Episode 164 · Sunday, 10 January 2010

Waterboarding For Everyone!

A resurgence in torture advocacy meets the reality of invasive airport scanners and the corporate corruption of the global financial bailout.

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About this episode

The media is aggressively rehabilitating waterboarding as a legitimate interrogation tool following the Northwest Flight 253 incident. Bill O'Reilly and Monica Crowley lead the charge for coerced interrogation, while Rasmussen polls are used to manufacture public consent for medieval-style torture. The hosts argue that normalizing these techniques for terrorists inevitably leads to their adoption by municipal police departments against common citizens.

TSA body scanners are exposed as security theater, as simple Photoshop inversion filters can strip away privacy protections to reveal anatomical details. Meanwhile, research from Los Alamos National Laboratory suggests terahertz radiation may cause DNA damage, yet safety standards remain opaque. In Yemen, the expansion of the War on Terror is linked to horizontal drilling interests for Saudi oil, while at home, Timothy Geithner faces scrutiny over leaked emails regarding the AIG bailout and Goldman Sachs payments.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak deconstruct the Dracula Sneeze hoax and the arbitrary nature of airport security, where Halle Berry receives a pass while Joan Rivers is detained for plastic surgery discrepancies. The episode features executive producers Peter White and Sven Middelkoop, and concludes with a look at the extreme opulence of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.


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CHAPTER 01 / 44 Discussion

Gitmo Nation West, San Francisco Fog, and High-Speed Rail

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the session from San Francisco, noting the heavy fog and local "Spare the Air" restrictions on wood-burning fires. They discuss a Wired article regarding a proposed 14-level underground bus station and high-speed rail hub. The hosts express skepticism regarding the feasibility of French TGV or German ICE style trains operating on existing local tracks.

adam curry· john c. dvorak· gitmo nation· san francisco· spare the air· high-speed rail· tgv

00:01 Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak. It's January 10th, 2010, time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 164. This is no agenda. Practicing acting normal while on heroin. And coming to you live from the minimum security containment cell, crackpot. Command Center in Gitmo Nation West San Francisco, California in the morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and it's foggy here in northern Silicon Valley very foggy even though it's a spare the air damn John C. DeVore Act In the morning to you John is it foggy over there, huh?

00:41 It's a little overcast. I was hearing people complain about that spare the air day. What's the deal? We're not allowed to light a fire on days like this? You're supposed to hold your breath. Yeah, you're not supposed to light a fire. So if you're freezing your butt off, you can't light a fire. What kind of bull is that? You know, it came out most of the uh, yeah, sometimes during the colder Months we have these inversion layers. And so when you light a fire the the smoke It doesn't dissipate properly and it causes smog supposedly, but I think it's exaggerated come a little closer to the mic John It's uh, it's not sounding quite right yet Really? How about this? Is this better? Yeah, I don't know. It's like

01:26 I don't know what it is. I just don't know. Whenever we do the show and I'm anywhere but here, it sounds great. Whenever I'm here, I could probably spit across the river and hit you. Hey, you know, guess what? What? You're not going to be there long. No kidding. Did you see that Wired article about the bus station? Yeah, did you see the drawing of this supposed bus station? Yeah, it's like 14 levels for underground Oh, there's a TG. Where is the French TGV doing in there? That's what I'd like to know What a French do you mean the high-speed rail from France? They have to show the train at the bottom It looks like a French TGV or a nice train from Germany. Oh

02:07 Where are they? I haven't seen one. I see a clunker going down at 9, 10 in the morning down the track here, hobbling along, wiggling back and forth, the tracks bending every which way. I haven't seen any of these things. Come a little closer still. Hug the mic, man. If I was any closer, I'd be on the other side of it. Okay. Well, not quite that close. Who knows what that's all about? Anyway, the point is, is the, uh, turn me up. Well, it's, it's not the question of turning you up. It's dynamics. Dynamics. So, uh, we have an executive. Am I good enough to give the executive producer's name out? Yeah. Let's see here. Today's executive producer, we have two of them. Oh. Executive producer and an associate. The executive producer is Peter White. Hey, wait a minute. Uh, didn't Peter White send us some audio clips today?

CHAPTER 02 / 44 Discussion

Executive Producer Peter White, Associate Sven Middelkoop, and Hollywood Titles

Peter White of Cambridge and Sven Middelkoop of the Netherlands are credited as executive producers for the episode following their financial contributions. The hosts reflect on the film The Player by Robert Altman, noting how the movie illustrates the weight and vanity of professional titles in the media industry. They emphasize that these listener-donated titles carry legitimate weight within the show's production framework.

peter white· sven middelkoop· cambridge· the netherlands· the player· robert altman· executive producer

03:09 Did he? Yeah, I think so. Okay, Peter White, nice. Grab his clips, because I don't have them. Okay. $250.05. Wow, nice. And he's in Cambridge. Yes, it is that Peter White, indeed. Indeed. And we have an associate executive producer from the Netherlands. Low and behold. Sven Middelkoop. Middelkoop. Middelkoop? Middelkoop. C-K-O-O-P is koop? Yeah, Middelkoop. Okay, middle course you know we'd be screw and you know the only reason that that shit was money's cuz you're the only one that can pronounce it Yeah, that's right. It gives a town the town is even you know is Okay, the Delphine cow what DELF GAUW GAUW LF Delph Delph how yeah Delph how sounds like yeah a UW Delph how

04:08 Yes, what I said? Yeah, exactly Delphi. Oh, he says he has a note He says well deserved donation to he the associate executive producing news is on his bio you'll explain in a minute He says well it deserved donation for the funniest mainstream media killers. You should be illegal to listen to while driving Cool, he got married in some that date me that the 20107 has to do with his marriage date and And he's our executive producer. These are two official titles that are legitimate. Yes, they are. Well, I mean, I was watching The Player last night, which is a great movie if you've never seen this. Was that Robert Altman's Swan Song? Was that the last movie he ever directed?

04:56 No, I think he directed a couple films after that. Oh. So what? Yeah, it's a great movie if you're in the business. Exactly. And I was just kind of, you know, vibe and Mickey hadn't seen it yet, which of course is amazing for the business she's in. And when you see this movie, you realize how important all these titles are and you know, and how bullshit that industry is. And so if you can actually say, excuse me, I was an executive producer on on this project, You know, people take that seriously, particularly in media land. It can certainly get you gigs and it can further your career and your life experience. Yeah. And so you get to view that and in fact these two guys, you know, essentially finance today's show. Yeah, there was one other special mention I wanted to make. There's a website, worldwarwarehouse.com.

CHAPTER 03 / 44 Discussion

World War Warehouse Website Support and Media Assassination

A website titled World War Warehouse has redirected its traffic to the No Agenda show during a supplier-related outage. The site's landing page encourages visitors to donate to Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak to "save the nation." The hosts speculate on the site's original purpose while embracing the "media assassination" branding.

worldwarwarehouse.com· media assassination· website outage· podcast support· donation

05:46 And I'm not quite sure what they normally sell on WorldWarWarehouse.com. I can only guess. But on the home page if you go to world where war house world war warehouse World horror whorehouse world war warehouse calm due to problems with our supplier the world war warehouse calm will be down until mid-january 2010 in the meantime, please visit a wonderful and educational website that very well might save our nation Please donate to Adam curry and John C. Dvorak's podcast no agenda and have a link to no agenda show calm. I Oh, that's sweet. I thought it was awesome. A couple people pointed that out to me and again, I can't wait to find out what they actually do sell. Probably implements of mass destruction. Yes. Do you want to hear the clip? Implements of media destruction. Yes, media assassination.

06:40 Let's listen to it. We got lined up today. Well, just quickly then I want to play the clip that today's executive producer Peter White sent in because of course, you know, the exec producer, he gets to determine what's on the show. And he sent in a short clip from the BBC. This is the local weather douche as he calls him. And I think that would let me just make sure I'm playing the right clip. That could be really bad if that wasn't the one. uh... whether you do she maybe it was something else and i think he actually sent in the uh... along the worth it to find this from was at the weather to shed it now it was cambridge it is hi john and i am on behalf of all the good energy therapist at linton complimentary health center in cambridge may we all have a good fortune to enjoy hookers and blow in two thousand ten

CHAPTER 04 / 44 Discussion

Lisa Jardine, Royal Society, and Climate Change Education

Science pundit Lisa Jardine is featured in a BBC clip discussing the Royal Society's role in lobbying for public science education. Jardine expresses concern that 40% of the British public does not believe climate change is man-made, attributing this to a failure in education. The hosts criticize her stance as arrogant and dismissive of scientific skepticism.

lisa jardine· royal society· bbc· climate change· public education· science pundit

07:35 This is how our executive producers communicate with us. I gotta tell you the code. Yeah, it's a whole code. So a couple of hit and that's him. Anyway, he was listening to the BBC radio program in our time in which the host interviewed for Royal Society. Now, do you know what the Royal Society is? Yeah, isn't that the kind of the uber group that dominates the scientific discourse in England? Exactly. And they know better than anybody, of course. And they're the elites. And they know it all so well. So because of this interview with Lisa Jardine, who is, according to our executive producer Peter White, a science pundit and talking head,

08:18 His arrogance and ignorance were breathtaking and are the sole reason he jumped on to sponsoring our program and becoming an executive producer. So I'd like to play this short clip of Lisa Jardine. Of course this is about climate change and how stupid we are, how stupid we are not to believe in it. I think that a learned society has to turn its attention to what it has always been best at, namely lobbying for the infrastructure in terms of public education for science. This is a moment when we learn that 40% of the British public do not believe that climate change is man-made.

09:00 Now that means they're not properly educated. That means they don't know how to assess the evidence. You think there's no argument at all on the other side? Science is always about probabilities and likelihoods and it's never about certainties. But you have to educate your public at large to understand how to pursue those arguments. And we have failed miserably in so doing. She's illogical. Yeah, of course she's saying, science is never absolute, but clearly we failed to educate the idiot plebs. Yeah, that aren't believing lockstep in climate change. This is dumb. I was going to play the jingle here. The science is in! Science! Yeah, but that's the attitude. That is the attitude of the elite. That's exactly how they think.

CHAPTER 05 / 44 Discussion

Waterboarding Promotion, Bill O'Reilly, and the Underwear Bomber

The media is reportedly seeing a resurgence in the promotion of waterboarding as an effective interrogation tool following the attempted bombing by a Nigerian national. Bill O'Reilly is highlighted for advocating "coerced interrogation" and criticizing the decision to try terrorists in civilian courts. The hosts question the narrative surrounding the 23-year-old suspect, noting his lack of typical extremist characteristics and the suspicious nature of his alleged training in Yemen.

waterboarding· bill o'reilly· torture· underwear bomber· nigerian terrorist· al-qaeda· yemen

09:54 Well, she needs more of an education in skepticism. She usually reads Hegel or something. Anyway, so... Yeah, well that's interesting, but you know I think that the news this week is mostly an extension of what we first picked up on on the last show. Yeah, it is. Which was this rationale promoting waterboarding. Yes. I have a bunch of clips I want to play. Maybe you should just retrace the tracks for a second there, John, to help everyone understand exactly where this topic is coming from in case there are new listeners, which there always are.

10:32 We're starting to notice in the media a subtle and sometimes in the case of the clips I have today not so subtle promotion of waterboarding as a commonplace. Almost to the point where it's like we're not doing waterboarding? That's crazy! Because we know it works! Because we know it works! And so I have a bunch of clips of the, and the pro-waterboarders by the way should be ashamed of themselves. For one thing we know that torture doesn't work and if you're going to do, and I don't want to sound like a hypocrite here, but if you're going to do torture, I don't think you should be bragging about it.

11:11 Just do it and get out of town. But it's not effective. The only thing that torture is good for is kind of to scare people, because you don't want to be tortured. Like the Spanish Inquisition, let's say, which is what we're talking about here. But it doesn't work. Everybody's proven it doesn't work. But I think there's a number of sadists in the society who just like the idea of torturing people. You know, I'm surprised they aren't pulling fingernails off and watching people scream and cry and bleed. And the fact that people are, and it's mostly Republicans I might add.

11:48 although as you know i disagree no i disagree i i think there's plenty of democrats who are talking about the well there's not a device to open the republicans are more more overt the democrats are subtle and that their public is urge extremely over bill o'reilly being one of them and others and I want to play some clips that just indicate this is a short clips of O'Reilly talking about waterboarding with the meme that it's effective. It's a way we could have got more information from this Nigerian idiot. Can I just point out for this this crotch bomber now of course we have pictures of this young man he's like a 23 year old punk

12:28 Yeah, he looks like he, I mean literally, he's just a 23 year old punk. I'm like, this is the guy who did this? Where's his beard? He doesn't look scary enough. Well you know, where's his beard? The other thing about this kid is that, my son was pointing this out to me, he says, He says he didn't do it. He was like saying... He clopped a not guilty. He pleaded not guilty. But I'm still reading everywhere, oh he agreed that he's a part of Al-Qaeda and that he trained in Yemen. How does that work? And what Al-Qaeda guy who's ever tried to do anything like this wouldn't bragging about it. Guys who didn't even do anything. Raya was, I hate the US.

CHAPTER 06 / 44 Discussion

Bob Barr, Karl Rove, and the Interrogation Debate

Libertarian Bob Barr and former Bush advisor Karl Rove are cited in a debate regarding the dismantling of Bush-era security policies. Critics argue that closing Guantanamo Bay and moving to civilian trials endangers national security. The discussion focuses on the shift away from "coerced interrogation" and the political fallout of these policy changes.

bob barr· karl rove· guantanamo bay· coerced interrogation· civil court· terrorism policy

13:09 you know down with america and all this kind of stuff this guy did not exhibiting any of those characteristics or something phony about this whole thing well and i i don't know if you have to do with his waterboarding deal Oh, interesting. How do you think waterboarding has to do... Oh, because they basically forced some kind of confession out of him? Is that what you're saying? No, no, it didn't, and that's the point. Listen to these clips and it all becomes clear. It all becomes clear? Okay. Torture One, I presume? Yes, from O'Reilly. Also, we need coerced interrogation to fight terror. But come on, trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the underwear guy in civilian court is one of the worst political decisions I've ever seen. I can't remain silent on that. Also, we need coerced interrogation to fight terror. Talking about a plea bargain for this Nigerian loon so we can get information is insane.

