Episode 1600 · Thursday, 19 October 2023

Unpack It

As the White House navigates a diplomatic minefield in the Middle East, the domestic economy faces the strain of a dual-front funding strategy for foreign wars.

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About this episode

President Joe Biden visited Israel following a deadly explosion at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, an event that immediately derailed a planned diplomatic summit with King Abdullah II and Mahmoud Abbas. While Palestinian authorities blamed an Israeli airstrike, Biden publicly backed Israeli intelligence attributing the blast to a failed Islamic Jihad rocket launch. The incident has served as a massive triggering mechanism for regional unrest, leading to protests at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and calls for an oil embargo from Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

Global tensions escalated as the United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution for humanitarian pauses, while Secretary of State Antony Blinken conducted marathon negotiations in Tel Aviv regarding aid access. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen insisted the American economy can simultaneously fund conflicts in both Ukraine and Israel despite a 122% debt-to-GDP ratio. Meanwhile, the NYPD and FBI issued high-alert memos following threats from Al-Qaeda and neo-Nazi groups seeking to exploit the chaos. In the media landscape, NBC correspondent Richard Engel and CBS anchor Margaret Brennan faced scrutiny for their framing of the hospital strike, as 138 scholars signed the Westminster Declaration to warn against a growing censorship industrial complex.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak celebrate the 1600th episode of the show by reflecting on sixteen years of media deconstruction and the futility of modern news cycles. The hosts analyze the curious use of American military slang like "send it" in Hamas GoPro footage and mock Alicia Keys for a paragliding Instagram post that sparked an accidental firestorm. The milestone concludes with a formal knighting ceremony and the introduction of a new PhD in Media Deconstruction for the show's executive producers.


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CHAPTER 01 / 57 Discussion

No Agenda Episode 1600, Futility and Longevity

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the 1600th episode of the No Agenda show, broadcasting from the Texas Hill Country and Northern Silicon Valley. The hosts reflect on the show's 16-year history, recalling a moment at episode 100 when Curry considered quitting. They settle on "Futility" as a potential title for the milestone episode, noting the persistent chaos in world events despite their long-term efforts at media deconstruction.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· episode 1600· texas hill country· silicon valley· anniversary

00:00 Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. This is your award-winning Kimmel Nation Media Assassination Episode 1600! Celebrating Sweet 16 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 summer's finally here in October I'm John C. Dvorak It's Crackpot and Buzzkill! In the morning.

00:51 Anniversary week! And we celebrate with our... Oh, that's a really bad horn. Somethings wrong with that horn. This is going off the rails Do you remember? I think there was one here somewhere Do you remember when i wanted to quit at episode 100? oh yeah it went like this Well we got to show 100 and I think it was a good run We had a good run And then you like... My comment was what? Are you nuts?! No, you said come on son stick with it. I'll make you rich! I'll make you leave your wife rich and I left my wife but i didn't get rich Yeah uh-huh You remember? You said that. I don't remember any of it. I just remembered that it wasn't gonna happen What wasn't gonna happen? That you're gonna quit on show 100 no no you wouldn't let me

01:46 You wouldn't let me. Then you're a pushover then? No, you even got Mimi on the phone and got her to convince me... I didn't have to do any of that! Yes you did! What do you mean?! I remember this! You gotta keep doing this show Adam! No that's not the way she said it she said please i gotta keep John busy please keep doing this show. Well that's always possible And I realized, you know 1600 episodes and still people just you know we've taught them nothing. They're all spun up in the world! Everybody's all crazy! Right 1500 or 1600 episodes of futility It seems that... there you go that is it! Futility show title! Futility! Let me write this down. Futility! It's unbelievable it really is

CHAPTER 02 / 57 Discussion

Hamas GoPro Footage, American Military Terminology Analysis

A viral 10-minute compendium of Hamas violence, filmed via GoPro cameras, is analyzed for potential Western influence. A military source notes the use of the phrase "send it" immediately after an RPG is fired, identifying it as specific American military slang with no direct Arabic equivalent. The segment explores the possibility of external involvement or the "gamification" of combat footage designed to appeal to a younger, gaming-centric audience.

hamas· gopro· rpg· send it· military terminology· iran· viral video

02:41 You know, it's like... I mean all war is bad but we've been through so many wars on this show. This one seems particularly polarizing Uh, you know you have to choose a side. You gotta have an opinion. You gotta let that opinion be known! That's for sure we gotta let it... let that opinion be known Actually I got a nice email from Tom. I have an opinion No what's your opinion? And I have clips to go along with my opinion Can i read this quick email from tom Yes, read. Tom says you know I started listening...I started NA after you were on Glenn Beck. Wait stop stop! What? Is this a nasty email? No no it's not no it's the opposite. It hits her birthday! Oh I wasn't hoping for a nasty email. People stopped doing that they go oh I don't want my email written. Oh are you gonna read it? The one person who sent me that short note like damn gun

03:39 you know, then comes back and sends me... Did not everybody get that? That was Eric wasn't it. No! Didn't everybody get the 10-minute video of Hamas violence I mean that thing went viral has been pushed real hard people just sending it to me no subject here have a look at this what do you call It's like, yeah I see horrible things. Thanks! I see horrible things although actually before you start... Someone pointed something out in that 10 minute video this is the video where ultimately i think that one the guy who was filming it gets shot and dies You've seen that one haven't you? That's part of this ten-minute compendium

04:26 Guess you have do we know for a fact that he got shot. No, we don't know anything Of course, but in this video get that straight. Yeah, we don't know anything but in this video the the filmer of the video is holding an RPG at the beginning and then Funny where did that appear? Oh yeah wonder where that RPG came from It looked like a video game at the beginning. It's totally look like a video all of these shots with the GoPro cams look like a first person shooter which if not intentional certainly is triggering a lot of gamers, okay this is cool game So he's on the back with his RPG and one of our military people pointed out that there is a term used right after the RPG guy jumps the fence. I guess that would be part of this security checkpoint, see if you can hear this at a certain point, the word send it are used.

05:28 Send it, send it. Yeah According to this- our military person here, boots on the ground says that is completely American terminology for firing off the RPGs. Send it, send it He says there's no similar word in Arabic I think it sounds kind of like an American accent when you hear it And his final quote was, we'll be attacking Iran in five days. This is us! I don't know about that but i just thought it was interesting this send-it send-it was in there. It's just part of the whole thing. Part of the whole thing exactly. I think the Iran thing is the right pick yeah so here's just one line from Tom... I always listen to Ben Shapiro every day as well see see this is what happens my goodness

CHAPTER 03 / 57 Discussion

Ben Shapiro, Media Polarization and Calming Effects

The hosts discuss listener feedback regarding their neutral stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict compared to the pro-Israel coverage of Ben Shapiro. They argue that their role is not to take sides but to analyze the "reportage" and provide a calming effect for an audience overwhelmed by graphic social media content. The discussion emphasizes the importance of skepticism toward all mainstream media narratives, including PBS and NPR.

ben shapiro· israel· media reportage· calming effect· polarization· tom

06:23 Ben Shapiro Wow Shapiro needs to listen to our show He did a week of obviously pro-israel and reality on the ground as he was receiving photos and texts from friends and family who were there I have to admit, I was twisted around the axle when y'all didn't take a side But that's not your gig! I stayed with you through 1598 and then 1599 after listening to John's gig on Trump, B.B. Hose does in Hezbollah ain't dummies and how perverse and twisted they PBS NPR are reporting on Trump. I got up out of the chair went to my 21 year old daughter and told her don't believe anything ever it's all a

07:02 a scam! So we've saved not just this one guy but his daughter as well. Well, we saved him for the moment that's the issue Yes you're right momentarily there are so many good people who stuck with us through COVID even could handle Ukraine and then this one oh no now checking out now checking out you guys are glib cavalier laughing at death and destruction Well, what can I say? What can I tell you? We're laughing at the reportage. The reportage, exactly! The reportage, tete-a-tete, the rapprochement, shush all of this stuff and we are also here to calm you

07:50 Right? We intend to have a calming effect on you, to relevate what is happening. Because you're in it! You're affected...you are deeply affected by these videos. Deeply! Yes, you know it's rich now this so I have a lot of clips. Yeah, I see it There's overlap so I'll just let you go if you I want to do my mate I'm gonna I'm not gonna well Maybe we can start with the summaries that are in B. I think the NBC had a gave it top summary NBC Well, if you do a song right but I want to jump right from these summaries right too the thesis that we're going, that Iran's a target. On deck. I have proof. Oh you have proofs? Oh you like Q! You got proofs?!

08:34 I have proofs. But let's stop the war! Let's start with top summary NBC1 Today President Biden was here in Israel standing with its people in the face of tragedy while across the Arab world anger raged protests from the mid-east to Europe, some aimed at the US over the deadly explosion that a Gaza hospital that Palestinian health authorities say killed hundreds and claim Israel is the culprit. President Biden however coming to Israel's defense I just want to stop here for one second it's amazing that even our own no agenda nation

CHAPTER 04 / 57 Discussion

Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital Explosion, Biden Defense of Israel

President Joe Biden visits Israel following a deadly explosion at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, which Palestinian authorities blamed on an Israeli airstrike. Biden publicly supports the Israeli assessment, attributing the blast to a failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terror group. The hosts critique the media's immediate rush to assign blame and the subsequent cancellation of a planned diplomatic summit in Jordan.

al-ahli hospital· gaza· joe biden· islamic jihad· rocket failure· benjamin netanyahu

07:50 Right? We intend to have a calming effect on you, to relevate what is happening. Because you're in it! You're affected...you are deeply affected by these videos. Deeply! Yes, you know it's rich now this so I have a lot of clips. Yeah, I see it There's overlap so I'll just let you go if you I want to do my mate I'm gonna I'm not gonna well Maybe we can start with the summaries that are in B. I think the NBC had a gave it top summary NBC Well, if you do a song right but I want to jump right from these summaries right too the thesis that we're going, that Iran's a target. On deck. I have proof. Oh you have proofs? Oh you like Q! You got proofs?!

08:34 I have proofs. But let's stop the war! Let's start with top summary NBC1 Today President Biden was here in Israel standing with its people in the face of tragedy while across the Arab world anger raged protests from the mid-east to Europe, some aimed at the US over the deadly explosion that a Gaza hospital that Palestinian health authorities say killed hundreds and claim Israel is the culprit. President Biden however coming to Israel's defense I just want to stop here for one second it's amazing that even our own no agenda nation

09:17 are just going ape crap over the hospital. Do you not see the whole point is to divide? Oh, it's this! It's gotta be this! It's gotta be them! It's gotta be him! The other team, this team that team, that team... That's the whole point of the thing, people. That's the whole point is to get you do that and we're falling for it I actually think it has a bigger point than that Oh, I'm sure President Biden however coming to Israel's defense saying he was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion before declaring It appears as though it was done by the other team Blaming the explosion on a failed rocket launched by terror group Islamic Jihad

10:02 Israel offering what it says is evidence it was not responsible. But pictures of children in Gaza being rescued from the rubble of airstrikes only hardening positions as the American president sought to calm tensions over the October 7th attacks here and divert a humanitarian disaster in Gaza But the diplomatic ground shifting beneath the president's feet as he traveled here from Washington to a war zone overnight, as Arab leaders were dropping out of a planned summit meeting on the crisis. Here is where we start tonight... I love all the military industrial complex dudes showing up all grey hair you know some in suits and some just put on their uniform

10:45 And explaining, okay this is how a rocket works. This is why it was Hamas rocket. It's like they just oh no no no let me explain how this works people we have proofs yeah that summit that kind of gets snowed under the was Biden seriously thinking that he would have some kind of summit? That wouldn't be disturbed by I don't know a rocket The the rocket attack took place this is all very convenient by the way yeah The rocket attack took place while he was in the air. Yeah, he had already the summits were all arranged Yeah So he's gonna meet here and there I was gonna go to Jordan He was gonna meet this guy and that guy and so do you have a summit? Give us some at clip

CHAPTER 05 / 57 Discussion

Richard Engel, NBC Coverage of Gaza Hospital Incident

NBC News correspondent Richard Engel reports on the diplomatic fallout from the Gaza hospital explosion, noting that Arab leaders like Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah II found it "untenable" to meet with President Biden. The hosts observe that Engel uses the word "attack" rather than "explosion," suggesting a bias toward the Palestinian narrative. They further speculate on the influence of the military-industrial complex on network news reporting.

richard engel· nbc news· gaza· mahmoud abbas· peace summit· military industrial complex

11:31 No, well I don't... I have an angle somewhat clip. Just explain who was supposed to be there it might be helpful Okay because you because i got angle stuff yeah yeah yeah tied into my thesis You're driving! You're driving! Well I'm only driving so far and then you're gonna have to take the wheel. No, YOU are holding on to the wheel right now do not take your hands off it Stevie Just a little background because I thought this was not well explained anywhere, but of course Richard Engel did. Do you notice they all call it an explosion? Oh yeah, yeah. Instead of an attack or a rocket... Because that's the message! They've been given their talking points. NBC by the way I should mention as you play this clip i'm gonna have backup clip to prove it nbc is all in on the fact that Israel did the bombing oh msnbc is off the hook with us planned to meet with the leaders of Egypt the Palestinian Authority

12:45 and the mission of that meeting, Richard was to try to stop this from becoming a wider conflict. In the minute or so we have before the president speaks what are the prospects of that now? Well now. Well it was a disaster, there was supposed to be this peace summit with US allies Mahmoud Abbas the moderate leader of the Palestinians in contrast to Hamas the leader of Egypt the king of Jordan but after this hospital attack those in attendance decided that would not be productive to hold the summit Now its interesting because you hear Engel clearly saying not explosion

13:24 after this hospital attack. So he is definitely not leaving any room for it to be a Hamas failed rocket launch So there's backing up your NBC thesis. Palestinians felt that they could not be there, we had Mahmoud Abbas walk out of this meeting leave Jordan and they could not be seen standing next to President Biden who has done nothing but support Israel give a full personal support expressing support of United States is giving military support to Israel sending weapons here there are US military advisors on the ground. These leaders felt at this time, after this incident which as Kelly was describing are under disputed circumstances couldn't be there standing next to the president. Hey man wasn't NBC owned by GE at one point? Am I mistaken that no you're not mistaken at all yeah because they would not have done this report back when GE owned them

CHAPTER 06 / 57 Discussion

International Reactions, Media Bias in Hospital Reporting

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi states that "nobody is buying" the narrative that a Palestinian rocket caused the hospital explosion, calling for an independent international inquiry. Democracy Now's Amy Goodman highlights past instances where Israel initially denied responsibility for civilian deaths, such as the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The hosts contrast these reports with the official U.S. intelligence assessments presented by the Biden administration.

ayman safadi· jordan· amy goodman· democracy now· shireen abu akleh· gaza

14:18 I wouldn't think so. No, military industrial complex company corporation all right back to your thesis i'm sorry I just needed to well you want to interrupt all you can I just a go it not that takes me a little bit aside I want to play I wanna jump the clips there and I wanna go this one because you don't play that clip jump that clip jumping the clip this is the hospital NBC take side with Jordan Uhhhhhhmm Yes, I got it here. Today announcing Egypt's president will allow 20 trucks of aid into Gaza What he would do is open the gate A planned summit with Arab leaders in Jordan was scrapped after the hospital explosion and the announcement that Palestinian leader Abbas would not attend Was there important work though that didn't get done? The fact this summit didn't take place a lot of important work

15:18 The only item in the agenda right now is to stop this madness and stop the killing that civilians are paying at the utmost price. Tonight, I spoke with Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi As you know President Biden of the U.S., they take the position that this was not an Israeli strike but The result of other Palestinian militants. Do you believe that to be the case? Sir, nobody's buying that narrative in this part of the world. In reality, Israeli army is not very credible in this part of the world as well. The only way people would entertain a different narrative if there was an independent international inquiry into what

16:02 the tragedy that has happened with impeccable evidence that it was not Israel. Yes, send in the blue helmets we need an investigation! Go to this clip now which is hospital video timestamp Oh, yes. President Biden's in Israel hours after Palestinian officials accused Israel of killing at least 500 people at Gaza's Al-Ahly Baptist Hospital in an airstrike. In addition to treating sick and wounded patients the hospital was acting as a refuge for displaced Gazans fleeing Israel's unrelenting attacks this is Mohammed al-Nakkah a doctor at Al Ahli Hospital

16:45 There was no warning before the hospital was targeted. There were about 3,000 people who were taken shelter here while we were working at the hospital and without any warning around 630 p.m., the hospital was targeted by shelling We didn't know what it was but we found out what it can do after it targeted children who are cut into pieces Gaza's health ministry said Israel told the hospital it had sent warning strikes one day before the deadly explosion. The UN has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire amidst international condemnation over the attack, Israel's denied responsibility blaming a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket

17:31 Israeli officials appeared to have deleted a video posted on social media showing Palestinian rockets being fired after realizing the timestamp on the footage did not match up with the hospital attack. Again, whatever you do make sure you do forensic investigations on this hospital attack please let's keep that going people this is good keep everybody occupied One more along these lines and then I have one comment. Then, I want to get to the clips of it. I'm ready! I am waiting for you. Hospital 2 Biden cancelled opinion A planned trip to Jordan as part of President Biden's visit to the Middle East was cancelled in the wake of the hospital bombing

18:16 Biden said he was outraged by the attack, which constitutes a war crime but sided with Israel as he made remarks alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier today. I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday and based on what i've seen it appears though that was done by the other team not you Many have pointed out that militant groups in Palestine do not have the firepower to level a massive building. Israel has a history of lying about its responsibility in crimes against Palestinian civilians, including the murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akhla last year which it initially blamed on Palestinians. Israel apologized a year after her death. Man did Amy just say those Jews be lying? is that what she just said? Wow! Yeah well don't forget Cutter's

CHAPTER 07 / 57 Discussion

Regional War Escalation, West Clark Seven Strategy

The discussion turns to the potential for a wider regional war involving Lebanon and Iran, referencing General Wesley Clark's "seven countries in five years" memo. Richard Engel reports on protests at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and the use of rubber bullets by Israeli troops in the West Bank. The hosts question who benefits from the hospital strike, suggesting it could serve as a "triggering mechanism" to draw the United States into a conflict with Iran.

wesley clark· iran· lebanon· regional war· rubber bullets· beirut

19:13 Lurking in that operation her gutter gutter get it right gutter gutter All right, take us back to the okay So let's go to now when I go there Let's go to this is my thesis is I'm going to begin with one two three four five clips which kind of indicate that we are We sent the two carrier groups, strike forces to the areas. The last two on the list of the West Clark 7 are Lebanon and Iran. And we have everything else right? We've got every other one including Sudan... I think so more or less. Well Syria... come on!

20:00 Which brings us back to those hospitals. Now, who benefited from the hospital strike? Who benefitted? That's what you'd maybe logically figure out who did the hospital strike by figuring out who benefited Okay And on the surface it seems as if the beneficiary were the Arabs because they get to use it as a talking point Yes like they killed children Right, but on the other hand If Israel doesn't want any peace whatsoever and they've been talking it was saber-rattling about Iran the whole time Wouldn't make more sense for them to do it. Let the Arabs You know chirp about it and then meanwhile plan to trigger Iran into doing something stupid so we says we got two strike forces there We have to now we

20:52 We, the United States have to put boots on the ground. Is there anyone who would indicate this kind of, maybe give us a heads up because we look for him for kind of information that comes from the sources? Let's go to Richard Engel 1. Oh I'm sorry... Richard Engel one yes here he goes spook ahoy! This is the explosion that has shaken in the Middle East new video shows that deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza City that reportedly killed hundreds and sparked protests From Iran to Yemen, to Lebanon where demonstrators directed their anger against the United States Israel's main backer. Security forces in Beirut used water cannons and tear gas to disperse crowds outside the US Embassy The United States pulled out of its wars in the Middle East

21:49 But now, could be heading back into one. In the West Bank, Palestinians today dragged out the barricades and slung rocks at Israeli soldiers There weren't many mostly teenagers Israeli troops kept their distance but when the stone throwers got too close The soldiers opened fire sending medical crews rushing in. And here's one more injured being taken away, Israelis are picking them off with what appears to be rubber bullets at this stage No one was seriously injured here today but a new generation of Palestinians is taking to the streets while Israel and Hamas are blaming each other for the hospital explosion A new Palestinian uprising could be starting

CHAPTER 08 / 57 Discussion

Iranian Protests, Black Flag and Oil Embargo Threats

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi calls for an oil embargo against Israel and warns that the situation in Gaza is spiraling out of control. Al Jazeera reports on nationwide protests in Iran where the "black flag" was raised, symbolizing a call for mobilization or revenge. The hosts suggest that the lack of humanitarian aid for Gaza is being used to intentionally agitate the Iranian government and population toward war.

ebrahim raisi· tehran· black flag· oil embargo· dorsa jabari· al jazeera

22:38 Today our crew filmed at the Gaza hospital site and saw families collecting what they could from the debris. Alright, you rang your bell twice Couple of hints there, they're using rubber bullets now for the time being. The hint before that was there's going to be a wider war but he gets a little more specific here in clip two Iran which backs both Hamas and Hezbollah is working to fan the rage even further Iran's president calling on Muslim nations to isolate Israel, impose an oil embargo and bring revenge.

