Episode 161 · Thursday, 31 December 2009

Obama vs CIA

A systemic intelligence failure and a deadly ambush in Afghanistan ignite a high-stakes confrontation between the White House and the CIA over global energy security.

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About this episode

President Barack Obama faces a deepening rift with the CIA following the Christmas Day bombing attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and a devastating attack on Forward Operating Base Chapman. The failure to place the suspect on a no-fly list despite warnings from his father in Nigeria has triggered a systemic intelligence review led by John Brennan. This internal friction suggests a shadow war between the executive branch and intelligence agencies over energy interests in Yemen, specifically involving Yemen LNG and contractors like KBR and Halliburton.

Secondary developments include the TSA targeting travel bloggers like Stephen Friesling with subpoenas after security directive leaks and the deployment of military UAVs over the Netherlands for New Year’s Eve surveillance. Congresswoman Sue Myrick has raised alarms regarding radicalization within the U.S. government, while Commander Kirk Lippold opposes the release of Guantanamo Bay detainees. In the private sector, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein receives Person of the Year honors from the Financial Times as a Georgia State University study confirms U.S. Senators’ stock portfolios consistently outperform the market by 12 percent. Meanwhile, the implementation of Codex Alimentarius in Europe signals a shift toward centralized global food regulation.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak ring in 2010 from San Francisco with a critique of James Cameron’s Avatar and a look at the Inuit elders claiming the sun and stars have shifted positions in the Arctic sky. The duo explores the Wanta-Reagan-Mitterrand protocols as a potential $6.2 trillion windfall for high-speed rail while questioning if Bernie Madoff used a hospital ruse to escape to Paraguay. Executive Producers Jaap Buitendijk and Samuel Vander Plank are credited for supporting this final broadcast of the decade.


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CHAPTER 01 / 37 Discussion

No Agenda Episode 161, New Year's Eve 2009 Introduction

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open Episode 161 of the No Agenda show on December 31, 2009. The hosts broadcast from San Francisco, California, welcoming the "Gitmo Nation" to the final program of the year. They prepare to review 2009 news events and transition into 2010.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· gitmo nation· san francisco· new year's eve

00:00 So you're saying that there's aliens meeting with our government. Of course, they ran this over the Christmas holiday so nobody would notice. That's what your theory is. Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's December 31st, 2009. Time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 161. This is no agenda. Happy New Year Gitmo Nation because you know it's 2010 somewhere coming to you live from the minimum security containment cell crackpot command center in Gitmo Nation West San Francisco California in the morning I'm Adam Curry and I says 2010 who cares northern Silicon Valley John C. Dvorak It's crackpot and buzzkill in the morning You do not disappoint. Thank you. Here we go. We need we need a little bit of buzzkillage

00:47 Yeah, you got some killage coming. Hey John, in the morning to ya. In the morning indeed. So I did a show trip last night and we discussed this a little bit on the pre-show. People out there might want to tune in earlier. Yeah. It's where all the good stuff happens. We talk about burping and stuff. So I got up and watched Good Morning America. Wow. Because this is the time of year we're going to probably do a couple episodes of this, which is going to be the end of the year quiz for Adam. Oh, nice. Wait, wait, wait, why am I the target here? Because I have the quiz. Oh, okay. Oh, that makes sense. Now,

CHAPTER 02 / 37 Discussion

Good Morning America 2009 In Memoriam Quiz

A quiz based on a Good Morning America segment hosted by Diane Sawyer reviews notable deaths from 2009. The list includes Walter Cronkite, Ted Kennedy, Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Swayze, and Ed McMahon. Michael Jackson is noted as having received a separate special tribute rather than being on the primary list of seven names.

diane sawyer· michael jackson· walter cronkite· ted kennedy· farrah fawcett

01:26 So, they did, all these shows are going to do, you can only catch one at a time, so I'm sure that the one on NBC on today's show would be more interesting because of the political thing. And by the way, I am noticing on CBS a very slight but noticeable anti-Obama ring to everything that... Really? It's starting to creep in, huh? On CBS it's been creeping in, I think we brought it up on the show a few times, but it's not solid, but it's in there. but i a bc which is kind of just kind of pro obama but not crazy you know because it because they're gonna make tons of money if uh... and i like nbc where g is gonna make all this dough so but they're still slanted the news is slanted so on the good morning america show today diana sawyer who is the but person actually runs that show from what i can tell they did a you know they did a date they had an in memoriam

02:18 And then they had top events, the top events from 2009. And I'm going to ask you, see if you can even... I'm going to... the in-memoriam with the people who died, and by the way, I didn't catch this right at the beginning, so I assume because it wasn't mentioned at all, was Michael Jackson. They had a special tribute to him, so he's... you can take him off the list. So he's not Michael Jackson is not an answer. Is that what you're saying? Yeah, Michael Jackson is not an answer one two, three, four, five six seven They named seven people in memoriam who died in 2009 that they felt were important enough to mention Okay, suppose, you know when you watch the Academy Awards, they've list off 50 people. Okay, so

02:56 Now this of course is all, you know, real news that we're discussing. Yeah, I'm not going to play the jingle, but yeah, okay. Okay, I want you to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 people. It's always 7. 7. I want you to come up with at least 3 that are on the list. Walter Cronkite. 1, bing! Yes. This is hard. I, you know, it's like, hold on a second. There are a lot of start looking at no no no I promise I want and Michael Jackson is not on the list right There was some huge names because I remember we did this on the show a while ago We talked about some people who would pass on you. I'm sorry to come up with two, but you're not I'm not even getting to Give me a hint and I just get started give me something to help me get me rolling here Please let me think

03:57 Alcoholic. Ah, Ted Kennedy. This is funny, this is better. It's word association. Okay, alcoholic. I could have mentioned a lot of people, but Ted Kennedy. Okay, what's the next one? How about, um... Les Paul? Is he on the list? Nope. Les Paul should be on the list. Oh, Les Paul should be on the list. Yep. David Carradine? Farrah Fawcett? You did it, you got three. I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll. I can't believe Les Paul's not on the list. I think Carradine should be on too. Yeah, of course. Patrick Swayze, he must be on the list. That, four. Ron Silver? No.

04:43 Roy Disney no he's not he died just died Roy Disney no yes he did no I mean What kind of list is this? It's like it's a skewed list John Hughes nope he died yeah Wow you got some you got a web browser I'm looking at the chat room Okay, fine that's a chat it's not gonna help Well, give me another one on the list with a hint. I like this. That's that's a better way of doing it Visually Feminist feminist Anita Bryant didn't die did she? Hint for her to be orange juice right who's the feminist I

05:41 No, you're not gonna get these anyway. Well, who was the feminist? B. Arthur. You should have said golden girl. Oh, that would have been a giveaway. Yeah, so why'd you say be Arthur? Why don't you give us the damn list that this is stupid if you don't have like Kennedy Ed McMahon? Oh Shoot that's right, and he died like didn't he die right around Michael Jackson's? Yeah, I'm Lee devil. Yes. That's why I was overshadowed Yeah Arthur Farrah Fawcett Patrick Swayze and the last one on the list and this man This is the good one cuz they don't have less Paul. They don't know this is a Natasha Richardson You know, you're right. And now, back to real news. I can't believe they didn't have all those... I mean, there were some huge names on that list. I got a better quiz for you now. Okay. Oh, wow. Another quiz. This is...

CHAPTER 03 / 37 Discussion

Media Distractions and Top 10 Events of 2009

The discussion critiques the mainstream media's selection of top news events for 2009, labeling them as "main distractions." Featured items include the Tiger Woods scandal, the Balloon Boy hoax, Octomom, and the Kanye West interruption of Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards. The hosts contrast these entertainment-heavy stories with more substantive news like the Madoff scandal or the Hadron Collider.

tiger woods· balloon boy· octomom· kanye west· taylor swift

06:32 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. The top 10. And I'm going to, first I'm going to list the lesser ones. Can I just point something out for a second? I mean, I of course have the hard task of actually taking the quiz. All John had to do is copy what was on Good Morning America. You don't have to start making excuses for yourself. You did a damn good job on that other list. Yeah, thanks to the chat room. Well, the chat room has such an incredible delay that it took a while before they caught up. Okay, so what's this list now? What's this one? This is the list of the main events. These are the main distractions. The main events. The main things that caught our attention. The Americans were all jacked up about these things. And I'm gonna get the top. There's a top ten and then they were after they ran through the top ten, they threw in a bunch of lightweight ones.

07:23 And okay as in almost almost rams is that what? Almost rants included the lightest weight one was the kid throwing the baseball back into the ballpark so that one's out Jesus and then also Obama's boy balloon boy is on the list balloon boys number one All right Let me just get some of these other ones out of the way so you don't have to guess them. And Obama swatting the fly is another minor one. Okay, just good. Now I'm going to leave, I'm leaving the top 10 plus one, two, three more. Go. Wait a minute. But balloon boy was on the real list or on the lightweight list? No, he's on the real list. Okay. Okay. Um, uh, shoe guy throw at Bush. Nope.

08:05 That was that last year. Yeah. Yeah, that was that was a good one. That should have been on the list Michael Jackson of course could have been on this list as well, but I guess that he's not an answer No, because I already told you he's off the he's off the list in a special tribute Hopenhagen nope not on the list Madoff Oh shit! Not on the list. Wait, I have the opening of the show, that's for sure. Wow! Not only do you hold your fork weird. Okay, Obama inauguration of course has got to be on the list. Nope. Swine flu?

08:47 No. Tiger Woods. Yes. Oh my god. Well, do these people have the memory of a pee? What is that? That's crazy. There's one on this list, by the way, that you're just gonna, is an eye roller. Give me the eye roller. No, no, no. How am I doing so far? I'm doing pretty good. Your list is better already than their list. How come we're not producing Good Morning America? We could be making some real money. And they went through a big way, by the way, when you see their whole list, you're going to go, oh my God. Because they, excuse me, they brought out the producer and put a camera on her and how great she was. Oh, and they toiled for hours trying to get, trying to figure out this list because of course it was such an exciting year. All right, how about the bailout?

09:35 Nope. How about the stimulus package? Nope. How about the cash for clunkers? Nope. How about Letterman stooping his intern? Yes. He got three. This is hard. I can't believe this. I can't believe this. Oprah quitting? Yes. This is what this is what is a news program or is it entertainment is infotainment Steve Jobs coming back from the dead is that that should be on Yeah, we're gonna put together our own list. I'm gonna blog it because our list already is better so much better How about Sarah Palin? Yes, sir. Palin on Oprah is saying that she might run for president, right? Okay

10:37 But that's on the lesser list. Oh, here's one from the chat room which is an obvious one. John and Kate. Absolutely. Alright. Excuse me while I take some cyanide right now. Oh my goodness. What did I miss? What is on the list that I didn't mention? Is that it? You give up? No, I mean I could go on forever. I mean how many do I have? Jay Leno leaving. No, that's not on there. That's a good one for the list. Yeah, it is. Octomom, Octomom. Yes, absolutely. Anyone who watches Good Morning America, you're self excluded for this one time, John. You should be shot. I mean, it's very simple. It's like, get rid of y'all. Listen to the list that we actually have. One, two, three, four, five left.

11:33 No, six. Six, including one of the interesting ones. So actually, I've only gotten four. Oh, here's one from the chat room. Susan Boyle? Absolutely. It's like, how many stupid things can you come up with and they're on the list? And this is what the American public is fed. This is the distraction that distractions that kept us busy. Oh, my. Oh, my goodness. uh... in the chat room someone just said, in the chat room someone just said, Zik just said, Adam you have to wait in line or take a number to kill yourself we're already a bit overbooked today. Alright, let's, oh here's a good one, the Hadron Collider? No, but that should be on our list. Yeah, for sure. Listen to all this stuff that is deemed important. Our list is fantastic already.

12:24 Is global warming on there at all? I know I said Copenhagen global warming is not on there. No, how about Conan O'Brien sucking ass? Okay, here's the last few okay Chris Brown beating up Rita Wait, wait Adam Lambert kisses guy No, no, I was surprised by that because that's on some other lists. Governor Sanford taking the walk on the Appalachian Trail. Actually, someone mentioned that in the chat room. That would have been a good one. Yeah, okay. I think we should use that as our taking a walk on the Appalachian Trail if you know what I mean. Hey, hey, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more, baby. Oh, oh, oh, I've got one, I've got one, I've got one, I've got one. Captain Sully Sullenberger.

