Global tensions rise as Hezbollah weighs its options, a crypto mogul faces justice, and domestic bank failures spark questions about the future of digital currency.
Hamas leader Hassan Nasrallah broke his silence this week as Hezbollah forces weighed an escalation against Israel, while the IDF targeted ambulances near Al-Shifa hospital. The strike, which the IDF claims targeted a Hamas cell using medical transport for logistics, has sparked international debate over the rules of proportionality and the legal principle of distinction. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken continues to push for humanitarian pauses amid a growing backlash from Arab and Muslim voters in the United States.
In the United States, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced intense Senate questioning from Josh Hawley regarding department employees' public statements on the conflict. Financial markets reacted to the conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried on seven counts of fraud, as evidence emerged linking FTX customer funds to political Super PACs. Concurrently, a massive ACH processing error at major banks like Chase and Wells Fargo delayed direct deposits, fueling speculation about a transition toward the FedNow system. In New York, Eric Trump testified in the Trump Organization fraud trial, defending Mar-a-Lago valuations against claims of election interference.
This episode captures the absurdity of modern geopolitics, from Nasrallah delivering a war speech while seated in a Western Herman Miller office chair to the 1992 environmental activism of Severn Suzuki. John C. Dvorak and Adam Curry analyze the 'techno-douche' era of effective altruism and the marketing of Ozempic. The show concludes with a celebration of No Agenda Racer Ashlen Speed and her SCCA Southern Conference Championship victory.
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CHAPTER 01 / 58Discussion
Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, Guy Fawkes Day
The hosts open the program by discussing the literary history of the Bobbsey Twins and Tom Swift book series, noting the 1910 origins of the latter. They transition to the significance of November 5th, referencing the Gunpowder Plot against the British Parliament and its modern cultural depiction in the film V for Vendetta.
00:00 Yeah, babies is a winner. Adam Curry, John C. DeVore. Sunday, November 5th 2023 this year award winning Gilmore Nation Media Assassination Episode 1605 This Is No Agenda Remembering the 5th of November 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 literally nobody knows what it means when you say that you look like the Bobsey twins...I'm John C. Dvorak. Only 60 year olds know the Bob C. No, nobody knows nobody knows the Bob C twins anymore How about do you of course I do okay? Tell us now as a chance to the Bob C Twins was like a children's adventure book and Yet then I'll give you another one that happy Hollister's Do You Remember Them?
01:06 No, you got me on that one. I didn't remember the all I remembers the Bob's e twins commentary I didn't realize it was a series of books from about the early 1900s Yeah to this 70s and it's like 75 volumes yeah, and how about this Tom Swift? Yes, Tom Swift. Yeah, I Used to read Thomas with when I was a kid Tom Swift It was from the late I think it was Wasn't that even before 1900, Tom Swift? It was like some... it was really old. I had no idea We have computers in front of us Oh okay well if you want to do that... If we have to do that it was Tom Swift and his electric grandmother
01:50 His flying... 1910. Okay, I was close. Only 10 years old! Bobsey twins predates him Oh yeah, Victor Appleton that's what it is. Victor Appleton wrote Thompson So the question remains What does it mean when you say you look like the Bobsey Twins? Well, the Bobsey Twins were twins It was just a- Actually there are two sets of twins in this story One and they were paternal Hey kids, this is stuff you need to know The main pair were paternal Yeah, and that's all I was thinking about this because looking like the Bobsy twins doesn't mean you're dressed alike. Oh Really? Cuz that's the way I always interpret it but maybe is cuz you sound alike like you're saying the same thing No, it's when you're wearing
02:38 kind of frilly girly stuff when you're a boy. Oh, I don't know well that's never the way i've used it all you have to do is look at the covers of all these what did the Bobbsey twins always look like they're all wearing really crap yeah they looked like you know really crap the Bobsley twins yeah they look like the bobbsie twins uh wow lots of disgust today remember remember the 5th of November gunpowder treason and plot which seems to be forgotten I don't know what you're talking about. This was the plot on the British Parliament. Proving the point that nobody remembers. Plot on the British Parliament as documented in V for Victory where everyone got the anonymous masks from, have we forgotten this already? Oh yeah! I guess so. Guy Fawkes Day that's what it is. Will we still be lighting stuff up in the UK? Doubtful they used to have bonfires doubtful
CHAPTER 02 / 58Discussion
Daylight Saving Time, Global Time Inconsistency, Arizona Time
A discussion regarding the biannual time change highlights the lack of global synchronization, noting that Europe changed clocks a week prior to the United States. The hosts question why a global standard does not exist while acknowledging Arizona's refusal to participate in the practice.
03:31 We can't do that anymore. That would be against the law. Unless snow is polluting. Climate change! In addition, speaking of change we had daylight saving time change. We're doing this show at noon! It's still unknown how we're doing the show at 2. It is still unclear why the elites do this to us twice a year it actually screwed up an appointment I had earlier in the week because Europe changed last weekend. This is what I've never understood, why don't we all change on the same day globally? Do we have a different sun here than we have in the UK? What do you want United Nations to determine this? You want one world government?! I'm on the fence! No i mean no...I don't want one world government and there's still- Well that's what your advocating right here. Oh you are feisty today. Erg! There it is
04:27 There's still no honest, you know one answer to this hoax that they perpetrate upon us. What about Arizona? They got their own time...they have a complete warp there like whatever time it is there it's nowhere else It's insane Before we get into everything today, I'd like to read a note from Knight Andrew. You received this note as well. I think it's important that we just discuss this for a moment Oh...oh! This is not the good note? This is the good note yeah, this is the good note No, the good notes call it-the one that calls us dipshits No he didn't call us dipshits Take a look at what you've become That's what I think was-that's what that note was No, this is from Knight Andrew
CHAPTER 03 / 58Discussion
Knight Andrew, Israel-Hamas Conflict, Media Veracity
A letter from a listener named Knight Andrew expresses initial disgust with the show's skeptical coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict, specifically regarding reports of atrocities. The listener ultimately concludes that the value of questioning all information outweighs the offense taken at the hosts' objective approach to unverified claims.
05:14 And it's good because we have been doing this for 16 years, we've seen this come and go. It has gotten progressively worse the divide-and-conquer strategy of the global elitist evil whatever that is and it just taking hold to such a degree that some people are just falling right off the edge To do it at the drop of a hat. At the drop of a hat! All our work goes for naught We've never been right about anything How quickly they forget So Knight Andrews says, I've been meaning to write you for a few weeks now When you guys began your review on the Israel-Hamas conflict I was rather disgusted
05:56 how you both blithely good word blithely it's a good word blithely what does blithely mean? It means nonchalantly. Blithely spoke about the atrocities Hamas perpetrated even questioning the veracity of stories and videos visual evidence appreciating no agenda over the past year since 2020 so this night Andrew is relatively new And specifically your perspective on many controversial things, I was dismayed the way you guys approached this topic. I understand there have been other debatable topics that people have gone overboard for less... Would this be the straw for me? One of the initial episodes reviewing the heinous act of Hamas You both seemed to challenge the veracity of claims of babies being beheaded and such! And no agenda went from the highlight of my listens To my HATE LISTEN
06:48 When I was in college, I called my mother during a mild snowstorm. She told me how my sister younger than me had gone out in the snow driving to her boyfriend's house He was a lowlife but worthless fellow on our way she From blithely to one novel I like it on her way She crashed down the interstate totaling her car. She was alright But my mother indicted my sister if she'd only listened this wouldn't have happened From that point on, I decided not to give another person the power of saying, ''I told you so,'' especially when I respect that person given their insight and reputation. I'm not likely to heed some rando's advice though... Anyway! When everything within me was revolting to continue to listen to No Agenda during that initial segment, I remembered the many letters and stories you have shared about weak-minded and weak spirited people who were lost overboard because they heard something they didn't like
07:43 I did not want to be like them. The value and insight you have provided to me outweighed this offense." I didn't quit listening then, and i'm still up-to-date thank you for the work! Understanding and appreciating the alluded point that you guys are trying to be objective and question everything... You guys weren't exactly trying two sides of this as much as saying nothing can be trusted exactly The Lord uses various means to bring people and keep people for himself in salvation. Similarly, reading often hate letters of douchebags who become radicalized is strangely a means of keeping me listening and ultimately keeping my sanity." Sincerely and grateful Knight Andrew! And I want to thank you for that and I want to just respond quickly
CHAPTER 04 / 58Discussion
Information Warfare, Trauma-Based Control, Global Protests
The discussion centers on the concept of information warfare and the use of trauma to control global populations. Parallels are drawn between current Palestinian protests and previous movements such as BLM and COVID-19 lockdowns, suggesting these events are used by political powers to distract from local community issues like the fentanyl crisis.
08:29 Because the one thing, you know Alex Jones the one thing I've always been envious about is that he has info wars. Cause that's really what's going on. Info wars and he's gone way beyond that but... The information wars that go on for our minds all day long is really what we're dealing with. We still-I would say maybe not you But the rest of us all have trauma worldwide from COVID, from lockdowns and it's used to control you. This trauma is particularly people who are... who say they're woke and aren't obviously woke It truly is MKUltra without the drugs and they probably have the drugs with SSRIs etc No Agenda listeners are just as susceptible The people now in Paris London New York Rome
09:18 The people protesting for Palestine are the very same people who told you to die for not being vaccinated or wearing a mask, who were allowed to riot and burn for BLM during COVID restrictions when no one else was allowed out. Remember that? The peaceful protests? Who accused many of you for committing genocide on LGBTQ people for not buying into the gender fluidity bullcrap who support annihilating Russia from the economic world and using all weapons available to remove them from the map. These are the same people who are hysterical about climate change, which is about the fifth version of this blatant lie in my lifetime. It was global cooling, global warming then that didn't work out we made climate change it's also the same people who were going to move to Canada because Trump would destroy America
10:10 We're being abused, we're being abused by forces. It doesn't come down to one individual or group Online video M5M social media Yes even no agenda social without algos are perfect carriers for this trauma based entertainment So we do our best not the pick sides and any of the things that we've been through and it's been a lot We do want to show you that all sides are full of crap And meanwhile, pay attention to your own community. Where you live? Have you been to a city recently? Have you taken a look around? It's not just New York or Chicago. You know the people that are hanging down like zombies from Trank and Fentanyl... it's in London! It's in Paris! It's in Amsterdam but we're being taught to be obsessed over anything but your own situation and it's all being abused by political powers
CHAPTER 05 / 58Discussion
Ventriloquist Personalities, Famous Puppeteers, Political Puppetry
The hosts engage in a lighthearted exchange about ventriloquism, naming famous performers like Jeff Dunham and Edgar Bergen. This leads to a metaphorical comparison of political figures, suggesting Barack Obama acts as a ventriloquist for Joe Biden.
11:07 I like the hello dipshits letter better. Do you have it in front of you? I've been looking for it, you know... The dipshit's letter! So now there is a lot more going on besides Israel and Hamas but oh my goodness are we getting out of control with the Jew hate, the Arab hate, the people hate This is just, you know check your mindless people. Well this is never ending. This was when I was a kid when I was in college and I will say anybody out there who's like listening who's like a millennial or Zee When you're my age 70 You'll be hearing the same thing Yep! Yeah, I'm 60 and I'm already like you this is That's well when you're 70 you'll be hearing the same thing now what? I'm 70 I'll be 10 times worse than you
12:04 Yeah, that's unlikely. You're right does seem unlikely I will say this about you though. I've discovered an aspect of your personality Oh is this good or bad? Is this a slammy? Well it depends on where you're coming from It's good to some and bad to others all right so I realize that you have the personality because when you play it when you're playing the Opening stuff and you can hit the button and you become the Freddy the freeloader or whatever fire hydrant guy And then the devil, urrrr. You have the personality of a ventriloquist! That is what a ventriloquist would do Who are famous ventriloquists? Who was... name some famous ventriloquists Was Weird Al a ventriloquist? Seems like he would've been a ventriloquist Nooo There's Charlie McCarthy character The guy who was the ventriloquist there
13:00 What's her name the actresses dad was eventually question Jeff Dunham. I know Jeff Dunham Jeff Dunham Jeff Dunhams famous There's other ones that go back in time there are more famous In those days, there's a bunch of them Candace Bergen's dad yeah can't bergen Edgar Bergen Edgar Bergen mm-hmm Thank You Obama had his hand up Biden's butt. It was a ventriloquist. Yeah, Obama totally a ventriloquist. That is not who we are! Exactly exactly well let's talk about some protests for just a moment and then I've seen you have the Middle East situation clips...I just need to... I've examined the protests around the globe and I have clips from TRT which of course will give you the Arab perspective also from France 24 which who knows what their perspective is
CHAPTER 06 / 58Discussion
Global Pro-Palestine Protests, Socialist Party Organization
Reports from TRT and France 24 detail massive pro-Palestine protests across Europe and Washington D.C. The hosts observe that many of these events are organized by the Socialist Workers Party and note the rising tension in the UK as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak criticizes planned marches on Armistice Day.
13:48 Every single one of these protests has a lot of handmade signs, but overwhelmingly the organization is in charge of either the Socialist World Party or the Socialist Workers' Party. This is a complete politically driven and organized event on a global scale and they're pulling a lot off here! I think they're doing a fabulous job. But right across Europe, popular discontent at Israel's bombardment of Gaza was visible. Similar numbers were seen in Paris gathering near the Bastille. In Berlin green and red smoke filled the roads where thousands waved Palestinian flags
14:40 And in Rome, thousands more walk behind banners calling the crisis in Gaza an apartheid. Outrage echoes through the streets at the soaring civilian death toll of Palestinians but discontent here is rising too over how Western governments are dealing with this situation They know they want to tell us, well we're not sure if these are war crimes. We think Israel has a right to defend itself and then they have the problem that people are seeing on their TV screens Palestinian children being pulled out of the rubble. Dozens have been arrested at protests in the UK over the last four weeks authorities here and elsewhere warning that protesters may be breaking the law by publicly supporting Hamas
15:22 British police have denied that tougher tactics have been the result of government pressure, but there has been significant criticism about how governments are dealing with these protests. The UK's Home Secretary Sweller Bruvman has called the demonstrations hate marches and seemingly accused people of anti-Semitism. That's come as anti-semitic incidents have risen across the world There's also been a rise in Islamophobia. Protests in London and elsewhere have repeatedly been described by police as largely peaceful, but tensions could rise further. March is planned for November 11th when Europe commemorates the end of the First World War and remembers those killed in combat
16:01 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said a pro-Palestinian protest then would be provocative and disrespectful. Others, however have said the ultimate goal of government in Britain and perhaps elsewhere is to suppress these popular expressions of anger at what's happening in Gaza. Guaranteed next Sunday it's going to kick off in the UK guaranteed that's gonna be a good old time And TRT, they're turning it political of course. In Jordan the US Secretary of State found no support for his country's position on the Israel-Gaza war Are we going to be talking about a wasteland? Are you gonna be talking about a whole population reduced to refugees
CHAPTER 07 / 58Discussion
Antony Blinken, Middle East Diplomacy, US Voter Backlash
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with regional leaders in Jordan to discuss the protection of civilian lives in Gaza. Meanwhile, polling and field reports suggest Joe Biden is losing support among Arab and Muslim voters in the United States due to his administration's refusal to call for a ceasefire.
16:41 Simply we do not know. We do not have all the variables to even start thinking about that But unlike his initial Middle East tour three weeks ago Blinken repeatedly urged the protection of civilian lives Israel must take every possible measure to prevent civilian casualties In my meetings with Israeli officials yesterday, I conveyed additional steps that they can and should take to do just that. Protecting civilians will help prevent Hamas from further exploiting the situation but most important is simply the right and moral thing to do. But those words may be a moral way to wage war people little too late now that almost 10,000 Palestinians are dead
17:20 Public opinion in the US has shifted. Some say they're just no longer fearful of speaking out, and you can see that here in Washington where tens of thousands have now come out to call not just for a ceasefire but they say freedom and equality for all Palestinians. In this crowd, support for Joe Biden and the Democrats has eroded fast. Genocide and Biden can go away. We need somebody who's actually for the people. Not voting for Joe Biden. Probably not voting The White House is aware of the fierce backlash from minority communities, including Arabs and Muslims. A key voting bloc that helped secure Biden's victory in 2020. The question now is what the president plans to do to regain their trust? Yasmeen Asabawi TRT World Washington. Oh yeah! These are BLM people, the same people
CHAPTER 08 / 58Discussion
Westpac Foundation, US Palestinian Community Network, Washington March
The US Palestinian Community Network, funded by the Westchester-based Westpac Foundation, helped organize a large-scale march in Washington D.C. Reporters describe a diverse coalition of protesters, including young people and Jewish groups, calling for an immediate ceasefire at Freedom Plaza.
18:12 that the Democrat Party weaponized, over and over again continued to do so. They lost control of it. This is my final report then I want to hear your clips they definitely lost control but this was again Socialist Workers' Party the US Palestinian Community Network which is a very interesting organization We organize around a number of campaigns including BDS, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions, Political Prisoner Advocacy Arts and Culture Events and Tours. And they're part of the Westpac Foundation which now that's where
18:57 I couldn't get much further, the Westpac is in Westchester County. They're the ones that are financing the US Palestinian Community Network and they've been around since 1974 where... as they say themselves on their website since 1974 we've been educating agitating and organizing for more just in a peaceful world an end to military militarism and racism and a more fair economy that works for all sound familiar? So here is the France 24 report, because everybody had a reporter on the street. Washington DC. Yeah well this is much bigger protest than expected. Freedom Plaza which is just behind me expected to have a couple of thousand people there Tens of thousands showed up they are now marching down the streets away from The White House heading towards the Capitol building kind of area
19:49 This is bigger than any other pro-Palestine protest that I've seen in the two or so weeks that i've been covering these protests. The couple, the couple that I've seen before were organized by pro Jewish groups this one is a much more broad coalition A real mixture of people and we have seen a sea of flags here People wearing the keffiyeh headscarves That symbol of Palestinian resistance and people praying in the streets, lying down on prayer mats to pray during the middle of this protest movement. We've seen lots of Palestinian Americans but not just Palestinian Americans it's been a significant chunk of people here who are young people it must be said A lot of them have been under the age of 30 I would say
20:29 and also some Jewish groups as well who are showing support for the Palestinian cause. We've also seen a couple of signs saying Latinos for Palestine, so it really is quite a mixed bag of people here who showed up in Washington DC. Now the message that these people have been carrying. You can see some of them behind me are just as mixed as the people themselves, we've got everything from free Palestine that has been the main message of this movement to more extreme signs as well but the main thing that people here are calling for is a ceasefire now and we know that that is something that Joe Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu have so far not agreed to. It's it's people looking for allyship
The hosts analyze the emotional rhetoric used in protests, specifically the focus on "killing babies." They argue that such claims, whether verified or not, are highly effective tools for political mobilization and public persuasion.