13:57 Okay, so that's number one and he's here's what he says waterboarding is needed to get it, but he said again We have this contradiction because the guys a loon according to O'Reilly come on Which were Riley says constantly the guys a loon so what kind of information could he possibly have so why do we want to waterboard him? and meanwhile supposedly going to give information through a plea bargain and why doesn't any of these people mention that the shoe bomber was tried in civilian courts and never put in Gitmo and waterboarded? I'm not quite sure. That's a whole different thing that has to do with bringing the terrorist to trial in civil court in New York. We're going to keep staying on this meme. Here's O'Reilly again with another segment. This is a completely different part of the show. It might even be a different show, but play it.

14:43 We had the right policies, we kept America safe after 9-11. Now they're dismantling it and they're putting everybody in danger. As Karl Rove said, that's the responsible thing to say, is it not? I don't think they're dismantling it, Bob. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. No coerced interrogation, civilian trials for heinous criminals, closing Guantanamo Bay and you're saying they're not dismantling it? Come on, Mr. Barr! Okay, so that's Bob Barr, who's a libertarian, a very famous one, ran for president. And here's come on, come on, come on, come on. O'Reilly and his no-spin zone going on again about coerced interrogation, which is, let's face the reality, that's code for torture. So O'Reilly's pro-torture. This is something that we should all be so proud of. Click clip three. Here we go.

CHAPTER 07 / 44 Discussion

Monica Crowley, Glenn Beck, and Enhanced Interrogation

Monica Crowley, appearing on the McLaughlin Group, advocates for enhanced interrogation techniques to extract information from terrorists. The segment notes Crowley's history as an advisor to Richard Nixon and her current role as a conservative media pundit. The hosts contrast her fast-talking style with other female pundits like Ann Coulter and Megyn Kelly.

monica crowley· glenn beck· mclaughlin group· pbs· waterboarding· richard nixon

15:35 They say with us and Bill O'Reilly in the answer back and call segment tonight The very controversial Glenn Beck is out of the country right now at an undisclosed location now I know where he is, but even if you waterboarded me, I wouldn't say okay Then apparently waterboarding doesn't work Yeah, O'Reilly is tough enough to be able to resist waterboarding So I found that to be just kind of interestingly ironic. Okay, so then we move on to other shows let's go over to PBS and we go to the to the uh... mclaughlin group and their radio talk show personality who's always trying to you know bump up and colder offer perch uh... monica crowley who's a bit of a rather than kind of a oddly attractive bob blonde who's a

16:23 Where's too much makeup and is a very knee-jerk right winger hold on a second. I'm not I'm not remembering what she looks like Monica Crowley. Yeah, so wait a minute. She kind of hot oh wait a minute I see let me just check let me just get a little Google check so I can hmm Okay Yeah, I know. She, yeah, I, yeah, a little odd looking is right. What's her background? Where's she from? She used to be, she takes credit for being Nixon's foreign policy advisor when he was retired in Capistrano, which means that she was the hot chick in the Nixon household. Okay, gotcha. Who Nixon was probably hoping to get some action with.

17:07 but the only thing i can imagine and then she somehow wormed your way to talk radio she's got a show that i've got a chance and i was going to do a thing on her sometime ago because she is uh... a birth error and she's uh... she's melodramatic but somehow again as the hot chick she got on the uh... uh... mclaughlin group rumping like people who should be on the show and she has a fast talking blondie in the in this style of uh... uh... that Kelly, the original one came over 10 years ago, I can't remember her name off hand, but she was a fast talking bun and then Colter's a fast talking bun, they got these fast talking blondes and she's like, and she, I think she rehearses her bits, but she is, is,

17:50 classic in this realm again she's a pro-torture person is abhorrent play this clip from her that is escalating the drone attacks in Afghanistan Pakistan and now Yemen I've given him credit for that but on the other hand closing Gitmo shutting down enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding which could have extracted more information out of this Nigerian terrorist those kinds of mixed signals actually I think are undermining the effort Martin but he hasn't closed Gitmo the bizarre thing about this Okay, so this is a fast-talking blonde and she's again a pro-torture and she throws in that you could have gotten more information from this Nigerian terrorist. The guy is, as you saw, you saw his picture, the guy's an idiot. He's a 23 year old punk. I mean he was in the bathroom, you know, apparently for a long time because he couldn't figure it out yet he was highly trained.

CHAPTER 08 / 44 Discussion

Flight 253 Passenger Silence and Anti-Muslim Sentiment

Questions are raised regarding the lack of mainstream media interviews with the nearly 300 passengers aboard the Northwest flight targeted by the "underwear bomber." The hosts discuss reports of a man filming the incident and the subsequent detention of passengers by the FBI. They express concern that the event is being used to fuel an anti-Muslim movement, comparing suggestions of identifying Muslims to historical genocidal processes.

flight 253· northwest airlines· detroit· muslim profiling· genocide· civil liberties

18:43 Yeah, I mean the whole thing is just sketchy. And where, and you know what, here's what really bugs me about all this. Where are the interviews with other passengers? How come there's not a single person? Being interviewed on any of these news channels who was there? No, there is one that that that has been brought out on prison planet that one guy Who came on with the Alex Jones? And he says and he has his story of the whole thing includes You know the guy take it and we did play the clip of the woman who noticed somebody filming the whole thing right and apparently that filming was taking place we even when the guy was

19:19 Yeah, but John there were four there were almost you know three hundred and eighty passengers on this thing I mean someone at least get look they I see news media standing outside hotel rooms where they think Tiger Woods might be staying with some hookers You know if they're willing to do that can't they get at least one of the three hundred and eighty people on the just get just give me some more stuff it feels like there's I mean these people being silenced Was it was anyone was there ever a real plane? I mean, this is weird. No, it is weird. We only have one guy who has the accounts of the Indians, you know, and the bomb-sniffing dog, and the FBI taking everybody aside and putting them in a warehouse for four or five hours or so. And, yeah, no, the whole thing is sketchy. Well, it seems to me... And this idiot, what is the point of waterboarding him?

20:15 Well I think there's a move here John. We know who the guy was, who he is in Yemen. There's no other information to be had from this character. No I think there's something different at play here. I think this is an anti-Islamist movement and everything I'm seeing and hearing on mainstream is pretty much Hey, we've got to get the Muslims now. We've got to waterboard them, we've got to identify them, we've got to track them. I'm thinking maybe some tattoos on their arms. That would be a real good idea. So we know that they're Muslim. This is what's happening here. Seriously.

20:53 There was some YouTube video, god I wish I had, it was so ridiculous but now you bring this up. I didn't save it but there was literally one of these like, what color is the White House or can you name a country that's name starts with a U and then people don't know it, dumb Americans on the street. And the guys out there are saying, hey what do you think about Muslims? Shouldn't we identify them somehow when they're in America? And all these people are going, yeah that's a good idea. How about something on their jacket like a star or something? Yeah that's a really good idea. And like, you know, why don't we, maybe we should tattoo a number on their arm. Yeah, you know, I think that would be a pretty good idea. This is how stupid people are. There's no education. People have grown up to be complete morons.

21:33 and they don't understand that we're going through a complete genocidal process like happened 50, 60 years ago. It's the exact same thing and I believe this is a part of it. I really do. This seems like an anti-Muslim movement if anything. Well, this pro-waterboarding stance that these pundits are taking, I find, you know, given that... it actually would make some sense because you're talking about a sadism element that is It usually has a racist tinge to it. I mean, you want to target some group of people and torment them, torture them, kill them, you know, if you can. Or at least threaten to kill them. That's effectively what torture is. But now this is still legal, right? I mean, this is this has not been outlawed. What? Waterboarding. We still... Obama banned it.

CHAPTER 09 / 44 Discussion

Spanish Inquisition, Tower of London, and Torture History

The hosts provide historical context for waterboarding, noting its roots in the Spanish Inquisition and the Tower of London. They argue that the current media normalization of torture is a regression toward medieval sadism. The discussion suggests that if waterboarding is acceptable, there is little logical barrier to reviving other forms of physical torment like the Iron Maiden.

spanish inquisition· tower of london· iron maiden· torture history· sadism

20:53 There was some YouTube video, god I wish I had, it was so ridiculous but now you bring this up. I didn't save it but there was literally one of these like, what color is the White House or can you name a country that's name starts with a U and then people don't know it, dumb Americans on the street. And the guys out there are saying, hey what do you think about Muslims? Shouldn't we identify them somehow when they're in America? And all these people are going, yeah that's a good idea. How about something on their jacket like a star or something? Yeah that's a really good idea. And like, you know, why don't we, maybe we should tattoo a number on their arm. Yeah, you know, I think that would be a pretty good idea. This is how stupid people are. There's no education. People have grown up to be complete morons.

21:33 and they don't understand that we're going through a complete genocidal process like happened 50, 60 years ago. It's the exact same thing and I believe this is a part of it. I really do. This seems like an anti-Muslim movement if anything. Well, this pro-waterboarding stance that these pundits are taking, I find, you know, given that... it actually would make some sense because you're talking about a sadism element that is It usually has a racist tinge to it. I mean, you want to target some group of people and torment them, torture them, kill them, you know, if you can. Or at least threaten to kill them. That's effectively what torture is. But now this is still legal, right? I mean, this is this has not been outlawed. What? Waterboarding. We still... Obama banned it.

22:26 Oh, he did ban it. Yeah. But he didn't prosecute anyone for doing it or for approving it. Well, there's still... another clip I have there is the laundry list because we want to slowly transition this discussion into the Obama versus the CIA. Well, I'm not quite ready for that because I'd like to stick on the fallout from all of this because a lot of new information has come to light or it could be disinformation for all I know. Yeah, there's a lot of, there's also some disinformation when we get to the CIA stuff, I want to talk about the bombing of the agents in Afghanistan. But the, because there's a couple news stories that didn't get much play. And, but I just had these clips for the specific purpose of pointing out to people.

23:12 For one thing, that waterboarding is not a joke. It was used during the Spanish Inquisition. It was a thing that was used in the Tower of London as a torture. I mean, like the Iron Maiden. Why don't we go back to that while we're at it? I mean, what's the difference? We might as well. You know, pulling out fingernails doesn't kill anybody. So let's do that. Let's drill down a molar like they used to do in the 30s in New York City. There's a lot of things you can do. I mean, do these people approve of all these things? Does Monica Crowley think it's cool? I mean, maybe if she wears all leather and has a whip, maybe that would make more sense. Yeah, maybe she digs it for that. Well, here's, so Fox News seems to be promoting a lot of this, although the McLaughlin group is, what is that? PBS. That's PBS, right? Well, Fox, PBS, it's all the same thing.

CHAPTER 11 / 44 Discussion

Normalization of Torture and Municipal Police Risks

The hosts warn that the public is being conditioned to view waterboarding as harmless through media stunts where journalists undergo the procedure. They express concern that this normalization could eventually lead to the use of such techniques by municipal police departments. The discussion posits that once the line is crossed for terrorists, it will inevitably be moved for common criminals and gangsters.

torture· police department· human rights· conditioning· media stunts

26:24 What happened to the dialogue about waterboarding early on, even during the Bush administration, the dialogue that brought out the experts and said torture doesn't work? All of a sudden that has been taken off the table. Apparently torture does work. I mean, that's what we're led to believe now. We're led to believe that torture works and we should be waterboarding everybody. So why don't we, let's just take it to the next level. At some point, where do you draw the line on waterboarding? Are we going to bring it into the municipal police department? Can the New York police... all of us gangsters yes john that's exactly the point the point is to get you comfortable with the idea every single journalist on the news channel has uh... effectively undergone water waterboarding we saw them all do it ok i'm gonna get waterboard and see what it's like and of course they all live

27:11 Right? And they live to tell the tale. So, that's just conditioning your brain for, waterboarding ain't all that bad, you know, so they'll force some answers out of you. You're not gonna die. Of course people do die after being waterboarded. I mean, that's pretty well documented. It does go wrong because you're simulating drowning by actually drowning someone. That crew Crowley also brought up the Let's waterboard whore her. Oops. Sorry Freudian slip. We should waterboard Crowley. That's a good idea. Let's waterboard them all Let's what let's we should actually waterboard O'Reilly. That would be cool It would be because he won't give up the information. He won't tell us where no, he won't you can get where Beck is You waterboard Bill O'Reilly he'll be like he

27:58 He's in Mexico, he's in Mexico and he has a rubber ball in his mouth. He'll tell you anything he wants to. Anything you want to hear. So the dialogue about the ineffectiveness of this which has been well documented, this is not like, oh, you know, liberal mentality. It's been well documented that it's ineffective. All it is is sadistic torture for the benefit of the sadists. And yeah, it probably does scare a few people off and I'm sure some people who are just going to spill the beans anyway, you know, but again, why don't we take it to the municipal level, let the New York City police, because it's not a big deal, let them use that. And then why don't we go to the next step? What's after waterboarding? That will, you know, some electrodes to the nuts? Yeah, electrodes to your testicles. Absolutely. That'll get people to talk and it doesn't kill them. Yeah.

CHAPTER 12 / 44 Discussion

TSA Body Scanners, Photoshop Inversion, and Privacy

Claims that TSA full-body scanners protect passenger privacy are challenged by the fact that the images can be easily inverted in Photoshop to reveal anatomical details. The hosts describe how simple image filters can make a person appear fully naked and recognizable. They argue that the "privacy filters" touted by security agencies are a deceptive form of security theater.

tsa· body scanners· backscatter· photoshop· privacy· airport security

28:44 I think you're right, John. We're always looking for an agenda behind these memes that are being put out there, and this is a big one because that's all you hear about. It's moved because of course we all got bored and we had to move away from scanning us naked. Which, you remember I told you earlier in the week, I said, hey, if you reverse that image. I did it actually. We have a blog posting of it and the blogger put it, he says it may be a fake. I had to take that off because it's not a fake. I myself did what you suggested. I took a couple of those images. All you do is you hit inverse on Photoshop.