13:11 You're kidding. That's not on there either. Do you mean landing in the Hudson is not on the list? No. Let me see. Is that quite an event in aviation history? You'd think so. Wow. Okay. I told you the Salah, he's crashing Obama. We got two to go. Crotch bomber? No. Well, it's happened this year. Yeah, I know. But they're probably pushed off to next year. No, crotch bomber's not on there either. Two more to go. I don't know, man. Okay, I'm gonna do the Chris Allen winning American Idol. It's a major cultural event. And last but not least, the episode with Kanye West and Taylor Swift.

14:02 You mean the MTV Video Music Awards? Yeah, where he comes out and you know says something and Taylor Swift gets all this publicity. How could Taylor Swift not be on the list? Yeah, how stupid of me. So there is our cultural breakdown. I just threw up in my mouth. I'm sorry. Okay. Hey John, who are our executive producers for this fine program, the last one of 2009 and for many the first one of 2010? Yes, indeed. All right now, this PayPal account is not in my wife's name. Our number one executive producer with a $300 donation and he is the executive producer and you're gonna have to pronounce his name. Oh, Dutchman? Even though, yeah, but he lives in Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Yeah. Well, it's Edinburgh. Edinburgh.

CHAPTER 04 / 37 Discussion

Executive Producer Credits and Listener Outreach

Executive Producers for the episode are credited, including Jaap Buitendijk from Edinburgh, Ian Munroe from Louisiana, and Samuel Vander Plank from Brussels. A listener named Mark McLennan is highlighted for calling into WTIC AM in Hartford, Connecticut, to mention the No Agenda show on air.

jaap buitendijk· ian munroe· samuel vander plank· edinburgh· wtic am

14:54 He lives in Edinburgh and his name is spelled J-A-A-P. Jaap, jaap. Jaap. Uh-huh. And B-U-I-T-E-N-D-I-J-K. B-U-I-T-E-N what? D-I-J-K. D-I-J...Woutendijk. yuppie bout and ike yuppie bout and ike yes our executive producer that's a ringtone for him right there yuppie bout and ike hey yuppie baby hey awesome and he uh he's from edinburgh and any special message or just uh no just thanks for a great show oh that's awesome we have two uh associated executive producers ian monroe monroe from thibodeau

15:36 Louisiana with the contributed 200 and Samuel our old buddy Samuel Vander Plank in Brussels with 223 and he has he wants people to go to www.survivalpodcast.com. Is Aion the same as Ian? Yeah, Ian. Okay, because you said Ion. I said Ion? Yeah. Oh, I meant to say Ian. Yeah, Ian Munro. Ian Munro, M-U-N. Ian Munro, Samuel Van der Plank, and of course our executive producer Jaap Buitendijk, thank you all so very much for your contributions to this program. And of course, you know by now that this is a valid credit. You can put it on your CV, on your resume, and it will get you gigs, and it could get you laid.

16:27 Probably not but it could all you got to say is hey I was the executive producer the producer If only I could find an unknown it would be perfect. Yeah. Hey, yeah. Hey you yeah, I can do something for yous a little special mention to and of course I've forgotten his name a second we had one of our listeners call up a program and mention the name of this show and Oh good, we need more of that. I've been posting on various blogs, so I went to the TSA. Hold on, I have some audio for a second. Oh, okay. You want to just hear it for a second? So this is Mark McLennan, he's from Watertown, Connecticut and he called up the morning show, Jim Weissovich, is that it? Weissovich? So this is WTIC AM in, I guess it's Hartford.

17:28 And they're the biggest station around and he recorded it on his phone so you can barely hear the host of the show But I just thought it'd be kind of cool to hear how he slipped it in and the guy just loved it He just kept on going. He didn't even know it didn't cut him off or anything cool They just can't seem to get on the same page, you know, and if you listen to no agenda show calm They have some amazing discussion that is actually makes common sense About these issues. Yeah, we talked about Taylor Swift being the most notable event of the year That's our show buddy Awesome. Thank you. So hey, you know what? Can I just make an observation John never ever ever ever ever

CHAPTER 05 / 37 Discussion

Battery Quality and Walmart Retail Rant

A brief complaint arises regarding the poor performance of 9-volt batteries purchased from Walmart or Walgreens. The speaker notes that the batteries, which appeared to be Duracell clones, failed almost immediately after being installed for the show.

9-volt batteries· walmart· walgreens· duracell· copper top

18:17 buying 9-volt batteries from Walmart or Walgreens I should say. I just put in fresh batteries and already they're like winding down. I think I might have to send executive producer Mickey out to get me some because I'm afraid these are gonna fucking die. If you have them in the cold, does that decrease their efficiency? I don't know. I think you're just getting junk from China. Hold on a second. Buy a copper top. Yeah, but I mean if these I literally put them in before the show and now I can see that they're already running low this is gonna be a problem. Yeah, it sounds like it. Crap, maybe she can run out and get me some 9 volts. I hate this. I can't believe it. Don't buy cheap crap. Well, you know, I just I just I actually I thought I was buying Duracell which would be your copper tops. They look exactly the same. They cost about the same.

CHAPTER 06 / 37 Discussion

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Schiphol Airport Security Failures

New details emerge regarding Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, referred to as the "crotch bomber," and his attempt to blow up a flight to Detroit. The discussion covers his routing through Ghana and Nigeria, the role of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, and the subsequent push for millimeter-wave scanners. Janet Napolitano's response to the security breach is criticized as political theater.

crotch bomber· yemen· nigeria· schiphol airport· janet napolitano

19:10 And then I had this up in Yosemite. I actually switched batteries during the show, which you didn't hear because I did that so craftfully. That was well done. So I noticed that yesterday they're finally coming out with the details. You know there's this story about the crotch bomber. By the way, we've probably... You don't say! Yeah, you don't say the crotch bomber of course You know is wearing all this bomb stuff and his scrotum which it would do in other words as Mike Milla wave filters wouldn't have done any good No, there's a bunch of interesting discrepancies cropping up by the way just in the last day or so They finally mentioned on the mainstream media that they've been you know attacking Yemen. Yeah Yemen, but nothing about Nigeria

19:58 Right. No. No, well, they're not gonna attack. Did you see did you see by any chance cuz I I recorded it Did you see meet the press with Janet Napolitano? No. Oh my god. I saw the clips though. She's like yeah She's wearing this brown leather jacket and you know, it's like could you excuse me? Could you please look more like a bull dyke? You know, it just makes us feel that much more secure. It was unbelievable. I'm like What and then she's sitting there lying her ass off from San Francisco. She live in San Francisco Not that I know of yeah, hold on a second. Oh, baby. She's been hanging out in San Francisco for probably for good reasons now that you mention it So what he's fooling around I'm gonna mention a couple of things they finally brought out the fact that this Nigerian crotch bomber

20:51 Had a passport and that that story about him getting on the plane without a passport was bogus and curiously right after we did the show on Sunday I Found a Ghana newspaper a Ghana newspaper that described not on a park bench Number they had the seat that he was in and they had his complete routing and this was available to the media on sunday last sunday and now only now are they kind of broken breaking back on some of the bogus reporting that they've been doing about him not to get somehow getting on a plane with a one-way ticket around trip by the way he had a round trip it was indeed ticket and there's no there's this eyewitness who's been doing the rounds although you know

21:32 I haven't seen him on mainstream media anywhere, who was sitting there playing cards with his wife while he saw this guy checking in. Some other dude who was like an Indian, like apparently almost like an Indian businessman type guy, walks up, helps this guy check in and then there's all this like he didn't have a passport, this is the way we do it in Nigeria. So this guy of course is being called his CIA handler. It's all bogus information. That must be disinformation, I agree. That felt like it to me as well. But I did read, and this is really nice because of course I speak it in Dutch, and so there's the Dutch of course have you know have their all of their internal governmental documents online and so there were all these questions about what happened. So according to the Dutch Ministry of

22:24 I guess it's the Justice actually is responsible for this. They actually, and I marked this up on a PDF file. Now of course it won't do you much good if you don't read any Dutch. Sorry about that and maybe someone will take the time to translate it's about seven pages but Incredibly interesting because of course they're saying well, you know what the American authorities allowed him to board the airplane I'm like, huh? How do they know that the were the American authorities there? Well, there's a system. So of course, we know that there's the you know, the the the fly don't fly list and all that stuff and

23:03 But there's a system, I'm looking it up right here. So first of all you have the PNR, the passenger name record. Now I'm pulling this directly from the Dutch government documents. So that's pre-approved, no problem. Then you have the advanced passenger information known as the API. This includes information from a machine-readable zone on a passport. That was also okayed. But then there's this new thing, AQQ that I hadn't heard of, the APIS Quick Query. And the way this works is when you hand your boarding card and they either scan it through a machine or they zap it with a barcode reader,

23:43 At that point, it actually checks with the US officials database to see if you're on any list before you board the plane. I didn't know this. That's why it's not just like an administrative thing. It's actually a real-time interactive check and it came back okay. So the Dutch authorities were like, oh, you know, this guy can board, no problem. Now there's another story that cropped up in the media in the Europe. It's either in the European or the African media. By the way, the African media covered this very well because they're very concerned about this. And so I got most of the good stories from out of literally out of Africa. And they said that Shy Pole has a MMM, a millimeter

24:28 Wait millimeter wave millimeter wave machine or they have 15 of them as a matter of fact people you mean shy poor Michael you're talking about Schiphol Yes, I've been through the military is pronounced it correctly I Have been through the millimeter wave detector at Schiphol and let me just point out one interesting thing They are now, so there's pictures everywhere of their system set up and now that they've decided that they're going to put these machines into service, which by the way they weren't allowed to do. The US officials, TSA, did not deem the millimeter wave systems appropriate for flights going to the United States. That's why they weren't used. And maybe the drugs could come in. Of course.

25:13 So now they, so now of course, you know, the, oh, the, the Hoesje van der Horst had a call with Janet over there in San Francisco. Boy, those two belong together. You should see our Dutch minister of whatever, whatever she's responsible for. Yeah, they should be clam-bumping. And so, oh yes, no, please put the millimeter wave systems in place. But of course, because of privacy concerns, because it basically takes a picture of you naked, now they have some bogus, you have to see the pictures, it's laughable. They have some bogus computer interpretation, which then shows basically a stick figure with a big orange dot where there's something suspicious. So, they've come up with this story, like they've, all of a sudden, they've implemented this privacy device

25:57 where instead of actually seeing the knife or the gun or the drugs or whatever, there's a little orange dot that would be suspicious and so then of course they have to be, you know, hand searched. The question you have to ask yourself is that this powder, P-E-T-N, for one thing this guy had it sewn into his underwear. And by the way, another thing that was interesting, they had pictures of the underwear online. We actually, one of our bloggers put it up. Where's all the burn marks that are supposed to be? You know, where's all the burn... The underwear should have been burnt to a crisp it seems to me if this guy was on fire, right? You think? But there was no burn marks at all, but then when we hear the stories, and I'm gonna... Let's play a couple of clips. There's more discrepant things. First I want to play...

CHAPTER 07 / 37 Discussion

CNN Witness Account of In-Flight Filming

A CNN clip features a passenger witness who observed a man filming the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 with a camcorder. The FBI reportedly analyzed several passenger videos, but the hosts question why this specific footage has not been released to the public.

cnn· gene meserve· fbi· camcorder· flight 253

26:46 the WTF clip because this was suppressed by the media. This came out in one interview with one of the passengers and I thought the whole thing was weird and then the person that was, it was on CNN, the person that was doing the interview just kind of glossed it over and said, well you know everybody derrrr and she went off the subject. Oh of course. Just listen to this WTF clip. You also saw something strange happen when the fire started and everyone raced for him. What was it that you observed? Well, as this was all going on, I just happened to look over and about 10 seats ahead of me was, to the left-hand side, a man who had a camcorder and he was filming the entire thing.