21:14 Whoa, they were busing him in from Chicago. Chicago? Busing him in from Chicago. Yeah that makes you wonder. Here's 21 seconds of... It's like busing into ballots. Here is a protester going nuts. This is racism! This is not anti-Semitism. This is humanity! Stop the death of children and babies! Stop the murder! Be on the right side of history!" Man, the baby stuff that's really what got people. You know? The ripping babies from wombs... ...the beheading babies, the burning babies using them as hockey pucks whatever you could make up
22:03 That isn't the cheap bitching about the Jews blowing up babies. Yeah, oh yeah killing babies killing babies Babies it all if babies always works. Yeah babies is a winner It doesn't matter whether it's true or not I'm gonna marry some woman go and see you see a baby around her go Oh, I love babies Boom is that how you got Mimi? No No. I'm just telling you it works. That's a story for another day. So what do you got? You have a lot of Middle East stuff. Well first, let me go back to the guy who calls us dipshits and then he pitched about the fact that... You found the letter? No, I can't find it.
CHAPTER 10 / 58Discussion
Victor Davis Hanson, University Radicalization, Anti-Colonialism
A listener's criticism of a Victor Davis Hanson video prompts a discussion on the radicalization of higher education. The analysis suggests that university students are being taught an anti-colonialist framework that views Western nations as inherently bad, leading to a double standard in how conflicts in Ukraine and Israel are perceived.
22:51 Thought I put it aside, but was that the one in response to the newsletter is that the one yeah? Because he didn't like Hanson to Victor David Hansen which I have put in there do it's an hour lecture And he says war war you guys have lost your touch this will you offer War when the victor david-hansen thing was not about war. It was about mentalities and it had a bunch of interesting insights If you could sit down and spend an hour listening to him, if you can put up with him. His presentation is somewhat droll But I have one clip from him. I have the email here, would you like me to read it? Oh yes please read. You dipshits have your heads so deep up your asses on Israel-Palestine! You literally sent us a Victor Davis Hanson video and told us it's good!! Please look at what you've become this is a straight hour of war propaganda Yeah
23:53 Well, he obviously didn't listen to this. No he didn't because and I am definitely not a fan of Victor Davis Hanson but what yeah what what he explained is literally what I just explained right now it is the We have radicalized in universities certainly in the United States But probably around the world but without a doubt The higher education and I saw that I saw this with my stepdaughters The programming is so strong and it's been going on for a long time. It was going on when I was at Cal Berkeley, and I didn't...I mean I broke out of it obviously. I'm not following those things anymore but
24:32 accidentally taught how to think so I ended up breaking away from but they were arguing the Palestinians and and so just I only have the one clip. I could have clipped a lot of the Hanson thing, but it's so and it takes so much massaging because he sees talking like this then he talks like this that he's talking like it's up-and-down and you got to go in and boost it and drop it and ah it's a nightmare! And had all of the memes in there, by the way. He had all of the beheading babies and all that stuff and he was using that but beside that his message about the universities and how this group and the previous group from what you're saying, the group before that have all been mind-controlled And it's part of the anti-colonialism Like I'm an American but i'm a colonialist! I'm bad, I'm white, I'm horrible
25:25 He makes the point, there's also the anti... he says the proportionality. This is not the clip I'm gonna play. The clip I'm gonna play is about Hamas but but he also talked about something that was very profound. The way he pointed out that Blinken and Biden are telling Jews to be careful, be proportionate. But Ukraine meanwhile go ahead Let's do as much kill all Russians must die. We hear some more cool new weapons we got what are you drinking? You just open your drink. I did nothing Oh, I thought I heard a drink opened. I'm sorry. Can I is the train coming maybe or hearing a train home porn? It sounds like a drink So so he points out he says the only reason this could possibly exist as the district our attitude toward Ukraine and the one toward Israel is
CHAPTER 11 / 58Discussion
Hamas Popularity, Gaza Public Sentiment, Information War
Victor Davis Hanson argues that Hamas's popularity in Gaza increased following the October 7th attacks because of a deep-seated hatred of Jews. The hosts discuss the difficulty of verifying reports from the region, noting that perception is often treated as reality in the ongoing information war.
26:21 Jew hate. The American government hates Jews, or the Democratic Party does somebody does and I think this clip I have here which talks about how Jew hate is really at the basis for this whole thing it's got nothing to do with anything else And it's extremely disappointing if any of this is true because it's like, geez you know we went through the... We're still putting up with the discussions about the Holocaust. We thought we'd get over that and the Jews are You know, they're obviously not running the media or we wouldn't be having this kind of discussion. So that idea is down the drain. They're not running it well! They are doing a very good job so... Listen to this analysis of
27:10 And I'll tell you the thesis and you can kind of pick it out here, but the thesis is that Hamas was becoming unpopular in Gaza until they decided to start killing Jews. The entire population all the Palestinians and i believe this Could easily be true the Palestinians hate Jews They just hate him and and I've said down the previous show the Jews don't like the Arabs either so we have this hey, it's cross you know this Hatfield McCoy thing going on that is forever for ever since or ever you And I were on the earth 2,000 years. This has been going on forever So here we go Hansel Hamas sidebar that's the one
27:53 Yes, there are a lot of innocent Gazans but the 1988 charter predated that election and in the charter it says that they're not interested in negotiations. They're interested in jihad to destroy Israel and they voted for it! And yes, it is corrupt and yes It's true as recent article I think this week in foreign affairs pointed out that the popularity of Hamas has declined. But was the popularity of Hamas declining because it was corrupt, it didn't give services or was not sufficiently killing Jews? My point is this...is that when they went in to Israel this unpopular supposedly hated government which we're told
28:42 If Israel bombs Hamas sites in Gaza, you're going to alienate them and make them like Hamas. They don't like them now if they don't like them so much why did hundreds follow through the hole in the fence kind of like irregulars that followed the Gestapo and Eastern Europe? And they tagged along to rape and to loot and take captives. Why when they brought captives into streets of Gaza why couldn't you just find one Gazan who intervened said don't desecrate that Israeli corpse That poor woman is bleeding from her genital area. Do not spit at her! Not one, not one... And so the argument that there's a captive Gazan population that is furious at Hamas and you're only going to drive them close to Hamas when they otherwise would reject them I don't see any evidence for it. I see a lot of evidence that say I like Hamas now because finally went out and did something and that do something is killing Jews on the offensive
29:40 And they were giddy about it. And the people who support them in the West, were giddy about it Again, it took them a nanosecond to go yes! Fly the flags you killing Jews Finally! Now perception is reality and here he began He's with the genitals bleeding from the genitals which we don't know exactly what was going on there But that's beside the point But he is responding to telegram videos. Who knows? I mean, that's the information war that i'm talking about so... Maybe they were yeah, I think I think is real point. It's a real Exclamation point was the fact that once this happened the protests in the United States cropped up immediately Yes with flags with pre-printed signs the whole thing across the country and they're all you know cheering We really missed out on no agenda shop with those scarves
CHAPTER 12 / 58Discussion
European Anti-Semitism, Austrian Cemetery Fire, Kalergi Plan
A fire at the Jewish section of Vienna's Central Cemetery and a rise in anti-Semitic incidents in Austria have led to a heightened terrorism alert. The hosts attribute the shift in European sentiment to mass immigration policies, referencing the Kalergi Plan.
30:39 What an opportunity missed. Scarves! What an opportunity, those things they're flying and selling like hotcakes but not just America and you know for Germans this is polarizing This is, and you know part of what's happening is because of the millions, millions of illegal migrants they have allowed to come into their country. But when it starts happening in Austria? Vienna's Central Cemetery, the second biggest in Europe. A fire destroyed a room in the Jewish part on a wall close by anti-Semitic writing – a shock for Austria. It is really a despicable act. Anti-Semitism towards the deceased is something outrageous. Jews today are very worried many are afraid to be recognized in the street
31:40 Since the Hamas attack on Israel, anti-Semitic acts have multiplied in Austria. Benjamin Negley has been recording such incidents for four years and he's noticed a marked increase. We have recorded and verified 165 acts since the 7th of October. That's four times as many as during the same period last year. We have insults, especially on the internet but also physical attacks and harassment." As a sign of support... thousands of people gathered two days ago to denounce anti-Semitism while recalling the participation of Austria in Nazi crimes. We all thought such things would never happen again, especially in Vienna because Austria carries a high burden of guilt."
32:31 We have a responsibility that transfers from generation to generation, to show that we learned from the aura. In the face of the threat Austria has raised its terrorism alert level and has increased protection of Jewish institutions It's really unbelievable I grew up in these countries It's like, no we can never let that happen. How did that happen? How was it possible that uh...that we all started to hate the Jews how was it possible? We didn't nothing this hasn't changed is all these immigrants that they brought in its almost like a scheme! Kalergi plan
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced questioning in the Senate regarding a department employee who made controversial statements about Israel. Senator Josh Hawley criticized the decision to place the employee on paid administrative leave rather than terminating her employment.
33:11 And in fact, Victor David Hanson near the end of that lecture when he talks about the universities how they've been usurped by the green card kids who have been brought over from the Middle East and you know let them allowed to go nuts and it's about time, and this has happened in a couple of hearings in the I think was in the Senate. About to Mallorca because he had one of his employees...I don't have a clip of that but I should have gotten a clip of Mallorcas yeah Mallorcas got one employee who went off the deep end condemning Jews you don't have that clip what? I guess I should've had that clip there was mistake anyway
33:55 Holly's just going after him like crazy and he won't fire the woman unless she's on administrative paid leave. But you know, she's not a towner! If you bring a bunch of out-of-towners in here who hate Jews and then they hate Jews as a result... Who is to blame? What's Chuck Schumer take on all this? Where is he? I don't see much of Chuck Schumer. Well, he's a Democrat that probably relies on votes from Jew haters as my guess By the way, I just want to say people you can stop with the Albert Pike letter Have you heard this? I think we've probably dealt with this before
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Albert Pike Letter, Ottoman Empire, Genocide Terminology
The hosts debunk the "Albert Pike letter" regarding three world wars as a likely hoax. They also discuss the overuse of terms like "genocide" and "Nazi," arguing that applying these labels to modern social issues like LGBTQ rights diminishes their historical meaning.
34:44 No. Albert Pike wrote a lot of letters and supposedly he wrote a letter that said there will be three world wars and you know everything that's happening now is that exact letter, that letter I have not been able to find if you can find the so-called three World Wars letter from Albert Pike please send it to me and show me a good origin story because i have not been able to find this probably BS. Yeah I think its bullcrap I think it is whatever happened in Nostradamus Yeah, he hasn't had something right in a while. Well the White House is they have a national strategy and they're straddling it's like well there and take they got issues because yes cuz they got to the squad we're all Jew haters just let's call what it is
35:40 They are, I mean nobody can argue that. And they always start saying no we don't dislike Jews we just hate Israel and all Jews in Israel should die! AOC is just dumb. She's dumb. I think the true learnings comes from America bad anti-colonialism and that's just exported into well clearly that's you know clearly you know the Israeli state was just a colonial move. And it's the very people who that they love United Nations did this, literally did this! This is the joke of it
36:22 And part of it was because of the last cycle of Jew hate, you know. Hey sorry about the trains and everything here's a country here's a country and We'll call it we'll call it a day so no but hit but that but The Ottoman Empire is not even taught anymore It's just overlooked You know, and I'm a little tired of it's genocide. It's almost like certain terms have been overused like Nazi. Again in that hour-long lecture Hansen has a very good explanation for why this is a bad term in these situations
37:05 Well, I mean when you when we're told that stopping children from being medically castrated without their parents' consent is LGBTQ genocide these terms lose their meaning. They lose their meaning! That's what we've heard. It's a local phenomenon yeah it's not it's not local it's pretty local everywhere it's all over Western Europe. The genocide aspect of the LGBTQ++ Seems pretty localized to me. I'm not seeing the kind of tick-tock videos coming out of Argentina that are bitching and moaning about it Oh, I do have a tick-tock video thing about this this one. Yeah. Yeah. This is again its TRT little compilation they got from tik tok very good looking Jewish American girls
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TikTok Algorithms, Religious Sermons, Internet Shutdowns
A compilation of TikTok videos shows Jewish Americans questioning Zionist narratives. The hosts discuss how trauma-based content is amplified by algorithms and religious sermons, leading to a broader sense of global hysteria and superstition.
38:02 I was taught that Israel were the victims and that these Palestinian people were like almost like these annoying people who would not leave them alone. As they keep researching and learning about what's happening in Palestine right now, I can't stop crying! This is a call-in to all Jews who support Palestine when did you realize that the Zionist mythology of Israel was a lie? And why do so many Jews support Israel despite it committing war crimes against Palestinians and the truth is we're not fed accurate information. because despite all these things that are happening in Gaza, I've not seen any footage of Palestinian people cursing Jewish people or Israeli people. Seeing what is happening in Palestine right now and seeing how these Palestinians literally are thanking God as they're losing everything...I would be questioning my faith if my entire family just got wiped off! I need to figure that out cuz I'm intrigued
39:03 I mean you've got to question the algorithms that these girls are trapped into at this point. It doesn't even have to be an algorithm, this is the same mentality as oh yeah get in the boxcar what's worst that could happen? Jesus come soon. That's what I say! This world is broken. No, no if I may... No, I don't actually but you know if you look at sermons on the internet oh my god Ezekiel 38 39 this is it this is the final one wait until Russia gets involved I mean now know there's a lot of this is exporting to all religions everybody's freaking out everybody's freaking out
39:55 I've heard literal sermons, oh and then comes the pike letter like what? The Pike Letter. Yes in sermons in sermons so you know if they're bringing it that's superstition yes But that's also on YouTube and TikTok. It's not a good product, this internet is bringing us bad stuff! No I've always said this from very early on... Yes? Yeah! ...I have documented saying that this thing should be shut down. Well yeah well that's not going to happen of course. Well it's too late now. What always amazes me is no agenda social. Without algorithms
40:36 Just because people can argue. I think you're making the point that is not the algorithms in this case Yeah, yeah No, I think it's not the algorithms in any case okay? So it's just pure mind-controlled trauma Trauma traumatized people traumatized And then anything that has to do with a dead baby or killing of a baby is, well half of these people protesting can't have babies anymore. Give me a break! There's your irony. Yeah? Okay I'm looking at this Pike stuff Don't bother, don't bother with the pipe. Here's the buses from Chicago this kind of irked me Right now thousands from all over the country are heading to Washington DC for what is expected to be the largest demonstration since the start of the Israel-Hamas war including dozens who boarded these buses tonight in Chicago Our Charlie DeMar caught up with another large group from our area making the trip What do we want? Justice!
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Chicago Bus Transports, Palestinian Solidarity, Domestic Priorities
Buses from Chicago transported Palestinian supporters to Washington D.C. for solidarity marches. The hosts contrast the high level of organization for foreign conflicts with the lack of public outcry regarding domestic issues like the opioid crisis, homelessness, and failing infrastructure.
41:37 Carrying flags, signs and the power of their collective voices. We have rights to be free we have rights to our own country otherwise there'd be no peace whatsoever In Bridgeview two busloads of Palestinian supporters boarded for the roughly 12-hour drive to DC Downtown, another two buses also left for our nation's capital for what is expected to be the largest U.S.-Palestinian solidarity march on Saturday. We are not going to sit here and silently allow them to take part in a
42:16 You know and supporting Israel with this The war and from talking to a number of people who are aboard this bus headed to Washington DC They are calling for a ceasefire and at end of the United States supporting the Israeli government We're frustrated because our tax dollars are going to fund his genocide on October 7 Hamas militants attacked Israel at least thousand was injured people According to the Israeli government, were brutally murdered and about 240 hostages were taken. The United States and President Biden have fully supported Israel and its right to defend itself. Nice so far more than 9000 Palestinians have been killed according to Gaza's health ministry this week President Biden called for a humanitarian pause but not a ceasefire for me this is just another
43:09 chapter in what it means to be Palestinian. There's a non-Palestinian American white girl saying this is just another chapter on what it is to be Palestinian fill in the blank, girl! Black, gay whatever group. Where are the chance for the homeless? Where are the chance for the hundred thousand opioid deaths? Where are the chances for the dirty rat infested cities that we're living with? Where are the chances for the potholes?! Any chance of anything the potholes are getting so big there's homeless living in them Well, there's a solution At least something that's something yeah. Okay? I got a bunch of clips there all right first of all let's get this well no us to Dems bailing this is me war dems bailing on Israel one Second oh Got it here
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Democratic Party Split, Rules of War, Proportionality
Democratic lawmakers like Senator Chris Murphy and Congressman Jason Crow have urged Israel to reconsider its military approach in favor of a more "proportionate" campaign. The hosts question why the "rules of war" are being emphasized now when they were largely ignored in other recent conflicts.