29:21 and boom there's picture of the person you can clearly see her face you can see her nipples everything she's naked. And she I think does she have a nipple ring in that one picture? I didn't. She certainly has a belly button piercing. Yeah so you know and this is the big joke is like just show people some some images that are clearly photoshopped it's it's a Photoshop filter to reverse the image no big deal anyone can take that image you can put it into Photoshop reverse it and then you see the person fully well naked Yeah, you see their face and you recognize them on the street. Yeah. The thing that is really bothering me about all this, and I went to the TSA website and actually one of our listener producers did some work on this as well, Alex, I'm sorry not Alex,

CHAPTER 13 / 44 Discussion

Terahertz Radiation, DNA Damage, and ANSI Standards

Research from Los Alamos National Laboratory suggests that terahertz radiation used in airport scanners may cause damage to human DNA. The hosts highlight the lack of long-term health studies on millimeter-wave technology and the difficulty in accessing ANSI safety standards. They note that existing safety guidelines often focus on the operators of the machinery rather than the passengers being scanned.

terahertz radiation· millimeter wave· dna damage· los alamos national laboratory· ansi standards· health risks

30:08 I think it was, was it ByteLaw? Yeah. ByteLaw did this whole, he did a whole redline version of the RapiScan website or was it the RapiScan? Yeah, rapiscansystems.com and they've changed a whole bunch of things in their FAQs about how these things work and what's really bothering me is the health concern regarding this millimeter wave technology because any, let's face it, any, you know, how many stories have we had to hear about cell phones giving you brain cancer? But no, it's okay, just nothing to see here. Just move right along through the scan system. So I go to the TSA website and I did notice something interesting which, now Mickey's traveling tomorrow, she's going to Los Angeles and she's printed this out and she's taking it with her.

30:57 Because I said, you know, there are actual reports, let's say there is some investigation being done about how these full body scanners may actually do damage to your DNA. Have you read anything about this, Chuck? No, I haven't. But there's a lot of... There's a cataracts thing that can happen. That's been pretty well documented because of the soft tissue thing. And I haven't... There's been some other cancerous mentions here and there they are looking into it that obviously doesn't mean very fully studied well now so uh... government directives are now mandating full body scanning so that's tetrahertz millimeter wave as i believe in the tetrahertz spectrum so you have megahertz gigahertz kilohertz megahertz gigahertz tetrahertz i think it's terahertz i'm sorry terahertz you are right so terahertz waves penetrate non-conducting material like clothing but they do deposit energy in the skin

31:57 So now research is at the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory have shown that terahertz radiation may be able to do some serious damage to your DNA when it encounters this stuff bouncing all over your body. We just don't know. You know, I think it's we can't be ducavalier about yeah go ahead and scan me. And so I go to the TSA website and then they talk about this National Standards Institute. Let me see which one is it. And this was really bothersome because they say oh we're in full compliance with

32:35 with the ANSI, so it's American National Standards Institute and it's like 43.7 and you can't find this thing anywhere. You cannot find a copy of it. You have to buy a copy if you want to know what's in it. and all the stuff that I can find about it is for the safety of the operator of the system, not for the people who are being scanned, but is it dangerous for a TSA agent who is operating this? Well, you know, we have to check this thing, and make sure, and you have to switch out people often enough. Like there's nothing about the passengers. So anyway, in the show notes at NoAgendaShow.com,

33:16 On the TSA website there is a heading under this imaging technology that says, what are my options? And it says right there in bold letters these technology are optional for all passengers. Optional. Passengers who do not wish to utilize this screening receive an equal level of screening and undergo a pat-down procedure. So, I said to Mickey, I said, you know, dude, I don't know if this is good or bad, you know, for your health, but I don't think it is. You know, what hurts, what frequency are x-rays at, John? Well, x-rays are totally different. For one thing, it's ionizing radiations. It's got nothing to do with it. Okay. All right. It has nothing to do with it.

CHAPTER 14 / 44 Discussion

TSA Pat-Down Options and Civil Disobedience

Passengers are reminded that TSA full-body scans are legally optional and can be replaced by a pat-down procedure. The hosts encourage listeners to request private pat-downs as a form of civil disobedience to slow down the security apparatus. They argue that clogging the system is the only way to force a reconsideration of invasive scanning technologies.

tsa· pat-down· civil disobedience· airport security· sfo· private screening

32:35 with the ANSI, so it's American National Standards Institute and it's like 43.7 and you can't find this thing anywhere. You cannot find a copy of it. You have to buy a copy if you want to know what's in it. and all the stuff that I can find about it is for the safety of the operator of the system, not for the people who are being scanned, but is it dangerous for a TSA agent who is operating this? Well, you know, we have to check this thing, and make sure, and you have to switch out people often enough. Like there's nothing about the passengers. So anyway, in the show notes at NoAgendaShow.com,

33:16 On the TSA website there is a heading under this imaging technology that says, what are my options? And it says right there in bold letters these technology are optional for all passengers. Optional. Passengers who do not wish to utilize this screening receive an equal level of screening and undergo a pat-down procedure. So, I said to Mickey, I said, you know, dude, I don't know if this is good or bad, you know, for your health, but I don't think it is. You know, what hurts, what frequency are x-rays at, John? Well, x-rays are totally different. For one thing, it's ionizing radiations. It's got nothing to do with it. Okay. All right. It has nothing to do with it.

34:00 However, I just don't know so maybe you shouldn't do that and once you show him this letter and say I'd like an optional procedure I don't I don't want to go through your thing. Well with the device they have an SFO 90% of the time you're gonna get a pat-down even if you use a device so just go for the pat-down because you're one thing hey You know it's like a massage think of it that way and and I and I think that if you want to really stop this lunacy, everyone should go for a pat down and clog up the lines and screw up the system. That's the obvious civil disobedience that we have to... There's two ways to do it either we all go to the airport naked, which would be kind of cool, just you know just all go naked. That's what they want. Yeah well yeah but if we jump ahead of the game then they'll be kind of freaked out by it.

34:47 So either do that or just everyone say, excuse me, I want a pat down. And by the way, I want a private one. There's signs all over the waiting line there for the checkpoint that say if you want a private screening, you can request one. Everyone should just request one. Make those guys work. Make them work for a living. None of this scanning stuff. It's just, I do not like it. And they should, where is the questioning about this? There's no questioning, none. Yeah, the media's not saying it, they're not talking about it. I mean, the only thing that came up is when somebody creatively came up with the kiddie porn angle. The media picked up on that because it is actually kind of an interesting angle. But the whole thing is porn. Yeah, and normally I'm not against that.

CHAPTER 15 / 44 Discussion

WeSeeYou Technologies, Pre-Crime, and Israeli Security Firms

Israeli-based WeSeeYou Technologies is developing "mind-reading" systems for airports designed to detect subtle emotional reactions to familiar images. The hosts compare this technology to the "pre-crime" concept in Minority Report, where individuals are arrested for thoughts rather than actions. They also note the dominance of Israeli firms like ICTS in global airport security infrastructure.

weseeyou technologies· israel· minority report· pre-crime· icts· mind reading

35:32 Well, I mean, yeah, but you like your girlfriend being, you know, with her arms in some unattractive poses looks like a... it's just pathetic. Yeah, no, it is. The whole thing is ridiculous and what good does it do? I mean, that's the other thing is what are they... oh, they find... with the phony person they found a gun. Like you wouldn't have found that through the metal detector? Yeah, no, that's nuts. I mean, give me a break on the gun. Well, so, interesting Forbes magazine article that essentially says you know it doesn't matter because at the end of the day if you want to hide and this is only three ounces right it was like what was it 80 grams or something? I don't know I think it was yeah 80 grams. It's like three four ounces isn't it's not a lot and you can hide that in many places that even the backscatter won't see it and so now in Forbes they're talking about mind reading systems

36:30 to... yeah, this is from WeSeeYou Technologies, Israeli-based company, I might add. And here it is, the logic is people can't help reacting even if only subtly to familiar images that suddenly appear in unfamiliar places. If you stroll through an airport and saw a picture of your mother, you couldn't help but respond. So this WeSeeYou Systems is using... I mean, this is essentially Minority Report. You know the whole idea here is that we can actually, I think, I wonder if I have some audio of this thing, of this guy talking, but they're saying it's alright because this is the way to do it. You need to know what people are thinking. We can even stop a crime before it happens just as people are thinking of it. Well there you go, I mean that's Minority Report, that's 1984. Yeah, it's pre-crime.

37:24 You know, so how long before they're pounding on your door saying, oh, you know, we believe that you're thinking about committing a crime, so you're arrested. This is nuts. By the way, it's all Israeli firms who run most of the security around the world. Yeah. And so there's a lot of heat on ICTS, who, I guess they run most of the security firms. So there's a lot of heat on that. I mean the whole thing is just... Yeah, they've pushed themselves into the forefront of being the big experts. Yeah.

37:59 But at the end of the day, it is security theater. There's no amount of body scans or even brain scans. There's no amount that is actually going to deter anyone from doing anything. And it's kind of like the emperor has no clothes. It's the Wizard of Oz. We're revealing this and people are catching on saying, wait a minute, this is ridiculous. In fact, the TSA even has a new PSA to talk about their prowess. We're the Transportation Security Administration. We're working hard to ensure that you enjoy a secure flight. And while we cannot apprehend every terrorist, you can count on us to do what we are trained to do whenever there's a security breach. Overreact to tiny threats. When a man walked the wrong way through a gate at Newark Airport, we closed the terminal for six hours. When a passenger in Bakersfield, California packed honey in his luggage, we shut the whole airport down.

CHAPTER 16 / 44 Discussion

TSA Security Theater and Overreaction Parody

A parody PSA highlights the TSA's tendency to overreact to minor threats while missing major ones, citing incidents in Newark and Bakersfield. The satirical clip mocks the agency for closing entire terminals over wrong-way walkers and honey in luggage. The hosts use the parody to illustrate the "miserable" travel experience created by current security protocols.

tsa· security theater· newark airport· bakersfield· parody· overreaction

37:24 You know, so how long before they're pounding on your door saying, oh, you know, we believe that you're thinking about committing a crime, so you're arrested. This is nuts. By the way, it's all Israeli firms who run most of the security around the world. Yeah. And so there's a lot of heat on ICTS, who, I guess they run most of the security firms. So there's a lot of heat on that. I mean the whole thing is just... Yeah, they've pushed themselves into the forefront of being the big experts. Yeah.

37:59 But at the end of the day, it is security theater. There's no amount of body scans or even brain scans. There's no amount that is actually going to deter anyone from doing anything. And it's kind of like the emperor has no clothes. It's the Wizard of Oz. We're revealing this and people are catching on saying, wait a minute, this is ridiculous. In fact, the TSA even has a new PSA to talk about their prowess. We're the Transportation Security Administration. We're working hard to ensure that you enjoy a secure flight. And while we cannot apprehend every terrorist, you can count on us to do what we are trained to do whenever there's a security breach. Overreact to tiny threats. When a man walked the wrong way through a gate at Newark Airport, we closed the terminal for six hours. When a passenger in Bakersfield, California packed honey in his luggage, we shut the whole airport down.

39:00 And when a toddler in New Orleans tried to take a Christmas present on board, we confiscated it. Sorry Junior, we're not taking any chances. No threat is too big for us to ignore, and no threat is too small for us to make your travel experience as miserable as possible. Overreact to small threats, ignore the big ones. That's what we do, and we do it better than anyone. Like my sure put that together, but if I was pretty well, I like the honest Credits for that we know you can't do that. No. No, it's not one of our someone sent it to me, but No, no, our producers send in stuff like this That's what our producers send in So just in line with with all of this

CHAPTER 17 / 44 Discussion

Heroin Use, TSA Agents, and Functional Addiction

Following a listener tip from a rehab professional, the hosts discuss the phenomenon of functional heroin addicts in high-stress jobs. They reference an incident at LAX where a TSA agent was fired after a drug-fueled outburst. The segment jokingly suggests that the repetitive, soul-crushing nature of TSA work might drive employees toward narcotics.

heroin· tsa· functional addict· lax· las vegas· rehab

39:56 Boy, John, you're bringing a lot of noise with you today. I'm not quite sure what that is. Yeah, sorry. Nah, it's alright. I'll put the gate on you a little bit higher there. Much better, thank you. So I was going to say... Based upon our last conversation where we had quite a back and forth about heroin users and if you can actually tell if someone's on heroin or not. And boy, we got a lot of very interesting comments, a lot of interesting emails. I got one from a producer who works at a hospital. Adam is a producer of the show who works at a rehab detox psych hospital. We see a lot of heroin addicts who are functioning in

40:44 professions and jobs that make you say what the hell but eventually they end up dead or in rehab or fired at some point. Take into account the LAX TSA agent who got off work was running around the terminal shouting, I am God, I am in control, I rule the world and then that they fired a couple of these TSA agents because there was video showed up of them doing drugs at some party after work. Now I understand John, I have to succumb to your point, you are right. people can function normally on heroin and most of them are TSA agents. They're all on heroin. But look at the behavior. There was a video, I put it in the show notes, it's Las Vegas, people who live in Las Vegas and they're on heroin. This guy goes and interviews them and they're acting just like TSA agents. I'm not kidding you.