23:19 And Richard the size of those crowds you're seeing does say something about the impact of this hospital explosion It may there were not millions of people on the streets across the Arab world But I can tell you Lester. There are real and growing concerns here that this is heading to read toward a regional war Lester Regional War in the region so now we go to We go to the clip that's there I have a bunch of clips about all the protests all over the place. Yeah, this is the one that relates to this this thesis Protests in Iran Yes And this has been going on

23:56 protests in Iran. The whole country? Yes, there were also protests against Israel and the US in all major cities across Iran President Ebrahim Raisi spoke at a rally in Tehran where he warned the situation in Gaza risked spiraling out of control and said aid must be allowed in. Dorsa Jabari was there It's been a day of solidarity with the Palestinian people across Iran as a number of rallies took place the major cities across the country. It was declared a day of mourning by the government and in the demonstrations here taking place in Tehran, the Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi made an appearance and delivered a speech during which he condemned the Israeli aggression and he also blamed the United States. And they raised the black flag! Black flag! You know about the black flag? I didn't get to black flag. Oh yeah they raised the black flag. Yeah that means it's time to go crazy

24:52 So they're gonna go crazy and they've said that, you know, the Palestinians have got to get support. They gotta get relief and stuff has gotta go in there! And so there's been hemming-and-hawing and now they're working on the road...they still haven't gotten it clear. All of this is going on And it seems to be a very triggering thing about the fact that we're really not doing anything for the Gaza people. And maybe not doing it on purpose just to get these Iranians worked up, this is a war thats got to happen have to happen

CHAPTER 09 / 57 Discussion

UN Security Council Veto, Russian Diplomatic Maneuvers

The United States stands alone in vetoing a UN Security Council resolution that called for "humanitarian pauses" to deliver aid to Gaza, citing the resolution's failure to mention Israel's right to self-defense. Russia responds by suggesting the issue be moved to the General Assembly, where no country holds veto power. The hosts characterize the U.S. veto as a technicality that serves as a further "triggering mechanism" for regional anger.

un security council· veto· linda thomas-greenfield· russia· brazil· humanitarian aid

25:33 here's the unreported story is unreported in the mainstream media and it makes zero sense unless you're trying to cause trouble this is the unreported story about one of a vetoes that we did This was great. While insisting they were working to get aid into Gaza, those against the United States standing alone blocked the Security Council from passing a resolution that would do just that and our ambassador to the United Nations I forget her name she's just sitting back like raise my hand I got a veto here going on did you see that? She wasn't like engaged she was just leaning back yep i'm against and we gotta veto

26:17 The U.S. ambassador insisted that the draft was incomplete. If the United States is disappointed, this resolution made no mention of Israel's rights of self-defense like every nation in the world. Israel has the inherent right of self defense as reflected in Article 51 of the UN Charter The resolution did condemn Hamas's October 7th attack and the taking of civilian hostages, as well as demanding pauses in the fighting for aid deliveries. After several days of negotiations 12 council members voted for it many pointing out that civilians humanitarian workers and medical facilities must be protected under international humanitarian law

27:03 Now she blocked it because it's already in the UN Charter that everyone has a right to self-defense, but it had to be reiterated in this proposal. Are you kidding me? So for...it's a technicality and so she puts a veto in for that reason. I don't have this clip but right afterwards the Brazilian guy who put this forward He went on and on and on about how well, you know this thing was researched as this proposal. And the fact that the United States stood alone to veto it is just a triggering mechanism

27:42 Now, I do have the one which indicates to me that we're going to war with Iran if we can. Yes We need now some more well will get to that in a minute yes something more has to happen But it's obviously in the cards and this brings us back to the West Clark 7 and the Trump memo Where the preparation for the Iranian attack has already been in play? It took place during the Trump administration he has a copy of it without his knowledge Yeah, something like that. So the only thing that's kind of a kicker is not much of a backup for this but the Russians caught wind to what we're up to and so they try it they're trying to pull a kind of fast one in the way we do it and this is the unreported USA veto aid to

28:31 This is a clip too. Many members of the Security Council vowed to keep working towards consensus and resolution, but Russia taking a page from the West's playbook suggested they bring the issue to the General Assembly instead for a vote where no country has veto power. All right! Way to go Well, so not to move back a little bit before the bumbling Biden showed up and the other team which the other team is very annoying. I could probably obsess over that choice of descriptor for for a long time

CHAPTER 10 / 57 Discussion

Biden 60 Minutes Interview, Message to Hezbollah

In a 60 Minutes interview with Scott Pelley, President Joe Biden discusses the wars in Ukraine and Israel, emphasizing the need for humanitarian corridors in Gaza. When asked for his message to Hezbollah and Iran regarding escalation, Biden repeatedly says "Don't." The hosts interpret this warning as a coded invitation for conflict, suggesting the administration may actually desire a provocation to justify military action.

joe biden· 60 minutes· scott pelley· hezbollah· iran· humanitarian corridor

29:13 You know, what is it? The red team. The blue team... What does that even mean? Why did you use that? What's wrong with you, old man?! This is nuts! Sorry to be ageist but this is nuts But last week on 60 Minutes, our president was much more coherent. They got him jacked up maybe it was the other guy I don't know but he had a message for Iran last week Rarely does a president confront so much peril The catastrophe in Israel The war in Ukraine And no help from a paralyzed Congress Mr. Biden will be 81 next month and he has said that when he's tired his lifelong stutter can creep back in There are about 2 million people in Gaza As you know, Mr President two million people trapped about half of them are children

29:57 Are you asking Israel to establish a humanitarian corridor in that area or get humanitarian supplies? Yes, our team is talking about that and whether there could be a safe zone. We're also talking with the Egyptians Whether there's an outlet to get these children and women out Into out of the area at this moment. Not that jacked up! You would like to see a humanitarian corridor that allows some of the two million Gazans out of the area? Yes, you would like to see humanitarian supplies brought into Gaza yes so you do not agree with the Israeli total siege of the Gaza Strip I'm confident that Israel is going act under major rules of war

30:51 there are standards that democratic institutions and countries will go by. And so I'm confident that there's going to be an ability for the innocents in Gaza to have access to medicine, food and water There's limited fighting already on the northern Israeli border and I wonder what is your message to Hezbollah and its backer Iran? Set up! Don't. Don't come across the border, don't escalate this war. That means come on do it we want to go we need that We needed to start Come on Do It by saying DON'T

CHAPTER 11 / 57 Discussion

US Military Capacity, Funding Conflicts in Ukraine and Israel

President Biden asserts that the United States is the "most powerful nation in history" and can manage support for both Ukraine and Israel simultaneously. The hosts challenge this, citing reports of ammunition shortages and the limited supply of Iron Dome interceptors. They highlight the "dichotomy" of the U.S. funding groups in Ukraine they describe as Nazis while supporting Israel, suggesting Israel is losing the "moral war" in the eyes of the global public.

joe biden· ukraine· israel· ammunition· iron dome· nazi· moral war

31:38 And then the most remarkable, most remarkable statement from the president. You say he's not that jacked up? This is jacked up for this Joe right now! I mean the guy was dead brain-dead in Israel. I have three clips by the way, wait let me play this second one. Not now! I want to play the Biden and Israel clips when we get the chance because it's like wow yeah we'll get there are the wars in Israel and Ukraine more than the United States can take on at the same time? We're the United States of America for God sake!

32:15 The most powerful nation in the history of the world. How do these wars in Israel and Ukraine relate to the safety of the American people? Overwhelmingly they relate, for example in Ukraine one of my objectives was To prevent Putin who has committed war crimes himself Who from being able to occupy an independent country that borders NATO allies and is on the Russian border Imagine what happens now if he were able to succeed have you ever known the major war in Europe we didn't get sucked into

32:56 We don't want that to happen. We want to make sure those democracies are sustained and Ukraine is critical in making sure that happens Why do you feel so strongly? What does Israel mean to you? It's almost like Like, you're asking a seven-year old what does Israel mean to you Timmy? Totally The Jews have been subject To abuse prejudice and attempt to wipe them out for over a thousand years.

33:32 For me, it's about decency respect honor. Yeah dignity It says simply wrong Wrong wrong wrong it violates every religious principle I have in every way and every single principle my father taught me yeah bring in the old dad so it's this is what's so interesting we have a situation now where we are funding Nazis in Ukraine and And we're caught... I mean seriously, it's like the dichotomy is crazy the way this situation we put it. But what we're seeing and this is important in light of him being 81 etc., and generally the octogenarians in our government and many older people around the world, this is generational

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Generational Shifts, Urban Warfare Challenges

The hosts compare current pro-Palestine protests to the 2020 George Floyd demonstrations, noting a generational shift where younger citizens no longer automatically support government foreign policy. They express skepticism regarding the U.S. and Israeli capacity for sustained urban warfare against battle-hardened groups like Hamas and Hezbollah. The discussion concludes that a nuclear option is off the table, leaving a dangerous stalemate in the north.

george floyd· black lives matter· urban warfare· hamas· hezbollah· ammunition

34:22 And I think Israel has lost the moral war. This is what you're seeing, and I'm not saying it's right or wrong but this probably comes back to the loneliness op that we identified Hey man! There are more victims! I can go out on the street and protest It's like Black Lives Matter all over again Yo pro-Palestine screw you Israel This is a problem that I think the Biden administration and probably all governments identifying properly your people do not agree with this anymore. The vocal people, the people that you sent out for George Floyd all over the world. It's exactly the same people! Now on top of that I'm sorry

35:10 We do not have the fighting force. I don't even think, you know, whoa IGF they're the best ever! No? I don't think so They're not used to this what Hamas and Hezbollah would they have been training in real war Real fearless killing for a long time we don't have manpower We don't, come on all of a sudden we have ammunition? We didn't have it for Ukraine. We don't have it! Israel wanted 3,000 Iron Dome 50k APOP rockets No, we got 300. We're out of ammo, we don't have enough people

35:49 You know, we may look badass. I think you know we got a couple thousand people in Syria looks great but we really don't have...I don't think we don't have the weaponry in place and the training in guerrilla warfare or urban warfare. I'm just not so sure Mr President that we're United States! I don't think so and I really doubt these Israelis capacity at this point I'm not so sure that we can win anything. Yeah, what do you think? That's a valid position. What are you gonna do Israel going to drop a nuke well that does not gonna work! You blow yourself up there's gonna be no nukes I'll tell you that right now no nukes are gonna happen so you can stop worrying about that but then the play is simple we need Hezbollah

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AIPAC Influence, Political Pressure in Election Years

Professor Rashid Khalidi criticizes President Biden for following a "script" from the Israeli Defense Ministry. The hosts discuss the political power of AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), noting its ability to primary politicians who do not support its agenda. They argue that Biden's actions are driven by the upcoming election year and the necessity of maintaining support from well-funded lobbying groups.

aipac· rashid khalidi· chuck schumer· primary elections· campaign finance

36:45 to attack in the north, then we can go straight after Iran. And it'll be interesting to see what we do...we. Something's gonna happen from the looks of things I have a quick Democracy Now! clip Although i prefer nothing happened No, of course not We don't want anything happening Of course not We're anti-war This is Professor Rashid Khalidi on Democracy Now! bonded the United States to Israel at the hip since very soon after this horrible escalation started. In so doing, he's made the United States responsible in the eyes of the world for everything and this is the latest example of that. He's basically read from an Israeli teleprompter as he seems to do routinely when anything relating to Middle East comes up it's almost as if his lines are scripted in Tel Aviv at the Israeli Defense Ministry where their disinformation headquarters

37:53 are located. I should probably add one more thing to this just so people understand the dynamics of Israel in the United States, AIPAC is what is it? The American Israeli something APAC is very important and all the... It's a big, they have a big convention. Yes and the convention for Republicans specifically is very... Well it's pretty known because Schumer is always there speaking Okay so here's how it works APAC very well funded by Israel

38:28 Israel, not American Jews or whatever people might say is by Israel. And if you are not all in with what AIPAC's agenda is they will primary you that's the threat and money drives all politics all around the world and certainly in the United States so Biden has to do what the AIPAC agenda is. All politicians have have to do with, particularly it could not be at a better time in an election year coming up. You'd better do it otherwise you will lose power and that's what they're all afraid of they don't really care about Israelis or Palestinians or Americans or Iranians They're insane all of them We've let whole politicians go insane and berserk And if they're not it'll only take one year one year in DC and your part of the gang

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Margaret Brennan, Media Perception and "Unpacking" Narratives

CBS News' Margaret Brennan discusses the "perception" of the Gaza hospital bombing, stating that in the Middle East, perception often matters more than facts. The hosts mock the use of the word "unpack" and criticize Brennan for focusing on political optics rather than forensic evidence. The segment also notes the introduction of "Palestinian Islamic Jihad" as a new primary antagonist in the media narrative.

margaret brennan· cbs news· face the nation· islamic jihad· perception

39:26 You got more from that guy? I had that clip too. I do, I do actually... Well not THAT guy! I have- I think actually this we've had NBC I want to play a few CBS CIA broadcasting systems. I have three, a small trifecta regarding this latest fracas. Joining us now at the table is Margaret Brennan she's chief foreign affairs correspondent and moderator of Face The Nation. Margaret really glad to have you here today because she's an expert at reading prompter! Glad to be here. So much to unpack. Why is she? Yes exactly well she's the expert but this is The Morning Show

40:01 It's the Morning Show. All right, let's get really deep into it with Margaret Brennan who reads... Let's talk journalists talking to journalists Yes! That's when the messaging is always considered a faux pas in journalism technically considered a faux pas yes you think this is journalism? Margaret really glad to have you. In this case, yeah it's not even that newsreader talking a news reader yes I'm going to introduce you with the script and you can read the script go ahead hello Margaret I'm so happy you're here you are the expert today yes glad to be here unpack on this one see the blame game is underway who was responsible for the bombing of the hospital oh wait stop it got me interrupting mode when did unpack become such an

40:42 universal phrase. Have you noticed it? It shows up all the time I was hearing it this morning unpack would you unpack it! I think we should say unzip it, that would be a much cooler way to use it. We will use unzip it. Unzip that archive for me do you have Windsor? To hopefully bring sides together what challenges are What additional problems does this cause for the President of the United States at this time? Oh, let's go straight to politics. Whatever the facts are it is perception that matters and the perception in the streets of Jordan and Egypt... I am a journalist! Facts don't matter! ...West Bank is that the United States saying it stands by Israel without question... Wow she literally said that look who cares what facts are lets unpack that again It's at this time

41:26 Whatever the facts are, it's the perception that matters. And the perception in the streets of Jordan and Egypt and the West Bank is that the United States saying it stands by Israel without question means that it is allowing for continued civilian casualties not just with that hospital bombing but It is seen in the broader context of this bombardment. They talk about bombing, bombing... That's been going on for 11 days now and certainly it became politically untenable for the King of Jordan to host the President United States and that's pretty extraordinary given Israel and Jordan in Egypt they have peace treaties This one our closest allies in the Middle East

42:03 And because of the uproar in the streets, it just became impossible to host the president. So that shows a level of complexity that this mistake perhaps was an errant strike on whose part exactly from somebody military claims it was Islamic Jihad and militant group that's smaller than Hamas but operative there This is this hello new player new player The Palestinian Islamic Jihad New player is being introduced by CBS which is not... No, everybody's been talking about that group. Yes I have the clip that I had played earlier from NBC. But this is not okay President this morning when he said the other team is responsible He didn't say what that was based on Is that a US intelligence assessment? Huh! Is that accepting the Israeli military version of... I love the guy in the background huh

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Hostage Diplomacy, Quiet Conversations Behind Closed Doors

Reports indicate that Secretary of State Antony Blinken spent nine hours in meetings with the Israeli government to negotiate aid access. Margaret Brennan reports that Hamas is signaling that hostage releases are currently impossible due to the ongoing bombardment. The hosts highlight a moment where Brennan appears to laugh at the mention of "diplomatic efforts," suggesting even mainstream journalists are skeptical of the official peace process.

benjamin netanyahu· antony blinken· hamas· hostages· diplomacy

42:54 Paul, Paul. the public. I mean, Hawley's piece was just showing there the political problems that the Prime Minister of Israel has his people want retribution for this horrific attack that happened but as you're seeing with the president there with the Secretary of State with the Secretary of Defense with all these lawmakers going There are quiet questions being asked behind closed doors to the Israeli government saying prime minister Netanyahu what is your plan for what comes next?

43:38 Okay, so CBS knows that there's quiet conversations and questions going on in the background behind closed doors. Do you think it was necessary for President Biden to be there at this particular time? I was talking with officials last night saying, can you call it off yet? The plane's en route. They were stuck if that had already been announced even after the Arab summit was called off because President Abbas had to return to the West Bank there are protests against him and then in Jordan and Egypt you see these protests going Israel for some will look like the United States is

44:14 is standing by, even if this is an open question of public culpability. The very serious problems that were to be discussed at the Arab summit involving humanitarian aid and access through Egypt those remain are they being discussed on the sidelines? Is there any progress that can be made? Well, the president will be calling some of those leaders as well he can't be seen standing beside them because of their own political issues but you know Secretary Blinken spent the better part in the last week shuttling around the Middle East came back to Israel to press Prime Minister Netanyahu, who to get this agreement to allow in any aid even though it's very restricted what is being allowed in. The aid that we vetoed? If any is allowed and for some it appears that this visit was collateral for them because Tony Blinken the Secretary of State was behind closed doors for nine hours with the Israeli government trying to get this agreement to allow an aide but obviously where the most powerful country in the world with a

45:09 We control everything except, crap. Well we didn't control that part last clip. What if anything can you tell us about diplomatic efforts to release the hostages? We saw the mother with a picture of her daughter who's now become the face of the hostages. Gail I've been talking to sources in the Middle East here in the United States people who work with hostage families there had been some hope leading up to this bombing and this morning I am told Hamas is signaling that it possible for them at this moment to go through with any kind of release. Now that's if you believe that the diplomatic efforts to date actually were going to be successful. What was this laugh for? Why is she so funny, why is it so funny? Where was that placed again? Let's see... Possible for them at this moment to go through with any kind of release now that's if you believe that the diplomatic efforts today actually we're going to be successful. She laughed at diplomatic efforts.

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Global Protests, Tokyo to the Philippines

Al Jazeera documents widespread protests against Israel and the U.S. in diverse locations including Tokyo, Istanbul, Chennai, and the Philippines. In the West Bank city of Ramallah, ABC's Matt Gutman reports on a "protest of unity" where demonstrators rallied in support of Hamas fighters. The hosts remark on the high level of organizational skill required to coordinate such a global response and the lack of historical context among many protesters.

al jazeera· tokyo· turkey· philippines· ramallah· west bank

46:06 So she thinks it's bullcrap. Because we all know, we all know. Who is she talking to? Her sources in the Middle East. Yes. Difficult and it also imperils other diplomacy. Very complicated and very layered. Very layered! Layered?! Very layered! Well that's why you had to unpack it because it's layered. It's a tar ball. All right back to you Bob Let's go with a couple of these protest clips because there is one that I think might be good. This is world protests on Al Jazeera There have been protests taking place around the world in support of the Palestinian people. Demonstrators gathered outside the US Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. They were chanting USA shame on you! In Turkey police fired water cannons at protesters on the streets of Istanbul. Thousands had gathered infront of the Israeli consulate. Demonstrators in India described what's going on Palestine as a genocide

47:03 and members of a Muslim organization gathered in Chennai. And in the Philippines, people carried Palestinian flags and lit candles in protest at the Israeli air strike on that hospital in Gaza. Well Barnaby Lowe is out to demonstration in Marawi in the southern Philippines. They're talking about the Philippines? Yes! It's unbelievable. Somebody has got pretty good organizational skills better than ours Anyway, onwards. Well I mean it's that you know this is...I think it's probably a lot of the trans Maoism that has crept in everywhere. 100%. Oh! 100%! I get to see if you say for your one 100%, I get to say you bet

47:51 I never finished the...I never got to the tea. Oh, okay. ...organization gathered in Chennai and in the Philippines people carried Palestinian flags and lit candles in protest at Israeli airstrike on that hospital in Gaza Well, Barnaby Lowe is at a demonstration in Marawi in the southern Philippines and joins us live. Barnaby sir what are protesters telling you and why they so angry about events in Gaza? It's definitely huge anger here as demonstrated by the huge crowd right behind me And it's not just here all over Marawi City there are banners and posters saying free Palestine and Israeli occupation This protest definitely primarily sparked by that attack on the hospital in Gaza

48:35 on Tuesday, but their calls, their condemnation go beyond just that one incident. And in fact... They go beyond this week-long hostilities in Gaza, atrocities they say by Israeli forces. They say they want an end to Israeli occupation because they understand that people in Gaza have been living under constant bombardment and they have been living under decades of blockade by Israel And so they want a free Palestine not just in Gaza but also in the West Bank All right, I have a protest clip from ABC. This is about protests across the Middle East and they all start off perfectly fine. In Beirut tonight we witnessed protesters rushing the American embassy security forces pushing them back using tear gas water hoses and rubber bullets amid the chaos We take cover

49:37 As you can see, protesters pushing back against security forces starting by throwing rocks launching fireworks. It's been a constant push and pull here between security forces and the protesters who are trying to push up against the American embassy. They say they're outraged at Israel's bombardment of Palestinian citizens and the US support for it across the region fury towards Israeli government and its ally in the United States now at a boiling point From Iran to Jordan. The deadly explosion at the hospital in Gaza further inflamed demonstrations. Israel insisting it was not responsible, the US saying intelligence backs that up but for protesters here that's evidence the Israeli-US alliance is toxic. America is a devil, the real devil because they supported Israel In the West Bank the anger growing and Ramallah ABC's Matt Gutman among the protesters. Downtown Ramallah

50:38 This is a protest of unity. They're rallying in support of Hamas, they're rallying in support of Palestinian fighters People telling me here that time for peace is over Those demonstrations quickly spreading across the West Bank Protestors clashing with Israeli soldiers as the region smolders. I mean, it's these demonstrations are and these people who go out they have no historical context they really don't maybe Muslims have some built-in historical context generational context that they've been given throughout the years and everyone's toxified their children you know this will come to a head one way or another in the Netherlands in the Netherlands! The protests have a slogan

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Alicia Keys, Paragliding Instagram Backlash