44:13 More Democrats are voicing concerns about the way the Israeli military is approaching their objective to wipe out Hamas after the terrorist group launched an attack on Israeli civilians. Senator Chris Murphy, who sits on a Middle East subcommittee said in a statement, urge Israel to immediately reconsider its approach and shift to a more deliberate and proportionate counter-terrorism campaign. Congressman Jason Crow has also expressed concerns about an Israeli strike aimed at taking out a Hamas military leader this mission killed civilians in a highly populated refugee camp which Hamas had dug tunnels under
44:56 And we asked lawmakers how they feel about their colleagues criticizing Israel's military operations. We did get mixed reactions, but the vast majority of Democrats that we heard from said that others should be more thoughtful about the specific details in this war. Contrary to the rules of war They've hidden behind the Palestinian people. They've embedded themselves in hospitals and churches, in order to create an inability of Israel to get at their enemy Hamas. You know Israel needs to be careful obviously about going after one commander by taking out a whole building that's something they do have to look at so I agree with Jason that one could be problematic but again
45:39 That's what happens in war. That's why this was so outrageous, what Hamas did to those innocent civilians in Israel When you're done with your clips I'd like a short sequence about the rules of war because this is now what's on deck The rules of war! The proportionality of war All of sudden we have these rules that we didn't have these rules for Ukraine, Vietnam or for any other war but now we have rules. You can't be like just killing people this you have rules! Let's skip over to the MeWar Update 1 on PBS
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Gaza Humanitarian Crisis, Jabalia Refugee Camp, Media Staging
PBS reports on starvation in Gaza and a strike near the Jabalia refugee camp. The hosts express skepticism regarding the reported casualty numbers and compare the media coverage to previous "staged" events, such as the Syrian gas attacks.
46:22 The Israeli military says it's closing in on Gaza City, ground zero in the war to crush Hamas. And tonight America's top diplomat is in the region trying to ease the Palestinian civilian suffering UN officials warn of malnutrition and starvation in Gaza, saying the average resident is surviving on just two pieces of bread a day. In Washington D.C., and other world capitals including Berlin, Paris and London pro-Palestinian marches and rallies called for an immediate ceasefire. And late today Hamas said that more than 60 of the hostages its fighters took during the October 7 assault on Israel are missing after Israeli bombing, a claim that could not be immediately verified
47:09 Yeah. So there's the two pieces of bread is a meme that's going around? I'm for ceasefire too, you and I are both very anti-war, stop right away just stop! That would be great but that's not really what they're calling for either just to stop, that's not going to happen. No. These guys are out of control on both sides and let's go to part two of this clip in the Gaza Strip a United Nations school near the northern Jabalia refugee camp offered little refuge to those within air strikes hit tents in the schoolyard and an area where women were baking bread 18 000 people are sheltering there
47:55 Where should I go? They have hit the shelters. Those who are on the street in Gaza are hit while walking since when has it become normal to strike shelters this is so unfair The UN refugee agency could not verify the number of people killed but the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry put it at 15 Okay, now this clip was weird to me There were and they showed visuals. This is a crowded area with 18,000 people and even Gaza the health ministry said there were 15 killed
48:38 How does that work? I always love it. It sounds such a like such a dichotomy when you hear the number of deaths according to the health ministry somehow it just is very ironic but 18 dead out of every jam did they show them they showed the visual here on PBS yeah, it's a lot of people and 18 were somehow what was it somebody throw a hand grenade in the crowd or I mean the numbers don't add up. It's just trauma, just give people trauma! Just show some dead people, show some people under rubble, show some babies... Add words. Well this is by the way for the people that are bitching and moaning about our analysis because we're dipshits We want to remind you of- That really irked you didn't it? What was his term i liked to use? Oh I see
49:28 But it reminds us of the analysis we did and just caught it immediately, of the people coughing up white goop during this so-called gas attack in Syria. The Syrian gas attack yes well there's... And they're shaking and oh they're shaking and oh and then turned out that was nothing going on! It was phony. The whole thing was staged But this number 18, they could have done better than that. If you have 18 thousand people jammed in an area and eighteen get killed... Fifteen! That's not from a missile. Fifteen they said. Fifteen not even eighteen. Fifteen it wasn't even eighteen it was fifteen And they looked very hungry because only two pieces of bread a day Only two pieces of bread
Media reports feature a 12-year-old boy claiming to have carried a decapitated body in Gaza. The hosts analyze this as part of a trauma-based psychological operation while noting Secretary Blinken's continued push for "humanitarian pauses" rather than a full ceasefire.
50:10 Let's play clip 3 and then I have one more meme to discuss. This boy says he carried a decapitated body away from the scene Palestinians also searched for survivors of an airstrike on a residential area in the southern city of Khan Younis. We are steadfast in Gaza, even if only one citizen is left from there the state will start again As the civilian death toll rises, the Israeli military maintains it's only targeting Hamas fighters The Israel Defense Forces released new footage today I've got...I just have to say
50:54 that just listening to this and in the previous clip that I played, they are using it and I can just...I know what the visuals are. They're just using explosions to rock your mind into thinking well that's bullcrap when they say no we're not targeting civilians boom explosion explosion That is programmatic mind control right there. As the civilian death toll rises, the Israeli military maintains it is only targeting Hamas fighters The Israel Defense Forces released new footage today of what it said were forces blowing up Hamas tunnels and clearing access routes for vehicles
51:35 In Amman, Jordan Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his regional counterparts. They urged him to push for an immediate ceasefire but Blinken stopped short reiterating his call for humanitarian pauses. I want to mention another thing in that last clip. They show a kid who's 12 years old if he is a day, and he's the one who says, I had to carry a decapitated not headless but decapitated which means it was somebody chopped his head off. A person and he was upset about having to do this wait he's in an area of 18 thousand people why is a twelve-year-old responsible for carrying the decapitated person
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Ambulance Strike, IDF Claims, Hamas Transport Methods
The IDF claimed responsibility for striking an ambulance near Al-Shifa hospital, asserting it was being used by a Hamas terrorist cell to transport operatives and weapons. Hamas and the Palestinian Ministry of Health denied these claims, stating the vehicle was part of a medical convoy.
52:22 Around and we're all someplace else it makes yes It makes no sense these reports don't make sense if you just listen to them. Yeah, but it's trauma It's all trauma can we talk about so here's the oh sorry go ahead So anyway, so here's the other meme that's been going around about the ambulance now the has the ambulance story? So the ambulance story which is like then they show the ambulance The ambulance looks like he ran into something The ambulance wasn't hit by a missile I don't know what happened to this ambulance, but the story keeps going around. And here's the NTD version of the ambulance story In the Israel-Hamas war an ambulance from the main hospital in Gaza was struck
53:05 Palestinian sources say it left several people dead. NTD's Jason Perry has the details and a warning this report contains footage that some viewers may find disturbing On Friday another deadly scene shook the streets of Gaza City as crowds of people were seen running in all directions This time, an ambulance was struck. A spokesperson for the Hamas-run health ministry blamed Israel. We announced to the world that this convoy is heading to the south at 4 o'clock and we informed the related parties including the International Red Cross and we asked the Red Cross to escort the convoy But Israel Defense Forces did not deny responsibility for striking the ambulance The IDF released this statement on Telegram
53:51 An IDF aircraft struck an ambulance that was identified by forces as being used by a Hamas terrorist cell in close proximity to their position in the battle zone. A number of Hamas terrorist operatives were killed in the strike. We have information which demonstrates that Hamas's method of operation is to transfer terror operatives and weapons in ambulances." The IDF also emphasized that the area is a battle zone, and civilians are repeatedly called upon to evacuate south for their own safety. But even after the IDF's repeated warnings, Palestinian civilians still remain in the area.
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CNN Coverage, Red Cross Involvement, Julian Assange Video
CNN's reporting on the ambulance strike is scrutinized for its lack of definitive information. The hosts recall the Julian Assange "Collateral Murder" video to illustrate the historical reality of ambulances being targeted in war zones and dismiss the term "human shields" as a media meme.
54:29 Secretary of State Antony Blinken flew to Israel on Thursday to speak with Israeli leadership about the issue of civilian casualties. And he also noted that Hamas uses civilians as human shields." And if you remember, Julian Assange released video of our US gunship not just shooting at civilians from the air but then blowing them up including journalists and then when the ambulance arrived they shot at the ambulance! Yeah, that was us. This is war! War is ugly business and the guys are yucking it up Well that's not that part but its ugly ugly business I have the CNN version of this report
55:12 Listen to that. Well wolf Israel is admitting to have targeted an ambulance inside Gaza near al-shifa hospital the Israeli Defense forces saying that they this claiming that this ambulance was being used by Hamas and Saying that several Hamas operatives were killed in this strike Wolf, but the reports on the ground obviously those images are just absolutely difficult to see. 15 people were killed in this strike, 50 others were wounded according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health which is controlled by Hamas Israel also says in its claim of responsibility that Hamas has been known to use ambulances to transport Hamas militants as well as weaponry
55:55 But Wolf, there are questions about the legitimacy of this target. Particularly as a spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health says that this ambulance was part of a convoy carrying wounded individuals who were heading to that Rafah crossing in order to leave Gaza and head into Egypt. And what's more, Wolf? They also say they notify the International Red Cross of this convoy movement before it left The Red Cross Wolf tonight is confirming that it did receive notification about this convoy before this convoy left and that it received a request to accompany that convoy before it left. I gotta play these rules of war, this bullcrap Wait wait we got to talk about these clips That clip...it leaves a buncha unanswered questions Sure does
56:40 First of all, what was the Red Cross doing getting involved and what did they actually do? It should be the Red Crescent not the red cross. Well the Red Crescent is like an adjunct to the Red Cross. Yes. But this is kind of beside the point because it just, this is like a press release. There's no information whatsoever in here. No! Why is Hamas using the ambulances? Why don't they just scatter around because you know the thing about Hamas is that you can't tell Hamas because they look like regular Palestinians there's no difference They don't wear uniforms They don't...there's nothing to identify them They might have guns but Palestinians could have guns
57:22 I mean, this is... reporting on this is terrible. It's a meme! The human shields are a meme? Humans are very bad shields by the way. Bullets go through them, you know there's nothing that... Human shields is dumb it really is Yeah, we've seen it in the movies. But you're right this is all memes it's babies decapitated human shields All of it is a meme and it's all meant to trigger people It's not reporting It's just not reporting especially not from CNN Alright so this is NPR then now they're talking to Tom Dannenbaum
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International Law, Rule of Distinction, Historical Hypocrisy
Professor Tom Dannenbaum explains the legal principles of distinction and proportionality in warfare. The hosts argue that these international laws are applied hypocritically, noting that historical events like the bombings of Dresden and Hiroshima would not have met these modern standards.
58:00 Tom Dannenbaum is a professor of international law and a lot of the questions I have about International law are asked and to a degree answered in this series of clips. What are the rules of war? Can you briefly walk us through what Are the key laws that might apply to an incident like this in a densely populated urban area yeah, there are a set of rules that one has to comply with in this kind of situation and The first is the rule of distinction, which means targeting military objectives and not civilians or civilian objects. Second, the prohibition on indiscriminate attacks which is to say that one has to have a discrete military target... Well you can stop right there! How does that explain Dresden? No it doesn't explain... It's only when you want to shame somebody then you can pull out the international rule of law
58:53 we'll get to what that is in a moment, but it's just you know this was never used I mean we've never adhered to international law. Look at Iraq! Look at the Gulf War! The fact that we still have a base in Syria? That's what I'd like to know and what the hell does that do in there?! Second, the prohibition on indiscriminate attacks which is to say... How does that work for Nagasaki? Hiroshima. Was that all under the international rule of law? that one has to have a discrete military target, not target an area in which there are military objectives but also civilian populations and civilian objects. Third that one has to take adequate precautions which is to say do everything feasible to minimize the expected civilian loss of life injury and damage to civilian objects And finally not to engage in the attack at all
59:50 if the civilian loss of life, injury or damage to civilian objects that would be expected from the attack would be excessive in relation to the military advantage that the commander authorizing the attack anticipates from that attack. Yeah blah blah so of course we need to not think for a moment about The Dance Party I think there were some civilians who were killed or injured. There's all civilians! So let's get into... You're talking about the Vegas shooting? No, no i was talking about the dance party the rave
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International Criminal Court, Military Handbooks, Mary Louise Kelly
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly interviews a legal expert on the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over potential war crimes in Gaza. The discussion covers the requirement for military commanders to perform proportionality calculations even when acting in self-defense.
1:00:27 Anyway, let's move on. Who makes these laws? This has been one of my main questions who determines all these laws? Who makes these laws? Oh thank you for asking that finally NPR! Wow These laws are codified in various treaties going back to the Geneva Conventions and updated in the additional protocols for those conventions in 1977 but also they are embedded in what is called customary international law which is the practice of states understood by those states to be legally determined which is reflected in how states articulate these rules in their military handbooks and other expressions of their understanding of the law. Our military handbook? Oh, this where we have to talk to JAG on the field! Excuse me... Can I fire it? Is this legal? Alright can do this? And then a follow-up question who enforces these laws? There are various ways they can be enforced by domestic courts either within the state that is engaged in particular action or indeed any other state
1:01:24 And additionally, in this particular context the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over any war crimes occurring. The International Criminal Court? Okay that's a joke! On the territory of Gaza and that includes in this particular context the crime of engaging in a disproportionate attack. A disproportionate attack where there we go... The expected civilian loss-of-life or injury or damage to civilian objects would be clearly excessive in relation to the military advantage anticipated. Oh, you're not doing war right. Israel says look we have been warning civilians to leave This area nor this is another one of them Yeah, you know hey it's fair because we told him we told them gonna blow yeah We told him he told us fair. It's okay. Sorry in Gaza and Israel also says we have the right to defend ourselves from a legal perspective how much weight do those defenses have
1:02:27 The first thing to say is that acting in self-defense doesn't justify acting without constraint. The law of armed conflict, including all of the rules that I mentioned earlier apply as much to the actor engaged in self defense as any actor engaged in aggression both are restrained by the same set of the rules on the conduct of hostilities The second thing to say is with respect to warnings... So that's your Victor David Hansen argument. Did Ukraine not send drones to blow up buildings where people lived in Moscow? I mean all of this is so hypocritical! The second thing to say is with respect to warnings
1:03:12 Issuing warnings can be part of the required precautions that I mentioned, taking all feasible measures to minimize civilian harm that would be expected from an attack. But complying with the rule on precautions does not itself relieve the duty to comply with other rules Alright, so what he's saying here is Israel is right because Israel went... Hey look out with that ambulance we're gonna shoot it up and blow it up. So they did good there but proportionality I am curious for someone with your background as you followed news of this incident what are the questions that spring to mind? Well the biggest question that springs to mind
1:03:54 What exactly did they expect in terms of the civilian casualties? They seem to be very high for the targeting of a single commander. The second question is who was that specific commander? What was the specific military advantage anticipated from taking that individual out and the third question I think is worth bearing in mind when making the proportionality calculation or make performing an analysis of proportionality. You should have said calculus, it would've been better Yeah! Would this same decision have been made were the civilians that were harmed in this particular context, Israeli civilians. Civilians are protected as civilians regardless of nationality regardless of the party with which they're associated Okay for those who wonder that was Mary Louise Kelly who was asking the questions. Mary Louise!
PBS reports on how Hamas and other groups use cryptocurrency to evade traditional banking systems. Despite the anonymity of transactions, the Department of Justice has successfully confiscated 150 crypto accounts by tracking movements on the public blockchain ledger.
1:04:50 So I find it very tiring that everyone is all worked up war is war. War is ugly War is crap more as horrible John and I are anti-war always have been always will be I don't like wars but the The way people are getting worked up about this one It is by design being controlled up is the word on up is spun up is the term term? I am A Clip Custodian found an interesting interview with Scott Ritter, which I think is worth playing because something that is lost amongst all this is how did the so-called brilliant Israeli defense allow this to happen? Oh before we play that let me get my last two clips out of the way. Sure sure. Because I think they'll fit in okay
1:05:40 These are my this is the we have to since we were dealing with memes. We gotta get we gotta get crypto into the act Oh, yeah different finance by crypto Yeah Okay Let me see so I have two clips here and I think you'll be amused. I'm sure it will be this This is the overview. This is crypto one overview. Ali Rogin tells us how terrorist groups try to use cryptocurrency to avoid banks and launder money, and how law enforcement is responding. Experts in terrorist financing say the military wing of Hamas was an early adopter of cryptocurrency soliciting Bitcoin donations starting in 2019. Hamas told supporters that the transactions were anonymous but
1:06:22 all cryptocurrency exchanges are recorded on a public ledger called a blockchain. That allowed the Department of Justice to confiscate 150 crypto accounts associated with Hamas's Al Qassam brigades in 2020. In April 2023, Hamas announced it would stop Bitcoin fundraising efforts But as the Treasury Department's new sanctions show, terrorist groups including Hamas, Al Qaeda and ISIS are still finding ways to use cryptocurrency exchanges to raise and launder money and evade detection. Oh that's fantastic! By this report which is PBS I guess by this logic the majority of
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Sam Bankman-Fried, Political Donations, FTX Money Laundering
The hosts discuss the conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried, alleging that his parents and major political parties were complicit in a massive money-laundering scheme. They argue that FTX tokens were used to fund political coffers through Super PACs before the exchange's collapse.
1:07:05 Democrat Party and a large share of the Republican Party can be deemed to be terrorists as they were taking literal crypto currencies as donations from Sam Bankman Freed. I think they should be arrested! Well we're gonna talk about that in a minute, let's play your second clip here... So anyway so the second half they bring an expert on who just runs some crypto you know forensics company... Crypto dude He kind of has, unfortunately he has a style of speaking which I found not interesting. I'm joined now by Ari Redbord. He's the global head of policy at TRM Labs, a blockchain analytics company that helps protect organizations against crypto related fraud and financial crime. He is also a former senior treasury official and a former federal prosecutor. Ari thank you so much for joining us! Hey thank you so much for having me What makes cryptocurrency so attractive to terrorist organizations?