41:41 Just like TSA and it would make so much sense. What else do we need all that heroin for? We need that heroin to supply the TSA agents. If you were a TSA agent, you'd want to be strung out on heroin. Totally, totally. It's a crappy job. Yeah, it's worse than McDonald's. Yeah, I'm surprised they don't ask if you want fries with that after they check your ID. Let me touch your crotch. You want fries with that sucker? You want fries with a hot dog? So, um, Alright another angle to all of this which of course is quite sad is that now the war on terror has expanded into Yemen and We don't even know exactly what's going on or how many troops are there or CIA agents and this will lead right into your laundry list in a moment John Alex did

CHAPTER 18 / 44 Discussion

Horizontal Drilling in Yemen and Waterboarding Politicians

The expansion of the War on Terror into Yemen is linked to the potential use of horizontal drilling to access Saudi oil fields from across the border. In a satirical turn, the hosts propose that waterboarding should be used during Senate confirmation hearings for officials like Timothy Geithner. They argue that if the technique is as effective as pundits claim, it should be used to ensure the honesty of elected representatives.

yemen· horizontal drilling· saudi arabia· oil· senate confirmation· timothy geithner

42:27 Alex, our Russian producer who lives in the UK, did send me some information on the drilling techniques that we've kind of overlooked. I went back and I listened to the last show and you actually mentioned this very briefly. You said, I don't know if they're trying to drill into that Saudi oil next door. Well, lo and behold, this new technique which I guess has been out for a little while, horizontal drilling, you can actually drill for oil and go under buildings, roads, other surface obstructions active sites were surface operations precluding drilling equipment air airports highways you can you can go for miles and miles under hills you name it so yeah i would make total sense of the plot themselves down right there in yemen and a drill into the saudi oil fields that's why not yeah i mean it sounds like a really good idea telling a good idea to me but we need what i got to come up with some phony baloney reason to be there instead of a base

43:26 Yeah, which is what we're doing. So what do we actually learn from all of this? Well, on our show, we learned that waterboarding is an effective way to get information from people. Well, maybe that's how we should confirm Pete. This is a good idea that we should if we only do Senate confirmations Let's waterboard these fuckers Yeah, that way they had anything going on yeah with them. We'd really know yeah, you could find out if they're gay Yeah, are you gay? No here drink? What Timmy Geithner are you stealing money? Oh

44:04 That's how we should, and you know what? I'm all for it. I have now become a proponent of waterboarding under the one condition that we waterboard candidates. All elected representatives and our president and the Supreme Court judges. Waterboard them all. It works, John. We know it works. It works. So why go through hours and hours of testimony? Why even bother? Just waterboard them. It works. You'll get the answers. I think this is an important discovery and I'm going to make t-shirts. Waterboard your congressman. If you want to know the truth. I think we can sell a few of those. So what's the next topic? CIA vs Obama. Yes, which is, wow, there's a lot going on in the CIA wars. Well first of all let me read from an article that, you know that CIA

CHAPTER 19 / 44 Discussion

CIA Base Bombing, Humam al-Balawi, and Security Lapses

New details emerge regarding the bombing of a CIA base in Afghanistan by Jordanian doctor Humam al-Balawi. Contrary to initial reports of a suicide vest, some sources suggest a car bomb was used to target a gym where operatives had gathered. The hosts discuss the failure of security protocols that allowed a "regular" on the base to bypass thorough inspections.

cia· humam al-balawi· afghanistan· jordanian intelligence· car bomb· suicide bomber

45:03 attack. In one article, it didn't get a lot of play and I thought it was interesting, apparently the Turks had found the wife of the bomber who killed the 7 CIA agents. And there's no evidence in any of this that he was a double agent. or that he was even in the room with those guys. Really? He was like, let me go and look at this. The wife of bomber Al-Balawi said in an interview that the guy basically just hated the US. He drove in, apparently he was a regular on the base, and he drove in, it wasn't a suicide bomber in the fact that he had stuff wrapped around him, he had a car full of explosives, and he parked it next to the building,

45:51 and then blew the car up in the standard fashion where you know you have it. This is a whole new version of the story. I thought it was just strapped to his body. Now he had a whole car filled with this stuff? Yeah, he blew up the whole building completely. He says a federal law enforcement official said the bomber entered the base by car and detonated a powerful explosion just outside the base's gym where CIA operatives and others had gathered. It says it's unclear where the explosives were hidden, but it was a significant blast and it sounded to me more like a car bomb. And it said now they have the, you know, they couldn't tell you this or that or the other thing. But the guy with Jordan Intelligence officials has said that they believe the devout 32-year-old doctor

46:33 uh... was uh... persuaded to support us efforts against al-qaeda in afghanistan they said the law he was recruited to help capture or kill it amen el zarari a doctor from egypt who has been lawrence right hand man according to counterterrorism is official based on the middle east blah blah blah and byron byrock the woman who was a wife's denied that her husband had been recruited to work for the cia is that you have a guy working with just one of the locals are a guy from So how did he get on the ba- I don't understand. I just- my head hurts from all this. I don't get it anymore. He's on the bass. It's like he goes in and out and in and out all the time. They don't apparently check everybody all the time. They go in and out a lot. I don't know. I have no idea how he got on the bass so easily. Apparently they just waved him through, I guess. I have no idea. Concept.

CHAPTER 20 / 44 Discussion

Fake Secret Service Badges and Drone Control Centers

A security breach involving a man using a fake Secret Service badge to gain access to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius highlights vulnerabilities in federal buildings. The hosts also discuss the location of drone pilots, noting that many operate out of trailers in Las Vegas rather than from forward operating bases. They characterize these security lapses as proof that current measures are largely performative.

secret service· kathleen sebelius· security breach· drones· creech air force base· las vegas

47:23 Maybe he had the stuff under the seats and he did, maybe, you know, like during the 9-11 era, if you went to Las Vegas or any place where there's a big parking lot, they'd always make you open your trunk. There'd be a guy, you know, some bruiser out front of the place saying, open your trunk, open your trunk. They look in there and they don't see a shitload of bombs and they wave you through. You know, they don't go do a thorough inspection. No, no, no, it's more security theater. And if this guy was a doctor working on the base in and out and in and out, who apparently had a grudge against, you know, he just got sick of it, going in and out, in and out, he would have gone in and out and in and out so many times that he wouldn't have known the process. This is a problem that you have with people that are regulars.

48:06 He would have known everything that they do every time and he said well gee every day I come in here I'm just this is by the way I'm just supposing. He goes in they say open the trunk, opens the trunk and then he notices that all that's all they do is they just want to look in the trunk and they know who he is and they see him day after day week after week and in they go but they still look at the trunk. He says okay well I can just load up the back seat with bombs. You know a big bomb or wrap one around me or whatever and just load up the car But the trunk is empty rolls in parks it next to the gym and blows the gym up This is very this sounds very much like the same type of security That happened over the weekend a man acting as a US Secret Service agent. So not just CIA, but a Secret Service agent breezed through security by flashing a badge and

48:54 and then went up to the desk and said, okay I need to meet Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. He flashed a fake badge and motioned to the side of his body as if he had concealed a weapon in his waistband and they let him through. How crazy is that? This is a federal building. That's your security right there. And they did catch him because someone heard his voice and this guy apparently had been calling up a lot and harassing and saying he wanted to speak to Sebelius. So he recognized it from his voice, which I find interesting. I find that sketchy. Yeah, but well this is from NBC, so I presume... So you can't believe crap. But anyway, the story about the bombing there was, you know, it was a make-good bombing because they'd killed some kids or some other thing, which seems like another bogus story. Right, it's just crap.

49:54 You know, even this thing, you know, we don't know any, I mean, all we know is that somebody finally got ahold of the guy's wife and she was ditching about the whole thing being, you know, bogus. He was just a pissed off guy. He was a loose cannon. He was a guy who was getting annoyed by what was going on and so he decided to blow himself and his car up. He's just angry. The other reports that I've been reading is that this is actually the FOB, the forward operating base where they control the drones from. and that this was a main reason for this particular operation to be targeted is because, hey, these are the people who are controlling the defense. I think maybe the drones take off from there, but the drones are, at least as far as I know, are controlled out of Las Vegas. Really? Yeah. There's a special that was done. They have a whole bunch of these. They have a whole Air Force base of drone pilots that

CHAPTER 21 / 44 Discussion

Jay Leno Show Cancellation and NBC Late Night Drama

The cancellation of The Jay Leno Show at 10:00 PM is confirmed, leading to a reshuffling of NBC's late-night lineup. The hosts discuss the potential move of Leno back to 11:30 PM and the displacement of Conan O'Brien. They criticize Leno's history of maneuvering to keep his time slot and the overall decline in viewership for traditional late-night television.

jay leno· conan o'brien· nbc· late night· jimmy kimmel· david letterman

50:48 Yeah, cool. They work out of trailers and they, you know, they had them all down there flying these things. Oh John, oh my goodness, hold on, breaking news! Now back to real news. Now confirmed after what I mentioned to you three days ago, more proof that we're on top of the news and ahead of the times. Jay Leno now confirmed, cancelled. Yeah. Didn't I tell you that on Thursday? I thought I told you. Oh, you don't want me to come over there, John, and hit you in the mouth. You really got to stop. I had predicted that it was going to be a flop from the beginning. Yes, you did. But still, we had the news anyway. No, we didn't. I mean, the thing is, is getting actually now it's getting even more interesting if we're going to talk about this because they want to push him back to 1130 and then bump Conan into the into the

51:39 death, our death slot, the death panel slot panel slot at 12, which is the Jimmy Kimmel slot. And you know, by then you're either watching Leno letterman or you're doing something else, you know, anyway, but you know, they're doing a poor job with Conan and uh, so he's eating crap. And then of course Leno promised to retire and give Conan that spot, but Leno doesn't seem to really want to retire. And now it's becoming a ridiculous situation. And if anybody thinks that Leno, I can't believe for a minute after Leno pulled all his stunts and blamed it on his manager to get Johnny Carson fired so he could get that spot instead of Letterman who was really the one designated to get it and bump Letterman out of the way.

52:23 If anybody believes that Leno working the 10 o'clock spot was a crazy idea by the suits at NBC and not some scheme of Leno's to make even more money, I think you might as well buy a bridge in Brooklyn because I'm just not buying that. Now that they're pulled out all stops and they're, actually I got some clips I should have brought, I forgot to bring for today's show where Leno's now sniping at the company. Oh yeah, that's the old trick. NBC stands for, uh... never something never bring contractors that i can understand what he's doing well it's alright because no one's watching anyway so you know i i i i watch it the other day and again and you know you have the mediocre guests and could you know but he's gonna work that's by which is that the thing that the least thing that's talked about the least is the fact that the show is essentially been boycotted by all the famous actors and actresses

CHAPTER 22 / 44 Discussion

Earth 2100, History Channel, and General Electric Propaganda

The History Channel's Earth 2100 is identified as a "scare movie" promoting climate change alarmism and corporate solutions. The hosts point out that the film's parent company, General Electric, stands to profit from the green energy technologies advocated in the program. They also note the appearance of former "Green Czar" Van Jones and the promotion of Monsanto's drought-resistant crops.

earth 2100· history channel· general electric· climate change· van jones· monsanto

53:20 I do want to get back to your CIA laundry list in a second, but just to stay on NBC for one second. So I got a whole bunch of emails over the weekend saying, oh, you got to watch this Earth 2100. This is coming on the History Channel. And apparently I had missed it. I guess it was on ABC earlier in the year. So now it's on the History Channel. Have you seen this thing, this Earth 2100? No. So, oh, you've got to see it. I've never even heard of it. Oh my goodness, Google it, Earth 2100. So the idea is it follows a young girl, her name is Lucy.

53:57 And she's born in 2009 and then, you know, of course in 2015. And it's part cartoon, animated, part reality, part... well, a lot of it's fake. It was done in 2009, which is kind of the interesting thing about it. I thought it was brand new. You know it shows all it's basically a climate change. We're all gonna die and I mean literally I mean it's it's like one big scare movie That'll freak you out if you're if you don't know what the hell is going on you like we're all gonna die But what's interesting is throughout this whole? This whole movie two hours of

54:34 interspersed our interviews with Van Johnson of course this was before he was canned this was the green the green czar for Obama John what's his name Podesta no Panetta who's the transition guy for Obama? I don't know it could be Podesta I don't know. Podesta I think it is And you know a whole bunch of sketchy, you know climatologists etc and at the end the last 20 minutes is all about well Of course, we all could live if we use energy efficient light bulbs and windmills and like wait a minute Of course, the history channel is owned by General Electric It couldn't get any better and my mouth is just a gape only

55:16 I can't believe this propaganda that is being bestowed upon people. And literally, John, we're going to die, all of them. Everyone will die. It's all over. And Monsanto will save us because we need crops that will be drought resistant. It was unbelievable! Yeah, that's the problem with these major corporations owning media outlets. It's really a situation that it should be illegal. And then the, who's our good buddy from PBS, which I have to say is a pretty damn good show, Bill Moyers Journal.

CHAPTER 23 / 44 Discussion

Mother Jones, Bill Moyers, and Financial Corruption

Journalists David Corn and Kevin Drum appear on Bill Moyers Journal to discuss the Mother Jones cover story "Too Big to Jail." The investigation reveals how members of finance committees received millions in donations from banks while weakening regulations on derivatives. The hosts highlight the bipartisan nature of this corruption, noting that top Democrats held closed-door meetings with the same bankers who funded their campaigns.

mother jones· bill moyers· david corn· kevin drum· derivatives· bank bailouts

56:01 So, uh... Well, I'm not sure of your left-wing nutcase, but yeah. Well, in this case, he... Have you seen the most recent one that aired on Friday? No. So on it he has two journalists from Mother Jones, David Korn and Kevin Drum, and this is due to the most recent Mother Jones article. Now, Mother Jones is an interesting publication. Could you classify Mother Jones for me? It's a kind of like the modern version of a magazine called Ramparts that used to exist in the 60s that is a left-leaning investigative reporting journal that has a strong agenda, anti-corporate agenda. So the cover story is too big to jail, which is kind of funny.

56:58 Actually, I like that as a meme. So when you watch this interview and Bill Moyers is jumping right on the bandwagon here, they're essentially exposing that every single representative who is on any or has been on any type of finance committee, the top six all being Democrats, they received millions and millions of dollars in campaign donations and they go ahead and they don't do anything about the derivatives, they water it down, they go into quite some depth as to exactly how they did it which is quite interesting. So you know it's like oh well we can't have airlines not being able to hedge on fuel so let's write a law that exempts them but of course you know then what it that exemption for airlines can be used by banks etc.

57:48 and how Democrats are having closed-door meetings with bankers and then go back and take seven, eight million dollars in campaign donations from the exact same bankers they just had in the same city by the way, in New York. And then two days later actually, take donations from the very same people they had closed-room door meetings with. It's a fan and it's linked in the show notes. It's it's online. It's a three-parter. It's really good and a lot of the most left-leaning people out there are essentially wrapped around, you have the Tea Party people on the one hand pretty much preaching the same thing as the most left wing of the pundits and in that group by the way I do not put Rachel Maddow, I do not put Keith Orm and those guys are just stooges for big corporations too. Yeah they work for GE obviously.

CHAPTER 24 / 44 Discussion

Political Impasse, Tea Party, and Corporate Personhood

The hosts observe a rare alignment between the far left and the Tea Party right regarding corporate bailouts and financial corruption. They argue that social wedge issues like abortion and religion are used to prevent these groups from forming a unified front against the "corporatocracy." The discussion also touches on the legal status of corporations as individuals and the resulting lack of accountability for criminal actions.

tea party· ron paul· corporate personhood· wall street journal· wealth distribution

58:44 And, but you get out there a little further where you get the Bill Moyers who's, you know, an old progressive and Hartman Thaum, guys like that. I just find it amusing because when you start pushing over in that direction you hear the same argument you hear from the... Yeah, exactly. Yeah, from Ron Paul. Precisely. Well I think what's happened is, you know... Those two ends, it would never meet, although they... It's pretty amazing, yeah. We've created an impasse. I mean it's almost as though somebody said, what can we do that will make sure that these two groups never get together? Because if they ever got together, we're toast. So what do we do? Well let's create some and make a big deal out of certain...

59:31 policies about let's see abortion rights at the good with the bill never really on that and let's try some other things what else can we put in there uh... into the you know something that your religion you know these guys on his one and a rare devout religionists in the other ones are a bunch of atheists and so they'll never get this was made out of the topic of conversation that's bringing up you know george bush as i'm born again and that'll dell separate from decades right Well, I think there's a couple of interesting moves taking place and by the way Bill Moyers does point out in that entire interview, he says, I never thought I'd see the day where Mother Jones agrees and comes to the same conclusions as the Wall Street Journal. So, in a way that's exactly what you're saying and that's exactly what they don't want.