Singer Alicia Keys faced social media backlash after posting an Instagram query about paragliding, which many users interpreted as a reference to the Hamas motorized paraglider attack on an Israeli music festival. Her manager, Guy Oseary, defended her, stating she was "horrified" to learn of the implication and immediately removed the post. The hosts use this as an example of the extreme "triggering" environment currently present on social media.

alicia keys· paragliding· instagram· guy oseary· hamas

51:27 Hamas, Hamas the Yoda on a toss which translates to Hamas Hamas put the Jews on the gas as in gas I mean this is really oh yeah in Holland but okay it's alright let's bring in some show we need a show business angle all right let's switch gears now to Alicia Keys and the post that sparked us social media backlash Alisha was criticized for this Instagram post asking quote, what would you do if you weren't afraid of anything? I've had my eyes on paragliding. Many users said the word paragliding was both triggering and insensitive giving their use by Hamas during the October 7th attack on an Israeli music festival

52:14 The massacre claimed nearly 300 innocent lives and led to the capture of several hostages. Some even accused Alicia of showing sympathy toward the terror organization by wearing green, the same color as the Hamas flag Someone who came to Alicia's defense? Her former manager, Guy Oseary. The Israeli-American took to Instagram saying quote I spoke to Alicia and she was horrified to learn what the word implied and immediately took it down. Oh brother! This is where we're at this is where we're at Is the oh brother part of this show If I was president right now I would have an executive order shut off the internet

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Jewish Voice for Peace, Capitol Hill Sit-In

Activists from "Jewish Voice for Peace" staged a sit-in at a congressional building on Capitol Hill, demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Al Jazeera reports that over 1,000 people of various faiths participated, with many Jewish protesters wearing shirts that read "Not In Our Name." The hosts discuss the internal rift within the Jewish community and the growing number of Congress members calling for a halt to the violence.

jewish voice for peace· capitol hill· ceasefire· al jazeera· biden

52:50 Shut up! I would have done that years ago but that's... shut up, well it was shutdown social media right now. Well we gotta stop protests let's do this one we hate this one was poorly covered i thought by the american press but the AL Jazeera did a great job in the protest in DC Oh yeah, this was interesting. In Washington DC protesters from anti-war group Jewish Voice for Peace have staged a sit in inside a congressional building This is what I mean by generational! This is exactly what I mean The demonstrators are calling for an immediate ceasefire amid the rising death toll in Gaza Some protesters are wearing shirts with the words not in our name Patrick O'Hane sent us this report from Capitol Hill the

53:45 I'd say about five dozen, maybe six dozen activists wearing T-shirts that say not in our name. Jews say a ceasefire now came into Canon chanting they knew they would be arrested. Now this all started at a protest just a few blocks away earlier in the day more than 1,000 people of really all faiths came out But I did talk to one gentleman. He said his grandparents survived the Holocaust, helped build Israel but now he says he felt the need because he does not believe the people of his own religion are doing to the Palestinians. I see my job as carrying on their legacy, as Jews who fundamentally see their role has standing up for stateless and oppressed people all throughout the world and I've seen no better way to do that than fighting for peace in a ceasefire in Gaza today yeah this is amazing what's going on I mean even amongst

54:42 pro, you know the Save Palestine protests. If you look at if you really look at some of the pictures there's a lot of Jewish groups there Jews for Palestine they got signs that intermingled The generational fact is that the young people who have no context at all They are... No because they weren't given a decent education for starters Correct and but also People don't want war anymore The people don't want it. I know, if this war cranks up the way they're trying to do it with Iran... I think the backlash is going to be unexpected because if you're a Democrat strategist and thinking what are we gonna do to keep Biden in office? Because he's gonna run whether we like it or not! Well make him a war president nobody ever votes a war president out of office George W Bush is a good example You know what this would be-I hate to say this now would be a perfect time for Biden to die

55:39 That's the only thing left that would make this chaos complete. President Kamala! Well, if things aren't bad enough... Why not? Part 2 of this clip has got an interesting kicker As we take one more look as the crowd, as they start to get arrested one by one being put in zip ties. This is going to be a misdemeanor there unlikely to face any sort of jail time will probably pay a fine but just to give you a sense of how different this sentiment is from those elected officials in these buildings. There was a resolution by one representative asking Joe Biden US President to call for

56:27 13 members of Congress agree. Paddy Cohen, Al Jazeera at the US Capitol. So call for a ceasefire in Gaza, which would be not a bad idea seems to me. I'm pretty sure that Hamas team total congressmen and senators agreed to this is this is no they're not connected there was a Hamas at some point, I had the clips in here somewhere said you know We'll let all the hostages go if you just stop firing rockets. Yeah, I don't believe that to be true I don't believe it either but it was a talking point for a moment there. I have some some trigger clips people just using triggering triggering stuff Sky News

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Naftali Bennett, Bassem Youssef on Piers Morgan

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett clashes with a Sky News anchor over the cutting of power to Gaza hospitals, comparing the fight against Hamas to fighting Nazis. Meanwhile, comedian Bassem Youssef appears on Piers Morgan's show, using satire to criticize the "human shield" argument and comparing the relationship with Israel to being with a "narcissistic psychopath." The hosts note the increasing use of "Nazi" as a universal label for enemies.

naftali bennett· piers morgan· bassem youssef· ben shapiro· human shields

57:21 This is Sky News with former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. And he goes straight for the jugular. What about those Palestinians in hospital who are on life support and babies and incubators? Hold on, hold on Sky News! We've got babies and incubators?! Turn them... throw them out!! Whose life-support and incubator will have to be turned off because the Israelis have cut the power to Gaza Are you seriously keep on asking me about Palestinian civilians? What's wrong with you have you not seen what happened we're fighting Nazis.

57:57 We don't target them. Now the world can come and bring them anything they want if you want to bring them electricity I'm not going to feed electricity or water To my enemies, if anyone else wants that's fine we're not responsible for this This is the point... No listen, you listened to me right now No, I understand. We're trying to have a conversation here. Listen this is my program This is my show and I am asking the questions you are waiting for... This goes on for quite awhile but everything's Nazi now. Nazi Nazi Nazi Let's go to Piers Morgan Piers Morgan is who's this guy? Bassem Yousef I don't know if he mentions it but this is you know the dichotomy between Russia

58:47 Ukraine, Israel Palestine. I would say I really applaud Israel for doing one thing that no military force in the world does because i heard Ben Shapiro and I heard Ron DeSantis and they said... Isn't it amazing that Ben Shapiro is now on the world stage with Ron DeSantis? It doesn't surprise me he's a hard worker It doesn't surprise me at all. Force in the world does, because I heard Ben Shapiro and I heard Ron DeSantis and they said Israel is the only military force in the world that warns civilians before bombing them! How fucking cute? That's so nice of them because with this logic if Russian troops started warning Ukrainians before bombing their houses we're cool with Putin right?!

59:39 I mean, OK, Habibi. You have warned them to go invade? It's fine you have done your job! And also heard Ben Shapiro talking about human shield so you remember my wife family they live in Gaza So i asked him when Israel give you the nice warning the cute warning Does Hamas force you to stay in your home so you can be bombed and use as human shield? Does that mean that every single one of those civilians was standing obscuring a military target behind them because that's a lot of weapons. I mean, Hamas is packing. No, of course it doesn't I love these comparisons.

1:00:33 to pressure the Palestinian community in Gaza to turn against Hamas. Is that right? I'm sure that's part of it, yes That's part of it So this is exactly what terrorist organizations do because terrorist organizations will have no chance beating a whole nation in battle so they terrorize and they kill their civilians in order to spread fear and terror so they can turn against their government to change their policy or to resign. You have just compared Israel with ISIS. The thing is, this is the problem. Israel always victimizes itself and I have never seen a victim putting their oppressor under siege and bombing them 24-7 Israel wants you to believe that they are the victim. Dealing with Israel is so difficult, it's like being in a relationship with a narcissistic psychopath he fucks you up and then makes you think it's your fault. Wow this guy has got opinions! By the way our bombing of firebombing of German cities especially Dresden was exactly this. Of course

CHAPTER 20 / 57 Discussion

Janet Yellen, US Economic Capacity for War

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen insists the U.S. economy is "doing extremely well" and can "absolutely" afford to support wars in both Israel and Ukraine. She dismisses concerns from investor Paul Tudor Jones regarding the 122% debt-to-GDP ratio, claiming the federal figure is closer to 98%. The hosts deconstruct her comments on inflation, explaining that a "drop" in the inflation rate still means prices are rising cumulatively.

janet yellen· paul tudor jones· inflation· gdp· debt· labor market

1:01:29 This is the context that people don't have. This has been going on forever, all around the world all the time and we're being told this is it now... We're in end times! It's all over now. Yeah, it's like the hottest day The hottest day what a good host a for 100 years has read hot this hot 400 years It's good. Well must have been global warming hundred years ago What are you telling me? So we've got to shore it all up now and make sure everybody understands particularly financial markets Let's hey, it's okay Don't worry We got it under control. We can do this with the best country in the world of ever, of history." Let's bring out Janet Yellen! She is after all in charge of our finances. Hey Janet, can we really? Can we really...can we really do all this? I mean, do we have a war fund? Do we have like a little piggy bank or something that we can

1:02:25 Break to open up for money. Do we have that is there? Is there a thing I know of no, I don't think so either Paul Tudor Jones The famed investor was on CNBC this week and he said this is the most threatening and challenging geopolitical environment that I've ever seen at the same time the US's in its weakest fiscal position since World War two with debt-to-GDP at 122% Can America can the West afford another war at this time? I think the answer is absolutely. Yeah! Wooo! Absolutely, another one hey how about Taiwan? Can America can the West afford another war at this time

1:03:08 I think the answer is absolutely. America can certainly afford to stand with Israel and to support Israel's military needs, and we also can and must support Ukraine in its struggle against Russia. The American economy is doing extremely well. I love this, it's doing extremely well! Inflation has been high and it's been a concern to households It's just a little concern what your problem? Come down considerably at the same time

1:03:48 We have a bearish focus, Lee. It hasn't reversed. You know it has come down considerably look ahead of chart. That means it's still going up its cumulative this is the one thing that people don't understand about inflation please explain well if you have an inflation rate of 10% and then it drops to 5%. It's five on top of the ten. But you can say, but a politician would say well we had it has gone down 50% inflation has gone down 50%. Well it's gone down from 10 percent

1:04:24 5% which means it was 10 percent, which you've lost. You've already lost 10 percent of all your value right there and then it's another five percent on top of that on top of that It's just a concern. It's a scam. It's just the concern is what people are talking about around the kitchen table? Checking the price of gasoline The American economy is doing extremely well Inflation has been high and it's been a concern to households. It's come down considerably at the same time we have about the strongest labor market we've seen. Let's just re-explain the labor market, The labor market in unemployment is determined by those who have registered and are willing to work versus those who are working not all the people who have given up

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Industrial Renaissance, Debt-to-GDP Discrepancies

Janet Yellen touts the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act and the CHIPS Act as catalysts for an "industrial renaissance" in the U.S. John Dvorak challenges this, noting the lack of visible infrastructure improvements or new factories in his region. The hosts also debate the true U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio, questioning Yellen's "weaselly" use of the term "federal debt" to arrive at a sub-100% figure.

infrastructure act· chips act· inflation reduction act· manufacturing· potholes

1:05:17 No, the people who have given up is a huge number. A huge number! Shadowstats.com In 50 years... Yes, shadowstats.com 3.8% unemployment and at the same time America, the Biden administration has passed legislation that is strengthening our economy in the years to come for the medium term. We have three historic pieces of legislation... Three historic pieces of legislation, each about a trillion dollars. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS and Science Act One Republican voted yes bipartisan. Bipartisan! Hey hey hey hey! Infrastructure act How are the potholes?

1:06:06 I don't see, but they did pave a section of 80 up north of me. Oh! Repaved it but then they stopped. It's still not good The infrastructure act. There are all kinds... If you want to drive around Berkeley sometime and I should put one of the cams You know there is a car cam on my car and i'll drive some areas without the image stabilization on it so that you can see what im talking about I expect you to do this. I'm going to do it now and make sure you focus it on that dashboard which you claim after 25 years has still not cracked. You want me take some photos for ya?

1:06:48 No, no that's okay. Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act... That's best! The Inflation Reduction Act Yeah which is also the Green New Deal so thats bull crap We've seen a burgeoning of investment especially in manufacturing We have manufacturing? Oh, I'm sorry. I must have missed all the manufacturing going on. Well, haven't seen any factories go up around here. No of course not! An industrial renaissance in the United States. An industrial renaissance? Not here... And we're creating good jobs especially for people who've been- Who have crossed the border illegally Don't have a college education Have been left out of Republicans

1:07:41 really economic progress in the United States. So, the United States... Yeah! You know what those jobs are? Serving other people in restaurants. Economy isn't a good place In terms of the fiscal situation I don't know where 122 Comes from the US federal debt to GDP ratio is about 98% at this point Okay, do you know that? That's I've heard anything but a number under 100 percent debt to GDP She's claiming. It's ninety eight percent. Let's thought it was like 110. I've heard well the guy said 120 I've heard 160 and

1:08:22 And she's saying, I don't know where that number comes from. It's about 98 percent but she did say federal... She probably playing some words tricks. There are weasels there is something weaselly about what you said. comes from the US federal debt to GDP ratio is about 98% at this point. And the interest expense, which is a more relevant statistic still remains manageable now it is true with higher interest rates and those higher interest rates may persist although that's not clear. Yeah, it's not clear well it is clear

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Biden's "Darkness into Light" Speech, Power of Example

The hosts preview President Biden's prime-time address, where he uses phrases like "turning darkness into light" and being "measured by the power of our example." They mock the scripted nature of the speech, suggesting it sounds like it was written by ChatGPT. The discussion highlights Biden's frequent use of the word "dignity" as a rhetorical crutch while the U.S. continues to fund conflicts abroad.

joe biden· prime time speech· dignity· conscience· chatgpt

1:09:05 Because they're gonna go higher. Powell just had his little chat today and everyone's like, oh okay that's not working we need to start the president has a announcement tonight yeah I know it's our show night of course I think it will be the let's print some money night Yes. They're going to have to jack him up tonight, there's no doubt about it he is going to be pumped so he'll be screaming about dignity I don't think they can you know...he's overjacked i dont think they can do it anymore It's not working Well, we're gonna find out tonight cuz tonight's the night if they're gonna jack him with a hot shot Tonight's the night. Tonight's the night We're gonna Jack him. They're gonna Jack him Well this I mean this will be the speech of his life what can he possibly say oh

1:09:58 Well, I have some so my have a couple of clips. Do you have him talking about gold in my air? Yes, I have the cold in my hair clip cuz I look that up Let's put can do mind if we play this one first well. I wanted to play it as the kicker okay We'll do it an order whatever you want let's just go first He's rambling about peace in the darkness to be light unto the world is what we're about oh What are we about? Darkness into the light. Oh, I thought we were the doctors of the world. Darkness into the light into the world. The darkness to be the light unto the world is what we're about. We are the shining light on the hill! You inspire hope and light for so many around the world

1:10:44 That's what the terrorists seek to destroy. Has he noticed the protests about all these, we're inspiring people? Yes! Well, he's not... He is correct We are inspiring people to protest It is all going according to plan That's what the terrorists seek to destroy that's what they seek to destroy because they live in darkness but not you Not Israel Nations of conscience, like the United States and Israel are not measured solely by the example or power. We're measured by the power of our example That's why it is hard to... Oh wow! Who wrote that one? ChatGPT? We're not measured by our examples of power No we're measured by our powers of example Nations of conscience like the United States and Israel Are not measured solely by the example or power And were measured by the power of our example

1:11:38 That's why as hard as it is, we must keep pursuing peace. Must keep pursuing a path so that Israel and the Palestinian people can both live safely in security and dignity and in peace. No, that's never going to happen. Dignity! I mean every single... I remember President Clinton. Oh yeah it was gonna be great and peace is gonna be peace and all we used to see on television back in the 70s was kids with slingshots but they weren't the slingshots we had. You know there were really cool ones? Yeah the cool ones like and they were good at it with you know like the David Slingshots with a rope.

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Biden, Torah and Biblical Pandering

President Biden references the story of Moses' death and the reading of the Torah during his remarks in Israel. The hosts question why a "Catholic boy" would emphasize the Torah over the New Testament, characterizing it as patronizing pandering to his audience. They discuss the theological differences regarding "an eye for an eye" versus the "love and peace of Jesus" in the context of the current conflict.

joe biden· torah· moses· old testament· catholicism· pandering

1:12:20 And that's what we were looking at and I always thought why don't we give him some good slingshots? How does that really work, but those things are cool. They they were and that's all there a lot of velocity off for one of those Yeah, yeah That's as far back as I can remember Well, I'm older than you and I can say the same exact words. I'm treating this story Moses death Okay, well now we're gonna go biblical here for a second. That's I that's why I have to set this up if he listens carefully He claims, I think... Yes. ...to have done something that very few people have ever done read the Torah Now why a Catholic boy would read the Torah is beyond me but i think that's what he says in this clip After reading the story of Moses' death those who observed the holiday began reading the Torah from the very beginning The story creation reminds us of two things First

1:13:25 And when we get knocked down, we get back up again. Then we begin anew. Second, when we're faced with tragedy and loss... ...we must go back to the beginning and remember who we are." We are all human beings creating the image of God with dignity humanity and purpose. No but the Torah is the Old Testament! Dignity? The Torah's... The Torah is bigger than the Old Testament. There's more to it than just the Old Testament. The Old Testament is taken from the Torah, as far as I know I'm not Jewish. Right So let's go to this clip you were so anxious to hear Hold on a second It's like four or five books from the Old Testament and I don't know if its bigger...I mean maybe bigger to...the Jews

1:14:18 Don't believe in the New Testament that Jesus was not the Savior. He was a prophet not the Son of God Yeah, and they still kind of stopped at an eye for an eye Which is how they're feeling right now all these rays like we're going to take when it gouged your eye because you gouge our eye And it would be nice if everybody had the love and peace of Jesus But okay But that's neither here nor there. Besides that, yes His come if let's say the Torah and the Old Testament are exactly the same Why wouldn't he say as a good Catholic boy? That you know Old Testament is he's pandering patronizing Patronizing the audience yeah

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Golda Meir "Corn Pop" Story, Biden's Historical Inconsistencies

President Biden recounts a story of meeting Golda Meir in 1973, claiming she told him Israel's "secret weapon" was having nowhere else to go. The hosts point out that Biden has told this story for decades, inconsistently placing it before the Six-Day War (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973). They label it a "Corn Pop story," suggesting it is a fabricated or heavily embellished anecdote used for political effect.

golda meir· yom kippur war· six-day war· cnn· zionism· lying

1:15:05 Yeah, well he's also lying. The guy lies about everything! Yeah he is a liar And this one is a whopper Okay now this one is a whopper you're gonna tell us why it's a big lie I looked at it, as you will soon see as a shaggy dog story the way he tells it. Let's go! I've told the story before and I'll tell it again of my first meeting with an Israeli Prime Minister 50 years ago as young senator. I was sitting across from Golda Meir in her desk in our office And she had a guy named... A guy who later became prime minister sit next to me just before the 1973 Yom Kippur War

1:15:42 And she flipped the maps up and down, telling me how bad things were and how terrible they were. All of a sudden she looked at me, she said, would you like to photograph? I looked at her, she got off from her desk and walked out into that hallway, I think it's marble flooring, walked out in the hallway. We walked out there are bunch of photographers standing in front us we're standing shoulder-to-shoulder without her looking at me she said to me knowing I'd hear Why do you look so worried, Senator Biden? And I said worried like of course I'm worried. And she looked at me and she didn't look he said we don't worry senator We Israelis have a secret weapon. We have nowhere else to go well today I say it all of Israel the United States isn't going anywhere either

1:16:35 I didn't expect that one. He's been telling this story throughout his career and in this time it was just before the Yom Kippur War, it's been during the Six-Day War... CNN has a whole article on this which is old. Let me see when did this publish from CNN? This from 2021. He keeps telling this story about Golda Meir and like, and then she said yeah I want to take a picture No! None of this It's it's a corn pop story Yeah totally corn pop It's a corn pop story he's full of it I don't think you have the clip but he was...I tried to run it through Adobe no way could I get it to work about him saying that

1:17:28 Jews are not... it's okay to be a Zionist? Did you hear that?" Yeah, I remember something about this. His fumbling and mumbling about Zionism. Here's the raw audio. I remember the first time that I was in Israel with... That is almost inaudible, so I run it through Adobe. I can kind of hear it. Well listen to what Adobe does to him. I remember the first time that I was in Israel with Nicole Meir. She was just before the Six Day War. There he says six day war!

1:18:11 Yeah, and he just in any your clip. Did he say six-day war? He said no Noam Kapoor young Kapoor war This is great. You confuse it on the trip I didn't even I didn't even realize you'd confused that on the trip. Let's listen in it She was telling me how oh wait let's use this one was in Israel with Goldmeyer she was before the six day war And she was telling me how terrible everything was. Which it was, she kept flipping the maps up and down behind her and all of a sudden she looked at me and said would you like to photograph? I thought that's unusual. She just got up and walked out there outside her home. So we caught him in the lie there. It is exactly the same story. Yeah except now it was before the six day war.