27:34 It was definitely a little out of the ordinary, I mean, I don't know why. He was standing. He was wearing a No Agenda t-shirt and wanted to make sure he got everything on record. We were supposed to be seated and he was filming it, so... We ought to just tell everybody that Gene Meserve has reported tonight that the FBI says it has analyzed a number of videotapes that were shot by passengers on that flight and none has proven particularly useful to the investigation. Nonetheless, there is a lot of commotion and someone is filming it, although in this day and age I suppose we probably shouldn't be too surprised since everything shows up somewhere eventually. So let me ask you... Well where is it then?

CHAPTER 08 / 37 Discussion

Jasper Schuringa Hero Account Discrepancies

The account of Dutch passenger Jasper Schuringa, who tackled the attempted bomber, is analyzed for inconsistencies. Schuringa claimed the suspect was holding the device in his hands, which contradicts other reports stating the explosives were sewn into the suspect's underwear.

jasper schuringa· amsterdam· detroit· petn· bomb device

28:17 Good question. Where is it? It's probably in the same vault as the Pentagon security video when the airplane flew into it. So meanwhile, the same show they did have the guy, the hero. Is this the Dutch guy? The Dutch hero? Yeah, the Dutch guy. And so you can play Hero, which is the clip, and if you listen to this guy, then you have another version of the story because apparently the guy, what didn't, you know, there was various things, he's shooting his stuff into his pants, he's got a pillow, he's this, he's that. You know, now you can't put a pillow on your lap and you... But it sounds to me as though the guy wasn't hiding anything. If you listen to this guy, the guy was holding whatever this device was and the Dutch guy was wrestling him for it. It wasn't hidden or in his underwear or anything that we've been hearing. Listen to his account. And when you got to the suspect, what was he doing? Did he say anything? Did he do anything?

29:19 Well, he was still sitting and he was getting on fire and he was still holding the device, the bomb right now and he was still holding it in his hands and I had to like rip the bomb out of... Now hold on a second. First of all, she asks a question which I've never heard a journalist ask. She says, when you saw the suspect, that's really weird. You know what I mean? Yeah. And then he was holding the device, the bomb in his hands? Yeah. And by the way, how does this jive with his burnt legs? Let's go. Out of his hands. And I remember him looking at me, staring at me. And he was just being afraid. And it was just a very weird

30:11 Weird situation so he seemed he seemed afraid as you were going after yeah, he seemed like he yeah, he seemed afraid and and he was Not easy letting go of the bomb no well of course not it was sewn into his crotch I think this you know particularly since this guy was heralded as a big I think we might need to look into him I hate to say it He's a filmmaker and maybe, you know, he's a filmmaker and there's a guy filming this out of the ordinary, standing up when everyone was supposed to be seated and making a video from a distance. This whole thing is fishy. Do you close your eyes at night and revisit that moment? The human interest angle of the story. Not yet. Not yet. So you've been pretty peaceful since then?

CHAPTER 09 / 37 Discussion

Anwar al-Awlaki and Fort Hood Investigation

The status of Imam Anwar al-Awlaki is discussed following reports of his death in a Yemen airstrike, which were later contradicted by a MEMRI interview. The segment also touches on the lack of public information regarding the Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Hasan, and his alleged communications with al-Awlaki.

anwar al-awlaki· fort hood· nidal hasan· yemen· memri

30:59 I luckily have been peaceful so far, so I hope I'll keep it like that. Yeah. So anyway, well we don't know any of this. The problem is every piece of information we receive is different. And it's getting a little annoying, this whole story. And then of course the bombing of the Yemenis, and supposedly we're over there for one reason or another, and there's all this action going on, it's been going on for a couple of weeks. And here's another one, the story that came out a couple of days ago, that guy, the guy the imam that talked to the Fort Hood guy and by the way there's a story floating around that Fort Hood guys kind of disappeared. Oh really? And there's a Lieberman's, one of Lieberman's intelligence agencies has been trying to get some information about him and they nobody's got another one for 30 days and they can't find what the heck's going on with this guy.

31:51 Okay, so this imam supposedly was taken out in some raid a couple of weeks ago and killed and this shows up in the media. Well, he's dead, you know, he had to kill him. And meanwhile, then he shows up in Memory, which is a Middle Eastern research organization that does, that translates things for, intelligence purposes. He was just interviewed like two, three days ago and the interview showed up on the internet and so they had to change the story real quick. We never were sure he was dead. We thought he might have been dead. And so this guy, this Imam character is part of this and he's the one that says, the guy with the crotch bomber was a hero and he went on and on about what a great guy he was for trying to kill everybody.

32:35 Which is sketchy. So this whole thing is just getting weirder and you know it's very disorganized. And then of course we have you know where's the CIA actually fit into the scheme of things? Play Obama attacks. Hold on a second. Can I just... I love you. Mickey just went out and bought me 10 9-volt batteries. I'll play What is it? Which one is it Obama attacks the CIA switch batteries? Well, that's plan here. And by the way, he doesn't really mean he beats around the bush about who he's attacking But it's pretty clear. I have a theory that said that this will probably lead right into so here we go been widely reported that the father of the suspect in the Christmas incident warned US officials in Africa about his son's extremist views

CHAPTER 10 / 37 Discussion

Intelligence Community Failures and No-Fly Lists

President Barack Obama's characterization of the Christmas Day bombing attempt as a "systemic failure" is examined. The discussion focuses on how the suspect's father warned U.S. officials in Africa, yet the information was not effectively shared across the intelligence community to place the suspect on a no-fly list.

barack obama· cia· nctc· no-fly list· intelligence failure

33:19 It now appears that weeks ago this information was passed to a component of our intelligence community but was not effectively distributed so as to get the suspect's name on a no-fly list. There appears to be other deficiencies as well. You make a point while I switch. I'm gonna make a point now. Okay, the guy's name was not he was you know, his dad thinks he'd be turned into a radical Muslim and his dad was bitching to the I guess the US government about this and they didn't put his name on an old fly list if they put everybody's name who was bitching about the you know, is that there was a radical Islamist

34:00 that was complaining about the USA in one form or another, if they put all those people on a... the list would be a million miles... it'd be millions of people because there's half the people in the Middle East feel the same way. It was alarmist. And I think that to single out this one situation as some sort of a flaw in the system, although it might have been if it's a fact that they actually picked up this guy's name and threw it into that new hyper-agency that sits between the CIA and everybody else. Let me take over right here because this is exactly what's going on. John, you are absolutely right. We have discussed a couple times on this program that ever since the Obama administration put in this middle layer in between, actually above the CIA, the FBI, TSA, everybody where there used to be direct reports to CIA and the president was a very special relationship.

CHAPTER 11 / 37 Discussion

CIA War, Yemen LNG, and Obama Administration Conflict

A theory is presented regarding an internal conflict between the CIA and the Obama administration, linked to energy interests in Yemen. The discussion highlights Yemen LNG, involving companies like KBR and Halliburton, and suggests that security breaches are being used as leverage in a "CIA war" against the current executive branch.

kbr· halliburton· yemen lng· hunt oil· robert lapenta

34:51 So that's this layer has been put in the middle. The CIA has been incredibly pissed. In fact, I call it the CIA war. And there's all kinds of stuff going on that is, you know, we have so-called earthquakes. These are of course cruise missiles that are aimed at CIA headquarters. But what's really happening, and remember the CIA still has a huge allegiance to the Bush-Clinton cabal in Yemen. And this is all very coincidental. In Yemen, the LNG, Yemen LNG, you can look this up, the Liquid Natural Gas Corporation, which is a who's who of companies who are involved in this.

35:35 including KBR, Kellogg Brown Root of course, BNP... Which I believe is a division of Halliburton. Halliburton, yes. Citigroup, ING Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Societe Generale, all companies, all banks who were bailed out by the way. JP Morgan of course is in there. They actually had contracts due for completion in August of 2009. for this huge liquid natural gas either refinery or this whole company, this whole conglomerate. And you've probably seen the advertisements here and there on mainstream television where people are talking about switching to natural gas. And this was all set up by Bush Sr. initially.

36:20 So, the CIA, who of course have allegiance, they see that all this crap is going on in Yemen, there's all kinds of skirmishes, things are happening, the contracts can't get done on time, so they've got to take some action because they're taking orders from Papa Bush directly. They go around Obama. This is why Obama is saying, oh, systemic failure. They didn't tell him. In fact, they do it while he's on vacation. They go in there, they say, alright, get this guy, let's get this, we gotta have a reason to go do some nasty shit in Yemen, we need some cover. Boom! They go in there and all of this starts to take place. And if you look at the show notes at noagendershow.com, you can see some amazing, I mean literally amazing coincidental connections, coincidences, including Robert LaPenta,

37:17 former CFO and president of Homeland Security Solutions provider L3 Communications. Now this is the company that will benefit from the millimeter wave devices, but he also has ties to companies that provide rendition flights for the CIA. And this is really interesting. So these are all private Gulf streams. Actually, they landed at Oakland Airport as well on the northern terminal from time to time. And you can believe what you want about if they're actually carrying people to jails overseas. I believe that those planes are mainly packed, filled with drugs and they're distributing them throughout the world. But one of these planes from Hunt Oil

38:10 broke through the perimeter of the no-fly zone in Hawaii where the president was vacationing. His security detail rushed him off the golf course under some guise of, oh yeah, you know, one of the family friends needed something that might have been an ambulance thing. Of course they threw him into some bunker somewhere because this is an all-in-all-out war between the CIA and the Obama administration. Coincidence? I think not. Eight CIA agents killed in Afghanistan bomb attack. Eight. And from one of my deep throat sources, who I know, in fact he's been to base Chapman, operating base Chapman.

CHAPTER 12 / 37 Discussion

Base Chapman Attack and CIA Casualties in Afghanistan

The deaths of seven CIA agents at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost, Afghanistan, are described as a massive setback for the agency. A source familiar with the base notes the extreme difficulty of penetrating the compound, suggesting the attack represents a significant escalation in regional conflict.

base chapman· khost· afghanistan· cia agents· suicide bomber

38:58 And where these eight CIA agents were killed, he says, is incredibly difficult to get entrance into it. Right, it was supposed to be a suicide bomber. I didn't know it was CIA guys, but it could be. But it was a suicide bomber, supposedly. It somehow got into the compound and blew up a lunchroom or something. civilians were killed somehow in a military zone. Yeah. But this is, according to my source, and I know, this guy I know, I know personally, and he doesn't want me to mention his name. uh... he said that i'm literally he's saying the agents that were killed at f o b ford operating base chapman on a separate part of the f o b extremely difficult to get entrance there have been there numerous times this is a quote huge setback for the c i a because they killed an entire team this is all in all out war and and i think i think it's huge and this and and they are they are threatening the president

39:57 I'm a firm believer in this now. No, we brought this up when the Salahis got, you know, first they have one little breach after another and it's just to show the president how close they can get to him if they want to. Yeah. I mean, that's our theory, by the way, for people out there who are listening to the show. We don't know any of this to be a fact except. Well, we know we do have a formula and we do adhere to it. Our formula is this. We go out, we hit people in the mouth. virtually speaking of course virtually speaking virtually yeah no so I'm convinced that this is once again it's over it's over big business and it is and it's well liquid natural gas and of course there's also oil that's been discovered in Yemen I think they found some new I still think I still believe that over the next year or two there's gonna be an announcement of a huge hyper field

40:55 Just around outside of Yemen that'll belong to them technically if I look at Yemen John isn't that like near Somalia? Well actually Somalia is over to the in Africa and there the Yemen is at the bottom of the Saudi Peninsula Yeah, but look at look at it on the globe isn't it isn't it the same water where the pirates opera? Yeah? Yeah, no, it's the same water. Yeah, there's a lot of Sudanese and there's a lot of action going that and then there is I think not There's a, yeah, this whole thing needs to be, we need to get some real journalist that knows that

CHAPTER 13 / 37 Discussion

Security Theater and PETN Explosives

The concept of "security theater" is explored in relation to new airport screening measures like crotch-grabbing and full-body scans. The hosts question the properties of PETN explosives and why this specific substance has suddenly become a primary focus of aviation security years after the shoe bomber incident.

security theater· petn· shoe bomber· bbc· tsa

41:35 you know you can't print any of the stuff in a newspaper but it's fine in a book because you know how many people read books anymore yeah I think this would be explored quite interestingly by somebody who really has the time to do it. Well yeah, it'll take 25 years before the files are officially open and we'll all go, oh yeah you're gonna go you're gonna be like, oh brother, you'll be really old by then and you'll be like, I knew it, oh brother. But on the other hand just to keep it light For those of you who have always said, I think these checkpoints and security and the way it's going is fine because I have nothing to hide. When you say I have nothing to hide, okay, when they're going to be groping your crotch because that has now been approved at Schiphol airport,

42:20 crotch grabbing will be a part of the process to make sure you got nothing there. When pictures are being taken of you essentially naked, your biometric profile, when you feel violated just remember you have nothing to hide. If you have nothing to hide, what's the problem? Take off your clothes, submit to a rectal examination. You have nothing to hide and that is exactly what you deserve to get. Bend over. You're all gonna get it now. Because you had nothing to hide. Oh, I don't care about it. Oh, it's good. We'll stop terrorists. This is ridiculous. Do you now see the ridiculousness of this fake security? It's fake. It's fake. It's just a... you know... It's called security theater. Yes. There was a... I think... wasn't there a CNN article somewhere? I know it's in the show notes.