1:00:14 And of course, I think on one hand you have, I guess you'd say people on the right who are saying, you know, look, this wealth distribution, it's not a good idea, it's destined to fail. And then people on the left who are all for it are saying, hey, wait a minute, we don't actually have any money to do this with. So I think that everyone's eyes are kind of opening and going, hold on a second, we can't actually make this work. Yeah, well, they had no money and then it's all taken by the big corporations. And by the way, here's a question a rhetorical question I want to ask people out there and there was all you know, every should there were two problems began when the corporation was giving this was given the status of an individual the corporation is like a virtual person a virtual entity Yes, but it's a person it has it has a constitutional rights and has a how come a corporation can't be tried for murder or waterboarded for that reason

CHAPTER 25 / 44 Discussion

Corporate Accountability, Blackwater, and Aviation Contracts

The lack of criminal prosecution for corporations is contrasted with the harsh treatment of individuals, with the hosts suggesting that entire boards of directors should face prison for corporate fraud. Meanwhile, Xe Services (formerly Blackwater) is reportedly bidding on a $1 billion Pentagon contract for aviation services in Afghanistan. The hosts characterize the company's rebranding as a persistent "money grab."

blackwater· xe services· pentagon· afghanistan· corporate crime· ceo

1:01:10 Well, it wouldn't do much good to waterboard a building, but there's no reason you can't try a corp... If you have the same rights and responsibilities as a citizen, a corporation per se, why can't the corporation be tried for murder and, if found guilty, the entire corporation, including all its employees, would be executed? Live on TV. Yeah. Of course. Right. I'm just saying, you know, why don't they, you know, like, why aren't they more, you know, if the corporation's got all these, you know, it's supposed to be a citizen. They're a crappy citizen. They're breaking the law left and right. Why are they just being fined? Why aren't they imprisoned? I mean, rare, once in a while, a CEO goes to jail, but that's usually for securities fraud. It's not for something the corporation did. But you have a corporation that's basically defrauding the public or it's a scam or whatever it is.

1:02:01 Why don't all the executives of the company get thrown in the slammer? All of them, the entire board of directors. You do that once or twice and I'm telling you, things will be straightened out in this country overnight. It's also not entirely true because public corporations, even though they have the same rights as individuals and entities, they are the only entity allowed to bring money across the border without registering that, which of course is how the drug money actually bailed out a lot of a lot of our public firms on Wall Street. That exception for corporations should be an exception for everybody. I don't see what difference does it make if I'm wandering around with a pocket full of money. Well, because you could be financing terrorism. That's why. On that note, the company formerly known as Blackwater, Z services,

1:02:54 Is now in the running for a Pentagon contract potentially worth 1 billion dollars in Afghanistan. A part of the contract, John, providing aviation services. I wonder what that might be. Was it that wasn't dog food they were carrying or some crap like that? No, I don't remember. Yeah, and this is a never-ending story It's almost you know, it's like it's an eye roller whenever their name comes up It's always some money grab guys are you know, they do the head of that thing is just the genius Meanwhile, I do believe that there's some big changes going on I think that Timmy Geithner got a virtual two to the head a little Timmy Geithner who is our Secretary of the Treasury

CHAPTER 26 / 44 Discussion

Timothy Geithner, AIG Bailout, and Leaked Emails

Leaked emails suggest that the New York Federal Reserve, under Timothy Geithner, pressured AIG to keep quiet about paying banks 100 cents on the dollar during the 2008 bailout. The payments primarily benefited firms like Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale using public funds. The hosts argue that these leaks are intended to force Geithner out of the Treasury Department due to his perceived weakness and incompetence.

timothy geithner· aig· federal reserve· goldman sachs· credit default swaps· emails

1:03:55 I don't know if you've been following it, but the information just can't be kept down apparently. Although I think this was leaked to the press to basically shoot him virtually. So here's how it worked. When AIG was about to go under and AIG of course was ensuring all of these derivatives all of these swaps all of these derivatives based upon mortgages just to put it in credit default swaps So they were insuring that but they were insuring them naked so they had nothing to back it up and this was trillions and trillions of dollars and I do believe that if AIG had failed then the banking system would probably have come down overnight. I don't know if that would have been really bad or not but that's probably what should have happened. It didn't and why didn't it? Because the Federal Reserve through their New York branch which at the time was being run by little Timmy Geithner

1:04:51 He paid everybody off, which of course went straight to Goldman Sachs and S.A. Societe Generale and all these other banks. He paid them 100 cents on the dollar with money that was printed by the Fed, which of course is our money, which we're on the hook for. And what he did was he told the banks, shut up. Don't tell anybody that we're doing this and that of course is the very reason why all these banks remember that John they had to take this money they brought them all to Washington and you've got to take this bailout money because they had to make them all complicit in the scam and now it's coming out because they've got emails where the the New York Fed was actually telling a Telling the banks take this money and shut up about it and we'll figure it We'll fix it later in a bailout which they did and

1:05:41 And now of course, oh Secretary Geithner played no role in these decisions, Treasury spokeswoman said. Oh no, no he didn't, he was not a part of that. He sent no emails and now it's all coming out. So I think that these emails were leaked on purpose to get him out because he's clearly a nincompoop and he's no good and he's not, and he looks weak on television when he's sitting here, when he's stammering through, waterboard him. Let's get to the... let's get to the... I'll get to the root of it. Yeah, it works. Let's waterboard Timmy Geithner. I see no reason why we shouldn't.

CHAPTER 27 / 44 Discussion

Roman Abramovich, New Year's Eve, and Russian Billionaire Wealth

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich hosted a $5 million New Year's Eve party in St. Barts featuring performances by Beyonce, Prince, and Gwen Stefani. The hosts detail Abramovich's immense wealth, including his 517-foot yacht Eclipse and his private Boeing 767 known as "The Bandit." They contrast this extreme opulence with the modest lives of their listeners and the "public service" nature of the podcast.

roman abramovich· st. barts· paul allen· beyonce· prince· gwen stefani· yacht

1:06:18 Really, I'm on to this John. I'm latching on to this. I think this is a very good idea I think we should waterboard potential terrorists. I think we should waterboard civilians I think we should start though with right there on television on C-SPAN. Let's waterboard Timmy Geithner. Let's get and and Greenspan and Paulson let's waterboard him. It'll save so much time We know it works. And it's harmless. It's harmless, we know it works, and it's a time saver. I think we need to hop to it. Waterboredom. Nothing to see here real news. I was I ran into this article and I bought this I've heard about this guy you've heard of Roman Abramovich right the Rich rich Russian guy owns the world's biggest yacht the Eclipse 517. Yes huge Chelsea he owns the Chelsea. Yes, exactly. He owns a soccer team and he won a couple champion He throws where you lose money on them, but he's got a billion so he doesn't care and he's these Russians know how to spend money

1:07:23 So here's the deal. You know, we never get invited. I don't get invited to anything. You probably get invited to things once in a while, but we didn't, we missed out on the, the, the 2010 party that he threw. Oh no. Yeah. Lindsay Lohan people were there. He was, it was a, it was, this was in the big spender Roman orchestrated a $5 million New Year's Eve party with his girlfriend, uh, Dasha Zukova. That is 90 million dollar beachside compound. We're more than 250 guests not including us. We're entertained by Beyonce, Prince and Gwen Stefani. Each performer paid up to $500,000 to sing a song.

1:08:05 Cool. And the pre-New Year's party, which was done by... A pre-New Year's party? What is that? Before, just before his party, he was given by the art dealer Larry Gagosian and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen on Paul's 414 foot yacht. Oh, you know, the yacht boys all hang out together. You realize that, of course. It's the eighth largest. It was the biggest once for like 10 minutes and then the next thing you know. So I'm reading about this character, this Russian billionaire, and he's an interesting guy, but listen to some of the stuff he, I mean, like I said, the Russians ought to spend money. Even Bill Gates wouldn't do this stuff.

1:08:44 He owns a private Boeing 767. Paul Allen only has his own 57, by the way. Oh, how weak, yes. And it's known as the Bandit due to its cockpit paint details. Usually at Stansted Airport, UK. He also owns three Eurocopter helicopters, all Aruba. How many helicopters does one person need? Well, you need one for each foot. Exactly. And then one for your ego. Two, not one, but two Maybach 62 limousines were customized to be bomb and bulletproof and they were reported to cost 1 million pounds, 1.2

1:09:20 million dollar, or 1.6 million US dollars. He also owns a Ferrari FXX, a 2.2 million dollar racetrack only car, of which only 30 were built. He owns a Bugatti Veyron, a Maserati MC Corsa, a Ferrari 360, and a modified Porsche Carrera GT. Now this is a guy who's, I have to say, this is a rich guy who is living it up. Yeah, yeah, that's pretty obvious. So why were we invited to the party? I think you know, of course I we wouldn't have gone What are you talking about? Of course, you would have gone Send over send over the bandit pick us up in the bandit will be there The bandit landed over here and as if what we jump in so hold on a second Prince was there You said this is highly disappointing to me

CHAPTER 28 / 44 Discussion

Value for Value, Instapaper, and Show Note Preservation

The hosts discuss the "Value for Value" funding model, contrasting the high fees paid to pop stars with the voluntary donations that support the show. They announce plans to use Instapaper to create permanent, searchable archives of their show notes to prevent information from being lost to the "Ministry of Truth." This initiative aims to provide a long-term record of the alternative news sources discussed on the program.

value for value· instapaper· show notes· digital preservation· ministry of truth

1:10:08 Yeah. Prince? Who else do I have to ban? The three that he's got listed here in the gossip is Beyonce, Prince, and Gwen Stefani. Each performer paid upwards of $500,000. Wow. Wow. Hey, should we talk about the $5 a month we want to get from people? Yeah. So $500,000 for a four-minute song. And here we are doing effectively four hours a week for five bucks. Yeah. We're in the wrong business. We are totally in the wrong business. Even if people send us thousands and thousands of dollars, it's still basically a public service compared to what the, you know, Beyonce got paid at that one gig.

1:10:57 where she got to sing her songs and then hobnob with a bunch of characters. Who else was there? Do we have any idea who was at the... There's not a lot of information about who was at the party, but I'm under the impression that it wasn't any lightweights. And this was in the United Kingdom? Well, let's see, the party... And by the way, I have nothing against people spending their money on whatever they want to spend it on. I really do not care. No, I don't care either. Is it St. Bart's? Oh, St. Bart's. Yeah, nice. And that's where I guess Paul Allen took his octopus boat and parked it. I went up to Bodega Bay. Awesome.

1:11:46 I stayed home and fried noodles. Yeah, and basted your meat. Yeah. All right. So, oh man, we're over our time once again. I think we should talk about some of the donations we received. You can tell that we've really been doing some work. We have been delving into this. We are trying to get all the angles. I think so far we've come up with the real gem we've come up with is we can start a meme. We can start a whole new production company. A whole new show. uh... called water waterboard this the water for this and uh... and i think that uh... we need to enhance the meme of waterboarding works and we need to apply it to many different situations if you have nothing to hide you've nothing to be afraid of that's that's what they've always told me about security nothing if nothing behind nothing to be afraid of yes again waterboarded naked uh... and all of the all of the topics we discuss

1:12:45 From the heroin to the waterboarding are all in the show notes at noagendershow.com. And by the way, I say it every week, you do a great job at show notes. You actually have so much material there. There are a cache of information for people digging around in the future. They're going to go back and they're going to find this stuff. They say, holy mackerel, these guys, they were all over this stuff. Yeah. And there's, and I do want to add one little thing. Some people have pointed out to me there's this website instapaper.com. Are you familiar with this, John? Instapaper.com is very cool. I haven't signed up for it yet, but I have seen it integrated in a number of different apps. So if you're at a website and you then click or maybe even it's a bookmark and you click Instapaper and you have an account, it essentially creates, I guess, a PDF of that website and saves it for you, which is a really good service.

CHAPTER 29 / 44 Discussion

Ad Council PSAs and the January Advertising Slump

A listener inquiry regarding the prevalence of Ad Council commercials leads to an explanation of the television advertising cycle. The hosts explain that after the heavy spending of the fourth quarter, January is a "light" month for paid ads, forcing networks to fill time with free Public Service Announcements. They clarify that these PSAs are fillers used to maintain the standard 40-minute content to 20-minute ad ratio.

ad council· psa· advertising· fourth quarter· television production

1:13:38 Yeah, so I just wanted to say that what I'm going to look into is if I can create all these show notes in the Instapaper format, so they'll be retained and so permanent when you go back years later and the Ministry of Truth has gotten a hold of everything that you can actually still see the original stories. So we do some actual work for you. We don't take ads. We don't believe in the concept. By the way, I got a note from Mitch one of our listener producers Adam just curious as to the reason why so many commercials from the Ad Council are appearing on the TV networks lately It seems that it's too smoky to bear commercials or to doctor commercials about asking questions when you visit the doctor Also, the Boy Scouts helping the old lady across the zipline They're always in pairs of two could it be that the Obama? Administration is paying the media for their support of Obama by buying up all the empty ad slots with these Ad Council commercials No Mitch

1:14:36 Let me tell you what's going on. All of the advertising money, the bulk of it every year is spent in the fourth quarter and that of course is for the Christmas shopping experience. And in January the advertising is very very light. Of course, what is something going on? What was it? Oh yes, the Great Depression. Money is very very tight right now. That always hits advertising. And these are what are known as PSAs, Public Service Announcements. So most likely you're either looking at your local cable channel or your local over-the-air television station. They still have to fill the entire hour. So instead of giving you actual more content and programming, they throw in these free ads which they get from the Ad Council, which of course is propaganda in many cases, just to fill up the hour so that they don't run under. Yeah, well you have to remember that these are free ads.

1:15:34 they're not providing anybody with any income, they're just basically fillers because these programs are produced with it in mind that they only have to be produced, you only have to produce 40 minutes of programming and the rest is going to be filled up with 20 minutes of ads. So all the TV you watch is generally one minute of advertising and two minutes of content. And so if they all of a sudden don't can't fill those spots, they really can't increase the content because the show is produced. It's not a live broadcast. And so they have to run these stupid ads. And remember that the programming is only there to fill up the space between the commercials. It's not actually to teach you anything.