1:19:03 bumbled that on this trip. Let's go to the Zionist part here. Right here somewhere Well, the truth of the matter is if there were an Israel we'd have to admit one. The truth of the matter is that I believe that as I went home and said God will trouble me... I can't hear it. ...to your border they want Sarah Ashdeen but if there were an Israel then we would have to admit one. Okay forget it forget it it's about can't listen to it so bad That's funny, that's crazy because when you had that clip I'm like wow you found a clip of good audio. I couldn't find that story with good audio which is why i didn't clip it and now it turns out It was before the Yom Kippur war on your clip before The Six Day War on my clip Wow Our president is a liar He lost it And he's a liar He's an unbelievable liar Let's listen to some hate from MSNBC

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Collective Punishment, Sinai Humanitarian Corridor Proposal

Former Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon suggests on MSNBC that Gazan civilians should move to a "temporary" humanitarian corridor in the Sinai Desert in Egypt. Host Marc Lamont Hill challenges this as "collective punishment," noting that Israel has cut off power and water to the region. The hosts observe that MSNBC has taken a notably critical stance toward Israeli military tactics compared to other networks.

danny ayalon· mark lamont hill· msnbc· sinai· egypt· collective punishment

1:20:03 As you pointed out, NBC is all in on hating Israel. Why? I don't know. Other than they are the most woke, most leftist network... Yeah, I think so Here is Mark Lamont Hill Danny Ayalon thank you for joining me on UpFront with the former Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister My pleasure The idea of collective punishment Is one of things that we're talking about here There are Residential buildings being hit. There are hospitals being hit, this is a densely populated area the idea of being able to run away or escape or go to a safe area seems impossible also according your own military representatives you've abandoned the idea of knocking on roofs that is say giving a warning of dropping non explosive munition on buildings before people go so people aren't getting a warning they have nowhere to go residential building schools and hospitals are being hit

1:21:00 How is this not, again an act of collective punishment? And how was this not a target of civilian unless of course you're regarding everybody in Gaza as an enemy combatant. I'll tell you in the practical manner what we should do and what we can do create like in the past in history, a humanitarian corridor when there is a humanitarian corridor and we have been discussing this with the United States then we can guarantee in this corridor that nobody will get hurt Now, again I say there is a way to receive them all on the other side for temporary time on Sinai. Because what did Hamas turn out of Gaza? On the other side are we talking about Rafah? Are you saying the other side that go to Egypt? Yes absolutely and Egypt will have to play ball because this is human life at stake. Human life is at stake because your cutting off power your shutting down hospitals, your bombing residential buildings.

1:21:57 Right now there is a hospital that does not have sufficient power. There is a hospital where people are literally going to die, and Israel's energy minister, Israel Katz said no electrical switch will be turned on, no hydrant will open, no fuel truck will enter until the Israeli abductees are returned home It goes on and on, I don't want to play the rest of that. Yeah it's just... Now but of course we need to bring it home! We need to bring the fear and terror home! What's up? ABC Tonight a warning The war between Israel and Hamas is increasing the chances of violence in the United States A new intelligence bulletin says potential targets include individuals and institutions Andrew Horowitz this is for you Perceived as symbolic of or tied to the conflict

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Domestic Threats, Murder of Wadea Al-Fayoume

A six-year-old Palestinian-American boy, Wadea Al-Fayoume, was fatally stabbed in a suburban Chicago home. Authorities charged his landlord, Joseph Czuba, with a hate crime, alleging he targeted the boy and his mother because they were Muslim and in response to the Hamas attacks. The hosts discuss the "heightened threat environment" in the U.S. and the media's role in riling up the public to a state of "edge."

wadea al-fayoume· chicago· hate crime· joseph czuba· fbi· domestic violence

1:22:49 There are stepped up patrols at synagogues in Los Angeles, more crowd control in Washington DC and New York. The nation's largest police force has called in reinforcements instructing all officers to prepare to work 12 hour shifts. There is a lot of tension that's taking place right now and this can play out on our streets The FBI is not aware of any organized plots, but the fear is someone acting alone. Like the man charged in the murder of a six-year old boy near Chicago. Wadiya Al Fayyum was buried this week after police said he was stabbed to death by his landlord because he was Muslim. Yeah that makes sense. That makes total sense Now I have that story and I want to play it and just make one comment Okay This is the

1:23:32 This is the odd riots and maniac war, and this again NBC. In Washington DC dozens were arrested at the Capitol during a rally of Jewish Americans calling for ceasefire And in suburban Chicago last night more than 1500 people packed a vigil for a Palestinian American boy He was a child A child filled with love and not any hate. Prosecutors say six-year old Wadiyah Alfayoumi was stabbed dozens of times by his family's landlord, who they say was angry about the Hamas attacks. Joseph Zuba faces murder and hate crime charges in Illinois and has not yet entered a plea. A child taken and a country on edge as war wages on a world away. It is exactly what you want I don't believe this at all well

1:24:25 I kind of believe it and i'll tell you why. Again, it could be just part of the whole thesis but so they show a picture of the guy yeah The guy looks like a lunatic he's a like a inexplicably homely looking old man that is just looks like he's nuts And I, so I don't kind of believe a lot of it because it just seemed like you got some screwball. The guy just looks... the guy looks wrong. Okay, so people are being riled up and this is the result of it? Yeah. Oh, well this is what you get? This is what everybody's wanting... You can blame the media as far as I'm concerned That's right! One more from NBC now By the way that last one was from NBC The one you played before us on NBC So NBC's playing this story more than anybody No no that was ABC

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NYPD High Alert, Exploitation by Extremist Groups

The NYPD and FBI are on high alert following intelligence memos suggesting that groups like Al-Qaeda and American neo-Nazis are seeking to exploit the Israel-Hamas war to incite domestic violence. The hosts compare the current "heightened threat environment" to the Bush-era color-coded terror alerts, suggesting the fear is being ramped up for political purposes, including the upcoming 2024 election.

nypd· fbi· dhs· al-qaeda· neo-nazis· hate crimes

1:25:18 Okay, well my last one was NBC. This is NBC Tonight authorities in the US ramping up security amid warnings about potential violence mounting nationwide over the Israel-Hamas war In New York the NYPD ordering officers indefinitely to be uniformed and ready to deploy American officials and private analysts telling NBC News extremists are flooding social media with calls for attacks on Jewish communities and other targets in the US and Europe, with groups linked to Al Qaeda and American neo-Nazis seeking to exploit the war. Trump! According to intelligence memos obtained by NBC News A Homeland Security official telling NBC News DHS is monitoring a heightened threat environment in Now that I think about it

1:26:03 Now that I think about it, this is all intended. These reports about you know so dangerous for Jews in America This is being ramped up to make sure that we hate Trump because that's exactly the result! I told you heard from my hairdresser that everyone is freaking out in Austin Oh no if Trump becomes president all Jews will be killed What? Yes Yes, where does that come do they know that his daughter's Jewish and he might be too? Stop with your logic. This is this is people are not of sane mind anymore

1:26:44 They're not of sound mind, I should say. Al-Qaeda and American neo Nazis seeking to exploit the war according to intelligence memos obtained by NBC News A Homeland Security official telling NBC News DHS is monitoring a heightened threat environment in the US Heightened threat environment? We have an HTE everybody. The FBI also on high alert This is mimicking the Bush administration because it worked so well to get him re-elected You know what we need? We need to bring back the color code again I was thinking of the same thing Orange! Threat level orange, everybody A Homeland Security official telling NBC News DHS is monitoring a heightened threat environment in the US The FBI also on high alert

1:27:31 We stay laser focused on mitigating those threats. Tonight the NYPD's hate crimes unit asking for the public's help finding this man who they say punched a woman in a subway station Saturday telling her he did it quote because you are Jewish, this as protests continue across the country In Washington DC dozens were arrested at the Capitol during a rally of Jewish Americans calling for a ceasefire. I love how it's a rally now, it used to be insurrection but now its a rally. During a rally of Jewish Americans calling for a cease fire And in suburban Chicago last night, more than 1500 people packed a vigil for a Palestinian American boy. He was a child, a child filled with love and not any hate. Prosecutors say six year old Wadiyah Alfayoumi was stabbed dozens of times by his family's landlord who they say was angry about the Hamas attacks. Joseph Zuba faces murder and hate crime charges in Illinois and has not yet entered a plea

1:28:33 A child taken and a country on edge as war wages on, a world away. Country on edge! Country on edge! Be on edge people be on edge, be afraid, be worried Go outside do you please go outside if you can afford to go outside and tell me if there's war all around you Is there someone right there ready to punch you in the face? Strike you, shoot you? Push right in your face. Boom! I listened to DH Unplugged You kind of glossed over it but Horowitz said I'm a little worried about it Yeah...I tried to calm him down

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Al Jazeera, Journalists Killed in Gaza Conflict

Israel reportedly considers banning Al Jazeera operations within the country due to its coverage of the war. The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that at least 17 media workers have been killed since the conflict began, including 13 Palestinians, 3 Israelis, and 1 Lebanese journalist. The hosts comment on the apparent failure of "Press" flak jackets to provide safety in the modern war zone.

al jazeera· committee to protect journalists· gaza· press· media casualties

1:29:13 Good job. He's in Florida for God sake! That was your way of... You're in Florida, what are you talking about? Andrew Horowitz is a very solid guy and he's worried he's getting spun up Of course everybody gets spun up Except I guess the two of us Clipped by podcasters Podcasters save the day Did you catch Claire Daly No, I do have one more clip before you play Claire. Okay? All right the war clip this is the oh Actually two more first of all since we've been playing all these clips I want to just play this six second little short clip which to me epitomizes all the reporting on all the

1:30:04 All the Middle Eastern media, and this is from Al Jazeera. And the way they just do the matter of fact about the hospital goes like this... Matter of fact. I got it. ...have taken to the streets after the Israeli attack on al-Ahly Baptist Hospital in Gaza which killed hundreds of people That's it? That's it After the Israeli attack that's all they say They don't say what could have been, alleged... Did he just say this was a Baptist hospital I think it's called that, yeah. Interesting... That's another little tidbit they leave out of our coverage. Hmm, that's very interesting. Yeah Baptist, I think it is. ...have taken to the streets after the Israeli attack on Al Ahly Baptist Hospital in Gaza which killed hundreds of people Maybe its just a guys name Al-Ahli Baptist maybe thats just his name No, no we will look into it Is there Christian hospital in Gaza Strip? Why not

1:31:04 believable? Where else would you put them so they have this is a report on again from Democracy Now war journalists dead Israel's reportedly set to ban Al Jazeera operations in the country over its coverage of the war. Al Jazeera is one of the few global media networks that has reporters on the ground in Gaza In related news, the Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 17 media workers have been killed since the start of the war. 13 of them Palestinian 3 Israeli and 1 Lebanese What? I can't believe that those big flak jackets with huge words press didn't save their lives Yeah The newer ones say shoot me! I saw Richard Engel His says media

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Claire Daly, Criticism of Ursula von der Leyen

Irish MEP Claire Daly delivers a scathing speech in the European Parliament, accusing EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of overstepping her authority by supporting Israel. Daly describes the situation in Gaza as a "genocide" and asserts that von der Leyen does not speak for Ireland or the citizens of Europe. The hosts discuss the growing annoyance within the EU regarding von der Leyen's self-appointed role as "Queen" of European foreign policy.

claire daly· ursula von der leyen· european union· ireland· gaza· genocide

1:31:57 Yeah, and he's got the dumb helmet on. But his flak jacket is huge words media! Yeah I saw that Did they seriously think that...I mean it used to be Red Cross Oh don't shoot him! No he's media He's helpful So Claire Daly Irish representative in the European Union Who we follow closely Yes this is our favorite socialist chick She's a socialist And man something happened This was not a good look for her. I mean, she looked... Claire Daly usually looks you know She's a Birkenstock with your dress type lady kind of in general Yeah she's kind of uh... But she looked haggard! She looked haggard in this! She looked...I think most the time she is pretty haggard No no no no Not like this one And then she had a sweatshirt on and I don't know what happened but she Anyway She was pretty angry at Queen Ursula

1:32:57 Queen Ursula who went right away with her flak jacket on. Did you see her? She must be three feet tall, this Ursula. She's a little shorty. Yeah she got a little petite little flak jacket on that said queen! Don't strike me out I'm queen! Claire Daly was pretty angry about this. I've been involved in politics for 40 years but i have never seen anything like what is being unleashed in Gaza, in full public view while the world watches it unfold 10 days of relentless airstrikes one and a thousand people murdered by the Israeli government in a week open

1:33:39 open declarations of siege, 24 hours of fuel electricity and water left. Collective punishment on innocent people all illegal all war crimes and when the EU should have been arguing for a ceasefire for the upholding of international law for the protection of civilians Ursula von der Leyen touches down in Tel Aviv to photo op the preparation of a genocide and says Europe stands with Israel now and in the days to come. How dare she? She has no authority in foreign affairs matter. She does not speak for me, she does not speak for Ireland and she does not speak for the citizens of Europe! We stand for peace we stand for justice for the people of Palestine and for the upholding of international law it's long past that time this woman exited the stage its time to go

1:34:36 It makes a good point that Ursula von der Leyen pretends to be, you know, speak for the European Union like she's the president of Europe. She is not the only one... Claire is not the only one who has made this commentary They are getting annoyed with her going around thinking she's like the foreign secretary of the EU or whatever she thinks she is The Queen! And it's just getting on people's nerves I hate to say it but Europe is done for You're done for. Yeah, you're done for and of course you know hey Europe well we have no money at the moment but that may change tonight will see what the president says. Remember to keep funding Ukraine keep funding them I'm hearing noise that Ukrainians are pretty sick and tired of Zelensky now

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Daniel Levy, The "Other Team" and War Profiteering

Former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy tells the BBC that cutting off food and water to a civilian population cannot be justified as targeting militants, calling such claims "lies." The hosts agree that "war is a racket," noting that the financial markets and the "money printer" benefit from continued conflict. They suggest the U.S. is pivoting from Ukraine to Israel to maintain high levels of military spending.

daniel levy· bbc· war is a racket· money printer· ukraine· israel

1:35:26 They were supposed to have an election, which is obviously not going to happen. Oh yeah he cancelled the election so that he could be king And he also just outlawed the Christian Orthodox Church Right! The opposition parties Yeah it's a democracy we gotta fight for it It's democracy But the most... well I'll play one more clip and then, and then I think we were all clipped out on this. I mean we've played clips from all sides and there's a point to it. The Israelis would say well look you know what This is BBC with um hold on a second this is the BBC who was this with oh uh oh this is Daniel Levy He is the former Israeli peace negotiator.

1:36:26 embedded in populations who are denied their most basic rights, that ended once and for all in a military campaign. Does that happen? In history can someone credibly tell me that when the leadership of a country says we are cutting off food electricity water or supplies to an entire civilian population that they're targeting militants I'm sorry these kind of lies can't be allowed to pass. And when you tell yourself the lie, it leads to the wrong policy. If anyone told me that what the militants did on the weekend was a legitimate response

1:37:04 To years and years of occupation, I would say no you're wrong headed. You've lost sight of humanity and reality if anyone tells me that what Israel is doing in Gaza today is a legitimate response to what happened on the weekend it's exactly the same And yet they are saying it? And yet the international community IS saying that Yes! People need to challenge them on it because its a lie and we're warmongering If we allow them to get away with it What team is he ON?! The other team, according to the president. So I think we should just all remind ourselves that war is a racket it's very good for business once the money printer starts going war always has to be funded by borrowing or printing and borrowing is kind of those two sides are the same thing there's a lot of financial markets are waiting they'll benefit from everybody wants this

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Rand Paul, Funding Requests and "Mullah" Targets

The hosts speculate on President Biden's request for over $100 billion in additional funding for Israel and Ukraine, suggesting the money often comes from "accounting errors" at the Pentagon. They discuss potential military strategies, including "pummeling" neighborhoods where Iranian mullahs live rather than putting boots on the ground. They note that Senator Rand Paul remains one of the few voices consistently opposing these funding packages.

rand paul· pentagon· accounting error· mullahs· boots on the ground

1:38:01 This is what it's about. It has really very little to do with Israel and Palestine, Hamas Jews Muslim...it's all just... Yeah we weren't spending enough money on Ukraine We're trying to Well I think somehow they've already approved the four-bagger The hundred billion is already in the pocket somehow For Israel? Well, it's for Israel and Ukraine. And what I'm hearing now is that the president tonight will ask Congress for more in addition to that $100 billion which i'm sure probably coming from an accounting error inside the Pentagon. Well he is going to be jacked up! You know you have claimed jacked-up before... He's gonna talking about dignity and about we're America We're America who does nothing we can't do

1:38:53 And he's gonna yell at it, yell it. He's going to yell all that stuff if he's jacked up and uh...he is going to ask for a lot of money and as we had from the Al Jazeera report where that woman was in the rotunda where they were having the protest She said they asked for a ceasefire and the Congress and nobody's now no so it's everyone's gonna be behind this at least our Legislator people. Yeah, we need war you're all good good for it And so except for Rand Paul probably two other guys Rand Paul be like It came from the Wuhan lab! Oh, it's a... Rand Paul. Wrong talking point. You're behind. So Rand Paul will say no. Throw Fauci in jail. Yeah yeah and that'll be that and they were gonna end up with this mess and okay I don't know how they're gonna do it deal with it but I think they're gonna

1:39:46 Maybe we won't go boots on the ground. We'll just pummel I still think it would probably you can find the neighborhoods that everyone knows where they are where the mullahs live They pound them to oblivion in that area those And will that settle Muslims around the world? Will that make them feel? Oh, yeah, everyone's good Well, you know this she she has Sunni thing is still a little bit like something everything It's about time he got those guys Yeah You don't know you have no idea No one has an idea other than... It's good for business. It's good for business! Now, I'm so worried about all these groups and people you know? Do you remember the intellectual dark web? Vaguely. The intellectual dark web yeah it was the intellectuals Well now we have something called The Westminster Declaration And i'm surprised that you were not asked to sign this What is it? The Westminster Declaration

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The Westminster Declaration, Censorship Industrial Complex

A group of 138 journalists, artists, and scholars—including Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and Edward Snowden—sign the "Westminster Declaration" to warn against increasing international censorship. The declaration calls for the protection of the "digital public square" and denounces the "censorship industrial complex." The hosts review the list of signatories, which includes figures like John Cleese, Oliver Stone, and Jordan Peterson, noting the movement's focus on universal human rights and open discourse.

westminster declaration· matt taibbi· michael shellenberger· free speech· censorship

1:40:49 Quote open discourse is the central pillar of a free society Brother yes, so this is twice as my second brother for the day. Yeah WestminsterDeclaration.org and I'll just read a little bit because this just came to my attention, I think it's relatively new... We write as journalists artists authors activists technologists and academics to warn of increasing international censorship that threatens to erode centuries-old democratic norms. I knew you'd love it. Coming from the left, right and center we are united by our commitment to universal human rights and freedom of speech and we're all deeply concerned about attempts to label protected speech as misinformation disinformation in other ill-defined terms

1:41:42 The abuse of these terms has resulted in the censorship of ordinary people, journalists and dissidents in countries all over the world. Across the globe government actors social media companies universities and NGOs are increasingly working to monitor citizens and rob them of their voices These large-scale coordinated efforts are sometimes referred to as the censorship industrial complex I never heard that one. It's what's only sometimes I Do have to write that down the censorship industrial complex so and they go think about it oh, yeah they go on and on and on about

1:42:28 Let's see. What does it got to do with Westminster? I don't know what's the connection to Westminster? As the Twitter files revealed, tech companies are often performing sensorial content moderation and coordination with government so this is a bunch of yahoos who are pissed off that they don't control Twitter So you think this is a bunch of lefties? Well I'm gonna tell you who it is Let me first tell you what they, for the sake of human welfare and flourishing we make the following three calls to action. We call on governments and international organizations to fulfill their responsibilities to the people and uphold Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1:43:12 I don't even know what the... Who cares? Look up a copy. We call on tech corporations to undertake to protect the digital public square, Twitter as defined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and refrain from politically motivated censorship, the censorship of dissident voices and censorship of political opinion These are people who are so misguided they think that social media is the digital public square And finally, we call on the general public to join us in the fight to preserve the people's democratic rights. Legislative changes are not enough! We must also build an atmosphere of free speech from the ground up by rejecting the climate of intolerance that encourages self-censorship and creates unnecessary personal strife for many. Instead of fear and dogmatism, we must embrace inquiry and debate. Who do you think signed this? This is the elite of the Twitterati

1:44:11 Ready? I'm ready. Matt Taibbi, journalist US Michael Schellenberger Jonathan Haidt Stephen Pinker Tim Robbins Tim Robbins the actor? Yes Richard Dawkins John Cleese Oliver Stone Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald Jordan Dr. Jordan B Peterson Barry Weiss Peter Hitchens Nile Ferguson Yanis Varoufakis this is your buddy yeah the other guy we talked about Chris hedges Ali Hirsi Ali

1:45:04 Let me find some more that we know here. It's not a lot of people Bret Weinstein People are there in there too Eric no he's not funny enough He is not let me see if there's anyone else here as a bunch of people I don't know No, it's nothing. It's all college people but this is done in order of appearance so I'm presuming this is a you know a Taibbi Greenwald type thing and we all got together... Oh yeah that's a promotion for them! We all got together in Westminster Yeah, why is this? I'd like to explain it. Well this is paralleling the new FCC chairman who just announced that they're pulling back on all the Trump stuff and they're going to put net neutrality back in play which means of course technically net neutrality mean for example

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Net Neutrality, FCC and Protocol Throttling

The FCC chairman announces plans to reinstate Net Neutrality rules. The hosts argue that Net Neutrality actually "downgrades" internet speeds to a common mean and provides a pretext for governments to throttle "illegal traffic." They specifically identify Tor and BitTorrent protocols as the likely targets of deep packet inspection, which could be used to eliminate movie sharing and anonymous browsing under the guise of equal traffic.