1:07:59 What do we know about Hamas' use of cryptocurrency now as versus back in 2019 when they started raising these funds that way? Yeah, no absolutely. What if any vulnerabilities exist that Hamas might exploit in the future? Yeah, no look. Very good a little bit of humor well good I'm gonna take it around we go into into crypto and I'll bring it right back to Hamas an Israel so as I just said The Democrats and Republicans both, but majority Democrats through his mother's super PAC. This is the worst part through his mother's super PAC we're taking hundreds of millions of dollars in donations in FTX tokens FTT a literal cryptocurrency
1:08:56 that was, as far as I'm concerned stolen money being laundered right into political coffers. Yeah! And... but that's not the story anymore no they've taken this autistic young man who clearly was abused by his parents and this is my only opinion i have no proof But as far as I can tell, including his dad saying hey Sam what is this $250,000 salary I'm getting? I thought it was gonna be two million. Abused by his parents for political gain to fund through...I forget the name of it but we'll get to what kind of organization that is but a super PAC that helps fund political operatives! No no that's not what we're going do
A jury found Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy after only five hours of deliberation. The trial revealed that SBF instructed Alameda Research to raid customer deposits, and the hosts suggest his parents' influence was central to the operation.
1:09:46 The whole government is complicit in nailing this kid's balls to the wall. A stunning fall from grace for Sam Bankman Freed, the cryptocurrency golden boy was found guilty of stealing billions of dollars of customers' money in one of the biggest financial frauds in US history The jury reached its decision in just five hours, putting an end to his month-long fraud and conspiracy trial. It's a warning this case to every single fraudster out there who thinks that they're untouchable or that their crimes are too complex for us to catch. They make this kid sound like a mastermind, look at the transcripts of what they discuss! The kid is an autistic moron he really is... He has mental development issues Whether they're too powerful for us to prosecute Or that they could try to talk their way out of it when they get caught Those folks should think again and cut it out
1:10:46 And if they cut it out, wow that's an Obama-ism. I don't know where that guy is from. Cut it out! And if they don't, I promise we'll have enough handcuffs for all of them. Except for the parents! SBF as he's known is accused of stealing from the accounts of his FTX clients using customer deposits to make investments purchase real estate and re-pick investors of his hedge fund Alameda Research When FTX collapsed in November $8 billion dollars in customer funds were missing or vanished into investments at Alameda Bankman Freed defended the money transactions between his firms as permissible and claimed he'd been unaware of the financial hole until October last year, just a few weeks before the bankruptcy. But former members of SBF's inner circle testified that he instructed Alameda to raid his customers' deposits on FTX virtually without limit
1:11:41 SBF's lawyer says he will continue to fight the charges. The 31-year old, who is estimated to be worth several billion dollars at the height of his fame now faces up to 110 years in prison His sentence will be delivered in March So I don't know if they're ever going to look into Alameda where all that money went because that was... That's the true vehicle that was used We'll see everyone else. Oh, well, yes name has been following this close and she says that the Government is going after everybody we'll see because yeah why yes? We will see because you
1:12:20 She makes the assertion that Bankman Freed got a fast, speedy trial because he kept insisting on it thinking that he would have a wellspring of support from his adoring public which was kind of never happened. And now they've go all the emails between him and mainly his dad I guess is mom too who encouraged to do this and that its just really If you're in that office and you're doing these cases, I think you could have a lot of fun with this. As long as you don't take the money back from the politicians they are not going to stop you. Some of them gave it back. Let's count all those guys on one hand! Well let's give them money back. They'll be smart ones if what Mimi is following and finds is true but this has a term
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Effective Altruism, UK AI Summit, Long-termism Philosophy
The "Effective Altruism" movement is linked to both Sam Bankman-Fried and the recent AI Summit at Bletchley Park. The hosts deconstruct the philosophy of "long-termism," arguing it is used by tech elites to justify current policy goals under the guise of protecting future generations.
1:13:13 And the term, and this is all connected. All these people are connected because it was also Sequoia Capital, you know Andreessen...all of these guys are all complicit in abusing this man, this young man into stealing this money Don't worry Sam, you're a genius. Oh he was playing games during the pitch meeting! He's brilliant!" No...he is an idiot yeah it's like Bill Gates. Comb your hair! He's like Bill Gates with his rocking back and forth and that is exactly the type of person who is involved in what this techno douche at France 24 was going to explain to us and he's going to connect it through some other tech
1:13:59 techno douches. This is how we connect Sam Bankman-Fried and AI with the term effective altruism. Joining me on this set is our technology editor Peter O'Brien, hello to you Peter. What can you tell us about the surprising links between these two events SBF and the UK's AI summit What do they have in common? Yeah, I was wondering how we could link these two together. Actually there's a simple way to do it you may not have heard of it but its the social movement called effective altruism It is boffin filled and increasingly powerful Now that power took a hit when Sam Bankman freed
1:14:36 the most high-profile effective altruist and one of the movement's biggest donors fell from grace. But as we've seen from the AI Summit in Bletchley Park this week, we can see that effective altruists' talking points are still making their way up the policy agenda – one in particular, the potential for artificial intelligence to cause catastrophe Now he's never going to mention them, but what he is saying is effective altruism
1:15:16 people donate a lot of money for the good of humanity, for the good cause because we care about the world. That's what Sam Bankman-Fried really should be accused of doing thanks to his egging on of his parents he was literally giving it to his mother for effective altruism which does a lot of really good things including this whole AI scam. How did we get to the point where effective altruism is producing one biggest frauds in history it's also becoming a major policy debate. So policy is code for politics? The only way to really explain this is to take you back through the intellectual history of the movement so the founding idea of factor altruism is simple
1:15:57 and it's persuasive. In order to do the most good with your time and money, you shouldn't just think about your close circle of friends and family You shouldn't just think about your community Your country...you should really be taking into consideration all humans in the world because we all suffer in a similar way If Trump is president, we all suffer in a similar way A classic example of putting this into practice would rather than donating money to local fire station No don't do that! Don't donate local! Don't donate local! No, come on France douche. Well it would be using the same amount to buy much more mosquito nets to protect people from malaria abroad. But rather than just caring about humans effective altruists quickly realized that the same principle should be applied to anything that can suffer right? So that could be an animal, that could be a wild wild animal, that could even be if you are human not
1:16:48 alive today. A future human! But in the future, so that's where we get to this situation where there are lots of effective altruists today who are also long-termists that means people who are concerned with the welfare of humans and animals that don't yet exist but could exist in the future So this is the idea. Oh my god, you're getting clip of the day for this piece of shit! So long-termist... and the whole idea is we're concerned about the human of the future who isn't born today therefore we need to support policy that behooves the human of the future which happens also kind of beneficial to our companies
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Scott Ritter, Israeli Intelligence Failure, AI Normalization
Scott Ritter provides an analysis of how Hamas defeated Israeli high-tech surveillance by using low-tech communication methods like landlines and couriers. He suggests that Israeli AI systems were trained to see Hamas's open drills as "normal," leading to a massive intelligence failure on October 7th.
1:17:33 Coincidentally. That's exactly what is going on with this AI stuff, now I'm gonna bring this back to Israel and Hamas with Scott Ritter controversial guy but i think he does have an inside track This one was mind boggling as he explains that it was really AI that failed Israel with this attack from Hamas Let say you know you have a mole inside. Now what happens if I go take that mole, put him outside blow his head off and send a photograph to the Israelis? They now know that they don't have a mole so you know so there's better defeat them disinfo So what you do is you say all right we're assuming there's a mole here We're going to compartmentalize here They also know that unit 8200 this is a SIGINT unit that listens every phone call
1:18:26 What happens if you're talking, talking and talking? You and I are talking. Talking, talking all the time we go somebody's on our phone and we don't talk anymore on that phone they're going to say oh they know that were listening to them so what Hamas does is create a communication support plan where they just say here's the script guys just keep talking and they're talking, talking talk. And unit A200 is going are we collecting data? We're getting a large stream of data what are we doing that? We're shooting it into the AI computer that's reading it up and the computers coming back going normal, normal, normal, normal, normal meanwhile Hamas has run landlines under the ground using couriers handwritten pieces of paper and they're doing all this communication and people not listening to it. Hamas knows that they're doing the opposite. What's the best way to hide
1:19:11 If again, if I'm doing something secret. I know the enemy's looking for because it's an AI guys they're looking for detect change they're looking for some that's going to trigger and a report how do you defeat that by doing it right in the open? And that's what Hamas did they build a combat city then is exactly like one of the kibbutzes they were going after and then they would sit there and run the drills over and over and over again and these rails are gone They looked at it, that's just Hamas training. And that became normal under AI. Normal, normal, normal, normal." Now whether it was fed into AI or not the concept of what he is saying is a good one and I remember seeing videos of paragliders on the West Bank in Gaza
1:20:00 American paragliders even people are paragliding all over the place which would kind of play into what he says here Paragliding I was like how the hell did they get that? Uh, I thought they had to send guys off to vacations around the world Cancun Mexico and practice it. They were doing it right there Right in the open practicing a normal normal normal normal AI now had they not had the AI Had they had because here's the thing that happened These girls that we're talking about, these observation girls. They're sitting there and they're looking at it all. They're sitting there going holy shit to training! And they're writing the report. We detect some training. We are a little concerned about this training and that report goes up the chain and the chain looks in says what does AI say? Normal normal normal normal normal.
Reports indicate that senior Israeli intelligence officials met the night before the attack but decided to wait until morning to take action. The failure is attributed to a strategic belief that Hamas had been "bribed" into stability through work permits and economic incentives.
1:20:46 do this. Girls are looking on, hey they're running drills there, they're bringing the vehicles by close, they're doing a simulated attack, they're bringing it looks like explosives to the fence and then going back and they write it up what's the computer say? Normal normal normal normal normal so the collection was taking place at the lowest level they were doing the job that were supposed to be reporting issues of concern up the chain-of-command Even the mid-level managers, if they ever got through to them and they said okay I'm going to bump this up to the top because it did. What people need to understand is that night before the Hamas attack
1:21:23 The head of Israeli intelligence, the general staff everybody met because there was somebody in the Israeli intelligence business who said guys this is bad. Something's happened they're getting ready to come over the border you know we need to raise the hype it's Yom Kippur We need to cancel all leaves. We need to have all the commanders come back here. We need to get the guards out. We need to get the girls armed. We need to get the girls that don't have weapons of this. We need to do what we need to do to protect us, they're coming over the border today guys." Now forget the AI part and that banging is him pretending he hit a keyboard... This rings kind of true that they were doing this practicing drill over and over again and then when someone- Yeah it's got nothing to do with A.I. No but let's just leave it for what it is. Just simple analysis you'd come into the same conclusion Then here's the final clip Somebody wrote that part Wait wait
1:22:19 What is he slamming AI for? I mean, it's like purposeful and it's meaningless. Let's see if the third clip gives us any clues So they all gathered together All the senior guys And they went what do you guys think They said well what's your computer telling us It's all normal. But this is serious stuff. Yeah, they didn't listen to Egypt either apparently shouldn't we shouldn't we raise the alert level? Yeah but that's Yam Kapoor! That would be political and Netanyahu is already in trouble because you know he's trying to rewrite basic law about the judiciary people are protesting and now if we screw up their Yam Kapoor there's gonna be a problem here and then they said
1:22:58 The big one was the strategic thinker said Hamas would never do this. You see, because Hamas has bought into our plan we're trying to turn them into a governing organization We had 20 thousand work permits that were using to bribe the Gazans Their life is getting good. They're making money. Hamas would never throw away what the Israelis have given them out of the kindness of their hearts by attacking us, so the conception is Hamas would never do it? Disregard this information." They said... This is honestly God's truth right? They said we'll meet in the morning to discuss this
1:23:35 So the morning they were supposed to get, well they certainly did. Yeah they certainly did meet and discuss but it was already happened it was too late and this is one of the greatest intelligence failures in the world so I think the purposeful AI bullcrap is just because he's a guy that likes human intelligence military old-school and as sick of all the AI crap maybe but this story particularly these last two clips that rings true That's the best explanation I've heard so far. Yeah, and there is some discussion of the number of Palestinians that are working in Israel There's lots of them mm-hmm and Well, but that's all that's rare. I mean it's pie you know
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Ukraine Counter-Offensive, Time Magazine Report, Stalemate Admission
A Time Magazine article and an interview in The Economist with Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief reveal a growing admission that the war with Russia has reached a stalemate. Public support for continued aid in the U.S. has dropped to 41%, complicating the Biden administration's funding requests.
1:24:27 Well, erring on the side of not caution it seemed to be the blunder here. But yeah you think they have cameras on the wall? I mean that bulldozer comes over nobody notices is being the whole thing is still somewhat suspect. They have cameras looking at the wall when the bulldozers came over. Yeah, I don't know this seem like a resource allocation issue doesn't really matter Anymore doesn't really matter and and gone is the whole you know the fact that people hated Hey, BB netanyahu like they hate Trump. I am it's the same hysteria Meanwhile yes well there's a there's a woke element in Israel But it have to shoot no it's true. It's exact say this major mm-hmm
1:25:29 I hate to use that term and stop using those terms. I don't know why I can't I'm helpless Limited vocabulary, I'm helpless Meanwhile meanwhile CNN perhaps also by design is with their new overlords have finally picked up on what we discussed about the Time Magazine article regarding Zelensky, the corruption, the total failure of the spring offensive which didn't even start in the spring.
1:26:09 And they even do a mini cut of the term stalemate. This was surprising. After months of counter offensive to rest territory from Russia, new reporting from Time magazine reveals that while Ukrainian President Zelensky is still deeply committed to the fight some of his advisors are worried One of Zelensky's aids telling Time he deludes himself We're out of options we're not winning but try telling him that And that sobering assessment extends beyond the civilian government. Ukraine's commander-in-chief for the armed forces saying this to The Economist, just like in the First World War we have reached the level of technology that puts us into a stalemate
1:26:52 There will likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough, a stalemate which was not the characterization over the last several months. They've already acknowledged that they're not going as far or fast as they would like. That said, they are moving It's not a stalemate. They're not just frozen, the Ukrainians are moving. We do not assess that the conflict is a stalemate we are seeing it continue to take territory on a methodical scale systematic basis. We've seen good progress in the counter-offensive, it's very heartening we want to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs not only to succeed on the counter offensive but as what it needs for a long term And the reality on the battlefield? Well...we can show you those silver slivers of yellow are Ukraine's counter offensive gains and it really isn't a whole lot
1:27:49 Now, the ground in Ukraine is hardening now for another long winter. And the fight in the United States over how much aid to give it is getting more intense. Congress has authorized roughly $113 billion so far But polls suggest that the American people's willingness to support Ukraine is waning. The yellow line here shows the share of Americans who say that the U.S. is doing too much to help Ukraine, and now it's at 41 percent up from 29 percent in June. And that's raising some tough questions for the Biden administration and for both parties in Congress
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Peace Negotiation Rumors, Zelenskyy's Future, Ursula von der Leyen
NBC reports that U.S. and European officials have begun discussing peace negotiations with Ukraine, including potential territorial concessions. The hosts speculate on the political future of President Zelenskyy and the significance of Ursula von der Leyen's recent visit to Kiev.
1:28:26 So, right on cue after we had Volvo and the other DJs from Russia hoax Maloney into saying yeah you know everybody in Europe's pretty tired of this. We're all getting...we're all looking for a way out NBC reporting US and European officials broach topic of peace negotiations with Ukraine sources say The conversations have included very broad outlines of what Ukraine might need to give up to reach a deal with Russia. Now, as they have consistently said the politicians and there's a lot of sources say in this article it's up to Ukraine but it's not for us to say it's up to Ukraine
1:29:11 So putting our Curry Dvorak consulting hats on, we've got to eliminate Zelensky and put someone else in there who's going to say this is what we want. And it's gotta be a new message this time Yeah he's gotta go Ben it may not be pretty for him but he's got to go because he wants Crimea back! Yeah that's not happening It's not happening so his time just maybe up I was not being helped by this clip Which she's back Queen Ursula is back in Ukraine. The queen and then a surprise visit to Kiev European Commission President Ursula van der Leyen met with president Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss Ukraine's path to join the European Union She praised Olinsky for making excellent progress in pursuing judicial and anti-corruption reforms while fighting its war with Russia Granting you crane EU membership would signal continued international support for the nation Oh
1:30:11 Oh man, someone sent her over there. Hey hey hey we got trouble here! We got some trouble you clearly can't keep it together there You've gotta go as a representative of Europe which she's not. You gotta go over there as a representative of Europe and let everyone know everything is good It's all good Is she still there? I don't know how long she was there this was yesterday I love the reports that France 24 has from Ukraine from Kiev Where there's people just shopping in the background, they got blue scooters. You know like... Yeah they're just like nothing is going on. They rent a scooters and you know what are those scooters called? I forget what they're called. They call it blight. Yes, the Scourge! The Scourges! Just I don't know who operates the blue scooters and so it's like what are we talking about here end it
1:31:09 But he has to be, someone else has to step up. Step in there's some kind of coup then they'll be I'm sure you know some Russian friendly government everything will calm down no European Union membership No NATO membership But it has to be a shocker, you know. And something has to happen where... So Biden and politicians everywhere— Look we got enough! We're working on Iran. Everyone's sick and tired of it. The military-industrial complex is already moving on How do we draw Iran into this thing? You know, we got Israel. This is great. We've replaced 24 billion with 100 billion A four bagger. We're good to go
1:31:55 Get rid of this guy. He's annoying to us, he's not helping, it's not working We have to have an event is what I'm thinking Like a boom A big event Well an assassination of Zelensky is always possible It would be better if... But that's too obvious You can't do it there has got to be something How about a heart attack? Really? But he's under a lot of pressure Yeah, yeah. Yeah, but it would have to be on the world stage you know so we can all see it mmm Yeah, yeah Yes I think that's probably a door It has to be at least some part of the stage and the pricker doesn't have to be a big massive event bring the pricker You know giving his speech at the UN mm-hmm No, it has to be something where he's being filmed But it's like just
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered a highly anticipated speech, stating that while his group was not involved in the October 7th attack, "all options are on the table." The hosts discuss the potential for a devastating conflict given Hezbollah's arsenal of 150,000 rockets.