43:12 About about exactly that about security theater that it's you know It's really just to make you feel safe and it's you know to kind of make you know Some people I mean now is like you hear everyone talking Oh, you know, we never imagined that they would use airplanes as bombs and now we never had we will put some Explosives in his crotch. We never imagined this we need more imagination Well, somebody pointed out on one of the other shows what's to prevent people from having this PETN carried like a... In your butt! Yeah, like drugs. In a cigar tube. You put it in a prophylactic and... Swallow it. Pull it out in the bathroom. Yeah, poop it out. And then blight it in there. Now I saw a BBC demonstration of some PETN.

43:57 and uh... the stuff is definitely a pretty explosive but i i think no matter what i mean no there is no substance that i know of uh... that that produces an explosion unless it's enclosed where the reaction takes place in my mistake on this job there are some well yeah you are because natural glycerol just blow up without uh... being enclosed and so will uh... trying nitro uh... Well, try and well, see, try and I would see funny burning nitro cars. There's different things. Yeah. You're a natural glycerin if you're manufacturing it improperly. But that's really, really unstable. And you and you can't carry that around. No, that's true. But this P.T.N. I mean, so you see the BBC News report is like, first of all, you got to think, all right, BBC, you know, Ministry of Truth, Spree speaking.

44:49 But the guy had a little like, it looked like a plastic container which he lit and it produced quite an explosion. Does PETN do that without being in an enclosure? I don't know. I've never even heard of this stuff before this incident and by the way if you remember the shoe bomber, they never discussed this stuff then either. I mean this is all of a sudden this is a new I mean, this always bugs me, you know, all of a sudden there's some substance that's now in vogue to discuss as some sort of a danger. Do you remember the shoe bomber incident? Were they ever talking about PETN? No, never.

45:25 I'd like to go back and look at the stories and see if it was ever mentioned. I didn't even think about it at the time. My old news guy was an idiot. So anyway, just to get back on track there. So President Obama called it a systemic failure, which is code for we're going to overhaul your ass. Oh yeah, you think you can get away with this under my watch? I'm going to screw with you guys now. Systemic failure. I mean, that's like the banks, right? So I believe that we're really into some really really really nasty stuff that is happening in fact Wow, there was this great video by a congresswoman Let me see if I can find it. She did a YouTube video which just freaked me out She actually said there are radicals in our government and that and that and this is not just about Let me just see if I can find this it would be a YouTube video

46:22 Well, while you're looking for that, play the CENN piece that discusses the CIA's involvement in some of this. It's a little long, you can just play it until you feel like it's boring. Why, along with what's next, including the possibility of new airstrikes on Yemen. But first we want to get to Gene Mazur, who has the what? The repeated attempts by the alleged Christmas Bomber's father to alert American authorities about his son. Hi, Gene. Hi, according to sources who are familiar with the family's discussions with the US, the father met face-to-face with embassy officials on at least two occasions. There also were several telephone calls and also written communications. We are told by a well-placed source that the CIA was...

CHAPTER 14 / 37 Discussion

Gene Meserve CNN Report on Intelligence Dots

A CNN report by Gene Meserve details the CIA's defense against claims that they failed to share information about the Christmas Day bomber. The segment highlights the role of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) in "connecting the dots" and Obama's order for a government-wide intelligence review.

gene meserve· cnn· nctc· intelligence community· review

45:25 I'd like to go back and look at the stories and see if it was ever mentioned. I didn't even think about it at the time. My old news guy was an idiot. So anyway, just to get back on track there. So President Obama called it a systemic failure, which is code for we're going to overhaul your ass. Oh yeah, you think you can get away with this under my watch? I'm going to screw with you guys now. Systemic failure. I mean, that's like the banks, right? So I believe that we're really into some really really really nasty stuff that is happening in fact Wow, there was this great video by a congresswoman Let me see if I can find it. She did a YouTube video which just freaked me out She actually said there are radicals in our government and that and that and this is not just about Let me just see if I can find this it would be a YouTube video

46:22 Well, while you're looking for that, play the CENN piece that discusses the CIA's involvement in some of this. It's a little long, you can just play it until you feel like it's boring. Why, along with what's next, including the possibility of new airstrikes on Yemen. But first we want to get to Gene Mazur, who has the what? The repeated attempts by the alleged Christmas Bomber's father to alert American authorities about his son. Hi, Gene. Hi, according to sources who are familiar with the family's discussions with the US, the father met face-to-face with embassy officials on at least two occasions. There also were several telephone calls and also written communications. We are told by a well-placed source that the CIA was...

47:02 This pisses me off. It's not even 30 seconds and already she's mentioned two unknown sources. It's like this is not news reporting. This is reading whatever the CIA or whatever organization is putting in front of these people. All right? You've got to listen to the words. How do we know all these details about what's going on in Nigeria all of a sudden? Gee, well because unnamed sources have told us of course. Yeah. It might have been pieced together with other pieces of intelligence which had been gathered by the US and perhaps they would have gained a full picture and been able to... Why do they always call it a community? And the other thing is, this is like some 23 year old punk. How much surveillance are we doing on this kid? None! This is bogus. Of course not. ...to thwart this attack.

48:12 What about the CIA though? Are they actually confirming the existence of that report? The CIA is pushing back pretty heavily here. The spokesman for the CIA put out a statement this evening which said in part, we didn't have his name before then, before the meeting with the father. Also in November, we worked with the embassy to ensure he was in the government's terror database, including mention of his possible extremist connections in Yemen. We also forwarded key biographical information about him to the National Counterterrorism Center. But the CIA is not saying if they forwarded all of the information they had to the NCTC. That's the entity that was set up after 9-11. The purpose was for it to connect all the intelligence dots collected across the US government. And frankly, that brings us straight to the next question, which I think a lot of people are wondering. Which is exactly the organization that isn't working. Right. Which is the one that was put in between the president, the administration, and everybody else.

49:06 So these dots connecting is stupid. Well, clearly it didn't happen in this instance and one can only guess that it might be reflective of a larger problem. That is why the administration has said, the president said very specifically today, I am ordering a government-wide review of what we're doing here in terms of integrating this information, collecting this information. I want to know what we knew, when we knew it, and who it was shared with. Okay, so here's Sue Myrick and I believe she's a congresswoman. The attempted terrorist attack. Yeah, Congresswoman Sue Myrick.

CHAPTER 15 / 37 Discussion

Congresswoman Sue Myrick on Radicals in Government

Congresswoman Sue Myrick, founder of the House Anti-Terrorism Caucus, claims that radicalization is occurring within the U.S. government. She suggests that individuals indoctrinated with extremist ideologies have attained positions of power, posing a threat to Western democracy.

sue myrick· house intelligence committee· jihad· radicalization· mosques

49:53 She's the founder of the House Anti-Terrorism Caucus and member of the House Intelligence Committee. I'd not heard of her before, but that seems like some pretty serious... like she's a serious dudette. Now, let's just listen to what she has to say about this. The attempted terrorist attack over Christmas was an incident, fortunately, that did not work. His device did not explode. Or we could have seen a totally different scenario. Most of us sat and listened to television and they talked about all the reasons why he should not have been allowed to fly and so forth. Well, I agree with that. There were a lot of mistakes made by the governments of other countries as well as our own. But this is the issue.

50:39 You're not being told the whole story of why these incidents are happening. Nice. There is a radicalization going on in this country and across the world that has a great effect on our national security. There are people who literally are willing to blow themselves up like this guy did to commit jihad because they believe... She kind of goes off the rails here, but just listen to when she talks about the government. ...even a bigger cause. And that cause is what they want to do to us. They want to destroy Western democracies. They want to bring down America. They want us to live by their rules. This is something that nobody ever tells you. You don't hear about.

51:20 Sure, there are people on television periodically who are experts, do a good job. The Steve Emerson's and the Waleed Farris's of the world. But that is not the whole story. The reason I say that this is just the tip of the iceberg. It's not just the incidents of people who want to commit jihad. It's what's going on elsewhere as well. There's a lot of radicalization on the internet today. There is radicalization in the mosques. There are people who have been indoctrinated into the same line of thinking that are now in positions in our government. There you go. Radicals in our government. All of this is tied together and we want to bring this to you over a period of time so you can be educated. There's a series of... She has a whole bunch of books you should read.

52:13 But I thought that's interesting considering her position to say that there's radical elements inside our very own government is it would make sense Yeah, but that that's you know, she is the founder of the anti-terrorism caucus and a member of the House Intelligence Committee I've never heard of her. So no, we will yeah, so Okay, I got another piece of what we're on still on the topic. I have one more clip which is kind of interesting because you know, you know a CNN is obviously getting talking points from somebody. And this one I thought was peculiar, because it gave away, and it's only a little bit, I don't think you have the whole clip, just the part that's interesting to me, which was kind of slipped in by Erica Hill, who's doing this reporting, who she was the anchor of this thing, who used to be over here at Tech TV, as a matter of fact. Play Gitmo Yemen.

CHAPTER 16 / 37 Discussion

USS Cole Commander and Guantanamo Bay

Commander Kirk Lippold, former captain of the USS Cole, appears on CNN to oppose the release of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The hosts question the media's narrative linking current terror suspects in Yemen to older detainees held at Gitmo.

kirk lippold· uss cole· guantanamo bay· yemen· peter bergen

53:13 Digging deeper now, Peter Bergen is back with us along with Kirk Cliphol former commander of the USS Cole and an outspoken opponent of releasing Guantanamo Bay inmates begun during the Bush administration some of whom reportedly worked with the alleged bomber in Yemen. Gentlemen good to have both of you with us. Peter as you look at the Did you hear that? No, I gotta listen to it again. She said, well let me tell you what to look for. She said that this guy, the Cole guy, the guy was the commander of the USS Cole, remember that? Yeah, that was blowing a big hole in it. This commander who's now anti-this and anti-that, he's the guy, hey, let that rubber raft, yeah, it's okay, they're okay. Come on close, yeah, bring him up.