net neutrality· fcc· tor· torrents· deep packet inspection· bandwidth

1:46:01 I have one of my connections is Sonic and they have a gigabyte or gigabit connection. And they have two gigabits but it seems to me if i read net neutrality correctly you can't do that No, you have to give everybody equal bit gigabits. Everybody has had the equal gigabits That means instead of getting having the opportunity to get two gigabytes and I gotta give everybody 2gigabit now We're cutting back on your bits So everything goes down so all it does is become it becomes that you know we go back down we go to the mean? And we go to them

1:46:41 The app we go it downgrades everything. That's what net neutrality is meant to do. Yes, dial up for everybody! Downgrade so the speeds will slow down. Dial up for everybody yes now and we have looked at this ad nauseum Yeah, years ago. During Obama administration and the main sticking point for me because I was walking the dog this morning and reading this...I read this before I went out like oh they're gonna bring this back! The main sticking point was equal traffic except illegal traffic

1:47:19 You remember that? Oh yeah, it's just a way of getting porn off the internet. No! Illegal traffic has nothing to do with the content... It is the protocol so Tor and torrents would be seen as illegal content Okay That's right I'm trying to remember these arguments That's the trick Yes, to get rid of movie sharing. Or you know Tor is good for obfuscating... Tor's good for a lot of stuff it's a fantastic product the guy who did it is something of a coding genius but

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Iron Beam, Laser Defense Hoaxes and Reality

France 24 reports that viral videos purportedly showing Israel's "Iron Beam" laser defense system were actually footage from the video game Arma 3. However, the report confirms that the 100-kilowatt laser system, developed by Rafael, is real and costs only $4 per launch compared to $50,000 for Iron Dome missiles. The hosts discuss the reality of directed energy weapons and their potential use at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

iron beam· rafael· arma 3· video game footage· directed energy weapons· france

1:47:57 If it's if deep packs, deep packet sniffing is in play you can see as a tour stream. And once you recognize and it becomes like oh no they can't do that there goes all your people who download movies which is about 70% of the net. It'll free up some bandwidth that's for sure I did want to play one last Israel clip We- so apparently we got duped. The clip of the laser dome was a hoax! The Laser Dome was a hoax that was supposedly footage from a video game and it was not true. What clip did we play that was a hoax? We didn't play the clip, I said that Sir Brian of London who is very apologetic about this... Oh he's.. oh yeah you read his note Yeah I looked into this too in the meantime after we

1:48:54 When I said, well, I made a mistake. I've made a couple and this was I said why just pay? I thought it was a patriot missile system from Raytheon but no it's developed by Israel yes And as a completely alien system that day I guess it works Well okay so what we immediately got was its fake is a hoaxes from video game footage It's not true But then France 24 does this and now to even more try to fill in the gaps the potential gaps in the Israeli aerial system The israeli dod and the company Rafael the israeli company have been developing this time a laser-based anti missile defense system called the laser beam as you said And according to some sources close to these really God they could indeed decide to deploy that system earlier than what was expected

1:49:46 And one of the reasons why is that this is actually a very cost-effective system because it only costs about $4 per launch compared to the 50,000 dollars I was talking about with the Iron Dome. Now how does it work? This is a mobile laser cannon that can really turn to dust... Here you can see these pictures footage from the company Rafael trying out its system but it can really turned to dust rockets missiles drones in a split second The laser beam is at about 100 kilowatts We're looking at some of the best technology in the world at the moment in terms of an air defence system but, the Iron Beam hasn't been deployed yet. No and it's important to stress that because on social media networks we've been seeing videos that purported to show this laser beam but it isn't actually this is a fake

1:50:33 I want to show you those pictures. These are night pictures, of course but this is actually footage from Arma 3 which is a video game that's known because it's particularly realistic with its realistic graphics Now we are indeed when we're talking about these laser beams We are talking about the future of defense systems Many countries around the world are trying to develop their own systems here in France Ariane, for instance is developing something called Alma-P which could actually be used by security forces here in France to secure the French capital. For instance during the 2024 Olympics now all of these systems that we've been talking about have also been purchased by other countries Germany for instance recently pushed us Arrow 3 and even Finland purchased David Sling's anti defense system

1:51:22 I love it! Directed energy weapons are real. They're real If i ran a TV station, and then give this report and have a video of an old Apple II game called Missile Command shooting the things out of the air or cut to space invaders Yeah Asteroids Because you have to have, you know, you had to have some twitch skills to be able to use these things. Although I'm that system i'm sure is all computerized You don't do anything push a button? Yeah It's bounded what eventually that system has to go into play Oh yeah well Now the way she said this is obviously night footage but it's from a game and to me they were using it They're testing it out What better opportunity to test it out right now

1:52:14 They're accelerating it. Why wouldn't you just use it? The French are going to be frying people during the Olympics! Pardonnez-moi! I can just see them using it. What a world we're in, man. What a world... We got lasers that are just and if you see the video It doesn't burn them up. It turns him to dust Well that I don't believe. Well, that's what the demo was in the sales brochure. Yeah it just disables them. In the brochure. It fries them. Fries em'. It's cool! Very cool. Okay well all this is going on where everyone's focus and attention is on the Middle East and Biden and just everything we're not even talking about Ukraine anymore funny how that works China if they

1:53:11 they're doing their own thing. array of different investments, roads high-speed rail ports energy infrastructure among others. Over the course of 10 years the number of signatories to the project has gone from eight members in 2013 to now 150 and this is the Belt Road Initiative and they had a big meeting in China everyone showed up hey Putin was there I believe

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China's Belt and Road Initiative, Green Projects

China marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, with 150 signatories now involved. Reports suggest that as China's economic growth slows, the project is shifting toward "smaller and greener" investments. The hosts express skepticism about China's commitment to global climate change goals, noting they have historically avoided such restrictions "like the plague."

china· belt and road initiative· vladimir putin· climate change· infrastructure

1:52:14 They're accelerating it. Why wouldn't you just use it? The French are going to be frying people during the Olympics! Pardonnez-moi! I can just see them using it. What a world we're in, man. What a world... We got lasers that are just and if you see the video It doesn't burn them up. It turns him to dust Well that I don't believe. Well, that's what the demo was in the sales brochure. Yeah it just disables them. In the brochure. It fries them. Fries em'. It's cool! Very cool. Okay well all this is going on where everyone's focus and attention is on the Middle East and Biden and just everything we're not even talking about Ukraine anymore funny how that works China if they

1:53:11 they're doing their own thing. array of different investments, roads high-speed rail ports energy infrastructure among others. Over the course of 10 years the number of signatories to the project has gone from eight members in 2013 to now 150 and this is the Belt Road Initiative and they had a big meeting in China everyone showed up hey Putin was there I believe

1:53:57 Putin is like, hey let's go over here and do our own thing. for and inviting opportunities for corruption. But the Belt Road Initiative today is not the same project it was 10 years ago, in part because of a response to these criticisms researchers have found that as China's economic growth is slowing down the days of seemingly unlimited overseas borrowing

1:54:48 borrowing are coming to an end. China's total overseas development finance was only just below $5 billion in 2021 and far from the peak seen in 2016, just under 90 billion dollars for that year. That is because China's overseas investment policy is now to try and focus on smaller and greener projects. Is China getting caught up in global climate change? Are they doing more green projects? I don't know what that's all about. Seems unlikely. They've avoided it like the plague. Seems unlikely...

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Venezuela Sanctions, Oil Production and Migration

The U.S. agrees to ease sanctions on Venezuela after President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leaders reach a deal on election rules. The hosts suggest this move is primarily intended to get Venezuelan crude oil back into U.S. refineries, specifically mentioning Citgo. They link this diplomatic shift to the preferential treatment of Venezuelan migrants currently entering the United States.

nicolas maduro· venezuela· oil· citgo· sanctions· migration

1:55:30 I'm thinking we delay just a little bit longer. We get everything in because I think the donation segmented being our 1600th episode will be a little longer than normal. It'll be long, yeah. Well my favorite story... maybe i'll save this at the end of the show it's kind of a pathetic story. I got an oddball story about Venezuela that I thought was like where is this? This I haven't heard The government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leaders have agreed to new rules ahead of next year's presidential election. The move is expected to clear the way for the United States to ease its harsh sanctions on Venezuela, which have wrecked the economy. Oh yeah! Forcing millions to flee as part of the agreement, the Venezuelan government will allow all political parties to choose their candidates grant permission to delegations from the UN and the European Union to observe elections and give equal media access to all campaigns There was some kind of deal

1:56:27 This is why the Venezuelans are getting preferential treatment when they show up here. No, some deal went down and this is just a part of it I don't know what the whole thing is but has a lot to do with getting oil back on track because we used to... I think it was Citico or what, did CitiGas. Well, I forgot which company but there's one company that is a major provider of gasoline in the United States and they, Sitco maybe? Citgo sounds right yeah. I think Citco and they would bring this Venezuelan crude in and refine it and then we'd be... And it's a big loss to us not to have this Venezuelan crude oil into our system for gasoline and I think at some point we decided you know it's better than we can still

1:57:08 Talk a big game about not drilling here, but we got to get this Venezuelan oil back online. They're huge! They've got a monster field. Right? Is that the right kind of crude? Is it the good stuff? It's a good crude for us. Yeah. Yeah. It's not a dirty crude Well, we've got but I'm my understanding is that most of the South American crude is pretty clean. We've got a lot of Venezuelans coming into the United States and oh man actually I should play yeah I've got two migration replacement clips The first one is an update from Chicago Oh My goodness it is not good in Chicago that there's like 40 buses a day showing up

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Chicago Migrant Crisis, The Inn of Chicago Lease

Chicago officials report that 41 buses of migrants arrived in a single week, with thousands sleeping in police stations and airports. The city has leased "The Inn of Chicago" on the Miracle Mile to serve as a shelter, despite reports of criminal activity and drug sales at the site. The state is also providing up to $9,000 in rental assistance over six months, along with "starter kits" for new apartments, causing tension among local residents.

chicago· migrants· inn of chicago· rental assistance· miracle mile

1:57:53 And this is a local Chicago report. The Chicagoans are mad, they're getting really mad now at what's happening We are learning much more about the migrant crisis here in Chicago I spoke to Christina Passione-Zayas the city's first deputy chief of staff She gave me insight on how the crisis is impacting the city and state financially We have more people coming in than we actually have transitioning out of shelters. Already this week, 41 buses have rolled into Chicago that means there are now 11 000 migrants living in shelters 4 000 are still sleeping on police station floors and staying at the airports

1:58:31 There have been calls by city officials to close the end of Chicago shelter site after report. This is really interesting, the in of Chicago shelter sites and they have this picture in of Chicago Miracle Mile so this is on the miracle mile which is the shopping street yes it's the main part of this the best part of town. In of Chicago is a kind of a nice hotel it's not a shelter spot They're paying this hotel and of course the hotels like, yeah it's good. Bring them all in here but it is not like the Roosevelt New York This is a nice hotel and the website is up and they says no vacancies I guess not No kidding You know when I go to the airport To see a bunch of people camped around at the airport That's really inexcusable Oh! And you see upon arrival It's in your arrivals hall

1:59:25 But they have the curtains around them and stuff, which is that's very humane. So humane there have been calls by city officials to close the end of Chicago shelter site after reports of criminal behavior including drug sales and prostitution. Passione's Aya says it's not shutting down we are in a lease you know that's the other thing We're in a lease so I guess they've leased The Inn Of Chicago hotel The City has just leased This is crazy. You're paying top dollar? Oh yeah! This chart shows the number of migrant children now enrolled within the Chicago Public Schools 30% of migrants here in Chicago are children The migrant crisis is straining resources, the state is footing the bill for what they call temporary housing. The state is paying on the high end $9000 dollars in rental assistance over a six month period of time With that comes help moving in and a starter kit to furnish the apartment A starter kit?!

2:00:24 But here's a vase for flowers. That rent lasts for six months and ideally people would have started their legal process, secured legal work authorization and then be able to sustain that apartment. The city put $4 million towards helping migrants get temporary housing right now there are just a handful of case managers to handle the load to get migrants in temporary rentals we did reach out to see how many asylum seekers are currently taking advantage the rental assistance. We haven't heard back from the city on that. Well, that's got to go over big with the residents. Oh yeah! I'm sure Airbnb is in on it. Absolutely they have to be so in New York Mayor Eric Adams he this kind of shows you how much bullcrap AI is So they use a robocall system

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Eric Adams, AI Robocalls and Language Translation

New York City Mayor Eric Adams defends the use of AI to clone his voice for robocalls in languages he does not speak, such as Urdu and Mandarin. The hosts criticize the practice as "ego-driven" and potentially corrupt, suggesting a friend of the mayor likely owns the AI company involved. They compare it to Spotify's new podcast translation feature, arguing that such technology often "sucks" and lacks the nuance of a fluent human speaker.

eric adams· new york city· artificial intelligence· robocalls· urdu· spotify

2:01:20 which transmogrified the mayor's voice into different languages. Yeah, yeah a couple two or three languages... Which is now I mean this is this is the same as calling anything blockchain we have a pet store we use blockchain Now we're using AI, says Mayor Adams. AI is here It's here I'm using it! I'm awesome Using AI to improve the delivery of goods and services is what we're going to do And we are all gonna look back on this one day and say you know what? This guy Eric had it right

2:01:57 we have a right. He's from the future! And so those who sit on the sidelines, wake up in the morning and say let me see what you're gonna criticize Eric about today... Jeff, we're gonna use it. It's not against the law. What would be the benefit? That's not against the law. Because people want to hear their mayor talk. When you're done with the clip I have a question that more generalized but well ask it now Why not find a person that's fluent in the language and have them deliver the messages over the phone as opposed to some pokey version of that guy who can barely get out sentence out without sounding silly And get you know, they haven't flew Hiring a fluent person to do this. Why don't you do that instead of this nonsense?

2:02:50 Well, obviously there's some payoff. Some buddy of his has an AI company I mean you know Spotify did a big announcement We're Spotify! Now if you upload your podcast to Spotify we will translate your voice into Portuguese into Spanish into German into French into every language imaginable You know what is always interesting for me? You never hear anyone promoting the opposite direction. You never hear someone saying, wow we're now using this so you can listen in English to podcasts in French and do you know why? Because we would only have to listen to three seconds of it and be laughing about how horrible it is because you know it sucks! You know that it sucks. It just sucks.

2:03:40 It's got to suck. That's the question I have, because what about your voice? People want to hear their mayors' voice! You know you cannot... It's also a bit of ego I think Tell me you do not enjoy waking up in the morning hearing my voice. You know people just think about this see one of the problems that we have is that those of us who are able to enjoy life from our normal space Space. We think everyone feels that way. Well, because you know we want to make migrants feel comfortable when they come here illegally we want their space to be normalized Do you know how empowering it is if you speak Urdu? Urdu! Polish? Do you know how empowering it is if you can speak Urdu

2:04:33 Yeah, I feel very powerful. And all of a sudden you hearing the voice of your mayor speaking your language? It's so empowering Mayor Adams it's really believe me the Venezuelans feel empowered because of this That's empowering to people and we don't understand it because we always hear English everyone is talking in English but this is a city that's diverse And you know, I know what I hear from my constituents that speak different language. Hey! I heard that robocall from you Thank you Understood it and this is the right thing to do and we're gonna do it Let me see... Do you think there's an example of his robo call in Urdu? Do you have one? Well now that you mention it let me see if there's one available

2:05:23 There's gotta be. You would think so I want to hear the Chinese version. Now, i'm thinking like what company is in on this? Yeah it's definitely some operation and some corruption involved New York yeah let me see now unfortunately unfortunately It'll come out of the wash. Yeah I can't wait! I'm very excited to hear uh to hear the mayor and Urdu. Yeah Urdu especially Using AI to fake his voice in. Oh, he's doing ads as well not just robocalls interesting Anything else? Well are we how long is our segment gonna be at the end probably not too long So you should probably get this out of the way okay

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Leonard Allan Cure, Police Shooting After Exoneration

Leonard Allan Cure, a man who spent 16 years in prison before being exonerated in 2020, was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop in Camden County, Georgia. Reports indicate he was tasered and beaten with a baton before the shooting. The hosts review Amy Goodman's coverage of the event, noting the tragic irony of his death following his recent release and plans to attend college.

leonard allan cure· georgia· police shooting· exoneration· amy goodman

2:06:13 This is the, I think it's a pathetic story. It's played in an unfortunate way. This is the black man story. I'm going to have to do this. Warning Amy Goodman clip inbound. I mean, I'm sorry everybody as lot of people got triggered in the troll room since we've been playing Amy Clip after Amy Clip after yeah like a lot of Amy clips today back in the US and Georgia, a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 16 years for crime he didn't commit was killed by police Monday Leonard Alan Kure, a black man was driving on a highway in Candon County near the Georgia-Florida state line when a sheriff's deputy pulled him over reportedly for speeding. The officer notified him he'd be arrested before shocking him with a taser at least twice beating him with a baton then fatally shooting him

2:06:57 The 53-year old man was released from a Florida prison in 2020 after he was exonerated for an armed robbery conviction from 2004. Since his release, he often gave inspirational talks to high school students and had plans to go to college I just don't believe this story is giving us all the details No, i'm sure it's not Bad cop Guess pull a guy over for speeding and killed him is it but what it sounds like because he's black so And he wanted to go to college. That's that's Amy I mean you know how can you even play her anymore? I love it all right Let me I need to do this. I need to do this now. It's time for our trans malice agenda All right transmalice update

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Trans Liberation and Palestinian Liberation, Teva Pharmaceuticals

An Israeli trans woman's essay from "them.us" argues that trans liberation and Palestinian liberation are intrinsically linked. The author describes her shock upon discovering that her hormone replacement therapy (estrogen) is manufactured by Teva Pharmaceuticals, an Israeli-owned company. The hosts mock the "pearl-clutching" nature of the narrative, where the author views her own medical transition as a "battleground" for the Zionist game.

trans liberation· palestine· bds· teva pharmaceuticals· estrogen· zionism

2:07:49 which as you know contains a lot of different things. And the first one, I have to read this... This is from them.us, it's a great publication and i'll just read this. I'm an Israeli trans woman who desperately needs Palestine to be free I need this because i refuse to accept that the massacres peaceful protesters in Gaza is something that my people keep doing. I need this because I understand that trans liberation and Palestinian liberation are linked." You starting to figure out how this all works? This is why people are on the street but also it's another flag, another cool flag we can fly about 10 months ago I figured out... New Flag! Yes new flag uh that's a good title too New Flag

2:08:41 About 10 months ago, I figured out that i wanted to start hormone replacement therapy and in that way medically transition. There were many reasons for this decision but one of them was the realization that growing up Israeli and trans in Jerusalem while being expected to become a Zionist man left an aftermath in my body." Wow! I needed help to heal and sense that growing a rounder, more tender body would help me connect with the justice-loving feminine child inside of me. And having such a body would help me grow from that soft place." Anyway so then it goes on and on...

2:09:19 And then... and so I waited until the Jewish New Year to go to my pharmacy and start that phase of my transition. I imagined the little ritual I will do while taking that first teal-colored pill, new year, new Jew, new me! But when the pharmacy handed me the bottles with my medication, I looked at the label that read Produced by Teva Pharmaceuticals, and my heart stopped Teva, or te-vah I guess. A word meaning nature in Hebrew is an Israeli owned pharmaceutical company that I have vaguely heard about as a participant in the economy of the occupation This must be a mistake! I thought Excuse me? I said when I went back to the pharmacist this estrogen is produced by an Israeli company I'm a supporter BDS could I please have prescription from a different manufacturer No we're sorry that's only manufacturer we carry The pharmacists quickly replied

2:10:12 I was in shock. How could this be? I texted all my medicalized trans sisters on my way home and asked a simple question, who makes your hormones? Many of them didn't know offhand it takes a great deal of struggle and intense amount questioning for many trans folks to get their hands on this life-saving medication! And once we do, we want to start immediately and experience end questions regarding the validity of our identity and our choices but my sister heard the urgency in my call and checked As the responses came, every single one was either Teva or a company that a quick Google search listed as linked to them. How did this one Israeli company play such a large role in the cross-gender hormone market? How did my body once again find itself as a battleground, a settlement an ongoing pawn in this Zionist game?! I feel so bad for these people! So we need to get a jingle for these reads Oh... what would you call them

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NDP Convention, Gender Parity and Yellow Cards

At the New Democratic Party (NDP) convention in Canada, organizers enforced "gender parity" at the microphones using yellow cards to prioritize speakers who face "systemic barriers." This includes women, racialized folk, and the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, effectively deprioritizing men. The hosts compare the use of yellow cards to historical markers of identity, criticizing the exclusionary nature of the "inclusive" space.

ndp· canada· gender parity· yellow cards· 2slgbtqia+· discrimination

2:11:13 Well, they're interesting. I don't know yet. It's like Pearl Clutch kind of in a way. It's the... Pearl Clutching with Adam Curry Let's all clutch our pearls! That's not a bad name. Pearl Clutching with Adam Curry. It's a new podcast The Pearl Clutching Podcast. And then one final clip just to make sure that we all know exactly what the agenda is, this is from I believe the Canada's New Democrat Party isn't that Trudeau's party? He's a liberal, a liberal party... Isn't it Liberals? Who's the...? He's the Liberal. Oh okay hmm well he should be with this one

2:12:01 This is the new Democrat Party's convention and before they started off, first everybody a few ground rules. A reminder that we will enforce gender parity at the mics and Adrian explained the process with the yellow card as well so please remember to give space to those who face systemic barriers and discrimination including women, black indigenous and racialized folk in particular people living with disabilities and 2SLGBTQIA plus folk. Our convention has special speaker priority for gender equity if you identify with a gender other than men for the purpose of the equity seeking rule you will have received a piece of yellow card stock during the registration process

2:12:50 So please raise this piece of yellow card stock when you arrive at the mic so that myself and Adrian as chairs can identify you easily. If you don't have one, there will be additional cards available at the mics As always, if you require support please flag a volunteer and they will be happy to assist you. As New Democrats we strive to create inclusive spaces where everyone gets a voice at the table except for men...except for white men Can you believe this?