1:32:54 goes down, you know. It kind of goes down like Biden does when he's tripping over stuff." Then we had the leader of Hezbollah as we've learned how to say it. Hezbollah. And he made his speech and I have an observation about this. Crowds gathered across the region to watch the address, highly anticipated by Hezbollah supporters but also by the international community hoping for insight on whether the Israel-Hamas war could expand. The militant group's leader Hassan Nasrallah first
1:33:31 said that neither Tehran nor his Iran-backed group had anything to do with Hamas's attack on Israel, but then went on to say all options were on the table concerning fighting on the Lebanese Israeli border. Fear that it could escalate or turn into a full scale war and this front could lead to a wider war is a realistic possibility In southern Lebanon, Hezbollah supporters took Nasrallah's speech as gospel. Many saying they would support a war if it came to it If things continue to evolve, the situation will be very dangerous. What he said is enough for us. We'll be totally ready. We tell our adversaries that we want peace not war. That's what we want but if there is war it will go all the way
1:34:27 Hezbollah has taken calculated steps to keep the Israeli army preoccupied on the Lebanese border, but not to the extent of igniting an all-out war. Rockets fired on Thursday night hit this town in northern Israel injuring two people and damaging buildings. The cross-border skirmishes have led to deaths on both sides civilians as well as fighters and soldiers The war with the militant group would be devastating for both Israel and Lebanon. Hezbollah is much stronger than Hamas, with an arsenal of some 150 thousand rockets and missiles. And during the inconclusive month-long war that Israel fought with the group in 2006, swathes of Lebanon were reduced to rubble." Ah! The Rubbleize strategy... Rubblization. Hansen had a commentary about this too in his hour long lecture
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Herman Miller Chairs, Middle East Aesthetics, Producer Observations
A producer's observation reveals that Hassan Nasrallah appeared to be sitting in a standard Herman Miller office chair during his televised address. The hosts find the choice of a nondescript Western chair unusual for a leader who typically favors more ornate or symbolic settings.
1:35:18 Yes. He says that, uh... Iran in particular and Lebanon even more so and if you listen to other reports where they talk to Lebanese They said, you know we don't need this aggravation. We're already damn near a useless country haven't got any leadership No economy government for all practical money. Oh no good. Yeah, and Hanson said that there's these little skirmishes especially the ones that were out in the middle of nowhere in Syria and to our bases like the base we have in Syria for some unknown reason and And the base, I guess there's a base in Iraq or two and they're shooting stuff at him. And his thought was that this is just to make the Arabs happy that they're doing something... Oh no we didn't do nothing! Here was the observation from one of our producers This was a video telecast whether it was pre-recorded or live is unclear
1:36:13 And if you look at the setting, once our producer... I forget who said this to me but once our producer said this and we're like oh wow. I went oh wow! Oh wow far out groovy baby He was sitting on a Herman Miller chair What kind of leader sits in a nondescript room On a Herman Miller chair which by the way are US government uses A lot of people use. Yeah, but these guys they like thrones they like gilded rooms I thought that was interesting an interesting observation It is kind of interesting it may mean nothing but you don't know so we want to draw Iran in on that side now let's just suppose That Zelensky has an event died suddenly
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Wagner Group, Syrian Missile Systems, Military Industrial Complex
Intelligence reports suggest that the Wagner Group may deliver a Russian air defense system from Syria to Hezbollah. The hosts view this as a potential "trial balloon" by the military-industrial complex to justify expanding the conflict to include Russia and Iran.
1:37:09 and we still need to engage Russia. How can we, can we draw Russia into this somehow? Can we bring Russia... I don't think we want to you would you think we want to well we want to we have a need that aggravation let's see what the US Intel suggests. I'm struck by the convergence of so many complicating factors and another one happened yesterday your reporting suggesting Syria has agreed to send a Russian missile system to Hezbollah what do we know here Yeah, this is a potentially extremely complicating factor here. So Syrian President Bashar al-Assad we are told has agreed to provide Hezbollah the Lebanese militant organization with a Russian air defense system and it is apparently going to be delivered by the Wagner Group which is that Russian mercenary organization these all connected because they all really operate inside Syria so Hezbollah is backed by Iran Iran supports Assad
1:38:02 Assad. Russia also supports Assad and all of this is coming together, of course at a very delicate moment when there are serious concerns across the U.S. government that Hezbollah could join the conflict on that northern border with Israel so having a missile defense system that is being delivered by Wagner, potentially. We don't know yet if it has been delivered or the status of that could really intensify this conflict in a way that the administration has been urging the Iranians and Hezbollah and other Iranian proxy groups not to do so there's definitely a concern but it just shows just how many actors there are who could potentially join this conflict and make it even worse I call that a trial balloon someone's trying little strategy out see if he catches
1:38:46 That's a weird one. Oh yeah, oh no! Hey look Russia is in on this! Yeah it could be bullcrap Well it probably is but that's not the point The point is what can the military industrial complex to do once we shut down the Ukraine situation? Well maybe they don't... Nobody likes the idea of us trying to set Iran up so we can go in there now before it gets too late Possible? Yeah possible I mean that might not be a bad thing No It's all possible Yeah, it's amazing. The world is an amazing place Well I have a couple more clips on which about tunnel warfare Which is kind of part of this battle that's going on PBS? Tunnel Warfare yeah PBS here's actually I believe this is NPR just put PBS by accident
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Tunnel Warfare, Hamas Subterranean Network, Afghan War Comparisons
Media reports describe a 300-mile labyrinth of tunnels under Gaza used for military headquarters and workshops. The hosts compare these descriptions to the exaggerated claims made about Afghan cave complexes during the early stages of the War on Terror.
1:39:43 No, what you're really saying is... Elitist Voices of America. This is NPR or PBS Here's the bottom line when it comes to fighting an enemy hiding in a labyrinth of tunnels You don't want to send your troops there It's very dark and it's claustrophobic And it's narrow and you lose your sense of direction It's scary in the tunnel! Immediately, you lose complete sense of time What? What? That's exactly what she is saying. Her whole, her as the expert that all she basically says It's scary! You just summarized two clips right there I'm sorry, let's listen to it again Scary in the tunnel Your sense of direction immediately you lose complete sense of time Daphna Richemont Barak
1:40:29 is an Israeli military analyst and the author of Underground Warfare. The Israeli military has taken her into Hamas tunnels that crossed from Gaza into southern Israel. They are humid, suffocating, and they are incredibly scary so when you walk in them you will be disoriented for sure but also incredibly afraid. Hamas says it has 300 miles of tunnels, a subterranean complex that according to Israel includes military headquarters sleeping quarters as well as workshops to make and store rockets like Santa's workshop underground passageways crisscross Gaza they're designed to allow Hamas fighters... Can you stop it for a second? It reminds me of something
1:41:15 If you recall the beginning of the Afghan war, I wish i still had some of these documents because they were printed in all the news magazines had them. They made the claim that the Afghans have this huge underground complex. Yes smoke em out! But it was more than that because they showed images. There were like giant garages where they worked on trucks, there was all this different stuff. It was like you know factories underground... This is what she's describing or somebody's described when they're having barracks and all this other shit all underground. I'm doubting this! All i ever see are videos of the opening
1:41:59 Like, you know... They're all narrow. Very narrow opening and then I've never seen a workshop or the sleeping quarters of seeing... No this reminds somebody who's ever writing these scripts used to write for Hogan's Heroes A subterranean complex that according to Israel includes military headquarters sleeping quarters as well as workshops to make and store rockets Underground passageways crisscross Gaza. They're designed to allow Hamas fighters to quickly surface and strike Israeli troops without warning. Hamas has been shoveling for a long time.
1:42:35 Chuck Freilich remembers the tunnels were part of the Israeli discussions when he was deputy national security advisor in the early 2000s. He sees the expansion of the tunnels as part of Israel's broader intelligence failure in underestimating Hamas. And you don't believe that the enemy can do X And so you don't see it. And then in retrospect, it always turns out that there's lots of information in the system but people smart people ignored it Meanwhile the true enemy of the American people The US government have actual tunnels and workshops and maglev trains In Colorado connecting all kinds of huge hangers with all kinds of stuff
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Toronto Tunnels, Underground Infrastructure, Al-Shifa Hospital
The hosts discuss extensive real-world tunnel systems in Canadian cities like Toronto and Montreal. This transitions back to the conflict in Gaza, where Israel alleges Hamas has built a command center directly beneath Al-Shifa Hospital, a claim Hamas denies.
1:41:59 Like, you know... They're all narrow. Very narrow opening and then I've never seen a workshop or the sleeping quarters of seeing... No this reminds somebody who's ever writing these scripts used to write for Hogan's Heroes A subterranean complex that according to Israel includes military headquarters sleeping quarters as well as workshops to make and store rockets Underground passageways crisscross Gaza. They're designed to allow Hamas fighters to quickly surface and strike Israeli troops without warning. Hamas has been shoveling for a long time.
1:42:35 Chuck Freilich remembers the tunnels were part of the Israeli discussions when he was deputy national security advisor in the early 2000s. He sees the expansion of the tunnels as part of Israel's broader intelligence failure in underestimating Hamas. And you don't believe that the enemy can do X And so you don't see it. And then in retrospect, it always turns out that there's lots of information in the system but people smart people ignored it Meanwhile the true enemy of the American people The US government have actual tunnels and workshops and maglev trains In Colorado connecting all kinds of huge hangers with all kinds of stuff
1:43:15 That's the truth. Yeah, that's what we're doing. We're projecting. Yeah with McDonalds in there Robert F Kennedy Jr himself said that Well you know North America has... this is not an unusual situation Underneath the town of Toronto is a labyrinth of tunnels where they have stores department stores The same thing with Montreal There's a lot of tunnels and in the wintertime everything above ground goes underground And Edmonton Ontario I'm sorry Edmonton Alberta even has an underground tunnel system. I've been in the Toronto system, I've been in the Edmonton system and you could be in there for days! And there's actually a McDonalds not to mention it in the Toronto system that leads to one of the hotels
1:44:03 to get to the adjacent set of tunnels you have to go to the McDonald's and then you have to go to a door that is by the bathrooms and open that door, there is another set of tunnels. And to get out you have to exit through the gift shop? Please buy some merch on your way out of our tunnel! It's actually fascinating I'll bet it is With Israeli ground troops now deep inside Gaza The tunnels are becoming a key factor in the fighting The Israeli military recently said its ground forces were near Gaza's northern border when they spotted Hamas fighters emerging from a tunnel. The Israeli troops fired on them, killing or wounding the Hamas members, the military said without elaborating.
1:44:45 Israel faces another big challenge because Hamas is believed to be holding more than 200 hostages underground. Again, Chuck Freilich. I think there's all sorts of fancy technology being used to try and map them out but we may not know everything and there's somebody in some booby trap awaiting you at every turn and of course the hostages are probably down there somewhere In a recent military briefing, Israel said Hamas has constructed military headquarters directly beneath Gaza's largest hospital Al-Shifa. Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari is Israel's military spokesman. Hamas terrorists operate inside and under Shifa Hospital and other hospitals in Gaza with network of terror tunnels.
1:45:28 Hamas vehemently denies this. It says Israel makes these accusations to excuse a relentless bombing campaign that's already killed thousands of Palestinian civilians and human rights groups say the existence of Hamas tunnels does not justify Israeli air strikes when large numbers of civilians are present. Hagari argues that it is Hamas that cynically putting civilians at risk Oh, is that clip too? That was good too. Yes. Yeah Meanwhile, the city of Chicago is heating up but not literally because it's 24 degrees and snowing. It's not great if you're a migrant sleeping on the street- illegal migrant I'm sorry asylum seeker sleeping on the street awaiting something from the Chicago government or the Illinois government and the residents of Chicago are very perturbed to say the least. Perturbed
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Chicago Migrant Crisis, Sanctuary City Debate, City Council Chaos
A chaotic Chicago City Council meeting centered on the city's sanctuary status and the ongoing migrant crisis. Residents, particularly from the African American community, expressed frustration over the lack of resources and transparency regarding the placement of migrant tents.
1:44:45 Israel faces another big challenge because Hamas is believed to be holding more than 200 hostages underground. Again, Chuck Freilich. I think there's all sorts of fancy technology being used to try and map them out but we may not know everything and there's somebody in some booby trap awaiting you at every turn and of course the hostages are probably down there somewhere In a recent military briefing, Israel said Hamas has constructed military headquarters directly beneath Gaza's largest hospital Al-Shifa. Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari is Israel's military spokesman. Hamas terrorists operate inside and under Shifa Hospital and other hospitals in Gaza with network of terror tunnels.
1:45:28 Hamas vehemently denies this. It says Israel makes these accusations to excuse a relentless bombing campaign that's already killed thousands of Palestinian civilians and human rights groups say the existence of Hamas tunnels does not justify Israeli air strikes when large numbers of civilians are present. Hagari argues that it is Hamas that cynically putting civilians at risk Oh, is that clip too? That was good too. Yes. Yeah Meanwhile, the city of Chicago is heating up but not literally because it's 24 degrees and snowing. It's not great if you're a migrant sleeping on the street- illegal migrant I'm sorry asylum seeker sleeping on the street awaiting something from the Chicago government or the Illinois government and the residents of Chicago are very perturbed to say the least. Perturbed
1:46:30 about the tents being set up and them not being asked if this could all just take place. And so a special session was called by several aldermen, that's the way it works in Chicago you have these wards and then... oh man! Chicago is a fantastic place the way that's run And the residents who are most pissed off are the African American, i.e., black Americans who were like whoa whoa whoa hold on a second you didn't ask us what's going on here? This is getting out of control To adjourn or not to adjourn The lights went out while some city council members claimed that meeting wasn't officially over It was the end to chaotic special meeting that centered around the migrant crisis Chicago has yet to say we can't take anymore
1:47:20 We have to draw the line somewhere. And that's what has been kind of frustrating about this quote unquote debate, is that people who are attacking the sanctuary city ordinance don't know what they're talking about it has nothing to do with refugee resettlement and has nothing to do with the current crisis. Alderman Anthony Beale Ray Lopez and others called the special meeting to discuss and vote on a non-binding referendum that would let voters decide if Chicago should remain as a sanctuary city All I'm asking is that we give the people of this great city of Chicago a chance to have a voice.
1:47:57 this issue. Alderman Carlos Ramirez Rosa says the sanctuary city ordinance only refers to law enforcement and government officials not cooperating with ICE Mayor Brandon Johnson City Council floor leader says providing resources to migrants is about the city's values it's not written in the ordinance Ramirez Rosa claimed the meeting violated state law he tried to stop it by sending out a group text to the meeting started. But it never came to a vote because of confusion and debate over the rules, Ramirez-Rosa claiming one thing and Bielan Lopez claiming another. And they were so worried about losing and putting this question before voters that they were willing to bend every rule in the book to get out here as quickly as possible.
1:48:58 meeting legally ended is up for debate as well. Ramirez Rosa says it was adjourned and the Sanctuary City issue will not be taken up, but Beal and Lopez say the meeting was in recess and it will continue on Tuesday morning." Didn't really want to hear what the citizens of Chicago felt about it... knew that would be annoying to learn Yes, this is a huge mess for these towns. Cities! Chicago is no exception now there'll be dead people in the streets But no chance for that? No bus rides? Hey you're in Chicago yeah let me go to DC. Chance about something else... We're moving into the winter even here in Texas getting pretty cold Is your weather warm? You have global warming there don't ya
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Excess Mortality, UK Child Data, Vaccine Correlation
Ed Dowd presents data to Dr. Drew Pinsky showing a 94% correlation between the vaccine rollout and a rise in excess deaths among children aged 1-14 in the UK. The discussion highlights that these excess deaths did not appear during the initial 2020-2021 pandemic period.
1:49:52 Yeah, we have convenient global warming after the coldest summer in the history of the state. Now it's like 70... I think it is 70 today. We have a storm coming and so on. Maybe we may get some rain maybe like you know tenths of an inch. It has been pretty cold here. We've dipped below freezing couple times during the night Anyway, it's flu season and it would appear that people's immunity has been weakened. I can't imagine what it was that weakened their immunity But it has happened and there's a few clips we need to discuss here.
1:50:47 Can you believe that? That's an ironic way of doing it. Because you can't abort your child, they're dying and what is going on well Dr. Drew... Do they mention the vaccination unnecessary vaccinations no this is where the dr. drew clip comes in oh dr. drew who has changed his tune because he was very pro-vax in the beginning. Oh yeah, he was a maniac! And once he started to see the data and I think that you and I both agree... He's a data driven guy and he's pretty level headed. Wasn't looking? No but once he got the data he started turning around saying well you know this is not right there's some stuff that's wrong here and then he's also very skeptical of certainly the efficacy but of the perhaps danger
1:51:33 of the COVID vaccination, and the damage may be done. So in the UK... And this is Ed Dowd he's a former BlackRock fund manager He wrote a book about it and he's on the insurance company side So he saw the data the insurance companies have seen and they're going, whoa. No we got excess deaths We got some problem with especially children There's a problem that more children are dying He is focusing on the United Kingdom so he has this discussion with Dr Drew And here is Ed Dowd about excess mortality in the UK amongst children You I understand have some new data for us as well What's going on your data frontier?
1:52:18 Yeah, so we're starting to update 2023 numbers as of June. We started off in the UK and we're going to be following up with other countries but just so that we are clear the 2023 numbers I talk about are annualized estimates based off a linear model given the data we have as of June and one thing we discovered that was quite worrisome was something actually talked about in my book as a smoking gun Children in the UK were not vaccinated until later in 2021 and their excess deaths are actually going down because of lockdowns and school closures, which makes sense because the biggest cause of death is one through 14 age group. We saw then that there are excess tests for starting to rise with the introduction of vaccines
1:53:06 Now the 23 numbers are coming in and it's gone from, let me just look 16% in 2022 and 22% in 2023. And then 2021 was actually minus 7% excess deaths so You know, obviously I'm of the camp it's the vaccine. So we're seeing a rise in excess deaths in the age group 1 through 14 post implementation of the vaccine. We haven't put this out yet but we run some correlations again correlations on causation but it's 0.94 fit on the model so 94% correlation to the vaccine rollout. In terms that point 19 correlation what? Coincidence
1:53:47 Oh, no. Correlate correlation is not causation but we have 94 percent. Well and he'll address the elephant in the room in a moment on the model so ninety four percent correlation to the vaccine rollout In terms of that point nine three correlation I'd love to know A how you arrived at that B, I'm seeing lots more data coming in that is suggesting COVID may be the culprit for the excess deaths. What do you do with that data? If COVID was the cause of this rise in ages 1 through 14 why didn't it appear in 2020 and 2021 and only started post-vaccination?