53:53 So that guy is against releasing these Gitmo guys, and then the way she phrases it, she says that these people in Gitmo somehow had worked with a suicide bomber in Yemen, but that's not possible considering the guy's age and the timeline. So why does she even throw that in? Who wrote the script? Play it again. Digging deeper now, Peter Bergen is back with us along with Kirk Cliphol former commander of the USS Cullen an outspoken opponent of releasing Guantanamo Bay inmates begun during the Bush administration some of whom reportedly worked with the alleged bomber in Yemen. Gentlemen good to have both of you with us. Peter as you look at this... Okay so I think I understand how why

CHAPTER 17 / 37 Discussion

CIA Drug Flights and Rendition Ruse

The theory is posited that "rendition flights" are often a cover for CIA-managed drug trafficking from Afghanistan. Listeners are encouraged to track tail numbers of private aircraft, specifically those associated with Hunt Oil, to observe suspicious flight patterns that bypass standard tracking.

rendition flights· afghanistan· hunt oil· skytracker· tail numbers

54:38 So obviously, as of tomorrow, one of the president's big promises to close Guantanamo Bay will have been broken. He's already announced that that's not going to happen. And we need Gitmo for a number of reasons. I would say the number one reason is for renditions. Because we have to have this illusion that we're flying, you know, even though it's illegal and even though it's not supposed to be happening Everybody agrees that their rendition flights taking place from Guantanamo Bay to secret enhanced interrogation facilities all over the world, right? But that's not really what these rendition flights are about. These are the huge private aircraft that are flying the drugs out of Afghanistan to distribution points all over the world. So they need to keep Gitmo open. Gitmo cannot close, or they have to find some other

55:30 some other ruse that can still make these illegal rendition flights viable and that's why it's self is a red herring yes it is it all it is is just just just so that we we know that something fishy is going on there in fact we should probably look at And I've got some links in the show notes to back up my assertions about these drug flights under the guise of rendition flights. And look for aircraft. You can go to Google. Google is great with tail numbers. And just start googling Hunt Oil, H-U-N-T, Hunt Oil, and start googling for their aircraft and where they're flying. You'll be amazed. In some cases, even on like SkyTracker.com,

56:17 Skytracker will say it is not possible to track this aircraft's flight. They're black. Yeah, they're CIA planes and they're flying the drugs around. It's not people. No one gives a shit about people. And by the same token, of course, all of this had to take place at the very end of the year because we all woke up and went, ah shit, we've been doing this health care scam and this swine flu scam. Oh man, we got to, dude, we got to extend the Patriot Act. We need some reason for extending the Patriot Act. We need a reason for that. Well, the other thing, of course, is the airlines. They need to... I think they're just... Are they trying to just shut down the airline business? And are the airlines part of it? They want to go bankrupt? I mean, why do... Are they...

CHAPTER 18 / 37 Discussion

Airline Industry Reverse Bailout and Air Marshals

The degradation of airline service is framed as a "reverse bailout" intended to replace expensive flight attendants with federally funded air marshals. Congressman Ron Paul's point that airlines are the only industry not responsible for their own security costs is cited to explain the industry's reliance on government intervention.

air marshals· flight attendants· ron paul· aviation security· chapter 11

57:04 It's a reverse bailout, John. It's very simple. Here's what's going to happen next. You'll have no stewardesses. Stewardesses are expensive. We don't want to have actual flight crews. No, we're going to have air marshals. Air marshals will be on board. They'll tell you to shut up, sit down, don't put anything on your lap. You just sit in your seat, you slave. Don't go anywhere. So there's hundreds of thousands of stewardesses and stewards or aircraft cabin personnel. Flight attendants. Flight attendants will be replaced by air marshals, federally funded air marshals. There's going to be no more food, no more drinks. You know what, if you're thirsty just suck on some wood. Alright? They've been moving to the no food thing for quite a while.

57:51 So now they have a real excuse because most airlines are by definition bankrupt. They are by definition bankrupt They're always in chapter 11. They're always struggling to get out. There's no money being made There is no money to be made in aviation because you're essentially burning money in the air the only time when it worked was in the early days of aviation when the Airplanes carried the mail and the passengers basically sat on top of the mail sacks. It was like a bonus And then you know now the mail and the FedEx and UPS and everyone they got their own planes and by the way They're running pretty profitable because mail don't need to eat pee or blow up. The plane is very simple Don't need no flight attendants. That's still a very profitable business So that's what's it's a reverse bailout of the airline industry and that's why they're all loving it because the last thing they want is to have to you know, these unions for flight attendants are very difficult and

58:44 Very difficult to negotiate. And the airlines have decided to make it, oh well that's not even bad enough. Let's kill the in-flight entertainment. Let's make people, you know, they can't bring on two pieces of luggage anymore. They can't put anything under the seat in front of them. They can't open a laptop. You know, let's just make it as miserable as possible, which would lead into, well I guess we can relax all those standards now that we have air marshals on board.

59:30 Every other business that I can think of, this is actually a point that Congressman Ron Paul makes, Every other business is responsible for security. Trains responsible for their own security. Buses responsible for their own security. Bridges responsible for their own security. Buildings in Manhattan responsible for their own security. Airlines not responsible for their security. Ah, okay. Why? Because if they actually had to pay for that, they'd all go out of business tomorrow. It's $75 billion we spend on security majority of it in aviation. So these guys are loving it. They're totally loving it. They don't give a crap. And believe me, the airlines don't care about you. You're cattle anyway. Why do you think we call it cattle class? Because you're a cow.

CHAPTER 19 / 37 Discussion

TSA Harassment of Travel Bloggers

TSA agents reportedly visited the homes of two travel bloggers, including Stephen Friesling, after they published a leaked security directive. The agents allegedly used subpoenas to demand the identity of the bloggers' sources and threatened their ability to travel in the future.

tsa· stephen friesling· wired· subpoenas· travel bloggers

1:00:21 So shut up, slave! Shut up, don't eat, sit down, and listen to the warden. The warden will tell you what to do. And the flight crew, you probably saw this article from Wired about these bloggers who minutes after the TSA released a new directive to airlines, it's not like secret information, But of course not intended for the public. No, slave, shut up. You shouldn't be reading any of this good stuff. You need to look at the list from Good Morning America with Taylor Swift and Kanye West. They posted this and they got visits from the TSA. Did you read about this? No, tell me. I didn't hear this story. Oh my God. Let me just pull this up for you. There's two bloggers. One is actually being employed by KLM.

1:01:11 from a threat level on Wired. And they actually got a picture of the TSA guy at the guy's house. So, two bloggers received home visits from TSA agents Tuesday after they published a new TSA directive that revises screening procedures and puts new restrictions on passengers in the wake of a recent bombing attempt by the so-called underwear bomber, which is wrong because he's called the crotch bomber. Special agents from the TSA's Office of Inspection interrogated two U.S. bloggers, one of them an established travel columnist, and served them with a civil subpoena demanding information on the anonymous source that provided the TSA document.

1:01:47 These guys literally rolled up, they strong-armed them, they threatened them that, hey, we can make travel, hey, you're a travel writer, we're going to make your travel really difficult, my friend. You're not going to be able to fly anywhere if you don't tell us who gave you this document. The guy was home with his three kids, his wife works at night and they're demanding access and they had all the paperwork needed, they had subpoenas. uh... they were uh... ready to get warrants they were going to wait right outside his house they took the guy's laptop as blackberry is by phone make copies of his hard disk now this is like the brown shirts just showing up or the secret heights police i and uh...

1:02:29 And in this directive, which parts of it have already been made public by the airlines because they were sent to the airlines, the flight crew, i.e. the pilot and co-pilot or first officer, are no longer allowed to tell you where they are. So you know that fun little thing like, hey folks, if you look out over the left-hand side, you can see the wonderful Rockies and oh, right down there you see the snow tops. No more of that. I'm going to give you another one, John. We will be sitting in military-like aircraft with no windows, in those parachute jump seats, right, with your back to the wall, like slaves on a slave ship. That's how we will fly, and I predict that within five years.

1:03:13 So I got a note from somebody mentioning that they're saying it's a security document but was sent to every airport and airline says Stephen Friesling, one of the bloggers. It was sent to Islamabad, to Riyadh, to Nigeria. So they're looking for information about security documents sent to 10,000 plus people internationally. Yeah, but these guys blog about it and the TSA shows up on their doorstep. Where'd you get that from? Who sent you that? Because of course these guys are embarrassed because they've been screwing up. And by the way, why doesn't Napolitano resign? Why isn't she called to account? Why isn't anyone supposed to resign? Well, nobody's been a call to account for anything in the last 15 years. You know, they can screw up the economy, they can screw the public, they can do stuff that's illegal, and nobody ever gets called to account. Well, of course, one of the things based on our own suppositions is that she wouldn't... what was the point of her resigning? This is all going according to plan. Have you heard of the Wanta-Reagan-Mitterrand protocol? No.

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Wanta-Reagan-Mitterrand Protocols and High-Speed Rail

The Wanta-Reagan-Mitterrand protocols are discussed as a potential source of $6.2 trillion for the U.S. Treasury to fund national high-speed rail projects. The segment explores the history of these 1990 agreements and the potential for Maglev technology to replace traditional domestic air travel.

leo wanta· ronald reagan· high-speed rail· treasury· maglev

1:04:19 This New Year's Eve is scheduled the implementation of the Wanta Reagan Mitterrand protocols that would bring 6.2 trillion dollars back to the US Treasury, help eliminate the toxic derivatives parked in US banks currently in zombie condition, and also put millions of Americans back to work on a national high-speed rail project at no expense to the US taxpayer. And these are agreements from 1990 And I haven't read through them all, but there's links to it in the show notes at noagendershow.com. But apparently, there's like some deal was put into place in Vienna in December of 1990.

1:05:01 and all this money was supposed to come to the US and was supposed to, I guess money that we were owed. I guess we're gonna have to look into this one. Yeah, I mean it's just too much for me to get done. I mean you know if we're gonna terrorize people in the skies there would be nothing more logical than putting a high-speed rail. Which makes total sense because what's being built right outside my door John is supposed to be the largest bus terminal uh... the transbay joint power authority claims that they will have a high-speed rail train coming in from los angeles right into the heart of san francisco this could be a scheme that is so much bigger than you and i realize could be so much bigger well you know this did the the chinese have got a uh... i mean there's we we know what high-speed rail is if you've been to europe and taken the i c e or the or one of the uh... t g v is one of the great trains that they have their their run fairly fast to do about

1:05:55 Yeah, they hit 350 kilometers an hour. Typically, they run around 250, 250 kilometers an hour. And they get you around, but you know, Europe is kind of small compared to coast to coast here in the United, in the big US of A. But the fact is the Chinese have developed a high-speed train ride from the airport to Beijing, I think it's Beijing or Shanghai, I think it's Shanghai, one of the two. I haven't taken it, so I don't know. But anyway, they have this high-speed rail that goes something like 400 miles an hour. Oh yeah, it's amazing. It's a maglev of some sort. It's soft and you know, it sits off the ground. No friction, it's magic. And people who have taken it say it's unbelievable how fast this thing travels. Hey, and by the way, I'm not against it. I'm all for it, but you don't have to like pretend to blow up planes and make travel horrible just to get us on these trains. Just build them already. If France or someone owes us money and we're supposed to build these things, pay up.

1:06:54 Let's get it. So, so, you know, I don't know. I do know, I do have one other interesting lead that we should follow up on. By the way, I want to show you before you finish that one thought, I'm going to read something I got just a, uh, Scott breaking news, breaking news. However, Leo Vanta that want to thing is a code name given a person by Ronald Reagan in April of 1988 who remains anonymous to this day. This anonymous person is not Emil Leonard Wanta. Hmm. Okay, so we need follow-up on this. We need to delve into this. Yeah, something's up. Do you recall the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Mark Thatcher? Yeah, the one who keeps getting in trouble in Africa. Right. So do you remember exactly what it was he got in trouble for? Yeah, he was trying to overthrow the government. Right. So do you know who helped fund him by that helicopter?

CHAPTER 21 / 37 Discussion

Mark Thatcher, Al-Hajji Umaru Mutallab, and World Court

A connection is drawn between Mark Thatcher and Al-Hajji Umaru Mutallab, the father of the Christmas Day bomber, involving past weapons projects in Africa. Additionally, the World Court is noted to be considering indictments for war crimes related to the conflict in the Gaza Strip.

mark thatcher· al-hajji umaru mutallab· world court· gaza· war crimes

1:07:48 No. Al-Hajji Umarra Mutalib, father of the alleged terror suspect, the crotch bomber. He was the former chairman of the Bank of Nigeria who helped fund various weapons projects tied to Mark Thatcher. Oh really? What a coincidence. Coincidence? I think not! At the same time, while we're all looking at the new balloon boy, crotch boy, the uh, We talked about this last week. The world court is supposed to be indicting members of the Israeli government as well as members of Hamas for war crimes for that 22-day war in the Gaza Strip.

1:08:35 So we need a little bit of confusion to cover all that up as well. There is stuff going on right now, it is coming at us so fast that it's even hard for us to keep up with it. No, it's actually very difficult. We can only, you know, one of the things we can do, we target one or two stories a show and there's probably 20 stories that could be tracked back. We do the best we can. We do a better job, I think, than most of the stuff I've been seeing and listening to that's on the television or even on the radio or even done by the talk show guys. As far as I'm concerned, I don't know anybody else that's coming close. These stories are fascinating and they're complicated and everything you see and hear, generally speaking, on the mainstream media is like fed to you for a purpose of, it's just a brainwashing trick.