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No Agenda Social, Memes and Social Media Fatigue

Adam Curry expresses "sourness" toward social media, including the show's own instance, No Agenda Social. He cites the prevalence of "doom and gloom" and low-quality memes as reasons for his decreased activity. The hosts discuss their different approaches to blocking users and the technical burden of storing large amounts of image data. Curry clarifies that he only hates "bad memes" and prefers original thought over reposted content.

no agenda social· memes· social media· blocking· trolls· fredericksburg

2:13:27 Yeah, I can believe it. The only thing that's a mystery... I'm surprised she doesn't go on and on about enforcing pronouns! Well, she might have. What I'm surprised-I mean they're only one step away from taking those yellow cards and cutting them into stars You're almost there lady keep it up yeah put some adhesive on the back And with that I would like to thank you for your courage, say in the morning to you the man who for 1600 episodes is putting the sea in things today. The sea and the censorship industrial complex ladies and gentlemen! Say hello to my still friend on the other end, the one and only Mr John C DeVore! In the morning to you Mr Adam Curry, all ships of sea boots on the ground feet in the air subs into water and all the dames and knights out there And we celebrate with our

2:14:18 We celebrate with our trolls today we always in fact the trolls have been celebrating with the trolls for well over 14 years I think thanks to void zero who was always who kindly gave up his His chat room has made that the No Agenda Troll Room. Sir Bemro's running the No Agenda stream, we have so many people to thank for all these episodes that we have been beaming to you particularly on the live shows on the Thursdays and Sundays... Why don't we just count the trolls for a second? What does a normal count for a Thursday?

2:15:02 1800. Oh okay well even two hours and 15 minutes into it 1977 Good. Oh, good here is very nice. Hello troll year for port Port 1977 well the trolls are up they come back They all run away these scurry whenever I try to count them It's a good year for the trolls as well and the trolls the troll room dot io or if you prefer You can get a modern podcast app podcast apps calm You'll need it believe me eventually gonna need it because things are gonna go start two platforms That's if it's already happening too many podcasts

2:15:39 So get one at podcast.stockholm.com What have you heard? Well, they deplatform stuff every week! Every week conspiracy disinformation misinformation oh yeah it's gone all the time look can you get Alex Jones on Apple podcasts is he a horrible... No that has been for years Is he horribly dangerous man Not by my standards. Can you get monkey works on Apple podcasts? Never heard of it. Monkey works, yeah we've talked about monkey works Yeah no you can't get any of that stuff oh and it's not just that this there's all this happens all the time I'd say they remove on average eight to ten podcast a week and I'll get I'll get a list I will gladly get a list for you Oh yeah we should have a list yes but yes it should be in honor roll

2:16:36 But get one of those because it alerts you when we go live. It has the bat signal, has a livestream that has the troll room...it's really good stuff! You can also follow us at knowagenthesocial.com which I'm now barely active on. It got so bad on Knowage and The Social I didn't notice a change in one iota, one way or the other. Well, I look at stuff that everyone's posting not just stuff I follow and all I see is anti-Jew memes, anti Palestine, anti Muslim it's all sides of it everyone's all... And it's all posting from other places! Every link is to something on Twitter or Reddit or somewhere else There's almost no original thought

2:17:29 I guess that's not the point of social media. But, I would also like to thank Aaroner for keeping that running out of the goodness of his heart he took that over from me years ago you know i started that and it was about a year and a half two years into him like this is too much work there's too much to do so he's been an excellent steward of that He also posted about what I've been saying about Noah Jindal Social. He says, hey you know everybody it is what you make out of it. Well there ya go. Yeah, I don't see you posting that often. I post constantly! What are you posting? Memes?! If I can find a good meme I'll post it for sure

2:18:09 I love how this is contingent on Noah Jonas Social that thinks Adam hates memes. It's like, no you do know? No i don't hate bad memes. I'm in that contingency by the way! I only hate bad memes it stems from the knowledge of how much storage space sucks up by everyone posting all these pictures. The back end yeah the back and it the backend suffers people Like, you're not the boss of us. Let me just say that... Oh yeah many! Many I'm now actually becoming you. I'm starting to block people it's like oh i don't want to see you anymore I'm just not interested There was always a practical method with blocking people It's not like your becoming me No but.. No I am becoming you and your becoming me You are blocked And you are becoming me People have noticed you're cussing alot more

2:19:07 I try to keep the cussing to zero. Yeah, but it's failing you're failing there's a lot of cussing! But i haven't cussed today once true true but this show is not over not over No, I love the memes that i'm in you idiots. No if you have a meme about me, I love them but they're really he just wants a narcissistic meme Yeah, they're rarely any good There's a couple good ones i've seen of you which one the one where i'm all like on fire that one? I didn't see that one. That's probably good. I'd like sounds right. I like the ones where i'm on fire No, I just have other things to do with my life. That's all this it used no it here Here is knowage in the social used to make me smile used to make me happy But now that means do it just but no its doom and gloom and then there's like everything sucks It's so it's not funny. I don't know. I can't put my finger on it. I guess But if it's good enough for you

2:20:02 Then you should keep going there. I think it's terrific You're just sucking up to the trolls Follow Adam and follow follow John C Dvorak at no agenda social calm post some memes He loves him actually go fall also followed the real dvorak in Twitter, please Oh, I'm down like did like a thousand people oh no That was that's probably the real the actual real people that followed you I don't know, it's hard to say. There are a lot of new... I'll probably write this up on the sub stack. There are a lot of new types of fake accounts. I love that! I'm just looking at the troll room.

2:20:45 Adam takes memes too seriously. No, I don't! I'm just sour on social media in general He's sour. Just leave the word sour. Don't even put anything about it. I'm SOUR! What can i tell you? It's from living in Fredericksburg Oh man this Fredericksburg is the best what are you talking about See, I know what you like. You liked it when I was divorced and freewheeling and smoking weed and all crazy... That's what you liked? That's the Adam you liked? Well, I'm sorry that Adam is no longer here. I'm just a- That Adam was short lived!

CHAPTER 43 / 57 Discussion

Time, Talent, and Treasure, Episode 1599 Artwork

The hosts thank the "No Agenda Nation" for their contributions of time, talent, and treasure, noting the show went full-time around episode 100. They review the artwork for episode 1599 by Matt Boisvert, titled "Drop The Op," which features a subtle misspelling of "Hamas" as "Hammas." This leads to a tangent about the quality of hand-ground hummus in the Middle East.

time talent treasure· no agenda art· matt boisvert· hummus· deuce club

2:21:24 And you were so I mean not the weed part, but that's beside the point but the freewheeling out there Getting you know finding girls left and right is Finding girls hey Yeah, how many did I really find? You must 10 Okay oh goodness So I just want to continue thanking everybody who's a part of no agenda nation now Which is all of the producers, of course But we do have so many people who have participated specifically in the time talent and treasure We have no agenda artwork generator. We have the know agenda meetups We have gitmo list that lists all the all the so many different Websites the no agenda agenda shop. No agenda shop. I mean you this

2:22:14 It really has made Noah Jendrenation what it is today. And I want you to take that seriously, the time talent treasure is real and there's no way we could come anywhere near what we're doing without that selfless return of value And along with that comes treasure as well. We'll talk about that in a moment because people have just been so gracious helping us throughout all these years, making it possible I think when did we really go full time? Was it around episode 200 I think? No way before that was it was sub 100

2:23:02 No, it wasn't sub 100. No I think so no because 100 hours were doing it was a big deal because that's when we had the deuce club and The Deuce Club really was a very successful promotion It was like the most successful promotion we had and it continued to be such probably for another three or four hundred shows We had the art, the Deuce Club art. People joined The Deuce Club. Yeah, The Deuce Club was big! It was a huge deal. What was the one episode that we kept repeating? Was it 100.5?

2:23:42 I can't remember, it's just... We kept just yes we did a retrospective. I can't remember the number. Retrospective show that we kept repeating with layers and layers of more retrospection until we kind of ran out of room and this thing is floating around still. I can't remember what the show number is somebody in the trollroom will know exactly what to show number is yeah I think we did the last one about four years ago And I wanted to do another one, but yeah. I think the last one covered it covered it all. I don't know we can talk much more about how we got the jingles and how he went from here to there and who's weenie in the butt? Oh yeah, weenie in the butt! Yeah that's right. Do we even need to do that anymore? We haven't done that in a while...I don't know if we ever need to do it again honestly No, I think that one episode does the trick

2:24:36 Yeah, yeah it does. It does. So I mean really there's just too many people to thank that that's the real problem There are too many people to thank for all of the time and talent you've put into it but we do always like to thank our artists as we have, you know, Noah Art Generator where artists upload art sometimes in droves just amazing amounts. I think every show we have at least 10 pieces to choose from if not more so we want to thank Matt Boivere I got an education Boivere I'm sorry Boivere but it's you spell it boisvert but its Boivere

2:25:17 It's a la Francais, Matt. For the artwork for episode 1599 we titled that one Drop The Op! Drop The Op! This is an op! Another op uncovered Yeah, we got a jingle for it too Now this was an interesting piece because I don't think either of us noticed when we first saw this Israel Ukraine Hamas and NATO with the IRNN of each of those highlighted that Hamas was misspelled Yeah, I'm noticing it now. And I wonder if... It's like hummus! That well that's what a lot of people thought it was like oh wait a minute was this is subtle dig at hummus by putting two eggs in there? We love hummus. We do love hummus Everybody loves hummus how could you not love hummus Especially if you've ever been to the Middle East where the old ladies go and in the basement they always told us

CHAPTER 44 / 57 Discussion

Artwork Selection, Future of No Agenda

The hosts discuss rejected artwork options, including a "Spreadinator" clip and a Volvo-themed piece by Dame Kenny Ben. Looking toward the future, they set a tentative goal of reaching 2000 episodes before retiring, which would coincide with the year 2025 and the "Bitcoin block 1 million" milestone. They joke about MoFax taking over the show if one of them "keels over."

artwork· volvo· bitcoin· mofax· retirement· 2000 episodes

2:26:14 Yo, there's a couple old moms down in the basement grinding the beans down with a pestle and they do it by hand. And the stuff is so peanut butter creamy smooth. It's astonishing! It's good, it's good, it's good... Holy mackerel have you seen how many pieces of art have been submitted for today show? Quite a few Wow Well, let's see what else there was. Dave Jackson you can fast forward now... Dave Jackson says he hates the art segment for some reason He listened to the donation segment but he hates the arts So he is going to miss my story about how we got to the PhD certificate diploma No it's too bad- he has already gone so I haven't- oh that's too bad First let's talk about the options we had We had none Well i like the Spreadinator

2:26:59 Yeah, you did. I kind of like the spreadinator we use spreadinator as the opening clip though which kind of up You know removes it from my ruined it. Yeah ruined it Let's see Was there anything else that we liked well? The truth lies which is a spreadinator was the other okay that one uh I thought the red yarn was okay Oh yeah, you were on to the Red Yarn thing and I thought it was too boring Well, yeah. I mean we both just agreed on the... It was a fallback though it was that it was a fall back agreement what? Yeah! Yeah, it's hard you know but I mean what is this thing with Dame Kenny Benman did she she lost the plot She had the stork with a car that looks nothing like a Volvo and it was titled it's a Volvo

2:27:57 And we had that Volvo, Volvo. Oh the Volvo thing yeah? Yeah so I don't know it was kind of weird. I expect better from Dame Kenny Ben. Well she wasn't you know she's one of those artists that is not a professional that i know of and she needs really to be inspired. Yeah yeah Boy Ver has been uploading a lot as see he uploaded a lot of pieces ESG, no. Tank with laser beam? No. More Volvo stuff? No. I guess Sir Yoho was kind of... we didn't really discuss it but the... By the way, yes. Dame Kenny Ben Stork with a car? Yeah That's not a Volvo! That's what i just said is not a Volvo Oh okay that's what your complaint was

2:28:52 No, that's a Cooper. It looks like a Mini Cooper... Well not even a Mini Cooper it looks doesn't it's not it's not a recognizable it looks like almost like a Citroen! It's a clipart car of no particular origin. Of no particular brand. Matt Boivin thank you very much for providing us the artwork for episode 1599 we appreciate that as always and Let's thank some people who brought us some treasure for our 60... By the way, John congratulations. It has been fun! 1600 episodes I think we can stop now We've done enough We can quit? We can quit. I think were there. I think we have done a good job How much longer are going to go? Uhmm.. I was thinking about that as some sort of gag How about for real? I think we'll go 2000 and then quit 400 more episodes

2:29:49 How many... Spit in the bucket. That's two more years? Yeah, that's about right Yeah, well 2025. That was always my... Bitcoin block 1 million was always my target. You'll be a rich man you won't even want to do the show! And where am I getting rich from? You're cashing your gold bars for one. The gold bar is long ago. I got some coins. I got some silver coins. I got some bitcoin. Well bitcoin 220 thousand then yeah then i'll quit on a dime thanks Dvorak bye Yeah, well that's okay. I can get Mo Fax to do the show Oh wait a minute you think you just get to take the name? and just...I'm sorry Steal your team yeah and uh...yeah steal the team And are you going to produce it? Mo Fax will teach him how to do it He needs to learn this skill It's funny because he was my choice when you keel over That's interesting we both have the same guy in mind How about that

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PhD in Media Deconstruction, Kirby Hensley Story

To celebrate episode 1600, the show offers a "PhD in Media Deconstruction" to donors of $1,000 or more. John Dvorak shares a story from his college days at Berkeley when he met Kirby Hensley, founder of the Universal Life Church. Dvorak regrets turning down Hensley's offer of a PhD at the time and explains that the new No Agenda diplomas are printed on high-quality paper with a raised seal to rectify this "historical blunder."

phd· media deconstruction· kirby hensley· universal life church· diploma

2:30:55 Let's thank our executive and associate executive producers for episode 1600. And we start with, we got several nights, we got title changes, we've got some dames... We have show number members. We do have many show numbers. Can I also introduce the PhD? Yeah, explain the PhD because we also have some PhDs Well, we're giving out a PhD and we've got 15 so far people getting them. Wow! It's actually It's from the Noah Gen, the show you'll be granted a PhD. Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in media deconstruction. Oh it's a PhD in philosophy of media deconstruction?

2:31:38 Yeah, that's what a PhD is. Okay all right I didn't realize... People say well you're getting a doctor of media and that's not enough That's what i thought There's no Doctor of English either there's no Doctor of Math It's a real PhD of a real subject philosophy Oh okay so now I have to tell the story I saw the certificate by the way Dynamite! I mean it's-I'm putting mine on my wall I'm putting mine on my wall. Does it come with a frame? Is it framed or no, no, it'd come now you get your own damn frame So get your own damn frame so I have to tell the story of how I came to this doing this idea There's an idea It goes back to when I was in college

2:32:24 I was a freshman at Berkeley and a friend of mine and myself during the early days of the Universal Life Church, we actually got a hold of Kirby Hensley. Yes, I am a minister of the Universal Life Church. I have one of those. Almost everybody is. I think there's 14 million or something like that. It's huge number. And so this is in the early days. So we went to his house in Modesto Who's we me and Andrew Hood that my partner in crime he was also a student at Cal is Andrew still alive Yeah, I don't know where you stop. He doesn't listen to the show okay? He would have said something so

2:33:09 We go to Modesto, Kirby lived in a little cottage kind of a farmhouse and just an attract not attract of houses but like it was on some acreage. And so we went in there and chatted with him and he told us what he was up to. So before I give this little the spiel or the story, I looked up the Wikipedia page on The Universal Life Church and Hensley unbelievable bullcrap. So you're gonna get the real story here, but the general idea is and this is why I got my minister of the Universal Life Church it is a title that is so official even though it's just basically use send the guy money and he sends back this

2:33:54 ordained certificate that I was able to perform weddings legally as a top 40 DJ trick. Hey everybody, I'm gonna do a mass wedding! It's legal in all the states except Virginia make note. So anyway so we went in there and we got our ministers certificates and then he mentioned would you like a Doctor of Divinity? And I said, oh yeah. Now in the wiki page it says you have to get a bunch of training to be how to start at church now he just gave us couple doctors of divinity. A couple things that denote one he said he was illiterate couldn't read but memorized the Bible by having it read to him and he was a Baptist minister. Oh! I didn't know that. The reason he started the Universal Life Church according to him at the time

2:34:50 was very similar to L. Ron Hubbard's story, which is that the government taxes he thought it was a jip that these churches were getting away with not having to pay taxes and he thought anyone who starts just one-man church should be able to not pay taxes and that was the whole reason for starting this. He had some grudge against the tax man That is not what is told in the wiki page. It's more of, oh love and light just a bunch of... it's a bullcrap story! He said now and he was kind of an interesting irascible guy who was really a funny guy Alabama Did he become rich off of this? I don't know if he did. He didn't seem like he cared. He wasn't one of those guys. He was just a nice guy uh very personable alabama slight accent

2:35:41 And so we're leaving and this is what to this day, the sticks in my craw. And I don't think they do this anymore but at that time as two of us were leaving, we had a nice chat with him probably an hour and he says hey, do you want a PhD? And we're leaving and I said, oh... because they got the Doctor of Divinity. That's pretty cool so then i said no! Oh no and this is your way of getting back at your horrible faux pas you canard It was a complete blunder looking back on it I don't even know if they do that PhDs anymore but he says you want to PhD? I'll give anything you want Wow! Wow! You stupidly say NO!

2:36:28 So this has been galling me forever. So I said, hell with it we're going to do it now right? And and this is a promotion that lasts how long? I think we're gonna do it probably two halfway through November maybe to the end. OK, maybe 16th anniversary promotion. Yeah, 16th is 16 year 16th anniversary promotion definitely continues for the next couple of weeks and it's on its own beautiful paper like real diploma paper Good, so it looks if you looked at it from any for more than one foot away It looks like and it's got a seal the whole thing we got some seals made to say no agenda raised seal Yes the stamp. Oh wow We get this there's no agenda scholar All right well So those are just a donation of $1,000 or more

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Executive Producer Donations, Episode 1600

The hosts read notes from top executive producers for episode 1600. Jonathan Poehler requests cannelies and colostrum at the roundtable, while Dame Nancy in Waco and Bruce Schwalm in Harrisburg celebrate the milestone. "Dude Name Ralph" in Miami requests Cuban sandwiches and cafe citos. These donors are among the first to receive the newly announced PhD in Media Deconstruction.

executive producer· donation· colostrum· cannelies· waco· harrisburg

2:37:24 It could be added to anything else you're doing, but it can't be like... You know. It's not an additive thing where you pay 10 bucks a month for five years and get it No no typically you'd have to pay $50,000 per year for four years Yeah yeah we're saving money Let's thank our executive producers and Knights & Dames who showed up for episode 1600 with a lot of show number donations as John alluded to Jonathan Poehler is from Corrisville Virginia Hey, he can't be a minister of the Universal Life Church. Sorry! Well you can but you just can't marry anyone in Virginia And he says, first heard Adam on Tom Woods in June of 2021. My full conversion finally took place 12 months later in June of 2022 with a little help from my fwend Chris Sometime I'd love to hear the full Adam dog walking song Well...I don't think we really have time to play That wasn't a dog walking What was that about? I can't remember Dog walking No, I think it was

2:38:28 Wasn't that trap dog? I don't know. Oh, by the way too many eggs dot com at Sir Jonathan of the fan mountain ugnaughts and for supper this means at the round table he'd like to eat his cannellies cannellies? Cannellie. Cannellies what are cannellies Cannelly is a Bordeaux dessert that is killer if you can find somebody knows how to make them right there kind of they have to be made in a copper pan. They're cute little things, you've probably had one... Do you put them on fire? No! Okay and with that he wants a small glass of colostrum. Oh what is colostrum

2:39:16 It's that goop that comes out of a woman after she gives birth. Oh, well thanks! Thanks Jonathan good one bro nice okay all right as 1633 top executive producer and show donor and show number don't know donor thank you very much we will have your request ready at the roundtable yeah Yeah, put some Saran wrap over Dame Cece in Greensboro Georgia 1600 another one Congratulations. Here's the 1600 more the show number donation brings you up to baronet test on it other than that I have nothing clever to say thank you Both for doing the work so we don't have to know jingles no karma That's nice Dame Cece and by the way both Jonathan and Dame Cece will get two diplomas if they want them

2:40:11 And those are, you have to fill out the format at thenoagendarings.com site it's got we got a link there okay so then they just send their address that makes it very yeah this is an address for shipping Dame Nancy is in Waco Texas 1600 and she says congratulations and thank you for 1600 episodes it's an honor to earn or buy a PhD in media deconstruction That's right, Dr. Philosophy be on the lookout for the first Don't Austin My Waco meetup coming soon Dame now Baronetess Nancy the road trip girlfriend Excellent mom you get your upgrade and there's Bruce Schwalm in Harrisburg Pennsylvania with 1600 these are nice oh Please Oh please my donation is small but could you fake me a night at the roundtable? Okay I would like to be called out

2:41:02 I would like to be called out in backwoods if at all possible. I can't decipher what this means. Maybe it mean sir out in Sir Out In Backwoods? Sir Out In Backwoods? I think so. Excuse my stroke, we'll try harder next time since you're Bruce. Okay right on Bruce! I love that people are just donating boom in and out one One and done. Yeah, that's what we want dude named Ralph Miami Florida John and Adam congrats on reaching 1600 shows I look forward to proudly displaying my PhD in media deconstruction. I'd like Cuban sandwiches and cafe Citos know what our cafe Citos? I have no idea he wants out at the roundtable warmest regards dude name Ralph PS That's the title for now okay Oh title TBD for now

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PhD Graduates and Knighting Ceremony

A series of $1,000 donations are acknowledged as "tuition" for the PhD program. Circus Media in Bozeman, Nicholas Everts in Tennessee, and Jeff Anderson are among the graduates. Jeff Leitner, a kitchen and bath contractor in Pennsylvania, offers discounts to fellow producers. The segment includes a "fisting nuts" jingle requested by Sir Why You Come Now, referencing a previous Dvorak airplane peeve.

phd· knighthood· bozeman· fisting nuts· remodeling· pennsylvania

2:41:52 All right, okay. Well give him that all right? That's our sixteen hundred dollar Superstar so let's start with those who still here now we got the donations for the diploma circus media and Bozeman Montana $1,000 in one cent Congratulations on 1600 episodes and 16 years of programming I've been listening since around 900 And have listened to every episode prior to my discovering the best podcast universe according to the Mueller report thus The honorific of a doctorate in media deconstruction is too enticing an offer to pass by and quite arguably well earned.