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Turbo Cancer, Canadian Doctor Deaths, Pfizer Stock
Dr. William Makis reports on an aggressive phenomenon labeled "turbo cancer" appearing in vaccinated individuals, including young Canadian doctors. Meanwhile, Pfizer's stock has declined as the company faces "vaccine fatigue" and lower-than-expected uptake for its latest boosters.
1:54:27 So these questions need to be asked they need to be investigated, but the numbers that I reported in my book have gotten worse since Since since my book unfortunately so correlation not causation but Looks pretty pretty grim looks pretty grim in the UK But I'm sure that's just because you know there is no access to abortion So kids are dying somehow, I'm not sure how that works. That's it and global warming And then here is just a random doctor Dr William Makas who was just reporting on what the good doctor is seeing There are only a handful out of the 100 thousand Canadian doctors that didn't take the vaccine that are still practicing medicine so its something like 99.9% vaccination rate and they were the first ones to line up for their vaccines
1:55:17 Well, as I started looking at the sudden deaths of Canadian doctors. I realized yes most of them are dying from cardiac issues heart injuries Cardiac arrests you know dying while jogging or swimming dying in their sleep and Dr Peter McCullough has talked about this extensively about the myocarditis And the damage to the heart the scarring to the heart and then some were dying from blood clots pulmonary embolized strokes but then there was quite a large subset of doctors who were developing extremely aggressive cancers And cancers at an age that they shouldn't be getting. So for example, there was a doctor who developed gastric cancer in his 30s presented at stage 4 he was dead in less than a year Very rare brain cancers and young individuals in their 20's and 30's medical students medical residents These cancers would always present at stage four and they would always kill them in a matter of a few months It was always less than a year
1:56:11 And at first I didn't know what the term for this was or what the phenomenon was. I just started really paying attention to it, tracking it and then realized that this is being called turbo cancer by people on social media. Turbo cancer's not a medical term but its a term that people came up with to really describe the extremely aggressive nature of these cancers in the COVID vaccinated and these cancers behave completely differently, unlike anything I've seen before in my career. And I've diagnosed over 20 000 cancer patients in my career with cutting edge PET CT positron emission tomography imaging ct MRI pathological correlation. I've never seen anything like this! I've never seen stage 4 breast cancers presenting in women in their twenties. I've never seen stage four colon cancers presenting in men and women in their you know twenties thirties
1:57:03 Leukemias that will kill you in a matter of days or even hours after diagnosis. Lymphomas, that again kill you in a matter of months. Happy Days are here agai- This is BAD! These cancers. Well, once this is not something that's ending anytime soon No, and so I fear for the future of Pfizer Oh Pfizer is done They're done and he this is John This is a John's Mansfield. I've said it before on the show Johnsman This is the situation where it could take to come company out of the picture Borla
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Albert Bourla, Jim Cramer, Vaccine Fatigue
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla appeared on CNBC's "Mad Money" to discuss the company's earnings. He attributed lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake to "vaccine fatigue" and "anti-vaxxer rhetoric," while Jim Cramer expressed confusion over why more people are not following his lead in getting boosted.
1:57:46 Borla, the CEO was on CNBC with Jim Cramer mad money. Because what is it? Isn't their stock down like some 30 or 40% haven't they just tanked? It hasn't tanked per se but it's way down Do you want to hear these clips from him Yeah I love listening to Kramer Okay because whatever Kramer says do the opposite and you'll be golden Kramer says buy you should sell So here he is with Albert Bula I'm talking about, you know the troubles that Pfizer is having with the latest vaccine. What's going on here Albert? But there is some sort of vaccine fatigue in this country right now that I think it's affecting your earnings! You think?! You're right but it's mainly in the COVID area because our RSV has done tremendously better than what we thought. RSV... We know that that's a lie because
1:58:43 insurance companies won't pay for it and it's a thousand bucks a shot. So he is lying about these numbers. Our pneumococcal vaccine is doing tremendously better than what we thought, and the analysts thought And of course the flu vaccinations are trending quite well We don't have the flu but we know how they are trending I love this. And you know, the flu vaccinations are trending quite well... We don't have a flu but the vaccinations are trending quite well! We told them release the flu and they didn't do it. And of course the flu vaccinations are doing trending quite well we don't have a flu but we know how they're trending so there is a little bit of COVID fatigue So why say it? Yeah, it gets better Which reflects on uh the number of COVID vaccinations that we had also Don't forget Jim, the COVID vaccines came in a little late
1:59:27 We had a pipeline problem. They came too late in the season, right? In the middle of September approximately we had all August quite a wave of COVID so a lot of people got COVID and they can't do a vaccine before four months after they have COVID. So we missed it! We missed it dammit! They miss the node in the cycle?! Yeah we missed it by months It was in August we should've had the vaccine then...we missed it Well, let's keep going here. Come on Jim ask something interesting But is it working? I mean, I know that when I go I feel like right now I went and got my flu and I got my Pfizer COVID Oh, Jim Cramer is a dead man And I felt rather By the way he didn't say he got the shots He just got his flu and his COVID
2:00:17 I went in to get some flu and COVID. Like right now, I went and got my flu and Pfizer-COVID. Yeah exactly your Pfizer-Covid yes? And I felt rather pioneerish! I felt that i'm alone now...I know others are doing it but I'm trying to, I'm struggling with the idea. Why doesn't everybody do this? And what is the resistance? Because... I don't get it! Why doesn't everybody do what i do?! I'm Jim Cramer!! We thought in the beginning of the years we thought that we will have 24% of the Americans and that was our projection when doing a COVID vaccine this year so far uh it looks like it's trending more towards 17%.
2:00:56 and so far maybe 7-8% have done it. But the months ahead of us are very strong, so there are many reasons why it's lower and we are far away from the COVID fear, so everybody was vaccinated now we're in the middle of the COVID fatigue Oh, we're in the middle of the COVID fatigue. We need to have more fear! More fear! Nobody wants to speak about COVID and... ...we have also a lot of anti-vaxxers rhetoric at their peak. There you go! We're responsible for the stock price drop — the anti-vaxxers. But the good news is that— The anti-vaxxers RETORIC, the way he said it. Not rhetoric but rhetoric. Nobody wants to speak about COVID and… …we have also a lot of anti-vaxxers rhetoric at their peak
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Travis Kelce, Ozempic Marketing, Fenbendazole
The hosts discuss Pfizer's use of Travis Kelce as a spokesperson and compare it to the massive marketing spend for the weight-loss drug Ozempic. They also mention "Fenbendazole," a generic dewormer being discussed in alternative health circles as a potential anti-cancer treatment.
2:01:38 But the good news is that those who are doing a vaccine right now, are those that they truly believe in the value of vaccination. So that's very base assumption for what their vaccination rates will be as a floor going forward Well, okay. Then maybe you need to do some more marketing? How's the marketing? There is something that occurred that is fortuitous and I'm not trying to make light of it but... You picked a spokesperson Travis Kelsey perhaps because of his association with Taylor Swift may be the most famous athlete in the world right now And he also has an antagonist A fellow by the name of Aaron Rodgers who called him Mr. Fudge
2:02:13 in order to mock him. But the fact is, sir isn't that the kind of awareness that you need in order be able to build prescriptions? Build vaccines and then get people realize the power of your portfolio. I think prescriptions build vaccines and then get people realize the power of your portfolio I think he is and he's a wonderful spokesperson for us, and we are very proud that you're associating our name with him. Oh yeah? Well the marketing is up! No because Ozempic is outspending you Nova Nordisk has spent 600 million dollars in the American market alone That was not it within the first nine months They are they are out marketing you on all fronts no one wants to talk about your crap on The Morning Show We want to talk about losing weight with a shortcut
2:03:05 But anyway, great your transition. Dr. Bourla welcome back to Mad Money! Hello hello how are you? I am fine how are you sir? Very very well That was...I actually played them out of order doesn't matter doesn't matter oh yes he was also doing the rounds he's on Reuters about the...no that is an old one yeah screw that guy screw him screw him screw him i say so we had dinner with the ER doctor and his wife Oh, okay. And how did that go? What'd you learn and what did you learn here's what I'm learning bro Fenn Ben dazzle II Finn been dazzle Lee I think it is fun been yes stuff everyone was talking about anti-cancer drug Yeah, it sounds like it's the real deal yeah of course It's generic its used to deworm dogs so another worm Those were D wormers are got to be good for ya
2:04:03 But that's what everyone is talking about and it seems like there is something there. I don't want to put words in his mouth, but seems like there is something there so more bad news for the pharmaceutical industry. No! As long as we have... As long they can advertise on TV, there are no bad news for them They've gotta be banned from advertising Some of this stuff their advertising Sounds like a death pill when you listen to the whole ad pretty much all of it sounds like a death pill The new Alzheimer's drugs right off the bat. You know may result in death hey, yeah, hey granny It's a win-win either way either you remember stuff and you clear up your dead And you're out of our lives alright before we take a break this was
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ACH Processing Error, Bank Deposit Delays, FedNow
A major processing error in the Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) system caused significant delays for direct deposits at several large U.S. banks. While officials cited a "processing error," the hosts speculate on the possibility of ransomware or a move toward the "FedNow" system.
2:04:55 For conspiracy therapists like myself, this was a concerning message that came out on Friday and this is part of it Friday and part of it Saturday. Thousands of people are still waiting for their money tonight. U.S Bank, Wells Fargo, Huntington Bank everyone shared the same message about a deposit delay. Dani Spiewak explains what happened and when you'll see your money From Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank to Wells Fargo to Bank of America, some of the nation's largest banks experienced disruptions Friday with direct deposit. The Federal Reserve says it is because of a processing error with the centralized system known as the automated clearinghouse. It wasn't at one of the banks it was actually in plumbing that feeds those deposits into the banks Greg McBride is the chief financial analyst for bankrate dot com
2:05:47 It's unsettling going into the weekend to not see the deposit there that you had expected to see when you got up this morning. The Clearinghouse says this impacted less than 1% of daily transactions, but that still thousands of users across the country people flooded social media with complaints asking if others were having problems with direct deposit too one person wrote direct deposit being messed up when rent is due is crazy But your money is safe and the banks are working to get that corrected with the provider. For example, U S bank said in a statement that customer accounts remain secure and balances will be updated when deposits are received The money will be there What you want to do is make sure that any payments that were scheduled to come out today That those creditors are notified That you're not assessed any late fees And then if there were any overdraft fees that you incurred That the bank reverses those
2:06:41 There is no timetable right now for when all these direct deposit issues are going to be fixed. Well clearly it's the fault of Ivermectin, but when i hear reports... AI! No no When I hear reports that people talking about oh it's something in the tubes like really? I mean, the way ACH works...I know because I had Bankers Trust. Another fine institution. Had Bankers Trust as a client in the mid to late 90s and it's really these huge machines these...well not huge but they're all mainframes and they have to do settlements and they do a lot of it in the overnight hours
2:07:20 And it's okay, I have to send this much to you. You gotta send this much to me so we don't actually send anything back and forth We just do an accounting What bothers me about this report is everyone saying your account is secure Why? Was there was this maybe some kind of ransomware Can you imagine ransomware or something of that magnitude getting into the ACH system That would be unbelievably interesting Well, they're saying your accounts are secure. Yeah I think you may have picked up on something there's something may have happened at that level now the only other thing i can think is that the citizens bank of Iowa basically collapsed on Friday not a lot of news about it so maybe because they had stuff going back and forth that they had to stop the tubes but it is kind of a tube-ish system its really old fashioned
2:08:18 It's no magic. It's not like, you know, like crypto! There is not money going on a blockchain it's just these big machines that have to talk to each other overnight it's the clearing house so... You never want that to happen on the weekend. It's not a holiday week Is this a holiday weekend? No We have a holiday coming up No, but-no That doesn't count It would have to be on a bank holiday weekend as they say But I think uh..that's not like it So, it's just troublesome. ACH I mean that's everything goes through ACH doesn't it? Checks everything goes that way You had the banker over you should have asked him! I didn't know I had the ER doctor not the banker over the ER doctor
2:09:08 Oh, we should have asked him. No if you ask the bank is a... That's the kind of answer you get from him. You don't know what you're talking about okay? Maybe there's time to bring in Fed now! Yeah that's the thing to do. Could be something like that I don't think anything even comes close to that clip Bezos moved to Miami. I got that, who cares? Yeah yeah...I got a Trump fraud case update it's got a little banking stuff in there about banks Eric Trump concludes his testimony he said he wouldn't sign anything that wasn't accurate the judge has ruled that he and others fraudulently inflated the value of his father's assets our legal correspondent Arlene Richards finds out sorry before we
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Trump Fraud Trial, Eric Trump Testimony, Mar-a-Lago Valuation
Eric Trump testified in the New York civil fraud trial, defending the Trump Organization's property valuations and noting that Deutsche Bank profited significantly from their business. The hosts argue the case is transparent election interference, specifically citing the low valuation of Mar-a-Lago.
2:10:01 Why didn't they use the old glitch? That's what I'm missing from that report. Oh, this is bugging us! It's eating at you Yes because normally... Normally that's what they do They say there was a glitch A glitch in the system nothing to worry about But instead they're waving their arms going no dear your secure everything's fine Everything's fine And then you imagine the building on fire behind the guy. This is fine! Yes, okay back to Trump. Eric Trump concludes his testimony he said he wouldn't sign anything that wasn't accurate The judge has ruled that he and others fraudulently inflated the value of his father's assets
2:10:43 Our legal correspondent Arlene Richards finds out why he signed documents that the judge believes are fraudulent. Eric Trump has finished testifying, but he didn't leave the stand until after the state confronted him with evidence that he signed off on estimates of some of his father's properties The state is trying to establish that Donald Trump's second son was involved in a scheme to inflate the value of his father's assets The younger Trump said he relied on his accountants and attorneys to ensure those estimates were accurate. Judge Arthur Angoran has already ruled that the senior Trump and his two sons fraudulently inflated those assets, to win favorable terms from lenders and insurers. Outside of the courtroom Eric blasted Attorney General Letitia James He told reporters later that James should be an advocate for businesses like Trump's
2:11:35 She should be an advocate for businesses that pay a lot of taxes and do great things, meet their commitments and pay off their debts. He said she should not advocate for Deutsche Bank. She should also go out and fight for the little guys as opposed to trying being an advocate of Deutsche Bank, who literally loves us. Who said we have done absolutely nothing wrong." He said Deutsche Bank made hundreds of millions of dollars from doing business with Trump something the judge has not disputed but the focus at this trial is on how much more money the bank could have made if not for the fraud Eric said that truth will come out. We haven't done a single thing wrong they're trying to disqualify my father for 2024 he's leading in all the polls His father posted two words on social media
2:12:19 Election interference. Now, the former New York banker worked at Deutsche Bank and years ago we talked about because they did business with Trump then we talked about he said yeah Trump is a douche but we always made good money off of him I think that's a direct quote Yeah i'm sure that's exactly right And isn't this just a matter of market pricing best price? Yeah, there's the judges using like the price that you get from the county and the value of your property. They did that with Mar-a-Lago Oh so he is going to say... Alright okay well Mar-a-Lago was 8 million dollars or something? Yes! Something ridiculous Which is what Trump might have bought it for That's very possible
2:13:06 I don't know, whatever he bought it for is beside the point. The thing is a valuable property especially where it's located. It might be worth $1 billion. You can't sell it for 8 million. I guarantee you to sell quick." Yeah there was a whole report... No this is just obvious that this is transparently election interference. There's no question and all these other cases I think the public is wise to it and these things are starting to fall apart Well, it's a little quiet on the political front. There's not a lot of... Yeah that's because Kennedy has taken himself out of the picture at least for now. Yeah they tried to get him with uh did you see that? They tried to get him with uh with uh the Lolita Express that he flew. Kennedy? Oh yeah! Robert F. Kennedy. Yes but here it is and this is actually kind of interesting when I read the statement
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RFK Jr. Epstein Flight, Newsweek Report, Debunkables
Newsweek reported that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. flew on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane once in 1993. A spokesperson clarified the trip was a ride to Palm Beach for Easter arranged by his late wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, who was an acquaintance of Ghislaine Maxwell.
2:14:11 Amid mounting curiosity over Kennedy being listed as one of the passengers on Epstein's jet, a spokesperson for the former Democrat exclusively told Newsweek... Wait wait stop. Where are you reading this from? I'm reading it from Newsweek And it uses the term former Democrat? Yes Ah, that's pretty revealing. Exclusively told Newsweek that he had quote flown one time on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane it was in 1993 from New York City to Palm Beach to visit RFK Jr.'s mom for Easter the spokesperson added that the private jet trip was made possible by Kennedy's then wife Mary Richard Kennedy who was friendly with Epstein's partner at the time Ghislaine Maxwell
2:14:59 Now, of course Mary Kennedy not mentioned in this report committed suicide after they were years after they were divorced. But they say Richardson-Kennedy passed away in 2012 that's interesting too instead of you know she committed suicide and Kennedy has been married to Curb Your Enthusiasm star Cheryl Hines since 2014 Quote, Mary Kennedy's wife and two of their kids were on the flight. The representative said Mary knew Epstein's girlfriend, Jelaine Maxwell who learned that they are going to Palm Beach for Easter and offered their family a ride I never get cool offers like that While there has been no evidence to suggest that Epstein's listed plane passengers were involved in any of his crimes A number of social media users have falsely pushed the suggestion That all those who knew him were in some way complicit
2:15:49 Well, then they should also talk about Kamala Harris who was parting it up with Jelaine Maxwell. So but clearly... A lot of these stories that you know the Kennedy op relies on stories like this that can be debunked. Debunkables So there's a lot of debunkable stuff. It comes out and everyone goes, oh! Oh that's the bad guy. Oh it's debunked. He is a good guy. The debunkables... All he was doing was getting a ride I think we need a t-shirt. The debunkables. So Kennedy all this stuff is very...oh he said this about that No? No he never did. Oh he didn't okay well he's okay. So there are a lot of these debunkables around Kennedy
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No Agenda Stream, Troll Room, Podcast Network
The hosts discuss the technical community surrounding the show, including the 24-hour No Agenda Stream and the interactive "Troll Room." They encourage listeners to participate in the network's various live broadcasts and community platforms.