CHAPTER 30 / 44 Discussion

Producer Credits, Dizzy Drops App, and Canadian Parliament

The hosts acknowledge several high-tier donors, including Alan Cleland, who is donating revenue from his iPhone game "Dizzy Drops" to the show. Other contributors from Puerto Rico, Finland, and the UK are recognized. A Canadian producer notes that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is proroguing Parliament to avoid international criticism during the upcoming Olympics.

dizzy drops· iphone· canada· olympics· stephen harper· donations

1:16:10 Yeah, well there's never any value to the programming, but a good small format drama, 40 minute drama, cop drama or whatever, even though it's loaded with propaganda, the poisoning the jury pool as we've pointed out many a time, it's still entertaining. So it's fun to watch as long as you watch it with a jaded eye toward the propaganda that's always incorporated. So our executive producer this week, Peter White, who we highly appreciate his donation as well as the nice little Lisa Jardine clip that he sent. And of course our associate executive producer Sven Middelkoop.

1:16:50 And as always, we have a bunch of other producers that contributed. Now let me tell you the ones that did between 50 and 100, mostly 50. Although we have 5555 from Alan Cleland who wants us to mention he's from Dundee. And he also has some word to pronounce which we'll get to maybe. But he wants to mention the Dizzy Drops. game at the iPhone for the iPhone 100% of the revenue he makes from it in January and February will go to no agenda. What's the name of the app again? Dizzy drops it just drops the idea is easy white ross is an iPhone game and he says to give us two months of revenue also contributing in this category are Steve Fernandez from San Juan Puerto Rico I believe is our first

1:17:38 Puerto Rico-based listener. Peter Bevin, who is from Swansea. How do you pronounce it? Swansea? Yeah, Swansea. He's the Langefeld guy. He's giving us some more. Robert Alter, who's on the Knights program out of Kansas City. Ara Gerdurian from Trabuco Canyon, California, which is interesting. Tracy Lipp from Helsinki. K.E.G. from Holly Springs, North Carolina, one of my favorite states.

1:18:14 and uh... and congested and john johnson the second who gave us the money could be loves the monominal song that we've that we played also giving more is anthony mark give us a hundred thirty two dollars and one cent and which is uh... stands for something one three twenty one night can get a shot he was a shout out for spot guest this culture dot com Dysculture.com and love8things.com and he says that the Canadian government, he's from Hamilton, Ontario, he says the Canadian government is prolonging parliament to shut down legislation and international criticism during the Olympics. Right, we highlighted this about a week and a half ago.

CHAPTER 31 / 44 Discussion

Avatar 3D Technology, Mind Control, and Holograms

The film Avatar is discussed not just as a movie, but as a vehicle for 3D technology that could be used for psychological conditioning. The hosts recount a 15-year-old Hollywood demonstration of glasses-free holograms that were indistinguishable from reality. They suggest that the current push for 3D home entertainment is designed to increase the efficacy of media-based mind control on younger generations.

avatar· james cameron· 3d television· mind control· holograms· steven spielberg

1:19:00 Then we have Daniel Harrison from Atlanta, Georgia who gave us $119 with this comment. Normally about this time of year when I renew the subscription to The Economist, I renew my subscription to The Economist, which is a good magazine, but I'd rather have you guys give you guys the money as you provide a greater service. Their loss is your gain and mine too. Excellent, well thank you and I really appreciate that and we do read The Economist, part of the money that you give us, we spend on bills and I buy The Economist, John I think you subscribe to it maybe and when there's something choice in there we'll bring it to you. So you know what, this only makes your life easier. Yeah, we're a service organization, Simply Helpful LLC out of Oakland, California gave us $100, Matthias Merkert

1:19:48 in Landau in der Fals Deutschland sent us a note saying Avatar the movie is mind control. Yes, well thank you. Can I just say something about that because we you know I didn't complete my entire thought about that on the last show. So the avatar itself is not mind control, it is the 3D technology that is being used. And of course this is all timed out perfectly. The first message you receive is to tell everyone how incredibly cool avatar is.

1:20:25 But there was a demonstration about 15 years ago in Hollywood. I was not there, I know people who were, and I've been in the theater at ICM where this demonstration took place. It was supposed to be of some new fantastic 3D television technology 15 years ago. And you can Google this and you'll see many reports of it. In fact, I'll put a link in the show notes. So a guy comes out on stage and this is an old-fashioned movie theater where you still actually have a stage and a guy comes out and he starts talking He's walking around all over the stage, you know from left to right and the audience has big Hollywood dignitaries It's got huge producers Spielberg was there it has some government people and the guy's talking about this and all of a sudden he disappears and

1:21:13 And then he shows up in the front row and he was actually the demonstration. It was a complete hologram. No glasses necessary. The guy was in the theater. Everyone believed he was standing there and that he was a real guy setting up the actual 3D presentation. This is the technology that is already available. So I think this whole avatar thing is a red herring. You've got all of these 3D televisions that are coming out, which is purely meant to get kids playing games to submit to mind control. Well, there's one interesting aspect of the 3D, especially with the the blinking glasses, which is you can send a message to just one of the eyeballs which just goes into one hemisphere of the brain that is different than the other hemisphere of the brain and one, you know, is more illogical. So that's, you know, I'm not going to say there's, I personally just think Avatar was a crummy movie but Mind Control is okay with me. I also want to mention the last two people which is Peter White of course, our executive producer and Sven Middelkoop.

1:22:15 middle cope and middle cope from holland and uh... also got a note from a tracy lip who i guess forgot to send in uh... his uh... his note in because it is could be her uh... note in the in the paypal of uh... tracy sent us fifty one dollars and that was an increment incremental donation of everyone of doll at one dollar for every show that he felt works so the breakdown is 6 plus 7 plus 8 plus 9 plus 10 plus plus 11 is 51 Since he started with his $5 donation, and he's put himself on his own night layaway program So we appreciate that as we do appreciate all of the $5 donations because this will be our base and

CHAPTER 32 / 44 Discussion

Donation Triggers, Ayn Rand, and the Russian Connection

The hosts reiterate their "Value for Value" philosophy, referencing Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged and the concept of an "adless drug." They encourage listeners to set up recurring $5 monthly donations to provide a stable base for the show's operations. The segment concludes with a final look at the social circles of Russian oligarchs and the difficulty of gaining access to their elite events.

ayn rand· atlas shrugged· donations· dvorak.org· value for value

1:21:13 And then he shows up in the front row and he was actually the demonstration. It was a complete hologram. No glasses necessary. The guy was in the theater. Everyone believed he was standing there and that he was a real guy setting up the actual 3D presentation. This is the technology that is already available. So I think this whole avatar thing is a red herring. You've got all of these 3D televisions that are coming out, which is purely meant to get kids playing games to submit to mind control. Well, there's one interesting aspect of the 3D, especially with the the blinking glasses, which is you can send a message to just one of the eyeballs which just goes into one hemisphere of the brain that is different than the other hemisphere of the brain and one, you know, is more illogical. So that's, you know, I'm not going to say there's, I personally just think Avatar was a crummy movie but Mind Control is okay with me. I also want to mention the last two people which is Peter White of course, our executive producer and Sven Middelkoop.

1:22:15 middle cope and middle cope from holland and uh... also got a note from a tracy lip who i guess forgot to send in uh... his uh... his note in because it is could be her uh... note in the in the paypal of uh... tracy sent us fifty one dollars and that was an increment incremental donation of everyone of doll at one dollar for every show that he felt works so the breakdown is 6 plus 7 plus 8 plus 9 plus 10 plus plus 11 is 51 Since he started with his $5 donation, and he's put himself on his own night layaway program So we appreciate that as we do appreciate all of the $5 donations because this will be our base and

1:23:06 and around 2050 it will be in business. So let's mention that noagendashow.com and dvorak.org slash NA and channeldvorak.com slash NA for the donation Triggers in other words you go to channel to vorac.com slash na and you have your various ways you can donate or become an executive producer if you want to do it, right and We appreciate all that we did get a lot of the smaller donations that we always do and we we actually do appreciate those as much as the big ones and if you're going to give us a big donation, please consider jumping on board with the $5 a month as well because it would just really need it and

1:23:48 We really do. No ads, no sponsorships, and you know just like the book says... Adless Drug by Ayn Rand. Value for value. Oh man, so uh, you ruined it for everybody. Let me talk about weather for a second John. Well let me see, there's a couple things here since we're talking on real news for a minute. I wanted to hear the sound of the victim. And now, back to real news. I was, you know, as I was searching around for the actually about the Russian guy because I trying to figure out you know where how many degrees of separation we have with him. So we can get invited to his party next year. Yeah. I decided that it's too many. You were never gonna get invited to his party. We don't know any of these people. Wait a minute, does he know Kevin Bacon? You know, I don't know. Kevin Bacon was probably at the party but he was probably being eaten.

CHAPTER 33 / 44 Discussion

Halle Berry, Joan Rivers, and Airport Security Double Standards

A controversy in Canada involves an officer allowing Halle Berry and her family to bypass security lines at Montreal's Trudeau Airport, sparking claims of celebrity favoritism. In contrast, Joan Rivers was reportedly detained due to a passport photo that no longer matched her face following extensive plastic surgery. The hosts use these anecdotes to highlight the arbitrary and inconsistent nature of airport security enforcement.

halle berry· joan rivers· montreal airport· passport· plastic surgery

1:24:44 So what we don't know. Which by the way is my solution for... If you watched Earth 2100, I'm sure it's repeating on the History Channel. One thing that's kind of interesting there is because we eat so much meat and all the Chinese and Japanese want to be just like Mike, and so they're all eating meat and we don't have enough farmland on Earth to provide enough Monsanto-grown corn to grow enough meat for everybody to eat. I think the only solution is to overpopulation at the same time is we just have to start eating the Chinese. That's an idea. Have you noticed that there's lots of phrases for what do you want? I want Chinese food. What do you want? I want Japanese food. What do you want? I want a Mexican. But there's no one says I want to have American because we're not tasty. I never thought of it that way. Canadian, but I'm not in Canada, but I can assure you that the Canadians are going berserk over this story.

1:25:43 Canadian police said Friday that it was wrong, it was wrong for one of their officers to whisk Halle Berry, her model boyfriend and baby through airport security at Montreal's Trudeau Airport. A constable at the airport decided to let the couple pass by a long line after a spur of the moment request on Monday by Gabriel Aubrey, a Quebec model who is Barry's boyfriend and the father of her 22-month-old daughter. Right, because they could have had PETN in the kids' diapers. So everybody's upset about this, we can say. Meanwhile, Joan Rivers was actually detained and not let onto a flight because of her questionable passport.

1:26:28 Yes, she didn't look like the same Joan Rivers, which of course is which of course is true Which is true. I've been on a flight with her and dude. I've been on a virgin flight. She's quite scary She's had too much work done, and I've worked with her and she's a very nice lady. I mean they're very professional I've done a couple TV shows with her back in the day and Great to work with she knows exactly what she's doing that man her face is like it's just it's like a mr. Potato head project gone wrong You know it's just really whoa So yeah, she doesn't look like her passport, but still yeah It's you're right

1:27:04 So I have a question. Can you play the clip? Let's see what's the name of it. Can you play the unruly passenger clip? Yes, would you like it now? Yeah. Several passengers told us a man sitting toward the back of the plane who appeared to be drunk started yelling. He wouldn't calm down. He just kept saying that the flight attendant disrespected him because I think somebody was sitting next to him and said he downed about five bottles of wine in less than an hour. Passengers say the man then went to the lavatory. We were sitting in the back of the plane and all of a sudden he just, this man was going in and out of the bathroom and he was making commotion and causing disruption. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing at the closest airport, the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, and called law enforcement for help. Two F-16 fighters escorted the plane to a safe landing.

CHAPTER 34 / 44 Discussion

F-16 Escorts, Hawaiian Airlines, and Security Overreach

Two separate incidents involve F-16 fighter jets escorting commercial airliners due to "unruly" passengers. In one case, a man was detained after a flight attendant read a sealed, non-confidential comment card expressing his frustration. The hosts question the logic and cost of scrambling military jets for verbal disputes, labeling it as an extreme form of security theater.

f-16· hawaiian airlines· colorado springs· air force· security theater· comment card

1:26:28 Yes, she didn't look like the same Joan Rivers, which of course is which of course is true Which is true. I've been on a flight with her and dude. I've been on a virgin flight. She's quite scary She's had too much work done, and I've worked with her and she's a very nice lady. I mean they're very professional I've done a couple TV shows with her back in the day and Great to work with she knows exactly what she's doing that man her face is like it's just it's like a mr. Potato head project gone wrong You know it's just really whoa So yeah, she doesn't look like her passport, but still yeah It's you're right

1:27:04 So I have a question. Can you play the clip? Let's see what's the name of it. Can you play the unruly passenger clip? Yes, would you like it now? Yeah. Several passengers told us a man sitting toward the back of the plane who appeared to be drunk started yelling. He wouldn't calm down. He just kept saying that the flight attendant disrespected him because I think somebody was sitting next to him and said he downed about five bottles of wine in less than an hour. Passengers say the man then went to the lavatory. We were sitting in the back of the plane and all of a sudden he just, this man was going in and out of the bathroom and he was making commotion and causing disruption. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing at the closest airport, the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, and called law enforcement for help. Two F-16 fighters escorted the plane to a safe landing.

1:27:55 What are F-16s doing? Well, I think we're out in the middle of Colorado, which of course, if anyone's been here long enough, knows is the center of the new government. Yes. But why... Excuse me, but... Yeah, would you please clear your throat properly? This has been bugging me. I know, I'm still congested today. But anyway, the point is that what is the F-16 going to do? Shoot the plane down to protect the passengers from getting blown up? Well, the same thing happened with a flight to Hawaii. I'm going to look this up for a second. The passenger wasn't allowed to put his carry-on bag under the seat in front of him in the exit row, which of course you know that that is a matter of life and death and that's why you're not allowed to do that. So he got into a little conversation with a flight attendant. It was on Hawaiian Airlines.

1:28:47 and then he actually flipped the flight attendant off which is not normally a good idea because as you know they are god along with the TSA so then that's anyway and the guy comes down there flying and then they hand out the passenger evaluation forms and so the guy fills in the form with the following and this is a comment card which he then put into an envelope right a sealed envelope and he says Oh, I couldn't put my carry-on bag underneath the seat in front of me. I thought I was going to die. We're so high up. I thought to myself, I hope we don't crash and burn or land in the ocean, living through it only to be eaten by sharks or worse yet, end up on some place like Gilligan's Island, stranded, worse, eaten by a tribe of... So the guy's just going off, right? He's just really pissed off.