1:09:25 That's exactly what it is. It is, it's not a trick. It's a documented technique. It's a documented technique. It's very simple. So we want to do more of this in the new year and boy we're late with our pitch John. We've been so, I mean this has been so huge. There's so much surrounding this story, the timing of it, all of the geopolitical aspects of it, the internal war between the Obama administration and certainly the CIA and perhaps other intelligence. And by the way, I'm not saying the CIA is bad. You know, they're just pissed off. Look, we all know that all governments do nasty, crazy shit. We're no exception. We're not goody-goody two-shoes in all of this.

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Global Donor Recognition and New Donation Portal

The hosts read a list of international donors from New Zealand, the Netherlands, and the U.S., attempting to pronounce difficult names and locations like Llangyfelach, Wales. A new donation portal is announced at ChannelDvorak.com/na, managed by Eric Mackey, to provide a redundant server for listeners in restricted regions.

peter bevan· alexander dilger· stephen pelsmacher· channeldvorak· welsh

1:10:16 But it would be nice if we could get to the bottom of a couple of these things like this whole Mark Thatcher thing is now freaking me out this whole Reagan give us six trillion dollars thing is like, you know, I need extra days to go and work on this So let's talk about some of our donors donors this week and I'm gonna mention a few of them get it get Them their credits. Yes. I want to thank by the way everyone who even gives us like, you know 1020 I got 99 cents this week from somebody who says that too. It's the PayPal account. They're dumping it You know you dump your PayPal account just give us give it to us and So, we have a number of 50 to 100 dollar donors, I'm just going to name them off. Derek Reiser of Maryville, Illinois, Peter Bevan of, oh, let me get back to Peter Bevan at the end. Here's one from New Zealand and you're going to have to help me pronounce this one. This is a beauty.

1:11:10 W-I-R-I-Y-A is the first name. Hold on, hold on. Let me just write... I might as well write it down, otherwise I can't remember it. W-what? I-R-I-Y-A. Which I would say... Wearya? Wearya maybe. Wearya? And the last name is even better. V-A-I-D-A-Y-A-N-U-W-A-T-T-I. Okay, thank you so much for your donation. We really appreciate it. From New Zealand, thank you very much. Vaideyanuati? I guess. Vaideyanuati. Rick, uh...

1:11:53 Dalishni from Oshawa, Ontario and he wants us to plug blush wedding films in Toronto blush wedding films in Toronto and Philip Koster in Roozendal. Roozendal. Roozendal, Netherlands. Yes, perfect. And then we have our Then we have Alexander Dilger who wants a shout out to Terry Johnson and he's in Morgantown, West Virginia, great state. I went to school right near Morgantown. We went to many Mountaineers games. And then we had Yap Boyden-Dick.

1:12:39 about today I think job back to day who is our executive producer for this episode and he's apparently in now I'll do like now like now Vic now like now like there you go not that hard this is like every week it's like it did does anybody have a normal name 0 like the war act for and what kind of name is that you you you're missing it you're missing a small or Adam Curry's I mean that's what I'm looking you're missing a vowel Mathias Merkert from, he's in the falls, Germany. He gave us 78.64. And then we had Christian and Sarah Winter from Las Vegas that gave us 100. And our old buddy, of course, Steven Pelsmacher from Zondam.

1:13:33 He gave us $199 and he's actually doing it. By the way, anyone out there who wants to be a knight, you can do the self-accounting and when you get to $1,000. Isn't Steven close to it? Isn't he pretty much? I think he's about $400 away. Okay. Ian Monroe, of course, one of our executive producers. There you go again saying Ian. It's Ian. Ian Monroe. No, Ian. Ian. Yeah, $200. And Samuel Van Der Plank. Van Der Plank. from Shar-beak Brussels. Where? 223. Richard Nichols gave us from Fairview, Oregon. There we are, Richard Nichols, Fairview, Oregon, $150. Okay, now here's the one. Pronounce this. This is Peter Bevin. He said he challenges us to pronounce L, you ready to write this down? Yeah. L-L-A-N-G-Y F-E-L-A-C-H and as a warning, it's Welsh.

1:14:35 Okay, I would say Langevall. Langevallach. Langevallach. Langevallach. Let's see, here's something we could try. It's pronounced Fangevallach. Well, it's LL you said. Yeah, and it's pronounced, the LL is pronounced somewhere in between an F and a TH. The F is pronounced as a V. Hold on. Ah shit. I deleted it. Hold on a second. Let me try something here. It's on the internet the pronunciation LL a n g y f e L a ch, right? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So here's what we'll do. Let's see how Apple pronounces it. Oh, that should be funny. Okay, here we go.

1:15:26 Anyway people out there you can go to Dvorak org slash na or check out our new For people that are in Russia and the other places that they can't go to Dvorak org go to channel Dvorak comm slash na and you'll have a donation page there's completely on a different server Is that going to be the new donation page? Is that going to be the new one that's also on Dvorak.org slash NA? This is done by Eric Mackey. I love the new donation page at ChannelDvorak.com slash NA. I love it. ChannelDvorak.com slash NA. And NoAgendaShow.com, go there or go to Dvorak.org slash NA. I'll probably keep the other ones separate.

CHAPTER 23 / 37 Discussion

Bernie Madoff Exit Strategy Theory

A speculative theory suggests Bernie Madoff may have used a hospital stay as a ruse to swap places with a double and escape to Paraguay. The hosts compare the situation to the death of Ken Lay of Enron, questioning the official narrative of Madoff's imprisonment.

bernie madoff· fraud· paraguay· ken lay· enron

1:16:15 Give us some help and we'll try to do more of this kind of research And I think we you know this kind of the stuff that we're digging up Currently is some of the best stuff we've done for the last year and I think half the stuff that we've talked about all year long doesn't show up on anybody's top 10 list or Mainstream media doesn't care about it. They didn't even have made off on look hey by the way. They finally did it with me i think they switch this week it will think they switched out without yeah because they are good look guys worth fifty billion dollars you're gonna have to have you have you have to have a exit strategy there's no way he didn't before he admitted that he was did a big fraud set up shop to have some gas so he was he went to a to a hospital facility for ten days because of whatever is dizzy

1:16:59 is what the main thing was and then ten days later he comes back. I'm dizzy! I'm dizzy! Yeah, so they take him off to the sick bay. And then they bring back another dude. So he's out. He's in Paraguay by now. He's already on one of the Hunt oil airplanes. He's on his way. Up, up and away. He's gone. If somebody would track where his kids go over the next year or so, you'll figure out where he went. Because they're obviously going to go visit dad once in a while. But yeah, we have no proof of this by the way. No, but it I mean You look at it's like we've been waiting for him to get a heart attack or something else to happen Because it's exactly what happened with Ken lay from Enron and we haven't we of course we have no proof But you know, is it really all that unbelievable? I'll be really that crazy You know what don't even answer that question because I will answer it for you according to examiner.com

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Examiner Report on Extraterrestrial Meetings

An article from Examiner.com claims the U.S. military is holding face-to-face meetings with extraterrestrial life forms, including "Reptilians" and "Greys." The report cites retired military officials and suggests that the Christmas Day bombing was used as a media distraction to bury news of alien contact.

examiner· extraterrestrials· zeta reticuli· dennis blair· charles bolden

1:18:00 US military is liaising with extraterrestrial life according to multiple independent sources. This is big John, this is a huge article. Independent sources have claimed an ongoing set of face-to-face meetings between US military officials and extraterrestrial life. The sources reveal that senior... Did this run on April 1st? No, this ran on December 28th. Another reason they needed the crotch bomber because the news is getting out now. So you're saying that there's aliens meeting with our government because they ran this over the Christmas holiday so nobody would notice, that's what your theory is? Yes. So the sources reveal that senior US Navy officers have played a leading role in an inter-services working group responsible for the meetings and that different extraterrestrial groups are allegedly involved. One source claims that the contact involves extraterrestrial groups known as reptilians and a silicon-based life form dubbed the conformers.

1:18:56 Another source claims that the extraterrestrials are called ebons from the Zeta Reticuli star system But known colloquially as the greys a third source claims that human looking extraterrestrials Representing an association of star nations are liaising with military officials and there this article which ran the examiner is filled with amazing links in interviews and it's all ex-military guys who are now 75, 80 years old and they're just tired of keeping these lies in. They're just tired of it. And I predicted, I predicted that the president will come out and he's going to, you watch, he's gonna say, alright, you know, we might as well just tell you because you're gonna find out anyway. Yes, there is, we've been in touch with alien life forms and we've got free energy and of course it won't be free, that'll be another red herring. Uh oh, I hear them coming for me, John. You hear it?

1:19:49 This is a great article. It's really really good, and there's tons of backup information. These are the type of guys who are coming out about this. All retired of course US Navy US Marine Corps Dennis Blair director of national intelligence James Jones national security advisor Charles Bolden NASA administrator All these guys retired and they're all you know moving up on 80 and they're like, you know We just don't want to bullshit around anymore. It's true get on with it already I mean even Dennis Kucinich says it so, you know, it's got to be true. Oh God

CHAPTER 25 / 37 Discussion

Project Censored Top 25 Stories of 2009

The hosts review the "Top 25 Censored Stories" list, highlighting items such as Japan's questioning of 9/11, the FBI's InfraGard program deputizing businesses, and the seizure of war protesters' assets. The list emphasizes stories that received little to no coverage in mainstream corporate media.

project censored· elliot spitzer· nato· infragard· fbi

1:20:29 Well, he's one of them, I think. He might be, but that's okay. And he's related to, what's her name, the actress? Shirley MacLaine. She knows. She knows. So I want to read a list of the, you know, we talked about the top 10 news stories from last year. There's going to be all these retrospectives. I want to read you a list of 25, it's going to take a minute, of the top 10 or the top 25 censored stories. And a lot of these actually are stories that have been continued to be censored for the year after year. And what's cool about it is as you, there's probably out of the 25, there's about two stories you may have heard of.

1:21:12 I'm gonna start with 25 Bush's real problem with Elliot Spitzer 24 Japan questions 911 and the global war on terror We talked about that one FDA complicit on pushing pharmaceutical drugs, duh Really There's gambling going on there Care CARE rejects US food aid NATO considers first strike nuclear option know that Marijuana arrests set new record. Indigenous herders and small farmers fight livestock extinction. Cruelty and death in juvenile detention centers. I have a friend who's gone through that. Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me.

1:22:00 Well, this guy, that's a long story, but one of the guys who was the CEO of Silicon Valley, one of his kids got into a jam and ended up in one of these juvenile hall things and they became, you know, kind of beaten the crap out of just on a daily basis by these Mexican gangs that are running rampant. And it turns out that the whole operation is run by the mob and it's just a horrible situation. He had to leave, finally leave under some, it's just a tremendously bad story. I mean, it's just depressing. UN's empty declaration on indigenous rights. Oh, yeah, we covered some of that. Number 16 annual survey on trade union rights. Number 15 worldwide slavery. What's that?

1:22:41 Worldwide slavery. Number 14 mainstream, well what do you think our prison system is? Number 14, you know, the rest of these marijuana smokers. Number 14, mainstreaming nuclear waste. Number 13, tracking billions of dollars lost in Iraq, we know about that. Yeah, we track that. Number 12, Bush profiteers collect billions from No Child Left Behind. Oh really? No kidding. Number 11, El Salvador's water privatization and the global war on terror. Number 10, APA complicit in CIA torture. That story was actually covered pretty well. And the well water thing we covered that extensively. Yeah. Number nine, Iraq and Afghanistan vets testify. Yes. Number eight. We haven't talked about it, but I do have some of that. Number eight, executive orders can be changed secretly.

1:23:31 Great. Number seven, guest workers, ink fraud and human trafficking. Number six, the hometown terrorism prevention act. We have to look that one up. I think we've talked about it briefly, but we're on terrorism and pretension act. That's the whole, that's the whole my act thing. Yeah. We've touched on it. Yeah. Yeah. Number five, seizing war protesters assets. Cool. Apparently, this was signed by Bush and I guess it's still in play, if you go to a war protest and have a carry a sign that says, no more war, get out of Iraq, they can seize all your assets and break you.