2:16:36 Phase three. Yeah, well you better step it up now Maybe just chill out maybe chill out until after Zelensky's dead or something I'm yeah, maybe I mean if the bunking You have to us you have to assume if it's enough If it calms down there's a reason and with that I'd like to thank you for your courage. In the morning, to you the man who put the sea in the scary tunnels ladies and gentlemen say hello to my friend on the other end The one and only Mr John Cena! Well in the morning to you Mr. Anne Cream. In the morning all ships are seeing that boots on the ground their feet in the air and the subs of the water and the dames and the knights out there And in the morning to future graduates of the no agenda PhD and to our trolls in the troll room hands up trolls! Choke out this thing's funny
2:17:34 I want to... Okay, we have two thousand and fifty-eight. Right now. People bailed out, we must have been boring them We had 2269 about half an hour ago Yeah So where did we Well the average on Sunday should be 2400 So we lost it with I guess with the COVID When people heard they could die They're like I'm checking out, I'm checking out Actually that's not uplifting It's not uplifting! Well half of my...I would say most of our audience has gotten a shot So what are you gonna do? I mean, all you're doing is presenting them with their doom. That's not good! I'll never do it again Now there is some... we should be... There is this Supposedly there's a couple of uh... There's some natto Something that's derived from natto that fermented beans that the Japanese eat and a couple of pills There are some different kinds
2:18:34 supplements you can take to raise yourself. Yes, I will ask the ER doctor. I think he has a protocol Yeah there's got to be protocols and then that will help Then people will listen because instead of telling him they're all gonna die You just being like the mainstream media. I'm horrible! You are horrible! Instead of telling him that you'll be telling them hey Look at this look at that who has some some some Links yes, no Bless you not medical advice. Not medical advice but just bless you hey do you have kovat? No I got a sneeze Thank You trolls we love having you here just well Charles have been good this morning um you know for some reason they've just been good I don't know they're not as trolly as usual patrol more trolls
2:19:32 Now you can become a troll. It's very simple, just look for a bridge go live under it good to go or you can go to TrollRoom.io and become a virtual troll, and we do that. Well we have noagendastream.com which is 24 hours a day with all of the best podcasts from around Gitmo Nation it truly is the best podcast network at true sense of the word because you sit there in the troll room and you listen to... And a lot of these shows are live and just troll like, eh, what are you talking about? Eh, and it feels good! It's ephemeral. That's the voice too you have to have
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No Agenda Social, Krispy Kreme Donuts, De-douching
A discussion about the social dynamics on No Agenda Social leads to an anecdote about a listener sending Krispy Kreme donuts to a mailbox. John Dvorak refuses a "de-douching" request from the sender, leading to a debate about the value of the gift.
2:20:07 That's exactly what it is. We're like, yeah, you know what you talking about? And the ventriloquist comes out. He's back! He's back! It's ephemeral because it goes away. You know that's what's cool about it. It's not like no agenda social where we have lots of trolls congregating and that's just like any other social network algo or not people spitting each other up and then you know What happens is then they resort to DM hey man, you should calm down Yeah, it's easy does it man don't worry about it. What who's doing that to who? No well people get mad at each other and then other people will DM those people and say hey you know calm down It's not that big a deal so they're trying to console them You know talk them off the ledge But but it's its I've never seen that no because you don't see the DMS because their DMS They're private direct messages. You can't see them Okay, I think the problem is
2:21:06 with this is when you have someone who posts something And then all the replies have equal weighting, so they're the same size. It looks like an original post itself... Well you want it to be like Dig where you get up and down voted and type font changes? No! I'm just thinking that you can't comment. You can only post no comments. You can post but you can't respond anybody. That would make more sense. Do you like it? I see you yelling at people all the time I'm not yelling at anybody. Mm-hmm, okay? No you have to find... Okay! I want to see an example next time you see one and I want you to put it aside and then bring it up on the show and then condemn me well I can it's very easy I'll do right now go John C Dvorak. You won't find anything Yeah, you will that's a John C Dvorak. I'm gonna go to posts and replies okay And here we go let me just scroll down a little bit yeah
2:22:17 How does being provocative cross any line? There you go. There's one right there, that's you yelling. It wasn't in caps Oh it has to be in caps okay alright I just hear your voice when...I know your voice No. Free donuts! See, there it is yelling again at people about free doughnuts. Yeah I know... Ah yes all of the trolls regardless... Oh by the way Yes So one of our policemen sends me some Krispy Kreme doughnuts to a mailbox oh how'd they arrive?
2:23:04 They arose like they would have... it doesn't matter if they're 10 minutes unfresh or it could be months. It's all the same, and then he demanded a de-douching for some unknown reason and no! Now thanks for the donuts but no. Because you sent your donuts? Yeah Well is that not treasure? Is that not treasure? I guess He says they're delicious So You should post that on Noah Jenner social angrily. Post what? The donut?! Angrily that you're not giving him a de-douching! Oh no, I just said it. Okay he knows he listens he knows what he's doing so did you send my portion of the donuts to me yours are the ones that went bad off course yes yeah the old wine cask this is a value for value show
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Value for Value, Episode Artwork, Janky Title
The hosts explain the "Value for Value" funding model and review the artwork submissions for the current episode. They highlight a piece by Matt Boisvert featuring signposts for anti-Semites and Islamophobes, which they selected as the primary art for the show.
2:23:57 And we've been doing that for 16 years and I personally love it. This is the longest job I've ever had It is not what I'm paid for, what I made for...I enjoy it so much! That's because we have time talent and treasure sent back to us So the deal is here's a show twice a week three hours minimum sometimes longer You enjoy as long you want for whatever you wanna do Do whatever you want And if you think that it's valuable enough to keep it going, then you send something back to us. Now a lot of people like to send us talent and treasure which is very appreciated... highly appreciated because many of these things we could never do We could never have artists that supply us with non-stop artwork to choose from for every single episode That would bankrupt this right there just that one gesture alone I have no agenda social are you kidding me? I had to give that! That's a full time job. That's what Aaron does
2:24:51 And he needs, you know... He has to take all kinds of SSRIs and everything and Xanax to stay calm. So no we couldn't have done any of that. NoagendaMeetups.com same thing We get stories boots on the ground doughnuts clips story I mean everything you can imagine is brought to this show from our producers. And we like to thank the artist who brought us the artwork that we chose for the previous episode and then 1604 we titled that one Janky. A lot of people love the title, janky is a good word and I think i'm pronouncing his name right this time Matt Boivere
2:25:36 Boisvert, if you pronounce it the way it's written. Matt Bouver brought us the artwork that we kind of jumped on right away There was the two signs The signposts old-school one pointing to the right one pointing to left Anti-semites 33 miles to the right Islamophobes 33 miles to the left and it kind of is right up our alley I guess this is exactly where we want to be with the show Yeah, the sign was... I mean there was art that was usable. A lot of people had the Fredericksburg Declaration which we- Yeah they liked that but that wasn't gonna happen. Because we don't have a declaration yet. Well I kind of like you know Darren again goes with the obvious the easiest thing is you dream up to joke he does the art boom it's there immediately. Jen Psaki with the clown nose? By the way I would say this the nose should be bigger
2:26:31 Zolenski in heaven with the Gaddafi. No, that's not happening. That's too much dead stuff no that wasn't gonna happen boot jokes no no no boot jokes that's Ron DeSantis that's a that's a pool boy joke I'm not gonna participate in that what else was there anything else that we liked? I thought it was to stop AI with the six fingers as always cute But it wasn't gonna be used. I also like that actually did like the scaramangas a drunk robot, which I just thought was funny But that was gonna get used probably no this this piece was probably the only one there was so gonna get it Drunk robot miss that stand near the bottom this under Jen Psaki's red nose clown nose oh Yeah, yeah the drunk robot drinking club yes And oh yeah we did have some
2:27:23 Well, this is also Matt Bouver. He had a Zelensky coke image which by itself the Zelensky with a lot of powder around his nose was funny Yeah, the powder around his nose was funny. That was good! But the pile of coke itself was not artistic it didn't look like a small mountain and then to top it off with a polar bear... that made no sense I mean I know he had altered media stamped on it but nah just there's too bad but I do like the Zelinsky face with the powder on this face is very funny
The hosts discuss "Amazing Polly's" breakdown of the ARC conference and its connections to various political figures like Candace Owens. They note the conference's focus on climate change and the exclusion of certain figures like David Icke.
2:28:05 You had a kill switch, you know there was a Jordan Peterson with the hideous jacket. Yeah which one one note it's actually mirrored The blue is on the other side and the red so the red and the blue are on the other side on the real jacket Man I guess did you see amazing Polly about the art conference? No, I haven't seen amazing Polly for almost a year. She went all the way Ben she's some brought up that Jerome dude there was there was some tree from Sweden or something he's also high in the organization high up and he's a climate change guy And he's like, you know climate change is happening Israel But you know We just want to make sure we do it responsibly or something like that You know, we don't wanna you know, we don't want to make poor nations even poorer with what Emily what?
2:28:55 So they're all in on climate change now? Hmm. Weird, weird... Yeah she had a pretty good breakdown Where is she? Is she on Rumble or BitChute? I think she's on Rumble. I think yeah i don't know i hadn't seen her for a while either someone sent me a link oh that's right uh i got it from David Icke David Icke you know notice he wasn't invited to ARC. He's not part of the... She connected the ARC thing, she got it all the way to Candace Owens
2:29:38 There's a lot of interesting connections with these people. It's kind of yeah, that's one of the best she does that better than anyone Yeah, I will say she's always been good at connecting dots that are like well That's kind of far out and then she manages to do it is very difficult Yes this way you don't see hear from her that much they can't she definitely doesn't do two shows a week No no no no she doesn't anyway We always like to thank our executive and associate executive producers at the top of our donation segment after thanking, of course, explaining value for value once again because people need to understand what it is and why we do what we do. And that's mainly so we don't have meetings with advertisers which would just make the content suck anyway. So if that's not going to work you have to keep us alive as long as you do will be here. As long as we're alive and you keep us alive, we'll be here
The show acknowledges high-tier donors, including Duchess Kim and Sir Greasemonkey, who is named the Baron of the Permian Basin. Several producers are recognized for their "tuition" payments toward No Agenda PhDs and various knighthood titles.
2:30:30 So we look at the donations from top to bottom and right off the bat, we start with Duchess Kim, keeper of The Nutty Fluffers no stranger to this show. Hubbard Oregon $2,000 Let me read her note because she sent in a typed note. In the morning, Adam and John screw your freedom! Oh no that's their jingles what she wants. Screw your freedom little Gourrier R2D2 cancer karma please yes we can do that for you A thousand PhD was just too good to pass up a thousand to go to John and grumpy old minor in Tucson
2:31:12 A thousand go to John the grumpy old miner in Tucson and I will take one for myself please. Thank you for all you two do, you are both invaluable! Duchess Kim keeper of the nutty fluffer." So she will have to um...do 2 PhD submissions then right? You have to go to the ring site noagenderings.com I guess Yeah yeah okay And there's now a link putting your data into filling out a form so that you get the right name on the diploma recommend using your name. There's no other wordage, the diploma is pretty straightforward. It's boilerplate and we should be shipping out some tomorrow the big bulk of them will be shipped out on the 15th with the rings according to Jay. Yeah I got a notification that my diploma was on its way i'm very excited about that you should have gotten it by now I thought maybe in the mail I'll check. Screw your freedom!
2:32:11 We have another thousand dollars from Sir Greasemonkey. Finally paying my tuition so you will release my degree like any other accredited university which we're not no, we're not that We're the no agenda show. Yes, secondly full payment of tuition brings me to Baron good I would like to retain my name of Sir Grease Monkey and become baron of the Permian Basin Done okay don't make that happen for done Viscount Stephen Dean a thousand and he says oh this is sad in loving memory of Judy Dean who passed suddenly after tooth surgery
2:33:02 On 10-23-23? That's horrible. Yeah, it could happen to you! She always told me... she always told me to go back to school and become a doctor Well here ya'go mom. Probate cancer... listen to me... probate karma please. Vykout Steven Dean of the Fox River Valley in Chicago Burbs. Sorry to hear that Vykout. You've got karma Jennifer Derricks is up with another thousand. Happy 16th anniversary, she writes ITM! If I get a dame name please make it Jennifer on the Mountain that's all thanks beautiful Andrew Williams 1000 request douchebag check F cancer and jobs karma ITM here some value for the fantastic content produced by everyone and delivered with aplomb by The Dynamic Duo every week thank you
2:33:56 P.S. John, I always enjoy the perfectly timed whimsical folly! It always brings a smile. Please knight me Sir Socks of the low pressure. And he has round table requests, Westinghouse silver liners and Thorn Beta Fives Do you have any idea what that is? No. Do a swag check! Swag check! Swag check! No do a swag check! Swag check! Swag check! Jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs! Yeah!!! You've got karma I Have no idea Sir, Leiron another thousand out of breath queuing up near the end of the line for my diploma Mm-hmm. The show is still interesting Thank you. This store. This show is still interesting and entertaining after all these years. I've been listening No jingles, no karma sir rail rate as so that up that up top top sir Leron
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House-Selling Karma, Memorial Donations, Iowa City
Listeners request "house-selling karma" and dedicate donations to deceased loved ones, such as Nora Lee Balmer. The hosts provide karmic blessings for real estate transactions and acknowledge the long-term support of producers from across the country.
2:35:02 of the wire grass, aka Doc Martin PhD. You got it doc! Annika Weber parts unknown thousand I'd like to be known as Dame Annika of the Pensacola Homestead. I guess she's from Pensacola... I was hit in the mouth by my douchebag friend Scott during the plandemic and can't get enough of your media deconstruction I've been holding off on donating because we are still paying for our house in Tennessee, praying to close any day now. However...I encountered the number 33 three times in two days! I knew it was time to donate and request some house-selling karma
2:35:40 While I place my trust in God, a figure this can't hurt. Thank you both for all you do. I seriously can't get enough." I'm listening to all your old stuff too on episode 869 Swamp of Crazy the election stuff is fun to relive Really it's fun to relive? Seems unlikely Very respectfully Annika here you go Annika Here's your karma You've got karma Okay, now we got Mike Stadham. And he's in Layton Florida and he was it Florida? I've already skipped to the Utah. Utah, Layton Utah and he wrote
2:36:27 Where is this? This his yeah PhD donation part all night of parts unknown Okay, it's gonna be the Knights of Parts Unknown jingles f35 karma Mike see didn't have really much to say so he's got his PhD in there and then a bunch of other donations listed So good. Okay. Thanks Mike F 35 Karma you've got Karma. It's gotten popular. Sir Tommy Hawk, Iowa City hows your bank doing? $3.59 in the morning gents this donation is to honor the passing of Nora Lee Balmer who lived 95 years at full throttle I love hearing that that's what I want when i go it was like he lived at full throttle That's right
2:37:15 The Iowa City area is better for having her around. I bet she thanks you for your courage rest easy Grammy Sir Tommy Hawk baron of the heartland indeed hmm to JK in Green Bay Wisconsin go Packers is up next 333 dot 33 need some house selling karma of the goat variety Jet guy variety. Thanks, so you could go Oh goat versus jet guy varieties. We've got both of them Alright, thanks gents for all you do sir JK and Green Bay night of the entertaining kerfuffle You've got karma You've got Karma
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Ashlen Speed, SCCA Racing, No Agenda Racer
The hosts celebrate Ashlen Speed, the "No Agenda Racer," for winning the 2023 SCCA Southern Conference Championship. They promote her GiveSendGo campaign and encourage businesses to sponsor her upcoming national championship run in the Formula Enterprises series.
2:38:05 Now Bruce Schwalm, do we have a note from him or is that just... This is a check that came in 23456 I don't have a note sorry. Bruce usually sends us something. You've got karma. Double up karma. He's in Harrisburg. This probably blows off your spreadsheet this is from Sir thinks-A-Lot Mansfield Texas RoaDux222 It's now official Ashlyn Speed, the No Agenda Racer is the... Oh my goodness. Hold on I have to do this officially Is the winner of the 2023 SCCA Southern Conference Championship in the Formula Busta! And she actually has no agenda on her car Yeah it's cute and today is her 17th birthday
2:38:56 Can you believe that? She kicks butt on these cars. Happy birthday to my only human resource and hope for a future, a patriotic Texas proud God-fearing resourceful and humorous teenager she seems well on her way to all of that In 2024, she'll be going for the SCCA National Championship in the very fast and highly competitive Formula Enterprises Series. So that's the open car...fast! Of course we couldn't do this without any uh can't- We couldn't do this without sponsors so check this out a lovely producer has set up a Give Send Go campaign what a sweetheart so if you first of all if you want to be a sponsor if you want to be on her car
2:39:39 then you can contact her. It's givesanggo.com slash ashlandspeed with a Y to be part of the racing excitement! Yes, you probably get pit passes too if you know of a business who would want to be a sponsor please... Yeah what? You would get pit passes Of course you do that's the whole point That's what Formula One is about you take your clients and have a good time and yeah it looks like a hot shot especially if you got a winning driver By the way this girl is gonna go far Yes from the karmic aspect of her being named Ashland speed I mean, please be tracer baby. Oh yeah, no she has she has max written all over her die Yeah, you'll be up there. I think she can do she could do f1
2:40:24 I really do think so. She could do an F1 for sure, that's where she is headed! If you know of a business who would want to be a sponsor please email sponsor at ashlenspeed dot com Thank you for your courage to all Noah Jenner Nation for supporting us on the socials For Jingle please play the sound you make when driving a race car which is weeeeee We're very proud of you. We're very proud of Ashland, we've been on racing cars before but never on a winner this is great! We are also on a bike. Max Windham in Spring Texas is up with another row of ducks 222.22 no note from him it came as a bank check and so give them a double-up.