1:29:36 So the flight attendant opens his apparently not so confidential comment card, shows it to the pilot, he turns the plane around and they're escorted by F-16s back to Portland. Unbelievable. Meanwhile, when we haven't heard from two Northwest pilots for 45 minutes, there's no scramble, there's no F-16s, there's nothing in the air. What are the F-16s going to do? Shoot the plane down to protect it? Yes, of course. It's a logical sense. No, of course it makes sense. This is a security theater John. What do you mean? You know, it makes by the way, you know what it costs a mint. Yeah, it's a fuel to fly an f-16 Yeah, it does. I wonder if you get a bill for that later on it probably well now it at least make some sense What's the real news yeah, go ahead more real news

CHAPTER 35 / 44 Discussion

Words of the Year and the Dracula Sneeze Hoax

"Google" and "Tweet" are named words of the year, but the hosts focus on the "Dracula Sneeze"—the act of sneezing into one's elbow. They suspect the term is a media hoax or a manufactured phrase, as they have never heard it used in common parlance. The segment mocks news anchors for reporting on the term without questioning its validity or origin.

google· tweet· dracula sneeze· word of the year· cbs news

1:30:35 This one here is the most baffling story I've heard all week. Play Word, uh, Words of the Year. Uh, Words of the Year. Well, technology is all the talk these days, literally. It's the focus of this year's survey on the number one word of the decade. Some of the runners up include 9- Wait, let me guess. The word of the decade. Yeah, if you want to guess, go ahead. You won't get it. Okay, well then I won't guess. 11. Blog. Green. Text. War on Terror and Wi-Fi. But the winner is Google. The number one word of 2009 was tweet. And the most creative word of 2009 was Dracula sneeze, as in sneezing into your elbow.

1:31:17 Have you ever heard that word in your life? I've never heard Dracula sneeze. Ever. The entire family, my kids, everyone I know, nobody has ever heard Dracula sneeze. So I figure somebody slipped it into this as a hoax. What did this air on? What station? CBS, I believe. Yeah, idiots. But anyway, you know what, Dracula, because when you sneeze in your elbow it's like you're holding the cape like Dracula. You know, my son finally deconstructed where that word came from. Oh, right, yeah, like you have a cape in front of you, yeah. Yeah, but it's bogus. I've never heard this before in my life. I would like if any listeners before like a couple days ago have ever heard this word, I want an email because I think it's just somebody dreamed it up and threw it in to just

CHAPTER 36 / 44 Discussion

Unemployment Statistics, Nancy Pelosi, and California's Budget

While official reports show 85,000 jobs lost in December, the hosts point to a much larger increase in people dropping out of the labor force entirely. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's request for a $7 billion federal bailout for California is reportedly being blocked by the state's own representatives, including Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein. The hosts express confusion over why California's congressional delegation would oppose funding for their own bankrupt state.

unemployment· nancy pelosi· arnold schwarzenegger· california· federal funding· bums

1:32:06 And the fact that the news people reading this stuff don't say, I never heard of this word, how did this become the word? They don't even question these things. I'm keeping my eye on the chat room there about 50 seconds behind. We'll see if they've ever heard of it. But I've never heard of it and it makes no sense. And it just shows you what kind of crap is out there. Some real news, John, if you don't mind. But like real, real, real news that is kind of, it's underreported at this point. It has been on the Front page of the Wall Street Journal and the only newspaper I read, the Financial Times, which is becoming harder and harder for me. Of course, the labor force shrunk. We lost 85,000 jobs in December. More jobs. More jobs. But what is not being reported is the number of bums increased.

1:33:01 And that actually increased by 661,000 people. What? Yeah. More bums? 600...did we have over a half a million bums? Extra bums. Huh. We just call them as we see them. These are people who have decided there is no job and are just dropping out. Who knows what actually becomes of them. They usually wind up taking my $5 donations on the street. So, 661,000 bums and the length of unemployment is an average of 29.1 weeks. That is, what's that, seven months? It's a lot. It is the most on record since records were kept in 1948.

1:33:55 And of course now Nancy Pelosi is talking about once again extending the unemployment benefits with another $80 billion taken from the from the, what does she want to take it from? She wants to take it from the recovery fund. Which brings me to another interesting point. What is Pelosi's interest in people being unemployed and actually promoting it? I mean, this is actually a method of that. And here's what I want to mention. Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, I know people overseas don't really care about this sort of detailed

1:34:31 discussion but Schwarzenegger, California's broke, it's a bankrupt state and Schwarzenegger believes and rightly so that we, the Californians give an awful lot of money to federal income tax and we also give a lot to the state but this, you know, you give the government 100% of the money that they get obviously you give them X amount of money and they give you a percentage back in terms of highway funds or whatever. Some states get like a disproportionate amount more than they contribute, like Alabama for example, some of these southern states. California gets a disproportionate, being the seventh largest economy in the world supposedly, gets a disproportionate amount of money less. We don't get any money from the government. And now so Schwarzenegger's asking for a bailout for California. Just give us our share back so we can try to prop this broke state up. Pelosi is against it.

1:35:24 Feinstein is against it and Boxer is against it. Now we're talking about these people in Congress who are always giving earmarks to their people and they're stealing money from the general fund so their local people can get some advantage, so their states can get extra money. What is wrong with our California representatives that would just say, fuck California? What is wrong with these people? I don't know, but the governor asked for $7 billion in federal funds to keep the state afloat. And I guess we're not getting it. And our representative Pelosi and the rest of them and Feinstein and Boucher, the two senators, say, nah, don't do it. We don't want to give California any money at all. I don't know what's up with that, John. I haven't thought that deeply. You seem to be very perturbed about it. Well, I would like to mention a couple of other things to take it out of Gitmo Nation West and take it over to Gitmo Nation Europe.

CHAPTER 37 / 44 Discussion

European Cold Snap, HAARP Theories, and BBC Weather

Record cold temperatures across Europe have led to gas rationing in Britain and skating on the canals in Amsterdam for the first time in decades. The hosts revisit the theory that the "Norway Spiral" was a HAARP-related event that altered the exosphere. They also critique a BBC weather segment that uses a football analogy to explain why a cold snap does not disprove long-term global warming.

global warming· bbc· haarp· norway spiral· amsterdam· climate change

1:36:25 Well, the first thing of course is the weather, which is wreaking havoc in Europe according to the London Free Press. Paris, snow settling near France's Mediterranean shores, German parents battling to buy sleds, British horse races called off over too much ice. and British companies being put on rations for their use of gas. I mean you couldn't think that this whole thing was good for... Actually, is there any way for you to look, John, at the futures prices of... They're talking about gas mainly.

1:37:10 Before this cold snap hit was there anyone already thinking this was going to happen was there some big action in the future do you have a way to look at that from a financial perspective. There's ways but I can't do it right now would you mind looking in that for the next show because you know of course you know my my theory that the beautiful spiral over Norway was actually. uh... heart punching a hole in our uh... exosphere and our thermosphere and creating this uh... this incredible cold front it is that they're skating on the canals in amsterdam this hasn't happened i can remember this happening it's been so long this has happened since the early seventies i think early seventies last time i can remember that happening

1:37:49 So this is huge. And the BBC of course, you know, when people are saying, hey, well, you know, how do you justify global warming with what's happening right now with these record cold temperatures? The local weather douche for the BBC had this to say about it. He has a very good analogy and it makes so much sense, John. Are you ready? Put on your 3D glasses, mind control coming. I'll ask you for a very quick answer for a huge question. a lot of people confused about the whole global warming thing and here we are and it's freezing cold and you know what is there an easy answer to that one? Well, put it like this if Manchester United lose three matches on the trot does it mean to say it's the end of Manchester United or do you look at the whole season and go well actually they lost three matches on the trot but the season overall they did great so you have to stand back and look at the

1:38:43 big picture if you just have a look at a little tiny burst of cold it doesn't mean anything and in climate it's not a season it's years you need to look at 30 years worth of weather to get you have to stand back and go well where does that fit in and these things happen from time to time It's like a football match. You know, just because we lose a couple doesn't mean that we won't win the climate change battle in the end. Yeah, well they're having another run at it in Mexico shortly.

CHAPTER 38 / 44 Discussion

Google Energy, Smart Grids, and the Nexus One Phone

Google has applied for authorization to buy and sell wholesale energy, leading to speculation that they intend to become a major player in the "smart grid" market. The hosts compare this move to the business model of Enron. Additionally, the new Google Nexus One (HTC) phone is reviewed, with the hosts noting its slippery design and lack of dual-touch capabilities.

google· nexus one· htc· smart grid· enron· energy trading

1:39:20 And they're going to have the same geeks there, you know, another one of these meetings, off-site meetings in some faraway place. Yeah. Although Mexico's not too far for us, but it's not what I would say a convenient trip. Well, they already kind of agreed to agree at the Copenhagen summit, so I think what's going to happen now, there's not going to be any further... and the more I think about it, the more it makes sense that they set it up this way, so... They signed an agreement that they will agree on the next things they want to agree upon so there's gonna be no coverage of you No protest no one's gonna be walking around There's you know, it's not gonna be trumped up, but everyone's gonna come together They'll agree on some shit and then they'll have another step in their erector set. Yep, and then Google comes out and They they're now an energy company

1:40:09 Surely you knew this John. Yeah I've been following this. Google is just trying to, they're pushing it. They're pushing their luck here with some of these things. Well so if I understand it correctly they now can essentially become the Enron of energy if they want to. All under the guise of yes we made a pledge to reach carbon neutrality and I don't see how they're gonna do that. I mean good luck with your windmills keeping all that stuff running. But so they want to be able to buy and sell energy wholesale so they can as they assert so they can buy green energy but they don't rule out that they wouldn't be trading energy at some point in the future and then to hear Eric Schmidt say well essentially you know the smart grid is is our business. You know we we deal with a grid we deal with a grid where you can connect any device and

1:41:07 and it's peered and sent around the world and it's exactly what we do so we should be in that business. That's something we need to keep an eye on I would say. Yeah, so I got one of the Google phones the new Nexus. It's not really the Google phone, but it's It's an HTC phone, right? I wanted I would tell people unless until the skins come out for it I would tell people and then I realized that when we had Chris DeBona on the cranky geek show he Mentioned that he's he's on his third one. I didn't think too much about that. What is that? What does that mean? Exactly? He broke two of them. How did they break?

CHAPTER 39 / 44 Discussion

Gaffer's Tape, Radio Streams, and PR Credits

The hosts discuss the physical limitations of the Nexus One phone, noting that even gaffer's tape fails to make the device less slippery. They encourage listeners to petition manufacturers of internet-connected devices, like Sony's new alarm clocks, to include the No Agenda radio stream. Listeners who successfully plug the show on mainstream media outlets are promised "PR credits" in the show's hierarchy.

gaffer's tape· sony· internet radio· public relations· howard stern

1:41:48 You can't hold on to them. Ah, they're slippery devils. They're extremely slippery. And so I mean I almost broke this one already. I mean it just like it falls out of your hands and you have to hold it in an awkward way because the screen is so huge and it goes right to the edge and it doesn't have dual touch so when you grab the thing you're actually touching the screen 90% of the time. So when you're pushing on the buttons nothing's going on because you're already shorting it out. So you have to hold it in some awkward fashion that is very It's unsafe for the device to actually use it and then it still slips out of your hand. I put some gaffers tape on the thing to keep it from slipping and the gaffers tape, the surface is so slippery the gaffers tape slips to it.

1:42:34 And gaffer's tape sticks to anything. You can fix a broken leg with gaffer tape. Yeah, so really that's interesting. When a skin comes out for it. You mean like the rubber enclosures? You don't mean... Yeah, rubber enclosure comes out where some sort of it won't be flopping all over the place, which is obviously not available yet. Well, at least I haven't seen any. Then it'll be okay, but I think until then I would wait. Because you're gonna break it. I mean, I don't know how long I've had this phone for a few days and I think it's at any moment I can break it. The battery lasted a little longer than the original G phone. I was running the thing at full tilt, you know, online and everything. About three and a half hours it finally gave up. But that was, you know, Wi-Fi running, GPS running, Bluetooth on, everything.

1:43:26 So I have, I'm making this subheading for No Agenda iPhone apps, which you can find in the show notes at noagendashow.com. I believe there's an Android app, although I'm not sure if someone has any apps, and if there's a Blackberry app, even better. Please email me that. And on top of that, and you pointed this out on an email thread, John, there's a lot of these new devices. There's a Sony alarm clock that's come out. and they are including radio feeds and as we're now sprucing up the No Agenda stream radio stream, please start petitioning these companies to put our stream into their devices. Yes. That would be a big help for all of us to get more listeners and to achieve our goals for this year. Yes, please do that and also if you go on some radio talk show, you do anything, try to plug us

1:44:22 get a copy of it and we'll make you a public relations associate for that show. Yes. That week. So you'll get a PR credit. A PR credit if you can get on like Howard Stern or any of these. I would like to be mainstream. I'd like to be television. The local PBS station. I don't care what it is. Exactly. Just get on it. Plug us. Give us a plug and maybe some people will, you know, decide to listen listen in. To wrap things up, I do have a list of interesting list of things that men can do to maintain, and I don't know if the women listeners are going to appreciate this. To maintain an erection? No, to maintain their general

CHAPTER 40 / 44 Discussion

Betty Confidential, Macho Stereotypes, and Annoying Women

A list from BettyConfidential.com regarding how men annoy women is discussed, covering topics from "cheapness" to leaving the toilet seat up. The hosts debate the merits of chivalry versus equality in household habits, such as closing the toilet lid entirely. The segment serves as a lighthearted look at gender stereotypes and the "macho" behaviors that frequently cause friction in relationships.

betty confidential· stereotypes· relationships· humor· gender roles

1:45:07 stereotype in kind of pigs. Now I want to discuss how this came about. I was researching that Russian guy and I went to this very interesting website, it's kind of a girly magazine called BettyConfidential.com and they were running a story on what mandate they've scanned the men's magazines and i would never complaining about uh... which got me a part of his jagan g deep deep they found a list for the most recently a complaint about the women you can make the cell phone too often they can make up their mind they don't quite care they get to girlie and the number five one which got me the whole thing was that we like to alma leave the house and she's been woman wrote issues as we're not totally sure why guys so annoying but several dudes insisted it is

1:45:53 with quotes from these guys. Women like to do stuff like, let's go dancing, let's eat out, let's leave the house. Dave from Los Angeles whines, she uses the word whines by the way, when it's maybe just statements should be said. No, no, no, I think it's really whining. I know what that sounds like. Men generally love two things, women and couches. Anyway, so and I'm talking about, quote from this one guy says, there's no romantic comedy worth paying full price admission for at the movie theater, he tells Betty. Movie theaters in Maine specifically, you see stuff explode. I, by the way, agreed with that. Now, so I linked to a site that said, here's the things you can do if you're a man to just annoy women to no end. And I thought I should repeat this.