1:24:17 Well, I mean, what are you going to do? I mean, you know, why is this stuff even in play? Why isn't anybody complaining about this? Because there's fluoride and lithium in the water because we're all docile. If you complain about it, you're also subject to seizure. Oh yeah, no, you can't complain. That would be bad. There would be no complaint. ILEA, the US restarting dirty wars in Latin America. Number three in for guard the FBI deputizes business Yes, no, this is this is huge. Even my tax lawyer is even deputized is he now? Yeah, and and they have a badge and they've got all kinds of see we get a bad Yeah, they got a badge and cool cruel and they get the secret documents and they're the first ones if they if you know If there's a chemical attack, they have there's all kinds of protocols. Oh, yeah, this is huge not only that but it

1:25:05 How do we get a badge, man? I think it'd be great. That'd be good. Clergy are also... brought into the whole scheme. I wonder if Father Ralph, one of our eventual knights, is going to get to this. Well there's tons, there's tons of clergy who are on board with the program and who are actually preaching about how you know the New World Order is great and good and yeah I know this is well known. One world government. Security and Prosperity Partnership militarized NAFTA? I didn't know that one. Is number two and number one over 1 million Iraqi deaths caused by US occupation. Oh, why would we even report on that? There is one other story that has that should be on that list John. There's a lot of stuff they don't have on that list by the way. Yeah, I'd say the fastest-selling book

CHAPTER 26 / 37 Discussion

Howard Bloom and The Genius of the Beast

The book "The Genius of the Beast" by Howard Bloom is recommended for its analysis of biological and economic cycles. Bloom, a former music industry PR legend, argues that boom-and-bust cycles are inherent to human DNA and necessary for reinvention and innovation.

howard bloom· genius of the beast· music business· cycles· biology

1:25:58 I know what the joke about that is Glenn Beck came out with it as an Atlas show. That's kind of harsh. I'd like to recommend a book that was recommended by one of our producers which I got on my Kindle for the iPod and I've been I haven't been you know and this is not an easy thing to read a book on and I've tried a couple I was like okay but I guess it's just the quality of the book it's called genius of the beast

1:26:34 By Howard L bloom have you heard of this book John God? No, okay? Do you know who Howard bloom is? They've heard of him, okay Howard L bloom in the 80s had the biggest PR agency for the music business and this is why this book is interesting he's actually like a biologist a scientist as his background and he He went into the PR field really studying behavior and I mean this I mean Princess Purple Rain movie would never have been released if it wasn't for this guy I mean he he was a he was responsible for many of the urban acts this guy's a legend in the music business and He has this and you'll love this book because I think it's part of the book that you allegedly have written about your financial cycles and he

1:27:27 analyzes the cycles all the way down to our core which is essentially bacteria. That you know that we're like bacteria and we go through these cycles of boom and bust and we actually bring it upon ourselves. And what I like about it is he ran down all of the different big boom and busts and all the things that people were saying which is very similar to what you and I even say now but oh it's the Federal Reserve, it's this and that but it actually what he says His assertion is that it is something within our DNA that we have to go through this incredible downturn to reinvent ourselves, to come up with new fantastic ideas and I guess desperation is the mother of invention. About halfway through the book right now, and I think I'll take the time to put an Amazon link into the show notes, fabulous book, particularly because he goes from the scientific stuff

1:28:26 Right into some stories about when he was in the music business. He makes all these comparisons and throughout the whole thing It's really about this cycle and he goes into the conga. I think we got the point the condor Teeve wave Is that the Russian guy who had some theory? He's got some crazy. Where's your book man? I mean at least he wrote a book So, uh, so it says we're doing it says that a little diddy that you play to talk about movie reviews. I can tell you I went to see Avatar and 3d on the IMAX. Yeah, but you talked about that on horror. It's a show. So I'm not interested. Did I yeah because that's on the stream man. No agenda stream is kicking ass. I've got so I Saved some things. Okay, you see you save Tom Hartman came out and said that this was the guy that we talked about last week We introduced to our listeners the left-wing

CHAPTER 27 / 37 Discussion

Avatar 3D Movie Critique and Mind Control

James Cameron's film "Avatar" is criticized for its "bland science fiction" and stock characters. The hosts dismiss the 3D technology as a gimmick and suggest the film's immersive nature is a form of mental conditioning to keep viewers trapped in a lower state of consciousness.

james cameron· avatar· 3d· imax· thom hartman

1:29:20 Oh right, Tom with an H. T-H-O-M. Thom. Thom Hartman. So Thom Hartman, he comes out and says he saw Avatar and he says it was the greatest movie he's ever seen in his entire life. Really now now I want people to go see the movie just for the purpose to see what is wrong with this guy to say that it's better than it's a wonderful life. I don't think so. It's bland science fiction. It's a stock story. There's nothing really particularly interesting about it. It's got all the characters are cartoon characters. There's not a real person in it. I mean, I'm talking about in terms of the depth of the characterization I mean they got this army guy that can't be killed and he's a tough guy and he wants to kill everybody blah blah blah blah blah right It's just ridiculous. It's a big hype They put a little drug in your water like you have to go see stupid movies in 3d Which by the way will never take off as long as you have to wear glasses. It'll never go mainstream

1:30:12 mainstream. It will not, will not, will not, will not. It did it before, does it all the time. It comes and goes, it comes and goes. And the thing is it wasn't even really 3D because he kept, he didn't have one depth, he had depth of field shot. So how does that work? I mean if it's real 3D it should be no depth of field everything should be you know Flat so I can focus on what I want to focus on it be in the back or in the front But he's got things in the back blurry What this what this is meant to do is to condition your brain to stay inside the third dimension and never raise up to the fifth This is just more mind control. Don't go see this movie. It is bad for your mental health

CHAPTER 28 / 37 Discussion

Financial Times Hero and CIO of the Year

The Financial Times is criticized for naming Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein as its "Person of the Year." Similarly, Information Week's naming of Vivek Kundra as "CIO of the Year" is mocked given his controversial history and role in the Obama administration.

lloyd blankfein· goldman sachs· vivek kundra· financial times· information week

1:30:49 Now, I'd like to... I know... Well, that's kind of a leap. Yeah, but it's true. I'm reliably informed. Could I just mention two fantastic awards as we blow out 2009 into 2010. Financial Times, the newspaper formerly known as the only newspaper I would read, I'm no longer going to read it, as they now announce Lorde Blankfine CEO of Goldman Sachs is the hero of 2009. What? Yeah. Hats off to the Financial Times for refusing to pander to lily-livered liberals. The Pink Paper has opined that its Person of the Year for 2009 is none other than Lloyd Blankfein, Chief Executive of the widely reviled Wall Street Bank, Goldman Sachs. He is a, quote, master of risk.

1:31:40 and if you thought that was just like making Hitler the man of the year wasn't he on the cover of Time? oh yeah yeah if you thought that was interesting CIO of the year as named by Information Week is our buddy Vivek Kundra unbelievable Yeah, get that old we try to put some clips together for the next day the next show of the show after that that kind of summarize some of the stuff that we've been revealing on No agenda I did you know there's so much stuff that I had no idea how much work we actually put into this show It's a lot isn't it? It's astonishing. I mean look at all these clips you go my god I'd like to mention something else that will happen at the stroke of midnight which

CHAPTER 29 / 37 Discussion

Codex Alimentarius and Global Food Regulation

The implementation of Codex Alimentarius in Europe is discussed as a move toward total regulation of food and supplements. The hosts argue this "food law" undermines national sovereignty and gives a centralized "Ministry of Food" control over organic standards and genetically modified organisms.

codex alimentarius· gmo· food law· european union· sovereignty

1:32:30 will be several hours from now in Gitmo Nation East in Europe, the United States of Europe. The Codex Alimentarius will be implemented. I've been talking about this for two years on this program. John, you've usually gone, whatever, whatever. But this of course is all about genetically modified food. This is the Codex Alimentarius is Latin for food law. Food regulations. In Europe, our food is about to become completely regulated. So what you eat, what's in it, how it's made will all be determined by the Ministry of Food. And keep your eye on this. Codex Alimentarius. I've read through it. It is amazing. Essentially, control over food. You cannot determine what you want to eat.

1:33:21 what is organic will be determined by uh... the ministry of food and how it's made who's allowed to make it under what uh... circumstances codex elementarious look out for that in two thousand ten well you know the thing is is he got you've got a these people trying to him impose a one world government the china says she take away u s sovereignty i mean this isn't this is not crazy speculation i mean they say they want to do this and they We just believe what they say, right? So it's not like, you know, this is not the crackpot part of the show. This is just a simple reality. When I say it, it is. But when you say it, then all of a sudden it's reality. So that's what makes this show so great. So the point is, is that, you know, they know that, you know, they love to study the Chinese. The Chinese government is the only one that has managed to actually supervise billions and billions of people, multiple billions of people. And they can barely do it.

1:34:22 But they do it in whatever way methodology they use and they've done it for a long time and they and then the Indian government's the second biggest nation that has to be you know which is about 1 billion. That has to be somehow managed and they're doing a pretty crappy job of it. So the one world government people know that they've got a real problem on their hands to manage this many people under one umbrella for the sole purposes of preventing future wars, which is not going to work, but they think it might. At least they're taking a shot at it. And it also keeps them in power and whatever. There's all kinds of benefits to them. It doesn't help us. So the idea is to get the groundwork.

1:35:03 In other words, let's put everything in place that needs to be in place ahead of taking over the world and putting in this one world government. So we don't have to deal with all the kind of misery that we're going to have to deal with when we actually take over the place. Now the thing is, I would like to see how the French react to this Codis Alimentarius, because they don't Buy into any of this crap about you know who how to tell them how to do food I mean they've had enough trouble getting the cheese makers to use plastic instead of wood for the goat cheese You know what it may be time to move to France

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French Wine Industry and Anti-Drinking Laws

The French government's implementation of strict anti-drinking and advertising laws is described as a blow to the country's traditional wine industry. The hosts compare these measures to the American Prohibition era, suggesting they are intended to make the population more docile.

france· bordeaux· wine industry· prohibition· alcohol

1:35:41 It may be a good place to be. Basically France and Germany can run Europe because they've got all the people, they've got all the votes, so they're going to determine what they... You know what? They don't give a crap. The French are... and I'm going to make a blanket statement, but the French really still believe they rule the world. at least the elites in France do. They think that Napoleon, he screwed it up, don't worry we'll be back. That's the way they think. I agree with that, I think to some extent. And the thing about the French that you've noticed, anyone who's followed the wine industry over the last few years will notice this. The French, to implement this worldwide control of everybody, one of the things you've got to do, and the Muslims know how to do this, is get people so they're not drinking alcohol.

1:36:29 Because if they're drinking alcohol, then all of a sudden this weird thoughts come in we get like ideas and shit Good and so the French of all countries have implemented all these draconian anti-drinking laws throughout the country. It's killing the wine industry. Everybody in Bordeaux and every place like that are moaning about it. The French aren't drinking as much because there's all these advertising, there's new laws, new campaigns are really strict with drunk driving. And then they're running all these ads and they won't let the French companies advertise their products anymore in the way they used to. So you can't go, you know, you can't, they don't want people showing people drinking wine. So you have a country that's essentially based on wine drinking. Let's look at history. What was the purpose of prohibition in the United States? And it was done by the progressives, by the way, let's never forget that. It was the liberals who instituted prohibition in the United States. What was the concept behind it? Because we were getting wacky?

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UAV Surveillance Over the Netherlands

The Dutch military is reportedly deploying hundreds of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to monitor the New Year's Eve transition. While officially intended to prevent illegal fireworks and public disorder, the move is viewed as an expansion of domestic aerial surveillance.

uav· drones· netherlands· surveillance· fireworks

1:37:29 Yeah, too many people are drunk and causing trouble. Can't have that. Let's see the Brits. You can take away an Englishman's lunch, you can take away his family, you can take away his home, but man if you're going to touch his alcohol, you are in for big trouble. We'll see. This will not work. In Gitmo Nation lowlands, starting now as a matter of fact, and this came in through my aviation connections, There is a no-fly zone set up in a large portion of the Netherlands, or at least not below 1,000 feet, which is kind of interesting because the VFR rules, even though I don't think you can even fly VFR at night in the Netherlands, is 1,100 feet. So it gives you like no room. But you cannot fly below 1,000 feet because they will be launching and flying

1:38:29 UAVs throughout the changeover from 2009 to 2010. These are the UAVs, you're talking about those drones? Yeah, the unmanned aerial vehicle. These are the ones that are like three feet long that you launch by throwing it into the air. They're gonna have cameras. Oh, the little ones. Yeah, cameras, infrared. So essentially the army is now operating in the skies over the Netherlands. And of course it's because they want to make sure that there's no illegal fireworks taking place or someone's doing something bad. Oh, that's the reason. Yeah. But they have about 700, I think 700 of these things.