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Success Stories, Job Karma, Executive Resumes
Vincent John Miller shares a success story of being hired by another No Agenda producer, Dame TJ. Additionally, Linda Lepatkin requests "jobs karma" for her executive resume business, highlighting the professional networking within the listener base.
2:41:10 And as we near the end of our associate executive producers Vincent John Miller in Kailua, Hawaii. 20117 interesting number Hey John Adam I am no longer an unemployed douchebag because of this podcast plea deducing You've been de-douched and here's the backstory In fact Dame TJ of the side eye hired me And I work closely with my team which includes a longtime Knight and two others on their way to Damon Knighthood. That's it, that's a success story! When we're not in the group chatting about no agenda at our weekly meetings we save companies a ton of money on their bottom line...at
2:41:55 Otterandmule.com, that's otter and mule dot com Oh by the way the Brown family from Florida are douchebags yes they are Sincerely Vincent John Miller in Hawaii Ahooeyhooey and such! Got it bro thank you so much Let me wrap it up with Linda Lepatkin in Lakewood Colorado 200 bucks And she writes well she's got new copy Uh oh I'll talk to it with a Texas through the teeth accent. Dreamersmakersinc.com with a K declaration whilst navigating competitive job market improve your odds with a remarkable executive resume that drives rapid results just find Linda Lou Patkin on the producer list
2:42:41 Jobs karma, please she must be doing an a b testing now with her Maybe maybe and jobs Y'all crack me up. Thank you so much to our executive and associate executive producers, you're always coming in big coming in strong and your PhDs are ready for you I'll be conducting the ceremony in just a moment along with the Knights and Dames and title changes thank you again for supporting us here on episode 1605 John's gonna take us through to the 50s yeah we have a few more Ron Sherman leads us off from Colorado Springs Colorado 160 and 40 cents
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Donation Segment, Australian Producers, Sustaining Donations
The hosts read through the remaining donations, including contributions from Australia and various "boob" themed donations. They emphasize the importance of sustaining donations under $50 for the show's long-term stability.
2:43:26 John Robinet, $100. Rowan Pike, a hundred dollars and he has a note which you can look at if there's any douching or anything in there I don't think so Ivan Jarman in North Tora Mura New South Wales Australia 8008 He says he forgot to get night in it So I guess he's a bl- no No Hold on a second You said Ivan His name is David Did I say Ivan? Yeah I think you did Wow. Yeah, that's concerning now did we forget him? What happened but no No need to tell us his night name or something It's his fault so he's not a black knight you know if yaar keep up the brilliant wants to be a black Knight like you did like many others it has To be our mistake yeah So he will be sir David callsign Barney Jarman protector of the Aussie pilots You got it Christian growl gruelish
2:44:23 Brulish. I wonder where he got Ivan from? I don't know, man. Christian Brulish in Lakeland Florida 8-008 a birthday donation we got you Kevin McLaughlin there he is in Concord North Carolina He's the Archduke of Loon to love our American boobs and he has 1605 boob donations because he lost his ability to add to this donation. He ran out of melons Sir Herb Lamb in Sugar Hill, Georgia. He never used headlamps by the way. 8008 he's also... No he was back! He was overboard due to work but yeah catching up all right welcome back Duke of the Deep South. 8008. Welcome back. Duke of the South. Yeah deep south. Wayan Kartini in Torrington Connecticut 7421. Johans Seegers in Brie Belgium
2:45:19 Brie Belgium 68-16 and there's Kevin McLaughlin again 6 0 0 6 and all he has to say is small boobs Bandstra in Tennessee, Nashville to be exact. $59.93. Brian Furley, 5510. Sir Tom Darie in DeForest, Wisconsin, 5510. Troy Funderburk in Spokane Washington, 55. Michael Gates 5280. Craig Nosely in Cumberland BC 5150. James Sharametta in Napa Nock, New York. 50 and he starts off the $50 donors I just rattled them off name and location starting with James and following with Charles Peterson in Albuquerque Kurt Patrick in Nanaimo Jacob Martinez in El Monte Lynn Malinowski in Stafford Virginia
2:46:16 Alex Zavala in Kyle, Texas. Michael Labarre or LaBarre I think in Williamstown Michigan Quinterox Inc. in Brandington Florida whatever that is go there Q-U-I-N-T-E R-O-X Brian Tannum in Shoreview, Minnesota. Sir Brian Watson in Raleigh North Carolina Walker Phillips and San Rafael I Ichi Kitagawa in San Francisco Corey Jackson in Waterton Tennessee And then I believe he's an Oklahoma City Brett Farrell wraps it up With $50 donations want to thank all these people for making show 1605 a reality and of course
2:47:04 Our gratitude goes to everyone who came in under $50 for anonymity. We will never mention any name under the 50 and so we see you 49 99s and everyone who was on one of the sustaining donations these are important they can be small amounts per week or per day or per month or per quarter whatever you want to do but if you have those on automatic that really helps us out during the slower periods, Really appreciate everybody no matter what amount it is if it's meaningful to you It's meaningful to us. If you'd like to learn more about how to become a know agenda producer, you can go here Or you can go to know agenda donations calm I don't know if it'll eventually forward or not if John could find this password it might and
2:47:47 And to the executive and associate executive producers, those are real credits just so you know. Just like our PhD which are coming up they're real PhDs You can use the credits anywhere credits are recognized We suggest your LinkedIn profile your resume and IMDB.com Thank you once again for supporting us here No Agenda episode 1605 What is this? We go out we hit people in the mouth Shut up!
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PhD Ceremony, Knighting of the Round Table, Ring Sizing
A formal ceremony is held to graduate new No Agenda PhDs and induct new Knights and Dames into the Round Table. The hosts provide instructions for graduates to claim their diplomas and rings through the official website.
2:48:26 It's your birthday, birthday! Oh no, what you got? Well what do you know we have a very important birthday which took place yesterday Mimi Smith the Vorak celebrated. Happy Birthday Mimi Sir Thanks A Lot wishes his only human resource Ashlyn Speed a happy birthday turned 17 today We're all celebrating your success and your birthday Sir Pokey says happy birthday to Adam Lambett for today And Christian Grulick is celebrating. Happy birthday from everybody here at the best podcast in the universe! And you heard him earlier, Sir Greasemonkey came in and I guess he's going to have a PhD so he came in hard and heavy. He now will be known as Sir Greasemonkey Baron of the Permian Basin. We thank you also for your support of The No Agenda Show
2:49:26 It's time to get those PhD graduates up here. Duchess Kim, keeper of the Nutty Fluffers John the Grumpy Old Miner Sir Grease Monkey Viscount Stephen Dean Jennifer Derricks Andrew Williams Sir Leron Annika Weber and Mike Stanton Welcome new NOAgenda PhDs to The Society Of Learned Persons! The path to this high academic earner for some A view has been a long, if not costly one. Some of the price of it has been paid by your hard-earned wisdom and in some other ways but today is not an end! It is only a beginning from this point forward go forth and spread the NO AGENDA word far and wide we will NOT be silenced We will NOT be deterred The truth is out there Now GO OUT AND FIND IT!
2:50:15 Huh? What do you think? You're getting there. I'm working on it. Congratulations, go to noagenderings.com that's where you can find your PhD in the menu and send off your name that you want we suggest use a real name because that'll make it look just as real as it actually is Don't be too jokey about it and of course that is also the website where we can get our rings for our knights in Our dames, and we have two dames and three nights So John if you can give me your guy got my two three night blade. No I'm gonna Annika Weber, Jennifer Derricks David Charman Mike Statton and Andrew Williams all of you are up on the podium here because you are about to be knighted knights and dames of the Noah Jenner roundtable I'm very proud to pronounce the KD as Dame Annika
2:51:01 of the Pensacola homestead, Dame Jennifer of the Mountain. Sir David callsign Barney Jarman, protector of the Aussie pilots. Knight of Parks Unknown for Mike Statton and Surf Socks of the low pressure for you we have Hookers & Blow, Renn Poison, Chardonnay also Westinghouse Silver Liners and Thorn Beta Fives along with that Beer & Blunts, Fluminess Women in Rosé, Gases & Sake, Vodka Manila Bong Hits & Bourbon Sparkling Cider Nesworth Ginger Ale & Gerbils And of course The Mutton & Mead I want to also thank, there's somebody...I have to explain this. But John Monaco donated $50 and 33 cents and he should be on this list. On which list? The main spreadsheet Oh okay all right well good i'm glad you cleared that up. So do a make-good All right so our new knights and dames go to noagenda.com
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No Agenda Meetups, Florida, Tennessee, Houston
The hosts promote upcoming listener meetups in Florida, Tennessee, Texas, and New York. They encourage producers to organize their own local events to foster the community outside of the podcast.
2:51:53 Rings.com and you may be going there already for your PhD There you can see our handsome Damon Knight rings And along with that once you enter your ring size, there is a ring sizing guide on the website and your address We'll send it off to you with the wax to seal your important correspondence And of course these certificate of authenticity so you can always show people that is for real Thank You again everybody thank you so much for supporting us and keeping the no agenda train on the tracks Meetup! It's time to party. Well, oddly... Oddly there was no reports—no meet-up reports but we do have meet ups taking place today in Central Florida The Central Florida Meet Up well that is well underway at Hourglass Brewing in Longwood, FL Hello everybody! Hope they're listening On Wednesday the Killjoy Meet up takes place Killjoy dare to have fun 5 o'clock at Barley's Taproom and Pizzeria in Knoxville Tennessee
2:52:49 We have the, oh that's NoBray. NoBray is hosting that he is the only guy that I like He posts pictures of cool muscle cars Let me see... That's the Oh yeah then I promised I would pre-promote the November 18th The 7th Northwest Houston meetup That'll be in the 18th at Wakefield Crowbar In Houston And man if you look at the calendar we have a lot Does it go through Christmas? Almost December 16th Cincinnati Ohio BC See New Mexico, we have Berghem Dool the Netherlands on the 12th. We've got Fort Wayne Indiana and we have oh yes of course there's November 18th Sunset Valley I'll be bringing The Keeper along with me and also we will both be at the Indy meetup on December 4th hey there's one in Brooklyn on the 9th! I can't wait to hear a MeetUp report from that one these are the NOAJENDER MEETUPS
2:53:42 If you've never been to a meetup, well then you're missing out. You're only getting half of the show really just a portion of the show. You need to go meet some of your fellow producers I guarantee you will not be disappointed if you're disappointed let me know! I'll refund your money which can't be done because it's free! NoahJendermeetups.com Go there to find out if you can't find one near you start one yourself It's easy and always a party I have four ISOs for some reason. How'd I wind up with four? You want to do yours first?
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End of Show Mixes, Fall Back Theme, Time Change
The hosts select the "Fall Back" audio clip as the theme for the end-of-show mix, reflecting the recent daylight saving time change. They credit the various producers who contribute audio mixes to the program.
2:54:37 Uh, let's hear yours. Okay... I find that more trustworthy. Oh, I don't know about that one how about this one? I don't need the detective! I need a keeper! How about this one? Here we go! Nooo! That would've got a laugh out of me This is my favorite. La la la fingers and ears Huh? Ugh Alright i got two Okay Fall back It's time to fall back Okay, that's pretty good. It's a celebration of this stupid time thing. Elitist time change? Okay... And then here is my favorite! Oh yeah!
2:55:23 Yeah, these are all good. Let me just let me see the contenders are here we go Oh Yeah It's time to fall back I think we have to do fall back I mean you just can't get around it its perfect for the timing is right yeah? It is probably the best one although. I think a combination of yours and oh yeah would be good No hold on second when we see how that works so mine first Yeah. Which one? The guy making the one that cracks me up Here we go! No! Oh, wow! No no no... It doesn't work. It's too long. We'll do yours. Ballback is fine. Ballback is beyond fine it's great. It's appropriate I wanted to play a little clip here just to show
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Severn Suzuki, Child Activism History, Ozone Hole
The hosts play a 1992 clip of Severn Suzuki, "the girl who silenced the world," to illustrate the long history of children being used for environmental activism. They compare her rhetoric regarding the ozone hole to modern climate activism by figures like Greta Thunberg.
2:56:17 How often children are used for political means, I should say abused. It's a lot! A never-ending theme of the show Yes we have well now we have just who kills whose children worse? That's what is going on right now. We had Greta Thunberg, the worst. We had throwing the babies out of the incubators. Remember that one? Yeah. But don't forget to crying teenagers that are crying over climate change in public! Yes let us go back to 1999. Now this is
2:57:01 Before we really had, well we didn't have global warming. We didn't have climate change. We had the hole in the ozone! Do you remember that John? The hole in the ozone and that was going to kill us and this is... And this is the girl who was known as the girl who silenced the world for five minutes She's from Canada her name is uh forget her last name she's Suzuki Her dad is an elite, was an elite up there in Candianavia. But we don't talk about that because she paid for her own trip I think it was Brazil or something where they had this meeting and they show all of the elites just looking like oh wow yes she has no future see if you can spot these similarities between Greta and all the other children abused for the global elite
2:57:58 Hello, I'm Severn Suzuki speaking for ECHO, the environmental children's organization. We're a group of 12 and 13 year olds trying to make a difference. Vanessa Setti, Morgan Geisler, Michelle Quigg and me. We've raised all the money to come here ourselves, to come 5,000 miles to tell you adults that you must change your ways. Coming up here today I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my future Losing my future is not like losing an election or a few points on the stock market. I am here to speak for all generations to come, I'm here to speak on behalf of the starving children around the world whose cries go unheard
2:58:49 I'm here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet because they have nowhere left to go. I am afraid to go out in the sun now because of the holes in our ozone. I'm afraid to breathe the air because i don't know what chemicals are in it. I used to go fishing in Vancouver, my home with my dad until just a few years ago we found the fish full of cancers And now we hear of animals and plants going extinct, every day vanishing forever. In my life I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals, jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies but now i wonder if they will even exist for my children to see
2:59:44 Did you have to worry of these things when you were my age? All this is happening before our eyes and yet we act as if we have all the time We want and all the solutions When I was a kid, we had to jump under a desk so he didn't get blowed up by a nuke Dropping cover drop it give me a break. Oh Yeah. So she'd be in her 30s, mid-30's now is she dead? Do we know? No I think she's in her 40s now yeah mid to late thirties...no she's not dead and you know the existential uh but you know all that I don't know of any how many animals went away aren't we in these six extinction where's it should be a part of Extinction Rebellion! She should be leading it! But no such luck they always use the children always
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Final Sign-off, National Diabetes Month, Sunshine Protection Act
The show concludes with a satirical look at National Diabetes Month and a brief history of Daylight Saving Time's origins in the German Empire. The hosts sign off with their traditional catchphrases before the final music mix.
3:00:42 But it works. Yeah, but it's so disingenuous... It works well! Yeah, what's so disingenuous every single time? Well that's all we talk about is the dis-in... Disingenuousness. Disingenuity. Disingenuity. Alright everybody That's it We hope you enjoyed your media deconstruction Don't worry about it Go outside Sniff the air Oh no, you can't because the chemical's gonna kill you. Don't go out in the sun. The sun might burn you to death Just go outside Enjoy everything enjoy your family enjoy your pets throw a ball Stay off the social networks for the rest of your Sunday will ya? Phantomville Sir Michael Anthony and Tom Stark where they're all part of our end-of-show mixes for today and up next we've got
3:01:41 Let me see... I'm not sure. I thought we had beer, balderdash and something else Yes! Beer bourbon and balderdash they're coming up next on No Agenda stream if you're in the troll room trollroom dot IO Coming to you from the heart of Texas Hill Country here in FEMA region number 6 In The Morning everybody I am Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where we may actually have some showers in the next day or two but it will be showers I'm John C DeVore We return on Thursday please join us then right here on no agenda
3:02:17 Till then, adios mofos or hooey-hooey and such. Well I see Ukraine's going far right And the Ruskies keep on bombing all night Biden isn't going nowhere Did you see him when he fell up the stairs? Call me to the left of it, nods head to the right Here I am stuck in the middle with you And I'm wondering what they're covering up Paints and patches, hands are covered in blood The fire's a gate that says we won't let go
3:03:03 I'm not a kid, right here I am Stuck in the middle with you It's November, and you know what that means. Discounts on leftover Halloween candy! Yum! Just in time for National Diabetes Month... Was that on purpose? Anyway, eating candy is a fun and effective way to develop type 2 diabetes According to Joe Biden 1 in 10 Americans has diabetes And one-in five of them don't even know they're diabetic The CDC says that diabetes can lead to infections heart disease
3:04:00 kidney failure and so much more. All of these can help to fight climate change through population control Diabetics also help the economy, boosting profits for industries from health care to processed food Do your part this November by eating more sugars and processed foods avoiding exercise and of course taking more insulin and other medications Unfortunately type 2 diabetes can be reversed So the futures of big pharma and big food depend on the choices you make today. Happy National Diabetes Month! It's daylight savings time... Yeah, it's my least favorite holiday. It kills people!! The first country to actually have daylight savings and standardize across the country was actually Germany or the German Empire to be more precise during World War I Scott Harding is one of many growers dependent on daylight to get the job done
3:04:51 You know, you have to quit that much sooner after everything picked up before the sun goes down. The Sunshine Protection Act which would end the changing of the clocks once and for all Our goal as we spring forward this weekend We're not gonna have to fall back in the fall if we get our bill passed in the hall Daylight savings makes this a whole more complex thing to work out Stop daylight saving time That's what I want Change them back! Change them forward! Change them back! Change them forward For what? FOR WHAAAT?! The best podcast in the universe! It's time to fall back.