1:46:37 And I know that our female producers probably won't think it's funny. Okay, so now why would you actually want to annoy women? I think it's amusing. Okay, it can be entertaining. Okay, let me try them out here locally while you mention them, John. Let's go with your top ten. Top ten ways for men to seem macho and annoy women. Top nine ways. Top nine. Be cheap. Forget your wallet when you go on a date and always under tip. Okay. Don't hold the door for her. Hey, women's lip did away with chivalry. You know, I always hold the door for women. I'm not trying to, but you're a great guy. I am a great guy. Leave gobs of toothpaste or hair in her sink. No, that's not a good one. Call her in the middle. It's funny though, because women always squeeze the middle of the tube. Do your women do that too? Women, they always squeeze the middle of the tube. They can't do it.

1:47:35 seen a woman that doesn't do that they do it just to annoy us that's one of the things that and they can't put the top on properly they can't put the top on they squeeze in the middle it's just always a plug at the end because the tops not on right and they always leave the toilet seat down yeah Exactly and and I my rule is you have to put the toilet seat down and close the lid because then it's equal All right. I agree. So the lid should be closed if everyone's job is to make sure the lid is closed Then we're equal and then then no one gets any advantage on the on the toilet seat, right? Color in the middle of the night and don't apologize the next day. Okay be late. She can stand to wait a little yeah

1:48:13 Yeah, no, I don't like that. The thing is, women are always late. It's almost impossible to be late. I have the exception to the rule, man. My woman is always on time. Here we go. Spend a lot of time with your ex or mention several times how she looks like a cross between Cameron Diaz and Uma Thurman. Let me try that. Hey, honey, you look a lot like a cross between... No, not her. Your ex that looks like... Oh, my ex? Oh, no, I'm sorry. Don't call when you say you will. Why does she take you so literally anyway? This is dumb. Blow off her birthday or Valentine's Day because holidays are just a scam created by the greeting card companies. Valentine's Day, right. That's bad.

1:48:57 Spend every evening watching sports on TV weekends, too Don't give up your golf tee time for any reason even if she needs a date for a friend's wedding and finally when she says I'm getting fat Respond with why don't you join my gym? In my ever going ongoing collection and I think I will be able to release a CD maybe by year's end in the well of course it all started with Nancy Pelosi jobs jobs jobs and jobs let's vote for jobs

CHAPTER 41 / 44 Discussion

Mariette Hamer, Jobs Jingle, and Chlorine Poultry

The "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" jingle is expanded to include Mariette Hamer from the Netherlands, who uses the Dutch word "Verek." The hosts analyze the cadence of politicians using the word "jobs" in threes or fours. Additionally, Russia's ban on U.S. poultry due to the use of chlorine washes is discussed as a potential political move disguised as a health concern.

mariette hamer· netherlands· jobs· russia· chlorine· poultry

1:49:34 so we have what we have now seven or eight of these john i think we've got uh... was sold last week we are on thursday we had uh... governor schwarzenegger and now from uh... the netherlands we have a new one yes we have a new one uh... the word for jobs in dutch is verek All right, here it comes. Mariette Hammer. We can stay at work. So we ask the Cabinet to work, work, work, take care of us. There you go. Work, work, work. Now there's a difference, there's a code here because some people say jobs, jobs, jobs and then some people say jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. They use either three jobs or four jobs. And I think we're starting to see a trend of who uses the three jobs and who uses the four. Was this a three or a four jobber?

1:50:18 That was a three. Let me hear again. But she said Verek before that, so it was actually four altogether. It has to be that it has to be altogether. Schwarzenegger's was a three, Pelosi's was a four. Right. Well, there has to be some difference in the rank. I think it may be the political affiliation. John I just have a couple things I just want to get out because otherwise I'm gonna forget them and I won't do them next week Russia has now banned the US poultry over our use of chlorine in our poultry. I was not aware that we use chlorine We spray the birds sometimes with a light chlorine bath because they had they're so contaminated with Salmonella is so this is a good idea

CHAPTER 42 / 44 Discussion

Obama's First Veto, Memorandum of Disapproval, and Constitutional Tricks

President Obama exercised his first veto on a military spending bill, but did so using a confusing "memorandum of disapproval." Legal scholars in the Huffington Post suggest this maneuver mimics controversial Bush-era practices and creates a "constitutional can of worms." The hosts struggle to find a clear analysis of whether the veto was a technicality or a strategic move to protect specific provisions like the Patriot Act.

barack obama· veto· pocket veto· memorandum of disapproval· huffington post· patriot act

1:51:01 You can rinse it off. Yeah, can't you just use water? Oh no wait, that's... Of course we can't just use water, that has too much fluoride in it. The best part of waking up is fluoride in my cup. Hmm. Okay, so they're right then or is that just a political move to... I think it's a political thing. Okay. President Obama enacted his first veto. No way! Yes he did. But it was a really weird one and this was over the military spending bill. And I'm very confused by it, John, because there's a couple of different types of vetoes. You have a pocket veto and then you have a regular veto. And he used like... Yeah, pocket veto is where you just put it in a drawer and you never take action. Well, he released a memorandum of... what did he call it?

1:52:03 uh... a memorandum of disapproval and and it was very confusing so it would be you have disapproval so the enactment of hr three three two six department defense appropriations act which was signed into law on december nineteenth has rendered the enactment of h j resolution sixty four which is the continuing appropriations act unnecessary accordingly i am withholding my approval from the bill the pocket veto case 279 US 655 from 1929 to leave no doubt that the bill is being vetoed as unnecessary legislation in addition to withholding my signature I am returning H.J. resolution 64 to the clerk of the House of Representatives along with this memorandum of disapproval. I'm not quite sure what that means. I don't know. I never heard of a memorandum of disapproval.

1:52:58 uh... so there was an article on the huffington post as i googled around to see if i could if anyone's writing about and that confuse me even more at the robert j spitzer writes an open letter to the president i along with many other americans applaud your willingness to break with bad practices of your predecessors specially those of your immediate predecessor just last week for example your executive order and company memorandum to agency has directed the agency's overhaul their documents classification procedures will restore sanity and appropriate sunlight to the mindless over-classification of government documents. On December 30th, however, you mimicked an action of your predecessor that pointlessly reopened a constitutional can of worms by the manner in which you exercised your very first veto of your presidency.

1:53:42 The bill you vetoed, a continuing appropriations bill, was rendered unnecessary because of the enactment of a defense appropriations bill. And then he goes in this whole thing that is like, he's like confusing, like he used the pocket veto but the regular veto at the same time and it's like a constitutional trick somehow. And John, I really need your help on this. I'd like to... I agree, you're going to have to call a professor. I have no idea what this is all about. Oh, then I clearly have the wrong person on the show. Yeah, I have no idea what it is all about. The whole thing seems weird. You couldn't find any analysis anywhere? Well, nothing I could understand. Nothing I could understand, no.

1:54:28 And I just like to know, so does that mean that the money can be spent? Because this has all of the stuff that's in here. This is about the... It sounds as if this bill supersedes some other bill where they're already spending money. And by vetoing this bill, the other bill is still in play and that's where all the money is being spent via. Yeah, but in these bills is all the extension of the Patriot Act. But there's probably something in the bill that he had to... There's probably one minor point in the bill that he had to kill the bill to get rid of that because you can't do line item vetoes. I mean, they just don't let you do that.

1:55:04 So he couldn't and then you're also exposing yourself when you do line item vetoes. This is the reason they don't want to do that because you're going to cross out one item and it's going to be like why is he crossing out that? And then they're gonna overanalyze it so that, you know, so now it's like kill the whole bill, send it back to the house, tell them to rewrite it. And what they're gonna do is bring back a bill that's gonna have everything but, because there's probably some secret information in that memo about what he didn't like about the bill that's specific to one issue within the bill. That's all, I don't know. I have no idea. I didn't know anything about this. Do you care? No, I don't think it's interesting.

CHAPTER 43 / 44 Discussion

C-SPAN Healthcare Promises and the Tea Party Movement

A montage of clips shows candidate Barack Obama repeatedly promising that healthcare negotiations would be broadcast live on C-SPAN for full transparency. The hosts contrast these promises with the reality of closed-door negotiations once in office. They also discuss the growth of the Tea Party movement as a reaction to this perceived lack of accountability and the "slumbering" state of the general public.

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1:55:40 I think it's highly interesting. When someone does them at the end of the year while we're all getting drunk and it's like something like this, I think that's interesting. That's the kind of stuff you gotta watch out for. There's always weird crap happening at the very end of the year when no one's looking. Yeah, well there's a lot of things that are happening all the time when no one's looking. In fact, my favorite thing this week was on, I think Hannity had it, he had a clip, I wish I'd dubbed it, but it was on the radio show. He had a clip of every Obama reference to running the healthcare debate on C-SPAN for the final bill. I actually have that, I have that clip, do you want to hear it? Yeah, it goes on and on and on, and then of course at the end of the day Obama says, no, we don't want to run it on C-SPAN when it actually has to, you know, when we're finally wrapping up this deal.

1:56:29 Yeah, it's a... this is all from when he was a candidate Obama and it wasn't just like a little off-handed thing where like, oh yeah, you know, we will put that on... No, he harped on it. It was like a huge, huge promise. Give me a second here, it's slow, because I actually have the video of it. You know, Hannity's not... he's not doing any work. It's other people on the Internet who are doing all of this work. It's a total... he's just a total basically just a talking head. Sorry, well that's loading up For some reason that's okay. We don't need to play it. We just you know, I think Most of our listeners have probably heard it but it's like a lot of times I mean was is like once or twice or offhanded remark it was you know pounding This is when I'm president I'm gonna do this and I guarantee it's like the getting out of a rack thing Which I still think is one of our best things we should run it more often You know, I can take it to the bank

1:57:26 When I'm president the first thing I'm gonna do is close Gitmo and get out of Iraq. You can take it to the bank. Why don't we... how come we're still in Iraq? Let's get out of Iraq. Yeah, I got it on YouTube. I'll play it from here. This will work. Not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are. Because part of what we have to do is enlist the American people in this process. I would put my plan forward and I would welcome input and say, here are my goals, reduce costs, increase quality. coverage for everybody. If you have better ideas, please present them. But these negotiations will be on C-SPAN.

1:58:08 And so the public will be part of the conversation and we'll see the choices that are being made. I respect what the Clintons tried to do in 1993 in moving health reform forward. But they made one really big mistake and that is they took all their people and all their experts into a room and then they closed the door. We will work on this process publicly. It'll be on C-SPAN. It will be streaming over the net. We'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies. But here's the thing, we're going to do all these negotiations on C-SPAN. So the American people will be able to watch these negotiations. Drug and insurance companies will have a seat at the table, they just won't be able to buy every single chair.

1:59:05 and we will have a public process for forming this plan. It'll be televised on C-SPAN, I can't guarantee it'll be exciting, so not everybody's gonna be watching. Oh, we would. But it will be transparent and accountable to the American people. The drug and the insurance companies are still gonna have a lot of power. and they're still going to try to block reports from taking place. So that's why I said, for example, that I want the negotiations to be taking place on C-SPAN. So I'll put forward my plan, but what I'll say is, look, if you've got better ideas, I'm happy to listen to them. But all this will be done on C-SPAN, in front of the public. One of my jobs as

1:59:51 The president will be the guide this process so that it's an honest process. The tea party, I think there's something really good going on there. People who listen to programs like this one, who are aware of what's happening, who are passing that news on, you can go to the show notes at noagendershow.com and you can send these links to your friends, people who are still kind of slumbering along playing the 3D Xbox, getting mind controlled.

CHAPTER 44 / 44 Discussion

American Optimism, European Impasse, and Outro

Adam Curry expresses optimism for the United States, suggesting that citizens can reclaim the government through local election involvement. John C. Dvorak remains more skeptical, citing the "clamps" being put down in places like Australia and Europe. The show concludes with a reminder of the donation links and a sign-off from the "Crackpot Command Center" and the "Buzzkill Bunker."

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2:00:40 and you can't jolt them awake because when you see this in mainstream, this to me was great. I don't think many people care, the C-SPAN, what the hell is that? You know, they're not going to give a crap. But there's a lot of this stuff that is in mainstream media reporting that people say, huh, I didn't know that, so it does get reported. Okay. just not always on the front page. And we can really start to change things. And it's apparent to me in the United States, Europe is going to be a little bit more complicated because they've moved a little bit further there with the United States of Europe and the European Parliament. Although I do see some great voices cropping up there. But in the United States, we essentially, I have great hope, we have to kick everybody out. And what the government knows is that if the people stand up,

2:01:27 and say, sorry, this is not going to go any further. There's way too many people. There's no military, no police force, no TSA, no one who can stop us if we just say, we're tired of it, we're not going to take it anymore. And all you have to do is just get involved in a couple of elections and kick everybody out. It's not going to be that hard. And I have great hope, particularly for the United States. I think that the United States citizens, they're savable. So things are happening and I'm happy for it and I'm glad to see that it's moving in a good direction Well, I'm glad you're so up-tempo upbeat. Are you not? No, of course not things aren't moving in a good direction sucks What's happening in Australia those four guys are just screwed

2:02:17 Yeah, but there's people making moves. Yeah, there's like a lost cause up there. I mean, they try, but you know, they're actually probably better off than we are in some ways. But in other ways, you know, they put the clamps down on them, but they're bubbled by hats and run by the queen for God's sake. Well, John, I think that... Stop this disregard. I'm the buzzkill. Yes, you are. That's okay. You harsh my mellow, but only a little bit. I can live through it. I hope. NoAgendaShow.com is where you can find all of the links and of course links to donate to this program to keep us going and that is at Dvorak.org slash NA, NoAgendaShow.com and ChannelDvorak.com slash NA. We appreciate anything you want to give up. If you have no money, a lot of people who listen to this show are out of money and supporting families and are starving, then just pass it on, get more people to listen.

2:03:15 Coming to you from the crackpot command center in Gitmo Nation West San Francisco, California I'm Adam Curry and from the buzzkill bunker here in northern Silicon Valley where the Sun has finally peeked through the fog I'm John C. Dvorak. We'll be back Thursday morning at 9 a.m. Gitmo Nation West time right here on no agenda