat has ended this is not a drill take immediate action measures

3:09:00 The US Pacific Command has detected a missile threat to Hawaii. A missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. The sky is very bright, all lit up! Very... I've been sending you a warm congratulations.

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