2:42:31 I agree. Please accept this binary donation of 1-0-0-0-01 in exchange for the value I've received since episode 1500, 100001 equals 33. Well done gentlemen! Life is lit! Circus Media Baron of Bozeman and greater Galatin Valley. Gallatin? Gallatin. Dating Karma. You've got karma. Nicholas Everts, well this is interesting in Gallatin Tennessee and we just had the great Gallatin Valley. All right a thousand dollars no jingles no karma SNSL what is SNSL?

2:43:17 SNS... I have no idea. Now Baronet Nico of the Hills with a PhD in media dissection name change appreciated health karma to all members of the nation you got it health karma SNSL. You've got Karma. Control room should know, Shung Pang and Lee Lancaster UK A thousand and with his Chinese name he says hello comrades A PhD for 1k is too good to pass up. I'll be known henceforth as Sir Why You Come Now. Something wrong! Please prepare a Chinese hot pot and some Korean soju for me at the round table Love the show, for jingles Fisting nuts then hot on leg

2:44:14 Fisting nuts is too long, it's not a jingle. It's a minute long but I'll play a little bit of it and you will get your hot on leg. Just go for John tell us your peeve about the fisting method of eating snacks on an airplane? Okay...I see this on the airplane and its very annoying And I think it will result in fights breaking out because they're just so annoying to watch Guy takes his bag of peanuts and throws a pile into his palm of his hand then he makes a fist Around the nuts I just felt something hot on my legs. Yeah, see that worked out perfect Jeff Anderson is good for a thousand in the morning John and Adam Thank you for a great show I've been listening for 15 years or so and have absolutely earned my doctorate by now I will keep praying for you both and all the producers and he says go podcasting Thank you. Thank you so much brother good to have you here

2:45:10 Jeff Leitner in Zionsville, Pennsylvania 1000. Uh... ITM Doctors? Oh wow! An executive producer knighthood and doctorate all-in one How can you resist? D-douche me please You've been d-douched I would like to be knighted sirrrrryyyy Sir yes sir PhD of the Southeastern Mountains of Pennsylvania Give me a seat at the corner of the round table where the paratroopers hang out And I request a grass-fed ribeye and Guinness to celebrate. I'm a kitchen and bath remodeling contractor designer, would like to give something back by offering 25% off to all producers on kitchen and bathroom cabinets if you live in Pennsylvania 33% off to No Agenda social members.

2:46:00 at jlight at no agenda social dot com. Just put it on the subject line and email Jay Lightner, J.J.. I'm sorry, JTL. I ate it. The JTL IGHT NER Co. Jay Lightner co at Proton Mail for the best price Patriot Karma police you've got. And we move on to Thomas Sneezic. I believe, Sneezic? $1,000 thank you for your courage please deduce. You've been de-douche'd! Soon to be Dr Tom of upstate New York F35 scream karma. Got it... You've got

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Baronet Upgrades and Canadian Currency "Gotcha"

Surotaku becomes the Duke of Northeast Texas, requesting mac and cheese at the roundtable. Dame Bessie and Sir SkyWright also contribute toward their PhDs. A "gotcha" occurs when Dr. Kelly in British Columbia donates $1,000 in Canadian dollars (worth ~$730 USD) via an old legacy account to secure his PhD. The hosts agree to honor the donation but note the difficulty of shipping diplomas to Canada.

baronet· canada· exchange rate· legacy account· zionism· mac and cheese

2:46:56 No! Karma. Surotaku in Flower Mound, Texas 1000 here's my tuition for the PhD in media deconstruction at the best university in the universe comes from The NO Agenda Show yeah congratulations we have to make that clear but congratulations on 16 years and 1600 episodes can I get a JCD mac and cheese with a little girl yay surotaku the Duke of Northeast Texas and the Red River Valley You slaves can get used to mac and cheese, mac and cheese. Macaroni and cheap cheddar melted together! Mac and cheese, mac and cheese, mac and cheese. Ha ha...mac and cheese. Hey everybody! Yay!!! And we move from Surotaku to Bessie Tolbert or Tol-bear? Hey John how did my husband hit me in the mouth a few years back? Actually she says the tea is silent. Tolber

2:47:51 Tolbert. Okay, my husband hit me in the mouth a few years back has been a minute since we donated so thanks for that re-de-douching You've been de-douche'd Appreciate the show and all the insights you provide yak karma for everyone Dame Bessie The tea is silent friend to all creatures great and small roundtable Manhattan's with Riverset rye and medium rare ribeye Oh, very nice. Jingles resist we much? WTC7 and that's true! But resist we much We must And we will much About That Be committed WTC7 won't go away That's true You know when I read her note...I looked at it and she said the T is silent How do you pronounce it? Olbert

2:48:48 Oh, man. We better get Mo warmed up in the bullpen. Sir Skywright in Bethesda Maryland $1,000 I've been a producer since show 100 that's Wow Adam quit when I quit nice I think to 45 thousand hours of no agenda education you two have produced is more than worthy of a PhD degree I don't think it's for that would be proud to be known as sir skywright doctor media deconstruction studies Somehow I don't think it's 45,000. Maybe 4500? I said 45,000 but it says 45,000 on his note Oh does it no it doesn't says 4500 What did I say? 45 what? 45,000 You think its 45,000 No that is what you said! That's not what I said I misread it Ok got it

2:49:43 Thanks for confusing us, Sir SkyWright. You're welcome! Sir dude named Dr. Kelly Abbotsford British Columbia Oh well we're gonna have to honor this 730 Candanavian Yeah we pushed him up here That's a thousand in US I guess we are yep here it is It came in as 1,000 Canadian Candanavian money Now I have something else to say here Dr. Kelly, but we just know it first I'll tell in the morning Adam and John here's my donation of 1000 Canadian dollar at 730 USD when I heard about receiving a doctorate of deconstruction I knew I had to have that title this 1000 also upgrades me to baronet Please play the gonna need a Bitcoin jingle Thanks for keeping us sane sir dude named dr. Kelly night of the Fraser Valley before I play that Tell us what you wanted to say? I don't know where I'd like to know what link he clicked to donate this money

2:50:35 Because it's one of the links that hooks to the old legacy account. So he sent this note in and Jay sent me a note saying, I don't have a record of this guy's donation look in the legacy account and there was right on top And I do not know how you get there from here Maybe he still just has that legacy account in his PayPal It hangs around Something like that does go on, but it just mystifies me. Yeah and so we're still honoring this for so so Candanavians can now become a PhD on the cheap Well, this was a little gotcha that he brought up Obviously I was not unaware of the idea. I could have but no we had We've been honoring the can you know these just these monies for so I guess yeah as you mentioned on time by the way So such it's gonna be a pain in the ass to ship did anything that Canada?

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Meetup Reports and Glenn Beck Anecdote

Producers report on meetups in Indianapolis and Portland. A listener shares an anecdote about meeting Glenn Beck at his museum; Beck reportedly spoke highly of Adam Curry, calling him "smart" and "awesome." The hosts discuss the "doppelganger" effect between Dvorak and Beck and acknowledge the significant audience crossover between the two shows.

glenn beck· indianapolis· portland· doppelganger· masonic· apple seed

2:51:29 As you mentioned on DH unplugged we got to be nice to the Candanavians because we went to war with them and they kicked our ass They did Indy No agenda tribal meetup allocate from Greenwood, Indiana. This is there one of the Indian guys 345 that's the money that came in mm-hmm as a switcheroo and it's a donation for Tom Gould He won the raffle. Carpe Diem from the Indiana no place best meet up in a known universe courtesy of Eminem. Marc and Maria! Virtus Junix Mors non separabit

2:52:13 Latin there. What does that mean? I have no idea it means everybody's virtuous until they get drunk No jingles, no karma But I would like a small shout out shoot shout-out to the Revolutionary War Veterans Association for project apple seed www appleseed info org Okay, it's actually virtue has united and death shall not separate. It is the Masonic from the Masons. Oh, okay I got it wrong Aaron Brzezinski is in Etowah Tennessee 333 dot 33 all he says is please deduce You've been D douched There's another one does the Portland meet up in Portland nice you got out alive switcheroo

2:53:01 Needless to say we survived being doxxed by our friendly neighborhood hater. Our friendly neighborhood hater. And assembled for connection and protection, the donation credited to Stephanie. Stephanie gets this one for future Dame Hood. We had two douchebags in attendance that contributed to our communal donation, so we need two de-douches. You've been de-douched! That's your first one... You've been de-douched! He wants some goat karma but he wants to mention that since I have been blocked by John's email on several occasions a quote John blocked me jingle is in order if you have one lol thanks for keeping us sane i don't know what this mystery to me

2:53:49 Thanks for keeping us sane and from getting us all jacked up by the M5M. Stay safe! We do not have a blocked jingle. You've got... karma I look forward to the show every Sunday and Thursday. I spread the show out over two days driving to and from work It's highly enjoyable, and definitely helped me keep a grip on what sanity I had left during the pandemic And then he says he has a funny story about Glenn Beck Which is...I did read this My lovely wife when I went to an and then there were none event in the Dallas-Fort Worth area The event was at Glenn's Museum next to Mercury Studios We've talked about this phenomenal museum. He was the keynote of the event, my wife is on the board of the group and so we got VIP access! Glenn walked in saw me smiled like we hadn't seen each other for a while walked right up shook my hand and I said hi Glenn real easy like i knew he'd come up to me and he said hi back smiling then I said not a joke I give him my word as a non-biden I said I really love it when you have Adam Curry on your show what an idiot I thought to myself

2:54:48 But then he just started going off about how awesome you are and how smart you are, and whatnot. It was very funny! Keep up the good work next time I see him i'll name drop John C Dvorak Well, I've told this story before it caught them One of the episodes and I caught Beck live on the air going on about how he thinks you're his brother. Yes, from another mother yes doppelganger yes we look so much alike yeah and because he just was very he's very impressed with Adam Curry let me tell you that Glenn Beck audience has come they're here He is very...He really helped! He has helped with our audience our producer attendance

2:55:32 So we appreciate that. It's a plus because we provide something nobody else seems to provide and Jeremy wants a Jobs Carmen with the goat scream. Jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs! Let's vote for jobs! Ashley Corrales in Needville, Texas. Odd name for a town. Congratulations on your 1600th episode! Thanks for deconstructing the M5M and the knowledge you two both carry around in those big brains you have. Shout out to Saddle Tramp! She's the bee's knees. Peace be with you

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Associate Executive Producers and World Police

Associate Executive Producers including Eric Tolbert, Bob Dabolina, and James Anderson are recognized. James Anderson in Vancouver, Washington, asks about a clip regarding the U.S. becoming the "world police" after WWII, which the hosts identify as likely being General Wesley Clark or General Mark Milley. The segment includes "F-cancer" and "boogity-boogity" jingles.

associate executive producer· f-cancer· vancouver· world police· wesley clark

2:56:15 No, okay. And F-cancer here we go... Wait that was the next one I'm sorry i got confused I went a little too early you went too early I'm sorry I went too early I heard Saddle Tramp and like oh we're good with saddle tramp and went to the next one which is Eric Tolbert or Toll Bear To be a bear or old Bert to Bica, Kansas 333 33 hello long time listener sporadic contributor. Please give me a deal You've been doing douched Yes, you're right. You're right It's from the same family I would like to congratulate my smoking hot wife on becoming a Dame on show 1600 love you Dame Bessie The tea is silent We have been listening since Adams

2:56:59 Shy at run days with Brian and Susie. Oh wow! Wow, that is a long time ago Please give me an F cancer jingle and health karma for all who need it Thanks for keeping us all sane the mad farmer Eric Olbert or Tolbert whichever one is correct You've got karma. Time to donate. Thanks for the great show, Sir James Fukumoto Black Knight! And then we have Mr Bob Dabolina, San Diego California 333. Hey guys, Mr Bob Dabolina here love the PhD idea I have another one for those who donated $2,000 plus they earn the title his or her excellency

2:57:59 No, we're fine. We're good. Your honorifics! So from now on I want to be referred to His Excellency Mr Bob Dabolina. I'll be the first rock-on! You be you brother just put it in your donation note and it will be happy to call anyone excellency James Anderson's up next. He is in Vancouver but not Vancouver Canada he's in Vancouver Washington which is a real smart money place to live. You get the no personal income tax of Washington state and you jump on the bridge, you go right to Portland and there's no sales tax but there's wokies

2:58:36 Yeah, but you can you can navigate them. Oh I see I'm John and Adam Adam Adam and John forgive me I've been a boner for too long again my contribution of 320 double 160 donation is the tithing that I offer the BP ITU what uh What is that clip of some general talking about why America became the world police after World War two? I would like to find the entire speech that was Wesley Clark No, no. Oh no he's talking about I'm pretty sure he's talking about the speech by Miley. Oh Miley. That we played that's what he talks about specifically the world police. Is it Miley or Millie?

2:59:19 Millie Millie Millie Miley, I think Miley Cyrus Millie Millie Cyrus 1600 night previous accounting below please title me sir James of the Southwest Washington and Always ready a ready night for hookers and blow. I would like four jobs karma But I think it is more important to send f-35 Karma to my son in the army And I think so too sir James the southwest Washington you've got karma. And with 31633 gaucho woodworking in Redondo Beach, California happy 60th anniversary and you never had a fight gaucho wooden craft dot com Yeah I forgot to mention their name in a recent show

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International Producers and Birthday Call-outs

Producers from the Netherlands, Australia, and various U.S. states are acknowledged. Anushka Wardy in Lafayette and Mike Sizzlo in Rotondo West contribute, with Sizzlo mentioning his wife's "chicks explorer" hiking trip in Utah. Justin in Idaho requests a birthday call-out for his daughter Cameron, along with various "jobs karma" jingles featuring Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.

netherlands· australia· idaho· birthday· pelosi· jobs karma

3:00:08 Uh, An-oh... An-uh... Anushka! Anushka Wardy in Lafayette California. That's right around here She could come to the meetup Thank you. I why? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm so overdue. Sorry. Happy one sixteen hundred. I don't have a clever number joke to make. So just say this still enjoying no agenda every Thursday and sometimes every Sunday gift gifts. Gisselta something. Gefeliciteerd Oh, as always. This is Dutch. Yes. Gefeliceerd Say it gefelicitiert

3:00:50 And so she's, yeah I came up with 250 bucks and she is associate executive producer. Also associate exec with a great number 234.56 from Rotondo West Mike Sizzlo Ah! Hello Mike, I know Mike His wife who is Dame Elemental Gypsy of the Manasota Key stayed here Without Mike without Mike. Yes, she is she arrived on Wednesday as she and the keeper a Tuesday I think yes, she in the keeper left Wednesday there on a Hiking trip with six other women. I think all of them are no agenda listeners I believe going on as we speak as we speak. Yes It's just me and Phoebe in the house it is the chicks Explorer group. I think that's what they're called and Mike says

3:01:47 Seeing as our wives have started some gang and are out terrorizing parts of Utah. Yeah, they're Bryce Canyon. I felt compelled to get a... Oh yeah, I'm a little gel I felt compelled to get a donation to the show in case you needed to front some bail money. Keep up the awesome work and when you run for mayor, you got my vote! Thanks from Mike. Mike thank you brother. And your dame is very nice lady we had a good laugh with her she's funny. Zane Hart in Bars Scrub Queensland Australia

3:02:30 The switcheroo is for Daryl James, make a note from his son Zane Hart. He's one of the OG Day One listeners and has been chipping away towards knighthood since V4V started hoping this may push him over the line first and last time I'm happy to be punched in the mouth using this note strunnock your mondo douchebag Douchebag. Oh, boosh- sorry. Sorry sorry sorry. Please play... please play all the Karma ISOs every single one of them at least 2x speed because Speedcasting is lit bitches! No I'm not gonna do that but i did come up with something else for him I figured to do all the in the mornings in a row. Thought that was lot better

3:03:22 Think so too. Justin the squeaky growler guy is in Hayden, Idaho 201 Howdy gents I'm donating an honor of my daughter Cameron turning 10 on the 19th That's today who always asked to listen to the birthday call-outs if possible. I'd like a de douching You've been D douche Along with a Pelosi let's vote for jobs and Obama said jobs karma I guess and a Obama no no no no jingles okay. I'm going to do one of them yes Justin the squeaky car washing growler guy of Coeur d'Alene, Coeur d'Alene Idaho oh you got it

3:04:04 I've been watching you. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Listening for the show, listening for a little while now my smoking hot wife Cindy hit me in the mouth. That's good love what you two do keep up the great work Ted Homire nice note Thank You Ted! Do want to this next one since it's kind of Linda Lou Patkin? Yes! In Lakewood Colorado yes

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Final Donation Credits and Knighting List

The final group of donors for episode 1600 is read, including Forrest Tucker in Alaska and Kyle Lewis in New Jersey. A long list of $160 and $160.33 donors are recognized for their "show number" contributions, including Sir LQTM, Sir Skip Logic, and Sir John from London. The hosts prepare for the formal knighting ceremony for the milestone episode.

knighthood· gitmo· anonymous· illinois· virginia· london

3:04:54 Job search for a resume that gets results go to imagemakersinc.com for all your executive resume and job search needs That's imagemakersinc with a K dot com or just find Linda Lou Patkin under the show's producer list Here's to 1600 more jobs jobs Jobs and jobs All right, then we have Forrest Tucker Eagle River Arkansas 200 donation for show 1600 from Eagle River Alaska request a deduce You've been D douched

3:05:34 Once a Jobs Karma and One Jingle If Time, the Gitmo Nation National Anthem at the end of show in honor of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Here's to four years of amygdala shrinkage! Thank you very much. Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for Jobs! And Kyle Lewis in Lyndhurst New Jersey wraps things up in this group with a $200 switcheroo. See the attached note? Dear Crackpot and Buzzkill, it's just... this writing has just come to my attention that I married a douchebag! This is unacceptable for the good of this marriage in my remaining dignity de-douche my wife Erin immediately You've been de-douched

3:06:32 She put up with me these 12 years dating back when we crossed our first year married on September 24th. So give her all the donation credit! No agenda has become a staple during our long car rides and I have found the LAI search engine to be a boom, boom of information. I think in reference material add-in jingles M5N deconstruction original artwork and the best meetups around and you can easily have the best podcast in the universe thank you for all your courage

3:07:11 Love is lit Kyle jingles boogity-boogity John C. Dvorak boobs and screaming dog karma You see it's still there yeah, yeah I'm still here. I'm looking for the boobs Okay, whose boobs boobs boobs boobs? I can just say boobs no this funnery It's funny if we have boobs I got boobs here. I got the boobs here you do Yeah, I got the boobs and what was this? What is screaming dog oh He's just a dog, he's just uh goat karma. No it's the asian dog. Oh the Asian little dog.