1:39:05 that they ordered and they're all going to be flying around. If one crashes by accident. I think I would if I had a rocket I'd be targeting that fucker. I mean I want to have one. Yeah. Get me one of those. Very cool. Probably has a transmitter in it so when you brought it down they'd be right on it. Something for your Dvorak Horowitz unplugged show, maybe you've even talked about it, I was listening to the stream. It's a good show by the way, I was just kidding. I do like listening to you guys talk about that because there's a lot of common sense, you're kind of like fundamentalists, you're not technical analysts. A study was done by Georgia State

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Congressional Stock Performance and Ethics Waivers

A Georgia State University study reveals that U.S. Senators' stock portfolios consistently outperform the market by over 12% annually. Meanwhile, the White House granted an ethics waiver to John Brennan, a former CIA officer and CEO of a private intelligence firm, to lead the review of the Christmas Day bombing.

georgia state· insider trading· john brennan· ethics waiver· cia

1:39:43 And if you really want to make money in the stock market, just follow what the US Senators are investing in. US Senator stocks on average beat the market by 12.3% annually. Yeah, that'd be a good website. That's pretty huge. That's not bad. Do you think there's some insider information flowing back and forth? No, there's no way. The White House has granted a special ethics waiver. This is breaking news to allow President Obama's top counterterrorism advisor conduct the review of the intelligence and screening breakdown that preceded the failed Christmas Day bombing of an American passenger jet over Detroit. Why does he need this? Well, Mr. Brennan is a former longtime CIA officer

1:40:36 He needed the ethics waiver because for more than three years prior to his current post, he was chief executive officer of the Analysis Corp or TAC, an intelligence firm that provides services to the government. So they've got the shill on the inside. This is like the 9-11 Commission. I bring this guy in, he'll write whatever we tell him to. He's paid. And what happened to the transparency and what happened to no revolving doors and all that? Shadow Puppet Theater! At work. While we speak. So I guess we have a cop, some guy floating around or they got him locked up who has the XXDR version of TB which is beyond hard to cure. What does that mean? I have no idea what that is. It's the extreme, let's see what the moniker is for it.

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Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Q Fever

The emergence of "XXDR" tuberculosis, an extremely drug-resistant strain, is noted as a rising health threat. Additionally, the Dutch government's culling of 40,000 pregnant goats to combat "Q Fever" is discussed as a significant but underreported event in the Netherlands.

xdr tb· tuberculosis· q fever· netherlands· goats

1:41:29 It's extremely... It's XDR tuberculosis is so rare there are only a handful of other people in the world who are thought to have had it. It's beyond drug resistant. There's no... It's so-called extremely drug resistant. In other words, there's nothing that works on it and no combination of things and they have to basically lock the kid up. and uh... so so that's it various drips game over they were sick they said you know that now they say well now that we got the one case in the united states is probably others in the release There's three kinds of TB that are drug resistant. There's the multi-drug resistant, which is the MDR, which is all over the prisons. And then there's the extensively drug resistant, which is XDR. And then there's XXDR, which means nothing can cure it and you're basically toast if you get it. You know, there's something that we didn't talk about, although it's been going on for, maybe, maybe, maybe we did talk about it almost a year ago.

1:42:31 During the whole swine flu scare, there was actually a number of people died in Gitmo Lowlands in the Netherlands from the Q fever, which apparently comes from goats. And the Dutch government, you know, so this is big. I think more people died from Q fever than from swine flu in the Netherlands. And there was very little press on it. Of course, you know, it's like farmers, you know, who cares? They have just killed 40,000 female pregnant goats Really? Yeah, which of course the religious believe this is another sign of the apocalypse But I thought that was like, you know, that's weird man killing pregnant goats. That's kind of sick Q fever. Well, we have to follow up on that. Yeah, I haven't done a good job myself Tylenol recalled. Yeah, if you follow that

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Sports Soup Out of Context Humor

A segment from the cable show "Sports Soup" is played, featuring a montage of sports commentators' phrases edited to sound like sexual double entendres. The hosts find the "Out of Context" concept amusing and suggest a similar edit could be made for their own program.

sports soup· cable tv· out of context· humor· double entendre

1:43:32 There's something bad. Okay, well, since we're wrapping up with minor stories, we might as well do some humor. Oh, okay. At the end of the show. There's a and I have a clip there. And this, by the way, is people are, you know, they've heard the whole show. We probably gotten through most of the talks and they don't want to hear something that is essentially lewd. Now is the time to close your ears. Now is the time to close your ears and this is tagged sports humor, Adam would like it. There's a franchise that turns out on cable, I thought these were separate shows but they're not.

1:44:07 called the sports soup which is based on the suit on the which is a guy showing different kinds of clips and so this character who does sports soup clipped together a bunch of just little snippets from various sports figures that saying one thing or another to make it sound as dirty as possible and it has to do with well you can listen to it and see what you think some Some of my favorite things about sports are the words and phrases that sound perfectly normal during the coverage of games, but sound completely filthy when looped together. Please enjoy Out of Context. on your hands or wrists or fingers. Notice I'm gonna have to stroke it a lot harder than I normally stroke it. How do you keep your confidence going when you're not stroking it? Stroking hard to a finish. Back off to a 3-1 lead now. The entire team came on the ice and wanted to sit there and say, come in my face. And it is a premium load. Yes.

1:45:12 Ah, that reminds me of the time Seahawk receiver Norm Budd was wide open. So that figure, they played this on cable TV, we could play it on our show. That's funny. Yeah, I like that. That's a good concept. Someone could probably do that with our show and put the- and very easily. You don't even need more than one episode and you could probably put something like that together. That would be very cool. Alright, so we're wrapping up 2009. I guess it's almost compulsory to ask you, John, if you have any New Year's resolutions. Yes. Would you like to share them? Yeah, I intend to triple the income of this show minimally and then also lose 20 pounds.

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New Year's Resolutions and Media Projects

The hosts share their 2010 resolutions, which include tripling the show's income and reviving the "Daily Source Code" podcast. Plans for New Year's Eve celebrations at Stinson Beach and the significance of the "Blue Moon" occurring on the holiday are also mentioned.

daily source code· video show· stinson beach· blue moon· champagne

1:45:59 So, I'm right there with you. At the top of my list is triple the income of this show so that we can really concentrate on it. And I think I've, you know, they're now reporting in the Dutch press, Adam is so, it's so hard up that he has to eat his airplane. Oh, really? Yeah. Someone listen. Oh, no wonder we're getting so many Dutch you sending us donations and it's true. Yeah No, you're selling the plane is I I'm finding it depressing personally. I'm not because I'm very excited I'm very excited about what the new year will bring I have a new show that I am working on, that this will be video. This will not be related to no agenda, but it will be something that I'm having a lot of fun doing. But I also have a resolution to bring back the daily source code.

1:46:51 Which of course, until we triple the income of this show will not be daily. But it wasn't really daily for a long time. It was in the beginning. In the beginning it was. It was five days a week. So I vowed to bring that back. And that's about all. Everything I think, I'm pretty good on all the love and the health and everything else. I'm doing pretty good. Maybe smoke a little bit less. I gotta think about that one. Are you celebrating at home? We were going to do a party but then we decided to do some other stuff instead. We're going to go out but not, we're going to be back for that. The problem is nowadays because of this, again, part of it, like we mentioned earlier in the show, you don't want people to drink too much because it destabilizes a worldwide government. It's gotten to be onerous, unless you have a driver,

1:47:43 to go out on these holidays and actually have a drink because they keep the thing you two glasses of wine in your over the limit besides that this crazy on the road plus I've never found it to be that problematic but whatever the case is it's you just asking for trouble so it's gonna be pretty mild but we I do have a some some good champagne here so not to worry about it we're gonna go to the beach Mmm, yeah up towards a Stinson Beach there. Yeah, and you're gonna be there at midnight Yeah, well we're staying in some like cool spa hotel or something. Okay? So yeah, we're gonna be there in midnight. And did you know that there were two full moons this month John? Yes blue moon Yeah, so is there something special supposed to happen tonight or is that is it just gonna be a full moon? Well, it depends, you know, I did the blue moon thing is somewhat controversial because I've listened to different

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Inuit Elders and Arctic Sky Changes

A CBC report features Inuit elders claiming that the sun, moon, and stars are no longer appearing in their traditional positions in the sky. While the media attributes this to climate change, the hosts suggest it may be related to shifts in the Earth's magnetic poles.

inuit· arctic· cbc· climate change· magnetic poles

1:48:34 Astrologists say that it's not a true blue moon because it crosses over past midnight. I don't know what to believe. It's like some sort of, you know, it happens on a New Year's once every 5,500 years or something like that. It's unlikely to happen again in our life. This is what Elvis sang about? Blue moon over Hawaii? No, that was moon over Hawaii and blue moon was a separate duop song. That's a duop song from... Yeah, it is. Yeah, from your era. And then I would like to play one last little piece of audio, one last little snippet, which is from the North Pole, where the Inuit elders are concerned. Have you heard about the Inuit elders being concerned? No, I have not heard about anybody. In the high Arctic at this time of year, the sun doesn't even break the horizon. We will try to do our best to answer your questions.

1:49:32 Warm Inside, University of Victoria scientist Ian Morrow and Zacharias Canuck have been using the internet to speak to the world. And to tell us what elders across the high Arctic are saying about climate change. They talk about how their world was, the way it was and how it is different now. The elders are also wondering if something much bigger is going on. What we're hearing is that it might not be the full story. When they start saying our sun does not rise where it used to, it's something that we should be concerned about.

1:50:09 Elders they interviewed across the North all say the same thing. Their sky has changed. The sun seems higher than in years gone past, says Elder Joannacy Carpick of Pengnirtung. The heat of the sun gets hotter, sooner. The sun, the stars and the moon are all changing, affecting the temperature of the sea, even the way the wind blows. So they're literally seeing the sun. It's changing, yeah, yeah, yeah, this is objective. It's the Inuit elders. As interpreted by the CBC boneheads. What, you think they don't speak Inuit? I don't think they either speak Inuit. This story is concocted.

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Episode 161 Outro and Sunday Preview

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak conclude the final episode of 2009, wishing listeners a Happy New Year. They announce their return on Sunday, January 3, 2010, to continue their analysis of media and global events.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· no agenda· 2010· happy new year

1:50:54 Well, no, but it I don't think so because there is there has been all kinds of shifts with the poles and the magnetic North and South swapping. Yeah, the North the magnetic field has been diminishing so there could be some effect. Yeah, so that I'm not buying anything that these guys well, they all agree all the science is in and all the Inuit elders agree. The sun's in a new spot. The science is in. Science! Alright John, it's been a great year and I like that your New Year's resolution has the same number one listing as mine does and I hope that goes for everybody who listens to this program. Yeah, we want to wish everybody a Happy New Year by the way. Have fun tonight if you haven't had it already because a lot of people like the Russians by the way in Russia again go to channeldvorak.com slash NA

1:51:49 and uh... the russians uh... have had theirs already and i'm sure they had a good time is going to be a long time before they keep the russians and reagan that vodka now we have and of course uh... i don't know what of course other than uh... i'm looking forward to uh... to look at the great two thousand and of course it is a course that Hey, we're going to be back on Sunday. It'll be the 3rd of January, a brand new year and the same old two guys. Yeah, and the same bull crap by the media. Yeah, well, I'm sure we'll be doing some investigative work during our days off. Coming to you from the Minimum Security Containment Cell, Krakow Command Center in San Francisco, California, Gitmo Nation West, I'm Adam Curry. And from a guy who has to read newspapers from Africa to get American news accurately,

1:52:40 I'm John C. Dvorak. Happy New Year. We'll talk to you again on Sunday right here on NO Agenda.