3:08:14 There we go. And the final associate... Oh no, that's it! That was the last associate executive producer We are going to go through the list you want to split this up with just everybody knows We really only read the notes for executive and associate executive producers. That's really just to give you more show every single No Agenda episode, so if we screw something up like people are like you didn't do it right! You missed something... It's kind of at our discretion So, I think that you should be pretty strict with these John because everyone has a note here. Deduchings always appreciate... They're all short except the deductions we'll get those and we do need to read Karl Zawadsky's note because he becomes a knight. Why don't you start then? Once you read 10, I'll read ten, you read ten and I will read ten would be done

3:09:09 So he's in Niles, Illinois. This donation brings me to knighthood is 160 dot 33 I'd like my name to be sir LQ TM and whatever is at the table already as fine Follow at lq tm on no agenda social for the worst memes on the internet Thank you for your courage Oh, a Viscount Silverdude of the Silver Dolphins 160. Thank you Kevin and Priscilla O'Leary from Ramona California 160 these of course are in honor of Israel 160s yeah for our 1600th episode Sir Skip Logic from Spring Hill Tennessee Sir Vesa Florissant

3:09:47 Colorado, Sir John from London Great Britain. Thank you Timothy Breshears in Cookville Tennessee We have MEK with 160. Matt Dixon, Spring Hill Tennessee Linda Terry in Rochester New Hampshire Simon Zhang in Lawrenceville Georgia and Jacob Van Dusen in Pittsburgh a Pittsfield Massachusetts who needs a de-douche? You've been de-dooched! Good I'll take the lesser ones as we go on with Doocy and Palomado in Oviedo, Florida 144. Brianna in Lafayette Louisiana 133... 33

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Breast Cancer Awareness and Global Producers

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, several producers donate $80.08 ("BOOB") or $60.06 ("small BOOB"). Donors from Ireland, Ontario, Germany, Sweden, and across the U.S. are thanked for their support. The hosts note the diversity of the "No Agenda Nation" and the consistent support from long-term "sustaining" producers.

breast cancer awareness· tatas· ireland· ontario· germany· sweden

3:10:31 Uh, Brianna needs a deducing. She comes from the Glen Beck show! There's proof! You've been Deduced Sir Carl in Cary North Carolina 12345 Sherlyn Phillips in Meade Washington that's a nice name 9940 Christian Grulish in Lakeland Florida 8086 with a deduce you've been deduced And here we go with Kevin McLaughlin from Concord, North Carolina. The the Duke of Luna lover of American boobs was eight oh eight with Breast Cancer Awareness Month fighting for the Tata's Tatas Serdan in Alpharetta Georgia also a 008 and Edward Owens in Alameda California 8 008 Tyler

3:11:27 Gets in Fort Wayne, Indiana 80. Chad Larson in White Bear Lake Minnesota these are all eighties I'll just do eighties so just list them off when it get to the end of eighties you take it. Chad Larson and White Bear Lake Chris Engler Sir Chris in Ancaster Ontario Jacqueline Lentz in Muskego Muskego Muskego Wisconsin Christopher Rubio in Irvine California Rita Harrington in Sparks Nevada JMC Services in Milford, Michigan. Cheers to 16. Kevin Millar in Carrick on Shannon in Ireland. Oh, there's our Ireland and... Look at us! Sean Milligan. And then you've got it. Can that take? Yeah, Sean Milligan Hamilton Ontario he says with $75 Zippy rocks thank you David Jarman in North Taramura Turramurra I think it is Tarramura New South Wales Australia 71 17 oh no its taramara

3:12:32 Tara Mara there we go rah marah North Tara Mara Terry Boyles Becomes a knight I believe so this is 6006. This is small boobs and says, back on July 7th 2017 I started my lowly $4 a week donation. Now as of Friday October 13th I have donated a total of one three one two. I've been a knight for the last 78 weeks and didn't even realize it! Time flies when you're having so much fun First introduced to NOA Agenda watching Cranky Geeks I knew John from the days of PC Mag would come wrapped in plastic And went open floppy disks later CDs would fall out oh joy

3:13:09 You would have Adam as a guest on Cranky Geeks with him hawking his latest brand ambassador product. What? What products did I hawk on Cranky Geeks? You hawked something! The first few times I listened to the podcast, I thought you two were a couple of conspiracy theorists but i'm glad I stuck with it and I learned the truth thank you for all the years of entertainment and deconstruction. I'd like to be known as Sir Lee of Renton, I would like some makgeolli Korean rice wine at the round table. I could use a de-douching some serious jobs, Carl. You've been de-douched! Makgeolli? Have you ever had makgeolli? No, not sure what it is... Is this just a good product? Doesn't sound like it

3:13:54 Thanks again for all the years and John sorry that sorry the keyboard did not work out for you. It could have Could have made you a millionaire best regards Terry aka Sir Lee I'll give you the serious jobs karma John has nothing to do with that keyboard Jobs jobs and jobs Some people believe and it's likely true that you invented the Dvorak keyboard Small boobs from Sir Kevin O'Brien in Chicago, Illinois. Sir Kevin McLaughlin with the small boobs 606 breast cancer awareness month save the hand warmers

3:14:34 there's Dame Rebecca from Pinehurst with a 6006 and she longs to meet Sir Kevin McLaughlin someday. Well now, I'll bet! And Louis Conte... All the ladies want to meet Kevin McLaughlin. And Louis Conte is in Reseda California that's home of the Raven James Edmondson South Plainfield New Jersey with double nickels on the dime Richard Futter from London ducked Double nickels on the dime. Dean Roker, 5510. Ellen Becker from Wautosa Wisconsin, 5510. Sir by his grace, hello David! Jacksonville Florida, he's stoked to be a part of the movement. Frederik van der Haken Amsterdam 55. Knight formerly known as Fred.

3:15:20 Fredwood, uh... Fred- Friendswood Texas. Uh, 52. Sir Michael Anthony! Ah, a lot of ender show mixers here. Sir Michael Anthony, Rosedale New York and he quit his daily cannabis, caffeine and nicotine simultaneously to optimize his carnivore diet Here's some scratch that I saved Franklin Montarosa in Dodge City Kansas 5160 Matthew Dropko in Elira or Eli- Elira Ohio For his late birthday, he turned 51 on September 25th. Thank you for your courage! It's pronounced E-leer-ee-ah. E-leer-ee-ah, got it. And Sir Sergeant Postal 5033 from Miami Lakes, Jeremy Wadwan in Seminole Florida 5016 and John will take us through the fifties Exactly John, these are all $50 donors to name a location starting with Joan Pulse in Hernando Beach Florida Nathan Cochran in Franklin Tennessee Tatiana Prince in Hollywood Florida

3:16:22 Peter Odo in Ridge, New York. Michael Andren in Sweden. Scott Lavender in Montgomery Texas Gadget Freak 10 in Western Springs Illinois Alexander Verdejo in Gig Harbor Washington Luke Olson and Alexandria Virginia where you can't do the marriage Corey Bennett in Denver, Colorado. Fletcher Scaife... there's a Scyfie, Scyfe, I don't know how to pronounce that name. Williston North Dakota Joe Oswald in Lithia Florida Chris Cowan in Austin Texas Andrew Gusek in Greensboro North Carolina Fabian Beber or Bieber or beber B-E-B-E-R in Winenden Deutschland Erwin

3:17:19 Erwin and Sandra in Holland, and Osterweitvaard. Close! Osterweitvaart... And it's Ervin AND Sandra so it's two people. Erwin AND Sandra. Ervin AND Sandra. Yeah not IN. And wrapping it up, Baron Allen Bean in Beaverton Oregon gets around used to be in Oakland and last on the list is Tracy Sullivan in Tinley Park Illinois, I want to thank these people for making show 1600 a huge success showing us some appreciation and love

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Formal Knighting Ceremony, Episode 1600

Adam Curry and John Dvorak conduct the formal knighting ceremony for episode 1600. New knights and dames, including Bessie Tolbert, Jonathan Poehler, and Carl Wazowski, are granted their titles and "seated" at the virtual roundtable. The ceremony includes the traditional list of eccentric refreshments, from "hookers and blow" to "mutton and me," as the hosts celebrate 16 years of independent media deconstruction.

knighting ceremony· round table· hookers and blow· mofos· m5m· honorifics

3:17:57 Yes, oh yeah donating is loving we appreciate that and of course everyone who came in under $50 for reasons of anonymity and thank you for those who have continuously been on the sustaining donations. You see right here We have a knight coming up four dollars every all kinds of donations can get you that coveted Knight or Dame ring Now we don't have a ceremony for the PhD's I'm just we are going to put one together Okay And we're gonna do them all, we're gonna do them in bunches. So there's going to be probably two groups of graduates Ah just like a real graduation ceremony Yeah I love it Exactly the same If you'd like to become a producer of The No Agenda Show You can still go this address Or try our swanky new one at noagendadonations.com and thank you for producing episode 1600 Our formula is this We go out, we hit people in the mouth

3:18:56 Shut up, slave! Title changes, turning faceless ladies. Title changes, don't want to be a douchebag. Yeah I'm going to do the title changes we'll do the birthdays in a moment. Title Changes today Dame Cece becomes a baronetist, Dame Nancy the road trip girlfriend also baronetists and Sir Dude named Dr Kelly becomes a baronet and congratulations all three of you thank you for supporting The Noah Jenner Show with additional $1,000

3:19:36 Matthew Dromgoe turned 51 on September 25th. Happy birthday, Matthew! Justin the squeaky growler guy wishes his daughter Cameron a happy birthday. Turns 10 today... I think i said Cameron earlier. Sir Kyle Kyle Beck, which is his smoking hot wife Isabel Merck. So happy birthday for tomorrow and we say happy birthday to Douglas Murray Happy Birthday from everybody here at the best podcast in the universe! Let me see, did I miss one? There's one where you missed the nighting and a person needs to be anonymous. It was kind of complicated. Here is anonymous spirit of the Northwoods here driving 1077 miles from Tomahawk Wisconsin to Charlotte North Carolina to experience that Thursday third Thursday meetup didn't want to show up as a commenter Did i miss this person no what happened was the note came in after they Show, I thought I read though. I thought it read this

3:20:44 Well, we read I think part of it was red but I don't think the knighting part was done or handled It has to be redone. Something was done incorrectly Okay Yeah We know exactly what it is and how you can talk about it after the show That's okay I'm struggling for a night name so for now call me Sir Tanley Knott Please rustle up some pickled pike and old Forrester rye whiskey for the roundtable I have that some just put that in here Was there somehow? I think there was another one was there another Donation that I missed here Another make good. What else is on this sheet? No, I don't see it okay then I guess we're okay. I guess you probably okay if it's not in the sheets Okay, we're good well We do have some dames and we have a Dame and we have some night yikes yeah, I'm gonna need I'm gonna need a Like a huge massive sword from you. I got the big boy here the two-hander whoa that one's big all right

3:21:41 Right up on the podium, Bessie Tolbert. Anonymous Spirit of the Northwoods Jonathan Poehler Bruce Schwalm Dude Name Ralph Shwang Pang Jeff Leitner James Anderson Carl Wazowski and Terry Broils You are all about to become a knight's endame of The No Agenda Show So I hereby pronounce thee as Dame Bessie, the T is silent. Friend to all creatures great and small Sir Tanley Knott, sir Jonathan of the fan mountain Ugnauts Sir Out in Backwoods, sir dude named Ralph Sir Why You Come Now? Sir Yes Sir! PhD of the South-Southeastern Mountains of Pennsylvania Sir James of Southwest Washington Sir LQTM Sir Lee of Renton

3:22:28 And for you, we've got the regular hookers and blow. Rent Boys and Chardonnay and quite an assortment of stuff. Cannellis with a small glass of colostrum. Cuban sandwiches and cafecitos Chinese hot pot with some Korean soju Grass-fed rib eyes in Guinness Manhattan's with river set rye and medium rare ribeyes Macaulay and pickled pike and old Forrester Rye whiskey along with that of course Rubinette's Women & Rosé geishas and sake and vanilla bong hits in bourbon sparkling cider nesquirts ginger ale and gerbils breast milk and pavelman as always we have here at the round table your mutton and me congratulations thank you so much for supporting the no agenda show again thank you to our executive associate executive producers uh... four sixteen hundred those titles are real and you can probably present those that any place that's a recognizes

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No Agenda Meetups, Indianapolis Group Report

A comprehensive list of upcoming No Agenda meetups is read, covering locations from North Idaho to South Jersey. A special audio report from the Indianapolis group features various producers, including "Sir Mark" and "Dame Maria," who announce a major event for December 4th. John Dvorak recommends the "Club Mallard" meetup in Albany, California, specifically for its high-quality coasters.

meetups· indianapolis· fort worth· milwaukee· silicon valley· coasters

3:23:18 The things like credits, you know. IMDB.com go ahead if you don't have an account there yeah you can open one Big Wigs are there as well put it on your LinkedIn or in your resume Or just put on a business card it picks up all kinds of people...Big Wigs! In bars and thank you again for supporting us the No Agenda show some of you for 1600 episodes It is highly appreciated NO AGENDA! MEET UP! Well, we've got Noah Jenner Nation out supporting us and celebrating today on this Thursday the 19th. The North Idaho Sanity Brigade is about to get underway at Selkirk Abbey in Post Falls We have the North Georgia Monthly also coming up very soon at Cherry Street Brewing in Alpharetta, Georgia

3:24:06 Charlotte's Thursday, 3rd Thursday this evening at 7 at Edge Tavern in Charlotte North Carolina. The Central Ohio group comes together tomorrow at 5 o'clock at Dempsey's Food and Spirits in Columbus Ohio on Saturday the final Fibonacci farewell 1 o'clock it flips patio grill Fort Worth Texas MotorWorks meet up that'll be on Saturday as well at motor works brewery in Brandington Florida 2 o'clock You know the thing meet up two o'clock Starbucks what? 21 920 highway 99 in Edmonds and Edmonds, Washington. Oh boy That should be fun that Saturday also on Saturday the threat to democracy awareness month meet up three o'clock at crazy pins in Fort Wayne Indiana And we have these Saturday Milwaukee Club 33 dot 3

3:24:55 Must might be 33 to 33 dot 3 at 330 p.m.. Central Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Also on Saturday the northern Silicon Valley get John out of the house meet up and John will be there Club Mallard in Albany California that should I recommend people go to this one because If I'm not mistaken, I haven't been there for that Bar for years but they have the best-looking coasters of any bar anywhere and you should grab a few. There's a tip Tip from your sisters frame a meetup and the South Jersey John Fetterman's neck tumor memorial

3:25:36 Four o'clock Eastern at Miller's Ale House in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey. Before we finish this out We do have one of those fabulous meetup reports from the Indie Group This is their October Meet Up There's a lot of people Hello it's Sir Mark and Dame Maria from Indianapolis Meet Ups Something extraordinary is going to be coming at you In December December 4th Keep the date, looking forward to see all the Midwest people here. And if you want to fly in let us know! This is Emily letting you know that Brian with an I will be attending the Brian with the I Indianapolis meetup in December All the single ladies out there he's single and ready to mingle Bruce from Indy Rebelizer Out

3:26:15 In the morning, John and Adam. This is Gary Menno I am a Dutch reptilian And John if you don't learn how to pronounce your dutch words i'm going to eat your children in the morning Sean from Bloomington I dragged my brother down here Gary here Bill Gates now says that climate change won't kill the world look out South Africa There's a new patent vaccine coming your way this is Mike the polymath easy peasy podcast sorry adam But you're not allowed to stay on my couch in the morning john and adam it's kyle from zionsville keep the africa news coming in the morning In the morning, this is Alicia. Thank you for your courage Don and Adam. Hey guys it's Diane in Indiana we are excited about you coming can't wait! I'm Don from Indianapolis my honorifics are SIAH thank you for your courage Sir PBR Street King and i have nominated Adam for an award he had an Indy

3:26:59 I'm Cindy from Carmel in the morning. Thank you for your courage and I must say everybody has really nice shoes on today In the morning, Dame Swanning Sir Benny! See ya later This is Shannon invading from the north via a paraglider in the morning Tom Knott from Carmel home of the jerk arounds This is Viscount of Hamilton and The Two Pennies And I want to wish everyone a happy Global Wash Your Hands Day Hi guys my name is Amaya I work at Prodigy Burger and I've had the chance to serve these wonderful people and I think we all had a great time IN THE MORNING at 2024! I love those reports. Thank you, Sir Mark and Dame Maria. And yes, Curry & The Keeper will be out there for a No Agenda slash Curry & The Keeper meetup on December 4th looking forward to it and I guess Sir Brian with an eye will be there as well oh boy no agenda meetups if you've never been to one do yourself a favor right now is the time that you need to hang out with people You need that connection It will give you protection and you can calm down Calm down

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ISO Selection, "Not Going Anywhere"

The hosts select the "In Search Of" (ISO) clip to end the show. After considering clips about "generations" and "what does this have to do with podcasting," they settle on a clip of President Biden saying "We are not going anywhere." They agree this is the perfect sentiment for their 1600th episode, confirming they will return for show 1601 on Sunday.

iso· podcasting· generations· winner· sunday show

3:27:58 Look at some people, look at them in the face. Look at their facial expressions you'll feel good about it. Noagendameetups.com if you can't find one near you then please start one yourself! 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 Be where everybody feels the same. It's like a party! Like a party, people. Just like a party. Trust me it's like a party. It's almost like a party. Do you have any- What do you got for ISOs? I think i got a couple of good ones actually. Okay

3:28:46 Do I start? Is that the... Yeah, it was my turn last time. ...scented delio. Okay! Do it for your penis! Alright, that's... That's out. I am not woke! This feels good! Hmm. And this, this is I think the kicker? What does this have to do with podcasting? Come on! Come on... I like that one but i don't think it should be more about the show Well that's why I like what does this have to do with podcasting That's why I thought it was a good one Okay well I had one about the show that I'm not going to skip The stupid one because there's no good anyway But try Generations Generations will not forget Okay

3:29:34 Okay, well then here's one that refers to the show Not going and we are not going anywhere Yeah, yeah, that's not bad. Yeah Well in the last one is just because this show is long and it shows 1600 just a round of applause This has us real please clap vibe I think not going anywhere is pretty good. Yeah, I do too I think I think that's I think that's the winner right there That's the winner

CHAPTER 57 / 57 Discussion

Sudan Conflict Update, Gitmo National Anthem

The show concludes with a grim update on the war in Sudan, where 9,000 have been killed and 5 million displaced. The Committee to Protect Journalists demands an investigation into the death of journalist Halima Idris Salim. The episode ends with the "Gitmo Nation National Anthem," a mashup of Joe Biden clips, and a final discussion about the various seltzers and beverages the hosts are drinking.

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3:30:11 It's the winner. We're not going anywhere, we're not going anywhere people at all gonna be here on Sunday Yes Do you um do you have one last clip? You want to play I do have one less clip which is interesting as a Sudan update so it keeps us our Africa clip if you haven't noticed Last clip of the show. Six months of war in Sudan have plunged the country into one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history, killing up to 9000 people and displacing over 5 million. That was a stark warning issued by the United Nations which said at least 25 million people in Sudan are also in need of urgent humanitarian relief. Humanitarian aid relief has been hindered by violence between the Sudanese army and the rapid support forces since fighting broke out in April. The health care situation is also dire

3:30:56 as many medical facilities in conflict areas have been shuttered. Human rights groups have condemned the ongoing targeting and killing of civilians and journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists is demanding an investigation into the October 10th killing of Sudanese journalist Halima Idris Salim, who died after RSF fighters reportedly ran over her with a vehicle while she covered the conflict in the city of Amdurman Nothing says let's end this show on high note by someone getting run over That's really nice. And is it Sudan or Sudan? It's Sudan, so this is what's going on you know although everything is breaking loose just out of control and the Sudan is just a mess

3:31:39 I want to thank everybody very much from the bottom of my heart and my wife's bottom as well. Thank you very much for supporting us for 1600 episodes, some of you know who you are For those who are new, for those that came over from different appearances and just kind of stuck around and figured out this is a place for sanity And good and perfect sized amygdalas We thank you for supporting us Without you we could not do it That's why You're not listeners, you're not fans, you are producers! Don't forget it Thank you. Yeah, I second that! By request we have the Gitmo Nation National Anthem coming up Sound Guy Steve with a classic riding with Biden and Matty J with a little look back at some of the liquids John drinks during the show from the past episodes And up next on No Agenda Stream We have Planet Rage

3:32:31 Episode number 99, so stay tuned for that. Coming to you as always 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 everybody's celebrating show 1600 who else can do that? I am John C. Dvorak We return on Sunday and we are looking forward to it in our 16 weeks here As soon will be celebrating sixteen years together as well We never had a fight! See you on 1601 everybody and in the meantime remember us at Dvorak.org slash NA or NoAgendaDonations dot com Until then, adios mofos, hui hui, and such! Ladies and gentlemen please rise for your Gimmo Nation National Anthem In the morning dew

3:33:34 We are all charged up to be Human resources and servants In all lands and all ships at sea From the east to west, down under To the lowlands and beyond We are ready. We are united and that's what we did, we stayed united! It matters

3:34:26 I'll be honest with you, as always promised that would be. Falsify and justify. You agree with the move? Falsify and justify for years to come. All Americans have repeatedly shown that they will not tolerate anyone who tries to take their country backwards We're going to be okay. I call it a better America I know news about what's happening can seem alarming to all Americans. But the next few days, weeks and months will be hard on them. I want you to know we're going to be okay

3:35:03 When the history of this era is written, America will be weaker and the rest of the world stronger. Everyone from students to retirees to teachers proud people pound for pound ready to fight with every inch of energy they have This is a real test It's going to take time it hasn't worked for working people in this nation for too long All across America I get it That's why my top priority is getting Americans under control. Throughout our history, we've caused more chaos. Every administration says they'll do it. Now everyone sees it clearly. I really mean to think about that. It is in this moment that our character and this generation has formed. Our purpose has found us.

3:35:56 Our future is forward. That's what happening, let's end America as we know it and we stand ready to do more if necessary I really mean it think about that I'm not looking to punish anybody. All Americans have repeatedly shown that they will not tolerate anyone who tries to take their country backwards. It's Joe Braden, and I agree. Oh what are you drinking John? What are you drinking? Hmm, what are we drinking today? Today's beverage of choice is my last bottle of Topo Gijo. Pellegrino Essenza. Just plain old polar. Okay. It is polar. Unflavored natural seltzer. Seltzer? Seltzer! Seltzer... Yeah. Seltzer is sparkling water. Unfiltered sparkling water with electrolytes I'll take the opium and warm orange juice

3:36:52 I really like Le Badoit which is a bubbling water from France. It's bougie shit, that what it is! The blue bottle Perrier had the Badoit sparkle with La Croix Pure. What's it called? La Croix. Is it La Croix or La Croy? La Cro- Crow, the crow. I'm drinking the crow. The crow water. Overpriced bubbly water in a can. Well water can be very tasty. It's heavenly. You should have it tested. Yes it has no COVID. V8 sparkling energy orange pineapple drink more caffeine than a cola We're jacked up on this energy drink. Woo! You know that's good drinking right there I mean if you're not drinking coffee right now, you're crazy What about beer? I'm gonna crack open a beer and then drink it down Alright A Bud Light...I am drinking a Bud Light This is ten times better than Newcastle Couple of glasses, couple highballs A tall tumbler with no ice of ah shivvus Well there ya go Gettin fat, sitting at the pool drinking pina coladas

3:37:54 No! You're full of crap. Just put it on the table and we'll drink from the bottle. Yes, let's drink more. Are you tossing your tin cans around? No I'm moving what was under my foot. Do you just sit in a pile of tin cans? We have a pile of tin cans that were used for sound effects. Now every show when you open up your drink does that can go on the pile? Yeah The best podcast in the universe! I am MoFo. Dvorak dot org slash N-A And we are not going anywhere